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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH The Blind Mans Eyes By William MacHarg Edwin Balmer WHO ARE YOU? Gabriel Warden, Seattle capitalist, tells his butler he ts expecting a caller, to be admitted without wife of question. He Informs his ua ,ge r thut threatens him if he pursues a course he considers the only honorable one. Waden leaves the house In lus car and meets a man whom he takes into the mahen the car returns home. chine Warden ts found dead, murdeied, The caller, a youn alone. and man, has bee i at Warden's house, Bob Conbut leaves unobserved. nery, conductor, ro elves or ers to hold train for a party. Kive men and a girl hoard the tram, the hastern Kxpress. The father of the girl. Mr. Horne, Is the person for whom the tiain was held. 1hllip It. Baton, a young man. also boarded the tram Horne tells his d iiighter and his secretary, Hon Avery, to tlnd out what they ran make concerning hint. The two Horne Is Kittens acquaintance. found nearly dead from a murderA surgeon operates. ous assault Dtirne is revealed as Basil Santolne, a great corporation lawyer. Baton Is suspected and questioned. Copyright VII 6 understood. Not here, Mr. Avery; not here!" Conductor Connery put Ids hand on Eaton's urm. Come with me, sir," he commanded. Eaton thought anxiously for a moment. lie looked to Harriet Santolne as though about to say something to her. hut he did not speak ; Instead, he As quietly followed the conductor. they passed through the observation car Into the car ahead, he heard the t'ootNteps nl Harriet Santolne and Avery close behind him. Continued. CHAPTER VIII Eaton, leaning against tlte rnil her and glancing at tier, saw that ber lashes were wet, and his eyes dropped as they caught hers. "They have been investigating the tie-aid- e attack LittU, Brows and Company Harriet, not yet comprehending, stood staring at the two; then Eaton saw the blood rush to her face and dye forehead and cheek and neck as she N CHAPTER by Quest, ons. Connery pulled aside the curtain of the unshroom at the end of the Santolne ear t he end farthest from the drawing room where Santolne lay. "Step In here, sir," he directed. Sit down, if you want. Were far enough from the drawing room not to disturb Mr. Santolne. Eaton, seating himself in the corner of the leather seat built against two walls of the room, and looking up. saw that Avery had come Into the room with them. The girl followed. With her entrance Into the room came to him a strange sensation which exhausted his hi eath and stopped his pulse for a heat. To lie accused-ev- en to lie suspected of the crime Hgalnst Santolne was to have attention brought to him which with his unsatisfactory account of himself Yet. threatened ugly complications. at tills moment of realization, that did not till his mind. Whether his long dwelling dose to death had numbed him to his own danger, however much more Immediate It had become, he could not know; probably he had prepared himself so thoroughly, hud inured himself so to expect arrest and imminent destruction, that now his finding himself confronted with accusers In Itself failed to stir new sensation; hut till tills day, he had never Imagined or been able to prepare himself for accusation before one like Harriet Santoine; so, for a moment, thought solely of himself wns a subcurrent. Of Ills conscious feelings, the terror that she would be brought to believe with the others that he had ? Mr. Avery, you Donald "Yes; know and the conductor have been working on It all day. They have tben questioning the porter." "The porter? "Oh, I don't mean that they think the porter had anything to do with tt; but the hell rang, you know." "The bell?" I "The bell from Father's berth. thought you knew. It rang some time before Father was found some few minutes before; the porter did not bear It, but the pointer was turned down. They have tested It, and it Cannot be jarred down or turned Iq any way except by means of the bell." Eaton looked away from her, then back again rather strangely. "Is that all they linve learned?" "No; they have found the weapon." The weapon with which your father was struck?" Yes; the man who did It seems not to have realized that the train was stopped or at least that It would be stopped for so long and he threw (t off the train, thinking, I suppose, we should he miles away from there llut the train didnt by morning, move, and the snow didnt cover It op, and It wns found lying against the snow bank this afternoon. It corresponds, Doctor Sinclair says, with gin?" he asked of Avery; he was look Ing not at the girl but at Eaton. At the beginning," Avery directed, "Mr. Eaton, when you came to this train, the gutenmn at Seattle called m.v attention to you," Connery began Old Sammy has recognized men with criminal records time und again. Hes got seven rewards out of It." Eaton felt his pulses close with a he He recognized shock. me? asked quietly. dace No, he didnt ; he couldn't He couldnt you," Connery granted. tell whether you were somebody thut wus wanted' or someone well known someone famous, maybe ; but 1 ought to have kept my eye on you because of that, from ttie very start. Now, this morning you claim a telegram meant for another man a man named Hiliward, on this train, who seems to he all right that is, by his answers and his account of himself he seems to he exactly what he claims to he." Did he read the telegram to you?" Eaton asked. It wus In code. If It was meant for him, he ought to he able to read