Gunnison news-champion., 1923-01-26
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She caught herself. I'll don't
; know. Father. He certainly meant to
injure Mr.. Eaton When sAid KIN
him I was telling only what I
thought
That h better think % too
That he meant to kill Mr. EafonY'
YEA
She watched her fathers face:
ofren when relating thinSs to him.
she was aware from his expression
that she was telling him only some
thing he already had figured out and
expected OF even knew; she felt that
now.
Father. did you expect Mr.. Eaton
to be atfnckedy-
"Expectl Not that exactiy; n was
possible: suspected something like
this might occur"
And you did not warn himr
The blind rDan's hands sought each
other On the cover,et and ciasped to-
lgsther. 1T was not necessary to VAN
him. Harriet: Mr.. Eaton already
knew. Who was In the carr
Three men,
Had you seen any Of them heforeY-
Yes. one-the man who drove"
'WhereY"
''On the train"
The color on Santoine's face grew
brighter. Describe him, DEAR
He waited while she called together
her recollectious Of the man.
Il can't describe him very fully.
Father" she said. He was one Of
he people who had berths In the for.
ward sleeping chr. I can recall see
iAg him only when passed through
the car-I recall him only twice In
that car and once In the diner"
'-That is interesting said San.
tolne.
what. Fathery-
THAT In five days upon the train
you saw the man only three times"
"You mean he must have kept out
OF sight as much as possibleY
Have you forgotten that asked
you to describe him, Harrfetr'
She checked herself Height about
five feet Ave-" she said. broad.
shouldered. very heavily set; re-
member he impressed me as being un-
usually muscular. His hair was black:
j can't recall the color Of his eyes:
his cheeks were blue with a heavy
beard closely shaved. ! remember his
face WAS prognathous. and his clothes
were spotted with dropped food. l.
seems hard for me to recall him.
and ] can't describe him very well"
"But you are sure II was the same
man In the motorr'
Yes. He seemed an animal sort
Of person. small. strong. and not pnr.
ticularly Intelligent. II seems hard
for me to remember more about him
than that"
THAT Is interesting"
"Whatr'
That It IL hard for you to re.uem-
ber him very WELL"
.why. Fatherr'
Her father did not answer. ssThe
other men In the motori" he asked.
II can't describe them III vas
excited about Mr.. Eaton"
Thank you. dear. Bring Eaton -
me-"
-He has gone to his room to ar
himself up"
'ITl send for him. then" Santoine
pressed one Of the buttons beside his
bed to call . servant: but before the
bell could be answered. Harriet got
mp.
"rn 20 myself" she said.
She vent out into the han and
closed the door behind her: she wait
"a until she heard the approaching
steps of the man summoned BY San
TONES bell: then. going TO meet him.
she sent him to call Eaton In his
rooms. and she still waited until the
man came hack and told her Eaton
had already heft his rooms and gone
downstairs. She dismissed the man
and went to the head Of the stairs
but her steps slowed there and
stopped. She knew that the blind
mans thought in regard to Eaton had
taken some Immense stride: but she
did not know what that stride had
been. or what was coming now whee
her father saw Eaton.
She went on slowly down the stairs
and when halfway down. she saw Ea-
tion in the hall below her. He was
standing beside. the table which held
the bronze antique vase: he seemed
70 have taken something from the
vase and TO be examining II. She
halted again to watch him: then she
went on; and he turned at the sound
Of her footsteps. She could see. AZ
she approached him. what he had
taken from the vase. but she attached
no Importance to II: Il was only .
black button from .womkn's glove
one Of her own. perhaps. which she
had dropped without noticing. He
tossed II indiffeFently toward the opsn
fireplace q be came toward her.
-Father wants to 80 you. Mr.
Eaton." she said.
He locked 1t her intentiy for a.