Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-28

and you can make him suulgutpu mat ters out with them"
 He peered auxiousIy up mto tne young mans face "Nou wont dpsrr her. will you, JohnI"
 With an inarticulate growl John swung out into the sunshine and el bowed his way through the streaming throng of miners just coming od shit Ahead Of him he saw Wilkersou talE- Ing 10 an old miner, who seemed ta toe arguing earnestly. He snw the super intendent and the miner re-enter the office. and a moment later Ruth Bp- peared.
 As John came to the office door he beard the sound of a scufle within. He Kicked open the fruil barrier aud stood inside just in time to see Wuker. son draw a gun on the old miner
 Drop that gun, you dogr' he hellow- ed and with one leap was at Wiker- sons throat
 Wilkerson was DO pigmy in strength and as agile ms a panther. He man. aged to land two stinging blows on Johns eye before DOrr drove him up against the wall. laid his powerful hands on him and thrust blm Co the floor in absolute helplessucss His fist was lifted to give the final finishing l blow when he caught sight Of Ruth's white face. He jerked Wilkerson to his feet, flung him into the corner and 1 strode silently out
 "John. John! What is the matterY | demanded Rnth
 "That hound in there discharged mel 1 am going to leave tonight" Her eyes slowly filled with tenrs. "You are not going tO leave The Mas ter Key mine. are you, John? And ! and"- Before he could answer her 1 appeal in words there was a wild rOar | down the street and the tramp of boot ed feet.
 "Get the dynamite and blow the fel- low upr bawlcd a couple ot hoarse | voices.
 "Get rope and hang him to the | hoistr' yelled another. Then a full | chorus of angry cries rose into the evening air and dlled the valley with | raucous sound.
 Quickly John drew Ruth aside in the shelter of one of the cottages and said l hurriedlv. This must be stopped, Ruth Tn get out there and stop themr'
 1 Ruth's property was in peril. Johns stentorian voice rang out across the throng: stop, menl StOpT But he soon saw that the crowd was getting out of hand He perceived three or | four of the tunnel men racing down | the hill to join in the fracas. One of | them. be was sure, had been to the | powder house. He gritted his teeth and made his last appeal. l "Ruth-Ruth GallonW he called | Doubtless none of the miners had mo- tlced her presence. and when her slen- der figure emerged from a doorway, | boldly yet modestly out toward the man who was trying to hold them in check. there was a dead silence. That | silence was portentous. In it was de- cided the fate of 'The Master Key" 1t was broken by wild and tumultu- ous cheers as John lifted Ruth on the box, and she held out her slender arms in girlish entreaty to the men she knew so well
 Cowed, yet as ever alert to snatch at any opening, Wilkerson now came
 boldly on the scene. Just as he had
 blufIed his way many a time before.
 be now made a play on which he knew
 his own safety depended. He mount ed on the box beside Ruth, Miss
 Gallon has asked me to restore the i former rate of wagesr' he shouted.
 "It has been done"
 What meant that ominous silence7
 What more must he say to those faces
 upturned to his? And l have reap
 pointed John Dorr to run this mine,"
 be muttered.
 Possibly he hoped that those low,
 hoarse tones would not carry far, but
 attentive ears caught them up and
 tnew their meaning.
 Old Tom Kane came through the
 crowd, thrust Wilkerson off the box
 without ceremony and raised his crack