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at. The names and addresses on these oldest, yellowed pages had been first written, it was plain. all at the same time and with the same pen and ink, and each sheet in the beginning had contained seven or eight names Some of these original names and even the addresses had been left unchanged. but most of them had been scratched out and altered many times-other and quite different names had been substituted; the pages had become finally almost ileg.hle. crowded seravls. rewritten again and again in Coryet'S crampe1 hand, Alan strained forward, holding the first sheet to the light
 Alan seized the clippings te had looked at before and compared them swiftly with the page he had just read: two of the uames-WesthouSe and French-vere the same as those upon this list. Suddenly he graSped the other pages Of the list and looked them through for his own name; but it was not there. He dropped the sheets upon the table and got up and began to stride about the room
 He felt Chat in this list and ir these clippings there must he. somehow. some one general meaning-they must relate in some way to one thing: they must have deeply, intensely concerned Benjamin Gorvet'S disappearance and his present fate. whatever that might be, and they must concern Alan's fate as well. But in their diSconnection. their incoherence, he could discern no common thread. What conceivable bond could there have been uniting Benjamin Corvet at once with an old man dying upon d poorfarm in Emmet county. wherever that might be, and with baby girl, now some two years old. in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin?
 He called Wassaquam into the H. hrary and brought the lists and clip pings out again.
 Do you know at all what these are, Judah?' he asked.
 No, Alan. have seen Ben have
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AIan's passion broke out suddenly

Aans passion broke out suddenly. We're anything but that, Judah, l found him, the first night I got here and while you were away going through my fathers things. I fought with him, and he ran away. He was the one that broke into my fathers desks; maybe you1 believe that, even if no one else will"
 'Yes?" the Indian questioned 'Nes| II was. plain that he not only believed but that believing gave him immense satisfaction He took Alan's arm and led him into the smaller H- hrary He knelt before one ot the draw CTS under tue bookshelVes-the drawer, Alan recalled, which ne himself had been examining when lie had found NaSSaQuam watching him. lie drew out the drawer and dumped its con tents out upon the floor; he turned the drawer about then, and pulled the bottom out of it Beneath the bottom which he had removed appeared now another bottom and few sheets of paper scraWled in an uneven hand and vith different colored inks.
 At sight of them, SPearman. who had followed them into the room, ut tered an oath and sprang forward. The Indians small dark hand grasped Spemmans wrist, and his face twitched itself into fierce grin which showed how little civilization had modified in him the aboriginal passions. But Spearman did not try to force his way; instead, he drew back suddenly.
 Alan stopped and picked mp the pa pers and put them in his pocket. Ii the Indian had not been th9re, it would not have been so easy for him to do that, he thought.
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CHAPTER XII
The Things From Corvet's Pockets.
 Miss Constance Sherrill.
gone.


