Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-21
CHAPTER ilL
The Runaway Car.

4-Wa&N tculdte. nouloo N , V H. Ssa dreaming of two women. taci- turn and silent as he was wrote down the thoughts which Inc could not cN- press in speech His dmry well thumb ed held the history of many a lonely night. but of an these nights there was one that stood out in his mind.
 It was the darkness mclOsing wom- an on a bed He stiI heard her whis. pcred cry. "You speak of God. Tom. -but l have mo religion but mother hood" Before his closed eyes came the vision of lamp lit. then almost am ap- paridon-tbe face of his daughter One life had fled possibly appalled, bt the horrurs of u world that rcckS not Of our poor humanity Yet there was in the dc.J womaus arms 8 child. gro. tesauely asleep. as if uuaw1Jeuei tp the sorrows this mother had known. 'Ruthw he cried. There was u1 am swcr from the still woman iu the dark ness. but thus he had chrisieucd his only child
 It seemed Go him as if that echo Stiu revcrbcrutcd from che moon washed hills which marked the site of 'The Master Key"
 "I ann getting old." he thought as hc turned Che pages of the diary as if ru. consciously counting thc years since a woman had leaned over his shoulder "Ruthr he mUrmurvd again.
 The problem before him was no longer dim and vague, as it had been in the days of his prime but absolutely 
 of Ruth when he dils With his train- cd business intelligence he set himself to solve this question
 He reviewed in his mind ull Che men and women he had known. lt was a strange procession. They marched bc fore his sharpened vision. old partners. fresh young girls mature women. men with check books in their hands. men dying of thirst on thc desert and Will kerson He stcruly put outpf his nind the thought of his fqrtners lHrmcr-ras s mau-was he deldt lf he had not died that night in the gulch. if he were still alive. knowing the secret of "The Mas ter Key, who would save Ruth from his vengeance,
 Then there rose before his mind the straight strong, almost austcrc figure Of his mining engineer, John Der youthful of course, but he had proved himself wholly competent iu almost every task that had been given him
 The old man thought more deeply. He recalled his own former years He himself had broken down thc iron bar riers of a cold world for thc sake of a woman whose image BCth was. He had seen in John Dorrs eyes the grow ing flame of love Long experience bad taught the old man that there is no passion so dependable in this world as love
 John Dou loved Ruth. lt needed mo monetary bond to assure his fidelity to her interests, and with the sudden swift alert step of man who had made his final decision he went out on the porch and called "John, John.
 Within the interior of the little house down the bin the engineer of Thomls Gallons mine had abandoned his blue. prints to study the letters on little ueunaut which represented his first victory, a touchdown on the footbal field within the last Pn seconds oi play. He knew better than ahy on' Ivy thju his mission to Nalle Vista wal DO futile Using every resource at hh command. he could find no paying ore and yet-there was the pennant, thi emblem of victory hard fought ana hard won Should he give up now He heard clear. stern call from ul fbn hilI-"JOhu. Iuhu"'
 "II Twin out yet for Ruths sake, he said as he answered that imperiou cry
 Other ears heard lhgt call and a John baslcncd down ihe hin he say Rums figure by thc side of the buuga low. and as if by thc opeuing of shutter ho once more saw inc lights Q Broadway and a table spread wit linen. two people sitting there-hi evil geHiuses.
 In tha- complex and highly organize civilization of ours uu man can be az sured th1t at any moment some othe man possibly thousands of miles di' taut is not planning am act whose DO tent wculd never occur Co him.
 Ala table in New York rcstauraI % man and woman were situhg VII fho words "Ganou" "DoU' and "Wi kcrsou~ m their lips
 Harry WilkerSon has found Tol Gallon" she -aid qgieuy. CT wond' what wifi happen" .
 Her companion laughed 'Tinllon' Iad co'lcgc mate named 'borr' Wl is working fer a man named Gallo somewhere out fla the mines
 The woman's darG eyes l.t pr aH she seemed more ~trikmgly handson as she allowed her sudden passion fnod her somher face with color
 1hcre is money in tlaJ mine 'ieorl Craue" she said "Eut thi, man Do
 what sot of chap het You m'