The advanced construction camp of the new Southern and Western Railroad had been set up at Warren City, and almost at once the little village became a boom town. Not only railroad men, but gamblers, confidence men, even outlaws thronged the main street! Matt Kirby, in charge of company stores for Warren and Miles had found a cottage for his mother on the outskirts of town, and one evening as they ate their supper together, she sensed that there was something wrong with Matt, who confessed that he was worried for his mother in the railroad town which was becoming rough and disorderly...