Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-02-14

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one most likely to be an efficient aid.
he handed II TO Eaton. "WH you
help me. please? Strike a light and
hold il as l direct-then draw il away
slowly" =
He lifted the partly closed eyelid
from one of the eyes Of the uncon-
scious man and nodded TO Eaton:
"HOld the light in front OF the pupil"
Eaton obeyed, drawing the light
slowly away as Sinclair had directed.
and the surgeon dropped the eyelld
and exposed the other pupil.
whats that forY" Avery now
asked.
II was trying to determine the Sc
robustness Of the injury TO the brain.
I was looking to see whether light
could cause the pupil TO contract
There was no reaction"
"His optic nerve is destroyed"
"Ahl He was blind7"
yes, he was blind" Avery admit
ted.
"Blind" Sinclair calculated. Blind,
and operated upon within two years
by KunO Garrtw Kuno CART Operat-
ed only upon the all-rich and powerful
or upon the completely pOwerless and
poor; the unconscious man In the
berth could belong only 10 the first
class of CARTS clientele. The sur
geon's gaze again searched the fea-
lures In the berth: then II shifted 10
the men gathered about him in the
aisle.
"WhO did you say this wasp he de
handed Of Avery.
II said his name was Nathan
Dorne." Avery evaded.
"No, nor Sinclair jerked out I'm
patiently. isn't this" He hest
tated, and finished in a voice suddenly
lowered: Isn't this Basil SantoineT'
Avery. If he still wished to do so.
found IL impossible to deny.
Basil SantOinel" Connery breathed.
To the conductor alone, among the
four men standing by the berth, the
name seemed to have come with the
sharp shock Of surprise; with it had
come an added sense OF responsibility
and horror over what had happened
10 the passenger who had been con-
fided to his care, which made him
whlten as he once more repeated the
name to himself and stared down at
the man in the berth.
Conductor Connery knew Basil San
tome only in the way that Santolne
was known TO great numbers Of other
peOple-that is, by name but not by
sight.
Basil Santoine at twenty-five had
been graduated from Harvard. though
blind. His cOnnectiOns-the family
was Of well-tO-dO southern stOck-his
possession Of enough money for ais
own support, made II possible for him
to live idly If he wished; but SantOine
had not chosen to make his blindness
an excuse for doing this. He had
at once settled himself 10 his chosen
profession. which was law. He had
not found II easy 10 get a start in
this, and he had succeeded only after
great effort In getting a place with a
small and unimpOrtant firm. Within
short time. well within two years.
men had begun TO recognize that in
this struggling law firm there was a
powerful. clear, compelling mind.
SantOine. a youth living IN darkness,
unable TO see the men with whom he
talked or the documents and books
which must be read TO him. was be-
ginning 10 put the stamp OF his per-
sonality on the firms affairs. A year
later HIS name appeared with others
Of the firm; at twenty-eight his was
the leading name. He had begun TO
specialize long before that time. In
corporation law; he married shortly
after this. At thirty the firm name
represented 20 those who knew It's
particulars only one personality, the
personality OF Santoine; and AZ thirty
five-thOugh his indifference TO money
was proverbial-he was many times a
millionaire