The Indian Drum

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MacHarg William. The Indian Drum

The Indian Drum

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

THE MAN WHOM THE STORM HAUNTED

CHAPTER II

WHO IS ALAN CONRAD?

CHAPTER III

DISCUSSION OF A SHADOW

CHAPTER IV

"ARRIVED SAFE; WELL"

CHAPTER V

AN ENCOUNTER

CHAPTER VI

CONSTANCE SHERRILL

CHAPTER VII

THE DEED IN TRUST

CHAPTER VIII

MR. CORVET'S PARTNER

CHAPTER IX

VIOLENCE

CHAPTER X

A WALK BESIDE THE LAKE

CHAPTER XI

A CALLER

CHAPTER XII

THE LAND OF THE DRUM

CHAPTER XIII

THE THINGS FROM CORVET'S POCKETS

CHAPTER XIV

THE OWNER OF THE WATCH

CHAPTER XV

OLD BURR OF THE FERRY

CHAPTER XVI

A GHOST SHIP

CHAPTER XVII

"HE KILLED YOUR FATHER"

CHAPTER XVIII

MR. SPEARMAN GOES NORTH

CHAPTER XIX

THE WATCH UPON THE BEACH

CHAPTER XX

THE SOUNDING OF THE DRUM

CHAPTER XXI

THE FATE OF THE "MIWAKA"

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Edwin Balmer, William MacHarg

Published by Good Press, 2021

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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 as permanent till more than two years had passed—Alan felt no immediate results from the cessation of the letters from Chicago; and when the first effects appeared, Jim and Betty felt them quite as much as he. Papa and mamma felt them, too, when the farm had to be given up, and the family moved to the town, and papa went to work in the woolen mill beside the river.

Papa and mamma, at first surprised and dismayed by the stopping of the letters, still clung to the hope of the familiar, typewritten addressed envelope appearing again; but when, after two years, no more money came, resentment which had been steadily growing against the person who had sent the money began to turn against Alan; and his "parents" told him all they knew about him.

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