The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-04-21

SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS.
CHATTER I-tsrzhnm Norcnoss rail-
| road manager. and bis secretary. Jimmie
| Dodds. are marooned at sand Greek aid.
Ing with q young lady, Sheila hacres.
and her small cousin. Unseen, they wit
ness . peculiar train holdup. In which
special car 10 carried on
CHAPTER H-Norcross recognises ths
| car stolen - John Chadwick's, financial
maxnste, whom he was TO meet ~ Portal
CITY He and Dodds rescue Chadwick
| The lattsr offers Norcross the manager
in p The h. hands Of eastern sp.eaisiors
beaded by Breckenridge Dunton, presi-
dent OF the line, korcross. learning that
6heila AAcrAe 10 stopping at Portal CITY
socepts
CHAPTER nI-Dodds overhears con
yersatIon between Rufus Hatch and Gus
tsye Henckel, Portal City hnancies, 10
which they admit completely Ia Chadwick
kidnapping. their object being TO keep
directors 20 reorganiEe the Pioneer Short
lane. which would ieopardise their inter
ests
CHAPTER Iv.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel, the heo
Citizens Storage and Warehouse com
psny He begins to manifest deep In
terest In SheilA Macras. Dodds learns
that Sheils IL married, but living apart
from her husband Norcross does not
know this
CHAPTER v. Hatch. aware that
Dodds has knowledge OF his and Henck-
els participation Ia the Chadwick KID
napng. offers him inducements 70 leave
ref ANY
office, he Is knocked senseless. Recov-
ering consciousness he learns that Nor
crosse has disappeared and is believed 10
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 nays
terry
CHAPTER VII. with lrgan, the
roads master mechanic Dudds gets
iine on Noreross; disappearance. They
follow a clue given them ehrough
missing locomotive
Continued from last week
This detour took us past the round
house. and when we reached The turn
table lead. the engine Of the just
arrived freight came backing down
the skip-track Seeing Kirgun. the
engineer swung down from the step
at the lead switch, leaving the hostler
TO "spo" the engine on the table. .
knew the engineer by sight. His name
was Gorcher. and he was reformed
coWpunch'-wlth record for getting
out OF more tight places with heavy
train than any other man on the divi-
sion
Here's looking at you Mr. Kir
gan" he said, with sort Of Happy
Hooligan grin on his smutty face.
You been passin the word. quiet,
among the boys 20 keep an eye out
fr that Atlantic-type that got lost in
the shuttle, amt your Well. | found
her"
What's that-whereT snapped Kir-
gan. in a tone that made noise like
the pop Of a whip-ash.
You know that old gravel pit that
digs into the Hill n mile west Of the
old " on the Timber Mountain grader
Well she's there. plumb at the far
end o that gravel track, cold and
dead"
"Crippledf" kirgan raped out.
Not as We could see. just dead
She's got her nose showed piece
into the gravel bank, but she amt
of the rain"
Klrgan nodded. who else saw
herr"
Nobody but the boys on our train.
reckon"
"All right. Don't spread IL WAN
to make a little overtimeT
II amt kickin' none"
That's business. After you've haa
your supper. call up your fireman and
report 10 me here at the round-house
Wen take light engine and 90 down
along and get that runaway"
This seemed to settle Kirgans hall
Of the puzzle We hadn't taken the
gravel track into ole calculations sim
ply because II wasn't marked on IN,
map we had been studying hut that
merely meant that the pit had been I
opened some time after the map had /
been made
When Gorcher had gone into the
round-house 10 wash up and tell his /
fireman 20 report back. Kirgsn and
crossed the yard and headed for /
town ] left the mssier-meehanic al /
the door Of q Greek est-shop that he /
patronized and went on NJ 70 the /
Billiard. ! was Just getting around 4
70 my piece Of canned pumpkin pie
vhen the kid from the dispatcher's
Office came into the grill.ro0m stretch 4
ing his neck ~ n he were looking for
somebody. when be gss his eye on
me he came across 10 my corner and
handed me . telegram II was from
Mr.. Chadwick. under = Chicago date
line. and IL was addressed TO the
General Managers ofiee just iike
iht Tlrre were an.y l.Br aoass
De a. bul ltay were al strictly 60 tbe
T.eint What's er Nr0ug bhenH
Is Nr Norcfossf Answer ql
! saw IN haif SECOND Sc ieast
-et e shat 81 happened - f3a
Nef vac hacs FROM rs tnal 81