| Show orrt mgt I 1 1 the th ba blind in d mans M an s eyes ey es j I 1 1 e 1 by william macharg edwin bahner balmer I 1 copyright kr by little gad 4 C corn s V M 1 UNTIL I 1 COME TO YOU AS 91 she caught at his hand no no nor she ae med you must get as far alkay auay at you can before lefore they hey come I 1 im m going back to meet and hold them she threw thu the car into the reverse backed and arid turned it and brought hany 1 it l a again ain onto the road lie came beside her again putting out an his iana she seized it tt her hands for an instant tristant clung to ti t aw his to hers here you jou must mus autell gu go quid tell I 1 she urged but how am I 1 to know what becomes of you ethere you aref shall I 1 hear from you shall I 1 I 1 tt ever er ye ue couf YOU f no new wll will be good neus he said until until until and anjain that unknown something which a thou sand times st i seamed to her had checked his bord and action toward her made hm ism pause but nothing com completely lately bar them mom from one another now until they catch and 0 destroy me or until I 1 come to you aa as you have never known me yet I 1 what a her arc are two young people obviously 1 in bov 1 with each other the tirl girt Is t aiding tjan the nan man to escape yet the this man is virtually a prisoner prito ncr on an the country estate of her father who Is I 1 try he ill to solve a mott most complicated and baffling mystery which concern concerns them all for the man it Is suspected of a murderous murde rou attack on an the girls irl blind father moreover he Is I 1 apparent aly connected with a previous murder and finally he 6 ha has juit just taken part in a midnight encounter in the girl girls home tn in which a it relative has ha been hot shot to death in addition the man Is I 1 using an assumed aitu name and will not tell who he it is or what Is t hit his purpose ie but the girl 1 irl who Is 1 a nice firl girl know knows with love loves prescience that the roan man Is I 1 worthy and dare dares to put her faith to the test love malery action a deep wrong righted rih ted the confounding of the wicked what more Is t needed for a food story the author authors are william machara and edwin balmer thole those inter esting etin chicago brothers bro therin in law who separately and together fether to have won the reading public CHAPTER I 1 A financier dies gabriel warden capitalist railroad director rector I owner of mines and timber lands at twenty a cow puncher at orty forty eight one of the predominant inen wn of tie tle northwest North nest coast paced jtb quick uneven steps the great ticker furnished living room of his home just above seattle on puget round twice within ten minutes he ad had used the th telephone in the hall to receive the eme reply that the train from vancouver Van couer cowler for which he hod had in alred had come in and that the pas engers had left the station it was opt not like kl gabriel abriel warden to how show nervousness of any sort kondo the he japanese doorman who therefore bad ad found something strange in his telephoning watched him through the port ort leres which shut off 02 he etyla oom room from the hall warden turned suddenly and pressed presed the he bell to call a servant kondo entered the room he noticed then bat that wardens hand which was still holding the watch before him hint was baking shaking A young man who may or may tote ot give a dame name will ask for me in a few mom moments ants II 11 will eay say he be called by appointment take him at once to i my smoking room and I 1 will see him im there I 1 am going to ura mrs war dens ens room now he went up the stairs kondo hondo still absently holding his watch in i his hand warden controlled his nervousness before entering his room she liked talked with hiro him casually tor for a mo meat or so before she even sent away her er maid mald when they were alone she suddenly saty that he be had come to her a 0 discus discuss some serious abject cora he eald aid when he had closed he b door after the maid 1 I want your advice 1 on a business question A business question I 1 she was at really aly he lie was one of t coee doe men who believe ill all bust business neRs A otters should be kept from their ives 4 n 1 I mean it came to me through some ti bulnes discoveries ot aad you cannot decide it for your elfr 1 1 I had decided it lt he looked again ti t Ms kill watch 1 I had quite decider del to t but now nop it may lead to some null exalt I 1 have suddenly felt that bw haven I 1 the right to decide entirely or myself wardene wardens wife for the first time felt 10 alarmed 0 ton YOU mean it affect affects me directly he ached both her hands in bis his od lid held her ber before alva cora he eald said what would you ift T me do if you knew I 1 had bad found lot at t that a young anan mana man who 0 conr ur or five had bad years ago as much to 0 to c for as any man might had been in every right by men who re ny my wenda would you bare have ml me at I 1 the outfit for him or would 0 on 1 have nie me aie tle doum ai ibe stated at him with only pride aen en thevan thevai the atu proud of hl his strength streng th tt 1 his hl ability to 0 o fight of the power lif ne 11 knew he pos possessed seed to force hs his ve 17 opposition om why you oil old id fight then metal I 1 YOU want me