Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-01-18

? ~ was accustomed to be In the en-
E ploy Of n who required ~reticenc,
} Connery looked from the tote TO tn
bearer more keenly. There was somt
thing familiar In the chauffeur's fac
just enough to have made Conner
helieye. at first, that probably he hal
seen tie man meeting some passenge
at the station
You are" Connery venture,
casually.
In private employ; yes, sir" thu
man cut or quickly. Then Conner,
knew him : 1t vas when Gabriel War
den Travelled on Connery's train tina.
the conductor had seen this chauf
feur; this was Patrick Corboy. who
had driven Warden the night he wa,
killed. But Connery, having won his
point, knew better than to show 1t
waiting for a receipt from me7" he
asked-as If he had abandoned his
curiosity.
The chauffeur nodded. Connery
took a sheet of paper, wrote on 1t,
sealed 1t in an envelope and handed II
over; the chauffeur FASTENED back to
his car and drove Off, Connery whis-
tied softly to himself, Evidently his
passenger was to be one of the great
men I'm eastern finance who had been
brought west by Warden's death. As
Cared
off to the sound.
The March morning was windy and
wet, with a storm blowing in from the
Pacific. From Eliot bay r~everberated
the roar of the steam=whIstle Of GONE
large ship signaling its intention to
pass another TO the left. The incom-
Ing vessel doomed In sight and showed
the graceful lines, the single funnel
and the white and red-barred flag OF
the japanese line, the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha. Connery saw that 1t was. as
he anticipated. the Tamba Afaru. due
two days before. having been delayed
by bad weather over the Pacific. 1t
would dock, Connery estimated, just
In time to permit a passenger to catch
the Eastern Express If that were held
till nine o'clock. So, as he FASTENED
~ tit &dA iAAitf &OiiitAJ cbliitO aA ~
self for taking the trouble to make
his earlier surmises.y
Old Sammy Seaton, the gateman,
stood In his iron coop twirling a punch
about his finger. Old Sammy's scheme
of sudden wealth-everyone has a
plan by which at any moment wealth
may arrive-was TO recognize and APP
prehend some wrongdoer, or some lost
or kidnapped person for whom a great
reward would be given. His position
at the gate through which must pass
most Of the people arriving at the
great Coast city, or wishing TO depart
from 1t, certainly was excellent and
by constant and careful reading of
the papers, classifying and memoriz-
ing faces, he prepared himself TO take
advantage of any opportunity. Sammy
still awaited his great strike
ANY one off on Number Five, Sam
myY" Connery questioned carelessly
he approached.
Old Sammy shook his head. "What
are we holding forT he whispered.
"Ah-zfor themf"
A couple of st~ation-boys. overloaded
with h~and-baggage, scurried In from
the street; someone shouted for q
trunk-truck, and baggagemen run. A
group of people. who evidently had
to the station In covered cars,
crowded out to the gate and lined up
to pass old Sammy. The gateman
81 ohtapad mpor*ont1v ana uorrtg |
each person presenting a ticket.
Connery inspected with attention the
Ale at the gate and watched old Sam
my also as each passed him.
> The first In line was a girl-~a girl
about twenty-five or three, Connery
guessed. She had the easy, interested
air OF a person of assured position.
When Connery first saw her. she
to be accompanying the a
who now was behind her; but she Of
her own ticket for perusaI at
he gate, and as soon as she was
she hurried on ahead alone.
Connery was certain he did not
her. He noticed that old Sam
had held her at the gate as long
Is possible. as II hoping to recollect
vho she might be; but now that she
was gone. the gateman gave his attenr
ion more closely to the frsr mana
all. strongly built man. neither heavy
Tor light, and with q powerful. pa
face. His eyes were hidden
y smoked glasses such a. wear
leninst . glare OF
Cunnery found his gaze following
his man ; the conductor did not know
lin, nor had old Sammy recognized
lin but both were trying to place
lin. He, unQuestionably. was a man
o be known. though not more 20 than
many who travelled In the trsnsconti-
trains.
A trim. ~self-sssured man of thirty
IL open overcost showed q cutawsy
nderneAth-came past NEXT, prefer
NJ the plain Seattle Chicago TICKET
An Englishman. with r~edsSeined
hseks. fumbiing. clumsy fingers and
interested eyes. Immediately
allowed.