Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-04-18
CHAPTER XV--continued.


Che halted suddenly in her dressing
eornIexed and troubled. Her father
lad sent Eaton to the country CLUB
-Itb Avery; there Avery, plainly, had
,orcad Eaton into the polo game. by
30, fathers Instructions? Clearly
.boro seemed to have been purpose in
1bot had been done, and purpose
ublcb had not been confded to her.
soIf either by her father or Avery.
For how could they have suspected
Eaton would betray himself in the
gone unless they had also suspected
that he had played polo before? To
ensnect that. they must at least have
come theory as to who Eaton was.
PINT her father had no such theory; he
had been expending unavailingly, so
far every effort to ascertain Eaton's
connections. SO her thoughts led her
oplv into deeper and greater perplex-
,rv but with them came sudden-and
uDaccountable 49, resentment against
Avery.
At seven Harriet went In to dinner
with her father. The blind man was
alone. he had been awaiting her, and
they were served at once. All through
The dinner she was nervous and
moody; for she knew she was going
10 do something she had never done
before: she was going to conceal
something from her father. She told
Of Eatons reception at the country
club, and Of his taking part in the
polo practice and Dlaying badly; but
Of her own impression that Eaton
knew the game and her present con-
fiction that Donald Avery had seen
even more than that, she said moth
lg She watched her fathers face,
but she could see there no conscious
ness that she was emitting anything
ID her account.
An hour later, when after reading
aloud to him for a time, he dismissed
her she hestated before going.
you've seen Donald?" she asked.
Yes"
what did he tell you?"
THE same as you have told, though
not quite so fully"
She was outside the door and in
the hall before realization came to
her that her fathers reply could mean
only that Donald like herself, had
@ceoIed his discovery of Eaton's
aoliy to play polo. Why Donald had
POI told, She could not imagine; the
aly conclusion she could reach was
aa Donald's silence in some way
lTaced Eaton; for--suddenly now
came to her what this must mean
Eaton. All that he had been so
lsiuI to hide regarding himself and
connections must be obtainable
avery now, and Avery, for some
a'0Se OF his own, was Withholding
'syaI to make use Of it as he might
n it, -
NE moved once more to return TO
@'Aer; again she stopped; then.
lay she turned and went down
Me looked hurrledly about for
Z w, She did not find him nor at
,,, w.. Sae md Eaton either. She
'.' ', ulA presently in the music
WIN B.atchford, Blatchford at
9'used himself, tired evidently
y TASK OF watching over Eaton.
y , -,,,e, caught herself together and
"OIea herself to her usual man
,, r%o' snaII 1t be this evening, Mr..
=, o ~. Soe asked. Music billiards p,
ID '''''oS if you like" he respond
=. went up to the billiard room
mind ' u.. nouF played steadily; but
. gw was not upon the game-nor,
2 HI wa, was MS, Finally, as they
on. ,a a& and faced her oue 0"'A IN
Nv; w. A@ Santoine" no cola -
ikely !, a favor" want
ness What is ltm
Nyr u 80 out-unaccompanied."
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d voS w do YOU knowg
"A ~ t,, word to me at the conn.
~ Today Excuse me- me d,s SO ,-
pS host s,' ytg,, on Mr.. Avery; he was va,
I'D; M NE Slip" OeIieve he only
1'' The only one observing
TX s1 Il s, not In fact wa, cor,
& Id S 10, 5 Undoubtedly a 1 ipsS-
: % ''s not able to make
n 8 ~ '''' to receive all that wa.
! D = , "a nd for 5o an. moment. What
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