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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1923)
i B lind M an ) E yej 1 I | | 1 | BY WILLIAM M ac H ARGEDWIN BALMEK t Illustrations by R.H.Ltvingstone A rich hut ualvsrsslly rsspsrtsd I wsstsrn man la murdered In hie L automnbile The « rime le ticen- pliahe-l with euch eleallh that even (be chnulteur la not aware ot It. Morne montha previously an eastern buelnoee seem laic, but not an inti mate of the weetern man. had met death In an equally my a 1er loue manner There la abeolutely nu claw to the murder and no apparent motive for the eerond crime Basil Mantulne. a blind lawyer, with that retnarhable inner percep tion frequently developed by the alp hl lene, while (ravelin* on an real bound train from Mealtlo In the com two y of hie daughter and hie eoondentlal aecretary. Io murder- oualy aaMulted In hie berth, Buine fea (urea of thia arnault are more m yet er loue Ilian either of the other crime* There Io no euperdetoettve nor adontine Investlastur to deduca In fallible thoorleo («efesina the (Dilli upon the right party or parti»« Police offerte are futile and num reed only In fouling the trail. In volving Isnmenl partlea and In- rrvaolng the < ompllmllona The only tangible clown eoem to point to one Philip Kat on. a myelerloua young man. who wan aboard the tram Títere la aleo a esepirtoa that ho may have been connected with the murder of tree rich man la Heatlie Apparently agalnot all «11« talee of oenea and safety. Katun Io made a guest In the eumptuoua home of Hantotna IlSee the myetery deep- ana to an e>inordinary decree and the big querlea gttoei Who la Phil- Ip Raton what Io the pact of Ihla etrance man what Intuition or rea- rTitut drawn the blind man to him In face of the danger of Me proa- once. In what way Io Katun con nected with the elnleter ovante which afterwant occur In the Ban- teine bane. what eaplanallon la there for the growing Intervet of Harriet Hantolne In the man who I* believed to have ma>1e an at tempt upon her father'« life? Here are myetery and romance different from anything you ever have encountered The outcome of evento and oolutlon of the myetery are as unevpected aa anything you fareolbly can imagine CHAPTKR I A Financier Olea. Gabriel Warden—capitalist, railroad director, owner of mlnea and timber land*, at twenty a cow puncher, at forty-eight one of the predominant men of the Northwest coast — paced with quick, uneven *tepa th* great wlcker-furnl*hed living room of hla home just above Seattle on Puget aound Twice within ten mltnite* be had used the telephone In the hall to receive the name reply— that the train from Vancouver, for which he hat! In quired. had come In and that the pas sengers hnd left the elation. It wa* not like Gabriel Warden to ikon nervousness of any aort; Kondo, the Jap*nene doorman, who therefore had found something strange In hla telephoning, watched him through the portiere* which «hut off the living room from the hall. Warden turned suddenly and pressed the bell to call a servant. Kondo entered the room; he noticed then that Warden’* hand, which wa* atlll holding the watch befor* him, wa* ■baking "A young man who may, or may not, give a name, will aak for me In g few moment*. He will say he called by appointment Take him at one* to my atnoklng room, and I will see him there. I am going t* Mr*. War den’» room now." He went up the atalra, Kondo no ticed. atlll absently holding hla watch In hl* hand. Warden controlled hl* nervousness before entering hl* wife's room. Rh* talked with him casuaily for a mo ment or ao before she even «ent away her maid. When they were alone, ah* suddenly aaw that he had com* to h*r to dlacuaa aome aerloua auhject. "Cora," he «aid, wh*n be had cloved th* door after the maid. "I want your advice on a bualnea* quoatlon." ■A bualneaa question I" She waa greatly surprised. H* wa* one of those men who believe all bualnea* matter* ahould be kept from their wives. “I mean It cam* to me through aome bualnea*—discoveries." "And you cannot decide It for your- •elfF "I had decided It." He looked again at hla watch. "I had quite decided It; but now— It may lead to aome result which I have »uddenly felt that I haven't the right to decide entirely for myaelf." Warden's wife for th* flrat time felt alarmed. "Ton mean it iflToAr me dlrectlyF He seised both her hand* In hl* •nd held her before him. "Cora," he «aid, "what would you have me do If you knew I had found out that a young man—a man who, four or llv* years ago, had as