Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-17
ELEVENTH EPISODE.

Leaving Helen in the sinking bo,
car, Marshall and Masters headed fol
their shack, while Webb, thinking hei
safe, started for the hospital,
AS Helen's water-logged prison
drifted, a heavy tug steamed up the
bay. The wheelsman, watching a
game of scven-up behind him
smashed into the middle of the almost
submerged car. The crew heard
Helen's cry and one jumped into the
bay to rescue her. When he got
her aboard the tug she asked to be
landed near the ferry.
At the Raiders shack, a pawky po.
liccman had secreted himself in wait
ing and as soon as Marshall and Mas
ters returned, he arrested them. They
knocked him down and ran out.
Helen, on the tug, saw them board an
outbound freight train and told the
captain she must catch them.
He put on full speed. Reaching the
drawbridge, Helen jumped from the
pilot house to it. The freight train
was coming. She climbed high into
the steel work and as the train passed
dropped on it and hurrying forward
told the train crew of the crooks
aboard. The two Raiders saw what
was up, but the train was going too
fast for jump. Running ahead they
cut the train in two and, as the hind
end slowed, leaped from it.
Webb now got Roy from the hos
pital and the two took a passenger
train for headquarters.
The freight engineer, while the
crew recoupled his train, consulted
his watch: "rhe passenger train" in
alarm he said to Helen, is due right
now"
Rush a fagman back to slow the
passenger" she exclaimed to the con-
ductor. "l'll go to the switch and
throw it into the passing track"
By the merest scratch, wreck was
thus averted, and Helen, finding Webb
and Roy on the train, joined them.
Reaching Mountain Springs they
found wild exodus under way to
Copper City-a broken down camp
twenty miles from the railroad. A dis
gruntled prospector, it was reported,
had broken camp and begun to round
up his burros. Lifting a piece of rock
with which TO smite one stubborn an
imal, he was surprised as he held it
poised by its weight. The next in-
slant he realized he had picked up rich
copper ore and began excitedly to
search for the ledge. This he found,
staked, and hurried back to town to
file upon. A street crowd pitching
quoits. saw and followed him. When
they examined the specimens every
man in Copper City began to pack for
Peacock Hill-the spot where the
burro had innocently located a rich
ledge of copper.
Hogan, manager OF the Peacock
Copper company, sat in his Office
when the news came: Close down the
tunnel" he shouted to his foreman.
Have all our men file on Peacock
Hill.' While the men were starting.
Hogan made further plans: "Des-
mond," said he to the foreman, "is
K. & w. manager at Mountain
Springs. For a block of stock he'll
run a branch up here to handle the
ore"
Desmond at headquarters, was read
ing a wire from the Pedro agent an
nouncing the loss OF box car S. NJ, 47l6
from the ferry. He laughed and
showed the wire to Burke: "If this
doesn't force Chapman to sell, I'm a
boob"
Chapman, in fact, was furious when
he heard the news, He hurried to Des-
nond and stormed. Desmond seemed
Indifferent: DO you want to sell your
st3ck?" he asked.
fAbsolutely."
The deal was closed then and there
and Chapman had hardly left the Office
when Helen, Roy and Webb arrived.
Roy and Helen took Webb to Dcs-
mond and facing Burke, Roy de-
nounced him and demanded his dis
charge. Desmond hesitated but Row
was in deadly earnest: I'm president
OF this road, If you don't discharge
him. ! will"
Burke, brazenly facing his accusers,
made some sneering remark about
Helen. Roy jumped at him. The
two clinched. Webb would have in
terfered but Desmond said no, and
Roy, after thrashing Burke soundly,
glared at Desmond; IL think" said
he, readjusting his cuffs, Burke
wants to resign. And | guess" he
added significantly, you'd like to re-
instate Webb"
1t was so ordered and Desmond
and Burke were left alone again.
Burke tried to talk but hardly had
Desmond silenced him when Hogan
arrived with the astonishing news
rom the discredted copper camp.
Hogan and Desmond being old ac-
auaintances, few words were needed
between them. Hogan explained
what he wanted. "And there's a
block of stock in it for you" he
promised, If you hurry the branch
in"
Desmond sat perplexed. He real
lzed such move would strengthen
x. & w. stock--would make il harder
sor him to depress the roads securi-
hes so he could complete his con-
troll. But he coveted the copper
stock!
Does it make any difference. Ho-
gan, what road goes in there2" he
asked. THE K. & w. is not exactly