 Harbor Springs, Michigan"
 The address in large scrawling let ters was written across the brown paper of the package which had been brought from the post office in the lit tie resort village only q few moments before. The paper covered shoe box, crushed and old. bearing the name of "S. Klug, Dealer in Fine Shoes. Mani towoc. Wisconsin," The box. like the outside wrapping, was carefully tied with d string.
 Constance, knowing no one in Mani towGc and surprised at the nature of the package, glanced at the postmark on the brown paper which she had re- moved, it too was stamped Manito- woe. She cut the strings about the box and took off the cover. X black and brown dotted silk cloth filled the box; and, seeing it, Constance caught Her breath. It was-at least It was very like-the muffler which Uncle Benny used to wear Tn winter
 She started with trembling fingers to take it from the box; then, realiz- ing from the weight of the package that the cloth was only wrapping or, at least, that other things were in the box she picked up box and wrapping and ran up to her room She locked the door aEd put the box upon the bed; now she lifted out the cloth. It was wrapping, for the heavier things came with 1t; and now, also, il re- vealed itself plainly as the scarf-Un- cie Benny's scarf! A paper tluttered out as she began to unroll it-a little croSS-lined leaf evidently torn from a pocket memorandum book. II had been folded and rolled up. She spread it out; writing was upon it, the small irregular letters of Uncle Benny's hand.
 send to Alan Conrad" she read; there followed Chicago addresS-the number of Uncle Benny'S house on Astor street. Below this was another line:
 Better care of Constance Sherrill (Miss}" There followed the oher- rills' address upon the Drive And to this was another corrections;
 Not after June 12; then to Harbor Springs Mich. Ask some one of that; be sure the date; after June 12"
 Constance, trembling, unrolled the scarf: now coins showed from a fold. next a poCketknife, ruined and rusty, next watch--a mans large gold watch with the ease queerly pitted and worn completely through in places, and last a plain little band of gold of the size for woman's finger--a we'd ding ring Constance, gasping and with fingers shaking so from excite meut that she could scarcely hold these objects, picked them up and eX- amined them--the ring first.
 It very evidently was, as she had immediately thought. a wedding ring once fitted for finger only trifle less slender than her own. One side of the gold band was very much worn. not with the sort of wear which a ring gets on a hand, but by some diff ferent sort of abrasion. The other side of the band was roughened and pitted but not so much worn; the in- side still bore the traces of an ir& scription. AS long as We bo all alive" Constance could read, and the date, June 2, 1891"
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then, and take them out and put them back, That is all I know"
 Do you know any of these peo- ple:"
 He gave the lists to Wa~saauam. who studied them through aueutiyeIy, holding tbem 10 the lamp.
 "No Alan
 Have yeu ever heard of any of their names beforcf"
 "That may be. do not know. They are common names
 Do you know the places?"
 "Yes-the places They are lake ports or litlle villages on the lakes. have been in most of them, Alan. Elm met county. Alan, I came from there Henry comes from there. too"
 "Then that is where they hear the Drum?'
 Yes, Alan"
 My father took newspapers from those places. did he not?"
 Wassaquam looked over the ad- dresses again. Yes; from all. He ltbh tIltli Iul tiit SiiipAttlS ltNS. ne said. And sometimes he cut pieces out of them-these pieces, l see now 1, and afterward I burned the papers 1: he would not let me only throw them away"
 That's all you know about them. Judah?"
 Yes, Alan; that is all."
 Alan dismissed the Indian, who. stolidly methodical in the midst of these events, went downstairs and commenced to prepare dinner which Alan knew he could not eat. Alan got up and moved about the rooms; he went back and looked over the lists and clippings once more; then he moved about again. How strange a picture of his father did these things call up to him When he had thought of Benjamin Corvet before. 1t had been as Sherril had described him. pur- sued by some thought he could not conquer, seeking relief in study in cor respondence with scientific societies, in anything which could engross him and shut out memory, But now he must think of him, not merely as one trying to forget: what had thwsrted
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You mean you want me to marry you-at once, Henry ?"
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
Human Life Too Short.

By all the rules which nature ob- serves among humber mammals, 100 years ought to be very ordinary age for human being. Where is the mammal which, unless its life is cut short by accident or disease, fails to live to an age five times as great as the time 1t took to reach maturity? A fairly careful survey of the field an- swers Nowhere" Indeed, the ratio of total life to maturity is more likely to be six, seven or eight, than five. But man, whose maturity cannot be placed at less than 20 or %, thinks he is doing well when he passes three score and ten, and only one out of many thousands reaches the age of one hundred
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Ladies Furnished.

The prince of Wales is said to have enjoyed many Il laugh when he saw some of the signs with English inscriP- tions which several Japanese trades men display outside their shops. Here are q few which may catch his eye. Tailor of Resistant Wet Coat Bag eages Sent any Direction by Internal Railway" "Horse-bif shop" Goats Made from any hides Yours or Ours Ladies Furnished ill the Upper Story"
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CHAPTER Xl
The Land of the Drum.

