1965 Valiant ballast resistor question

I needed to bypass the ballast resistor for a Pertronix installation.
Some idiot P.O. painted everything on the firewall, so it's kinda hard to trace wires.
I looked at the wiring diagram and, best I can tell, only one of the wires on the downstream side of the resistor goes to the coil.
My resistor has two male prongs. The plug going in has two wires, plug coming out has two wires.
I just made a jumper between the two plugs. What are the other wires for? Is this OK to run it like this?
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