Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 29, 1922, Page 2

G)pqnth bg Edw"Bal (Continued from last issue) Alan, not delaying to question fur- ther, went back to the cabins, These stretched. aft, - behind = the bridge, along the upper deck, some score on each side of ‘the ship; they had accommlodations for almost a hun- dred passengers; hut on this crossing only a few were occupled. Alan had noticed'some half-dozen men—business men, no doubt, forced' to make the crossing, and one of them, a Catholic priest, returning probably to some mis- sion in the north ; he had seen no wom- en among them. A little group of passengers were gathered now in the door’ of ‘or just outside the wireless cabip, which was, one of the row on the starboard side. Stewards stood with them and the cabin maid; within, and bending over the table with the radio jnstrument, was the operator with the ,second officer beside him. ‘The violet spark was rasping, and the operator, his: receivers strapped over his enrs, strained to listen. He got mo reply, evidently, and he struck his key again; now, us he listened, he wrote slowly on « pad. “Wlmt 18 it?” Alan asked the officer. “The Richardson heard four blasts of a steam whistle about an hour ago when she was opposite the Manitous, She answered with the whistle and turned toward the blasts. She couldn’t find any ship.” The officer’s reply was interrupted by some of the others, “Fhen . . . that was a few minutes ago they heard the four long again, . They'd tried to pick up the other ship with radio before. Yes; we got that here. Tried again and gef no answer. . . But tuey heard the blasts for hailf an hour. . They said they seemed to be almost beside the ship once, ..+ But-they dido’t see anything. Then the blasts stopped sud- den, cut. oft' short in the middle as tirough something happened. A She was: blowing distress all rlnm The Richardson’s searching Yeg, she's search- again now. - . . . ing for boats.” “Anyone else asked. “Shore stations on both sides.” "Do they know what ship it is?” Vo “Whnt ship might. be there now?” The officer could not answer. that. He had knowni.where the Richardson must be;'he knew of no other likely to be thére at this season. The spray from the ‘waves had frozen upon Alan; 1ce glenmed ‘and glinted from tl:e rall and from_the -deck. Alan’s shontders drew up in a spasm. The Richardson, they salg, was looking for boats; how loag could men live in little boats ex- {posed to'that -gale and cold? ' He turned back to the others about ‘the radio cabin; the glow from within showed him faces as gray as his; it lighted a fuce on the opposite side ot the door—=g face haggard with dread- ful fright., Old Burr jerked about as Alnn, spoke to_him gnd‘ moved .away, alone; Alan followed him and. seized his arm, 2 “What's: the matter?”’ Alnu demand- ed, holding-to-him, - “The four blusts!” the wheelsman 1.0 *They " heard the . four He iterated it once more. " Alan”urged. “Why not?” “But where no ship ought to be; 8o they couldn't ' find the ship—they couldn’t find the ship!” = Terror, of awful abjecthess, came. over- the- old man. lefreed himself from Alan and went forward. . Alan went aft to the car deck. ‘The roar and echoing tumult of the Ice against the hull here drowned all oth- er sounds. The thirty-two freight cars, in their four long lines, stood wedged and chained and blockedl in place; they tipped and tilted, rolled and swayed like the stanchions and isides of the ship, fixed ard. secure. Jucks on the steel deck under the edges of the cars, kept them . from rocking on their trucks. Men paced watchfully between the tracks, observ- ing the movement of the cars. The cars creaked and greaned, as. they warked a little this way and that; the men sprang with sledges and drove the blocks, tight again or took .an addl. tional turn upen the jacks. Alan'saw old Burr who, on his way. to the tvheelhonse, had Dalteq.to lis- ten. Kor several minutes the old man answered?” Alan stood - motionlesss iel cattie™ on’ mmln-' and stopped to listen._ { “You hear ‘em?'BUrr volce qua- vered fn Alan's ear. ‘“You hear 'em?’ “What?” ‘asked Alan. "The four blasts! ' You ‘hear ’em now?: The four blasts!” Burr was straining as he listened, and Alan stood still too; no sound came to him but the noise of the stérm, “No,” he replied. "I don’t ‘hear anything. Do you hear them now?” Burr stood beside him without mak- ing reply; the searchlight, which had been pofnted abeam, shot its glare for- ward, and Alan could see Burr's face in the dancing reflection of ‘the flure. {The man had never more plainly re- | long, 16 Works’ kle@ngg The struggie of the. engln against the momentum of the ferry teld that ‘others' had seen’ the gleaming ship; or, at'least, had heard the hail. The skip- per’s instant decision had been to put to_starboard; he had bawled that to the wheelsman, “Hard over!” ~But, .| though the ‘screws turned full astern, Number 25 steered straight on. The flurry was blowing before the Bow agdin; back through the snow the ice- shroided' shimmer.''shead retreated, | Atiih'féaped away ‘aud'up to the wheeli Iy My The Man Had Never More Plainly Re- sembled the F-e(uro of Benjamin| Corvet. sembled the iimure of Benjamin Cor- vet; that which had been.in the. pic- ture, that strange sengation of some- thing. haunting him, was upon this man's face, a.thousand times intensi- fied ; but Instead of distorting the fea- tures away from all”likéness to the picture,” it made 1t grotesquely lden~ tical. + And Burr was hearing smuelhlug— something distinet and terrifying; but he seemed not surprised, but rather satistied that Alan had not heard. He nodded his head at Alan’s denial, and, without reply to Alan’s demand, he stood listening.’ Something bent him forward; he straightened; again the gomething came; again he straight- ened. Four times Alan counted the motio Burr was hearing agaln fhe four long blasts of distress! But there WHS 10 noise ut the gale. *The four blasts!” He récalled old Burt’s terror outside the radio cabin. The old man was hcnrmg ‘blasts \\hlch were not blawi? 5 o = 2 O Ie mmed on_ and took_the wheel. He was a good \ghel.-lwmnn the vessel seemed to be stendier ou her ‘course and, someliow,ito steer easier when thes old man steered, His Illuslons of henr-, FE ‘ing conld do no i, 2aklin’ consid- ered;. they’ were ‘of* ‘toricérn only (o Burr and to him, Alaw; fought: tn keep' hls‘thougm alt to his du qusk’ bg.mow, very nearly at the pnélfiun \\here “the Rich- ardson last had heard’the fourlong blasts; searchingforai ship or for boats, in that snow, was almost hope- less. With sight even along, the search- light’s beam shortened to a few hun-. dred yards, onfy ucéldeht’ conld-bring Number up for repcue;-only chance could cavry the ship where the shouts —or the blasts of distress if the wreck still floated nml luul bwanu——\»ould be heard. B 5 Me g They were meeting frequent and heavy floes, and Alan‘gave warning of these by halls to the bridge; the bridge answered and when pn«lhle the steams er avolded the floesizwvhen it couldinot do that it cut through them, The wind- rowed ice beating and “¢rushing undes the hows took strange, distorted, glis- tening shapes. Now another such shape appenred before them ; where the glare dissipated to a bure'glow: in the swirl- ing snow, he snw/a-vague-shadow. The man moving the searchlight failed to see it, for lie swung:the heam on.. The shadow was so -dim, So ghostly, that Alan sought for it again before he halled; he-could see nothing now, yet he was surer, somehow, that he had seen, “Something dead ahead, sir!” he sliouted back-toithe bridge. The bridge answered the hail as:the smm‘hll:htJmlnh-xl forward again. A gust carriéd thie.Suow in a flerce flurry which the light failed. tg pierce; from the flurty suddenly, silently, spar by spar, n $halow, emerget—the shadow of a ship,, Itwys as(eqmer. Alan saw, ng old vessel without [ Jigbts and without smoke from the fun- nel. slantingsup justeformaid-ob. the after degkhouge; i d inithe trough of the:;’rl; "l*_ Stefed¥ndA o M(mt'lr gl)(!!lv phosphores: cence, it was m"q ction of the 56 reli: light