Fictionized Version of
REX , BEACH’S
“THE IRON TRAIL”
Produced by the Bennett 'Picture Corporation.
Story fictionized by Charles G. Rich
To be shown at the Palace December 12 and 13
f
THIRD INSTALLUENT.
it did. not take 11111-1111: long to start
his Iron Trail Making his huidquer-
hrs at Omeir. scrno lift} r111 es from
Me; by working day and night with
his tireless sniff. he accomplished a
cat part or the task he had set him-
«11.13311 Appleton and Tom Slater
were in charge of his working crews.
and Dr. Cyrus Gray. one of Murray‘s
old associates. had been made pay-
mater and general heélth officer for
the port of Omar.
But railroad building. like all other
industries. takes money. And Mur-
ray. who had been financing his own
enterprise. soon found that he was in-
capable of keeping up the terrifio ex-
“. He took council with Dr. Grax
and the tno men discu§ed the state
of finances far 1..to the night. At last.
{\‘Xeil came to definite conclusion.
"Doctor." he “11. e‘re
short of funds. ess stimc to gel
thXew York and talk }I usiness with
the Copper ”Crust. " Dr.
assent and )luriax’ 111 apped
plan of action.
In Cortez. Gordon. t4?
necessity of seeking
far
3.
$1112.
1 m.
A =‘
013351118
the Copper
32121396. to fix:
terested.
l .
.4;
w-
and repned ~ 5:
neers report 0‘
practical rc G
his chair. 5;
faced man; v.
dorm. on t}: desk
made Dennt mp:
“It":
running : pr
L1 ray nodd: al 3
Oil:
l‘is.
Dismissing Denny with final instruc-
tions. Gordon sat- down to map out his
plan of action. He bethought him of
the newspaper,
large stockholder. and decided to use
the paper as a powerful weapon in his
fight against O'Neil.
Cabling the editor of the paper of
the coming. struggle. headded that
O‘Neil was attempting to grab the
xailroad right—of-wav by unlawful
methods. and ordered that a. special
writer be detailed to expose the iniqui-
ties of Murray O'Neil.
Natalie engaged passage on the next
boat leaving Cortez, and. tearfully bid~
iding her mother good-bye, set forth
to seek her own fortunes.
I11 Omar Dan Appleton was in
slate of excitement. His sister.
. whom he had not seen for some
was coming to pay a long-ex-
O‘ \eil o ‘fered his house
as there wcze no
of the
.3
..
SEQiic
- 1 z 2:.
lime.
ltd \Hisit
as quartcrs for her
.1i‘C‘Oll‘ll‘l‘. odations worthy
.....11e in Omar.
In the mi. Est of his packing assisted
7:1 1‘;.=.11 \\ l1 :- “undered lack and fort ‘11
‘1 wnsxnl ( Iotllin: and talked
about his sister. O'Neil
d 10 the arrixal of 9.
11th much pleasant anti-
0:
litl)’
‘27 run 2‘
tough to put
;r 1 11 :1 .' 0' 3'01!
.18. paused in his .al‘ors.‘ Nor.—
1113‘ be)“. It's an itor or to lzaxc
' low.
inrwhich he was a.
. Irish
lease and she joined in his merriment.
Smiling at Dan‘s enthusiakm. OfNeil
finished his packing and sat down to
await the expected guest.
As the boat docked. Dan rushed up:
.he gang-plank. seized his sister in a:
regular bear’s hug. hurried her down
to where. a. croftd of cheering men
were waiting to welcome the sister’of
the popular young engineer.
Cnnoticed in the confusion. 'a. little
figure. laden with a wriggling puppy
and manv bags, came off the boat
“hick had stopped at Cortex. and
stood looking round her in bewilder-
ment. Finally she asked the way to
Murray O‘Neil's office and soon start».
ed off in the direction of the bunga-
Breathless. she timidly climbed the
steps and knock ed at the bungalow
door. *O’Neil, certain that it was Dan
and his sister. threw open therdoo-r
with a profound bow and a. gallant
flourish. At the Sight of Natalie, he
looked puzzled. hastened to take her:
misc’ellanegms paraphernalia and wait-
ed 101‘ an explanation.
