The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-26

OuSy OIOAer duU. U0luk thoroughly 0UQ
temperamentally an actor, felt the chill
Of this lack of interest and would Ger
tainly have fallen down on his part
had he not been prompted by Mrs.
Darnen. He was glad to hasten away
to find the elusive taxi
The real George Everett got out Of
his limousine on the corner Of Wander
bQt avenue and hurried through the
revolving doors; brisk. debonair. alert,
decided; with that happy style which
denies foppery and avoids surveillance.
1t seemed strange that he should have
photograph In his hand at which he
looked intently until he got in the con-
course. There he 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 ar.
ticulately and then smiled to himself.
"A wild goosev' he muttered. 1t
brought up darkling sunset vistas.
evening sky. and slim, gray, beautiful
birds homing downward. The frown
left his forehead
"After all it will be good to see some.
body from out of DOORS" be said to
himself
Half an hour later he discovered that
be had trretrievably missed the ar
rival of the Chicago express and with
it Ruth Gallon. He went back into
his car and drove to his Office. Once
there he called his head clerk. an an
cient and fragile man. as crisp and
bloodless as the money that passes on
Wall street. and told him to see at
what hotel Miss Ruth Gallon was stop
ping. Then he wired John Dorr:
Ill Broadway. New York.
John Dorr, master Key" Mine. Silent
Valley, CAL:
Could not find Miss Gallon at train. Am
seeking for her. as it 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:
[ Is A West Eighty-fourth st.. New York.
Harry Wilkerson. Master Key Mine. via
l. 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 ie charming.
JEAN DARNELL
Some houses, like some people, should
never be nlumined with sunshine, and
Mrs. Darnell's 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 in that neighbor
hood. A thousand doors within a 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
~. 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 dis
Greet maid was 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 a silk haired Per
sian cat and the other flaming color.
ed scarf across the bed that completed
the altogether Of an apartment severe.
!; ~ luxurious. Then she tried to ana
'lyze the odor. delicate yet insistent.
which she was ever afterward to asso.
i ciate with Jean Darnell and her expe
/! Renee in New York.
!, At last she traced it to some pallid
\ towers in the great green and dark red
!, vase, whose unwholesome beauty was
!! that Of plants whose roots have never
!; been in good. sound soil. They looked
ITO her much like lilies. whose pads had
1 doated on some dark and opalescent
pool. viscid with odors OF the night
She was still staring at these and
smiling their scent through widened
0ostrils when Mrs. Darnell knocked on
/; the door and entered slowly She had
changed her street gown for neglgee.
which instantly caught the girls ap
preciative eye. - >-~'~5
/; you look beautiful she said quick
i ". Jean Darnell turned her tawny
eyes on her and smiled family. "
II am not usually up until noon," she
responded, "and-I am getting old, my
dear" She threw out her teweled
hands with sparkling gesture Of half
| comic resignation. Ruth laughed.
!. John Dorr says everybody gets old
in New York. Don't you like him2"
/ Mrs. Darnell looked into the clear
eyes OF the girl and almost failed to
/ follow her baser instinct hut at that
loose throat she saw the heavy gold Of
1.-THE Master Key" AS If it had 80.
/ pernatural powers, the sight Of that
!. key locked the door OF her heart 'Ot
/ course like john" she said easily
We must get everything fixed up now
!: George will be here-George Everett
/ Of course, mean-t0night. and you
i aod he can talk the business over
!! 'You know. we simply must have
the money" Ruth returned earnestly
|, The mine isn't paying now. but John
/: knows where We can lind the mother
! Node again: then We'll ali he rich.
Il "Ah!" said Jean Darueil You're
selling stock, presumed"
|. Il own 1t all, Ruth returned proud
I ny. ITS my mine MY father left 1t
~ NO when no died - Sha did nOt 500