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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1922
Page
12
The story follows Sanders and Bob planning a nighttime job at Jackpot No. 3 amid an oil location dispute. A failed tunneling plan triggers a dam breach flooding the canyon. Steelman’s derrick is destroyed and a worker is found injured, with the fate of the others uncertain after a violent confrontation.
After a flood washes through the desert, Hart and his crew recover a pack of defeated gunmen. Dug Dobie, Shorty, and others are disarmed and hauled back to the derrick as tensions flare over who caused the dam to blow.
In a tense scene, Byington taunts Dug as Doble blasts Sanders the convict. Ad Miller, labeled the “human pincushion,” arrives in mockery before being escorted by the Jackpot crew. Two days later Miller boards a train back to the penitentiary under Emerson Crawford’s supervision.
Beootalong the engineer conductor and brakeman narrates a surreal stop in Teakettle Town. Nancy Nick and Buskins meet a puffy teakettle fairy who teaches a song about steam fairies before Scootalong announces the next station Dew Town and the trio resumes their ride.
Polly and Violet clash as Paul and Crenshaw discuss a distress call. Polly's jealousy worsens when Violet taunts her about Paul, while Polly realizes she loves him but seeks solitude. Paul pleads, Polly sobs, then he consoles her before leaving to give space until the story resumes.
Grandmother plans a Valentine tea for children as Mrs Kahler recounts frontier life in Oregon 1855. A pioneer storyteller recalls perils, escapes, and a frail wife growing strong, beginning with a lost horse and a lone Indian on a white horse. To Be Continued.
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