Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 1018) (1925 04 03)
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BOYS, READ THE RADIO ARTICLES IN THIS NUMBER No. 1018 APRIL 3, 1925 Price 8 Cents OF WALL SVUTRELET 9 JEAL FOR BIG MONEY. | i by ALL MHLE MYM, “Get rid of him!” he hissed through his teeth, prodding the unfortunate broker with the muzzle of ’ his revolver, Mr. Holland, raising his hand, attempted to speak. The look on his face startled Frank. He was sure something was wrong.
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Read Page 24 for Radio News and By AR 4 1) 8S oP a PETALS La dnt Hints. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Issued weekly—Subscription price, $4.00 West 23a Street, New York, N. Y. No. 1018 the Post-Office at New York., N. NEW YORK, APRIL 8, 1925 : per year! Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. Harry BE. Wolff, Publisher, inc., 166 y Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, at Y., under the Act of March 3,.1879. Price 8 Cents. The Prince of Wall Street OR, A BIG DEAL FOR BIG MONEY Jae "By A SELF-MADE MAN CHAPTER I.—A Verbal Scrap. or Z “You seem to think you’re the whole thing in » this office,” said Lawrence Clay, margin clerk, . angrily, to Frank Whiteley, messenger, both em- ployees of Edward Holland, stock broker, of No. _ — Wall Street. Clay was a tall, genteel-looking man of twerity-two, with a small, silky mustache and a rather sharp look. A close observer would have noticed certain signs that hinted at late hours and a rapid life. Whiteley was as yet a beardless boy, just past his eighteenth year, but there was an alert and resolute look about him _ that showed he possessed in no small degree the qualities that go to make up a bright, successful man. For some months past Clay had’ shown that he entertained a deep-seated grouch against - the young messenger. As a matter of fact he was jealous of the boy for several reasons. Kittie Carter, the pretty office stenographer, was one of these reasons, and maybe the chief. ‘She and Frank were particularly good friends, and they did not try to conceal that fact. Clay -. had been much «impressed with Miss Carter’s , beauty and winning ways since she came to work at the office, six months since, and he had made - it @ point to cultivate her favor. He did not suc- eed very well, much to his dissatisfaction, for, although he was good-looking, and apparently a gentleman, Kittie didn’t like him much. Frank, on the other hand, she treated with easy familiar- ity, and Clay resented the position the boy held in her esteem. The young messenger had just been holding a confidential chat with the stenographer, during which she had cast many engaging glances -at him. Clay, whose desk was within earshop of _them, had worked himself into a jealous passion, which broke forth in the words with which this chapter opens, when Kitty was called into Mr. Holland’s private office to take some dictation. _ “What makes you think that I think so?” asked Frank, in answer to the other’s sneering remark: “If I had you somewhere outside the office I’d give you a dressing down for talking Wack to me in such a way,” cried Clay, furiously, __ : “Name your time and place, Mr. Clay, and T’ll gives you. the chance to make good, replied ? Street matters, ee bie Frank, quietly, who was not in the least afraid of the margin clerk, Lawrence Clay knew better than to accept such a challenge, whether made in good faith or not, for there was something in the boy’s eye that made him instinctively quail. Nevertheless, he fully intended to get. back ‘at the messenger, though not in a way that was fair and above- board. Frank read the clerk’s cowardly nature like a book and proposed to be on his guard. When he uttered his defiance he did not expect that Clay would take him up, and was therefore not surprised to see the fellow take water in his own peculiar fashion. ea “Bah! You make me sick,” snorted the clerk, contemptuously. “Just as if I’d fight a boy of your years.” ; Another clerk nearby, who was listening to the tilt, chuckled at Clay’s discomfiture, and the chuckle reached Lawrence’s ear. 4 “What are--you laughing at, Gilmore?” he ° snarled, turning on the other. “Just mind your ES ces please. JI can attend to this kid