Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 1015) (1925 03 13)

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_ BOYS, READ THE RADIO ARTICLES IN THIS NUMBER | No. 1015 MARCH 13, 1925 oO. S Peo oe He? cas acnenh “i rs cs ea ~ ~ Paul and Andy advanced upon the motionless figure. “Great Scott!” exclaimed Prescott, when he got close enough to look the grewsome object squarely in the fac ‘3a skeleton!” ‘ ‘ . ; 74 : a> 7 turning pale. “Oh lo

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Sal “am West 28d Street, New York, N. Y. ~ * No. 1015 » CHAPTER I.—The Death Bell. Boom!—Boom!—Boom! The sombre note of a * deep-toned bell, thrice repeated, at intervals of exactly fifteen seconds, smote upon the blustering night air, and the dull sound, caught by the wind, was borne for a mile along the winding country road to the ears of three persons in a light wagon, two of whom were boys, that was rattling along at a rapid rate in the direction whence the bell note had come. _ “What’s that, John?” *asked the elder of the two boys—a fine, handsome young fellow, of athletic build, known for many miles around in that neighborhood as Paul Prescott, the only son and heir of Geerge Prescott, a retired merchant, of Prescott’s Roost, West Newbury, Mass. The old man, he was all of eighty, but hale ‘and strong for his age, who drove the team of pays, shook his head solemnly, while a shiver _ ran through his frame, and a look of sadness gathered upon his countenance. He recognized 4n‘it the death-knell of Mr. Prescott, the father of the lad who‘had just spoken, and he believed, as firmly as the lad who had just spoken in his _ ear, that the boy in question was now an orphan. ‘There was a mystery about that bell that no one had ever been able to fathom. ‘Tt hung in a small, weather-scarred belfry ove ‘the roof of Prescott’s Roost, between the in, ivy-clad stone towers that formed a pic- esque effect to the front of the house facing road. That section of the building was said e over 200 years old, and had a history. When r. Prescott came into possession of the prop- erty, all but the front part of the ancient struc- ture was in a state of ruin and decay. It was urrounded by fifty acres of land, and he got it bargain. Instead of razing the whole of e old building, the new owner rebuilt it on its former lines, leaving the original front as it was, the romantic aspect of the ivy-covered towers d castellated entrance appealed to his artistic e. The crumbling bell-tower, with its solid- iron bell, so rusted to its fastenings that stir it from its ‘perpendicular two men could as permitted to remain. © ; was end i od that d, one neighborho e house di mer owners. the die the Post-Office at New York, N. NEW YORK, MARCH 13, 1925 Prins Av - ee areata |, Read Page oA for Radio News and Hints. ae TD ” -- FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY “Issued weekly—Subseription price, $4.00 per year! Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. Harry E. Wolff, Bek eae «ne, 168 Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, a Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price 8 Cents. - A HARVEST OF GOLD | OR, THE BURIED TREASURE OF CORAL ISLAND By A SELF-MADE MAN by one, the old bell rang out three times at the moment each breathed their last. No natural cause could be assigned to so singular a coin- ~ cidence, hence from that time the mystery that hune about the bell tower deepened, and the con- viction was widespread among those of a super- stitious turn of mind that the bell would surely rine when another member of the family died. One summer evening at dusk, about three months later, the bell boomed out its three . solemn notes once more. It was heard two miles — away, for the night was still, and gave rise to much speculation as to whether Mr. Prescott or _ his son Paul, neither of whom was known to be’ ill, had died suddenly from some unexpected | cause. j A letter received a week later by Mr. Prescott, however, conveyéd the intelligence of his only sister’s death at the very hour that the bell had spoken, and that confirmed the gruesome record ~ of the mysterious bell. vias A. week before our story opens, Mr. Prescott - had been taken seriously ill. At the time, his son — ' Paul was away from home at a boarding-school in the suburbs of Gloucester. Faber Prescott, Paul’s uncle, and the black sheep of the family, was stopping. at the Roost on a brief visit, at his own invitation. He was now a widower, with one son, seventeen years old, named Henry. boy was very like his father in many respects, and — those respects were not to his credit. He oc- _ casionally visited the Roost at his Uncle George’s ‘request, but he and his cousin Paul never got on well together. They could assimilate no bet- _ ter than oil and water. ‘ - From the first George Prescott seemed to have a premonition that he wasn’t going to live long, and had requested his brother to send for Paul, but that gentleman took his time about doing it. ‘In fact, strange to say, the first message he sent — ‘was to. his son Henry, telling him to come on to Finally George Preseott, who had ~ “a of his father’s illness. — * wh

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Paul left the school at once and started for home in a rather uneasy state of mind. He had to take a train for Gloucester to Danvenport in order to connect with.the Boston & Maine for New- buryport. From that town he had toe change to a branch line that stopped at Byfield, the nearest point to his home. He was astonished to meet his cousin Henry getting out of the B. & M. train at Newburyport, and to learn that he, too, was bound for the Roost. At such a time Henry’s company was even less congenial than usual to ‘him, but he put the best face he could on the matter, and tried to be friends during the short run from Newburyport ‘to Byfield, where they were met by old John - Barnes, the coachman, with a fast team, who had been told by Faber Prescott to look out for his son if he came by that train. _. When the fateful bell range out its death note, _ the partv were within a mile of the Roost. Al- _ though Paul well knew the dread significance of - the three mysterious notes of the belfry bell, the sound had not come with sufficient distinctness ‘to his ears to enable him to identify them. - *What'do you suppose that sound was, John?” ' asked Paul, again, seeing that the old man did not answer when first addressed. “Nothin’ much, Master Paul,” he replied, in a choked voice, not having the heart to tell the truth, and bring the grief of anticipated mis- fortune to the lad’s heart. 3 The team was now drawing near a crdsh- toad, _ which led down to the Merrimac River. Justjas _ they reached it the shrill scream of a girl broke ~ upon their ears with a suddenness and intensity that startled them greatly and caused old. John to rein in the horses. “Great - Scott!” exclaimed Paul, starting up- from his seat, and gazing fixedly in the direction ees the sound had come. “Some one is in trouble.” As he spoke a shadow loomed up in the eross- roads. to the left, and flitted toward them, fol- lowed bv another and larger shadow, which de- tached itself from the obscurity behing: and ‘seemed to be chasing the fist. ~ “Save me! oh, save me!” came in tacts ac- ~ eents from the first shadow, which ‘speedily re- solved itself into a young girl. “Stop, ye little vixen!” roared the second shadow, “or I’ll flay yer alive when I get my hands on you!” An appeal for help was never wasted on Paul Prescott. He did not stop to inquire into the ~ merits of the case.. Springing to the ground, he - ran toward the girl, who, in. another moment, fell, exhausted, into his arms. ‘He caught and held her just as her pursuer came up: Much obliged, young fellow,” said the man, ‘in a tone of satisfaction, advancing to grab the girl. “she gave me the slip from the schooner . more’n an hour ago, and led me a pretty dance after her up the road; but Ill fix her when I. et her back, or my old woman will, which is Il the same. Tl be bound she won't light out ‘more- after this.” “Hold on,” said Paul, Stepping between. him d the girl. “What has she done to aoe and. be ‘chasing, her at this. hour of se aa : A HARVEST OF GOLD: * into the wagon. ly at the stohuaty lad oy owed so. much. ~ a “Don’t let him take me back!” cried the git. recovering her breath and clingine desperately to her young protector. “He’s‘a brute, and so is his wife. They’ve done nothing but beat me since : I came to live with them, three months ago.” “Oh, I’m a brute, am I?” roared the man, sav- agely. “Ye’ll pay well for that as soon as ye’re back on board.” : a made a swoop ae her, but Paul headed him 0 “None of that, I say!” aeied the plucky boy “IT won’t stand by and see any girl ill- treate by. a big fellow like you.” “What have ye got to say about it, anyway?” snarled the man. “Ye hain’t got no right to interfere in my business.” ; He came closer to Paul, in a threatening way and then the boy noticed that he wore a green shade over his right eye, and was altogether about as unsatisfactory-looking as one would care to meet on a highway. “Well,” replied Paul, stoutly, “as this girl has — claimed wy protection, she’s going to have it.” “Blast yer!” yelled the man, springing at h But Paul was a stout bey and fully prepare for this demonstration on ‘his part. Ww 4 fully arotised to the situation, and made no bones © about landing a heavy swing on the fellow’s jaw — as he side-stepped to avoid his’ attack. would have been the ultimate result of the serap we cannot say. But at this point old John Barnes deemed is to be his dutv to interfere, and he did it, with — the butt of his whip. There were several ounces. of lead in it, and when it lighted across the fo head of the rascal he went down in the road, like a stricken ox.. He was partially stuyned; bak Paul saw that he would soon “Come, young lady,” he said, “let me help 3 You shall go to my home w me and stop there to-night. In the morning } can decide what you had best do to keep’ clea of your persecutors.” -The girl uttered no objection, in fact she seem ed glad to get as far away from the man who no} lav in the dust of the road as pdssible, and ) mitted Paul’ to help her up on the seat he h vacated to go to her assistance. “Get on the front seat with Ske Henr said Paul, “so I can look after this young lad Henry, nothing loath, changed his seat, a soon the wagon was speeding on again, lea the ruffian behind to pick himself up ais: from the scene. : CHAPTER Il—Dolly Curtis. “What is your name, miss?” asked P; garding the girl he had rescued with mue est, for despite ‘he shabby et he e teresting, “Dolly Curtis,” she answered, i what réstrained tone, as she glan a t hy side, t _ “Thank - ihe tae

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-- “Well, my name is Paul Prescott, and I live at Prescott’s Roost, only a short distance from here. I have been at school near Glo’cester, and have just been called home by my father’s ill- ness. It was lucky for you, I guess, that we came alone when we did.” “It was,” she answered, “and I s forget what you have done for me as live “Well, vou must let me be your friend, Miss Dolly,” said Paul. “Then you won’t stand in need of one as long as I’m around. “As for a home, if you’re willing to make yourself useful, I guess our housekeeper can find enough to keep you - busy at the Roost.” ~ . Dolly expressed her gratitude te Paul for his offer, and said she would be glad if the house- keeper would take her on trial. “Then, that is settled,” said Paul, ‘m a tone aor. satisfaction. “Now, tell me how came .you to be connected with the raseal from whdém TI See you. Who is he, anyway? He spoke about a schooner—is'he the skipper of one?” _ “Yes. His name is Joel Grinnidge. He is cap- tain of the schooner Lively Polly, and makes regular trips between Glo’ster and Nassau, on the Merrimac River. ‘He lives, when. onshore, at Glo’ster, and I went to live with Mrs. Grinnidge ‘when my aunt died, six months ago. Mrs. Grin- nidge was not, kind to me, and made me work hard. In fact, I was little better than ,a slave. I told her I meant to leave her at the end of ‘the month. Then she locked me: in a room and beat me dreadfully.” “She did!” exclaimed Paul, indignantly. “Yes. She kept me a prisoner until her hus- band returned from his trip, and then he swore hhe’d be the death of me if,I dared to leave. He said he’d find me wherever I went, and would drag -me back and half kill me. When the schooner was ready to sail for Nassau again, Mrs. Grinnidge decided to go and see some relatives she has in New Hampshire, and she took me aboard the _schooner with her yesterday afternoon, just be- fore she sailed. Captain Grinnidge struck me _ this morning for some little thing, and swore at ‘me in a terrible way. This evening, Mrs. Grin- nidge found fault with me because 1 accidentally ‘broke a plate when removing the dishes to the allery, and attacked me with a stick. ° “The schooner happened to be tied to a wharf + the town yonder, and I fied’ ashore and ran p the road without knowing or caring where I All I wanted was to get away from my rsecutors. The captain followed me as soon as he found out that I had escaped from the schoon- er, and I hid from him by the roadside. When he went up a lane to see if I had gone toward the house nearby, I ran on again. Finally it rew dark and I got confused and frightened, fi nding | ~myself- alone on a dreary. road. While rondering what I was going to do, Captain Grin- ' nidge came up and almost caught me. I-screamed ; and ran ahead ‘as fast as I could. Then I saw his oem and you, and I begged you to protect é d you did, and I shall be ea ehiy: to you ll never ong as I ” said Paul to the driver, “this is Miss Introdu duce ee : Mr A HARVEST OF GOLD . ra “when : as the girl has no place to go, or no friends. Tell her how we rescued her from a brute, who — may possibly try to regain her. His name is Captain Joel Grinnidge. If he comes to the Roost after her he’s to get the G. B/’° Under- — stand ?” John understood, and promised to see that his young master’s wishes were strictly attended to. Henry Prescott had overhead much of the con-— versation which had taken place between his cou- sin Paul and Dolly Curtis, and he sniffed at the idea of so much attention being paid to a poor and common girl, as he sized up Dolly. pitas “She’s nothing but a pauper and a servant,” he sneered to himself. “Paul must be crazy to treat her as if she was as good as himself. Low people like her ought to be kept in their place, otherwise they put on airs, and get to think they are some- bodies. Paul is always putting himself out of the way to oblige some Tom, Dick or Harry. If | I stood in his boots, with all the property that’s ES coming to him; you can bet I’d let folks know Who o= I am. They’d take their hats off to me every — time, you can gamble on that.” \ a if \- CHAPTER Ti.—A Snake In the “Grass. About the time that the two boys left the By- field station in the wagon, en route for Prescott’s: Roost, matters of moment were transpiring at — Paul’s home. Faber Prescott, instead of being at his brother’s bedside, as he ought to have been, considering the serious condition of that brother, was in the li- brary doing things that he had no business to do. © He Was industriously searching the drawers and pigeon-holes of his brother’s desk, and prying into ze matters not intended for his eye. There was “ae strong safe in the house, set in the wall of the dining-room, where the «silverware and other which was known to only one person beside the owner, and that was Tom Hazard, who performe some of the duties of a butler. . . Faber Prescott, of course, knew about this pe and had a general notion as to its contents, but he — did not know that his brother kept his valuable — documents in a small, inner compartment of this strong, steel box. Had his business instincts — been reasonably developed he might have guessed — the facts of the case, but Faber was impressed with the idea that all men keep their papers — either in their desks, or in somé secret drawer or box in their library or sleeping-room. While he was thus employed, his place in. the sick-room was filled by Tom Hazard. Had he known what- was transpiring there he rtainly would have found some excuse for ethic out of the room. s 3 “Tom, I am afraid f shan’t survive this night,” George Prescott was saying to his faithful a tendant; “but if I live long enough to see my dea: boy once more I shall die contented.” as Tom easily saw that the stamp of death was on? Prescott’s face, and did not doubt but his tenure of life was brief. ; “It is a humiliatin

