Show S the BLIND I 1 MANS MAN S EYES 0 by william macharg macl forg edwin balmer by attle brown borowa nd CHAPTER continued 17 As ho he struggled forward impatient nt at these delays I 1 lie ho camo vines tittles upon narrow unguarded roads end them nt at other times tile tho little which protected him changed suddenly to a well kept lawn some great house witt with its garages and out buildings loomed 1 nd afraid to cross cros a these open places ho was obliged to retrace ills his steps and find a way round tho the ata tanco co from tile the bridge to tile place the men lie ho was following had got out of their bittor lie ho had thought to be about two miles s but when ho he had been traveling more than an hour lie ho had not yet reached it then suddenly ho be came upon tho road for which ho was looking to tho the coat cast along it was tile tho place he bought lit ho crouched as near to tile the road as lie ho dared and where ho he could look up and down it tilts this beans belna n main road was guarded A motorcar moor with armed men in it passed him and presently re passed evidently pa froling tho rood rond its lights showed showe him a man with n gun standing nt at the first bond of tile rond road to tho the east eaton E atoll drew further back and an moved parallel to tho the road but tar far enough anway from it to bo be hidden A quarter of a 11 mile further lie ho found a second man the motorcar evidently was w as patrolling ng only to tills point adoth another or car was on oil duty beyond tills this As aa eaton halted title second car approached pro pron ached clied and was united halted backed and turned its ita headlights swept through 9 h tho the woods and revealed eaton tile the ninn man standing in tho the road cried cad out tho the alarm and fired nt at eaton point blank lio be fired it 0 second and third time eaton ned fled madly back into tile tho shadow RS as ito ho did so go ho hobbard heard beard the men inen crying to ono another and leaping from the car and following him lie retreated to 00 woods went nent further along and ceroo cot no back to tile road lying ilat bat upon ills his I 1 aco ace again and waiting till isomo other car in passing passin should alvo him light to ta see anil and dizzy from his wounds and confused by darkness and ami ills his struggle through tile woods lind ad no exact idea liow how long it had taken IM to tills hh place but know that it could haib been hardly less thlin ti two 0 hours I 1 bours since he lind had loft left liar oct the men ho he was following follow IlIg therefore had that much start of him and this till 9 ninde made him wild with lm im patience vat lence but did not discourage him ills 1113 own wounds eaton understood ninde made ills his escape practically tle lle because ciny ny orio blie who saw bim bould would nt at once challenge and detale him and theother tho other mail wis still more wounded it was not ills his escape cape that raton enton feared it ivits concealment ceal ment of him tho the mail had been takegi arom tho the car because ills his condl tiou was so 40 serious that there was no hope of hiding it eaton 11 atoll thought ile he must bo be dead he expected to tc tind lind the body pody concealed conte aled under dead leaves hurriedly hidden bild lild den t tho the night had cleared a little to the north eaton could see stars sud denly tho theyone road and tho the 11 leal alboss loss bushes nt at its sides hashed out in tho the bright light of a motorcar passing eaton ea t 0 a strained forward lie ile had found the place ho sought there was no doubt a car car had turned off tile lie road rond some sonio thua before and stopped there the passing of cars had so tracked road nono none of the nien men in lt tile the motors seemed to havo have no noticed tiny nuy of significance there but caton baton saw plainly in tile the soft ground gound at tile edge of the woods tile tho footmarks foot marks of two in men walking ing ono one behind the ther when tile the car had passed ho he crept forward in fit the it dark irk and fingered the distinct heel and toe marks in I 1 tile the soft soil por for a little distance lit ho could follow them by felag fel ng ilg then ns as they led him into the edge of the lie apo tho the ground grew harder arnd lie could no longer follow them in that way it ns plain to him film what had oc burred cu two tivo men had find got out of the car ifie nod and had lifted out and carried aitay a third ile he knelt where lie could feel lie he last footsteps he aull could detect defect and looked around the wound in bis shoulder no long er cr bled but tile the anin of it twigged ill him ill and through his head throbbed with the hurt there his feet ivere row and bleeding where sharp roots and branches had cut through ills socks and torn tile the flesh ills skin was hot and dry with fever and lila ills hend head there was not yet light enough to see BOC any distance but laton inton accuar touted to tho the darkness and bending chosu to the ground could discern tile the footmarks foot marks even on the harder soil sol they led away fro from in tile tho road into tile tho woods on tho the rotted leaves and twiss was a n dark stain a tow few steps beyond there was another enton picking up a leaf and lingering inkerl ng it know knew that tho were blood so