Show ah ab I 1 d JL WHO ARE YOU gabriel warden seattle capitalist tells hla his butler lie he la is ex expecting a 41 caller to be admitted without question lie ae informs hla his wife of I 1 danger finger that ahn t threatens him it if ha pursues u courso lie he considers tile ane only honorable one warden leava tile house in ills fits car und and IL a man whom lie ho takes into the machine when the cut tir returns homo hoille warden la Is found murd murdered ored and alone tile the caller a non mon lias has beon been at wardena Ward vair dens end l house but it giaves ayes unobserved bob torr con t orr r cry X von conductor ductor receives roi elvea oro groero ero to lo alet told t old maln tot or tt party VIVO rye men und a girl eirl board tile the train tho the castern E tile the fattier father of thu the girl mr dorne dome la is tile the pernon for whon whom tile the train was held to haton eaton a youns young man inan also alno warded tile tho train dome tells hla hill daughter and his secretary seere bet rotary tary von don avery to ind find out what they can concerning him the two make Rit tons acquaintance dorne dome la Is found nearly dead from a milider oils assault A stir auwon n operates dorne dome to la revealed as aa haell Bant sant olne a great corporation lawyer eaton to B suspected and questioned CHAPT chattm rR vil VII continued geaton leaning against tile tho rall be wi igi deher alid glancing nt at tier her saw that lier ier lashes were wet wc tand paid tits hla eyes it dropped cropped os as they caught tiers hers they havo been investigating tile the attack yes res donald mr avery you und tile conductor have been working on it oil all day they aliey have been quo questioning lie porter the porter oh 1 I dont mean that hint they think the lite porter find anything to do witt with it t hut but tile the bell beil rung you know ivie bell 7 the hell oil for from om fathers Po berth I 1 thou thought glit you knew it run ran somo some time leaoro father was found some few before tile tho porter did not li licar ar it but the pointer was turned aown own they have tested it mid and it cannot bo be jarred down or r turned in ili ally wily way except lip ty means of tilt the 1 bell enton looked anway from tier her then backing nIn anther Is t eliut nil they hnyz haqq learned na no they have found atlie weapon the weapon with father wits st yes tile the baull alio too did it seen seema not noi to 0 have realized that tile the train was isto stopped plied or at at least that it would stopped for so long til lie it off tile the train thinking I 1 suppose we should ile be miles any awny from therol there toy morning but the train move and the snow cover it vp and it was waa found lying aliv snow oink this ahls afternoon it cor esponda e doctor sinclair says with will fathers injuries what was it it to have been a bar of it nettal of steel they said I 1 think mr eaton wrapped in a mans bla ck alock A sock I 1 batons Kii Ha tons voice sounded vr strange to himself he felt that the ohp alood had left tits his cheeks checks leaving islin him pale tin and that tile the girl must notice it A mans KOPI focal I 1 1 I alien he saw that site she had not noticed for site she had find not been looking nt lat him film it could be carried in ili that way through tile lie sleepers slee pera you know with out attracting attention she observed biaton controlled miltn himself elf A sock I 1 lie he said again reflectively tie he felt suddenly a rough tap upon fils shoulder und and turning saw hint him tona donald ild avery had come coine out upon tilt hf platform bild wits standing beside win litin and heind avery lie he saw conductor connery there was no ni our ont cleu on the platform YIH you tell me air raton paton or whatever else your name may b what tt it Is that you have been asking Sant Stint olne avery harry what ling has tills this man maa been baying raying to you mr maton eatone Eato nr her gaze went woh derin gly from avery to anti and back fatek again why why doll I 1 I 1 hr le lias ions only been r aking me what we had found out about tile the attack on F an fn n tier her V 1 and you told him film avery swung toward enton you 1091 lie he mouthed harriet he asked you that ili he linuse lie he needed to know ho he bad to t 1 harry this Is tho the man that did it ill batons fosta clenched but suddenly recollecting ho he checked himself harriet not yet comprehending stood daring at tile the two tilen then ealton siw lite blood rush to in her anee nil and dve do forehead fore head and cheek and hect ug as filp understood I 1 yo not here mr avery not here I 1 conductor connery bonnery Oon nery put ills his hand on oil Va Eaton tonto fl arm conte come with me ine sir he litan halon thought anxiously fur for a moment tie he looked to harriet Sant a as 4 though about to say some something tIling to 0 o but lie he did not speak instead ht he inlet ly followed the conductor As the they passed through the observation mr ear aito the cier nhea lie he heard tile the by william macharg edwin balmer copyright by little or drown own ul and compia 1 footsteps of Sant olno and awry avery close behind him film j CHAPTER vill I 1 I 1 questions connery cannery pulled aside the curtain or nf the nt at tile end of the aar the alie end colo furthest from