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od 2 + A HARVEST OF GOLD ean be trusted. His life has been a misspent one from boyhood up, and it is too much to expect ‘that -he-ean change at this late day. I have felt compelled to come to his financial relief more times than I care to recall in order to save the “name of Prescott from disgrace at his hands. His “presence here at this time, instead of being the blessing to me that it ought to be, is, I fear, un- fortunate. His actions during my illness have not pleased me. Had he sent for my son when I “requested him to do so my boy would now be with me instead of miles away.” - - “Payl will surely be here within the hour, Mr. Prescott,” Tom hastened to assure him. “Indeed, ~he must already be on his way home from the tation.” “But for you, Tom, I fear he would yet have -yemained unnotified of my serious state, though » is five days since I asked my brother to send for him.” : “It, ig a pity, then, that you did not tell me oner that you wished to see him,” said Tom. “Tt is useless for us to.consider now what might “have been-done. What I wish to say to you has ‘far more weight. You’re an old and valued em- Joye, Tom. You served me faithfully in business for twenty-five years, and sineée I bought this lace and settled down-here, your services have see the less valuable. I feel I can trust you, Tom.” Wa ‘ i : “You can, indeed, sir.” > : ‘My brother will take charge of this place im- ‘mediately that I am dead, but not for many days, * as soon as my will is read it will be seen that Harrison, my Boston lawyer, has been ap- y administrator, in conjunction with ourself, and that I have designated you as guar- ian of my son until he comés of age. I wish you © become for the time being a second father t boy. Promise me you will.” . “Your wishes shall be obeyed to the letter, sir,” served Tom, solemnly. ‘Your brother has al- ready shown his hand in a way not at all relished + the members of this household, and I regret to firm your opinion that it would have been in unwise move on your part to have taken him. nto your confidence with reSpect.to your property d the future of Paul.” « ~ ; “As Tom spoke, a curtain, which screened an -aleove, was moved aside, and a dark, scowling yintenance peered in upon the dying man and s faithful friend. There was a similarity in ks between the man who lay helpless in bed ‘and the man behind the curtain, yet the expres- jon. of their faces was different, for the influence good and the influence of evil always leaves its ces on the human face. They were brothers, nd the man, whom we must call an interloper, s Faber Prescott. ; i ‘ “Ah!” he muttered, as he gazed at his dying , “it is as I supposed. You have taken to defraud me of my just right, and you even gone so far as to warn this employe of vee _ other people " the safe below, of which you hold the combination, Tom. The key to the compartment is on the ring with other keys in the pocket of the trousers I last wore. Get that ring at onee and guard that special key well. When Mr. Harrison arrives— you must telegraph him immediately after my death—open the safe and inner box in his pres- ence and let him search among the papers for the will which*he drew up for me some months ago. Then all will be well. Do you understand?” “T do,” replied Tom. . x Si “And now you know all I desired to tell you, Tom,” contined the dying man. “I. feel I,am growing very weak. My breath and sight seem failing me. Why does not my boy come? A few minutes moré and he will be too late—too late. of the curtain. “Tom-—Tom!’? he gasped. IPmo in _My broth ; He half raised himself in bed and pointed at the alcove. Tom Hazard, greatly startled him-— self, turned around and followed the indication of his arm, but saw nothing, for Faber Prescott had taken alarm and retreated from sight, and th curtain hung-motionless as before he parted them, “T ‘see no one. You must have been mistaken,” Tom. said. i e ae Then suddenly upon the night air came the ores boom wf the bell jn the belfry on the ~— Boom!—Boom!—Boom! ; “Great heaven!” cried Tom, in a hushed vo “The death bell!” - peter ci He turned to look at his old employer, with a eck of apprehension. George Prescott was: ead. eae is CHAPTER IV.—Within an Inch of His Grasp. Paul Prescott was overwhelmed with grie when he reached home and found that his father was dead. Faber Prescott greeted his neph with a melancholy countenance, as though brother’s death was a great affliction to him, ¢ assumed a: particularly friendly attitude tow the lad. Henry Prescott was very much s prised to learn of his uncle’s death, but he w: not particularly grief-stricken over that s event. oe “JT dare say the governor will have charge of | Paul after this, and I hope he will make. hi walk a chalk line until he’s twenty-one. He been accustomed to put on too many airs to s me, I’d like to see him taken down a peg or tv I hate fellows who think.themselves better because their father is well off. guess he'll find it convenient to change. his tun now that he’s an orphan.” Such were Henry Prescott’s reflections

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vr. his brother had expired, gave way to many ex- pressions of profound grief, somewhat to the sur- prise of Tom Hazard, who was himself deeply moved. The faithful employe of the dead man began to wonder if the black sheep of the family didn’t have a heart after all. - Faber composed himself and then got Tom out of _ the room on an errand that was of no great im- - portance. As soon as Tom was out of the way, Faber made a quick search for the trousers he had last seen on his brother, and, finding them folded on a dexterity. With a grunt of satisfaction he pulled out a ring full of keys. 3 One of these is the key that fits the inner ~ compartment of the safe,’ he muttered. “Now, “which one is it? It won’t do for me to take the “whole bunch.” ‘ When Tom returned, after spreading the sad news among the servants, Faber was ‘bending over his brother, with his handkerchief to his eyes. He rose as soon as Tom appeared and walked with dejected mien from the room. Go- ing directly to the library, he sat down before his brother’s desk and began to. consider the situation from every point of view, figuring how he could nullify the adverse conditions that faced h im. a ie ~ “If I could manage to get hold of the will and destroy it, then the law would give me a certain anding: next to the direct heir.. I could prob- ly insist on being appointed Paul’s guardian because of my close relationship to him. What ‘passed between my brother and this Tom Hazard would have no weight,in court, because it could not be corroborated, and Lawyer Harrison’s statement that he drew up a will for my brother, while it would be believed, would amount to little the will was not produced. It is true that in the end Paul would succeed to the property as the heir-at-law, but - something, while as his guardian I should help _. myself to as much as-sharp practice would admit of. The whole of my prospects hangs upon the disappearance of the will. 3 _ “That would be an easy matter to accomplish, that. I believe I have the\key to the inner combination which en the door. Tom, alone holds that now. If ft were possible to bribe him. I fear that is out of the question. These faithful employes are too infernally honest. Perhaps I may be able to think up some scheme for fore- mey would not be suspected.” - ‘Next morning the news was carried about the borhood that Géorge Prescott was dead. x the day the neighbors on terms of in- y with the Prescotts called to offer their dolence. Faber and his son had had a long ew his father in a new light. Whatever dences passed between them, the boy fell in is father’s views, and having been instruct- ; pete watch on Tom Hazard’s move- the let-- Byfiel A HARVEST OF GOLD In a short time. chair, went through the pockets with uncommon _ would be able to claim. mpartment of the safe, if I only possessed the. rview after breakfast, and Henry was brought. _ the papers that were of Y “Very well. Now run.and tell old John Barnes to saddle Black Bess for me, as I have a visit to make.” : sear “Are you going to Byfield, father?” asked Henry, curiously. z “Why do you wish to know2” asked his father, sharply. Mi “Oh, nothing. I just asked, that’s all. By the way, here is a small wallet that Tom Hazard dropped out of his pocket as he was getting into — the wagon.” < sei <a “Give it to me,” said Faber, eagerly grasping = it. ; pee Henry gave it up, readily enough. He had — already been through it, and the two bills and ~ small amount of change which it had contained © was now safely tucked away in his own pocket. — As soon as Henry left the room, Faber opened the wallet and deftly examined its contents. There were a number of unimportant memoranda that ~ did not interest him, but in a small pocket, made to hold postage stamps, Faber found something . — that not only interested but greatly excited him. It was a slip of-paper on-which were scribbled ~_ a set of figures. +S Rese ee “T believe this is the combination of the safe. If I am right, I'shall not need to follow Hazard ~ to Byfield.” ; Sere He hastened down to the dining-room, which ~ — was deserted. He turned the key in both doors ~~ and then, with the paper in his grasp, he pro- ceeded to test the.matter in hand.- It was the. combination, and inside of a few moments the big steel door swung open on its hinges. Taking the small, flat key from his vest-pocket, Faber found, with a thrill of exultation, that it fitted the inner keyhole. To open the small, steel door and thrust in his hand was the work of but moment. He grasped a pile of papers of various sizes and drew them forth. Mea eas Rushing over to one of the windows he eagerl; sorted them out. At that moment the handl of one of the doors was turned sharply by some-— body on the other side. Faber started as though — stung by a venomous insect, and half. of the — papers dropped to the floor. One of them sli underneath a light, table standing close at han The rascally brother stood trembling for a mo- — ment after the sound ceased and then pulled himself together. ed “Pshaw! What a fool I am to be rattled othing,” he exclaimed, stooping and-picking w the papers, excepting the one that was out o sight. . _ Then he went. on quickly but carefully, looking .— at each of the documents he had taken from the safe. The will was not among them. ne “Strange!” he muttered. “I distinetly heard my brother say, with almost his last breath, tha it was in this place. Could he have removed i and then forgotten the circumstance? It isn’ like my brother to do such a thing. Then whe can it be?” . re He searched through the other parts of th safe without. finding the paper. At last he w: satisfied that the will was not in the safe. H ‘locked the inner compartment, after _use to hi

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= ook A HARVEST OF GOLD Besides, he’ll be Paul’s guardian, and that will op CHAPTER Y.—Henry Prescott” Shows the Cloven give him charge of this place, anyhow.” ~ i /- Foot. “All right, young man, have it your way,” ; replied John, who didn’t care to carry on an i- — _ While he was thus engaged, Henry appeared timed and useless argument, leading Bess into and told him that Black Bess was ready. ~ the stable. : “T have changed my mind,” said his father, “Yah!” snarled Henry,:looking after him. “I. Eiartiv. “T shan’t want her after all.” don’t like you for a cent. _ Perhaps you won’t _“May I use her, then, father?”-asked the boy, be here forever.” ‘eagerly. 2 Then, feeling thirsty, “he started toward a : “Very well, but be careful she does not throw spying in a grove nearby to get a drink. It was you.” surrounded by a rustic stone wall under a wide Henry hastened away and was soon illopig roof, supported by four stout posts, the whole > down the road. encompassed by evergreen trees. When Henry © ~“T must return that key to the bunch. It is walked into the grove he found Dolly Curtis there. - of'no further use to me,” mused Faber, when he with a pail. ; - was alone again. “Ibis absence would be likely “Hello! you here?” he grinned, in a self-com- | to arouse suspicion, especially if Tom looks in plaisant way. “Gimme a drink, will you?” the compartment for the will, as he was directed Without a word, she filled a tin dipper and @ to do.in the presence of the lawyer, and it is handed it to him. He accepted it without any - not found there, as of course it will not be.” thanks, and drank the contents. 4 ~ He went into the room where his brother had “So you’re the girl we picked up last night just” been laid out by the undertaker from the ad- along the read, eh? Who was you running away jacent village, who had gone té get a suitable from? Your old man?” q _ coffin for the deceased, and finding the trousers Dolly shook her head, and, raising her filled — “in the same placé, undisturbed, he replaced the pail, started to leave the grove. -key on the ring and left the room. “Hold on. Don’t be in a hurry,” said Henry, — - Paul Prescott all this time was in the seclusion letaining her. “I want to talk to you.” -of his room. He did not feel like showing himself ‘You'll have to excuse me; im in a hurry,” she around the house, but left everything to Tom Teplied, trying. to pass him. | Hazard or his uncle. Although overwhelmed by Oh, come off! There isn’t any need for you — the death of his father, Paul did not altogether 9 be in a rush, especially when it’s me who's — forget the girl he had saved from the persecution talking to vou. .I suppose you don’t know who Se of Captain Grinnidge. Meeting the housekeeper @™ Well, my name is Henry Prescott. It’s % : Doll my uncle who has just passed in his checks. es mnie soo, Beoendkete. her about Dotty My father will be the boss of this property after ““T want you to do all vou can for her, Mrs. the funeral—in fact, he’s the whole thing now, | Grey, -for I think she is a good girl. You will: for that matter. If you want to stay at this greatly oblige me by looking after her, for she place you've got to be mood to me, see?” i ng an Seaburn like ae self.” 3 , “You!” flashed Dolly, in surprise. “Mrs. Gray, - “Be assured, Paul, that I will do all I can for the houskeeper, told me that Paul Prescott, the — “her.” said the housekeeper, kindly. “Since you oY who so bravely saved me last night, is the — “wish it, she shall have a home here with me. I master of this place. It was his father who have already taken a great fancy to her. She lied.” eems gentle, affectionate and willing. Perhaps That’s all right. He'll own it after a few she may yet come to fill the void left in my heart ears; but while he’s under age my father is y the death of my own dear child,” she addéd, ine to run the Roost. My father will be his in a faltering tone. “At any rate, my heart goes guardian, and will live here while he’s in charge. ut to her, and I shall try to win her confidence And, of course, I'll live"here, too. Now if you and love.” eee me right, you can stay as long as you want ‘Thank. you, Mrs: Gray,” replied Paul. ( we Nel ; Then he left the house for a little exercise pees ao eee { tell vou to do. ‘Now. tex ‘in the crisp afternoon air. While he was away, begin with, I want you to eon mnttica, GSR eee - Henry got back from his ride. He had ridden “F wouldnt ii Rael fi - ili cz Hains. Black Bess pretty hard, and the animal was ecov- ~ “Then Vl Se z i? seen tape SN as: € with sweat when he brought her to the- oie) “rea . He seized her by the wrist and gave it a sudden stable. Old John, who looked after the horses, $ angry at her appearance. turn that brought a scream of pain to her lip on ‘have you been doing to Bess?” he asked, ths ae Bp A me? } He gave a wrist. another twist. ; “mare was ready, and he said that I could . cott. E: the her,” replied Henry, haughtily. “You forget, young man, that your’ father is ot master of Prescott’s Roost,” replied John es, with equal sharp tone. will be after the funeral,” answered ‘the — .a confident nod.) .

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engeful look at his cousin, he hastily left the ‘prove. i 3 “J hope he didn’t hurt you, Miss Dolly,” said Paul, turning to the girl, whose flushed face and tearful eye showed that. she had been under a ain. |: ; I don’t know,” she replied, hesitatingly, look- ing gratefully at him. te took up her little hand and saw that she inced. : “He did hurt you, then? Allow me to apologize for him.” : ; nae “No, you shan’t apologize for him—he isn’t orth it. 1 don’t like him, and I never will, even he is your cousin. He isn’t at all like you. ou’ve treated me so generously, while he—he insulted me.” 5 “T am sorry,” replied Paul. gain. I won’t stand for it.” “He told me that if I didn’t do what he want- ed me to he’d have me sent away.” “He told you that?” = Yes. He said that his father was charge f£ this place now, and that ‘you wouldn’t have anything to say for some years. He told me that he and his father were going to live here.”. . “IT don’t believe my. father’s will: makes his ‘ather my guardian. I have understood differ- ently. | I So he threatened you, did he? Don’t worry, fiss Dolly. 1 told you I’d stand by you, and I “He shan’t do it h I could do something to make you feel unhappy, indeed, indeed I do.” ) e spoke earnestly, and Paul, looking into her e, saw that a great. sympathy for him over- flowed her eyes. In fact, he felt so grateful for 1er girlish sympathy that hardly realizing what ie did he put his arm around her, drew her to- ward him and kissed her. 7 — : - “Oh, Mr. Paul!” she exclaimed, starting back reat confusion, while her face grew scarlet. beg your pardon, Miss Dolly,” he said, stily, holding. her hand, which she did not at- mpt.to withdraw from his grasp. “I couldn’t Ip it. Forgive me.” . —[ am not angry with you,” she answered, ly, with downcast eyes. ; ua } hen I am glad. I kissed you because I saw ympathy your face expressed for me. At ioment you seemed just like a dear sister .very bad humor. He was furious at his cousin, and yearned for a chance to get square with him. had made him hungry and he began to A HARVEST OF GOLD Henry, I think, will find himself mistaken. — ~his guardian, and is also made.an associate ad- a. i < Lh the ele ek ‘ A elie) Okey \ Henry in a way that did not improve his temper. He returned to the dining-room, with a scowl on his face as datk as a thunder-gust. ee He was standing by one of the windows, gazing moodily out on the lawn, and feeling that he must ¢ vent his ill-humor. on something, he gave the light table close by a vicious kick. It went over® — on its side. : : fe" “Why did you want to fall over and give me ~ the trouble of picking you up?” he snarled: “I’ye ~ a great mind to leave you lie there.” Se At that moment his sharp eyes noticed an ob- long document lying on the polished floot where — the table had stood. Curiosity induced him to | pick it up and examine it. The word “Will” was — printed in large, plain type on the back. Mec “What's this?” he said, in some surprise, faz- — ing at the word. : eee He looked at it closer. What he saw made — all his hungry sensations vanish in a moment. “Will of George Prescott. Dated, April 6. Why, can this be my uncle’s will? What is it doing’ here?” ht ; He started to open it, then reconsidéred the matter, put it into his pocket and hastened up to his own room, where he locked himself in, : Taking the will from his pocket he read it over from the beginning to the end. meet “Whew! This leaves everything to Paul,’ex- ~— cept $1,000 to my father, and a paltry $500 to me. That beast of a Tom Hazard is appointed ~ ministrator of the estate, with the lawyer who drew this up. Why, father is left out in the cold — altogether. That’s a nice‘ way for my uncle to. treat us, I must say. The governor won’t have a thing to say about anything, and, of course, — he and I will be dumped out of this soft snap. we have calculated on. Gee!° I must run and put him wise to the whole thing.” . sis Henry got up and started for the dpor. Sud- denly he stopped and a shrewd grin came over his face. 2 4 ; T’ll just hold on to this will my- — “No, I won’t. self. If the old thing isn’t found when it’s want- — ed the provisions won’t go. Then my father will have something to say, I guess. He’s entitled — to a good rake-off, and I'll bet he'll get it. But where do I come in? I won’t get the $500 in that case. I know what I’ll do. *V’ll just hold this over the governor’s head. If he refuses to cough up when I want the money I’ll threaten to send the will to Lawyer Harrison, and put my self in line for the $500. He'll be glad to knuckle © down to me, bet your life.” ae § ra CHAPTER VII.—The Missing Will. - Att ¢ 3 % Immediately after the funeral of George Pres- _ cott, which was largely attended by the best