my- self. “T don’t want any argument with you, Mr. Clay,” said Frank, coldly. “You seem to be down on me for some reason, and you're welcome to be if it gives you any satisfaction.” “Don’t talk to me, you young whippersnapper!” roared Clay, in a rage, addressing Whitely. “If you knew your place, as you pretend you do, but don’t you wouldn’t be taking up so much of Miss Carter’s time as you do every day. If Mr. Hol- land knew how often you run in there, just to shoot your mouth off and waste his time, you might find yourself out of a job before you knew ~ where you stood.” “Well, I shan’t look for any sympathy from you if I should be discharged.” a “IT should say not.. The woods are full of mes- | sengers every bit as good as you.” ‘Os “And the Street is full of margin clerks, I guess, looking for work who could probably fill your shoes if you ever resigned your position,” retorted Frank, : : Fi _ This remark angered Clay, for, in his opinion, he knew most all there was to know about Wall
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ase THE PRINCE OF WALL STREET “You're an insulting young beast, and I won’t waste any more time on you,” he said, returning to his desk, quite hot under the collar, for he was conscious that he had come out second best in the verbal mix-up: Frank made no reply to this remark, but walked out to his post in the waiting room and took a seat just as Kittie issued from the boss’s private room, ‘notebook in hand. She smiled at him as_ she passed, and he returned the smile with a cheerful- “mess that showed he had not been much dis- turbed by his encounter with the margin clerk. Frank was a thoroughly independent boy. He knew what was expected of him and endeavored to do his duty to the utmost, not only at the office but at home. where he was the main support of a widowed mother and several brothers and sisters, all but one younger than himself. The exception was his sister Bess, who was a stenog- rapher for an Exchange Place broker, and earned - half again as much as he did. She was just as clever and independent as Frank, and just as faithful to her office and home interests as he. CHAPTER I.—Frank’s First Stock Deal. Five minutes after Kittie passed through the geception-room, Mr. Holland called Frank into his office and handed him an envelope to take to a _ broker named Ross, in the Haverley Building. The young messengeer put on his hat on started on his errand. On the sidewalk he met a friend of his, named Ben Webster, who was messenger for a broker in the next building. “Hello, Ben!” he said. “How’s things this morning?” : “Fine, If I had $100 they’d be finer.” — “How’s that?” . “J just met a broker who is friendly with me - .and he let me in on a sure thing in M. &G.; but I haven’t the’ cash to make any use of it.” *That’s too bad, if it’s a sure thing. I’ve been in the same boat once or twice myself when $100 would have been mightly useful. ~ “Well, M. & G. is going to boom in.a few days. The Marcus & Steinberg crowd have about cor- - nered the bulk of the shares on the market and they expect, to make several millions out. of the rise,” “How did the broker come-to tell you such an important secret?” —. “Tye done him a good many favors, and he’s taken a great shine to me.” “Then it’s a wonder he wouldn’t loan you $100 - go you could take advantage of his information.” : “J wouldn’t want to strike him-for the loan of - money. gall.” _ *T guess he would,” laughed Frank. “Well, so Jong, I’ve got a message to deliver up the street.” _. Whiteley hustled along to make up the few : = eee he had lost and was soon at his destina- on. and finding there was no answer, he left the Hav- erley Building to return to his own office. As he -approached the corner of Nassau Street he no- “ticed a feeble-looking, white-haired gentleman, th a cane, just ahead of him. ae I’m afraid he’ll think I had an awful. After turning over the note to Mr. Ross, » ‘He will-want to thank you himself for your The old man; after pausing’ a moment on the curb and looking around him, started to cross the — narrow thoroughfare. At the same moment an ~ automobile came rolling down Nassau Street. — It was not going very fast, but for all that it~ would have struck the old gentleman and prob-. — ably have killed or seriously injured