Show B d M nn 9 E S CHAPTER it continued 18 site sho had waited united nearly half nn hour abat but tile the library door imd had nut been opened again the closeness of tile the hall ball seemed chok choking lilg her slie she went to the front door and threw thi ow it open tilt evening was w as clear and cool but it was vi as not from the chill of the air al that she shivered ns its she gazed out at the woods through which alch she hall had driven with hugh the night before there the hunt bunt for him tin had been going on all day there sho she pictured him n now ow in darkness in suffering alone hurt hunted and with alth all tho the world but her against himl him I 1 she ran down the steps and stood on the lawn the vague noises of the house now no longer were ere audible she stood in the silence of the evening strained find fearfully listening at first there wined to be no sound outdoors other than the yentle gentle rush of the waves on the betich bench at the foot of the bluff behind her then in tile hie opposite direction sho she defined tilt undertone of sonio sonic far awny confusion sometimes it seemed to bo be shouting next only a murmur of movement and ia noise she ran up tho the road a hundred yards in its direction and halti halted d again the noise was nearer and clearer a confusion of motor ceplo mons and voices and now nov one sound bound i clattered louder and louder and leaped nearer rapidly all and rose above tho the rest tho roar of a powerful powei ful nio mo tor car racing with cutout cut out open i the rising racket of it terrified ilar J riot with its recklessness ness and triumph yes that was it triumph tile the fari j off tumult was ns the noise of shouts and cries of t triumph the racing ear car ing its way by through the night was the bearer of news of success fiucci sa of the search scorch harriot went colder ns as sho she knew this then she ran up tit tile the road to meet the car coining she saw the glare of its headlights through the alio trees pait pa it a bend in the road sho she ran on and the beams of the curs headlight hon llight straightened and glared own down the road directly upon her the car leaped nt at her she ran on townsa it arms in the air the clatter of the car became deafening and the machine was nearly upon her when the driver rec lionized that the girl la in the road w was as heedless and might th row herself b before him blai unless lie he stopped ile ho brought ills his car up short and skidding what Is it lle im cried us as lie he muffled tit the eri engine gine what Is it what is it she cried y 0 o in return the man recognized her ter miss alias san rier what Is it weve got hinal the ho man cried deife got hun allm I 1 hugh overtone Overto 0 v erton nl I 1 enton eaton miss Santol Sant olne nc iles hes hugh overton you heard and weve welve got hlin fil lill 1 got him halml I 1 where Is mr avery A very lie ho demanded ive got to tell sir avery she made no response but threw herself in front of the ear car and clasped a n wheel its as the man started to throw in ills his gear lie cried to her and tried to get her off but site she was deaf to him hill ile he looked in the direction of the house shut off his power and leaped down donn ile he left the machine and ran on the road toward tile house harriet lI arrIet started the car and turned it back in tile the direction from which it had come she speeded and soon other headlights flared nt hers a number of them four or five alve cars nt at least were in file up the road and men were crowding and horsemen were vero riding beside them sho she rushed on so close that she saw she bhe alarmed them they cried a warning the horsemen nod and the men on boot jumped from beside the road anit ithe lending leading car swung to one side but norri harriet ct caught her ter car on the brakes end swung it straight across the rond road wd and stopped it she ehe closed the throttle on inn pulled the key from the starting and hung flung it into the he woods teo she sat in the car waiting for tile the captors of hugh to come up whore where ts Is he she asked them where Is he be they lid did not tell her but reply was others eyes point ell ed hers herd to hugh ile ho was in the back sent bent of the second nin chine lne with two men one on each side of him site she stopped at the side of the car where lie was and slie she put lier hand on the edge of the tonno au you lieve lieen been hurt again li tigh she ehe managed steadily hurt no lie he said as constrainedly so no the car started and she sat ant silent with her hand still upon ills his as they went on to her fathers house CHAPTER the flaw in the left eye Sunt olne after harriet hail had left the library stood waiting until lie he heard the servant go out and close the door whon when did you learn that eaton was hugh blugh overton avery lie he asked today itow how did you discover it it was plain from the first there was something wrong with the man avery replied but I 1 hall had of course no way of placing him until lie gave himself away at polo the other day I 1 saw that lie ho was pretending not to know a game which ile ho did know when he put over one particular stroke I 1 was sure gure lie he knew the game very well ohp number of men in rills nils country