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- a matter of courtesy, Lawyer Harrison, Paul, : Henry and Tom Hazard. At the conclusion of the meal the first four adjourned to the library. In the course of half an hour Tom-appeared at the door of that room and beckoned to the lawyed. That gentleman immediately joined him. “T am now ready to open the safe, in your pres- ence, as directed by Mr. Prescott. The will is in the inner compartment. to which I heave the key,” said Tom. “T am ready to go with you,” said the lawyer, and accordingly they went at once to the dining- room. Tom opened the safe, unlocked the inner com- partment, took out the papers therein and handed “them to the lawyer. Mr. Harrison looked them ~ ever, slowly, one by one, but, of course, did not find the wilh he had drawn up about six months before. “The will is not among these. /. .- said. : Tom put his hand in and then declared there “was no other paper in there., “You say that Mr. Prescott told you distinctly that the will was there?” said Mr. Harrison, knit- ting his brows. “He did. I couldn’t have been mistaken, for he particularly told me to take possession of the key and keep it till you asked for the will.” “Which you did, I suppose?” asked the lawyer, —_ Jooking at the old employee. - *¥es, sir, though not immediately, because I was so overcome by Mr. Prescott’s death that I forgot about the matter until the next night.” . “Indeed. Where was the keys in the mean- time?” “In the pocket of a pair of trousers last worn - by Mr. Prescott.” “Where anybody—his brother, for piste could get at them?” Tor gave a start. “When you finally looked for the key you found it all right, did you?” y SL didi ~~ “Let us go through the rest of the safe.” -. his they did, but without result. 1 “Vm afraid that Mr. Prescott must have re- moved that wif, to read it over perhaps, and then forgot to return it.” _ - Tom made no reply. 4 ae “Tt is of the utmost importance that that will me pte found,” said the lawyer. “Not that its loss : uld prevent young Paul from inheriting the : a of the property, but because its absence _ would greatly benefit Faber Prescott, who, I have reason to know, is deserving of. little considera- - tion at his dead’ brother’s hands. If there be no Look again,” he have to’step in and take charge. He would be entitled to a very considerable fee in this case. Then the court would have to appoint a guardian or Paul, and I doubt not Mr. Faber Prescott - would put forward his claim to be considered -. as such in his position as nearest of kin. That ould enable oieki to take up his residence here, 3s ee A HARVEST _ will for probate, the public administrator will, OF GOLD a “ “Exactly. And Faber Prescott is not a man to be trusted.” They returned to the library, where everybody was gathered by this time, and Mr. Harrison < was obliged to announce that the will had not’ been found in the place where it was supposed to be. At those words, Faber brightened up - considerably, but he still wondered where the — will could be. In the end the lawyer was compelled to dis- miss the servants with the statement that. a further and, if possible, more thorough search would be made next day. Next day’s hunt de- veloped nothing, and the lawyer was at his wit’s end. Finally the matter was taken to court. Mr. Harrison, appearing in behalf of Tom Haz- ard who made application to be appointed guar- dian of Paul Prescott, submitted an affidavit, 3 signed by himself, which set forth that he had, | at his late client’s request, drawn up a will, cor- ee responding in all important particulars to the rough draft of same which he produced as evi- dence, and that Mr. George Prescott and the two witnesses, whose affidavits were attached, had Signed the said will, now missing, in his pres- ence. Hazard’s application was opposed by Faber Prescott, who, in default of any legal will, urged his own claims for the guardianship ‘on the ground that he was the nearest relative of the heir-at-law, and consequently the one most likely — *to do the right thing by the boy. Mr. Harrison took issue against Faber on the ground that it was not the dead man’s desire that his brother should become guardian of his son, . for good and sufficient reasons—reasons which he was prepared to show, by witnesses, rendered the. said brother unsuitable for so important a trust. The said-objections were then brought for-— ward, and as they were a grave reflection on Mr. Faber Prescott’s general character, a bitter legal squabble ensued between the opposing lawyers. — The judge took the papers and reserved his de- — cision. In the end he decided the case in fayor — of Tom Hazard, and Faber Prescott at once ap- — pealed to a ‘higher court. Pending the ultimate — outcome, Mr. Harrison was temporarily appoint- ed Paul’s Anois with full powers to act in. oper ne “his son then left the Roost, and s the servants were all delighted to see them go. Paul, in the meantime, had returned to the Glou-_ "oad cester Academy and resumed his studies, after — taking an affectidénate leave of Dolly Curtis, whom he left under the housekeeper’s motherly wing. : e i ry CHAPTER VIII —stftiing News From the ; ‘Roost. The Gloucester Academy, presided over HS John Watson, was situated on high eee ov looking Gloucester Harbor. rescott first favorite, not only with his companions ‘bat with the teachers as well. He was a leader all the sports, and held that position again comers by sheer grit and superior performa He expected a sien te 3 A ‘the Folovemt

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a couple of weeks of the ‘Christmas holidays. Paul Prescott, accompanied by one of his chums, called Andy Owens, was sitting on a single-rail fence, if it could be called a fence, close to the academy office, waiting for the factotem, who had gone to town for the evening mail, to return. He was looking for his bi-weekly ‘letter from Dolly Curtis. He figured:-that-he ought to have rot it the day before, and when it didn’t turn up that morning he was’ greatly disappointed. Paul and Andy were talking football, and ‘figuring up the prospects of the academy eleven coming Saturday, when an ugly-looking man, with the nes gait of a sailor, approached the spot. - *Beggin’ yer pardon, my ,hearties, but can yer named Paul Prescott?” ; “You've found him already. My name is Paul Prescott,” replied Paul, regarding the man with = some curiosity and not a little distrust. ~ “I was told to give yer this letter,” he said, eying Paul, cunningly, as he took an envelope, which had suffered from contact with his dirty hand, from his pocket and tendered it to the boy. “Who is this from?” asked Paul, looking at the ‘superscription, which was scrawled in. lead pencil and not over intelligible. “Dunno,” replied the sailor, for such he evi- dently was. “I never seen the gent afore.” “You say a gentleman gave you this to hand —me?” said Paul, in some surprise, 1ow any gentleman ‘in Glo’ster that’s likely to the school, where there were electric lights. Tearing the envelope open,,he pulled out an Erclosnre, which read. as follows: - “Paul Prescott—I know where the missing will of your late father can be“found. If you want formation on the subject you must manage to me to the Old Watch Tower on Gull Point, to- night at So o'clock. Let bearer know if I can ; mect y ir ‘( Si ” gned) Incognito. to say that Paul was astonished at the con- nts of the note would be to put it quite mildly. Why, had, he appointed a night meeting at such ‘a lonesome spot as the old Revolutionary watch tower on Gull Point, when a daylight meeting, it eee to Paul, could be more easily arranged, £ least so far as he himself was concerned? If he agreed to keep this appointment, and he had more than half a mind to do it, for he was aturally extremely anxious to get a clue to the missing will, would Dr. Watson, under the a enres, give Lim the necessary permis- “T guess he'll strain a point when I haye lained matters to him.” thought Paul. “Yes, » to the Old Watch Tower at eight o “clock, possible for me to get there.” uz come to that determination, he gave putable-looking sailor an answer to that A HARVEST OF GOLD beating the Manchester High School team on the- - tell me where I can find a lad of this here school. “T--don't - 1 away, like a Dutch fishing bring you a letter,” npinarked Andy, man had gone. ; “Yes. And the letter was just as strange as. the bearer,” replied Paul. “What was it about?” asked Andy, curiously. “T told you that my father’s will was missing,” } answered Paul. Poed “Yes, and that the question as to who your guardian should be brought into court. What has that to do with this letter?” “The letter is from a man who claims to know where the will is.” vy “You don’t say!” : “He wants me to meet hii to-night at eight o’clock at the Old Watch Tower on the Podnt, | to drive a bargain for it.” : “He does?” “He didn’t say in so many words that he want- ed to be paid for his information, but, of course, that is what he is trying to’ get at. If he has the will in his possession, or knows where to put his hands on it, he will want to be paid, and ; it isn’t impossible but he may ask a stiff price.” oe “What are you going to do about it?” “I’m going to ask the Doctor to let me keep the appointment.” “You’d better let me go with you. You'll want : a witness.” “The party might. object to your presence.” et “Then I can stay outside the tower.” 1 ei * “Well, I will be glad to have you come. TIl ©" ask the Doctor to let you accompany me.” F “That’s right. Now, I’d suggest that we go there, half an hour before the pore appointed and ide. . “What for?” . “So as to see what kind of man this person is who is anxious to do business with you under cover. You can’t be too careful. It might be some kind of put-up job, fox all you know. ; didn’t like the looks ofthat sailor. If more than one man comes to the tower. we needn’t show — ourselves, and perhaps * we might, in that case, get on to their game.” . ree At that moment the man with the mail-bag y appeared, entered the office, and Paul was about 5 to follow him in when the supper-bell rane. = § “ “Too bad,” ejaculated Paul, in a disappointed tone, “I’ll have to wait for the regular distribu- = tion of the letters now.” . The hundred odd boys were marched into the dining-hall and took their places at the different tables that aecommodated. _twenty-six lads each, two of which officiated as “carvers” at eitherend of each table. Paul occupied one of these posts, which carried with it certain privileges as com- - pensation for the duties of the position. One of the professors occupied a low rostrum near © the general entrance, and while the boys were eating, the letters were delivered to him for — distribution, as the scholars filed out. A letter was handed to Paul as he passed out of the room, | and he hastened to the library and reading-room to peruse it. As soon as he looketl at the sipenuubiaaan he was greatly disappointed to find that it was in the housekeeper’s handwriting and not in Dolly’s. He immediately jumped to the conclusion tha’ Ai cel must be deat of he tore } with a grea after the e

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A HARVEST OF Us eae eae go prepared, however, for the startling news that here. Andv.” he cried. a moment later, - “There’s he read. a man and a boy coming this. way.” lt was to the effect that Capta’n Grinnidge Andy ran over and looked outs. had appeared at the Reost a few days previously “That’s right. If he’s onl: ot a boy with, ‘and demanded that Dolly should leave her new him we needn’t be afraid of meeting him,” “home and go with him. The girl, naturally, re- “Well, we won’t be in a hurry about it,” ‘re. fused, and had been sustained by Tom Hazard, plied Paul. - = - who. was in charge of the property under Lawyer © When the man, who was: heavily penrdeds and _ Harrison. Two days later. Dolly was missing, wore a soft, slouched hat, and his companion and it was Mrs. Gray’s opinion that the captain drew near the entrance, the boy hung back and in some way managed to abduct her.. Hazard the man advanced. He entered the ground floor had put the matter in the hands of a Newbury- - of the building and called out, in a gruff voice: port detective, who had gone to Gloucester to “Paul Prescott, are you here?” watch for the Lively Polly, on board of which No answer being returned to his hail he spoke; it “was believed the girl was held a prisoner. to his companion, in a somewhat different tone ‘That was all, but the news was sufficiently dis- which sounded familiar to Paul. * quieting to Paul, me was alarmed for Dolly’s “He hasn’t come vet, Henry.” by safety. “Is that so, father?” replied the boy, coming. : forward. ‘ “My uncle and cousin,” gasped Paul, in, atte CHAPTER XI.—Caught. astonishment. “What does this mean?” ° is . “Your uncle and cousin?” ejaculated Andy, in At half-past seven that evening. Paul and © surprise. Andy approached the Old) Watch Tower, near. “Yes. And my uncle is disguised by a heav: the extreme end of Gull Point, a small promon- — heard.” - tory projecting into Gloucester Bay. It was a “Then he’s up to some crooked ‘work, -depenc lonesome and bleak spot, particularly at that on it.” _ Season o bee viival oe oe oe the place Father and son both entered the ground Auer wees a sky.” Bae ne S “wer siti of the old ruin, and Paul and Andy crept to’ the “Gist. ace B ia lo 3 pate os its a one cnening above the stairs and craned their necks — mate Hide until we're ready to. show uPselveat/. °° Sree in ote ae Soa pee sdioonen tae _ “We'll stand by one of these narrow windows,” rived. 2s waa Maen Precoothin “Teche ches give Paul, “and then we'll be able to see who x enone tot thiaepleaes 7 oS sional for Grinnidge to come ashore with oa is mate.” . ees Oa Se a aY he tower, ___“Grinnidge!” again easped Paul. “Why, tha Aas Beatty ‘neat time for that man to show be ae ie ate ee Polly. Maye fe eS ‘tap, don’t you think so, Andy?” he said. her” BS i ON ee prisoner aboard _ _ “Waiting is tiresome work,” said Andy, stroll- j - ing across to the other window. “Hello!” he ex- Henry Prescott left the Yoom below to car sats: t on the water. “There's out his father’s instructions, and while he was i cee 6G ater close in to this ny Faber lighted a cigar and beean to smoke. s 3 \ peat: u In a few moments Henry returned. — . “ _ *& schooner!” cried Paul, rushing over to the pene eee is there and the men are comin} ~ other window. “So there is. A good-sized one, ashore,” he saic arrying a fore-topsail. A coaster, evidently. I “Now, hand me the will and Pa outside. = wonder why she’s mooring = oe place? 1 wetch for ‘your cousin.’ ess she’s come down from Glo’ster.” , jo: The boys watched her with some interest. Her 8 he produced the document. "gg you go b ~ sails were lowered, but not secured, and instead: 0% me. father, Tl blow on you, as sure as of dropping her anchor a small hawser was © ‘tend here. Ss % earried ashore in a boat and made fast to a Don’t talk like a fool, answered Faber ig rock on the skore. It was clear that her patiently. You shall have* the ee presence in. that neiehborhood was only intended rout se.’ h : ‘ to be temporary. There were five men, one of ae right. There you are. when was_ bossing operations, aboard of ‘her, OW. Jet us know the moment you “see Pe: u ile a sixth man.-was attending to the shore end. coming.” : 3 i of the cable. This chap, having finished his busi- Are you sure he'll come ess, returned to the vessel, after which silence He said he would, and I know he’s a hoy of and: inaction succeeded. Four of the men lighted ‘his. word.” S. their pipes. and sprawled off forward, while the Faber laid the will on one of she step ~ other two remained seated ba ae! on the rise his elbow and waited. Presently Captai of the trunk cabin. “ nidge and the man who delivered the Maybe she’s waiting a ‘high tide ‘to pass Paul appeared at the doorway. Faber got he bar below,” said. Paul. and went toward them, and the thre She’s a good distance. ud for that, I should in a low conversation—too ie, ‘for the bo} ied Andy. _ “The fishing vessels all catch the eae of a down and anchor close to the bar when the . It we wes Nn oa hb siness.” narod

