Courier Democrat., 1916-08-10
SYNOPSIS

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panic among the passengers
AS the ship settles O'Neii is accosted
by beautiful girl, and he plunges over
ooard with her. They are picked up by
captain brennan. She proves to be Ma
talie Gerard. whose mother is the friend
Of Curtis Gordon. O'Neirs unscrupulous
business rival.
O'Neil and Natalie journey to Hone to.
gether She tells him OF her mother and
Gordon. When they arrive at Hope Cor
don meets them.
O'Neil is impressed with the magnetism
OF his rival, but is sure his plans are un-
sound. Iom Slater quits Gordon for
O'Nell They go to Cortez in time to save
Dan Appleton in a crooked card game.
Appleton, an engineer. had worked for
Gordon. He casts his fortunes with
O'Neil. ONeil leads his men to a wild
country, convinced he can build a rail-
road up the Salmon river.
O'Neil meets his crew in Seattle when
a newspaper woman gets on the phone.
,She proves to be Dan Appleton's sister,
O'Neil tells her his plans. but not for
publication.
Eliza Appleton is sent to Omar to ex-
pose the men who trying to snatch
control of an empire. She meets her
a possible newspaper attack by Eliza on
O'Neil.
There's a scene when Curtis Gordon
asks Gloria to be hostess to Miss Golden
Gloria says Miss Golden isn't fit person
to meet Natalie. Gordon says she has
money and he needs her in his schemes
In her extremity Mrs. Gerard listens
to Natalie's plea to go to the Irish prince.
O'Neil finds places for them In his new
hotel. Gordon. thoroughly enraged, plans
to cripple O'Neil.
Dan tells his sister he's desperately in
love with Natalie and asks her to win
O'Neil, as he considers him a rival Dan
goes out with a car Of dynamite and holds
a canyon threatened by Gordon's men
O'Neil takes the girls on trip to Jack
son glacier. He decides to make a peril
GUS voyage in a skiff down the Salmon
river. Eliza, despite his pleadngs. ac-
companies him.
Dan Appleton accepts ONeil's offer of
$1,000 to the man who'll cut cable in
the work done by Gordon. After cutting
the cable Appleton Is set upon by a crowd
OF GordonS but is rescued by ONeil's
tnen.
When Dan tells Natalie that with the
$1,000 he means to buy her an engagement
ring she says she's sorry: that he has
made a great mistake. Eliza consoles
Dan.
Starting for New York, O'Neil tells Eliza
he has the key to a kingdom Gordon
tells Natalie he is ready to marry her
mother. In New York the Heidelmanns
refuse to back o ONeil
When things look darkest for O'Neil in
New York he gets the backing of Poult-
ney Illis an English capitalist Dan and
Eliza with their savings, pay off the la
borers at Omar and prevent a walkout.
Gordon plans new attack.
Gordon's press bureau incites a mob
against the Heidelmanns. O'Nel fires
Appleton when he learns that Appleton
told Natalie English capitalist was back
ing him.
O'Neil repents when DR.. Gray tells him
Of Dams and EliZa's sacrifices while he
was in New York and reinstateS them
Appleton and Gordon engage in a des-
perate personal encounter. Appleton car
rieS off Natalie.
Appleton marr!es Natalie O'Neil re-
celves them sraciously. There's a big
celebration in Omar O'Nel grows susp;-
%louS OF the mysterious murnlurin IS
among the men in camp
CHAPTER Xxx.
Gordon Loses His Mind:
~ NE evening as Captain Johnny
:9a, srennan stood l,' on the, the dock 1:,: su-
of cargo for the S. r. and
N. he was accostcu by :, tall merry
GUS man With shifting eyes and
twitching lips. 1t was hard to recog-
nize in this pitiablc shaken creature
the once resplendcnt Gordon, who had
bent the whole northland to his ends.
Some tantalizing demons inside the
{ mans frame were jerking at his sin
-ews. Fear was in his rowing glance.
He stammered. He plucked at the lit
tie captains sleeve like a frightened
woman. The open hearted 1rishman
was touched.
eyes," said Johnny after listening
for time. "I'll take you with me.
and they won't catch you either
Gordon chattered: "I'll pay you we'll,
handsomely. I'm a rich man. I have
interests that demand attention, SO ac-
cept this money. Please. Keep it all,
my good fellow"
Brennan stared at the bundle Gordon
had thrust into his hand, then regard
ed the speaker curiously.
''Man. DEAR" he said, this isn't
money. These are stock certificates"
"Eh? Stock? Well. there's money
in stocks, big money if you know
how to handle them The promoters
wandering eye shifted to the line of
stevedores trundling their trucks into
the hold, then up to the crane with its
straining burden of bridge material
Every package was stenciled with his
rivals name, but he exclaimed:
"Bravo. captain! Well be up to the
summit by Christmas. No graft! No
incompetence. The utmost publicity
\ in corporate affairs our plat
form We're destined for n plOriOus