The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08
SYNOPSIS

Threatens him II he pursues q course he
sonsiders the only honorable one. War
z man whom he takes into the machine.
When the car returns home. Warden Is
ea ycunr msp has sns Sesn s,ons Ths
dsn's houss. but leaves unobserved.
CHAPTER II.-Bob Connery, conductor.
Escsives orders to hold train for party
Ns men and a girl board the train.
fhe father of the girl. Mr.. Dorne. i. the
Ship B. Eaton. ao sne young 5ra man man neI1 also
boarded the train. Dorne tells his daughe
tar and his secretary. Don Avery to dnd
CHAPTER 11.-The two make Eaton's
ecquaintanc& The tradn Is stopped by
snovdrtfts
CHAPTER 1v.-Eaton receives . tele-
rem addressed to Lawrence Hillward.
which he claims. 1t warns him he Is
oCHAPTER v.-Passing through the car
Oonnery notices Dorne's hand hanging
outside the berth. He ascertains Dorne's
eeu has recently rung. Perturbed, he
investigates and finds Dorns with his
uii crushed. He calls a surgeon. DR..
CHAPTER VI.-Sinclair recognizes the
injured man as Basil santoine, who. al
Shough blind, is peculiar power in the
financial world as adviser to big inter-
ssta His recovery is 4 matter OF doubt
CHAPTER vII-circumstanoes point to
Eaton a. Santoine's assailant
,,ciA ,CaAPTgR vI1I.--Eaton is practically
placed under arrest. He refuses to make
sxpanations as to his previous move
ments before boarding the train. but
Wsrdsn v1mlts ne ,s. was s the man who called on
dsred
WI A
riet santoine to withhold Judgment tell
innocent Of the e crime s against % her father. %
He feels the girl believes him.
CHAPTER X.-Ssntoine RECEIVERS suff-
efently to question Eaton. who refuses
auires Eaton to accompany him to the
Santoine home. where he is in the posi-
uon of a semi-prisoner.
CHAPTER XI.--Eaton meets a resident
of the house. Wallace Blatchford. and =
young girl, Mildred Davis, with whom
conceal the fact. Eatons mission is to
secure certain documents which are vital
to his interests. and his being admitted
luck. The girl agrees to aid him. He
becomes deeply interested In Harriet San
toine. and she in him.
CHAPTER xII-Harriet tells Eaton she
and Donald Avery act as "eyes" to San
tome reading to him the documents on
which he bases his Judgment mt While al,o
mobile deliberately attempt to run Eaton
down He escapes with slight injuries.
The girl recognizes one OF the men as
having been on the train on which they
came from Seattle
CHAPTER XIII.-Santoine questions
Eaton closely. but the latter Is reucent;
The blind man tells him he is convinced
the attack made on him on the train was
the result of an error, the attacker nay
ing planned to kill Eaton. Santoine tells
Harriet she is to take charge Of certain
papers connected with the "latron prop
critics" which had hitherto been In
Averys charge.
CHAPTER XIv.-Avery seeks to influ-
ence Harriet. as his wife to be. to give
the papers to him. She refuses Harriet
Is beginning to feel that her love belongs
4 -
lie hesitated she realized 1t was
rot timidity he was feeling; it was
something deeper and stronger than
that. 1t was fear; but so-plainly II
was not fear Of bodily hurt that sh.
moved instlnctlvely toward him ir
sympathy. He looked swiftly al
Avery, then at her, then away. He
seemed to fear alike accepting or re
decision.
"Fll play"
He started instantly away tc tn,
dressing rooms; q few minutes later
when he rode onto the field, Harriet
wu conscious that, in some way, Ea
ton was playing a part as he listened
to Avery's directions.
Avery appointed himself to oppose
Eaton wherever possible, besting him
In every contest for the bali; but she
saw that Donald, though he took II
upon himself to show all the other
players where they made their mis-
takes, did not offer any instruction tc
Eaton. one of the players drove the
ball close to the barrier directly be
fore Harriet; Eaton and Avery raced
for it, neck by neck. Eaton by betteI
riding gained a little; as they came
up, she saw Donald's attention wal
not upon the ball or the play; in
stead, he was watching Eaton closely
And she realized suddenly that Don
aid had appreciated as fully as her
self that Eaton's clumsiness was 9
pretense. 1t was no longer merely
polo the two were playing; Donald
suspecting or perhaps even certain
that Eaton knew the game, was try
Ing to make him show it. and Eator
was watchfully avoiding this. Just II
front of her, Donald, leaning forward
swept the ball from In front of Ea
toms pony's feet.
For few moments the play was al
at the further edge Of the field; theI
the ball crossed with a long curvinl
shot and came hopping and rollinI
along the ground close to where sh
stood. Donald and Eaton raced for II
"Stedman |" Avery called to team
mate to prepare to receive the bal
after he had struck It; and he liftet