The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-03-30

ton of the principals concerned in
this correspondence; too often, she
knew, one man or one group had car
ried out fierce intent upon another;
and sometimes, she was aware, these
bitter feuds had carried certain of
her fathers clients further even than
personal or family ruin; fraud, vio-
lence and-twice now-even murder
were represented by this correspond
Warden and the Latron murders were
here. She had felt always the horror
of this violent and ruthless side of
the men with whom her father dealt );
but now she knew that actual appre-
citation of the crimes that passed as
business had been far from her. And.
strangely, she now realized that it was
not the attacks on Mr.. Warden and
her father-overwhelmin with horror
as these had been-which were bring
ing that appreciation home TO her. 1t
was her understanding now that the
attack was not meant for her father
but for Eaton.
Though Harriet had never believed
that Eaton had been concerned in the
attack upon her father, her denial of
ii had been checked and stif1ed be-
cause he would not even defend him.
self. She had not known what to
think; she had seemed 10 herself TO
be waiting with her thoughts in abey-
ance; until he should be cleared, she
had tried not TO let herself think more
about Eaton than was necessary.
Though he was involved with her ia
ther in some way, she refused to be
lieye he was against her father. but
clearly he was not with him. How
| could he be involved, then, unless the
injury he had suffered was some such
| act of man against man as these let
| tiers and statements represented? She
| looked carefully through all the con-
tents of the ENVELOPES, but she could
| not find anything which helped her.
She pushed the letters away, then,
and sat thinking. Mr.. Warden. who
| appeared to have known more about
Eaton than anyone else had taken Ea-
toms side; it was because he had been
going TO help Eaton Tat Mr.. Warden
had been killed Would not her father
be ready TO help Eaton, then, if he
knew as much about him as Mr.. War
den had known2 But Mr.. Warden,
apparently, had kept what he knew
| even from his own wife: and Eaton
was now keeping it from everyone
her father included She felt that her
| father had understood and appreci-
ated all this long before herself-that
| it was the reason for his attitude
| toward Eaton on the train and in part
| the cause of his considerable treatment
| of him all through.
| So. instead of being estranged by
Eaton's manner to her father, she fell
an impulse of feeling toward him
/ flooding her, feeling which she tried
to explain TO herself as sympathy. But
it was not just sympathy; she would
not say even to herself what il was.
She got up suddenly and went tt
the door and looked into the hall; &
servant came to her.
as Mr.. Avery still with Mr.. San
TONER" she asked.
mo, Miss Santoine; he has gone
out"
Thank you"
She went back, and bundling tn,
correspondence together as it had beer
before, she removed the books from {
shelf to the left of the door, slid bacl
another panel and revealed a secon,
wall-safe corresponding to the one t,
the right of the. door from which sh,
had taken the papers. The combina
| ton of this second safe was knowI
only TO her father and herself. Sh'
put the envelopes into it, closed it
| and replaced the books Then sh,
| went to her fathers desk, took from
a drawer a long typewriter report O
which he had asked her to prepare /
digest, and read it through conscious
At three she heard Avery's motor, ant
| went to the study door and looked on
| as he entered the hail.
What have you found, Dong" sh.
inquired.
Nothing yet, Harry
You got no trace of themT'
mo; too many motors pass on tina
road for the car to be recalled par
ticularly. I've started what inquire
are possible and arranged to have tn,
road watched in case they come bacI
this way" 49,
He went past her and up to her ia
Their. She returned to the study an,
put away her worn.
Dinner was served In the grea
Jacobean dining room, with walls pan
eled to the high ceiling, logs blaz
ing in the big stone fireplace. AS the,
seated themselves, she noted tina
Avery seemed moody and uncommu
nicative; something, clearly, had irri
tated and disturbed him; and as tn
meal progressed, he vented his irrita
ton upon Eaton by affronting hin