The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-30

w W ufiE1 VIII MNiNAtAAD WAu n AuLnAt
Tar zest Of scurryIng over dry CalifOr.
MIA on half broken horseGesh-
IAN right wen ride" he said
"while you are getting ready IN write
a letter 10 George Everett"
Ruth laid one slender hand on Johns
shoulder.
You're always doing things foT me,
John" she said simply. Some day III
DO something for YOU" She slipped
away without n backward glance.
Dorr watched her trip down the hin
toward her little bungalow. and
IL seemed 10 him as II he held one END
OF n golden thread that she was spin.
ming through sunshine. II was an.
chorcd In his heart That thread woulS
be 5000 miles long before she saw
good old Everett He picked up bis
pen and wrote rapidly;
Master Key Nine June -
George Everett. III Broadway. New Yors
Guy
Dear ooorge-when a young. slender.
brown eyed. golden haired SRI walks into
your Office ana SAYS, I'm Ruth Gallon"
and hands you the papers that she viii
nave IN her little hand bag. please see
that she sets $1,000 ever yours.
JOHN DoRR
He would have added more. His
dner instinct told him that Ruth should
be the 6rst 60 put the whole scheme
before the cool headed, rather cold
hearted George Everett He addressed
the envelope and sealed IL Then he
went TO the telephone and called %
the station at Silent Valley.
"Bill." ne said quietly after listening
q moment 20 see II any one was ON the
line. u want 20 send u telegram Take
II over the wire. please. I'll be down
In a little while and pay you"
"Sure." fioated back a cheerful voice.
Il wish my credit was as good ~
yours. ten miles away. but IL seems ~
II | have 10 De always present when J
ask for H. Go ahead. Johnr'
This Is II. BILL" said John:
oeorso Everett IN Broadway. New Yors
Citv.
Alss Ru;h oanon leaves tonight 20 see
you about Master Key" stock Meet her
end wire me on her arrival Take gDOd
care or her or rn take care Of YOU
JOHN DORI
The operator repeated tho message
aud -involunnrily adopted a little OF
Johns savage intonaton on the last
four words u woke him up 90 the
fact hat he was allowing his feelings
u become public. lie begun 90 see
why u was that men looked AZ him
strangely az times. when II was "A cues.
] ton 80 nuFk.a NnHEu.aFa n. FnHtaF -
strain himself
The operator did not hang up imme
diately. but said hcsitaiingly; Say.
John. there's u wire here: just came
n from The Master Key mine. I,
does not seem 70 jibe with yours. WI.
kerson sent H."
"l1i play fair" said John 20 himself,
anu he called back over the wire. "Bil.
~. thnt's yours and wilkcrson's bust.
ness. NOT mine" u he had listened to
the tenor OF the message directed to
1 Jean Darnell. Ia New York. be would
have learned what Wilkerson was plot.
ting.
For years Wilkerson had built up for
himself q golden image In Jean Oar.
nell No one realized better than him.
self that she was a creature OF appe
tite. q lover Of silk aud velvet A wO-
man whose eyes widened 90 sight OF q
Persian est Feminine I'm every de.
gree. womaniy IN none. But be him.
self. dominated absolutely. utterly and
completely by bis desires. had fallen
under her spell. and he was going 10
win her, NJ matter how. Ia Is n
strange thing that when a dishonest
man finally yields 20 an honest passion
nothing WIN satisfy him hut the ut
most observance OF the ritual % socie-
q. Harry wiikerson's vision was of
walking up the aisle OF a great church
10 meet his bride at the altar.
Vet he had always thought OF her In
terms Of gold, that was n contrast
the paliid. satiny. blue eyed woman.
volnptuous, soft-aHd his image o. Der
built Of yellow gold. dragged out Of
tho bowels OF The Master Key" mine
This image was now before his eyes
Instead OF the warm. sun blessed Cali.
fornia hills. with their faint scent OF
sage ana cactus. he saw a richly fur
uished room aud hreathed the odor Of
atiar az roses. let IA not follow him
Ia his dreams. But looking Over IBIS
shoulder nm hour later we read:
MASTER Key Mine. June =
lean DarnsiL Astor House New Yolk
city,
n George Everett a. IN Broadway
ana meet Ruth Gallon IN Chicago 90
sante fe express leaving here this even
ms. introduce Drake a. Everett after
Yea have seen Evsratt and keep the sri
20 Yourself until I can arrange matterAL
Il can't send this through any once
near here" be thought. 40 I guess IN
ride down O. Vale Vista and hand u
10 the conductor. tie can send u from
Los Angeles"
Three days later Ruth Gallon settled
herself In the seat Of a Pullman that
was o0n 10 leave Chicago for New
York sac was excited, In crossing
town from one depot 10 anoiheE