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termined, at any hazard, to creep down and gain possession of it. Although the three men stood right in the doorway, and were plainly visible, he believed that he would not be noticed in the intense gloom surrounding the stairs. Accord- ingly, Paul crept cautiously down ‘the stairs un- ' til he got to the point near the third step. He now saw the document distinctly, and, reaching out, grasped it. Then he made his way back to the floor above, without attracting attention. He went over to a corner, struck a match and, - ‘shading the light under his overcoat, looked at the paper. It needed but a glance to assure _ him that he had _ his father’s will in his posses- ‘sion. He felt like executing an Indian war "dance, so great was his satisfaction. It slipped from his hand as he was about to put it into his pocket, and he knelt down to feel for it. His fingers struck it and pushed it into a crack in the stone flooring. Not finding it easily, he struck another match to look around. It wasn’t in sight, but? the crack’ was. Looking he couldn’t reach it without a couple of stiff pieces of wire or metal. “How provoking!” he muttered, in. a tone of - -vexation. He got ‘out ‘his knife and tried to reach the _ paper with the long blade and dig it out. While thus engaged, Faber happened to temember that : he had left the will on the stairs, and returned for it. Not finding it, he struck a match and looked for it. ~Andy observed what he was about, he saw what Paul was about. . “Let it alone for the present,” he said. “It’s safe enough. We can come over here to-morrow ‘with sone wire and get it out. Your uncle is _ looking for it now. Yl bet he’s astonished at its disappearance.” aie At that moment there was the sdund of foot- ~ steps on the stairs. “Come on, Grinnidge,” they heard Mr. Pres- -cott say. “I believe that boy came here ahead of time, got suspicious and is hiding upstairs. If he’s here well have him cornered. I guess he’s smarter than I had any idea of, and I can’t waste any time on him now.” Faber sprang up the stairs, followed by the captain and his mate. Striking a match, Mr. Prescott looked around. In the. glare of the flame Paul and Andy were discovered crouching ‘against one of the walls. : CHAPTER X.—Carried Off. * «Why, there’s two of them,” ws Gapuntdee, So you are there, Paul Prescott?” said Faber, maliciously. “Yes, I am here, Uncle Faber,” replied Paul, coolly. The expiring niatch dropped from Faber’s hand, and then the conversation went on in the dark. “You —_ here when I arrived and called out you below.” exclaimed Captain A HARVEST OF GOLD ' down into it he saw the precious paper where — and crept over to his chum to: tell him. Then | _ nephew. your “Did you suspect my_ intentions?” “T_did, the moment I recognized you.” “How could you identify me in this beard Re in the darkness?” “T knew you the moment you spoke to Henry, who came with you.” 2 “Did you suspect me as the writer of that note — proposing’ this interview?” “I did not.” ers “Did you entertain any suspicions concerning ee the alleged object of the note?” ye “T thought the hour and the place rather sin- — gular, but: it was not out of keeping with the — peculiar purpose of the writer.” ~ “So vou decided to keep the appointment, but; pane a a schoolmate for greater security.” es.” “Your object was to get possession of your father’s missing will.” “Tt was.” s “And you have succeeded, though in a different’ way from what you figured on,” said his uncle, in a compressed tone. “In what way have I sueceeded ? 2” replied Paul, pretending surprise. i “That bluff doesn’t go with me. Search hin 3 Grinnidge.” eer Paul made no resistance while the captain of at the Lively Polly, who was, aching for the chance — to get at him, went through his clothes. The skipper was unnecessarily rough, but he did not. mie anything that even remotely looked like the wi “He has probably given it to his companion. Search him,” said Faber. Andy was searched, without result. Paul’s uncle then examined the floor of the room, and the walls, but saw no sign of the will. He. was” nonplussed. ‘ “What did you do with it?” he demanded of his “T haven’t done anything with it,” replied Paul. bd | Say you have... You have hidden it some place.” “P’haps he throwed it out of one.of the win dows,” suggested Grinnidge. / This idea did not seem unreasonable to Faber “If he did that we’d-find it outside. Now wal? cure that precious nephew of mine and carry ou instructions with respect to him. You'll have to take the other boy, too,. to head off dis-. covery.” Grinnidge and his mate drew pieces of rope from their pockets, and throwing themselves — on ae the two boys, soon bound their hands tightly. be- hind them, “T protest against this outrage, Uncle Faber,’ said Paul, indignantly. “You ought to be asham to permit such a thing to be done to me.” : Mr. Prescott laughed, in a disagreeable way. “You'll be lucky if you’re never up against — worse than that. Captain Grinnidge has a bone to pick with you, and is going to take you aboa 5 his schooner to pick it. As it ‘would be a pi to part you and your friend, he'll have to ace pany you.’ Thereupon Paul and Andy were marched dp stairs, out of the watch tower, and thence | water’s edge, where they were obliged to iting boat. The mate got out the oa to the scho i a

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Wa the boys were forced to climb. They were then _ taken forward and made to step down into a small section of the hold called the fore-peak. The -eover of the hatch.or scuttle was clapped on and they were left in darkness. “Gee! We seem to be up against it, Paul,” said Andy. “I wonder what they’re going to do with us? Bee “YT give it up,” replied his chum. “Captain Grinnidge won’t dare do much to us unless he’s “rash enough to face a heavy penalty. He’s got nothing against you, but he’s dead ‘sore on me for getting Miss Curtis away from him that night. The letter I received this evening from _the housekeeper at the Roost told me that the © girl is missing. and it is believed that Grinnidge - suceeeded in abducting her. It’s my idea that ~ she’s somewhere aboard this schooner at the pres- -ent moment. If I—hello! r believe they’re get- tng the schooner under way.” “They are, for a fact,” replied Andy, in some excitement. “We'll never get back to the academy to-night, at this rate.” “Tt doesn’t look like it, ’'m afraid. “I’d like to know where they intend to take us. As Grin- -nidge is carrying us off against our wills he’ll e nike to answer for our abduction. As for my : . Harrison will make things hot for hia when I lay the case before him.” __ The two boys, however, were ignorant of the _ fate that was in store for them, and believed that it was only a question of a short time before they would get back to the school. And while they talked the matter over in the gloom of the forepeak, the Lively Polly slinped\ down the’ bay to the bar, and as the tide was sufficiently high, passed over it and headed down Massachusetts Bay. > CHAPTER XI.—In ne oe) of the Lively f ollLy Faber Prescott had known Captain Joel Grin- dge many years, and neither knew anything particularly good of the other. When Faber Pres- cott was beaten out of the chance of securing the guardianship of his nephew, his tricky soul devised this plan of getting the boy out of the way for good. “ment of the heir-at-law would place him in direct Jine with the ultimate acquirement of the entire ‘estate as surviving next of kin. As soon as the idea suggested itself to him sought out Captain Grinnidge and. proposed hat he assist him in earrying out the project, neaging to pay the skipper a large sum of ljoney as soon as he came into possession of the operty, which he persuaded the captain to be- lieve would be soon. aptain Grinnidge was not at first inclined to ark in such a hazardous speculation. When, oy to whom he owed such a big grudge, he ecensidered the matter, and the two rascals came agreement. rinnidge « should secure a cargo in Boston for i eiro in bee to_cover the Gane bees of The death or complete vanish- ” ~ however, he learned that Paul Prescott was the It was arranged that Captain — A HARVEST OF GOLD profit for the captain in case by any chance a ~ Si cog slipped and the plot failed. iy Before turning the trick on Paul, the skipper Z planned to recapture Dolly Curtis for the benefit of his wife, who was not, of course, going with him to sea. They gave up their house in Glou- cester, and taking their furniture aboard-of the schooner, sailed for the nearest point on the Merrimac River to the Prescott property. Then the skipper visited the Roost and demanded that» ~~ the girl return to his wife’s service. Finding © that he could not secure Dolly by fair means, hé resorted to underhand tactics, and, luck playing into his hands. he got away with the girl with- out being caught at it. Mrs. Grinnidge, Dolly and the furniture were then transferred to a sloop, to be carried up the river to a certain New Hampshire town, where the captain’s wife proposed to live, near her réla- tives, until her husband returned from his voyage to the South Pacific. The Lively Polly then returned to Gloucester Bay and anchored in a creek not far to the south of the town, where patent Grinnidge communicated with Faber _ recott and the immediate abduction of Paul was arranged and consummated, with the success we > have seen. After passing the bar, the schooner was héaded , for Boston Harbor, where the cargo to be taken to South Anferica was awaiting her. The two boys fell asleep during the trip down the bay, and did not- awake until the achiganer, was haul- ing into the wharf. te “We seem to be making fast fos dock,” said 4 Andy, after they had listened to the sounds on — deck, coupled with the fact thatthe vessel had. come to a rest. “It’s some place not so«very far — from Glo’ster. I wonder if we'll be let go soon?” “T’ve an idea that we won’t get off so easy as that,” replied Paul. “You may be allowed to go free, but’ Captain Grinnidge is bound to try and get square with me.: Besides, I suspect — he’s entered into some arrangement with my — uncle to keep me away from Glo’ster.” , “What good would that do your uncle? bound to get back some time.” “As I’m not a.mind- reader, Andy, I can’t eelees the conundrum. - There is no telling what scheme — Mr. Prescott is up to. He must: realize that I can make it very hot for him. after last night’s geet developments. His only chance of avoiding — trouble is to keep me from communicating with Lawyer Harrison.” g Their conversation was interrupted by the re- moved of the scuttle cover above their heads — and the appearance of the ugly features of the mate in the’ opening. “Well, my hearties, how are yer feelin’ this mornin’ ?” he grinned. . 1a “How would you feel if places ? 2?” replied Paul, coldly. The mate chuckled at the question. He: sprang r down into the hole; with a couple of strong piec of rope in his hand. Approaching Paul first he tied the end of one of the ropes securely about hi middle and‘the other end he made fast to a ring in the déck. He performed the samie operation Andy. Then he searched their pockets and removed there jackknives. After aes ee 3 ib tha’ ; You’ re i you were in our

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“How d’ye like the change, eh?” he asked, with another grin. .. “How long are we to be kept in this hole?” demanded Paul. “Tit to-morrow afternoon, I guess,” replied the mate. - “It seems to me that Captain Grinnidge is lay- ing a lot of trouble up for himself,” said Paul. “That’s his business, not mine.” “You can tell him if he’ll let us go now Tl promise not to prosecute him for what he has done so far, for I believe he’s doing it to oblige my uncle. Mr. Prescott won’t be able to save him when the time comes if he perseveres in his present course.” - .'*¥e want me to tell him all that, do yer?” chuckled the mate. 3 “It will be to his advantage to know it.” “T'll tell him, but I don’t calkerlate he'll jet yer out of here till to-morrow, anyway. I s’pose yer both hungry by this time: T’ll bring yer somethin’ to eat soon.” _ Thus sveaking, the mate, whose name the boys subsequently learned was Steve Cobb, sprang out of the forepeak and slammed down the scuttle after him. From Cobb’s words, the boys got the impression that they would probably be let go on the following day, and that was some satis- faction at anv rate; nevertheless, neither relished. the idea of remaining prisoners in that dark hole for twenty-four or thirty hours longer. Inside of half an hour Cobb brought them each a mess of rations similar to that served out to the three men composing the crew. While they were eating it they heard sounds on the other side of the bulkhead that separated them from the hold, which told them that the schooner was ‘taking some kind of cargo on board. As the ugboats and other marine noises so frequently that they soon understood that the schooner was ~ moored at no small seaport. _ The loading went on all day up to five o’clock, with an hour’s intermission at noon, when Cobb, ought them some dinner. _“We’re in Boston harbor, ain’t we?” Paul ask- him. a> “What makes yer think yer are?” growled the mate, with a frown. “From the whistles of the tugs a the other sounds we have heard.” “Ye have sharp ears, I see.” . “A person would have to be deaf not to hear what’s ‘going on in this neighborhood. Did you 11 the captain what I said? “I told him.” ‘What did he say? 2” asked Paul, eagerly. ~ “Nothin’.” Paul was disappointed, and his. face.showed it. “Been expectin’ he’d let yer go I s’pose? x Es chuckled the mate. — thought he’d have sense enough to. get out fs when he saw a good opening,” SiMe “It's up to him.” ally d presently left a Pend. with it: alo es A HARVEST OF GOLD against the Schooner’s sides. _afternoon, then a tug came alongside, was made morning wore away they heard the whistles of - reached their ears but the lap of the water The boys. talked together about their prospects of release next day, and finally fell asleep. They were awakened by the reappearance of the mate. with _their breakfast. Soon afterward the noises of the preceding day were resumed and the operations of loading — the schooner were in full swing again. Her lading was completed about the middle of the fast, her hawsers were cast off from the wharf, and the imprisoned lads were soon conscious that the vessel was underway once more. “This doesn’t look as if we were going to be let go to-day,” said Andy, in a tone of disgust. “That’s right; it doesn’t,” answered Paul, who now began to wonder when the end of. _ thei, trouble would come. CHAPTER XII.—The Road to the Pacific, an. In the course of an hour or so the tug eas off and the Lively Polly, with all her canvas set to the smacking breeze, headed down the ba toward Boston Light. The boys so far had no suffered from the cold, as the weather, since the had been carried off from Gloucester, had bee rather mild for that season of the year. As night came on again the cold wind sige the broad Atlantic began to make an icebox of the forepeak, and the chill penetrated ape their overcoats, which they had not had a chan to take off since they put them on, just before leaving the academy for their visit to the Ol Watch Tower on Gull Point. ; “Say, we'll be turned into a pair of icicles before morning, I’m thinking,” remarked And slapping his legs and swinging his arms abo: in aaa effort to infuse a little warmth into hi ody , “It is getting cold, for a fact,” admitted Paul, adopting the same tactics. “You can’ bet your life it is.” . At that moment the scutle was removed eas Cobb appeared. “The cap’n says yer to come. eich of this now. he said, with a chuckle. “We've no objections,” any kind of a change. Paul and Andy serambled up without de ay, The first thing they did was to cast their eye about the darkening seascape, eager out just where they were. bowling and rolling on the incoming surges the big bay, with the dark sea line of the At- lantie before them. Boston light showed a ‘sh distance to the northeast. i Pei find replied Patil, glad March att,” ordered Cobb. ecieee grin ne was particularly malicious oe his one uncovered eye rested on Paul d cott. “Now, ye lubber, 1 want ye to understand t few words, d’ye he oker ye’

