Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-07-21

ing with young lady. sheila Macras
and her small! cousin. Unseen, they Wit.
ness e peculiar train holdup. In which
special car Ia carried on.
CHAPTER u.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John Chadw,ck's, financial
ma9nate. whom he was to meet at Portal
Gity. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick
ship Of the Pioneer Short Line. which Is
In the hands Of eastern spectators,
5 beaded BY Rreckenrldge Dunton, presi:
shes Maor.s II shat
accepts.
CHAPTER II1.-Dodds overhears con-
vorsatlon between Rufus Hatch and Gus
which they admit completely in Chadwick
kidnapping. their object being to keep
Chadwick from attending meeting Of
ns WHICH roua ha
estA
CHAPTER Iv.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel. the Red
and f n.
pany. He begins to manifest deep In
tsrest in sheila Macrae. Dodds learns
that shella 10 married. but living apart
CHAPTER v. - Hatch. aware that
els participation In the Chadwick kid
Norcross. Dodds refuses Leaving the
ONCE. he 10 knocked senseless. Recov-
erin8 CONSEQUENCES. 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 q
line on Norcross' disappearance. They
follow follow 2 clue clue given them Through .
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.
Dunton has sent 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
and at the risk Of his life frus
trates it. n...
CHAPTER Kat the home of shena
Macrae Dodds Is witness OF strange
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.
patcher. routes passenger and freight
trains to meet on q single track. Dis
aster is narrowly averted. Durgin COM
mits suicide; leaving evidence nc,,,a that he
CHAPTER XIII.-Evidence accumulates
that Norcross enemies are plotting his
death, but against all advice he decides
a pilot engine. travelling ahead. discovers
displaced rail which would have thrown
the special down mountain side. Nor
cross hears for the first time that Shella
it. to- 90 40 ''''' '' 80 '''eS - os''s'e
Mr.. Van Britt shook his head. IT.
don't know. If you had money enough
to buy the voting control in P. S. L.
you might get somewhere; but as it
is, you're like cat In Hades without
claws"
"Tell me-" said Mr.. Norcross, after
u little pause: you're a native New
Yorker: do you know this man Col
lingwood?"
"Only by hearsay. He is what our
English friends call blooming
bounder'-fast yachts, fast motor-cars,
the fast set generally. It's pretty
bad case of money-spoil, fancy. They
say he wasn't always total loss"
"Did you ever hear that he was
married?"
ooh, yes; he married Kentucky
girl some years ago: don't remem-
Der her name. They say sne stood
him for about six months and then
dropped out. I suppose he needs kill
ing for that"
At this the boss went a step farther,
saying: "He does, indeed, Upton.
happen to know the young woman"
That was when Mr.. Van Britt fred
his own little bomb-shell. $50 do l.,
he answered quietly.
But you said you had forgotten her
name!"
$50 have-her married name. And
what's more, mean to keep on for
getting it."
There was no mistake about the boss
frown this time.
"That won't do, Upton" he said
kind Of warningly.
1T will do well enough for the
present. I'd marry her tomorrow, Ora.
ham, If she were free, and there were
/, no other obstacles. Unhappily, there
are two-besides the small legal diff
ficulty; she doesn't care for my money
having 4 little Of her own; and
she happens to be in love with the
other fellow ~. 7
I guess the boss was remembering
) what Mrs.. Sheila, had told him In that
confidence before the back-parlor IRE
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