much to live for as any man might—had been outraged In every right by men who ara my friend* I Would you have me fight the outfit for hint) Or would you have m*—lie downF v Hite stared at hint with only |>rt<1* then: »he wa* proud of hla «trrngth, of Illa ability to fight, of the power she know ha possessed to fore* hla way matinal oppoaltloa. “Why. you would fight thetu !" "You want me to tight themF "Of course." “No matter what It costsF Rhe real I aed then that what he wa* faring waa very grave. "Cora." he anld. "1 didn’t come to ask your advice wlthoit putting thia squarely to you. If I go Into thia fight. I »hall he not only an opponent to some of my present friend*; I shall be a threat to tt «-thing they may think It necessary to remove." She cried out. "You mean aomeone might kill youF "Should that keep me from going InF She hesitated lie went on; "Would you have me afraid to do a thing that ought to be done. f’oraF "No." ahe «aid; "I would not." "All right, (hen That’* all I had to know now. The young mon la com ing to aee me tonight. Cora. Probably he* downatalra. I’ll tell you all I can after I’ve talked with him." He went directly downatalra; aa he |>a*«ed through the hall, the telephone bell rang. Warden liluiaelf answered It. Kondo overheard Wardens end of the eonveniatton. Apparently th* other perwon wished to see Warden at once. Warden flntnhed, "All right; I II come and get you. Walt for me there." Then he hung up. Turning to Kondo, he ordered hla car Kondo trnn»inlttrd the order and brought Warden’» coat and cap; then Kondo opened the bouae door for him and the door of the llmoualne. which had been brought under lhe porte- cochere. The chauffeur waa Patrick Corboy, a young Irishman who had been In Warden's employ for more than five year«; hl* falthfnlnc*» to Warden »«" never questioned. Cor- boy drove to th* place Warden had directed. Aa they «topped, a young A* They Stopped, a Voting Man of Lees Than Medium Height, Oread- ■houlderad, and Wearing a Mackin- tosh, Came to the Curb and Spelt* to Warden. man wf lea* than medium height, broad-shouldered, and wearing a mackintosh. came to the curb and spoke to Warden. Corboy did not hear the name, hut Warden Immedi ately asked the man Into the car; he directed Corboy to return home. The chauffeur did thia, but waa obliged on th* way to come to a complete atop aeveral time«, aa he met atreet-cara or other vehicle* on Intersecting street*. Almost Immediately after Warden hed left the house, the doorbell rang and Kondo answered It. A young man with a quiet and pleasant hearing In quired for Mr Warden and aald he came by appointment. Kondo ushered him Into the smoking room, where the stranger waited. In about forty mln ntea, Corboy drove the car under the porte-cochere *gHln and got down and opened the door. There was no mo tion Inside the limousine.' The chauf feur looked In and naw Mr. Warden lying hack quietly agulnat the cush Ion* In the hack of the «eat; h* was alone. Corboy noticed that the curtain* all about had been pulled down; he touched the button and turned on the light at the top of the cur. anti then he saw that Warden tvns dead; hla cap waa off, and the top of hla head had been amaalied by a heavy blow. Th* chauffeur drew hack, gnsplng; Konde, behind him on the steps, crle$ out and ran Into the house calling for help. Two other servant* and Mr*. Warden, who had remained nervously In her room, ran down. Th* atrnnger who had been waiting, now seen for th* flrat time by Mr*. Warden, came I - i ' j 1 I 1 1 ont from me aifloking room to help them. He aided In taking the body from lhe rar end bellied Io carry It Into the llvlnr room and lay it on a couch; he remained until It waa -*r- tain that Warden had been killed and nothing could be done. When thia had been established and further con- Armed by the doctor who wa* called. Kondo and Mra. Warden looked around for the young man—but he wa* no longer there. The new* of lhe murder brought ex- tra* out upon the street* of Hostile, Tacoma and Portland at ten o'clock that night. Heattie. atlrred at »nee at tiie murder of one of Ita moat proiuh unit citizens. atlrred atlll further at the new proof that Warden bad been a power In bualnea* and finance; then, aa llie second day’* dispatches from the larger cttlea came In. It atlrred a third time at the realisation—for ao men aald—that thia was the second time such a murder had happened. Warden had been what wa* called among men of business and flnanca a member of the “Latron crowd"; ha had tieen