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Show THE TIMES-NEW- S. The Blind Man's Eyes CHAPTER XXII . By Continued. 18 She had waited nearly halt an hour, but the library door had not been pened a tain. The closeness of the hail seemed choking her; she went to the front door and threw It open. The evening was clear and cool; but it was not from the chill of the air that she shivered as she gazed out at the woods through which she bad driven with Hugh the night before. There the hunt for him had been going on all day; there she pictured him now, In darkness, in suffering, alone, hurt, hunted and with all the world but her against him I She ran down the steps and stood n the lawn. The vague noises of the house now no longer were audible. She stood In the silence of the evening strained and fearfully listening. At first there seemed to be no sound outdoors other than the gentle rush of the waves on the beach at the foot of the bluff hehind her ; then. In the opposrte direction, she denned the undertone of seme faraway confusion. (Sometimes It seemed to be shouting, next only a murmur of movement and noise. She ran up the road a hundred yards In its direction and halted again. The noise was nearer and clearer a confusion of motor explosions and voices; and now one sound clattered louder and louder and leaped nearer rapidly and rose above the rest, the roar of a powerful motor-car open. racing with "cut-out- " The rising racket of terrified Harriet with Its recklessness and triumph. Yes; that was It; triumph! The far-of- f tumult was the noise of shouts and cries of triumph ; the racing car, blar ing its way through the night, was the bearer of news of success of the search. Harriet went colder as she knew this ; then she ran up the road to meet the car coming. She saw the glare of Its headlights through the trees past a bend In the road ; she ran on and the beams of the car's headlight straightened and glared down the road directly upon her. The car leaped at arms in her; she ran on toward the air. The clatter of the car became deafening and the machine was nearly upon her when the driver recognized that the girl in the road was heedless and might throw herself before him unless he stopped. He brought his car up short and skidding. "What is It?" he cried, as he muflled the engine. "What Is It? What la ltr she cried In return. The man recognized her. "Miss William MacHarg Edwin Balmer Cowriaat ay Uttla. Bra tat Camaaar very large, and those who can play great polo are very few. So I sent for the polo annuals for a few years back ; the ones I wanted came to the dub today. His picture Is In the group of the Spring Meadows club; he played back for them Ave years ago. His name was under the picture, of course." "I understand. I am glad to know how It was: One less certain of your fidelity than I am might have put another construction on your silence; one less certain, Avery, might have thought that, already knowing Eaton's identity, you preferred Instead of telling It to me to have me discover It for myself and so, for that reason, you trapped him Into a polo game in Harriet's presence." For a moment Santolne paused ; the man across from him did not speak, but Santome's intuition told hlra drew himself together for stme shock. "Of course," said Santolne, "knowing who Eaton is gives us no aid in determining who the men were that fought In my study last night?" "It gives none to me, Mr. Santolne," Avery said steadily. "It gives none to you," Santolne repeated; "and the very peculiar behavior of the stock exchange today. I suppose that gives you no help either. All day they have been going down, Avery the securities, the stocks and t ' San-toine- l" ltr "What Is "We've got him I" the man cried. "We'v got him!" "Him?" "Hlra! Hugh Overton! Eaton, Miss Santolne. He's Hugh Overton; hadn't you heard? And we've got him !" "Got him!" "Where Is Mr. Avery?" he demanded. "I've got to tell Mr. Avery." She made no response but threw herself in front of the car and clasped a wheel as the man started to throw In his gear. He cried to her and tried to get her off; but she was deaf to him. He looked In the direction of the house, shut off his power and leaped down. He left the machine and ran on the road toward the house. Harriet started the car and turned it back In the direction from which It had come. She speeded and soon other headlights flared at hers a number of them; four or five cars, at least, were In file tip the road and men were, crowding and horsemen were riding beside them. She rushed on so close that she saw warnhe alarmed them ; they cried ing ; the horsemen and the men on foot Jumped from beside the road and the leading car swung to one side; but Harriet caught her car on the brakes and swung It straight across the road and stopped It ; she closed the throttle and pulled the