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w. worth while. He would win the
mine and the woman also.
The mine! The Master Keyv'
The sthought brought him back Ike
the srapping of whip IS
Where issthe girl p he asked almost
4brusQuely. s.
In there" and Mrs Darnell pointed
to the curtains dividing Ruth's room
from the other.
Wnkerson started toward the arch
way. -
Il Harry
He turned.
You mustn't 90 in there"
Esss 'Why not?"
shes sleeping-youH awaken her.
'tOh, Ill nghtv' He paused and look
ed from Drake to Mrs. DarnelL .'Well,
let's get down to. business Where are
the papers? Have you got them yet?''
"Ssh! Not SO loud"'- and Mrs. Dar-
nell looked apprehensively toward the
heavy plush hangings. ~ +.
"Oh, that's all right, Jean. But we
must hurry this thing up
In her bed Ruth stirred. The muir
muir of voices came to her as In a trou-
bled dream. Whose were they? Where
had she heard that voice before? The
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CHAPTER TX.
Master of tho "Master key's Mine.


fVX71 HEN Ruth Gallon did not call
~" upon him and lie found him
Ie~TZS self unable to locate her
lSf&3 Charles Everett was ut loss
" .i..t 10 do. He had wired Dorr Of his
anxiety about her and had received
lord in reply that the young engineer
had received conflicting messages.
Cnhappily for the girl, Everett was
,lled out of town. And SO when he
found himself forced to make a hur.
ried trip to San Francisco her predica.
ment became the more pronounced
The false Everett, George Drake, took
1t upon himself to call at the Ritz for
her mail, and, returning with word
that there was none for her, Ruth felt
strange premonition that matters
were not progressing as they should.
Mrs. Darnell found her gazing out of
the dra wing room window, huddled In
pathetic little heap, detection stamp
ed on features and form
"Dearie,' purred the hostess, you
look as if you had lost your last friend
on earth. Do cheer up. What is the
trouble?"
Ruth turned her head, but remained
in the same queer little attitude. reply
ing in plaintive voice:
''I do not understand why Mr.. Dorr
has not written or wired me. Really,
Mrs. Darnell, l am beginning to fear
that something has happened to him."
Mrs. Darnell looked at her searching
ly, but recovered quickly under the
questioning return gaze.
do not worry, Ruth. Everything
will come out all right. Supposing we
take a drive. The air and sunshine
will do you n world of good"
Every minute was one of delight to
the unsophisticated girl, and each new
sight and vista opened a new world
to her inexperienced mind. After a
stop at Grants tomb they speeded
downtown, reaching Columbus circle
after a run through Central park. A
blowout of one Of the tires caused a
delay. Ruth tired Of sitting in the
car, and, jumping out, she spied for
lists window. Before Mrs. Darnell
could think Of the possibility of mis-
carriage of her we'll laid plans the girl
was inside. She purchased violets for
both and was on her way out when
she saw a telephone. 1ntuitively, rath-
er than from any other motive, she
hastily called up Mr. Everett's Office.
To her amazement she learned that he
had gone west.
Her news was even more startling
to Mrs. Darnell than it had been to
Ruth. Quick action was needed, and.
leaving Ruth in the car with pre-
varicated excuse, the older women was
soon phoning to Drake, telling him to
go west at once and instructing him
to meet them in San Francisco, where
he was to pose as Everett and continue
carrying out the plot to secure posses
sion Of Ruth's mining property.
And thus it came about that five
days later found them in the metrop-
oils Of the Pacific coast, where they
were met by Drake, still posing as Ev.
erett.
The greatest difficulty lay In reconcil-
ing Ruth's mind to the mystery of
Everett's sudden departure after she
had seen him at Mrs. Darnell's the
night before. But the cleverness of
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''THE MASTER : / KEY =
By JOHN FLEMING WILSON,

:
bridge Of considerable height. 1t was
midafhrnOon when Harry Wilkerson
threw the bride rein over his pony's
head and climbed down the hilhislope;
till he was directly 81 unler the bridge.
