x hig's Big Serial Story THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 191 6. Ar oe ' = T @ e GAM Stor of Mouritain Raila, FDANK H SPEARMAN 3a 1 | ject, -{ and me, AUTHOR. OF "WHISPERING SMITH," "THE MOUNTAIN DIVIDE," "STRATEGY OF GREAT RAILROADS," ETC. NOVELIZED FROM THE MOV: ING PICTURE PLAY OF THE SAME NAME. PRODUCED BY, THE SIGNAL FILM CORPORA- TION. corrmont, is. BY FUNK 1 sama, SYNOPSIS, "Little Helen Holmes, daught pral Holmes, railroad man from imminent "danger on a s rail foad by George Btorm, a newsbhoy. G¥own to young womanhood, Helen saves Storm now a fireman, her father, an Amos Rhinelander, financier, - Beagrue, promoter, from a thr Bafebreakers employed t teal General Holmes' s plans of the cut off line for the Tidewater, fatally wound the general a esCay Her fa- ther's estate badly Involved by hig death,' elen goes to work the Tidewater, elen recovers the plans from agrue, and though they are taken from her, finds an accidentally made proof of the survey blueprint. Storm is employed b, Rhirelander. Spike, befriended by elen, in his turn saves her and the right- of-way contracts when Seagrue kidnaps her. Helen and Storm win for Rhineland- Or a Dace against Seagrue for right-of- way. Helen, Btorn der res- Cue Bpike from Seagrue's Spike Steals records 'to protect Rhinelander, and Storm and Helen save Bplke from death in the burning court house. Vein in rstition mine pinches out Seagrue salts it and sells It to Rhinelander. The {nines relocated. Rhinelander gives Helen nd George each ode-third of the Super- tition mine stock. Seagrue's scheme to prevént payment for the mine is spoiled FOURTEENTH INSTALLMENT HELEN'S RACE AGAINST TIME A fortnight spent at the Hotel Holly- wood went very rapidly for Helen Holmes. * The princely munificence of her foster uncle, Amos Rhinelander, In making her again through his gift of a substantial interest in the Super- -#tition mine, a young woman of large means, had restored her to social re- er of Gen- rescued 8 friends 1 Robert Tened col- Seagrue 'ay ariver had had his orders, for his em- | ployer gave none, but the heavy car, | scarcely slackening ! through the. open gates and the lodge- the party Something in his salute speed, keeper lifted his cap swept past. as swerved sponsibilities. These were hers by right of birth and inReritance but she had been deprived of them by the un- gimely death of her father, Nor was her benefactor a man to do things by halves. During the time ghat Helen was his guest in the city; he seemed an unusually busy maf. Al- ways fully occupied, his time now was hardly his own, so frequent were hig yWoman, in her sparkling eyes and com o - pressed lips--Helén read more of the dashes. In and out of town, and so many his engagements. And during this time something of an air of mys- tery surrounded his movements despite . all he could do to make them appear as of ordinary routine imposed on him by his railroad interests. To Helen's frequent queries as to what he was do- ing day after day, Rhinelander re- turned answers which no doubt seemed to him to satisfy her. But Helen per- ceived these were mere evasions cal culated to put her off and kept her in ignorance of whit he really was doing. What ostensibly was most on his mind was that Helen should make all preparations [or resuming .'a social 'state or life to which she had been for some strenuous time a stranger, He had already restored to her serv- fce, »fter diligent inquiry, the faithful maid with whom Helen had parted when she left her father's house, On the morning that Helen walked with her maid out of the hotel and stepped into Rhinelander's car, the sun was shining in a clear sky. Helen was driven from the city rapidly north along the Santa Barbara boulevard until the party éntered the country familiar to her Yor many Yeurg-1ho "Can You Forgive Me?" canyons and foothills of the San Pablo valley. t "Why, Uncle Amos,' she said sud- denly, "where aré you taking me? We are getting close to Signal?" > "We are going to Signal," me re- plied quietly. "What, pray, are you going to do at Signal?" demanded Helen. "I've a number of things to do ,"" returned Rhinelander unper- turbed. "But I can't do them until we get there, so why worry about it? ' lence: a silence that Helen, herself, was not unwilling tg break as the car sped on toward the iron. gates that guarded the entrance to her father's former estate. Would it turn in there, she asked herself, or continue on up the bay road? - open and & lodgekeeper busied himself close to 1B Sav Appareils, ha uh Jung awoke old memories--could he be the same who had served her father? she asked herself. ."That man," she ree marked to Rhinelander, "looks exact ly lke father's old keeper." 