The Lamar register., 1922-10-11
SYNOPSIS

Bostock, builder OF the line. and Wilton
CArruther., chief Of engineers, are con
siderinK the di. .oultes. rifle shot In
stRnuy kills Bostock and breaks Car
ruthers arm. Handicapped as he is, Cnr-
ruthers determines to carry the body 70
where one Mcdonald 10 the factor
CHAPTER u-McDonald's daughter.
Molly. sees Caryuthers struggling In the
muskeg and drags him from the swamp.
with his burden. Unaccountably. her
father objects to her saving CArrutherH
CHAPTER Iu.-wsakened BY his wound
and eIertions. carruthers Is disturbed ey
the appearance of Tom Bowyer. Bostock.s
bus ness rival and personal enemy. Bow
yer insults Molly. and Carruthers strikes
s.ei.r.s s,% % sis ioSs Ss' for Molly Molly she prom,
lses to be his wife
CHAPTER Iv.-Carruthers has to reach
ehe town of Clayton to attend a meeting
At which Bostock's enemies plan TO wrest
determines to 20 with him.
CHAPTER v.-Attacked by his doss
Carruthers' life Is saved by Molly. who u
forced to XIII the animals They set out
on foot for Clayton. reaching II with
Carruthers in an almost dying condition
He Is in time to foil Bostock's enemleH
and Keep control of the line for MIS-
Bosto"k.
CHAPTER vL-csrrutherr learns thai
Bo-iock has hypothecated nye hundred
shares of the Miss.tibi. jeopardisins mis-
control OF the line.
CHAPTER vu.-Les cnsmbers, expert
engineer. hitherto associated with Bow
yer. asks carruthers for work. saying he
has broken with Bower; .S Ssrrnthsrs Is
widow. deeply In love with carruthers.
though he does not realise Il. comes 70
nve at the Big Muskeg. Circumstance
force her TO avow her love. carruthers
tells her of Molly sne gsrtls reoulses her
CHAPTER WILTON Bowysr seeks
hoilys love. and IL repulsed- He IN
yeiEles the ehagrined KITTY Into an All
ruthers and Molly. Chambers oeliberste-
ly wrecks part OF the line crossing the
Big Muskss. and fees from csrruthers'
wrath.
CHAPTER D--Beguiisd By Kitty. Molly
deliberately breaks with Carruthers- He
accepts her assertion that she Is no longer
In love with him. The work of crossing
the muskeE goes on satisfactorily.
CHAPTER X.-Annoyso py B0wyer.
Molly realizes that he apparently has
some hold on her father. but the latter
will make no explanation.
CHAPTER xI.-Flrs starting far from
the camp, completely wipes II out de-
stroyinE all the constructed work. Their
is abundant evidence that Il was Of In
cendary origin. A halfbresd whom car
found In a dying condition. He tells Car
ruthers Lee Chambers broke into the
shack ana assaulted MIN
Come along. boys, he's fooling you l'
he yelled. Smash his head for him
Give them what's coming to themi"
But he skunk back into their midst
as the believing mob rushed forward
Wilton noticed that he was lingering
revolver In his coat pocket. He wait
ed till the mob was close upon the
shack. He had calculated that an In
stant's hesitation would follow. seized
1t and sprHng into their midst. strik-
ing out right and left and Telling \
drunken laborer at every blow. As
Tonguay fumbled desperately with the
trigger of the weapon In his pocket.
Wilton dealt him smashing blow
that knocked him senseless He
stopped, took the revolver and turned
and faced his assailants
Now. men" he said crisply. I've
told you that you shall examine the
safe, and IN keep my word Three OF
you enter The rest will walt out
side"
After a pause three OF the workmen
came forward uncertainty. Wilton
took them inside the shack, opened the
safe door and took out the contents.
package by package.
Satisfied there's no money! he
asked.
Il guess that's So" admitted the
leader Of the men, reluctantly.
Then get out" said Wilton, driving
them toward the door
The three reJoined their companions
and. with sullen mutterings, the work
men lurched away simlessly, and to.
tally unable to unite on any further
plan for aggression now that their
leader was gone. Andersen and one
Of the engineers picked up Tonguay
and brought him into the shack. The
man was still unconscious. However.
he showed signs Of coming to shortly.
Jules is dead" said Wilton quietly.
Jules deadT" shouted Andersen.
Murdered. 1t was Lee Chambers,
He must have been hanging round the
camp. He got into the safe, too, but
was scared away before he took any.
thing. Come insidel"
At the sight of the dead man on the
bed Andersen swore softly.
"He must have been with those two
liquor peddlers." said Andersen Il