bo tile tho man was not dead when lie ho had bad been lifted from tho the car hut but lie ho had been hurt desperately woo wag unable to help himself was probably dying if there had been tiny any hope for him ills his companions pati lons would not be carrying hith him in this way away from any evanco of surgical attention eaton followed ns as tho tracks led through tile tho woods tho the nien men fin had d gono gone very slowly carrying sheavy thi weight they ila had stopped frequently to rest and lind had laid their burden down then suddenly lie ho camo to a place pince where plainly a longer halt u ad ad been anade tile tho ground was waa trampled around till this spot when tile tho tracks went on they were changed in character tho the two men were still carrying tho the third a heavy man ann whose weight strained them ond and mado made their feet sink in deep deeply ly where the ground war wai soft but now they were not careful how they carried him but went forward merely ns as though bearing a arnd wel weight glit now too no more stains op feared on tile tho brown leaves where eliere they lind had passed their burden no longer bled enton eaton realizing what tills this meant felt neither exultation nor jor surprise no he had known that tho the rann thoy them carried though evidently I 1 alavo when taken fro from m tho the car was dying BU but t now lie ho watched tho the tracks more closely even than before look ing for thorn them to show him bilm eherd the men hod had got rid of their burden it was quite plain what what had occurred I 1 the wet sand below was trampled n by tile the feet of three or four men and cut by a boats bow they had token taken thor her body away with them in the boat to sink tt it somewhere weighted with heavy stones in the deep water batons search wn wa hopeless now but it could not be so it must riot not bo be sol 1 batons eyes searched feverishly tho the and the lake bu but t there was nothing in sight upon cither ilo iio crept aback from the edge of uie the bluff hitting hiding beside a fallen log bil banked liked dead leaves whit was it t ho hod had sold said to harriet 1 I 1 will como boino mackto back ito you as you have never known me inq before be forel I 1 lie ile rehearsed rebeary ed the ito t words in mockery how bow would cidre he re tul urn 11 to ito her hei now As he moved a hefa herce hot pain front from tile the clotted wound u nd in his shob shoulder lder shot him through we and through with agony and the sit silence en co and dak darkness kness of un unconsciousness consel ausness overwhelmed whelmed ed him CHAPTER not eaton overton awoke nt at five tho the blind runn man felt strong and steady he lind food brought him it lm while lie he was ivas eating it ills his messenger returned antoino Sant ant olno saw tile the iuan alone and when lie ho efad dismissed him film ho he sent for ills his daughter harrica went vent up to him fearfully the blind man annd ib seemed calm and quiet a thin square packet lay on tho bed belldo him lie he held it out to her without speaking king she snatched it in dread the shape of tho packet and tile tho manner in which it nna ivas fastened told her it must bo be a photograph open it 11 he her r father directed what Is 18 it you want to know father sho she asked that Is the picture of eatone eaton yes 1 I thought so she tried to assure herself ortho of the shado of tile the meaning in tier her fathers tone but she could not she under stood he recognition of tile the picture ture had satisfied him film in regard to solli something ething over which lie he had seen in doubt but buk whether this was ta work in favor of hugh and herself sho thought 0 of herself now inseparably with hugh or whether it threat threatened e n ed them she glie could not tell I 1 F father what does tills this menn mean hn cr cried I 1 ci ta to him what Wl iut abenr benr your haven having I 1 tile the picture abere dad apu got get it 10 1 I know knew lt might be I 1 sent for it but but r rather other it came calne to tier her now that her father must know who hugh blugh vas as who ihnow Isnow who lio lie Is 13 il now ter ier fa thor ther said calmly 1 I will tull tell you ahrn I 1 con can when you con can yes ho he said where Is every tv ery as though tho uh hla had gone to un an other subject instantly ile he has not been in I 1 believe bel lovo since noon t ile iio Is overseeing the search for eatone yes send for him tell him I 1 wish tn t see se e d him here nt at the house ho he is to io remain the house until I 1 have seen him something la in her fathers father anno tan startled and perplexed her site she thought of donald now only as aa the roost most eager and most vindictive of f batons pursuers wax wa her father removing donald from among those seeking eaton was lie ho sending for him because what lie he had just learned was something which would make more rigorous and desperate the search the blind mans look and manner told her nothing you mean donald Is to wait here until you send tor for him father that Is it it was tho the blind ahns mans tone of dla dia missal ile iio seemed to have forgotten the picture at least as ills his daughter moved toward tho the door he aavo no direction concerning it silo she halted looking back at him site she would not carry tile tho picture away secretly