Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-05

3:y55aSsEiG ssZsSa!
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross, rail-
goad manager, and his secretary, Jimmie
!Dodds, are marooned at Sand Creek sid
and her small cousin. Unseen. they Wit
ness a peculiar train holdup, in which
q special car is carried Off.
u.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John ChadWick's, financial
City. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick.
The latter offers Norcross the manager
ship Of the Pioneer Short Line, which is
headed by Breckenridge Duntdn, presi-
dent of the line. Norcross, learning that
Sheila Macrae is stopping at Portal City.
accepts.
y~ersation between RUFUS Hatch and Gus
tave Henckel, Portal City ~f1nanciers, in
which they admit complicity. in Chadwick
Chadwick from attending q meeting of
directors to ~reorganize the Pioneer Short
Line. which would jeopardize their inter-
ests.
- AxA4N AVs-40 SSoA0 SAV 0ASfS
controlled by Hatch and Henckel. the Red
fewer corporation. Eorcross forms the
Citizens. Storage and Warehouse COM
terest in Sheila Macrae. Dodds learns
that Sheila is married, but living apart
from her husband. Norcross does not
know this.
CHAPTER v. Hatch, aware that
Dodds has knowledge Of his and Henck-s
els participation In the Chadwick kid
naping. offers him inducements to leave
sofice. he is Knocked senseless. Recovs
Aering consciousness, he learns that Nor
cross has disappeared and Is believed to
have resigned and gone east.
CHAPTER W.-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 a clue given them ehroush .
CHAPTER vII1.--The rescue party finds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
which he had been lured. Norcross re-
sumes control Of the Pioneer Short Line,
Dunton has sent to take charge.
CHAPTER IX.-Dodds fol ows an ennis
ssary of the Red Tower peolie, spying or
Norcross. to q coal yard Wnere he over.
hears a plot to put NOrcross out of
business, and at the risk of his life frus-
trates it.
GIan8nan Looked around the little
dog-kennel Of a place suspiciously.
"'Tis not here that we can talk
much about thin things, Misther
Hatch" he said cautiously.
why not?" was the rasping ques-
ton. There's nobody in the yard,
and the gates are locked. It's a id
sight safer than a back room in one
of your dives-as we know now to u
cost
Clanahan threw up his head with
a gesture that said much. "Murphy's
the man that leaked o thai engine
Ob-and he'll leak no more
WELL" said Hatch, with growing
Irritation, what are you holding back
for now? We stood to win on the
first play, and we would have won if
your people hadn't balled it by talking
too much. One more day and Dis
nuke would have been in the saddle.
That would have settled it.
yah; and Mister Dismuke still here
in Portal City remains put in
Henckel. !
The divekeeper locked his pudgy
fingers across a cooked knee.
"'Tis foine, brave gintlemen We are,
you two, whin we've got somebody else
to pull tn nuts out av tn fire for
vel" he said. "Ye'd have us croak
this felly FIR We, and thin ye'd stand
back and wash yer hands while some
poor divil wint to tn o p FIR 1t.
Where do we com in, is what I'd like
Ito known"
You are already in" snapped
Hatch. sYou know what the big fell
low at the capital thinks about it,
and where you'll stand in the coming
election if you don't put out this fire
that Noreross is kindling. You're vel
low, CIanalaan. That's all that is the
matter with YOU
.sTell me wan thing insisted the
d~ivekeeper, boring the> chief CRATER
with his pin-point eyes. do you stand
!, f'r it IL we do this thing up right?"
Hatch's eyes fell, and Henckel's big
body twisted uneasily iii the chair that
was. grooming under his beer-barrel
weight. There was silence for a little
space, and / could feel the cold sweat
starting out all " me. hadn't
dreamed of stumbling upon anything
like this when 1 started out to shadow
: Kestler. They were actually plotting
10 murder the boss
II was Hatch who broke the still
ness.
ITS up to you, Clanaliaii, and YOU
know IT" he declared. You've had
your tip from the big fellow. The
railroad people must he made 70 get
into the fight In the coming election,
and get In on the right side. II they
don't and II Norcross stays and keeps
his fire burning, YOU fellows lose OUT
Clanahnn sat l,nck In his chair and
A 49,