The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-07


 Iopa, Nhich is considered the unI cky stone O. the world There are many persons who would not accept a ring or pin wlih an opal Then there are thers w4o Lal.eve that ,h,, stone brings luck And this man is Gus Brown promoter and all around good fel ow who hats from Dubuqle, OoNa.
 Mr. Brown wears stick pin that he considers the finest b ack Aus. traian opal. ever mined. There is an interes ing story attached 10 this opal which he related tc friends in the rot nda of the Eastman hote', at O sdpe: stitious night gathering. 1 During the Panama Pacific expo si,ion, noticed in the Australian l exhibit or precious stones, man folishins a black opal, said Mr. Brown "l am not a superstlti-us man. don't believe in mediums: for tone tellers or seer. Of any kind, but must confess that the opal had a sort Of mystic spell over me. went from bAls' hNbAii bA dIbhittis lluN AHGi OlftAA which | had cast my eyes upon kind of hypnotized me, l found myself go- ing back to that opal; it magnitized me The man polishing the opal which was the most brilliant and ir.i- deecent stone ever saw apparently haunted me. l went home and told my wife about the opal She adyiaed me not to tyutha
 me not to buy that stone Which she said always carried q bad omen.
 That same night. my wife missed her bag of jewels. We began a search for them but cold not locate the gems.
 Alter a thorough search. We were convinced that they had been stolen,
 hired private detectives The4-fo1 lowing day I fonnd my-e in y on+ of that opal again. 1t had F-oan conn. pletely polished and dSxsE. tho ,yorn. ing. of my wife .lar N od tho iowol
 "o'' -'N-i!e home with ii. Mrs. '"""n ss~ jst became hysterical Get :" v that opal; give it away sell it " throw the gem out Of the window, | We win have bad luck forever sa' q my wife But the opal proved to be a stone of luck instead of misfortune.
 Mir. Brown said that his wife oCk. ed into the stone and to her great amazemant desphered the word 'hootback" She told her husband what word she had discovered bN looking at the opal. Then Mr. Brown began tc think He remembered that the bootblack had been called mtt their rooms to take the hoots to be shined QHck as a fash, Mrs. B-owr recalled of having placed her bag oN jewels in one of Mr Browl's shce. for safe keeping And the shoe whici contained the jewels numbered among the boots. taken down stairs t1 th haotuack
 A rapid estleation followed whic. ended in the boob ack confe sing tha he had found the jewels The maI had sold several pieces but these wer Iall recovered
 Now the opal is called the luck stone in the Brown family
 Mir Brown is said to hava atteude more big prize fights than any 1the man in the world. Tn the past th.r years. Mir Brown hae not missed
 bout, either in America, Europe O Australia Mir Brown i. manager tBmy Misk and Gus Chrsty who ar in the light heavyweieht champion ships Of ;he world.
 Mir Brown is one cf the oadin prize fight promoters of the countT and he pulls off corking bouts O Brown Island. al East DubuQVe A cordng to his maaaeer s. F. Beriii Mir Brown is going to tage hi s bout on Decoration Day, which wi , be an attraction worth going man , mics to ee