wr eatre FRANK H.SPEARMAN From th Moving Pictu Play of th Sams Nm Predusd by the SYNOPSIS. \ -- oln daughter of Sens road mas, 1s resc I on a goonig T Sues survey plans f the Tidewater, fatally 1 and escape. Her fa~ le Sadly involved by his death; rk on the Tidewater, e survey plans from ental are kis taken from proof of her when Beagrue kid 5 win for Rhineland- ace efor righteot- PL Le and Rhinelander res- e from Seagrue's men TENTH. INSTALLMENT A DASH THROUGH FLAMES" 'While the fght wi wis going on in the' camps, Seagrue, ignorant of what place, urged his claims be- the city council in Las Vegas for right of way through their city prop- The council listened coldly to his flemands. And the chairman of the ordinance committee, after a confer with its members, informed Ses- grue that what he asked was unrea- Bonable. "The Copper Range & Tide- mater railroad has one right of way through the eity property. We can- mot grant another." Seagrue took the rebuff calmly. Without &bandoning further effort to luce favorable action in behalf of road! he stopped a passing messen- boy, wroté a telegram and handed| ft to him for dispatch. What the coun- kflmen thought of the situation did hot seem to disturb Seagrue material ly, for. having done this, he turned again to the committee and renewed his argument, Helen, with Rhinelander, Storm and Bpike, was heading, in Seagrue's mas chine, for the bridge on whieh they bad just derailed the outfit car toward \ Be Storm, looking back, discov- that the ditched car had caught fire and was burning up. { "It's small loss," said Storm. "And, anyway, it would cost more time and money to got ft on track again than the car is worth." "But," exclaimed Rhinelander, urg- ing haste as he suddenly bethought himself of the contents of the burning car, "my most Tmporrant teeds are in that car." "What do you. mean?" demanded Storm. "] mean what I say," explained Rhinelander, "The right o of way dévds tor a lot of our property around here y made to get back to they reached it too . A hurried con- reltet to Rhine the situation until way out. "Uncle coples of those ty Yecorder in Las Surgeries men hung around in discontented groups. The had not add- ed any to their good temper and the Joss of work continued to irritate, A nan from the outfit car brought a gram to Seagrue's foréman, the man known only as "Bill." Bill opened ithe message. His experience decipher- of | ing telegraphese was not wide and he stumbled over the penning for some. time before he finally made out the contents: LAS VEGAS REFUSES RIGHT OF WAY. BRING OUTFIT INTO TOWN. ~8EAGRUE. Bill studied the message in dismay. It meant good-by to all hope of patch- ing up Seagruf's difficulties, ahd the abandonment of the construction. Without much of an effort to break the fall of the unpleasant intelligence, Bill told the men the 'orders and though they were greatly disgruntled and disinclined to do anything, he hur- ried them along to the job of striking camp, Helen, with her companions in the commandeered machine, was ap proaching Seagrue"s camp when the men with her discovered that the headquarters of the enemy looked de serted. Not a man was anywhere in sight around Seagrue's place. The machinery had disappesred and the outfit train was gone. Everywhere were marks of a hurried departure. "Now what the blazes does that mean?" asked Rhinelander, gazing as. tonished at the deserted village. No one could answer. "You don't suppose they've quit?" mused Rhina lander, speaking to no one in partic jular, | 'Storm scanned the abandoned camp. "Good riddance, anyway," he mut. tered. < "Not for me," declared Spike, dum founded as the others were, as he got out of the car. "Not fer me," he re peated, looking in every direction for a sight of Seagrue's missing equip ment. "Those guys, wherever they are, have got my kit. And just now," he added dryly, "it's the only one 1 /happen to be carrying around with me." A native son, who had been watch- inggthe cleaning up of Seagrue's camp, sauntered past the group. From him they learned that the men had gone with his train to town. Spike appeared disconcerted about the loss of his be longings, "Don't worry," said Helen, lightly, "I can drrange that for you. I am go- ing to return the machine to Seagrue in Las Vegas. ¥*You can get your kit therq at the same time." » "Then you go with Helen," directed Rhinelander, speaking to Storm, He drew a pad from his pocket and wrote a note to the county recorder, asking bim to deliver the certified copies of the deeds desired, to Helen: She had, meantime, gone over to their own camp with Storm, where both changed for the ride into own. When Helen reappeared Rhindlander gave her the order: THE COUNTY RECORDER: ORIG- INAL - DEEDS COVERING OUR RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH LAS {VEGAS WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE. PLEASE ISSUE CERTIFIED COPIES TO BEARER, MISS HELEN HOLMES. --AMOS RHINELANDER. Helen read the note and handed it jover to Storm for safekeeping. The two got into. the motor car, called