Gunnison news-champion., 1923-02-09

--sserifee your position here
why nosr
-BecHu-e you tried 10 gain is-~
II not exactly traf. At least you had
rome object In wanting TO be near
Father which you have not vet saInsi--
She hA.iateh once more. no; ioosin.
NJ him. What II Was thar had hap
Tsr-d during the afternasn she could
NJ; make out: ins'ineiiveiy. hsweyer.
STE felt that II had so aiiere.i Flfpn',
relations with them that now he might
rttsinTt TO escape.
They rad r-sa-ied the front of inc
h.1sxr aud q -ro.ui s.lran- 10 take the
heT~e. She le; Eaton help her down.
IS the. entered the horse Aver
who had reached the house only =. f-s
'i'ors, MS before thei1-was IIil In
'he hril. And again she was startled
n ihs. meeting of the two men by
A"c-y's triumph and the swii- siare
- 'lefiau~e IN raron's face.
She changed from her Af.es.,,,a.
olVSs slowly. As she did 90. she
brought swiftly In review the events
Of the day. Chiefly IL was tn the polo
practice and to Eaiou's dismay at
his one remarkable stroke that her
mind went. Had Donald recognized
In Eaton something more than merely
Q good player trying TO preteDd Ieno-
rance Of the Eamei The thought sud-
denly checked and startled her. Fog
how many great polo players were
their In Americaf Were there . hun
dredf Fiftyr Twenty-hvei She did
not know but she did know that thers
were so few Of them that their naues
and many Of the particulars Of thsiB
lives were known to every follower of
che sport.
She halted suddenly In her dressin9.
perplexed and troubled Her father
had sent Eaton to the country club
with Avery; there Avery. plainly. had
forced Eaton into the polo game. BY
her fathers instructionsf Clearly
there seemed to have been purpose II
what had been done. and purpose
which had not been confided to her.
self either by her father or Avery.
For how could they have suspected
Eaton Would betray himself in the
game unless they had also suspected
that he had played polo before1 To
suspect that. they must at least have
some theory A. to who Eaton was.
But her father had no such theory; he
had been expending unavailingly. %
far. every effort to ascertain Eaton's
connections. So her thoughts led her
only into deeper and greater perplex-
ity. but with them came sudden-and
tmaccountabie - resentment against
Avery.
At seven Harriet went In TO dinner
with her father. The blind man was
alone: he had been awaiting her. and
: they were served at once. An through
the dinner she was nervous and
moody: for she knew she was going
% do something she had never done
before: she was going to conceal
something from her father She told
OF Eaton's reception at the country
club, and of his taking part in tho
polo practice and playing badly: but
OF her own impression that Eaton
knew the game and her present con-
viction that Donald Avery had seen
even more than that, she said moth
Ing. She watched her fathers face,
but she could see there no conscious
ness that she was emitting anything
In her account.
An hour later when after reading
aloud to him for time. he dismissed
her. she hesitnted before going
you've seen Donald?- she asked.
"Yes."
-what did he tell your
THE sane as you have told. though
not quite SO fully"
She was outside the door and In
the hall before realization came to
her that her fathers reply could mean
only that Donald, like herself. had
concealed his discovery Of Eaton's
ability to play polo. Why Donald had
not told. she could not imagine: the
only conclusion she could reach was
that Donald's silence in some way
menaced Eaton: for-suddenly now
II came to her what this must mean
to Eaton. All that he had been so
careful to hide regarding himself and
his connections must be obtainable
BY Avery now. and Avery. for some
purpose Of his own, was Withholding
betrayal to make use Of II as he might
see At.
She moved once more to return 70
her father; again she stopped: thn,
swiftly. she turned and went down.
stairs.
She looked hurriedly about fnr
Avery. She did not find him, nor et
nrst did she find Eaton either. Shs
discovered him presently In the music
room with Blatchford. Blatchford st
once excused himself. tired evidently
OF his task Of watching over Eaton.
Harriet caught herself together and
controlled herself to her usual man.
ner.
What shall II be this evening. Mr..
Eaton!" she asked. Music. bIlliardsr.