beam' from; ne teu” sheathifng all the’ ship,“Alan’s’ tiritn “tofd” him; but the sight of that sousidiess, ihimmerlng ship materfalizing from; behind the screen of snow struck astremor thirough him, “Ship!” he halled. ahead, sir! - Ship!” The ' shout of ‘quick * commands echoéd to him: from the bridge. Un- “Ahead!, Dead derfoot e could feeln new.tumult of | the deck; ° the engides, instantly stopped, were heln;: set full speed as- tern. - But. Number..25,instead of sheering off to_right or left to avoid the collision, steered straizhit on. "4 P a mute a len were strngglln (here—‘-the shipy ! ‘old Burt, Wh; hia The' skipiier il and beat' him away, wiille t mnté ‘tugged’at the ‘Wheek:" ' Bure was torn from the wheet now; and lié blows; but the.skipper, in his frenzy,. struck him again'and knocked him to the deck. Slowly, steadily, Number, 25 was re- sponding to her helm. The bow point- .| e@ away, and the beam of the ferry catile “beside’ the 'beam ;of ‘the ‘silent stéamer; they were very close now, so close that.'the searchlight, which had !| tiftned to keep on'the other vessel, /| shipt above its shimmering. deck and ¥ lighted only the spars; and, 28 the wa- tep rose and fell: between ‘them, the ships sucked eloser. Number 25 shook with an effort; it seemed opposing with all the power of its:screws -some’ force fatally drawing it en—opposing with the last resistance before giving way. Then, as the water fell again, the ferry s¢émed to slip aud be drawn toward thé other vessel; they mounted, side by side . . . crashed . ... recoiled V%, crashed again. That second crash " threw all who had nothing to hold by, flat upon the deck; then Number 25 moved by; astern her now the silent steamer vanished in the snow. Gongs boomed below; through' the nely confusion ‘and the ‘cries of men, orders hegan to become audible. “Alan, scrumbling to his knees; put an -arm under.old Burr, half raising him; the form encircled by his arm struggled up. ' The skipper, who. had knocked Burr away from the wheel, ignored him now. ' The old man, dragging himself up: and:holding to -Alan, was staring with terror at the snow, screen behind which the vessel had disappeared. Ins lips; moved. “It was a ship!” he sald; he seemerl speaking more to himself than to Alan. “Yes,” Alan said. “It was a:ship;.| and you thought—" : “It wasn't there!” the wheelsman cried. “It's—it’s been there .all the time all night, and Id—I'd steered through it ten : times, twenty ' times, every few minutes; and thcn—thlt time;it was a ship1” Alah's excitement grew "renter' he sgized the old.man agaiy. “You thought it was the Miwaka!” Alan exclaimed. “The Miwaka! And you trjed to steer througle ft-agaip.”. ¢ "'Jhd,,Ml\mkn 1 61d ‘Burr’s. llpa‘;relt' erated ‘the ord. . “Yes; yes——the“ Mi- wakal”, He_struggled, writhing “with so agony not physical. ‘Alan tried to; hol d i him, ‘biit now. the old man swas beside: himself with dismay. He. broke away and started aft.. The captain’s wlce recalled Alan to himself, as lwe was about to follow, and he turned back to the wheelhouse. :The second officer, who had gone be- low to ascertain: the damage dome:to the ferry, came.up to report. '['wo of the compartments, those which had taken the crush of the collisiod, had fldoded instantly; the bulkheads were holding—only leaking:a little, the: offi- cer declared. - Water was ‘coming inte a, third compartment, that at the swtern; th¢ pumps were fighting xhls waater. The. shock had sprupg seams ‘else- where; but if the after compwstment did not fill, the pumps mlght ‘hang'le the rest. Alan was at the bow ‘again on look- -out duty, ordered to listen and to look for ‘the little boats. ”He gave to that duty all ‘his consckous attention ;. but through his thougb.t, whether he willed it or not, ran a r/otous exultation. : As he paced from Fide to slde and hailed and answered hails trom the bridge, and while he strained for sight and hearing. throujzh the gale-swept: snow, the .leaping pulse, within repeated, “T've found 'him! . Fve found himI™ Alan held no longer possibility - of doubt