The daily Alaskan., 1922-08-05
CHAPTER Xx
The Fate ot the mIwaka.

NO, Alan lNlS IS au luulNu uou9S' hrt 1t Is not mine IL Is Adam EuoS' house. He and his wife went some where else when you needed this
 "He helped tO-hring me here, thenT"
 "No, Alan. They were alone, here she and Adams wife When she found you. they brought you here-more than a mile along the beach. Two women"
 Alan choked as he put down the It, ue porcupine quill box which had started this line of inquiry. Whatever questions he had asked Judah or Sher- rlu these last few days had brought hlm very quickly back ro her. Moved by some intuirive certainty regarding Spearman. she had come north; she had not thought of peril Jo herself; she had struggled alone across danger ous lee in stOrm--8 gl"i brought up as she had been She Lad found him AIan-wlth life almDS, eXIiUct-upon the beach: shr and the Indian woman. Wassuquum had just said-had brought him along the shore How had they managed that. he won drred. His throat closed up, and his eyes filled as he thought of this.
 In the week during which he had been cared for here Auu had not seen Constance: but there had been d pc culiar and exciting alteration In SheT rIITs manner toward him. he had felt; lt was something more than merely i'k- ing for him that Shrrr3n had showed, and Sherriu had spoken nf her [" him as Constance. not. u> he had called her always he-ore. Miss ShrrriII or "mv daughter" Alan had had dreams which had seemed impossible "t :1l- aument of dcdlcatjng hls fife and all that he could make of It to her; now Sher-iIUs manner had brought tO him something like awe. aS of something quite incredible.
 He turned Co the Indian.
 Has anything more been heard of Spcarmun. Juduh|
 "Ouly this Aluu; he crossed the straits the next day upon the ferry there. In Macklnuw City he bought rlouor at a bg'r and took It with him.; he asked there about trains lnto the northwest Hy has gone. leaving all he had What else could he dU?'
 Alan crossed the little cabin and looked out the window over the snow covered slope, where the bright sun was shining. Snow had covered any tracks that there had been upon the beach where those who had been In the boat with him had been found dead. He haG known thai this must be. he had believed them beyond aid when he had tried for the shore to summon help for them and for him. self The other boat. which had car rird survivors of the wreck, blown farther To rhp south. had been able to gain the shure of North Fox island and as these men had not been so long exposed before they were brought to shelter. four men lived, SherrilI had told him their names; they were the mate, the assistant engineer. deck hand and Father Perron. the priest who had been a passenger bur who had stayed with the crew ti'I the last Ben jamin Corvet had perIshed In the wreckage of the ears.
 As Alan went back to his chair, tht Indian watched him and seemed mol diSpleaSpd.
 "You feel good. now, Alan% Wassa- guam asked.
 Almost like myself. Judah"
 That is right. then It was thought you would be like that today. A sled is coming soon, now
 Were going to leave here, Judah2"
 "Yes, Alun."
 Was he going to see her. then? Ex- citement stirred hIm, and he turned to Wassauuum to ask that; but suddenly he hesitutpd and did not Inquire.
 WasSuQuum brought the mackInaw and cap which Alan mad worn on Mum ber %; he took from the bed the new blankets which had heen furnished by SherrtI. They wuted until farmer appeared driving a team hIrrhed to a low. wide-runuered sled. The Indian settled Alan on the sled, and they drove off.
 They travelled south along the shore rounded Into Little Traverse bay. and the houses of Harnor Point appeared among their pines. The sled proceed ad across the edge of thr buy to the little city; even before leaving the bay ice. Alan SAW Col stance and her fa- rher; they were walking at the wafer front near the railway station, and they came out on the ice as they recug- nlzpd the occupants of the sled.
 Alan felt himself alternately weak and reused 10 strength as he saw her. Their eyes encountered, and hers looked away; q sudden shyuess, which sent his heart Ieuping, had come over her. He wanted to speak to her, to make some recognition Co her of what she had done. but he did not dare to trust his voice: and she seemed to un- derstand that. He turned to Sherrill instead. An engine and tender coupled to. u single car stood al the railway