‘ \Ir O'Neil " began Natalie, "y'ou re
the only person inAlaska who can
help me. I couldn't endure Mr. Gor-
don s abuse another minute. I've come
to work on Your railroad. "
O'Neil threw back his head and
laughed. The souild of his hearty
laugh set Natalie more at her
Fine!” he evflaimed' “I' ll give you
11 l:1..nd me“ pick and shovel and you
can start in fight away. " Their heart
to heart talk was interrupted by the
arri\.-.l cf Dun. Eliza and some of the
“‘rlcoming partv.
"‘4 hi mt ' pried Don. "this is my sis-
ter Eliza. the best little newspaper
woman or. earth. star reporter of the
or :26 Ga..;~tte." Eliza blushed and
laughinglr oiiserw 41. “You‘ll have to
take T‘Iin'erliillallOIl of me with a
grain stir. .It would be impossi-
ble to Ely-3 up to his conception of my’
ability "
V\'
. the boys were. preparing a
{or the two
spr-yz guests of Omar.
1-2332; 1 :1t.‘nrld the prortunity to talk
to U'.\ {ll alone.- “Mr. O'Neil,". she
$11.. «preeminent “I can't accept
' \rzr :7 Isilrlltality.” ' Thinking she was
trim: for turning him out'of his
(-‘Ngil refused to listen; suic-
othim: was too good for the
,_.".!1 Appleton.
1‘1." (unlinm‘wl Eliza.
31.1! 1:
~ ('1‘
"l mu. "that l
through his paper." Eliza. was finding
her tas’krmore difficult than; she had
expected. It. was inconceivable to
imagine this man the villianGordon‘s
accounts had led her to believe. ‘
O‘Neil, rather taken aback to find
that the sister of his trusted engineer
vials in the employ of hlsrbiitter enemy,
hesitated for a moment. Then he said,
smilingly: “Miss Appleton, I insist on
your slaving. Publish the truth just
as you find it and I shall be satisfied."
Shaking hands on the bargain; they
rejoined the group at the table. While
the others were talking. Eliza. took
stock of the man she had come to ex‘
pose. Nothing in his manner tallied
with Gordon's version, and 73118 came
to the Conclusion that he must be an
accomplished actor as well as an un-
scrupulous railroad crook.
:*A message from Tom Slater, who
was at the camp. changed O'Neil's
plans. His crew had been breaking
ground at the ri\ er bend to establish
their light—ofrway' mer the narrow
ledge along the mountain side. Gor-
don and his surveyors had appeared
on the scene [and had begun surveying
in an attempt to beat the O'Neil crew
ing the danger in this,“ had sent for
him.
On receixing the message.
turned to Dan:“'l‘11eres going to be
something doing at the river bend.
your sister with you. It might interest
her." Eliza. was delighted at the invi‘
tatlon and accepted enthusiastically.
\Vhen Gordon and his crew of sur-
following morning. OiNr-il. in aper—
feet friendly manner. shouted: "I'd
advise you not to go any further,
Gordon; we‘re blasting ahead."
7 Looking about him. Gordon saw no
evidence of blasts being laid
agined that 0 Neil was tning to sc..re
him. Disregarding the warning he;i
callf‘d his men. and went ahead doun
the trail. As 'the party passed him.
below the brow of the hill. Tom
1hr- signal. set off llierfirst blast.
Came-1:1 in. a min of lumps offiarth
and lmuldvrs Gordon and his men
rushed shelter. B21 (is soon as the
inlss‘llns laud stopped flying. Gordon.
11 bile with rare. s4, rumbled down and
comfy-outta O‘Neil. ‘
Q
‘1'“? L
to the glacier crossing. and Tom, see—4
i .
