Show te blind ma s ty vo 0 lq by WILLIAM macharg EDWIN CALMER BALMER copyright lit by little link oron and company BASIL gabriel la briel warden seattle capital 1 lp tais h 14 butler sic lie la Is expecting 1 e olier alief tr itro bo b admitted without It hout latimort lAti ort ue lie informs a his afe or of danger a nger tat threatens him film if he pursue tk course he be considers the orly one warden leaves the taise in we ha cir car and meets a moon mno 4 horn hom lie he takes into the ma ina can when tho ali car returns homo home Tva tien la is found acad mardred mur dred and alone alon the miler caller EL a lounz oun nian tins has been at wardens house bouee but unobserved nob bob con n nor ert conductor receives orders to it hou IJ traen for or a party five men and nd it a girl board bo rd the train tile lie km tern t ern impress the father 0 of the ibe girl mr hir dorne dome la is the person for altom tile the train was held D laton ft a yount y man ON also ezied the train dorne dome tells his diihr r and ins ills se detary don avry to find out what they can him the two make ia aona oils acquaintance leaona LL CHAPTER IV continued Conti the th canyon through chrol kl tle the snow snowdrifts drifts bored by tile the giant rotary plow tile night lefore 1 was almost tilled til lil drifts 0 of sn an iw w eight or ten left feet high and in pit places ces pointing still higher ennie up to lie rear of the train tile enu end of thi platform itself aas ns buried under attree feet of snow the he men inen mail ing on oil the lie platform could barely look over tile he higher drifts ts fteres Tl Tt eres no aay froni from the file train in fit that direct direction loR now harriet dorne borne lamented lamer ted as she saw this what shall we do dg with ourselves CiL hage harriet let you aal 1 I aver invited she chook her hend it if we have to play ards get a fourth and make it suction but must it be cards there tome iome way we e can get out for a fteres tl Tt eres the top of the cars miss hiss dorna eaton ealon suggested fugg ested d if HP could get up these wed ed get a fairly decent walk and see everything good the lie girl applauded applaud ci how do we get up tip ill see the conductor about it bator offered and before avery could it he started hack back through the train CHAPTER V the hand in the aisle tho thit man whose lnier et in the passenger tiger in section three of tie the last slee stee pr was most deri definite nite and under stan dible and therefore most openly acute was conductor connery conner connery lad had passed through tile the pullman benl ve nl times during tile the morning oming in had fleen the hand v chich hung out into the asle aisle from between the curtains but the only definite thought that came to him was that dorne dome was a sound sleeper nearly all the passengers mid had now breakfasted connery Con nory therefore tool took a seat tn in the diner breal fasted 14 lc 1 surely and after finishing walked back through the train dorne dome by now must be up and nil lit to see sec tile the cond conductor As connery entered antei ed the last sleeper hla his gaze fell on the dial or of pointers which with fill tile the pushbuttons in the different berths tell the porter which section Is calling him and lie saw that while mille nil all tile the other arrows were nere pointing upward the or arrow 3 as pointing pol lith amin dorne dome was up then for tills this was wait tile lie arron denoting its his berth or at least was aake and nd lind had recently rung his bel looked in upon file lie potter porter who ho ws A a cleaning up tip the washroom section three s getting gettan up he ailed ns betl no altai gunnery CL anery nut not yet tho porter answered an what lid did he ring for connery looked fooled to in the dial annd the hie porter collie came out tit of the lie room and looked at italio it aliat to io tile the lans sale sae I 1 aida 1 1 l l hear no ring connery it mus have leen been afien I 1 was out on the platform answer it thell alit n Corm nery directed As the ne neero ro started to abey connery fol followed loed lm him into the open olien car lie fie could see oer the negro s i der the hand sticking out into the lle and am this timp ot at sight ight of nf it connery started if drime had bad rung lie insist lia liace mined a dinati wib wl 0 Is awake doc not let lis ills hand hnis out lit in llie lilt ulle yet llie ilse hand had nt irmel the kensit ry filhe I 1 floge flogerzi rii fell in bely tile itie sibille too aln ui ai lie defoie stiffly st a lilt hilll one aie from r they bull not Cliine Hl giehr voli loll at all V nt Cor connery nery the toodler lr hir the arin ill admer it tile llie negro anil and wit liell cioll lie he lial hail rone roie lie about and a blin elf flint tile car ex effit for liluis elf and the nian man aing bli ilir fill conning of if nai elo lity wailin bl br likly ns as tiong it oils 1 lip he up oil me le nisle nasle lie hard benent Benl nt if alie list liaci it and in I n ed bak fin an tip mr ills ness the linstid fell linik bak beally ily Ir Irl ertly bod rehi its fornier for iTier position and tiling MS hiep anti lifeless as n before tie forc tr i ri 0 o tin nii ongy came froni froin lehlor t hal file tile the nitin man in the lopi 1 etli th lind liml rol not ro ri nied tied Con connery