to fight light them i lot course 0 KO o matter what whit it costar be e realized then that what he be was dat WU M very rm ve vor com be b ak 11 T come to CS li 1 your advice wilhoit putting this wy to yoa you if i go 0 into this 1 l st halt be not only in go opponent soule one of 0 baj cosent friends I 1 shall loftt to them something they v U Rr rr to 9 MW she cried out outs you mean someone might kill you should that keep lee me from going int far she hesitate heRita ted lie went on would you haic hae me afraid to do a thin thins that ought to be done cora no ghe she said sold 1 I u would not bof all right then all I 1 had to know now the young man Is corn com ing to see me ton cora probably hes downstairs tell you all I 1 cc can n after I 1 re ve talked with ith him he lie went directly downstairs as he passed through the hall the telephone bell rang aladden W arden bilm himself elf answered it kondo overheard wardens end of the conversation apparently the other person pemon wished to see U arden at once warden binl finished hed all right III come and get you pu walt tor for me there then he lie hun hung up turning to kondo he ordered his car kondo transmitted the order and brought wardens coat and cap then kondo opened the house door for him and the door of the limousine which had been brought under the porte where the chauffeur was patrick corboy a young irishman who had been in wardens warden a employ for more than five years his faithfulness to warden was never questioned cor boy drove to the place warden had directed As they stopped a young As A they stopped a young man of leu less than medium height broad shouldered hould ered and wearing a mackin toh tosh came to the curb and lid spoke to warden man of less than medium height broad shouldered and wearing mackintosh came to the curb and poke spoke to warden corboy did not hear the name but warden immell atey asked the man into the car he be directed corboy to return home the chauffeur bauff eur did this but was obliged on the way to come to a complete stop several times timm as he met street streetcars cars mm or other vehicles on intersecting streets almost immediately after warden had left the house the doorbell rang and kondo condo answered it A you man with a quiet end and pleasant bearing in quiren for mr ward and said he ame tame i t eme by kondo ushered him into the smoking room here the stranger waited in about f fr r min aa utes corboy drove the he car under the porte c ere again and got tot dow and opened the door there was wall no n mo tinn 1 inside the limousine the chaff beur looked if and saw warder lying byln back autly against the c cash ucb ions long in IR the back but of the seat stitt he hsi was w lj 1 corboy noticed hat that the curtains ill all about had been pulled down lie touched the lie button and turned on the light at it the top of the car and then he saw aw hat that warden wn was dead his cap no as ot off and the b top ot of hie his head had been mantled liy by a heavy blow the chauffeur drew back gasping kando behind him on the steps cried out and ran into tle the house calling for help two other and lira mrs harden garden who had remained nervously nervo in her room ran down don the stranger aniser ho had been ual balting ting now seen for the first time by mrs warden came out from the lie smoking room to help them he lie aided in taking the body from the car and helped to carry it into the tiring living room and find lay it on a 8 counti he remained until it was tain thin hat that warden had been killed and nothing could be done when this had been established and further con firmed by the doctor who waa was called kondo and mrs him warden looked around for the young manaut he was as no longer there the news neus of the murder brought ex tras tra out upon lie the streets of seattle tacoma and portland at tit ten that night seattle stirred at once at tit the murder of one of ite its most moat prominent zent stirred still till further at the new proof that warden bad had been i a in business and finance then as the second dayi days dispatches from the larger cities came in it stirred a third time at the realization for so men said aid that this was the second time such a murder had happened warden had been what was called among men of busness business and finance a it member of the he latron crowd he be bad had been close at tit one time to the great western capitalist matthew la LR iron tron the properties in which he had made his wealth and whose direction end and administration had brought him the respect and attention of other men bad had been closely allied with or even included among those knon as the latron properties and latron five years before had been murdered la iron tron a e murderer had been a roan man who called upon him by appointment and gardens murderer it appeared had bad been equally known to him or at least equally recommended of this as much nas as made as possible in the UK buz gestson that the same agency wai was be bind the two tuo the statements of kondo and corboy were verified it was even learned at what spot wardens murderer had left ibe the motor unobserved by corboy beyond tills this no trace was found of bim him and the disappearance of the young roan man who had come to wardens house and waited united there for three quarters