Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-07-14

SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross, rail-
road manager, and his secretary, Jimmie
Dodds. are marooned at Sand Creek sid
and her small cousin. Unseen. they wit
ness q peculiar train holdup, In which
q special car is carried of.
~nAsTER u.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John Chadwick's, financial
magnate. whom he was to meet at Portal
City. He n Dodds rescue Chadwick.
The latter offers Norcross the
In the hands of eastern spectators.
headed by Breckenridge Dunton, presi-
dent of the line. Norcross, learning that
ssSheila Macrae is stopping at Portal City.
accepts.
CHAPTER III.-Dodds overhears con-
v~ersation between Rufus Hatch and Gus
tave Henckel, Portal City fnanciers, In
kidnapping. their object being to keep
Chadwick from attending g meeting OF
directors to reorganize the Pioneer Short
Line. which would jeopardize their inter-
ests.
CHAPTER Iy.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel, the Red
Tewer corporation, Eorcross forms the
spany. He begins to manifest q deep in
terest in Sheila Macrae. Dodds learns
hat Sheila igs married, but living apart
from her husband. Norcross does not
know this.
CHAPTER ". Hatch. aware that
Dodds has knowledge Of his and Henck-
els participation In the Chadwick kid
Norcross. Dodds refuses. Leaving the
office. he is knocked senseless. Recov-
ering consciousness. he learns that Nor
cross has disappeared and Is believed to
have resigned and gone east.
CHAPTER W.-Dodds connects Nor
CROSS disappearance with m~achinationH
tery.
CHAPTER VII. with Krgan. tho
roads master mechanic. Dodds gets g
follow q clue given them ehroush .
missing LOCOMOTIVES.
CHAPTER VIII.-The rescue party finds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
which he had been lured. Norcross re-
refusing to give place to man whom
Dunton has sent to k charge.
CHAPTER Ix.-Dodds folloWs an ennis
sary of the Red Tower people, spying on
hears q plot to put Norcross out Of
business. n at the risk OF his life rus
trates II.
CHAPTER x.-At the home OF sheila
Macrae Dodds Is witness OF strange
actions of a man he believes has de-
signs on he life of his friend and boss.
He prepares to defend him.
,CHAPTER xI.-The sudden return Of
Sheila,s uncle drives the intruder away.
Later Dodds recognizes him as Howard war
ton Of the Pioneer Short Line. "A series
OF wrecks on the line. impossible to ex-
plain, cause alarm to. the management
CHAPTER xII.-Durgtn, night dis
patcher, routes passenger and freight
trains to meet on a single track. Dis
asaaT a IS haeFoT fayvi hxsrt exiden Derg ahaf zone h.
was bribed to bring about collision.
CHAPTER XIII.-Evidence accumulates
that Norcross' enemies are plotting his
death, but against all advice he decides
on a trip on a special train over the line
Apilot engine, travelling ahead, discovers
fha snssis ra dow which 8 m would h ha s,se th lS;Ur,
cross hears for the first time that Sheila
Macrae is married.. He refuses to believe
it.
CHAPTER xIV.-Hatch and other own
ers Of the Red Tower corporation call or
Norcross and inform him they have PROOF
made use OF bribery. Hatch gives Nor.
/, cross proof that the actual bribing was
lone by Howard Collingwood. Hatch
as the price of silence. Norcross learns
from Sheila that Col1ingwood is her hus
band, and feels the ground has been cui
from under his feet.
CHAPTER xy.-Hatch secures contro
OF Citizens Storage and Warehouse com
pany, and engineers a strike, to embar
GolIingwood how Hatch has used him e;
his own ends, to down him (Norcross)
and Collingwood threatens to kill Hatch
CHAPTER xyI.-van Britt. genera
Sig refusing to give any ~satisfactor.
reason for the act. Norcross begins t
feel the situation is about hopeless.
CHAPTER XvII,-Pioneer Short Lin,
employees call sympathetic strike. Col
lingwood, drinking heavily and reporte,
close W Insanity. remains in hiding.
s CHAPTER XVIII
The Murder Madman
/ knew what we were up agains
when we headed down to the railroa,
layout, the chief and leaving tn,
good old major thoughtfully pufini
his cigar In the club sm~oking-room
With a strike due 10 be pulled Off ii
q little more than three hours ther
! were about a million things that woull
have to be .ierked around into shap
and propped up SO that they coul'
Stand by themselves while the shor
Line was taking a vacation. An