Then he pulled the little saw ont Of his
shirt bosom and began work Fifteen
minutes later he climbed up tosthe
road. broke the saw in two. flung the
pieces into the brush and rode away
He did not go far.
From his place of. vantage halfway
up the hill be waited The hour that
elapsed before he heard the coughing
Of the motor seemed an endless success.
sion Of deadly seconds, each marked
by stabbing breath. Then he saw
the truck emerge from the cut and com.
mence to rumble heavily down the
slope. John Dorr was driving With
him was one of the hands.
The heavy truck bumped upon the
bridge. and in the desert silence the
man on the hill saw it quietly sway to
one side and then plunge downward
to the rocks below. Before the sound
Of that crash could reach his listening
ears he saw sudden burst of fame
shoot up q; dense swirl of smoke. Then,
like the faraway cracking Of fire,
came the noise Of the yielding timbers.
followed by dull boom. -e.- s.
My God!' whispered Wilkerson to
himself. THE gasoline tank exploded
and the car is on fire!" He crouched
in the brush, waiting to see whether
any one emerged from the gulch. No
one did. The bridge burned fercely.
At least no one would ever know the
cause of. this catastrophe, and John
Dorr would not go to San Francisco.
Instinct told him to fee the scene.
But stronger passion overcame him
he must see for himself what had hap.
pened. He mounted his: horse and rode
swiftly down the slope. zsa
The truck had turned completely
over and lay broken and smoldering
across the waterworn bowlders VII.
kersOn could not see two forms; all
he diseerned through the eddying
smoke was the body of John Dorr
flung some distance from the truck
his pallid face turned to the blazing
sky. a +: . '-.:- ~, ~<,-7.. ~
"Deadv' muttered Wilkerson, chilled
with the horror of the thing he had
done. It bit into his very soul, that
scene, until he could not stand itlengel
and rode dfuriously away toward the
other side Of the divide He must sc
on his supposed errand about the wood
and know nothing of this: Z !, S4s 5s -5s
On the crest of the mountain he halt
ed and looked back. Far below him q
thin curl Of gray, smoke marked The
site Of the murder Knowing that she
was safe, llkerson4 experienced tire
mendotis feac tions szsa: s -; ss
He raised himself exultantly. in hfi
stirrups. He was now master Of The
Master Key" mine. ~. ~~-s-s - -
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Left Handed Men Not Defective.


AS left handedness is an inherited
Characteristic. apparently behaving as
Mendelian recessive, it Is Interesting
to note the belief of some Investigators
that it is one of the stigmata Of degen-
eracy, says the Journal Of Heredity.
5Bardeieben is quoted In German perl
odicals as saying:
That a few great men, such as
Leonardo da vinci, were left handed
does not neutralize the prevalent be-
lief in all ages that left handedness
implies a substandard subjects The
percentage OF left handed recruits IL
but 6.8; of school children somewhat
higher These figures are very decep-
i've, however. for OF the left handed
children who become right handed the
percentage is some &c This. added to
the persistently left landed. raises the
original percentage OF left handed con-
s1derably..'
fter pointing out that the gibbon
and orang outang are as a rule right
handed and the gorilla and chimpan-
nee left handed the speaker decided
there was no evidence at all that q
teft minded person was mentally oe
physicaliy inferior.
Continued next Friday)
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The girl sick, and we must hurry
xss her TO q hospital"
wraps in the luxurious apartments than
rap at the door interrupted their talk.
See who 1t is,'' commanded Mrs.
Darnell to her maid
The latter returned with telegram
from Harry Wilkerson saying that be
was on his: way and would join them
soon
Wearied by the long trip across the
ntinent, Ruth was glad to retire ear.
