THE MASTER KEY By John Fleming Wilson Bjr ipecUl arrangement for this pacer i photo-drama -orreiponding to tha kutallmaoti of "The Master Key" may now be sees at the leading mov ing plctarr theaters. By arrangement made with the Universal fOsi Manufacturing company It Is not only possible to iW The Master Key" to this paper, but also aftar ward to see moving picture* of out story. COPYRIGHT. IDI4, BY JOHN PLEMINO WILSON They were almost to the "Master Key" mine -when Dorr came to himself, ■lipped off the pack saddle and stood op weakly. "What happened?" he muttered. Toothing moch," said Kane, putting arm abont him. "You had a bnd (all. That bridge never was any too Wrong." "Bridge!" Mid Dorr. "The bridge Is roneT* "Sure," wild old Tom Kane easily, wtilstttng to his bnrros again. "You Just come along wltb me." "But I haven't got my coat." The cook looked at him wlfti swift Understanding. Hla coat had been iu thn seat of the machine and was burn ed. "Til get yon another coat when we get back to camp," he said com fortingly. So they progressed the long and dusty road hack to the "Master Km y." It wai dark when they ar- i rfved, and Kane was able to take his! da led and much bruised charge Into the cook sbanty without being observ ed by any of the miners. Dorr was ! ■till bat half conscious and willingly submitted to being put to bed, though he still protested that he wanted bis coat. "What do you want your coat for?' demanded Kane. John opened bis eyee widely, for the first time cognizant of his surround ings. Then he leaped from the bed. "All my money Is In it!" Tom Kane sat on the chair beside him, dish towel In hand, as a sort of emblem of antbority, and demanded In his careful tones, "There wasn't any thing else in the co«t, John?" He bent his white head as'if to catch a whis per. Instead Dorr gave a raucous shout: "There was that check from the mint"-- "I saw you myself give that check to Wilkerson," said the cook soothingly. "But that doesn't change matters any. You're got, to get to San Francisco, and you're busted." Tom Kane pulled out an old deerskin poke and from it spilled on the table a few hundred dol lars. "Just as soon as you get able, John," he said huskily, "you take this money and get to Frisco. Find Ruth. That's all that matters—find that little girl. "Hurry!" he whispered. "Wilkerson Is gone. He's been gone since mid afternoon." "But I am badly hurt" said John Dorr stupidly. Then Kane under stood that he must take desperate measures. Fifteen minutes later Dorr was pounding down the road toward Silent Valley. His head was roughly band aged, his chest had been tightly strap- ; ped with the ripped woccen blanket, and In his nostrils was the pungent odor of ammonia. He was at last awake and knew that in his pocket was a thousand dollars 'in gold. An hour later he boarded the Sunset ex press and automatically paid his fare, bought his Pullman ticket and, not- j withstanding the porter's earnest in- : qulry as to his injuries, went to bed as I Bilently as he arrived in San Francisco | a day later. Exultant In his triumph, Wilkerson stifled the small voice of his conscience and strode on. One thought now mas tered his every action—he must reach San Francisco and Jean Darnell. Jean Darnell! The woman who stir red him to the depths of his Innermost soul. Jean Darnell and the "Master Key!" Arrived at the station he sent her a wire telling of bis coming. Two min utes later he was aboard the train. As he gazed backward a bend of the rails drew a curtain to his musings, and he turned and entered the car. • •••*•• Upon their arrival in San Francisco Mrs. Darnell acted upon her decision made during the journey—that they would stop at a less pretentious hotel than the St. Francis, where the chances of her plans being spoiled by chance meetings with the real Everett or per haps John Dorr were too great And so they took a taxi to the Manx. A word with Drake and the