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try me. Ye’ll find that-a rope’s end or the soft ‘side of a belayin’ pin will soon put a clapper on yer jaw-tackle. Now, listen to me. This schooner is bound for Rio.” “Brazil!—South America?” while Andy nearly collapsed. “That’s what I said,” roared Captain Grin- _nidge. “Now, mark me, ye’ve got to work yer way and stand watch same as the rest of the -erew. I’ve shipped, ye both, and by the lord _ Harry, if yevattempt to skulk ye’ll have cause -. to wish ye had never been born. Now. ye know what ye have to expect. ‘Take ’em below, Cobb, gel and rig’ ’em out of the slopchest. Then make ~ Jem turn to and do their duty. That’s all I’ve got to say.” _ Captain Grinnidge turned on his heel and walk- ed to the wheel, while the stunned boys followed ~ the mate into the small foreeastle, where a pair _ of vacant berths were pointed out to them and - they were told to slip out of their overcoats and shore-going suits and don the garments more suitable to their new, enforced calling. ‘They obeyed, in a dazed kind of way, and by that time tea was ready. They ate what was put before them with about the same relish that men about to be hanged partake of their last meal ‘on earth. All hands were then called on deck, when the ceremony of dividing the little crew into watches was gone through with. Paul and two others formed the captain’s watch; while idy, with the remaining two, constituted the mate’s watch. The captain’s watch remained on deck, while the other went below until their ae came to relieve the others. Thus the boys found themselves separated at a moment when ey most desired the comfort of companionship. learly, they were up against it hard. We will pass’ over the severe experience that fell to their lot until the Lively Polly sighted the coast of Brazil, and passing Sugar Loaf Mountain en- tered the bay of Rio de Janeiro,, one of the most beautiful, secure and spacious harbors ‘in the orld. By this time they had learned, in a hard school, the rudiments of séamanship, and were able to perform their allotted duties as well as any of their companions. It was a fine afternoon when the schooner fluttered Paul, re on deck. The passage was about a mile wide and was guarded by granite mountains. On the whole, the boys were delighted at the ao thus afforded them to inspect a foreign ‘port. _ “There’s. the city,, yonder,” ejaculated Andy, ~ who was leaning over the port bulwark beside Paul. “T see it,” replied his chum. “Looks funny, esn’t it—a whole cluster of white houses with _ Just like a painted scene in a te houses crowned seven green and mound- ce hills, and spread out through the intervening eys. The Lively Polly came to anchor in the stead, and then a boat was lowered and Cap- Grinnidge went, ashore. Next morning the “was taken to a wharf 1 and in the ened up Rio de Janeiro Bay, and all hands » ee _ A HARVEST OF GOLD Es a of goods for Montevideo, which would add to. the profits of his trip South. Paul and Andy supposed the cargo was in- | tended for the United States, and no one under- ~ took to undeceive them. They were carefully — watched while the vessel remained at her wharf, and the skipper was tickled to learn that they showed no disposition to desert the craft. The rest of the crew were given shore leave, and they put in a similar request. Captain Grinnidge fmally permitted them te inspect the city under the guidance of the mate, who saw to it that neither got ‘out of his sight.» At last the schooner pulled out into the stream, and next morning at daylight sailed for the mouth of the Rio de la Plata: Paul and Andy were unpleasantly surprised» when the Lively — Polly’s head was turned to the southward, for that course was taking them further than ever from home. = eI thought we were going’ back to the United States,” said Paul, to Steve Cobb. af The mate grinned. = “Not yet,” he answered. “The cap’n found sue 1 Sesh cargo for pear Le and we re going — ere first.” Paul hunted Andy up ae told him fe eines they were bound. “ “We might ae “What’s the odds,” replied Andy. as well see a little of the world while we’re about it. We'll have some good yarns to tell the fel- lows when we get back to school. Now that we’ve got used to roughing it, a little extra experience — won't do us any harm.” So Paul’s disappointment wore off, and as Cap- tain Grinnidge had long: since got tired of knock- ing him around for nothing. seeing that the boy had developed into a useful as well as willing hand to whom he had nothing to pay for services’ rendered, he, as well as Andy, looked forward — with much interest to their approaching introduc- tion to the capital of the Republic of Uruguay. In due time the schooner anchored off Ménte- video, which is situated on a small peninsula on the north shore of the Rio de la\Plata, ab 6 point where this estuary is sixty miles wide. The — houses composing the town looked rather insigni- — ficant, for they were mostly of one story, with flat roofs. “Gee! I don’t think much of this place,” said. Andy. “There's only half a dozen decent-looking _ buildings in the whole town, as far as we can see from here. One of them seems to be a ie ehurch.” Paul agreed with his chum that the wenerale effect was rather disappointing. On the follow- ing day the schooner hauled in to a dock and her cargo was soon out of ker. . Captain Grinni Ize was offered a cargo of hides’ to carry to Ne York, but declined, because he wasn’t bound that direction. Instead, he took a load of ballast aboard, and then struck out southward once more. “Where the dickens are we bound now?” Paul’s surprised inquiry of the mate, when found that the Lively Polly was heading do the South American coast again. aida “We're bound for the Races: my h chuckled Steve pede a,

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a Paul: however, knew better than to do that. That night he and Andy held a pow-wow on the’ “subject, and the only conclusion they could ar- ive at was that it was likely to be a long day ‘before they saw Gloucester again. “J can see my uncle’s fine hand in this, Andy,” said Paul. “When he found out that Captain Grinnidge was going on a long voyage, he paid he rascal to spirit me away, maybe in the hope that I’d fall overboard some night and thus make ‘an opening for him to succeed to my father’s ' property. Oh, he’s foxy all right—about as slick as they come. But he’s going to be disappointed. I’m not going to fall overboard if I can. help my- self. T’ll get back some day, and then I won’t a thing to him.” ts ‘He’ s a big rascal, if he is your uncle,” replied Andy. “I'll bet if he was in charge of the Roost at this moment he’d sit up half the night listen- 2 for that old bell on the roof to tell him, by ts three atrokes, that you had passed in your : checks. “i “Not unlikely. Maybe he’s arranged with one our neighbors to let him know if the bell should ‘ring, so he’d have advance information of my feath and be able to Pe in his claim for the he eee hugged the coast all the way wn, and about six days later entered the Strait : A fair wind carried her through ike twenty-four hours, and then the Lively Polly’s nose was pushed out into the blue waters the broad South Pacific. Paul and Andy were w fast approaching the end of their journey _ the schooner, though fortunately for their ace of mind they were unconscious of the fate rranged for them through the villainy of Faber scott and the connivance of Captain Grins CHAPTER XI1.—Wrecked On Coral Island. was now about the middle of March, a mat- three months since they left Boston Har- bor. and the Lively Polly was some distance out the Pacific. weather soon after leaving the Strait Wehind hem, but the schooner had rode it out, like a ‘k. Shortly after three o’clock one afternoon sky grew overcast by a gathering haze, which last shut the sun out altogether. About this aS they fell in with shifting banks of- fog, g@ before the wind, the like of which Paul se mands had never seen before. Every now and then the wind would sweep se banks away, rolling them up befére it, and a little while there would be a clear space nd the schooner for perhaps a mile or more. was on duty, and was standing his trick e wheel, while: Andy was’ eke laying off on ok. his is | the pieatest sight a: ever saw,” ihoneht now ae around, fee then, almost adforemost into ; that the le A WARVEST OF GOLD ° They had seen *some rough’ ' fifteen seconds, but those fifteen seconds had held “At one time we’re sailing across a water that looks like a i big lake, with 7 2 run into us, what would happen to us? [Pm afraid to think of it. We'd be run down and sunk so quick that we’d hardly know what struck us. I wish the weather would clear up.” ie At that moment Andy came on deck, The ecap- — tain, whose turn it was to be on deck, had step- ped below to take a drink, for the misty weather made the atmosphere raw and chilly. \ The other ‘two men were supposed to be keeping a sharp lookout ahead, from the bows. The schooner at the moment was sailing across one of the open spaces, but rapidly approaching another fog bank. “Andy,” called Paul, “I wish you’d step for- ward and ‘see that the men are keeping a.bright lookout ahead.. We'll strike another fog bank in a few minutes, and I shan’t feel easy in mind- till we’ve got on the other side of it.” “ALL right,” ” replied Andy, and forward he went. ; a He found the men were wide awake to their — giob, and they remained looking ahead into the — gray curtain they were about to plunge into. It seemed to him just as if the schooner was rush- ing up against an impalpable kind of wall, and the sensation was rather terrifying. Just as the Polly’s bowsprit was about to pierce the mist, “Andy happened to glance over the port bow, and then he saw a sight that fairly staggered: him. A big, full-rigged ship, under all sail, came out of the fog so suddenly that it seemed as if it had sprung right into being, then and there. > The eddying foam about her cut-water testi- fied to her great speed. nd she was béarine straight down across the port bow of the Lively Polly. ‘Ten seconds more and she would have, crushed into the schooner’s bows as though it were made ‘of cardboard. One of the lookout me i her at the same moment, and he gave a.gas f fear. His tongue cloye to the roof of mish wanes and he couldn’t utter a sound. 5 Andy, however, pulled himself out of his trance, = and with a terrible, warning cry yelled: se “Hard a starboard, Eee Hard a starboard for your life!” S Paul heard the Pitings shout, and instantly obeyed the order, and he saw the danger at the same moment. The captain also saw it as he sprang up the companion-ladder, and he turned. the color of death, grasping the side of the open-_ ing to steady himself against the shock that seemed to be coming. The two hands below and the mate came tumbling up in a panic, for Andy’ ae deh rang fore and aft, like a-trumpet ‘call of anger. The schooner’s head’ wore around, as if she © were on a pivot, so easily did she answer hei helm, and to this fact. was due her salvation She came up into the wind without a second lose, and the monster ship passed so close the low schooner that it seemed that one of lookouts might have touched the swell of h sides with his Wand. It was all over in less than the fate of the Lively Polly and all on board | in their RIASD-

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“unreal looking aboard the vessel. The schooner finally got clear of the fog belt, much to Paul’s relief, and to that of all on board as well. ‘Before that happened, however, the watch had been changed, but Paul wouldn’t go below until a clear sea opened out before the Polly. “That was a mighty close shave we had, old chap,” said Andy to him, as they stood by the starboard bulwark. - “Pon’t mention it, Andy. I haven’t got over it “yet,” replied Paul, with a very serious counte- - nance. 1 “(Pll bet the ghostly bell ringer of the Roost + was at his post with his hand on the clapper - yeadv to give those three rings,” said Andy, with *an uneasy laugh. “Tf he was, you and I disappointed him at the last minute. We couldn’t very well have had a -narrower squeek for our lives. The port of miss- ing ships would have claimed us, and our fate would have been another ocean mystery.” - Whatever Captain Grinnidge may have said to his mate about their narrow escape, he did not - tender either’Paul or Andy a word of commenda- ‘tion for their praiseworthy action in that terrible emergency. Nor did Stephen’ Cobb testify his appreciation of their conduct, either. With the - four member's of the crew it was different. These chaps, not overscrupulous at the best, who had at first regarded the boys as useless additions to the schooner’s complement, and had hazed them to a considerable extent, eSpecially on passing the line - or equator, had gradually become friendly with Paul and Andy. Now realizing that the lads had saved’ the schooner and all on bodrd, they were not slow in ving them due. credit for the performance. Rotor Paul and Andy had'no cause to com- -plain_of rough treatment at their hands, and all went well on board for the next two weeks. Then the weather changed for the worse, and when Paul came on deck one morning at about half-past six, and joined ‘Andy, who had been on duty since ‘four o’clock, he found that the wind had increased to half a ‘gale. The sky was heavy and leaden, and the sea was the same color, with the dull, sodden look of molten metal. “The mate says that the barometer indicates a heavy, gale, and that this is only the »ybeginning - of it,” said Andy. “Well, I guess the Polly can ride ‘it out all ‘ » right, ie replied Paul, confidently. “She’s already _ shown what she can do in dirty weather.” The gale ‘continued to get more weight in it as the morning advanced, and when Paul was called to relieve the man at the wheel at four bells (ten o'clock), in the forenoon watch the wind was blowing hard and furious, and the seas were run- ning very high. - The schooner, however, behaved splendidly un- der closely reefed canvas, rising and falling with the action of the water, like a cork. All day long e gale continued and, if anything, getting worse, he schooner being put under bare poles, with othing showing but a bit of jib to steady her ead. As night fell ythe storm eiceen? Pi a udden and ah eat ee. eat A HARVEST OF GOLD * at the low mass ahead, which t the lookout had ree- ‘of the coral, and then as the waves lifted he since we came afloat. I’d like to know.” “I’ve read about worse storms than this, but I don’t want to see one,” replied Paul, with a se- ~ rious look. “If one of those huge waves following us ever got aboard we'd stand a good show of — being swamped.” J “That’s right,” admitted Andy. “I don’t see how we escape them.” ir “We escape because we always ride just out of reach on the wave ahead.’ Every few minutes it seemed as if they were about to be engulfed by a great concave body. of water, rushed stern on, yet such is the peculiar methodical action of the sea that the schooner — always escaped the wave behind, with the regu- larity of clockwork. The voar of the tempest went on all through the night, which was pitch © dark. All around the vessel were seas, ten or fifteen feet high, shining with phosphorescent — crests, moving forward-with their black weight of. thousand of tons of solid water. -The spectacle was a terrifying one for the boys, who hardly ex- pected to see the mornifig light again. With the © s coming of daylight, the gale broke, the sky looked — clear in patches, and the spirits of all on board revived. oi “We'll come out of this all right,” said Andy, — breaking into a cheerful grin. “When we get... back to school we’ll have a whole lot to——” ; “Land close aboard on the port bow!” roared the man who was on the lookout, forward. “Hard a starboard!” The helmsman pushed against the wheel and the schooner began to slowly respond, when a heavy wave struck her bows and threw her back. Another wave came aboard forward, while a third. smashed in her starboard bulwark at the waist, and for a moment confusion reigned on the little craft. At the same time she was carried for- ward with resistless speed by the water directly — of Us ; If it can blow any harder ognized as land. - The mate sprang to assist the man at the wheel, but before their united strength could be brought to bear on the rudder chains a grating jar shook — the vessel from stem to stern—it was the break ing off of the coral trees which grew below, like forests under water. Again the schooner grated, and more harshly, then struck on a higher bunch over the obstruction. she struck with great v lence further on and heeled over. All hands wer on deck at the moment, the captain on the poop near thé mate and steersman. A great wave came aboard diagonally amidships and swept every soul to the leeward into the yeasty foam while the succeeding wave lifted the dcoted once more and cast her many yard ahead, w she now remained at the mercy of the sea, fi fixed, fore and aft, upon a bed of coral rocks. CHAPTER~ XIV.—A Gruesome Discovery. /Captain, mate and crew of the ill-fated Polly had been cast into a whirling sea, Pauls ja roe masses of coral against whi

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a ‘special Providence, however, seemed to guide the - progress of the two boys, and, escaping the perils of the coral reef, which surrounded the entire Ser the opposite side, they were cast, breathless and dazed, on the sandy shore of the island proper, a quarter of a mile from the spot on which the ~~ gchooner had rested her devoted keel. For some e ten minutes Paul lay stretched out, weak and ~~ exhausted on the beach, with the water half sub- - merging his body, as each wave rolled up on the sand. Then he slowly pulled himself together, and finally sat up and looked around. The first thing he noticed was Andy lying on his back a - scouple of yards away. He crawled over and -. ghook him. : ~ “Andy, Andy!” he cried, in a husky voice. _ ; His.chum opened his eyes and looked at him in a bewildered fashion. Then he began to strike out mechanically, as though he thought he was still in the water. The ridiculous figure he cut on the sand, like some huge new species of crab, ~~’ eaused Paul to laugh outright. ° j «Hold on, old chap, you’re not in the water any longer,” he said. ae ini spit out a mouthful of wet sand and ‘ceased moving his limbs. Then he serambled to his knees and the two boys gazed into each other’s faces . ; “Where dre we, anyway?” asned Andy, spitting out more sand. “Then they got on their feet. They saw a long, ~ low, sloping beach covered with white sand that shad been washed up on a coral foundation by: the continual beating of the surf. Up and down the length of the shore, and following in a line ‘with the beach, was a ridge of sand hills. A “-number of scrub brushes, interspersed with palm trees, grew along the crest of this ridge. The chain of sand hills made a sudden turn in either direction, and not far from where they fell away _ to the westward on the level of the beach was a thick growth of underbrush, with half a dozen palms growing in the midst of it. To the sea- yard lay the outer ving of coral reef, with the wreck of the Lively Polly perched upon it, her bowsprit pointing skywar« 3 . “Are we the only ones who came ashore?” asked ndy, looking up and down the shore in a vain. attempt to smgle out one’ or more of their late shipmates. “Tt looks as if we're all that’s left of the schoon- r’s complement,” replied Paul. “And what sHall we do here—starve?” asked Andy, dolefully. “J hope not,” answered Paul. “Let’s walk down the shore.” : When they reached the thicket where the palm trees sprang up they found a spring of cool water ubbling up out of the white sand. It flowed away through a stretch of thick grass and sedge, ward the interior of the island. A HARVEST OF GOLD island, with the exception of a narrow break on™ direction,” said Paul. ‘have no great hopes of such a thing.” all.” - ; ~ing the intervening ring of water, and drew clos They followed the course of the stream until _ they discovered that it emptied into a good-sized _ circular lake. Then they ‘started to follow the — edge of the lake. The sun was now out in an — almost cloudless sky, and the late storm had fined _ down to a comparatively gentle breeze. The cur- cular spit of shore they were traversing was quite narrow, bounded by the lake on one side and the ocean, with the reef between, on the other. It was covered with low vegetation, through which sprouted many palms. When they reached a point ~ nearly opposite to where they started from they found further progress cut off by a narrow inlet, — which made in from the sea. as a “That settles it, we can’t go any further in this “The island seems tobe a ring of sand and coral, with a single break at this” a point, the whole surrounded by an outer réef of the same shape.” toes “There doesn’t appear to be any kind of tree but palms, and they haven’t any fruit on them,” — said Andy. i ERS _ “They’re all young palms, judging from their~ height, and I’ve read that when young the center. of the palm is soft; often containing a quantity of starch or sago, which I imagine ought to be good to eat. I dare say the outer reef is covered — , J s with barnacles, and they always attract fish.” 2 “But we can’t reach the outer reef without swimming .and if we swam there, how could we catch the fish?” : te. og “A fellow can do lots of things when driven to it by necéssity. Now if the schooner holds to- wall gether for a while we can swim out to her as soon = as the water gets smoother, and then maybe we'll F be. able to get at some of her stores, though I re a Be “S’pose we did—how could we get them ashore ~ if the boats are stove, as I guess they are?” ees “Why, we could make a rough raft out of — wreckage held together by rope.” gr “That’s so,” said Andy. “Hello!” he exclaimed, suddenly. “Look yonder. Blessed if there isn’t a small sailboat making direct for this island, and only one person aboard of her.” ae Paul followed the direction of his outstretched _ arm, and sure enough there was a cat-rigged boat, _ her mainsail bellying out to the breeze, steer‘na — right for the entrance in the outer roof. ca “T wonder who that can be?” asked Andy. “Who the dickens could be navigating the wide ocean in such a cockle-shell? Why, the late storm would have sent her to the bottom in no time at. “I don’t care who it is. He’s welcome. The more the merrier, for company’s sake.” neti They watched the stranger approach wit eager interest and anticipation. The little bo soon shot through the opening in the reef, cross- to the inlet. at. “Why, it’s a boy!” cried Andy, in astonishment As soon as the sailboat entered the lagoon hi occupant perceived them, waved his hand sever times and headed the craft for the beach. Pau and Andy walked down to the water’s edge che “Glad to see yo! te the reply.

