Battery of startling power drives plot on mountain night
Larry Davenport, author, creates a powerful electric battery and is drawn into a market plot by Grimstead, a capitalist. Gardiner and Grimstead plot profit while Burton Davenport falls for him. Simmins plots theft as Davenport sleeps, and the battery’s potential is tested in a late night car ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Davenport
Grimstead
Larry
Caloruia
Davenport
Ross Gardiner
Burton Grimstead
Simmins
Burton
Gardiner
Pirates and a perilous night in the camp
In Chapter XXI the Pirate Chief guides Gardiner and Plunketty Snivvles in a tense escape. Burton discovers Larry is drugged and claims the car was stolen as Grimstead asserts he protects the idiot heir and plans to make him wealthy. Burton reacts with mixed loyalty and anger as the scene ends with her kneeling beside the sleeping man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Plunketty-Snivvles
Rapscallion
Grimstead
Burton
Larry
Ulae
Desperate Bridge Rescue and Dog Attack Escalate
A car on a flood damaged bridge plunges into turbulent waters after Gardiner is distracted by a dog attack. Grimstead faces Rapscallion as Burton rushes in, revealing tension at a tense camp scene.
Following the car into the Deep Barranca trap
Burton and Larry Davenport pursue the missing car after Gardiner’s fatal plunge. The crashed trestle and swift river end the project and wipe out Davenport’s notebook plans. Burton consoles Davenport while warning Simmins to stay quiet as they regroup for a new battery effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmins
Burton
Grimstead
Davenport
Larry
Gardiner
Ross Gardiner
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Plunketty
Cord
W. W. Beam
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S. E. Higgins Osteopathic Physician
Corner Oak and River Sts
Towa
Robert Bruce
State Savings Bank
Abe M. Devaul
Iowa
Robert J. Kent
Insurance
W. R. Bates, M. D
Carver
Fort Dodge
L. M. Graham Veterinarian
Kent Building
Amy Ireland
J. M. Bush
Misone
Plover
C. A. Julian Real Estate
Gox
Bowa
Iuyouire
JE Pingel
Col. HW. H. Grove
Mallard
Plunketty- Snivvles
Rap
Grinstead
Crimstead
Dad
Justen
Lemuel
Humble
Alice Buckman
Cedar Rapids Hide & Fur Co
R. W. Wilkin
Pocahontas Rendering Works
E. C. Olson
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