Bob Allen, star reporter on the Blade, gets a "hunch" that there is something big breaking in a fight for control of the C.I. and W.R.R. He knows that Granger, an unscrupulous financier, is fighting to get control of the stock. He goes out...See moreBob Allen, star reporter on the Blade, gets a "hunch" that there is something big breaking in a fight for control of the C.I. and W.R.R. He knows that Granger, an unscrupulous financier, is fighting to get control of the stock. He goes out on the story. He is captured and thrown in a deserted shack by two crooks hired by Granger to steal the proxies held by John Armstrong, the heaviest stockholder in the railroad. In the shack he finds Helen Armstrong bound and gagged. While they are there, Granger comes out to the shack and takes the proxies which Burns has forged from the originals he has stolen from Armstrong's safe. Burns destroys the original proxies. Bob overcomes the two crooks in a fight, rescues Helen and drives to town in time for the directors' meeting, where he denounces Granger and saves the day for Armstrong. Helen falls in love with him. Written by
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