Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-10
Tie Trouble on the Tore ito.
BY FRANCIS LYNDH.
tcopyright. I'm, sy Francis LynA..,
SYNOPSIS.
BY FRANCIS lYNDB.

| CHAPTER I.,,Angus Macpherson has
planted his ranch along the Torolito river.
m Colorado. Jake. Setter later settles
the surrounding country is Irrigated, and
settlement has gradually sprung up A
dam has been built and Setter, being the
water; A large land syndicate is trying
to obtain control of same by buying out
sellers sHs sc claims; by doing so they would
Macpherson believes the syndicate viii
ultimately succeed in their purpose and has
about decided to- move HIS ranch. but 10
young friend a consumptive namsd Jack
Halcott. Macpherson had been quite in
innate With Sellers daughter Nan. until
came to the settlement. 1t Is evidently
through the latters wish that Macpherson
ln 5I r to lea " without causing trouble
the information that Setter has sold out
sls nb sntire rights to the syndicate. Miss
fallen desperately in love- asks him to
cause cause, no trouble and he decides to leave
CHATTER I11.-Angus goes to see ss,t.r
and on the way learns that Wykamp, the
land company's engineer, who has charge
NJ WGrs Of ,e eonstrpetion Of dam Is there.
they walk on and meet Wykamp returning:
ne evidently knew Miss Sanborn, and, com.
NE, NE up TO them passed an insulting remark.
through Miss Sanborn's pleading that Mac.
pR eIis rT dS1s not iT KIN him him
seott Miss sanborn has forbidden his seeing
her again. 1t is evident that Wykamp has
some strange power over her and Macpher-
son W1l, believes that Miss sanborn's words are
Wykamp.s command and not her own wish.
CHAPTER V.-Macpherson's hatred OF
Wykamp decided him to fight the syndi-
cate to finish and he locates a placer claim
lust above the site of the syndicate's bro.
posed dam.
rides up the stream to Macpherson's claim.
stumbles and slides down into the stream.
CaAPTER VII.-Three weeks later he
Iregains Sonscto4sness in Settlers cabin and
learns that Settlers daughter Nan had
rescued him. Setter has realized his mistake
~ ssliing his water rights and the feeling
IN tne settlement Is very high against the
SSnolcate and also against the engineer
Mykamp. The latter has ceased annoying
Winifred and he has turned his attentions
CHAPTER vn1-In writing to an tnt-
mate friend In the east Miss Sanborn tells
her he Is here" meaning Wykamp. It il
evident that they had met before, and he
had greatly wronged her. In letter from
an old friend. a classmate of Wykamp's,
Halcott learns that Wykamp is bad one,
gth Clipping of the
,CIHAPIE SI Ix.-Halcott decides to try
and save Nan from Wykamp by showing
Winifred. He does so but she refuses s@at to
believe him. He then decides to 20 to her
father, but during the night the letter and
clipping disappear.
CHAPTER X.-Late next evening Hal
colt sees Wykamp come riding up aionr the
stream; Soon old man Setter leaves Quiet.
Y In the same direction, and little later
surmises that Nan had taken the proof
OF Wykamp's villany to Macpherson and
that n ne is on the way to call the engineer
hurries to intercept Macpherson' but aecl.
dentally crosses to the wrong side of the
stream From there he can see the en-
moments later terrible explosion DESTROYS
the dam. and throwing Wykamp into the
snaef saG Wifi Hse taf
slowly brings him back to life; meanwhiis
Ills ahd n his de bgS
beer. coming to blows and he had riddenup
% where ne had learned the engineer had
gone to speak to him alone. The destruc.
ton of the coffer-dam is the work OF Sell
CHAPTER xI1-During the following
with Miss Sanborn, and she tells him that
she is Wykamp's wife, having left him
aft after learning he had been married before,
marriage, she being his lawful wife. Mac
pherson is charged with blowing up the
CHAPTER XIII.-one Sunday Halcott
is watching Setter. who is acting strangely
up. on the mountain side, above the rebuilt
coffer-dam. Wykamp rides by on his way
to inspect the newly built dam and Nan,
seeing him, follows. Halcott follows them
dun roar Of cloudburst He 81 Chambers a5r ' up
the mountain side and sees the water swift
~ rushing hin down the valley The dam is
when with another dull roar the dam
crumbles and Halcott sees Setter, Wykamp
and Nan engulfed and drowned by the
angry food.