White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-15
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IRON TRAIL
by
REX BEACH
CspyrisAs. 1913. b. Harper q
SYNOPSIS

DAu0 -
A the ship settles O'Neil In sccosted
nv a beautiful girl. and he piunses over.
hoard with her. They are picked " by
Captain Brennan She proves TO be Ma
eaIIe Gerard. whose mother IL the friend
At Curtis Gordon. ofNeirs INSCRIPTIONS
business rival
oNeil In Impressed with, the magnetism
- bs rival, but Is sure hin plans are I'M
-.,,d Tom Slater quits Gordon for
o,Nen They go to cortez In time to save
Nan Appleton In a crooked card game.
o.Nel, and Natalie journey to Hope to-
~s,her She tells him OF her mother and
Gordon. When they arrive at Hope Cor
ton meets them
Appleton, an engineer. had worked for
Gordon. lie casts his fortunes with
OfNeii. O'Neil leads his men TO n wild
country. convinced he can build \ rail.
road up the Salmon river
oNell meets his crew In Seattle, when
a newspaper woman gets on the phone
Che proves 10 be Dan Appleton's sister
o'Neil tells her his plans. but not for
publication.
Eliza Appleton ts sent TO Omar to ex-
pose the men who are trying TO snatch
control of an empire. She meets her
brother and Natalie Dan IL worried over
. possible Newspaper attack by eliza on
oNeii
There's a scene when Curtis Gordon
asks Gloria to be hostess 10 Miss Golden
Gloria says Miss Golden isn't a NJ person
n meet Natalie. Gordon nays she has
money and he needs her IN his schemes.
IN her extremity Mira Gerard iistens
= Naialts's plea 70 30 to the Irish prince
0Neil nnds places for them N his new
hotel. Gordon. thoroughly enrassd. plans
- cripple OfNsu.
Dan tells hh sistsr hes desperately -
I'VE with Natalie n asks her - win
ONs1, a. he considers him \ rfvai. Dan
soes out with q car Of dynamite And holds
. eanyon threatened by oordon's msa-
oNel takes the girls on . trip to Jack
- glacier. He decides 20 max . peril
sus voyage IN = skin down the Salmon
ssvsr. Eii:a. despite his ~plsadingA 70
companies him.
Dan Appleton accepts o'Nesrs sRss q
deo TO the man who'll cut . cable IN
IL work done by Gordon. After eutting
tie cable Appleton b set upon BY . crowd
Il oordss's. U 10 rescued ~ ONsirs
~
When Dan tsiis Natalie that with the
0.op he means to buy her an engagement
Ting she says she's sorry: that he has
ado . areat mistake. Eliza consoles
paa.
Starting for New York. O'Nsrl tells Eliza
- has h Key TO q kingdom. Gordon
tails Natalie hs n ready to marry her
refuse to back 0NeiL
When things look darkest for ofNsii In
New York he gets the backing OF Poult-
nsy IliA an English capitalist Dan and
Eliza. with their savings. pay on the la
borers at Omar and prevent . walkout.
Gordon mans new attack
Gordon.s press bureau incftes a mon
against the Heidelmanns. ONeii hres
Appleton when he learns that Appleton
told Natalie English capitalist was Jack.
ing him.
o'Neil repcnts when DR.. Gray tells him
81 Dams and Eliza's sacrifices while he
was In New York and reinstates them
Appleton and Gordon engage In q des-
perate personal Appleton car
ries OF Natalie.
Just a minute" he shouted. "You
heard Thorn say he and Baker went
R'e'ttttbtH III Au@uSts fttb. W. ~
Just had Corfez on the cable and learn
tnat they were working for Gordon un-
I'll two weeks ago" A sudden silence
1eIl. Murray smiled down ut the two
strangers. Whit TO you say TO that?"
Thorn flew into u purple rage. Its
a mean lie. He's afraid you'll quit
work, fellows" yiciously he flung
himself toward the door. only to feel
the grasp OF the muscular physician
upon his urn.
Listen to this message from the
cashier Of the Cortez Home bank bel
lowed Gray. his big voice dominating
the uproar. U~ndIsturbed by his pris-
oner's struggles. he read loudly:
Joe Thorn and Henry Bake quit work
18th. leaving for Fairbanks over winter
trail. with five dogs-four gray and white
malemutes. black shepherd leader. Thorn
medium size. t~hirty-fve. red hair. Baker
dark. scar on cheek. WILSON.
Cashier.
The doctors features spread into q
broad grin. You've all seen the dog
team, and here's the red hair His
fingers sunk into his prisoners fiery
locks with a grip that threatened TO
leave him a scalp for a trophy. Thorn
cursed and twisted.
The crowds allegiance hnd been
quick to shift. but 1t veered back to
ONeIl with equal suddenness.
"Bunkow yelled n hoarse voice. after
Z brief hush.
Lynch 'em!' cried another, and the
angry clamor burst forth anew.
Don't be foolish" shouted Murray:
nobody has been hurt"
Wed have been on the train to.
morrow. Send 'em down the river
BAREFOOT"
Yes! What about that gang from
OmarY"
Tn afraid they'n have to take care