The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-21

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ences must be ut work against him.
He suspected Capelle. stin . board
member, and . continual intriguer.
Capelle was a master worker in un-
derground effects and besides being
S%eagrue's own attorney. was himself
heavily interested In opposing enter
prises OF the Coast line. To throttle
Rhinelander in the construction effort
begun by Helen's " father before
his death. was to advance his own In
terests Is well as those Of his client,
R~hinelander's decision as to what
must be done to meet this opposition
was prompt. ST. '3t"s
He consulted ! timetable. called his
foreman, asked for q man to carry his
handbags to the station and began
changing hts clothes for q trip. oI5t
Not far away, and at about the same
time. Seagrue was reading his own
mail. 1t contained this note: aaf5a
Unsuccessful report concerning
pass submitted. Persuaded hackers
to withdraw support ON the first.
This viii stop operation on Rhine1and.
er's cutoff, as we know he cannot
produce survey. d CAPELLE."
In Seagrue's hut . party of newspa-
per men from Ocesnside we're waiting
to be taken on an Inspection trip over
the construction. I.i483
I'm ready for you. boys" said Sea-
grue. In high spirits, to the journalists.
Well look over the work near here
,rst." he announced. ripping open =
box of cigars.
Hold It. Mr.. Seagrue,' cried q cam
era man. focusing on the manager.
I'VE want you. hrst, right there where
you are, 81 your desk. Hold IT,"
The picture was taken, q copy prom
Used to Seagrue within an hour and the
party started out. Had he left his hut
two minutes earlier he might have
seen Amos Rhinelander, followed by
S~eagrue's own Spike with Rhineland-
er's bags. entering the waiting room
door of Signal station.
Helen, looking up from her table,
perceived Rhinelander's anxiety re-
Elected in his
Bed news. Helen he said, plung-
ing at once into the unpleasant sub
ject. Il am on my way to O~ceanside.'
he added, when she had read Bowers
note. The directors meet tonight.
Someone Is trying to undermine us.
But whether l succeed in changing
their views or not, I'm going to fight
ii l have to fight all night"
Helen was too upset to speak for a
minute. For her, so much depended
on the success OF her own road In
reaching the mountains with a cutoff
first. Rhinelander. worried though
he was, tried to cheer her up. Spike
outside. listening, gathered that Rhine.
lander was on his way to the city.
He hung around the platform till the
local passenger pulled In, watched
Rhinelander board it. and, mingling
with Seagrue's men. walked unob-
served owe to the latter's camp. He
found his boss with the journalists.
What Is .it?' demanded Eeagrue,
seeming new in Spikes appearance.
HRhinelander has just gone to
|iOceanside." e.tS Ell .UGf .HI .
Seagrue smiled. Did he get q let.
ter this mornings" ols .0eG ~.
HE did" a.s
Their confab was broken In. on by
one Of the newspaper men who had 4
print OF the photo he had taken OF
ScaErue ct his desk. Seagrue inspect
ed this with the greatest pleasure.
"Ffne!" he exclaimed. "Good pic
ture!" IS
= A whimsical idea seized him. He
wroteia word or two across the back
of the print end recalled Spike "Take
|thiio oyep 10 Helen Holmes. Give It
to | her with my COMPLIMENTS So
saying he ttrnedl to the photographer.
: Spikes reception at the station Was
always . chilly one. This time Helen
took his message and dismissed him
before she-ePened the envelope. When
she saw What Seagrue had sent she
was angfy. Her nrst impulse was to
tear the hateful print in two. In
stead, she contemptuously impaled 1t
on . stepf f1le near at hand. A mo-
sment latbs,. removing the print TO nlo
2 MESSAGE no looked At The picture
again. Har@sh}tanfle4 waAlr A44eqoto1
to > pa1afbmS. D645SjsIISns desk.
4 had tEltsby tn 6enma
lens. tn 1&N1noc
carefullyE NE E1e4 TIL OBJ
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