froin the lie drawing room where lity step it in liere here sir air lie directed sit iown down if you want were fur far enough from the room not to disturb mr air Sont Stint olne 0 himself in the corner comer of the lie hether sent seat built two valla of tile room tind looking up saw that arvry had collie into tile the room chelli the girl followed with tier her entrance into the lie room cattle to lalni lafill a strange which e es li luu isted tits his breath ant und stopped his 1114 pulse for n beat to ile he accused lied even to he be suspected of the Stint olne was to have atten lion ion brought to him which with ills his account of himself threatened ugly complications yet vet tit lit this moment of tillit ald aili not fill ills his mind his fits long dwelling lse close to to delith lind had numbed him to tits lla ownA own dimmer howedel much more intire it hild be become Conle lie he j not know prohn ably bly lie he fill and pre linree hini himself seir so thoroughly had in afi frfd pil so to expect arrest tanil destruction 11 that now nov hl a finding elf confronted with it nc c custas in lisull turf filled to stir new sen i lint but till til ills his day lie lind never tt or been fatle to prepare pr eire him 1 self for accusation barove one like Sant olne so for a thought solely of himself waa it enli iiii curre current qt of ills his con conscious selous tile llie elerior arror that slie site would be to believe with tile thu otier 4 chilt lie he lind had struck tile lie illow tier her fattier father was the flip most alej A very y pulled for forcari warI one of the leather leit ther chairs fur for her to sent seat herself mid took another for himself facing khuon why fild did you ring the hell bell in mr hert herth lj avery directed the litI Vii niton will to cyll lielie katun answered un you hild known then thell alla he needed help fiella 1 I knew it it then of course I 1 when I 1 when I 1 found him film when I 1 went forward to look for the conductor conduct oo to to fisk him blin aholt a walk on the roof of the curs cars you found bilm then that way the he way lie he wn ans that way yes how flow ilow how emten iterated yes how flow me eaton or or whatever your name Is how flow fild did you lind him the curtains curt alna were open perhaps you ou saw him os as you went hy eh 00 allton shook tits his head hc id iland nd the this open they were closed 11 then why III did you look in 1 I ills his canil in ili the n asle 11 ao 50 go on when I 1 nine net it took look I 1 11 fit to tile mo its position had not heen Ollin clumped ged ut ht nil find it looked 1 taht t to me ine lie defoce fore so I 1 stopped anti touched it I 1 found that it was cold then you looked into the berth hort li ye yes awl and luiting looked in aal andi seen mr Sant olne injured aind nd lying ns he bt wila you volt did 1111 not voll anyone Ui yone you yot I 1 adli not bring liell you yoa dimly leanell across him and pushed tile lie hell nn and I 1 went on OH quickly eldy nut mit of the ear cur before could see KP you I oil ye ve hut I 1 united anit wn it tin n the lie plat forill of tile he next to flint help kielp III did come 1 1111 and tilt the conductor I 1 r passed me und all I 1 knew alint lie he anti ohp I 1 porter mut dand mr Stin tollie us an they ifil did ido do you expert expect ns its to believe that very pecullar netlon of nf yours was tilt net of nn nil Inno innocent vent liall i if I 1 field been beell allty guilty tit of the on mr id not anve stop stopped poil or r looked into the li artl tit nt nil if you volt are Inno innocent eill you had of vourse course some ale rensen for us ils you bolt did will aill you bluit flat it was N 1 cannot with n hok ul ot avery turn turned to lo clarriet Sail loine anti ra tot ton felt tits his alesh prow grow warm v arin with gratitude us ns lie he saw hir hi r meet abrys look jook with no of being con vinced avery andr n vexed lesture Ke sture and turned to Connery tell rell ter ier tho ho rest of it lip lie connery who find remained stand ing haeft buck of the be two chairs slightly forward where khall I 1 be KW lie he of avery lie ana as loo i iab not tit t the girl hut but hamoi Ha toi I 1 at the lie beg loining avery directed j V mr haton enton when you came 0 to o this train tile the at seattle called my mv to you connery began old tins has recognized men with criminal records ahne and again lies rot got reven even rewards out of it anton falt Ills pulses close with a shock slioch tie ho recognized me lie listed quietly no lie he he pince you volt connery granted lie ile tell ell whether you were somebody that ws wits unnoted ted or someone well known someone rn famous molls maybe lint but I 1 tight light to have kept my eyo eye on you because of nf that fron from tile the very start now this morning you claim a tele grain mount for li nother man a man inn danied on this train ajo seems to he till nil right that Is by his fits and his account of himself lu hp seems to bo be exactly what lie he to he i did ho he rend read tile tho telegram to you baton naked asked it wits waa in code if it was meant for him lie ho ought to be mile ahle to rear it no ile he will you enton baton linsted while lie he recalled the exact wording of the he message no connery paused pa anti and looked to avery A very and