It. No. he didnt. Will you?" Eaton halted while he recalled the exact wording of the message. "No. mused and looked to Connery Youll wait a Avery and the girl. minute, Mr. Avery; nnd you, Miss Santoine. I wont he long. He left the washroom, nnd thp sound of the closing of a door which e came to Eaton a later told that he had gone out the front end of the car. As the three sat waiting In the washroom, no one spoke. Eaton understood fully flint the manner In which the evidence against him was being presented to him was not with any expectation thnt he could defend himself; Avery and Connery were obviously too certain of their conclusion for that; rather, as It was being given thus under Averys direction. It wns for the effect upon Harriet and to convince her fully. Itut Eaton had understood this from the first. It wns for tills reason he had not attempted to deny having nine Santolne's hell, realizing that if he denied It nnd it afterward was proved, he would appear In a worse light than by ids Inability to account for or assign a reason for his act. And he had proved right In this; for the girl had not been convinced. So now he comprehended that something far more convincing nnd more important was to come; but what that could he, he could not guess. The conductor appeared in the door of the washroom followed by the Englishman from E ltons car, Henry Stun-dish- . Connery carried the sheet on which he had written the questions he hnd asked Eaton, and Eatons answers. "What name were you using, Mr. Eaton, when you came from Asia to tile United States? the conductor demanded. lie Eaton reflected. "My own, suid. "Philip D, Eaton. Mr. Standisb" Connery faced the .vou came from YokoEnglishman hama to Seattle on the Tnmlia Marti, didnt you? Do you remember this. Mr. Eaton among the passengers? Yes; for It was Just eleven day before this train left Seattle that ywo came to the house of Mr. Gabriel Warden and waited there for him till h was brought home dead!" Eaton, sitting forward a little, looked up at the conductor; his glance caught Averys an Instant; be At gazed tiien to Harriet Santoine. the charge, she bad started; but Avery had not. The Identification, therefore, was Connerys, or had been agreed upon by Connery and Avery between them; suggestion of It had And not come from the Santoines. Connery hnd made the charge without being certain of it; he was watching the effect, Eaton now realized, to see if what he had accused was correct. Isnt thnt so? Connery demanded. Or do you want to deny that too and have it proved on you later?" Again for a moment Eaton sat silent. No, he decided, "I do not deny that." Then you are the man who was at Wardens the night he was murdered ? Yes," said Eaton, I was there that I was the one who came evening. there by appointment and waited till after Mr. Warden was brought home dead. So you admit that?" Connery gloated ; but he could not keep from Eaton half-minut- Snn-toin- e The Englishman Took a Folded Pap br From His Pocket, Opened Handed It to the Conductor. a sense that, by It and Eatons admission of the fact, Connery had been disappointed. All right, Mr. Eaton ! Connery returned to his charge. "You are that man. So besides whatever else that means, youd been In Seattle eleven days ana yet you were the last person to get aboard this train, which left a Fathers Injuries." full hour after its usual starting time. "What was It?" struck the blow against her father Who were you waiting to see get on It seems to have been a bar of was the most poignant. the train before you yourself .took It?" metal of steel, they said, I think, Avery pulled forward one of the Enton wet his lips. To what was Mr. Eaton wrapped In a mans black leather chairs for her to seat herself working up? The probabll-tlia- t Connery eock. nnd took another for himself fucing in addition to the recognition of A sock !" Eatons voice Rounded Eaton. him as the man who had waited at etrnnge to himself; he felt that th'e Why did you ring the hell In Mr. Wardens which fact anyone at any blood had left his cheeks, leaving hint Saiitoine's berth?" Avery directed the time might have charged Connery It. pale, and that the girl must notice attack upon him suddenly. knew something else which the conA mans sock ! "To call help," Eaton answered. ductor could not have been expected Then he saw thnt she had not no"You bail known, then, that he to know this dismayed Eaton the not had been she for ticed, looking needed help?" And he more by its indefiniteness. at him. I knew it saw It then, of course." saw. as his gaze shifted to Avery, that "It could be carried In thnt "When? Avery knew this tiling also. the sleepers, you know, withWhen I found him. When I went No. What do you mean by that quesout attracting attention," she forward to look for the conductor to Do you know he wus not among tion? he asked. ask him about Inking a walk on the t he passengers? I mean that however innocent or "A roof of t lie ears." controlled Eaton himself. Yes, I do." may lie the chance of your beguilty Sock!" he said again, reflectively. You found him then that way, "I low do you know?" ing at Mr. YYarden's the night he was He felt suddenly a rough tap upon the The Englishman took a folded pa- killed way he was?" you'll have a hard time provhi shoulder, and turning, saw that "That way? Yes." per from Ills locket, opened it. and that you did not wait and watch ing "How? handed it to the conductor. Connery, and take this train because Basil SanHow ?" Eaton Iterated. taking it, held it out to Eaton. toine