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

lar zeSt OF scurrytng over dry Cal1foT-
MIA on half broken horsefesh.
IAN right wen ride" he said.
While you are getting ready I'll write
letter to George Everett"
Ruth laid one slender hand on Johns
shoulder
john" she said simply Some day I'll
do something for you" She slipped
away without backward glance
Dorr watched her trip down the hill
toward her own little bungalow. and
1t seemed to him as If he held one end
of a golden thread that she was spin
ming through sunshine. 1t was an
chored in his heart That thread would
be 1900 miles long before she saw
good old Everett. He picked up his
pen and wrote rapidly:
Master Key" Mine, June
George Everett. Ill Broadway. New York
City:
Dear George-when a young, slender.
brown eyed. golden haired girl walks into
your office and says, I'm Ruth Gallon"
and hands you the papers that she will
nave in her little hand bag. please see
that she gets $4,000 Ever yours.
JOHN DoRR
He would have added more His
6ner instinct told him that Ruth should
be the first to put the whole scheme
before the cool headed, rather cold
hearted George Everett he addressed
the envelope AMI sealed it. Then be
went to the telephone and called up
the station at Silent Valley.
Bill" he said quietly after listening
a moment to see If any one was on the
line. ~ want to send telegram, Take
1t over the wire, please. I'll be down
in little while and pay you"
Sure" 6oated back a cheerful voice
Il wish my credit was as good as
yours. ten miles away, but it seems as
If have to be always present when
ask for it. Go ahead. Johnr
This is 1t, Bill" said John:
George Everett. Ill Broadway. New York
City
Miss Ruth Gallon leaves tonight to see
you about Master Key" stock. Meet her
and wire me on her arrival Take good
care of her or I'll take care Of you
JOHN DORR
The operator repeated the message
and involuntarily adopted little Of
Johns savage intonation on the last
four words, 1t woke him up to the
fact that he was allowing his feelings
tn become public He begun to see
why 1t was that men looked at him
strangely at times, when it was a ques-
ton of Ruth interests. He must re
strain himself
The operator did not hang up imme
diately, but said hesitatingly: Say
John. there's u wire here; just came
in from The Master Key mine. 1t
does not seem to jibe with yours vii
kerson sent it.
TN play fair" said John to himself.
and he called back over the wire "Bil
ly, that's yours and WilkersOn's bnsl
ness, not mine" Ii be had listened to
the tenor of the message directed to
Jean Darnell. in New York. he would
have learned what Wilkerson was plot
ting.
For years Wilkerson had built up for
himself a golden image in Jean Oar
nell No one realized better than him
self that she was a creature of appe
tite. a lover of silk and velvet wO
man whose eyes widened at sight Of
Persian cat Feminine In every de
gree, womanly In none But he him
self. dominated absolutely. utterly ana
completely by his desires. had fallen
under her spell, and he was going to
win her, no matter how II Is
strange thing that when dishonest
man finally yields to an honest passion
nothing will satisfy him hut the ut
most observance of the ritual of Sucie
ty Harry Wilkerson's vision was OF
walking up the aisle of great church
to meet his bride at the altar.
Yet he had always thought OF her In
terms of gold; that was contrast
the pallid. satiny. blue eyed woman
Voluptuous, sofia his image of her
built Of yellow gold dragged out OF
the bowels of The Master Key" mine
This image was now before his eyes:
Instead of the warm. sun blessed Cali
fornia hills. with their faint scent of
sage and cactus, he saw richly fur
nished room and breathed the odor OF
altar of roses Let us not follow him
In his dreams But looking over his
shoulder an hour later we read:
Master Key Mine. June
Jean Darnell. Aston House. New York
City:
Find George Everett at Ill Broadway
and meet Ruth Gallon in Chicago on
Sante Fe express leaving here this even
ing. Introduce Drake as Everett afte,
you have seen Everett and Keep the girl
to yourself until can arrange matters.
HARRY
Il can't send this through any office
near here" he thought. so / guess IN
ride down to Vale Vista and hand IT
to the conductor. He can send il from
Los Angeles"
Three days later Ruth Gallon settled
herself in the seat of Pullman that
was soon to leave Chicago for New
York. She was excited In crossing
town from one depot to another
through the streets roaring with traf.
0p Cba had bna ~ soVr,,,