Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-08

most likely to be an efficient ala
he handed n to Eaten.+.WHi= you
help me apleasaf Strike a Light and
hold 1t as | dlrect-then draw 1t away
slowly"
He lifted the partly closed eyslid
from one of the eyes of the uneon-
scious man and nodded to Eaton
"Hold the light In front of the pupil"
Eaton obeyed. drawing the light
slowly away as Sinclair had directed,
and the surgeon dropped the eyslid
and exposed the other pupil.
whats that forY' Avery row
asked.
II was trying 10 determine the Sc
riousness of tho injury to the brain.
was looking to see whether light
could cause the pupil TO contract
There was no reaction"
"His optic nerve is destroyed"
"Ahl He was blInd7"
"Yes, he was blind" Avery admit
ted.
"Bllndf" Sinclair calculated. '1slind,
and operated upon within two years
by Kuno Garrtl" Kuno Cart operat-
ed only upon the all-rich and powerful
or upon the completely powsrless and
poor; the unconscious man In the
berth could belong only to the first
class of CARTS clientele. The sur
geon's gaze again searched the fea-
lures In the berth then II shifted TO
the men gathered about him In the
aisle.
"Who did you say this was7' he de
handed of Avery.
Il said his name was Nathan
Dorne," Avery evaded.
"No. not" sinclaIr ierked out I'm
patiently. Isn't this" He hesi-
tated. and finished In a voice suddenly
lowered: isn't this Basil Santolnef"
Avery, II he still wished to do so.
found 1t impossible to deny.
Basil SantoiDe !" Connery breathed.
To the conductor alone, among the
To- men standing by the berth. the
name seemed TO have come with the
sharp shock Of a surprise with II had
an added sense of responsibility
and horror over what had happened
TO the passenger who had been con-
bded to his care, which made him
as he once more repeated the
name to himself and stared down at
the man In the berth.
Conductor Connery knew Basil San
only In the way that Santoine
vas known to great numbers OF other
is, by name but not by
light.
Basil Santoine at twenty-five hao
'een graduated from Harvard. though
hind. His connecfions-the family
vas Of well-to-do southern stock-his
OF enough money for his
'wn support, made II possible for him
o live Idly If he wished but Santoine
lad not chosen 10 make his blindness
excuse for doing this. He had
( once settled himself 10 his chosen
rofession. which was law. He had
of found II easy TO get a start in
fias HHu he DuU B~uCtttdfu bBiJ dittE
reat effort In getting a place with a
mall and unimportant firm. Within
short time. well within two years,
zen had begun to recognize that In
iis struggling law firm there was q
owerful. clear, compelling mind.
antoine, a youth living In darkness.
nhbie to see the mel with whom he
liked or the documents and books
.hich must be pead TO him, was be-
inning TO put the stamp of his per-
on the firms affairs. A year
ter his name appeared with others
the firm at twenfy-eighf his was I
'e leading name. He had begun to I
,eciallze long before hat time. In !
law; he married shortly
ter this. At thirty the firm name
presented to those who knew its
only one personality, the
'~rsonaiify Of SHntoine and nj thirty
'e-fhougb his indifference 10 money
proverbiaI-he was many times a
IIIionaire.