The Glenwood post., 1923-04-12
Illustrations by R.H Livingstone
SYNOPSIS
" Lrrrls. BROWN, AND COMPANY

SYNOPSIS
CHATTER I.-Gabriel Warden. Seattle
eApatahst tells his butler he IL expecting
inform1 his wife Of danger that
thfeatens him II he pursues a course he
considers tho only honorable one. War
4 man whom he takes into tho machine
WhAn the car returns home, Warden Is
found dead. murdered, and alone. The
dsn's houss. but leaves unobserved.
CHAPTER I..Bob connery, conductor
%.n % and % adiq sirl an posna '0t The Paaiia saain
Tho father of the girl. Mr. Dorns. is the
Rsrson for whom the train was held.
a.rded the % train, porns ste tells n his dausS ho
tar and his secretary. Don Avery, to dnd
cut what they can concerning him
CHAPTER 1I.-The two make Eaton's
sequaintance. The train u stopped by
0owdrifts.
tram addressed to Lawrence Hiliward.
which he claims. 1t warns him he II
being followed
CHAPTER v.-Passing through the car.
Connery notices Dorne's hand hanging
outside the berth. He ascertains Dorne's
1..t, SSn nas @ recently runs. Perturbed. he
ltull crushed. He calls a surgeon. U.
uanclatr, on the train.
CHAPTER U.-sinclalr recognizes the
injured man as Basil Santoine, who, al
ihough blind, is a peculiar pewer In the
ananeial world as adviser to ''big inter-
Ills recovery Is matter OF doubt.
.CHAPTER vI1--circumstance point to
sston as santoine's assailant.
CHAPTER v11I.-Eaton il practically
placed under arrest. He refuses to make
s1Nanations as to his previous move
admits he was the man who called on
warden the night the nnancier was mur-
CHAPTER N.-Eaton pleads with Har-
r1et Saatoine to withhold Judgment, tell
sg ing her ne Is In serious danger. though
innocent Of the crime against her father.
CHAPTER x.-Santoine RECEIVERS suffi-
eiently to- question Eaton. who refuses
9uires Eaton to accompany him to the
santoine home. where he is in the posi-
non Of semi-prisoner.
CHAPTER x1.-Eaton meets 4 resident
of the house. Wallace Blatchford, and a
young young girl. Mildred Davis, with whom
conceal the fact. Eaton's mission is to
secure certain documents which are vital
to his interests. and his being admitted
70 the house is remarkable stroke Of
luck. The girl agrees to aid him He
becomes deeply interested in Harriet San
soine. and she in him.
CHAPTER xII.-Harriet tells Eaton she
and Donald Avery act as "eyes" to San
toine, reading to him the documents on
which he bases his Judgments. While
walking with her, two men in an auto
mobile deliberately attempt to run Eaton
down. He escapes with slight injuries.
The girl recognizes one of the men as
having been on the train on which they
came from Seattle
CHAPTER xIII-santoine questions
The blind man tells him he is convinced
the attack made on him on the train was
the result Of an error. the attacker hay
ing planned to kill Eaton. santoine tells.
Harriet she Is to take charge of certain
papers connected with the "Latron Prop
critics" which had hitherto been In
Avery's charge.
CHAPTER XIv.-Avery seeks to infiu-
ence Harriet. as his wife to be. to give
the papers to him; She, she refuses; RET. ,a Harriet Harriet
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CHAPTER. Xv.-At the country club
at polo, seemingly to Avery's gratlfica-
ton. Eaton induces Harriet to allow him
to leave the grounds for few minutes
that night.
CHAPTER XvI-That night Eaton m
vades Santoine's library, seeking the pa
pers he is determined to possess. There
he finds two men, one of whom he recog-
nizes with bewildered surprise, on the
same errand. The three men engage In
a pistol duel.
CHAPTER XvII-Aroused by the shoot
ing. santoine descends to the library. The
combatants are there, but silent. Wallace
Blatchford arrives and is on the point of
informing Santoine of the identity of one
of the intruders when he Ia shot and
instantly killed. The fighters escape. The
safe has been rified and important papers
taken.
CHAPTER XvfII-Harriet finds Eaton.
badly wounded. She helps him and ac-
companies him in an auto In pursuit of
the invaders of the house. He satisfies
her of his innocence, which she has never
posse pursue Eaton. Satisfied he has
wounded the man he recognized in San
toine's study, Eaton leaves Harriet and
takes up the trail through the woods
actions to her father She is confident
he has clue to the mystery.
CHAPTER xX.-PeculIar happenings in
the stock market apparently convince
Santone of the truth of theory he
has formed.
CHAPTER XXI.-Eaton tracks the man
he has shot. through the woods. and
ascertans that he has been carried away
In boat.
CHAPTER xxi
Not Eatcn--Overton.
Santolne awoke at five o'clock. The
blind man felt strong and steady; he
had food brought him; while he was
eating 1t, his messenger returned