cloee. at one time, to the great western capitalist Matthew L*- iron; the properties In which ba had made hl* wealth, and whose direction and administration had brought him the reapect and attention of other men, had Men closely allied with or even Included among thoae known aa the “Intron properties"; and Latron, Ave year* before, had tieen murdered. Ln- Iron's murderer had been a man who ended upon him by appointment, and Warden’a murderer. It appeared, had been equally known to him. or at least equally recommended. Of this aa much waa made a* |x>««|ble In th* sug gestion that the same agency waa bn- bind the two. The statement* of Kondo and Cot« boy were verlAed; it waa even learned at what »pot Warden's mur derer had left the motor unobserved by Corboy. Beyond till«, no trace wa* found of blm, and the disappearance of the young man who had come to Warden'* house and walled there for three quarter* of an hour to *ee him wa* also complete. CHAPTER II Th* Rxpresa I* Held fee a Parsonage. Bob Connery, special conductor for the Coast division of one of the chief transcontinental*, waa having late breakfust on hl* day off at hla little cottage on the alior* of Puget sound, when he wa« treated tn the unusual alght of a large car stopping before bl* d««or. The chauffeur hurried from the car to lhe bouae with an envelope In hla hand. Connery, meetlug him at the door, opened the envelope and found within an order In the hand writing of the president of th* rail* road and over hl* signature. "Connery: “No. A being held at Seattle termi nal until nine o'clock—will run on* hour late. Thl* la your authority to supersede the regular man a* conduc tor-prepared to go through to Chi cago. You will facilitate every desire and obey, when possible, any request even aa to running of the train, which may he made by a passenger who will Identify liluiaelf by a card from me. "H. H. JARVIS" The conductor, acewataaaad to take ctiHige of trains when prince«, envoys. Presidents and great |>eupla of an, sort took to travel publicly or privately. Angered the Iteavy cream-colored note paper upon which the order mi« writ- ten and looked up nt the chauffeur. The order wa* surprising enough even to Connery. Some |«aaseuger of extraordinary Influence, obviously, »«a to take the train; not only the hold ing of the transcontinental for an hour toltl this, but there waa Rte fur ther plain statement that the passen ger would l>e Incognito. Astonishing also was the fact that th* order waa written upon private note-paper. There bail been a mdnogrirm at the top of the sheet, bitt It had been torn off; that would not have tieen If Mr. Jarvis had sent the order from home. Who could have had the president of the road call upon him at half past seven In the morning and have told Mr. Jarvis to hold the Express for an hour! Connery waa certain of the distinc tive character* of the president's hand- handwrltlng. The enigma of the or der, however, had plqned him ao that he pretended doubt. “Where did you get thlsF be chal lenged the chauffeur. "From Mr. Jarvis." “Of course; but where F “You mean you want to know whetv he waaF Connery smiled quietly. If he him self v>as trusted to lie cautious nnd circumspect, the chauffeur also plnln- ly waa Accustomed to be In the em ploy of one who required reticence. Connery looked from the note to th* bearer mor* keenly. Ther* was aome- tlilng familiar In the chauffeur'* face —Just enough to have made Connery believe, at Arst, that probably he had »een the man meeting aome pa «sett ger at the atatlon. "You are—" Oonnery ventured casually. “In private employ; yea. air," the tnan cut off quickly. Then Connery knew him; It was when Gabriel War den traveled on Connery'* train that the conductor had seen thia chauf feur; this waa Patrick Corboy, who hnd driven Warden the night he waa killed. But Connery, having won hl* point, knew better than to ahow It. "Walting for a receipt from meF he asked as If he had abandoned hl* curiosity. The chauffeur nodded. Connery took a sheet of paper, wrote on It. sealed It In an envelope and handed It over; the chauffeur hastened back to hla car and drove off. Connery whls tied softly to himself. Evidently bls '«asseiiger was to be on» <>f the great that th* man for whom the train had men In eastern flnanc* who Imd be<n t>een held waa now on board. brought west by Warden'» death A« Connery went otrt to the train. Th* thy rar dlgspiteared. Connery gased passenger* who bad been parading tbe | off to the aoontl. platform bad got aboard; the