him, as the — chauffeur’s ‘attention was momentarily diverted ~ at that critical juncture, but for Frank, who, taking in the situation at a glance, sprang for- ward, grasped the white-haired man by the arm and-swung him around out of danger, as the ~ wheels went past so close as to brush against his clothes. A dozen people, including a police- man standing on the opposite corner, saw the gallant rescue, and a crowd gathered like magic around Frank and the old gentleman. The cane, — which had slipped from the owner’s hand, had - been broken by the wheels of the auto, and he © stood dazed and trembling, conscious that he had — escaped a bad accident through the presence of — mind of the lad,-who now supported him back to — the sidewalk. 3 es “By-George! You did that very neatly, young — man,” said a tall broker. ‘“You’re entitled to a ~ medal. The old gentleman would probably have — been killed but for you.” Bites In the meantime the auto was stopped on the — corner of Broad street, and the owner, jumping out, hurried up to learn if any damage had been done, for it was a matter of some money to him. ~_ He also pushed his way through the growing crowd on the corner, gave his name and office ad- — dress, that of a millionaire trader, to the officer, ~ and then inquired, with much concern, if the old gentleman had been hurt in any way. 3 oi “No, I guess not, sir,” replied Frank. “TI mai aged to get him out of the way in the nick of time.” : “I’m glad to hear it,” answered the trader, in a tone of great relief. “I am under great obliga- tions to you, young man for your quickness and pkesence of mind. Here, take this,” and pressed a number of bills into Frank’s hand. = Then he hastened to get out of the mob. The ~ policeman, having secured all the information: he — wanted, proceeded to disperse the curious people, and then Frank, taking the white-haired man by the arm, led him across to the sub-treasury buil ing. 3 “Can I be of any further use to you, Mr. Part-. ridge?” for that was the name the old man had tremblingly given the officer. “Perhaps I had be ter go with you to the office where you told th policeman you were bound. It is only hal block down on the other side of the way.” “Thank you. I wish you would. I ‘am very grateful to you for saving me from being run _ aig! I want to know your name and where yo = ive. 4 StS - “My name is Frank Whiteley. I’m messengé for Edward Holland in the Tewskbury Building this block Come, allow me to assist you sheet rs The little old gentleman was glad to avail him- — self of Frank’s strong arm, and the boy went wit him to the entrance of the office building where he was bound which was almost opposite th Tewskbury Building. os; she Sa “Won’t you come upstairs to my son = es
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f THE PRINCE jces and kindness to me,” said Mr. Partridge. Frank begged to be excused on the plea that he was in a hurry, for he didn’t care to be thanked again for merely doing his duty, ; “Then I won’t detain you, my boy,” said the old gentleman. ‘My son will call and see you at your office. I think you said your name was Frank——” “Whiteley,” said the young messenger as the white-haired man hesitated. “And you work for Mr.——” “Holland. , Just across the street.” “Thank you. Good-by.” Frank then returned to his office and found that Mr. Holland had gone to the Exchange. After taking his seat he recol- lected the bills he had received from the man who owned the automobile, and he pulled them out of _ his pocket to see what the sum was. There was ' a fifty and five twenties, making, altogether, $150. _ That was a lot of money for Frank, and he thought how happy it would make his mother when he ' handed it over to her. He was sent. over to the _ Exchange soon after, with a note to Mr. Holland, and waiting for him to come to the rail he saw _ there was somevexcitement on the floor. He pres- ' ently found out that this was connected with M. _ & G. stock, which had been going up and down - since the Exchange opened, and was already two ‘points above the opening price. That put him in mind of Ben’s tip, and it occurred to him that the money he had just acquired would enable him to . go into a small deal in the stock. While hé was _ figuring on the matter, Ben rushed in with