dhove played peto pala at all by william macharg E edwin dwin balmer copyright by brown and nd chany very large und and those who can call play piny great polo are very few so I 1 sent cut for the polo annuals for ft a few fc v years rears back bach tile the oil ones I 1 wanted benine to tile club today ills picture Is in tin the group of the spring I 1 meadows Jea dows club tie lie ahl vell back for them live years ngo ago I 1 ills I 1 IS name was under the picture of course 1 I understand I 1 rim nin glad to know liow how it was one loss less certain of your il delity than alinn I 1 nin might have put al another lother construction on oil your silence one loss less certain avery might have thought lint flint already knowing eamons identity you preferred instead of 0 telling it to me inc to have me discover it for myself and so for that reason you voll trapped nipped him into a polo game annio in lint har riots presence for a moment Sant olne paused tile the mail across from jilin him lid did not spook bit but t san Santol lot ties nos intuition told lift him u drew himself together for sonic some shock of course said Sant olno olne knowing who eaton baton Is rives gives us its no tild nid in le frig who the men were arre that fought in my study last night it gives none to 0 o me mr Sant olne avery said steadily it rives gives none to you Sant olne repeated and the very peculiar behavior of the stock exchange today I 1 suppose that gives you no help either all day they have been going down avery the securities tho the stocks and F av 4 P v N you have been hurt again hugh she managed steadily bonds of the properties leat still known as tho the latron properties leg without tip parent reason they have been going down don and that gives you no help either avery yet you are a very clever man there is no question about that I 1 have even found it worth while at times to talk over with you matters problems which were troubling ln mo me to consult with you alave ilave I 1 not yes very well I 1 nm am going to consult with you now I 1 have nn nil infirmity lis as you know avery I 1 nin am blind I 1 have just found out that for several govern years for about live years ears to be exact that Is for about the same length of time that you have been with me my blindness has been used by a certain group of men to make roc me the agent of a monstrous and terrible injustice to tin nn innocent man except for my blindness except for that avery this injustice never could have bave been carried on if you find a certain amount of bitterness in my lily tone it Is duo due to that a man who mho has an infirmity fir mity avery cannot well veil help being a little sensitive in regard to it you are willing I 1 should consult with sou in regard to this of course I 1 am at your service mr Sant olne averys harsh and dry the blind man was silent for nn an instant lie he could feel thu the uneasiness and ami anxiety of the man across from jilin him mounting swiftly find and lie he gave it every 0 opportunity to increase lie ile lind had told enton eaton once that lie ho did not use eat cat and nd mouse methods lie he was using them now because that was tile the only way ills purpose could be achieved we must go back to the quite serious emergency to which I 1 rim nm indebted for your faithful service five fire years CRO ago tile the Ampil can people appeared perfectly convinced that the only way to win true trae happiness and perpetuate prosperity was to accuse condemn and jall jail for life it if execution were not legal the heads of the important groups of industrial properties just nt at that time one of these men oa on 0 of the most efficient but also perhaps the one person personally nily most obnoxious or unpopular committed one of his gravest In discretions it concerned the private use of deposits in national hanks banks it was a n federal feil cral offense of the most patent and provable kind ile he was indicted considering tho the temper of any possible jury at vint that time there wils was absolu absolutely no alternative but to believe the man under indictment must spend many succeeding years it if not the rest of tits his 11 life ae la in tho the federal i penitentiary qt at A atlanta ala M tn or leavenworth now the man 3 ns in mp lete control of a groua of f tho the most valuable and I 1 pro properties in america afore 13 ills his gaining control t llo prop cities hall been almost ruined bv br differences feren ces between the minor tilen inon who tried to run thein only the culling calling of matthew antron into control saved those thore men from themselves they required jilin to govern thoin them tits ills ank it 11 hig in away would oi ill bring canos and nicil uin ruin among thein again they kne that just before lio lie must go to trial litrun himself litius elf belanio convinced con lined that tie lie faced confinement for tile lie rost of tits ills life then futo fate effectively intervened to end nil all ills troubles ills HI boly body charred chii and almost consumed by clanies but nevertheless tile the iden titled body of matthow latron ns found in fit the smoking ruins of ills shooting lodo lodge which burnell burned to tile ground two days before tits ills trial dial avery was aa hunched tit in the