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By
WILLIAM MacHARG
and
EDWIN: BALMER ;- • '
Thomas Allen, Publisher, Toronto
Cont
inued from n st
week.illcitions for babies, �hildrer of
for grown-ups.
_____�------
"I told Waseaquam over *the tel
one only Ph tha t something was ,wron
and hurried to my own house to g
N
e-
gi
et•
the key, winch I had, to the Corvet
house; but when 1 came"'bacck and let
myself into the house, I found it emp-
ty .and. with noesign of anything :hav-
ing happened. tat
"The next morning, Alan,. I went
to the safe deposit vaults as soon as
they were open. I Presented the
numbered key and was told that it
belonged to a box rented by Corvet,
and that . Corvet had 'arranged about
three days before'"for me to have ac-
cess to the box if I presented the key.
I had only to sign my name in their
book and open the box. In it, Alan, I
found the pictures of you .which I'
showed you yesterday and the very
strange communciations that I am go-
ing to show you now."
DR.. F. L R.fFORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and, Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late Assistant New York Ophthal-
mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos-
pitals, London, Eng. At the Queen's
Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in
each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.`
83 Waterloo Street South, Stratford.
Phone 267 Stratford. --
LEGAL
R. S. HAYS.
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Do-
minion Bank. Offide in rear of the Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Money to
loan.
m
every
way
wecan,
er
e will
be
others searcing for 'in _too riow•
for information of his fdisaper.arance
has got out. There have
been xcspoit-`
erg' at the officethis m rning 'making), •
inquiries, and his disappearance will
be in the afternoon'p' ` re." j
Sherrill put, the page. back in:their I
envelope, and the 'env lope, back into I
the drawer, which_ he relocked. •
"I went over all this 'th Mr. Spear- ,
man this morning;' h said. "He is
.as much at a loss to ; explain it as I
am." - : .
He was silent for a few moments.
"The transfeir of Mr. Corvet's pro-
perties to me for you," he said sudden.
Iy, "includes, as you have seen, Cor -
vet's interest in the i firm of `Corvet
Sherrill and Spearman.' I went very
carefully through the deeds and trans-
fers in the -deposit box, and it was
plain that, while: he had taken great
Sherrill opened the 1 n envelope care with the formal of transfer for
s all the properties, ,he had : taken par -
of ! ticular pains with whatever related to
rat I his holding's. in this company and to
his shippingi interests. If I make over
co
I the properties to y u, Alan, I shall
reed begin with those; fo it seems to me
that your father as particularly
fro
anxious that you should take a per -
an sonal as well as a financial place a_►
• - mai-1g the men who control the traffic
of, the lakes. I have told Spearman
in -
that thisx_is My intention. He has not
the been able to see it 'my way as yet;
es but he may. change his views, I think,
en itures. Beginning at an in- after meeting you." -
ar Sherrill got tip, tan arose a little
p unsteadily, The lis of properties he
otal had read and the le ter and Sherrill';:
ee statement portended) so much than its
read time,
"You're
w'aitp Hen
imanedia
"I wan
hack,
get. age
You'll be
His man
could not
that ma
he thing
man caul
•
noon;". A
"WoUl
"As w
"Let's.
man
solicitor
pointnie
walked
hand on
"Cite
Sheill
cult
"We wa
cern
J. BEST from which several.thin, folded paper
Barrister, Solicitor, , Conveyancer fell. He picked up the largest
and Notary Public. Office upstairs these,- which consisted of sever
• Walker's Furniture Store, Main sheets fastened together with a clip
Street, Seaforth. and handed it to Alan without c
went. Aran, as he looked - at it to
the pages, saw that it contained two
columns of typewriting carried fr
page to page after the manner of
account.• . -
Kidd Block. W. Proudfoot K.C., J: ' The column to the left was an i
ventory of property and profits and
L. Killoran, H. J. D. Cooke. income by months and years, and
s-
PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND .. .
COOKE
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries. Pub-
lic, etc. Money to lend. In Seaforth
on Monday of each - week, Office in
VETERINARY - one to the right was a list of loss
F. HARBURN, V. S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College, and honorary member of 1 -
the Medical Association of the Ontario s
Veterinary College. Treats diseases of
all domestic animals by the most mod-
ern principles. Dentistry and Milk
Fever a specialty. Office opposite
Dick's Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth.