a note for his boss. “Hello! you here, Frank?” he exclaimed. “Why not? I’m here two or three time every day. This happens to be one of the tifnes.” _ “What’s the excitement about?” F “M. & G.” : “Why, that’s the stock I got the tip on. Is it going up?” oy “T heard that it’s gone up two points this morn- Ping.” @ ; ~ “That isn’t anything more than®I expected to hear. It’s tough that I can’t get in.on it. It’s sure to goto 80.” Mr, Holland now came to the rail, took the note from Frank, read it and nod- ded his dismissal. _ »“T£ you was making a deal what broker would - you go to?” asked Whiteley of Ben. f “V'd go to that little bank on Nassau Street bove Wall. It’s the best place for small invest- s, as they handle as low as: a five-share deal. _ st of the regular brokers won’t bother with any- thing less than 100 shares. My boss won’t, I know, and I don’t believe yours will, either. I’m ' going to try to raise $35 to-night so that I can buy five shares, at any rate. Half a loaf is better than nothing. Five shares will land me winner of _ $75.” Ben’s words excited Frank not a little, and when he left the Exchange it was with the resolve uy 20 shares of M. & G. before he returned ‘to the office. So when he reached Nassau Street he - rushed up the short block, entered the little bank “question, which he knew well, and going to he argin clerk’s window told the clerk he wanted _ to buy 20 shares of M. & G. ~ “%t will cost you $1380 margin.” ‘ few minutes he got a memorandum of the 4 ansaction and hurried back to the office feeling a z : " t All right,” replied Frank, “here’s the money.” OF WALL STREET 8 that at last he had acquired a personal interest in the ups and downs of the market. ¢ . “T can give mother $20, at any rate,” he said to himself. That afternoon when the Exchange closed M. & G. was up to 67, and Frank shook hands with himself on the strength of it. 3 “That means that I’m about ahead of the game. What will I be this time to-morrow?” At that moment the door opened and a fine-looking gen- tleman entered the reception-room, “Aye you Frank Whiteley,” he inquired as the messenger went to meet him. “Ves, sir,’ replied Frank, in some surprise. “My ndme is Partridge,” replied the visitor. “You rendered a great service to my father this morning, and I came to thank you for it.” “I’m glad that I happened to be on hand to as- sist him out of danger,” answered Frank, mod- estly. “He has already thanked me for what, I did, so you see I hardly expected that there would be anything more said on the subject.” ; “Young man, you don’t suppose I could let such a thing as that pass unnoticed. In helping my father you have done a signal service to me, and I want you to know that I appreciate it. The old gentleman is too old and feeble to venture down here, as I have repeatedly told him, but he will come, I think to-day’s incident will keep him away for good, for it gave him a great shock. He not only insisted that I must come over here and thank you, as I certainly would have done any- way, but he is anxious to know you better. He seems to have taken quite a’ fancy to you, and wants you to come up and see him at my home, where he lives.: I hope you will oblige him. Here. is my address. May I bring home your prom- ise to do so?” Frank hesitated, but finally agreed to call and see the old gentleman on the follow- ing Sunday evening. That being settled, Mr. Part- ridge, Jr., shook hands with Frank, told him he would be glad to have him call at his office any Nib he felt so disposed, and then took his depar- ure. CHAPTER III.—Frank Comes Out $300 Ahead. Next morning Frank learned that Lawrence Clay had bought 20 shares of M. & G.. He found out through Kittie, to whom Clay had divulged the information. Kittie told him that the margin clerk played the market frequently, with good suecess. She also told him that she had refused. to accept a box of candy from him the day before; and that he didn’t like it. : “Well, perhaps you'll, accept a box from me, then?” laughed Frank. “Y would if I thought you could afford it, but I know how you’re fixed, Frank, so P-shall not’ per- mit such extravagance on your part.” “T made $150 yesterday monring.” “You did!” she exclaimed, in a tone of astonish- ment. “How?” ‘ “You didn’t read about it, then?” . “Read about what?” ; “The little old white_haired gentleman that nar- rawly escaped being run down by an automobile. It was in all the afternoon and morning papers.”. - of candy . “TY didn’t see it. What about it?” : ‘Well, just read the story and see.” yest
