Gunnison news-champion., 1923-02-16

below his knees vas Ioo~-Si: the man
who had tackled him and buried him
back had recoile-i IN the darkness
Eaton got TO HIS feet but crOucbed
and crept sb0u, behind a table. aim
IN. his pistol over Il IN the direction
IL which hs supposed tie other mea
must BE- The sound Of III. shot had
CEASED 20 roar through the room: the
.ssss from the powder only made the
air heavier The other two men In
the room also waited. Invisible md
silent The only light. In the great
r1IrfHlDsi room. csrn. from the single
electric torch lying on the floor. This
lighted the legs of chair. q corner
or te-k and circle % books In the
cnss-- on the vail A. Eatnn's eyes
became more accustomed 10 the dark
n-ss. be could ss- vague shapes of
fsrulturr- II O man moved. he might
be made out bur II be stayed still.
probably he would remain indis;in-
Eulshnble.
The other men seemed also to have
recognized this: 10 one moved In the
ro"fn. and ther- was complete silence.
Eaton kn.l- on one knee behind his
table: now he vas wildly. exultantis
excited. his blood Ieaped bo;ly TO his
hsnd pointing his pistol: he painted.
Hlmos, audlhiy. for breath. but though
his pulse fhrOhbet through his head
too. his mind was clear and cool a.
b. reckonsd his situation and his
chances. II. had crossed the Pacific.
IN. continent. be had schened and
r!sksd everything with the mere hope
OF getting into this room to discover
evidence with which TO demand from
the world rgh,ing Of the wrong
which had driven him as n fugitive for
fye years and here he found the man
who vas the cause Of II all. before
him In the same room a few PAGES
away In tn. dark
For II was impossible that this was
not that man: and Eaton knew now
that this was he who must have been
behind and arranging and directing
the attacks upon him. Eaton had not
only seen him and heard his voice. but
he had felt his grasp; that sudden. In.
stinctlye crouch before charge. and
the savage lunge and tackle were the
instant. natural acts Of Hn old lines
man on Il championship team In the
game Of football as II Was played
twenty years before. That lift OF the
opponent of his feet and the her -
lunge hurlInS him back TO fall on his
head wss what one man-in the
rougher. more cruel days of the col
lege gnme-had been famous for. on
the football 1eld that throw sufiicsd
to knock n helmeted opponent uncon.
sclous; here II was meant. beyond
doubt. TO do more,
Upon So much, at least. Eaton's
mind at once was clear: here was his
enemy whom he must destroy II he
Other thoughts, recnstinr OF other r..
lations altered or overturned In their
bearing by the discovery Of this man
herc-evcrythlng else could and must
wait upon the mighty demand ~ that
moment upon Eaton to destroy this
enemy now or be himself destroyed
Eaton shook in his passion: yet
coolly he now realized that his left
shoulder. which had taken the shock
OF his fall. was numb. He shifted his
pistol over TO cover vague form
which had seemed TO move; but, II Ii
had stirred. 1t was still again now.
Eaton strained TO listen
II seemed certain tha, the noise OF
the SHOT. II not the sound Of the
struggle which preceded 1t. must have
raised an alarm. Basil SanioiHe. Ms
Eaton knew. slept above; nurse
must be waiting on duty somew here
near. Eaton had seen the row OF but.
tons which the blind man had within
arms length with which he must be
able TO summon every servant In the
house. So It could not last much
longer now-this deadlock In the dark
And one Of the two. Mt least, seemed
10 have recognized that
Eaton had moved, warIly and care
fully. but he had moved; a revolver
flashed before him. Instantly and
'ithout Consciousness that his finger