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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-08-07, Page 7Oyu �!n CHAPTER •XI SYNOPSIS A man identified as Joseph S1i$4t is found drowned in the Hu on river near Albany N. T, Sld.nn, was Insured b the Protec- tive Life Insurance comipa'wy, and his sbeneficiary is a man named B. B..,Twombley who lives in Troy. 21he.company's Albany agent, Car- lin, identifies the body, and the ., insurance money " is paid to Twombley. But ' Jerry Glidden, suspecting that Slinn was murder- ed, went to Albany to investigate. Learning that Carlin has, gone to Maine, he goes on too the little Pennsylvania mining town of Ir- ooburg to see an "Angela Slinn." She turns out to be an ugly re-. cluse of a woman who lives in a shack near the 'abandoned "Break. . 0' Day;'!}ron. mine. Rose Walker, granddaughter of the owner • of the• mine, rugs the local store and post office. Wheh a man regis- isters at the hotel as B. B. Twom- bley of . Portland, Maine, Jerry wipes Troy and learns that Twom- bley has moved to Maine. He has already seen Twombley with Rose Walker, and again at Angela Slinn's shack, so 'Jerry is not sur- prised to discover that he is try- ing to buy the ?Break 0' Day" mine. Jerry goes to the mine to . get a sample of the ore. While he is there, something is thrown 'into. the water. Believing that someone has tried to kill him, Jerry decides to go to Americus, a nearby town, instead of return- ing to Ironburg. • He reached Americus long after midnight. Everything was • closed tight: the sole lights were the •blue - sputtering arc -lamps at the corners. The sole person encountered was a large, fat man with whota Jerry collided -at his second turning toward what he remember s Elm Avenue, the main street. "Who're you an' what do ' yon want?" the fat man demanded. "If you come to that," Jerry coun- tered, "who are you?" .."Constable Campbell. You'd best speak up." "Youwouldn't know who .I was if i told you, because I'm not anybody of any importance. I don't belong here. tm just walking through, but I want to find the telephone exchange and get on to a long, distance wire." "Shut up," said the policeman. "What?' You mean I'm to?" "It is. Our exchange closed at twelve tonight an' won't ' open till seven. The night girl's took sick, an' she couldn't find ;no substitute." There was nothing for it save to rout out the clerk at the Hotel Amer- icus and -at more expense, -lie down on, a hard bed for six hard hours, "My coat'll dry, anyhow;" Jerry com- forted himself. . • Up at six, he got to his telephone. and roused, betimes, at a Philadel- �9 9111111 bis street address,.but i1'. you'll*" "Thanks, I will, 'old• man." Jerry spoke to an unconnected telephone, hoin!ever: He had already hung up and was seeking a timetable to find out how soon he could start for Pitts- burgh. None the less, he had one other 'phone call to make this morning. He called Ironburg. He got Miss Walker on the wire. r • . "What happened to ycu?" thus she replied to the announcement of his identity. " Oh-" he was pleased by her con- cern -"1 went for a starlight stroll. And I lost my way. Arid I'm in Am- ericus She punctured his conceit. "I ask- ed because Mr. Hassler was over here worrying; a few minutes ago." "I was seeing the night life of Americus, but I'm all right now. Say,' Rose, I've got to go away on business for about twehty-four hours. .i)o you 'mind?" I'll never survive it." "Is Angie Slinn in there in the store with you?" "Yes. Do tell me about" your busi ness trip." "I can't -over the 'phone. But I want °you to promise : me some- thing." "Are you proposing?" "Sure; but I'm also telling you not to close any business deal with that guy we were talking about last night -not till I get back, or till you hear from me, anyhow." ."why? Desperately' he consulted his watch. Some sort of reply he had to give..A phrase sprang ready made"' ream nts• lips, just because