Show T h ba d William by MacHarg MIN v M a n S e edwin balmer I 1 j copyright by little Il tta drown brown and company EATON SUSPECTED gabriel mardfin Ward wu don fin seattle capital let fat tells hla him butler he Is expecting tt caller to bo be admitted without question uca tion ila iio informs ills his wire wife of 3 danger anger that threatens him if lie he Puri purifies ties a courso lie ho considers the only honorable one warden leaves tho tha house in ills his car and meets a man whom lio ila takes into tile the machine when tho car returns homa warden Is found dead murdered ana alone the caller a young youna man has haa been nt itt wardens house but leaves unobserved bob cols co I 1 nery condu conductor etor receives rec elvea arters to hold train for or it party five mett men and a girl board tile the train the eastern express tile the father of tho the girl mr dorne dome la is the P for whom the train was held field philip D enton eaton a young man also hoarded boarded the train adorno dorno tells his dau daughter and ills his secret secretory nry don avery to find out what they can concerning him the two malta batons Kii tons acquaintance dome la 14 found hearty hearly dead from a murder assault asnault A surgeon burgeon operates dorne la Is revealed as aa basil santola Sant olna 11 gloat corporation lawyer CHAPTER VI continued 5 6 consulted continually by men concerned lo in great projects immersed day and in ili vast affairs entin ble of living completely as lie ho tin had been ut at tile lie of forty six great but not fain famous powerful but not publicly known at that time nn an event had bad oe occurred purred which hod find forced the blind man uit ot unwillingly farm ills his obscurity tills event find been the lie murder of the great crent western matthew latron there lint been nothing tit in oils ills which lilt lind I 1 I 1 tiny ony way dishonor upon Swit olne so much af in ills role of a wind mind without personality ever fought lie be had fought antron but ili ills flat find been not tile ho but bin against methods there had come coine viet 1 n I time of uncertainty ind un till rest public A na in tile the broceus of to t tile linow ledge that strange ti lings lip close to 0 o tile the Il keness of what lint nien men enli call crime lind had been belli done under tile the naine of senni lill breathed more strongly t in tron flinn perhaps against tiny of the other int morn men lit HP lind lie been en among licar lie he find his fits enemies or of choin Sont olne might lieve been counted one mhd nil 1 I ho lind lit ills friends both in high places lie wati baj n world figure asure then nil all of n cudden tho ninn ha lind I 1 been struck down killed because boc of some private quarrel men whispered by nn an obscure and till thon unheard of ninn the tre trembling niblIng wires bild and cables which should have carried to tile the walting world the expected news diews of ln lit trong trolls conviction carried instead id tile the news of Lat lations rons deti denti lint nd order followed the first public concern bild been of course for the stocks and annir of tile the krent great antron properties and aarons bigness had lidid seemed only further evidenced by the M which the latron I antron hanan the ln lit iron ron railroads and mines anil public utilities s stood alrin even t thi shock of bu builders liders death As shired of tills public bublic in interest tareq bud shift ed cd to the lie trial conviction onil ind sell pen tence of Lal rons murderer tin and it icax during tills till amal thit that San s name lint lind become more publicly known not that tile lie blind man wila suspected of tiny 1 much less or of tiny complicity n the erline crime the murder lind been of hf 11 purely private mutter utter nj hut but in he ei e per ger questioning into Ln troas elre circum tim mances ond surroundings previous to tile the crime Stint olne aris wn into court n n s the blind nian man led fell into tie ifie court sightless in tile the witness chair himself hv by ills sp spoken okell and even moie dinote by withheld l replies ns as one ol of the file uni unknown cnown i gulI fips of alp hp destiny of the alie co continent mid and ns as court coun amor to the most mort Pow erria wili vir 1111 III then hardly heard tit of hilt but plainly one of the fhe milvi rulers s had find lie public sanso alu fole of tile the tit the crime en himself los lost t fellipo their I 1 interest in the public over th of it hud bud been report reported eI fur 0 H that Sant olne had bd coni comp to u Sent tle dl i n elly cly after warden deah ani cherl alq was vena lils ills i s tins hild boen been car ertil to to edd tillit having been ian a close lovi monal friend of Oti briel warden I 1 ml come purely it in I 1 a personal person nl api jc 1 V hie file impression ang shon giren sh on that i in tollie had returned qu quietly letl some solla ya leforc before tile tho mere prolonging of 1 ia stay in the opt was more atnif tl nn i lesure I 1 il that ofra firs amon amano tile tho I 1 gerful vere truly in such abate ns as S axa borlo lined this p attack upon so BO similar to 0 o that which had slain varden unit delivered within eleven cloven days of wardens must bo be of the gravest signify signi fi cance connery stood ed for the moment with this fuller reco