O'Neil '
Come up in the morning and bring
veyors arrived at the river bend on the
and‘im- =
O'Neil raised his hand. In the hollow. is
Slater. who had been eagerly awaiting?
this!” .
O'Neil smiled. which further ens
raged Gordon. “Go ahead!” said
O’Neil. “We: re in Alaska! With good
in five years: "
With an oath. Gordon turned to his
men. and, ordering them to come on.
tried the trail again. 0’\eil again 51.,-
naled and a. second blast, heavier than
the first. knocked the moi: their feet
and deluged them with heavy frag-
ments of rock. The men refused to
proceed any further; and Gordon. in-
furiated, knocked aside spokesman.
and started to advance alone.
O'Neil, On the hill above, raised his
hand for the third time; but a. third
blast was unnecessary. Gordon and
the men rushed ‘for cover before
O'Neil’s hand came down and he plac-
idly removed his'hat and smoothed
his hair. laughing at the sight of the
scuming men below.
i
and Eliza had been standing, interest—
ASPIRIN
Name “Bayer” on Genuine
Warning?
E"Bas'er" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
’ crlbed by physicians for twenty-one
frears and proved safe by 'millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bay-
for package for Colds. Headache. Neu-
iralgla.
:aohe. Lumbago and for, Pain. Bandy
:tin boxes of twelve _Bayer Tablets of
EAspirin cost few cents. Druggists
iulso sell larger packages. Aspirin (5
Wk here. I‘ll send you to jail .or
luck you mig‘fit get a. court decision
Some distance from the scene Dan ,
Unless you see the name .
Rhi‘umatisrn, Earache, Tooth- ,
Ethe trade mark of Bayer Manufacture,
, WEDNESDAY, DEC. '1', 1921
ed spectemm of the arran-
and as the
second blast went 01:. E
3 H23. clutched
"€08.11." she gasped, "stop him!
Those men are going to their deathm
Dan laughed, too interested in his
chief’s clever tactics at the moment to
explain.
Watching the men rush to cover.
under a hail of stones, Eliza. could
stand it no longer. “So that's your
Irish Prince!" she exclaimed. ‘fHe's
an Irish murderer!” and. leaving Dan.
she made her way back to Omar,
where she spent the rest 0: the day.
writing a .vir'ulent account of O’Neil's
apparently ruthle$ and lawless met}:-
ods of grabbing right-obways to
Alaska‘s goldfields
i
(To Be Continue; ’ cf, - :I
W
musmrs soy- n L ‘
A“ a -
Bnmsmcx, German f}: "
The Duke 0: Ennis-nick ( "‘
Kaiser’s only son-in.lavr .: ‘1"
State of Brunswick f0; « ll...
‘VO
marks, with the latex-(st 11;.
accrued since the revolting;
that he ha. s not received a 1.
his estates. although an H
400, 000 marks was agree;
The Duke complains that ’
ble any longer to pav his
penses unless he receh es tr»
ed amount. ,
DOROTHY RICHARDS and KEN. sen HMMN
"THE BARRICADE5‘~‘R- c Picrvaes comr.gp?
179
1 1111ch ~ nr-Iw-rs from Mr. ("54112 "This is .212 ozltrnnei" be slimmed. 'ms‘ Monoacetlraeidestor of Sufiirvl‘x‘b'I
. .‘ . ,.. . . , _ m;_..... ‘e "'lE1-I‘£'l'
‘0 r"._l~»t‘:s'“ your umzllr lingtllmls. "lhe 511w Hzx- 5 mr ll;- z‘nflsl In lay in} fi‘isfld. 5 “T L RL(J"\1 TEL R “31 d\i A“
> , , .
A] 'T
; innumnanmg
ll
5g _ CAN'T ENJOY LIFE
wkhasmgsour,bloaledstom-
och. Food does nol‘nom'ish.
Mikamcecfmiey.an§ng
Pains, belching, dizziness and head-
aches.
‘g The person mt?! a bad stomach
‘$0uld be sansfirdwixh noting less
.Eléapumamghsungrefid.
