Taloga Times-Advocate (Taloga, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1923 Page: 3 of 8
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The Blind Man9s Eyes
Bu mm__——
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WILUAM MacHARG
EDWIN BALMER
CrewtabtkrUn*
*onldare Jwhad, ud
Inetlnctlvely preaalng t~ _
handa against his cheat IM tbepockst
•** Md Pwito!
BASIL SANTOINB
• raller, to be admltM <Subool
queetion He inform. hi. X9
dangar that threaten* him if he
pursues i courae hi coukltn tha
only honorable on*. Wardan leavea
tVr&W2S!3!K~.?
SSJE3
but leavea unobearved. Bob Con-
M|J. conductor, recelvea orders to
hold (rain for i party, rive men
gr «rei?#Waa bald, 'phmp
{«« IMife,na*Ulta"h5S
SBSSXSS&^Sf ■■—
"How
CHAPTER IV—Continued.
The canyon through the snowdrifts,
bored by the giant rotary plow the
night before, waa almost filled; drlfta
•f enow eight or ten feet high and.
tn places, pointing atill higher, came
«P to tha rear of the train: the end
•f the platform Itaelf waa burled un-
der three feet of anow; the men stand-
ing on the platform could barely look
ever the higher drlfta.
"There's no way from the train In
that direction now." Harriet Dome
lamented as ahe saw this. "What aball
we do with ourselves?"
"Crlbbsge, Harriet? Ton and Ir
Avery Invited.
She ahook her head. "If we hare to
play carda, get a fourth and make It
auction; but must It be carda? Isn't
there aome way we can get oat for a
walk?"
"There'a the top of the cars. Mlsa
Dome." Eaton suggested. "If we
eould get up these, we'd get a fairly
decent walk and aee everything."
"Good I" the girl applauded. "1
do we get upr
Til aee the conductor about It,"
Baton offered; and before Avery could
dlacuaa It. be started back thiouv-b the
train.
CHAPTER V
Tha Hand In the AI ale.
The man whose Interest In the pes-
aenger In Section Three of the laat
aleeper waa most definite and under-
standable and, therefore, most openly
•cute, waa Conductor Oonnery. Con-
oery had passed through Uie Pullman
several times during the morning, had
•**" the hand which hung out Into
the aisle from between the curtalna;
t>ut the only definite thought that
came to him waa that Dome waa a
• sound sleeper.
Nearly all the passengers had now
breakfasted. Conner*, therefore, took
• seat In the diner, breakfasted lei-
surely and after finishing, walked
back through the train. Dome by
now must be up. and might wish to
eee the conductor.
Aa Conner}- entered the last aleeper
tfla gaze fell on the dial of pointers
which, communicating with the push-
buttons In the different bertha, tell
the porter which section is calling him,
•nd he saw that while all the other
arrows were pointing upward, the ar
. marked "3" was pointing down.
Dorne was up, then—for this waa the
arrow denoting hla berth—or at least
was awake and had recently rung his
bell.
Connery looked tn upon the porter,
who waa cleaning up the washroom.
"Section Three's getting upr he
asked.
"No, Mlstah Connery—not yet," the
porter answered.
"What did he ring for?" Connery
looked to the dial, and the porter
came out of the waahrooin and looked
^ at It also.
"F'o' the lan's sake. 1 dlrtn t hear
Bo ring. Mlstah Connery. It mus' have
own when 1 waa out on the plat-
form.*
"Answer It then." Connery directed.
Aa the negro started to oliey. Con
nery followed him into the open car.
Be could aee over the negro's shoul-
der the hand sticking out Into the
eisle, and this time, at sight or It.
Connery starred violently, if Dome
had rung, he must have moved; a man
who la awake does not let his hand
hang out tn the aisle.* Vet the hand
bad not moved. The long, sensitive
Angers fell In precisely the aume posl
tlon aa before, atlflty separated a
little one from another; they had not
changed their position at uil.