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“there from another ary. 18 up on the beach. The new boy stepped ashore and grasced Paul’s extended: hand, and then Andy’s. “My name is Jeff Waldron,” he said. “Jeff is Short foi Jeiforson. » What’s your names?” “Mine is Paul Prescott, and this is my chum, Andy Owens. We were wrecked this morning on the other side of the island. Our schooner, hail- ing from Boston, Mass., went onto the outer reef, and-all but us were lost. We were just exploring the place when we saw you coming this way. Where did you spring from, anyway, in that little boat?” “From another island to the southeast. Got island still further east. There’s a whole string of these islands running for many miles. I was blown off shore from a big island to the northwest—one of the Fiji group—where my father is located as a mission- I was trying to find my way back by easy stages, but ain’t sure if I can do it. I’m real glad to’ meet you fellows, for it’s lonesome work sailing around by one’s. self.” ~ “Well, let’s cross in your boat to the other bide of ‘this lake,” Said Paul. “There’s nothing doing on this side.” “All right. -Hop. aboard.” Paul and Andy stepped into the sailboat, Wal- dron followed, hauled up the sail and away they shot for the other side, to a point about midway. of the lagoon, where a thick clump ‘of bushes and palm trees attracted their attention, for Andy Said he saw what Idoked to be the. roof of a house there. It didn’t take them lone to cross, and ‘ while Jeff Waldron was’ securing the boat so she a “all.” sie certainly is acting mighty strange. © figure. ’ -wouldn’t floateaway, Paul and Andy started for the thicket. “There is a house there for sure,” said Andy, in “some’ excitement. ‘“Can’t you see the wall through the trees?” | “J do,” replied his chum: Hello! That looks like a man, with his hand extended.” “So it does.. Some shipwrecked chap like our- selves. And maybe ‘there are more of them in the house.” “T don’t like the looks of that fellow. I won- der what he’s pointing at so steadily. If there are more like him they may make trouble for us. I’m going back to get Waldron’s rifle that I saw in the bottom of the boat. Nothing like putting up a bold front.” Andy waited till Paul got the gun. “FHe’s still pointing,” said Andy. “I’ve watched him ever since you were away and I’m willing to - swear that he hasn’t stirred an inch,” “Phat’s strange. Maybe it isn’t a man after “Yes, it is. Don’t you see his hat and cloak flying in the wind?” “Y do. He’s holding ane ae in his fist. He Just like a cigar store sign. Come on. We'll soon see what’s the matter with him.” ~ Paul and Andy advanced upon the motionless “Great Scott!” exclaimed Paul, - when “he got é close enough to look the gruesome object square- ‘ly in the face. “It’s a skeleton!” “A skeleton!” palpitated, a cba Sapir. joe. Oh, fy so it is!”: eo A HARVEST OF GOLD CHAPTER XV.—The House of Death. It was certainly a horrible-looking object, and what was stranger* still was the fact that its gloved hand held a rusted revolver, pointed straight ahead. It looked menacing’ enough in good truth, but as there was no life in it-the terrifying aspect of the figure was soon lost on the boys. As Paul walked up to it his attention was attracted to an open box on the ground. It was half full of tarnished coins, through which sprouted the noses of several fat-looking bags. “What’s this?” he ejaculated. - “Money?” At that moment Andy stepped up beside him and was equally amazed at what he saw in the box. While they were gazing at what appeared to be a kind of treasure trove they were joified by Jeff Waldron, who, like themselves, had been momentarily staggered by the skeleton figure. “Hello!” cried Andy at that moment. , look at what’s: painted on the door of that house. ‘A House- of Death. Do Not Enter Here.’ Now, wouldn’t that jar you?” “With a skull and cross-bones on top,” said — Paul. “Some big bluff, I guess.” “This money is no bluff, at any rate,” said Andy, who was examining a:handful of “They're foreign gold. coin. is here? A good many thousand dollar s, I'll bet. We're lucky.” \ “There’s over $15,000 worth in that box.” “That's $5,000. apiece,” said Andy. “I -never saw that much in my life before.” “Well, let’s investigate this house of. death,” said Paul. “We want a covered place to sleep. That ought to be just the thing.” “Tm not stuck on sleeping in a morgue,” chuck- led Andy. “How do you know it’s a morgue?” said Paul, advancing to the door, and striking it a heavy blow with the butt of the rifle. The door swung inward and the three boys” gathered around the entrance. A ghastly speec- tacle met their eves. No less than eight skeletons lay sprawled about in every conceivable attitude. Their garments were nearly all rotted away, ex- posing the bones with grislv effect. Clearly, they had been there for many years, showing, with the presence of thé uncovered gold in the box out- “side, that the island had not been visited by any one in a very long time. The boys had tumbled upon a strange and horrible mystery that be- tokened either murder or starvation; but pre- sumedly the latter. The presence of the propped- ~ up skeleton without, and the warning sign on the door didn’t seem to jibe exactly with the statva- tion theory, the dead men had escaped from the island, after doing up their companions, why hadn’t they car- ried the gold off with them. No matter how one ~ tried to figure up the case the element of mystery. still remained. And the chances were it would always remain a mystery. “There’s a spade over in the corner,” said Paul. _ “We'll perform a Christian duty to these’ poor relics and bury their bones outside, then, as a recompense for the labor, we'll take possession of ae house.” aldron showed no reluctance’ to. assisting i ee funeral phRtOnY, and so. Paul got the spade Yet if one or more companions of — ites I wonder how much’ “Just > 5

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j and told Andy he would appoint ‘his chief grave- igger, while Waldron and himself performed the ffice of undertakers. } The skeletons all went to pieces, and Paul shoveled their remains into the hole. The grave was then filled in and a mound raised above it. Two big pieces of coral formed the head and foot stones, and the ceremony was over. “TY wish I had something to eat about this time,” aid Andy, wiping his forehead. “T think we had better sail out and see what’s t of the schooner,” said Paul. “It is possible we may be able to find something in the galley to eat. That part of her, I guess, is still hanging a the reef.” ! 3 So the boys adjourned to the sailboat, her main- il was hoisted and she was headed out of the la- ~ goon into the now’ comparatively calm water be- ween the island and the outer reef. They were oon alongside the wreck of the Lively Polly. The stern of the schooner as far as the break of the trunk cabin was entirely submerged, but the balance of the craft was above the present reach f the sea. One of her boats was still intact. “We'll cut that loose by and by,” said Paul. The three boys then entered the small fore- castle and galley. Here, to their great satisfac- tion, they found more than enough to satisfy their appetites for several days. They sat around on the bunks and made a good meal} after which paney felt a great deal better. They carried every- thing of an edible order on board the sailboat. hen they cut loose and launched the quarter- oat and filled her with such odds, and ends of marine stuff as they thought worth while bring- * ashore. Tying the painter of the rowboat to the stern of the sailboat, they returned to the place in the lagoon whence they had set out. Andy had thought to bring an old broom from e schooner and he used it to sweep over the top layer of sand in the house, after which they removed everything ,.from the boats to the ° i Paul had also brought a small, empty- oo Be nd Waldron went to the outer reef in the sail- sat to try and catch a mess of fish for supper. hile they were away, Paul carried a small keg ey had brought from the wreck to the spring the thicket, and filled it with cold water. On return he carried it into the hut and threw it in a corner. > + was tolerably heavy, now that it was filled with water, and when it struck the sand some- thing happened that brought a gasp of surprise _ to the boy’s lips. “Instead of making a dent in the ‘soft flooring and lying there, it crashed through the sand, as through paper, and disappeared, g a gaping hole exposed” CHAPTER XVI.—Conclusion. “Well, if that doesn’t beat anything I ever saw ore,” ejaculated Paul, looking at the hole. “TI itch and flashed it down into the y less. f A HARVEST OF. GOLD = ey, . ‘A ar rs onder what other mystery is connected with this ged to investigate the matter. | 19 dinary sailor’s chest. Paul stepped down into the hole and lifted the barrel out, then he examined the lid of the chest. He found that it was not secured, and raised it without trouble. side of the chest was literally packed with bags of what seemed to be money, for they were | counterparts of the bags of coin lying in the open box outside. : Paul took one of them. out, undid the string that secured the mouth and-poured its contents out on the sandy floor. It was gold money of a Spanish coinage. of seventy-five years since. “Whew! There must be a mint of money in that chest. A régular harvest of gold. This must be some piratical treasure trove for fair. Suppos- — ing each of these bags to contain $4,000 or $5,000, the top layer alone would amount to over $100,000. At that rate there is more than half a million in gold coin here. Won’t Andy and Waldron be sur- prised? If we can manage to get this money back to civilization. the three of us will be inde-~ pendently rich. I supose I’m entitled to a full half by right of discovery. That would give Andy and Waldron over $100,000 apiece as their share. Those dead chaps we found in here must have had some connection with this money. Probably that sign was put on the door by one or more of the men who got away after perhaps murdering the others. No doubt they could not carry the money off at the time, not having the means ofsdoing so. Bnt tfey intended-to come back after it later on, and put that sign on the door, and that scarecrow — outside, to frighten away any chance visitor to the island. . Still, why should they have left that partly filled box of money outside, exposed to any one’s view? That fact seems to upset my theory of the matter. Well, I’m not going to puzzle my — The question, we'll have to solve is — head over it. how to get away from the island and carry this treasure with us. As far as I ean figure up the situation we'll. be lucky if we can get safely away ourselves without trying to carry the money.” Paul returned the coins to the bag and sat down outside to await the return of his compan- ions. They got back in the course of an hour, with quite a bunch of fish. _ “Who says we haven’t been lucky?” said Andy, in high glee, exhibiting the fish. “Yes, you’ve been quite lucky in your way; but — for real downright good luck even. a little bit with me.” : “What do you mean?” asked Andy, in a per- plexed tone. ~ ; = “Well, you two have spent a couple of hours you are not in it» capturing a dozen moderate-sized fish, while I — didn’t spend any time to speak of capturing half a million dollars in gold.” “What are you talking about?” “You heard what I said, didn’t you?” , ; “Sure I heard it, and it is a pretty good tom- fool story for you.” 5 hut, both of you, with me and see what lies down in a hole which I found in a corner.” He ledgthe way and they followed, wondering]; When aul showed them the contents es ad th mh Besser The in- ~ i “If jt was a tom-fool story I couldn’t prove it Now I can prove my words. Just come into the

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a0 _ staggers. Andy executed a kind of Indian war dance. “What are you getting so excited about, Andy,” said Waldron. ‘We don’t come in on this. Pres- b ate found the stuff, and, by rights, it all belongs 5 im. * Then Andy looked glum. ze: “No,” answered Paul. “I’m going to divide up. Say, one-half for me and a quarter each for you ‘two. Is that satisfactory?” Andy and Waldon both declared that Paul was too generous, seeing that he had found the chest of money without any help from them. z “That don’t make any difference. The money _ ‘in the box outside is to be divided in even thirds; ' that in the chest in the hole just as I told you. _. =. Now then, we’ve got to put our heads together in order to see how we can manage to get the money away with us from the island. Remember that half a million in gold weighs pretty considerably. _ Why, that $15,000 outside is a pretty good weight of itself for one man to carry any distance.” ‘The boys postponed further consideration of : the subject until they had cooked and eaten their _ supper, then they took the matter up again. The s result of their deliberation failed to produce any. es practical results, and the matter was abandoned “A HARVEST OF GOLD for the time being. Next day, under Paul’s direc-" tions, they visited the wreck and brought away a Jot of boards, together with the carpenter kit. During the afternoon they employed theyselves making a lot of small boxes to hold four bags of - “the coin. Altogether, it-took fifty boxes to hold all the money. Next morning, to their surprise. and delight, a brig anchored off the island and a boat came ashore, with the second mate of the brig, to look for fresh water. The newcomers were surprised to find the three boys on the is- . land. Paul explained their presence there and - pointed out the fresh water spring to the mate. -- The boys learned that the brig was en route from Sidney, Australia, to. San Francisco, with a cargo of coal. Paul, after'a conference with the - mate, went on board the brig to see the captain’ and try to arrange for their passage to Califor- ‘nia. He had no great trouble in coming to an agreement when he stated that he and Andy were willing, and fairly competent, to work their pas- * sage before the mast, while it was agreed that ~ Waldron should act as cabin boy, without pay. Then came the question of securing transportation of the fifty smaM, heavy boxes, the character of --whose contents Paul would not state. The captain “agreeing to take them along, they were carried off in four trips of the sailboat. ae '. The quarter-boat and the sailboat were. then turned over to the captain, and as soon as her - water-casks had been replenished the brig hauled up her anchor and continued on her voyage to the ~ Pacific Coast of the United States, where she duly arrived, without encountering any particularly ~ rough weather. oe : The first thing that Paul did was to telegraph sawyer Harrison, while Andy wired his pa- ee old coin, which they succeeded in getting the sub-treasury of the United States at. Id_gold ad. “It _ The next thing was to dispose of the old _ $125,000, while Jeff Waldron received his share . Dolly had returned to the Roost a month after in government notes, . ; : Paul and his chum parted from Waldron, who wanted to rejoin his father as soon as possible, — and took a train for the East. Lawyer Harrison — and Andy’s father were on hand at the Boston & Albany depot at Boston to meet the boys on ~ their arrival in that city. Almost Paul’s first — eager inquiry was about Dolly Curtis. Mr. Har-— vison made Paul feel good by telling him that her disappearance. Paul and Lawyer Harrison, with Andy and his father, took a train for Glou- cester on the afternoon of the day of their arrival in Boston. The former two lost no time in going out to the Old Watch Tower to see if the missing will still reposed inside of the crack in the stone — flooring of the second story of the tower. To their intense satisfaction the will was there and was easily recovered. Mr. Harrison recognized it as the one he had drawn up for Paul’s father. “J guess my uncle will be rather surprised to see me turn up safe and sound, when he probab imagines that I am many thousands of miles away on board the late schooner Lively Polly,” chuckled. Paul. ; : ; ; “He has laid himself liable to arrest and p secution for aiding and abetting in your abdui tion,” said the lawyer; “as well as conspiracy i the matter of your father’s will. It remains with you to say whether I shall proceed against him at once. He is almost certain to be convicted and sent to State prison.” : “No,” replied Paul, “it would be against. m dead father’s wishes to bring this disgrace on t family name. Call on him and tell him that hi treachery has been brought to light and that his game is up for good and all.” . eee “Very well,” replied Mr. Harrison. Faber Prescott was located by the lawyer Boston. We will not refer to the interview. tha took place between them. It is enough to know that Faber and his son, after receiving thei legacies under the will, disappeared and were again heard of by Paul or Mr. Harrison. * The confessed that they had hired a man to ring bell in the tower onthe night Paul’s father di and it was concluded that the former ringing the bell had been done by human hands. Paul duly entered Harvard College a year I: than the time originally set,-and Andy Ow: went with him. Both graduated’ together at t end of the four years course, at the age of twenty- three. Immediately afterward there was a wed ding at the Roost, when Dolly Curtis became n tress of the place, much to the satisfaction old-housekeeper, who had come to regard an adopted and much-loved daughter. Paul tained all the old servants, as a matter of cou over whom Tom Hazard reigned as majordomo steward, and the property was much impr while its young owner took his place a richest and most important resident of We bury, all of which was due to‘his discovery Harvest of Gold; or, The Buried Tre ure: Coral Island. _ Ei Stas aera ¢