Spike, and the party started for Las Vegas. / . Beagrue, whose persistence was pro- verbial among those that knew him, still stuck to his arguments before the jcouncil committee. They had again 'refused his yequests and the scene had 'degener into a kind of wrangle with Seagrue walking up and down the room in a rage while the discus sion went forward, It was only after the chairman told him for the last time there Was no chance of their | changing, their minds that Seagrue gave up.' Seagrue took his hat nd left the room. Outside, he met his friend, the sheriff, and into his sympathetic ears I Seagrue poured his troubles. : His equipment train pulled into the Las Vegas terminal about the same time with an angry gang of men on board. Helen, driving into Las Vegas, stopped the machine near the station. Spike's eye fell at once on the missing equipment train away from which Bill, in no very pleasant mood, was walking when Spike steppedsout of the machine. As Spike advanced, Bill looked him over contemptuously, eye ing him from head to foot, to express his sentiments before he spoke, Helen lowering glance, faced them. "What're you doing with Seagrue's eo? he demanded with insolent bluntness. "1 took it," returned Helen, "to save the lives of three men." "You mean you stole it!" exclaimed i | Bill . ! "Look here, Storm, | "mind your words, you hobo, or you'll be in trouble before you know it." Helen restrained her Soman: As they left Bill directed Spike | -|!_ Spike came forward as Seagriie and thing settled without trouble for you." and Storm came forward. Bill, with a} sty thee to walsh th rnin, Hel. himself, hastened to Seagrue, whom the found at the moment the sheriff {ployer the machine story and the two iwent back to the outfit train fo see what ondition the motor car had been Bill appeared and while the latter twe examined the machine. "The girl and Storm came up with this crook in the machine," Bill said, nodding toward Spike, k "Where are they now?" demanded Bangrue of the convict. P town getting some! to » answered Spike. Ring out; In the restauran{, to which Storm thad taken Helen for lunch before they ;shotld go up to the courthouse, Storm, iwhile Helen was ordering, took from jhis pocket the note for the recorder 'and gave it to her. Helen opened, re- read and laid the note on the table Iwith her pocketbook. She and Storm {were just enjoying the prospect of a 'substantial meal, when Seagrue, walk- ling in, approached their table. He {spoke to them unconcernedly and, without walting for an invitation, pulled up a chair and sat down with 'them. . As tactfally as she could, she made her explanations to about commandgering his motor \ Sea- grue affected truculence and declined to accept her apologies. But he drew a pencil from his pocket, at length, and using the note lying beside Hel- en's pocketbook for a pad, wrote on it an exorbitant figure. Showing this to Helen, he said dogmatically. "That's what it will cost, if you want this Helen flushed a little with indigna- tion when she saw what he dedanded but she was resolved not to quarrel.' "All right," she answered simply, "Mr. Rhinelander will send you a check." The luncheon Storm had ordered was just coming in and while' Helen and Storm watched the waitress, Sea- grue, leaning forward, looked again at Rhinelander's note: still lying on the, table. He began to read it. Storm saw the impertinence and leaning' over, coolly picked the note from un- der Seagrue's eyes and folding it, put it in Helen's pocketbook. Seagrue, somewhat disconcerted at being caught, rose and left the table {Was leaving him. Bill told his em-| recorder"s office and began a search among the books. It was not until he | had: tossed one book after another | aside and when, finding the lost book of deeds, he consulted the index book and threw open the pages containing Rhinelander"s right-of-way deeds, that Spike got the least kitng of what | he was after. . But the moment Bin dovod the page he whs looking for, he slapped his | hand down on it exultantly. "That's | the book we Jvant," he exclaimed huskily. "Spike stretched his eagle' neck tor | ward. "Fine!" he muttered, grinning, | "Hold on! What's that?" he whispered | in alarm, grabbing Bill's arm with a | start. Bill, alarmed, looked around. "Some- | body's coming," cried Spike, under his | breath, "See'if Lug's there." Bill unsuspectingly ran out to see it their lockout had been disturbed. The instant he left the room Spike, watch- | ing his chance, ripped the two leaves | | recording Rhinplander's deeds. forcibly | from the book and stowed them into! the breast of his shirt just as Bill re- turned. ' | Bill grabbed up the book and going | to an open window, dropped the book | where Lug stood waiting. The mo- ment the latter caught the heavy vol- ume he made hurriedly away with it for Seagrue's room. : 'Spike and Bill were less fortunate | in their escape. They walked into the | ballway and had reached the head of ' the stairs when they were seen by the | day watchman. With a shout he hailed ithem. Bill, without