Gunnison news-champion., 1923-01-12

/. SNAl sNH HagA
-veur Name. sirr- cennsry Asked.
IN Seattle by the Asiatic steamer and
took this train"
-Ah. you came on the Tamba
1iaru."
Connery made note Of this. N he
had made note OF all the other ques-
tions and answers. Then he said
something to the Pullman conductor,
who replied In the same low tone !:
what they said was not sudible to
Eaton.
"You can tel, US at least where
your family ID, Mr.. Eaton" Connery
suggested.
II have no family
-Friends, them
IL have no friends.
'Nowherer'
Nowhere"
Connery pendered for several mo-
ments The Mr.. Hiilward-Law.
renee Hiiiyard. to whom the Telegram
was addressed which you claimed
this morning. your associate who was
to have taken this train with you
will you give me HIS nddressr'
Il don't Know Hillward's address" !"
''Glve me the address. then. Of the
mnn who sent the telegram"
II am unable to do that. either"
Connery spoke ngain to the Pullman
conductor. and they conversed inau-
dibly for 4 minute. THAT u all.
then" Connery said finally.
He signed his name to the sheet
on which be had written Eatnn's an
owers, and handed Y to the Pullman
conductor. who also signed Il and ~
turned II to him: then they went on
to the passenger now occupying Sec.
tion -Four. without making any fur
ther comment.
Eaton told himself that there should
be no danger 70 himself from this In.
curry. directed against no one, but
Including comprehensively everyone
on the train. when the conductors
had left the car. he put his magazine
away and went into The meas COM
R0A ~ BklOAG 9uu C8thu hhA1
nerves. His return to America had
passed the bounds Of recklessness !:
and what a situation he would now be
In II his actions brought even serious
suspicions against him! He finished
his first cigar and was debating
whether to light another, when he
heard voices outside the car. and
sba In0 rss,f
he saw Connery and the brakeman
struggling through the snow and max
ing, apparently. some search. Pres
emily Connery passed the door Of the
compartment carrying something
loosely wrapped In newspaper in
his hands. Eaton finished his cigar
and went back to his seat In the car.
As he glanced at the seat where
he had left his locked travelling bag.
he saw that the bag was no longer
there. It stood now between the two
seats on the floor. and picking II up
and looking at II, he found Il unfas-
tened and with marks about the lock
which told plainly that It had been
forced.
He set II on the door between his
knees and checked over its contents.
Nothing had been taken, % far as
he could tell; for the bag had CON
tained only clothing, the Chinese die
donary and the box Of cigars, and
these all apparently were still there.
He had laid out the things on the
seat across from him while checking
them up, and now he began to put
them back In the bag. Suddenly he
noticed that one Of his socks was
missing; what had been eleven pairs
was now only ten pairs and one odd
sock.
This disappearance Of single sock
was % strange. 20 bisarre. % per
picking that-unless II was acciden-
tal-ke could not account for II at al.
No one opens . mans bag and steals
one sock. and he was quite sure there
had been eleven complete pairs there
earlier h TIE day. Certainly then, II
had beea aeddentnl: the bag had
been opened, III contsats taken out
and GxaAined. and tn putting them
back, - spck had ben Dropped m
no1ceA Zhe aboenco q ~ soek,
then, meant - 1npeo 0o1n TIT the
eontenl1 e - bas ~ tsen fAse.
sastly Investigated ~ vho0f ~
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