"Walt I" Connery seized the porter
by the arm. "1*11 answer it myself"
He dismissed the pegro ,„d waited
nntli be had gone. Ife looked about
•nd assured himself that the car, ex-
®®P' '®r himself and the man Ivlng
behind the curtalna of Section Three
was empty. Walking briskly as
though he were carelessly passing up
the aisle, he brushed hard against the
band and looked back, exclaiming an
apology for hie csrelessness.
The band fell hark heavily, inertly,
and resumed ita former position and
hung aa white and lifeless as before.
No responae to the spotngy ,-aine from
Behind the curtalna; the man la the
berth had not routed. Connery ruahed
back to the curtains and loui-tx-d the
hssd with bis fingers. It w , rrWrf'
He eetaed rhw hand and felt It a||
over; than, gasping, he peaw*t the mt-
tsiaa and looked Into the berth tie
hla breath wblatfed eat; hla
which, too blunt ta cut the akin and
brtng Wood, bad fractured ths cheek-
bo sad bludgeoned ths templa Ths
P«H f of murderoua violence was so
plaini that ths conductor, as hs saw
tha tecs la ths light, recoiled with
«m " >"e with horror.
Hs looked up and down the a tale
hlra"*u' that no sos hsd
Mtsrad ths car during bis examine
«"•"« * drew ths car
tetas together again, and harried to
fed iITT".1? *"d °' cmp' wber* hs
bad left the port sr.
co2£i£? '21door " «'•" «
cottMadsd. "Then come back here."
ths astro ths keya, and
hjawelf waited t«T prevent anyone
n-on, entering ths car at hU snd.
l^okly through ths glass of ths door,
hs saw the joang man Baton standing
tatha vsatlbuls of the car next ahead
Ooonery hesitated; then be opsnsd
«wmr "d b*e^°Ped E"to° t him.
riu.uZ?_r? *! forw,rd. please." bs
requested, -and ass If there isn't
doctor—"
" "Ton mesa ths man with rad hair
In my car?" Eaton Inquired.
"That's the one."
Eaton started off without asking
any questions. The porter, baring
tocked the rear door of the ear. re
turned and gave Oonnery back the
keys. Connery still waited. nntU Ba-
ton returned with ths red-haired man
SJSSZ " - '"*«" • *-
srjrzsss^sr0—■
"I am a surgeon; yes."
"piat's what's wanted. Doct
My name Is Sinclair. l am Door-
las Sinclair of Chicago."
Connery nodded. "I have beard of
you. He turned then to Baton. "Do
you know where the gentleman Is who
i^.W t#fc,Mr' Don,e'" Avery.
I believe bla name la"
"He la In the observation car." Ea-
ton answered.
"Will you go and get him? The car-
door la locked. The porter will let
you In and oat Something aerloaa
haa happened here«-to Mr. Dorne.
Oet Mr. Avery. If you can, without
alarming Mr. Dome's daughter."
Eaton nodded underatandlng and
followed the porter, whe. taking the
Ireyi again from the conductor, let
him out at the rear door of the car
and reclosed the door behind him
Eaton went on Into the observation
car.
Without alarming Harriet Dome, he
*°m Avery *w*y and °°t °f the car.
"Is it something wrong with Mr.
Dome?" Donald Avery demanded as
Eaton drew back to let Avery pre-
cede him Into the open part of the car.
"So the conductor aays."
Avery hurried forward toward the
berth where Connery was standing
TALOOA T1M1I.ADVOCAT1
ft535£(
««•■«> -urjrjsr sj* ~
whoever had street hed dene a. amre -Wh.
la aad Mirer Ma
Sinclair ___
ef the head; completing thla, — _
looaened than at tha walat aad pre.
pared to make hla sxamlnatlaTof £
JSZS9 *"ro~
^ «• •"
whether he will live or ever regain
consdousnsss Is aaothar question.
"Ons yon rent answsr?"
"®*s Mow. as yon can ass"—81a-
ctolr touched ths msn*a tecs with his
dsft finger-tips—"fsll mostly on ths
thssk snd temple. Ths cheekbone Is
fractured. Hs la In a complete ststs
of corns; and there may bs ssma free
tare of the skull. Of courss, thsre la
•oma concussion of the brela."