All orders `left at the hotel will re-
ceive prompt attention. Night calls
received at the office
and exp d g g
definite day or - month in, the ye
895, there was set down in a tum
um what Was indicated as the t
of Benjamin Corvet's holdings at th
JOHN GRIEVE, V. S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College. Al! diseases of domestic
animals treated. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residence on Goderich street, -ole
door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea -
forth.
MEDICAL
DR. GEORGE HEILEMANN.
Osteophatic Physician of Goderich.
Specialist in 1lVV imcni's and 'Childten's
diseases,. reheumatism, acute, chronic
and nervous- disorders; eye, ear, nose
and throat. Gonsulatiou free. Office
above Umback's Drug store, Seaforth,
Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m. till 1 pan
C. J. W. EARN, 1VI,D.C:M.
425 Richmond Street,- London, Ont.,
Specialist, Surgery and Genio-Urin-
ary diseases of men and women.
DR. J. W . PECK
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine
McGill University; Montreal; Member
of College of..Physxcians and Surgeons
of Ontario Licentiate of Medical Coun-
cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member
of Resident Medical staff of General,
Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15; Office, 2
doors east of Post Office. Phone 56,
Hensail, Ontario. -
Dr. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence.. Goderich street
Methodist church, Seaforth.
,mast of the Dunt.. of
Phone 46: Coroner for the County.
Huron.
DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY
J. G. Scott,graduate of Victoria and
rg o..
c��u ens
and S
College of Physicians g
Ann Arbor, and member of the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, ! of
Ontario. It
ocks; Bonar grecduate of Trin-
ity and gold medallist of
ray' Y3
Trinity Medical College; member of
the College f Physicians and. Sur-
geons of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS.
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass ' graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago;
Rotel Ophthalmic Hospital London,
England, University Hospital, London
England. Office—Back of Dominion
Bank, Seaforth. Phone Na. 5, ,_Night
Calls answered from residence, Vic-
toria Street, Seaforth.
B. IL HIGGINS -
Box 127, Clinton -- Phone 100
Agent for
The Huron and Erie Mortgage Corpor-
- ation and the Canada Trust Company.
Commissioner II. C. J. Conveya r,
Fire and Tornado Insurance,. Notary
Public, Government and Municipal
Bonds bought and sold. Several good
farms for sale. Wednesday of each,
week at Brucefield.
AUCTIONEERS.
GARFIELD -MeMICHAEL
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron. Sales conducted in any part
of the county. Charges moderate and
satisfaction guaranteed. Address Sea -
forth, R. R. No. 2, or phone 18 on»3 6,
Seaforth.
THOMAS BROWN
Licensed auctioneer for the counties
of Huron and Perth. Correspondence
arrangements for sale dates can be
made by ceiling up phone 97, Seaforth
or Th . Expositor Office. Charges mod-
erate and satisfaction guaranteed.
R. T. LUKER
Licensed Auctioneer for -the County
D Huron. Sales attended to in all
parts of the, county. Seven. years' ,ex -
r
perience in Manitoba and Saskatche- . tarred him in it. He may have deter -
Wan. Terms r easonable. Phone No. mined after he had written ;thy tut
17b r 11, Exet, r Centralia P. 0 R. his actions and the plain intim :on of
H o. 1• Or► ,:,s left at .'he Huron his' relationship to You, gave all the
Expositor Office, Seaforth, promptly at- explanation he wanted to make, All
tended. ° we can_ do, Alan,.is to search for him
time. To this, in sometimes undate
items, - the increase had been add
In the opposite column beginning
d' . meaning . could not till come to him ata
ed. once, He followed till
through a
ap short private corridor, flanked with
e " or et, Sherrill and
e large room he
ame in with Gon-
d this, and Sher-
rill,
hea
riil, without ltnocking, opened the door
of the. office marked, "Mr. Spearinexl"
Alan, looking on past Sherrill as the
. door opened, saw th.t there were some
half dozen men'in the room, smoking
and tallying: They i rere big men most-
ly, ruddy -skinned and weather-beaten.
in.look, and. he judged from their ap-
pearance, and from the pile of their
hats and coats. upori a chair, that they
were officers of the company's ships,
idle while the ship •were laid up,, but*
reporting now, at 'the offices and, re-'
ceiving instructions =fit: the t time.. for
fitting out approa(ehed.
