Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-04
SYNOPSIS.

g special car Is carried on.
car stolen as John chadwick's. financial
magnate. whom he was to meet at Portal
City. He q Dodds rescue Chadwick.
The latter offers Norcross the manager
In the hands Of eastern Spectators,
headed by Breckenridge Dunton, presi-
dent OF the line. sNorcross, learning that
,,sheila Macraa is stopping at Portal City.
accepts.
CHAPTER uI.-Dodds overhears COM
versation between Rufus Hatch n Gus
tave Henckel, Portal City fnanciers. In
Kidnapping. their sobject being to keep
Chadwick from attending q meeting OF
directors to ~reorganize the Pioneer Short
Lime. which would jeopardize their inter-
ests.
CHAPTER IV.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel, the Red
Tower corporation, Norcross forms the
Citizens. Storage and Warehouse com
terest In 6heila Macrae. Dodds learns
that Sheila is married, but living apart
from her husband. Norcross does not
know this.
CHAPTER ". Hatch. aware that
Colds has knowledge Of his and Henck-
els participation in the Chadwick kid
mapping, offers him inducements to leave
Norcross. Dodds refuses. Leaving the
Office. he Is knocked senseless. Recov-S
ering consciousness, he learns that. Nor
cross has disappeared n is believed to
have resigned and gone east. 3
CHAPTER Woods 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 q
line lon Norcross' disappearance. They
follow q clue given them ehroush .
CHAPTER yIIl.--The rescue party finds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
which he had been lured. Norcross re-
sumes control Of the Pioneer Short Line,
LJgefusing to give place to man whom
YDuntOn has sent to q k charge
CHAPTER Ix.-Dodds follows an ennis
sary of the Red Tower people. spying on
Norcross. to q eoal yard s,, where he o,i over Z,
business. and at the risk OF his life frls-
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 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.
ton Of the Pioneer Short Line. A series
OF wrecksko on the line, impossible to ex--5
plain, cause alarm to the management.
patcher, routes passenger n freight
trains to meet IN a single track. Dis
aster Is narrowly averted. Durgin COM
mits suicide, leaving evidence that he
vas bribed to bring about collision.
CHAPTER XIII.-Evidence Accommodates
that Norcross' enemies are plotting his
DEATH but against all advice he decides
pilot engine, travelling ahead, discovers
5~dtsplaced rail which would have thrown
the special down g side, Nor
Macrae liz married. He refuses to believe
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 made nTeof 81 tb sriP sbg aa aasfh ,4 giyes Nor Sss !
done by Howard ColIingwood. Hatch
demands Norcross. Immediate resignation
as the price Of silence Norcross learns
tHand, and. feels the ground has been cut
BON under his feet.
CHAPTER KV.-Hatch secures control
OF Citizens Storage and Warehouse COM
pany, n engineers a strike, to embar-
rass the railroad line. Norcross shows
II Gollingwood how Hatch has used him for
and ooInngWood threatsns 70 lii Hatch.
CHAPTER xYI.-yan Britt general
superintendent, Norcross' right-hand man,
resigns. refusing to give any satisfactory
reason for. the act. Norcross begins to
employees call sympathetic strike. Col
sslingwood, drinking heavily and reported
close ts snaaility. remains in hiding.
charter a special, the strikers allowing
III to run. PresidentssDunt deman
Il Norcross' immediate resignation. Nor@
cross delays. C~ollingwcod hires special
engine to follow mine owners,. party.
Hatehsss with the mime owners
NOrcToSs, Huspecting Miplans
10 kill his enemy, follows son another
fDeciaI. with Sheila,SM Major Kendrick and
CHAEIER XIx,-Collingwood terror
ICES the driver and fireman of Ibis engine;
and when they jump from the cab, to
Il save IHSlE{ lkNSS, sucADeTdlc1y QIlveS8 INTO
mime owners special. Norcross. though
on the scene, is too late to prevent the
crime. Hatch and eight of his party are
practically killed outright Norcross,
risking his life,S pulls NCollingwood from
Isyhes wreck. and he dies In hts wife's
3Fns.
CHAPTER xx.--Sheila goes east with
the body sof her husband. The Red Tower
people surrender bribery evidence, giving
up the Hight on Nnrerosss II transpires
that Van Britt had been largely instrl-
mental IN bringing about the strike, 70
depfeSs securities of the Pioneer Short
Line on the breaiSsin the market, Nor,
cross, with thu mid or his friend Chad,
wick, sueceeds sip8 having clippers small
business mon and employees nf the line
buy up The sdprls effAetins, III the owner,
ship OF the line. the eDinplatt prarfhr9N
fsf the s~torastobbefs Ni0 HID been III con.
MOL WITH his buslness dream raaiized
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