Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-24

Q SPECIAL car is carried off.
CHAPTER u.-Norcross recognizes the
- stolen = John sdwick's. financial
City. Hs and Dodds sescue CHADWICK
The latter Offers Norcross the manager
ehip OF the Pioneer Short Line. which is
beaded By Breckenridge Dunion. .,resi,
0ont OF the Line Norcrs So learning that
ehsila AacraS u stopping al FOR. ii. City,
eccepee.
CHAPTER Iu.-Dodds ove:heare con.
versauon between Rufus Hatch and Gus
Ave Henckel, Portal City haanc.ets. Z.
which they admit completely IN nau - c.
Kidnapping. their object be.ng IT, Keei
Chadwick from attending meeting
directors to reorganize the P,oneer >nur
IAne. which would jeopardixe their inter
oots.
CHAPTER Iv.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Hencnei lIIe .t.,,
fewer corporation. Norcro4s .o.n. IL
Cfusens' Storage and Warehouse com
vAny. He begins to manifest deep
terest In Shella Macras: DoGGs .ear.
that Sheila Is married. but hvL.e ava.
rom her husband. Norcross 0oes u.
know this.
CHAPTER v. - Hatch. aware tha,
podds has knowledge Of his and Hsncx-
napins. offers hun Inducements to leave
NorcrOss. Dodds refuseA Leaving the
elnce. he 10 knocked senseless. Recov.
sroSs has disappeared and 10 believed 70
AAvo resigned and gone east
CHAPTER vI.-Dodds connects Nor
q Hatch ana Henckei. ana on recover
Ing strength sets out to solve the mys-
terry.
GnAPrER VII. : with K1rgan. ths
- on SorcrosS ''d disaSpssss HSs ss They
fellow . clue given them Through
0asglng locomotive.
CHAPTER vIIl-Ths rescue party dnds
I'd rs!sases Norerocs from captivity to
oameo control Of the Pioneer short Hno,
sefuaing to give place to man whom
Dunton he's sent 70 take charge.
CHAPTER X.-Dodds follows an ennis
~ Of the Red Tower people. spying on
Asan = plot e put Norcross out Of
asA4ss Il
CHAP1AR KAT the homs Of sheIla
Aecne Dodds = witness Of strange
sSaeas e = man he believes has de-
Hs prspaTss 70 defend him.
CHAPTER xI.-The sudden return Of
Shefla's uncle drives the intruder away.
alter Dodds recognizes him as Howard
Coliingwood, nephew OF President Dun
ton of the Pioneer Short Line. A series
Of wrecks on the line. impossible to ex-
plain. cause alarm to the management.
CHAPTER xTL-Dursin. night dis
i Iss sss Oh ss:. t track fr' 81
1its snicads. issyins evidence that he
Was b9ibsd 3 bring about collision.
tSss Norcros3 sa.aiss ass 1 piotein9 Sis
Goa1h. but against ~ advice 10 decides
- 91p on special train over the line.
= ellot eneine. @.vsling ahesd. di.covers
- SPECIAL down = mountain side. Nor
9Asrae = married Hs refuses to believe
>CHAPTER xlv.-Hatch and other own
- q The Red Tower corporation call on
1ororoeg and inform him they have proof
s1at = ne resent slsct.cn the rosd has
esoas proof that The ectuai bribine was
80 q I Howcrd ,Collingwood: Hatch Itch
6em shsais that coiiinxwood i her nus
hom undsr Is test
CHAPTER xv.-Hatch secures con-
troll OF Citizens' Storage and Warehouse
company. and engineers strike, to en-
soms in how Hasch sos ussd
him for his own ends. to down him
lNcrcross). and Collingwood threatens
to kill Hatch
Good Lordi' he calculated. $50
that Il what Hatch has had up his
saeeve9 don't know hsw you feel
about It, but should say that It is
an over but the shouting. II the Dun
ton crowd had been deliberately try
lng to wreck the property. they couldn't
have gone about It In any surer way
THAT is the way 1t looked to me.
Ripley, 1T nrst; but I've had q chance
% sleep on it--as you haven't. The
gun that can't be spiked In some way
has never yet been built ! have the
names Of the eleven men who were
hribed. Hatch was daring enough to
give them to me. Holding the am
aavits which they were foolish enough
% rive him, Hatch can make them
swear to anything he pleases. But II
/ could get those afidavits- I'd 60 to
these men separately and make each
enc tell me how much he had been
paid By Bullock for his vote"
"Well. what Them
Then should make every mothers
ron Of them come across with the full
amount Of the bride. on pain Of an
exposure which the dirtiest politician
n this state couldn't afford to face.
That would settle It. Hatch couldn't
work the same game a second time"
We were closing our desks to go to
dinner when Fred May came in to say
that 4 delegation Of the payroll men
was outside and wanting to have q
word with the big Boss" Mr.. Nor
cross stopped with his desk curtain
half drawn down.
swhat Is 1t, Fredf' he asked.
81 don't know" said the Pitts
burgher. VI should call 1t grievance
committee, II 1t wasn't 80 big. And
they don't seem to be mad about any.
thing. Bart Hoskins is doing the talk
ing Tor t6em.~
~Hond Thorn In wos tho rurt com.