The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-01-25
SIXTH EPISODE
The Railroad Monopoly
By JAMES OPPENHEIM.
Author Of THE Beloved" and
"Songs For the New Age"
! ON LARNIGAN'S victory over
the textile trust and the trag-
ic defeat of the plans Ayers

&c ue1eut Oh the pluUS Ayers
had made for his destruction
encouraged him vastly, but not more
than did the discovery that he was
not, after all. friendless and alone In
his fight.
Ben Travers, his old friend of the
Alaskan mining camps, had come back
into his life, and Ben had millions and
the will, rs well as the power. to help
Tom. Harry Stevens, too, the young
newspaper man who had enlisted in
Bruce's war against the grafters. had
sought Tom out and promised his aid.
Tom gripped the hands of his friends
In turn after he and Ben Travers dis.
cussed the latest warning to drop in
vestigating the railroad monopoly.
"Well. l can't make you quit" he
said, land I don't mind saying that l
am mighty glad because can't.
There are no two men | would rather
have with me in n fight. and 1t looks
as though we have n real fight ahead
of us now. Bruce seems to think that
we ought to look into the railroad
monopoly that Charles Rockford has
created"
Stevens nodded
"Tll drop down to Wall street and
see what | can find on the financial
end. l know that any reporter on the
street would do anything asked him
Then you and Ben can follow up Rock
ford personally. Have you looked into
his movements at all?"
Yes" said Tom. Hes going to
Boston from New Hartford this after.
noon, just his private car and an en-.
CINE. II l could only get on that spe-
clair
"Goodr' echoed Ben. "I'n 20 with
your
Tom secuted around now. afraid to
ask questions too openly, until he
found out which engineer was to I've
in charge of President Rockford's spe-
cial that afternoon on the run to Bos-
ton. He left Ben to watch him and
went to call on Rockford. As he ex.
pected, he was unable to see the head
of the railroad. But he managed to
drop note addressed TO Rockford and
containing warning that he had bet
ter mend his ways. He told Ben of this
THAT Will prepare him." he said
Hell know who l am when he sees
me-"
i've been talking a little with ouI
man." said Ben. II think we can lane
him all right, He says he'd rathe
work In a glue factory than here. ii,
seems 10 be sore on the whole works
from Rockford down"
And Tom. when he in turn talked I
the engineer. found that Ben had no
exaggerated. He listened to the man
complaints for time and then decid
ed to make Il proposition to him.
Look here" he said. II can sho,
you l know how TO run an engine, an
my friend here knows all about firin,
It's worth $500 to me to be In your Gu
this afternoon when that special gos
out. How about IT."
The engineer agreed.
Somehow It did not occur to eth,
of them to distrust the engineer or
suspect him. And yet. no soon,
were they out of sight than he mat
his way as fast as he could to Pres
dent Rockford's office, told of Il
bride and OF what he had done.
Stanford Stone was with Rockfo
when the engineer made his report.
He leaned over and spoke CO
fidentially to Rockford, who grew
little white as he listened. but no
ded finally.
"All right" he said, "I'll do II. !
stay back here, but they'll think L
aboard-well, II will serve the
right! You can trust Dunn2"