Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-11

II seemed 10 him as II he held one end
Of golden thread that she was spin
ming through sunshine. It was an
chorcd in bis heart That thread would
DO 5000 miles long before she eaw
goc,t old Everett. He picked up his
pen and wrote rapidly:
Master Key" Nina June :
George Everett III Broadway. New York
Dear George when 3 youns. slender.
brown eyed. golden haired kiri walks into
ytur Office and says I'm Ruth Gallon
and hands you the papers that she will
have IN her little hand bas. please see
that she gets $4,000 Ever yours.
JOHN DoRR
He would have added more. His
finer instinct told him that Ruth should
be the frst to put the whole scheme
before the cool headed, rather cold
hearted George Everett He addressed
the envelope and sealed II Then he
went to the telephone and called up
the station at Silent Valley.
"BiIl." be eaid quietly after listening
a moment to see II any one was on the
line. IL want to send a telegram. Take
Il over the wire. please. IN be down
In little while and pay you"
'Sure." Coated back cheerful voice
II wish my credit was as good as
yours. ten miles away. but II seems ns
II I have to be always present when
ask for II Go ahead. JohnT
This h It BILL" said John:
George Everett III Broadway. New xorr
City:
Miss Ruth Gallon leaves tonight to sec
you about Master Key stock Meet her
and wire nls on her arrival Take good
care OF her or I'm take care OF you
JOHN DORR
The operator repeated the message
and involuntarily adopted a little Of
Johns savage intonation ON the last
four wordR II woke him up to the
fact that be was allowing his feelings
to become public. he begun to see
why It was that men looked at him
strangely at times, when II was ques-
ton OF Ruths interests. He must TO
strain himself.
The operator did not hang up imme
diately, but said hesitatingly: "Gay.
John. there's wire here: just came
In from The Master Key mine IL
does not seem to jlbe with yours. WI
kerson sent IL"
''I'll play fair" said John to himself.
and he called back over the wire. "Bil.
". that's yours and wilkersons busi-
ness, not mine" III be had listened to
the tenor OF the message directed to
Jean Darnell. In New York, he would
have learned what wilkerson was plot
ting.
For years wilkerson had built up for
himself golden image In Jean Oar
nell. No one realized better than him.
self that she was a creature of appe-
tite. lover of silk and velvet A wo-
man whose eyes widened at sight OF a |
Persian cat Feminine In every de-
gree. womanly In none. But ne him. |
self. dominated absolutely. utterly and |
completely by his desires. had fallen
under her spell. and be was going to |
win her, no matter how. II Il a
strange thing that when dishonest |
man finally yields to an honest passion |
nothing viii satisfy him but the ut
most observance OF the ritual Of socie. |
ty. Harry Wilkerson's vision was OF |
walking up the aisle of great church |
to meet his bride at the altar.
Yet he had always thought OF her In |
terms of gold; that was a contrast |
the pallid. satiny. blue eyed woman.
voluptuous. soft-and his image OF her |
built OF yellow gold. dragged out OF |
the bowels Of ''The Master Key" mine
This imnge was now before his eyes:
instead OF the warm. sun blessed Cali
fornia hills, with their faint scent OF
sage and cactus. he saw a richly fur |
nished room and breathed the odor OF |
altar OF roses. Let us not follow him |
IN his dreams. But looking over his |
shoulder AN hour later we read:
Master Key" Mine, June
Jean Darneli Astor House. New York |
City:
Find George Everett at III Broadway |
apd meet Ruth Gallon In Chicago on |
Sante Fe express leaving here this even |
ing. Introduce Drake as Everett after |
you have seen Everett and keep the girl |
to yourself until can arrange matters
HARRY.
Il can't send this through any Office
near here" he thought, $50 guess III |
ride down TO valle Vista and hand II
to the conductor. He can send it from
Los Angeles"
Three days later Ruth Gallon settled
herself in the seat of Pullman that
was soon to leave Chicago for New
York. She was excited In crossing
town from one depot to another
through the streets roaring with traf-
tic she had heard sounds that had nev.
er met her ears before-the sounds OF
the worlds business which. oddly
enough. seemed to be mostly hauied
over cobblestones. The faint echo OF
that noise still rang in her ears. 1t ap-
palled her TO think that she must dwell
with men who lived In such an atmos-
phere; also she felt very lonely, She
thought Of the mine. OF Tom Kane IN
the door OF his cook shanty. OF the
great ore bucket swinging across the
guich toward the mill OF John. bend