Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1916 — The City of numbered Days [ARTICLE]

The City of numbered Days

BYNOPSIB. —B— chief engineer of the Niquoia Irrigation dam, meets J. Wesley Cortwrlght and his daughter, Genevieve and explains the reclamation work to them. Cortwright sees In the project a big chance te make money, organises a company and obtains government contracts to furnish power and material for the dam construction. A busy city springs up about the site. Steve Masslngale threatens to start a gold rush if Brouillard does does not Influence President Ford to build a railroad branch to the place, thus opening an easy market for the ore from the "Little Susan” ftiine. On a visit to Amy Masslngale at her father’s mine Brouillard teUs her of his need for money to pay oft his dead father’s debte and that to ba free he would sacrifice anything save his love for one woman. Though his influence Is vital to the building of the railroad extension she tells him to be true to himself. He decides for It. Mirapolis, the city of numbered days, booms. Cortwright persuades Brouillard to become consulting engineer of the consolidated electric power company in return for SIOO,OOO stock. Permanent building in Mirapolis and a real estate boom are In full swing when the stoppage of work on the rhilroad threatens a panic. Brouillard spreads the Masslngale story of placer gold in the river bed and starts a gold rush. The gold rush promises to stop the reclamation project. Amy tells Brouillard that her father has incorporated the "Little Susan" and is in Cortwright’s clutches financially. He tells her he has made SIOO,OOO and declares his love.

Just imagine feelings of a man who has blunted his conscience and turned a questionable trick In finance in order to please the girl he loves, and then has been severely judged by the young lady when she discovered his handiwork. What steps will Brouillard take to square him-•elffJn-Amy** eyw?"^

By Francis Lynde

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