;'g.m¥'¥§flttm:§ywifladnpoa the
Deposit ‘lc Est
crease 10 each
~1c Club
42c Club
5c Club
10c Club
crease it each
Deposit 5c is
crease So each
' “a:
as: - .1 - '~ '
maummanmaunmmmuhuum 4mmumm"amply?“-nuuunuuauntIutlzulmlmufllmlfllmfll
Deposit 2c is: week,
Deposit 10c 15‘.
crease we each week—in 513 weeks.
IMPORT ANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Opening 0 Our New
CHI B
.oooulloI-cllolooeluted-n:-oc-nIsyn-nunusvconn-onoout:u-recolooclsnuue‘tuouo
next Xmas you will have A . _
week. 2c 2nd meek I-n .
week—1:; 5:: “Celts ...... $1201- ‘5
4-: End peek. In-
week—in Sun: eks ...... 25-50
week. :t'éc 2nd neck. 13- 'P'
week—in» 50 weeks. . . 63- (3
week. 26c 2nd week. In-
.ui.
127.50
Y 0U CAN BEGIN WITH THE LARGEST PAYMENT
W
INVITATION TO ALL
Our Bank extends to every man. woman and child.
I . .
m our City and community
a cordial invitation to come
in and §oin our new CHRISTMAS CLUB
This is the most popular plan ever deviSed for
having monev next Christmas and enables those of
small means those 111 moderate circumstances and also
business men to lay aside money by systematic deposits
each week.
To Join Is Easy—No
cost, no dues. no red tape.
Look at the Tables below and select the Club Yourwish
to join, 1c 2c, 5c. 10c.
25c. 50c, $1 S2. $5, S10, $20 or
more and come into our Bank with the first deposit. '
W e will enroll vou as a member of the Club and give ‘
you a pass book shoe mg the money depOsited.
That is all there is to it.
EVENT AMOUNT CLUE PLAN
25c Club 3:33“.._‘i:?‘f11f’.3:“.’3._.‘TS‘TITfi.5f?- $12.50
506 Club 55.1233? fife. . felts“. .. f? 25.00
$1 Club 3:3 . . f3. . f??? . . rife t . . 3? 50.00
$2 7 Club 1315155? '32 ‘ _ each week + in so , 100 09
‘VGE’ '-a..’..o"-.--....-....;..‘........ 0‘
PLAN OF THE CLUB
The plan is simple: In the Increasing Clubs you begin wtih a certain amount, 1e, 24: Se or
10c and increase your deposit the same amount each week.
In the Decreasing Club, you begin with the largest payment and Decrease each week.
In the Even Axnount- Glubs you begin with a certain amount,
$20, or any amount and deposit the same amount each week.
25c50c$1$2,$5,$10
5* mmmmumnmtmmmumImummunuumfimmmmmfigau
@K‘fiee‘” 3’53”
;E;B!AK
START NOW AND HAVE MONEY NEXT CHRISTMAS
INCREASING CLUB PLAN
EV EN AMOUNT
$5 Club
310 Club
320 Club
3100 Club
De p osit
weeks
Deposit
weeks
Deposit
weeks
Deposit
weeks
AND DECREASE EACH VV'EEK
MONEY EARNERS
Mil start you n__q_w in OVER. -
(HR SW55 «$.03
OIOUOICCCIIIUICIONIIQ’IIIquI-i-‘I-alt'tie n...- .W Iflvtutlfia nttuioltiillftitev
next Xmas you will base
each
CLUB PLAN
$258.30
500.80
1,060.00
5,Gfi&€t6
week-in
You will never miss the money you deposit each week, and at the. end of fifty week.
”9115611 P358 quickly, you will have a nice sum available for your Christmas, or start a regular
account to help buy a Home, Educate the children or go into Business for y
“Deposit some money regularly every week—That' is our plan.
00E HAND JOIN TODAY.
; ,-_n,.
...-,—-- fwd-98¢ ~
Norwalk Chronicler