recognition of tire seriousness of tile tho dis disaster lister which lind find collie upon this man in ill trusted to ills charge then lie ho turned burnet i to tho sur surgene genn ann call cnn you do anything for him hial here doctor lie he asked the surgeon glanced down the he car mint tant stater ooin ls 19 it occupied its occupied by ills his daughter well ake bilm lilt in there then the four well luen lifted tile the inert figure gu re of Sant olne carried 11 I 1 int into 0 tile the room and laid it on its banck upon tile tho hed bed 1 I 1 have my instruments sinclair sold ill get them but before T de cide to do any tiOng I 1 ought to see ills daughter since slie site la Is liere here tier her consent Is necessary before tiny any opera tion on him P I 1 miss ailsa Sant olne la Is in the observation cur car avery sold ill get tier tho the tone was in some soine way fa false I 1 s Q Ja jaroll toll could riot not tell fell exactly iov hor avery amry started flown down tile the nasle one moment alonse mr averyl said tile lie conductor ill ask you not to tell miss beford any other passenger that there tins been nn an liel upon tier her rather walt un uni i tit th you yet get tier her inside the door of this car ca r you yourself sold nothing then that can hove made anide tier her suspect it eaton asked connery lih it hond hend tho the conductor in ili doubt and anxiety over exactly bilat action the lie situation called tor for uni illo too to communicate tny ny lint of it to lila ills lorg f ws to tile the west vest 1 I because of the wires belm town down clearly auld resolved to keep the tit nt tack upon Sant olne secret for some time line 1 I said nothing even to to tile lie he r replied and I 1 alint you to promise to tire me before you ion active tills car ne that you ju will say nothing unal I 1 ove you leave ills 1119 eyes shir tell from tile race of ono fine to another until lie haj assured himself that nil it greed As avera left the car L unton laton aton found a spat sent 1 in I 1 line fine of tile the and sections near tile the donw alig l oom room lie tild did riot not know inov whether it to ask to iem o tile hie cair or whether lie ought to 0 o rein nin wid lie would 11 anve live except for recollection of mr alet Sant olne then the curtain lit t tile end of the was pushed feirt further tier aside and site she cattle in site she was very pale but quite controlled troll ed ns as II kaiton atoil knew know phe file would ile be slie site looked tit t eaton but did not speak its is slie site slie she went directly to the door of lio file dru drudik room opened it and went lit in followed hy by avery the floor door closed find for it n moment 1 enton could licar inside the room harriat Sau N Cou Conti nerys erys the ronilus conductor tor men hen come collie to tile the door of tha ha awin room and sent kent tho porter for waier jirld clenn clean linen enton heard the I 1 rip of linen bell I 1 torn and the car I 1 be little tilled filled tit tire lie smell of antl ant sept les donald Avery came out of the irav ing IHK mid find dropped into lie he sent seat ti cros from anton ile seemed dileep dap ty IV s bi dei lily ns as to lie ile almost unaware of kalons and flaton film again had the sense that averys till nh vas completely lit it consequences to hI 1 of lint val going oil till haild tho the door ln in how flow huell Stin or continued exist clicc krould tle tile of ai hun ald ii III avery A very A imig jine folla lon fn an ninn clotild ull riot not lieve toll told tie he weil billy during it tile lin lovs on oil tho the shidow up al lily Oui neI their p PI 1 nally lilt in iligir anil in Sant olne cattle olit ut paler than before lo fore and now tit binl so steady la inton I 1 on I 1 toso ose a nn 4 bhe chent tl itna avery Ivri ped up tit till nil con coir avill lit mid 1 I 1 hytt 1111 tily fur for lie hes r fitsim lini e it a t v ay iy cilip if lap lie inot lier her in flit nasle irac and rd took tier her hand wil wila V A it dear deina avery I 1 slie site owl her eieg before iho nn an i sv red ed and nd mobil holding to tile tlc alc imi or of n split sp it then slip she opened iter her eyes eyel saw so inon and beqo g sized win ant sait rut dow blonn n in the thereat seat cheri avery ant beall biting doctor docto sinclair saya we ave will know lw in four or r five fire duyff she replied to she h til fh n dir pelly taj ri ile iio thought there aria ads a clot under tinder the skull and I 1 he operated to ind find it and rI bileve leve it there was one andge hove don conr all we ave enn now we maz jinjr only doe tor sinclair lias ins appointed himself self nurse lie says I 1 call kielp him but not just yet I 1 thought you would like to know thank you I 1 did wont to know faton acknowledged ile ho moved away from them and sat ent down in one of 0 the lie spots further down the cur car soon lio lie left for its ills own car and us as alio ti to door was closing behind him it sound bound come came to ills his ears curs from the alie car lie just lind find left a young girl sud denly crying in abandon harriet lie ho understood must have broken down for the moment after the strain of the operation ant and en ein ton halted na as though to turn back feeling tire tho blood drive suddenly upon ills heart then recollecting chilt lie he imd