ky By WILLIAM MacHARG EDWIN BALMER Copyright by Little, Brown and Company CHAPTER XI|X-~—Continued. af Be She told him, beginning with her dis. of Eaton in the garage and ending with his leaving her and with Donald Avery's finding her in the mo- tor: and now she held back one word only--his name which he had told her, Hugh. Her father listened intently. “You and Mr. Eaton appear to have become rather well acquainted, Har riet,” he said. “Has he told you noth- ing about himself which you have not told me? You have seen nothing cori cerning hh, which. you have not told” Her mind went quickly back to the polo game; she felt a flush, which his blind eves could not see, dyeing her cheeks and forehead. The bind man waited for a mo- ment : he put out his hand and pressed the bell which called the steward. Neither spoke until the steward came. “Fairley.” Santoine sald then, qui- eily. “Miss Sigantoine and 1 have fust agreed that for the present all reports regarding the pursuit of the men who entered the study last night are to made direct me, not through Miss Sfantoine or Mr. Avery” “Yery well, sir” She still sat silent after the steward had gone: she thought for an instant her father had forgotten her presence; then he meved slightly, “That is all, dear,” he sald quietly. Ste got up and left hime and went to her ewn rooms: she did not pretend herself that could rest. She bathed and dressed and went down stairs. The lbrary had windows fac- ing to the west; she went in there and stoed looking out. Her mind was upon only one thing— even of that she could not think con- nectedly., Some years ago, something she did not know what—had hap- pencd to Hugh; tonight, In strange way unknown to her, it cnlminated in her father's study. had fought someone; he away to follow someone. Had he heard that study and gone down? fighting their battle—her father's She knew that not had heen fully Ov ery he to to she had rushed Whom? in the Had he been someone nnd hers? Hugh did it #1 Was 0 dressed had events would either mean that he sald to these stroy him or her as- her , te hack tn at i 3 would send him different? Her answer, ~-as something thought supplied But whatever he had done, whates he might Le, she knew hls hers now © for she had given h iy. She had told that to with » hil: she had 3 er fate was eraplf to him wutts «he herself as fled and pursued him that night ; she had told it t she later had teld it not meant to yet—to her could only pray now that out of of this night ml not to her too for her though father. She the events ght a grief bear. great fo She te the rooms that had The police, In stripping had the hit to her went been Eaton's. them his possessions, locked his. cap: found gray cleth and hugged it whispered herself Hugh—that secret of his name which she had kept; that secret with him which keep from them all. What they give just to share that with her— bis name, Hugh! She started suddenly, throuzh the window, the like, was beginning to grow gray. The dawn was coming! It ginning to be day! She hurried to the house, of Overs of she his name to she glorled that she had could a} sie looking of west the other side looking toward the bleeding and alone in the night! could vet have done that but that his asking her to go had told that it was for his safety as well as hers; she could net help him any more then; she would only have been in the way But now-—-she started to rush out, but controlled herself; she had to stay in the house; that was where the first and then he would need her, how much more! The reporters on the lawn below her, seeing her at the win dow, called up to her to know fur ther particulars of what had hap- penied and what the murder meant; she could see them plainly in the in. creasing light. She could see the lawn and the road before the house. Day had come. And with the coming of day, the un- certaloty and disorder within and about the house seemed to increase, But in the south wing, with its sound proof doors and its windows closed against the nolses from the lawn, there was silence: and in this silence, an exact, compelling, methodic machine was working; the mind of Basil Santolne was striving, vainly as yet, but with growing chances of suc cess, to fit together into the order in which .they belonged and make clear the events of the night and all that had gone hefore—arranging, ordering, testing, discarding, picking up again and reerdering all that had happened since that other murder, of : Gabriel —— CHAPTER XX — What One Can Do Without Eyes. Three men-—at least three moen-- had fought In the study In Santolne's presence. Eaton, It was certain, had been the only one from the house pres ent when the first shots were fired, Had Faoton been alone against the * of the other two against the third? It appeared probable to Santoine that Eaton had been alone, or had come alone, to the study and had met his enemies there. Santoine felt that the probabilities were that Eaton's enemies had opened the safe and had been surprised by Baton. But if they had opened the safe, they were not only Eaton's ene- mies: they were also Santoine's; they were the men who threatened San- tolne's trust. Those whom Eaton had fought in the room had had perfect opportunity for killing Santolne, If they wished, But Santolne felt certain no one had made any attack upon him at any moment in the room; he had had no feeling, at any instant, that any af the shots fired had been directed at him. Blatehford, too, had been unat- tacked until he had made it plain that he had recognized one of the Intru- ders: then, before Blatchford could eall the name, he had been shot down, It was clear, then, that what