The Dolores star., 1923-03-02
WILLIAM MAcHARG ~ EDWIN BALMER
SYynxhte little Br-s Company

| into the ambulance. Harriet Santoine.
after giving a direction 10 man
who apparently was chauffeur. got
| into the ambulance with her father
The surgeon and the nurses rode with
them. They drove OF. Avery entered
another automobile, which swiftly dis
appeared. Conductor Connery came
for the last time TO Eaton's door.
Miss Santolne says you're TO 20
with the man she's left here for you.
The porter appeared with his over
coat and hat. Eaton put them on and
stepped ont Of the car. The conductor
escorted him to II limousine car. This
IS the gentleman" Connery said To
the chauffeur to whom Harriet San
toine had spoken. The man opened
the door Of the limousine; another
man, whom Eaton had not before
seen. was seated In the car; Eaton
stepped in. Connery extended his
hand-"Good-by sir"
"Good-hyn
The motor-car drove down a wide
winding road with tall spreading trees
on both sides. The man In the car
with Eaton, whose duty plainly was
only that of a guard. did not speak to
Eaton nor Eaton to him. The motor
passed other limOusines occasionally, (,
then. though the rond was still wide
and smooth and still bounded by great
trees, it was loneller; no houses ap-
pearcd for half mile: then lights
glOwed directly ahead; the car ran un.
der the porte-cochere of great stone
country mansion; a servant sprang to
the door of the limousine and opened II ::
another man seized EatOn'S handbag
gage from beside the chauffeur. Eaton
entered large. beamed and paneled
hallway with an immense fireplace
with logs burning in 1t; there was II
wide stairway which the servant, who
had appointed himself Eaton's guide.
ascended. Eaton followed him and
found another great hall upstairs. The
servant led him 10 one of the doors
opening off this and into large room.
tl:ted for a mans occupancy. with
dark furniture cases containing books
on hunting, sports and adventure, and
smoking things; eff this was ii dress
ing room with the bath next; beyond
was n bedroom.
These are TO be your rooms, sir"
the servant said. A valet appeared
and unpacked Eaton'S travelling bag.
Eaton went to bed. but amazement
would not let him sleep.
He was in Santoine's house; ne
knew 1t could be no other than San
toine's house. II was to get into San
toine's house that he had come from
Asia he had thought and planned and
schemed all through the long voyage
on the steamer how 1t was to be done
He would have been willing to cross
the continent on foot to accomplish
1T; no labor that he could imagine
would have seemed too great to him
If this had been its end; and here
IT had been done without effort on
his part, naturally, inevitably, Chance
and circumstance had done it, And
as he realized this. his mind was
full of what he had to do In San
toine's house. For many days he had
not thought about that; 1t had seemed
impossible that he could have any op-
portunity to act for himself. And
the return to his thoughts of pos
sibllity of carrying out his original
plan brought before him thoughts of
his friends-those friends who
through his exile. had been faithful
to him but whose identity or existence
he had been obliged to deny. when
questioned, to protect them as well
as himself.
AS he lay on his bed in the dark.
he stared upward to the ceiling, wide
awake, thinking of those friends whose
devotion to him might be justified at