II, and shortly after the dinner hour
she was tucked in her bed aud sleeping
soundly
Drake FASTENED to the depot and met
Wilkerson, driving him to the Manx
with all haste. sS3.ss
n awfully glad to see you, Har.
was the efusive greeting he re
sceiyed from Jean.
3 His heart rounded with the JOY Or itl
After all his scheming and plottins
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Ruth Spied Florists Window. T,
the schemer counterbalanced all doubts,
and the girl was therefore persuaded
to hasten to San Francisco to carry out
her plans. . =. 5-"s''r ~ }-s.e
Accordingly she wired Dorr, but
again ''the wires crossed" for, al.
though he learned that she was 60.
ing to the western city, he again learn.
ed that Everett had failed to connect
with her .r- .s : - @s1s. @-GS. {.
Ruth had been gone many days
when John Dorr received another tele.
gram from Everett that made his heart
stop its regular beat Alone in his
cabin he .pored over 1t as If there
must be some hidden meaning beneath
the words. 1t was unbelievable Aft
er all his pain and his very careful
forethought for her comfort and safe
ty something had gone wrong. Ev-
erett was brief: s-4-s 5s -e5T.s- ..5
San Francisco, April 2
John Dorr, Silent Valley, Cal: PA: e.
Have been unable to find Miss Gallon.
y EVERETT
q "
For awhile his mind refused to work
logically. All that he could think Of
was little Ruth Gallon, she Of the slen.
der hands and pure eyes. lost. In the
great city and piteously seeking fa-
miliar face. But he pulled himself Wig
5orously together and called up the
agent at the station. al Ss
"Bill,' he said over the telephone
This is Dorr. want to get wire
through to San Francisco
All right, John; what Is it?''
John thought a moment and then die
tated this message:
Charles Everett. Call Building. San Fran
cisco: " ssi zSls ss
Miss Gallon was to have gone To- the st
Francis, as ] wired you before DORR
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BROOK FISH.

Why They Do Not Get Carried Away
i. Out toto Deep Waters, -.
Ef you watch school of minnows in
some stream that has a strong and
swift current you will see that they
always head upstream. The reason
is plain. Only by constantly swim.
ming against the current can the brook
" be carried out to sea, as the brook
| ampties into d nver, and the river
empties into the ocean. But we can
not suppose that the brook fish knows
that this will happen If it weakly al
lows the stream to carry it along. The
young minnow is born with the in
stinct to resist the flow of the brook.
The most natural supposition would
be that the instinct amounts to ten
dency to push against the pressure
) Of the water, but experiments have
shown that it is not the sense Of
touch, but the sense Of sight that
plays the important part. The instinct
Of the brook fish is not to swim against
!. the current but to keep near the same
1 scenery on the banks or bottom of
the stream. -. -
The experiments that proved this
! were performed some years ago by
Professor e. P. Lyon. He put some
7 little fish into bottle filed with wa
ter and corked the bottle, which he
then placed in an aquarium, whose
sides had seaweed upon them. When
. he moved the bottle along by the: wall
all the fish crowded to the hinder end
of the bottle. OF course there was no
current in the bottle The fish were
trying to keep alongside that part of
the seaweed covered wall that was op-
posite them before the bottle was
moved - l.. z7ss
I'm another experiment the professor
reversed the conditions He made
wooden box with wire netting at each
end: Its bottom he covered with sand
and its inner sides with seaweed. Then
he put the fish into this box and plac-
ed 1t in a stream As long as the box
was kept still the fish headed against
the current, but as soon as the box
was allowed to float away in the
stream the fish inside it swan in any
direction. While the box was still the
dsh. unless they made head against
the stream, were carried along. past
their landmarks on the sides and bot
tom Of the. box But when the box
doated along with them they carried
!. their landmarks with them, and SO
they made no opposition to being
swept along by the stream. Youths
Companion 1H
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cHAPTERs. = s:.s:st {
he Ae.rt= ~ schln.%o,a,n,

IN the Heart Of Chinatown. 4
WI lTH quick decision Wilkerson
.E"I turned his horse toward Vale
E7(Sz2s Vista. He felt In his pockets;
RsEHlI1 I to 500 how 1nrIch v,oor,ov ho
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After moi1ing over the problem BE
felt that he must conf1de In some one.
or all the men in the mine he trusted
only Tom Kane. He strobe down the
hill to the cook shanty and found the
old man engaged In his task of prepar-
ing the MONDAY meal.
