The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-16

had he not been prompted by Mrs
Imrnell he was glad TO hasten away
to lind the elusive taxi
The real George Everett got out of
his limousine ON the corner of Wander
bilt avenue and hurried through the
revolving doors: brisk. debonair, alert,
decided; with that happy style which
denies foppery and avoids surveillance.
IT seemed strange that be should have
photograph In his hand at which he
looked ,intently until he got in the con.
course. There be stopped and. with the
picture still in his hand. commenced
watching the faces of the people
thrOnging through the gates under the
vast dome. As he waited he frowned
slightly why had John Dorr sent
him during business hours on a wild
goose chaser He thought of this er.
ticuIately and then smiled to himself.
"a wild goose" he muttered. 1t
brought up darkIing sunset vistas.
lakes smooth as quicksilver under the
evening sky. and slim, gray, beautiful
birds hOming downward The frOwn
left his forehead
After all 1t will tie good to see some
body from out of DOORS" he said to
himself
Half an hour later he discovered that
be had irretrievably missed the ar
rival of the Chicago express and with
1t Ruth Gallon. He went back into
his car and drove to his office. Once
there he called his head clerk. an an
cient aud fragile man. as crisp and
h. ek,.
Wall street, and told him to see at
what hotel Miss Ruth Gallon was stop
ping Then he wired John Dorr:
'N III Broadway. New York
John Dorr. Master Key" Mine. Silent
Valley. Cal
Could not find Miss Gallon at train Am
seeking for her. as 1t Is important that
the business be settled Immediately Wire
any possible address
GEORGE EVERETT
Far out ON Broadway. above the
eighties. an operator was ticking of
another message addressed to Harry
WilkerSon. 1t read.
rs West Eighty-rourth St. New York.
Harry Wilkerson. Master Key Mine. via
Vale Vista. Cal:
Everything all right George met Ruth
She is now with me and waiting further
particulars Have seen Everett under
guise of prospective purchaser of stock
The girl Is charming
JEAN DARNELL
Some houses, like some people. should
never be llumined with sunshine, and
Mrs DarneIls residence. overlooking
the Hudson. was of this type Its dull,
red stone front, marked by windows
that seemed blind to all that went by,
was not distinctive iii that neighbor
hood A thousand doors within u mile
would have suggested to the passerby
nothing more nor less than the great
oak portals within which she lived TO
Ruth Gallon OF course. the house
seemed tremendously formal and state
ly Within she found an atmosphere
so absolutely strange and alien to all
she had ever known that she shrank
within herself and had nothing to say
until she had been conducted to her
own room ON the third floor and a dis
Greet maid WIS busy unpacking her
things. Ruth felt that society had al
ready laid its restrictions on her She
recognized the maid as the gown and
hat" policeman
This silent. but exceedingly obtrusive
parsonage having retired at last. Ruth
studied her surroundings. When she
had completed her survey she thought
to herself that there were two things
wanting One was II silk haired Per
sian cat and the other a flaming color
ed scarf across the bed that completed
the altogether of All apartment severe
~ luxurious Then she tried to ana
lyZe the odOr. delicate yet insistent.
which she WAS ever afterward to asso-
Renee In New York
At last she traced II to some pallid
lowers in the great green and dark red
vase. whose unwhOlesOme beauty was
that of plants whose roots nave never
been in good. sound soil They looked
to her much like lilies whose pads had
lOated on some dirk ana OpaIescent
pool viScid with OdurS OF the night
She was still staring at these ana
shifting their scent through widened
nostrils when Mrs Darnell knocked on
the door and entered SLOWLY She mad
changed her street gown tor II npgliGee,
which Instantly caught the girls 40
preciative eye
"You look beautiful. she SAID quick
Iy. Jenn Darnell turned heT tnwny
eyes on her und smiled family
lam not uSunlly up until noon. she
responded "nnd am getting old. my
dear" She threw ont hrr lpweled
hands with sparkling gesture Of halt
comic resignation Ruth laughed
John Dorr says everymily gets old
in New York. Don't yun like hlmT'
Mrs Darnrl looked into the clear
eyes OF the girl ana almost tntled TO
follow her nHSer instinct Hut at that
loose thrnt she saw the heavy gold OF
1'Thp Master Key As u ir mad su.
pernaturaI powers th, sight Of that
key lucked the door OF nei heart OF
course e1ike john she sind easily