prevarication is .'J -easy. "I've got to go! I can just catch my train's tail if I do a nosedive for it! I told you I wasn't ,my own boas Well, for one . thing, I believe ,our own interests .'depend a gooi deal on an answer I must get to a letter I didn't' mail to my 'employers till last evening. Not to do anything -any- thing -before tomorrow night, any- how. Will -you -promise?" Frem the other wire end travelled to him a gulp of feminine incredui- ity:. "A letter you mailed► out. here?" . '"Certainly." And then the blow fell. "Jerry, don't try to lie to me. There's just one letter -box in Iron - burg, and that's the one here at the store. Early this morning I had -Angie collect everything in it, and I put a lot in the bus mailbag myself. There wasn't a single letter - only a handful of postcards." "Rose-" Click! She had rung off. 'In the 'booklined office of his Ran- leigh laboratory, Tecumseh Sherman Bower had pulled a pair of old-fash- ioned steel -mounted 'spectacles far down ..upon an old-fashioned hook nose and looked over them at.Jerry: ?From what you tell me, I gather that the' water would present no in- surmountable difficulty to the engin- eering mind. The question., therefore, II1.1P 11Il19jmllpiiiH' ee "'lou have got hold of a fairly l;'igh class or steel ore," l,hia • boarding horse, a young Now Yorker, who had lately been sent to the P.L.I.'s Quaker City branch. Mr. Wraxall, the gentleman• in question wasn't grateful,. "Glidden talking," said Jerry. "When does your office open?" "Nine o'clock. It's 7.30 now. Thank you for catling me in time." "Don't mention it; but your priv- ate mansion'll ;10 just as well, as long as 'you're in itt Didn't you once try to sneak,, through the University of Pennsylvania?" "I graduated from it." ,"Lucky for U.P. Say; listen, Wrax- all: I want the name of the best man that institution's got in the practical metallurgical line. The kind rho can pick up a; cobblestone and tell you why it's coal. Got me?" ' "His name's Bower," the unhesi- tating Wraxall responded, "and he isn't itt Penn now, because. if you'll rub your eyes and look at the calen- dar,. you'll see this is the month of July," "Then where is he? And if he isn't handy, who Is?" "Tecumseh Sherman Bower •lives aotneWhere in Ratlleigh. That's a diiburb_pf.,Pittsburgh..•E'to not whine to ..fix I' concerns solely these specimens." Henodded at what looked to Jerry more than ever like rubbish. It was the still sodden contents of ti'ose pockets filled at the Break 0' Day' banks. "Of course I don't know if I got the right stuff -or got it in the right• Way, Doctor. I mean I didn't know bow to select samples-" "The tests will tell if you were wrong -or else that the deposit is." ,"When must I come back?" "In two hours." "And about the fee: do I pay it now or then -or later?" "Ah, yes, the honorarium. Well, fust as you please," said Dr. Bower in a tone that plainly meant "At once!" • Jerry further, dbd this time almost completely, ruined his biliroll. So much at the first session. Now the second had begun, and Jerry Was here for theleverdiet. The expert, ap- proached- his hands to eaoh other, the tips of their long fingers touching and leaned back in his swivel chair. "I am riot aware, 342'. Glidden, tie to whether you are cognizant of the leading facts in the .chronicle of th . iron and steel •industy "" ;4 I.rt ,iflJ �ll ,• Jerry wasn't and didn't want to he, bait it was impossible to say so. One interview with this specialist had convinced his client of Dr. Bower'e impenetrable scholarship. Having re- ceived his fee, he was determined to give good measure in ,return• "I don't know anything about 'em," said Glidden. • "Ah! In order that you may under, stand about those specimens which you brought me, I must indicate the' leading points of the °•Industry's ter- tiary period." "VeryThvell," •moaned Jerry. "Before-" Dr. Bower resumed -- "before that- period, we had a con- version of the metal into fusible .