His gaze went swiftly, on past these
men to the" one who, half seated on the
top of the flat desk, had been talking
to them; and his pulse closed upon his
heart with a shoe*; he.started choked
with astonishment, then swiftly forc-
ed himself Undercontrol. For this
was the man whom he B.
met and
whom he had fought in Benjamin Cor -
vet's house the night beforee-the
man. surprised in his blasphemy of
Curvet and of souls _ In hell." who,
vent at sight of an apparition with a "but-
let hole- above its eye, had,cried.out
live in his fright, "You got Ben!. But
you won't get me—damn you! Damn
your
orf Alan's shoulders drew up slightly. ,
and . the, muscles of his hands tight-
ened, as Sherrill led ;him to this man.
Sherrill put his hand on the man's
shoulder; his other hand was Mill on
Alan's arm.
"Henry," he -said to the man • "this "
o r Alan,,want you to.
is Alan Conrad. I Y
know my partner, Mr. Spearman.".
Spearman nodded an ,acknowledg-
ment, but did not put out his hand; his
eyes—steady, bold, watchful eyes—
seemed measuring Alan attentively,
and i return Alan, with his gaze,
n..
was measuring him. .
CHAPTER VIII
parently from the same : date 189
were the missing man's expenditure
The painstaking exactness of the
left no doubt of their _correctness; t
included items for natural depre
Wien of perishable properties an
evidently, had been worked over v
recently. Upon the last sheet,
second column had been deducted fro
the first, and an apparently fur
arbitrary sum of two. hundred thous
and dollars had been, *ken ` aw
From the remainder'there had be
taken away approximately, one h
dred and fifty thousand dollars mo
Alan having ascertained that t
papers contained only this accou
looked up questioningly tot Sherri
but Sherrill, without speaking, mer
handed him the of the paper
This Alan saw,' ,,had • evidently be
folded to fit a smaller envelope. Al
unfolded it and saw that it was
letter -written. in the same hand wh'
had written the summons he had
ceived in Blue Rapids and had ma
the entries in the little memorand
'book of the remittances. that had be
sent to John Welton. >e
It began simply:
Lawrence:
This will come to you in -the e
that I am not able to carry out`'
plan upon which I am.:now, at last de
5 files letter d C
s. Spearman," into t
se had seen when he
hey stance. 'They eros
c-
d,
cry
the
ely
ay.
en
un-
re.
he
nt,
11
mere
s.
en'
an
a
rch
re -
de
urn
en
termined. You will find with this ,hs
of my possessions . which,, except f
two hundred thousand dollars set
upon my `wife which was, hers abs
lutely to dispose of as she desired a
a further sum of approximately
hundred' and- fifty thousand doll
�e ented'. in memory of her to
pz s E
Hospital, Service in France, -have be
you without legal -re
transferred to
ervation.
You will find deeds for all real
state executed and complete excep
eat
fe>r•
cans
for recording ,of the t
county -office; bonds, certificates,
ether . documents representing
'ownership of properties, together
eigned forms for their legal trans
t' you, are in this box. 'hese prop
ties, in their entirety, I give to you
trust to hold for the young man no
known as Alan Conrad of Blue R
ids, Kansas, to deliver any part or
over to him or to continue to hold
all in trust for him as you shall -co
sider to be to his greatest advantag
for the reasons which I sh
have told to you or- him— I ca
know which one of you, nor do
know how I shall tell it, But wh
you learn, Lawrence, think as well
me as you can and help him to
charitable to me.
With the greatest affection,
Benjamin Cor.
led
o-
rs:�l
the,
en
s-
e
he.
th
and
my
with
fer
et -
in
w
Ra
all
it
n -
all
of
en,
of
be
vet.
Alan, as he finished reading, looked
up to Sherrill, bewildered and dazed.
p `Wht does it mean, Mr. Sherrill?
Does i mean that he has gone away
and le t everything-
he had—every-
thing to me?"
"The properties listed here,#, Shert
rill touched the pages Alan- first had
looked at, "are in the box at the vault
with the executed forms of their
transfer to me. If Mr. Cox -vet. does
not return, and I do not receive any
other instructions, I shall take over
his estate as he has instructed for
your advantage." . ' ,
"And, Mr. Sherrill, he didn't tell
you why? This is ail you 'hallow?"