tiery rushed bno ti if in flop curtains und tor toothed thed the alic ivil t kiil ralli lilt hoot li flo flowers cers it afis cold ill alil fl il ilc ij build onil and felt it nil all r dnn kapan tie he fintley tile cur il 11 1 r 1 I 1 looked Ix kiil into lani lie he 1 kiili ii ili nl asil l out flits bin shoulders jerked and he drew back bach ly pressing his mo clenched h hauls ny nis against agal nit ills his chest and the pocket wiil ahl h held president jarvis order the man in tile the berth was ivas lying on hs hit right side fide facing the aisle the left side of ills his face was thus exposed and it had been crushed in by a violent blow from some heavy weapon which too blunt to cut tile the skin ond bring blood had fractured the cheekbone bone and bludgeoned the temple the proof of murderous if violence olerice was a so plain flint the conductor as lie he saw the face in the light recollect recoiled with staring eyes white with ith horror lie ile cooled up tip find town down the nasle ihsle to a assure asure himself that flint no one had find entered the car during it ills s examination then he carefully drew the cur lains fains together again and hurried to the forward end of the car where here lie had left tile porter lock tile the rear door of the car he commanded then come back here lle hegab gme tile negro the keys and self waited to prevent anyone front from entering tle tie car at lit his end looking through the glass of the door he ie unit saw the young yoong man mail eaton anton standing in a the vestibule estl bule or 0 the car it next ext attend ahead connery hesitated then lie he opened file door and Lec beckoned kored haton eaton to ahn will you go forward please lie he requested and tee see if here ant f nt a doctor you mean the man with red hair in my car raton eaton inquired inquire Thil ts tile lie one olle katon imon started off without asking any quest questions lens the porter having locked tile the rear door of the car returned bin and gave connery back the keys connery still waited halted val ted until I 1 calon a returned with nith the red haired man lie he let them in ral locked the door behind heidi you are a doctor connery questioned the red haired alred man am a surgeon yes wail waived led doctor ly aly name Is sinclair I 1 am douglas las sinclair of chicago Coli connery nery nodded 1 I have heard of you ile he guined then to katon eaton do sou jou know dhere the gent gentleman laman Is who belongs to mr domes party avery I 1 believe ills its nahne Is ile he Is lit ID the antion car ra r eaton a ans answered will you go and get him the car door Is locked the porter will let you in and out something serious has happened hereto sir mr dorne dome get mr avery if iou ou can without alarming mr domes daw daughter liter eaten nodded understanding find and followed the porter who taking the keys again front from the he conductor let him out tit at the rear door of the car and re closed the door behind him bitou went on into tile ilie observation car without alarming harriet dome lie he got avery away anti and out of the car Is it something wrong with nith mr dome donald aery demanded as eaton baton drew back tri to let avery precede him film into the open part of tile the car so the conductor sais avery hurried forward toward tile the berth where connery was standing con it ac CA 51 el 1 1017 to 1 I I 1 you see him as a we found him sir beside the surge tai connery toward him hill 1 I sent for cwi sir decatu e you veil ore arp she compin companion lon of the ann aliu bo hall had fill berth alery an ilk rt jolts faast bilm atlin unit anft leaped fi Ao nirl rard n lie looked past llie ile sur still gean ali what it lias flag happened to lo mr dome corner you cr lilians ns we found ham sir or connery I cured down ly beside him abery lemiel inutile tile curtails 4 and re recalled colled been it lucks looks so ie mr aery 1 yen ea I 1 if f lies lenil dead lips es been bour dered agreed Y yuu cuu fell conophy mention of president jims damp tell lell anyone alio lie asks too iou mr aary that eliat you saw i nw him just as he was as found he fie looked down doun again at tile form in the berth anil and averys gaze followed lit ills then abruptly it turned away mery amry AM ry stood clinging to the curtain ills fits eca darting from froio one to another of i the lie three hires men will sou iou start your examination now doctor cannery aug the surgeon Mir peon before examining the roan in the berth more closely lifted ahe lo thades froni from tile the windows ain dows everything about the berth was in ill place except for the anark of ltv savage blow on oil tte me side of the roans mans head bead there was DO evidence af anything aej thing unusual it mas wn self evident that whatever find been the motives of the attack robbery was not one whoever hall struck had dune done no inore than roach in and deliver his fits murderous blow then he had gone on sinclair made first an examination of the lead head completing fill this lie he unbuttoned the lie pajamas upon the chest loos loosened L aled them at the kvalst and prepared to in make ake tits his examination of the bodt efow how long tons hns lie been dead connery asked il lie le Is not dead yet life life Is still present sinclair answered guardedly whether lie will