XVI. Shut Off from the World
XVII. The Real Attack Begins
XVIII. When the Camp Grew Warm
XIX. Sheriff Grease Drops Dave
XX. Mr. Newnham Drops a Bomb
XXI. The Trap at the Finish
XXII. "Can Your Road Save Its Charter Now?"
XXIII. Black's Trump Card
XXIV. Conclusion




CHAPTER I

THE CUB ENGINEERS REACH CAMP


"Look, Tom! There is a real westerner!" Harry Hazelton's eyes
sparkled, his whole manner was one of intense interest.

"Eh?" queried Tom Reade, turning around from his distant view
of a sharp, towering peak of the Rockies.

"There's the real thing in the way of a westerner," Harry Hazelton
insisted in a voice in which there was some awe.

"I don't believe he is," retorted Tom skeptically.

"You're going to say, I suppose, that the man is just some freak