Show by WILLIAM macharg EDWIN BALMER copyright by little and company SHIELD HIM varden seattle capitalist tells his butlar tin U a to be admitted without he ills afo of danger that threaten ailin if he pursues a courso he alio only oni waiden leavis alic in his car an ineeta u ninn whom in tales into tho machine when alio car smurna homo Is found do id murdered binl alone alie rabir a couns man hus giyen at lionte but leaves junob elvod aoh connery tor ip teca ordera to hold for a pai ty 1 ive men and a girl board alio train alio llio eastorn alio lither of ilia gill mr 1 person for train ivas belil philip 1 n man bho hie tiala borne tells hla anil don to iland out thiry an him 1 lie iwo make antona ln tona boine Is nearly deail aiom a oua assault A operates opera dome Is us bolno and u tho financial horld na tha adviser of alb aaton Is and HP information at out himself and lio wn tho ut vai dens house aaton altti to withhold lir ho Is in dinser dins pr though of jhb her father iro feels tho earl believes yant olne recovers bidini to question lalan alio rufust rt fust hla identity the financier katon to mccoin pany to alio biome us a t laloie a of tho house wallace boril and mildred dils u with whom he la acquainted quain ted though they the fact fr tons mission la to secure loni inonia are vital to lili harriet tella litora nhe antl donnld avery net a to walking with her men in an automobile deliberately to run anton down ahe ell one of the men KB acon on tho CHAPTER 11 continued ag to mil lalni how do you know alio lic racla 1 I I 1 dont father iio certainly meant tr mr inton when I 1 salil all him I 1 ani telling only hat that h better I 1 think so ton alint ha meant to kill mr anton ln ton yes alio matched lier fine often relating bilings to i ho tani an arc bioni ills cp roslon ithac she MOS telling bilm only somo thine lin ind fl guiet out and expected or anuw sho fell that now did ou mr faton to 10 not lint it was post lap I 1 n alit occur an I 1 nu did nt warn him alic I 1 lanil mans linnas oj alip copilot copi lct to elliar elli cr it ins not iry to unan jitni mr union anew icho uns in alio car men aind on cecii anny of them lipford lip foro yes one alio mun view loe on taiti color on fice kraw urt him deir he she culled together glicr if alie niini 1 I aunt describe liliu acry fully slie he ns one of itlie polle mho lind in alic for jard car I 1 can recill sec h ni only lian I 1 parsed through itlie MI I 1 lalni onla ulce in illint car and once in alie tint Is bald san bolno want anther rn ther alint in fc davs upon alic train lyou caw lie man only times you lie line kept out bof as cuili us alne you forgotten 1 asked ayou to describe him she checked herself nebout five feet h slie suld broad very li cally set I 1 rf he me ns lulng tin ills licar as llach ll acl S cant recall alio color of big ars bils bore bauo ulah n louvi beard dobel firmed I 1 ills jauco ana jmj is clot tiei erp spotted alti food 1 it seems liard for mo blin sand I 1 cant him cry blut sou anre suie li as the same inan in alic motor yes ho seemed nn animal sort of person small rona mid not par it beonis imal for me to remember more about him than that that Is interesting what that it Is liard for to remember alro arv why rather her father did not answer the oilier nun in the tic 1 I cant describe liem 1 1 as excited about mr annn sou dear wag caton to me i he lias gone to his room to ax cilnis alf up 1 all lend for him illian pressed one of the buttons balde hi bed to call n berant Berv nt but before the hell could ba answered harriet cot BP ill go she knud slie adit out into alio liall and closed alio door her lic nt cd until alio alio of alm by sun kolnos ifil alion to nanct ailin alio ernt bilm to call aiton in ills nionia aind alio united until annn annio buck anil told tier hnton ind loft ills moms and pone alio alio man and tnt to alio lidid of the lut glicr kropa stopped alic 1 cu tiiu alic liland iiii is in to li id tonic f amt eclie da not iknou lint lint laid bipin or blidt ia now lian SA inton slip ait oit on don lie and donn alic BUM iu alon in alic hilr liebow iio llie hah hold atie ine lie to from alie anic and to be it slie to bilm alu nt on lie turned nt HIP hound of footsteps foots leps klio neld us lie ailin amt lie lind auken aiom alic gnei lait alip no to it it ns only n lalni guilton aiom n ono of gilr own perhaps elio lind dropped lie it tonnia alie is ho bior to 0 ou sir intini Int iii alic iio lit hoi intently for nn