Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-31

h~yjtsrcally, rthe poor tool love- ber,"
Again silence.
This dine Everett, broke It. saying
stimy: 4You understand onr proposi.
ton. 10 yop accept it7" ''''.
Mr.. .parnell laid her hand on Wilker.
sons arm, and he seemed to tall into
a profound reverie.
They could zee the, lights and shad.
ows 6it over his saturntne vtsage. the.
sparkle Of bis eyes dying into a mere
dreamy glow, the sudden Tightening
OF bis thin lips. the working Of his.
hands.
Finally he reused himself as by an
effort.
n think l ought to have more" he
said quietly. .'There are signs OF gold
on one part OF this property which has
never been worked. 1t Is nowhere near
the place marked In the plans. us you
will easily ~ You updeCstmd that
Tom Gallon md | were p~artners when
be located that rich ore. Never Eiind.
BygOnes are bygones. But l want
$4,000 and that little claim. 1t may
not amount to anything, but then again
It may. Fifty thousand Is soon spent.
A mine Is u mine."
THE plans!" demanded Sir Donald
,Wilkerson pulled out Of his shirt
bosom an oilskin folded around a
square paper. BE laid this on the IA.
BILE.
There they are" he said, as though
driven to bay. ~.
Mrs. Darnell's movement of protest
did not escape either Everett or Fayer.
shap. They looked ut the little packet
that had cost 80 much agony and
blo0dshed.
1T Is a-a geatleman's agreement"
said Sir Donald presently. taking out
his check book.
The money pissed, and then Everett
picked up the oilskin packet and put
it in. his pocket.
The deeds and the master key" be
said gently.
Mrs. Darnelrs face. became splendid
in its futile rage. She tore the ribbon
from about her throbbing throat and
flung the key on the table.
Sir Donald picked 1t up carefully and
rose. At the same moment Everett
pocketed the deeds and started for the
door.
! He and Faversham passed out into
the starry night and vanished. lea wing
Wilkerson still ut the desk fumblins
the check.
| Suddenly he reached for pen and ink
and scrawled his name on the back.
Then be silently handed It to Jean
Darnell. biting her red lips ana moving
almost imperceptibly. like an animal
about to spring.
She took the BIT Of paper and tucked
It ID her bosom, Then she turned On
her companion. He met her 6ery, gaze
VI
The mother lode Is on that little bit
i got them to give u.s. be said calmly.
The plans Everett has are false"
And the look that she allowed bin
to see 10 her eyes was such al no 9th.
.er man had ever seen there. 1t was
as II her tortured and lonely. proud soul
had found its mate In some darkness
made lhurid By. the danes OF. bell.
Sir Donald spoke a brief good night
to Everett Wien they had left the OF.
fee. and turned toward the bungalow, /
leaving the other to 60 up to where
the light burned in John DORIS cabin
and tel him Of the events Of 'thse, even:
ing <.s5 3i
He met Ruth at the door and quietly
told her that all was we'll. She looked
up at him with her great eyes tiled
with unshed tears and he bent over her
a little.
Then be drew out the muster key
and put the ribbon over her bead until
the dull brass shone on her white
throat
You are once the mistress OF
the master key" be said gently, land
Of my heart"
Something III her expression told him
he had said enough. With n cheerful
word he went away.
But the next dizzy Sir Donald renew.
ed his wooing in such a fashion that
Ruth was sorely put to 1t to keep him
from demanding such caresses as her
engagement made him rigltfully ask
for.
The hardest part was that she per.
ceived that John Dorr now knew that
she was to marry Sir Donald.
He did not know. nor ever would.
what that marriage was the price of.
Everett, Of course. had quietly intro
duced Sir Donnld's assertion Of bis
new relation to Ruth into his narrative
Of what had occurred in the office
John had taken the blow steadily,
but be was not one to walk In the
dark. He sought out lRuth. and In a
few words drew from her the truth.
Nov we all know where we stand"
John said Irayely, smiling at her.
But IL thought sou loved ME too"
she murmured.
THAT doesn't alter the matter" he
snid comfortingly. Nov L must get
:" work. Eve lots to do. Wilkerson
has already started work around the
spur. and ! must begin driving into
the place where your father found
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