THE MASTER KEY
By John Fleming Wilson
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COPYRIGHT, 1014, BY JOHN PLRMIWG WILSON
"A good cook always has grub for
people that drop In unexpected like."
was the grim response. "Just tako a
peek down there now."
Through the window John saw that
the camp was quietly but surely di
▼ldfng Into two parties. The elder
miners were gathered about the cook
nhinty. Around the office stood a
doaen or so malcontentß half drunk,
uader the leadership of Tubbs, who
j.
Tha Old Cook Offered to Fight Him on
Any Terms.
was wholly drunk, and on the porch
talking to Wilkerson were a couple of
Mexicans.
"It looks as If they meant to rush
the camp," Dorr said thoughtfully. Ha
jiroceeded to arm himself, and Everett
qirietly followed suit.
"Tra going to talk to the boys first"
nnld Dorr. He left the bungalow and
'strode off down the hill, followed by
the cook. A gun was fired up by th®
mine tunnel month.
"That's a signal that (he Mexicans
lire making trouble!" Kane shouted.
"Ijook out for dynamite In the shaft,
'John!"
Without a word further Dorr leaped
down from the porch of the cook shan
ty and started up the hlli, followed by
a doien faithful supporters. Other
shots were fired. Wilkerson appeared
at the tunnel mouth and then vanished
Inside. John sprang upon the trestle
and rushed after him.
Instantly a band of Mexicans mate
rialised halfway down the hill, fired a
few shots and retreated. John paid no
attention to them, but kept on.
Once within the tunnel he saw a
faint gleam of light ahead of him. He
understood that Kane was right, AVil
kerson was playing a desperate s«Jiie
in blowing up the shaft and then in
the ensuing confusion allowing the
bandits to loot undisturbed.
A few yards farther on John stopped.
A dark figure rushed by him toward
the open air. But the little glow of
light remained. For a moment Dorr
hesitated; then he leaped forward and
began trying to extinguish a lighted
fuse.
He had almost succeeded when a
bullet whizsed by him; then a second
spattered on the rock overhead. Me
turned and fired blindly in the direc
tion of the shots and resumed his task.
The fuse was short, but he succeeded
In extinguishing It and started back.
He met a fusillade of bullets. Ho
dashed on toward the mouth of the
tunnel and suddenly emerged on Wii
kerson, who, not being able to see into
the murk of the shaft, was firing blind
ly Into the opening.
With a shout John leaped for the
man whom he now knew to be seeking
hi# life. Before Wiikecson could fire
another shot he was caught in a
mighty embrace and then began a
short sharp struggle high In the air.
John Dorr for the first time in his
life knew the absolute and terrific j
(hirst for killing that sometimes comes
to a man. It was either his life or
Wilkerson's. And no oue should in
terfere with his revenge. He throw
himself on the man with but one ob- j
Ject in rlew—to slay him bare handed, t
Wilkerson fought tigerishly, and for |
the moment had the advantage Tho :
lofty trestle was an ill place for a !
heavy man like Dorr to fight on. and I
the other's agility and lithe quickness I
seemed about to win when John by a i
sudden unexpected and desperate ma- 1
neuver caught him and threw him
clear into the air. breaking his clutch
with a terrific blow. Then he jerked !
him to the edge of the trestle and j
fiting him over.
Standing erect. John drew the air I
Into bis tortured lungs and let out a
tremendous yell of triumph.
Ruth Gallon heard that barbaric yell j
nnd shuddered. Tom Kane stared up- j
■ward at the figure on the trestle, and i
hi* open mouth seemed llpless, for he, '
too. shared In the moment's blood j
Just.
And on the rocks below Wilkerson's
fieure sprawled grotesquely. Its white j
and darkling face turned sightlessly
to the sky.
CHAPTER XtX.
A Manage From tho Grave.
HTLKERSONS fall from tho
trestle had not been unno
ticed b.v his outlaws, and be
fore any one in the camp
ceutf n&k« guru thai the man. was
MONDAY EVENING, *
(lend H couple of the Mexicans had
quickly slipped down the hill to him.
They found him still alive. Without
paying any attention to John Dorr's
men. who were still doubtful of the
outcome of the battle, they dragged
their fallen leader away and up into
their own temporary camp.
It was not long before Wilkerson re
riTed. He was terribly bruised and
clmoet insane from physical pain and
wild rage at his defeat. It was with
difficulty that the unsmiling outlaws
restrained him. Their chief took upon
himself the task of making it plain to
Wilkerson that this was no time for
rash and unorganized attack.