instent and td to anine in glicr anil to ajia hien liu fol clotil aci up alie XIII it grows plainer nihill ans sn sound pi bof ons MI in lie ronit not lie licnik in allu liall it can to alir double doors inton us alio llio dioso dlois living to dutoi ielne imis in alio room aun colne tolne alion tio ills s cp tc li ins bilm beside one moment M ts san bolno li klie slopped slop pud alint 13 it sou ant lour lins nn owr to alio 0 liis been hav luijt inide ampy tl dont know mr naton n minute that Is to know lir salil opened itie outer anil on alic inner one lippard voice nt once tu boino in and ns opened lie second fluor lie followed into the room am I 1 to remain rn thorl alio yes E iton lille tw t w went tn n cliner nt he foot of ahe bed and seated herself her on alic and bior clien upon glicr glinnda in n position to liotti and glicr while they talked alion iton sit don good latoni Lat lio liland annn gric tod him good mr haton S int olne uns lyans upon his imal his liand in alio all leilh arins nuovo alip alicd amo s ills ensor alps with alie lingers you of course aiton our coin rii linn on the train sald yes 1 I ant to call bour tn n to some of lie of alint on tho you lind 11 close cull tills gilld you not I 1 ana you smiled Icilin ps ou maix in one sene in how over ou acen very direful ui reful iii ton you havo ixon careful to net ns thourl alie ti run annn could ant imie inan n doall crnac you vre to casill it nn ou lure not to uny of the three men in tle nistor 1 I lind no tn anny of them mr intini n 1 I did not see alio conil ns I 1 ans from mv dept when I 1 rot up it ans ano fur uway for me 0 recognize so lint arre vm surprised when one of anin s having bruti on alic train with ii hnton but answered nl most your nt ho we I 1 eliou lit miss Suni olne lind H nil anke hut you were not no what linc lipco n surprise 0 o jim would have hron if ton lid lind ii chanco to ane men tc anve found that aine if none of lind been on alie mriln tri ln gitil li til and felt alint diio colored how did know lind the lelnd ns liton fenard some tn III inquiries which eliud or inkins Ini ins or it merely tant ahe on liton ihna lind dpn sin drw on hi events lind oil alie rain binl pur anton ruthd RUt Pd n the rl glicr which claimed to have you assume tant mr bic asserted because lie lili tise altered ills sentence will you tell ise why you assume than stint that would leave surprised you yea that Is what I 1 called you in here to all you aa waited n moment before on haton bilm anxiously tho blind turned himself on ills pillows BO us to face anton inac directly just ten days ago ho said evenly and dispassionately 1 I was found unconscious my berth section three of alie rearmost bleege Ble epe on alic runs train which I 1 had taken with my daughter and airry nt ke I 1 timid been cl during my deep some time in alint birst night I 1 spent on hie train nicil my was serious enough so that for oliree duya 1 ans not allowed to receive any of alie particulars of aliat had happened to inc alien I 1 did finally ita I 1 to make as to who it waa alint biad attempted to murder ine and why and ovar I 1 have continued to occupy thac inest lons I 1 ani to tell yn n few of my deductions if you utincy I 1 mi ni fielt in my wait until you your error waited on instant katon it was to allow bilm to if lip to but iceton merely waited the first thins I 1 learned the blind inan wont on was alie similarity of alif on nio to alie more success fill PI twelve days previous which biad caused his alie of lie two attucks was aliu smile lie conditions very similar the dra iii iture of alie two nt tacks and their almost it pru eliat aliey orl at alio same source and were canned out probably by clr same liall for the same purpose mrs wardens statement to me of lw interview with lier husband n half hour before ills murder inide it certain thit the object of alio nt on was to remove librn it seini cd elmost alint lie attack on me must have been for alic anine purpose 1 I found alint n ann yourself had acted so suspiciously bogli before anil after alie attack on me eliat bogli and the conductor in charko of alic train aind become alini lio was my and biad segregated bilm from he rest you understand already asserted of alie not only alili lut iliin alila domed quite n iou il ou pr aliu one w lind tailed upon lie of ills it icil likely tio hint buu mere the person on alie islda bioni in binl amry lio knew ho 1 as fair 1 lind anil renson to ballee finiki alie time lian I 1 first ou