The Mooreland Leader. (Mooreland, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1922 Page: 3 of 8
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THE UNMAN BRUM
By 'William MacHarg and Edtvin 0Balmer
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Copyright by Edwin Balmer
ALAN CONRAD
SYNOPSIS— Wealthy and highly
placed In the Chicago business
world Benjamin Corvet is some
thing of a recluse and a mystery
to his associates After a stormy
Interview with his partner Henry
Spearman Corvet seeks Constance
Sherrill daughter of his other bust
ness partner Lawrence Sherrill
She admits Spearman has asked
her to marry him and that she
hasn’t given him an answer Cor
vet— “Uncle Benny"— makes her
promise not to give an answer “till
I come back" Corvet is much agi-
tated and acts strangely Then he
disappears Sherrill learns that
Corvet has written to Alan Conrad
In Blue Ilapids Kan summoning
him to Chicago None of Corvet’s
associates have ever beard of Alan
Conrad
CHAPTER
II
Who It Alan Conrad?
The recipient of the letter which
Benjamin Corvet had written anil
later so excitedly attempted to re-
cover was asking himself a question
which was almost the same ns the
question which Constauce Sherrill had
asked lie was the second morning
later waiting for the first of the two
dally ensthound trains which stopped
at the lit tie Kansas town of Blue
Itnpids which he called home As
long ns lie could look hack Into his life
the question who is this person they
call Alan Conrad and what mn I to
the man who writes from Chicago had
been the paramount enigma of exist-
ence fur him Since he was now
twenty-three as nearly ns he had been
able to approximate it and ns dlslinot
recolleetion of isolated extraordinary
events went hack to the time when he
was five It was quite eighteen yenrs
since he had first noticed the question
put to the people who had him in
charge: "So this is little Alan Con-
rad Who Is he?”
Following the arrival of certain
letters which were distinguished from
most others arriving at the house by
having no ink writing on the envelope
but Just a sort of purple or black
printing like newspapers Alan In-
variably received a dollar to spend
Just as lie liked To lie sure unless
“papa' took him to town there was
nothing for him to spend It upon so
likely enough It went into the square
Iron hank of which the key was lost
hut quite often lie did spend It ac-
cording to plans ngreed upon among
all his friends and in memory of these
occasions and In anticipation of the
next “Alan's dolliir” became a com-
munity Institution among the children
"Who gives It to you Alnn?” was a
question more often asked as time
went on The only answer Alan could
give wns “It comes from Cicngo"
The post-mark on the envelope Alan
noticed was always Chicago that
was nil he ever could find out about
Ids dollar lie was about ten years
old when for a retjson as inexplicable
as the dollar's coming the letters with
the typewritten addresses and the en-
closed money ceased
Except for the loss of the dollar at
the end of every second month— a loss
much discussed by all the children
and not accepted ns permanent till
more than two years had passed —
Alnn felt no immediate results from
the cessation of the letters from
Chlengo Pnpn and mama felt them
when the farm had to he given up and
the family moved to the town and
papa went to work in the woolen mill
beside the river
I’apn and mama at first surprised
and dismayed by the stopping of the
letters still clung to the hope of the
famlllnr typewriter-addressed en-
velope appearing again but when
after two years no more money came
resentment which had been steadily
growing against the person who had
Bent the money began to turn against
Alnn and his “parents" told him all
they knew about him
In 1S!G they had noticed an ndver
tlsement for persons to care for a
child they had answered It to the
office of the rewspnper which printed
It In response to the letter a man
called upon them and nfter seeing
them and going around to see their
friends had made arrangements with
them to take a hoy of three' who was
In i good health and enme of good
peoplp Up paid In advance hoard for
a year and agreed to send a certain
amount every two months nfter that
rime The man brought the liny
whom he called Alan Conrad nml left
him For seven years the money
agreed upon mine now It had reused
and papa had no way of finding the
man— the name given by him appeared
to lie fictitious and he had l"ft no
address except "general delivery Chi-
cago" — Papa knew nothing more than
that He had advertised In the Chi-
cago papers nfter the money stopped
coming and he had communicated
with every one named Conrnd In or
near Chicago hut he had learned noth
lug Thus at the age of thirteen
Alan definitely knew that what he
already had guessed— the fact that he
belonged somewhere else than In the
little brown house — was all that any
one there could tell him and the
knowledge gave persistence to many
Internal questionings Where did he
belong? Who was he? Who was the
man who had brought him there? Had
the money ceased coming because the
person who sent It was dead? In
that case connection of Alnn with the
place where he belonged was per-
manently broken Or would some other
communication from that source reach
him some time — If not money then
something else? Would he be sent for
some day?