older woman stepped to the desk and in a firm, bold hand wrote: "Mrs. Darnell and daughter, New York." \ Quickly she turned to Ruth and, fol lowing the lead of the bellboy, escort ed her toward the elevators. No sooner had the.v removed their : wraps In the luxurious apartments ttiai, a rap at the door interrupted their talk "See who It is." commanded Mrs Darnell to her maid. The latter returned with a telegram from Harry Wilkerson saylnp that he was on his way and would Join them soon. Wearied by the long trip across the continent, Ruth was glad to retire ear ly, shortly after the dinner hour sbe was tucked In her bed and sleeping soundly. Drake hastened to the depot and met Wilkerson, driving him to the Manx with all haste. "I'm awfully glad to see you, Hnr ry," was the effusive greeting he re ceived from Jean. Hla heart pounded with the Joy of It! After all his scheming and plotting was worth while. He would win the mine and the woman also. The mine! The Master Key!" The thought brought him back like the snapping of a whip. "JV'herf la th« gltfT' he asked almost MONDAY EVENING, , HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 21, 1914. brusquely. "Jn there," and Mrs. Darnell pointed to tho curtains dividing Ruth's room from the other. Wilkerson started toward the arch way. "Harry!" . J He turned. "You mustn't go in there." "Why not?" "She's sleeping—you'll awaken her." "Oh, all right!" He paused und look ed from Drake to Mrs. Darnell. "Well, lot's get down to business. Where lire the papers? Have you got them yet?" "Ssh! Not so loud"— and Mrs. Dar nell looked apprehensively toward tho heavy plush hangings. "Oh, that's all right, Jean. But we must hurry this thing up." In her bed Ruth stirred. The mur mur of voices came to her as in a trou i bled dream. Whose were they? Where | had she heard that voice before? The JlhmP™ Before a Doorway Wilkaraon Btopp*d. heavy one? She turned on her side and the moonlight shone on her in a white light "I tell you, Jean, you must do as I say! If we want to get possession of those papers and secure the mine we must act!" "Will you be quiet?" Mrs. Darnell's eyes blazed in angered resentment. What were the voices saying? Ruth sat up, listened, slipped from the bed and tiptoed to the curtains. "You'll do as I say or"— S "Harry!" j "Oh, come, old man. What's the j use of all this argument?" and Drake ; laid his hand on Wilkerson's arm re stralnlngly. Their eyes met. Wilker son calmed himself. "Oh, all right. As you say." And he stepped to Jean and turned her around to him. : Slam! Bang! "Hello, hello!" With one rush the trio were upon her. Mrs. Darnell seized the affrighted girl and dragged her from the phone She screamed. "Stop her yelling! Stop her!" com- i rnanded Wilkerson. "George, for God's sake, do some thing!" With her hand over the girl's mouth, Mrs. Darnell held her _by sheer strength, while the always cowardly Wllkersqn screamed his commands lu n louder tone than those of the gli-1 had • been. Her head fell back, and her body became limp. , "She's fainted! Call a taxi at once! We must get her out of this hotel!" In less than five minutes they were shooting down the elevator. Another : quarter minute and Wilkerson, with the unconscious form of the girl in his arms, her face covered by the cape of the maid, was rushing across the lobby, preceded by Drake. Mrs. Darnell stop ped at the desk long enough to throw down a twenty dollar bill. "The girl is xick, and we must hurry her to a hospital!" she managed to gasp- Before the dumfounJed clerk or the amazed guests could stop to act they were out of the hotel and in a taxi. The house detective sprang from al most out of nowhere and in a second was speeding after the fleeing ones, accompanied by another plain clothes man. They sighted the Irst taxi as It rounded the corner or Powell and Eddy streets. "Keep that car In sight, and catch it if you can!" The chauffeur made answer with his foot. , As the detectives saw the course the other car was taking they both mur mured. "Chinatown!" Into the realm of the yellow man shot the auto. Before a doorway Wilkerson stopped. Rap! Pause---rap! Rap! Pause—rap! A /ace appeared as the door creaked open, the face of a Chinaman, deeply lined, the almond shaped eyes scarcely | visible thron~b the ivnrly closed lids, j To Be Continued Wadamulav I jB. ik'»> < ■ .. 