ciates must place moat complete con-
fitlence In hliu when they leave to him
the adjustment of ms Hera such as I
understand they do. He tells them
whnt la Jual, and they abide by bls
decision,’’
Harriet shook her head.
“No; It
Isn't quite that," she said.
"Whnt, thanF
’You are correct In saying that men
of the moat opposite sorts—and most
Irreconcilable to each other- con
stantly place their fate In Father's
hunt!; and when he tells them what
they must tlo. they abide by his de
clslon.
But he doesn't decide for
them whnt In Just."
"1 don't understand. What does he
tell them, then?"
"lie tells them whnt would be the
outcome If they fought, who would
win nn<l who would lose anti by how
much.
And they believe him anti
abide by his decision without fight
ing; for be knows; and they know
Hint I k » knows and la absolutely
hoiifial
Eaton WIK silent for a moment a«
“'flow can be
they wHlkeil along.
■ omr to hin decision F tie asked at
last
-How r
"I mean, much of the material pre
sen ted to him must he documentary.''
“Much of It la.”
"Then someone must read It to
him.”
"Of course "
Eaton started to speak—then re
trained.
“Wliat were you going to snyF she
questioned.
“That the person—or persons—who
reads the documents to him must oc
cupy an extremely delicate tiowltlon.'’
"lie iloea. In fact, I think that po
sltlon Is Father's one nightmare,“
B lind M an )
E yej
BY
WILLIAM M ac HARG^EDWIN BALMEK
Illustrations by R.H.Ltvingstone
J
L corrxowT »v umi. asoww, *no ( osmio
synopsis
CHAPTKn I -GabrM Wardaa, BaatUa
rapltallal, tails hla butler ha la asps, ting
a cellar, tu ba admitted without question
Ho inhume hie wife ol 4at>a«r Hist
throatona him l| ha pureuaa a souraa ha
eonaldaro the anly hmaarable Ma
War
den laarvea tha houaa la hla rar and meats
a man whom he takes Into the machine
when the car returns home. Warden la
found dead, murdered and alone
The
sailer, a young man. has been at War
den's house but leaves unobserved.
CHApTKR II.-Bob Connery, conductor.
?>celvee orders to hold train for a party
lee mon and e girl hoard the train
ho father of the girl, Mr Ikrrno. la the
person for whom the train waa held
Philip 11. Paton, a young man, also
boarded thg train t>dms tefla hla daugh
ter and hla Secretary, Don Avery, to mid
out what they can canoamtnw him
CHAITKR 111,—The two make Eaton'»
acquaintance
Tiro train la stopped by
snowdrifts
CHAPTER IV— Eaton receives a tele
fram addressed to Lawrence HUlward.
Which he claims
It warns him he is
being followed
CHAPTER V.—Passing through the car,
Connery notln Dorn»» hand hanging
outside the berth
1!;
’
Ha _
aacartaina Dorn»'»
bell has recently rung
Perturbed.
Investigates and finds Dorna with hla
skull crushed
Ha rails a surgeon. Dr
•In' lair, on the train
CHAPTER VI filnclalr recognises
Inl'irrd man as Itasll ttantolne. who,
though blind, la a peculiar
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CHAPTER VII.—Circumstances point to
Eaton as Hantolna's assailant.
CHA1TKR VIH Kston I» pr«w(l «lb
pla>»l undar «rr,»i. Ha raluaaa lo maka
a>i4anatl‘*n( *■ lo hl» pravloua move-
inania bafora boanllna Iha traln. bul
•dmlta ha Waa tha man »he callad on
Wanlan iba nlght tha financiar «(a mur
dered
CHAITKB IX. —Baton pleads with Her-
riot Bantnlno to withhold tudgment tell
Ing lirr ho la In serious danger, though
Innocent of the crime against her father
><e facia the girl believes him
CIIAPTKR X-Henlolno recovers »ufil-
clontly to 'ineellon Eaton, who refuser
to rarest hie identity
The Unaer ler re
quires Eaton to acK-mnany him Io the
■anloins home, where no la tn the posi
tion of a setal-prlooner
CHAPTER XI
Kuiotr meets a resident
ef the house, Walla's llUv hfvrd. ani s
young girl, Mildred Davis with whom
aplksrontly bo hi acquainted, though they
comesi tne fact, lotion's mlesbm la Io
savore certain documenta «nidi aro vital
to ht» Interests and hla being admitted
to the house la a remarkable stroke of
luck.
The girl agiese to aid him
He
becomes deeply Inlet anted In Harriet Ban
loins, and she In him
(Continued front last week. I
"It either Im» been »ent to him,
or It will be sent to him very soon—
here."
"Where will It be when It Is here?"
"Where? Oh!"