"Yes; you have everything now.
The fact that he did, not give his reas-
ons for this, either to you or me, made . smile of acknowledgment, as he turn -
me think at first that he might • have 1ed from Alaa`toherrl;.
made his plan known to so one "I'm afraid you've taken rather it
else, and that he had beep,'ooppo ed
to the exteiit even pf violence done
upon him ---to prevent • his "ring
it out. But the more I have 'tier-
ed this, the less likely it has seemed
to -me. Whatever had happened to
Corvet that had so much disturbed
and excited himtely, seems rather
to have precipitated his plan than de-
a ei."
busy,n mean. 'phis, can
if what you're doing- .ia
•fi
sine of these nien -to be
ehigan" t,o-night.. Can't' we
her later this, afternoon?
about here this afternoon?"
er .w-asx . not, ' casual; Alan
think: of -any expression of
as being casual; but this,
t, cdme' as near it ass Spear -
come,
I carr be here this after -
an said;
two thirty , suit you?"
as any other time."
ay two -thirty, then." Spear=l.�
eel" and noted the hour almost
ly among the the
ap-
ts on his d pad; straight -
ter this --act of dimissal, he
•th them to the. door; his
-shoulder.
herr�lla,. ,- -:
stances' have `put us—Mr.
and .myself .; in. a very diffi-
`tion Conrad," he remarked. -
t much to be fair to all con -
99
He did not finish the sentence but
halted at the dgor.. Sherrill; went out,
and Alan followed him,; exasperation
-half outrage -Tat half admiration--.
-at Spearman's bearing, held Alan
speechless. The blood rushed hotly
to his skin as the door'closed. behind
them, his hands clenched; and he turn -
'ed bad- to the closed door; then he
checked hims and followed Sher-
rill, who, obi 'oils to -Alan's excite-
ment, led the way to the door which
bore Corvet's name. 'He opened
disclosing an empty room, somewhat
larger than Spearman's an .similar
to it, except` that it lacked the marks
of constant use. It was plain - that,
since Spearman had chosen to put off
discussion of Alan's.-' Status, Sherrill
did not know what next to do;he
stood an instant in thought, then, con-
tenting l imeelf with inviting Alan to
lunch, he excused himself to return, to
his 'office When� he had one cloaxi
the door `behind him,‘ Alan bean to'
pace swiftly up and down the room.
What had just passed had left him
still .breathless; he felt bewildered,
, If
eves►" movement of Spearman's great,
o na.r
its goodness " alongside o others, the
quality being C . ` ,
ti
Black, Green'
ibr ixed •. .
Sealed Packets Only.
A ,
recalled to,
od not eea11
handsomeb had
him their struggle of -the night before
—if, as Spearman's hand rested cord-
ially on Sherrill'ss shoulder, Alan had
not seemed to feel again that big
hand at .his throat -=..he would almost
this
s th aha
been beady to believe have �
y
was not the man whom he had fought.
o doubtthat But he could not �he-had
recognized ized Spearman be- rtue on•
And Spearman had:- xecog�"v
--
(Continued on Page )
;.r
/\,\ Mr. Corvet's -Partner
The instant of meeting,a when Alan
recognized in Sherrill's partner the
man with whom • he had fought in.
Corvet's house, was one of swift read-
justment of all his thought—adjust-
ment to a situation of which he could
not even have dreamed, and which left
him breathless- But for. Spearman,
obviously; it was not that, Following
his noncommittal nod of acknowledg-
ment of Sherrill's" introduction and
his first steady scrutiny of Alan, the
big, handsome man swung himself off
from the desk on which he sat and
leaned against it, facing them more
directly.
"Oh, yes= -Conrad," he said. His
tone was hearty;, in it Alan could rec-
ognize only se much of ' reserve as
might be ••expend from, Sherrill's
partner who had taken` an attitude of
opposition. The shipmasters, .looking,.
on, could see, no doubt, not even that;
except for ,the excitement which Alan
himself could not conceal, it must ap-
pear to them only an ordinary intro-
duction. '
Alan fought Sharply, down the swift
rush of his blood and the, tightening of
his muscles. --
"I can say truly that I'm" glad to
meet you, Mr. Spearman, he managed.
There was -neo' recognition of any-
thing 'beyond the mere surface mean-
ing of the words in Spearman's slow
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