Show the wre wreckers acke vy sy FRANCIS franas LYNDE br by gme firlit bow SYNOPSIS BYN OPSie le ee ram road read Mr sager and hie hix creary cr tary immis Ioli 3 are ar marooned at band hand ar crek k rid sold ing w with th 0 a young lady bhella macrae rul rid irr hoof small cousin unseen auneen they wit wt nur a peculiar allar train holi holdup lup in ploll fc pedal mr car Is carried off CHAMICH ai recognizes tn car soloists aa as john chadwicke financial magnate whom he waa was to nil rt at aortal city lie II 11 and anti lads rescue t chadwick the latter offers norcross ir the mu hip ship of the tho llona llo nr fier atluri une w which la is in the handa of foan aern tern beaded hos ed by breckenridge phinton drwal bat of the line norcross Nor croM le that macrae Is slopping at portal city iti dodds overhear overhears con variation ilutta hatch and aind our tave irn ckel city 11 which they admit complicity in t lold their object belal to kuer koel chadwock cli froni front ft a rt el director diro ctorn to reorganize ur the ilu neer blixtt lane which would jeopardize their latar oata U 11 IV ajro to curb tha th nion opol control controlled lood by hatch and flon fronckel ckel uie use ile I 1 tower corporation corpora Uon Nor croad form ll 11 i ClU onoratto ot u and warehouse Ware houe ms con tons pany lie begins 1 to manifest a dosta hi I 1 t rest in fili filially alla bacr bodda lm icari ja 4 that t show 1 ja but living apai t from frain her bar husband norcross due tool but know this thi I 1 CHAPTER 1 hatch match thu flint dodde haj ham knowledge of ol hie his and blenck ul ele participation in jho he chadwick ku kid naping offra offers him film inducement to I 1 norcross dodd dodds refuses leavin uv tl office he b Is knocked aeris teless 1 aleco lleco aring 1 1 he h learna that nor cross haj has disappeared mind la in ImIl buived aved to have resigned and gone east VL Dodd untie cf no 1401 bross wo disappearance with of illicit match and llen Ilen ckel und and on an recai ing ln eta acts out 10 to solve uie ule mys tery CRAM VII wita kirtian Kirt fan th tit road roads master mechanic anic dodde dodds gets u una line on norcross ee disappearance dl appearance they follow a clue eriven given tham a nil ng locomotive UIA LIMIt VIII the deacue party and released rele aseA norcross from captivity to which he bad had been lured norcross re rt I 1 1 umea unless patrol of taie pioneer bhart une r to five give place to man whom dunton haa isas sent nt to take charge f CHAPTER IX Dodde follow ail 1 emi ary of the tha red tower people spying on roes a to a coal yard where he over heard a plot to put norcross Nor croe out oi of 1 aad at the risk of hia aratea lt 1 tan X lat L at the hume hurn a of 1 macrae doddio la is winneva of actions ac tlona bf a man he te bel lleva loves ha has da sigm lna on the life of hie his friend and boag lie prepares to defend him hirm I 1 ohp stopped anti I 1 heard bm binl may III 1 I dont know what nhat you 1 1 dinean flint matters hae tome collie to such rt 6 pass now that you axt t amord to tare tulle anny risk risks risks it the plan the enemy Is trying il work it try another and a inore despe ritte ones one youve been talking to kipley he laughed Inu glied illsley Ill pley ni ants me to become a tun sun and provide myself with n body bodyK bodyguard guard rd id look well I 1 IT nut in what hat do you mean by the tae plan the enemy Is now arylne Iry lne she hesitated a littin little and then aid 1 I hall maka ao no charge b ecale I 1 have DO no proof buti read the newspapers andar and mr van britt tells me ine something cowand then YOU are having a terrible lot of ot that la Is merely bad jack he lie ke re joined easily rashness Is no part of true cotar av she interpolated calmly AB a private individual you say that your life la is your own and anti that ae oaf have harb a perfect leht right to nek risk it a as you please but ax as the general manti er of the railroad with a lot ot of pour friends holding