Show e n d M a n ob aft 0 by WILLIAM macharg EDWIN BALMER by little brown and company BASIL gabriel warden seattle capitalist tills III lila butler he fie Is expecting a caller to be admitted without pupation upa tion lie ile informs tornia In his afe of 0 i aa anger r 9 r that threatens him it if he 0 vu a course he conold con eldera ers the only honorable one warden leaves the house in his car and meets a ninn man whom ho he takes into anti the machine when the car returns home warden la in found dead murdered and alone the caller a young man hs be been e n at wardens Warden house shouse hut but leaves unobserved dob bob con pary nory cc conductor receives orders to hold train for a party lelve five men and a girl board the train the eastern express the father of tile tho girl mr dorne dome la is the person for whorl whom the ho train was held philip L D eaton a young man also boa boarded tho the train dorne dome tells ills his laughter daughter and his sec secretary don avery to find out what tay they can concerning him the two make mak batons acquaintance 11 CHAPTER IV continued 4 the canyon through tho the snow snowdrifts drifts by tile tho glunt giant rotary plow the might eight before was almost tilled filled drifts of snow enow eight or ten foot feet high null flud in places pointing still higher chonic up to tile tho rear of the train tho the end of tho the platform itself was hurled buried tin der three feet of snow tho the men stand ing on the platform could barely look over cover the higher drifts theres no way from tile the tram train in wat that direction now harriet dorne dome lamented as slie she saw this what shall wo we to do with mill ourselves cribbage harriet you and IV I 1 avery invited slie she shook her head if wo we have to play cards get a fourth and make it auction but must it be cards there some way vm ve can get out for a walk theres the top of the cars miss bliss dome 01 enton eaton suggested if we le could get up these wed get a fairly decent walk and ee everything very thing goodel good 17 the lie girl applauded ho how do we get up vii ill seo see tile the conductor about it vaton katon offered and before avery could dis discuss cuss it he started back through the baan CHAPTER V the hand in the aisle the man whose interest in the ans csenger in section three of the last deeper was most definite and under otan dable and therefore most openly flaute was conductor connery con nery had passed through tile the pullman times during tile the morning had open tile the hand which hung out into the aisle from between the curtains but ut the only definite thought that edme to him was that dorne dome was a sound sleep tl nearly nil all the passengers hall had now breakfasted connery therefore took A 4 seat beat in tile the diner brenk breakfasted fasted lot lei surely nil and after finishing walked back through the train dorne dome by now must bo up and might wish to eee the conductor As connery entered the last sleeper ills gaze fell on tho the dial of pointers which communicating with tile the push buttons in the different berths tell the porter which section Is calling him anti and lie fie saw that flint all the other arrows were pointing upward the arrow marked 3 was pointing down dorne dome was up cheh for tills this was the birrow deno denoting tim I 1 its his berth or at least was a 4 awake and had recently rung ills his bull bell I 1 connery looked in upon upon the porter who ho was denning clenning up the washroom v section threes getting up he naked slad no mintah connery connary not yet tile the porter answered nn what did lie aln for connery looked to tile the dial and tile the porter collie came out of the washroom and looked tit it also vol fo tile the inns ians sake I 1 henr hear tio no ring connery it must ania have been when I 1 ana was out on the platform answer it then connery directed As the negro started to obey connery followed bilm pito ojito tho the open car up he could 6 ece e e 0 O ver over the ler der the hand sticking ut into the nisle and thi this s time ut at sight of it connery started violently if dorne lind runk rung lie must have moved a 11 man who Is awake does not let his hand flang out in the aisle yet the hand had not moved the long ions sensitive fell in precisely the same anale position ns as before sti separated a title one from another they tin had not eli chaired tinged their position at nil all walt I 1 connery seized the porter by the lie arm ann ill answer it myself re he dismiss dismissed ef the negro and waited until ike he had gone eone llo ile looked about and assured himself that tile the ene car ex capt for himself ano the man lydns behind the curtains of section Sect loti three was nan empty Wall walking ting briskly as roukh lie were carelessly passing up tip the he aisle ito ho brushed hard against tile hund hand mid and looked back exclaiming nn apology for ills carelessness tile the liand fell ell back itea vily inertly and resu resumed nied its former position and hung ns as white und and lifeless as before no so to tile the came from behind tile the curt altis the lie tile the berth lind had not roused connery rushed back to the curt curtains and touched tile the hand with ills fingers it was cold ile iio seized tile hand and felt it nil over then gasping lie