The Lamar register., 1922-10-04
SYNOPSIS

tne pain OF tne AissatDt RAILROAD, Joe
Bostock. builder OF the line. and Wilton
cArruthsrs, chief of engineers, are con
sidering the di. .oultes. rifle shot in
ruthers' arm Handicapped as he is. Car
ruthers determines TO carry the body TO
. station OF the Hudson's Bay company.
where one Mcdonald 10 the factor.
CHAPTER IL-AcDonald's daughter.
Molly. sees Carruthers struggling In the
muskeg and drags him from the swamp.
with his burden Unaccountably, her
father objects to her saving Carruthers.
CHATTER Iu.-weakened by his wound
and exertions, CArruthers Is disturbed by
the appearance of Tom Bowyer. Bostock's
yer insults Molly. and Carruthers strikes
declares hi. love for Molly sh. prom
isss to be his wife.
The town OF Clayton to attend meeting
1t which Bostock's enemies plan TO wrest
control of the Missatibi from him Molly
determines to go with him
CHAPTER v.-Attacked by his doEs
forced to Kill the animals. They set out
on foot for Clayton. reaching II With
carruthers In an almost dying condition.
He ta In time to foil Bostock's enemies
and keep control of the line for Mrs.
Bostork.
CHAPTER vI-csrruthers learns thai
Bosiock has hypothecated nve hundred
shares of the Mlssatibi, jeopardi.ins his
CHAPTER vII.-Lee Chambers, expert
Yer. ask. Carruthers for work. saying he
has broken with Bowysr. Csrruthers
takes him on. Kitty Bostock. Joe's
though he does not realize It. comes to
rve At the Big Muskeg. Circumstance
force her TO ayow her love Carruther-
tells her Of Molly ane xertk reouises her
CHAPTER WILTON Bowysr seeks
veigies the chsgrined Kitty into an ALI
anse for the purpose OF sepersting car
ruthers and Molly Chambers deli6srtte. ,s
Big Muskss. and fees from carruthers'
wrath.
CHAPTER N--Beguilsd 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.-Annoyeu by B0wyer.
Molly realizes that he apparently has
some hold on her father. but the latter
will make no explanation.
CHAPTER xI.-F1re starting far from
the camp. completely wipes II out, de-
stroying all the constructed work. There
is abundant evidence that Il was Of in
cendiary origin. a halfbreed whom Car
ruthers had left to guard his shack II
found in dying condition. He tells Car
runners Lee chambers brOhe ulIO thf
shack and assaulted him.
"Yes, father wish we could. I
wish we could go somewhere together
where we'd never have cause To re
member It."
AYE. never to remember IT. he
echoed.
ITO wlnnIpegY" she suggested tim
idly.
He seemed to tremble al her words.
He turned fiercely upon her. ITO
Scotland =" he shouted. I'm done with
this country. A mans thochts turn In
his old age to his homeland To Aber
deem -
Molly was awed nv the old mans
fanatical enthusiasm when shall we
go7" she asked.
This autumn, lass before the
SHOWS fall But" he clutched her
by the arm-"yeli say nought about
it,"
But you must arrange with the com
pany for new factor. and. n he isn't
trained"
His clutch became convulsive. Not
"A word !" he cried iercely. "Havens !
done weel by the company II won't
be the sufferer If they thocht ! was
going away they'd-not a word. iass'
Promise me! Molly. lass. We winns 20
back on me now2'
mo, | won't go back On you" she
answered
But she did not like the idea Of
stealing away. although the company
would suffer little. And then there
would be the forfeiture of his pension
But she dared not bring up that sub
ject in view of his evident obsession
After a while they began to maxi
preparations. They spoke of the jour
ney as being weeks, instead of months
away. Then came a night when the
factor tapped at Molly's door. She
dressed quickly and went out Of her
ROOM to see the whole skyline sblaze
Clouds of smoke were whirlinE down
on them. Suddenly a rig with tive
horses came dashing across the portage
and drew up at the door.
Molly recognized Lee Chambers and
Hackett. and turned and faced them
though her heart was beating with
fear.
We've come for you. Miss McDon'
aid" shouted Lee Chambers. The