Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-04
cHAPrER '.


N beneath II and the window.
II can zee clearly enough" said VII.
kerson. that there is girl mixed
mp in this affair Tom Gallon never
walked like that
He rode slowly down the steep bin
TIL be reached the pumping engine
Bill Tubbs. the bulky. sodden faced
engineer. came TO the doorway.
.Is this The Master KeyY" de.
manded wilkerson.
1T certainly is was the response
~And--oId Tom Gallon runs itT'
Wilkerson pulled out TASK. divining
Bill Tubbs' ruling vice. and the en-
gineer. after long drink. wiped his
mouth with the back Of his oily hands
so you are looking for Thomas Gal.
lon. are your Well, he owns this mine.
but it's mostly run by young girl
fhaKs IN that bungalow on the hill
You see. Tom amt up to what he used
90 be. The ore Is getting worse every
day and the old mans sick mp there IN
his house,
I'm going up TO see him now said
Wfikerson. He rode on a few yards
and surveyed the snug houses. stamp
min and all the apparatus OF the grow
ing mine and maried: $50 this n what
Ne wanted for himselfr
The man ho was seeking lay prop
pod up IN bed To Ruth be gave ev-
esything silks and down and all the
soft things Of this life. Himself he
etir slept on hard cot with a straw
DKlOw under his head--that Ia. be had
NAppt IL seemed % him that sleep
And forever ficd. and he was now look
1nS up into Ruth's fnce almost plead
nngiy, trying 70 keep his grim old lips
1Eom asking sympathy. There was
mnason In his mind that he should &C
cept no tender ministration from the
aOvely girl who stood beside him His
sacrifice must be complete: 30 when
Aig daughter bent over him and asked
MIN II be felt all right be mustered q
smile
There's nothing the matter with me.
Ruth" he was saying. aud his glance
lsought that OF John Dorr. who stood
at the foot OF the bed. The eyes OF
the two men met. and Dorr impercep-
lffbly nodded his bead In token that he
wouie NOT 'en. Not tnat ne YET knew
me secret Q. Inc MASTER hey' out
ne fecognizeu tne Iact tnat sooner or
sefer ne was 70 know.
Ruth stopped over and said:
! ~Papa, I don't believe you do feel
well I'm going to make you some
thing hot to drink III bring you q
lfoadvn And aha want fnfo tho hitch.
en- and shut the door.
When she was gone John nodded q
pleasant Good night" and also left
Y Then old Thomas Gallon rose ana
went TO HIS worn desk ana got his well
Ifhumbed diary.
~ am hanptas - he xvrote aIoUlv. al.
INV. haupted Am N die vithout
Iknowino whether vvukerson a alive
ana that Ruth is safeY
A. tbat moment no g,ance.d mn ana
thonsht ha ssw the sin,ster sacs ~ h,s
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siris napp'ne .o - :. %. ,,,at non.,-
a. - ,S .S.,s, e,ms hasora the
nass a - ~ he n,+ The d,arv
ou . 9he dasar. ana Ire mortal
sn,rst. vv,,rsrson over dr,nkine greed.
a. !, nracso,s watar. oold. murder.
~ oano Nth enc Mans their loss
a. En- chsst whom The vessel wenf
dou-, 4, ce,d-or of fame. the image
- Ne ar,no Vic. tha n,ctnra of the
49, 10 Iad ,,sted From, her chm breast
pnth for whorn % he had Suffered He
howad his head on his folded arms.
S,,ch ts tha h,tternsss thar the nigh,
nrsncs nno, n, N those xvho are alone
Vhor pnth CANA On with tha staar
a., r,ass ~ ,oddv sLa on,atIv set the
CLASS s soy aowp and Went ~ out On the norcn
10 look at the light across the gnlch
whicn marked joan Dorrs "nuo"
Youth was calling 70 youth.
it was no Hpparluon snat "ai'on nae
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