key from the starting mechanism and flung It Into the woods. Bo she tat In the car, waiting for the captors of Hugh to come up. "Where Is he?" she asked them. Where la her They did not tell ber; but reply was unnecessary, others' eyes pointed hers' to Hugh. He was In the back eat of the second machine with two men, one on each side of him. She stopped at the side of the car where ha waa and aim mit her hand nn tha edge of the tonneau. "Ton have been hurt again, Hugh?" be managed steadily. "Hart? No," be said as constrainedly. "No." The car started, and she snt silent, with her hand still upon his, as they went on to her father's house. CHAPTER XXIII The Flaw In tha Left Eye, Santolne, after Harriet had left the library, stood waiting until he heard the servant go out and close the door. "When did you learn that Eaton was Hugh Overton, Avery?" he asked. "Today." "How did you discover It?" "It was plain from the first there was something wrong with the tnnn," Avery replied; "but I had, of course, bo way of placing him until he gave himself away at polo the other day, 1 saw that be was pretending not to Jtnow a game which he did know when be put over on particular stroke 1 was aure be knew the game very IwelL Tha number of men In tnts Irounlry who've played pole at aO lant and prosperous properties In America. Before his gaining control, the prop erties bad been almost ruined by differences between the minor men who tried to run them ; only the calling of Matthew Latron Into control saved those men from themselves; they required him to govern them ; his tak ing away would bring chaos and ruin among them again. They knew that. Just before he must go to trial, La tron himself became convinced that he faced confinement for the rest of his life; then fate effectively intervened to end all his troubles. His body, charred and almost consumed by flames but nevertheless the Iden tified body of Matthew Latron was found In the smoking ruins of his shooting lodge, which burned to the ground twq days before his trial." Avery was hunched in the seat watching the blind man with growing conviction and fear. Santolne went on: "A young man was shown to have followed Latron to the shooting lodge; a witness appeared who had seen this young man shoot Latron; a second witness had seen him set fire to the lodge. The young man Hugh Overton was pup' on trial for his life. I, myself, as witness at the trial supplied the m tive for the crime: for, though I Ii never met Overton, I knew that! 1: had lost the whole of a large fortun through Investments recommended t Overton was conhim by Latron. victed, sentenced to death ; be escaped before the sentence was carried out became a fugitive without a name, who if he ever appeared would be handed over for execution. For the evidence had been perfect complete; he had shot Latron purely for revenge, killed him In the most despicable manner. For there was no doubt Latron was dead, was there, Avery?" "None," Avery said huskily. "That was the time you came Into my employ, Avery, recommended to me by one of the men who had been closest to Latron. I was not connected with the Latron properties except as an adviser; but many papers relating to them must go inevitably through my hands. I was rather on the inside In all that concerned those properties. But I could not myself see the papers ; I was blind ; therefore I had to have others serve as eyes for me. And from the first Avery, you served as my eyes In connection with all papers relating to the Latron properties. If anything ever appeared In those papers which might have led me to suspect that any Injustice had been done In the punishment of La- -' tron's murderer, it could reach me only through you. Nothing of that sort ever did reach me, Avery. You must have made quite a good thing out of It" "Yon Hava Been Hurt Afjaln, Hugh?" She Managed Steadily. bonds of the properties still known as the Latron properties. Without apparent reason, they have been going down and that gives you no help either, Avery? "Yet you are a very clever man; there Is no question about that. have even found It worth while at times to talk over with you matters problems which were troubling me ; to consult with yon. Have I not?" "Tea." "Very well; I am going to consult with yoa now. I have an infirmity, as yoa know, Avery; I am blind. have just found out that for several years for about five years, to be ex act ; that Is, for about the same length of time that you have been with me my blindness has been used by a cer tain group of men to make me the agent of a monstrous and terrible In justice to an Innocent man. Except for my blindness except for that, Avery, this Injustice never could have been carried on. If you find a certain amount of bitterness In my tone. It is due to that; a man who bas an In firmlty, Avery, cannot well help being