The Dolores star., 1923-04-20

urrt, revealing her TO them, h"she"
suddenly their angry calculations
She recognized Avery in the hrst car
no leaned out and ran up TO her
Harriet In Gods name. whnt are
YOU doing hereE'
She sat unmoved in her scat gazing
ot him. Men lelping from the cars
ran mast her down the road toward
the ravine and the burning bridge
,verv gaInin. no satisfaction from
her. let go her arm; his hand dropped
70 the back Of tile seat and he drew IL
up quickly.
Harriet. there's blood here"
She did not reply. He stared at her
and seemed to comprehend.
He Jumped from the ear and ras &c
tba assembled men. They called
in answer TO his shout, and she could
see n man pointing out TO them the
way Eaton had gone. The men, scat
tering themselves at Intervals along
the edge Of the wood and. under
Avery's direction. posting others In
each direction TO watch the road. be
gan to beat through the bushes after
Eaton. she sat watching; she put her
cold hands to her face; then. recalling
how lust now Eaton's hand had clung
70 hers, she pressed them to her lips
Avery came running back 10 her.
"You drove him out here. Harriet =
he charged.
.Him7 Who?" she asked coolly.
Eaton. He was hurt" The tri-
umph in the ejaculation made her re-
coil. "He was hurt and could not
drive, and you drove him out"
He left her, running after the men
Into the woods. She sat in the car,
listening to the sounds OF the hunt
She had no immediate fear that they
would find Eaton; her present anxiety
was over his condition from his hurts
and what might happen II he encoun-
tered those he had been pursuing. In
that nelghbOrhood. with its woods and
bushes md rayines to furnish cover
the darkness made discovery Of him
hy Avery and his men impossible II
Eaton wished 10 hide himself. Avery
appeared to have realized this: for
now tie voices In the woods ceased
and the men began to struggle back
toward the cars. A party was sent on
foot across the rnyine, evidently to
guard the road beyond. The rest be-
gan to Chamber into the cars. She
backed her car away from the one in
front Of 1t and started home.
She had gone only a short distance
when the cars again passed her, trav-
cling at n high speed. She began then
to pass individual men left by those
in the cars to watch the road. At the
first large house she saw one OF the
cars again, standing empty. She
passed II without stopping. A mile
further. little group Of men carry
ing guns stopped her, recognized her
and let her pass. They had been
called out, they told her, by Mr.. Avery
over the telephone to watch the
roads for Eaton: they had Eaton's de-
scription members Of the local police
were to take charge Of them and d.
rect them. She comprehended that
Avery was surrounding the vacant
acreage where Eaton had taken refuge
to be certain that Eaton did not get
away until daylight came and a search
for him was possible.
Lights cleaned at her across the
broad lawns Of the houses near her
fathers great house as she approached
It; at the sound of her car, people
came running to the windows and
looked out. She understood that news
OF the murder at Basil SantOine's had
aroused the neighbors and brought
them from their beds.
AS she left her motor on the drive
beside the house--for tonight no one
came from the garages TO take it
the little clock upon its dash marked
half past two.