last Ave Th«- March morning was windy and to arrive also bad disappeared Into th* wat, with a storm blowing In from the Pullmans, and their luggage had l«een Pacific. From Klint bay reverliernted thrown Into tbe baggage car. Connery the roer of the steam-whistle of some Jumped aboard. large ship signaling Its Intention to The, three who had passed the gate pass another to the left. The Incom flrst—the girl, the man with the Ing vessel loomed In sight and showed glasses and the young man In the cut the graceful lines, the single funnel away—It had now become clear were and th* white and rod-barred flag of one party. They had had reservations th* Japanea*« line, the Nippon Yusen made, apparently, In the name of Kalaha. Connery saw that it was, as Dorne; the glrl'a address to the sjec- he antldpeted. the Temha Maru. due ta'led man made plain that be waa twe days befor*. having been delayed her father; her name, apparently, was by bad weather over the I'aclAc. It Harriet; the young man in tbe cut would dock, Connery ««tlmated. Just away coat waa "Don" to her and In time to permit a passenger to catch "Avery” to her father. His relation, • the Eastern Express If that were held while Intimate enough to permit blm till nine o'clock. Ho. as he hastened to address the girl aa “Harry” waa ' to the isar line, Connery smiled at him- unfailingly respectful to Mr. Dome; aelf for taking the trouble to make and against them both Dome won bls bla earlier surmise*. way; hla daughter was to occupy tbe Old Hammy Heaton, the gateman. drawing room; tie and Avery were to stood In hla Iron coop twlrllug a pun« b have section* In the open car. “You have Rectlone <»ne and Three, about his Anger. Old R«ium>*» scheme of sudden wealth—everyone has a air," the Pullman conductor told him. plan by which at <tny moment wealth And Dome directed the porter to put may arrive—waa to recognlxe and ap Avery's luggage In Section One, his prehend aome wrongdoer, or some lost own In Section Three. The Englishman wa« »ent to flection or kldnat>ed ,»enion for whom a great reward would be given. HU position Four In Car Three—the next car for at the gate through which must pass ward—and departed at tbe heel* of most of the people arriving at the the porter. Connery watched more great Coast r|ty. or wishing to depart closely, aa now it came the turn of the from ft, certainly was excellent; and young man whose ticket bore the by constant and careful reading of name of Eaton. Eaton had no reser the papers, classifying and memoris vation In the sleepers; he appeared, ing facea, be prepared himself to take however, to have some preference as advantage of any opportunity. Hammy to where he slept. “Give me a Three, If you have one.' I atlll awaited hla great "strike." "Any one off on Number Five. Ram- he requested of the Pullman conduc- j myF Oonnery questioned carelessly tor. His voice, Connery noted, was i well modulated, rather deep, distinct- ’ as he approached. Old Hammy shook hla head. "What ly pleasant. At sound of It, Dome, who with his daughter** help was set- ' are we holding forF be whispered tllng himself In hl* section, turned and “Ah—for tbemF A couple of statloti-boya. overloaded | looked that way end said something with hand-baggage, scurried In from I In ■ low tone to the girt. Harriet the street; aomeone shouted for a Iiorne slso looked, and with her *ve* trunk-truck, and baggagemen ran. A on Eaton. Connery saw her reply in group of people, who evidently had audibly. rapidly and at some length. “I can give you Three in Car Three, eome to the station In covered rar*, crowded out to the gate and lined up opposite the gentleman I Just as to pas* old Hammy. The gateman signed,” the Pullman conductor ofr I fered. straightened lm|K>rtantly and scruti "That'll do very well," Eaton an nised each person presenting a ticket. Connery Inspected with attention the awered In tlie same pleasant voice. As the porter now took his bags. Ale at the gat* and watched old Ham Eaton followed him out of the car. my also aa each pasned ntm. Connery went after them Into the next Th* Arst In line was a girl—a girl car. He expected, rather, that Eaton about twenty-two or three. Conner, would at once Identify himself to him guessed. Rhe bad the easy, interested as the passenger to whom President air of a jH-reon of assured position. Jarvis' short note had referred. Ea When Connery Arst saw her. ah* ton. however, paid no attention to him. seemed to be accompanying the man but was busy taking off his coat and who now waa