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BY
WILLIAM M ac HARG**» EDWIN B ALM EK
Illustrations by R. H. Livingstone.
•YNOFtlfi
CRAFTER I.—Gabriel WarOaa. ffaattia
mplteliM. t.lla nia butler be to .ipaciina
aoaltor. la ba admltte* without quaalloa
Ra informa hla wife of 4aa«.r that
Ihrratana him If ho pureuao a courao bo
oonaldoro the only hoaorabla on* War
den havoc the houoo In hie car and manto
a ma» whom he taboo Into the maohlaa
When the ear relurna homo. Warden to
found dead, murdered and Mon* Tb*
•liar, a round man. baa bead at War
den a bouae. but loavoa unobaervod
CHAITXR II.—Bob Connary, conductor,
Itaa ordere to hold train for a Mrty.
■ mon and a girl beard the train
tether of the girl. Mr Ponta to tba
on r*>r whom tba train wao bold
Fhiim l>
Eaton, a round man, aloo
bearded the train Porno tone hla daugh
ter and big aecretary, I ton Aver*, to Bnd
<*Ut what th»v r#n
Mm
CHAPTER III.—The two make Eaton'a
aoquointame
Tito tram to Mopped by
Mmwdrlrta
CHAPTER IV.-Ratos recelvoe a tale
dram eddieaaod to lawranco Hlllward.
Which ha claims
It warno blm ho to
being followed
(Continued from last week.)
She pulled bard th* chair Imalde brr
enticingly ; and Eaton accvpted It.
"tlotMl mornltut. Mr. Arery," he aald
to Mlaa Hornd'a rompanton formally
aa he ant down, and the man acroaa
the table murmured something per
fore*.
Aa Eaton ordered hla breakfast, he
appreciated for the first time that hla
coming had Interrupted a ronraraa
tloa—or rather a sort of monologue
of complaint on the part of Htnndlah
addresaed lm|>eraonally to Avery.
Ttiey engaged In conversation aa
they breakfasted—-a conversation In
which Avery took almost no part,
tbuugh Mina Dorna tried openly to
draw him In; then the audden on
trance of Connery, followed closely by
a stout, brusque man who belonged
to the rear Pullman, took Eaton's at
rention and bora
"Which Is him?" the man with Con
nery demanded loudly.
Connery checked him. but pointed
at the same time to Enlon.
"That's him, Is ItF the other man
said. "Then go ahead."
Eaton observed that Avery, who had
tnrued In hla seat, was watching this
diversion on the part of the conductor
with interest. Connery stopped be
side Eaton's sent.
“You took a telegram for Lawrence
Hlllward thia morning," he asserted.
"Yea."
"WhyF
"Recauae It was mine, or meant for
me. aa I said at the time. My name
Ig Eaton; but Mr. Hlllward expected
to make thia trip with me."
The stout man with the conductor
forced himself forward.
"That's pretty good, but not quite
good enough I" he charged. "Conduc
tor. get that telegram for met"
Eaton got up, controlling himself
under the Insult of the other's manner.
"What bustneaa la It of yours F bo
demanded.
"What bualnetuiT Why, only that
Tm Lawrence Hlllward—that's all. my
friend! What are you up to, anywayf
Lawrence Hlllward traveling with
you I I never set eyes on you until I
saw you on this train; and you take
my telegram I" The charge was made
loudly and distinctly; every one tn
the dining car—Eaton could not see
every one, but he knew It was go-
had put down fork or cup or spoon
vd was staring at him. "What did
do It for? What did you want
ItF J^e stout man blared on.
ou think I wasn’t on the train ?
’•it he was paling as he
naterlng smaller man. He
’he passengers he could
the smaller tables—
red his explanation
anting; the ethers
done the same,
at him with a
•k.
.
.
I
i
'
J
"The telegram was for me, Conduc
tor!" he repeated.
"Get that telegram. Conductor I" the
stout man demanded again.
"I suppose.'* Oonnary suggested,
"you have letters or a card or some
thing. Mr. Eaton, to show your re
lationship to lAwrence Hlllward."