obice under you 3 ob you youl Can cantway tsay that besides jou are ar e tight S or a cause and that enuce iii stand or fall fait with you you ought to be a member tot of this new reform lecia lature that some of OU our r gowl 1 blends friends think Is muing up lle the pike he chuckled chuckled chuck jed but ahe slie ignored the good natured elbe ibo and mude him film listen 1 1 I aas visiting a day or to tor at the last eck seek and there an arp in fluen fluentes ces at work that aou donl dont known know albut it UHS tile opposition cant mak your administration a failure it wont all hesitate heBl tate to set get rid of you in the way that offers there wae was silence in the major den for a minute or po and th boas eald said tl 40 tax A you know more than yoc are willing to jell tt ane c I 1 perhaps Pr liap not dot wa wax atti be prompt an r wr perhaps I 1 sim only the on looker who can call see things rather better than olin the person actual I 1 jy lavol hitherto I 1 have urged j you i tobe obe hold bold and then acain again to be bold now I 1 am wn begging 1 you tor iba fru prudent dent t in whet bayr i a reful for yourself yon nelt F fr ar exam example pip you walked out here this 1 0 dontso dont do that any more come in a I 1 daxl nd dont coine corae alone I 1 see eo hia his frown of daft M edit but I 1 knew kneir well enough it t wae ahm j 4 there poke the woman k ayou ny ou lc aall if I 1 tho gow the th white 11 1 n e JF 0 r flint ry have ex auit ell til foil i IN 1 I 1 g ine in chere 1 ann atif it ool lence and slid I 1 god up tilt wid cro d tin flo dinine room it 1 tin IN iola tl window ow when aaro I 1 Mi king iut foul into tin of if lite trie tri e anti aun it won nm pretty ma fit flint mr shi tilt II 11 n henis inore linn than mix it glinc the 11 9 list ito had isaid still I 1 li it 11 ip ia awo ring how phe he cume too t kilo iknou it slit alc tillitt the bimbi ir of ur rei ki looked like me a vax 1 I h it in gourli with ills the file iny in I 1 lam milt WH A 81 rth is in its mind went astick in it kiili flitch tn u wind lial 11 ann lind old in lilium a I 1 the ile aliu lift ought it to 10 14 duit itell N lillutt il lip III in III it in all it 1 lc ihna be h alm ilm i 4 if moot I 1 mini lift vilf e fit I 1 ito hullt fit oft t tho ho 4 glicr PIMP M mul AID ilc its atik lo 10 tollif it u ith itil pretty pools I 1 lit ard tin tilt murmur of thier ca agnin again hut but HOW now I 1 IM NO 0 fur far ita HW from tin lite elixir that I 1 hinr eliut the tre anding I 1 implied Im lied they kireak it ot off pit the tile go it miss Ki ao 10 lithia title itulid thiro thi ro had avin enough HII fudd it 0 o moke make me ulah lidi wy we were hutli both stately back in the tilt hotel ita talat i its Y you knon kilo I 1 in of rill nil iu III enn 10 lo do you ton hear a talk binl atio till u bennt help lt bl turn me th linen I 1 kildew an ivell aos I 1 knon knem flint I 1 au that afro demit intire than aso had mild wild pertin Perho pM lim more thun than she had flared arcil to it bunot mille I 1 nil an ding thin in flip lif hk big Ill flow chist I 1 haw maw tile linn fill nil oil tile inn inn n at first I 1 thought it 11 finx Tar loell tilio asto u tur timer vry iery fur far ou out t of 01 kihli ln n the lie o 0 it loose hut but the tilt next itil nule I 1 gam unu I 1 aae as mistaken the tuan until r lio flip had on it lone long ImN eling ca cent it aliet came nearl to him beckst and him CAI inua UA thu tile kitia lint has 1 two vinore one in front ant and tho tile other behind realizing flint it tarbell Ti irbell I 1 U stood alood perfectly hlll the house houtie ana lighted fill gas anti tho this room than delfer ial had IK CU turned donn don xo there ng it chance lint flint the under the flip trees free see ino stand trig in tho lie corner of the tile box window to make it I 1 edged nay until bild lild nie I 1 an just in time the tho num hod crept out of him III hiding place anil aas o 0 coming up tip to the win dow din on lh the oti