had protected Santoine was his blindness; he had no doubt that, If he had been able to see and recognize the men in the room after the lights were turned on. he would have been shot down also. jut SJantoine recognized that this did not fully account for his Im munity, Two weeks before, an at tack which had been meant for Eaton had struck down Santoine instead; and no further attempt agninst Eaton had been made until It had become publicly known that Santoine was not going die. If Santoine's death | would have served for Eaton's death | two weeks before, why Santoine | immune now? Did possession of the contents of Santoine's safe nccomplish | same thing as Santoine’s death? | Or more than his death for these men? For what men? It was not, Santoine was certain Eaton's presence In the study which | had so astounded Blatchford, Wallace | to was ton's presence in the house, whom Blatehford knew and name Santoline also would know whose presence in the and astonishing Someone | whose and wns si Biateh room that had heen name was on the announcement, The man ford's that han let He was themselves toge r bret there, | Blateh- | ompanion of whose the « Bia the tongue, or man, had shot rather i t Santolne hear name to find events fit they fitted tacked the oft [HOR toine’s safe light ha hot Bl ord rat know their } possi! and 1 her than let Santoine presence there: it 1 a ir le Tor tell which man who had might be, Whe equally there © Nantoine grmong thew many the been ir the Eaton's enem to ane nnknown yraled hut one small group of men was But at most could be at the he man same time To would Faton's | and Santelne's who enemy known Eaton pointed this man to Santoine Warden had have | have } wns Gabriel had an np come from Asin wife and who<Warden he had greatly 5 Conductor told his discovered been wronged Eaton, under Connery’s questioning, had admitted himself be that young man; Santoine had vert learned Eaton , at least, the young man who had gone to Warden's that night tut Gabriel Warden had not al to that wa house heen he had not even been allowed to meet | talk with Eaton; he had called out, plainly, to prevent been his Eaton disappeared himself at and concealed once after Warden's mur also be attacked. But Eaton was not a man whom this personal fear would tell why Warden He had been had been urged to come forward and promised that others would give him help In Warden's place; still, he had concealed himself. killed, hope to prove, what Warden had dis covered. Santoine held this thought in abey- ance: he would see later how It checked with the facts Eaton had remained in Seattle—or near Seattle—eleven days; apparently and to escape attack during that time. he had been able to conceal himself He had been obliged, however, to re venl himself when he took the train; and as soon as possible a desperate attempt had been made against him, which, through mistake, had struck down Santoine instead of Eaton. Eaton had taken the train at Se attle because Santoine was on it; he had done this at great risk to hime self. The possibilicles were that Ea- ton had taken the train to Inform San- tolne of something or to learn some thing from him. But Eaton had had ample opportunity since to Inform Santoine of anything be wished; and he had not only not Informed him of anything, but had refused consisteatly and determinedly to answer any of Santoine's questions, It was to learn something from Santoine, then, that Eaton had taken the train, The blind man torned upon his bed ; he was fnding that events fitted to gether perfectly. He felt certain now that Eaton had gone to Gabriel War. den expecting to get from Warden some Information that he needed, and that to prevent Warden's giving him | eal 5 f * { or this, Warden had been killed, Then | Warden's death had eaunsed Santoine to go to Seattle and take charge of many of Warden's affairs; Eaton had thought that the Information which had been In Warden's possession might now be In Santoine's; Eaton, therefore, had followed Santolne onto the truin, The Inference was plain that some- thing which would have given San- toine the information Warden had had and which Eaton mow required had been brought into Santoine's house and put In Santeoine's safe. It wis to get possession of this “something” pefore it had reached Santeine that the safe had been forced, Santeine put out his hand pressed a bell, A servant the door. “Will you find Miss Santoine,” the blind man directed, “and ask her to come here?” The servant withdrew, Santoine waited. Presently the door again opened, and he heard his daugh- ter's step. “Have from the asked, “Not yet, Father.” The blind man thought “Harriet, something into the keeping something been changed and came to taken Santoipe you listed what safe, Harriet?” was an instant. has been brought the manner the house NOT Bey of in has within a very few days since attempt the time, 1 think, when the to run Eaton down with the | motor car was made. What was that | ‘something? His daughter reflected. “The draft of the new agreement about the La- tron properties and the lists of stock holders In the preperties which came | through Mr. Warden's office,” she re plied, “Those vere in the safe?” . “Yes: you had not given me any In structions about them, so I had put | them In the other but when 1 | went to get the earrespondence | saw them there and put my still | “Whe besides Donald knew that you ! did that, Daughter?’ he “No one" “Thank you." Harrlet recognized this as dismissal | and went out. The blind man felt the blood beating fiercely In temples nnd he fingertip | 4 safe; them with $ the } * own safe’ Santoine Tay asked, his at pmazed, as TET gT0 Artisans « - — “8S. FP. and DT Right points bir" Santolpe's hand, bolding the tele phone, shook in its agitation; his head was hot from the blood rushing through if, his body was chilled. An {dea so strange, so astounding, so in- eredible as It first had come to him that his feelings refused it though his reason told him It was the only pos sible condition which could account for all the facts, now was being made all but certain, He named stock after stock: all were down—seriously de pressed or had been supported only by # desperate effort of their chief holders, The blind man could write as well as any other by following the position of the lines with the fingers of his left hand, He wrote a short note swiftly now, folded, sealed and addressed it and handed it to the servant, “Have that delivered by a ger at once” he directed “There will be no written answer, I think; only something sent back-—a photo. graph. See that it is brought to me nt once” He heard the going rapidly away. with anger. horror, resentment; was almost—-not quite all that had taken place; Warden had been murdered had moved behind that had happened He recalled Eaton's volce heard it first the train and now he was almost quite—that he could place that knew messen- servant's He footsteps of why what and since, had at Seattle; not voloe, heard It sure now of of vague shape guided all as he On sure where he had He lay with clenched h ing with shank of his away. The anas, rage ; then by effort him again “TI want “Have It When weshey or nothing now,” he said when I wake up. tell him I am and dress.” stretched himself finally, he slept, ready the doctor comes, get up today curned He upon his bed; und $0, CHAPTER XXII Man Hunt, rolling ravine-gullied Harriet had wooded thickly with onks, The The Iand Eaton was maples and burning for only a had gained the bot- ravine point have made hin where left ash; the glare from the the ay: Eaton of the lighted ravine in beyond the where this Hight would vizible and had made the best speed from the lights ce4 on the road This speed hits stockinged in the soft « ravine when was leaving progres ness hie the treetranks ; fog ind a Heig tearing at his i {hes fallen. saplings tripped him 1 epiped nseen es wire | of t pains which Ken ses headlong rallied clear to the bottom fierce. hot {veel him of his i $ through his wounded 4 hs = “Mave You Listed What Was Telken From the Safe, Harriet?” Santoine Asked. rounded him te renlize that murder all that had followed it had sprung fromm the Latron case. He recollected that he had been vaguely conscious ever since Latron’s murde not with Warden's and something in his relations whose wholly open, nen moat closely allied nothing interests with had been Latron's. It oven, nothing pal only that HE at times In them & knowledge some general condition governing them which was net wholly known to pable: it was he of was someone well known te him, whose presence had been so amazing that speech had failed Blatchford for the moment and he had feared the effect of the announcement on San toine, This could have been only the principal himself. Some circumstance which Santeine comprehended only imperfectly as ye! had forced this man to come out from behind his agents and te act even at the risk of revealing himself, It was probably he who, finding Blatchford’s presence made revealment inevitable, had killed Blatchford, But these cir. cumstances gave Santoine no clew as to who the man might be. The blind man tried vainly to guess. The oaly circumstance regarding the man of which Sanfoine now felt sure was that he was one of the many cob- cerned In the Latron case or with the Latron properties, “What time is 1t? the blind man suddenly asked the nurse, “It is nearly noon, Mr. S8antoine.” “Will you leave me alone for a few moments? he directed. He listened till he heard the door close behind the nurse; then he seized the private ‘phone beside his bed and called his broker. “How Is the market? he inquired, There was something approaching to a panic on the stock exchange, It appeared. Some movement, arising from causes not yet clear, had«dropped the bottom out of a score of Important stocks, * “How Is Pacific Midlands?" Ran. toine asked. : “It led the decline.” : Santoine felt the blood In his tem “M. and N. Smelters? he When le he thought, mile foade, as of a ing for the § hs nt least alf a tiad three.quarters of from winding the ravine, mile puns : of the ba climbed to inoked Lack half a iis nk a thought, nile the rom he of a ndle: wee plainly tho Hight of the three motorcars upon the flare that was nog he could still these lights. He was certain him, been heard in threw en. Pursuit of appeared to have for the moment; he volees nor any movement Eaton, panting, these however, the woods, ‘strength to think. There was no question in Eaton's mind what his fate would be surrendered to, or was captured by, his pursuers. Santoine's study an hour before was so unbelievable, so completely unde monstrable unless he himself could credence. would receive no h felt only, in the mad confusion of his would put his statement aside with the mere answer that he was lying: the most charitably inclined would think only that what he had been through had driven him insane, Eaton Amderstood that his possibil- ity of escape was very small, even if escape had been his only object; but Eaton's problem was not one of es cape—it was to find those he pur. sued and make certain that they were captured at the same time he was; and, as he crouched panting on the damp earth, he was thinking only of that. . (TO BE, CONTINUED.) 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