behind her; hut she of settling himself In his section as Coo- i fered her own ticket for i>eru*al at aery passed. the gate, and as sooa as she was The conductor, willing that Eaton ! through, she hurried oa ahead alone. should choose hla own time for Iden Connery was certain he did not tifying himself, passed slowly on. look know her He noticed that old Ham ing over the passengers as he went. my had held her at the gate aa long He stood for a few moment* In con a* possible, as If litqdng ta recollect versation with the dining-car conduc who she might be; bt*Q**w that she tor; then he retraced hla way through was gone, the gateman gave hl* atten the train. He again passed Eaton, tion more closely to the Arst man—a slowing so that the young man could tall, strongly built man. neither heavy . apeak to him If he wished, and even nor light, and with a powerful, pa halting an Instant to exchange a word trlcUn face. His eyes were hidden by smoked glasses such as one wears with the Englishman; but Eaton al lowed him to pass oil without speak against a glare of snow. Connety foon-l hl* gate following ing to him. Connery's step quickened this man; the conductor did not know as he entered the next car on hl* way him. nor had old Sammy recognised back to the smoking compartment of him; but both were trying to place the observation car. where he expect him. He, unquestionably, was a man ed to compare sheets with tbe Pull to he known, though not more so than man conductor before taking up the tickets. As he en'ered this car. how many who traveled In the tranacontl ever. Avery stoprc«i him. nental t« nlns. "Mr. Dome would like to speak to A trim, self-assured man of thirty— hla open overcoat showed a cutaway you." Avery said. Connery stopped beside the section, underneath—came past next, proffer where tbe man with tbe spectacles sat Ing lhe plain Reattle-Chlcago ticket. An Englishman, with red-veined with hla daughter. Dome looked up cheeks, fumbling, clumsy Angers and at blm. “You ar* the train cooductorF he curious. Interested eye*. Immediately followed. asked. “Ye* Mr." Connery renlled. Tlie remaining man, carrying hi* own grips, set them down tn the gate ' (Continued Next Weed.) and felt In hla pocket for hl* transpor ration. Patronite our advertiréis. Till* person had appeared suddenly after tbe line ef four had formed tn front of old Sammy at the gate; he had taken hla place with them only after scrutiny of them Hla ticket waa a atrip which originally had held coupon* for th* FaciAc voyage and 6254 FOSTER ROAD aome Indefinite Journey In Asia be fore; unlike the Englishman's—and hla baggage did not hear the paster* af th* Nippon Tusen Kalaha—th* ticket wa* dose to the date when tt would have expired. It bore upon tbe line where the purchaaer signed, th* name “Philip D. Eaton" In plain, vlg We grind our own hamburger and orou* characters without shading oi our own sausage flourish. Aa a sudden eddy of the gale about th* ahed blew th* ticket from old Rammy'a cold Angera. tbe young man stooped to recover tt. The wind blew off hl* doth cap as he did ao. and a* , he bent and atralghteoed before old Rammy. the old man suddenly gasped ; and while the traveler pulled on hl» cap, recovered hla ticket and hurried down the platform to the train, th« gateman stood staring after him a» though trying to recall who tbe mar presenting himself a* Philip D. Eaton waa. Oonnery stepped beside the old man “Who la It. SamtnyF he demanded Electric Fixtures “WhoF Sammy repeated. Hla eye» were atlll Axed on the retreating tig Electric Ranges ure. "Who! I don't know." Electric Devices The gateman mumbled, repeating to himself the names of the famous WILL DO IT the great, tbs notorious. In hl* efforla M.L. NOBLE & SON Groceries and Fresh Meats HOME SHOE MATT GREENSLADE SHOP Wagon Repairing J. W. ADAMSON, Prop. Kwsesheetagi Gen. BlacksmilhinAi 4849 84th St. 8. E-. Cor. 49th Ave. AUTO REPAIRING 9327 Footer Road LENTS Only the best material for your shoes ■.......... ........... . .............. . ' ■■ DR. P. J. 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The preeldent’s order to th< conductor and to the dispatcher alm ply had directed that Number Flv» would run.one hour late; It must leav« In flve minute*; and Connery, guide« by the Impression tbe man laa< through the gate had made upon hln «nd old Sammy both, bad a* doubi Phone M. J. Walsh Electric Co. Your Electric Wants 106 FOURTH ST. Ret. Wash, and Stark Sts. BDWÏ. 5781 i B. TABELL J ames A.C.T ait &C o . 315 HAWTHORNE AVE. 4 «V?'- ►