talde an lie passed punned tigh alit h min bedim of light isil h b the tinned tin tied down clinn deller I 1 saw I 1 A II 11 1 I 1 I 1 it IJ i k al I 1 saw that he hada hada pistol in HI his hand i that lie hail a pistol in ilia hand or a a MM Poll of sonic kind a ni I 1 ovay way I 1 the glint of ot the agn ans 4 11 R lit on ou steel that stirred me lip rood good and plenty 1 mill tul lun itah alie ah e gun I 1 had taken out of fred mays I 1 had carried it ever ance the night when heil it had nearly neatly pot got me ine off in the lied toner tover coal coa lard I 1 91 it out mid rid rhady thinking ore course flint thu tile li kulker roust must certa certainly lilly be ono one oft of gunmen I 1 still had that idea ahen w hen I 1 felt rather than saw uie the man tae uns pulling himself up nil ta tol thi hp window 4 so that flint lie could take a look into the dining room the look him apparently for the tile next second I 1 heard beard hink him drop among the bushes and mien hen I 1 atoo tood d up and looked out again I 1 could just him hint out but going around board the tile hack bt bf the house I 1 knew ibo the house like a book and without making nay any tiola abolt it I 1 through the flutters flut lers pantry anil and got a lodl out olit of a rear aindow vin dow my man afis wasa there M re and he wai king hig way sort wirt around ta a the dai attlee of the tile I 1 knew there was only one ont window in tho the majors den ten room and anti that wan jr ast nearly opposite appo alte the I 1 bloor way air 0 ko o I 1 ducked back into the dining mixing room and took a stand where I 1 the one window through thoi ali door network net work nork of bamboo beade I 1 was ao 8 excited that I 1 caught only snatches of what marshelle mrs Mr Shelle wax wa saying to the boss but the the alt that thata I 1 heard wert werda a good deal deva to the point noi I menn mean it lt graham it is 1 ap I 1 told apu at first there ie is na zio standing room for either of 0 ve us on that mat ground and you inual not mile here agala wilk wilka a yott yon know that 1 I am alone nione no lent lanot enough 11 if I 1 w drenched ched the baa ha working ear ean seno ackle and jammed it into inter my eye eyes hard on the win daw af at I expected cery second lo 10 se 0 ankine A nn Kine face if tho the loan wan wae A as a murderer I 1 thought I 1 could boat beat liuo it ahk Thau tZi pene didat baet very ion long 9 A lisand t war up first to piali tile window inix 1 nolde it was vas a white li bond long anti slender len dr more like a than is 11 1 st then agul noot the flip gla 1 tits I 1 aw saw tho the face and anti it we tit inc such a tun luni that I 1 thought I 1 must ito 1 going batty ot ol the ugly mug of one of if run runt nien nen the liag gan barp in fix tile ali window ii u auli was a face lint that I 1 had seen once and lifry lif rc orr on a it certain sunday night ili 1 lb thi millard when the loose 1111 inith belonging longing bp to it bad had been halt ming drunken curses at the nellit ali lit cleak the mail at the window wn wit the ili young rounder who hwd hod dpn out aa as the liep nephew liew of iro I ro Iol ilent Dull deuton toll CHAPTER XI the th name on the register K so long n as I 1 was holding on an to the notion the man outside wax was one oat of thugs hai hanging nging around n h do the file boss a mischief lef I 1 thought I 1 knew kin w pretty well ell what I 1 should do ulica it collie to the pinch would I 1 have hauled off and ahot shot it 11 num in cold blood that a touch tough am but I 1 guess maybe I 1 could I 1 hn screwed myself up to the stick alime ing 1 imant as an the fellow ay says wit with li nurr sure enough on the other aide ide of flint window and tho the boa boas life ili nt at adale hut but when I 1 saw that it was rals olins that aa as a horm horse of another color what mat on earth waa wax the anth nephew doles doing prowling around I 1 major kendricks house after eleven tl lock nt at night a pistol and 11 into window Ain dox el