Bisbee daily review., 1915-06-13

"ill see you dead frstl"
 and he seemed nsnin to feel the soft threads of the web she wove about him
 She had found him a young man at Lhe precise point where a woman may either make or mar one for life
 He bad been nn easy prey for her ugerish desire for a slave. He had spent his little money laylshly upon ncr. without thought of other reward than to be uear her. mti Wilkersou bad appeared ont of thp darkness of her past
 Even then he had sul been faithful Go her. obeyed her every behrst risked fife and liberty iu her service. even nided WilkersOu in un endpuyor whose success meant that he G1ukci would be east aside as no longer useful
 And now he sat ou guard in but m a far country among crowd of nliens whose very tongue was gibber- ish to his cars
 On guard for whom? For what?
 That Wilkerson might finally sue eted and win Jean DarnclI of tue awny eyes and uNuTiam beauty.
 In that momcut-Was it Co be too dtc?-Drake came into his own
 The mine and it- wealth were as much his as Wilkursun's
 The plans were his as much as Niikers0u's
 Yet the man asleep uu the settle had taken everything Co himself and would continue to do SO
 And Jeaut
 Drake laughed silently.
 He knew her price He remembered his last conversations with her. those half confidential talks when she had insinuatingy warned him Co keep a watchful eye on Wilkerson
 He had been given to understand that it was the gold she wished And he (Drakel had the key to that gold in his own keeping for the while.
 He set his teeth when he realized how Wilkerson .despised him. had counted him altogether as mere pawn in the great game.
 He had not even troubled to conceal from him the hiding place of the plans
 They were once more within the idol. for Wilkersou had b0asted that he l had put them back and would leave them there tl be reached America lgaiu. l
 He recalled his words: Let the idol . keep 'em for me, just as it did for | Gallon. It's poor idol that won't ! serve two masters"
 And the idol lazy there wrapped in l lie bundle under his feet The price | If Jean Daruelu
 The thought worked in his mind ac- | lively He could not refrain from f0l- owing it out Co its logical conclusion. | Why should it be WHkersou who re- uued with the plans and claimed her? Why should he Dukel continue to day thc slnve;
 A moment while they slept and the lIans were his; then when Wilkerson ususpectingIy presented the idol and 'ulled out iis eye there would be ioihiue'
 lr would be George Drake who held hc master key to Jean Dunelrs ava icious heart
 So he dreamed open eyed staring nto a future where he played the master und not the slave
 And in his waking dream he touched hc bundle and felt beneath the rude overiug the hard contours of the mage
 Again it ran through his bead like an: You have the price of happiness cneath your hand
 Slowly he yielded to the temptation. iradnally, with eyes constantly fixed n the motiones, forms of Wilkerson nd Dorr he got the bundle between is knees; then he unlaced the fasten- les trcmulouslg
 The idol came out under hls hand, hd he stared dt it fascinated by ifs gliness and the thought of the secret hat it held. No wonder that at every sight of it atives bowed in abiect worship. lt held wealth. power lo9e. happi ess. He shook if softly Yes the plans 'ere sull within: he rou'd uear the istle of the folded papers i n. ,-