of old, Burr’s identity with Ber- Jamin Corvet, since'the old:man had made plain to him that he was haunt- ed by the Miwaka. ‘Since that night in the houmse on Astor street, when Spearman shouted.to, Alan that name, éverything' having to'do with the se- cret of Be,»jnm!n Corviet's life Tiad Ted;” 50 far as ‘Alan could Yollow It, to the Miwaka; all the change, which Sher- rill descrived but coulld not account for, Alan had laid te that. Corvet omly could have been so haunted by that ghostly ship, and ‘there had been gullt of some awful gort in the old \\no had sent him atvay to Kansas {Swhen Hid'Wad-4'child, who had'sabPért- fed-hinp there and then, at last, sent m' hin; \\h] ‘had disgppeared at his Ing-5hd {efe “hind- o 4hl¥! pldees- lons ;m(l his herltnge 3 dlsxrnce. 0 P Bladkhatl to LuKe? iihd Wi 40 snfioidust, Capduin s(mns ateh ‘andethe: cing whichreathe it the wedding. rivg.. £ Alan pulleq hig, hnnn:,rrnm hil ,ulme nd felt in his pockyt for the little band of gold. What would that mean “to"him now; what of that was he to learn?. And. as he tho.ught of that, Constance Sherrill came more insist- -ently before: him. Whatt: was be to learn for her, for his friend and Ben- Jamin Corvet's friend, w! hom he, Uncle .Benny, had warned not 'to care for " Henry Spearman. nud thegm had gone away, to leave Lier to marry” him? For :shie wus to narry: him, Alai had read. ‘More serious damage thi:n first re- mrted,L The n.nhm_eemm Iy must be boeQss nMn’s cry. “Alan had ‘found the mam Tos! port. compartment aft; for. the bow' | steadily was lifting, the stern sinking. The starboard rail too was ruised, and the list had become so sharp that wa- ter washed the deck abaft the fore- castle to' port. And the ferry was pointed straight into the gale now; long ago she had ceased to.circle and steam. slowly in search for boats; she struggled with all .her power against the wind and the sens, a desperate in- sistence throbbin, the engines; rQr ‘ing—tleeing for dared not tutn: two odock R;l et should Tong before; ‘but po one . Wwas numbeéd now decl\ The'stark figure on 3 was that of:the second n(fl thing which’ was . happening« helow the thing which was sending’ strange, - violent, wanton .tremors thmngh the- ‘ship—was: serious: enongh to call ‘the skipper below, to make him abandon the, bridge at this time! The tremors, quite distinct from the steady tremble "of_the engines nnd the thudding of the umps, ‘came - again: Alam,” feeling em, jerked up and stamped and beat. his' arms to regain. sensition. Some one stumbled -toward ‘him from the ‘cabins now, a short figure in a -great icoat. It:was a svoman, he'saw as she “halled him—the cabin. maid, “I'm taking.your place!” she shouted to Alan.. “Yor’ rer\\nnted—f‘\'ery one's ‘wanted on the car deck! The cars—* The gale and her fright stopped her voice as -she-struggled for. speech,” ‘“The "nrs-—-the cars are Toose!” : gl 7 Al G g b (Con‘tmncd in' Next Issue) EDGEWOOD (Omitted Last Week) Mr. and Mrs, Harry Vogtland and daughters, Lurene and Bertha, and Clifford Phibbs and Mr. and ' Mrs. Stilwell. and family - were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wright and family. - Mrs August Luedtke Sr. and Fred Ludtke visited at Mr Murray’s on Sunday. - Mrs. T. J. anht Fred Lange cn’ {'riday. Fred Boklmann was a. caller . at Fred ‘Luedtkes, Sunday. August Ludetke Sr., is having the house which he purchaser from Wm, Hanson .remodeled: Many who have been, sick in. this community have recovered, but.more cases appear.on the sick: list. Mr. and Mrs. Caspar Knapp and children visitzd at the Fred Luedtke home Sunday. Wm. Willett and scn - Norman, called on August Luedtke, Sr., on Monday of last: week. Iva Wright visited Edna Smwell Satudday afternoon: - Mrs. Peter Frost.and Mls T. J ‘Wright were among those who went to Bemidji from here on Monday. visited = Mrs. par Knepp Sunday forenoon. Will; John’and Edna Stilwell vis: \ted at T. J.yWright’s Tuesday even- Chfford and Bertha: Phibbs_called on .the T, J. Wright family Wednes- day .evening. Mrs. Lange is again able to take cherge- of