•est= iron. Huntsman in 1740 removed the ore's gangue by melting. But the process was expensive and never coin pletely satisfactory. Not until more than a century later -to be exact, in 1856 -did Bessemer make his magn.ti- cent ,discovery. By the open-hearth Method, he'•developed a hitherto un- preeede.nted heat of 1,500 degrees Centigrade, So he could liberate low carbon steel and wrought iron from cinder mechanically entat:gled. here- with. He liquidated those previously practically infusible factors. Am •I, clear, Mr. Glidden?" ;'A11, 'bsoiutely!" Jerry; litr,d. VW see, ell; 'I'wanted.'to hnowee-" "AVM what yon •clave told Me, t. gather'' th; t the deppsi4. , iu. Atestioz; werea Gas@.iii axgta *any finch e Gonegrla , Went !WO tb ' be41.1Ful?t!k :a d was forgotten before S 'G: Then as €oundthe way to eliminate the. plops phorua from a}1,y slag rich it4 1i ne." Here was, at last, .something worth, hearing,. dj.d .that ia'pp-en?'i asked Jerry. "In 1898..' Meanwhile, metallurgical surveys had "'been. ixnpeerfectiy con- ducted and maps . by . no means kept up to date" As I have already inti mated, not a. few banks now poten- tially valuable fell into the possession of persons out of touch with the in- dustry's progress and so-" The concluding words of that sem; tence Jerry never did hear. He had heard -enough to turn his whole be- ing into one great nerve that respond- ed to a single emotion. Rose's grand- father ,had died in '77, and her pau- perized father had vowed never again, to read or listen to a word about iron ore. 1877: a year before the great invention! "That's all right; Doc," Jerry fairly wailed, "but just tell me, yes or no, if this stuff of mine's got the right amount of lime in it. For the love of=" The expert was human, after all. Over his lowered spectacles, he smil- ed. "My judgment is that you have got hold of a fairly high class of steel ore." "What!" Jerry's heart jumped into his throat. "What's it -Worth?" "How much have you?" "N'nne-but I have a friend who has a hill of it." "And the location?" "I'll -I'll have to consult her." "A lady?" The Doctor's smile en-., 3heiie speoi 1y life eoinee' short;' xviaiie a '''Khese ale theme, otli3 nzeptber *1*o .74,0f40 el assuming that th,e ei'sQn > o bre t11131•.bilnl t tIVIA.from kris own haze of the colil'itt'.ry,;..1 was surprised to learn there was slze1 ore„thereabouts,' Since Your interests, the rettifio, Gan't •possibly' ieteqere with diose •bf 'this: predecessor of yours among my 41r eats,' I may as well well you thathe,. was a Mr. Carlin -as I recollect, from Albany or Troy. Must you go, Mr. Glidden?" 11/111 -stile? . He was gone! He was out of the office; he was "Doing It Now" with a vengeance. In a minute he was hailing a fortunately passing taxi: "All' the way fn town! Union Sta- tion - and never mind the • traffic laws!" Carlin! The name of the P.L.L's agent who had secured the Joseph Slinn risk - and urged its accept- ance! Carlin, who had "gone on his"vaeation" near Casco. Bay, Maine, when beneficiary Twombley removed to Portland! Specimens from the Volley: indeed! Rose had talked of waiting twelve hours only. In the telegraph office, he could scarcely handle the pad of forms. The chain attached to the public pencil• -snapped. - He himself couldn't read the message he wrote for Rose. The operator , insiste3 on Glidden's verbal translation: . "WAIT. DON'T SELL. WAIT. J WIRY." -(Continued • Next Week5 almost .,tains sq.# 'be salvagett Canada's Wined. industries. Tie vides a#!i? c11er her articles yea'. home Auto ,t#0.0.•'.4110'4104, $'cycle tyres and tabes` 'Garden 'hose Rubber -soled foot'wea,r, , $nekl,f Vg pads Rubber graves' . Tennis and golf balls Rub1ber aprons • - ' Tractor; tires and tubes Hot water • bottles Rubbers, galoshes Rubber heels and soles Rubber sperigea ' ' ' ' Rubber tobacco pouches ,Bathing..caps . 