alio seat adit watching vilt ehIng the blind man with ali growing conviction ani fear Sint Sant olno olne wont went on oil A young auni mail was MIS to liao followed antron to the aliu shooting lodge it a witness tit all feared who lio had soon seen tills this young miln shoot latron a n second witness had soon seen him set fire to the lodge the young duall over toll was put on trial fur for his life 1 I myself mi self na its it witness nt at tile trial supplied the ino tive te for the crime for though I 1 lind hall never met overton I 1 know knew that tic lie lind hoi lost the whole of a large fortune through investments recommended to him by bi latron overton was convicted sentenced to d L mill ile he esc escaped a ile before the sentence was curried carried out became beci titie a fugitive without a who if ho he ever appeared would be handed over for execution for the alio evidence lind had been perfect pel feet complete lie ho lind had shot latron purely for ie ic enre killed in the most despicable ii Kinner for there was no doubt latron was lead dead was there avery none avery acry said huskily that was vas the time you came into my employ avery recommended to me file by b ono one of the men who mho had been closest tv tu latron lation I 1 ans as not connected avith etli tie the latron properties except as nn art adviser but many ciany papers relating to them bliem must go inevitably inevitable through my hands I 1 was as rather hither on oil the inside in all that concerned con coined those elioso properties but I 1 could not myself ins self see the papers I 1 was ns blind therefore I 1 had to have hae others servo serve its is eyes for m me 0 and from tile first avery acry you ou served is as rny lily 03 eyes es in connection with nil all papers i relating dating to tile the latron antron properties if anything thing ever appeared appe tred ired in those papery papers which might have hu led iad tile nie to suspect that any In injustice justlee had been done in the punishment of la arons murderer it could reach tile me only through you OIL nothing of that sort ever did reach me avery you must have made quite a good tiling thing out of it what 1 I say your position here bore must have been rather profitable to you avery I 1 have not treated you badly myself recognizing that you must often bo be tempted by gaining information liere here from which you might make money and your other employers must have overbid me 1 I dont understand I 1 beg your pardon a on mr Sant olne but I 1 do not follow what you are talking about no then wo we must go a little further tills this last year a minor beor became necessary in sonic some of the latron properties my friend gabriel warden who was till an honest roan man avery lind had recently greatly increased tits his interest in those properties it was inevitable the reorganization should be largely in his hands during his work with the ho latron properties warden the honest man mail avery discovered the terrible injustice of which I 1 speak 1 I do not need tu to draw your attention avery to the very peculiar condition which followed wardens death warden lind had ceita hily had communication with overton of some sort ov over or tons 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 1 found f aund that il warden Varden had ninde made me ills his executor tin and I 1 wont went west and took charge bli arge of his ilif faIrs their cuttles were intensified antem for they did not dare to let suspicion of what lind hall been done reach me inc there was no courso course open to them therefore but to remove overton before my iny suspicions were aroused oven even it if it could bi be done only at desperate risk to themselves what I 1 uni um loading leading up to avery la Is your own connection with these events you looked after our own interests rather carefully I 1 think up to a certain point ali when knowing who enton eaton was you yon got lilt into a n 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 0 your knowledge of him but an unforeseen event arose the drafts and lists relating to the reorganization of the latron properties con containing tattling tho the very facts no doubt which first lind had aroused wardens suspicions were sent me im through wardens ollice at first there was nothing threatening to you in tills this because their contents could reach me only you hut in the uncertainty I 1 felt celt I 1 title my ay flaughter daughter take these matters out of our bunds that night flight avery you ser sent t nil an unsigned telegram from froin the onico office in tho village almost within twenty four hours my illy study waa entered the alic safe inaccessible to you was broken open tile the contents were carried away do you sup suppose posto I 1 do not know that one of the two tuen men in the study last witia was tile the principal whose whom agents and failed in two attempts to ket get rid of derton for film whose other oilier agent yourself awry avery had failed 0 to o intercept later tho evidence which would have ruven ravett led tile truth to tile me so that lint no longer trusting to agents lia W jiro conio come in fit desperation to prevent mv learning tin tilt facts I 1 realize fully 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