the Intermediate class. in Sunday schocl and ‘to be “ organist for the schaol, Attendance at Sundny school is increasing. . - ‘SAUM (Omitted Last Week). - Toney Johnson lost ~'a’ valuable cow Monday.of this week. Mrs. Sam Sapp hed the great mis- fortune of cutting her ~ hand = very badly Friday of last week The. ac- cident occured while she was cutting l vegetables. The' spelling contest and exhibit don was ‘not very well attended. - | ‘“Mrs, Anton Knufson is' visiting wigll Mrs. Quale. r. and Mrs. Toney Johnson and ginls and school teachers, Miss Allen and Miss Bernicl ere Sunday visit- crs at McDonal Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boness visited at | Ole: Wolden’s Sunday afternoon. The St. Patrick’s dance given at the school house Friday night had quite a l.nfga c¢rowd -and everybody reported “a’good time. We all thank Reuben Carlson, who helped make the oecasion n‘gcod time' for ‘everybody by his cspeclafly good humor throug— out'the entire evening. Wolden and children visited at the home of Joe Parochkas Sun- day afternoon Selma Dakken and son,, Thomas, son in Kelliher:Sunday. The deceased wak:killedThursdey. afternoon while working around an engine at Nebish. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife d three children,-also a number of jends and relatives: Thisicomm ends: thelr sympathy ¢ M&. ?S‘ ‘| cast snppprts him. August Luedtke Jr., called on Cas- |’ \at the school house Saturday' after-|i | attended the'funeral ‘of’ Conrad John- | T THEATRES “OLIVER TWIST, JR:" AT THE REX THEATER TONIGHT Haroli Goodwin, the elghtcen year old lad whom William Fox has e'- evated to stardnm, will be. =ezm in his, first picture, ‘‘Oliver Twist, tonight, at the Rex theater. “6hver Twist, Jn.¥ isia'siory nx yeung:Oliver Twist_as, Dickens, t, byt 1t is broughit up 0" dfi whfle aining the i original clmrachers Those whp ave seén :Goodwinzas Oliver deslans, the i destined. for mh'gh placz Husng icture: firmamentad high-elass re “WHAT WOMEN'WILE p6> UK THECRARD FENiGHT What' Wonien’ Will' Do, “thé Ed- ward Jose, Productitn showmg at the ‘|Grand theater’. for “two. days, -last times ‘tonight, . is’ a4 ' mnfelodrame of modern New York:life. It deals with a ‘young woman who becomes involved in. a ;jmalicious - scheme -de- signed to mulct a wealthy' old<lady, whose’ grief over the suicide of her son while he was_under the stigma of a charge of murder, has made’ her an easy prey. Pathe News and a comedy com- plete the program “THE LAST DOOR” AT ELKO LAST TIME THIS EVENING Eugene O’Brien in a_ story (of mystery, Suspense. and. surprise are; the features of ‘the new . Selznick Picture, “The Last 'Door,” ~which shows at the Elko theater last times tonight. It is. O'Brien’s’ best picture. e TR “TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR:ROOM _AT REX THEATER THURSDAY Movie fans and those who are fond of the classics of the American stage are in for a treat when the famous old melodruma, “Ten Nights in a Bar- room,” is shown at the. Rex theater Thursday. This famous old play has been made into a super-speeial. The stery of “Ten Nights in.a' Bar-room” is/ familiar to almost everyone, as it enjoyed a great success both as a novel and play, It has been on.the| boards, for over sixty years and is said to have played in every clty and town . in the country. “BOY CRAZY”AT.THE ELKO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY A rollicking farce with laughs the main objective will be screened at the Elko theater Thundny and Friday, when “Boy Crazy' is exhibited : with Doris May in the leading role ‘it .is an R-f C picture, a bubbling, fast-step- ping farce ir wnich the dainty little star appears at her absolute best, in her interpretation of the “fiapper” type of girl.:. | g @ € hlrlle )(agmusen is going to bale this week. §l , who has been ilb for ttmg better. Pneumo- nln ed to be what he is suffering from. Arnes Llhenen spent Sunday at the Krogsan‘ ome. - Irene Sffague, who has been qmu ill for thé'last week, is now better. 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