Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-08-03
SYNOPSIS

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Murray O'Neil, railroad builder, on his
way to Alaska, is a passenger on the Ne
braska. The ship runs aground. O'Neil
helps Captain Johnny Brennan to quell a
panic among the passengers.
AS the ship settles O'Neil is accosted
by a beautiful girl, and he plunges over
Dcaro win her. They are picked up by
Captain Brennan. She proves to be Ma
tale Gerard, whose mother is the friend
Of Curtis Gordon. O'Neirs unscrupulous
business rival.
O'Neil and Natalie journey to Hope 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 I'M
sound. Tom Slater quits Gordon for
ONeil. 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
ONeil. 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.
ONeil tells her his plans, but not for
publication.
Eliza Appleton is sent to Omar to ex-
pose the men who are trying to snatch
control of an empire. She meets her
brother and Natalie. Dan is worried over
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 Code isn't a fit person
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money and he needs her in his schemes.
In her extremity Mrs. Gerard listens
to Natalle's plea to go to the Irish prince.
ONeil 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
ONeil, as he considers him a rival. Dan
goes out with a car of dynamite and holds
Il canyon threatened by Gordon's men.
O'Neil takes the girls on a trip to Jack
son glacier. He decides to make a peril
GUS voyage in a skiff down the Salmon
river. Eliza, despite his pleadings. ac-
companies him.
Dan Appleton accepts O'Neil's offer of
$1,000 to the man who'll cut a cable in
the work done by Gordon. After cutting
the cable Appleton is set upon by a crowd
of G%ordon's. but is rescued by O'Neil's
men.
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 Il kingdom. Gordon
tells Natalie he is ready to marry her
mother. In New York the H~eidelmanns
refuse to back O'Neil.
When things look darkest for O'Neil in
New York he gets the backing of Poult-
ney Ills, al English capitalist. a 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'Neil 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