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\ It’s up to 69 now.’ i 4 _af PRINCE OF WALL STREF™ Frank pulled a morning paper out of his pock- et and pointed out the story to her. Before she had read half through it she came to Frank’s name. “Why, Frank Whiteley, is this really meant for you?” “For no one else, Kittie.” “And you never told me a word about it. Aren’t you the mean thing?” Frank laughed. “It was the owner of the auto who gave me that $150, because I saved him from a lot of trouble.” “What a lucky boy you are!” “Now what do you think I did with most of that money?” “Put it in a savings bank, or gave it to your mother, I suppose.” “T did neither. I bought 20 shares of Mt, & G. with it.” “You did!” she cried, in surprise. “TI did. I got a tip that the stock was a sure winner.” Kittie shook her head. “¥ don’t put any faith in tips that get out on the Street,” she said. “But this one. is all right.” “JT think you’re a foolish boy to go into the market.” ‘i “You didn’t say that about Mr. Clay.” “T-don’t take any interest in Mr. Clay.” “Then you do take an interest in'me, eh?” “Now, go along about your business,” Kittie with a rosy blush. “All vight, I'll go. Vil let you know how much 1 make on my deal as soon as I close it out.” Thus speaking, Frank went back to his post. ‘When he returned from his first errand he looked at the ticker to see if there were any M. & G. quo-_ tations on the tape. Peer were two at a fraction higher than 67. ' “That's encouraging,” he said, with great satis- faction, “Every little helps.” All stocks were on the upward march that day, and M. & G. advanced by degrees to 69, which was said ~ the closing: figure. “Did you buy those five shares?” he asked Ben, ‘later on. “ Ven. + vse the riffle. Got ’em at 67 3-8, ~ : “And you’re going to hold on for-80?” “That's w hat I am.’ “So amr 1.” “You?” exclaimed Ben, in some surprise. “Yes, I’ve got a few shares, too.” « “J thought you didn’t have any money?” ~“T didn’t have any yesterday morning, but I ome since.” ipod some did you get it? ‘From the old gent you -gaved from being run over? “No, From the owner of the auto.” “How much did you get?” “Well, I got $150, if you: want. to. ‘know real. “Whew!” And did you put that all in M, & G2 ” - “Most of it.” swish J was in. your shoes. You'll double your Senex: easy enough.” aay hope J will, but if a serew works loose in our tin there'll. be a different story to tell.” » oR if “Don’t ‘you worry about that, Hold on and sell. a sou ‘be all, rs, 3 S “That’s my programme,” replied Frank, as they descended the subway stairs at Wall Street and | Broadway in time to catch the train that had ~ just pulled in at the station. . o Two days later M. & G. became the center of — public interest, and it began to go up in earnest. It not only reached 80, but seemed to go much higher. The two boys, ‘however, were not taking ~~ chances to get the last dollar. They ordered their shares sold, and they went at 80 3-8. Frank was richer to the extent of $300 by the little specula- _ tion, and Kittie got the box of candy all right, which, under the circumstances, she did not re- _ fuse. - Lawrence Clay made $250, and then blew — it all in at a Tenderloin gambling establishment — instead of using it to pay several of his pressing — debts, He came to the office next morning looking like thirty cents, and was rather quiet for hi until after he took a’ bracer during lunch hou Frank put $250 of his money in an envelope and placed it in the office safe. The $50 balance he took home and gave it to his mother. Frank’s success in M. & G, awakened a stron desire in his mind to make more money out of th market. The next day he overheard two brokers‘talking about a stock called S. & F., and they said it was going to go up like hot cakes i in the course 0 a few days. Frank thought over the matter an. decided to take a chance in it. He bought 5 ; shares at the first opportunity and lay back to ~ watch results. In one week’s time S. & F. had made a startling advance and when it reached 10 points above what Frank had paid for it h sold out, making over $1,000 a il CHAPTER IV—The Spider and the Fy, “Kittie, you may congratulaté’me again it you want to, ” Said Fragk, coming in to her with check and the bank’s statement in Mis hand. gic another winner, and I am now worth 14° *s Kittie was delighted at his success, and her. face showed it. “T do congratulate you, Frank: glad that you came out ahead.” “Dm doing, rei well for a boy, nag I'm awf think?” he said I should say you are. =. ve “This means prot box of candy ‘fo e ty ' Kittie, as much’ ice cream soda as you’ll do_ the honor to eat, and as many bunches of violet as you'll accept: I feel like a capitalist, and ¢ afford to be liberal.” SA “Aren’t. you generous!’ she exclaied. i 0 “Oh, there’ s nothing too good for you, Piathigs i my opinion.” - is She smiled and blushed, and Fr ane Naika of with the glowering eyes of Lawrence Clay — him. He hadn’t heard ‘the conversation, but he had seen the pleased expression on Miss Carter face, and he was as jealous as he well could bi If he had known of Frank’s success in th market he would have been twice as mad. a he had made several poor speculations and ¥ over head and ears in debt. He had ney e1 heen in. a a bad fiaaeat Jule. nd
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ra f- endgeling his brains how to wriggle out of his -- embarrassments. yes : He had -his watch, diamond pin and other - jewelry in the pawnshop, and had borrowed money ‘at a ruinous rate on his wages. Still he kept up a bold front, and threw his customary bluff, so / that only one or two of his intimate Tenderloin acquaintances knew how badly strapped he really De Was, Se When Mr. Holland came back from the Ex- - change that day he.stopped in at his safe_de- - posit vaults and got a package of bonds on which he had loaned a sum of money. The loan ran out that day and the man who owned the securities had written to the broker to send them up to his house that evening- by special messenger, as it -was impossible for him to call at the office in per- son, and he enclosed his check for the amount of the loan, with interest. Under usual circum- stances, the cashier or a trustworthy clerk would have been intrusted with the delivery of the ecurities, which represented ten $1,000 bonds the L. S. & M. S. railroad company, gilt-edged paper, quoted at,a premium in the market. - _ Mr. Holland, however, decided to send the pack_ yy Frank, as he had the utmost confidence in the oy. Accordingly, when he was ready to start for his home he called his messenger into the private oom to give him the instructions. Lawrence ‘Clay had some papers to show Mr. Holland, and e walked into the room at the same moment. He tood by and heard the broker explain to Frank nust be not to lose it. “The package is to be delivered at eight o'clock, ~so you will have time enough to attend to the matter after you have had your dinner,” said Mr. ‘Holland. j “T7]1 see that it reaches Mr. Austin on time, ”’ replied Frank. : Tery well. Now, Mr. Clay,” turning to the argin clerk, “what is it you want to show me?” As Clay stepped forward, Frank left the room, th the package in his hand, and as it was time him to go home he put on his hat and left the . When the margin clérk returned to his ts esk he was thinking about that package of bonds : t Whiteley had carried off to deliver to Mr. stin at eight o’clock that evening. o there are ten $1,000 bonds in that bundle, 7 he mused. “The whole batch is worth about 0,200. And the boss sends that kid with them stead of a man like myself, who is of import- e. He’s a fool to trust a messenger boy with ‘a valuable package. Suppose he were to lose ‘or should happen to be robbed, then——” He paused suddenly, for an idea flashed through ‘mind. If Frank Whiteley lost that bundle of urities it would be a serious matter*for him as ell as for Mr. Holland. He would probably be ‘discharged for carelessness.. That would just suit iwrence Clay. The margin clerk began to con- sr how such a happy result could be brought ‘ 5 “Pex aps he could be waylaid and the package m him ?” he mused. “Judson Bassett is an to undertake that job. I must see ~ what the package contained, and how careful he - THE PRINCE OF WALL STREET =~ 2 ties. I need money so