The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-16
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night. UNt OF ol THESE ulNhlH thflt WIS
uue that stood out 600 hts mind
u was the darkness inclosing n WON
an ON a bed he still heard her wills
percl cry. You speak ~ God Tom
but have no religion but mother
hood Before his closed eyes came the
vision OF a lamp iit. then almost an mp
partition the face Of Eis daughter Oue
life bad hed, possibly appalled, by the
horrors Of a world that recks not OF our
poor humanity. Yet there was in The
dead womau's arms q child. gro
tesquely asleep. rs II u-nawakened to
the sorrows this mother had known.
Ruth he cried. There was uo an
swer from the still woman In the dark
ness. but thus he had christened his
only child.
u seemed 20 him as II that echo stil
r~evcrbcrated from the moon washed
hills which marked the site 81 The
Master Key"
# am getting old" he thought rs ne
turned the pages of the diary as n un-
consciously counting The years since u
woman had leaned over his shoulder.
Ruth he murmurcd again.
The problem before him was no
longer dim and vague, as 10 had been
g. the days OF his prime, but absolutely
distinct and ciear-what was Co herOuc
Of Ruth when be dicdf With his train
cd business intelligence he set himself
20 solve this question
lie reviewed In his mind an the men
aud women hc had known. 10 was q
strnugc procession. They marched be
fore his ~sharpened vision. old partners,
fresh young girls. mature nm men
with heck books IN their hands. men
dying ~ thirst on the desert and WI.
kersOn. He stCruly put out of his mind
the thought OF his former partncr-tho
mnn-was ne dead? II he had not died
that night iu The guich, 81 he were stil
alive. knowing the secret ~ The Mas
ter Key. who would save Ruth from
his Vengeance
Then there rose before his mind the
straight. strong, almost austere figure
OF his mining engineer. John Dor
youthful. OF course, but be had proved
himself wholly competent iu almost
every task that had been given him.
The old man thought more deeply
AAt ANiANNNNA Ills NhM ANA AANN NINNNs NAN
himself had broken down the iron bar
riers OF a cold world for the sake OF a
woman whose image Ruth was. He
had seen in John DORIS eyes the grow
Ing flame Of love. Long experience
bad taught the old man that there is
no passion so dependable in this world
as love.
John Dcrr loved Ruth. 10 needed no
monetary bond 10 assure his Adelity 10
her interests. and with the sudden,
swift. nlert step Of q man who had
made his final decision he went out on
the porch and called. John. john
Within the interior OF the little house
down the hin the engineer ~ Thomas
Gallons mine had abandoned his blue
prints 10 study the letters on a little
pennant which represented his first
victory. a touchdown on the football
field within the last ten seconds Of
play. He knew better than any ono
that his mission 20 Vale Vista was
futile. Using every %resourcc 40 BIZ
command. De could find 300 paying ore.
and yet-there was the %peuuant. thl
emblem ~ victory hard fought aud
hard Won. should he give up now
He heard o clear. stern call from uI
the hill-"JOhn. john
I'm win ont yet for Ruth's sake
be said as be- answered that imporiOu'
cry.
other ears heard that call. and a'
John hastenos own the hin be saw
Ruth's figure by the side of The buu-a
low. aud as n by the opening ~ q
shutter be once more saw the lights o
Broadway aud n table spread WIFI
linen. two people sitting there-ht
evil goniuses.
Ia this complex ana highly 0%rgani2o'
civilization 81 ours no man can be ns
surel that nc any moment some othe
man possibly thousands ~ miles ais
taut Is o planning an act whore poi
tent would never occur % him
AZ a table IN a New York restauran
n man aud woman were sitting Wit
the words Gallon Dor and WI
kersou" on their lips.
Harry Wiikorson has found Tor
Hallon." she said quietly ~ woude
what win happen
Her companion laughed "Gallong
had n college mate named 'Dorr VII
A working for y man named Gallof
somewhere out IN the mlnes'
The woman's dark eyes it up. an
she seemed mere strikiHs'y naudsom
rs she allowed her sudden passion z
food her somber face with color
There Il money IN that mine. Georg
cranei she said. "Bnt this man dor
what sort OF chap Is hei You mil
he Stockholders usually have info
nation as % all these engineers
The slender man with the shrew
face seated opposite her dropped HI
eses. TO Tell You the truth. Hrs Dal