4: Syringes MEND O* LOYHING'EARLY` To keep socks, clothes and house-; hold textiles in good repair, inspeol, often for thin 'septa and reinforce ` these places . before . they break through. Mending done this way will make for a mach neater finish than • after a hole has appeared. %a r r j / • r z// j j j • AT YOUR BANK AT YOUR AND t2 ca ill ('Y:'. 203 ti%i {•,�'1'tZ• w..8,(., E'YX' ': 1..)YI1.I.ARS "o ( F p."1"1 #€A'0 r 6, 1::3'' r \: i; • ark's XA ..-....n3, 088:4,,., ...t'.+?e YOU CAN NOW BUY WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES FOR IM Through 'the co-operation of your local Bank, Post Office or Trust Company, you can now buy War Savings Certificates in the most convenient way. You get delivery when you pay your money. Just state the "size" of certificate you want, and it will be registered in your name. These are guaranteed invest.. ments at $4.00 for $5.00 -$&.00 for $10.00-$20.00 for $25.00. (You cars also exchange 16 War Savings Stamps for a $5.00 Certificate.) INTEREST AT 3% • • TAX FREE • REDEEMA$LE • • • REGISTERED h' 1 National 1Far Finance Committee oetw ..$14,0194.1i. & . 'YS • Barsoterf.4 geliCi1+I1 ba-Ete, 111110120k D. MieCRnuellH. Glenn frays la la t• ,°•at ovra. aphome 174 11698- - K. I• McL�EAN Barrister, Bolloltor, , Etc SEAFORTH - - ONTARIO Branch Moo -- Homall Kemal' Seaforth Cheats 1112 Phone 173 MEDICAL , SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. A. MoMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto PAUL L. BRADY, M.D. Graduate of University of Toronto The Clinic is fully equipped with complete and modern X-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutics equipment. Dr. • F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases of. the ear, eye, nose and throat, .will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 3 to 5 p.m. • Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held on the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. . . 8687 - JOHN A. CORWILL, ILA., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phone 5-W - Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. . Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. 0. Sproat Phone 90-W - Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nese and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Qpthal- m 1 and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden, Square Throat Hos- pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, TEMD WED- NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.; also at_.Seaforth Clinic Bret Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. • 18-87 AUCTIONEERS • HAROLD.JACKSON-• • Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone Harold Jackson, 14 on 661, Seaforth; R. R. 4, Seaforth. 8768 - 'EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer For Huron' Vorreepondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be. inade Ior Sales Date at The Huron .Exposi- tor, Seaforth, or by calling Phone 203, Clinton. ' 3harges:atioderate•and satis- faction guaranteed.' • 'Bszs-52 • LONDON and WINGHAM NORTH ' A.M. Exeter 10.34 Hensen 10.46 Sipper 10.52 Brucefleld 11.00 Clinton 11.47 SOUTH •P.M. Minton 3.08 Brucefleld 3.28 Sippen • 3:38 Bengali 3.46 Exeter 3.58 • C.N.R. TIME TABLE EAST a 1.. A.M. P.M. I oderich .............. 6.15 2.30 Holmesville • • 6.31 2,4'8 Clinton • 6.43 3.00 Seaforth '6.59 • 3.22 St. f olumban 7:06 3.23 Dublin 7.12 8.2.9 Kitchell 7.2( 3:41 • • WEST • Mitchell 11.06- 9.28. Dublin ,,,.• 11.14, 9.36 aesi'orth 11.30 ' 9.47 Alinton. 11,45 10.00 Ooderich 12,05 10.25 CPA. TIME- TABLE EAST P.M. l iderich 4.40 Meneset ... ........... 4.46 McGaw 4.64 Auburn 'i6.08 plyth 6.14 Walton 6.26 WMWNaught 6.87 Toronto . .... .... 9.45 WEST AM. Prei'onto 8.$0 P.M. ush-t, ' :.1 12.04 Sltj+�• �1qn .. /i1 + .....4. ....•.......• _12.15 -....... 61-..... i6'12.28 t�kfab�4y.12.39( MOS* ..... '..w,,,i....... ..•.