Externally Alan’s learning the little
that was known about himself made
no change in his way of living he
went to the town school which com-
bined grammar and high schools
under one roof and as ho grew older
he clerked In one of the town stores
during vacations and In the evenings
Alnn always carried his money home
ns part payment of those arrears which
had mounted up against him since the
letters censed coining At seventeen
having finished high school he was
clerking officially in Merrill's general
store when the next letter came
It was addressed this time not to
pnpn but to Alun Conrad He seized
it tore it open and a bank draft for
fifteen hundred dollars fell out There
wus no letter with the enclosure no
word of communication Just the draft
to the order of Alun Conrad Alan
wrote the Chicago hank by which the
draft had been Issued their reply
showed that the draft had been pur-
chased with currency so there was no
record of the Identity of the person
who hud sent it More than that
amount wns due for arrears for the
seven yenrs during which no money
was sent even when the total which
Alan had earned wns deducted So
Alan merely endorsed the draft over
to “father” nml that full Jim Alan’s
foster brother went to college But
when J I in-discovered thnt it not only
was possible but planned at the uni-
versity for a boy to work bis way
through Alan went also
Four wonderful years followed In
companionship with educated people
Ideas and manners came to him which
he could not have acquired at home
athletics straightened nml added benr-
lng to bis muscular well-formed
body bis pleasant strong young face
acquired self-reliance and self-control
Life been me filled with possibilities for
himself which It had never held before
But on bis day of graduation he
hnd put away the enterprises he had
planned and the dreams lie dreamed
and conscious that his debt to father
and mother still remained unpaid he
had returned to care for them for
father's health had failed nnd Jim who
had opened a law olllce in Kansas
City could do nothing to help
No more money had followed the
draft from Chicago and there hnd
been no communication of any kind
hut the receipt of so considerable a
sum had revived nnd Intensified nil
Alan's speculations about himself The
vngue expectation of his childhood
that sometime In some way he would
he "sent for” hnd grown during the
last sir yenrs to a definite belief
And now — on the afternoon before—
the summons had come
Tills time as he tore open the en-
velope he saw that beside a cheek
there was writing within— nn uneven
nnd nervous-looking but plainly legible
communication In longhand The
letter made no explanation It told
him rather than asked him to come
to Chicago gave minute Instructions
for the Journey nnd advised him to
telegraph when be started The
check wns for a hundred dollars to
pay Ids expenses Check and letter
were signed by a name completely
strange to him
lie was a distinctly attractive look-
ing lad as he stood now on the station
platform of the little town while the
enstbound train rumbled In nnd he
fingered In his pocket the letter from
Chicago
On the train he took the letter from
his pocket and for the dozenth time
reread It Was Covert a relative? Was
he the man who had sent the remit
tances when Alan was a little boy
nnd the one who later hnd sent the
fifteen hundred dollars? Or was he
merely a go-between perhaps a law-
yer? There wns no letterhead to give
nid In these siieculations The ad
dress to which Alan was to come was
In Astor street He had never heard
the name of the street before Was It
a business street Corvet's address In
some great olllce building perhaps?
