Show HE E AND in E 6 iame LOW or 10 IT HOR OR OF whispering S SMITH MITH THE MOUNTAIN pe STRATEGY OF GREAT RAILROAD r ETC FROM THE MOVING PICTURE PLA PLAY y HE SAME NAME PRODUCED BY THE SIGNAL corporation ol 01 L SY faank K SPLAU lelen SYNOPSIS holmes daughter of gen ilni ms railroad man is 1 rescued eminent anent danger on a scenic rall rail georee eorge storm boy drown grown vonn hood I 1 helen ten savea storm man her father and his hi friend friends rhinelander hi enla der financier and robert promoter from a threatened col afe breakers takers employed by laes survey plans of ot off line for the tidewater fatally lie general and escape liar fa tato tat badly In voled by hie his death oe Cs to work on the tidewater coers the survey P plan tans from and though they are taken from an accidentally made proof ot of ey y blueprint storm Is employed bander spike be befriends friendt by n turn saves ave her and the right contract on tracts wl aten en kidnaps en and storm win for or rhineland ce a against barrue for right of len ion storm and nhi rhinelander res re e 0 from men spile spike cords ads to protect nelan ler and nd helen caves saves spike from death ernins 0 of t the installment of the superstition mine eted in his effort to obtain pos of the coveted right of 0 way and nd defeated once moro in his through the failure of spike to those hose who had befriended him a wrath concentrated on spike 5 chiefly responsible for his die tits re landing in n tho the room which had en the scene of hid hia last defeat a felt that he could at liast tn enge helen storm and rhine were ere still facing him with icar ear and tho the sheriff was just the room when called ae an be he did so he drew froia frota ket et a worn pamphlet and hand c to tho the sheriff v something of interest to it t do you mean returned the jocularly he lie glanced at the et saw bet set forth on the cover rd of five hundred dollars of or tha of spike abed I 1 wo we see these things lay ay 1 said be he handing it back true us it I 1 were to ahse up all pointers I 1 get got like that t my sal gal ulan t buy gasoline dont den t havergo burn any gaso get this money retort retorted od sea your man Is right here ire rel demanded tbt sheriff ally 11 rue e pointed to spike that an he bald said coldly decided the gamo game was up ho bolt for the door the sheriff him ament was an unpleasant one ftc furious of all the mean youve ever done she said to e this is about the mean should think you would want and hide bide yourself sho ex 1 with cutting emphasis I 1 from ht of all living ie retorted in like bounds fine from your lips miss bliss its a new now role tor for become the champion of prison tike ke this follow felic w lie nodded in W towards spike especially ed since this very mm be ho a finger relentlessly at spike very man he almost thun was implicated in tn tho the death of awn wn fa father therl no lie meant with ort to beat poor helen to the he lie almost did so breathless unable to speak she eh looked helplessly from accuser to accused storm and rhinelander stood spellbound ell bound staring at searge like one stunned helen could only BMP my father yes your father repeated sea erue grue angrily I 1 how flow do you like your hero now I 1 he concluded tauntingly helen looked toward spike spike Is thie this true trun ho lie could not speak to her he lie could not even look at her he only turned to the sheriff and in a voice buch such aa as no man ever had beard heard from him before muttered 11 im m ready the sheriff led him from tram the room helen with rhinelander and storm a silently ellent ly followed leaving Se agrue as be he turned efann to his window to his own reflections nor were the lose loss of at the records and bis his excoriation by helen the only misfortunes that were to come to hita that cay ear he ile bad had loag bad had control of a kalua blo his geld mine in the superstition ranee range all and nd to his backers be he bad en barged boro ore than once with entrust asa on an the probability that their in vestment ment in thia mine would make a all 11 of them more money than ever bad been taken out of the superstition m mountains but the day before drill ers era arking cr king in the main tunnel bad had stopped suddenly before the rock wall they were penetrating one of the them after consulting in some excitement wt with th his fellos fel lofts called the foreman hat bats a up I 1 demanded the latter 9 when be he reached the drill hattery Every everything things s up responded the man bluntly it its s all up with the mine and this and you and me boss right byre here alo foreman snowed his worry as he stood the fault he ile drew from his pocket a book and hurriedly scratching a note on a blank blant leaf handed it to a man and bidding g him hurry burry with ith it turned again to the drillers to investigate seagram was returning from the bank when the m mine ine messenger stepped stopped him in the street of las V gas this mr sea ar grue ciol I 1 he dema demanded aced nodded curtly what do you wanta want for answer the nan man handed him a e soiled oiled letter Se agrue tearing open t the alls envelope read dear sir can you come to the mine at once vein has pinched out in main wark inge 8 S ROE Se agrue startled at the last sen tence volleyed questions at the mes meg the