The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-04-14

SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
| CHATTER I-Graham Norcross. rail
road manager. ana his secretary. Jimmie
Dodds, are marooned at sand Greek sid
ing with young lady sheila Maerae
and her small cousin. Unseen. they wit
ness peculiar train holdup. in which
s special car il carried on
/ CHATTER u.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John ChRdwick's. financia.
maguate, whom be Was to meet AT Portal
/ City lie and Dodds rescue Chadwick
The latter offers Norcross the manager
ship OF the Pioneer Short Line, which IA
I In the hands OF eastern Spectators
headed BY Breckenridge Dunton, presi.
/ dent OF the line. A0rcross, learning that
fheila Macrae is stopping AZ Portal City
/ accepts
CHAPTER Ill-Dodds overhears con
Versaton between Rufus Hatch and Gus
I tave Henckel Portal city hnanciers. In
/ which they admit completely IN chad Wick
/ kidnapping, their object being 10 keep
Chadwick from attending meeting OF
/ directors TO reorganize the Pioneer snort
/ Line. which would jeopardize their inter-
1 ests
CHAPTER IV.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henekel. the Red
| Tower corporation, NorcroEs forms the
| Citizens Storage and Warehouse com
| 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
know this
CHAPTER V. Hatch. aware that
Dodds has knowledge of his and Henck-
els participation in the Chadwick kid
mapping, offers him inducements 70 leave
Norcross. Dodds refuses, Leaving the
office, he is knocked senseless. Reeov-
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 nays
tary
Continued from last week.
Past that, the trace was completely
lost. The conductor on the Fast Mail,
eastbound. on the night In question
swore by all that was good and great
that Mr. Noreross hadn't been
passenger on his train. And he would
certainly have known II II he had been
carrying his general manager
Over in the other field there was
absolutely nothing 10 incriminate the
Hatch people So far from II. Hatch
had turned mp at the railroad Office,
bright and early the morning after
Mr. Norcross had gone. lie had asked
for the boss. and faling to find him.
he had hunted up Mr.. Van Britt What
he wanted. II seemed. was chance
to reopen the proposition that had
been made 10 him the day before
the offer Of the new Citizens StorageN
& Warehouse company 10 purchase the
various Red Tower equipments and
plants.
Mr. Van Britt had referred him to
Mr. Ripley. and to our lawyer Hatch
had made what pprported TO be an
open confession. admitting that he had
gone 10 Mr. Norcross the night be-
fore. determined TO fight the new com
pany to finish. and that there had
been good many things said that
would better be forgotten. Now. how
ever, he was willing 10 talk straight
business and compromise. lie had
called bis board of directors together.
and they had voted 10 sell their track
bordering plants to Citizens Storage /
+ Warehouse II price could be ami
nahly agreed upon
With Mr. Noreross gone and new I
general manager coming, Mr.. Ripley 1
was afraid 10 make a move and Hatch 1
was pressing him 10 get busy on the
bargain and sale proposition. was APP /
oarently as anxious now to sell and
withdraw as he had nj first been 10 1
lght everything in sight
BY the morning came on the scene
he man Grimmer had rs they SAY.
lust about done his do lie was only
! sort Of journeyman detective. and
iad run out Of clues When he came
u and talked to Mr.. Van Britt and
dr Ripley, I could see that he fully
believed IN the drop-oui theory. and
wen the lawyer and Mr. Van Britt
lad 10 admit thar the facts were with
i'm. The boss had written letter
aging definitely thar he was quitting
le had paid his hotel bin. and his
rips were gone. aud two days later
President nunton had appointed q
rev general manager, which was proof
.ositive, you'd say that the boss had
esigued and had 50 notified the New
FORK Office
When tie noon honr came along
'red May took me ont 10 luncheon
nd We went 70 the Billiard cafe II
eas pretty rich for our blood at Two
0llars per. but ! guess Fred thought
Is ioh was gone. anyway. and feif
eckiess over the good thIBas 30 eur
orner table So did 3 little threshing
n orr owH accounf-nnd Eoi . loi
bore chan end 10 grain
Fred didn't wanf - agree with
trimmer snd the facts but there
Ianf seem r. be am help for il snd
: for ~. had other things 10 mind
i tie ihne-fhe 6ig sears fran thar
smebody bad ct to the boss after
: had icff Ripley ou ne neif = ,
aoeEings. ard had JUST DASHED Sc i
u FACE with the story ~ Mr.. SssaI8as