I ne Lana or the prufn.
 Alan went with Wassaquam into the front library, after the Indian had shown Spearmau out.
 This waS the man, Judah, who came for AIr. Coryet chat night l Was hurt*a
 "Yes, Alan." Wassaquam said.
 He was the man, then, who came here twice d year, at least, to see Mr. Ceryet?s
 'Yes."
 T was sure of it." Alan said. "Can you tell me uow why he came here Judah%'
 "I have told you do not know Wa>saquam replied. Ben always saw him; Ben gave him money. do not know why
 Alan had been holding his hand over the papers which he had thrust into his pocket: he went hack into the smaller library and spread them under the reading lamp to examine them But. as he looked the pagcS over now. he felt chill of disappointment and chagrin. They did not contain any narrative concerning Benjamin Cor vets life; they did not even relate to single event They were no uarra- tive at all. They were-in his first examination of them, he could not tell what they were.
 They consisted in all of some dozen sheets of irregular size, some of which had been kept much longer than oth- CTS, few of which even appeared fresh and new. The three pages which Alan thought. from their vel lowed and worn look, must he the old est. and which must have been kept for many years contained only q list of names and addresses. The remain ing pages. which he counted as ten in number. contained nearly hun dred brief clippings from newspapers; the clippings had been very carefully cut out. they had been paSted with painful regularity on the sheets. and each had been dated across tts face dates made with many different pens and with many different inks, hut all in the same irregular handwriting as the letter which Alan had received from Benjamin Corvet
 Alan. his fingers numb in his disap- pointment turned and examined all these pages; but they contained noth- ing else. He read one of the clippings, which was dated Feb 1912"
 "The passing away of one of the oldest residents of Emmet county oc- cured at the poorfarm on Thursday of last week Mir Fred Westhouse was one of four brothers brought by their parents into Emmet county in 1S46 He established himself here as a farmer and was well known among nearly the last of his family. which was quite well off at one time, Mir. Westhouse's three brothers and his father having perished in various dis asters upon the lake His wife died two years ago. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Pearl of Flint"
 He read another:
 "HalIford-Spens. On Tuesday last Miss Audrey Hallford daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Bert HaIlford, of this place. was united in the bonds of holy matrimony to MT. Robert Spens, of Escanaba. All wish the young couple we'll"
 He read another:
 "Born to Mir and Mrs. Hal French a daughter Saturday afternoon last Miss Vera Arabella French, at her ar- rival weighed seven and one-half pounds"
 This clipping was dated, in Benja- min Corvet's hand, "Sturgeon Bay. Wis, Aug. 1914" Alan put it aside in bewilderment and amaze and took up again the sheets he first had looked
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try it. feel first-rate at the present time. It has done wonders for me and keep it in the house right along. l always recommend it to others who are sick and ailing. Mrs. J. NJ. SIBBERT, 4032 High St, Everett, Washington.
 To do any kind of work, or to play for that matter, is next to impossible if you are suffering from some form of female trouble. It may cause your back or your legs to ache, 1t may make you nervous and irritable. You may be able to keep up and around. but you do not feel good.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com hound is a medicine for women. It is especially adapted to relieve the cause of the trouble and then these annoying pains, aches and mo good ' feelings disappear.
 1t has done this for many, many wo- men: why not give it fair trial-now.
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CHAPTER X-continued.


 But Luke had said nothing about Spearman. It had been Covet and Corvet alone. of whom Luke had spoken; 1t was Corveta awhom he had accused; il was Coryet who had given him money. Was it conceivable, then. that there had been two such events in Corvet's life? That one of these events concerned the Miwaka and Spearman and some lonesome one with a bullet hole above the eye who had got" Gorvet; and that the other event had concerned Luke and something else? It was not ronceiva- ble, Alan was sure; it was all one thing. If Coret had to do with the Miwaka, then Luke had had to do with it too. And Spearman? But if Spear man had been involved in that guilty thing, had not Luke known it? Then why had not Luke mentioned Spear man? or had Spearman not been real ly involved? Had it been, perhaps, only evidence of knowledge of what Coryet had done that Spearman had tried to discover and destroy?
 Alan went to the door and opened it, as he heard Spearman upon the steps again. Spearman waited only until the door had been reclosed be- hind him.
 Well, Conrad, what was the idea of bringing Miss Sherril into thls?'
 q didn't bring her in; I tried the best l could to keep her out"
 ssDvt of Ubst--pNoptlr9
 "You know better than I do. You know exactly what it is. You know that man, Spearman you know whar he came here for. don't mean money I mean you know why he came here for money, and why Ee got it. l tried, as well as I could to make him tell me; but he wouldn't do it. There's disgrace of some sort here. of course disgrace that involves my father and. l think, you toe. If you're not guilty with my father you'll help me now if you are guilty. then, al least, your re- fusal to help win let me know that"
 T don't know what you're talking about. I told you this man may have been a wheelsman on the Corvet; don't know more about him than that I don't even know that certainly. Of course, I knew Ben Corvet was paying blackmail; I've known for years that he was giving up money to some one. I don't know who he paid it to: or for what"
 The strain of the last few hours was telling upon Alan; his skin flushed hot and cold by turns. He paced up and down while he controlled himself.
 That's not enough, Spearman," he said finally. live felt you. some how, underneath all these things The first time saw you you were in this house doing something you ought not to have been doing; you fought me then; you would have killed me rather than not get away. Two weeks ago, some one attacked me on the street. for robbery, they said; but I know it wasn't robbery"
 You're not so crazy as to be trying to involve me in that"
 There came a sound to them from the hall, sound enthusiastically denot- ing some presence. Spearman jerked suddenly up; Alan, going to the door and looking into the hall saw Wassa- guam. The Indian evidently had re- turned to the house some time before he had been bringing to Alan now the accounts which he had settled. He seemed to have been standing in the hall for some time, listening; but he came in now, looking inquiringiy from one to the other of them.
 Mot friendsY he inquired. You and Henry?"
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The prices of cotton and linen have been doubled by the war Lengtlfen their service by using Red Cross Ball Blue in the laundry. All grocers-Ad- vertisement.
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In Debt.

