White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
By
REX BEACH
SYNOPSIS
coovr;sht. 1918. BY Harper a
Brother

hoard with her They are plcked III by
CAPTAIN Brennan She groves TO be Ma
tslle Gerard. whose motller is the friend
Of curtis Gordon. O'Neirs INSCRIPTIONS
business rival
o.Neil ia tmpfesss d with the magnetism
n, his rival. but il sure his plans are un.
.o,nd Tow Slater quits Gordon for
0'KeiI. rhey go 10 corte2 In time 10 save
Dsn Aopieton n a crooked card game.
o.Sen and Natalie journey to Hope to-
ws,her she tells him Of het mother and
Gordon When they arrive NJ Hope Cor
son meets them
Appleton. an engineer. had worked for
Gordon. lie Gusts hIN fortunes with
oHeil. O'Neil leads mis- men To a Wild
country. convinced he can build a rail
road up the salmon river
1Neu meets MS crew in Seattle, when
A newspaper woman gets on the phone
She proves 10 be Dan Appletoa's sister
oNel tells her his plans. but not for
publication
Eiiza Appleton Is sent to Omar to ex
pose the man who are trying TO saatch
control Of an empire. She meets her
brother aud Natalie Dan is worried ever
n possible newspaper attack BY Eiin on
DSeii
There's a scene when Curtis Gordon
asks Gloria to bs hostess to Miss Golden
Gloria says Miss old isn't a M person
10 meet NatAlie Gordon says she has
money and he needs her IN his scLewnes
In her extremity AB Gerard listens
10 Eatalie's plea to &c to the Irish prince
Okeil frds places for them In his new
botel. Gordon. thoroughly enraged. plans
20 cripple ofNssl.
Dan tells his asst r ne desperately In
love with Natalie and asks her To win
OEeiL as he considers him a rival. Dan
goes out With "a car Of dynamite and holds
a canyon threatened by Gordon's men.
oNeil takes tho girls on a trip 10 Jack
son glacier lie decides to piake a peril
our voyage la a skin down the Salmos
river Eliza. despite hIs Headings. ac-
companies min
Go back yonder." Tom Directed
swiftly Nail Denny before he gets
EN- 10 shooting. XIII him II you have
20. III take care Of these fellers."
The Younger man saw that the e
gagement al this end OF the line was
no longer general. but had become u
series Of individual combats. so he
made what haste he could toward the
scene OF the more serious encounter tn
the right of the crossing. He judged
that the issue vas still In doubt there.
although he could make out little In
the confusion on account of the glar-
ing headlight. which dazzled him.
As he ran. however. he discovered
that the s. K. and \. forces were In
possession OF the middle ground. hav-
ing divided the enemy's ranks like a
wedge. ind this encouraged him. Out
OF the darkness TO right and left came
shouts. curses. The sounds ~ men wal
lowing about In the knee deep tundra
They we're Gordon's helpers who had
been routed from their positions.
Now hal Appleton had time to col
lect himself. he. too. grew sick with
suspense. for be knew that arms had
been stacked inside the barricades-
Any instant might bring them into
play lie began 10 wonder why Denny
withheld the word 10 fire.
As a matter of fact, the explanation
was simple. although il did o appear
Nhi y I'll Rtnie di ihaA hAV
ment vas in no condition TO issue or
ders of any kind. the reason being as
follows. When preparations for the
advance were made DR., Gray. who un-
derstood perhaps more fully than any
n else except o'Neil the gravity of
the Issue aud the slender pivot upon
which the outcome balanced. had TAX
en- his place In the vanguard OF the at
lacking party instead OF I'm the back
ground, as be6tted his calling The
nrst rush had carried him well into
d Tray. but once there he had shown
his good judgment by refusing to par
ticipate In Il.
instead he had selected Denny out OF
the opposing ranks and bored through
the crowd Ia his direction. needless OF
all efforts to stop him. His great
strength had enabled him to gain
ground He had hurled his assailants
aside, npsetting them. bursting through
the press as n football player pene
orates n line, and when the retreat had
begun he was close al the heels of his
- uuD bNtTtukfu iteuhy pt
side II of the barricades just AZ
Denny seized q rifle and raised H.
win one wrench he possessed him
sell OF the weapon. and the next in.
slant he had bent the bnrrel over its
owners head.
Then as the nght surged onward he
mad gathered the limp figure In his
arms and borne II into the light of 4
gasoline torch. where he could admin.
ister first aid. He was kneeling over
tne fellow when Appleton found him
as ne came stumbling along the grade.
But the decisive moment had come
ana gone now. and without a leader to
command them Gordon's men seemed
loath to adopt n more bloody rcprlsal
ihey gave way therefore In a hall
hearted hesitation that spelled ruin &c
tneir cause. They were forced back Il
their encamnment,
Dan Appleton, very dirty, very tired