"No, 1 have not."
Connery gased from one claimant
to the other. “Will you give thia gen
tleman the telegram F he asked Eaton.
“I will not."
"Then 1 shall furnlah him another
copy; it waa received here on the
train by our express clerk as tbe op
era tor I'll go forward and get blm an
other copy."
“That's for you to decide," Eaton
said; and ns though the matter was
closed for him. he resumed bin seat.
He waa aware that, throughout the
ear the paaaengere were watching him
curt ou sly.
"Are you ready to go back to our
car now. HarrletF Avery Inquired
when she had finish«! her breakfast,
though Eaton waa not yet through.
"Surely there's no hurry about any
thing today," the girl returned. They
waited until Eaton had finished.
"Shall we all go back to the obser
vation car and see If there's a walk
down the track or whether it's snowed
overF she said Impartially to tbe two.
They went through the I’ullmana to
gether.
The first Pullman contained four or
live passengers; tbe next. In which
Eaton had his berth, was still empty
as they passed through. The next
I’ullman also, st first -glance, seemed
to have been deserted In favor of the
diner forward or of the club-car far
ther back. The porter had made U|
all tbe berths there also, except one;
hut someone was still sleeping behind
tbe curtains of Hectlon Three, for a
man's band hung over tbe aisle. It
was a gentleman's hand, with long,
well-formed fingers, sensitive and at
the same time strong. That was the
berth of Harriet Dome's father; Ea
ton waa the last of tbe three to pass,
and so the others did not notice hla
start; but so strong waa the fascina
tion of the hand In the aisle that he
turned back and gazed at It before
going on Into the last car.
Rome
right or ten passengers—znen and
women—were lounging lb the easy
chairs of the observation room; a
couple, ulstored and fur-capped, were
standing on the platform gating beck
from the train.
The canyon through the snowdrifts,
bored by the giant rotary plow the
night before, waa almost filled; drifts
of snow eight or ten feet high and.
In places, pointing still higher, came
up to the rear of the train; the end
of the platform Itself waa burled un
der three feet of snow; the men stand
ing on the platform could barely look
vver the higher drifts.
"There's no way from the train In
that direction now." Harriet Dome
lamented as she saw this. "What shall
we do with ourselves F
"Crlbbage, Harriett You and IF
Avery Invited.
Rhe shook her hend. "If we have to
play cards, get a fourth and make It
auction; but must It be cards! Isn't
there some way we can get out for a
walk F
"There's the top of the cars. Miss
Dome," Eaton suggested.
"If we
could get up these, we'd get a fnlrly
decent walk and see everything."
"Good I" the girl applauded. "How
do we get upF
"I’ll see the conductor about It,"
Eaton offered; and before Avery could
discuss It. he started hack through tbe
train.
CHAPTER V
The Hand In the Aisle.
The man whose Interest In the pas
aenger In Rectlon Three of the last
sleeper was moat definite and under
standable and, therefore, most openly
acute, was Conductor Connery. Con
nfry had passed through the Pullman
several times during the morning, had
seen the hand which bung out Into
the aisle from between the curtains;
but the only definite thought that
came to him was that Dome was a
sound sleeper.
Nearly all the passengers had now
breakfasted. Connery, therefore, took
a seat In the diner, breakfasted lei
surely and after finishing, walked
back through the train. Dome by
now must be up, and might wish to
see the conductor.
Aa Connery entered the last sleeper
hla gaxe fell on the dial of pointers
whlejj, communicating with the push
buttons In the different berths, tell
the porter which section is calling him.
and ho saw that while all the other
arrows were pointing upward, the ar
row marked "8" was pointing down.
Dome was up, then—for thia was the
arrow denoting his berth—or at least
was awake and had recently rung hla
bell.
«
Connery looked In upon the porter,
who waa cleaning up the washroom.
“Rectlon Three’s getting upF ho curtain, hla eyes darting from one tn Sitting down. then, opposite them, he
examined them, and, taking every-
another of the three men.
naked.
