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The fifteen irl hadn't returned, so he idly leafed through the directory to pass the time With the exception of Kodak, Martin Marietta, and Gates Rubber, there were very few companies he'd heard of Then suddenly he stiffened Under the J listings his eyes picked out a Jensen and Thor Metal Fabricators in Denver He tore out the page, stuffed it in his pocket, and tossed the booklet back on the counter

"Here you are, sir," the girl said "That'll be fifty cents"

Donner paid and quickly scanned the headline in the upper-right-hand corner of the old newsprint's reproduction The article covered a mine disaster

"Is it what you were looking for?" the girl asked

"It will have to do," he said as he walked away

Jensen and Thor Metal Fabricators was situated between the Burlington-Northern rail yards and the South Platte River; a ated monstrosity that would have blotted any landscape except the one that surrounded it Inside the work shed, overhead cranes shuffled enor or that e from the attack The ate concrete walls and tall arched s

An attractive, large-breasted receptionist escorted hi-carpeted hall to a spacious paneled office Carl Jensen, Jr, ca; noHe had a neatly trimmed mustache and wore an expensive plaid suit He looked for all the world like a UCLA graduate; Donner couldn't see hi else

"Thank you for taking the time to see me, Mr Jensen"

Jensen s ton campus and all How could I refuse?"

"As Ion some old records"

Jensen's smile thinned "You're not from the Internal Revenue, I hope"

Donner shook his head "Nothing like that The government's interest is purely historical If you still keep theh November of 1911"

"You're putting hed

"I assure you, it's a straight request"

Jensen stared at hiht company?"