Look here, Tom," John said alb
rGptly, holding out the telegram. II
haven't said anything before, but Ruth
is lost In San Francisco. I've wired
Everett before. He can't find her,
Without a word the cook reached
for the yellow slip and read It slowly.
He glanced up and said with the ut
most simplicity, Il reckon you'd bet
ter catch this evenings express.
But my work here-somebody has
got to look after the mine and Wilker-
SON. .-~E : -.. -. So
Tom Kane glanced at him and then
ut the bit Of paper. II know how you
feel" he muttered, ''but Pve cooked
years enough to know that If you leave
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Before a Doorway Vvilkerson Stopped
heavy one? She turned on her side
and the moonlight shone on her in q
white light ~
II tell you, Jean, you must do as I
say! If We want to get possession of
those papers and secure the mine we
must actv' - ~. -...-.
"Wnl you be quiet?'' Mrs. Darnen's
eyes blazed in angered resentment.
Il: What were the voices saying? Ruth
sat up, listened, slipped from the bed
and tiptOed to the curtains.
You'll do as I say orr ~.
"Harryv' -.
"Oh, come, old man. What's the
use Of all this argument?" and Drake
laid his hand on Wilkerson's arm re-
stratningly. Their eyes met Wilker.
son calmed himself . -
n"Oh, all right. As you say" And
he stepped to Jean and turned her
around to him. = -
@ Slam! Bang! v.,. "a ee11
Hello, hello!' --.. ss... =, -.
r. With one rush the trio were upon
her. Mrs. Darnell seized the affr1ghted
girl and dragged her from the phone.
She screamed.
stop her yelling! Stops herv' CON-
manded Wilkerson.
George, for Gods sake, do some
thing!'' s,sss;ssys g.ss III q z&sxz=.@z
With her hand over the girls mouth,
Mrs. Darnell held her by sheer
strength, while the always cowardly
WnkersOn screamed his commands In
louder tone than thosetof the girl had
been. - 4a; ..sa;. Z 1. 49,. -
Her head fell back, and her body
became limp. III.
"she's tainted! Call taxi at once!
We must get her out OF this hotelr'
In less than i've minutes they were
shooting down the elevator. Another
quarter minute and iWilkeBon, with
the unconscious form of the girl In his
arms. her face covered by the cape OF
the maid was rushing across the lobby.
preceded by Drake. Mrs. Darnell stop
ped at the desk long enough to. throw
down a twenty dollar bill.
The girl is sick, and we must hurry
her to hospitalf'' she managed to
gasp. SIS
Before the dumfounded clerk or the
amazed guests could stop to act they
were out Of the hotel and In taxi.
The house detective sprang from al
most out Of nowhere and In second
was speeding after the fleeing ones,
accompanied BY another plain clothes
man. s5
They sighted the first taxi as it
rounded the corner of Powell and Eddy
streets
I Keep that car insight, and catch4it
IL you cant
The chauffeur made answer with his
foot.
AS the detectives saw the,course the
other car was taking they. both MUIR
INJURED. Chinatown .ss.5,
Into the realm OF the yellow man
shot the auto
Before a doorway Wilkerson stopped.
Rap! Pause7-rap! Rap! Pause rapl
& a face appeared as the door creaked
open, the face Of Chinaman, deeply
lined. the almond shaped eyes scarcely
visible through the nearly closed lids.