mac mar could conf confirm irin the intelligence of what he himself had seen before leaving the mine and sea grue telling him to hunt up dill a and n d bring him to the assay office in main street hurried back to the bank bill reached the assay office almost as soon as his employer dl di erected him to go get the car and as dill bill left a assay expert an old chum of his in oceanside came out of the inner to him beannie explained d as hurriedly as possible what had bad happened will you go right out with me to the mine at the mine the foreman was still examining the walls wells he ile showed sea grue thil th lost lont seam the latter examined the spot carefully and turned to question the head driller this man I 1 4 FR TV i 34 1 fali 1 4 f f 4 g 4 pa 11 4 aj Y 4 r r IV 4 4 zi L V ak I 1 r th the fight on top of the train wax was vicious pointed to the lait last spot at which they had got high grade quartz the expert stooped and took up a handful of rock from the ground an Se agrue in reply to a hopeful question he shook bis his brad head I 1 I 1 doubt N ery much aid said he be after the tv two a bad canvassed tho the matter from 11 all II aides sides if it it is possible to recover the vein at the entrance to the shaft sea erue grue dismissed hia his own two men and turned to the expert they talked together a cow ew moments the mining man saw what was in Seng ruee a mind and was as not surprised a moment later to hear him say without further beat ing about the bush if I 1 can get a bid dor for the mine pay five thousand dollars for a good report on it each understood the other as they left the icene together and summon ing his big men dill bill and lug and getting into nto his big motor car with the expert drove away toward las vegas the machine was stopped a little distance stance ll from Rhio Rhin elanders camp and seagoe on a scratch pad wrote a note to amos rhinelander giving this to lug he directed hies hit to deliver it he lie then told bill to drive back to town helen cut to pieces over the disclosure of spike a complicity in the death of her father returned with rhine lander tender and storm to the construction camp storm offered such consolation as ho could but this was very little and it was almost almont a relief to him when rhinelander directed him to nee about getting the men to work rhinelander RhIn Alander visa as watching the progress of the construction a little wate later when lug handed him Sea gruea mes note dear RhIne farder without a cutoff we cannot operate th superstition mine profitably this would make a good investment for your company and I 1 am giving you the first chance to bid for it IL your rhinelander somewhat puzzled read the note over two to or three times he ile dismissed lug Us with tho the verbal me mes sage to veatrue that he would look into fa it and calling storm and helen into conference rhinelander read M ilk elf za W Y T I 1 f r I 1 1 NU 44 6 w aa L jumpe velh a cry of defiance from the top of the car them the note I 1 its contents were put under dinci LU L U do you suri lade asked ked er I 1 that he what bo says bayst it might be ventured helen reflectively I 1 certainly we know he ie Is about defeated in hie his construction race and it nee hes beaten on the rail road proposition why he want to get rid of at hia his mining property the superstition mine observed rhinelander has always been a good producer at the mine matters were being pushed rapidly forward foe to the selling campaign driving back with bill and lug had sum summoned monea the toro foro man bidden him dismiss the men and 1 dispatched hie his own two worthies to the surface for barr of ore in tho the meantime m he and his foreman began to get the rock ready bill and lug returned presently from the tho brg u pile each of them bearing a sack of ore lug was cent sent for more while the others e rs deposited the rich quarts in ness uses for rhinelander i examination at the acsay office in las vegas Rhine rhinelander landor accompanied by otora and helen was looking tor for the he expert rhinelander held a brief conference confer enco with him telling him what was wanted and asking hether whether he could accompany him on a trip to the superstition mine the expert raised some objection jec tion professing other work on hand but was finally induced to yield and storm was sent to procure a motor car in which tho the party embarked on its r return the rho orders were to drive straight to the superstition mind was almost ready for visitors after an hours hard work ith hie his men who bad had been distributing the sacks and rolling the rich cro in tn among the worthless rock be he directed them to get read ready y for a blasting the foreman took a single charan and put bill and luz lu to work en on it it seagram left tho th tunnel the fore foreman remaining under his tits orders to hurry burry the shot the moment bill was ready lag lug got the dynamite set the fuse fuss and completed cal the preparations outside Se SeA groe agrue to his delight saw rhine lauder and bis his party driving up greetings were exchanged sow contat stiffly aft after er the recent encounter of the par ties but without dissension in the presence of the expert a and ud all started together to for r the tunnel I 1 i with rhinelander asking questions every fow few steps tho