live or ever regain consciousness clou bicsi Is another quest question lon one you cant answer the ilon blow as you yon run cari see sec aln sinclair touched the mans mails face with its his deft finger alps fell mostly oil the cheek check and temple the cheekbone it Is fractured ile he Is in a camill complete state of conin anti and there way fray he be asnive sil je fracture of if the lie skull of course there lg Is sonic some concussion of the bruin brain any inference to be drawn front from this as to the lie seriousness of the injuries w was w plainly bernd connery illow how long ago was lie sti struck uck he asked sonic some hours since midnight certainly and longer ago than five tills this morning could lie have revived half an hour ago say within vic tie hour enough to belve pressed pressa A the lutton and rung run the bell front from tits ills berth Slit lair straightened and gazed at the conductor curiously no certainly not lie re pled piled that Is co completely m impossible why did you ask connery folded answer but avery pushed forward what ll 11 that that he be demanded will iou go on with your elaml examination doctor connery urged you said the boll bell from this berth rang recently 1 mery avery accused connery the pointer lit the lie washroom ins broom indicating di a signal from tills this berth was turned down a minute ago connery had to reply A few moments earlier carlier nil all pointers had bad been set in the position indicating no call that was before you found tile the body that was why I 1 went to the berth yes connery replied that was before I 1 found the lie body then you mean you lid did not find the body avery charged someone Sn meone passing through tills this car a minute or so before aou ou must have found himl him connery attended without It hout replying and evidently that man dared n not ot report it anti and could not wait longer to know whether sir mr sir mr dome was really dead so lie rang the lie belll belli ought we keep doctor sinclair any longer from the examination sir or connery now seized averys A arm arin in appeal tile the first thin thins for us to know Is whether mr air dorne dome Is dking connery clio cLed himself lie he hadi had won his bis appeal unton inton standing quietly watchful observed Ned coot averys eagerness to accuse now had find been replaced by another interest alimi the conductors words lind had recalled wh whether ether the man in the berth was to live or die evidently that eliat was momentously men to affect donald avery ono olle way or the lie other older of course by all means proceed with jour examination doctor aery directed As Shi sinclair clar again bent over the body mery A ery to loaned tried mer d er also kuton eaton gazed down and connery a little paler than before and with lilt lips tightly set CHAPTER VI this basil santone 7 the surgeon burgeon li finished loosening tile alie pa jamus pulled open and carefully rein rented ried the hie jacket part leaving the upper part of the body of tile the wan in tile berth exposed cun coil ductor Cori connary turned tu to A alery aery lery you have no objection to my iny taking a list of if ti tie lle e arab les in the berth avery a dewed to oppose then up ill parent patently ly lie fie recognized that this uns an pirt part of mt ti bors duty none nolie at nil ail he r replied connefy gathered up tip me the glame be watch arol and puree pure and laid ined thein on oil the lie seat across the ille le kitling don iott ii then mein tl ein lie examined x d mein and inking everything froin ithe ets of the tl clothes othes ll ies lie begun began to cara catalogue logue thoro them before avery fie I 1 counted fount fl oer ut r the gold and banknotes bank blIn notes klAPS in tile the purse se and ClIt inhered ered the upon ilia his NI 11 I 1 you know about alint lie ile bud alt him he be ailed very cl oely that is correct cor corn reet cl S nothing is 14 ni bising sing aery answered i the conductor reid ri id file nth irhe rite era tal Is mlis ng i A avery very nodded leq 11 ulys Is it MAS missing yesterday 9 connety looked up lip at film as 11 bough slightly puzzled by the fi manner lannot of ill lie e reply then haeng ills lil list list lie rejoined the in on sinclair was us still bending oer the lie naked torso it 1 had find been n strong rii cods sinclair gued its age rit t fifty As a liny boy ill ahe mail might inight i jinie ie e beta bem nn an al lilote a college ark janner anner or oar oarsman ninn ond lie he hod kept himself in erudition through middle age there was as no ruark mark or bruise J n tile body that flint on oil lie side and just below the alb ribs there now showed a rear about an inc and a halt half loo fiig cairl of peculiar crese crescent ent shape it 1 was it burgl surgical etil scar and had completely bellied sinclair scrutinized this fills are rull v anti and cheit looked up tip to lo mery ax ery ile he was operated on recently about two full years aio ago for what S it vas sonic borne ope operation rallon on me gall bli kolder performed by kuno cuno gum abtil atti hesitated 1 I believe so ile he watched sinclair more closely as lie he continued his examination con nery touched the surgeon on n the arm what must be done doctor and and when do you want to do it sinclair however it appeared had not yet |