The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-06-16

CHAPTER L-Graham Norcross, rail.
Dodds. are marooned at Sand Creek sid
ing with a young lady, sheiia Macrae.
ness pecaae eoqsa san Soasp they IN which
special car Is carried on.
CHAPTER u.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John Chadwick's. financial
magnate. whom he was to meet at Portal
city. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick.
The latter offers NoEcross the manager
IN the hands of eastern spectators.
beaded by Breckenridge Dunton, presi.
sheila Macrae Is stopping at Portal City.
accepts.
CHAPTER HI-Dodds overhears CON
Witch they admit completely in Chadwick
o% Ss1sSs being nssns x'ss q
Ilne. which would jeopardize their inter
ests.
CHAPTER Iv.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henokel. the Red
snS SorSEoss so~s eo the
tsrest IN 6hsiia Macrae. Dodds learns
rom % sse hasband aolsHo.. Uas nSde de.: spa not
W
Dodds has knowledEe Of his and Henck-
els participation In the Chadwick kid
naping. offe5s him inducements 70 iesys
once. he = knocked senseless: Recov-
ering consciousness. he learns that Nor
cross has disappeared ard 70 believed to
have resigned and gone east
CHAPTER vI-Dodds connects Nor
cross disappearance with Vaccinations
ing strength sets out to solve the mys-
tsry.
CHAPTER VII. : With Krgan. the
roads master mechanic. Dodds get. .
line on Norcross, disappearance. They
follow . clue given them ehrough
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER vIII-1The rescue party nnds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
which he had been lured. Norcross re-
Dunton has sent to take charge.
CHAPTER X.-Dodds follows an ennis
Norcross. to a coal yard, where he over.
hears a plot to put Norcross out OF
business and at the risk OF his life frus-
CHAPTER Kat the home of sheiia
Macrae Dodds is witness Of strange
signs on the life Of his friend and boss.
He prepares to defend him.
sheiia's uncle drives the Intruder away.
Coiiingvood, nephew Of Presidsnt Dun
Of wrecks on the line impossible to ex-
plain, cause alarm to the management.
CHAPTER xIi..Dursin. night de.
sster ter is - narrowly arrow avsrted. Dursin COM
Was brSsa saSRs SanRs aSUus he
CHAPTER xIII.-Evidence accumulates
that Norcross' enemies are plotting his
death. but against all advice he decides
ON q trip on special train over the line.
Applet engine. travelling ahead, discovers
the sDeciai down mountain nAxe side Sn SUr,
Cross hears for the first time that 6hsila
Macrae Is married. He refuses to believe
CHAPTER xIv.-Hatch and other own
err OF the Red Tower corporation call on
fas n the sn shsz
cross proof that the actual br1bing was
demands Norcross' Immediate resignation
a. the price of silence Norcross learns
band, and feels the ground has been cut
from under his feet.
CHAPTER xv.-Hatch secures control
Of Citizens Storage and Warehouse COM
pauy, and engineers a strike, to embar-
rass the railroad line. Norcross shows
his own ends, to down him (Norcross).
and Collingwood threatens to kill Hatch.
CHAPTER xyL-van Britt general
superintendent, Norcross' right-hand man.
resigns. refusing to give any satisfactory
reason for the act. Norcross begins to
feel the situation is about hopeless.
employees call sympathetic strike. Col.
Nngwood, drinking heavily and reported
close to insanity. remains in hiding.
It had hit us at last; not a decent
request, mind you, but a blunt, brutal
demand. The boss was fred. No
word had come from Mr.. Chadwick.
and there could be but one reason for
his silence. In some way, perhaps
through the late boosting Of the stock,
the New Yorkers had squeezed him
out. We were shot dead in the trenches.
didn't understand how the CHIEF
could take 1t so quietly, unless 1t was
because he had been hammered so
long and SO hard that nothing mat
tered any more. Anyhow, he was just
standing there, talking soberly to Don
ohue, when once more the Strathcona
branch sounder began to click furi-
ously, shipping out the headquarters
call.
Donohue CIT In and we all heard
the strathcona mans new bleat. The
way he told 1t, It seemed that one
member Of the party that had char
tered the special to come to Portal
City had got left. and this man was
now in the Strathcona wire ONCE, bid
ding high for an engine to chase the
train and put him aboard.
At first the boss said. NO" short