• 12.47 r' 666'46.1066.6666 • 1.2.54 LO �!n CHAPTER •XI SYNOPSIS A man identified as Joseph S1i$4t is found drowned in the Hu on river near Albany N. T, Sld.nn, was Insured b the Protec- tive Life Insurance comipa'wy, and his sbeneficiary is a man named B. B..,Twombley who lives in Troy. 21he.company's Albany agent, Car- lin, identifies the body, and the ., insurance money " is paid to Twombley. But ' Jerry Glidden, suspecting that Slinn was murder- ed, went to Albany to investigate. Learning that Carlin has, gone to Maine, he goes on too the little Pennsylvania mining town of Ir- ooburg to see an "Angela Slinn." She turns out to be an ugly re-. cluse of a woman who lives in a shack near the 'abandoned "Break. . 0' Day;'!}ron. mine. Rose Walker, granddaughter of the owner • of the• mine, rugs the local store and post office. Wheh a man regis- isters at the hotel as B. B. Twom- bley of . Portland, Maine, Jerry wipes Troy and learns that Twom- bley has moved to Maine. He has already seen Twombley with Rose Walker, and again at Angela Slinn's shack, so 'Jerry is not sur- prised to discover that he is try- ing to buy the ?Break 0' Day" mine. Jerry goes to the mine to . get a sample of the ore. While he is there, something is thrown 'into. the water. Believing that someone has tried to kill him, Jerry decides to go to Americus, a nearby town, instead of return- ing to Ironburg. • He reached Americus long after midnight. Everything was • closed tight: the sole lights were the •blue - sputtering arc -lamps at the corners. The sole person encountered was a large, fat man with whota Jerry collided -at his second turning toward what he remember s Elm Avenue, the main street. "Who're you an' what do ' yon want?" the fat man demanded. "If you come to that," Jerry coun- tered, "who are you?" .."Constable Campbell. You'd best speak up." "Youwouldn't know who .I was if i told you, because I'm not anybody of any importance. I don't belong here. tm just walking through, but I want to find the telephone exchange and get on to a long, distance wire." "Shut up," said the policeman. "What?' You mean I'm to?" "It is. Our exchange closed at twelve tonight an' won't ' open till seven. The night girl's took sick, an' she couldn't find ;no substitute." There was nothing for it save to rout out the clerk at the Hotel Amer- icus and -at more expense, -lie down on, a hard bed for six hard hours, "My coat'll dry, anyhow;" Jerry com- forted himself. . • Up at six, he got to his telephone. and roused, betimes, at a Philadel- �9 9111111 bis street address,.but i1'. you'll*" "Thanks, I will, 'old• man." Jerry spoke to an unconnected telephone, hoin!ever: He had already hung up and was seeking a timetable to find out how soon he could start for Pitts- burgh. None the less, he had one other 'phone call to make this morning. He called Ironburg. He got Miss Walker on the wire. r • . "What happened to ycu?" thus she replied to the announcement of his identity. " Oh-" he was pleased by her con- cern -"1 went for a starlight stroll. And I lost my way. Arid I'm in Am- ericus She punctured his conceit. "I ask- ed because Mr. Hassler was over here worrying; a few minutes ago." "I was seeing the night life of Americus, but I'm all right now. Say,' Rose, I've got to go away on business for about twehty-four hours. .i)o you 'mind?" I'll never survive it." "Is Angie Slinn in there in the store with you?" "Yes. Do tell me about" your busi ness trip." "I can't -over the 'phone. But I want °you to promise : me some- thing." "Are you proposing?" "Sure; but I'm also telling you not to close any business deal with that guy we were talking about last night -not till I get back, or till you hear from me, anyhow." ."why? Desperately' he consulted his watch. Some sort of reply he had to give..A phrase sprang ready made"' ream nts• lips, just because prevarication is .'J -easy. "I've got to go! I can just catch my train's tail if I do a nosedive for it! I told you I wasn't ,my own boas Well, for one . thing, I believe ,our own interests .'depend a gooi deal on an answer I must get to a letter I didn't' mail to my 'employers till last evening. Not to do anything -any- thing -before tomorrow night, any- how. Will -you -promise?" Frem the other wire end travelled to him a gulp of feminine incredui- ity:. "A letter you mailed► out. here?" . '"Certainly." And then the blow fell. "Jerry, don't try to lie to me. There's just one letter -box in Iron - burg, and that's the one here at the store. Early this morning I had -Angie collect everything in it, and I put a lot in the bus mailbag myself. There wasn't a single letter - only a handful of postcards." "Rose-" Click! She had rung off. 'In the 'booklined office of his Ran- leigh laboratory, Tecumseh Sherman Bower had pulled a pair of old-fash- ioned steel -mounted 'spectacles far down ..upon an old-fashioned hook nose and looked over them at.Jerry: ?From what you tell me, I gather that the' water would present no in- surmountable difficulty to the engin- eering mind. The question., therefore, II1.1P 11Il19jmllpiiiH' ee "'lou have got hold of a fairly l;'igh class or steel ore," l,hia • boarding horse, a young Now Yorker, who had lately been sent to the P.L.I.'s Quaker City branch. Mr. Wraxall, the gentleman• in question wasn't grateful,. "Glidden talking," said Jerry. "When does your office open?" "Nine o'clock. It's 7.30 now. Thank you for catling me in time." "Don't mention it; but your priv- ate mansion'll ;10 just as well, as long as 'you're in itt Didn't you once try to sneak,, through the University of Pennsylvania?" "I graduated from it." ,"Lucky for U.P. Say; listen, Wrax- all: I want the name of the best man that institution's got in the practical metallurgical line. The kind rho can pick up a; cobblestone and tell you why it's coal. Got me?" ' "His name's Bower," the unhesi- tating Wraxall responded, "and he isn't itt Penn now, because. if you'll rub your eyes and look at the calen- dar,. you'll see this is the month of July," "Then where is he? And if he isn't handy, who Is?" "Tecumseh Sherman Bower •lives aotneWhere in Ratlleigh. That's a diiburb_pf.,Pittsburgh..•E'to not whine to ..fix I' concerns solely these specimens." Henodded at what looked to Jerry more than ever like rubbish. It was the still sodden contents of ti'ose pockets filled at the Break 0' Day' banks. "Of course I don't know if I got the right stuff -or got it in the right• Way, Doctor. I mean I didn't know bow to select samples-" "The tests will tell if you were wrong -or else that the deposit is." ,"When must I come back?" "In two hours." "And about the fee: do I pay it now or then -or later?" "Ah, yes, the honorarium. Well, fust as you please," said Dr. Bower in a tone that plainly meant "At once!" • Jerry further, dbd this time almost completely, ruined his biliroll. So much at the first session. Now the second had begun, and Jerry Was here for theleverdiet. The expert, ap- proached- his hands to eaoh other, the tips of their long fingers touching and leaned back in his swivel chair. "I am riot aware, 342'. Glidden, tie to whether you are cognizant of the leading facts in the .chronicle of th . iron and steel •industy "" ;4 I.rt ,iflJ �ll ,• Jerry wasn't and didn't want to he, bait it was impossible to say so. One interview with this specialist had convinced his client of Dr. Bower'e impenetrable scholarship. Having re- ceived his fee, he was determined to give good measure in ,return• "I don't know anything about 'em," said Glidden. • "Ah! In order that you may under, stand about those specimens which you brought me, I must indicate the' leading points of the °•Industry's ter- tiary period." "VeryThvell," •moaned Jerry. "Before-" Dr. Bower resumed -- "before that- period, we had a con- version of the metal into fusible .