Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-09


wilkerson nodded and said: "I'n put
the men to work tomorrow, Dorr. Bet
ter have your plans ready" He stamp.
I'd out.
"You had better go this afternoon"
John told Ruth. "There is no time to
lose"
"An right" she said. "I'n be ready
in an hour"
John smiled. "All right; I'll take
you over in the motor truck or shall
We ride to Silent ValleyT"
I've never been to New York." she
said tlmidly. and with that inconse
quential logic which maidens have, she
added, Lets ride. I'll take Patsy and
You can ride Black Joe."
Dorr did not understand at all that
In leaving her home for the great
to be filed with sunshine and famil-
lar zest of scurrying over dry Califor-
mia on half broken horsefesh.
"An right we'n ride" he said.
"While you are getting ready I'll write
letter to George Everett"
Ruth laid one slender hand on Johns
shoulder.
You're always doing things for me.
John." she said simply. Some day I'll
do something for you" She slipped
away without a backward glance.
Dorr watched her trip down the Hill
toward her own little bungalow, and
IT seemed to him as If he held one end
of a golden thread that sic was spin
ming through sunshine. 1t was an.
chored In his heart That thread would
bc 1900 miles long before she saw
good old Everett. He picked up his
pen and wrote rapidly:
Master Key" Mine. June
George Everett, Ill Broadway. New York
City:
Dear eeorge-When young. slender.
brown eyed. golden haired girl walks into
your Office and says. I'm Ruth Gallon"
and hands you the papers that she will
have in her little hand bag. 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 first to put the whole scheme
hearted George Everett. He addressed
the envelope and sealed it. Then he
went TO the telephone and called up
the station at Silent Valley.
"Bill." he said quietly after listening
moment to see if any one was on the
line. 81 want TO send telegram Take
1t over the wire, please. III be down
in little while and pay you"
Sure" foated back cheerful voice.
II wish my credit was vs. good as
yours. ten miles away. but 1t seems as
If I have TO be always present when /
ask for it. Go ahead, John!
''This Is 1t, Bill" said John:
George Everett III Broadway, New York
City:
Miss Ruth Gallon leaves tonight to see
you about Master Key" stock. Meet her
and wire me on her arrival Take good
care of her or I'll take care of you.
JOHN DORR
The operator repeated the message
and involuntarily adopted little of
Johns savage intonation on the last
four words. 1t woke him up to the
fact that he was allowing his feelings
to become public. lie begun to see
why it was that men looked at him
strangely at times, when it was a ques-
ton of Ruths Interests. He must re
strain himself.
The operator did not hang up imme
diately. but said hesitatingly: Say
John, there's a wire here; just came
in from The Master Key mine. II
does not seem to jibe with yours vii.
kerson sent It."
"I'll play fair said John to himself
and be called back over the wire, Obi.
ly. that's yours and Wilkerson's busl
ness, not mine" II be had listened TO
the tenor of the message directed tC
Jean Darnell, in New York, he would
have learned what Wilkerson was plot
ting.
For years Wilkerson had built up FOL
himself a golden image in jean Dar
nell. No one realized better than him
self that she was creature OF appe
tite, lover of silk and velvet. a wo
man whose eyes widcned at sight of Z
Persian cat Feminine In every de
gree. womanIy in none. But lie him
self, dominated absolutely. utterly ant
completely by his desires, had falleI