had taken it; and that you were Here, Mr. Eaton," lip said, "is the not following him. Do you deny it? Y'es; how, Mr. Eaton, or ITiilward or whatever your name Is? How did printed passenger list of the people Eaton was silent. you find him? The curtains wore aboard t he Tamils Mara prepared Connery, bringing the paper In his open, perhaps; you saw him as you after leaving Yokohama for distribuhand nearer to the window again, tion among t he passengers. went by. eh?" Its un- glanced down once more at the stateEaton shook his head. I asked you No; the questionably correct. Will jou point ment Eaton had made. curtains weren't open; they were out your name on it?" who you knew in Chicago, he said, Eaton made no move to take the closed." That and you answered No one. paper; and after holding it long was your reply, was It not? "Then why did you look In?" enough to. give him full opportunity. "I saw his hand in the aisle." Yes. Connery handed it back to the Engdo on." You know no one la Chicago?' When I came hack It didn't look lishman. No one, Eaton repeated. "'lliats all, Mr, StandMi," lie said. And certainly no one there knows right to me; Its position had not been Eaton sat sibmt as the EnrlMiimiti changed at all, and It hadnt looked you well enough to follow your right to me befote. So I stopped and after staring curiously around at them movements in relation to Mr. touched It, and I found tlmt it was with his bulging. Interested eyes, left Thats a necessary assumption the washroom. cold." from the fact that you know no one Now. Mr. Eaton." Connery said, as Then you looked Into the berth?" at all there. tiie sound of StatuiMis steps became "Yes." The conductor pulled a telegram And having looked In and seen inaudible, "either you were not on the Irom ids pocket and handed it to Tarnhu Marti or you were on it under Mr. Santoine injured nnd lying as lie Avery, who, evidently having already some other mime than Eaton. Wind, was, you did not on II anyone, you did wns seen it, passed it on to Harriet It?" not bring help you merely leaned She took it, staring at It me"I never said I was on the Tandui across him and pushed the hell and chanically and vacantly; then sudden Maru." Eaton returned steadily. "I went on quickly out of the car before y she shivered, and the yellow paper said I came from Asia by steamer. w liidi sin 'ad read slipped from her anyone could see you?" You yourself supplied the name Tam-bbut I waited on the platform nattered to the floor. Conand hand Yes; Maru." Step In Here, Sir," He Directed. of the next car to see tlmt help did stonpes and picked It up and nery In case of questioning like that. Donald Avery had come out upon the come; and the conductor passed me. Mr. Eaton, Jt makes no difference handed it towfd Eaton. I and knew that he nnd the porter whether This is yours, he said. standing beside platform and yon said it or 1 supplied i! him ; and behind Avery he saw Con- must Anil Mr. Santolne, ns they did." in your hearing. If you didnt correit "Do you expect us to believe that ductor Connery. Tltere was no one me, It was because you wanted me to very peculiar action of yours was the got a else on the platform. wrong impression about you Win you tell me. Mr. Eaton or act of nn Innocent man? ou werent on the Tumha Mam "If I had been guilty of the attack were you? whatever eNe your name may he what It is tlmt you have been asking on Mr. Santoine, I'd not have stopped No I was not. (TO BE CoM'l.NUkI).) Miss Santoine?" Avery demanded or looked into the berth at all." "You did come from Asia, though, If you are innocent, you had, of as your railroad ticket seemed to Harry, what bus tills man harshly. Depended on the Supply. been saying to you? course, some reason for acting ns you show?" A man who delights in anecdotes of Mr Eaton?" Her gaze went did. Will you explain what it was?" Yes." rustic life and character tells of an old from Avery to Eaton and No I cannot explain." farmer who ome took tea witli a for"Prom Yokohama?" bacR again. With a look of triumph Avery-turneWhy why, Don! He The last port "e stopped at before mer duke and dml.ess of Buccleouch to Harriet Santoine, and Ea- sailing for Seattle was Y'okoiiatm has only been asking me what we had at Drumlnnng castle, his graces Dumfound out about the attack on Fa- ton felt his flesh grow warm with friesshire estate. His first cup of tea yes. ther! Y'on had been was swallowed almost immediately the gratitude as he saw her meet Avery s reflected. Connery And you told him? Avery swung look with no appearance of being conin Seattle, then, at least five days: uucliess gave it to him. Again and toward Eaton. "You dog!" lie mouth- vinced. for the last steamer you could have again li is rup was passed along to the ed. Harriet, he asked you that beAvery made a vexed gesture, and come on docked five davs before the head of the table. At the tenth cause he needed to know he had to turned to Connery. Tell her the rest Tumha Maru. In fact, Mr. Eaton, you tiie duchess grew uneasy about ctip the know! Harry, tlds Is the man that of It, he directed, How many cups do on this side of the water tor supply on hand. had been did It! Connery, who had remained stand- as many as eleven days, had you you take, David? she asked. IIow Eatons fists clenched ; but ing back of the two chairs, niovod notr many do ye g.e? David asked he checked himself. slightly forward. "Where shall I be Eleven day?" "ston repeated h way-throug- San-min- San-tojn- n s e. 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