At Chicago Alan following the
porter with his suitcase from the enr
stepped down among the crowds
hurrying to nnd from the trains He
was not confused be was only In-
tensely excited Acting In Implicit ac-
cord with the lust ructions of the letter
which he know by heart he went to
the uniformed attendant and engaged
a taxicab — Itself no small experience
there would be no one at the station
to meet him the letter bad said He
gnve the Astor street address nnd got
Into the cnb (
It bad begun to snow heavily For
few blocks the taxicab drove north
past more or less ordinary build-
ings then turned east on a broad
boulevard where tall tile and brick
and stone structures towered till their
roofs were hidden In the snowfall
strange stir and tingle quite distinct
from the excitement of the arrival at
the stutlon pricked In Ainu's veins
and hastily he dropped the window to
hls right and gazed out The lake
as he had known since his geography
days lay to the east of Chicago
therefore that void out there beyond
the park was the lake or at least the
harbor A different air seemed to
come from It sounds Suddenly
It all was shut off the taxicab
swerving a little was dashing between
business blocks a row of buildings
hnd risen agaiu upon the right they
broke abruptly to show him a wooden-
walled chasm In which flowed the
river full of ice with a tug dropping
Its smokestack ns it cut below the
bridge which the cab crossed build-
ings on both sides again then to the
’ht a roaring heaving crushing ex-
pnns The sound Alan knew hnd been
coming to him as an undertone for
ninny minutes now It overwhelmed
swallowed all other sound It was
great not loud all sound which Alun
had heard before except the soughing
of the wind over his prairies came
from one point even the monstrous
city murmur was centered In compari-
son with this Over the lake ns over
the Innd the soft snowflakes lazily
floated down scarcely stirred by the
slightest breeze that roar was the
voice of the water that awful power
its own
Alan choked and gasped for breath
hls pulses pounding In Ids throat he
had snatched off his hat and loaning
out of the window sucked the lake air
In hls lungs There had been nothing
to make him expect this overwhelming
crush of feeling The lake— lie lmd
thought of It of course us a great
body of wnler an Interesting sight
for a prairie boy to see that was all
No physical experience in' ail Ids
memory had affecied him like this
nnd It wns without warning the
strange thing that had stirred within
him as the car brought him to the
Drive down-town was strengthened
now a thousand-fold It amazed half-
frightened half dizzied him Now ns
the motor suddenly swung around a
corner and shut the sight of the lake
from him Alun sat back breathless
The car swerved to the east curb
about the middle of the Idoek nnd
entne to a stop The house before
which It had halted was a large stone
house of quiet good design It was
some generation older apparently
than the houses on each side of It
which were brick and terra cotta of
recent fashionable architecture Alan
only glanced at them long enough to
get thnt Impression before he opened
the cub door and got out but as the
cab drove away he stood beside hls
suitcase looking up at the old house
which bore the number given in Ben
Jamin Corvet's letter then around at
the other houses and back to that
again
The neighborhood obviously pre-
cluded the probability of Corvet's be-
ing merely a lawyer— a go-between
He must be some relative the ques-
tion ever present In Alim’s thought
since the receipt of the letter but held
In abeyance as to the possibility nnd
nearness of Corvet's relation to him
took sharper and more exact form
now than he had dared to let It take
before Was Ids relationship to
On the Train He Took the Letter
From His Pocket and for the Doz-
enth Time Reread IL
Corvet perhaps the closest of all re-
lationships? Was Corvet his 1
father? lie checked the question
within hlinsolf for the time had
passed for mere speculation upon It
now Alan was trembling excitedly
for— whoever Corvet might he— the
enigma of Alan's existence was going
to be answered when lie had entered
that houe He was going to know
who he was All the possibilities the
responsibilities the attachments the
opportunities perhaps of that person
whom he was— but whom as yet he
did net know— were before him He
went up the step and with fingers
excitedly unsteady he pushed the bell
beside the door
The door opened almost Instantly —
so quickly after the ring Indeed that
Alan with leaping throb of hls heart
knew that some one must have been
awaiting him Ilut the door opened
only half way and the man who stood
within gazing out at AJan question-
lngly was obviously a servant
“What Is It?” he asked as Alan
stood looking at him aud past him to
the narrow section of darkened linll
which was In sight
Alun put hls hand over the letter
In his pocket “I've come to see Mr
Corvet" he said — “Mr Benjamin
Corvet"
"What Is your name?"
