Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1922, Page 3

THE BEMIDJI MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1922 7+ INDIAN DRUM mWilliam MacHarg = r B - = Edwin Balmerw . (Continued from last issue) CHAPTER XIV Old Burr of the Ferry. It was in late November and while the coal carrier Pontiac, on which he was serving as lookout, was in Lake Superior that Alan first heard of Jim Burr. The name spoken amoung some okher names in casual conversation by 24 member of the crew, stirred and ex- cited him; the name James Burr, oc- cyrring on Benjamin Corvet’s list, had Lorne opposite it the legend “All dis- appeared; no trace,” and Alan, whose investigations had accounted for all others whom the list contained, had been able regarding Burr only to verify the fact that at the address glven no one of this name was to be found. He questioned the oiler who had mentioned Burr. The man had met Burr one night in Manitowoe with other men, and something about the old man had impressed both his name and image on him; he knew no more than that. At Manitowoc!—the place from which Captain Stafford’s watch bad been sent to Constance Sherrill and where Alan had sought for, but had failed to find, the sender! Had Alan stumbled by chance upon the one whom Benjamin Corvet had been un- able to trace? 2 Alan could not leave the Pontiac and £o at once to Manitowoc to seek Burr: for he was needed where he was. Tt was fully 2 week later and after the ! Pontiac had been laden again and had repassed the length of Lake Superior that Alan-left the vessel at Sault Ste. Marie and-took the-traln for Manito- woc: ‘The little lake port of Manitowoc, ‘which he reached in the late afternoon, ‘was' turbulent with the lake season’s approaching close. . Alan inquired for the seamen's drinking place, where his Informant had met Jim Burr; following the directions he received he made his ‘way afong the ‘river 'bank ‘until he found it. kK The proprietor kiew old Jim Burr— yes.. Burr'was a wheelsman on Car- ferry Number 25. Fle was a lakeman, experienced and capable; that fact, some months before, had served as in- troduction for him to the frequenters of this place. When the ferry was In harbor and his dutled left him idle, Burr came up and waited there, occu- pying always the same chair. He never drank; he never spoke to others unless they spoke first to him, but then he talked freely about old days en the lakes, about ships which had been lost and about men long dead. Alan decided that there could be no better pince to Interview old Burr than here; he waited therefore, and in the ' early evening the old man came in. He ‘was a slender but muscularly built man seeming about sixty-five, but he might ‘be considerably younger or older than that. His hair was completely white; his nose was thin and sensitive; his face was smoothly placid, emotionless, ‘contented ; his eyes were queerly cloud- ‘ed, deepset and intent, Those whose names Alan had found «on Corvet's list._ had been of all ages, soung and old; but Burr might well have been a contemporary of Corvet “You're From No. 227" He Asked, to Draw Him Into Conversation. on the lakes. Alan moved over ana ‘took a seat beside the old man. “You're from Number 25?” he asked, to draw him info conversation, “Yes.” “I've been working on the carrier Pontiac as lookout. She’s on her way to tie up at Cleveland, so I left her and came on here. You don’t know whether there's i chance for me to get & place through the winter on Number 257" 01a Burr reflected. “One of our hoys ihas been talking of leaving. I don't knoty_when ‘he expects to go. You and EdwinBalmer might ask.'” “Thank you; I will. Conrad—Alan Conrad.” He saw no recognition of the name in Burr’s reception of it; but he had not expected that.. None of those on Benjamin Corvet's list had had any knowledge of Alan Conrad or had heard the name before. My name’s Alan was silent, watching the old man; Burr, silent too, seemed listening to the conversatlon which came to them from the tables near by, where men were talking of cargoes, and of ships and of men 'who worked and sailed upon them. “How long bave you been on the lakes?” Alan inquired, “All my life.” “Do you remember the Miwaka?" 01d Burr turned abruptly and studied Alan with a. slow scrutiny which seemed to look him through and through; yet while his eyes remained fixed on Alan suddenly they grew blank. He was not thinking now of Alan, but had turned his though®s within himself. “I remember her—yes. She was lost in '95,” he said. “In '95,” he repeated. “Did you know Benjamin Corvet?” Alan asked. . Old Burr stared at him uncertainly. “I know who he is, of course.” “You never met him?” “No." “Did you receive a communication from him some time this year—a re- quest to send some things to Miss Con- stance Sherrill at Harbor Point?” “I never heard of Miss Constance Sherrill. To send what things?”’ “Severnl things—among them a watch which had belonged to Captain Stafford of the Miwaka.” 01d Burr got up suddently and stood gazing down at Alan. “A watch of Captain Stafford’s?—no,” he said agi- tatediy, “No!” He moved away and left the place; and Alan sprang up and followed him. He was not, it seemed probable to Alan vow, the James Burr of Corvet's list; at least Alan could not see how he could be that one. Among the names of the crew of the Miwaka Alan had found that of a Frank Burr, and his inquiries had informed him that this man was a nephew of the James Burr who had lived near Port Corbay and had “disappeared” with all his family. Old Burr had not lived at Port Corbay—at least, he claimed not to have lived there; he gave another ad- dress and assigned to himself quite dif- ferent connections. For every member of the crew of the Miwaka there had been a corresponding, but different name upon Corvet's list—the name of a close relative. If old Burr was not related to ‘the Burr, on Corvet's list, what connection; could he have Wwith the Miwaka, and why should Alan’s questions have agitated him so? Alan would not lose sight of old Burr until he had learned the reason for that. He followed, as the old man crossed the bridge and turned to his left among the buildings on the river front. Burr's figure, vague in the dusk, crossed the railroad yards and made its way to where a huge black bulk, which Alan recognized as the ferry, loomed at the waterside. He disap- peared aboard it. Alan, following him, gazed_about, Jong, broad, black poat txe ferry was, almost four hundred feet to the tall, bluff how, Alan thrilled a little at his inspec: tion of the vessel. He had not seen close at hand before one of these great craft which, throughout the winter, brave ice and storm after all--or near- 1y all—other luke boats are tied up. He had not meant.to apply there when he questioned old Burr about a berth on the ferry; he had used that merely as a means of getting into conversa- tion with the old man. But now he meant to apply; for it would enable him to tind out more about old Burr. No berth on the ferry was vacant ret but one soon would be, and Alan was accepted in lieu of the man who was about to leave; his wages would not begin until the other man left, but i the meantime he ~could remain aboard. All that was known definitely about old Burr on the ferry, it appeared, was that he had joined the vessel in the carly spring. Before that—they did not know ; he might be an old lakeman who, after spending years ashore, had returned to the lakes for a livelihood. The next morning, Alan approached old Burr In the crew's quarters and tried to draw him into conversation again about himself; but Burr only stared at him with his intent and odd- 1y lntrospective eyes and would not talk upon this subject. A week pagsed ; Alan, established as a lookout now on Number 25 and carrying on his dutles, saw Burr daily and almost every hour; his watch coincided with Burr's watch at the wheel—they went on duty and were relieved together. Yet better acquaintance did not make the old man more communicative; a score of times Alan attempted to get him to tell_more about himself, but he evaded “OLIVER TWIST, JR.” AT THE REX THEATRE TOMORROW Harold Goodwin, the eighteen yeur fold lad whom Wiliam Fox has e'- evated to stardom, will be seen ir his first picture, “Oliver Twist, Jr."” Tuesday, at the Rex theatre. “Oli Twist, Jr.” is a story of young Oliver Twist as Dickens wrote it, but 1t is brought, up to date while retaining {the original characters: Those who have seen Goodwin as Oliver declare he is destined for a high place in the picture firmament. A high-class cast supports him. “BAR NOTHIN’” AT REX THEATER AGAIN TONIGHT Whenever a Buck Jones picture comes to town is.a good time to make a date with yourself to see the show. For the reason that a Buck Jones show is always worth seeing. He’s a sure prize winner on the screen in horsemanship. daredevil stunts and capturing the Girl. Buck opened at the Rex theater on Sunday in the Fox pro- duction “Bar Nothin’.” See him and you'll get abundance of wholesome thrill and lively entertainment. He’ll be here for two days. Also showing Ben. Turpin in his new one, “Love and Doughnuts.” “AFTER THE SHOW” AT THE If you want to make a journey back-stage ycu should see William de. Mille’s splendid Paramount pro- duction, “After the Show,” which will be the big feature at the Grand theater for the last time tonight. The principal characters of . the story are Jack Holt, the