4 "He ought to," returned Rhineland: er, evenly. "Why so?" "Because he iS the same man." The car dpew up before the house and stopped: . "What are you going to do?" asked Helen in an undertone, "make a call here?" "Yes," answered Rhinelander pre paring to get out while a footman, run- ning down the steps, opened the ton- neau door for him "And," he added, "I want you to come in with me." Helen's brow furrowed a little in perplexity. "But I don't know these people," she murmured under her breath, ! Rhinelander standing on the ground while the footmdn waited at the other side .of the open tonneau door for Helen, held out his hand: "You'll find you're mistaken," he said to Helen convincingly. "You know almost every- one here. And even from those you don't know, I can promise you a genu- ine welcome." ry "Uncle Amos," demarded Helen, hurrying with him up the flight oi steps that led to the familiar vesti bule, and toward which Rhinelander seemed hastening with unusual en- ergy, "what do you mean?" "I' tell you what, Helen, the mo ment you cross the threshold." Her mald was at: her elbow and in the excitement of the little French: great secret. She drew a deep breath and standing in the big hall, looked aroynd: "Why," she faltered, "every thifig seems just as 1 left it. Am 1 dreaming?' She drew her hand faint. ly across her eyes. "What does this mean? These furnishings -- every: thing! Uncle Amos," she cried under her breath, "who lives here? What is it? What has happened?" "Helen," he took her two handg into his own, "this 18 now your homg just as it used ta be. And your old friends are nearly all here to greet you." A group of servants, men and wom en, stood at the entrance to the dining room. They were familiar faces to the agitated girl 3 Tears welled into her burning eyes as she looked into the faces smiling around her. p "Annette," said Rhinelander briskly to the maid, "Miss Holmes wishes to £0 to her room." Like. one dazed, Helen turped to 'ward the foot of the stairs but she did 'not go up. Instead, she ran impulsive ly to Rhinelander, threw her arms about his neck and kissed him. The two 'stood for a moment in silence, neither of them equal to speaking, then Helen turned to Annette who waited and Rhinelander, blowing his nose vigorously, walked out into the 'garden. Some hours later he and Helen were on the lawn when Spike came hurry- ing up the drive carrying in his arms two little dogs. "They're for you," he muttered grufly to Helen when she ask ut them. "I knew what Mr. Rhinelander was doing all this time," he said, relaxing into a grin, "and I couldn't keep up with his pace in mak- ing presents, but I wanted to bring you something." s "Why, these little dears are a royal gift," " insisted Helen. "Spike, you ought never to have done such a thing. They're beauties!" "Oh, no," demurred Spike. "But they are," declared Rhineland. er. "Where did you get them, Spike?" light of the matter. "slightly toward Rhinelander, been given the job of watch. § days t rather a bitter thing for her, Es EH 3 dispatch t6 Bpfke and asked him to meet Storm at the station. Ww 1 rone, Rhinelander, who had been ling Helen of ir £he 1! J "And Hele Tm going to make quest of you now that may seem ve I You know, as well as I do, how my nephew, Earl Seagrue, has treated both yon He has been about as mea a man could be, in £1 ite: 'of our ef- forts to treat him fair. But the fight i. over and we have won. H' is my only sister's child, She died when he was a mere boy and asked mc, on her death bed, to look after Earl and bodo him what she would have been, hdd she lived. You knov. whether I've tried | to carry out her injunction'; you know what it has cost we in nibre ways than one; you know as well as anyone that I have been patient with him." Helen regarded her friend intently. "Seagrue 'is going to pieces, -Rhine- lander went on. "I cannot tell you all I know; but I know enough to dis- tress me very much. I want to help) him for my sister's sake, to make a man of himsélf again, if he will be one. And for this reason--and to show his. associates in his prosperous t'his own relatives are not go- ing to turn him down--I want you, when your: friends whom I have in- planus f )eculiar as "vited are here-today, to invite him to come, also." He saw the grave look on Helen's | face. "I know that you don't like to do it. It's almost an impossibility to ask you to do it; but bor my sake, Helen, I wish you would." He said no more, but left her alone. Jt certainly was But she knew she owed more than that to her benefactor. Rhinelander was quite right. Sea- grue had been rapidly going to pieces. He was conferring'that day with Ward~ and with Adams, his servant, concern- ing their unsuccessful attempt to ob- tain possession mine, grue's plans served now to. infuriate him to a degree of anger such as he had never previously given way to, He upbraided both the men roundly and dismissed Ward with abuse. Hard: ly a