The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-17
Copyright bu Edwin BaImer - = ~

~S 5SI - STE ent. IT told me he had sent for you Alan Conrad, of Blue Rapids, Kansas but spoke of you as though you were some one ought to have known about, and commended you to my care. The remainder of 1t was merely an agitat- ed, almost indeclpherable farewell to uae. When I opened the envelope, a key had fallen out. The note made no reference to the key, but, compar- ing it with one I had In my pocket, l saw that 1t appeared to be a key to a safety deposit box In the vaults of a company where We both had boxes.
 "The note, taken in connection with my daughters alarm about him, made 1t so plain that something serious had happened to Corvet, that my first thought was merely for him. Corvet WAS not a man with whom one could readily connect the thought of suicide; but, Alan, that was the Idea l had. 1 hurried at once to his house, but the bell was not answered, and l could not get lu. Ills servant, WaSSaquam, has very few friends, and the few times he has been away from home of recent years have been when he visited an acquaintance of his-the head porter in a South Side hotel I went to the telephone in the house next door and called the hotel and found WaSSaquam there. told him over the telephone only that something was wrong, and hurried to my own home to get the key. which l had, to the COrvet house; but when I came back and let myself into the house, l found It empty and with no sign of anything having hap pened.
 "The next morning, Alan, I went to the safe deposit vaults as soon as they were open. preSente' the numbered key and was told that it belonged to box rented by COrvet, and that Corvet had arranged about three days before for me to have access to the box If presented the key. l had only to sign my name in their book and open the box. In it, Alan. I found the pictures uf you which I showed you yesterday and the very strange communications that l am going to show you now"
 Sherrln opened the long envelope, from which several thin. folded papers fell He picked up the largest of these, which consisted of several sheets fastened together with clip and handed 1t to Alan without comment, Alan. as he looked at it and turned the pages. saw that 1t contained two col. umuS of typewriting carried from page tU page after the manner of au ac- count.
 The column to the left was an lnyen- tory of property and profits and tn- come by months and years. and the cue to the right was list of losses and expenditures. Beginning al an in- definite day or month in the year 1895, there was set down in lump sum what was indicated as the total of Ben jamin Coryet'S holdings al that time. To this, in sometimes undated items, the increase had been added ln the opposite column, beginning apparently from the same date In 1895, were the missing mans expenditures.
 Alan having ascertained that the pa- pers contained only this account, looked up QuestOningly to Sherrill; but SherrIll, without speaking. merely handed him the second of the papers. Alan unrOlded 1t and saw that 1t was letter written in the same hand which had written the summons he had received In Blue Rapids and had made the entries in the little memo randum book of the remittances that had been sent to John Welton.
 It began simply:
 "Lawrence-
 "Thls will come to you In the event that l anu not able to carry out the plan upon which l am now, at last, de- termined. You will find with this q list of my possessions. Deeds for all real estate executed and complete eI- cept for recording of the transfer at the county office. bonds certihcates