A signal and whispered word from
Wilkerson. and the door witlened the
opening, and all passed through.
With whisk It closed.
Around bends and corners ana doWr,
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SPANNING an arroyo between two hills
halfway to Silent Valley was 4 short
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BUSINESS WOu L walt. ne S1ulleu udR.
nificently. And you just leave this
to me. I've been here since the mine
started, and guess can attend to 1t
from cook shanty to Wilkers0n. The
: main thing is to find Ruth. l know
she's safe, for nobody would hurt that
little girl But you've got to go to
Frisco and help her. 4 Likely she's
:, found herself pretty much stranger.
got lost in New Orleans once, and |
reckon Frisco is bigger. :" =. &s -. Sszs''s.
'cI'll CO." said Dorr promptly. e'I'ii
leave my papers and my new plans In
your charge. Tom." -.
The old man laid his warm hand on
Johns arm. "New plans?" he whis.
! pered. "Have you found the mother
lode? Don't say anything to Wliker-
son."
But he is the superintendent"
Not of this shanty. l never trust
an egg until I've broken it,
- . .ssz-c
In Harry Wilkerson's dark heart
there was what he might in his twist.
,, ed vocabulary have termed happiness
His plans were working out to perfec:
tion. Jean Darnell had wired again
that all was we'll and that she would
have news for him in few days. This
meant that she and George Drake had
done their part. But he wondered why
it was that John Dorr, who must Ger:
tainly be anxiously awaiting word
from Ruth, neither said anything nor
displayed a sign of impatfence 80 q
1t did not escape him that Tom Kane
and the young engineer were in com
sultation several times. u; What were
they planning? He determined to
probe boldly. When Dorr came into
the Office in the afternoon and begansto
clear up his desk Wilkerson asked
quietly, whats the news from San
Francisco? Has Ruth wired p i@s42#t*= i@s4st*
+ John had been expecting this per-
fectly natural question and was ready
with his answer: R.2s, q. s5s8;.;sST s3s;sss
'Everything seems to be all right: -
"Goodr' said the superintende lent dry
Iy. I'D like to get started on that
new lead pretty soon." He could not
repress sour SMILE "Since the old
rate of wages has been restored
guess you and may have to do With
out our salaries for awhile"
John looked up and caught himself
He was in no position to quarrel with
this man. :" PAY the men first. of
course" he said. He proceeded to get
into package Of blueprints and mem
Oranda. . zS E,r..
Going to mover suggested wilker.
son. .:]s'% e. .ss.. 49,
I'm going for trip, and thought
I'd look over my notes in the mean
whiIe," was the response. :
Wilkerson said no more. He went on
the alert From Bill Tubbs he learned
that. Dorr was going to run into either
| Vale Vista or Silent Valley with the
motor truck ~ s;s.
The superintendent of the Master
Key" belonged to the type that is cat
like in its quickness of action. based
on intuition rather than on reason.
While Ruth Gallon was carefully con-
cealed, it was more than possible that
Dorr would SO stir things up with the
aid Of Everett that all plans to seize
control of the mines stock would be
futile. He must not be allowed to 60
to San Francisco
But how to prevent him? Wilker.
son pondered this problem Till his dark
face was suffused with angry blood.
There was no Way but the Way OF yiO.s
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:
wv ITH quick decision Wilkerson
EXNI turned his horse toward Vale
E7E95 = Vista. eSfelt In his pockets
1zEz to see how much money he
had: He discovered that through an
oversight he had put into his pocket
before leaving the Office the last San
Francisco mint check for something
like $1,000. There was besides this a
couple of hundred dollars - ~ y. .
He pulled this out, stared at 1t, laugh:
ed and went on "Frisco for mine" I"
said he Fl asas 7sss Fl zt15ssss 1sss ttss55
| The evening sun was pouring a pale
blue light through a high Pacific fog
when John Dorr came to his senses. I'D
Twenty feet away the machine was
smoidering and the asmellAofs oil and
varnish lay like a miasma In the gulch.