Alan gave hls nume the man re-
peated It after him In the manner of
a trained servant quite without In-
flection Alan not familiar with such
tones waited uncertainly So far as
he could tell the name was entirely
strange to the servant awnkonln
neither welcome nor opposition but
Indifference The man stepped back
but not In such a manner ns to Invite
AJan In on the contrary he half
closed the door as he stepped back
leaving It open only an Inch or two
but It wns enough so that Alan heard
him say to some one within :
“He says lie's him”
“Ask him In I will speak to him
It was a girl’s voice — tills second one
voice such as Alan never hud heard
before It wns low nnd soft but quite
clear and distinct with youthful Im-
pulsive modulations ami t lie nuinner
of accent which Alun kuew must go
1th the sort of people who lived In
houses like those on this street
The servant obeying the voice re-
turned nnd opened wide the dour
“Will you come In sir?"
Alun put down hls suitcase on the
stone porch the ninn made no move
to pick it up nnd bring It In Then
Alan stepped Into the hall face to face
with the girl who hnd come from the
big room on the right
She was quite a young girl— not
over twenty-one or twenty-two Alnn
udged like girls brought up In
wealthy families bhe seemed to Alnn
to have gnlncd young womanhood In
far gre'ater degree In some respects
than the girls he knew while at the
same time In other ways she retained
more than they some characteristics
of a child Her slender figure had a
woman’s assurance and grace her
soft brown hair was dressed like a
woman’s her gray eyes had the open
directness of the girl Her fnc
smoothly oval with straight brows
nml a skin so delicate thnt nt the
temples the veins showed dimly bine —
was at once womanly nnd youthful
and there was something altogether
likable and simple about her ns site
studied Alan now She was slightly
pale he noticed and there were lines
of strain nnd trouble about her eyes
"I am Constance Sherrill" she an-
nounced Iler tone Implied quite evi-
dently that she expected him to have
some knowledge of her and she seemed
surprised to see that her name did not
monn more to blui
“Mr Corvet Is not here this morn-
ing” she said
He hesitated but persisted: "I was
to see hlin here today Miss Sherrill
He wrote me and I telegraphed him I
would he here to-day”
“I know" she answered “We hnd
your telegram Mr Corvet wns not
here when It came so my futher
opened It" Her voice broke oddly
nnd he studied her In Indecision won-
dering who that father might bo that
opened Mr Corvet's telegrums
“Mr Corvet went away very sud
denly” she explained She seemed he
thought to be trying to make some-
thing plain to him which might be a
shock to him yet herself to be un-
certain what the nnture of thnt shock
might be Iler look was scrutinizing
questioning anxious but not un-
friendly “After he hnd written you
and something else hnd happened —
think — to alarm my father about
him father came here to hls house to
look after him He thought some-
thing might have happened to Mr
Corvet here In his house But Mr
Corvet wns not here"
“You mean he has— disappeared?"
“Yes he lins disappeared"
Alun gazed nt her dizzily Benja-
min Corvet — whoever he might be —
hnd disappeared he had gone Did
any one tJse then know about Alan
Con rad?