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JLJIT• JTxCCCI 5 else the manufacturer could not afford to spend large sums of money for the adver- ========= tising, and to attach his name and reputation to an article that was not extraor- Cll<sf-UCiN S dinarily meritorious, for it is the repeat sales that he depends on. It is there- 1/UjniL/iV « ▼ f aiVUCd fore qu i te evident that when an article is nationally advertised and nationally SOLE S . sold,year in and year out, year after year, it is exceptionally good goods to stand « S*le Agent the test and prove worthy of continued sales and growth. It is conceded by ex- SHOE A perts that when an article is advertised generally—nationally— it is the best pos- 5 niCMCD The sible product. The wise always, in consequence, prefer nationally known goods For Men and Wotnen ' : § UlLilLl\, Jeweler a,ld ask for what the y w 4 " l name - Read tllem magazines. z i ne s and keep posted on J nationally advertised goods. JERAULD SHOE CO. =1 408 M»ke. Street J f JJJJg p AG £ JJ J W QRXH WHILE | f\o More N'lcht and Sumlay Work —— —""i .. _ .W Poring Over Books if You Use THE TOLEDO A I Thctnuilc """ c °°"" i i~\l J pus moncttnzm stand* jm' UIL Will Not Evaporate BMESDin K. storage wni Not Fr e e« pto Chalmers <1 * Will not Injure cooling system. VIICIIIIIW* O -If SYSTEMS 1 Gallon tMt,' «l •>-, _ AMJ 1 FIRST A.VD STILL THE REST! . A IjaUOn COStS . W' C. L. SAWTELLE For All Parpo... SAI.ES AGENT a « • 700 'T " ,e "• s > Parcela Poat 6 North Thirteenth street S. F. Boulter & Co., Inc. Toledo Scale Co. ' Mo ,„ « ,». I Bcii r pho.e g a42» a ' Telegraph Building Front-Market M«tor Supply TelegVaph Bldg."" Keystone Motor Car Co. | Al*o handle Salei Bnokn In HARRISBURG, PA. rr B ell Phone 843 J01»-102d MARKET ST. IS . every known variety. B. F. REYNOLDS, Sales Agent. Robert L. Morton, Manner. ' STUDENTS (JIVE RECITAL Special to The Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa., Dec. 21. On Saturday afternoon a recital was given by tlio music students of Miss Romaine liertzler and the following program was successfully rendered: Idylle, "Katydid," L.ouis A. Drumheiler, Mae Kutz"; "Waltz Song." German, Helen lleinry; "In May," Francois Behr, Rose Bowman; waltz, "Tick-Tock," Franz Dietz, Earl Ryan; "The Fisherman and the Mermaid," Geza Horvath, Kathryn Wliitcomb; "Sabbath Eve," Weber, Kathryn Weber; waltz. "Eittle Indian Bov," Franz Dietz, Mary Whit comb: "Cricket Polka," M. F. Heise, Clara Weber: duet, "Glen Waltz," Euckliausen, Pearl and Roy Meals: "After the Storm," K. Roberts, Sam uel Weaver; "Serenade Waltz," Franz Opel. Susie Reynolds: "Rose Tints," Jessie M. Winne, Valeria Hershman; "Barbara Waltz," M. Greenwald, Edith Dougherty; "The Mill at Sans Souci," H. Necke, Marion I.esher; "Humor eske," Robert Eilenberg, Molva Hersh man; "Little Pet Waltz," Henry M. Brainard, Monroe Yohn: "Sunset Noc turne," Edward M. Bead. Esther De Arman; duet "Meadow Play, Alary and Kathryn Wliitcomb. WORKMAN STRUCK BV BAR Special to The Telegraph Mechanicsburg. Pa- Dec. 21. —Ross Lehman, East Locust street, met with a severe accident on Saturday while at work at t.lio D. Wilcox Manufactur ing plant. Me is a hammerman and a bar, which was accidentally placed un der the hammer as it was descending, struck Lehman a territlc blow just above tbe right knee und hurled him across the room. Medical aid was summoned, and while no bones are broken there is a bad bruise which is very painful and will incapacitate him for work for some