,
"Will you start your examination thing from tbe po<-kets of tbe clothes,
“No, Mlstah CoRnery—not yet," ths
now, Doctor RlnclalrF Connery sug he began to catalogue them before
porter answered.
Avery. He count«! over the gold and
"What did he ring foeF Connery gested.
The surgeon, before examining tbe banknotes In the purse and entered
looked to the dial, and the porter
came out of the washroom and looked man In the berth more closely, lifted tbe amount upon his IlM.
the shades from the windows. Every
"You know about what be bad with
at it also.
”Fo' the Ian's sake. I didn't hear thing about tbe berth was in place, hlmF he asked.
“Very closely.
That Is correct.
no ring, Mlstah Connery. It mus' have nndlsturbwl ; except for the mark of
the savage blow on the side of the Nothing is missing," Avery answered.
been when I was out on the plat
manS bead, there was no evidence of
The conductor opened the watch.
form."
anything unusual. It was self evident “The crystal Is missing."
"Answer It. then," Connery directed.
Avery nodded. "Yes; It always—
Aa the negro started to obey, Con that, whatever had been the motives
nery followed him Into the open car. of tbe stuck, robbery was not one; that la. It waa missing yesterday."
Connery looked up at him, aa
He could see over the negro's shoul whoever had struck had done no more
der the hand sticking out Into tbe than reach In and deliver bls mur though slightly puzzled by tbe manner
of the reply; then, having finished his
aisle, and this time, at sight of It. derous blow ; then he bad gone on.
Hlnclalr madd first an examination list, he rejoined the surgeon.
Connery started violently. If Dome
fllnclalr was Mill bending over the
had rung, he must have moved; a man of the head; completing thia, he un
who Is awake does not let his hand buttoned the pajamas upon the chest, naked torso. It had been a Mrong,
loosened them at the waist and pre healthy body; fllnclalr guessed Its age
hang out In the aisle. Yet the hand
had not moved. The long, sensitive pared to mnke Ma examination of the at fifty. As a boy. tbe man might
have been an athlete—a college track
fingers fell In precisely the same posi body.
“How long has he been deadF Con runner or oarsman—and he had kept
tion aa before, stiffly separated a
nery asked.
himself In condition through middle
little one from another; they had not
"He la not dead yet. Life la Mill age. There was no mark or bruise
changed their position at all.
present," Sinclair answered guardedly. upon the body, except that on the
"Walt I" Connery seised the porter
"Whether be will live or ever regain right side and Just below the riba
by the arm. "I’ll answer It myself."
there now showed a scar about an.
He dismissed the negro and waited consciousness la another question."
“One you can’t answer F
Inch and a half long and of peculiar
until he had gone. He looked about
“The blow, as you can see"- .Sin crescent shape. It was evidently a
and assured himself that the car, ex
cept for himself and the man lying clair touched the man's face with his surgical scar and had completely
behind the curtains of flection Three, deft finger-tips—“fell moMly on the healed.
Sinclair scrutinized this carefully
waa empty.
Walking .briskly as cheek and temple. Tbe cheekbone Is
though he were carelessly passing up fractured. He Is In a complete Mate and then looked up to Avery. “Ho
the aisle, he brushed hard against tbe of coma ; and there may be some frac waa operated on recently F
ture of the skull. Of course, there la
“About two years ago."
hand and looked hack, exclaiming an
some concussion of the brain."
"For whatF
apology for hla careleaeneea
Any Inference to be drawn from thia
"It was some operation on the gall
Tbe hand fell back heavily. Inertly,
as to tbe seriousness of the Injuries bladder.”
and resumed Its former position and
was
plainly
beyond
Connery
"How
“Performed by Kuno GarrtF
hung as white and lifeless as before.
long ago was he struck F he asked.
Avery bealtated. "I believe so."