The Kirf* fie«
went to tile wnll clone tn where Eaton
stood; she seemed to measure with
I hem n definite distance from the door
and n point »houlilor high. and to
resist the Impulse to come over and
put her hand upon the spot. A» Ea
ton followed her look, he heart! a
alight and intifi1c<l dick as If from the
atudy; hut no sound could reach them
through the study doors and what he
hen rd crime from the wnll Itself.
“A safe?" he whispered.
“Yen ; Ml»» Rnnlolne—she's In there.
Isn't she?—cloned It Just now. Then1
are two of them hidden behind the
books, one on etich itltle of the door."
Eaton tapper! gently on the wnll;
the wnll wna brick; the safe undoubt
edly wits backed with steel
“The best way Is from Inside the
room.” he concluded.
She nodded. "Yes. If you—”
"txiok ottf I”
Someone now was coming down
stairs
The girl had time only to
whisper swiftly, "If we don't get a
chance to apeak again, watch tliht
vase.” She pointed to a bronxe an
tlqiie which stood on a table nenr
them. "When I'm sure the agreement
Is In the house. I'll drop a glove-but
ton In that n black one. If I think
It'll be In the snfe on the right, white
on the left. Now go."
Eaton moved quietly on nnd Into
the drawing mom. Avery’s voice Im
mediately afterward was heard; he
wns speaking to Miss Dnvls, whom he
had found In fttc hallway. Eaton was
certfiln there wns no suspicion that
he had talked with her there; Indeed.
Avery seemed to sit|qw>si* that Enton
wns still tn the study with Harriet
Snntolnc
It was her lapse, then,
which hnd let him out and had given
him thnt chance; hut It waa n lapse,
he discovered, which was not likely
to favor him again. From Hint time
while never hold strictly In restraint?
he found himself always In the sight
of someone.
Enton let himself think, Idly, about
Harriet- how strange her life had
been—that part of It nt least which
was spent, iis ho had gathered most
of her wnking hours of recent years
had been spent, with her father.
Strange, almost, ns hla own life! And
what a wonderful girl It hail made
of her—clever, sweet, lovable, with
mote than n woman's ntdlnary ca
pacity for devotion tu>4 self sacrifice
Rut, If her service to her father
wns not only on his personal side but
if also she wns Intlninte In his busi
ness affairs, must she not therefore
have shared the cruel code which hat!
terrorised Eaton for the last four
years ami kept Idin an exile In Asin
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and which, nl any hour yet. threat
ened to lake hl» life? A grim set
■•nine to Eaton's lipa; hla mind went
«gain to Ills own affair».
CHAPTER XII
him aside and rolled him over and
over.
As stie rusher! to Eaton, the two
men In the rear seat of the < ai
turned their hetitls and looked back,
hut without cheeking Its speed or
swerving, the enr dashed on and dis
appeared down the roadway.
She bent over Eaton and took hold
of him. lie struggled to hla feet and.
tlased. tottered So thnt she support
ed him. A m she reallxed that he was
not greatly hurt, stu* stnred with hor
ror at the turn Io the road where the
car had disappeared.
“Why. he tried to run you down!
He meant to! He trle<| to hurt yeti I”
she cried.
“No,” Eaton denied.
“Oh. no, I
don't think so. It must have been—
an accident.
He was—frightened
when he saw what lie had done."
•It wasn't st all like an accident I” '
she persisted. “It couldn’t have been
an accident there nnd coming up from
behind the way he did! No; he meant
to do It! Did you ace who was In the
car—who waa driving?"
He turned to her quickly. “WhoF
he demanded.
“One of the people who was on the
train! The morning Father was hurt
Don't you remember—e little man,
nervous, tout very strong; a mun al
most like an apeF
He shuddered nnd thep controlled
himself. “Yea. I remember a felh/w
the conductor tried to scat me oppo
site."
“This was the same man !*’
Efiton shook his hend. "That conld
hardly be; I think yon must be mis
taken."
“I am not mistaken; a was that
man!“
Tha Man Prom th» Train,
In the supposition Hint he was to
have lose liberty, Eaton proved cor
rect
Harriet Nnntolne, to whose Im
pulses had been due his tire! privi
leges, showed toward him n more con-
strained attitude the following morn
ing Rhe did not suggest hostility, as
Avery constantly did; nor. Indeed
was there any evidence of rotrogres
alon lu her attitude toward him; she
seemed merely to be mu In I sluing th,
an me position; nnd since thin seemed
difficult tf they were often together,
"Still. I think yon must be" he
she avoided him
Eaton understood
again deuieti.
I
that Haidolne, steadily Improving but
She stared, studying him- “I'erbaps
”Tlie person he trusts must not
noi yet able to leave bln bed. bud only he absolutely discreet but ab I waa." she n greet I; but she knew she
taken up his work ngnln. propped up solutely honest."
hnd not lieen. “I am glad, whoever
by plllowe; one of the nurses had
“I should think so. If anyone In it was. he didn't Injure you. You are
been dismissed; the other was only that position wanted to use the tn- m H right, aren't you?"
u | mui day duty.
