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strangely. she now realized that ii was
not the attacks on Mr.. Warden ard
her father-overwhelmin with horror
as these had been-which were bring
ing that appreciation home to her. II
w2S her understanding now that the
attack was not meant for her father
but for Eaton.
Though Harriet had never believed
that Eaton had been concerned in the
attack upon her father. her denial OF
il had been checked and stlhed be
cause he would not even defend him
self. She had not known what to
think; she had seemed to herself TO
he waiting with her thoughts in abey-
anCe: until he should be cleared. she
had tried not 10 let herself think more
about Eaton than was necessary.
Though he was involved with her IA
ther In some way. She refused 10 he
lieve he was against her father. but
clearly he was not with him. How
could he be involved, then. unless the
Injury he had suffered was some such
act Of man against man Is these let
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CHAPTER XIV
Donald Avery Is Moody.

Harriet went down the stairs into
the study; she pissed through the
study into the main part of the house
and found Donald and sent him to her
father. then she returned to the study.
She closed and fastened the doors, and
after glancing about the room, she re-
moved the boOns in front of wall
safe to the right of the door, slid
back the movable panel. opened the
safe and took out a bundle of CORE
spo: dence. She closed safe and panel
and put back the books; and carrying
the correspondence to her fathers
desk, she began to look over it,
This correspondence-a consider
able bundle of letters held together
with wire clips and the two envelopes
bound with tape which she had put
into the safe the day before-made UP
the papers OF which her father had
spoken to her. These letters repre-
sented the contentious of willful, pow
erful and sometimes ruthless and vio-
lent men. Ruin Of one man by an
other-ruin financial. social or moral
or all three together-was the inten-
tioh VI t"e pfHSiphiS 'ohcerheu IN
this correspondence: too often, she
knew. one man or one group had car.
ried out fierce intent upon another ::
and sometimes. she was aware. these
bitter feuds had carried certain of
her father's clients further even than
personal or family ruin; fraud, VIC.
fence "nd-twice now-even murder
were represented by this correspond
ence: for the papers relating to the
Warden and the Latron murders were
here. She had felt always the horror
of this violent and ruthless size of
the men with whom her father dealt :
but now she knew that actual appre.
citation Of the crimes that passed as
business had been far from her. And
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I You don't mind my calling YOU
down. Harry: 1t is so long since we
had even few minutes alone to-
gether," he pleaded
what is 1t you want, DonT' she
asked.
| only to see you, dear-Hurry." He
took her hand again; she resisted and
| withdrew II. Il can't do any more
work tonight. Harry. find the cor
respondence | expected TO go over this
evening isn't here; your father has it,
suppose"
"No; have 1t. Don"
"You?"
Yes; Father didn't want you both
cred by that work just now. Didn't he
tell you?"
He told me that, OF course, Harry.
and that he had asked you to relieve
me as much as you could; he didn't say
he had told you TO take charge of the
| papers. Did he do that?"
Il thought that was implied. If you
need them, I'll get them for you. Don.
| Do you want them?"
She got up and went toward the safe
where she had put them suddenly she
| stopped. What IL WIS that she had
| felt under his tone and manner. she
| could not tell; it was probably only
| irritation at having important work
| taken out OF his hands. But whatever
| 1t was, he was not openly expressing
| it-he was even being careful that II
should not be expressed. And now
suddenly, as he followed and came
close behind her and her mind went
swiftly to her father lying helpless up
stairs, and her fathers trust In her,
| she halted
1--WE must ask Father" she said.
ASK him." he calculated. "Why p
She faced him uncertainty, not an
| swering.
That's rather ridiculous. Harry. es-
| pecially as 1t is too late to ask him
| tonight" His voice was suddenly
rough in his irritation. Il have had
charge Of those very things for years !:
| they concern the matters in which your
| father particularly contides in me. 1t
| is impossible that he meant you to take
| them out of my hands like this. He
/ must nave lutuHt pblN lHul YOU were
to give me what help you could with
them! Harry, don't you see that you
are putting me in a false position
wronging me? You are acting as
though you did not trust mel'
AZ do trust you. Don; at least have
no reason to distrust you. only say
we must ask Father"
They're in your little safeT
She nodded. Yes"
And you'll not give them to me?'
mo"
He stared angrily: then he shrugged
and laughed and went back to his desk
and began gathering up his scattered
| papers. She stood indecisively watch
| ing him. Suddenly he looked up, and
she saw that he had quite conquered
his irritation. or at least had concealed
it; his concern now seemed to be only
over his relations with herself.
We've not quarreled. Harry?" he
asked.
"Quarreled? Not at all. Don," she
replied.
She moved toward the door he fol-
lowed and let her out, and she went
back to her own rooms.
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ters and statements represented? She
looked carefully through all the con
tents of the envelopes, but she could
not find anything which helped her.
She pushed the letters away, then.
and sat thinking. Mr.. Warden, who
appeared TO have known more about
Eaton than anyone else, had taken Ea-
ions side; it was because he had been
going TO help Eaton that Mr. Warden
had been killed. Would not her father
be ready to help Eaton. then. if he
knew as much about him as Mr.. War
den had known? But Mr.. Warden,
apparently, had kept what he knew
even from his own wife; and Eaton
was now keeping it from everyone
her father included. She felt that her
father had understood and appreci-
ated all this long before herself-that
1t was the reason for his attitude
toward Eaton on the train and in part,
the cause Of his considerate treatment
of him all through.
SO, instead Of being estranged by
EatOn's manner to her father. she felt
an impulse of feeling toward him
flooding her. a feeling which she tried
to explain TO herself as sympathy. But
it was not just sympathy; she would
not say even to herself what it was.
She got up suddenly and went to
the door and looked into the hall; d
servant came to her.
as Mr.. Avery still with Mr.. San
toine?" she asked.
mo, Miss Santoine; he has gone
out"
THANK you"
She went back, and bundling the
correspondence together as 1t had been
before, she removed the books from a
shelf to the left of the door. slid back
another panel and revealed q second
wall-safe corresponding to the one to
the right of the door from which she
had taken the papers. The combIna-
ton of this second safe was known
only to her father and herself. She
put the envelopes into 1t, closed II,
and replaced the books. Then she
went to her fathers desk, took from
a drawer long typewriter report of
which he had asked her to prepare a
digest. and read 1t through; conscious
ly concentrating, she began her work.
At three she heard Avery's motor, and
went to the study door and looked ou,
as he entered the hall.
what have you found, DonY' she
inquired.
Nothing yet, Harry"
You got no trace of them?"
NO; too many motors pass on that
road for the car to be recalled par
ticuidrly. I've started what Inquiries
are possible and arranged to have the
road watched In case they come back
this way"
He went past her and up to her fa.
ther. She returned to the study and
put away her work.
Dinner was served In the great
Jacobean dining room, with walls nan.
eled to the high ceiling. logs blaz
ing in the big stone fireplace. AS they
seated themselves. she noted thai
Avery seemed moody and uncommu
nicative; something, clearly, had irrI
| tated and disturbed him; and as the
meal progressed, he vented his irrita
] ton upon Eaton by affronting him
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CHAPTER XIV
santoine's "Eyes" Fail Him.