No response to the apology came from
“Some hours. Since midnight, cer
He watched Sinclair more closely
behind tbe curtains; the man tn the
tainly; and longer ago than five as he continued bis examination. Con
berth had m»< roused Connery rushed
o’clock this morning."
nery teucl>«l the surgeon on the arm.
back to the curtains and touched the
“Could he bave revived half an hour "What must be done. Doctor? And
hand with his fingers. It was cold!
ago—say within tbe hour—enough to where and when do you want to do
He seised the hand and felt It all
over; then, gasping, he parted the cur have pressed the button and rung the HF
bell from his berthF
Sinclair, however, It appeared, had
tains and looked Into the berth. He
Sinclair straightened and gazed at not yet finished hla examination.
stared; hla breath whistled out; his
the conductor curiously.
“No, cer “Will you pull down the window cur-
shoulders Jerked, and he drew back.
tainly not.” he replied. “That Is com talnsF he directed.
Instinctively pressing his two clenched
pletely Impossible. Why did you ask F
As Connery, reaching across the
hands against his chest and the pocket
Connery avoided answer. But Avery body, complied, the surgeon took a
which held Preeidaut Jarvis* order.
pushed forward.
"What la that? matenbox from hla pocket, and glanc
The man tn the berth was lying on
What'a that F he demand«!.
hla right side facing tbe aisle; the left
ing about at the three others as
"Will you go on with your exami though to select from them tbe one
side of hla face waa thus exposed;
and It had been crushed in by a vio nation, DoctorF Connery urged.
one most likely to be an efficient aid,
"You aald tbe bell from this berth he handed It to Eaton. “Will you
lent blow from some heavy weapon
rang
recently!"
Avery
accused
Con
which, too blunt to cut the skin and
help me,, please? Strike a light and
bring blood, had fractured the cheek nery.
hold it as I direct—then draw It away
'Thé
pointer
In
the
washroom,
in
bone and bludgeoned the temple. The
slowly.”
dicating
a
signal
from
this
berth,
was
proof of murderous violence was so
He lifted the partly closed eyelid
turned down a minute ago," Connery from one of the eyea of the uncon
plain that the conductor, aa he saw
had to reply. “A few moments ear scious man and nodded to Eaton:
the face In the light, recoiled with
lier all pointers had been set In the “Hold the light In front of the pupil.”
staring eyes, white with horror.
He looked up nnd down the aisle position Indicating no call."
Eaton obeyed, drawing the light
•That waa before you found the slowly away as Sinclair had directed,
to assure himself that no one had
body
F
entered the car during hla examina
and the surgeon dropped the eyelid
“That was why I went to the berth and expoeed the other pupil.
tion ; then he carefully drew the cur
tains together again, and hurried to —yew" Connery replied; “that was
“What’s that forF Avery now
the forward end of the car, where he before I found the body."
ask«!.
"Then you mean yqu did not find
had left the porter.
“1 was trying to determine tbe se
the body,” Avery charged. "Someone,
"Lock the rear door of the car." he
riousness of the Injury to tbe brain.
passing
threngb
this
car
a
minute
or
commanded. "Then come back here."
I was looking to see whether light
so before you. must have found him F
He gave the negro the keys, and
could cause the pupil to contract.
Connery attended without replying.
-himself waited to prevent anyone
“And evidently that man dared not There was no reaction."
from entering the car at hla end.
Avery started to speak, checked
report It and could net wait longer
Ixroklng through the glass of the door,
to know whether Mr.—Mr. Dome was himself—and then be said: There
be saw the young man Eaton standing
could be no reaction, I believe, Doctor
really dead; so be rang the bell I"
In the vestibule of the car next ahead.
“Ought we keep Doctor Sinclair any Sinclair."
Gunnery hesitated; then he opened
“What do you meanF
longer from the examination, MrF
the door and beckoned Eaton to him.
“Hla optic nerve Is deMroyed."
Connery now seized Avery’s arm In
"Will you go forward, please," he
"Ah! He was blindF
request«!, "and see If there Isn't a
appeal. “The first thing for us to
doctor—"
Tea, he was blind," Avery admit
know Is whether Mr. Dome Is dying
ted.
