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for he help there was no way of re reaching athing hp her r at that entrance so the cowboy made his way around to the other opening here he lifted the iron bars and after a terrific ef fort managed to extricate the girl from ont her perilous position while this was going on henry mallinson was making the last step to incriminate craig in the eyes of of the girl he loved mallinson had carried craig I 1 unconscious from his office and order ordered ed his men to deposit him in a gulch facing the grotto consequently as ruth emerged she found craig lying on the ground coming back to consciousness ness well what have you got to a ay t the girl asked ai 1 1 heard your voice through the radio craig answered but before I 1 could answer I 1 was attacked from behind brennon me the key to the office adjoining mallinson and the radio was turned into haunted valley I 1 tell you OU ruth tills this Is all a part of adamsons devill deviltry the room Is part of his office boffl prova a your statement mr craig S show he w us this mysterious I 1 ous room where you were so brutally attacked craig whirled around and saw the smiling face of mallinson it cut him film deeper to see sec that ruth returned the smile evidently mallinson was waa succeeding in winnins winning lack back the he girls faith aud and now ma MaHl linson insisted that they return to his office he wanted proof root craig was extremely puzzles puzzled I 1 Is this the office where all the d dreadful things happened mr c cragg 9 11 mallinson asked the room ca cragg 18 saw before him was the same came room he had been confined confine I 1 in but the furniture was missing and dust showed itself everywhere this office has been vacant for mon months mallinson smiled craig was astonished but ruth he faltered there Is something thina queer about this ruth looked from one man to the other 1 I must have time to think she answered eugene craig saw there was nothing to do but leave the office lie he soon found himself on the street and walking around to the side of the building here he was astonished to see a van standing with ith office furniture on the sidewalk dewalk sr about to be loaded As the workmen were probably on the elevator craig hastened to examine the pieces s A 1 large oak desk occupied his attention arte rte first he chanced to open a drawer and saw some papers that interested him at once three were newspaper clippings ca calling llinge the tha publics attention to the deaths achs of dirks denslow and sharkey then there was a small piece of white paper on which were inscribed four names dirks Den slows Shar keys and his own the first three names had checks opposite them craig smiled evidently it was his turn next however the you young n g man de to have 1 it out with mali janson at once in his office henry mallinson was ivas questioning his secretary did you get all the papers that were in the other room he asked evivian vivian delamar nodded you are arc sure aure then he continued nothing was left in Shar keys desk keys quite 11 the gir girl answered before Il learing 10 the room I 1 here are some papers that were not removed from Shar keys desk I 1 mallinson whirled around la his chair and beheld craig standing behind him that young man had cleverly entered through Mallin sons secret panel you are a clever man mallin I 1 son craig went on and I 1 am f going to prove to miss ranger just 1 how ilkow clever you are with that he left the room in the he offices of ran ranger er inc ruth had left orders that ste she would tade sec no one no one excepting henry mallinson cragg cral was up against it then unless I 1 lost ost river dam Is completed this week you cannot pay the ithe million her vice president weatherby was saying yes yea the ha girl answered and things thing are in a serious condition the they have just taken our best en elneer gari r to tho the hospital the dam Is completely tied up at that moment mallinson enter cd ruth he said 1 I overheard y your 0 u I 1 remark and I 1 have cornei come to offer ff 1 t you 0 u a ten day extension on your loan 6 n if that will help you dour kuth uth was profuse in her thinks thanks to 0 o mallinson and weatherby also showed his appreciation As the girl left the office she en countered craig sharkey wits was right about mallinson i cragg began he is at the bottom of all your troubles ruth looked at craig curiously 1 I bog bee your pardon she sha replied mr mallinson has just demon strained his friendship in a very welcome manner but it if you want to really serve me go and take charge at lo 10 lost st river immediately fm mediately I 1 will be down later craig was at a loss just how to answer mallinson after all had gotten the U upper 1 or hand it wits was natural that hp he was discouraged As he walked down the he corridor he en ea countered counter cd dinny the youngster greeted cheerily listen dinny craig confided if you see or hear anything suspicious around these diggings re port to moat me at once at the dam mallinson allinson Al was extremely pleased with himself As he wondered what his next move would be the door of his office opened and a beautiful but flashy looking girl entered she evidently d did d not believe in wasting any time for sho sha immediately blurted out to mallinson 1 I must havo have five hundred dollars brennon Is in jail fall on your account and I 1 a dime im hazel vernon his fiancee mallinson could not help but smile then an idea came to hirn him he lost no time in confiding it to his visitor and remember his name Is eugene cragg call him gene he finished ill take the job miss vernon answered with the contract date close at hand the main dam at lost river was completed however important work on the machinery a spill ul ways and grading was still unfinished sh to eugene craig all the credit was due for he had worked liko like a beaver ruth wag aware of this and she wondered if perhaps she harshly harshly had judged the young man too yes mr cragg Is s sure a hustler one of the foremen was conald confiding I 1 na to ruth things ThIng havo shave been humming since he got here be beg pardon where can I 1 find gene cragg all ru ruth th an and foreman turn turned ed and be held a rather flashy dressed young woman ruth felt a bit annoyed over the familiarity of the girl with craig hes in his office over there in that shed the foreman answered hazel vernon thanked the man and started in that direction ruth watched her for a moment then her curiosity got tho the better ol 01 of her and she f followed and approached the shed ched where the girl entered ruth did not intend exactly to become an eavesdropper but she could not help but overhear a strange conversation you cant stall me any more she heard a feminine voice say 1 I wont stand for it you just dont love me any more and you wont koret come out and tell me so I 1 tell you you cant throw me down you are breaking breakie my y heart 1 I 1 I just cant ottom live without ut you if ruth was startled craig was amazed beyond description he was to deny any relationship with the girl when she whipped out a revolver and attempted to shoot her self craig sprang to her side and as the revolver went off the bullet pierced the side of an oil barrel at that moment ruth rushed into the shack ruthl craig shouted dont listen to her its a trick a trick to turn you against me but ruth rushed to the girls side and in so doing she upset the barret barre of oil which ran all over her skirt craig attempted to intervene but without success and as ruth attempted to leave the shack she brushed si i a blowtorch blow torch standing just outside the door craig shouted as he saw the flame ignite the girls skirt ruth however paid no heed beed to the prof preferred erred assistance but plunged into a sluiceway and was swept along by the swift waters A look of horror passed over craigs face as he saw just ahead of her the water wheel turning with a deadly rapidity and he dove into the to save ruth from bang crushed by it it he swam madly overtook the girl and tried to swim back with her against the current but they were steadily a thrown back by the current toward the menacing water wheel to be continued |