New Britain herald., 1928-02-17

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 Jill Justin, ultra-modern and q lambently lovely at 20 as the Saga My, starts out on . moon-ltt night tn August. accompanied by her brother Tony. to attend . harvest festival.
 The two run into an automobile l,old-up. Jill is Kidnapped by bandits, who carry her into the hills. from where she is rescued by Jack Stuart, who takes her home.
 It is the old story retold. Jack stays for a visit and remains to wed the lovely Jill. The passing of two years finds them the proud and happy parents of twin boys and girl
 Now transpires an event destined to bring about radical changes in the lives Of these people. Wandering through the hills back of the Justin home. Stuart stumbles onto an old abandoned silver mine. He also dis covers what he believes to be oil- bearing rock.
 It is Tony, however, in the follow ing April, who brings in the big news. He is inveigled into the hills by a pretty girl. who tells him her name is Mary, but she is "called Mike!" Mary. who is called "Mike,s is driving a costly roadster. and she asks Tony to guide her to . place in the hills known as The Devils Luck. Here she takes the lead and pilots nim into an electrically lighted chamber, from which she suddenly disappears only to reappear a mo- nent later.
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 Listen, Tony!" The girl had step- ped close up to him.
 I've got to tell you something" she went on. swiftly. "You'll say, perhaps, that I should have told you at first, but-well. l had my reasons. But I've got to tell you now!"
 She seemed, however. to be in no great hurry. and stood as if marshall ing her thoughts. her lips set in . straight line. He waited, puzzled. anxious.
 You might have thought 1t strange" she continued, finally, 'and you would, too," she added, flashing a quick smile at him. eff you'd been just . little less busy sizing me up. But you were so engaged 1t didn't occur to you to wonder how 1t hap pened that I show know tn road 50 well. never mind that now" she went on swiftly, as he started to speak. there's something else far more important"
 Tn tn first place. Tony, brought you here for very particular pur- pose. No. don't interrupt me" as she saw his lips part. Let me tell you everything, and then you may talk. And be assured of this, my friend. nothing serious is going to happen to you-that 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 a sort of general speculator. He deals in almost anything in which there's a chance to make money-that is, anything legal and legitimate.
 "Well-and 50 that's that. Now comes tn shell Of tn little secret, or tn cause for action. as you might say.
 Last November an old employe of my father, an expert in minerals and oil-a man he has had on his payroll steady for more than ten years. Big Bill Guernsey. he is called, visited Dad in Chicago and showed him some ore samples.
 Dad had the samples assayed. They showed a value of almost 6 per cent tungsten, an extraordinary high percentage, Dad was told.
 "The products manufactured from tungsten ores, 1t seems. are divided into three groups: Tungsten com- pounds, employed in the arts as nor dants. pigments. and other things: LHeu tHETc 5 CT uuC luh6otCh AhSlot All the form of powder for making fer ro-tungsten and tungsten alloys. and the third group is pure tungsten. in the form of sheet, rod or wire, for use in lamps. thermionic valves. X-ray tubes. and the like.
 "As result of this assay. Dad and his man 'Friday'-of Bill Guernsey -journeyed to tn place where Bill had found tn ore which had been piled there for more than half a century. It had been thrown aside as of no value. from the waste ore taken from an old silver mine in the days when tn mining of gold and silver was done mostly by hand. They reached tn place tn first of De- cember. to find tn ore pile covered by 10 feet Of snow.
 Tt was Dads purpose to buy tn property. but he wanted first to learn tn extent of tn vein from