Gunnison news-champion., 1923-01-19

Eaton sat silent as the EuglIshman.
after staring cgriously around at them
~ith his bulsins. Interested eyes. left
tie washroom.
Now. Mr.. Eaton" Connery said. as
the sound OF Standlsh's steps became
lnaudIble. either you were not on the
TRmba Maru or you were on IL under
some other name than Eaton. Which
was Ity'
i never said ! was on the Tamba
MAru." Eaton returned steadily. Il
said I came from Asia by steamer.
iOu yourself supplied the name Tam
bA Nsru."
In case Of questioning like that.
Mr. Eaton, II makes NO difference
whether you said II or I supplied IL
in your hearing. II you didn't correct
me, II was because you wanted me TO
get a wrong impression about you.
You weren't on the Tamba MArV.
we're your'
No I was not"
You did come from Asia. though.
as your railroad ticket seemed to
shown
Yes"
Prom Yokohamar'
The last port We stopped nj before
sailing for Seattle was Yokohama
yes"
COunery reflected. You had been
In Seattle. then. at least five days:
for the last steamer you could have
come on docked five days before the
Tamba Maru. In fact, Mr.. Eaton, you
had been on this side Of the water for
a. many us eleven days, had VOC
nutf''
Eleven dnysT' Eaton repeated.
Yes: for II was just eleven days
before this train left Seattle that you
came to the house Of AIR Gabriel War.
den and waited there for him TIL he
was brought home deadr'
Eaton. sitting forward little.
looked up at the conductor: his
glance caught Avery's an Instant: he
gnzed then TO Harriet Santolne. At
the charge, she had started. lmt
Avery had not The Identification,
therefore, was Connery's. or had been
agreed upon by Connery and Avery
between them; suggestion of 1t had
. not come from the Santolnes. And
Connery had made the charge swith-
out being certain Of Il; he was watch
Ing the effect Eaton now realized, to
see II what be had accused WAS cor
rect
Isn't that soT" COnnery demanded.
"Or do you want TO deny that too and
have II proved on you laterr"
Again for moment Eaton sat si-
lent NO" he decided, Il do not deny
that"
Then you are the man who was at
Warden's the night he was muir
deredT'
yes" said Eaton, Il was there that
evening. l WAS the one who came
there by appointment and waited till
after Mr.. Warden wns brought home
dead"
$50 you admit thatT Connery gloat.
ed: but he could not keep from Eaton
4 sense that. by Eaton's admission Of
the fact, Connery had been disap-
pointed.
"All right. Mr.. Eatoni" Connery
returned to his charge. "You are that
man. So besides whatever else that
means. you'd been In Seattle eleven
days and yet you were the last person
to get aboard this train. which left Q
full hour after Its usual starting time.
Who were you waiting to see get on
the train before you yourself took III.
Eaton wet his lips. To what was
Connery working up7 The probabil.
iy. now rapidly becoming certainty,
that In addition 80 the recognition Of
him as the man who had waited at
Warden's-wlhch fact anyone at any
time might have charged-Connery
knew something else which the con-
ductor could not have been expected
to know-this dismayed Eaton the
more by its indeiniteness. And he
saw, rs his gaze shifted to Avery. that
Avery knew this thing also.
what do you mean by that quest
honl" he asked.
Il mean that-however Innocent or
guilty may be the chance Of your be-
Ing at Mr.. Warden's the night he was
killed-you1l have n hard time prov
Ing that you did not walt and watch
and take this train because Basil San
teiae had taken 1t; and that yea were
not following him Do you deny ttY'
Eaton was silent
Counery. bringing the paper In his
hand nearer to The window .sUAin.
GlApcsd down oAes more u The a1ofe.
Uene Eaton bad mAdA n ask%A yOa
vho you knew In Chiease." - odd.
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