Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-06
George Everett. III broadway. New York

George Everett. III broadway. New Fork
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 a little Of
Johns savage information on the last
four words. 1t woke him up to the
fact that he was allowing bis feelings
to become public. He begun to see
why it was that men looked at him
strangely at times, when it was a qucs'
ton Of Ruth 8 interests. He must re.
strain himself.
The operator did not hang up imme
diately. but said besitatingly: Say.
John. there's a wire here: just came
In from The Master Key mine. 1t
does not seem to jibe with yours. VII.
kerson sent it." .D.x .>. ,...s
"Ill play fair said John to himself,
and he called back over the wire. "Bil.
~, that's yours and Wilkerson's bust.
ness, not mine" Ii he had listened to
the tenor, Of the message directed to
Jean Darnell. in New York. he would
have learned what Wilkerson wal 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 n creature of appe-
tite. Il lover Of silk and velvet. \ 70.
man whose eyes widened at sight Of q
Persian cat. Feminine In every dc
gree. womaniy in none. But he him
self. dominated absolutely. utterly and
completely by bis desires. had fallen
under her spell. and he was going to
wir her. no matter how. 1t Is a
strange thing that when a dishonest
man finally yields to al honest passion
nothing will satisfy him but the ut
most observance Of the ritual Of socie
ty. Harry Wilkerson's vision was VI
walking up the aisle Of a great church
to meet his bride at the altar.
Yet he bad always thought Of her In
terms Of gold: that was a contrast
the pallld. satiny. blue eyed woman.
voluptuous. soft-and his image OF Der
built Of yellow gold. dragged out Of
the bowels of THE Master Key" mine
This image WIS now before his eyes:
Instead Of the warm. sun blessed Cali.
fornia hills. with their faint scent OF
sage and cactus. be saw n 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. Juno
Jean Darne'l.' Astor House. New York
City: ... ii
Find George Everett at LII Broadway
and meet Ruth Gallon in Chicago on
Sante Fe express leaving here this ven
ing. Introduce Drake as Everett after
you have seen Everett and Keep the girl
to yourself until | can arrange matters.
wy . HARRY,
FL can't send this through any Office
near here" be thought, so | guess III
ride down to Vale Vista and hand 1t
to the conductor. He can send it from
Los Angeles"
Three days later Ruth Gallon settled
herself in the seat Of a 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 e
er met her ears ~befOre-the sounds OF
the worlds business which. oddly
enough. seemed to be mostly hauled
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 IN atmos.
p1lere: 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
gnIch toward the mill. of John. bend.
ing over his blue prints and papers: OF
the grave on the hill where her father
lay. still within the precincts OF '"The
Master Key"
It had been. SO impressed. upon her