peak lian sou lie lint iou vero I 1 very come in roii luct anil I 1 lind uklid my daugh tor lc fanu out alio ton cir and ahtie lind tiled to do so but sue cos lotrn md adf lips also lie blind annn continued alicie aas a 1 alint mas sumo con to me jou kiil ine us ell us u or n suspicious icv si inn in cipher alch ltv acie able lo 10 ann forward ti sin sinal nl but u Sant olne clonel detect d tills aind united to licitr lint be n ruing to si luon re and kept un uie poleg to deiy klinl in cipher cju askill no ln ton denied 1 I iou mere anil I 1 tant n few minutes iii 1 ion wn not surprised by the ande boduy to run oj domn ou arc ills going to of it for cleir lie of alie id inq not cleair to nio lir fore ou it sald only lint ou arp and follow pd it did tint si athy wi were I 1 fould not b of ani iacre arv wl iou le follow cd tin elliut tle one mini ns adlow ins le soni pone asted in ou from nn al on me now hotter cr 1 know that lie remon nu frarck anc ann mho aas aua expected him to attack yott knowing that baton knowing that I 1 want to cull your attention tf the peculiarity of our mutual positions on the train you had asked tor antl were occupying three in the third sleeper in order I 1 assume and I 1 believe correctly to avoid being put in alie anine cur with inc in the alie second sleeper the car next in front of yours was cut off from the train and loft behind that idaile me occupy in relation to lie forward part of hie train exactly the kaiue position as you occupied before atie car ahead of ou biad been cut out I 1 was in section throe in the third sleeper from alie front lafon at Santol nc fasal what had been only vague liala felt half formed with himself as becoming definite tangible under aliu blind mans reasoning ills hands closed instinctively in ills what do you inca ii you already asserted alie attack rando on me was meant for you someone stealing through the ars from alie front to alio rear of lie truan and in his mind the location of three in alie third car struck the curtains by mistake at nie instead of you hn was bluit eaton 1 I dont enow eaton answered you mean you prefer to shield him him that Is aliat you are doing Is it not for even if you dont know the man directly you know in whose cause and under whose direction ho murdered warden and why and for whom ho Is attempting to murder you eaton remained silent in ills intensity Sant olne lind lifted himself from his pillows who Is that roan lie challenged and what Is eliat connection between you tind me which when alie attack found and disabled me instead of you etolil him dial in spite of his ills result biad been accomplished told ailin that if I 1 was dying u repetition of the attack against you waa unnecessary eaton knew lint lie biad grown very anle harriet must he abary of the effect Santol nos words lind on him but lie did not dare look at her now to see how much alio was comprehending 1 I dont understand iio fought to compose it Is perfectly plain Sant olne said patiently it was believed at that I 1 biad licon fatally hurt it was even reported at one time I 1 understand that I 1 was dead only intimate kiino acen of my ae tuil yesterday for the first the newspapers announced alie of iny recovery and to adny nn attack Is on ou the lid not hc dante to ou in bight of iny isalt you anro dorcly challenging roy deduction will ou reply to my questions toll me alie connection be lueen s lio iou arc no come fiorel it anton come licit close to me beside the bed anton and then obeyed oci 1 raton stooped and the blind arns lounds seized blin instantly litun earned it you do not stay 1 call ono imad bent n alie bell beside his bed lidid risen inot antons and nodded to bilm tr oni ply lie bent nsnan oer the bed he felt lie blind inan s tin ROIS ills fentules his liand ills anton agn cd nt face alie inglis ing ore ailin lie could sec eliat rantoine yan toine na of nn lin slon balnch from aliat lia biad lieen told ailin about hnton ann colne tolne shored more ills certainly be did not rec aaton moie alun elds katon not tell now our hands santorre Santo lre ordered aiton one hand ond then hie otlien lie blind man felt oer them froin arista to alie tip of the fingers he let himself sink back the pillows absorbed in you limy RO sald rt last go hiton you inny leave alie room match ford for llie leouie telephone beside ills and on one bar and pave to lne await hnton in ohp hull below you yourself will aasuma chaloe of tha correspondence 0 which I 1 speak daughter TJ BU |