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3 SHOW TIGER KILLS WOMAN - A man-eating tiger killed a Filipino woman, ember of a traveling carnival, when she entered its cage, as she had been doing during her several months with the show. The tiger seized her by ‘the throat, crushing out her life before a guard could shoot. . : es . Filipino riding on the carnival Ferris wheel Jeaped thirty feet to the ground and received robably fatal injuries. = ; ; GIRL BITES ROBBER, SAVES BANK’S “Miss Esther Pecoraro, eighteen, clerk in the jan private bank of her father, Gennaro Pec- ro, Sprinfigeld, Mass., frustrated a robber with “teeth. The man seized a handbag, in which was taking more than $600 to a national bank, nd ran into an alley. ‘ E y She chased the robber, who stumbled and fell. _ eaping on him, she bit the man’s hand and foreed m to-drop the bag and run. TOY BALLOON MAKES TRIP small toy balloon released from the top of the - Newman Store Building, Arkansas City, Kan., by Weston Ayres brought. the following reply to a ote attached to the balloon: be “Your balloon arrived here some time during : ight.. I found it in the city park about 8 o'clock this morning. Please write me when you. ‘started it, and oblige, Loretta Uhlenbrock, Ulm, §.—This town is located about sixty miles of Little Rock and about eight miles north- f Stuggart, Ark.” er : e balloon was-released in Arkansas City on the evening before it was found at Ulm; so that the trip of approximately 500 miles was made in hours or less. ; The balloon was filled with hydrogen. GIANTS POPULAR nts, seemingly, make just’ as much of a hit “modern women as do “sheiks.” This ap- ently has been demonstrated recently in Ber- » by es Albert, the celebrated Dutch colossus, has been daily ‘strolling along Unter «den n with an atmy of women in pursuit. Van bert stands more than 8 feet high, without his hoes, and towers so far above all other men that vy seem pigmies. - “Women al children regard Van Albert with more imagination than the men, says the. in newspapers, which advance the theory that cores of women that follow the giant every e leaves his motorear recall the legend of t in the Muggel Hills, near Berlin, who is appos ed to have kidnaped Lady Bertna. t wie ay 5 ‘ FAILROADS GIVE UP. FIRST- = SS PASSENGER CARE » way companies in Sweden have decided to first-class traveling accommodations and ond and third class to SU..0 =a - FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY CURRENT NEWS ‘the estate was’ inclosed. a eee the first-class accommodations, as there was very little difference between first- and second-class arrangements. ‘ ; Several years ago second- and third-class sleep- ers were provided on government lines, and now — the few operating private companies have of- fered similar, facilities with the announcement they also are abandoning first class. . : LETTER SAVES WOMAN FROM POTTER'S : FIELD 3 A letter, ten years old_and_yellow from age, averted burial in the Potter’s Field for Mrs. Lo- — retta Downs, forty-four, a member of a well-to- — do family of De Witt, Ia., who died recently in the Sunset Sanitarium, No. 1508 Poplar street, Den- ver, Col., after sHe had collapsed in the waiting- * room of the Union station. Fes Following death her body was removed to an. undertaking establishment to await the arrival _ of her husband, who, she said, was on his way there by automobile. When he failed to arrive, officials of the mortuary searched her belongings — and discovered the letter, which had been mailed — to her by Attorney P. H. Judge of Denver ten years ago. .. Gries _ The letter stated that the estate of her father, - Patrick Gorman of De Witt, had been admin- istéred and that part of the $60,000 included in — Relatives were informed of her death and ‘money was sent for the return of her body to De Witt for burial. eee Sh : ; MUSEUM FOR’ YOSEMITE The first branch of the museum to be erected: in Yosemite National Park; California, has just been completed. It is called Glacier Point Look out and has been erected under appropriation of the Laura Spelman-Rockfelley Memorial. Glacier Point Lookout is one of the’ units of the central museum, plans for which have been officially ap-- proved. s bee Sas Yosemite is the preserve of: the famous. red- woods, and its museum will reveal to-the visitor what he can find in the park and show him how he can improve his opportunities for nature study. The Museum News, published by the American Association of Museums, says: we “The circuit will begin with topography, fol lowed by the geological story, life zones (eorre-. lating birds, mammals, trees, flowers, ete.) na- tural history (temporary), ethnology and history. ite The building must be fireproof'in order to house — the priceless historical and ethnological relics that. have been. collected, as well as the invaluable books of the Mather Library.” eae The first story of the central building -will be a stone shell—-yirtually a fireproof vault. On this. will be built a se¢ond story of logs to harmini ‘with other park buildings. An interesting featur of the plan is that \‘the life zones, which correlated with altitude, will be shown in. sequ long a sh floo 4

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; FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY pes GUS AND THE GUIDE anyterioue structure which they had come upon > in the storm. Gears : SOK ke Briefly described, it was a square log tower _ ‘ = oe fifty feet hig . pa: * : ere was a door in front, but none in the f Three Weeks Lost in the Rockies rear, as they afterwards learned. : : -On the ground floor there were three windows, _ and four more every ten feet yp to the top. yet By GASTON GARNE The lower windows were square, but those~ above small and round. : Taken altogether it would have been a remark- (A Serial Story.) i able structure-for any situation, but there in that é 2 eld ed far up in the Bites Root range of the Rockies, it was a mystery, and Silas Stump, CHAPTER VIII. reining in his broneho, sat in the saddle starin , Toaeta 4h St ’ at it with many exclamations of suerte sa ost in tne storm. Twn ears Silas?” demanded Gus tees iiepae sy. , 1” afin at’s what I am. Can’t think what sich a sept Ws de ito the ale yale the lds: place was ever built for. Gite "em the hal, Chay + me. Sure’s ever me name is Silas Stump I’m y Jaw is Clean iriz up, (We want to go slow ever about charging into that shop. or we might’ fin : ote - mnie d th Hie Rae ourselves supping sorrow with a big oan a5 a n they dashe roug e\storm. ch "4 7 cd Sh Gus cacglatel that they mee have made a Ryn eo rea ee a descent of at least a thousand feet before the Meanwhile, Silds, Bi din Rie hivee arden th horses finally checked their speed. pet 2 SU The trail was so steep that it was the greatest ON, Gas oe Raut eee, es ee - wonder in the world they ever got down alive. dananloon af di ae phe! pee ‘Now they found themselveg entirely protected ‘!4etable ay and feed in the loft, as it proved. _ from the wind, but the amount of snow which . pes ued ra ed arp and was explo was falling was altogether unusual, and it was 178 the lower floor of the tower when'the gu impossible to see a foot ahead ath mores an he a es as k } p ; ; : Poe = This did not take long, for there was o qqgbhall_we try to put up. the tent?” cried Gus. i, one room, and he fotind the door on th “We surely can’t go much further on?” ; : .. “We-shall be buried, tent. and all, in half an latch. a . hour’s time!” replied Silas. “We must push on. Here there was a cook stove and plenty of — and try to find some shelter under the lee of wood piled up in a corner. ure \ Rte | ‘ = : hine to be had.” There was also a table, several chairs, 1 eres sec tard edie. yen here te ‘the valley bunks against the wall, and a few dishes on. thé _- the snow was deepening. | “ resser. Still giving the horses their own head, they The only thing in the way of provisions was — plodded on for a distance of some three miles, a barrel of hickory nuts and part of one barrel _ ‘when to. Gus’ immense relief the dark outlines of corn meal. ; 5 ie» ef a building loomed up ahead amid the falling The floor was thickly covered with dust, and flakes. ! from that and other signs Gus judged that the “Hooray!” shouted Gus. “We are getting some- place had not been occupied in a long time. | * where at last!” : z But it was a great find, for whatever mys : “And blamed glad of it, you find me,” growled terious purpose the tower had been built, her the guide. “I couldn’t stand the racket much was shelter from the storm. ; a longer, that’s a certain thing.” And Gus and the guide would undoubtedly h : “Have we been going north or south, east or perished if Fate had not sent them that way. ' west?” questioned Gus. = : For three days and four nights the storm’ con “Blamed if I'll ever tell you,” answered Silas. tinyed with more or less fury. e “J s'pose you think me a deuce of a guide to get lost at the very start out, but blamed ef I hain’t turned around, and just at the present time I don’t know no more whar we be nor the en It was one of the worst. blizzards which Idaho _ a had ever experienced, and many lost their lives that first night and during the days which fol- lowed ¥ -. Man_in. the moon.” : Crates Gus and the guide had brought along pr Ape iy ad a Ps ume eo Piro ong ions enough to last them two weeks, but for which ee * they must have starved to death in the storm. =a , ‘ 4 ; n a copie glans mer eon ah ve can find out~, The first thing was to make themselves com where we are. It’s any port in a storm.” — | fortable. et as wie tao Gus spoke up more cheerfully than he felt. Hera Silas Stump came out strong. _ That was_his style. _ He wanted to attend to everything himsel: - Gus never grumbled. When he was%a little it was all that Gus could do to get the c y he had the reputation of being a splendid take his share of the work, - —~ ellow,to travel around with, for when every- The horses were put in the barn, io in the mouth Gus was al- was soon burning in the stove. ao G,” as the saying goes. a5> Gags for exploring the upper part of ¥ ode ahead now, and co tower but Silas v : and a goo

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about the strange. structure. _. ‘nd this promised to be no easy task. -"D4e walters of the unplastered ceiling were fif- tee: fect above their heads, and there was no ladder to help them up to the closed trap-door, w' teh could be plainly seen. “How they ever got up to that hole is what stumps me.” drawled Silas, as -he bit off ‘another - thew of tobacco, and stood staring at the trap. “Oh, you’re always getting stumped,” laughed Gus. “It’s plain enough.” : ~.. “As plain as a mountain trail to a blind man. What’ do: you see?” ; “Toles in that stud under the trap, reaching all the way up from the floor to the ceiling.” ~ “Sharp! Thar. they be, and I never noticed them Waal?” “Well, what?” “What about them holes?” “They were made for a peg ladder, of course. ome one has pulled the pegs out, and we have got to make new ones and put: them in.” . “Right. That’s easy done. Lucky thing for us there’s wood enough. It’s a case of whittling, I reckon, and I’m some on that, too.” : Both went at it, and the necessary pegs were on whittled and put in place. he ascent to the floor above was now an easy m selves standing in a room which proyed a puzzle ilas Stump. : ae What hinds of ‘a point is it?” he drawled. “What's all them bottles for? Never seen such * a stove as that afore. By time, yes I hev, too. It’s an old-fashioned assay furnace. But who er would think of doing assaying in a place like this? And then, I don’t see no ore.” ut an assay furnace it was, and the glass hottles on the long bench gave the place still more of the appearance of. an assayer’s laboratory. Once no doubt all of them had contained chem- als, but now they were mostly all. empty. ‘There was a ladder in one corner leading up to. ‘another trap-door, and Gus and the guide con- mued their explorations. ~ == rom here on there were ladders communicat- with each of the five floors. ed up on the floor above the laboratory a ity of ore was found. Ses ope ta ‘us, who knew but little of mining matters, mild tell nothing of its value, but Silas declared it was low-grade gold quartz,,not worth working. ‘The. floor, above contained nothing but dust, id gave no indication of ever having been used m ney oy ; ; ; ‘Looking out through the little round window e the top of the tower, Gus found that he could _ FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY “after the meal they started in to find out more me ™ And with these remarks the business of th: tter, and Gus and the guide soon found them- - surest thing.” aborehe of the. Just before they turned. in, which they did at an early hour, Gus, who had been. stitting in silence for a Jong time, suddenly exclaimed: “Say, Sile, did you ever see a bear in the mid- dle of winter before?” “What?” said the guide, breaking in. upon @ long-winded yarn to which Gus had not been pay- ing the least attention. — Sines “Did you ever see a bear in the middle of winter — before?” sper ee . “Yes, once,” replied Silas. “But it was in a Rages Peloness to a circus what got stranded at oise.”’ & “Fexactly.. Don’t bears roll themselves up anc go to sleep in caves and hollow trees when winter — comes on?” : , ie “That’s what they do.” eee iaieotes “Then, Silas,” said Gus, “that was no bear we saw, but just a man in a bearskin putting up a job to scare us away front the hut where the girl disappeared.” ea “Gee Whiz!” eried the guide. “I shouldn’t won- der! Mebbe it was the gal herself,” tees day ended, for soon afterwards both Gus and the window at the top of that strange’ log tower. Next morning when Gus got out of the bur he found the snow banked up against the wi dows so that he could not see a thing. x _ Silas had risen before him, and now engage in cooking breakfast, and the room was filled sa the savory odor of frying ham. Rare “What’s the matter? What makes it so dark?” demanded Gus, only a half. awake. ae “Snow,” replied Silas. “Mountains of it, We can’t get out of the door, and the window is al blockaded; ez for the hosses, I expect they are bound to freeze or starve. Mebbe it’s just as well. Like enough we shall have to eat them be- fore we get through.” 2 eee: . “Is it still snowing?” demanded Gus, trying to” pull himself together, for he was sleepy still. : “Blamed if I know. Mebbe you'll take the trou-_ ble to climb up to the top of this here steeple an aye a look; ez for me, I’ve got serious work 0, r eg setae Gus did the exploring act, and’soon came down _ by the pegs, Be ae that it was snowing pee as hard as. ever.» Saget a) 3) Pe eee “It’s likely it. will’ keep it up the hull week,” growled Silas. “Lucky thing we struck th blamed ranch. We’d be dead now only for t Breakfast over, the horses. per ‘Silas Stump was not stumped here. The fir vay was to go up the question was how to ge