But Eaton did not
“Quite." he assured. “Blense don’t
fonustion brought to your father, he
Bee Rnntolne nt nil; mid though he could make himself millions over trouble about it. Miss Santolne."
learned that Mtns l»nvls or another night, undoubtedly, and ruin other
They walked back rather silently,
Stenograph«*, whose name wns West,
she appreciating bow passionately
men."
came dally to the house, he never was
"And kill Father too." the girl she bad expressed herself for him.
In a | h >»HI"U again to encounter any added quietly.
"Yen.” she said as and be quiet because of this and
oiitalder either coming or going.
Eaton liatked at her. “Father puts other thoughts too.
There was no longer room l’l,r Fa
They found I>onnld Avery In front
nothing above Ida trust. If that trust
(on to doubt Hint Harriet hnd the con- were betraysd—whether or not Father of the house looking for them as they
fitlence of her lather to alnio»t n com were In any way to blame for it— came up. Eaton succeeded In walk
plete extent. Now thnt Santolne wns I think It would kill him."
ing without limping; but he could not
111. she worked with him dally for
“So you are the one who Is In that conceal the mark» on his clothes.
hours; am! Enton lenrned Hint she position.”
“Harriet, I’ve Just come from your
did the same when he wag well. Rut
father; he wnntr you to go to him
"Yea; that Is. 1 have beeu."
Avery worked with the blind num too;
“Good
“You mean then* Is another now; at once,“ Avery directed.
tie. too, wus certainly lu a confidential that la. of course. Mr. AveryF
morning Eaton. What's happened?"
capacity. Was it not probable then
“Carelessness.'' Eaton deprecated.
"Yes; here at this house Mr. Avery
that Avery, anti n<>t Harriet, was en
nnd 1, anil Mr. A-verj at the other. “Got rather In the way of a motor
trusted with the eeenMa of <limger<ms Before Mr. Avery came, I wns the anti was knocked over for It."
and ugly matter*«; or wns It possible only one who helped here at the
Harriet did not correct this to
thnt fids girl, worshiping her fstlier house.”
Avery. She went up to her father;
as she did. could know und be »lire
"When was that?"
she was still trembling, still sick
thnt, because her father approved
"Wlieu Mr. Avery came? About with horror at whnt she hnd seen—
these punters, tie y were right?
five years ago. Father had an Im an attempt to kill one walking at her
A hundred times a day. ns Enton mense amount of work at that time.
side,
fttie stopped outside her fa
saw or spake with the girl or thought Business comlltlon» were very mnen
ther's door to comjwse kerselt; then
of her presenee nenr by, thin obsessetl unsettled. There wan trouble at that
she went In.
him. A score of times during their time between some of the big eastern
The blind man was propped up on
cnsus) talk upon meeting at meals or anti big westerh men. and at the same
elsewhere, he found himself turned time Hie government was prosecuting his bed with pillows into almost a
toward some question which would the trusts. Nobody knew what the sitting position; the nurse was with
nld him In determining what must be outcome of It all would be; many of him.
"What did you want, FatherF Har
the fact; hut ench time he checked the biggest men who consulted Father
himself, until one morning—It wns were like men groping In the dark. riet asked.
He had recognised her step and
the fifth after Ids urrlval nt San- I don't suppose you would remember
tolne's house- Harriet was taking the time by what I say; but you had been about to speak to her; but
at the sound of her voice he stopped
him for his walk In the garden before
would reinember It. ns nearly every
the words on his Bps and changed
the house. She hnd Just told him,
body else does ky this: it was the
them Into a direction for the nurse
at his Inquiry, that her father win
time of the murder of Mr. Ijitron.''
to leave the room.
very much stronger thnt morning, and
“Yea; 1 remember thnt" said Ea
He waited until the nurse had left
her manner niorv than ever evidenced
ton ; “and Mr. Avery came to you at
her pride In him.
and closed the door behind her. Har
that tlmeF
riet saw that. In his familiarity with
They walked on slowly. "I wish
"Xes; Just at that time I was her tones and every Inflection of her
yon could tell me more about your
thrown from iny horse, and could not voice, he had sensed already that
self, Mr. Eaton "
do as much as I had been doing, so something unusual had occurred; she
"I wish so loo.” he sold.
Mr. Avery was sent tn Father."
reiwntetl. however, her question as
"Then why cun you not?”
Shs
"Then Mr. Avery waa reading to
turned to him frankly; he gazed at Idin at lhe time you spoke of—the to what he wanted.