wealthy backer of the show; Charles Ogle, the old stage-door man and Lila Lee the little cherus girl who, having played in amateur theatricals in her home town, comes to the city to win fame. Out of the lives of these three characters comes a powerful and gripping drama. “OH PROMISE ME” AT ELKO LAST TIME THIS EVENING Here is a_pippin of a Christie Comedy showing at the Elko Theater for the last time this evening, with “Don’t Tell Everything” the big spec- ial feature. The story is more than adequate, jazzy, and one that will appeal to every ex-service man as well as the general public: Neal Burns was nver better than as an ex-soldier whose marriage to an Am- erican girl was threatened by a French “mademoiselle’; the ‘back- grounds show: the careful thought and taste of Director Scott Sidney and Tom Brierley, art director. “DON'T TELL EVERYTHING” AT ELKO, LAST TIME TONIGHET Combining three of the most pop- ular figures of the screen—Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson and Elliott Dexter—the two former stars and the latter a feature player for Paramount pictures—comes “Don’t Tell Everything” which will be seen at the Elko theater, last time tonight. The most interesting feature aside from the exceptional cast is that it is typically an out of door story, breathinng the fragrance of the pine woods, thelife and action of the polo field, the charm of a California golf course. 5| ATan's questions and, 17 Alan persisted; he avoided him, & On deck, one night, listening while old Burr talked, excitement suddenly reized Alan. Burr claimed to Le an Englishman born in Liverpool. He had been, he said, a seaman in the British navy; he had been present at the shelling of Alexandria; later, because of some difficulty, which he glossed over, he had deserted and had come to “the States;” he had been first a deck- hand, then the mate of a tramp schoon- er on the lakes. Alan, gazing at the old man, felt exultation leaping and throbbing within him, This life which old Burr was rehearsiog to him as his own, was the actual life of Munro Burkhalter, one of the men on Cor- vet's list regarding whom Alan had been able to obtain full information? Alan sped below, when he was re. lieved from watch, and got out the clippings left by Corvet and the notes of what he himself had learned in his visits to the homes of these people. His excitement grew greater as he pored over them; he found that he could account, with their ald, for all that old Bu:r had told him. Old Burr's atorles were not, of course, true; yet neither were they fictitious. - They their incidents, at least—were actuali- tles. They were woven from the lives of those upon Corvet's list! Alan felt his skin prickling and the blood beat- ing fast in his temples. How could Burr have known these incidents? Who could he be to know them all? To what man, but one, could all of them be known? Was old Burr . . . Ben- Jjamin Corvét? Alan telegraphed that day to Sher- rill; but when the message had gone doubt scized him. Benjamin Corvet, when he went away, had tried to leave his place and power among lakemen to Alan; Alan, refusing to accept what Corvet had left until Corvet's reason should be known, had felt obliged also to refuse friendship with the Sherrills. When revelation came, would it make possible Alan’s acceptance of the place Corvet had prepared for him, or would it leave him where he was? Would it bring him nearer to Constance Sher- rill, or would It set him farever away from her? (Contin‘uv 1 1n Next Tssue) THE PIONEER WANT. ADS BRING RESULTS |the features of the GRAND THEATER TONIGHT | “THE LAST DOOR” AT THE TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY Eugene O’Brien in a story of mystery, suspense and surprise are new Selznick Picture, “The Last Door,” which comes to the Elko theater Tuesday and Wednesday. It is"O'Brien’s best picture: 3 “WHAT WOMEN WILL DO” AT THE GRAND TUESDAY “What Women Will Do,” the Ed- ward Jose Production showing at the Grand Theater for two days .com- mencing tomorrow is 2 melodrama of modern New York life. It deals with a young woman who becomes involved in a malicious scheme de- signed to mulet a wealthy old lady, whose grief over the suicide of her son while e was under the stigma of a charge of murder, has made her-an easy prey. g Pathe News and a comedy .com- plete the program. JAP GIRLS GET INTO LINE Increasing Physical Activity and Inde- pendence Are Regarded as of Particular Significance. A new freedom in physical move- ment is discernible if not obvious in feminine Japan, It can be noted on the street in the little girls' play. Al- ways they have had the most varied line of games and were fairly active, | but nothing so unladylike as jumping over