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CHAPTER TX
The Blind Mans Ewes.

At noon Connery came to his door,
and behind Connery, Eaton saw Har.
riet Santoine and Avery. Eaton
Jumped up, and as he saw the girls
pale face. the color left his own.
Miss Santone has asked TO speak
to yop," Connery announced and he
admitted Harriet Santone and Avery,
and himself remaining outside In the
aisle. closed the door upon them.
How Is your fatherl" Eaton asked
the girl.
''He seems just the same; at least.
can't see any change, Mr.. Eaton"
Gan Doctor Sinclair see any differ.
ence?" Eaton asked.
doctor Sinclair will not commit
himself except to say that so far as
he can tell. the Indications are favor.
able. He seems to think" The girl
choked. but when she went on, her
blue eyes were very bright and her
lips I'D not tremble. doctor Sinclair
seems to think. Mr. Eaton. that Fa-
tlier vas found just In time. and that
whn'ever ehnnce he has for recovery
rarie from YOU. Sometimes Father
had insomnia and wouldn't get to
sleep fllI late In the morning; so l.
and Mr.. Avery too-would have left
him undIstnrbed until noon. Doctor
Sinclair says that II he had been left
rs inng as that. he would hav' bod NJ
,.tanre ., ~, f0r NE
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CHAPTER K
Publicity Not Wanted.

Basil Santolne dying! Blind mil.
llonaire lawyer taken Ill on traln!"
The alarm o; the cry came to
answer Eaton's question early the next
morning He threw up the curtain
and saw vagrant newsboy. evidently
passing through the railroad yards
to sell to the traInmen. Eaton. hail.
Ing the boy put out his hand for
paper. He spread the news.sheet be-
fore him and read that Santoine's con.
dition was very low and becoming
rapidly worse. But below. under
Montana date-line, Eaton saw II pro-
claimed that the blind millionaire was
merely sick; there was no suggestion
anywhere Of an attack. The paper
stated only that Basil Santoine, re.
turning from Seattle with his daugh.
ter and his secretary, Donald Avery.
had been taken seriously Ill upon
train which had been stalled fCT two
days In the snow In Montana. The
column ended with the statement that
Mr.. Santoine had passed through
Minneapolis and gone on to Chicago
under care Of DR.. Douglas Sinclair.
Eaton stared at the newspaper with.
ont reading, after he saw that. He
had not realized, until now that he
was told that Harriet SantoIne had
gOne-fOr II her father had gone on.
Of course she was with him-the ex-
tent to which he had felt her fair.
ness. almost her friendship to him. AT
least, he knew now that. since she had
spoken to him after he was first ac-
cused OF the attack on her father,
he had not felt entirely deserted or
friendless till now.
But why. II Santoine had been
taken away, or was dead or dying,
had they left Eaton all night In the
car In the yards? Since Santoine was
dying. would there be any longer an
object in concealing the fact that he
had been murdered7
He dressed and then paced back
and forth the two or three steps his
compartment allowed him. He
stopped now and then to listen; from
outside came the noises Of the yard
but he made out no sound within the
car. II II had been occupied as on
the days previous, he must have heard
some one coming to the washroom at
his end. Was he alone In the car
now. or had the customary moving
about taken place before he awoke3
Finally. to free himself from his
nervous listening for sounds which
never came, he picked up the paper
again. He read:
"rhe news Of Mr.. Santoine's visit
Of week on the Coast II not known
already In great financial circles, is
likely to prove interesting there. For
years he has been the chief agent
n keeping peace among some Of the
great conflicting interests. and more
than once he has advised the declar.
ing Of financial war when war seemed
to him the correct solution. Thus.
five years ago. when the violent death
Of Matthew Latron threatened to pre-
ipitate trouble among western
capitalists, Santoine kept order In
.vhW might verv well hacome
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CHAPTER Vlil-Continued.

