Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-23

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 a peculiar train holdup, in which
q special car is carried off.
~n4r~TER n.-Norcross recognizes the
magnate. whom he was to meet at Portal
City. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick.
The latter offers Norcross the manager
in the hands Of eastern spectators,
headed by Breckenridge Dunton, presi-
dent Of the line. Norcross. learning that
Sheila Macrae is stopping at Portal City,
accepts.
CHAPTER nI.-Dodds overhears CON-
versation between Rufus Hatch and Gus
taye Henckel, Portal City fnaneiers, 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 Iv.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel, the Red
fewer corporation, Eoreross forms the
pany. He begins to manifest q deep in
terest in Sheila Macrae. Dodds learns
that sheila is married. but living apart
know this.
CHAPTER ". = Hatch, aware that
Dodds has knowledge Of his and Henck-
els participation in the Chadwick kid
naping, offers him inducements to leave
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 vI.-Dodds Nor
cross disappearance with Vaccinations
ing strength sets out to solve the mys-
terry.
CHAPTER VII. = With Krgan. the
roads master mechanic, Dodds gets g
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER VIIl.-The rescue party finds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
which he had been lured. Norcross re-
sumes control of the Pioneer Short Line,
refusing to give place to man whom
Dunton has sent to a k charge.
> CHAPTER Ix.-Dodds follows an ennis
sary of the Red Tower people, spying on
Norcross. to a coal yard, where he over.
hears a plot to put Norcross out of
business, and at the risk of his life frus-
trates it.
CHAPTER Kat the home of Sheila
Macrae Dodds is witness OF strange
actions Of a man he believes has de-
signs on the 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
CollingWood, 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 xII.-Durgin, night dis
patcher, routes passenger n freight
trains to meet on a single track. Dis
aster is narrowly averted. Durgin COM
mits suicide, leaving evidence that he
was bribed to bring about collision.
CHAPTER X~III.-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.
A pilot engine, travelling ahead, discovers
displaced rail which would have thrown
the special down a mountain side. Nor
cross hears for the first time that Sheila
M!acrae is married. He refuses to believe
it.
CHAPTER xIV.-Hatch and other own
ers of the Red Tower corporation call on
Norcross and inform him they have proof
that in the recent election the road has
made use of bribery. Hatch gives Nor
done by Howard ~Collingwood. Hatch
demands Norcross' immediate resignation
as the price of silence. Norcross learns
from Sheila that Collingwood is her hus-
band, and feels the ground has been cut