“No "one has seen Mr Corvet" she
said "since tliei day he wrote to
you We knew that — that he became
so disturbed after doing that — writing
to you— that we thought you must
bring with you lufurniatlou of him”
“Information 1"
“So we have been waiting for yon
to come here and tell us what you
know about him or — or your connec-
tion with him"
CHAPTER III
Discussion of a Shadow
Alan as he looked confusedly and
blankly at her made no attempt to
answer the question she had asked
or to explain Ills silence and con-
fusion he knew must seem to Con-
stance Sherrill unwillingness to un
swer her for she did not suspect that
he was unable to answer her
"You would rather explain to father
than to me” she decided
He hesitated What he wanted now
wrs time to think to learn who she
was and who her futher was and to
adjust himself to this strange reversal
of hls exiectutions
“Yes I would rather do thut" he
said
She caught up her fur collar and
muff from a chair and spoke a word
to the servant As she went out on
to the porch he followed her and
stooped to pick up Ills suitcase
“Simmons will bring that” she snld
“unless you'd rather have It with you
It is only a short walk"
They turned In at the entrance of a
house In the middle of the block and
went up the low wide stone steps
the door opened to them without ring
or knock a servant In the hull within
took Alan’s hat and coat and he fol-
lowed Constance pust some great room
upon hls right to a smaller one farther
down the hidl
Will you wait here please?" Bhe
asked
He sat down and she left him
when her footsteps hnd died away and
he could hear no other sounds except
Alan Gazed at Her Dizzily — Benjamin
Corvet—
the occasional soft tread of some
servant he twisted himself about In
his chair and looked around Who
were these Sherrills? Who was Cor-
vet nnd what was hls relation to the
Sherrills? Wlmt beyond ail wns their
and Corvet's relation to Alan Conrad —
to himself? The shock and confusion
he had felt at the nature of hls reeep
tion In Corvet’s house nnd the strange-
ness of hls transition from hls little
Kansas town to a place nnd people
such as this had prevented him from
Inquiring directly from Constance
Sherrill ns to thnt and on her part
she hnd assumed plainly that he
already knew and need not be told
He straightened nnd looked about
then got up ns Constnnce Sherrill
came bnck Into the room
"Father Is not here Just now" she
said “We weren’t sure from your
telegram exactly at what hour you
would arrive and that was why I
waited at Mr Corvet's to be sure we
wouldn’t miss you I have telephoned
father and lie’s coming home at once"
She hesitated an Instant In the door-
wny then turned to go out again
“Miss Sherrill—" he said
She halted “Yes"
“You told me you hnd been waiting
for me to come and explain my con-
nection with Mr Corvet Wfell — I
can't do that thnt Is what I came
here hoping to find out'
She came buck toward him slowly
“What do you uienn?" she asked
He fought down and controlled
resolutely the excitement In hls voice
as he told her rapidly the little hs
knew about himself
He could not tell definitely how shs
was affected by wlmt he snld Shs
flushed slightly following her first
start of surprise after he had begun
to speak when he had finished he
saw thut she was a little pale
“Then you don’t know anything
about Mr Corvet at all" she said
“No until I got hls letter sending
for me here I'd never seen or heard
hls name"
She was thoughtful for a moment
“Thnnk you for telling me" she said
“I'll tell my father when he comes"
“Your father Is — ?" he ventured
She understood now that the name
of Sherrill had meant nothing to him
"Father Is Mr Corvet's closest friend
und hls business partner as well" she
explained
He thought she was going to tell
him something more about them but
der Cut the meat In small rubes
she seemed to decide to leave that forh'dd them to the cooked potatoes !£
her father to do She crossed to the tuhlespoonfuls of mushroom catchup
big chair beside the grate and seated ne-hulf teuspoonful of salt nnd pop-
herself As she sat looking nt him
hands clasped beneath her chin nnd
her elbows resting on the nrai of the
clinlr there was speculation nnd In-
terest In her gaze but she did not
usk him anything more about himself
'Tv brought you ho told
only “the Ley to your
houio”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Our Own Webster
Love: An ocean of emotion entirely
surrounded by expenses
The ancient Egyptians made coffee
of cork
I1
The KITCHEN W
CABINET
— — " 1 — 1
Copyright Uii IVtituD Nawapninr Uulua j
“The cuckoo Urlnka (he celestial Juice
of (he mango tree and Is not proud:
(he frog drinks the swamp-water and
quacks with conceit" '
WHAT TO EAT
nere are two unusual soups that j"
you will like to try
Crumbs Cream j
Soup— Boil one
quurt of water 1 (
ooe-h a I f hour
with one carrot
one fctalk of cel-!