Eaton had sensed already what the
natnl. Of the message must be,
though as the conductor held II out
to him he could read only his name
at the top Of the sheet and did not
know yet what the actual wording
was below. Acceptance Of II must
mean arrest. indictment for the
crime ngaIns, Basil Santolne; and
that, whether or not he later was ac.
quilted. must destroy hirn; but denlnl
Of the message now would be hope.
less.
1T Is yours. isn't ~" Connery
urged
"ies; It's mine Eaton admit, vi !;
and TO make his acceptance definite,
he took the paper from Conncry. AS
he looked duly down ut 1t. he read !:
lie Is on your train under the
name Of Dorne."
The message was not signed.
Connery touched him on the shoul-
der. Come with me, Mr.. Eaton"
Eaton got up slowly and mechan.
ically and followed the conductor. At
the door he halted and looked back ;
liarrlet Santoine was not looking
her face was covered with her hands
Eaton hesitatcd; then he went on.
Connery threw open the door Of the
compartment next to the waslroom
and corresponding to the drawing
room at the other end Of the car, but
smaller.
You'll do well enough In here"
He closed the door upon Eaton and
locked IT, As Eaton stood staring at
the floor. he could hear through the
metal partition of the washroom the
nervous, almost hystercal weeping OF
an overs'rnined girl. The thing was
done; IN so far as the authorities on
the train were concerned. II was
known that he was the man who had
had the appointment with Gabriel
Warden and had disappeared; and In
so far as the train officials could act,
he was accused and confined for the
attack upon Basil Santoine. But be-
sides being overwhelmed with the hor.
ror OF this position, the manner In
which he had been accused had
reused him to helpless anger, to rage
his accusers which still increased
as he heard the sounds on the other
side OF the partition. where Avery was
now trying to silence Harriet San.
tolne and lend her away.
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Five.Year Grazing Permits.

Denyer.-Beginning with the graz
ing season Of 1924, permits will be is
sued to fully qualified owners for not
less than fiye-year period by thu
forest service, United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture. The permits will
authorize the grazing Of not less than
stated number Of live stock, which
will be approxlmated to the number
now permitted under established pref
erences, and will be non-reducible dur
ing the period except for violation Of
the terms Of the permit or In emer.
gencies for the protection Of the range.
The primary purpose Of such an ar
rangement is to stabilize the use df
national forests by all classes of graz.
Ing permittees.
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financial cha 10 II his recent visit
10 the Pacific coast was MOI purely
lor personal reasons but was also
10 adjust antagonisms such as charged
by Gabriel Warden before his death,
the loss Of Santolne at this time may
precipItate troubles which. living, his
advice and information might have
been able to prevent"
Having read and reread this long
paragraph. Eaton thrust the sheet
out the window. As he sat think.
Ing. with lips tight closed. he heard
for the first time that morning foot
steps at his end of the car. TIE
door of his compartment was un-
locked and opened, and he saw Doc.
tor Sinclair.
mir. Santolne wants 10 speak to
you" the surgeon announced quietly.
This startling negation Of all he
imagined. unneryed Eaton. He
started up. then sank back for bet.
ter cOinpOsure.
"Mr SantolDe Is here, then?"
Here? OF course he's here?'
"And he's conscious?'
"He has been conscious for the
better part Of two days. Didn't they
tell your
Eaton looked toward the window,
breathing hard. " I heard the news
boys"
Sinclair shrugged. "The papers
print what they can get and in lns
way which seems most effective to
them" was his only comment.
The surgeon led Eaton to the door
of the drawing room. showed him in
and left him.
Harriet Santolne was sitting on the
little lounge opposite the berth where
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DEPARTMENT
Commercial inquiries answered and
Information gladly furnished without
cost. Address any firm above.
Forests Use to Further Industry.

Denyer.-Witll continuance of the
Development now In progress, the ma
tional forests in Colorado within the
next twenty years will be ready to care
for the lumber needs of the state ana
provide the water required by Colora-
do without In any way interfering with
the tourist industry, according to Col.
Allen s. Peck, U. S. district forester.
He said that In Colorado 4O,OOO,OOO
board feet of lumber Is now being cut
yearly and 1OOO0OOOO feet grown. Inc
forests, If handled properly, have all
the resources required to take care Of
ColOradOs needs.
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ale has n chance then. now -

Yes. but we don't know how much.
IL wanted you to know, Mr. Eaton.
that recogniZe-that the chance Fa-
ther may have came through you. and
that ! am trying to think OF you as
the one who gave him the chance"
The warm blood flooded Eaton's
face. and he bowed his head. She,
then, was not wholly hostile to him:
she had not been completely con
WINGED by Avery.
Her eyes rested upon Eaton stead.
lily: and while he had been appealing
TO her, flush had come to her cheeks
and faded away and come again and
again with her impulses as he spoke.
III you didn't do II, why don't you
help us?' she cried.
Help your
ayes; tell Us who yon are and what
you are doing? Why did you take the
train because Father was on ii, II you
didn't mean any harm to him? Why
don't you tell US where you are going
or where you have been or what you
have been doing? Why can't you give
the name Of anybody you know or tell
us of anyone who knows about your
II might ask you in return" Eaton
said. why you thought II worth while.
Miss SantOine. to nsk so much about
myself when you first met me and
before any OF this had happened?
Why were you curious about mef'
"My father asked me to find OUT
about you
"Why:"
Harriet had reddened under Eaton's
gaze. "You understand. Mr.. Eaton. II
was-was entirely lmpersonal with
me. My father, being blind. Is obliged
to use the eyes of others--mIne, for
one; and he has Mr.. Avery. He calls
us his eyes. sometimes: and II was
only--0nly because had been COM
missioned To 1nd out about you that
! was obliged to show SO much
curiosity"
Harriet arose, and Eaton got up as
she did and stood as she went toward
the door.
Avery had reached the door. hold,
Ing II open for her to go out Sudden.
ly Eaton tore the handle from Avery's
grasp. slammed the door shut upon
him and braced his foot against 1t.
Miss Santoine.' he pleaded, his
voice h0arse with his emotion. .'for
Gods sake, make them think what
they are doing before they make a
public accusation against me-before
| they charge me with this to others
not on this train! II will not be
merely accusation they make agnIns,
met will be my sentence, shall
be sentenced before | am trled-con.
demned without chance to defend
myself! That Is the reason | could
not come forward after the murder
Of Mr.. Warden. could not have
helped hlm-or aided In the pursuit
Of his enemies-lf had appeared; |
merely would have been destroyed
myself. The only thing could hope
to accomplish has been In following
my present course-which. swear
to you, has no connection with the
attack upon your father. What Mr..
Avery and Connery are planning to
do to me, they cannot undo. They
will merely complete the outrage and
injustice already done mc-of which
Mr.. Warden spoke to his wlfe-and
they will not help your father. For
Gods sake, keep them from going
further"
Her color decpened, and for an In.
stant. he thought he saw full belief In
him growing In her eyes: but II she
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Abandons Mine; Friend. Profit,

Redding, Calif.-"Go help yourself"
said Theodore Thompson, of Alameda,
when he abandoned his Mad Mule mine
near Whiskytown, in disgust three
weeks ago. Thompson's remark was
addressed to miner friends In Old
Camp, as he babe them farewell.
George Zinn and John r. Kemble have
arrived in Redding with more than ST..
600 in gold they had taken from the
Mad Mule mine In four days.
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Harriet Santoine Was Sitting on the
Little Lounge Opposite the Berth
Where Her Father Lay.

'afIiGk oaUtOiHe was 0ittiHH OU wv
Little Lounge Opposite the Berth
Where Her Father Lay.
her father lay. She was watching
the face Of her father. and as Eaton
stood In the door. he saw her lean
forward and gently touch her fathers
hand; then she turned and saw Eaton.
Here Is Mr.. Eaton, Father" she
said.
"SIt down." SantOlne directed.
The blind man was very weak and
must stay quite still: and he recog.
nlzed II; but he knew too that his
strength was more than equal to the
task of recovery. and he showed that
he knew II. His mind and will were,
obviously. at their full activity. and
he had fully his sense Of hearing.
Harriet's lips trembled as she
turned to Eaton: but she did not
speak directly to him yet; 1t was
Basil Santolne who suddenly inquired: :
"What Is It they call youi"
"My name Is Philip d. Eaton"
Eaton realized as soon as he had
spoken that both question and answer
had been unnecessary. and Santoins
had asked only to hear Eaton's voice.
The blind man was silent for q
moment, as he seemed 70 consider
the voice and try again vainly to
place II In his memories. Then he
spoke to his daughter.
Describe him. Harriet"
Harriet paled and flushed.
"About thirty" she said. under
rather than over that. Six feet or
little more In height. Slender. but
muscular and athletic. Skin and eyes
clear and with look Of health. Com.
plexion naturally rather fair, but
darkened by being outdoors a good
deal. Hair dark brown. straight and
parted at the side. Smooth shaven.
Eyes blue-gray, with straight lashes
Eyebrows straight and dark. Fore
head smooth. broad and Intelligent
Nose straight and neither short nor
long; nostrils delicate. Mouth straight
with lips neither thin nor full. Chin
neither square nor pointed, and with.
out cleft. Face and head, In gen.
eral. Of oval Anglo-American type
go on" said SantOine.
Harriet was breathing quickly.
"Hands well shaped, strong but with.
out sign OF manual labor: nails cared
for but not polished. Gray business
suit. new. Soft-bosomed shirt of plain
design with soft cuffs. Medium.
height rundown white linen collar.
Four-in-hand tie. tied by himself.
Black shoes. No jewelry except
watch.chaln."
'In general?" Santoine suggested
"ln general, apparently well.edu
ated, well-bred. Intelligent young
American. Expression frank. Manner
self-controlled and reserved. Seemi
sometimes younger than he must be-
sometimes older. Something has
happened at some time which has
had great effect and can't be for
gotten"
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Pittsburgh Papers Combine.

