Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-29
Fourth Episode.

rOui III EplSOuS.
Despite Helen's effort in comman-
dcering the switch engine and speed
ing down the freight yard to beat
Webb'5 abductors to the lower cross
ing, Masters on the truck cleared the
track ahead of her. Helen, nothing
daunted, sprang from the engine ten
der into the police auto and continued
the pursuit Masters in crossing a
sandy river bottom finally stalled his
heavy machine and Helen's car over
took him.
OF the abductors with him, some
fought. others ran. Masters dashed
for t.e woods, but Helen grabbed a
revolver from the officer and, pur-
suing, caught him in the timber.
lacking him pluckily she made the
bc.t night she could, but only the time
ly arrival Of the policeman saved her.
With his aid, Masters was handcuffed,
brought TO the truck and the prisoners
were loaded on it; Helen and the Of
tlccr took the motor car back to town.
Melrose was now back at the man
ayers office looking for his diamonds.
Angry that the gems had not be re-
covered, he abused Frost roundly.
Burke was called into the conference.
OF course, he had only excuses to Of
fer; but the moment the discussion
became most heated Helen, with Webb
rescued from the packing box, walked
into the main. office. Webb, without
ado, pumped the suitcase containing
the jewels and wire instruments down
in front of Frost, and taking off his
hat looked calmly from one to the
other of the red-faced disputants.
But Frost was in a temper. He
whirled on Webb "You are through"
he exclaimed hotly. Never enter this
office again"
The chief special agent took his
disgrace composedly; he knew the
sentence was deserved Helen, how
ever, opened the suitcase and, hand
ing the real jewels to Frost, explained
that Webb had just brought them in.
Frost, unable to believe his eyes,
stared at the find. Rescued at the
last moment by his unreliable subor-
dinate, Frost suddenly felt the graft
tude of sorely tried man. Melrose's
anger changed to delight and, leaving
the two men to felicitate each other,
Webb and Helen, we'll pleased, passed
down to their own office, where they
found Burke at Webb's desk.
Webb, not wholly surprised, init
mated to his assistant that he himself
would sit down. Burke, for answer,
handed him bulletin issued by Frost
early in the day:
Bulletin Number Forty
Effective at Once
Wallace Burke will assume the duties of
the head of the Claim Department vice
Morton Webb
(signeG HOMER FROST
Webb's heart fell as he read it. He
made a game effort to congratulate
Burke and was turning to go when
Helen stopped him and handed Burke
later bulletin just placed in her own
hands by Frost himself. 1t cancelled
Bulletin Number Forty and reinstat-
ed Webb Burke, chagrined, gave
way and Webb took his rightful seat.
Unhappiy, Helen's satisfaction
over the success Of her little strate-
gem was just then dashed by switch
men who brought in word that Mas
tiers had leaped from the truck while
it was crossing bridge and had got
away. Helens face fell; she abused
his careless captors Indignantly, ex-
planning to Webb that Masters had
impersonated her father at Beers
Head and that the latter could not be
freed unless his double were appre-
hended.
And the following day new angle
vas injected into Western Division
troubles. A freight train stopped at
Wayne's Siding, near Mountain
Springs. While it waited for the pas
senger train Tony Marshall, dishon-
est agent at that point, broke the seal
OF freight car, removed two type