The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-12-04

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play your part. You come ON now and
be George Everett. The girl is as ig-
norant as pigeon. Remember what
] told you"
About that stock: 2" De said sullenly
Yes. the stock. iOu understand
that she came TO New York simply 10
raise money for this mine You are
supposed TO handle the business for
her. II yOn cont learn all that is TO
be learned about The Master Key
mine in the next two days you are
more than the foot 1 take you for"
She drew him back tn where Ruth
stood amid the suit eases ana hand
bags and said Miss Cation Mr. Ev
erett has been telling lie that he too.
has heard from john norr about your
| coming
Ruth Scan2ed him politely Hut the
interest died III her eyes when she
Saw whit sort ut Il ui;;n NJ w:S he
! might he II friend OF Innn :: ne might
he the man IL rescue The Master
Key from bankruptcy. nut he did not
! interest her.
Drake. trying to play The part ot the
busy broker and. Dein: thoroughly md
temperamentally an actor. felt the chill
of this lack OF interest and would GER
| tainly have fallen down ON his part
had lie not been prompted by Mrs
| DarnclI He was glad TO hasten away
! To lind the elusive taxi
! The real George Everett got out of
! his limousine OH the corner of Wander
| bilt avenue and hurried through the
| revolving doors; brisk debunair alert.
decided; with that happy style which
| denies fOppery and avoids surveillansa
! 1t seemed strange that he should have
photograph in his hand at which he
looked inte2tiy until lie got in the con
course. There he stopped and. with the
picture still in his hand. commenced
watching the faces of the people
thrOnSing through the gates under the
vast dome. As he waited he fr0wned
slightly. why had John Dorr sent
him during business hours on wild
goose chaser He thought of this pr
ticulately and then smiled to himself
~ wild goose he muttered Ii
brought up darklinS sunset vistas.
lakes smooth us quicksilver under the
evening sky. and slim. gray. beautifU!
birds hOming downward The frown
left his forehead
After all it will he good to see some
body from out of DOORS" he said to
himself
Half an hour later he discovered that
he had irretrievably missed the ar
rival of the Chicago express and with
it Ruth Gallon He went back into
his car and drove to his office Once
there be called his head clerk. an IN
cient and fragile man. rs crisp and
bloodleSs as the money that passes CD
Wall street aud told him 10 see at
what hotel Miss Ruth Gallon was stop
ping Then he wired John Dorr:
III Broadway. New York
John Dcrr, Master Key Mine. Silent
Valley Cal:
Could not find Miss Gallon at train Am
seeking for her. Is II Is important that
the business be settled Immediately. Wire
any possible address
GEORGE EVERETT
Far out on Broadway. above the
eighties. an operator was ticking Oft
another message addressed to Harry
WiIkerson. 1t read:
. A West Eighty-fourth St. New York.
Harry WiIkeTsOn. Master Key Mine. wa
Vale Vista. Cal:
Everything all right George met Ruth
She is now with me and waiting further
particulars Have seen Everett under
guise of prospective purchaser OF stock
The girl is charming.
JEAN DARNELL
Some houses, like some people. should
never be illumined with sunshine. and
Mrs Daruel's residence. overlooking
the Hudson. was of this type. Its dull.
red stone front. marked by windows
that seemed bind 10 ali that went by.
was not distinctive in thai neighbOr
hood. A thousand doors within IL mile
would have suggested to the paSSerby
nothing more nor less than the great
oak portals within which she lived. 70
Ruth Gallon. of course. the house |
seemed tremendously formal and state
~. Within she found an atmosphere |
so absolutely strange and alien to iii
she had ever known that she shrank |
within herself and had nothing to say
until she had been conducted to her |
own room on the third floor and Il dis ;
Greet maid was busy unpacking her
things. Ruth felt that society had al !
ready laid its restrictions on her She /
recognized the maid as the gown and !
hat policeman
This silent. but exceedingly obtrusive |
parsonage having retired at last. Ruth /
studied her surroundings When she /
had completed her survey she thought |
to herself that there were two things |
wanting. One was silk haired Per |
sian cat and the other flaming color. |
ed scarf across the bed that completed .
the altogether of an apartment severe
~ luxurious, Then she tried to ana
I'VE the od0r. delicate yet insistent.
which she was ever afterward TO asso-
ciate with Jean DarnelI and her expe.
rience in New York.
At last she traced it to some pallid
flowers in the great green and dark red
vase. whose unwhOieSome beauty was
that of Dl1DtS Uhnca roots bora !