Pittsburgh. Pa.-The Pittsburgh Dis.
patch has discontinued publication.
The plant and good will Of the DIS.
patch have been sold to other Pitts
burgh newspapers. the Post Publishing
company, publishing the Pittsburgh
Post; the Sun Publishing Company,
publishing the Pittsburgh Sun; the
Newspaper Printing Company, pub.
fishing the Pittsburgh Gazette Times,
and the Pittsburgh ChronIcle-T -Tele-
graph and the Press Publishing Com.
pany. publishing the Pittsburgh Press
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"DEScRiBE HIM"

Gabriel Warden. Seattle capital
list. tells his butler he Is expecting
a caller. TO be admitted without
question. He Informs his wife OF
danger that threatens him II he
plrsues course he considers the
only honorable one. Warden leaves
the house In his car and meets a
man whom he takes into the ma
chine When the car returns home.
Warden Is found dead. murdered.
and alone The caller. young
man. has been at Warden's house.
but leaves unobbervei Bob Con-
merry, conductor. receives orders to
hold train for a party. Five men
and girl board the train. the
eastern express The father o, the
girl, Mr.. Dorne. Is the person for
whom the train was held. Philip
d Eaton. young man also
boarded the train. Dorne tells his
daughter and his secretary. Don
Avery. to ind out what they can
concerning him. The two make
Eaton's acquaintance. Dorne Is
found nearly deal from 4 murder
Gus assault. A surgeon operates.
porne Is revealed as Basil San
ulue. hlird. and power in the
tlrancNal world M the adviser OF
big interests. Eaton Ia suspected
and questioned. He refuses infor-
nation about himself and admits h.
was the caller at Wa.den's house.
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WOULD NOT TRADE
FOR $4,000 CASH
Benefits From Tanlac in Ending
His Stomach and Rheumatic
Troubles, Priceless,
States Tucker.

II wouldn't take $4,000 for the good
ranlac has done me-" declared W. e.
Tucker. 1120 North 2Sth St.. Richmond,
Va, q boxmaker for the Allegheny
Box Co.. recently.
II thought I would have to give up
the job ! had been on seventeen years,
but Tanlac has built me up eighteen
pounds. and never felt better In my
life.
7 was so weak and run down and
had lost SO much weight and strength
| just felt broken down all the time.
[ got up mornings awfully nervous.
with no appetite, feeling like l hadn't
slept wink, and while on the Job my
nerves were so unstrung that the noise
10 the factory Just tortured me. My
liver wasn't acting right, and / suf-
fered so much from rheumatism / could
hardly use my arms.
But Tanlac has made clean sweep
Of my troubles, and now, with plenty Of
strength and energy. am working and
feeling fine"
Tanlac Is for sale by all good drug.
gists. Over IS million bottles sold.-
Advertisement.
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counterfeiters Work In Prison.

Portland, Ore.-Counterfeiters have
turned one of the corridors of the
Multnomah county Jail here into a
plant for raising" greenbacks, accord
Ing to secret service operatives who
are conducting an investigation. They
said they found two 81 bills In the
hands Of prisoners
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WOMAN 50 I'LL
COULD N0TSTAND
Says Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound Made
Her Well and Strong
Glens Fails, N. Y.-"For over two
months ! was 90 sick was not able 10

stand on my feet,
and my husband did
my housework. The
doctor said an oper.
alton might be nec-
essary. ] read testi-
monial letters about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound md began to
take It Before !
had fnished taking
the first bottle l saw
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" Wnc. BVou ~ was uOs
ing me. lam now well and strong, do.
ing al my work for . family Of four,
all my washing and my sewing, which I
think u remarkable, a. ] had not dared
to run my sewing machine, but had
done ~ my sewing by hand. / truly
feel that were It not for your medicine
! would not be here today as my case
seemed very serious. Mrs. GnoR0D
W. BURcH1lL, Glens Falls. N. Y.
Free upon Request
Lydia z. Pinkham's Private Text.
Book upon "Ailments Peculiar to Wo-
men" win Be sent you free, upon re.
guest. Write to the Lydia e. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Massachusetts,.
This book contains valuable information
that every woman should have.
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Many man who Is willing to be a
CRATER lacks the chance.
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could not accept the charge agalns.
him, neither could she consciously
deny II, and the hands she had been
pressing together suddenly dropped.
Tim afraid nothing | could say
would have much effect on them
knowing as little about--about you
as | dol"
They dashed the door open then
0llenced and overwhelmed him: and
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s~, o~ s~,>~r>ss~o.
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CLEANERS AND DyEns.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-10-12
MANSON

