The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-03-05
THE MASTER KEY
By John Fleming Wilson
CHAPTER XIV.
Gle Is q Prisoner!"

the present search for the plans of the
site Of the mother lode.
At first lie could hardly believe that
such things could happen, but slowly
he came to understand that the ire
mendOus passions that were fighting
to he satisfied would stop at nothing.
Il fear you will find it different in
India" he told John many times. The
country is immense, it is inhabited by
races of different speech and habits
and religions, and yet over it all there
is the vague spell of the east which Is
that fear You will not easily recover
what you seek"
''BUt | must get the papers back"
said John quietly. There is no ques-
Hon about it,"
MANY a man has refused TO ac-
knowledge that n thing is impossible"
Faversham warned him. land the east
has driven him mad. However, / am
much interested myself, not only for
the sake of Miss Ruth, but from Il
sporting standpoint, and | promise you
J Il do my best to help YOU
They considered the suggested plan
of taking the idol away from the Hin
du during the voyage, but Faversham
vetoed this after a somewhat extern
sivc investigation.
You see" he told Ruth, 81 know
F,i1 nd In
from IA tribe far in the north Of India.
Most Of those chaps are looked upon
as rather sacred, and this man in spe-
cial. l see, is much respected by the
other natives in the stecraGe. To deS-
ecrate his image would simply mean
an uproar that we could never expIaiV
10 the satisfaction of the captain and
his officers. In fact, we should all get
into the most serious trouble"
Then your advice is to waltz" she
murmured.
Most decidedly" said the baronet.
And the waiting isn't 50 bad, is it,
The steamer was slipping easily
along across a mOonlit sea that night,
and Ruth and Sir Donald were far in
the bow watching the waves foam
softly away from the cutwater.
The girl had awakened during the
past few weeks to the dim happiness
Of being always the center of mems
thoughts.
She was not in love, but she was
ready to be. The experienced man be-
side her surmised this. His own heart
was beating q new tune. He had lived
much. and women had not been alOOf
from his life.
But this fair, proud. inexperienced.
yet self contained girl Weakened in him
deeper feeling than he cared to con
feSS.
To be sure, he had John DOrr to con
tend with. FaverSham did not under
estimate him as a possible rival when
he allowed himself to 90 so far as con
tempiating marriage with Ruth.
He liked the young American. and
none knew better than he the effect
that constant association with DOrr
must have upon a young and very i'm
questionable girl. Johns own senti-
ments were unmiStakable-he was
deeply in love.
From HOngkong they transshipped
to a L. and O. steamer for Bombay.
and under Sir Donald's expert guild
ance they shortly found themselves in
India and installed i'll 4 very good no
tel
I'VE must wait here till l discover
through natives just where that fellow
is bound for"
"Why not simply trace him." de-
manded Dorr, impatient to be about
his GRAND.
THAT would be out of the question:
FaverSham explained. in the first
place. you don't understand any native
tongue, and in the second place the
British government doesn't look with
favor on strange and unattached Eu-
ropeans stumbling about among the
natives.
IF you leave it to me l think
not only can ascertain the exact place
where this fellow comes from, but the
temple where the idol belongs
Several days passed. during WHICH
Sir Donald was busy among old ac-
quaintances. leaving John and Ruth to
their own devices.
They occupied their time i'll sight
seeing. At last FaverSham came into
dinner one evening with smile on his
face.
I've found your man and learneL
something of the history of the image, i"
he said.
and W. 49, get it back?" Ruth in
uaiE,3 u-ana7'r.
- uyu. nook his head gently.
.'Na5 See faF uns~ lady,
"Hus ja.ss is what we came for" she
went ~.
.Ta. e. matter - ibis said
re a.r. aG imsgo wa, sto.-~
saycr9r co-a .ueal mans. II
f,-rrrb tutelary i,i.y Of "a
sm.n eli ....., river lfnalf- AMI 81 r.
abnuf =, M article as SOB could
,ica M . ople Of that city a'uA
tr..,r s.n,. .- have lost theft image
The god i. may with the'H ana tpr
some ven, ... nave quietly CONDUCT
cd sea- p ar It."
And & r..a wi! take It to k1@.A: