New Britain herald., 1928-03-19
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I, va, then that Jack stuart laughed. HIe reared and ha"-ha"'l. ss- -haved, laughed Grul u- tears poured from his eyes. He forgot al- together The question JJll had ashetl. He didn't hat1 70 tell rla mother c he Littlast Woman, nor sIs'.r Mon ica, the cause of his u'r'M lr@3 aouldn't avoid seeing, and ths >iEif- almost conruIseI even t1" a1e'us's4 .ls,ar. r was in truth. a sigh, '5 -ha,re- the lacorum 0f d wooden Indian.
 Jacks thumb nd llsapl ar-.- ,-.- .rely. Tc th, intensely 3a'a7a=ie4 pecta,ors-airseI. irclgaa---u ~a- perfectly obvious 'tat tH- ltt,.as- woman VAS getting a 7lea4--o- thought she vas at hast. And i57- me means be removed 7tsa f-' wasn't looking. Ter t"u small hands with all fingers, were cIHrctln9 m what looked iIke a deafhlasa grip,
 The hoai tar instantly followed -l.e wIttdrs~al ot that which sha -aemed to hate found so deheiols, proved tha Iattlast Woman had pair 0, lungs 70 compare 7lta pair Of lungs 10 compare vita
 But the incident ridiculous thonsh ir was, served a mos valuable pur- pose n that il e. ar'I inc atlEoS- qhere to 6 better understanding, temporarily al least between Jill and Jack. Nncn he took leave O his wife and last-born, h. hlssf1 ] lhcm bo'h very tendy rly, and te't far happier woman than he had found or arrival
 Eut,. II IS a Well-knoHn fact that ondltions that Hill breed dlscord once. arr almost sure 70 repeat at another tirne regardless Of good in tentions on the parts Of those most interested.
 Thus it Has rith the Stlarts Three months after the coming Of little Jill. as the last-born was f. nally christencd, affairs in that household had reverted 10 the level obtained before the birth, And again their troubles were due almost dl- rac,ly to the debasing influences of Easy Money"
 From, the da, he entered the field Of business. II seemed quite clear ;o all his friends and acqualntances that Jack Stuart was riding fo 3 serious, fl not I fatal, fall That is what eyerybody--or nearly every = predicted Among the mi lority. oddly enough, was Jill. She eaid very little. but what ll'tle she sald was 2. hoos, for Jacks success.
 Owing to Pat Sweeney's investiga tons. it finally developed that the missing soldier, Davidson. had, in reality, died in France. The man supposed to have been him, Hhc was discharg ed from the Ohio hos pital, had never lived Tn Ellison and knew nothing about any prop erty there. When these facts hat been thoroughly proven, t was de cided by the partners, Sweeney, Stu art and Justin, that an equal divi sion Of the $50. .0o0 placed in trus' for the soldier should be made, each Of them to receive one-thlrd, or sls,- G66 with the accrued interest. Nhel this arrangement had been com ple'ed. Pat. with the trjo's consent had begun the work of sinking !; well for oil, and getting out nor ore. Y if were found that the tung sten value still carried, they roull .hen proceed with the mines devei opment on q l1rser plan, Thus mat ters stood.
 Lady Luck is fish'y. 3. eperyon'
 grccs. And tho people she tayors md the means she employs 10 fur ther her ends, arc what make he The plaything of the gods, the slip uery Lady Of Chance! She is so un
 Npec,ed. For instance:
 Jack Stuart had knopn To months. along with some half doze dose friends who "tickled" the mar
 et nov and then. that R. dc <. W Has due for "ballooning. l. va slated for tremendous rise.
 And so. when B. 6; s. W. ven town to $. and hung there for day and days. Jack q, last told himsel it vas time 10 buy He meant 70 rlsl ten thousand-and he did But Il 4ls excitement Jack put up hi ,oin." and when his broker read 'h order it instructed him 10 sell That was illt-just sell. Not 'hpy, ont sell" And 10 sell, with not1in 10 sell. h. must in stock marke parlanc, "sell short" using Jack sio.ooo as margin 10 cover jos: This ha JiI.
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