We are still having fine weather.
The play that was given at this
place Saturday night by Consolidated
School District No. was well attend
ed.
Joe Adair and family left Sunday for
Missouri where they will make their
future home.
T. l.. Elliott and Frank Blackshear
are owners of new cars.
Miss Pauline Brown visited at Poca.
hontas the latter part of last week.
Several attended church at this place
Sunday night.
Miss Mary Purdy of Fort Scott,
Kans., Is visiting her parents here at
this writing.
/ Joe Buckner and family have moved
to shannon. Mr.. Buckner having a
position in the Shannon gin.
Arthur Shride passed through town
Saturday en- route to his home at
Dalton.
Miss Amanda Ryburn Of Maynard
is visiting relatives at this place.
Uncle Joe Long was on our streets
Saturday.
Mrs. Rufe Daniels is ON the sick
list.
Miss Anna Brown of Walnut Ridge
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jesse
Brown, of this place.
DIR. Ryburn made a business trip to
Memphis last week.
Wesley Brown and wife and niece,
Miss Maude Stout, of Sharum were
Manson visitors Saturday night.
We have few cases of measles In
town at this writing.
Little Harry Brown is real sick at
this writing.
Roy Duty is working at Manson
now.
Miss Inez Lloyd of Pocahontas visit
ed Glenda Ryburn Saturday night aud
Sunday.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-10-12
PEACH ORCHARD

Our little town Is growing rapidly
fifteen new buildings have been put
up here this summer.
We have received our new pews
for the Methodist church.
Mines. J. G. Cunningham and Clar
ence Tolar are visiting relatives la
Little Rock this week.
Mrs. Ledbetter Is spending the week
with her children, Mr.. and Mrs. Gene
Bass. who are the proud parents Of
fine girl baby.
Bro. J. NJ. Stevens filled his appoint
ment here Saturday night, Sunday and
Sunday night and delivered three very
instructive sermons.
School is progressing nicely with a
large enrolment, and with the present
faculty we look forward to a good term
Of school.
Jessie Henry Is back frem Boonvil!e
where he has been in the sanitarium.
The Baptist church is conducting a
Bible class every Wednesday night
Everybody is cordially invited.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-10-12
MIDDLEBRoOK

MIR. and Mrs. S. W. Lindsey and
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Parker are both
the proud parents of fine baby girls
since our last report.
Scott Crotte is on the indisposed
list this week.
George Green of Burr. Mo-, and Mrs.
Belle johnson Of this place were quiet
ly married at Doniphan last Friday.
Their many friends wish them a long
and prosperous life together.
Rev. S. l.. Johnston attended the
annual conference of the Methodist
church at Dexter, Mo-, last week.
J. w. Burrow. Uncle Crave and
Ollie Wilson and Jno. A. johnson had
business at Pocahontas last wednes-
day.
Charley Lindsey and family and S.
J.. Johnston and two daughters visited
Charley Carter's last Sunday.
Aunt Caroline Lindsey visited her
son, John, near Pocahontas the latter
part Of last week.
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BIGGERs

Miss Lucy Pulliam of Poynor, Mo-,
was here last Of the week visiting her
sons, Amos and Odie.
Miss Etalka Hl,e, who is attending
school at Imboden. visited homefolks
here Sunday.
Miss Mary Purdy of Manson spent
the week end here visiting at J. r.
Odom's.
j. n. Beakley of Walnut Ridge is
visiting DIR. j. C. Poindexter.
Noah Pace Of Pocahontas was on our
streets Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Harris of near
Brockett were here Sunday visiting
their sons
Miss Edna Evans, who is attending
school at Jonesboro, visited homefolks
here Sunday.
Jno. Ferguson and family, accompan-
led by Prof. Marvin Lawson, spent
Sunday at Imboden.
Campbell's New Orleans Minstrels
put on show here Saturday night.
The U. $. snagboat Quapaw is here
this week working the river.
Rev. W. Il. Cooper is at Success
this week helping w. c. Swope con
duct series of meetings.
The revival at the Baptist church
closed Sunday night with two conver
siOns and six additions TO the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Collier are
the proud parents of a baby boy born
on the sixth.
The school win put on play at the
school house Saturday entitled. eth,
Swimming Match"