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be FROM JAVA TO CALIFORNIA Station NPG, the United States naval station at San Francisco, has established a new distance record. Signals from PKX, the Dutch Government - station at Malabar, on the Island of Java, were received over a distance of 8,200 miles from San Francisco. It is reported by operators at NPG that signals from Malabar are audible enough to be received at San Francisco consistently and that it is possible to establish reliable communication at any time during the day or night. RADIO RESEARCH ‘4. che field of investigation and experimenting in - yadio is immense. There are a multitude of prob- ~ Jems to be solved. Radio engineering is a most fertile field and will continue as such. A really ' selective receiver, efficient phones and Joud speak- ers, elimination of static, radio vision, radio pho- tography and transmission of moving pictures are destined to come some day, and they afford a : - wide field of research. There are only a few with a radio os degree at the present time. VARIOUS CONDENSERS The condensers generally used on present-day receiving sets are of the semi-circular type, that is to say, the rotor plates form a more or less perfect semi-circle. In this type of condenser the capacity is varied in direct ratio, to the turning of the dial. This would seem, at first thought, to ‘be correct practice, but upon careful considera- tion we find that this feature is a decided dis- i ” advantage. In tuning in broadcasting stations we tune in direct ratio to the square of the capacity, and as a consequence the low-wave stations are grouped almost inseparably together on the dials = - of semi-circular type condensers. The full, or _ semi-straight line condensers, on the other hand, tune similarly to broadcasting, and greatly aid in : selective and sharp tuning. Of the two latter types the semi-straight line type is considerably less ett and gives excellent results, _ RADIO AIDS AIR FLIGHT The recent remarkable flight of the Shenandoah ® to the Pacific Coast and back is a record for radio. During the entire flight the ship was never _ once without radio communication with the ground. On several occasions it is reported that radio arings and locality information furnished to the pilots was of substantial assistance in navigating _ the ship. Press dispatches were sent off regularly and in large quantity from the ship while she was in flight. is remarkable record is a technical achieve- ment for the naval radio laboratory at Belleview, _ mear Washington, D. C. The radio equipment of’ the Shenandoah was designed at this laboratory 1d most of it was actually built there. The at- _ tachment of efficient transmitters and receivers to : 't, where te usual precedure of grounding of the has Interesting Radio News and Hints FAME - AND FORTUNE WEEKLY the Shenandoah’s equipment is an indication that this problem has now been solved satisfactorily. Congratulations must go, also, to the radio of- ficers and equipment of the German-built ZR- 3. On the flight across the Atlantic the ship was in continual touch by radio with one or both sides of the Atlantic. This‘ proved a very important matter in the receipt of .weather bulletins and. storm warnings. t TELEPHONES ON MOVING TRAINS An article appearing in Germany describes a method of communication from a stationary tele- phone to a subscriber traveling on a train which was tried on a 275-kilometer stretch of track — between Berlin and Hamburg. All previously tried methods required either a very large amount of — energy in the sending station or else a high an- — tenna somewhere upon the train. The former was too costly; the latter was impossible owing to the limited overhead room in cuts and tunnels. The tests described were made by the use of high- frequency currents with wave-lengths of between 3,000 meters and 4,000 meters emitted from a station near the main line and carried in a wire ee alongside the tracks. It is claimed that energies . of only 5 watts to 50 watts were required to es” es — perfect speech transmission. = ONE STEP AMPLIFIER — One of the most convenient units the radio fan ; can have around his experimental table is a one : _step amplifier. Requiring only a few parts itis | easily constructed and finds many uses in con- — junction with radio receivers. You}need a small - composition panel five inches wide and seven high . screwed to the edge of a wooden baseboard five — inches square. A filament rheostat, which. should — «be of thirty ohms resistance for the UV201A and UVi99, or six ohm for the WD11 or 12, is mount-. ed along the center line of the panel. The tube socket can be either of the panel or flat mounting type. If a dry cell bulb is to be employed it should be equipped with: some kind of a shock absorbing sub-mounting, as these tubes are very susceptible to jars. The amplifying transformer is screwed to the baseboard behind the’ socket. It should be s placed as to insure the shortest connections be tween the respective binding posts. The positi can be decided upon after a study of the hookuy Eight binding posts for connections are ‘mounte on the face of the panel. Two are put alon - . upper left-hand edge. These (the “input” p go directly to the primary posts on the eats ing transformer, The other six are lined up rate the right-hand side. The top two are the “output posts.: To these can be connected the phones | the loud speaker. The other four are for the teries, a . Two of these units placed slaneaide of each oj er with ‘corresponding binding posts will 1 a two stage amplifier as good as _ Rerket, se uney can be connected to

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY __ ee GOOD READING ‘APES HELP SCIENCE _ Monkeys and apes are being raised on a farm in French Guinea by the Pasteur Institute for ex- perimental purposes in studying measles, typhus, yellow fever and other diseases that cannot be transmitted to rabbits and guinea pigs, commonly Chimpanzees are also kept at the farm, as they are considered the most suit- able of all the animal “relatives to the human race” for the studies and also afford material for experiments in psychology. _ charge of the laboratory and special buildings have been erected for taking care of the patients while they are given inoculations and treatments. sed in such testes. A director is UNDERSEA CITY Submerged 30 feet below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Tunis, the ruins of an ancient city have been found by divers. They report that many large stone™build- ngs were visible, outlined in dim shadows and andy bottom, and that fish swam in and out of d doorways., Scientists are preparing to _-ther explorations. _.d ‘to the discovery as the city lies in ate.s uescribed by Virgil and near the “Isle of ‘the Lotus Eaters” of which Homer sang. — ST. PATRICK’S BIRTHPLACE There is no other great saint in the Catholic agiography about whom so much uncertainty _ exists. It is not even known whether March 17 is - the date of his death or of his birth, though it is sometimes said to be both. The year and the place of his nativity are matters of dispute. Indeed, so many conflicting legends have been woven into his story that it is now generally assumed there were two or more St. Patricks who have been rolled one. ecording to the best authorities this , Patrick as born-about A. D. 886 in the village of femphthur, just outside of Glastonbury, Eng- nd. His father was a decurion, or town coun- t The favorite legend, however, makes him a tive of Tours, in France, and aimephew of St. From the Confession itself we learn that in his sixteenth year he’ was carried away n to.the north of Ireland, Additional interest by pirates and take where he was sold as a slave. MS WOMAN OF OLD GOLD FRONTIERS The career of a woman of rough and ready gold prospecters from Arizona to Alaska ended to-day when the body of Miss Nellie Cashman buried in Victoria, B. C. riends recalled the days of 1877 when Miss hman came to Arizona. In the early eighties “grubstaked’” several of the State’s present ‘millionaires on the gamble.they would find a “strike” in the Tombstone gold field. Later she ~ e money they returned ,to finance a trip laska where she “mushed’’ into t DEATH CLAI in mining camps, at the same time prospecting — and staking claims. Only last year, when she was seventy, the “champion woman musher of the world” mushed - par Koyukik to Seward, Alaska, a 750-mile snow rail. “TERRIBLE TURK” DIES FIGHTING 7 OFFICERS Sammie Shane, “Terrible Turk of Southeast Missouri,” kept his oft-repeated pledge to officers that he “would die fighting,” when on February 10 he was shot to death by Pemiscot County officers at Hayti, ten miles from Steele, Mo., after a gun fight of an hour and a quarter, when he held seven officers at bay with a machine gun, two automatic .pistols and a bayonet. Shane, who is a real Turk, was shot down only after he had twice refused requests to sur- render and had already been wounded, when he made a break from his barricaded house in an ef- fort to escape. At the attempt to break through i the barricade, Shane was shot several times in the back. Shane ran back into the house and resumed firing at the officers, sending his machine-gun bul- lets through the wall at them. After the officers threatened to burn the house the “Turk” suddenly \dashed out the back door, and in the running fight he was brought down about 200 yards from the’ house. For several years Shane had lived in open de- fiance of the law in this section and thwarted all efforts to capture him. He went about the streets with two pistols strapped on him, often carrying _ his machine gun and wearing a steel jacket of woven wire which buckled across the shoulders and protected his body down to the hips. He never molested any one as long as he was allowed “to be his own law,” : Two weeks ago he escaped from Sheriff J. H. Smith and deputies after Sheriff Smith had fired two shots at him, which were turned by the steel — S jacket. x In June, 1923, Shane was tried in St. Louis for the murder of his cousin, Seid Alla, and his cou- - sin’s wife. He was convicted, but sentenced to the St. Louis Hospital for the insane. He escaped, — but was recaptured at Caruthersville and returned to St. Louis. He escaped again, the last time in June, 1924, disguised as a Catholic priest. Ms “Moving Picture Stories” A Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Playerg PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY Bach number contains Three Stories of the Best Films. on the Screen—Hlegant Half-tone Scénes from the Plays _ Pap testing Articles About Prominent People ain the — Vibus—Doings of Actors and Actresses in the Studio and Lessons in Scenario Writing. ‘ “es : pipe ~ )

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6 . FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY TERMS TO SUBSCRIBEKS pamingie Copies: ssi ..00 oss eared Postage Free rs “a : 8 Cents “Ohe copy Three Months a 2.0 4.00 _, HOW 30. SEND MONEY — At our risk send P. O. Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances in any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stamps the same as cash. When seuding silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece ‘of paper to avoid cutting »the envelope. Write your name and address plainly. ae _ Harry E. Wolff, Pres. HARRY E. WOLFF, oy Charles IE. Nylander, Sec. Publisher, Ine. LF. Wilzin, Treas. 166 W. 28d St., N. Y. FROM ALL POINTS = ANDY JACKSON’S LOCK _. One of the latest relics received by the Ten- lock. from one of the doors of the first house oc- _ cupied by Andrew Jackson when he came to Ten= - nessee, : LISTENING TO WORMS , _ By connecting an ordinary wireless headphone and an unusually strong microphone to an apple, a th American scientist has been able to detect sounds worms made in gnawing at the fruit id in biting the leaves and twigs, says Popular Mechanics. Another experiment enabled him to detect the presence of weevils in corn in the same ay. It is expected that this will be ‘the basis of practical means of determining the condition of various crops. ‘ TIDES FORETELL QUAKES - With the discovery that the tides are definitely ected by earthquakes, says Popular Mechanics, ntists declare that close study of abnormal s and falls may enable them to predict the oc- rence of tremors in time to warn people to seek saféty before disaster overtakes them. Observers weather bureau near Tokio tested the theory - day of a quake, when it had passed the dan- pomp The morning after.the water had re- d four feet below the former mark. Three onths before the great Japanese earthquake _. disaster of Sept. 1, 1923, it was later recalled the : de had also risen, to the danger point. tds cE LEP SRE Se ‘ 58: _ MOUNTAIN OF ALUM IN MEXICO ~ vering an area of two square miles, and rising FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY _ Canyon, and in smaller tributary canyons, similar - nessee State Museum is an old-fashioned wooden at ; When it was noticed that the tide had been rising _ tell you I was thought you might From these deposits nature itself has already — performed more than three-fourths of the task. of extracting the metal, the decomposition of the rock—the most laborious and most expensive step in the process—having been effected by. the action of sulphuric fumes rising from subterranean depths through narrow fissure. While not as quick — as blasting, if you set out to disintegrate th mountain, these sulphuric fumes are surer and do not injure the valuable déposits. Sah ee Recent. explorations of Alum Mountain have disclosed the fact that another important potential — resourse awaits man’s recovery of it. Sulphuric — acid is found in the ancient crater, though in~ what quantities the reports do not state. rae Gold also was found. But the value of the de- posits rests on the vast quantities of alum and alumina, they contain. ~ ; In a near-by canyon, itself known ag Alum ~ ore was found in quantities—enough alumina, in short, to supply the world’s demands for years to — come. d : + ee _* LAUGHS = “Do you believe that there is a higher power?” — My dear sir, I married her.” wget ap Gladys Bogley was married this _“Who’s the happy man?” this morning.” “Her father!” “What did Rastus git married for?” only knows, ¢hile. ae “Lawd He keeps right on workin’. 3 “What would you say if a girl called you her little chimpanzee?” “I would say she was tr ing to make a monkey of me.” open “Did you ever see a company of ‘women D fectly silent?” “Yes, one. Some one had ask which of those present was the eldest.” ~ o “How long have they been married ?” , Bef 4) five years.” “Did she make him a good an awfully 200 “No; but she made him band.” “Pa, why do, people call the® owl wisdom?” “Because he’s got sense enough n Mrs. Dearborn—That: man who nearly ran me with his automobile was one of my divo husbands. r ber? “Miss. Ethel,” said Chollie Staylate, “if I-sho going away to-morrow, woulc feel sorry?” “To-morrow,” she answered, ing at the clocks “Yes, I should feel sor 20 away to-night.” — ‘

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: STEEL TEETH Teeth made from enameled steel have been dded to the products of the Krupp plants at ‘Essen. The metal is from the same mixture for- _ merly used in making German cannon. Eight dentists have been employed in the department at’ he start, and Krupps hope to expand it later. . - NES OF SEVEN-FOOTER UNEARTHED E- IN FLORIDA Discovery of a skull, one-fourth larger than that of the normal modern, together with bones’ indi- _ cating a probable height of not less than 7 feet led to speculation over theories of a giant race _believed once to have inhabited Florida. _ The portions of the skeleton were found by workmen grading a road near the Charlotte and _Lee County lines, The bones are believed to be ‘those of a male. : _ The specimens are to be shipped to the Smith- sonian Institution. ; s DIVINING Rop BAFFLED he peach tree “divining rod,” which “dipped” ighth street, Lynchburg, Va., and seemed to ~ show the People’s National Bank officials the source of the stream which flows through the - basement of that building failed, for a hole 13 - feet deep was sunk into the street without finding - water before it was decided to abandon the water search. : he water still fiows on at the rate of a gallon minute, and bank officers would go to almost limit to find the cause of the trouble and y to keep the water out. r FEEL COLORS IN THE DARK We have not five senses, but twenty-five, includ- ‘six senses of touch alone. _ Moreover, it is pos- le to develop’ the senses to a point where we feel colors in the dark. Ce io Dr. James J. Walsh, Peychologist, makes these ‘atements in the Popular Science Monthly. “Have you ever taken your watch from your pocket, glanced at it, and then, a few seconds ater found yourself unable to tell another per- n the time?” he asks: “Do you know the color the eyes of the person who sits beside you in ur office or stands next to you in your shop? an you tell with what words the Government h side of the coin they appear?” _ These, he says, are the tests of the use you ake of your senses, which he calls the “gate- of knowledge.” h, ; inety-nine men in a hundred,” writes Doc- Walsh, “feeling a piece of cloth and receiving + as many touch impressions from its tempera- , texture, roughness, or smoothness as a tex- expert, would pay no’attention to these im- essions. 99 men bd ly paid routine workers, while the ighly 5 ecialist. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY HERE AND THERE s the value of a twenty-five-cent piece, or on i one-third of all the listings in the book. Th would remain in the crowded | fellovs by no natural equipment of talent, but who have acquired a high degyee of useful skill simply through practice and senses. Touch, eyesight, and hearing prebably e use of their — are the senses most generally employed in the ~ more familiar forms of human endeavor. These can be trained only by concentration.” . MAKING A TELEPHONE BOOK \ New York’s telephone directory represents the biggest publishing job of its kind in the world, it . is said. For about thirty days before an issue ap- pears, one of the largest printing plants in the country is kept going at full tilt, pressed by the necessity of producing at least 50,000 finished books a day. And more than 100 men and women toil the year around preparing copy for the semi- annual editions. . The city’s first telephone directory, in 1879, con- sisted of a medium-sized card, containing 252° names.” Forty-five years later more than 3,000 times that number of subscribers were listed for Greater New York. The 1924 spring edition weighed five pounds, a book of almost 2,000 pages. These books placed end to end would have reached — ‘from the White House in Washington to Times Square, New York City. In their making huge press machinery ate up 3,600 tons of text paper— enough to keep a paper-making machine busy ae continuously for a year—148,000 pounds of print- ing ink, 64,000 pounds of glue and 51,000 yards of cheese-cloth. ; The original directory grew rapidly from a card to an almanac, then to a catalogue. It became so bulky that for a decade efforts have been concen- trated on compression. As the books grew thicker, the paper grew thinner. Then the type was at- tacked. Experiments and speed tests extended even into the field of applied psychology, to hit upon the precise type combination that would save — space without loss of legibility. Even so, the size of the volume could not be kept down; hence the recent two-volume set for Greater New York, with subscribers totalling close to a million. a dos eye The copy page of a nety directory bears on one — 0) side a column of names and numbers as they ap- pear in the latest issue. On the blank side of the © sheet slips bearing new ordevg or alterations are — pasted in, with lines drawn to indicate their ex- act alphabetical positions on the new listing. One by one these items come in until closing time and _ must be put in their proper places; but ere the issue is ready for printing these new entries pile ; ? up into the hundreds of thousands, ‘approximating — be watched place, and

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