hesitatiig, whipped out his revolver and fired. Spike an- grily caught his companion's arm, wrested the gun from his hand and stuck it in his own pocket. The watch- man, pulling his own pistol, dropped _ back into a doorway. Bill dashed down the corridor ohe' way, while Spike mad a record sprit down the stairs the other. The watchman chased Bill, and Bill reaching a window, sprang through it to the ground. Get- tng on his feet, he ran for safety down the street, The one shot fired in the courthouse had already made a commotion. Spike gaining the foot of the stairs hid him- self - just as clerks, coming in at the front, ran upstairs to see what was The Crowd, Angry at [without further words, By the time © gained the street he had charted he situation, imprudently rewaled rough Helen's carelessness in guird- ng the instructions, pretty clearly in is mind. : | Returning to the train he found Bill, pike and Lug. Taking Bill aside, Sea- {grue called Lug over and told the two ut Rhinelapnder"s loss of the deeds d the effort Helen would make to {secure corti copies of them. While the was talking he looked at his watch, "In five minutes," said Seagrue, "the | men in the recorder"s office will start | for dinner. - You two fellows take | Spike and go quietly up to the court- | house. When the office is empty get | the book of deeds and bring it to my room. Bill, can you trust Spike?" Bill answered he thought he could. . "Don't loge-any time," directed Sea- grue. "Yqu may have to huat around a little up there. Report to me down 'at the room." Bill and his companions stepped over to the train for a jimmie, Spike watched them disappear and hurried ; 'up street himself. He now made him- | 'selt responsible for a further interrup- tion to the lunch that Helen and Storm were just beginning to relish. i "Seagrue," he himared, "is up to some work." "What work?" adel Helen in alarm. "Don't know yet," "but T'll find out." | "Do Spike!" she murmured, hur- riedly. "Don't let him make any more trouble for us, will you?" Spike nodded to reassure her, and | answered Spike, trotted away. When he got back to | 9 the Bill and Lug came from one | of cars. Bill had a revolver in his hand. : "Bill, where's my zit?" demanded Spike. 4 "Stow it," muttered Bill, "and fol- low me." | When the three shambled up to the courthouse squafe, the clerks were leaving the building and the last man i out closed the front door. Bill re | to get in through a convenient | entrance and dispatched Lug around the building to force a back aati dhca | ce and to the | for Bill, ly dodged. In doing so Bill unluckily struck a projecting awning hook with his head., The blow was sharp and the end of the hook penetrated his | temple. Bill sank to the pavement un- scious, Some of the idle laborers who had been alarmed at the shot, seeing Bill | go down, came forward. Bill, bleeding at the temple, lay while Spike, won- | dering what had happened, stood by. The sheriff came up. "There he is," said one of Seagrue's men, pointing, to Spike. "There's the man that did the shooting." The crowd worked in and the sher- | iff, despite Spike's protests, laid his hand on Spike's shoulder and told him 'that he was under arrest, turning him over to 8 deputy as he did so, with orders to him. In a moment | they found on Spike the revolver he | had taken from Bill at the courthouse. The sheriff opened the gun. tained five loaded shells; the sixth na | been discharged. The crowd, angry at Spike; surged | forward, the sheriff holding them back ' as best he could while he directed his . | deputy to take the prisoner away. Helen and Storm, finishing their lunch, had gone to the courthouse and were busy with the recorder who was trying to find the missing book, when a clerk coming in told about the Lght | down street, and of a prisoner, named | Spike, the crowd was trying to take | from the sheriff. Storm and Helen, rot waiting to pursue their tearch, left the room to ascertain what the disturbance was | about. By this time the sheriff and his dep- uties had succeeded in getting Spike to the calaboose where they pushed him 'inside. mob, had followed hard on their heels. It was growing larger every momant and the feeling was running higher. in fact, Storm and Helen had hardly reached the street when they were told there was a good prospect of the | | city jail being raided and Spike be- ing dragged out and hanged to the first pole. Seagrue had sent Lug out to look whose disappearance dis- turbed him. And Lug, finding his part. ner lying deserteden the sidewalk, tried hard to bring him around. He stopped a man running past and with his help propped Bill up. Helen and Storm, reaching the edge of the crowd in front of the jail, saw | and heard enough to make them real | ize the seriousness of the situation. | | i . : 1 pike, Surgéd Forward: wrong. And when coast below was clear Spike slipped .ont of the qpen door and walked away. Seagrue, at his window, watching his men in Mdin street, had been Aft | er what seemed an interminable time, he heard steps on the hall stairs and the next moment Lug, hurrying into the room as Séagrue opened the door for him, threw the book of records | on the table. + Seagrue opened it in haste and looked for what he wanted, but while the index sheets indicated the regis- try of the deeds, he failed to find the pages where they should be. While he was searching Bill ran in. "Well," exclaimed Bill, "you got | what you want. We came mighty near getting pinched." Seagrue answered testily. "I don't see how I've got what I want. Rhiné lander"s deeds are not in this book. Where are the. 