Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-08-11
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross, rail-
road manager. and his secretary, Jimmie
Ing with young lady. Sheila Macrae,
and her small cousin. Unseen, they wit
ness q peculiar train holdup. In which
special car Is carried of.
CHAPTER II-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John Chadwick's. financial
magnate, whom he was to meet at Portal
City. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick
me me latter Offers Norcross the manager
IN the hands OF eastern spectators.
headed by Breckenridge Dunton, presi-
dent Of the line. Norcross, learning thar
sheila Macrae 10 stopping at Portal City.
accepts.
CHAPTER III.-Dodds overhears con-
versat!on between Rufus Hatch and Gus
tave Henckel, Portal City tinanciers. In
Kidnapping. their object being to keep
Chadwick from attending meeting Of
directors to reorganize the Pioneer Short
Line. which would jeopardize their inter-
controlled by Hatch and Henckel, the Rad
fewer corporation. Norcross forms the
Citizens' Storage and Warehouse COM
NSoeAAs
terest In Shella Macrae. Dodds learns
that sheila Is married. but living apart
from her husband. Norcross does not
know this.
Dodds has knowledge of his and Henck-
els participation in the Chadwick kid
naping. offers him inducements to leave
ONCE. he is knocked senseless. Recov-
ering consciousness. he learns that Nor
cross has disappeared and is believed to
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 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 q
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER vIIl.-The rescue party finds
and releases NOrcross from captivity to
which he had been lureu. Norcross re-
sumes control Of the Pioneer Short Line.
refusing to give place to. man whom
CHAPTER Ix.-Dodds follows an ennis
eary of the Red Tower people, spying on
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 sheila
Macrae Dodds is witness Of strange
actions Of 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
ton of the Pioneer Short Line. A series
of wrecks on the line, impossible to ex-
plain. cause alarm to the management
CHAPTER x1l.-Durgin. night dis
trains to meet on a single track. Dis
aster ia narrowly averted. Durgin COM
mits suicide, leaving evidence that he
was bribed to bring about collision.
that Norcross' enemies are plotting his
death, but against all advice he decides
on q trip on special train over the line.
"A pilot engine, travelling ahead, discovers
displaced rail which would have thrown
the special down a mountain side. Nor
cross hears for the first time that Sheila
Macrae is married. He refuses to believe
CHAPTER XIv.-Hateh and other own
ers Of the Red Tower corporation call on
Norcross and inform him they have proof
that in the recent election the road has
made use Of bribery. Hatch gives Nor
cross proof that the actual bribing was
done by Howard Collingwood. Hatch
demands Norcross' immediate resignation
as the price Of silence. Norcross learns
from Sheia that Collingwood is her hus.
band. and feels the ground has been Gu,
from under his feet.
CHAPTER xV.-Hatch secures control
Of Citizens Storage and Warehouse com.
pany, and engineers q strike, to embar.
rass the railroad line. Eorcross shows
Collingwood how Hatch has used him fol
and Collingwood threatens to xiii Hatch
CHAPTER xv1.-van Britt. genera
superintendent, Eorcross' right-hand man
resigns. refusing to give any satisfactory
reason for the act Norcross begins t
feel the situation is about hopeless.
CHAPTER sXvI1.-Pioneer Short Lin.
employees call sympathetic strike. Col
nngwood, drinking heavily and reported
close to insanity, remains In hiding.
CHAPTER XVIII. Mine owners
charter special, the strikers allowing
Norcross' immediate resignation. Nor
cross delays. Collingwood hires specia
engine to follow mime owners" party
Hatch Is with the ''mine owners" ant
Norcloss. suspecting Collingwood plan
special. with sheila. Major Kendrick an,
) Dodds. s