The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-02-02

Here spike. spending money freely.
piled the grambling laborers with
liquor and advised them to stand on
their rights and refuse to work IL
their money was not at once forth
coming.
Rhinelander made up his mind not
to dodge the issue and he assured
such Of the men as would listen that
II they would give him q little time
he would replace the payroll on his
personal credit. and that no one
should lose q cent through the accl-
dent The difficulty was to get the
men TO listen. The strike idea spread
through the camp like an Infection.
and reason was for the moment COM
pletely forgotten. Spike, perceiving
the mischief we'll under way and
anxious 10 get the two city criminals
out OF the way before the detectives
from headquarters should arrive and
round up the camp for suspects. d.
rected Sykes and Dan TO beat II"
back to town on the local passenger.
Al this time . sudden and unex-
pected complication arose. With
Spike. the party returned to the shack
for a ANAL drink. and when they left
II, Sykes and Dan started for the
station. But . lighted match caro-
lessly thrown to the ground inside
the hut, falling among rubbish. had
ignited II, and almost before the pair
reached the station the hut was on
Are.
Entering the waiting room with his
companion, Sykes bought tickets from
Helen for the city. When with Dan
he walked out on the platform, the
local train had pulled in and the
crew were looking at the fre at
Rhinelander's camp.
Sykes and Dan boarded the train at
the moment II pulled out slowly. In
the Office, while Helen was putting
away the bill with which Sykes had
paid for the tickets, her attention
was arrested by a blot of ink on the
edge of II. With a woman's intuition
she realized almost at once that the
ink-stained bill was one Of those
stolen from the express package the
night before. Running out on the
platform, she told Lyons OF the dis
covery. But at that moment Lyons
was too much concerned in the fre,
now rapidly spreading across the
camp, to give the necessary attention
to what Helen said. and together with
q llneman who had just stopped his
little speeder car before the station,
the agent hurried over to the camp to
see what assistance could be rendered
Rhinelander and his men
Helen. frantic as she saw the train
pulling away with the burglars, looked
around for help. Nothing seemed to
orfer in any direction and she turned
dtstractedly back to the ONCE 10 wire
| Oceanstde when her eye fell on the
speeder, deserted q moment before by
' the lineman.
, With a start she turned to II, took
hold OF the handles, pushed the car
/ forward a length. found 1t responded
to her touch. and hardly giving
thought as to whether she could man
] age the machine. conceived, as II pc
gan to pick up speed, that possibly
she could overtake the departing
train.
Catching at the infiammable mate
rial with which It's path was freely
spread, leaping from tent to tent ant
hut to hut. licking up the canvas AM
eating rapidly into the fimsy wooder
structures that barred Its way. en-
quilting machinery, wagons and equip
ment In Its quick advance, IRE, Tanned
by the north wind and Its own sue
ton, tore along like a whirlwind, will
Rhinelander and his gang doing thet
best to check II. BY the time the trail
had reached the vicinity of the CAM
the FIRE had jumped the track and tn
flames rose on all sides as the loca
headed through them.
Close behind the train, Helen, run
ming the lineman's speeder. was doinI
her utmost TO attract the attention
OF the train crew. Their eyes wer
fixed on tho fire. II seemed doubtful
whether the train could get past tn
blaze. In any event. the men wer
too much absorbed with their ow1