The Glenwood post., 1923-01-18
CHAPTER vi
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The surgeon, having finished loos-
ening the pajamas, pulled open and
carefully removed the jacket part,
leaving the upper part Of the body of
the man in the berth exposed. Con-
ductor COnnery turned to Avery.
"You have no objection to my taxi
ing list of the articles in the berth? ?"
Avery seemed to oppose; then, ap-
parently, he recognized that this was
an obvious part of the conductors
duty. "None at all he replied.
Connery gathered up the clothing,
the glasses, the watch and purse, and
laid them on the seat across the aisle.
Sitting down, then, opposite them, he
examined them, and, taking every
thing from the pockets of the clothes,
he began to catalogue them before
Avery. He counted over the gold and
banknotes In the purse and entered
the amount upon his list.
you know about what he had with
him?' he asked
"Very closely. That Is correct.
Nothing is missing" Avery answered
The conductor opened the watch.
"The crystal is missing"
Avery nodded. Yes; it always
that is, 1t was missing yesterday"
Connery looked up at him, as
though Slightly puzzled by the manner
of the reply; then. having finished his
list. he rejolned the surgeon.
Sinclair was still bending over the
naked torso. 1t had been strong,
healthy body; Sinclair guessed It's age
at fifty. AS a boy, the man might
have been an athlete-a college track
runner or oarsman-and he had kept
himself in condition through middle
Rge. There was no mark or bruise
upon the body, except that on the
right side and just below the ribs
there now showed scar about an
inch and half long and of peculiar
crescent shape. 1t was evidently
surgical scar and had completely
healed.
Sinclair scrutinized this carefully
and then looked up to Avery. "He
was operated on recentlyi"
about two years ago."
"For what?
ut was some operation on the gall
bladder"
performed by Kuno Garrt?"
Avery hesitated. ~ believe So"
he watched Sinclair more closely
as he continued his examination. Con-
merry touched the surgeon on the arm.
"What must be done, Doctor? And
where and when do you want to do
Nr'
Sinclair, however. 1t appeared, had
not yet finished his examination.
"Will you pull down the window cur
tainsT' he directed.
As Connery. reaching across the
body, complied, the surgeon took
matchbox from his pocket, and glanc-
ing about at the three others as
though to select from them the one
one most likely to be an efficient aid,
he handed 1t to Eaton. "Will you
help me, please? Strike q light and
hold it as direct-then draw 1t away
slowly"
He lifted the partly closed eyelid
from one OF the eyes of the uncon-
SClOuS Hldl anu uouueu tD EhtDn !.
"Hold the light in front of the pupil"
Eaton obeyed, drawing the light
slowly away rs Sinclair had directed,
and the surgeon dropped the eyelid
and exposed the other pupil.
"What's that forT Avery now
asked.
''I was trying to determine the Sc
riousness Of the injury to the brain.
was looking to see whether light
could cause the pupil to contract
There was no reaction"
Avery started to speak, checked
himself-and then he said: There
could be no reaction, believe, Doctor
Sinclair"
"what do you meant"
"His optic nerye u destroyed"