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


CHAPTER H.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John Chadwicks, financial
magnate whom he was to meet at Portal
city. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick
ship Of the Pioneer Short Line. which Is
In the hands Of eastern spectators.
headed BY breckenridge Dunton, presi-
sheila Macrae 10 stopping at Portal City.
accepts.
CHAPTER III.-Dodds overhears con-
versatton between Rufus Hatch and Gus
which they admit completely in Chadwick
kidnapping. their object being to keep
Chadwick from attending meeting OF
Line. which would jeopardize their inter-
ests.
CHAPTER Iv.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel. the Red
THwsr cooperation, NoreEoss forms the
pany. He begins to manifest deep in
terest in Sheila Macrae. Dodds learns
that Sheila ia married. but living apart
from her husband. Norcross does not
CHAPTER ". Hatch. aware that
els participation in the Chadwick kid
nNapins Offers him INDUCEMENTS to leave
office. he is knocked senseless. Recov-
ering consciousness, he learns that Nor
cross has disappeared and Is believed to
have resigned and gone east. .N
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 q clue given them Through g
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER vII1.-The rescue party finds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
sumes control of the Pioneer Short Line.
refusing to give place to man whom
Dunton has sent to take charge.
CHAPTER 1X.-Dodds follows an ennis
sary of the Red Tower people. spying on
Norcross. to coal yard. where he over.
hears a plot to put Norcross out of
business. and at the risk Of his life frus-
trates it.
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
Collingwood. nephew Of President Dun
of wrecks on the line. impossible to ex-
plain. cause alarm to the management.
"Wait" Hatch snarled. "It's GO
ing to be both yours and the railroad
company's business, before you are
through with it. Marrow, here, rep
resents Marshall, and I represent
Henckel and myself. What are you
going to do about those ground leases?"
Nothing at all, except to insist upon
the condition under which they were
granted by the railroad company"
Meaning that you are going to try
to hold us to the fixed percentage
charge for handling, packing, loading,
and transferring?"
Meaning just that. If you raise the
proportional market-price charge on
the producers and merchants, the
leases will terminate"
II thought that was about where
you'd land. Now listen: we're It
Marshall and Henckel and land
what we say, goes as it lies. We are
going to use the present G. 8. & w.
plants and equipment. charging our
own storage and handling percentages
based on anything we see fit. If you
pull that grOund-lease business on us
and try to drive us out, we'll fight you
all the way up to the Supreme court
If you beat us there, Well merely
move over to the other side Of your
tracks to our old Red Tower houses
and yards and go on doing business
at the old stand"
The boss sat back in his chair, and
I could tell by the set Of his jaw that
he was refusing to be pqnic-strlcken
"You are taking altogether too much
for granted, aren't you?"" he put in
mildly. "You are assuming that the
courts will eventually nullify the terms
Of the ground-leases, or, sif they dc
not, that the railroad company will
do nothing to save it's patrons from
falling into this new graft trap
Hatch snapped his fingers. "Nou
you are coming to the milk in the
coconut !" he raped out. "That IL
exactly what we're assuming. Yor
are going to let go, once for all, Nor
cross. You are not going to fight u.
in the courts, and neither are. you go
ing to .arass us out of existence will
short cars, over-charges. and the thou
sand and one petty prosecutions thai
you railroad buccaneers make use O
to line your own pQckets4''
"But If we refuseto lie down ant
let you walk over usSand our patrons
what then?' the boss inquired.
That brought the explosion. Hatch,
eyes blazed and he smacked fist int,
palm. B ..s5 ts
Then ven knife you. and wen d,
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