Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-08-18
SYNOPSIS.

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CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross, rail-
road manager. and his secretary, Jimmie
Dodds. are marooned at Sand Creek sid
Ing with young lady, Shela Macrae,
and her small cousin. Unseen they wit
ness a peculiar train holdup. in which
special car is carried of.
CHAPTER II.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John Chadwick's. financial
magnate. whom he was to meet at Portal
CITY He and Dodds rescue Chadwick
ship OF the Pioneer Short Line. which Ia
IN the hands of eastern Spectators
headed by breckenridge Dunlon. presi-
sheia Macrae IL stopping at Portal City,
accepts.
CHAPTER II1.-Dodds overhears con-
versation between Rufus Hatch and Gus
which they admit completely In Chadwick
kidnapping. their object being to keep
Chadwick from attending meeting Of
directors s to reorganize the Pioneer Short
ests.
CHAPTER Iv.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel, the Red
Citizens storage and S'r WarehoSse 'S come s
pany. He begins to manifest deep in
terest In Sheila Macrae. Dodds learns
that sheila is married: but living apart
know this.
CHAPTER v. - 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 Ia believed to
have resigned and gone east.
CHAPTER vI.-Dodds connects Nor
cross disappearance with Vaccinations
of Hatch and Henckel, and on recover
ing strength sets out to solve the mys-
terry.
CHAPTER VII. = With Kirgan. the
roads master mechanic. Dodds gets
line on Norcross disappearance. They
follow q clue given them Through q
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER VIIl.-The rescue party finds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
which he had been lureI. Norcross re-
sumes control of the Pioneer Short Line.
refusing to give place to man whom
CHAPTER Ix.-Dodds follows an ennis
Bary of the Red Tower people. spying on
Norcross. to coal yard where he over
a RSt at t. put Fisk Of s cut
trates it.
CHAPTER Kat the home of Sheila
Macrae Dodds is witness of strange
actions Of man he believes has. de-
He prepares to defend him.
CHAPTER xI.-The sudden return Of
6heilas uncle drives the intruder away.
Later Dodds recognizes him as Howard
ton of the Pioneer Short Line. A series
of wrecks on the line, impossible to ex-
plain, cause alarm to the management.
CHAPTER ,lLa xn:.Durgin, night dis
trains to meet on single track Dis
aster is narrowly averted. Durgin COM
mits suicide, leaving evidence that he
was bribed to bring about collision.
that Norcross' enemies are plotting his
death. but against all advice he decides
on a trip on special train over the line.
a pilot engine, travelling aheao, discovers
displaced rail which would have thrown
the special down a mountain side. Nor
cross hears for the first time that Sheila
Macrae is married. He refuses to believe
CHAPTER xIV.-Hateh 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
cross proof that the actual bribing was
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
from under his feet.
CHAPTER xv.-Hatch secures control
of Citizens Storage and Warehouse COM
pany, and engineers strike, to embar-
rass the railroad line. Nercross shows
his own ends. to down him (Norcross),
and Collingwood threatens to kill Hatch.
CHAPTER XvI.-van Britt, general
superintendent. Eorcross' right-hand man
resigns, refusing to give any satisfactory
feel the situation is about hopeless.
CHAPTER xVII-Pioneer Short Line
employees call sympathetic strike. Col.
lingwood, drinking heavily and reported
close to insanity, remains in hiding.
os CHAPTER a.: XVIII; : Min. Mine owners.
it to run. President Dunton demandi
Norcross' immediate resignation. Nor.
cross delays. Collingwood hires specia
engine to follow mine owners" party
Hatch is with the mine owners" and
Norcloss. suspecting Collingwood plans
to kill his enemy, follows on another
special. with sheila, Major Kendrick ant
Dodds.
CHAPTER xIx.-Collingwood terror
ICES the driver and fireman Of his engine
and when they jump from the cab, t
save their lives. deliberately drives into
mine owners special. Norcross, though
OF the scene. is too late to prevent tn,
practically killed outright Norcross
risking his life. pulls Collingwood from
the wreck. and he dies In his wife'l
arms.
CHAPTER Xxx
p. 9. L. Comes Home
BY nine O'Clock the next morning, Al
soon a. I'd swallowed q hurried bitt
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