Eaton. coming down rather late the
next morning. found the breakfast
room empty. He chose his breakfast
from the dishes on the sideboard, and
while the servant set them before him
and waited on him, he inquired after
the members of the household. Miss
Santoine, the servant said, had break.
tasted some time before and was now
with her father: Mr.. Avery also had
breakfasted; Mr.. Blatchford was not
yet down. AS Eaton fingered over his
breakfast. Miss Davis passed through
the hall, accompanied by maid. The
maid admitted her into the study and
closed the uoor; afterward, the maid
remained In the hall busy with some
morning duty, and her presence and
that of the servant In the breakfast
room made 1t impossible for Eaton to
attempt to go to the study or to risk
speaking to Miss Davis. A few min.
utes later, he heard Harriet Santoine
descending the stairs; rising. he ent
out into the hall to meet her.
Il don't ask you to commit yourself
for longer than today, Miss Santoine,"
he said. when they had exchanged
greetings, "but-for today-what are
the limits of my leash7"
MIR. Avery is going to the country
club for lunch; believe he Intends to
ask you II you care to go with him.
She turned away and went into the
study. closing the door behind her. Ea.
ton. although he had finished his break.
fact, went back into the breakfast
room. He did not know whether he
would refuse or accept Avery's invita-.
ton; suddenly he decided. After wait.
Ing for some five minutes there over a
second cup Of coffee. he got up and
crossed to the study
II beg pardon, Miss Santoine." he
explained his Interruption but Won
did not tell me what time Mr.. Avery Ia
likely to want me 20 be ready to 20 to
the country club"
About hulf-past twelve. think"
I And what time shall we be comins
back?''
probably about Ave"
tTo BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER xuI-con,Inued.


