The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-25

| for fear someone will ask questions
about them. We had no near rela-
tives for Edith to go to and she had
to take up stenography to support her.
self and-and change her name, Mr..
| Santoine, because of me-"
$50 on" said Santoine. "You
thought l knew who Latron's MUIR
derer was and morally, though not
technically, perjured myself at your
trial to convict you In his place.
| What next?"
THAT was it," Eaton assented. eve
thought you knew that some of those
around you who served as your eyes
must know 1t, too"
Harriet gasped. Eaton, looking at
her, knew that she understood now
what had come between them when
she had told him that she herself had
served as her fathers eyes all through
the Latron trial. He felt himself
flushing as he looked at her; he could
not understand now how he could
have believed that she had aided in
concealing an injustice against him,
no matter what influence had been ex-
erted upon her. She was all good;
all true.
"At first" Eaton went on, Edith
did not find out anything. Then, this
year, she learned that there was to
be reorganization of some of the
Latron properties. We hoped that,
during that, something would come
out which might help us. 1 had been
forgotten, and we thought l could
take the chance of coming back to be
near at hand so l could act If anything
did come out. Lawrence met me at
Vancouver. We were about to start
east when l received a message from
Mr.. Warden. / did not know Warden
and l don't know now how he knew
who l was or where he could reach
me. His message merely said he knew
l needed help and he was prepared to
give it and made an appointment for
me to see him at his house. You know
what happened when I tried to keep
the appointment.
"Then you came to Seattle and took
charge of Warden'S affairs. I felt GER
tain that if there was any evidence
among Warden's effects as to who had
killed Latron, you would take it back
with you with the other matters re-
lating to the Latron reorganization.
You could not recognize me from your
having been at my trial because you
were blind; decided TO take the train
with you and try TO get possession of
the draft of the reorganization agree
ment and the other documents with it
which Warden had been working on.
l had suspected that I was being
watched by agents of the men protect
ing Latron's murderer while 1 was in
Seattle. 1 had changed my lodgings
there because of that, but Lawrence
had remained at the old lodgings to
find out for me. He found there was
man following me who disappeared
after / had taken the train, and Law
renee, after questioning the gateman
at Seattle decided the man had taken
the same train 1 did. He wired me In
the cipher we had sometimes used in
communicating with each other, but
not knowing what name 1 was using
on the train, he addressed 1t to him.
self, confident that if telegram
reached the train addressed to Law
renee Hillward' 1 would understand
and claim it.
"0f course, 1 could not follow his
inc ruo nd thn fro In.
were showed in. Besides, could not
imagine how anybody could have fol-
lowed me onto the train, as / had
taken pains to prevent that very thing
by being the last passenger to get
| aboard it."
'The man whom the gateman saw
| did not follow you; he merely watched
you get on the train and notified two
others, who took the train at Spo-
kane. They had planned to get rid
| of you after you left Seattle so as to
run less risk of your death being con-
| nected with that of Warden. 1t was
my presence which made it necessary
for them to make the desperate at
! tempt to kill you on the train"
"Then understand. The other tel
egram was sent me, of course, by
Edith from Chicago, when she learned
here that you were using the name of
Dorne on your way home 1 learned
| from her when got here that the doc
| uments relating to the Latron prop
critics, which I had decided you did
not have with you, were being sent
you through Warden's Office. Through
| Edith learned that they had reached
| you and had been put In the safe. /
| managed to communicate with Hill
ward at the country club, and that
| night he brought me the means of
| forcing the safe.
Eaton felt himself flushing again, as
he looked at Harriet. Did she resent
| his having used her in that way? He
saw only sympathy in her face.
"My daughter told me that she
helped you to that extent" Santoine
offered. land I understood later what
| must have been your reason for ask
| ing her to take you out that night"
"When I reached the study" Eaton
| continued, II found others already
there. The light of an electric torch
| flashed on the face Of one of them
and recognized the man as Latron-
the man for whose murder had been
convicted and sentenced! Edith tells
me that you know the rest"
There was silence In the room for
several minutes. Santoine again felt
for Eaton's hand and pressed it.
We've tired you out" he said. "You
must rest"
"You must sleep, Hugh, if you can,"
Edith urged.
| Eaton obediently closed his ewes