parted tile the cur car look looked cai into tile bertt ne stared ills breath arenth whistled out ills his shoulders jerked tind lio lie drow drew back instinctively pressing ills his two clenched linnas against ills chest anat tile the pocket in clie which held president jarvis otiler order the inan in the lie herth berth lying on MR ight side facing tile alc jie lie left side of ills face was thus exposed find it lind had basu cr in by a violent blow foin heavy leation which too blunt it cut tile the skin and nil bring blood lind find the cheek bone one and bludgeoned tle tl te inide the rhe proof of murderous vl violence olence ions is so an plain that tho conductor coni hictor aa M he fie tile tho face ance in the unlit light recollect recoiled with staring eyes cyca white with h horror error ile iio looked up and down don thc jhc aisle to assure himself alint no one had entered tile car during ills his tion theia he carefully drew the cur enins together Rether tc eglin and hurried to in the file forward end of the car where lie he find left file porter lock the rear door of the 1 lit hp conini then come back here ile ho gave ave the negro tho the keys and himself wilted to prevent anyone from the car tit t hla his end looking through the lie plass of the door he paw tile the annn araton in the of the car next alfend connery hesitated then lie ho opened opener the door and beckoned briton to him will you forward please lie requested and see if there a 0 doctor 1 you merin menu the atin with red habr in my enton inquired the one enton started off without asking n anny ny questions ques tlona the porter having locked the ho rear door of nf tile the car returned and gave connery back ancl athe he keys connery still waited until katon returned with the red haired man lie I 1 let et them in and locked the door behind them you ore are 0 doc doctor torr country connery questioned the red haired ninn 1 I nm am 6 n surgeon yes wanted doctor my name la Is sinclair I 1 at ata am a dou douglas g sinclair or of ChIc chicago rigo connery nodded 1 I have heard of you ho he turned then to enton baton do you know whee 3 the benti gentilman gen nian la Is who belongs to ur mr dornes party avery I 1 bellevo believe ills his name Is lie ile Is in the observation car eaton answered will you go and ret get him the car door Is locked the porter will let you in and out something serious tins has happened here to mr dorne dome get mr bir avery if you can without alarming mr bir domes laughter daughter katon enton nodded find and followed tile the porter parter who taking the keys again from the conductor let him out at the rear door of the car and re closed the door behind him eaton yent went on into the observation ica car r without alarming dorne he sot got avery away and put of the car Is it something wrong with mr dorns dorne donald avery demanded ns as enton eaton drew linck back to let avery precede him film into the open part of the car so the alie ron conductor ductor says 11 avery hurried forward toward the herth where connery was beside tile lie surgeon connery turned toward him 1 I sent for you sir air because you are the he companion of the man who hod tills this berth avery pushed past him and leaped forward ns as lie he looked post past the surgeon what tins liag happened to mr air dome you see him as ag we found him film sir mir connery stared down nervously beside him avery abery leaned inside the curtains curt and recoiled iles been murdered it looks so mr avery yes it if lies dead lies hes certainly been murdered lur connery agreed you can call tell Col connery illery avoided mention of president jarvis nanie name tell anyone who asks you mr air avery that you saw him ill just as s lie he was found 1 I ile ho looked down again nt at the form in the berth and averys gime followed iii ins ii then abruptly it t turned away avery stood clinging to the curtain curt ills cy e darting from one to another of the three nien men will you start your examination now doctor sinclair connery sug BUR the surgeon before examining the man in the berth more closely lifted the shades from the alie windows every thing about tile tho berth was la in place undisturbed except for the murk of the savage blow on oil tile tho side of the mans head there was no ao evidence of anything it was self evident that whatever ahn lever hod had been tile the motives of tile the attack robbery was not ono one whoever had struck had done no more than reach in and deliver his murderous blow then lie had find gone on sinclair made first an examination of the head headd completing this ho he un buttoned the pajamas upon the chest cheat loosened them at tile waist and prepared to make ills hla examination bt f the body how long tins lias he fie been dead con nery asked lie ile la Is not dead yet life Is still atti present sinclair tin answered guardedly whether lie will live or over ever regain consciousness la Is another question one you cant answer the blow ns as you can acell sec s sin in einair touched the mans race with I 1 ills Is left doft lingor tips fell mostly on tile the cheek and te temple trople the cheekbone la is its ire Is in n complete state of CM and there may ile he sonic fracture odthe skull of course there Is ronie rome concussion of the brain any inference