Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 15, 1922, Page 2

house. - INDIAN DRUM | b William MacHarg SYNOPSIS CHAPTER 1.—Wealthy and highly El-u-d in the Chicago business world, onjamin Corvet is something of o re- cluse and a mystery to his associates. After a stormy interview with his part- ner, Henry Spearman, Corvet seeks Con- nce Sherrill, daughter of his other business partner, Lawrence Sherrill, and secures from her a promise not to marry Spearman. He then disappears. Sherrill learns Corvet has written to a_certain Alan Conrad, in Blue Rapids, Kansas, and exhibited strange agitation over the matter, CHAPTER 11.—Corvet's letter summons Conrad, a youth of unknown parentigey o Chicago. o CHAPTER IIL.—V¥rom a statement of ghérrill it seems probable Conrad 18 Cor- vet's lllegitimate son. Corvet has deeded his house and its contents to Alun. CHAPTER 1V.—Alan takes possession of his new home. CHAPTER V.—That night Alan discov- ers & mun ransacking the desks and bu- reau drawers in Corvet's apartments. The appearance of Alan lremenduuslf’ ugitates the intruder, who appears to think him & ghost and raves of “the Miwaka.” After truggle the man escapes. PTER VIL—Next day Alan learns from Sherrill that Corvet has deeded his entire property to him. Introduced to Spearman, Alan is astounded at the dis- covery thit he is the man whom he had found in_hix house the night before. CHAPTER VIL—Alan tells no one of Tils strange encounter, but in a private interview tnxes Spearman with the fact. Spearrian_laughs at and defles him. CHAPTER VIL—-C Indlan serv- ant, Wassaquam, tell he_ belleves uis employer is dead. He also tells him tho Jegend of the Indian Drum, which ac- cording to old superstition beals once every life lost on the G Lakes. Twen. ty years before, the g waka had gone down with twenty-five on board, but the Drum had sounded for only ‘twenty-four, lexving the inference that one person had been saved, since it was general belief that the drum never Pursulng o stranger who had made a disturbance at his house, Alan is slugged and rendered uncomscious. (Continued from last issue) “When Mr. Corvet disappeared, Ju- dah, you went to look for him up at Manistique, where -he was born—at Jeast Mr. Sherrill said that was where you,went. Why did you think might-find him ther Alan asked. “In the end, I thir man maybe goes back to the place where he be- gan. That's all, Alan.” “In the end! What do you mean by that? What «o you think has become of Mr. Corvet?” “I think now—RBen's dead.” “What makes you think that?" “Nothing n s me think; I think 1t myself.” “I see, You mean you have no rea- son more than others for thinking it; but that is what you believe.” “Yes.” Wassaquam went away, and Alan heard him on the back stairs, as- cending to his room, When Alan went up to his own room, after making the rounds to see that the house was locked, a droning chant came to him from the third floor. He paused in the hall and listened, then went up to the floor abhove. A flickering light cawe to him through the half-open door of a room at the front of the house; he went a little way toward it and loeked in. Two thick candles were burning before a ermelfix, below which the Indian knelt, prayer book in hand and rocking to and fro as he droned his supplica- tions. A word or two came to Alan, but without them*Wassaquam's occupation was plain; he was praying for the re- pose of the dead—the Catholi¢ chant taught to himi, as ‘it had been taught undoubtedly to his fathers, hy the French Jesults of the lakes. The in- toned chant for Corvet's soul, by the man who had heard the Drum, fol- Jlowed and still came to Alan, as he ‘returned to the second floor. ‘He had not been able to determine, during the evening, Wassuquarin's attl- | tude toward him. Jis tur trust, Alan had been obliged to put acertain amouny of trust in the In- dlan; so as he had explained t» Was- stquam thut morning that the Jesk —_——— RS X and the drawers in the little roon off | Corvet's had been forced, and .had wgrned him te sce that no one, who {htd ot proper business there, en‘lered the liouse. Wassaquam had appciared to accept this order; but now Wgssa- quhimn had implied that it was nof be- cafise of Alan’s order that he had re- fuged reporters ‘mdmisslon to jthe house. Alnn started and went quickly to (e open door of Ms room, as he heard volces now Komewhere within the ] One of the volces he recog- nized as Wassaquam’s; the other in- ‘distinet, thick, accusing—wns un- known to im; it certainly vvas not |Spearman’s. He descended sv/iftly to the first fwor, and found Wazisaquam standing # the front hall, alane. “Who was here, Judah?” .Alan de- manded. i “A°man,” the Indian answared stol- {idly. “He was drunk; I put bim out.” @ & “tl ing no one else | “What did e come for?” “He came to see Ben. -out; he Is gone, Alan.” Algn flupg open the fromt door and looked out, but he saw no one. “What did be want of Nr. Cervet, Mudah® oo I put