Gunnison news-champion., 1923-02-02

tlaA4 -il4t 1 Vas DEAD only intimate
friends have bern Informed Of my ae.
tual cnuI.rloa- Yesterday. for the
n-sr time. the newspapers announced
the certainty Of my recovery: and To-
day m attack j. made on sou. They
did not hesitate 10 attack you ia sight
OF ms daughter"
but"
duc'ionS, VIII yon reply 10 my ques
tions7-tcil me the connection Be
tween usE-uhn you ar-r'
NO
Com. here -
-whhiT' said Eaton.
Come her.-Cl0s. to me. beside the
bed"
Eaton hesitnted. and then obeyed.
BEND over p"
Eaton stopped. and the blind man.
hands seized him Instantly Eaton
withdrew.
Wait Santoln. warned IF you
do not stay. shall call help" One
hand went to the bell beside his bed
Harriet had risen. she me; Eaton's
rRze whrniuEiy and nodded 20 him 70
comply. He bent again over the bed.
He felt the blind mans sensitive nm
ger searching his features. his head
his throat. Eaton CARED vt santoine's
face while the fingers wer. examining
him: he could SEE that santoine wn.
merely finding confirmation OF an I'm
preston already gained from wha, he
had been told him about Eaton. San
toine showed nothing more than this
confirmation: certainly he did not re-
ognize Eaton. More than this, Eaton
could not tell.
NOW your hands" santolne or
dercd.
Eaton extended one hand and ,han
the other; the blind man fei, over
them from wrists to the tips of the
fingers; then he lie, himself sink brck
against the pillows. absorbed In
thought.
You may go" Santolne said at iss-
Cor Eaton asked
You may leave the room. Blasch-
ford viii meet you downstairs"
SantoIne reached for the house ssI-
ephone beside his bed-r.ceIver and
,ransmitter on one light bar-nnd
gave directions to have Riatchforh
await Eaton in the hall below
Eaton was distinctly frighteucI by
the revelation he lust had had 0f san.
to!ne's clear. implacable reasoning re-
rarding him; for none Of the hIInd
mans deductions about him had
been wrUng-aii had been the exact.
though incomplete truth. II was
clear 10 him tina, Santoine was close
Ill h closer even than Sau'oine
himself yet appreciate,l--to knowing
Eatou's Identity; 1t was even prob.
able that one single additional fact
the discovery. for Instance. that Miss
Davis was the source OF the second
telegram received by Eaton on the
train-wnuld reveal everything To
Santoine. And Eaton was not certain
that Santoine. even without any new
Information. would not reach the
truth unaided at any moment. So
Eaton knew that he himself must act
before this happened. But so long as
the safe In Santoine's study was Hep,
locked or was left open only while
someone was in the room with II he
could not act until he had received
help from outside: and he had not
yet received that help: he could NOT
hurry II or even tell how soon I, was
likely to come
As his mind reviewed. almost tn
simultaneously, these considerations
he glanced again at Harriet: her
eyes, this time met his, but she looked
away Immediately. As he went
toward the door. she made no move
to accompany him. He went out with
the outer doors behind him; then he
went down to Blatchford.
For several minutes after Eaton
had left the room. Santoine Thoughts
In silence
where arc you. Harrietr he
asked at last
She knew II was not necessary to
answer him. but merely TO move so
that he could tell her position: she
moved slightly. and his sightIess eyes
shifted at once to where she stood.
How did he actf" Santolne asked.
She reviewed swiftly the conyersa-
tion, supplementlng his blind apper-
ceptions Of Eaton's manner with what
she herself had seen
What have been your impressions
Of Eaton's previous social condition,
Daughterr he asked. You have
talked with him. been with him-both
on the trnin and here: have you been
able to determine what sort of people
he has been accustomed to mix with:
Have his friends been business men:
Professional mep! Society people?''
The deep and nnconcealed note a
trouble in her fathers voice startled
her. In her familiarity with every tone
and every exbression. She answered.
his question: Il don't know. Father"
Il Want you 20 ind cut.
I'm what wayf