Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08

into the ambulance. Harriet Santoine
after giving a direction 10 a mar
who apparently was d chauffeur. got
into the ambulance with her father
The surgeon and the nurses rode with
them. They drove off. Avery entered
another automobile. which swiftly dis
appeared. Conductor Connery came
for the last time 10 Eaton's door.
Miss Santoine says you're TO go
with the man she's left here for you"
The porter appeared with his over
coat and hat. Eaton put them on and
stepped out Of the car. The conductor
escorted him to a Limousine car. This
is the gentleman" Connery said to
the chauffeur TO whom Harriet San
toine had spoken. The man opened
the door Of the limousine; another
man. whom Eaton had not before
seen, was seated In the car; Eaton
stepped in. Connery extended his
hand-"Good-by, sir"
"Good-by."
The motor-car drove down a wide
winding road with tall, spreading trees
on both sides. The man In the car
with Eaton, whose duty plainly was
only that OF a guard, did not speak to
Eaton nor Eaton to him. The motor
passed other limousines occasionally
then, though the road was still wide
and smooth and still bounded by great
trees. 1t was lonelier; no houses ap-
peared for half a mile; then lights
glowed directly ahead the car ran I'M
der the pOrte-cochere OF a great stone
country mansion a servant sprang TO
the door of the limousine and opened It
another man seized Eaton's handbag
gage from beside the chauffeur. Eaton
entered a large, beamed and paneled
hallway with an immense fireplace
with logs burning In It; there vas a
wide stairway which the servant. who
had appointed himself Eat0n's guide.
assembled. Eaton followed him and
found another great hall upstairs. The
servant led him 10 one Of the doors
opening Off this and into a large room.
fitted for a mans occupancy. with
dark furniture; cases containing books
on hunting, sports and adventure, and
smoking things Off this vas a dress
Ing room with the bath next; beyond
was a bedroom.
"These are TO be your rooms, sir"
the servant said. A valet appeared
and unpacked Eaton's travelling bag.
Eaton went TO bed, but amazement
would not let him sleep.
He was in Santoine's house; ne
knew 1t could be no other than Sar-
tonnes house. 1t was TO get into San
toine's house that he had come from
Asia he had thought and planned and
schemed all through the long voyage
on the steamer how II was to be done.
He would have been willing to cross
1t; no labor that he could imagine
would have seemed too great to him
II this had been It's end and here
IL had been done without effort on
his part, naturally, inevitably Chance
and circumstance had done It'll And
full Of what he had TO do In San
tones house. For many days he had
not thought about that; II had seemed
impossible hat he could have any OPP
portunity TO act for himself. And
the return 10 his thoughts OF pos
Of carrying out his original
plan brought before him thoughts OF
his frlends-those friends who
through his exile, had been faithful
to him but whose identity or existence
he had been Obliged to deny. when
questioned. TO protect them as we'll
himself.
AS he lay on his bed in the dark.
he stared upward to the ceiling, wide
awake. thinking of those friends whose
devotion to him might be justified at