Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-30

the falls AMI was dashed into splinters.
"D--n him." growled Jim Blake, as
he threw his rifle over his arm and
crept through the brush ut was good
shooting, but you can't beat luck like
he's got
Old Man Pratt owned the claim ad-
Joining stephen Holmes property,
know as 1.-THE Mountain King" He
had standing offer of $4,000 for the
undeveloped property.
The old miner was never more sur
prlsed in his life than when young Ste
phen rushed in on him with demand
that he issue check for the stipulated
price forthwith.
whats the answer?" grinned Pratt,
obviously. amy bad news about the
tities?"
Nothing TO that" shouted stephen;
'1've got to have the coin for immedl.
ate use and you're driving good bar
gain, dad"
Lad, l believe YOU" replied Pratt,
who knew the range to foot; "rll
give you the check right now"
Five minutes later Helen and Ste
phen We're ON their way back They
expected to be in time To meet the de-
mands of the men on Dawson's con-
struction, but Holmes with his de-
posts in every bank on the lumber
lands territory, had resorted To des-
perate measures. He had drawn all
his cash from the Woodsmans bank,
dropping mysterious hints MS to the
reason for doing so, and by the time
Helen and stephen arrived, after
quick run by train, the run on the
Woodman's was in full swing.
Olson, president of the concern, was
in quandary. At the head OF n
string OF banks, he was unable to
make quick transfers of cash between
them ON account of the vile condition
of the roads. Again Helen and her
stolwurt friends stepped into the
breach.
The big Mogul engine Of the Valley
limited had just been run out of the
roundhouse, ready fired for departure.
Helen had not been operator at Daw-
sui i'i hOlibiS. Nllt hltM every lnONt
that was made on the hundred-mile
stretch of road between Dawson and
III Portal
Quick, Tom" she gasped; Eve take
out No. GO. I've driven that engine
two or three times. know every rivet
In her"
With quick rush the young girl
climbed aboard. stephen Holmes fol-
lowed by Tom Dawson and two of
Dawson's foremen, followed. A min
ute later the big engine with n roar OF
exhaust, slid over the switch and was
away.
A shout went up ms Behrens and his
aides, Blake and Norton. saw what
had happened. Before No. &C had
rounded the bend half mile away.
Engine "a, standing attached to the
outgoing lei Portal express, had been
detached, and with one of Holmes en-
gineers ut the throttle was tearing
after the Mogul at fifty miles an hour
on the opposite track.
Then began one Of the most thrilling
races ever engaged In.
Within ten minutes the space be-
tween the two big machines had dimin-
ished to hundred yards. Momenta-
rily II was being closed up. Jim Blake,
hanging onto the footrail of No. "a.
pumped away with Winchester rifle
ut the occupants of the other cab. 1t
was matter of yards and of prac-
tically certain death for some of the
Dawson crew, when something hap
pened that turned the scales definitely
In their favor.
Dead ahead, on the down track,
which Holmes wild crew used AS
though all tracks had been cleared,
lay long freight train.
The danger that Go would he IN,
volved in the inevitable wreck was des.
perate. 1t was averted by the narrow
est possible margin.
With levers thrown hard on the re-
verse No. "a hit the string of freight
cars In the tail and telescoped ten of
them, climbing on the wreckage and
rolling helplessly into the ditch.
Wewln," screamed Helen, as No, 6G
cleared the wreck with only yards to
spare-tearing down the now clear
track toward its destination at MERGED.
Fifty thousand dollars in gold await
ed the arrival of No. SO and its intrepid
crew. Only time enough to coal and
water was taken before the big mass
of steel, turned about on the MERGED
table, was on its way back to Dawson,
The return trip was uneventful and
Helen had just succeeded In rushing
the money to the rear entrance of the
Woodlands bank when scene con
fronted her for which she was UMPIRE
pared.
With the fickleness of mobs, that
which had been besieging the Dawson
bank suddenly demanded n scapegoat
The word had been passed around that
Rupert Holmes was responsible for the
closing of the banks doors.
In an instant the temper oe the mol
was aroused. Cries of 'IIang him ?
Drown him !" began to gather force
and Holmes, realizing the dangerous
temper of the crowd, tried to edge
away.
That was the signal for action. In
an instant he had been seized by the
sf Il In