the expert explained as they walked down tho the tannel tunnel the I 1 character bf tot the formation and recited something of at the history ct tho the mina with which he admitted be he was familiar it all SOUD by the time the group had the end of tn the inal mala tunnel bill and lug had disappeared from tight ahr cal called led in 11 couple of men and when asked rhinelander it he would like to haie tt it fired and upon rhine landers assent the party got into safety and the hot shot was vias discharged coming out of their retreat tho the dif forent members of the group picked up specimens ot of the shattered ere ore and examined it certainly helen said rhineland er or in an undertone this looks good tho the expert was as at band hand with a ball J tul ful of quartz that stud stuff he said showing it to the prospective prospect iTe buyer with an air of certainty will average two hundred dollars ti the ton helen and storm consulted together watching at ching in a moment lie asked them and rhinelander to follow him outside leaving tho the shaft abaft he be took the three to tho the bag pile these backs sacks haild he to rhinelander contain high trade grade ore ready for shipment to the smelter they are to be included in whatever deal I 1 make with a buyer for the mine rhinelander storm and helen con linued to discuss the purchase apart they counted the number of bags rhinelander made an effort off crt to roughly reckon the value of them and the expert talking together the while some little distance away A further conference with dai closed that the price he wanted tar the mine was one hundred and fitly fifty th thousand 0 u 0 and dollars after the usual bargaining rhinelander proposed to take the property including the ere ore ready for the wagons at one hundred and ten ton thousand dollars twenty five thousand dollars to be paid down recep accepted ted rhinelander made out bla his check and the transaction was complete rhinelander only requesting that the corbman keep the men at work until be he should have a chance to et started this was assented to and storm was placed temporarily in charge of at the mine while the negotiations bad been taking shape a freight train had pulled in a few miles distant at valley eta tion where the crew set act out an empty box car tor for loading A teamster from the mine haq was summoned by the agent who banded handed him a note tor for the mine foreman when the teamster reached the mine the new purchasers mere ere taking poss esal n iio ile banded handed the message to the foreman the foreman read have empty hex box car here tor for high grade ore send band it down right away and local will pick the car up this P M LEN he lie turned to rhinelander Rhineland cr eldwine him the message rne asage aid pointing to the sack sacks ready for shipment rhinelander was willing to hip ship the ore ready cr the wagons at sit once all right he be eald said nodding to the foreman send what you bare have to the right away storm wib wig given authority author ity to put out thia this part ct of the job through as quick ly as an possible while the detail details were belog being tallied talked over between rhinelander and his assistant neither of them noticed that they were overheard by Sea grues toole tools dill bill and lug who now decided that there might be a chance to break into the mining business at their own proper risk and for their own private account when seagoe called them from the discussion discua aion ot at their ambitious project he ho rive or dera ders to bill to drive back to lna las vegas reaching the station he Is took the train for the city with their bore out of the way bis his two worthies thought the corrent CP opportune fr their own plane plans and tak ing the machine they started back the min wagon wagons convoyed cony ored by two guards carrying sa shotguns bot guns had been loaded fit at the mine with the valuable quartz ore they had reached valley and while the teamsters team stere were loading the sacks into the box car the two guards found a abad shad epol spot under the car ajor the wagon haa been under survell lance for some time by bi the beatrue crooks dill and lug who were secret ed a mile away in the bed of a wash the two waited patiently until the wagon had been unloaded and started back to tho the min then ec outing their way war cautiously dawn the siding the thieves creeping under the fart farther h er eico of tho the box car surprised a ed t the he izands disarra disarmed ed and bound them trig 1 done thie this without loss of time war went to work loading the last of the quartz into the car but tho guards th though ugh bakan un tin aware paved no fc icsis Is one cf f them working quickly and quietly with bis his bor bonds ds got his bands hands partly lo 10 loose 50 in the next moment he had bad freed hie his feel feet withof Wit hotto betraying himself he rolled close tu to we hi companion a fat man bade bada him tn turn to bin him back to back and ani was re releasing leasin bin blin when a aho about ut I 1 from bill warned bin him be bad been beer seen there wa wag no time tor f or alton Bl ton springing to big feet the free gif guiu ard d dashed down the road dill open opening ifie bro 0 on n him h i m as s b he e n fled e d bill 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