Any Inference to be drawn from this
aa to ths ssrioosnsss of ths Injuriss
wss plainly beyond Oonnsry. "How
long ago was hs struck?" bs ssksd.
"Some hours, since midnight cen
tslnly; snd longer ago than Ave
o'clock thla morning."
"Could be hare revived half aa hour
Mo—ssy within the hour—enough to
have pressed the button and rung the
bell from bla berth?"
Sinclair atrelgbtsnsd and gaud at
ths conductor curiously. "No cer
tslnly not" he replied. -That la conn
pletely Impossible Why did you ask r
Oonnery avoided answer. But Avery
pushed forward. "What Is thst?
Whst's thai?" be demsnded.
• "Will you. go on with your exsml-
nation. Doctor?" Connery urged.
Too ssld ths bell from this berth
rang recently I" Avery accussd Oon-
nery.
"Ths pointer In ths waahroom. In-
dicating a signs! from this berth, waa
turned down s minute ago." Connery
had to reply. "A tew momenta tmr-
Her all pointers bad been sat la the
position Indicating no call."
"That waa before yon found the
body7^
"Th!t JT" whj 1 went o the berth
—yea" Oonnery replied; "that waa
before I found the body."
"Then yon mean you did not find
the body," Avery charged. "Someone,
paaalng through this car a minute or
ao before you. must bavs found him r
Connery attended without replying.
"And evidently that man dared not
report It and could not wait longer
to know whether Mr.—Mr. Dorne was
really dead; ao he rang the belli"
"Ought we keep Doctor Sinclair any
longer from the examination, air?"
Oonnery now aelxed Avery's arm in
appeaL "The first thing for us to
know is whether Mr. Dorne to dyln*
Isn't—" *"
Connery checked himself; hs had
won his appeal. Eaton, standing qui-
etly watchful, observed that Avery'a
eagerness to accuse now bad been
replaced by another intereat which
the conductors words bsd recalled.
Whether tha man In the berth waa to
live or die—evidently that wss mo-
mentously to effect Donald Avery one
way or the other.
"Of course, by all meana proceed
with your examination. Doctor."
Avery directed.
Aa Sinclair again bent ever the
body Avery leaned over also; Eaton
gared down, and Connery—a little
paler than before and with Hps tlght-
i y-."011'?"**- •Brgaoa tosh a,
I ®*tchbox from hla pockst aad glaae
if* *boilt « three ethere as 1
thongh ta sslsct team thsm ths saa
[\
Grip Left You
a Bad Back?
DC2&?ir^*ek^** *** ^ %rfdl • **
creaup? Then why not look to your kidnera. Chancas
ara a cold or a chill haa weakened your kidneys? Poisons
hara accumulated that wall kidneys would filter o& bs little
wonder, then, you have constant backache. dim
•pdU annoying bidder irre ularitiea. and aharp rheumatic
Nrm«e.-th* youfeel nerrou^ "Uue" «id irritable. Don't
wart for eenoua kidney trouble. Get back your health while
yuu can. UanDoan's Kidnep Pais. Doan s hare helped
thousand*. They ahould help you. Ask pour neighbor I
Ill "UtD*™Say TheseGmUfalFolk*.-
*"Vou See Him aa We
Sir."
Found Him,
beside the surgeon. Connery turned
toward him.
"I sent for you. sir. because you are
the companion of the man who had
this berth."
Avery pushed past him, and leaped
forward as he looked past the sur
genu. "What has happened to Mr.
Dome?"
^ "You see him as we found him. sir."
Oonnery stared down nervously beside
him.
Avery lenned Inside the curtains
snd recoiled, "lie's been murdered r
"It looks no. Mr. Avery. Yea; If
he's dead, he's certainly been mur
derod." Connery agreed. "You can
tell'—Connery avoided mention of
President Jarvls' name—"tell anyone
who asks you. Mr. Avery, thai you
saw him Just mS be waa found."