him and Fdwin Bulme_f‘ “I'do not know. I told him Ben was ; he was angry, but he went “Has he ever come liere before?” | “Yes; he comes twice.” “IIe has been here twice?” “More than that; every year he comes twice, Alan. Once he came oftener.” . “How long has he been doing that?” ince I ean remember.” “Is he a friend of Mr. Corvet?” “No friend—no!” ) “But Mr. Corvet saw him when he came about?” “How should I know? No; I do not.” Alan got his coat and hat. The sudden disappearance of the man wight mean only that he had hurried away, but it might mean, too, that he was still lurking near the house. Alan had decided to make the circuit of the louse and determine that. But as he came out on to the porch, an figure moré thun a block away to the south strode with uncertain step out inta the light of a street lamp, halted and faced about, und shook his fist back at the house. Alan dragged the In- dian out on to the porch. ~Is that the man, Judah?” he de- handed. “Yes, Alan.” Alan ran down the steps and at full speed ufter the man. But when he reached the corner, he was nowhere in sight. Alan retraced his steps for severnl blocks, still looking; then he gave it up and returned east toward the Drive. The side street leading to the Drive was not well lighted ; dark entry ways and - alleys opened on it; but the night was clear. Alan could see at the end of the street, heyond the yellow glow of the distant boulevard lights, the smooth, chill surface of’ the lake. A white light rode above it; now, below the white light, he spw @.red speck— masthend and port knterns of a steamer morthward bound. Farther out, n second white ghow appeared trom behind the obscuration of the Dbuildingy. and below it a gheen speck— a starbuard light. Informgtion he had zained /enabled him to recognize in iiese lgghts two steamers passing one another at the harbor mowh. His fthoughts turned to | Constance Sherrill. Xvents since he had talked with her that morning had 'put them far apurt once move; but, iw another He Staggered, Slipped, Fell Suddenly Forward Upon His Knees Under a Stunning, Crushing Blow Upon His Head From Behind. way, they were being drawn closer to- gether. For he knew now that she was caught as well as he in the mesh of consequences of acts not their own. He staggered, slipped, fell suddenly forward upon his knees, under a stun- ning, crushing blow upon his head from behind, Thought, consciousness almost lost, he struggled, twisting him- self about to grasp at his assoilant. ‘Jlo cnught the man’s clotliing, trying v drag himselg up; fighting blindly, diwzedly, unable. to see or think, he shauted aloud and then again, alond. #1¢ geemed in the distance to hear an- ceting cries; but the weight and re.wgth of the other was bearing him ywr, again to his knees; he tried to in mgide from it, to rise. Then an- oikegr iMow, crushing and sickening, Jesenddd on his head: even hearing teft nim and, uncousclous, he fell for- vaidd on to the snow and lay still. (Contftnued in Next 1ssue) Toronto, _Ontario.—A urging , the Federal authori strive to improve the quality of heavy horses in Canazda was adopted at the - AY THEATRES “PILGRIMS OF THE NIGHT” AT THE REX THURSDAY Crowds are the greatest protec- tion that a man wanted by the police can have. The criminal who hides in a vast city is far safer than one who xuns.for the wilderness thereby mak- ing himself conspicuous by going to a place where human beings. are few and far between. The. one’ who, stays in the city and mingles with people is the one who is hard to find. In a mass the individual is lost. . = Jeari Campion used’ this fact'in acs complishing a seemingly impossible escape during: ‘a raid_on' Marcel’s gambling house in Paris by the French:police. Alone in a ¥oom, the locked door of which was being bat- tered down by gendarmes, Campion contrived the ruse that carried him to safety. 5 His plan is one of the many clever bits which go to make “Pilgrims of the Night,” the J. L. Frothingham production distributed by Associated Producers, Inc., which will be the at- traction at the Rex theatre, begin- ning Thursday, one of the most thrill- ing melodramas which has ever been placed on the screen. Rubye De Remer, Lewis S. Stone, William V. Mong ‘and Raymond Hatton are among the noted players in the cast. “A VIRGINIA COURTYSHIP” AT THE GRAND FRIDAY All the joys of going barefooted, of getting up “shows” and of playing pranks on scandalized elders add to the fun of “A Virginia_Courtship,” in which May McAvoy, Realart star, will be seen here next Friday and Saturday at the Grand theatre. Miss McAvoy has the "delightful role of a little daughter of Dixie in the days before the great war of 1914. She is seen first as a tomboy, the very light of life to two older people; her guardian and his spinster sister. Miss McAvoy is supported by Cas- son Ferguson, Kathlyn Williams, Richard Tucker, Alec B. Francis, Jane Keckly, L. M. Wells, Guy Oliver ‘'and Vern Winters. The adaptation was made by Ed- frid Bingham from Eugene Pres- brey’s famous old play of the same name. Direction -was 0O’Connor. KOHAONO'’S NATIVE HAWAIIAN AT GRAND THEATRE TONIGHT The wierdest, sweetest,. most en- chanting of all music intermingled with several of ‘the jazziest of Amer- ican syncopated numbers by Koho- ano’s native Hawaiian singers:. and dancers, is the chief attraction for tonight and Thursday at the Grand theatre. 