time. C*VT. 11. M. M. RICHARDS HEADS LEBANON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Special to The Telegraph Lebanon, Pa., Dee. 21. Captain H. M M Richards, of Hathaway Park, was unanimously re-elected as president of the Lebanon County Historical Socley. Nt the annual meeting on Saturday. Former Assemblyman Henry C. Snavely and Professor Hiram M. Shenk, the lat ter a member of the faculty of Leba non Valley College, were elected vice presidents', and Dr. S. P. Hellman, sec retary. RESI'IE MISSION ESTABLISHED Special to The Telegraph Lebanon. Pa., Dec. 21. A Rescue Mission, of the Mnlvin E. Trotter va riety. which exist in many of the larse cities of the country, was established here on Sunday afternoon, at the Church of the Poor, which is being re modeled for the use of the mission. The place is to be maintained bv an asso ciation of laymen from the several churches and adult. Rlble classes and brotherhoods of the ' churches. Tho building was decided yesterday nftcr- WOMAN FALLS DOWN STAIRS Special to The Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 21. —Mrs. J. E. Reary was seriously injured Thursday night. She fell down a small flight of stairs, badly fractur ing both hones In her right leg, sev eral inches above the ankle, and spraining her left ankle. Mrs. Reary was in the room and walked out ln the hall, which was dark, and was pre cipitated with much force to the land ing below. TEACHERS' INSTITI TEAT HERSHEY Special to The Telegraph Hersliey, Pa.. Dec.'2l. The annual meeting of the school teachers of this district will be held here on Friday and Saturday, January 15 and 16. The Friday evening session will be held in the Hershey Central Theater, and the Saturday sessions in the assembly room of the new school building. All Well Dressed Women DPS All the Best Dressmakers tisßL ; Pictorial nWfi Review MM ] Patterns X/ jjr 'fHK /A You ought to be a ' Ljt j, vi ¥ Review t t |\ I / \\ «* the greatest woman's I ' \l / \\ magazine. I U • lu Kathleen N orris" i l\ I I\\ greatest novel "Julia | J 1\ | i j \ Page" commence# in ! . ml j ! I, \\ the January number of ! , '• \\\ ! L\\ Pictorial Pseview. II j | 1 1\ ; IM FjS'lLk jiW JANUARY W PATTERNS „ !i now ow Bkle. i Dives Corneroy CSi Stewart ! TO REORGANIZE BOARD OF TRADE I Lebanon. Pa., Dec. 21. ■ — Present of- I fleers of the Lebanon Board of Trade , have decided to retire to make room for new material, and thus effect a reor- I ionization of the body. Recently Frank j P. Hammar resigned as secretary, and President George D. Krause also an nounced that he would not accept re election. Following this, the other of ficers decided to step down and out. Recently there was not enough mem bers present at any meeting to form a quorum and pay the bills. LAV ALLIERES Diamond Mounted, from $5.00 up; Solid Gold, from *3.00 up; Gold Fill- ' ed, from $1.50 up. JOS. D. BRENNER Diamond Merchant anil Jeweler No. 1 North Third St. I v ' Christmas Suggestions A Fine Bag or Suit Case would make a most appropriate gift either for yourself or your friend. We have the Likely OUARANTKED Carabao Bag's; for quality and class as we know what they are made of. If we haven't just what you wish we'll make to order what you want. Indies' Itand or Party Bags, Tray Purses, Vanity or Pocketbooks, XJress and Wardrobe Trunks, Steamer and Auto Robes. The best assortment in the city. BK SI UK TO I.OOK OI'U LINE OVER. Harrisburg Harness & Supply Co. Second and Chestnut St*. Wholesale and Retail l.eathrr Merchants V A Merry C to every smoker —no matter what his age, his station in life or his taste —is the assurance of every box of King Oscar Sc Cigars When a cigar is filled with quality tobacco it's bound to give a good account of itself. Nothing extra is needed. Quality tobacco has distinguished King Oscars for 23 years. i Box of 25, $1.15 Box of 50, $2.25 Box of 100, $4.50 ' • ! 13
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