He could hardly breathe He strug-
gled painfully up the slope toward the
road and then ost:conseiousness again.
It was only for moment, for Tom
Kane, desert wise, travelling in the cool
Of the evening, stopped his burros at
the top of the declivity, wondering
what the fire was. He saw that the
bridge was gone. This might be due
to tramps camped In the dry bed Of
the creek, not attending to- their blazes
He led the burros soff the road and
down the slope, only ySto stop with an
exclamation such as. he had not used
In years. John SDorr lay there with
his fingers clutched into the gray
marl - z :< ..7.. II >
He stopped over and saw that the
body, bulking heavily in the misty
light, still held its vital spark.
where is Hickman the driver?'
The cook peered around and then once
more bent over the motionless form
of the young engineer. With great ex.
ertion he managed to lift him up and
place him across one OF the pack sad,
dies. Johns arm automatically clasp.
Ing the: little animal s. neck. Seeing
him secure, and coming to his senses,
Kane went down to the smoldering re-.
mains Of the machine to search for
his companion. One glance was suf1i-
- IACuts - 1Ac 4uAStiyt gWcuI UtCh H11u s6ldCG-
ed his journey toward the mine. His
old hands. scared by years of cooking,
patted the almost inanimate form OF
Dorr. 5:s.. -s5s
They We're almost to the Master
Key mine when Dorr came to himself.
slipped or the pack saddle and stood
up weakly
What. happenedY, z, he muttered.
Nothing much, = said Kane, putting
his arm about him. You had bad
fall. That bridge never was any too
strong
Bridget said Dorr. .srhe bridge is
gone q sssS.ss a:ssz.l
Sure. said old Tom Kane easily,
whistling to his burros again You
just come along with me- II. ~
Butt haven't got my Goa t. rs IS
The cook looked ut him with swift;
understanding His coat had been III
the seat Of the mac chine and was burn.
ed S Il get you another coat when
we get back to camp. he said com
fortingly So they progressed the long
and dusty road back to the q Master
Key It was dark when they ars
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think it is at least as fair to help
workers win strike by keeping out
hired thugs and gunner as it is to
help newspaper publishers win a
lockout by letting THEM use hired
thugs and gunner working hand-in-
hand by newspaper-bossed police
men? do.
Yours for peach. D. Cochran.
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THE PUBLIC FORUM
INFORMATION WANTED.-In a

recent issue of your paper you said
town talk is that the real reason for
Miss Murphy's removal as asst sup't
of schools is because of her religion.
Now it is my opinion, unless you give
us more facts concerning the cause
Of Miss Murphy's removal, the great
majority of your readers will be up
a tree on the subject and can't help
but believe that readers of The Day
Book would greatly appreciate the
balance of the story.-John n. Mel
coskey, 1883 Monroe St.
lit is generally understood by prac-
tioaIIy all persons connected with the
board of education that religion was
the real reason for the ousting of Miss.
Murphy. 1t is hard to find anybody
who is willing to be quoted on the
subject. However, following this let
ter is another signed by M. J. Gallery,
which shows how things line up
Editor)
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SHORT ONES

Beer kegs, we read, are used as ad-
ditional wheels to buoy up Kansas
moving machines in muddy fields
and thus saved the wheat crop. What
we want to know is how came the
beer kegs in Kansas?
n. G. Wells has written explaining
how to beat the Germans AS Mr..
Wells discovered this war II years
before it started he is entitled to tell
how to stop it.
One thing we would live to have
explained is why these experts call it
"The Causeless War" then write five
columns of causes Of the war.
One good thing about the happily
defunct spring is that not one wealth
er prophet claims he predicted it Not
one dares admit it.
De Wet got six years in prison
when found guilty of treason. If it
keeps on high treason will be IS and
costs.