THE MASTER KEY
By John Fleming Wilson
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COPYRIGHT. 1014, BY JOHN FLEMING WILSON
CHAPTEft V. '
The Night Rider.
Irr* I TIB light In the bungalow on
I E I the hill across the valley
laGSSI winked as some one passed
|ar&-Jw beneath It and the window.
; "I can see clearly enough," said Wll
kerson, "that there Is a girl mixed
up In this affair. Tom Gallon never
jwalked like that"
! He rode slowly down the steep hill
kill he reached the pumping engine.
(Bill Tubbs, the bulky, sodden taeed
Engineer, came to the doorway.
"Is this "The Master Key?"* de
manded Wllkerson.
j "It certainly Is," was the response,
j "And—old Tom Gallon runs It?"
Wllkerson pulled out a flask, divining
Bill Tubbs' ruling vice, and the en
gineer, after a long drink, wiped his
mouth with the back of his oily hands.
; "So you are looking for Thomas Gal
ion, are you? Well, he owns this mine,
but ifs mostly run by a young girl
there In that bungalow on the hilL
You see, Tom ain't up to what he used
'to be. The ore is getting worse every
iday and the old man's sick up there In
his house."
"I'm going up to see him now," said
Wllkerson. He rode on a few yards
and surveyed the snug houses, stamp
mill and all the apparatus of the grow
ing mine and snarled: "So this Is what
he wanted for himself!"
The man he was seeking lay prop
ped up In bed. To Ruth he gave ev
erything—silks and down and all the
soft things of this life. Himself he
still slept on a hard cot with a straw
pillow under his head—that Is. he had
slept It seemed to him that sleep
had forever fled, and he was now look
ing up into Ruth's face almost plead
ingly, trying to keep his grim old lips
from asking sympathy. There was
reason in his mind that he should ac
cept no tender ministration from the
lovely girl who stood beside him. His
sacrifice must be complete; so when
his daughter bent over him and asked
him if he felt all right he mustered a
smile.
"There's nothing the matter with me,
Ruth," he was saying, and his glance
sought that of John Dorr, who stood
at the foot of the bed. The eyes of
the two men met, and Dorr impercep
tibly nodded his head in token that he
would not tell. Not that he yet knew
the secret of "The Master Key," but
he recognized the fact that sooner 01
later he was to know.
Ruth stooped over and said:
"Papa, I don't believe you do feel
well. I'm going to make you some
thing hot to drink. I'll bring you a
toddy." And she went into the kitch
en and shut the door.
When she was gone John nodded a
pleasant "Good night," and also left
i Then old Thomas Gallon rose and
went to his worn desk and got his well
| thumbed diary.
I "I am haunted," he wrote slowly, "al
ways haunted. Am I to die without
| knowing whether Wllkerson is alive
and that Ruth is safe?"
At that moment he glanced up and
thought he saw the sinister face of his
| former partner at the window. By tho
i strongest effort of will he managed to
control himself and went on writing:
| "Wllkerson still alive by night!
When will he come out into the day?
He shall never have the key that
would unlock the secret to my little
girl's happiness. I will trust John."
Fancy to yourself scenes that must
ihave fled like swift films before the
old man's eyes as he put the diary
away. The desert and its mortal
thirst; Wllkerson, ever drinking greed
ily of precious water; gold; murder;
his escupe with the plans, their loss
lln the chest when the vessel went
down in a caldron of flame; the image
of his dying wife; the picture of the
babe he had lifted from her chill breast
—Ruth, for whom he had suffered. He
bowed his bead on his folded arms,
i Such is the bitterness that the night
!brings upon those who are alone.
When Rath came in with the steam
ing glass of toddy she quietly set tho
glass down and went out on the porch
jto look at the light across the gulch
which marked John Dorr's window.
Youth was calling to youth.
| It was no apparition that Gallon had
seen at the window this time. It waa
; really Wllkerson, who, after one satis
jfled glance, rode swiftly away.
| It was midnight when he rapped at
jthe door of the Valle Vista railroad
j station and called the sleepy agent.
"I want to get a telegram through
right away," he said brusquely. "There
is an extra dollar in your pocket If you
can rush It"
The slender boy who represented the
Rocky Mountain Southern railroad si
lently led the way in. turned up the
wick of the lamp and shoved blanks
and pencil across the counter.
; "You look half asleep to me," Wllker
son growled as he picked up the pen-
IciL
The boy scanned the stranger quiet
ly and opened the drawer of his tel
egraph desk and faced his visitor
again. Wllkerson caught the glint of
jthe steel barrel of a revolver in that
| drawer.
I "You must have some money in the
safe," he snarled.
The boy looked at him with steely
blue eyes and stated in a perfectly
matter of fact tone, "I merely wanted
to show you that I am awake." Their
glances met. It was Wllkerson's eyes
that fell.
! He grasped the pencil and wrote on
|the yellow blank:
I y«ll» Vlata, Cal., March J7.