"That tloes not matter now, Hat“
her n moment and then looked awny time of the Latcon mttrderF
riot. Where have you heenF
and shook Ills bend. Did she know
"No; Mr. Avery came Just after
"I have been walking with Mr.
nil of whnt was known even under ward. I was reading to him at that
Eaton."
her father's roof; and If she knew all. Hine.”
“What happened?"
Would she then loathe or tiefeud It?
"The papers must have been a good
She hesitated. "Mr. Enton was al
A motor sped near, halted anti then
deal for a girl of eighteen."
most run down by a motorcar.”
speeded on ngnln; Enton. looking up.
“At that time, you mean? They
“Ah! An accldentF
nnw It was a niimbout with Avery
She hesitated again.
"Mr. Eaton
alone In It; evidently, seeing them In were; but Father dared trust no one
else."
,sald it was an accident," she an
the rood, Avery had halted to pro
"Mr.
Avery
handles
those
matters
swered.
test, then thought better of It nnd
"But youF
gone on. But other motors passed now for your father?”
"The continuation of what waa go
“It dkt not look like an accident.
now with |ieople who spoke to Har
ing on then? Yea; he took them up Father. It—It shewed Intention."
riet and who stopped to Inquire for
at the time I was hurt nnd so has
“You mean It was an attackF
her father nnd wish him well.
“Yes; It was tin attack. The man
"Your father does not seem to be kept on looking after them; for there
one of the great mon without honor has been plenty for me to do without In the car meant to run Mr. Eaton
In hla own neighborhood," Enton salt! thnt; anti those things have all been down; he meant to kill him or to
more or less settled now. They have hurt him terribly. Mr. Eaton wasn't
worked themselves out us things do, hurt.
I called to him and pulled
{ though they seemed almost unsolvable him—he Jumped awny In time.”
at the time. One thing that heiped
“To kill him. Harriet? How do yon
- In their solution was that Father waa knowF
' able, that time, to urge what was Just,
She caught herself.
“I—I don't
, ns well aa what wns advisable.”
know. Father. He certainly meant to
"You mean that In the final settle Injure Mr. Eaton. When I said kill
him. I was telling only what I
ment of them no one suffered?"
thought.”
“No one, I think—except, of course
“Thnt Is better. I think so too."
poor Mr. Latron; mid that »in n prl-
“That he meant to kill Mr. Eaton’"
■ vute mnIter not cohnected in any dl-
"Yes."
( rect way with the question at Issue.
Why tlo you ask all thia. Mr. EatonF ' She watched her fnther's face;
"I was merely Interested In you— often when relating things to him,
in whnt your work hns been with your she was aware from his expression
Father, nnd whnt It la," he answered that she was telling him only some
thing he already had figured out and
quietly.
They had been following the edge expected or even knew; she felt that
of the road, she along a path worn now.
“Fnther. did you expect Mr. Enton
In the turf, he on the edge of the roatl
Itself anil nearer to the tracks of the to be attacked?"
"Expect ? Not that exactly; It was \
motors. Suddenly she crletl out and
clutched nt him. As they had stopped, possible; I suspected something like
she had heard the sound of a motor thia might occur."
“And you did not warn him?”
approaching them rapidly from be
The blind man's hands sought each !
hind. Except that Ahls car seeiuet
speeding faster than the others, shs other on the coverlet and clasped to
hnd pnld no attenMon and had uot gether. "It was not necessary to warn
turned. InatuntaBeevelys as slw hnd him, Harriet; Mr. Eaton already
“Every One Who Knows Fsthsr Likes . cried anil pulled upon him. she had knew. Who was In the carF
"Three men.”
"and Admires Him I" 8ha Rejoiced.
realized that this car waa not pass-
"Hnd yon seen any of them heforeF
, Ing; it waa directly behind and almost
to her nfter one of these had halted upon him. She felt him spring to the
"Yes, one—the man who drove.”
nnd gone on.
"Where?"
aide aa quickly na he could; but her
“Everyone who knows Father likes cry anti pull upon him were almoat too
“On the train.”
nnd admires him I” she rejoiced.
The color on Santolne's face grew
i late; as ho leaped, the car struck. The
"Itlol^t menu exactly thnt," Fat loti blow was glancing, not direct, ant! he brighter. "Describe him, dear."
went on. “They must trust him too. wns off his feet ami In motion when
He watted while she called together
In un extraordinary way. Ills asso the wheel struck; but the car hurled her recollections of the man.
I
* i
“1 can't describe him very fully.
Father," she said
“He was one of
the people who had berths In the for
ward slaaptng car. I can recall see
Ing him only when I parsed through
the car—I recall lilui only twice tn
that car and once In the diner.”
“That Is luteresting." said Man
toina.
"What, FatherF
“That In five days up<«> the train
you saw the man only throe time»."
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