Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26

Ighrs. revealing her to them, hushet
suddenly their angry CALCULATIONS
She recognized Avery In the first car
he leaped out and ran up to her.
Harriet In Gods name, what ars
you doing hereY
She sat unmoved N her seat, gazing
at him. Men leapgng from the cars
ran past her down the road toward
the ravine and the burning bridge
Avery, gaining no satisfaction from
her, let go her arm his hand dropped
to the back Of tho seat and he drew IL
up quickly.
Harriet there's blood herel"
She did not reply He stared at her
and seemed to comprehend.
He jumped from the car and ran ts
| the assembled They -eallet
| in answer to his shout, aud she could
see a man pointing out TO them rhs
way Eaton had gone. The men, scat.
tering themselves ct intervals alona
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 just now Eaton's hand had cluna
TO hers, she pressed them to her lips
Avery cnme running back to her.
you drove him out here, Harriet T.
he charged.
Him? WhoT" she asked cooIly.
Eaton. He was hurti" The trt
umph in the ejaculation made her re
coll. "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 IL he encoun.
tered those he had been pursuing. In
that neighborhood, with its woods and
bushes and ravines to furnish cover
the darkness made discovery of him
by Avery and his men impossible II
wished to hide himself. Avsry
appeared to have realized this: for
now the voices In the woods ceased
and the men began IT, struggle back
toward the cars. A party. was sent on
foot across the ravinc. evidently TO
guard the road beyond. The rest be
gan to Chamber Into the cars. She
her car away from the one In
front Of 1t and started home.
She had gone only a short distance
Ehen the cars again passed her, trsv
cling at a high speed. She began then
% pass individual men left by those
n the cars to watch the road. At the
irst large house she saw one of the
airs again, standing empty. She
II without stopping. A mile
urther. a little group Of men carry.
ng guns stopped her, recognized her
nd let her pass. They had been
allied out. they told her, by Mr.. Avery
yer the telephone to watch the
Dads for Eaton; they had Eaton's de
members of the local police
gere to take charge of them and di
ect them. She eomprehended that
very was surrounding the vacant
creage where Eaton had taken refuge
0 be certain that Eaton did not get !
way until daylight came and a search :
or him was possible.
Lights cleaned at her across ths I
road lawns OF the houses near her '
great house as she approached !
(; at the sound of her car, people I
running to the windows and
,oked out. She understood that news a
the Torder at Basil Santoine's had
the ~neighbors and brought !
len from their beds. 9
AS she left her motor on the drive 7
esids the house-for tonight no n t
anne from the garages to take it r
10 little clock upon Its dash marked T.
Rlf past two. =