The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-05-06

mg with q YOUNG lady, aheila Nacra,e'
and her sn y cousin On ecn, they VIZ
ness a peculiar u1ln hoiqup, IN WHICH
a special car ia carried OIL
CHAPTER II.-Norcr0ss recognizes INC
car stolen aB John ChadWicks, inanIlai
maguatc, whom he Was to meet ~ LoEJl'
city lie and DOaas rescue GhauWlea'
Tie latter oscra N9rcross the Haahaset, +,
ship OF the Pioneer Snort Line when 10
In tho hands Of eastern hpecuialotss p
headed by Breckenridge DuhtOnj presl-
Gent OF the line. NOrcf0hs, learning VA at
Sheila Macrae is stopping at Foi'al ivy
accepts.
CHAPTER III.-Dodds overhears con-
versation between Rufus Hatch ana Gus
tave HcncEcl, Portal CITY hnanCiers, ~
which they admit cofGphcity ~ ChadWIck
KIDNAPPING Helf oDlrSL OsiHb ~ nSS y.
Chadwick from attending meeting OF
directors TO reorEanZe the Pioneer snoEt
llne, which would ioopardise tAeir inter
ests
CHAPTER IV.--To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and HencNel, the rec zee
Tower corporation. Norctoss iorns uIe
Citizens Storage and warehouse com
pany. lie begins to manifest dsep M
terest IN Sneila Macrde. Do"Hs letlhs
that Shella Is married, bat living apait
from her husband. koicioss docs not
know this.
CHAPTER v. - Hatch, aware that
Dodds has knowledge Of Ma ana ltench-
els participation N ne CHADWICK kld-
mapping. oners nlm nducemen W 70 leaEe
&Grcross DuoGs refuses Leaving the
office, he is knocked senseless. HecoN-
ering consciousness, he learns that NOT
cross has disappeared and Is believed 10
have resigned and gone east
CHAPTER V1.-Dodds connects Nor
cross disappearance with Vaccinations
OF Hatch and Henckel, and ON recover
ing strength sets out 10 solve the mys-
terry.
CHAPTER VII. - With Kirgan, the
roads master mechanic, DooG6 gels
line on Nofcrosa disappearauce' Ihey
follow o che given lhem ehrcugh n
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER YIII.--The rescue party finds
end releases Norcross from captivity 10
which he had been lGred. Norcross re-
sufnss control uf the Pioneer snort Line
refusing TO give place 20 man whom
Dunton has sont to take charge
CHAPTER I%.-~Dodds follows an ennis
sary of the Red Tower people spying on
Norcross to a coal yard, whore ne over
hears plot 70 put Norcross out oA
business, aud az the FISK Of his life rus
trates 1t.
CHAPTER X.--At tho home of sheila
Macrae D0Gds 10 witness OF strange
actions of a man he believes has de-
signs on the Ike of his friend and boss
He prepares to defend him.
CHAPTER XI--The sudden return Of
Sheilas 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 OK
plain, cause alarm to the management.
CHAPTER XII,--Durgin. night dis
patcher routes passenger and freight
trains to meet ON single track. Dls-
aster ia narrowly averted Dur8in COM
mits suicide, leaving evidence that no
was brlbed 70 bring about collision.
CHAPTER &Ill.-Eyilonce aocumulates
that Norcrosa enemies are plotting his
death but against all advice lac decides
on Trip on a special train over the line.
a pilot engine, travelling ahead, discovers
displaced rnil which would have thrown
the special down Il mountain side. Nor
cross hears fur the trst time that Sheila
Macrae Is married, He refuses to believe
II.
CHAPTER XTV.--H0toh and other own
ors OF the Red Tower corpora ton call on
Noroross ana inform him they have proof
that IN the recent election the road mas
maGo use OF bribery. Hatch gives Nor
cross proof that The actual bribing Was
done by Howard Coiingwood. Hatch
demands NorcroSs' immediate resignation
as the price OF silence, Norcross learns
from Shala thar CoAingWood is her hus-
band, and feels the ground has been cut
irom under his feet.
CHAPTER &N.-5atch secures control
OF Citizens Storage and Warehouse Gem
pany, ana engineers strike, 10 embar-
rass the railroad line Norcloss shows
Collipgwood how Hatch has used him for
his own ends, TO down him tNorcrossl,
and Colingwood threatens to XIII Hatch.
CHAPTER NVI-Van Britt general
superintendent Norcross rlght-hand man,
resigns, refusing TO give amy satisfactory
feel the situation Is about hopeless
CHAPTER XVII.-Ploneer Short Line
employees cali sympathetic strike. Col.
haywood drinking heavily and reported
close TO insanity, remains In hiding,
CHAPTER SvIII. Mine owners
it to run. President Dunton demands
Norcross' immediate resignation. Nor
cross delays, Collingwood hires special
engine to follow mine owners party.
Hatch is with the mine owners" and
Ncrctoss, suspecting Colingwood plans
10 kin his enenly, follows on another
special, with Sheila, Major Eendrick and
Dodds.
CHAPTER NIX.--Collingwood terror
ICES the driver and fireman OF his engine.
and when they jump from the cab, to
save their lives deliberately drives into
mine owners special. Norcross, though
crime. Hatch and eight OF his party are
practically killed outright Norcross,
risi1ing his life, pulls Coll;ngwood from
the wreck, and he dies in his wife's
arms,
CHAPTER &X,--Sheils goes east With
the body of her husband The Red Tower
people surrender bribery evidence. giving
mp the fight on NorcTOsS. Ii lranspirss
that Van Britt had been largely instru-
mental ip hanging anout tie strike, To
depress securities Of the Pioneer Short
Line. ON The break in the market Nor
cross, with the a!d OF his friend Chad
wick, succeeds in having shippers, small
business men and employees OF the line
buy up The stock, eMecting, I'm the owasrs
snap or the line. the complete overthrow
OF ths stockholders who had been in cor
uol. With his business dream realized
NOrcross arranges to 60 east shortly 10
MS other and more Important dream
shena and his life's happiness.