to ho be dra dravno from tills this us its to lo tile he seriousness of tho the injuries wag plainly beyond country connery now long ago was lie ho struck lie he asked sonic some hours since midnight certainly and longer n ago 0 o five tills this morning could lie fie have revived half nn hour ngo ago within the tha hour bour enough to have pressed thle lie button und and rung the hell bell from fro ills berth hert li sinclair and gazed sned nt at the conductor curiously no not lie he replied that Is completely plemely Y impossible why did you ask connery avoided answer rut but avery pushed forward what la Is that that he demanded will you ro on with your natahn doctor doctora Doc torT connery urged you ad the bell from tills this berth rang recently I 1 avery accused cou con f nery tile the pointer in to washroom indicating di n signal from tills this berth was turned town down it Illi minute nute ngo ago connery lind find to reply A few moments earlier carlier nil pointers had been set in tile the position indicating no call that was be befaro fore you found the I 1 I 1 that was why 1 went to the berth yes connery replied that was before I 1 found the body then you meun mean you did not ond find the body avery charged someone pa passing through tills this car a minute or so before you must have found him I 1 connery attended tended ut without replying and evidently that man dared not report it anti and could not wait longer tj t know whether mr mr air dorne dome was really lead dead so 40 lie he ang alie belll belli Ou ought glit we keep doctor sinclair tiny any longer from the examination sirl sir connery slow now seized averys arm in appeal the first tiling thing for us to know Is whether mr dome to Is d ying dying connery clie checked ched himself he had find won ills his appeal eaton baton standing quietly observed cd that averys eagerness to accuse now liow had been replaced by another ano tIfer interest which the ilie conductors words had recalled recal leil whether th alie einan man in the berth was to live or dle die evidently that was momentously men inen to altert donald avery one way or the lie other of course by nil all means proceed with your examination doctor avery directed As sinclair again bent befit over the body avery leaned over also haton enton gazed down arid and connery a little paler than before and with lips lightly set CHAPTER VI this basil Sant olne the ilie surgeon having finished loosening the pajamas pulled open anti and carefully removed the jacket part leaving the upper part of tile the body of tile alie nan man in tile berth exposed con coil ductor connery turned to avery you have no objection to my taking a list odthe of ho artic articles lesIn in the herth berth avery seemed to oppose then apparently patently ly lie he recognized that tills wits was nil ail obvious part 0 tho the conductors duty none nt all ile he replied connery gatherl gatheral ga therel I up the clothing the glasses ghis ses the watch and jurse and laid lad them thein on oil the sent seal across tile the aisle sitting down then opposite thein hiding lie he examined them and taking everything from the pockets poc lets of the clothes lie began to catalogue carn logue them before A avery very ile he counted over tile the gold anti and banknotes bank notes in ole purse and entered tile alie amount upon his list you know what lie ho ha hao with li gilm fill lie asked very ki losely that Is correct nothing Is missing avery answered the conductor bened tho the watch the rhe crystal Is missing avery nodded yes it always that Is it was vas missing yesterday connery looked up tip nt at him as though slightly puzzled by the lie manner of the reply then litt vIng hushed finished his list lie he rejoined the surgeon sinclair was still over the naked linked torso it had been a strong healthy body sinclair guessed its age nt at fifty As a boy tile the man nal might light have been tin an athlete 11 college track runner or i and aad he had find h kept pt himself in C through middle ago age thore was no mark or airn broam upon the body except that on tha th right side and just below the mb 10 there now showed a sear scar about an inch and a halt half long and of peculiar crescent shape it was evidently a surgical ecar and had completely heated healed sinclair scrutinized this carefully and then looked up to avery he isufi was operated on recently about two years ago for what it was somo soine operation on abi tu gam gall bInd bladder der performed by kuno carrll Garr avery hesitated 1 if I bellevo so iio watched sinclair more closely as lie ho continued ills his examination con nery touched tile the surgeon on tho the arm bilut must be lone done doctor and where alic re and when do you w wyt taj to tit it sinclair however it appeared had not yet finished ills hla examination will you pull down tho the window curtains ta ills lie directed As country Con ren reaching ching ancrom the body compiled tho the surgeon took a matell matchbox box from ills his pocket and glapa ing about at tho the three others as a though to select from them the one ono one most likely to ile bo an efficient ald lie ile handed it to E eaton aton will you help me please strike a 0 light and hold it as I 1 direct then draw it away slowly iio lifted the partly closed eyelid |