a little sensitive In regard to It You are willing I should consult with you In regard to this?" "Of course I am at your service, Mr. Santolne." Avery'a foolcc was harsh and dry. The blind man was silent for an Instant He could feel the uneasiness and anxiety of the man across from him mounting swiftly, and he gave It He every opportunity to Increase. had told Eaton once that he did not use "cat and mouse" methods; he was using them now because thnt was the only way his purpose could be achieved. "We must go back to the quite seri ous emergency to which I am Indebted for your faithful service. Five years ago the American people appeared perfectly convinced that the only way to win true happiness and perpetuate prosperity was to accuse, condemn nd Jail for lire If execution were not legal the heads of the Important groups of Industrial properties. Just at that time, one of these men one f the most efficient but also, perhaps, the one personally most obnoxious or committed one of his unpopular It concerned gravest Indiscretions. the private use of deposits In national banks; It was federal offense of the most patent and provable kind. He wss Indicted. Considering the temper of any possible Jury at that time, there was absolutely no alternative but to believe the man under Indictment must spend many su.ceedlng years. If not the rest of his life. In the federal penitentiary st Atlanta or Leaven worth. "Now. the msn was In ijh plete con trol of group of the most valuable "Whatr "I say, your position here must have been rather profitable to you, Avery; I have not treated you badly myself, recognizing that you must often be tempted by gaining information here from which you might make money; and your other employers must have overbid me." "I don't understand ; I beg your pardon, Mr. Santolne, but I do not follow what you are talking about" "No? Then we must go a little further. This last year a minor reorganization became necessary In some of the Latron properties. My friend, Gabriel Warden who was an honest man, Avery had recently greatly Increased bis Interest In those properties; It was Inevitable the reorganization should be largely In his hands. During his work with the Latron propWarden the honest man, erties. Avery discovered the terrible Injustice of which I speak. "I do not need to draw your attention, Avery, to the very peculiar condition which followed Warden's death. Warden' had certainly had communication with Overton of some sort ; Overton's enemies, therefore, were unable to rid themselves of him by delivering him up to the police because they did not know how much Overton knew. When I found that Warden bad made me his executor and I went west and took charge of his affairs, their difficulties were Intensified, for they did not dare to let suspicion of what had been done reach me. There was no course open to them, therefore, but to remove Overton before my suspicions were aroused, even If It could be done only at desperate risk to themselves. "What I am leading up to, Avery, Is your own connection with these events. Yon looked after your own Interests rather carefully, I think, up to a certain point When knowing who Eaton was you got him Into a polo game. It was so that If your Interests were best served by exposing him, you could do so without revealing the real source of your knowledge of him. But an unforeseen event arose. The drafts and Hsu relating to the reorganization of the Latron properties containing the very facts, no doubt, which first had aroused Warden's suspicions were sent tu through Warden's office. At first there was nothing threatening to yoa In this, because their contents could reach ir.e only through yoa But In the uncertainty I felt 1 had my daughter take these matters out of your hands. "That night Avery, you sent an unsigned telegram from the office In the village, almost within twenty-fou- r hours my study was entered, the safr Inaccessible to yoa was broken open, the contents were carried sway. Do yon suppose t do not know that one of the two men la the study last bight NEPHI. UTAH was the principal whose agents bad failed in two attempts to get rid of Overton for him, whose other agent yourself, Avery had failed to Intercept the evidence which would have revealed the truth to me, so that no longer trusting to agents, hi himself had come In desperation to prevent my learning the facts? I realize fully, Avery, that by means of you my blindHere's an ness and my reputation have been portrult of Charles E. Huthenberg of Cleveland. used for five years to conceal from tha L O., convicted at St. Joseph of violatilk Sjr T public the fact that Matthew Latron had not been murdered, but was still ing the Michigan law against syndicalism. The conviction carried with alive !" It the possibility of a prison sentence Santolne heard Avery get up; ha of