Isn't—"
"Yon mean the men with red hair
tn my carF Eaton inquired.
Connery checked himself; he had
"Blind I" Sinclair ejaculated. “Blind,
"That’s tbe one."
won his appeal. Eaton, Mandlng qui and operated upon wtthln two years
Eaton started off without asking
etly watchful, observed that Avery's by Kuno Garrt 1" Kuno Gartt operat
any questions.
The porter, having
eagerness to accuse now had been ed only upon the all-rich and powerful
locked the rear door of the car, re
or upon the completely powerless and
turned and gave Gunnery back the
poor; the unconscious man In the
keys. Connery still waited, until Ea
berth could belong only to tbe first
ton returned with the red-haired man.
class of Gartt’a clientele. The sur
He let them In and locked the door
geon's gaze again searched the fea
behind them.
tures In tbe berth; then It shifted to
“You are a doctorF Connery ques
tbe inen fathered about blm In the
tioned the red-haired man.
aisle.
"I am a surgeon; yes.”
(Continued Next Week.)
"That's what's wanted. Doctor—"
“My name la Sinclair. I am Doug
las Sinclair of Chicago."
DRESSMAKING
Connery nodded. "I have heard of
LADIES* TAILORING
you." He turned then to Eaton. "Do
you know where the gentleman Is who
MRS. N. J.
belongs to Mr. Dome’s party T—Avery,
4928 Ninety-seventh Street S. E.
I believe his name 1 a "
"He Is In the observation car," Ea
(Next door to the Callin's residence)
ton answered.
"Will you go and get him! The car
door Is locked. The porter will let
you In and out. Something serious
has happened here—to Mr. Dome.
Get Mr. Avery, If you can. without
alarming Mr. Dome's daughter."
Eaton nodded understanding and
followed the porter, who, taking the
keys again from the conductor, let
him out at the rear door of the car
and reclosed the door behind him.
•You See Him ao Wo Found Him,
Eaton went on Into the observation
Sir."
car.
Without alarming Harriet Doras, he replaced by another Interest which
got Avery away and out of the car. the conductor’s wonli had recalled.
"Is It something wrong with Mr.
Whether the man in the berth was to
DorneF Donald Avery demanded as
live or die—evidently that waa mo
Eaton drew back to let Avery pre
mentously to affect Donald Avery one
cede him Into the open part of the car.
way or the other.
"So the conductor gays.”
"Of course, by all means proceed
Avery hurried forward toward the with
your examination.
Doctor,"
berth where Connery was standing
Avery directed.
beside the surgeon. Connery turned
As Sinclair again bent over the
toward him.
body Avery leaned over also; Eaton
"I sent for you, sir, because you are gazed down, and Connery—a little
the companion of the man who had paler than before and with lipa tight
thia berth."
ly set.
Avery pushed past him, and leaypd
forward as he looked past tthe sue
CHARTER VI
geon. "What has happened to Mr.
DorneF
"Isn't This Basil SantolneF
"You see him as we found him, sir."
The surgeon, having finished loos
Connery stared down nervously beside
ening the pajamas, pulled open and
him.
carefully removed the Jacket part,
Avery leaned Inside the curtains
leaving the upper part of the body of
and recoiled. "He's been murdered 1“
the man In the berth expoeed. Con
"It looks so, Mr. Avery. Yes; If
ductor Connery turned to Avery.
he’s dead, he's certainly been mur
“Yon have no objection to my tak
dered," Connery agreed. "You can
tell"—Connery avoided mention of ing a list of the articles In the berthF
Avery seemed to oppose; then, ap
President Jarvis* name—“tell anyone
who asks you, Mr. Avery, that yog parently, he recognised that this was
an obvious part of the conductor’s
saw him Just as he waa found.”
He looked down again at the form duty. “None at all," he replied.
Connery gathered up the clothing,
In the berth, and Avery's gnze fal
low«! hla; then, abruptly, it turned the glasses, the watch and purse, and
away. Avery stood clinging to the laid them on the seat across ths aisle.
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