Show LASS or alil lo 10 U LANDS E ALEXANDER POWELL 01 NOVELIZED FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SERIAL OF THE SAME NAME PRODUCED ED BY THE SIGNAL FILM CORP SYNOPSIS III reupert t Il holmead a lumberman of ft the nort alorth ife I 1 I 1 woods at bei buor willin nina the father of 0 a daughter instead of 0 a son gon abandons hla his wife and child to tho the lo 10 los fagni e d river thinking them dead ho he nl alea les h with the he lumber pr trust lead head chos choso whoso daughter ho he marries but tho the deserted wife and baby are picked tip ip and cared for by one dave dawson dason twenty sears barq later rupert Is tile the lumber In magnate agnate fighting tile tho independents around him ills his daughter helen unknown to bilm has haa brought herself to his attention b by several heroic acts about the bamps tamps I 1 n ps ST sho 10 takes up a tight light against the tr trust n annl n I 1 leads lead tile hit independents in their eggins t the great amalgamated which lilt it seeks t to 0 a absorb s orb their hard earned properties ID this helen Is assisted by dawson danson a engineer and tier her foster 1 father ather davo dave dawson helen discovers dl t hat the trust la Is not living up to their c harter charter and she proceeds against them th tho 0 v gillage council resigns to balk tier 11 but t she helpa e elect I 1 a ct another rupert 1101 sl es rn acts hla his abandoned wife vlra vira varna klela all w whom ho in ho he has thought dead taid and trams eliat his own wn daughter daug liter Is lighting fighting I 1 alm ind in nil an attempt to kill virginia tie ho ale renders ers her nn an invalid but she tells th alie e truth about holmes to attle little idear ear the tha indian ci liboy boy the amalgamated foment a strike arik t burnong the nt cumps in a a riot tins ilie buildings are barna holmes agent r releases losses a cat of against the inde independent pendent lumber but it la 13 mopped by the tha heroic net act of helen holmes sends rends tits eon stephen to win helen to the side of tile the trust but th the e boy fall falla in love with tho the girl ills his fa father thor sends him away little ilear hear confronts holmes with a threat and hilll turns up tip to add hla his enmity helen learns front from tier her dying mother rat that she 0 la Is If olmes daughter orders Us his marriage manla feo records i te bo stolen etolen and destroyed torn dawson and helen finally recover tile the papers but water mater has rendered them worthless in order to hold up dawsons lawsons Daw sons work holmeau sue reeds in getting the he men off the job helen and tom g RO 0 to capitol city for more men but holmes hires hibrea a gang kan to drive them back in the fight the gunmen are beaten and lawsons dawsons Dawe Daw ons sons work goes on ELEVENTH EPISODE ll If olmes determination to prevent tile thu hill iding of tile the lumber road extension to Il Hor dens station had lit in no alic been lessened by tile defeat of its ills plans for making trouble among ohp men working op an the grale or the dastardly last ardly attempt to run ort oft II Jl olens elens relief relict gang which had been secured tit nt capitol city through the invaluable operation cooperation co of little bear the big biff timber ran magnate grinte what vh ever may lime have been ills was as never to ledge defeat an and it 11 in tills this latest reverse lie found only a spur to further fuit lor against tho the plans of the lie independents to get their lumber out under favor favorable ablo railroad conditions dollar Doll ni knew that ills notes several hundreds of thousands of dollars were ere deposited lit in the ddson dawson hunk bank by bi dawson anti tits his asso cates tile the franchise granted for tho the building of tho the ballway eon con tattled tallied a distinct elouse coni compelling III liln to put the road through to JI station and the only way uy to evade its provisions was aa by sonio some such trickery ns as now ln in the mind of t alln h 4 old timber robber it was a plan to deposit nit nil account at the dawson hn bunk ilk induce CO it number of hla employees t to 0 do the saine fisi inc and then start stait a run on oil tile the institution although tho lawsons dawsons felt sure that tho the efrost to block construction which hah lid find culminated it in the terrific tight fight tit nt chady crook creek with etli gang of ruf ruffians flans v was ns II olmes work they lud hall tie no actual proof of hn ahli responsibility ity on the other hand since the fall failure ure of tills plan holics had nay era barked on oil a policy of conciliation ile ho had sent n special messenger to to helen on oki tier her heroism in runn itil the work aik oik train into dawson dason after it lind halt been held up tip by tho the gun gung emig under dearing Denil ng and lind differed to lend certain rolling steel to tho the daw sons fong for tho the purpose na as lie suld of facilitating construction on the extension I 1 of the greek bearing gifts warned helen when sho she was told af pf 0 ll olmes generosity genet 1 I know that some borne now new villainy Is hatchin hatchl ns in tile tho mans mails brain ile ho never does docs any anything thill accept with a definite object in view lew 0 0 0 0 when behrens IS ehrens entered flo holmas lutes officio in re response