I 1 could KM gep him miss quite plainly now ho ile had both bunin on the tile still and waff was trying to aull Illin self up so 0 o that he could pee into tit the end of the room where here the fire fireplace waa wag just for the tile moment there lavt ion of a blon blowup up unless lie should break the flam glass in the window lif acet a line on either the 1 or mm shella shelia if it that waa was what lie bt AARM RH to do all the saine I 1 kvit ailin co cored ered with the auto Il unit little ir steadying it against the door Jal lill mille tile strain was at ite its worst till the file inan ont outride illde flattening hie his cheek tho tile windowpane window pane to set get the Hide mide lilke want I 1 heard the bos boas get out of him 11 chair and say im you out of bed aa as usual look nt at that clock I 1 ill KO go and wake Flin nile and well wll vanish just as he spoke two things app IK lK ekiel ned iel a taxi chugged chu ned up to the gate ind anti stopp stopped tid and the mani roans face dim dl lipp eared from froin the I 1 heard a quick ilick of feet ns as of soine some bod 11 running runn liiK and anti the next alne tho tile rattle of a latchkey latch key ky und and alveo ol fh in the tile hall to oil tell me that the major and his folk folks were ere getting botne I 1 had barely time to pocket the pistol and to drop index a chair boere leru I 1 to woop when hen I 1 felt the boss b 0 sa handon hand on ay my r shoulder houlder ll 11 come collie gimmle Ji Dinne he salt ita 11 time e were nere niola g alone und and in a min ute or M two 0 after he lie lind aal ald d good night to tile insor and sire mrs Kf endrick we ae cot got out t at the gate we found lie tile taxi driver doing som something Mixing to 0 o hie lite motor with mth me scare care from which iwas still slinking to make my my less legs wobble I 1 grabbed at the chance which our food angel ins ns apparently holding for or us lets leta rlue ride I 1 suggested jina when tt e got into the jab cab I 1 saw a man stroll up from the cadou of ot the side walk talk and say something to the driver nom something ething that got him film an invitation to ride to toun ton on oil die the front seat wath the cabby when lien thet car wair wrt finally cranked and started iliad I a it ugilt of our extra fares face when ben he be climbed up und put his ills back to us and I 1 knew know it as Tarbell hut mr 1 I r oj o J when nhen we me reached the flip lani tle the linsa up to lit his 4 room but 1 I had a it little to and in II 11 I 1 staved ain in tiie lobby to put le b over on the tilt opeti page of the hotly regi iter ili t the group of bindues n Is just Kt urt orthe erthe arrival of our chilli fioti tle the west at 1 found the tilt flint I 1 was looking for Ut Mirl maril col 1 lingwood Ung wood N Y 1 ills inn ant together I 1 ond lull it 1 I bilat our young rounder had rome in in fro from j west velch abbra bit puzzling sine Alli elt it left the in feren that he 1 direct from froin ne en york waiting tor cor a goot good at t thi tho clerk I 1 ventured y f tc fe guem eions the they were unwired unwe red promptly enough munif mr coiling auml 11 1141 collie comejo in on the 4 dut ut ht hr mid ho tin hoen ti en n in al alt a aek too w stopping for alanl al nl lin va V ta a he ile waa UIL alone buiu rn he 41 ifill in i iahn on ion the tilt other Oo occasion slon there 1 aaa as antin with him on the flip t arlier flip op oer and he hp a niso p 0 alered front ne new york vork the all clerk rl idue r ber the other finans 1 annu but tilt he ike obligingly ly cooled it u up P I foi fol libil in kille w older register jt was bullok bullot k lit altur ar bullock I 1 suppose it was un urt to n me le to pu go in ito bed it efti late inte enough in nf tit on science cl enco anu nobody knee y better IF I 1 JL am did tho the earty early I 1 eany early ouia op spelling elling habits of mr graham norcross G it just p the same after I 1 had lind 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