The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-05

lights. revealing her TO them, hushed
suddenly their angry CALCULATIONS
She recognized Avery In the first car !:
he leaped out and ran up to her.
Harriet! In Gods name. what ara
you doing hereY"
She sat unmoved In her seat gazing
at him. Men leaping from the cnrs
ran past her down the road toward
the ravine and the burning bridge.
Avery, gaining no satisfaction from
her, let go her arm his hand dropped
to the back Of the seat and he drew II
up quickly.
Harriet, there's blood herel"
She did not reply. He stared at har
and seemed to comprehend.
He jumped from the car and nm 60
the assembled men. They called
in answer to his shout, and she could
see man pointing out to them the
way Eaton had gone. The men, scat
tering themselves at Intervals along
the edge Of the wood and, under
Avery's direction. posting others in
each direction to watch the road. be
gan to beat through the bushes after
Eaton. She sat watching: she put her
cold hands to her face; then, recalling
how just now Eatons hand had clung
to hers. she pressed them to her lips
Avery came running back to her.
"YOu drove him out here, Harriet !"
he charged
Him? Who?" she asked coolly.
'Eaton. He was hurt |" The tn
umph In the ejaculation made her re-
coil. HE was hurt and could not
drive, and you drove him out"
He left her, running after the men
into the woods. She sat In the car,
listening to the sounds Of the hunt.
She had no immediate fear that they
would find Eaton; her present anxiety
was over his condition from his hurts
and what might happen II he encoun-
tered those he had been pursuing In
that neighborhood, with its woods and
bushes and ravines to furnish cover,
the darkness made discovery Of him
by Avery and his men impossible If
Eaton wished to hide himself. Avery
appeared to have realized this; for
now the voices In the woods ceased
and the men begun to struggle back
toward the cars. A party was sent on
foot across the ravine, evidently to
guard the road beyond. The rest be-
gan to Chamber Into the cars. She
backed her car away from the one in
front of it and started home.
She had gone only short distance
when the cars again passed her, trav-
cling at high speed. She began then
to pass individual men left by those
in the cars to watch the road. At the
first large house she saw one Of the
cars again, standing empty. She
passed 1t without stopping. A mile
further. little group Of men carry
ing guns stopped her, recognized her
and let her pass. They had been
called out, they told her, by Mr.. Avery
over the telephone to watch the
roads for Eaton; they had Eatons de-
scription; members Of the local police
were to take charge Of them and d.
rect them. She comprehended that
Avery was surrounding the vacant
| acreage where Eaton had taken refuge
to be certain that Eaton did not get
away until daylight came and a search
for him was possible.
Lights cleaned at her across the
broad lawns Of the houses near her
fathers great house as she approached
it; at the sound Of her car, people
came running to the windows and
looked out. She understood that news
Of the murder at Basil Santoine's had
aroused the neighbOrs and brought
them from their beds.
AS she left her motor on the drive
beside the house-for tonight no one
came from the garages to take 1t
the little clock upon its dash marked
half past two.