8 Featuring James Kohoano, wizard of the steel guitar, and Princess Koia, bula-hula dancer, Kohoano’s native Hawaiian singers and dancers. (five in number) will appear in the after- noon at 2:30, and -for two complete performances beginning at 7:30 and 9:00, tonight and Thursday in con- junction with the regular picture pro- aram, “Shadows ‘of the Sca.” Brief- ly, the story i fortune who is wanted by the law in every nation. a searover, and a man of high ideals, and education Captain Dick Carson derives his pleasure and thrills by the seemingly harmless defiance of certain maritime laws. ~Conway Tearle supported by Doris Kenyon and Crawford Kent play the leading parts. In the cast of Rex Ingram’s latest screen production for Metro, “The Conquering Power”—founded on Balzac’s “Eugenie many of those who were prominent in his sensationally _successful pic- of the Apocalypse.” This latest In- gram picture is being shown at the Elko theatre tonight, also Thursday and Friday, matineces and evenings. in the Ibanez picture, appears in “The Conquering Power,” as Eugenie Grandet. ~ Rudolph Valentino, the Julio_Desnoyers_of_‘The_Four Horse- by Frank; of a roving soldier of || Courageous and re-| sourceful, a gentleman adventurer,||| Grandet”—are, turization of “The Four Horsemen | Alice Terry, the Marguerite Laurier‘ i | men,” has the role of Charles Gra: det. Brigetta Clark, the Dona Luisa of nez, appears as Madame des Grassines; Mark Fenton, who did Senator Lacour, ‘as Monsieur. des Grasines; and Edward Connelly, who played the old lodge-keeper of the Desnoyers estate, as the notary, |8 Cruchot. 5 d Others .in the cast are: Ralph Lewis, who won an enviable reputa- tion as Stoneman in “The Birth of a Nation, as- Pierre ~Grandet; Edna Dumary as Madame Grandet; George Atkinson as Cruchot’s son, De Bon- fons; Walter Lee Hall as the Abbe Cruchot; Mary Hearn as Nanon; Eu- gene Pouyet as Cornoiller; and Ward Wing 'as Alphonse. ““CHASING THE MOQN” AT . THE REX THEATRE SUNDAY The genial, daring, fun-loving' Tom Mix is returning here next Sunday in bhis latest Fox photoplay, ‘‘Chasing the Moon.” He will be:at the Rex theatre’for two days. “Chasing the Moon” is another Mix thriller, and contains_an unusual amount of fun and frolic ,the story giving Mix a fine opportunity * to display his daring stunts and to indulge his fondness for outwitting his foes. Eva Novak is again his leading woman, and is said to give her usual performance—with skill plus beauty. g | Mix, 'in this_story, starts in Amer- ica, goes to Russia and finishes in Spain—where he also finishes his en-| enries. L “THE CONQUEST OF €EANAAN”" “AT THE GRAND SUNDAY How many young men are able to face the scorn of a town and win out? This is the problem that con-|§ fronted “Joe Louden” in Booth Tark- ington’s. “The Conquest of Canaan,” which has been picturized by Para- mount star, combats the evils of small town prejudice, defeats the un- scrupulous members of the town’s “society” and becomes the leader of politics, can be seen at the Grand the- atre next Sunday, Monday and Tues- | i day, when this nicture will be shown || for the first time in this city. BIG CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OPENED AT ALEXANDROPOL Constantinople, March 15.—The largest children’s hospital in the world was opened recently at Alexan- dropel, in the Southern Caucasus. It is under. the direction of Dr. R. T. Uhls of Fitchbury, Mass.,, and has been financed entirely with funds sent from America by the Near East ||l Relief. At the present time the hos- ‘ pital has 2,700 beds, housed in 40 ward buiidings; when fully completed next May, it will have 6,600 beds. \‘May McAvdy THE WONDER GIRL ) | i I | Star cf “A Private Scandal” i T» “Sentimental Tommy” | 1| 1 and ‘“Morals” | | | 1 || Fast becoming the most beloved | of all stars, in— ! { “A Virginia | Courtship ” | Her newest . Realart picture in which she is more delightful than ever and positively irresistable. | Friday & Saturday AT THE | 'G:R:A:N:D | | | | | i | —Coming Sunday— | THOS. MEIGHAN | il IN i il “THE CONQUEST | ' OF CANAAN”| it ' By Booth Tarkington Jessie Younger Shewing the._ life of the “see it portrayed. THRILLS! $10,000 TEWARD, annual meetine of the Clydesdale Ilorse .association of Canada: " REX Theatre Showing Today Only ; LOOK INTO THE LIFE OF AND THE Brothers from their boyhdod days. about ‘Jesse James-~you-have all read the book, now SEE—The Northfield Bank Robbery! SEE—Quantrell’s Last Stand! 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