sponge to a summons the day after the failure of at the shady creek holdup lie expected to bo be subjected to another tirade of abuse from ills his sharp sharl tongued employer but to ills his astonishment Ilo holmead lines was suave and smiling 1 I think wo we can sew lent em up tills this time it if we lay our plans well lie he re waving behrens Keh reni to a sent seat in act tho the men on dawsons lawsons Daw sons contracts are all paid lit in checks on tho the local I 1 lik ink it if we enn mako make that concern up lip its shutters it will tie tic up their capital rind and knock out tiny any chanco chance of their finishing the rond illow how are wo vo golb to pull tile strings asked behrens doubtfully that banker Is pretty strong for the dawkins and especially for helen aled ido do about anything sho she neld him to dop do ucal lJ ohnes what aliat liat can lio lie do with a run on tile lie blink bank wo we can have the tha whole town about ills his cars in no time baiso I 1 happen to know that ho ass az a lot ot of paper lie ho cant realize on la in fl A hurry burry some come of it la is mine when tiny begin kaching his door panels hi fit hell hall take advantage of tha law and payment ba three be loru anybody can call get a dollar out of tho the place pace find n R lot more etoia than wo need pay day darwn was it day of 0 f the DaW tho the new gang of inca brought in by little dear bear tint mul helen from aiom capitol city was made 1111 le up of ile better t class material than th e r rest C st of tile crew but just ns as on oil nil fill construe flon works it certain percentage ol al the inen drunk drank too enuch after cashing their pay checks find bulled to show up nil on oil the grade for days lot hut there was wore mure than that pros hect to worry about tills this pay day ns as dawson wits was soon to realize re alise like a wireless ines message sage caught out of the all a rainor hied reached caknip that the list dawson daw son bank wits was about tu to suspend payment or lind had already done so bo mike I 1 magolio Ma gulio head of ono one of the sarif per dungs demanded to know of dawson whether there hire was uny prospect of at the banks falling failing and was a assured by the contractor lit ill till nil sin gin eerily that hint the institution was is solid lud had the words orda left ills his tills than word md nas aa brought brou glit by on oil tile noun noon train aroln fruin front tile south that a run inn hall been started on the bank und find of depositors were congregated gated d lit in line waiting uniting for their it ioney quick gasped helen allio illio 1 I lie big ear cur tills this Is s work got to get to that bank and hat can be dono done it the doors close ive 0 o III me ruined 11 when lian the auto readied reached tho the bank a mob was before its ita doors that reached for lulf hair a block and tic neaily arly filled the street what had happened wits ns plain ns as lay day a find tits ills employees to the number or of several hundred lind had drawn draun out nit nil their deposits and the reserve of 0 the bank hit had been depleted to the vanishing point helen and tom dawson rinde nade their way into the institution through a rear icar entrance enhance blo blokney oney the president sat lit in ills his oance tile picture of despair what lg Is to be done demanded leelen when the situation had been nindo inside plain to tier lier avent li you tiny any plan by which the run may bo be lieck cd well theres plenty of cash in the other bank nt at Aler merced ced 11 groaned the banker but I 1 cant jet get nit an engine to to go after it hints TI Tf olmes doing too I 1 cant why hy he wants to break bicak vs us it you lies hes after its the independent lumbermen eald helin 1 lie ile proposes to tie up our so that wo we cant the lumber road allow iio much money Is there in each tit at merced 7 something like replied plenty to do the trick with if wo we lind had it here write nic mo an order on the bank tor for ns as litif ai cash as aa you need snapped helen ril ill get it here tons tom site added ogo go out find talk to those people on oil tier her way into town helen had no elcid a 11 light engine on the lie track near the junction iler her pit plan in was to delze tills this nod and make inake tho the ru run n helen left the lie bank by the lie rear find and made tier lier way swiftly to the junction to her delight tho the engine was already ailred up nil she slid tile big machine out on tile walls main track slowly nt at first and then ns it gat ruthema hercil momentum opened the hie throttle wide the englise engine gone it mile before 11 Holin ohnes cs agents discovered its fib sence behrens cursed long and ion loud A few minutes es inter lie he was burning the wires to ono one of tits ills henchmen annis anels nt bar sitting siding throw tho the lower switch and ditch no 40 running wild northbound north bound was waa tile tho ines message sage that annes picked oft off the wire dawson lind figured out like a flash that the switch would be Il helens elens danger point whilo while lie he hardly believed holmes would order the engine ditched lie ho determined to tako taka no chances und find ran tho the car to bur bar siding as fast as he be could go the lumberman arrived only just in time two of behrens men were throwing