He looked down again at the form
In the berth, and Avery'a guae fol
lowed his; then, abruptly. It turned
away. Avery stood clinging to the
curtain. Iris eyes darling from ons to
another of the three men.
"Will you start yonr examination
now. Doctor Sinclair?" Connery sug-
gested.
The surgeon, before eiamlnlng the
man In the berth more closely, lifted
the shades from the windows. Every-
thing ahmn the b*<rh was In place j
uadislnrW.1. rarvfM for the mark of
lk aataxe Mva an I be aktv <*f the !
one most likely to be an efficient aid,
be handed It to Baton. "Will you
help me, pleass? Strike a light and
bold It aa I direct—then draw It away
slowly."
He lifted the pertly ciossd eyelid
from one of the eyes of the uncon-
scious man and nodded to • Eaton;
"Hold the light in front of the pupiL"
Beton obeyed, drawing the light
•lowly away as Sinclair had directed,
•nd the surgesn dropped the eyelid
and exposed the other puplL
"What'e that for?" Avery new
asked.
"I was trying to determine the ae-
riousness of the injury to the brain.
wss looking to see wbethsr Hghf
could cause ths pupil to contract
There was no reaction."
"His optic nerve Is destroyed."
"Ah I He wss blind?"
"Yes. bs was blind." Avery admit,
ted.
"Blind I" Sinclair ejaculated. "Blind,
and operated upon within two yeere
by Kuno Garni" Kuno Gartt operat-
ed only upon the all-rich and powerful
or upon the completely powerless snd
Poor; the unconscious men ^ ht
berth could belong only to the first
dass of Gartt's clientele. The sur-
geon's gaze sgaln searched the fea-
tures in the berth; then It shifted to
the men gathered about him in ths
Who did you say this was?" he de-
manded of Avery.
"I said bla nsme wss Nathan
Dome." Avery evaded.
"No. nor Sinclair Jerked out Im-
patiently. "isn't this—" He hesi-
tated, and finished in a voice suddenly
lowered; "Ian't this Basil Santolne?"
Avery. If he still wished to do aa
found It Impossible to deny.
CHAPTER VI ' Ba8'1 Santolne I" Connery breathed.
CHAPTER VI Xo conduejo,. , (h,
four men standing by the berth, ths
name seemed to have come with the
sharp shock of a surprise; with it had
come an added sense of responsibility
and horror over what had happened
to the passenger who had been con-
fided to bis care, which made blm
whiten as he once more repeated the
name to himself and stared down at
the man in the berth.
Conductor Connery knew Basil San-
tolne only In the way that Santolne
was known to great numbers of other
people—that is, by name but not by
sight. *
all Santolne at twenty-two bad
been graduated from Harvard, though
blind. Hia connections—the family
was of well-to-do southern stock—his
possession of enough money for his
own support, mnde it possible for him
to live idly if he wished; but Santolne
had not chosen to make hla blindnesa
an excuae for doing this. He had
at once aettled himself to his chosen
profession, which was law. He had
not found It easy to get a start In
this, and be had succeeded ooly after
great effort In getting a place with s
small and unimportant firm. Within
a abort time, well within two years,
men had begun to recognize that tn
this struggling law Ann there was s
powerful, clear, compelling mind.
Santolne. a youth living |n darkness.
unable to see the men with whom he
talked or the documents and books
which must be reed to him. wss be-
ginning to put the stamp of his per-
■oaallty on the firm's s#a!ra. A yw
later his nsme appeared with others
of the firm; st twenty-eight his waa
the leading name. He had begun to
specialise long before that time. In
corporation law; be married shortly
after this. At thirty the firm nsme
represented to those who knew its
particulars only one personality, the
personality sf Santolner and st thlityw
BT*"-thou** indifference to money
"*a proverbial—he waa many times a
millionaire. *
L Reich, carpenter, 80* E.