•est= iron. Huntsman in 1740 removed the ore's gangue by melting. But the process was expensive and never coin pletely satisfactory. Not until more than a century later -to be exact, in 1856 -did Bessemer make his magn.ti- cent ,discovery. By the open-hearth Method, he'•developed a hitherto un- preeede.nted heat of 1,500 degrees Centigrade, So he could liberate low carbon steel and wrought iron from cinder mechanically entat:gled. here- with. He liquidated those previously practically infusible factors. Am •I, clear, Mr. Glidden?" ;'A11, 'bsoiutely!" Jerry; litr,d. VW see, ell; 'I'wanted.'to hnowee-" "AVM what yon •clave told Me, t. gather'' th; t the deppsi4. , iu. Atestioz; werea Gas@.iii axgta *any finch e Gonegrla , Went !WO tb ' be41.1Ful?t!k :a d was forgotten before S 'G: Then as €oundthe way to eliminate the. plops phorua from a}1,y slag rich it4 1i ne." Here was, at last, .something worth, hearing,. dj.d .that ia'pp-en?'i asked Jerry. "In 1898..' Meanwhile, metallurgical surveys had "'been. ixnpeerfectiy con- ducted and maps . by . no means kept up to date" As I have already inti mated, not a. few banks now poten- tially valuable fell into the possession of persons out of touch with the in- dustry's progress and so-" The concluding words of that sem; tence Jerry never did hear. He had heard -enough to turn his whole be- ing into one great nerve that respond- ed to a single emotion. Rose's grand- father ,had died in '77, and her pau- perized father had vowed never again, to read or listen to a word about iron ore. 1877: a year before the great invention! "That's all right; Doc," Jerry fairly wailed, "but just tell me, yes or no, if this stuff of mine's got the right amount of lime in it. For the love of=" The expert was human, after all. Over his lowered spectacles, he smil- ed. "My judgment is that you have got hold of a fairly high class of steel ore." "What!" Jerry's heart jumped into his throat. "What's it -Worth?" "How much have you?" "N'nne-but I have a friend who has a hill of it." "And the location?" "I'll -I'll have to consult her." "A lady?" The Doctor's smile en-., 3heiie speoi 1y life eoinee' short;' xviaiie a '''Khese ale theme, otli3 nzeptber *1*o .74,0f40 el assuming that th,e ei'sQn > o bre t11131•.bilnl t tIVIA.from kris own haze of the colil'itt'.ry,;..1 was surprised to learn there was slze1 ore„thereabouts,' Since Your interests, the rettifio, Gan't •possibly' ieteqere with diose •bf 'this: predecessor of yours among my 41r eats,' I may as well well you thathe,. was a Mr. Carlin -as I recollect, from Albany or Troy. Must you go, Mr. Glidden?" 11/111 -stile? . He was gone! He was out of the office; he was "Doing It Now" with a vengeance. In a minute he was hailing a fortunately passing taxi: "All' the way fn town! Union Sta- tion - and never mind the • traffic laws!" Carlin! The name of the P.L.L's agent who had secured the Joseph Slinn risk - and urged its accept- ance! Carlin, who had "gone on his"vaeation" near Casco. Bay, Maine, when beneficiary Twombley removed to Portland! Specimens from the Volley: indeed! Rose had talked of waiting twelve hours only. In the telegraph office, he could scarcely handle the pad of forms. The chain attached to the public pencil• -snapped. - He himself couldn't read the message he wrote for Rose. The operator , insiste3 on Glidden's verbal translation: . "WAIT. DON'T SELL. WAIT. J WIRY." -(Continued • Next Week5 almost .,tains sq.# 'be salvagett Canada's Wined. industries. Tie vides a#!i? c11er her articles yea'. home Auto ,t#0.0.•'.4110'4104, $'cycle tyres and tabes` 'Garden 'hose Rubber -soled foot'wea,r, , $nekl,f Vg pads Rubber graves' . Tennis and golf balls Rub1ber aprons • - ' Tractor; tires and tubes Hot water • bottles Rubbers, galoshes Rubber heels and soles Rubber sperigea ' ' ' ' Rubber tobacco pouches ,Bathing..caps . 4: Syringes MEND O* LOYHING'EARLY` To keep socks, clothes and house-; hold textiles in good repair, inspeol, often for thin 'septa and reinforce ` these places . before . they break through. 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