Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-04

! Wilkersuu flushed Miss Gallon. [
 hope that you don't rhmk that rm not ] dpiug my best | am John Dorr and 1 ! huve gone over this matter together , He ugrees with me that we have abso- iutely lost the vein and that if The Master Key Is 70 pay anything more we must iuG it agtn"
 Ruths expression sortened at the mention of John Doris name. What
 does he thiukT she demanded. What
 Is the chance uf Hnding it ugaiuT"
 "lf we run west. Dorr thinks" said
 Wilkerson slowly. we'll recover the
 vein. bui that will cost money, which
 we haven't got Do you realize. Miss Gallon. that the pay roll here is over Sl,O0O duyg Witnn'a week [ nave Go pay out over S3uuOO for the month and 1 tell you frankly that wheu |
 have paid that there will ne uo more money To The account Of The Master Key in tbe bank in Silent Valley
 Ruth realized that he was spea king the truth, even iesseuing the tmme- diJteness ot the catastrophe. but her distaste of the man was too great Co allow her to discuss the matter with him iu the intimate way which she felt was necessary. She must see John DoIr
 She quickly dismissed wukerson and chen went to Dorr's office herself, meet ing him at the door. She bore as gift a small basket Of fruit Without preliminaries she said. "Jonn. are we broGeg"
 He laughed; then his face grew grave. ''The mine Is not paying" he said briefly
 But cant we make 1t payf What is the mattery
 Money" said John
 But why moneyT
 "It will cost SlO.OOO to drive that new tunnel" John added as they en tered the office
 But Mir. WilkerSon just said he was going to pay over S3OOOO to the men, Ruth said soberly "lf we have that much money, why can't we"-
 A tenderness flooded Dorr's eyes He comprehended her belplessuess. under stood why old Thomas Gallon had been so insistent that he. John Dorr. should look after her She was a mere child He tried 10 explain the exact situation with the result that Ruth finally push ed him un his high stool. got up on it herself and wrote in a large, childish 1 hand right across the face Of one Of l hls new drawings, "l must raise SlO, 1 O0Or'
 She swung around to John and asked. | How can l get SlO,OOOi"
 Dorr hesitated His plan was risky 1 in view of Wilkerson's attitude. but. after an, the money must be raised l He said quietly: Pledge the stock you 1 own in The Master Key l know a man in New York who will loan you | S1OOOO on it." He bent over her ear. nesuy. But listen, Ruth. If we spend the Sl0000 and we don't find the moth CT lode, you lose the mine. It's just | like a mortgage on a farm"
 But you wouldn't suggest this if it | weren't the only way out" she said | briefly. Now, how am l 10 do thisT"
 You must go to New York and see George Everett will give you a let. ter 10 him, and be will see to 1t that you get the extra money we need I'll keep the mine going"
 Ruth gave him her full eyes, "You don't like Mir. Wilkerson. do you|
 "l don't trust him." he replied.
 At this moment the superintendent entered the office and, seeing their two 1 heads close together over the desk, he scowled
 'l came Co see what we are going To do about that new tunnel" he said roughly. "l don't like to start in any. thing can't finish"
 Ruth swung around to say quietly; 'I am going 10 New York city to see Mir. George Everett, a friend of Mir DorT's, and l will come back with the SlOUOO"
 Everett Everett" repeated Wilker- son ''vho is George EverettY
 Despite Johns frowns. Ruth volu.