a stick, a sort of pole vault with- out the pole. Now this is not unusual in the larger towns, and surprisingly high do these - wooden clogged, Ki- monoed, pig-tailed. youngsters jup, and with much abandon. In the girls’ schools there is much more activity .than even three years ago of the kind that past generations of American mothers called tomboy- ishness, mid increasing interest in ten- nig and basketball. Also it is not un- bécoming now for maiden or matron to hold up her head i line with her spine, and frankly look on at this world and all its incumbrances. For- merly it was almost the great unpar- donable not to carry the head slightly forward, with eyes downcast. This attitude of humiliation is now becom- ing fearfully old-fashioned. Foreign teachers of long experience say that the change in this respect Is striking in the classroom. Students when reciting now look up squarely at the Instructor instead of at their knees as formerly. As this is not a taught thing, but the retlex of a change with- in, vital enough to overcome teaching and inherited tendency, it 1s signifi- cant, Another change, trifling, but a straw that shows the direction and ve- locity of the current, is the growing habit of man and wife to walk side by side on the street instead of my lady pigeon-toelng along about a-pace in the rear of her lord.—Scribner's Magazine. USED THE GOLD BRICK CURE ';Trn(mcnl" Ended Many Cases of Flat-Feet, Semi-Blindness and Other “Defects.” A gold brick which made the lame to walk and the blind to see is told of by Capt. P. H. McCarthy, Develop- ment Battalion No, 1, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind,, who gets the credit for Introducing the term *‘gold brick” into the army during the war. The unwill- Ingness of certain recruits to submit to “development” brought the brick into play. Innumerable cases of flat-feet, semi- blindness, and -other ailments were continually reported by reluctant sol- diers at the camp. It was up to Cap- tain McCarthy to discover whether these were ailments or alibis. When the medical profession failed, the brick got in its work. The soldier would be handed the gold article and told to go about as he pleased, free from drill, hikes, labor of any kind, but he must carry the brick. When he saw an offi- cer he must hold the brick out with the left hand and salute with the right. The sick man was invariably back drilling with his outfit the second day. Flat feet and cold ones alike were cured. Bans the Merry-Go-Round. Verily the most captions of musie {ritlcs must confess that when the overture of “Poet and Peasant” is hoot- ed out by the steam calliope of n mezry-go-round it carries to the juve- nile ear a more vital inspiration -thar nould a Philharmonic: feast in Car- negie hall or a whole opera at the Met- topolitan. Imagine, then, the grief of Tarsos Polycrone at the refusal of Mayor Scott of New Rochelle to li- cense him to operate a $30,000 merr) go-round on a lot that he and his two brothers have bought at the entrance to Hudson park. Supreme Court Justice Platt of White Plains will decide whether the gorgeous merry-go-round planned hy the Polycrone brothers shall be sanc- tioned or not, for the indignant trio have applied to him for a writ of man- damus to compel Mayor Scott to Issue a lcense.—New York Sun. An Unwelcome Dance. Lady Constance . Stewart Richard- son, whose bizarre dancing made her known in America, was married re- cently in oriental dress. There is a story about her and the duchess of Marlborough. Once, at a charity concert at one of the great houses of London her host whispered to the duchess: “We're to have an ext number. 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During 1921 42 stout fishing schoon- ers dropped Into. Davy Jones' locker, already ha; lengthy list of The entire Newfoundland fleet is not more than half that of The number of schooners be- 1900 tween 30 and 63 tons in service today i3 nbout 700, as against from 1,000 to 1,500 in the closing days of t]lc: Nine- teenth century. Twenty-eight heavy steel containers carrled the original fllm, which re- mained in the “can” all the time It was not actually in use. Editors and cutters worked continually, stopping only for meals and for a few hours® sleep at night, and on these occasions every scrap of film ‘was returned to ! its proper container. The work was entirely successful; and by the time the train arrived In New York the film was finished and ready for delivery. —~Popular Mechanics Magazine. 000000000008 TOMORROW & Wednesday Would Have Helped Some! Nick Slick, the latest acquisition to the town, had done the “heavy” in no | hait-hearted fashion. 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