The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-01

Iouds, are hhlO4HeV Ht o4tiu - -
ing with a young LADY, Sheila Macf!s'
aud her small cousin. uuseen, they VIZ
uess a paculiar train holdup IN Which
% special car is carried OH.
CHAPTER --Norcross recognizes we
car stolen as John ChadWicA y hhahc.''i
magualc, whom he was TO meet y, Oi ~
Clty. lie and Dodda rescue Cn3dWlck'
The latter offers Norcrosa The manager
chip OF TIE Pioneer Short Line WIhh 70
in the hands OF eastern specuia .e--,, q
headed By breckenridge DGntoh, pIcsi-
dent OF the line. Norcross learning tnat
Sheila Mgcrae is stopping at Por'ai Cl1y'
accepts.
CHAPTER UI.-Dodds overhears con-
versat.On between Rufus Hatch a'd @us-
tave denckel Portal city hnAncera, ~
which they admit completely Ia ChadNlch
Kidnapping. their object being TO keen
Chadwick from attending meeun$ o.
directors TO reurgani2e the Pioneer Snorl
Line, which would jeopardize their lhter>
ests.
CHAPTER lV.--To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and HcncAel' the i.e1
Tower corporation, Norcroa8 iofns the
Cit.zsus' Storage and warehouse com
pAny lie begins 10 manifest deep M
tercst In Sbella Macrae Dodds learns
thai Sheila Is married, but living apart
from her husband Norcross does not
know thls
CHAPTER V. = Hatch, aware, that
DodGs has knowledge Of his ana Iienck-
els participation In the Chadwick hlu-
naping, offers him inducements to leave
Norcross. Dodcs refuses LeaVins we
office, he is knocked senselehs. tSSSOV-
ering consciousness. he learns that NOR
cross has disappeared and Is believed 10
have resigned and gone east
CHAPTER VI.-Dodds connects Nor
cross disappearance with Vaccinations
OF Hatch and HencKe1, and on recover
ing strength sets out TO solve the inys-
terry.
CHAPTER VII - with kirgan, the
roads master mechanic, Dodds gets u
line on Norcross' disappearance. Ihey
follow o clue given them ehroush u
missing locomotive
CHAPTER VIII.-The rescue party finds
and Releases Norcross from captivity to
which he had been lured Norcross re-
sumos control Of the Pioneer snort Lane
refusing TO give place TO man whom
Duntun has sent to take charge
CHAPTER IX.-Dodds follows an ennis
sary OF the Red Tower people, spying on
Norcross. to a coal yard, where he over
hears plot TO put Norctoss OUT oil
business, and at the risk OF his lie rus
trates IT,
CHAPTER Kat the home of shela
Maeran Dodds Is witness OF strange
oeuous OF a man he believes has de-
4. ma On the life Of his friend and boss,
lie prepares 10 defend him.
CHATTER XI.-The sudden return OF
Eheila's uncle drives the intruder away.
Collingwood, nephow of President Dun
ton OF the Pioneer Short Line. a series
Of wrecks on The line. impossible to eN-
plain, cause alarm TO the management.
CHAPTER XIL-Durgm, night dis
patcher routes passenger and freight
trains to meet on single track DIS
pster IL narrowly aNerted. Durgin com
mits suicide. leaving evidence that he
was hnbed to bring about collision.
CHAPTER XIII. Evidence aocumulates
THAI Norcroes enemies are plotting his
Death, but against all advice he decides
OH 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 ilrSt time that Sheila
Maorae Is married. lie refuses to believe
It
CHAPTER NlN.-Hatch and other own
ers of the kOd Tower corporation call on
that IN the recent election the road has
made use OF bribery, Hatch gives Nor
cross proof that the actual hribpg was
done bY Howard ColliuBNoud, Hatch
demands Norcross Immediate resignation
rs The price OF silence, NorcroSs learns
from Shella that ColliugWuod is her hus-
band, and feels the ground has been cut
from under his feet
CHAPTER XV.-Hatch secures control
o. Citizens Storage and Warehouse com
p9nN, and engineers strike, TO emhar-
rGss the railroad line, Norcross shows
Collingwoud how Hatch has used him foi
his own ends TO down him tNorcrossl
and CollingWood threatens TO kill Hatch
CHAPTER XNI.--Van Britt genera
superintendent, Norcross' right-hand man
resigns, refusing 20 give any satisfactory
reason for the act Norcross begins e
feel the situation is about hopeless.
CHAPTER XVII-Pioneer Short Line
employees call sympathetic strike. Col.
Haywood, drinking heavily and reported
close to insanity, remains In hiding,
CHAPTER XVIII Mine owners
charter n specially the strikers allowing
Il TO run. President Dunton demands
cross delays. Collingwood hires special
engine to follow mine owners party
Hatch is with the mine owners" and
Norctoss. suspecting Collingwood plans
10 KIN his enemy, follows on another
special, with Sheila, Major Kendrick and
Dodcs
CHAPTER XIN.-Collmgwood terror.
ICES the driver and fireman of his engine
and when they jump from the cab. tc
save their lives, deliberately drives into
mine 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
risllny his life pulls Collingwood from
the wreck, and he dies in his wife's
arms
CHAPTER XX.-Sheila goes east Will
the body OF her husband. The Red Tower
people surrender bribery evidence. givine
up the fight on Norcross. 1t transpireS
tkat Van Britt had been largely iustru.
mental In bringing about the strike Il
Gcpress securities of the Pioneer Short
Line. On the break in The market, Nor
cross. with the aid OF his friend Chad.
wick. succeeds in having shippers. small
business men and employees Of the lne
buy up the stock. efIecting, in the owner.
satp Of the line, the complete overthrow
OF the stockholders who had been in con.
troll. With his business dream realized
Noreross arranges to 30 east shortly L
rs other and more important dream
sheila and his LIES happiness.