The Lamar register., 1922-09-06
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER L--Looking over Big Mus
keg. . seemingly impossible swamp In
Bostock. builder OF the line. and Wilton
Carruthers, chief OF engineers, are con-
siderins the d; .oulties- rife shot in
ruthers' arm. Handicapped as he is. Car
ruthers determines to carry the body to
q station of the Hudson's Bay company.
where one Mcdonald is the factor.
CHAPTER u-McDpnaId's daughter,
Molly. sees carruthers strusxlins in the
with his burden. Unaccountably, her
father objects to her saving Carruthers.
CHATTER Iu.-weakened by his wound
and exertions. Carruthers Ii disturbed BY
the appearance Of Tom Bower. Bostock's
bus ness rival and personal enemy. Bow
yer insults Molly, and Carruthers strikes
him After Bower leaves, Carruthers
declares his love for Molly. She prom
isss to be his wife.
CHAPTER Iv.-CarrUthers has to reach
the town OF Clayton to attend a meeting
at which Bostock's enemies plan to wrest
control of the Mlssatibi from him Molly
determines to go with him.
CHAPTER v.-Attacked by his dogs
Carruthsrs' life is saved by Molly. who is
forced to kill the animals. They set out
on foot for Clayton. reaching II with
He IL in time to foil Bostock's enemies
and keep control Of the line for Mrs
Bostock.
CHAPTER vL-carruthers learns that
Bosfock has hypothecated hve hundred
shares of the Missatibi. jeopardizing his
control Of the line.
CHAPTER vrI.-Lee Chambers. expert
engineer. hitherto associated with Bow
yer. asks Carruthers for work. saying he
has broken with Bowyer. Csrruthers
sido~ ni daspS SO in @ oNe wisS S'SsF csFfutses.
though he does not realize IL. comes to
pve at the Big Muskeg Circumstances
force her TO avow her love. Carruthers
tells her of Molly snc xently repuises her
the weIgnt OF the ballast would un-
doubtedly have broken them. The
break would not have been Immediate
iy apparent. but the trestllng would IN
such case be practically Imposed upon
the surface Of the swamp. without sup
port The ballast would have spread
over the muskeg. causing the entire
structure to subside.
"who did itr asked Wilton, speak
ing slowly and carefully.
Jules, who was still watching him.
suddenly turned and. with nghtning
movements, drew a caricature of Lee
Chambers on the woodwork Of the
wall.
Wilton looked at 1t and drew in his
breath. Then he nodded Jules nod
ded In return. smiled. and left the
room. Wilton reflected deeply.
II Chambers was a spy of Bowyer's.
why had he shown him the bedrock at
all1 on the other hand, assuming that
Wilton must eventually discover Il
himself, Bowyer might have sent
Chambers to make ii virtue of neces-
sity and TO secure Il position at the
camp, where he could be OF service to
him.
In any case. Wilton could afford to
take no further chances with him. II
would serve no purpose to accuse him
Of having tampered with the trestling.
BE would give him d post somewhere
where he could do no harm. and thus
get rid OF him.
Fighting down the burning rage La
his heart, he went down the road to-
ward the shack which the engineer oc-
cupied. This was reconstructed
shed. There was only one room In II.
but Chambers had asked to have this
rather than share the quarters of the
other engineers.
AAth "tAc phSh Ing Ouhh-
houses, but the door OF the shed was
padlocked. Thinking that Chambers
might be in the camp. he made his
way toward the other quarters But
presently he heard some one calling
him and, turning. saw Andersen run
ming after him.
-Were you looking for Mr.. Cham
bers, sir1" asked the foreman.
Yes. Where is her
-Why. he went back TO Clayton this
noon, Mr.. Carruthersi He said he was
going In for you"
wilton's suspicious suddenly famed
up. THE key" he shouted, pulling
at the paddock.
II guess he took It with him." said
Andersen.
Have the staples pulled out at
oncei-
Wilton waited. tuning, until Ander-
sen resppeared with the tool. The fore
man wrenched out the staples and VII
ton burst open the door. As he had
expected, the shack was completely
empty OF all Chambers belongings.
The two men looked at each other.
Slow understanding came into Andsr-
sens face
He was bad yum" said the swede.
Il guessed you knew your business.