"They have beaten us so far, senor."
he said quietly, "and you are very
sick. Tonorrow we shall see."
The next, morning's sun had scarcely
touched the peaks of the mountains
when Wilkerson stretched his stiff,
eore limbs and began a fresh campaign.
He made it clear to the leader of the
Mexican outlaws that Ihey must work
swiftly.
"It won't be long before the news of
this fighting gets out and the authori
ties take a hand," he said. ' - But if we
can Just get this mine into our posses
sion in the next three days I can hire
you and your men as peaceable work
men and %wear that Dorr and his gang
are trying to take pur property a way
by force. I guess my word will be as
good as his."
"Very well." agreed the Mexican
after thoughtfully considering the mat
ter. "We can get back into Mexico in
twenty-four hours from here. So long
as you pay us and let us—what do
you call it—loot, my men are with
you."
"VYilkerson covertly studied the des
perado's impassive visage. Jose Yigas
bore a renowned name on the border
for daring, shrewdness and wicked
ness. He was known as "The Merci
less." For five years he had hnd a
price set on his head, yet because of
the loyalty of his adherents and his
own fearlessness he hud escaped.
No man better fitted for a sinister
purpose could haye been found. Yet
mingled with Wllkeraon's satisfaction
at having such a tool to his hand was
a dread of the man himself, and his
calm insistence on the privilege of loot
ing the camp when it was captured
gave him a sense of nausea.
After nil, they were Americans down
there lu. tho "Master Key" camp.
Through his binoculars he could see
Ruth on the porch of the bungalow.
Vigas, too. saw her. Ho took no pains
to conceal the cruel Interest in bis eyes.
The next few days resulted in little
advantage to either side. John Dorr
could not reopen the mine nor even
send in for much needed supplies be
cause of the constant menace of the
outlaws, who occasionally tired scat
tering shots down into the gulch as a
warning that they were vigilant.
On the other hand, Wllkerson found
it impossible to seize the camp with
out precipitating a battle, from which
he shrank. Deeply Involved as be al
ready was In crime, he dreaded to
cross the border line which would for
ever place him beyond the pale and
make him an outlaw.
Instead, he used every method to
put himself outwardly in the right. He
sent plea after plea to the sheriff of
the county to come and restore order,
asserting that he had been driven from
his rightful property by violence ami
that the situation was such that, with
&£ j \
Ruth on the Porch of the Bungalow.
out interference from the authorities,
there would be serious trouble and
very likely bloodshed.
These pleas availed only partially.
The sheriff made a trip into tho mine
talked with John Dorr and Tom Kano
and then sought out Wilkerson.
"It looks to me as If this was a case
for the courts," lie said slowly when
lie had examined WilUerson's forged
ileeds. "1 knew r.UI Gallon pretty well,
and he thought, a sight of that Ruth
girl. Fact W, he told me he intended
h«r to have the mine and left it to her
In his will. Xow you toddle along
with these papers and want to take it
awsy from "
1 Xo Bo Continued Wednesday
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What Is a Good Woman
There are good women; there are
better women; there are best women.
There are comparatively good wo
men, positively good women and su
perlatively good women; and all these
definitions are modified by time, place,
climate and temperament.
Good women appear in public places
and before men here in America with
uncovered facea and shoulders; but in
Turkey no good woman could do this,
because it is not the custom, and
would offend.
The Kood woman does not offend
purposely or wantonly. She submits
to the inconveniences and discomforts
of tradition until she can see some
reasonable prospect of bettering the
race by defying the conventions.
The comparatively Brood woman
lives a harmless life, avoids wound
ing any one; and submits to all man
ner of injustice at the hands of society
because she dislikes to make a fuss or
attract attention or disturb existing or
ders.
The positively good woman lives an
actively good life, under the same
conditions, putting herself to great
trouble to help others and trying to
overcome the results of injustice
essaying to remove the cause.
Superlatively tiood Woman Is One
Who Attends to Nearest Duty First
The superlatively good woman does
jail tills and more. She attends to the
nearest duty first—relieves distress
and bestows sympathy; but she ts
brave enough to attempt an attack on
established traditions when they stand
in the way of the progress of the hu
man race, even though the attacks
bring suffering and pain upon herself.
Mary Livermore. Julia Ward Howe,
Victoria Woodhull, Mott, Su
'san B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton were all superlatively good wo
men. Helloed, sensitive and beauti
ful souls, they suffered from the bru
tality and ignorance of the world when
they gave their lives to the destruc
tion of moss-grown traditions which
had become breeders of pestilence, and
undertook the construction ot the
great, broad edifice where \voman
dwells to-day.