ery one onion
one-half a pars-
nip all to be fine-
chopped Strain add one tal)leioon-
ful of salt one teuspoonful of white
pepper one cupful of finely sifted
crumbs nnd two tatilespooiifuls each
of butter and flour blended Stir over 1
the lire until the soup boils then add
three cupfuls of thin cremn and two
well-beaten eggs continue cooking with
careful stirring until the eggs are set
Flemish Soup— Cook two ounces of
minced raw buna tn ono-hnlf cupful of
olive oil or butter add three onions
three stalks of celery ’and six pota-
toes all sliced and let rook until the
vegetables begin to brown Turn the
whole Into a soup kettle containing
one quart of stock and continue to
cook until the potatoes are boiled to a
mush Strain return the liquid to
the kettle thicken with three table-
spoonfuls of flour rubbed smooth with
a little water Add one-half teaspoon-
ful of poultry seasoning and salt and -pepper
to taste Just before serving
add one cupful of cream and two well-
beaten eggs stir until the eggs are
set and sene Immediately
Fruit Rolls — Take one cupful euch
of raisins and wiilunts nnd one-fourth
of a cupful of candied ginger nil
chopped fine Add shredded coconut
nnd powdered sugar knoud and roll
In n long roll Coat with coconut and
set In a cold place until firm
Prune Souffle — Let soak over night
one-lmlf pound of prunes In cold wa-
ter In the morning cook In the sntmi
water until tender sift through a col-
ander and gweeten with oue-lmlf cup-
ful of sugar Iteat the wnltcs of two
eggs until very stiff add the prune
pulp beating trom the bottom up with
a wire beater Four Into a greased
pudding dish nnd hake ”0 to 30 min-
utes Serve with a custard made by
using the yolks of the eggs one cup-
ful of milk and two tablespoonfuls of
sugar Use four whites If a larger
amount Is needed as the egg adds the
bulk to the dish
“Trust him little who praises alt him
less who censures all and him least
who is ImlllTcrent to all”
"Si-lf-conqueat Is the greatest of vic-
tories” GOOD EATING
A good goulnsh Is a dish not t
ne despised The simplest of foods
limy lie most ap-
petizing If enre-
ful'y prepared
and seasoned the
mo t complex
and extravagant
food may be
spoiled by the
handling
Hungarian Goulash — Take one
pound of veal from the shoulder cut
In small pieces and brow n In a tnble-
spoonful of drippings Itemove the
veal to a casserole add four table-
spoonfuls of drippings to the frying
pan nnd cook one cupful of diced
onion until yellow then add the on-
ions to the venl nnd three tnblespoon-
fuls of flour to the drippings and re-
serve to add tor the gravy To tlie
teal nnd onions add lVi cupfuls of
boiling water cover nnd cook slowly
for three hours ni hour before serv-
ing add two cupfuls of diced potatoes
and one of diced turnips Cook until
tender add the fat nnd flour to the
casserole und serve from the ensse-
role Melt four tablespoonfuls of fat ndd
one tahlespoonful of minced onion
nnd cook until soft ndd four table-
spoonfuls Hour seasoning to taste
and three cupfuls of toinnto cook
stirring constantly until smooth nnd
thick Cook five minutes then ndd
one cupful of grated cheese nnd the
spaghetti mixing with n fork lightly
Pile in the center of a hot platter gar-
nish with strips of boiled hnm
Veal Soup — Tnke two pounds of
the knuckle of veal cover with water
nnd cook until the veal Is tender
There should be five or six -cupfuls of
slock Add two cupfuls of diced pota-
toes to (lie stock nnd cook until ten-
per to season Thicken slightly with
a tahlespoonful of flour mixed with
one tahlespoonful of butter anil when
well cooked to the meat and stock
Chop one lmrd-cooked egg and pour
the moat and vegetables over It Iay
one-lmlf lemon thinly sliced over the
meat and serve hot
Honey Caraway Loaf Cake— Cream
one-half cupful of butter ndd one-half
cupful each of sugar nnd honey two
well-beaten eggs tw 'cupfuls of sifted
(lour whh two teaspoon fuls of baking
powder nnd one teuspoonful of cara-
way seeds Four Into a buttered shal-
low pau and bake tventy-fire minutes
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Schnoebelen, Omar. The Mooreland Leader. (Mooreland, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1922, newspaper, June 9, 1922; Mooreland, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1818134/m1/3/?q=del+city: accessed June 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.