Show the blind bl 1 nd mans M an s eyes yes CHAPTER continued IF 18 she hat had waited united nearly half an hour but the library door had not been opened again the closeness of the hull hall seemed choking her she went to the front door and threw it open the evening was i it S tear clear find and cool but it vas not fro from III the chill of tile air that site blie shivered as s slie I 1 ic gazed out at the woods through which she had driven with the night before there the hunt for him film had been going on nil all day there site she litin now lit in darkness dar knes in suffering at alone one hurt hunted a and 1 I I 1 with nil all tile the world but her against hina him I 1 she run ran down don the steps step and stood on the lawn the vague noises of tile the house now no longer were audible she b e S stood t on d in the silence of the zoning evening zoe evee nand strat strained ile and fearfully listening at first there seemed to be no sound outdoors other than the gentle rush of the wanes on the beach at the foot of the bluff behind her then in ili the opposite direction she defined defiled the undertone of some faraway far away confusion sometimes it seemed to be shouting next only a murmur of movement anti anil noise she hiie ran up the rond road a hundred bundled yards aeils arils in ili its direction and halted again the noise wills was nearer and dearer clearer a confusion of motor explosions and voices and now one sound clattered louder and louder anti Ici nearer rapidly and rose albe alie rt it the roar mar of it a powerful mo tor cur car rating racing with cutout cut out open the rising rocket racket of it terrified ter rifled liar ilar fript with its recklessness anti and triumph yes ves that was as it the far off tumult was the dolse of shouts and erles of triumph tile racing car blar lit laih its way through tigh the night was as the bearer of news of of the search harriet wont vent colder as she know knew tills this then she he ran mil up tip the loail to meet the var coming she klie sun saw tile glare of its headlights through the treed last a bond bend in ili the loul site she ran on oil itald the benins beams of the cars lica dlight straightened find and elined down the rad rund i directly upon her the car impel lit at her slie she ran on toN buiani artl it ami in the lie air the 1 lie chiller of the car be caine deafening aind ili the was aruil i upon her nailon tile lie dietr I 1 ie L e that tile girl gill in ili the road was heed heedley lei anil ili might till herself hoi self lie be foie enli s lir stopp all veil cil d llo lie brought ili ills car ai up tip and amt Is it lie ai 11 lie the en edgille gille lait what li it 1 it what lit 1 it sho died cried in I 1 11 turn tinn the 1 I lie limit re lier miss san S in nine i it Is it i e kit got lilal tie man inan cried nr pt lil ni overton I 1 eatn ml s Sant olno iles hugh keiton 1011 ou heard lio aril and weve wco got lilli him 1 got I ot 1 lefiu where li fiu Is 19 mr anery ai ho lio deni denland and ell n lie ive got to till tell mr avery avei slie she made no re rion i iut ut threw iier spir it in front ft out of tin tilt var 1 ind I in ewel irl as aa the nian started to throw in ills his goar gear ile HP erlea it to her anti anil tried to pt got go t her ott off but lie ile vas as deaf to him lie he looked in the direction of the lie house shut on off its his power and leaped donn don ile he left the machine and ran on tile the rond road toward the alie house harriet started stalled tile alie car and turned it kitick in tile direction faill NN aleh it lind had collie she speedwell ineil edell oil and soon other headlights flared tit hers a number of chent four or ho cars cais tit at least were lit in felti lil up ip the doai road tind and raen men were and horse nien were riding beside them she rushed on so lose cle that she saw she he alarmed then they cried a warning the alie horsemen and iiii the men on oil toot foot jumped from beside the road the leading car swung to one side but harriet caught lier her car on the brakes end and swung it straight glit act across os the road ind and stopped it slie site clobell tile the ahr throttle atle md and pulled tile key front the HIP starting mechanism and flung it into the woods so go she sat in the car waiting fur for the motors of hugh to come collie up tip where Is lie she asked atheni whore where is lie they ild not tell her but reply was others eyes eos pointed hers heia to hugh ile ho na av in tile back split of tile the M inadi lin i with two to vion one on oil vach side of idin sliu she stopped nt lit the side of the car where lie was anti and slie she put her hand oil the edge of the tonno toni nau nii you liae have been lioi n hurt again hugli hugh she ehe ged steadily hurt no lie suld as con edly edl no 0 o the llie car started and sit alio sat silent with lier her liand hand still upon 11 as they went on oil to lier her fathers houie hou 0 CHAPTER the flow flaw in the left eye Sant olne after harriet find loft left the library stood waiting vill ting until lie heard the servant sen ant go out and close cle the lie door when did you ou learn that haton eaton was fugh overton Oer ton abt airy ivr lie aked ikeie a today how lid did you ou discover it it was plain from the first there was vas something wrong