moment afterward, a man ap- peared at the apartment door with a note. Seagrue opened it impatiently: of the Superstition The slightest mishap to Sea- My dear Mr. Seagrue: 1 shall be at home today to my frieptds. There will be ten- nis"and tea. HELEN HOLMES. He studied the note in some sur. prise, It certainly was not overcordial, yet, it might mean an opening in a di- rection in which he would he glad to sain sdvantage and he decided at once that he would accept. He gave or- ders for the «trip to Signal, resolving o drive out, and told Adams he was Ito accompany him. They left the room together a little later and getting igto new roadster, started. for Signal. \ Spike, in the meantime, had gone to 'the station and was talking to the agent when the local passenger pulled in and Storm got off, saw Spike and the two left for the house. 'It was a delightful moment when Storm greeted Helen and Rhinelander under the old oaks. The young rails road man seemed bubbling over with happiness 'and Rhinelander, - perceiv- ing his great anxiety to Helen for a IRtle talk, summoned Spike and left the couple to themselves. Storm led Helen to thé shade of one "of the big trees. "I was coming up to- day, anyway, Helen," he begam "even if I had not got your note. You know what I have been doing for two weeks --about five men's work." : "I know," returned Helen happily, "but the best of it is, you are equal to R ot so Sure of that. But I do Hi £3 Seagrue Again Attempted to Interfere. ; : poth that though they had long antict pated the moment, they could not have anticipated the happiness mow upon He drew her, unresisting, into placed upon her finger nt ring. "This isn't the tional way of doing it, Helen, his ring has béen waiting for two long weeks for its place on your fin- ger." They wandered some distance from the house. But unfortunately for their -a-tete the guests were arriving. lander, meeting these gs well as uld, was compelled to dispatch on a search for Helen. Spike, who had lost none ef his apti- tude for sifuations, found her with Storm among the oaks, and in spite of Storm's disgusted expression he de- "livered his imperative message. And, conscience-stricken at having neglect. ed her duties as hostess, Helen hurriegy away. . Storm, in an exuberance of happi- nes:, watched her, go. But another than Spike had seen the happy pair from a distance and\watched with en- vious eyes some of their exchanges of affectioi--that was Seagrue. | Smoking a cigarette, he walked de- liberately to where Storm stood gazing after his departing flancee. The young, railroad man, aware of the sneer on Seagrue"s face, the moment the lat- ter greeted him: "You appear to be becoming very friendly with Miss Holmes," he-remarked with a touch of insolence, Storm fired instantly. "Why shouldn't 1?" he demanded with equal assurance. "Rather ambitious," sneered Sea- grue, "for a discharged locomotive en- gineer." "Seagrue," exclaimed Storm, his neck swelling in anger, "if you knew what 1 thought of you, you'd be glad to be a discharged locomotive engi- neer. So you're jealous, are you? Well, Helen Holmes is going to be my | wife, and if you say another word about her or about me," averred Storm, without casting about for fine words, "I'l knock your infernal block off." Seagrue strode toward him in fury. "You impudent rascal! What do you mean by threaténing me? Get back to your cab and keep your imperti- nence to yourself." Storm's arm shot out. 'The nexf mo- ment the two men were engaged in a pitched battle. Spike, at a distance, saw the mix-up, ran to Helen to warn her of the disturbance and hastened away td separate the pair. Helen, in her excitement, started af- ter Spike. Rhinelander and others fol- lowed. Storm and Seagrue were at it hammer and tongs. The men tore | them apart. Storm, furious at his en. | i | | | | { | 'apd Helen was too disdainful.' curréd to her memory. She did feel, however, that Storm should have made ia further effort to tell her, privately, he was sorry for having so rudely broke In on the festivities of the day' and since he did not, she was suffi- ciently piqued 'to profess an interest in Seagrue she was far from feeling. The tennis games were finished and ' the guests making ready to go. Helen was about to startfrom the courts her- self when Storm, coming up, spoke abruptly to her. But he was too proud could not bring himself to speak furth- er about the unfortunate incident dnd, incensed by his attitude, Helen, when she "extended her hand as he sald good-by, slipped his ring rom her fin- ger and gave it to him fn shaking hands. - . Flushed with humiliation, he turned away. This was not quite what she had expected; but it was too late now to recall her precipitateness, and, pre- tending not to care--although she did care a great deal--she started for the station with Seagrue