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"
Well
,
who
owns
those
fields
now
?
"
"
Nobody
—
at
the
moment
.
There
being
no
will
or
heirs
,
the
government
has
taken
charge
of
operating
the
fields
—
as
a
measure
of
public
necessity
—
for
seven
years
.
If
Ellis
Wyatt
does
not
return
within
that
time
,
he
will
be
considered
officially
dead
.
"
"
Well
,
why
did
they
come
to
you
—
to
us
,
for
such
an
unlikely
assignment
as
oil
pumping
?
"
"
Because
it
is
a
problem
of
great
technological
difficulty
,
requiring
the
services
of
the
best
scientific
talent
available
.
You
see
,
it
is
a
matter
of
reconstructing
the
special
method
of
oil
extraction
that
Wyatt
had
employed
.
His
equipment
is
still
there
,
though
in
a
dreadful
condition
;
some
of
his
processes
are
known
,
but
somehow
there
is
no
full
record
of
the
complete
operation
or
the
basic
principle
involved
.
That
is
what
we
have
to
rediscover
.
"
"
And
how
is
it
going
?
"
"
The
progress
is
most
gratifying
.
We
have
just
been
granted
a
new
and
larger
appropriation
.
Mr
.
Wesley
Mouch
is
pleased
with
our
work
.
So
are
Mr
.
Balch
of
the
Emergency
Commission
,
Mr
.
Anderson
of
Crucial
Supplies
and
Mr
.
Pettibone
of
Consumers
’
Protection
.
I
do
not
see
what
more
could
be
expected
of
us
.
The
project
is
fully
successful
.
"
"
Have
you
produced
any
oil
?
"
"
No
,
but
we
have
succeeded
in
forcing
a
flow
from
one
of
the
wells
,
to
the
extent
of
six
and
a
half
gallons
.
This
,
of
course
,
is
merely
of
experimental
significance
,
but
you
must
take
into
consideration
the
fact
that
we
had
to
spend
three
full
months
just
to
put
out
the
fire
,
which
has
now
been
totally
—
almost
totally
—
extinguished
.
We
have
a
much
tougher
problem
than
Wyatt
ever
had
,
because
he
started
from
scratch
while
we
have
to
deal
with
the
disfigured
wreckage
of
an
act
of
vicious
,
anti
-
social
sabotage
which
.
.
.
I
mean
to
say
,
it
is
a
difficult
problem
,
but
there
is
no
doubt
that
we
will
be
able
to
solve
it
.
"