like this she was not ashamed of her love for eaton whatever might bo be said or thought of him she trusted him she was proud of tier lier love for him may alay I 1 take tho the picture pho asked steadily sten dily do whatever you want with it her father answered quietly and so sho she took it with her she found a servant of whom she inquired for avery A very lie he had find not returned so she sent ir him film silo sho went down to the deserted library and waited there with the picture of hugh in her hand the day had drawn to dusk sho she could no longer see the picture in the fading light silo could only recall it and now as the recalled it the picture itself not her memory of tier her fathers manner lu fe relation to it gave tier lier vague discomfort sho she got up suddenly switched on tho the light and holding tho the picture close to it studied it what I 1 it t was in the picture that gave tier her this strange uneasiness separate se and distinct from froin all that she had foil f el t when she first looked at it she could not tell but the more she studied it the more troubled and frightened sho she rew ida the e picture was a plain print pasted upon common square cardboard without photo photographers gral emboss or signature and printed with the picture were tour four plain distinct numerals sh she 0 did not know what they th ey meant or orif if they had any real significance but somehow now silo alio was more ro afraid for hugh than she had been she trembled as sho she held tile the picture again t to etier her check and then to tier her lips sho she turned some one had come in from tile the hall it was donald she saw at tier her first glance at him that ills his search had not yet succeeded and she threw her ter head back in relief seeing the light he had looked into tho the library idly but when he sav sa v tier her he approached her quickly what have you there ho he demanded of her she flushed it at tho the tone what right have you to ask aski her instant impulse had been to conceal the picture but that would mako make it seem she was If ashamed shamed of lt it she liel held dif it so sd don aid could see it if lie he looked ile he did look and suddenly seized the picture from tier her where did you get tills this 11 harriot arriet don 1 VI where did you get it lie repeated are you ashamed aslin med to say gay ashamed harned As 7 father gave it to t 0 met me I 1 your father fa therl I 1 avery A very started but if anything had caused him apprehend slon sion it instantly disappeared then he tell you who tills this man eaton Is what did he say eny to you what do you moan mean don lie put the picture down on the table mabll e beside him film and as she rushed for it lie ho seized both her hands and hold held her before him film harry flarry dearl he said to her harry dear 1 61 dont don 1 t call me that I 1 dont speak to me that wayll she struggled to free herself from him film 1 I know of course he said sat d its because of him ho he jerked his head toward tile tho picture on tho the table the manner made her furious let me got go don ill I 1 im m sorry orry dear ile iio drew her to him held her only closer don father wants to see you youl I 1 ile he wanted to know who when ile he canio camo in he will let you know ivilyn hen you can go to him t when did he tell you that when lie he gave you tile the picture ure yes avery had almost let tier her go now nov ho he held tier her hard again 0 then ho be wonted anted mo me to toil tell you about tills this eaton why should lie he have you tell roe me about mr lr eaton baton you tou knowl he said to her what have you to say about him donald donald you IOU must never think of him film again dear you must forget jilin him fo forever reverl 1 donald Don alil I 1 am not tj child if you have something to say which you consider hard for me tl ta hear ten it t to 0 me lit at otice once 11 very well perhaps that Is best dear either cither this man whom you have haie known as enton baton will never be found or if he Is found ho he cannot be let to live harry hayo havo you never seen a picture with the numbers printed in below like that cant you guess yet where your father must have sent for that picture dont you know what those numbers mean what do they ther mean they are the figures of his number to in hat la called abo gallery and they moan mean he be lias has mul committed n crime and been tried and condic convicted abd tbd of it they mean in this case that he hns has committed a mur murder derl 1 A murder 1 tor for which lie he was convicted and sentenced sentenced ift 1 yes and Is olive now only because before the sentence could bo be carried out ho he escaped that man philip haton eaton Is hugh highl hugh overton harry hugh overton overtone nl yes I 1 found it out today the police havo have just learned it too I 1 was coming coining to tell your father BON he hugh overton the murderer of matthew t latrona Latro nl V no no nol r yes narry harry for tills this man Is certainly nugh hugh overton it so sol I 1 I 1 know it so sol I 1 you tn mean an ho be told you ho he was somo some one else harry no I 1 mean she faced him do de fl antly father let rice me keep the photograph to 1 asked him and he be said D do whatever you wish witt with it no ho 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