to see her guests | safely on the train. At Signal station Perkins, the agent, was taking an order from the dis- patcher: . Train No. 8 will wait at Feely Junc- tion for Extra 3603 until 1:10 p. m. Helen's guests were arriving to take the local. The agent tossed the mes sage to one side and resumed his work. A bevy of-pretty girls appeared at his window. One of them tapped on the pane and asked what time it was, Per- kins, always gallant, told them and walked out on the platform to answer further questions. The local that day carried half a dozen box cars, with two coaches hooked on the hind end for the Signal passengers. When the train pulled in, Storm, with Spike and the tennis guests, boarded it. Seagrue, having driven up by machine, remained, greatly pleased with the situation. The train drew away from the station and the agent returned 'to the office. Seagrue and Helen walked down the platform. The moment Perkins reached his desk: his eyes rested on the flimsy; he had forgotten to give the meeting order for No. 8. He dashed out of doors, shouting vainly after the disap- pearing train. Seagrue stopped him. "What's the matter? Perkins was hardly able to speak: "I overlooked an order. ° stop the local, she will crash into Number Eight at the Junction." Helen, who understood the emer- gency better {han Seagrue, caught her companion"s arm: "We must catch that train," she cried, "or there'll be a terrible accident." "What do you mean--catch it?" de manded Seagrue. "I'm no sprinter." "In the machine--the machine" cried Helen. "Don't lose an instant. We may be too late." . Seagrue, whose mind did not work as quickly, lost a precious moment in asking questions. Then agreeing to what she declared must be done, the | two hurried to the house, boarded | Seagrue's car and started rapidly down | the highway after the local. After crossing the hill north of the | village of Signal, the highway parallels | the railroad for some distance. The local engineman, intent only on main- | taining his schedule, was lumbering along at fairly good'speed, when he | saw the fireman on the other side of | | into the gungway. the cab leave his box and waik back A motor car oc- cupled by a man and women and driv- | en rapidly along the road, was over- i | taking the engine. The fireman sur- | mised' they were giving the train a | | { | | emy but held back by Spike and Rhine. | lander, launched a terrific abuse at | Seagrue and did not choose nice words i in denouncing him and. his conduct. Indeed, his anger was fo uncontrol- lable, and to Helen's mind his lack of | restraint before her guests go inex- | cusable, that she upbraided Storm se- verely for his intemperate language. | Seagrue, dusting his hands with his handkerchief, already had himself un- der better tontrol. It was his oppor | tunity to take advantage of Storm's | natural but extreme indignation, and | he nmiade the most of the moment by professing to Hglen to excuse Sform's fury, but blaming his bad temper for | the disturbante. Storm, himself, cooled down by. Spike, now tried to make his apologies to Helen. But is was too late. Helen would | not. listen to him, and, turning away | with her guests, left Storm with no- body to sympathize with him but Spike. Reaching the tennis courts, some of 1 the guests took up the play, while | others, looking back toward the scene | of excitement, saw Helen coming over | with Seagrué and Rhinelander. Reach- | oH g Ti race--not an unusual thing along that particular tangent. But these racers waved frantically at him. Thinking they were jesting, the fireman waved back in turn. "We never can stop them?!" cried Helen. "That man thinks we're fool- ing. You must run ahead of the train, and get over on the other side where we can reach the engineer." With a terrific burst of speed, the motor car pulled ahead of the fast moving engine and taking the track like a hurdle, crossed to the right side of the engine. For one moment the lives in the motor car hung narrowly in the balance; 'the hind wheels missed the pilot by only the fraction of a second. "Helen tried to cry out her warning to the engineer. But he, mistaking her intent as the fireman had done, grew angry at what ap peared to him a crazy joy ride. He refused to listen or look any longer toward the motorists, but waved them contemptuously off, calling them round. ly for their idiocy and sitting down again to his throttle. Half mfle beyond where Helen and Seagrue were now speeding, the rail road and the highway part company abruptly and all hope of making the engineer stop came to an end.. As the train pulled away from the road, the motor car was halted and Seagrue and Helen got out. Helen felt keenly dis tressed, but of a sudden she remem: bered Burnet Bridge. She Whirled on Seagrue: "We can beat them to Bur. £32 i 2 § He Unless we, I | 1 