Gunnison news-champion., 1923-01-12

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"he Was Operated On Rseen,iyr
matchbox from his pocket. and gianc.
Ing about at the three others as
though to select from them the one
one most likely to be an efficient aid.
be handed 1. to Eaton. -win you
help me. please? Strike q light and
hold I, as direct-then draw II away
slowly"
He lifted the partly ciosed eyel!d
from one Of the eyes Of the uncon-
scious man and nodded TO Eaton /:
Hold the light in front OF the pupil"
Eaton obeyed, drawing the light
slowly away as Sinclair had directed.
and the surgeon dropped the eyelid
and exposed the other pupil.
What's that forr' Avery now
asked.
Il was trying TO determine the Sc
riousness Of the injury TO the brain.
WIS looking TO see whether light
could cause the pupil to contract.
There was no reaction"
Avery started 10 speak. checked
hlmself-and then he said: There
could be no reaction. I believe, Doctor
Sinclair"
What do you meant"
His optic nerve Is destroyed"
"Ahl lie was bIindf''
Yes, he was blind Avery admit.
ted.
Blind" Sinclair calculated. Blind,
and operated upon within two years
by kuno CART ,'' Kuno CART opernt.
ed only upon the all-rich and powerful
or upon the completely poweriess and
poor: the unconscious man In the
berth could belong only to the first
class OF CARTS clientele. The sur
geon's gaze again searched the fea-
lures In the berth. then II shifted to
the men gathered about him in the
aisle.
who did you say this wasT' he de
manded Of Avery.
II said his name was Nathan
Dorne." Avery evaded.
"No. not" Sinclair jerked out i'm.
patiently. Isn't this" He hesi-
tated. and finished in a voice suddenly
lowered: Isn't this Basil Santolnef"
Avery, II he still wished to do so.
found It impossible to deny.
Basil Sanioine." Connery breathed.
To the conductor alone. among the
four men standing by the berth. the
name seemed to have come with the
sharp shock of q surprise; with II had
come an added sense Of responsibility
and horror over what had happened
to the passenger who had been con-
whiten as he once more repeated the
name to himself and stared down At
the man In the berth.
Conductor Connery knew Basil San.
tome only In the way that Santoine
was known to great numbers Of other
people-that is. by name but not BY
sight.
Basil SantoIne at twenty-five had
been graduated from Harvard. though
blind. His connections-the family
was Of well-to-do southern stock-his
possession Of enough money for his
own support, made 1t possible for him
to live idly II he wished: but Santoine
had not chosen to make his blindness
m excuse for doing this. He had
at once settled himself to his chosen
profession. which was law. He had
mot found Il easy to get 4 start in
this, and he had succeeded only after
great effort In getting Z place with
small and animportant nrm. Within
. short time. well within two years.
men had begun TO recognize that in
this struggling law firm there was
powerful. clear. compelling mind.
Santoine. q youth living In darkness.
unable to see the men with whom he
talked or the documents and books
which must be read to him, was be-
ginning to put the stamp Of his per-
sonality on the firms afRairsL 4 year
later his name appeared with others
of the arm: at twenty-eight his was
the leading name. He had begun to
specialize long befors that tine. in
eeepegatiea law: he married shortly
afE.r tAis. AZ thirty he Arm namA
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