Sequoyah Ave., Vinita, Okia„
f«r : "I had an attack of lum-
bago and waa lame and aore
•eroa./av back and through
my hipa. I took a box of
IWa Kidney PUk and they
helped me right away. The
lameness in my bsck aad hipa
left me. I haven't had any re-
t"1® of the trouble until jnrt
recently and I am taking
Doan'a Kidney Kidney Pilla
T- B. Lyona, 431 W.
Broadway, Ponca City, Okla,
"I suffered with back
•d the least cold I tank
ache
aettled
cold I took
my kidneys and I
Dizzy,
hardly do my
frequent. My kidneys i
w«Narly, too. I naed
Kidney Pilb and they
Doan'i
fr'led to relieve
and benefit me in
attacks
I hare
to depend
an'a Kidney PiDa and I
know there ia nothing better."
DOAirs kpTlesy
At AO Realm, 60c • Bu. Fagtcr-Hilbm Ca. Hit (W, Brittle, ft T.
When two men fail out
wins.
income
the third
Enterprise and
failurea.
energy know few
The strength of any proposition Use
in Its application.
"'•"t This Basil Santolne?"
The surgeon, having finished loos-
ening the pajamaa, pulled open and
carefully removed the Jacket part
leaving the upper part of the body of
the man in the berth exposed. Con-
ductor Connery turned to Avery.
"You hove no objection to my tak-
ing a list of the artlrle8 in the berth?"
Avery seemed to oppose; then, ap-
parently. he recognized that this was
an obvious part of tbe conductor's
duty. "None at all." be replied.
Connery gathered up the clothing,
the glasses, the watch and purse, and
laid them on tbe seat across the slsle.
Sitting down. then, opposite them, he
examined them. and. taking every,
thing from the pocketa of the clothea,
he began to rarnlogue them before
Avery. He counted over the gold and
banknotea In the purse and entered
the amount upon his list.
"You know about what hs had with
him?'- he asked.
"Very closely. That la correct
Nothing Is missing," Avery anawered.
The conductor opened the watch
"The crystal Is missing."
Avery nodded. "Yea; It elways—
that Is. it was missing yesterday."
Connery looked up at him. aa
though alightly puzzled by the manner
of the reply; then, having finished hi*
Hat. he rejoined the surgeim.
Sinclair was still bending over the
naked torso. It had been a strong,
hesltby body; Sin. lair guesst-d Its age
at fifty. Aa a boy. the man might
have been an athlete—a college track
runner er oarsman—and he had kept
himself in condition through middle
sge. There waa no mark or bruise
opon the body, except thst on the
right side snd Just below the ribs
there now showed a scar about aa
Inch and a half long and of peculiar
crescent shspe. It wss evidently s
aurtfeal scar and had completely
healed.
Sinclair ecrutlnlted this carefully
and then looked up to Avery. -He
#•* operated oe recently?"
"Abeat two years ago."
"For what!"
"It wee aoms eperettoe aa the gall
* SICK, CROSS CHILD NEEDS
"CAUFORNU HU SW
MOTHER! Move Child's Bowels with this Harmless
Laxative—Children Love Its Taste
"Performed by KBas Oarrtr
A sound cams ta his
•tri suddenly crying
rxv mm ootmsvani
If yonr child Is constipated, full of
cold, haa colic, or If the stomach Is
sour, breath bad. tongue coated, a tea-
spoonful of "California Pig syrup" will
never fall to open the bowels. In a
lew hours vou can see for yourself
how thoroughly It works the constipa-
tion poison, sour bile and waare right
out and yon have e well, playful child i
again. j
If at first you doel aucceod, y«m>g
man. remember there may be
girls who are not so particular.
Millions of mothers keep "Ckllfornln
Fig 8yrup" handy. They know a tee-
spoonful today may aave a aick
tomorrow. It never cramps or orer-
acta. Aak yonr druggiat for f-
"California Fig Syrup," which haa de-
tections for babies and children of an
agea printed on bottle. Mothers, yea
must say "California" or yoa may gat
an Imitation ayrup.
WN
Morning
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