the switch snitch as he reached a dense patch of timber beside tho the main track from which point the switch track ran into pine forest fort ill dawson heard the singing of tho the ralls rails jia ho knew that helen was pounding along at fifty miles an hour and that if she ever took the snitch I 1 at that clip it would be sure mure death unheeding of the shouts from behrens kenw gangsters who ho were scattering into tho the timber near tile the railway ay dawson rushed for the switch A bullet past his ear car with ono one determined effort lie closed tile tho sul switch tich giving helen a clear track just as two of the ho gangsters stepped out from behind a tangle of down timber and began firing nt at close range enough yelled dr wison 1 I ril 11 I 1 to do a little shooting on my iny own account now and turning loose a pair of automatics to matics ike ha drove his assailants to cover lit in less than a minute at that instant the grinding ortho ralls rails became so loud that dewson I 1 knew the engine was just around the bend find and lio lie was determined to cow cover 11 helens elens light past tho the danger point with ml n 1 l tho the ammunition la in ills his weli weapons pons Iton hound noll the curve swept no 10 40 hitting only tile high spots ns as dawson declared respite the succession of shots ired ared by dawson at tho the rufI ruffians lans hiding biding la in the lie down timber they succeeded in rutting putting several bullets into the cub cab oi tho the engine as helen by tho the plans of behrens Behr cos gang were to waylay the engine on its way to mern merced f eed ced but now they had it betterly bette bett erld rIdin train from their point of view it 71 was to lo topple the engine over on its way anek to dawson and seize the cash making awny with it before Beh behrans rions or holmes nes could intercept them to toss that hint girl in the ditch said dillon one of behrens oldest associates socia tes sacs ft good game idd hid anti ought to get n chance for her life danker banker scott at melcied was till nil ready with the cash etwas it ang contil lu 1 d I in it 11 leather bug bag As soon boon its helen rolled luto into the station the tha specie wits was to tier her front from fill an that tood stood wak when tile ilio big in inac achino lilno had batni watered and coaled up tip helen anti lur bor young waved imd farewell to the station crowd and the bug bag of money stowed stoned vilder under the cab sect seat pulled out for dawson daft son helen felt somehow that she was waa to encounter treachery on oil the return trip but placing tier her faith lit in the intrepidity of dawson she determined to keap running ut at high speed but what lint had happened to dawson wim mis just what might inight inno have been autar atit lel l lie he hall fired nil all but two of tile cartridges lit in tits his pl pistols and it had a it no reserve supply of ammunition pacing tills this situation tho w woodsman knew that lie ile bo overpower overpowered erin in anso the lie gang closed in III on him in this dawson awron determined to lure tile gang awny front from the lie switch so 0 o far its ai lay lit in ills power with will tills hla idea lie ho broke cover anti dodging from stump to stump nindo ills way wa toward till alio steep banks of the river about it quarter of a anllo awny away at tho the point for which dawson was wag steering the banks of the donawa onawa were seventy menty feet high and tile swift river traversed these walls at express train speed peed especially lit in the spring of tile year when the inter was usually high seeing their assa assailant llant la in retreat as they Ilch rens men determined to run him film domi own find so tho chase begun began dawson running lit in short dashes unit und then taking cover doubling find and twisting like a rabbit purs pursued tied by dogs lint hut behrens men were game they struggled through the thick growths cursing and perspiring only to find thit dowson hall had emerged into it clearing anti and was running like u v greyhound for alm e bank of the river on one e instant the pursuers saw dawson poised on the edge of the cliff chrt and the next lie shot downward into tho the rushing current only then did the th meaning of the ruse down da n on the deluded gunis fen ni holmes was never willing to acknowledge defeat in their rear they heard four short sharp blasts of if whistle and then the pounding of locomotive wheels helen had passed the danger point on off tier her homeward journey andaas and ans safe bate tom and the big motor car were awaiting helen and tier her treasure as aa tho the engine slid into the junction after its high speed trip I 1 Go coslit slit laughed helen till tills s Is a dandy little engine im going to ask mr holmes to give it to me tor for a watch churm charm A roar of laughter greeted this sally ns as helen jumped into the automobile and was whirled awny away to the bank lint hut there was one man inan in the crowd who did not appreciate Il helens elens joking if he was to b io 0 judged by the expression of his face tills man was Beh Il ehrens reni who foresaw another un unpleasant interview with dollar holics A great shout went up as helen swung her big car round the lie corner by the hank bank she was waa hustled 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