with the man avery aery replied but I 1 hit had of course conme no way wn of placing him until lie he gave gaie himself away nt fit polo the other day I 1 saw that he was pretending not to know it a game which lie he did ill know when he put over one particular stroke I 1 was sure gure he knew the game caroe very well the number of men in anis country played placed poto at all lint I 1 by william macharg edwin balmer copyright by attle B brown ud company ity very ery large and those o who ho can play groat great polo are very en few fen so I 1 sent for foi tile the polo annuals for a fe few years ears bick back the ones I 1 wanted came to the club today ills picture Is in the group ft if the spring meadows club lie planed blaed back for them he five years ears ago ills name was nas under tile the picture of cours cluise e 1 I understand I 1 am glad to know kno how low it was vaa one less certain of your fidelity than I 1 ant am might have hae put another construction on your silence one less certain avory avery might have hae thought vint already knowing eamons identity you preferred instead of tell ing it to me to have me discover it for myself and so for that reison reason you trapped him into a polo game in liar ilar brietis presence for a moment Sint Sant olne paused the nitin mun across from film did not speak but San intuition told him drew himself together for some shock of course sat s ild Sant olne knowing who ho eaton baton Is gives us no aid in determining ho the men were that fought in my study stud last night it gives none to me mr Sant olne avery slid said steadily it gives none to you ou santine re potted and tho the very ter peculiar be havior of the stock exchange today toda I 1 suppose ip poe that hit gives you 1011 no holp help either cither ml all day dai they bine been going down donn avery the securities the stocks and V t N ak 11 you have been hurt again hugh she managed steadily bonds of the properties still known knon Is s ilie latron properties les without Il larent reison realon they the hue have been doln own and that gives you ou no help either avery aar yet let you ou are a very eri clever man there UK re Is no question about that j I 1 lime have even een found it worth orth lilar tit nt dinies s to tn talk over oer with vou ou matters pr oblenis alch varo troubling croul ling me to con stilt with you ou lime have I 1 not yes es very un well all I 1 nill am going to consult with ith you u now nom I 1 have hae an Inn mil us its yon kno know avery I 1 am blind I 1 lne have just found out that for several beirs eira for al out five years lears to be ex net tint that Is lor for about the same length of time that you ou have been with me aly in blindness lias has been used by a certain group of men to make me the 11 gent agent of a monstrous and terrible in justice to an innocent man except for nn my blindness except for that avery aei till this injustice never neer could havo have been carried in in if you ou find a certain amount of bitterness in my tone it Is file due to that a man who has an in anery aar cannot well ell help being a little sensitive bensilhe in regard to it you tire me willing I 1 hould consult with you ou in regard re ard to tills this of 01 course I 1 am at your sen service ice mr alno averys aers was ns harsh and try the llie blind ninn was vs silent for foi tin an in stunt ile he c uld feel the uneasiness anoa anosi and anxiety of the ninn across front from bilin mounting swiftly and lie he ge gave it every pel opportunity unity to increase lucre ise lie ile lind had toli I 1 nt it n once that he lid did not ue INC cut cat till and mouse methods methodi lie was ai aing ii ang atheni now 1111 because tant was as the ali only avay u ills his purpose could ile be accle ed we n e must g gi back to the quite se serious rl its emergency men eim to which alch I 1 nm am indebted for your air falth faithful ful service rive five years veirs ago 1110 the american people appeared perfectly that the only way to ln ili true tine rapidness and perpetuate prosperity eilt MIS to accuse condemn tin and jall j ill for life if execution were eie not legal the heads of the important groups of in properties just tit nt tint that tinia tinip me tie of these men one of tile the most efficient but also perhaps tile one person personally illy most obnoxious or committed one of his gravest hindls it concerned the private prate u ue e of deposits in national banks it was a federal offense of the roost most patent and provable pro able kind lie he was indicted considering the temper of tiny any possible jury at that time there wits ns absolutely no alternative alter nathi but to believe the man under indictment must spend many succeeding ears if not the rest or of his life in the federal at atlanta or leavenworth now the man was in ln con arol of a group croup ot or the most valuable and nd prosperous properties in america bea before 0 re his gaining control the prop arties had bad been almost ruined by d dlf f feren ferencek ces between the minor men wl who to tried to run them only the calling of matthew latron into control saved those men from themselves they required quiren him film to govern them his tak ing away would bring chaos and ruin among them again they knew that just before he must go to trial la