Eaton was distinctly frightened by
the revelation he just had had of San
toine's clear, implacable reasoning re
gardiug him; for none OF the blind
mans deductions about him had
been wrons-all had been the exact.
though incomplete truth. 1t was
clear TO him that Santo!ne was close
much closer even than SantOlne
himself yet appreciated-to knowing
Eatons Identity; it was even prob
able that one single additional fact
the discovery for instance. that Miss
Davis was the source Of the second
telegram received by Eaton on the
train-would reveal everything to
Santolne. And Eaton was not certain
that Santoine. even without any new
information. would not reach the
truth unalded at any moment. So
Eaton knew that he himself must net
before this happened. But so long as
the safe In Santone's study was kept
locked or was left open only while
someone was in the room with 1t, he
could not act until he had received
help from outside: and he had not
yet received that help; he could M
hurry 1t or even tell how soon it wa
likely to come.
As his mind reviewed. almost In
simultaneously. these considerations,
ne glanced again at Harriet: her
eyes. this time met his, but she looked
sway Immediately. As he went
toward the door, she made no move
60 L.
out speaking and closed the inner and
tie outer doors behind him; then he
went down to BIatrhford.
For several minutes after Eaton
had left the room. Santolne thought
In silence.
Where are you. HarrietT" he
asked Mt last
She knew IL was not necessary to
answer him, but merely 10 move so
that he could tell her position; she
moved slightly, and his sightless eyes
shifted at once to where she stood.
How did he act?" SantoIne asked.
She reviewed swiftly the coiIgersa-
ton. su!pIcmenting his blind npper-
ceptiOns Of Eatun's manner with what
she herself had seen.
what have been your impressions
Of Eaton's previous social condition.
Daughter he asked. "You have
talked with him. been with him-both
on the train and here: have you been
able to determine what sort of people
he has been accustomed to mix with?
Have his friends been business men?
Professional men? Society people?"
The deep and unconcealed note OF
trouble in her fathers voice startled
her. in her familiarity with every tone
and every expression. She answered
his question: 81 don't know. Father"
81 want you to find out"
"1n what way?"
you must tind way. I shall tell
Avery to help" He thought for sew
eral moments, while she stood wait
Ing. We must have that motor and
the men in 1t traced, Of course Har-
riet, there are certain matters-corre-
spOndence - which Avery has been
looking after for ne: do you know
what correspondence l mean?"
"Yes. Father"
81 would rather not have Avery
bothered with 1t just now; l want him
to give his whole attention to this
present inquiry. You yourself will
assume charge Of the correspondence
of which l speak, Daughter"
"fes, Father. Do you want any
thing else now?'
Not Of you; send Avery to me-"
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! more openly by word and look than
he had ever done before In her pres.
ence She was the more surprised NJ
his doing this now. because she knew
that Donald must have received from
her father the same Instructions as
had been given herself to learn what
ever was possible OF Eaton's former
position In life.
Before Eaton's entrance into her
life she had supposed that some time,
as a matter of course. she was going
to marry Donald. In spite OF this. she
had never thought Of herself as apart
from her father: when she thought Of
marrying, Il hnd been always with the
idea that her duty TO her husband
must he secondary to that TO her
father: she knew now that she had
accepted Donald Avery not because
he had become necessary to her but
because he had seemed essential to
her father and her marrying Donald
would permit her life to go on much
rs Il was
Donald had social position and a
now suddenly She was feeling that he
had nothing but these things, that his
own unconscious admission was that
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that to retain and Increase them was
his only object in life She had the
feeling that these were the only things
he would fight for: but that for these
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Could-but, II he must, unfairly, des-
picably.
She had finished dinner. but she hes
itated TO rise and leave the men
alone; after-dinner cigars and the fic-
tion OF the masculine conversation
about the table were Insisted on by
Blatchford. As she delayed. looking
across the table at Eaton, his eyes
met hers: reassured, she rose at once :;
the three rose with her and stood
while she went out. She went up
stairs and looked in upon her father !:
he wanted nothing, and after a con
versation with him as short as she
could make II, she came down again.
No further disagreement between the
two men. apparently. had happened
after she left the table. Avery now
was not visible EaJOn and Blatchford
We're In the musiCrOOm. With re
pugnance against her fathers orders
which she had never felt before, she
began to carry out the Instructions
her father had given her.
She noticed that Eaton was familiar
with almost everything she had liked
which had been written or was cur
rent up to five years before: all later
music was strange to him. To this
extent he had been of her world.
plainly, up to five years before: then
he had gone out of II.
She realized this only as something
which she was to report to her father !;
yet she felt a keener, more personal
interest in 1t than that. Harriet San
toine knew enough of the world to
know that few men break completely
all social connections without some
link of either fact or memory still
holding them, and that this link most
often is woman
Toward ten o'clock Eaton excused
himself and went to his rooms. She
sat for time, idly talking with
Blatchford; then, as a servant passed
through the hall and she mstook mo-
mentarily his footsteps for those Of
Avery. she got up suddenly and went
upstairs. 1t was only after reaching
her rooms that she appreciated that
the meaning of this action was that
she shrank from seeing Avery again
that night. But she had been In her
rooms only few minutes when her
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Transformation.