of an hour to see him was w as also complete CHAPTER 11 II the express la Is held for a personage bob connery pedal special conductor for the coast division of one of the chief transcontinental was having late breakfast on his day olt off at his little cottage on the shore of puget sound when he was treated to the unusual tight sight cf of a large car stopping before his door the chauffeur hurried from the car to the house with an envelope in his hand connery meeting him at the door opened the envelope and slid found within an order in the hand band writing of the president of the rail road and over bis his signature connery no 5 being held at seattle nal until nine will run one hour late this Is your authority to supersede the regular man as tor tors prepared to go through to chi cago you will facilitate eiery desire and obey when possible any request even as to running of the train which may be made by a passenger ho will identify himself by a card from rae toe IL R JARVIS the conductor accustomed to take charge of trains ben princes envoys presidents nod and great veat people of any sort took to travel publicly or privately private lr fingered the b eay cream colored note paper upon which the order was writ ten and looked up at the chauffeur the order was surprising enough even to connery some passenger of extraordinary influence obviously was to take the train not only the bold hold ing of the transcontinental for an art hour told this but there was the fur her ther plain statement that the ger would be incognito astonishing also was the fact that the order was written upon private notepaper note paper there bad been ft a monogram at the lop top of the heet sheet but it bad been be ell torn off that would not bare holy been if mr jarvis bad had cent sent the order from home bome aho vho ho could have had the president of the road call bini bitu at half past even neven in the he and have told mr jarvis to bold hold the express for an hour connery was certain of the distinctive characters of the president presidents hand band the enigma of U the or der however had piqued bin him so to that he lie pretended doubt where did yon you get thier he challenged lea ced the chauffeur froia from ur mr jarvis of course but where too you menu mean yom want to know where ie le was wr r connery smiled quietly if it I 1 be he bin him af lf WM WU trusted to t be bs caul lous ud and iaia i iiA circumspect circum the chauffeur alio also plain ilein ly wh who accustomed to be L in the en em ploy of cue one who required reticence connery country looked from tie the note to the hearer bearer more keenly there wo as some thing familiar in the chauffeur chauffeurs face jut just enough to lieve made conner connery believe at ora that probably lie had seen the man injecting some passenger at the elation station you are connery ventured casually lly in private employ emly leq ye sir air tha iuan man cut on off quickly then connery knew him it As when hen la briel war den ten truie led on Conn crys train that the conductor had een seen this chaff beur was patrick corboy who had arisen warden the night lie wo was killed hut but connery Con having non uon bit point knew better than to show it nailing for ft a receipt from met mer in he asked as if he h had abandoned hie his curiosity curlo oltY the chauffeur nodded connery took a sheet of paper wrote on it sealed it in an en envelope clope and handed it over toe the chauffeur battened hast pred back to his car and drove off whittled softly to himself evidently 10 dently hit his passenger was to be one of the th great men in eastern finance who ho had been brought west est by warden wardens death A the car disappeared connery gazed off to the sound the march morning wa was windy and wet with ith a storm blowing in from th the n pacific prom from eliot ellot bay reverberated the roar of the steam whistle of some large hip signaling if its intention to pass pan another to the left the incoming vessel loomed in tight and showed the graceful lines the single funnel and the white and red barred flax tag of the japanese line the nippon calsha connery eay that it was ai as ho lie anticipated the maru due two to days before having been delayed by bad weather over the pacific it would dock connery estimated just in time to permit a passenger to catch the express if that were held till nine so as its he hastened to the car line connery smiled at him self for taking the trouble to make his bill earlier surmises old sammy seaton the gateman gate ronn stood in his iron coop twirling twirl lne a punch about hia ills finger old sammy scheme of sudden wealth everyone ever one bill ha a 0 plan by which at sit anny moment wealth may arrive was as to recognize and apprehend some wrongdoer or some lost or person for whom a great reward would be given ills position at the gate through which must pasi past most of the people arriving at the great coast city or wishing to depart from it certainly was excellent and by constant and careful reading ol 01 the papers classifying and ani memoria ing faces be he prepared to take advantage of any opportunity sammy still awaited his great strike any one off on number five sam my myrl connery questioned care tessi as he approached old sammy shook his 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