The merely good woman does no
evil. She keeps ih" Commandments,
and is happy in being harmless.
The better woman does no evil and
strives also to do Kood where it comes
in her way.
The best woman does no evil, does
much Rood and goes out of her. way
to inspire and encourage those who
have been doing wrong to new aspira
tions and endeavors.
The good woman never speaks ill
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of the absent. She is silent when
ohers condemn.
The better woman speaks well of
the absent when it Is possible to do
so.
The best woman defends the absent,
even at the risk of offending those
persons who are prone to condemn.
The good woman is satisfied with
being good.
The best woman is continually at
work upon her character to make It
better.
Gmxl Woman May Be Simple and
Humble, but l)oos Her Duty
The really good woman is a good
daughter, sister, wife, mother and
friend. She may be simple, bumble,
uneducated and poor, yet il' she ful
fills her duty in all these relations she
is the best of women, for they in
variably call forth the highest quali
ties of human nature, and often de
mand self-denial, self-sacrifice and
self-control.
There are chaste scandal-mongers
who are neighborhood assassins—
slaying characters with their adder
tongues.
There are models of virtue who are
reckless spendthrifts, wasting hard
earned money in needless ways.
The good woman knows how to
curb her temper, how to be charitable
in speech, how to economize her ex
penditures.
It requires courage, self-control anil
unselfishness for a woman to practice
common sense economy when sur
rounded by extravagance and folly, in
the hearf of fashionable society sonic
such good women may be found.
It requires tho same virtues and
faith and trust in God's wisdom add
ed for a woman to be cheerful, kind
and patient, while her heart starved
all her life for the refinements and
pleasures of existence; yet many such
women are to be found in homes of
poverty—good enough, who rejoice in
the success and happiness of others
while fated to live a life of hard work
and loneliness from the cradle to the
grave. In shops, factories and kitch
ens. there arc good women doing dis
tasteful work patiently, and cheerful
ly using their earnings for others de
pendent upon them.
There are good women who stand
by had husbands, because tliey be
lieve it their duty and because they
hope for ultimate reformation.
There are good women who leave
bad husbands because they realize that,
self-respect or the salvation of their
children, demand It.
Any woroarv who . lives up. to her
highest understanding of duty Is a
good woman, no matter how others
may differ In their ideas of what con
stitutes duty.
The girl who gives up her ambi
tion for an education In order to re
main at home and care for aging par
ents is a good girl, but another may
prove a better girl who pushes ahead
and secures her education In order
that she may give her parents a more
dlsirable homo eventually.
The highest unselfishness must
sometimes suffer from the miscon
struction of the world, which regards
it as selfishness.
Wo are all a little better or a little
worse than we were last year this
time; a little stronger or a little weak
er: a little wiser or a little duller.
There Is no such thing as remain
ins stationary. The world turns on its
axis—the sun. stars, planets, all re
volve. Even tho rocks are composed
of millions of ever-moving atoms. So
the mind of the mortal is always doing
its work and making or unmaking tho
character.
It is for yon to decide as you ana
lyse your own life whether you are
(a good woman or not; whether you
are as good as you know how to be,
and whether you are better this year
than you were last.
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Miss Fairfax
Answers Queries
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ASK FOU AX EXPLANATION
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
When a man writes to a girl a
couple of times that he Is coming 1o
see her and she is not home at the
time fixed do you think it is right
for him to continue keeping com
pany with her? t like the girl very
much, but I don't know if she cares
for me. I know her about seven
weeks; she is eighteen years old. I
am twent.y-three; have a good trade,
also a. good bank account. I neither
smoke nor drink. EMlti.
Inquire into the reason for the girl's
conduct. Possibly she does not care
for you and takes this rude means of
showing you so; possibly it was an un
avoidable occurrence. Try to find out,
and if you see your company Is un
welcome try to get over your Infatua
tion.
DON'T INTKRFERK
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 am a girl seventeen. My brother
is engaged to a voting lady who does
a good deal of llirtlng. Do you think
it is proper for me to tell my brother"
I do not like to do that yet I think
it would be a warning. ANXIOUS.
Don't interfere in your brother's love
affairs. You would probably succeed
merely in making him unhappy and
suspicious and in estranging some of
his affection from you. Fven If she
does not act as you think she should,
FEBRUARY 1, 1915.
her conduct may be perfectly satis,
factory to your brother. The only
thing you can do is tell her you have
heard a rumor about her flrtations and
that you hope for your brother's sake
she is more loyal than gossip indi
cates.
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