Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-24
CHAPTER X

stepped close Up 20 him.
I've got TO tell you something
she went on. swiftly. You'll say,
perhaps, that | should have told YOU
AZ first. but-well. | had my reasons.
But I've got to tell you now!n
She seemed. however. 70 be in no
great hurry. and stood A. il mar
shaling her thoughts, her lips set
in a straight line. lie waited. puz-
zled, anxious.
You might have thought it
strange she continued, finally,
"and YOU would. too she added.
flashing a quick smile 81 him. If
you'd been just a little less busy
about sizing me up. But you were
50 engaged IL didn't occur to YOU to
wonder how il happened that 1
should know tn road 20 well. But
never mind that now" she went on
swiftly. as he started 10 speak.
there's something else far more i'm
portant.'
In tn first place. Tony. ! brouel N
you here for a very particular pur-
pose. No, don't interrupt me" as
she saw his lips part. let M tell
you everything. and then YOU may
talk Anl be assured az this. my
friend, nothing is going 20 happen
10 you-'hat is. nothing harmfully
serious. | haven't lured you here
TO have you kidnapped and held for
ransOm
as you've probably heard men
toned. my father. Pat Sweeney, is
O sort OF general Spectator. TIE
deals in almost anything in which
there's a chance 20 make money-that
is, anything legal and legitimate.
"Well-and 80 that's that. Now
comes I'll she'll Of th' little secret.
or tn cause for action. as You
might say.
last November an old employee Of
my father, an expert in minerals and
ola man ~ has had on his pay
roll steady for more than tim years.
y Guernsey. ~ y called. visit
"a 1 i'm Chicago and showed him
some ore samples.
Dad had the samples assavcd.
They showed q value Of @lmost 9
per cent ,urEztcn. IAN extraordinarily
high percentage, Dad was told.
"The products manufactured from
tungsten ores. it seems. are divided
into three groups: Tungsten COM
poun y. employed W the arts a.
m0rdunts. pigments. ana other
things; then there's cruue tungsten
metal in the form of powder for
making fero-tungsten and tungsten
alloys. and the third rruuD is pure
tungsten. IN the form Of sheet. rod
0r wire. for use in lamps. Their
mionlc valves, A-lay tubes. and the
like.
"As a result 81 this eassay. Dad
aUI hia man Friday bin Guernsey
-journeyei "a th' place where Bin
h,i found th' urt which had been
piled there for more tran half q
century. III had been thrown aside as
Of no value. from the waste ore
taken from au old silver mine in tina
days when th' mining NJ gold and
silver was done mostly bv hand.
They reached th' place th' first r.
December. t0 find tl' Ure Hlc covered
hy l1 feet MI snow.
'It WITS Dads purpose t0 buy th'
property. hlt h, wanted first 20 learn
th' extent 0f the Vein mon which th'
tungsten one had been taken. lt.
seems trat th. cre. although WIDELY
distributed throughout th' wrrl1.
never occurs in massive form. It w.
found in many places throughout rl'
United states. often iu .sociltiou
with silver. tn amid cold. THE maat
important deposits gre in California
and Colorado. But i- is frequently
found in coal-bcaring localities like
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Usually VII ore Dies i1 narrow veins
along with ca~siter.tc - Whatever
that is-aud with q mineral known
as hisnulh-als M0lyh-drmum. if
y0u know what th1t ir. for ! don't.
Well. ANYHOW, naL uirai d bunch
or men with Big HhI Guernsey ~
surorirtrrd thc work. Thew erected
2 camp inside tn mine drift ana
ave- hcr1 busy ever stree.
And now Mike pausci as II
'o catch nor breath for " fresh start
now. as youll see. tn
weird part. When Dad began tl
look up th' ownership or tn prom
crty NE found III had been ou SAFE
for back taxes for more than I'm
years. That same fam. however. ana
only two weeks before then as he
learned. th' pr1nerty hgd been taken
up and q .aT title issued"
well. lIl he jiggered,n exploded
4Ni.t NINf NAsAN NntWEUAIN- Eal If.N
following thr recital with eyer-ir-
creasirg interest. riff Do isn't Our
Jacks oil Well. Whoevcv'd although
il? But 20 or. Mike. Who did he
find as th' owners WI th' nronertv 9'
HE didn't find ronlicd the girl.
a whimsical smile twisting ore cor
rer of her pretty mouth. "That is.
W. didn't find tn lawful. legitimate
owner. lie found a tav title had been
issued jointly ~ y Nr. Jack Stuart
and q Mr.. Anthonv n. Justin, both
Of Fllistc1. West Virginia.
But continued Mike. her smile
fading. there is shell-shocked SOL
der. who was discharged from q
hospital IN Ohio a year ago. who ~.
according To law. th' real owner.
This soldier was supposed 70 have
been killed In Franro-hlt he wasn't.
re has IN uncle. Dad learned. who
lives now In Flliston. This uncle
" an Ola skinflint. every body says.
IF he were to ret sn much rs nm
inFling ~ m truth about this &C,
we'll
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