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in my husbands room few minutes
ago, Mathilde?" asked Mrs. Makeuppe
of her maid. THAT was your hus-
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fer in mistake for his shaving lotion
this morning."
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speaking to her.
"Will you come down for few
minutes, please, Harry?"
Some strangeness in his tone per.
picked her.
Where are you?" she asked.
"!n the study"
She went down at once. As he came
to the study door to meet her. she saw
That what had perplexed her In his
tone was appe-ently only the remnant
Of that irritation he had showed ar
dinner. He took her hand and drew
her into the study.
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If you have wrouged another q
yourself make amends.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-21

speech on Americanisrn.
Orville Powers of Oklahoma City
and Fred Powers of GAINESVILLE, who
are camping on Jesse McKibben's
place, spent Tuesday with Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Scott.
Lowell Startling Of Keaton, KY, is
here with his mother for short
visit.
Mrs. Boyd Wallace and children
are guests of her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Douglas Martin at Waterford.
Graduate of School of Expression
People of Stockport read with in
terest of the graduation of Miss Net
tie Adrean on June 10. She is
graduate of the Tucker school of
expression at Cleveland. The Cleve-
land Plain Dealer of June gave a
very fine picture of her as She ap-
peared in the role of butterfly" in
a production Lovers Holiday" Civ
en- in the Metropolitan theatre of
Cleveland. Miss Adrean's friends at
Stockport are pleased at the success
she has made since entering the
school Of expression. She is for
mer Stockport girl and graduated
from Stockport high school with the
class of 10.
Paul Brittigan Very Ill
Mrs. Maggie Henery and Mrs.
Belva Bachelor were called to Park
ersburg Sunday by the sudden ill
ness of their nephew Paul Brittigan
who was taken in an ambulance on
Sunday from the Dye farm at Gravel
Bank where he was visiting, to a
hospital at Parkersburg. He is re-
ported to be in very serious con-
dition, suffering from tumor.
H. H. Choguill and family spent
Sunday in Marietta.
Floyd Triplett and family of
GAINESVILLE returned home Sunday.
They were accompanied back by
Miss Julia Trout who will visit her
aunt Mrs. Lydia Elliott for an in
definite time.
Arch Naylor returned Tuesday
from ParkersDurg, where he has
been taking treatments in the city
hospital.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-21

! of Chesterhill called on NJ G. Walk
er's Sunday.
Clyde Bachelor of Dale spent Fri
Eday here. ta
Earl Carr of Hanover motored
down tosspend the week end with
i his family th aIad s
Mrs. Margaret Durbin and son
Bobby of McConnelsville spent Mon
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. May
nard.
Will Shoop and family of Ames-
vile were guests of her parents Mr..
and Mrs. Jeff Ellis Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. Bishop, Mrs.
Anna Hook and daughter Kathryn
and John Ross spent Monday in Nc
Connelsville.
Gladys spent Thursday in Water
ford.
| Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in
good numbers from Chesterhill,
Pennsville and Stockport turned out
on Sunday afternoon for their an
nual memorial services. They met
at the /. o. o. F. hall and headed
by the band and flower girls march
ed to the cemetery and, paid tribute
to their departed brothers and sis
ters, after which they marched to
the M. P. church where an attentive
audience listened to an address by
Rev. C. e. Jeffers on Friendship,
Love and Truth" The opening
prayer was made by Rev. Borne Of
Chesterhill, after which a reading
was given by Mabel Burguin, and G.
P. Justice gave the "sigf OF dis
tress" which was fine. and as the
names Of the departed we're read,
each one was responded to by some
one. Several selections were rem
dered by the choir. Those buried in
this cemetery are Eva Adrean,
Mary McKibben, Mary Coulson, Will
lis Bell, John Bishop, Jake Rogers,
John Hook, Chalkley Harmer, Joe
Henery, Fred Mcdonald and Van
devere Mott.
The bunch of Stockport ladies
who were camping and fishing at
Luke Chute, have returned home
much improved in health and good
looks, which they attribute to the
healthful climate and the healthy
eating of Muskingum river fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. McSwords had
as guests Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Olney and daughter Louise and Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Olney and daugnter
Margaret and c. L. Andrews OF he
lief.
Rev, Jeffers and family took six
o'clock dinner with Mr.. and MRS.
VIM. Barnes, Saturday.
The beautiful baptismal services
were held here Sunday evening at
5.3O. Quite a number were i'm
mersed who have united with the
christian church at Pennsviile- Kew.
R0adv has been conducting very in
teresting services there.
Several from mere went TO McCon-
nelsville Friday night to near lne
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-06-21

guest of her sister Mrs. Bryan Med
ley for an indefinite time.
John Greathouse and family of
Pennsville spent Sunday with Mrs.
Caroline Green. sba@ yfWtsr
Mrs. Clara Walker spent Tuesday
in McConnelsvil1e shopping.
Andrew Daugherty of Cleveland
was here Monday shaking hands
with friends and schoolmates.
G.. III. Brill spent Monday at Bart
lett.
and son Wilmer were guests Sunday
of Chas. brakes of GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Thomas and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Kennard and son