tron iron himself became convinced that lie he faced confinement tor for the rest of ills life then fate effectively inter filter to end all his troubles his hody charred and almost consume I 1 il by bv flames clanies but nevertheless the iden titled body of matthew latron was found in the smoking ruins of his shooting lodge which burned t to the ground two days before his trial tria avery was hun hunched clied in the seat watching the blind man with gro growing w conviction and fear Sant olne went on A young youn g man in an was shown to have followed latron to the shooting lodge a witness appeared who had seen this young man shoot latron a second witness had seen him set fire to the lodge the young oung man hugh overton was put on trial for his life 1 I myself as a witness at the trial supplied the motive for the crime for though I 1 had never met overton I 1 knew that he had biad lost the whole of a large fortune fortun 0 through investments recommended to film lalni by latron overton was convicted sentenced to death he be escaped before the sentence st was carried out became a fugitive without a name who if he be ever appeared appealed would be handed over for execution for the evidence hall had been perfect complete lie had shot latron purely for revenge killed him in the most des Ilen 1 ble ni anner for there was no doubt I 1 lathun atron was dead was there A aveis ery 7 none avery said huskily that was the time you vou came into my iiii employ avery recommended to tile ine by bv one of the men who had been closest losi st to latron I 1 was not connected with the latron 1 an on properties except ns as an adviser but many papers re inthia to them must go inevitably through iny my hands I 1 was rather on oil the inside in all that concerned those properties in opu bics tics hut but I 1 could nut not myself kee the alie papers I 1 was blind therefore I 1 had to hitoe others serve as e eves es for tile me tit nd front from the first avery you orned as iny dinv inv eyes eves in connection with nil all papers P kantin to the alie latron ties if anything ever appeared appe in those papers which might have led we de to suspect co t ali at it any ally injustice hall had been been d dune oil e in t alie I 1 e P punishment of la tron s int it could reach leich tile me only through you nothing of that sort ort ever eur lid reach me avery you lou must have made quite a good tiling thing 0 out ll 11 of if it 1 I ant I 1 your position here must linao bun been rather profitable to you vou aver avery I 1 liae have lia e not net treated you vou baal badly iny self recognizing tint you ou must often be tempted by 1 gaining infozina tion lion here heie front from chich lil cli you vou might make in ike woney II 11 nav and your other oilier giust have overbid me I 1 dont don t I 1 bos beg your pu par ton ion mr sant nine but I 1 to do not fu follow it ow alint you vou tire aie talking about no then we ive must go a little fur ther this last year veir a minor beor annl became necessary lit in sunn some of the latron lation properties my friend gabriel warden harden who wits an honest inan in in avery had recently greatly in ill creased ills interest in those properties it was inevitable the reorganization should be largely in ill hiss is hands during dining ills his work vork with the latron prop artles warden the honest man inan avery discovered the terrible lujus inaus lice of which I 1 speak 1 I do not need to draw your atten tion avery td A tile the very peculiar con which fol followed loed wardens death warden arden had certainly ind had tion with overton of some sort over tons ene enemies intes therefore were unable to rid themselves of him by bv delivering him up till to the pollee police because tile lid did not know follow how much overton knew when mien I 1 found that warden vaiden hall made me ills executor and I 1 went avi nt west and took charge elm go of ills his niT aIrs their daill cuttles were intensified for they did not little due to lt let of blut hat hall bein been dune done reach tile ine there wits no course couise open often to them therefore but bill to remove overton before my rov were d evon if it could bo be dome dine only at deslie rate risk ilak to selves what mint 1 I 1111 let idill up to vun Is your lour own on with these events you ou looked after your on own n interests rather enre fully I 1 think up tip to a certain point aelion inn knon I 1 now ing lio Iti ruton tull MIS lis you vou tot got ill lalni into a polo gume game it was so so that tl at if your in teresta were het hest served by bv exposing him you vou could to do so without revealing the real leil source of your knowledge of him hut but tin an unforeseen event arose the hie drafts and lists relating to the reorganization of the clittron properties les i contal containing ning the very facts no doubt which first liall aroused wardens hardens suspicions were sent iu we through wardens hardens onke office at first there was vias nothing threatening to you vou in ili this because their contents roud could roach reach ro me only through you ou but in the uncertainty I 1 felt I 1 hiltl bail my iny ter pr take these matters matteri out of your leonds that aliat night avery vou sent an unsigned telegram from tile office in the billinge almost within twenty four |