MONDAY EVENING,
I Jean Darnell, Astor Rouse, New York
| City, N. Y.:
Have found Gallon at last. Address
"Master Key" mine tomorrow.
WILKERSON.
He shoved the paper across to the
operator and said roughly: "Now, earn
that extra dollar!" He hanged two sli
| !ver coins on the counter.
The operator scanned the message,
took another look at his customer and
shoved one of the coins back.
"The charge to New oA~is sl," be
said mildly.
Wllkerson scowled, "Well, rnsh that
nnywayr He strode out of the little
office aDd mounted his horse. The
weary animul tried to turn in toward
Its accustomed corral, but Its rider
reined It sharply back Into the road
toward "The Master Key" mine.
"I think Gallon will recognize me,"
he muttered to himself.
Tom Kane, who since the beginning
of the camp had been the open handed
but close mouthed cook, sounded his
triangle.
Immediately poured out from the
quarters of the unmarried men a
stream of miners. As he had done for
mans years, Thomas Gallon went to
the" TVlndow to watch this morning
ceremony. He saw that the men greet
ed John Dorr respectfully, yet gen
ially.
"It was a lucky day when John Dorr
came," he muttered to himself. Then
his eye caught the figure of a horse
man riding leisurely down the street
apparently careless of the scowls from
the men against whom he brushed
roughly.
The old man rubbed his eyes feebly
and looked again. Yes, it was true.
He could never mistake that figure or
that saturnine visage. God! Why had
his bullet not gone through that face?
He reached for his gun with somewhat
of the vigor of youth; he was safe now.
One shot out of that window and that
figure that had haunted him for years
would tumble and fall and forever dis
appear from his life. He oould do it
He put the gun down quietly and
dropped his chin on his breast He re
alized that his years of struggle had
broken down the Indomitable spirit of
his youth and his pride. He was an old
man; he could not keep Wllkerson from
coming back.
Harry Wllkerson saw that face at
the window, and his smile hardened.
He thought he would take Gallon by
surprise possibly, but before he rapped
O
Jf
"Still partners in 'The Master Key.'"
on the redwood door Gallon had had
time to clutch the key—"The Master
Key" to the riches in San Jacinto
mine—and hurriedly thrust It into a
drawer In the desk and shut It from
sight
As the door swung open the two men
looked at each other. Then the younger
man said softly, "Pardner!"
"Pardner!" said Gallon, as If Incred
ulous. He called to his aid all his frail
physical strength to face the final ca
tastrophe.
"Still partners," said Wllkerson, step
ping on In and closing the door; "still
partners In 'The Master Key!' "
Involuntarily Gallon clutched at his
throat where that golden key hung
so long. Could he live to fight this
thing through? The agony in his chest
was unbearable. "What do you want?**
he asked hoarsely.
Wllkerson flung his riding quirt on
the table and pulled off his gantlets.
"Well," he drawled, "partner, I guess
there are several things 1 want" He
fixed his dark eyes on the old man.
"And there's one thing I'm going to
have, and that's my share of 'The
Master Key.'"
"Your share?" parried Gallon.
"My share!" said Wllkerson, realis
ing that he controlled the situation. "I
have returned for my just due!
"Now, listen, partner, I am going to
stand no nonsense."
"What have you been doing all these
years?" the old man asked dully.
"Why haven't you been here before?"
"None of your business." snarled Wll
kerson. "All I've got to say Is that I
managed to get to New York. Now I'm
back after finding out that you made
a strike, the find you made when we
were partners. How did you get back
here?"
£To Be Continued Wednesday]
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New Germantown, Pa., Nov. 30.—A
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Mrs. Shumaker was born in the same
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DISPUTE OVER DEER
Summerdale Man Shoots Ruck, but
Other Hunters Take It
Special to The Telegraph
New Germantown, Pa., Nov. 30.
Maurice Sanderson, of Summerdale, a
former resident of this place, along
with some other men, were hunting
deer in Toboyne township this week,
and on Wednesday, the last day of the
season, one of the hunters from Sum
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the Shultz ridge. A few minutes after
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The Summerdale hunter denied this
but offered to give half of the deer
If two bullet holes could be found in
the dead animal. The seven hunters
would not do this, but to settle the
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FUNERAL OF MRS. SAMUEL HESS
Special to The Telegraph
Mechanlcsburg, Pa., Nov. 30.—Mrs.
Samuel Hess, who was taken to the
Harrlsburg Hospital on Monday, died
at that institution on Thursday after
noon after undergoing an operation
for a complication of diseases. She
was 26 years old. She is survived by
her hUHband. The funeral service was
held yesterday afternoon in the Meth
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the Rev. J. J. Resh.
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Wain Pastor and His Bride Given
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Blaln, Pa., ov. 30.—A reception and
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Keener, at the Reformod parsonage,
Friday evening, on his return home
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Preceding the surprise, which was
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members and friends rushed In on the
newlyweds, showering them with an
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larder. The Rev. Mr. Keener made a
brief speech in which he heartily ex
pressed many thanks to all for tneir
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