Wife-"Every husband owes great deal to his wife Hushand-"And generally still more to her dress maker"
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part of my back and my hips and my legs would ache with that tired ache. l could
 hardly stand on my feet at times. l was
 always able to do my
 work although l did
 not feel good. l saw Lydia E. Pinkham's 8 We ge ta ble Com pound advertised and having heardseveral praise if | decided to
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COULD HARDLY STAND AT TIMES
Hips, Back and Legs Would Have That Tired Ache
lIlIIliiLIllllIIillIl

Everett, Washington. =" For several years have had trouble with the lowest
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-17
TIME TO sow SWEET CLOVER
Best Plan Is to Plant It In Winter or
Spring With Nurse Crop or Dur
Ing Midsummer.

It is not generally recommended
that sweet clover be sown in corn in
the fall. A better way is to sow 1t
either in the winter or spring with a
nurse crop or during midsummer on a
firm seed bed free of other crops. BY
having a compact seed bed and giving
a heavy application of seed, 1t is
possible that a good stand can be
secured in standing corn but much
depends upon the weather. An added
advantage results from cutting the
corn off for silage, since this gives
the small plants more sunlight. There
is great risk, however, in sowing any
kind Of seed in corn after the last cul-
tivation because of the usual dry
weather period that follows. Some
farmers make a success of this sort Of
seeding but ordinarily it Is better
policy to seed in another way II that is
possible,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-17
POST TREATMENT
IS MONEY SAVER
Experiments at Iowa College
With Water Gas Tar in Con-
Junction With Creosote.
BY PRODUCT OF GAS PLANTS
cEeosotIng viii Lengthen Lire Of
Posts Of Any Kind Of Wood-ls
Especially Valuable With Cot
tonwood or Willow.

A new economy in the preservative
treatment of fence posts is in sight. If
experiments with the use Of water gas
tnr In conjunction with creosote,
which are being conducted by forest
ers of the Iowa agricultural expert
ment station, justify the belief that
the tar can be utilized.
Water gas tar, by-prOduct Of arti-
Mcial gas plants is much cheaper than
creOsOte. The purpose of the expert
ments is to determine whether or not
the tar can be successfully used in a
mixture with the creosote and In what
proportions to give the best results.
The economic value Of the preserva-
Give treatment of posts has been DEM
Onstrated in many cases, says G. B.
Macdonald, head of the forestry de-
partment at the college. CreOsOting
VIII lengthen the life of posts Of any
kind of wood, but it is especially valu-
able with soft woods.
Tests have shown that such soft
woods as willow and cottonwood,
which last only three or four years If
untreated, will serve as posts for from
20 to rs years when treated This
fact makes possible the utilization by
the farmer of woods Of this kind on
Ihe farm which would otherwise be
practically useless
1t is practicable, Mr.. Macdonald
points out, for farmer to set out
small plantation of Quick-growing
trees, such as the cottonwood, and in
ave or six years have the start of a
permanent supply Of posts. 1t Is esti-
mated that post per acre is needed
every year. A considerable saving can
be made by the farmer who grows
and treats his own posts.
Two methods Of creosotlng posts are
recommended by Mr.. Macdonald, one
in which one tank is used and another
which requires two tanks. In the first
method posts are put into the creosote
tank with the creosote at high tenn
perature, and are allowed to cool in
the same tank. When two tanks are
used the posts are transferred, after
their bath in the hot creosote, to the
other tank, which contains cold creo-
SOte.
On medium-sized farms, where 100
or more posts are needed annually, a
satisfactory treating tank, made of
galvanized iron, about SO inches in d.
ameter and 48 inches high, can be pur-
chased for about $40.
This tank is mounted about foot
from the ground on brick founda-
tiOn, which contains firebox. Wood
IS used for fuel. If the nosts are to he
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-17
RECIPE FOR FLY REPELLENT
Cattle Can Be Greatly Relieved From
Pests by Application Of Coal
Tar Mixture.