find no right to go to tier lie he went on VU vil suspicion fa fastens on eaton found hla his car better failed ilion it lind had been fie before fore for the people shifted from the he car behind lind lilt bien been bi en cotteret cottered cott ered through tile train keeping himself to lil ahls 4 section lie he watched the lie car and outside the lie windows for signs igns of what investigation connary and avery were making whoever had attacked Sant olne must still be upon tile tho train for no one could have escaped through tile snow so no one fine could now escape avery mid connery tin and whoever else avns making with thein evidently were not letting anyone linow know that nn nil investigation was being annle enon went to lunch on oil ills way any bach from the liner diner lie saw the lie conductors with an pern in their hands questioning it pas r allger tile v evidently were starting shirting through ull the cars exit exam ili ining each person they diey were making the pirn idea of necessity of a report to tile railroad ollices 0 ox dinnies and lint nd ad of all held field up by tile the stoppage of tile the aroln F enton aton started on toward the rear of the train A moment moment sirl Coti connery nery called B anton halted the conductor cun con fronted lint your name str sir connery naked 1 D enton eaton Coti conjury nery wrote flown down the answer your address III 1 I have tie no address nd dreps A 1 was going to 11 hotel which one I 1 deett led yet where tire ire you corning coming from from asia shuts il I 1 tits hardly nn nil address mr em ton V 1 1 I can give you no address I 1 luid had no fixed oddress there I 1 ani 4 traveling most of tile little imp I 1 arrived irrl ved in ill se seattle ittle fly by tl the ie asiatic steamer and took this iraln alit ahl you benine on tile die ainuu ninde note of this its HS lip imd had ninde anad unto tinto of ill all lie other attel alo 4 nal d a nn ns vers then ho he sold something 0 to o tile tho Vulli liall conductor who replied if in illo to low tone what they salt was riot not aud lille to you clin tell ab nt least where there your fit nilly Is nr r katon eaton connery suggested 1 I have no mildly Frien its then 1 I I 1 eve no nowhere 1 connery pondered for moments taic the mr vara ina ritu ketive p to whom hoin u the alio telegram iraq addressed which you nou cillin joil this ills mornin your who was to have taken abl this train you will you give tile e ills his address 1 I 1 dont know olvo give trip lie address thell of tile flip nuin who sent ment tile teler nm 1 1 1 I inn tn tillable if 0 o do in that lint either cither connery spoke nsnan to tit lie Puli pullman tillin conductor rind they on vered inn annu dehly for 11 min tnt nute tite 1111 alint hat Is nil all then conti connery ery ald a id i lip lie tl ills fits naine to tile the shoel 41 t I 1 yn oil which lie mill written writ tell eamons Ln Ea tons tin nn aind hustled himl nl it to all the c conductor on ductor who signed and re burneil tir liell it to blin thea alien they went on to tile passenger now occupying section ec fohir without making any fur klier comment ROM kaiton old sell that lint there should he be no danger to Illin self front from this inquiry directed agal list no on but including comprehensively everyone un oil the train when the conductors lilt and left the car ho he put ills his olag azille awny and wen went t into the mens com coin part parturient to smoke nod and calm his nerves ills return to amer america lea find passed the hounds bounds i of f recklessness bild what a ilie he would now ile be in it if his actions brought even serious halml ile he finished his file first cigar land and was wall de debater batir whether to light nanom another er when he ha heard voices outside the car and opening the he window nod looking out lie he saw nw connery ond and the br akemann struggling through the snow enow and making apparently some search presently connery passed the door of the comportment compartment carrying something loosely wrapped in a newspaper in his hands ruton balton finished hla his caffar and went back to life ills beatin scat in tile the car As ali tie he glanced nt at tile the scat cent whom he lind left ills ids locked traveling bag lie saw that tile the br abts was ans no longet longer there it stood now between tile the two seats rents on the boor and picking it up und looking nt at r I 1 lie found it uncas bened and with marks about the lock loch which told plainly that tant it had boon been forced I 1 lie ho set it on tile the floor between his fits knees and checked over its contents nothing had find bien been taken so far ns na lie could tell for tile the bag had con tolled only clothing tire the chinese dac and tile the box of 0 clears eagars mid and these nil all apparently were still there lie ile had bud laid out tile lie things on the sent seat across tri fr a 1 him while checking them up and now lie begun be guu to put them thein luck lack in tile the beg lie he noticed that one of his socks seeks was missing what had beer been eleven palca pairs was now ten pairs nil and one odd sock tills disappearance of oc a single sock uns so strange so bizarre so BO perplexing that unless it was MI lie he could not tre recount brecount 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