the file girl wait a minute inin tite mr avery and you miss bliss Sont olne I 1 wont ile ho lone iona lie ile left the washroom and the sound of tile closing of a door which cattle came to naton baton n half minute later inter told old abat tie ho had find gone out tile the front end of the car I 1 As tile the three sat ant waiting in the washroom no ino one spoke haton baton understood der stood fully alint ali at the manner in which lie alip evid evidence enve against him film wa was 9 beng being presen presented teI to him was pot not with tiny any expectation that lie he could defend hini himself self avery ant and connary were of ob too certain of their conclusion for that rather n na s it wits being givan thus under averys direction it aas IF for the effect upon thir harriet rIet san tolne colne und and to coi convince wInce tier her fully bully rut katon enton lind had understood tills this fron from tin tilt first it wits for ali tills Is r reason eason lie he lind had not attempted tempted nt to deny having rung hell realizing that if hf he denied it anti and it tift afterward erward was 1 proved lie would appear in a worse light than by ils his inability to account for or ass assign ign a renson for ills his net act and lie he had proved right in this for the girl had not been convinced convInce I so now flow lie comprehended that something far more convincing and more important was to come but what chilt could be he be could not guess the alie conductor appeared in the door of the washroom followed by the englishman engi I 1 lish ninn from batons car henry stan fish dish connery carried the sheet 0 on n which he had written the questions question lie he had asked eaton baton and batons ell answers I 1 what name were you using mr eaton baton when you came from asin aln to the united states the conductor cin ductor de 1 1 ni eldon anton reflected my own hr he suld raid D enton baton mr Sh indish connery faced the lyou cattle came from yokohama to seattle on tile be tumba maru you do you remember this air eaton baton among the passengers 1 11 no 11 do you know he was not among tile the passengers yes I 1 do how to do you know the took a folded paper front from ills his pocket opened it tind and handed it to the conductor connery taking it held field it out to euton baton Il here billere mr eaton he said Is tile the printed passenger list of the people aboard the marti prep prepared after afler leaving yokohama Yoko hamn for alon the lie passengers its unquestionably correct wit win I 1 you point out your name mime on oil it ell to to duade no n move to take the paper ur and after holding it long ions t enough to give him full opportune y colit lel Y handed it buck back to tile the nag Il shimin nil all mr air dt andish he sat silent allent os as the after st airing curiously around nt at thero them viti fits interested eyes left tile lie washroom now mr air enton colmery said as the sound round of steps became elt lur you were net on the maru or you were on it under some other nam ethan anton which was it 4 1 I 1 never said I 1 was on tile the marti enton caton returned steadily 1 I said an id I 1 cattle en me from asia by steamer you yourself supplied the name tom mom in euse cuse of questioning like that mr air raton it makes no dIf difference Terence whether you said it or I 1 supplied it in your hearing her ln if you correct nit lite it was because you wanted me to kt get a wrong impression about you you on the maru were you no I 1 was not you did conte come from asia thonzy thon sli ns as your railroad ticket seemed t to show shoat ves frow from yokohama tile the lust last port wp stopped ut before willing sailing for seattle was Yo yokohama lohama yes connery reflected you had been in seattle then at least five anys for tile last steamer you ou could ha have e conic come on docked live days before the maru in iii fact mr haton you had been on title this aid bof the water anter for ns as many ns as clev eleven 62 days had you not eleven days unton baton repented yes for it wits was just eleven cloven days daya before tills this train left seattle that you came caine to tile the house of mr gabriel warden ell and waited there for him blixt till lie ha was to brought rought home dead I 1 enton eaton patt ng forward a little looked up tip at tile the conductor h his 1 9 glance caught avery isan un instant ho gazed then to harriet Sant olne at the charge site she had ban arted but avery find not tile the identification therefore was Connery Con nerys ls or had been agreed upon by connery connary anti and avery between them suggestion of it had bad not come from tile tho Santol ties and connery lind had made the charge without being certain of it lie ho was watching tile the effect enton eaton now realized to see if what lie he had accused was correct that so BO connery demanded or to do you want to deny that too and have it proved on you later inter again for a ni moment enton eaton sat silent ellent no ho decided 1 I do not deny that t then you aro are tile man who was at wardens the night ho he was mur amr acred dc red yes sald eaton 1 I was there that evening I 1 was the one who came caine there 1 by y appointment and waited till after A air fr warden was brought home daud so you admit that connery glo gloated at but lie he |