Cattle can be greatly relieved from
flies by spraying in the morning be-
fore going to pasture with some fly
spray. For this the following home
made spray is efficient and cheap {:
-Four and one-half quarts coal-tar dip,
four and one-half quarts fish oil three
quarts. coal oil, three quarts whale oil,
one and one-half quarts oil Of tar,
three pounds laundry soap.
Dissolve the laundry soap in water
and mix the other ingredients thor
oughly and bring the whole up to 80
gallons, This spray can be applied
with an ordinary spray pump and will
give relief from flies the greater part
of the day.
Some provision for shade will offer
relief to certain extent from heat.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-17
MEMBERSHIPS sop p
M M7HIlL I@NHG YEARS
Bathers Took to Ralncoats.

The White Star liner Majestic, the
worlds largest steamer, arrived In
New York the other day from South
ampton and Cherbourg on her third
voyage to America.
Voyagers described the weather on
the other side as wet and cold. One
passenger said that at Brighton on
the English coast, where a carnival
was in progress, the bathing bellies pa
raded in oilskins, sea boots and SOU
westers. The relator solemnly averred
that the king and queen Of the pageant
were supplied with hot grog to ward
off the dangers of an attack of pneu-
monia in the pelting rain.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-17

also make 1t possible to utilize crops
grown primarily in a rotation for re-
storing the fertility Of worn-out lands.
The comparative value of number
of different silage crops for steer feed
ing was recently worked out by the
department in cooperation with the
Louisiana experiment station. In one
instance similar lots of cattle were
fed a ration of cottonseed meal and
blackstrap molasses In combination
with corn silage, corn and Biloxi soy
bean silage, sorghum silage, sorghum
and Biloxi soy-bean silage.
The best gain was made by the
steers fed the straight corn silage, but
1t was shown that the capacity of
farm for fattening or wintering cattle
may be greatly increased by the use
of heavy-yielding silage crops such as
sorghum and Japanese cane. Imma-
ture Biloxi soy beans mixed with corn
or sorghum were not so satisfactory,
but with late-maturing crops like Japa-
nese cane these soys gave very good
results. Sorghum silage and Japanese
cane and Biloxi sOy-bean silage are
practically equal in feeding value for
steers when supplemented by cotton
seed meal and molasses.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-17
SPRAY POTATO LEAF HOPPER
Bordeaux Mixture Should BE Applied
Thoroughly to Under Side
Of the Leaves.

You can get the potato leaf hopper
by using bordeaux mixture. The
formula employed CONSISTS Of -four
pounds Of copper sulphate, four
pounds OF unslaked lime to fifty gall
Ions Of water. The spray should be
applied to the under side Of the leaves
thoroughly, using at least $50 pounds
pressure. This pressure gives a fine
mist spray. At least three applications
are recommended and a fourth might
be given to advantage Both sides Of
each row should be thoroughly
sprayed to make the Job complete.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-17
A PROLONGED couRTsHIP

The old man regarded his remaining
unmarried daughter critically.
"Let me see, Alice" he reflected.
"Young Smythe has been calling on
you regularly for six or eight months.
hasn't hep
Eyes, father" simpered Alice.
"Well," continued her parent, "if he
asks you to marry him when he comes
tonight. tell him to see me. Under
standT"
"Yes, dad" glggled Alice. but sup
pose he doesn't ask me to marry him7"
'"H'm," reflected papa. I'm that
case just tell him want to see him."
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.