'pages that belong here?" "Go find Shike," directed Seagrue, wrathfully. "And*bring him in quick." "Suppose he won't come?" parried BilL "Kill him," returned Seagrue with- ott lesitation. "Bring him alyway." The wen, loitering along Main street and drinking, had worked themselves into an ugly mood even before Spike, 'walking through the crowd, was rec- ognized by one and accosted. The man, who was quarrelsome, caught the convict by the coat collar. Spike | {shook himself loose and was walking | away when Bill hurried on the scene. | "Where are the pa you tore out iof that book?" he demifided angrily | of Spike. Spike regarded him with assumed astonishment, > "What Ho you mean, telling-me 1 tore anything out of your book?" he asked. book out, didn't you? I know I didn't." | | 'Abuse from Bill followed. It was | urned by Spike with usury. Across the street on a vacant lot the owner of an adjoining house; while burning some rubbish, was cleaning his rifle. As he jerked thée- pop from the magazine, cne fell into the | fire. Picking up those that he could ! find of the cartridges he returned to his house with the gun. Spike and Bill were In the midst of their heated argument a moment later when the re- | port of a rifle startled them. Both ' | an alert rioter saw the move. | chine off. They looked at each other, "What do you think?" asked Helen of her companion anxiously. Storm shook his head. "We've got to get help, Helen, and get it quick." "The only place it can come from is the camp, then," responded Helen with decision. "And we must go after it, George." They hastened to the station and told the story to the agent. Storm wrote a message, directing a boy to | | rush upstairs with it and get it off, When Rhintlander opened the tele- gram a féw moments later, he read: SPIKE WORKING HALF IN TROUBLE WITH SEA. GRUE"S GANG. THEY ARE STOR y- ING JAIL TO LYNCH HIM. ONAEN GINE. HAVE HELP READY od BOON AS WE ARRIVE--STORM, 'Rhinelander, without loss of time, ! assembled his men, told them of the trouble at Las Vegas and asked if they were. willing to help rescue Spike. They answered with an affirmative vell and he ordered them to climb aboard a flat car. In front of the jail a man was ha- ranguing the érowd and urging them to get the murderer. And his listeners were already in a humor to rush the place. Within, the sheriff and his men were anxiously watching -develop- ments, The sheriff ordered a deputy to slip quietly out the back way and get hold of a car. The moment the machine appeared the sheriff smuggled Spike 'out, meaning to take him to the coun- ty jail for safe keeping. Unfortunately, He gave tite alarm. Before Spike's captors could get] him away the crowd headed the ma- It was then a case of any port in a storm and the officer with his little party took refuge in the city { council chambers, handcuffing Spike to the floor in order to have everyone | free to hold the rioters at bay. Helen and Storm had boarded a switch engine in the yards and run it flown to camp where the flat car filled with men was coupled to-it and with Rhinelander in charge, headed again for Las Vegas. The sheriff in the council chamber found himself surrcunded, He went ! to the door and addressed the mob. He told them he would defend the prisoner with his life. The officer went inside, fastening the door behind him, |hnd his men made a barricade of ; désks to protect themselves from oc- | basional "bullets that now whistled through the big windows opening on Main street. 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But the sheriff de | tained Spike agdin, telling him he was | a prisdher, In Seagrue's room, not far away, | Doctor Torpy was examining Bill's | head. He discovered almost at once { that the foreman had not been shot at { "You're not hurt," d the doctor, | laughing, "But they're {rying to hang | one of your men down stréet right now | for shooting you. "Better notify your | gang to call things off.", The doctor | turned to 'the window, threw up the | sash and called out Into the street. | The sheriff, below, was turning | Spike over to a deputy when, hearing | his name called, he looked up and saw Torpy at the window. The doctor | beckoned, "Bring that man up here, | sheriff," he cried. In walked the sheriff, followed by Spike, Helen, Storm and Rhinelander, Bill sheepishly submitted to being | made an exhibit and the surgeon showed to the sheriff the wound made Lon his temple by the awning 'hook. 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