Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-28
Continued from Lat Monday
"a DAsH THRoueH FLAMns.''

Continued from Last Monday)
"a DASH THROUGH FLAMES"
While the fight was going on in the
two campo. seaErue, ignorant Of what
vas taking place, urged his claims be-
fore the city council In Las Vegas for a
ripht-of-way through their city property.
The council listened coldiy to his de-
mands. And the chairman of the ordi.
nance committee. after a conference with
its members. Informed seagrue that
what he asked wsa unreasonable. THE
Copper Range & Tidewater railroad has
one right-of-way through the city prop
erty, We cannot grant another"
SeAerue took the rebuff calmly. With
out abandoning further effort 20 induce
favorable action in behalf Of his road,
he stopped passing messenger boy.
wrote a telegram and handed II to him
for dispatch. What the councilman
thought OF the situation dId not sesin to
disturb seagrne materially for. having
done this. he turned again 20 the COM
mittee and renewed his argument.
Helen. with Rhlnelander. Storm and
Spike was heading. IN Sesgr1ie's machine
deraiied the outfit car toward camp
storm. looking back. discovered that the
dltched car had caught fire and was
burning UP.
"it's small loss, said storm. ''And.
anyway It would cost more time and
money 10 get II on the track again than
the car IL worth"
But. exclaimed Rhinelander. urging
haste as he suddenly bethought himself
Of the contents OF the burning car, "rny
most important deeds are in that car"
What do you mean?" demanded Storm.
Il mean what say" explained Rhine
lander. The right-of-way deeds for lot
Of our property around here were in my
desk. And with seagrne on the job every
minute. trying 10 hold us up. ana dis
putting our title for every piece of land
we acquire. this win put us In bad fix. .
All haste was made TO get back 70 the
bridge. but they reached It too late 10
do anything A hurried conference
brought no relief to Rhinelander's view
OF the situation untll Helen suggested q
way out. Uncle Amos. we can ret copies
OF those deeds from the county recorder
IN Las Vegas"
Right" exclaimed Rhinelander, 'swe
can hate to lose the originals, but alncs
thcy are recorded, we're safe. The thing
to do now" he said IN haste to his com.
pAniohn, rs 70 get bask TO Laa vegaa
without lose OF time and have certified
COPIES made before any OF our friends
discover our loan."
In seagrue's camp. the fight over, IdI,
men hung around In dlsc0ntented groups
The scrimmaEe had not added any e
their good temper and the loas of worl
continued 70 irritase. A man from IN,
outfit car brought telegram 10 Sea
rrne's foreman. the man known only Al
Bill. Blil opened the message. TIla ex
pcricnee deciphering telegra phese was no
wide ana stumbled over the pennins
for some time before he finally made ou
the contents:
Las vegar refuses risht-of-wa,
Bring outfit into town-Seagrue
BAH stadied the message IN dismay.
meant good-by TO all hope Of patchln
up Seagrue's difficulties, and the aban
donment of the construction. Withou
much Of an effort TO break the fall q
the unpleasant intelligence. BIN told IN
men the orders and though they wes
greatly dsagruntled and dlsinciined 20 d
anything. he hurried them along TO N
Job OF striking camp while they wei
at this work one man remembered Ses
erue's machine and asked who had 1
u was gone. but no one seemed 10 kno
where. Nor did anything IN the tract
showing how Il had been taken fro
camp afford any explanation. When n
facts were reported 10 BTU. he told n
sieuths TO forget H. and hurried Il
breaking up 20 such conclusion tn
the train was soon ready 20 start q
town.
Helen. with her companions In the cor
msndeered machine. was approachii
sesgrue's camp when the men with n
discovered that the headquarters OF q
enemy looked deserted Not q man VI
anywhere In sight around seagru,
place. The machinery had disappear
snd the outfit train was gone. Ever
where were marks OF hurried depo
tune.
rHow what the blazes does IN
ioeang asked Rhinelander, gazing asto
shed al the deserted village.
No one could answer You don't 81
pose they've auits' unused Rhineland
speaking to no one IN particulars.
storm scanned the abandoned can
Good radiance. anyway, he mutter,
founded as the others we're. as he
out OF the car. Net for me-" he
peated. looking IN every direction for.
sight OF feagrue's missing equipms
Those euys. wherever they are. he
sot my kit. And Just now" he add
dryly. ''it's the only one I happen 10
carrying around with me"
native son. who had been watch
the cleaning up Of seagrue's camp. sa,
tered past the group. From him n
learned that the men had some with
train 70 town. spike appeared discs
eerted about she loss OF his belonGin
.'Don't worry" said Heller. lightly.
can arrange that for you. am so
20 fetarn the machine 10 seagrue IN !
Vegas. You can SET your NJ there
me same time
Then you so with Helen, direc
Khmeiander. speaking 20 storm. 10
copies Of she deeds. IN stay here