5H __PAGE NINETEEN VERS TORTURE meant to do. She had decided and |v told nim her plan ing she must not attempt what she | proposed. "You will only get killed," he insisted, "apd do nobody any good." | "No," she replied, "1 can do it and I'm going to.' { know that train can 'be saved and I'm going to save it." "It's 'al right to try adything you'd have any chance of succeeding in, but you'd only be going to your death, I tell you," he persisted. Unwilling to waste more time, Helen tried to open the car door to get out, Seagrue caught ner arm: "You shan't go!" he declared. "1 will go," she cried. . Before he gould restrain her, she jumped out of the car:and running swiftly to the edge of the bridge caught hold, of it. The next mofent He protested, say- | Nothing Helped Him Until He Took ~ "FRUIT-A-TIVES" 3 ¢red terribly Severe Headaches and Indigestion, 1 had belching gas from the stomach, bitter stuff' would come up into my mouth after eating, while at times 1 had { nausea and vomithg, dnd had chronic { Constipation. I wenttoseveral doctors { and wrote to & specialist in Boston but' * but without benefit. Itried many remedies nothing did me good. 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Num- ber Eight had already whistled for the junction and as the front end of the parted local dashed over the frogs, the heavy passenger train swept swiftly across almost at right' angles to it. Fast as it went, its observation car barely, cleared the hind end of the local as this followed over the cross ing in pursuit -of its severed head. The local engineer, looking back, saw what had happened and applied the air. As he slowed down, the pas sengers now awoke to what had hap- pened, turned out of the coaches and ran forward. Helen fell fainting from the side ladder; she lay unconscious on the ground as crowded up. Seagrue, who had followed to the Junction in his car, ran toward Helen, but as he approached, an arm shot out before him as a barrier. George Storm whirled him half way around and himself kneeling, lifted Helen from the ground. Dazed by her fall and opening hen eyes slowly on her surroundings, Helen--while Storm anxiously asked if she was hurt and reproached her for leaving him--gradually pulled her senses together. I~ "Take me away, Georgh," she mur. mured faintly. "Who 'are all these people? What has happened?" : At Storm's elbow, while he tenderly cared for and redoubled his efforts to revive Helen, stood Spike, lke a watchdog. He kept the circle of pas- sengers from crowding in and when Seagrue again attempted to interfere, Spike escorted him over to kis ma- chine and invited him in such un- mistakable terms to continue his jours ney that Seagrue thought best not to: rouse Spike's anger further. Returning hurriedly t6 the focus of interest about Helen, Spike continued to. h-the passengers back. 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HARRIS, Prop.," 225 Princess St. | DATES OF FALL FARS. | Dates of fall fairs in --- tario as anpotinced by the Agricul- tural societies branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture Toron- to, are as fojlows: Alexandria .. Sept. 12 and 13 Almonte .......... Sept. 19 and 21 Arden a. oivive « Oct. 3 Bancroft , ... sve...» Oct. 5 and 6 Belleville . ... . Sept, 14 and 15 Bowmanville Sept. 19 and 20 Centreville Cohdeh: ....... . Cobourg ......... Colborne .. Delta ..% Demcorestville Frankford 'Frankville Inverary Kemptvillé Kingston Lansdowae Maberdy ... Made .. Sept, 18-19 Sept. 18-20 Mariora . Maynocth ........ McDonald's Corners ..... Merrickville .......... "1 am desperatel 3 , 1 Napanee ... perately sorry, Helen, I : forgot myself this morning" was saying to his 6ffended swee "1 know | ought not to have given . way, but when that fellow spoke to me as he did--after all his meanness | Petervorg BS ~--1 felt as if nothing but a good beat. ing-up would do him justice. I forgot you 'init; Heien--that's all. - Can you forgive me?" ; ; She looked up into his eyes. Wheth." er he found forgiveaess there or not, he could detect nothing of anger: "Take me home, Goorge," she said sorrowfully. I'm aw{ully bruised up." "You've nothing on me at that" laughed Storm. ie slipped his hand i ] | | one Sopt. 19-20 Perth ¢. . Bept. %2 and 4 Picton ; Port Hope Renfrew .. Shennonville Stella Stirling ... Tamworth Toront.: . . Tweed Wolfe Island .i ° Some dates such as that of the Oct, *- 19-2 inte the pocket of his waistcoat and Harrowsmish, Lyndhurst and other - { fait: have drew out her ring Befate we start, | TL 0 Helen, I'd better put this back where it belongs." Taking ner um y " unresisting finger Into his own, he slipped the en- Sagement riug over it again. » {TO BE CONTINUED a not yet been set. These tdded as soon as announced." 'Even the man who admits that he caught only one fish may lie about its weight. | - he