ten years and a fine of $5,000. Ruthstood an Instant and tried to speak. but his breath caught nervously; ha enberg is executive secretary of the Workers' Forty of America and formade another effort "I didn't have anything to do with merly Socialist candidate for mayor of Cleveland. He was one of the 16 convicting Overton, or know anything Communists arrested In the party's conabout It until that part was all over; vention in Michigan lust August and I never saw him till I saw him on the the second to be tried for violation of train. I didn't know Warden was Michigan's syndicalism act. W. Z. going to be killed." Foster was tried previously, but the "But you were accessory to the rob Jury was deadlocked. bery of my house last night and, The verdict assured a retrlnl of therefore, accessory to the murder of Foster. The Jury disagreed In FosWallace Blatchford. Last night too, ter's case, after 19 ballots each of knowing Overton was innocent of evwhich stood 6 to 6. Mrs. Minerva erything charged against him, yoa Olson, the only woman member of the gave orders to fire upon him at sight 4i first Jury, led the acquittal faction. and he was fired upon. And what There was no woman on the Ruthen were you telling Harriet when I came in? You have told the police that Overberg Jury. It was made up of eight farmers, one former justice of the peace, ton is the murderer of Latron. Isn't that two oil salesmen, and one American Legion man. so the police will refuse to believe anything he may say and return him to the death cell for the sentence to "One-Ma- n be executed upon him? The law will call these things attempted murder, Here Is a new portrait of Judge Avery." The blind man heard Avery pacing Harry Dingeman pf St. Joseph, Mich-t- he "one-ma- n the floor, and then heard him stop in grand Jury" who Is actfront of him. ing in the state investigation of the "What is It you want to know, sir?" House of David, the notorious "Who killed Warden?" religious cult of Bonton Harbor. Mich"John Yarrow is his name; he was igan has a law under which a judge a sort of hanger-o- n of Latron's. I may perform the duties usually falling don't know where Latron picked him to a grand Jury. This Judge certainly has his work cut out for hlra. The up." "Was It he who also made the at following resume of the testimony of tack on the train?" Mary Purnell, wife of "King" Benjamin Purnell of the House of David, "Yes." "Who was the other man on the shows what he Is up against: train the one that claimed the tele"Queen" Mary told of a divine revelation that came to her husband more gram addressed to Lawrence than thirty years ago that he was the "His name's Hollock. He's titular "seventh messenger angel." She deowner of the place on the Michigan nied that her husband was guilty of shore where Latron has been living. Immoral acts, and when other quesThe telegram I sent night before last tions were asked her took refuge In was addressed to his place, you know. the typewritten copy of the law she for carried with her Into the grand Jury He's been a sort of Latron and the men those who knew room, refusing to answer them. who were managing the properties. While "King" Benjamin never claimed to be "the son of niun" or "the I'd never met him, though, Mr. San- younger brother of Jesus Christ," "Queen" Mary said, the cult accepts Jesus tolne, and I didn't know either him Christ as the first messenger angel. or Hollock on the train. As I said, I wasn't In the know about killing Warden." Eighty-Sevent- h "When did you learn who Eaton was, Avery?" "The day after we got back here "Uncle Joe" Cannon held a double from the West I got word from Lacelebration the other day at Danville. III., his "home town." It wus his tron; they didn't tell me till they eighty-sevent- h needed to use me." Avery hesitated; birthday and also the then he went on: "You understand, postponed celebration of his "welcome home" from Washington. It was an sir, about Latron's pretended death a guide at the shooting lodge had performance, with a parade, been killed by a chance shot In the birthday cake with candles,, speeches woods ; purely accidental ; some one and everything. "Uncle Joe" shook of the party had fired at a deer, hands with everybody, offering his elmissed, and never knew he'd killed a bow In lieu of his hand, his right arm man with the waste shot When the having been broken a few yeurs ago. guide didn't come back to camp, they The veteran legislator Issued a birthlooked for him and found his body. day greeting, which included this: He was a man who never would be "Friends, this demonstration of missed or Inquired for and was very your affection Is in Itself compensanearly Latron's size; and that gave tion for my half century of public servLatron the Idea. ice. The extent of my gratitude can"At first there was no Idea of prenot be weighed or