The Huttig news., 1916-06-10

rom camp to investigate a strange ,pht anu nhds an automobile party camped al the canyon portal
 CHAPTER II-Brouillard meets j. Wes- iey oeft~r1ght and his daughter Gene Vieye of the auto party and explains inc reclamation work to them.
 CHAPTER III-Cortwright sees in the pfoJset Dig chance to make money ..and no chance for man to get in anywhere, ; Brouillard is imperVious to hints from the nhanclef, who tells GeneVieVe the eupI- neer will come down and hook himseif IT the bait is we'll covered"
 CHAPTER IY-Cortwright organizes q company and obtains government con tracts 10 furnish power and material for the dam construction. A busy city springs up about the site Steve Massin- gaie threatens to start gold rush if Ford to build a railroad branch to the place, thus opening an easy market for the ore from the Little Susan" mine.
 CHAPTER v-Brouillard and the com Rany promoter clash, but on orders from Washington Brouillard turns over the plans for the power installation
 CHAPTER Won a visit to Amy Mas sfngale at her fathers mine BrouiiiarS finds she understands him better than he had thought.
 CHAPTER Willie tells her of his need for money to pay off his dead fathers debts and that to be free he would saeri- ice anything sd e his love for one wom- an Though his influence Is vital to the building of the railroad extension she tells him to be true to himself. He de- cfdes for it.
 CHAPTER vIII-Mirapolis, the city of numbered days. booms. Cartwright per suades Brouillard to become consulting engineer of the consolidated electric DOW CT company in return for s1o0.ooo stock.
 CHAPTER Ix-Rumors that the govern ment will call a halt on the dam cause Grislow to tell Brouillard that he Is lean ing to the Cartwright side to make the city permanent. Brouillard denies it.
 CHAPTER x-Permanent building in Mirapolis and a real estate boom are In full swing when the stoppage of work on the railroad threatens a panic. Brouillard spreads the Massingale story of placer gold In the river bed and starts a gold rush.
 CHAPTER xI-The gold rush promises to stop the reclamation project
 That Is another thing-a thing I haven't dared tell father and Stevie. When I was in Mirapolis this morn ing l heard that the railroad wasn't coming, after all; or, rather, Tig had heard 1t and he told me- We were dig gfng for facts when you met. us on Chigringo avenue-trying to find out if the rumor were true"
 Tt means a great deal to you. doesn't it?" he said evasively
 It means everything-a thousand times more now than it did before"
 His quick glance up into the sud denly sobered eyes of the girl stand ing on the step above him was a voice less query and she answered it.
 We had no working capital. as think you must have known Once a month father or Stevie would make up few packsaddle loads of the rich est ore and freight them over the mountains to Red Butte That was how we got along. But when you sent me word by Fig that the railroad com pany had decided to build the exten- sion, there was - there was-a chance.
 Yes" he encouraged.
 "A chance that the day of little things was past and the day of big things was come. MT. Cartwright and
 
 to buy an interest in the Little Susan Father let them in on some sort of stock arrangement that I don't under stand and then made himself person ally responsible for dreadful lot of borrowed money"
 Borrowed of MT. Cortwright?" queried Brouillard.
 No; of the bank. Neither Stevie nor knew about it until after 1t was done, and even then father wouldn't explain. He has been like a man out of his mind since Mr Cartwright got hold of him-everything is rose-ool- ored. But you see how it all depends upon the railroad"
 Not so much upon the railroad now as upon some other things" said Brouillare enigmatically. You say your father has borrowed of the bank --is MT. Cartwright mixed up in the loan iI any way?"
 Yes; he arranged 1t in some way for father-I don't know Just how. All l know is that father is responsible, and that if the railroad doesn't come he will lose everything"
 Brouillard gave low whistle. q don't wonder that the quitting rumor made you nervous. But think I can lift one of your burdens. What you heard in town this morning is fact: the railroad people have stopped work on the Buckskin extension. Don't faint-they are going to begin again right away"
 "Oh!" she gasped. Are you sure? How can you be sure?"
 I've given the order he said gravely, "an order they cant disre- gard. Let's go back bit and I'll ex- plain. Do you remember my telling you that your brother had tried to bribe me to use my influence with Mir Ford?"
 AS if should ever be able to for get it!" she protested.
 Well, that wasn't all that he did he threatened to turn the valley into placer camp, to disorganize our working force. even stop CT definitely m Crf, Al. @L I.,, t