The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-06-02

SYNOPSIS


CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross, rail.
road manager. and his secretary, Jimmie
Dodds. are marooned at Sand Creek sid
Ing with a young lady, sheila Macrae.
ness a peculiar train holdup. 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.
ship Of the Pioneer f' Short Line. s which is
in the hands Of eastern spectators.
headed by breckenridge Dunton, presi-
Eheila Macrae is stopping at Portal City.
accepts.
CHAPTER II.-Dodds overhears con-
taye Henckel, Portal city fnanciers, in
which they admit completely in Chadwick
kdnaping. their object being to keep
directors to reorganize the Pioneer Short
Line. which would 1eopardize their inter-
ests.
controlled by Hatch and Henckel. the Red
Tower corporation, Norcross forms the
pany. He begins to manifest deep in
terest in Sheila Macrae. Dodds learns
that Sheila is married. but living apart
from her husband. Norcross does not
CHAPTER ". Hatch, aware that
Dodds has hn9,wledge Of his srd d,c Aendd Sd-
naping, offers him Inducements to leave
Norcross. Dodds refuses. Leaving the
ering consciousness. he learns that Nor
cross has disappeared and is believed to
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 mys-
terry.
CHAPTER VII. - With Kirgan, the
roads master mechanic. Dodds gets a
line on Norcross, disappearance. They
follow q clue given them ehrough
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER vIII.-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.
sary of the Red Tower people. spying on
Norcross. to a coal yard, where he over
hears plot to put Norcross out Of
business. and at the risk Of his life frus-
trates 1t.
CHAPTER Kat the home of Sheila
M0crae DOdQS Is WlInesS OF strange
signs on the life of his friend and boss.
He prepares to defend him.
CHAPTER xL-The sudden return of
Sheila's uncle drives the intruder away.
Later Dodds recognises him as Howard
Collingwood, nephew of President Dun
ton Of the Pioneer Short Line. A series
of wrecks on the line, impossible to ex-
plain, cause alarm to the management
CHAPTER .XII.-Durgin. night dis
patcher. routes passenger and freight
aster is narrowly averted. Durgin COM
mits suicide, leaving evidence that he
was bribed to bring about collision.
CHAPTER xIII.-Evidence accumulates
that Norcross enemies are plotting his
DEATH but against all advice he decides
ON a trip on q special train over the line.
A pilot engine. travelling ahead, discovers
displaced rail which would have thrown
uHrtas heArs for the first time that Eheila
14Acrae is married. He refuses to believe
It.
CHAPTER XIV.-Hatch 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
done by Howard Collingwood. Hatch
demands Norcross' immediate resignation
as the price of silence. Norcross learns
from Sheila that Collingwood is her hus-
band, and feels the ground has been cut
from under his feet.