measured. To all, tending he had been murdered ; It was my heart goes out In thankfulness. the coroner who first suggested that "It Is good to have lived and Things looked ugly for a while, under worked with you. You are my neighthe circumstances, as they were made bors. You are the people I have public Either the scheme might served In congress through two gen- come out or someone else be charged tiuiiuna. iuu ure uit; people wiUi wnom 1 intena to pass uie remainder ox as the murderer. That put It up to my days. Overton. He'd actually been up there "To you, to all the people of America, from my observance of half a cento see Latron and had had a scene I bring this message: Have faith. Often yoa will feel that you detect a tury, with him which had been witnessed. an unrest a threatening undercurrent In this government great That part all but the evidence which This Isuneasiness, neither new nor unusual. I have learned that America will rise to meet showed that he shot Latron afterher problems. I have learned that good will triumph over evil. ward was perfectly true. He thought "Have faith In the government of your fathers. was as he to about that Latron, go "Show your faith by works to support that government to trial, might be willing to give him "Have faith that right will prevail." Information which would let him save something from the fortune he'd lost through Latron's manipulations. The circumstances, motive, everything was ready to convict Overton; It needed very little more to complete the case against him." A special committee of the Na"So It was completed." tional League of Women Voters has "But after Overton was convicted, selected the 12 greatest living Amerhe was not allowed to be punished, ican women. Most of them you know sir." by name and reputation women like Santolne's lips straightened In con- Jane Addams, Carrie Chapman Cntt tempt "He was not allowed to be Julia Lathrop and Edith Wharton. But punished?" did you ever hear of Mrs. Annie Jump "Overton didn't actually escape, you Cannon? that Is, he know, Mr. Santolne Well, Mrs. Cannon has made regu1 couldn't have escaped without help; lar visual observations of variable Latron was thoroughly frightened and stars of long period with equahe wanted It carried through and torial telescope, and has completed a Overton executed: but some of the bibliography of variable stars comprisothers rebelled against this and saw ing about C0.0OO references. In the that Overton got away; hut he never course of photographic work she has knew bed been helped. I understand discovered 200 variable stars, three It was evidence of Latron's Insistence new stars, one spectroscopic binary on the sentence being carried out that and numerous stars having bright lines Warden found, after his first sus or variable spectra. She has completbeen had and that aroused, picions ed a catalogue of 220,000 stellar specput Warden In a position to have La tra. She waa made an assistant at tron tried for his life, and made It the Harvard college observatory In necessary to kill Warden." 1S07 and curator of astronomical "Latron Is dead, of course, Avery, photographs In 1011 and Is the author of various Harvard college observatory or fatally wounded?" annuls. She was born st Dover, Del., in 1803. "He's dead. Over Eaton, that Is, sir hit him last night with three shots." Bloused Coat Abbreviated Capes. "As a housebreaker engaged In The bloused coat Is pnpiilnr, but It The very short enpe reaching somer'.fllng my safe, Avery." Is an excellent style for the short times n trifle below the waistline, but "Yes. sir. Latron was dying when woman to Loose, unbelted usuitlly stopping an Inrh or so above, him out car took of the last coats with avoid. lines they are a much Is fiisliliiinilile this spring. The cape straight night. They got him away, though! better choice for the woman who Is usual!) is a nrt of the costume, put Mm on the boat he'd come on. I on Inches. and rarely removed. snw them In the woods last night short not or the make They'll destroy body Felt Hats. Stylish Sleeves. away with It sir, at present" K! One of the smnrtest shops In New 'T.n't lf too loiiy these days. BBS (TO CONTINUED.) York Is showing felt hats entirely ror Wln'i tl.c.v have gone ns fur na they spring. They are trimmed with jt;tr Jure iIi the nn .terlstl tliev are quite Diction Airy. f.'iiiH in I. H or iiirTon. Tli flowers, ribbon bows and ri't ; "She's a perfect dictionary." ;i'ir -! e: ie, of course. In to Html-,i- ; "Well, she's very airy about mm fruits. For the tnst putt tliev I, tc !'t cloche susjcs. f lil.i.'ly. diction, to say tha least." , ' Red" Ruthenberg Found Guilty by Jury T- V I Jfiyt Grand Jury" Michigan Judge Hill-ward- ?" "Uncle Joe's" Birthday all-da- y Mrs. Cannon Among "Twelve Greatest" ;W (A ;:Ka.. v. 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