The Face at the Window and the Band Creek Hold Up
Norcross and his secretary Dodds aid Sheila Macrae and her cousin Maisie Ann at Band Creek during a peculiar train hold up. Chadwick, a kidnapped magnate, is rescued and offered control of Pioneer Short Line while Dunton and Hatch plot to block reorganizing its directors. Dodds overhears a plot to arrest the Boss on murder charges, and Norcross seizes control of the railroad, resisting Dunton’s appointee as manager. Dodds uncovers Sheila’s marriage and continues covert work against Red Tower scheming.
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Hynopala
Graham Morcross
Jimmy Dodds
Band Creek
Sheila Macrae
Maisie Ann
Norcross
Ear Ag
John Chadwick
Portal City
Dodds
Chadwick
Pioneer
Hatch and Banckel
Red Tower Corporation
Citizens’ Storage and Warehouse Company
Sheila Macrae Dodds
Sheila
Jimmy
Pioneer Short Line
Dismuke
Dunton
Jitfimie
Red Tower
Boas
Graham
Ripley
Tarbell
Fred May
Clanahan
Jimmie
Bullard
Ber
Bullock
Henry Bullock
Graham Norcross
G. M
Mr. Collingwood
Sinft
Night Express
Collingwood
Morning Herald
Petrolite Canyon
Shaffer
van Britt
the Herald
Kirgan
Ike
Brockman
Upton
The Window Watcher Reveals a Dunton Relative
In a tense scene at the major's house, the narrator spots a prowler under the trees and confronts danger while deciphering a web of loyalties. A familiar, disreputable figure, the president’s nephew, appears at the window, hinting at deeper political and criminal intrigues behind the rail strike.
The Name on the Register in a Night of Danger
In a tense chase a gun in daylight threatens the boss and Mrs. Kendrick as young Collingwood prowls Major Kendrick’s home. The narrator shadows Collingwood, discovers a signature erased from a hotel register, and uncovers a dangerous web linking the hotel stopover, a petrolite wreck, and mounting newspaper criticism of Norcross’s management.
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Clanahan
Collingwood
Major Kendrick
Sheila
Jimmie
Yanish
Tarbell
Mr. Norcross
Bullard
West
Howard Collingwood
New York
Portal City
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