badly that I’m willing te take considerable risk to annex some at this mo ment. I’m afraid that one or two of my creditors may come down here and make thing's warm for me in the office. They might even expose mé ~ to Mr. Holland, in which case I’d stand a good ¢ show of being fired. By getting those bonds away from Whiteley, V’ll get square with him for old scores and at the same time stand to make $500. Yes, I must interview Bassett as soon as posible It’s really a question of make or break with.me. I’ve got to do something or I’ll go’ under water.” Clay, having decided on the course he meant t@ pursue, resumed his work on his books. He knew where Frank lived in Harlem, and it was his purpose to get his friend Bassett, who was az unscrupulous rascal of the Tenderloin, to hely him concoct some safe scheme for waylaying the young messenger after he left his home 4o deliver the bonds. ai Frank went home much pleased by the com fidence Holland reposed in him by intrusting te his care so valuable a package as the one he was to deliver that evening at the residence of Mr Austin, on East 62d Stret, near Fifth Avenue He said nothing to his mother about the matter “until the family were at supper. “Mother, I have to go downtown as’ far as 62¢ Street tonight,” he said, as he began on his desent © of rice pudding. “I have important business te transact in that neighborhood.” “Important business,” sniffled his sister Bessie “Is this a new girl you’re going to call on ~~ Frankie?” sabe “A new girl! Not on your life. One girl is — enough for me.”. ~ d Pe -“One girl! Why, I didn’t know that you haé one. So you’ve let the cat out of the bag, brother mine. Who is the favored one?” : ge es “Never mind who she is,” replied Frank, flush ing up, for he had forgotten himself when he — made the remark. ‘“She’s all right. Almost at sweet as you. are.” : fs “Well, now I suppose I ought to consider that as a compliment. Boys’ sisters, as a rule, p second fiddle to some other person’s sister. Now — you said that, didn’t you, to prevent me from — teasing you about this divinity of yours?” Sgt et ae replied Frank. ‘Don’t you believe , that.” . 7 : 6 at ee tat “Oh, but I do believe it,” retorted Bessie, wha sometimes delighted in teasing her manly brothex “All right. I won’t argue the matter with you. Like all.women, you’re bound to have the last word.” : ; “Now, mother, will you. listen to that?” criek Bess, demurely. nae “Mother,” went on Frank, “I am going dowa to 62d Street on business for My. Holland. £ - have brought home a package of securities thatE have to deliver to a Mr. Austin, who lives on that street, close to Fifth Avenue. As an evidence & the boss’s confidence in me, I may say that the tex: ~ bonds in the package are worth $10,200. If E should lose that package there would be the. dick ens to pay, so you see he wouldn’t have put them. . in my charge if he hadn’t felt sure that they wer perfectly safe.” Ber Bart Seid - “I am pleased to know that. you-stand so high in your see a imation, Frank,” said hs Bio)
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ee THE PRINCE OF WALL STREET “Why shouldn’t he, mother?” spoke up Bessie, who ‘thought there was no boy in the world half as smart or as good as her brother Frank. “I consider him the Prince of Wall Street.” ; “Thanks, sis. Is this a new dress you’re going to strike me for, now that I’m a capitalist on a - small scale?” “T shouldn’t refuse a new one if you were to offer it to me,” she replied, smilingly. “Pll_bet you wouldn’t. It’s a cold day when a girl refuses anything that comes her way.” “Why schould she? Girls don’t find too much of “ anything coming their way these days.” “Well, mom. I’ll be home about nine, I guess, for I don’t expect to be detained.” He left the table and sat down on the lounge to finish reading the evening paper, as it was a little early yet for him to start. When the clock struck seyen he jumped up, and said he guessed it was time for him to go. As he was putting on his coat the bell rang. “T wonder who that is?” asked his sister. “Tt might be Ben, though I didn’t expect him over this evening.” : It wasn’t Ben, but a strange man who presently knocked on the door. He asked to see Frank. When the young messenger appeared at the door the man said: : “You are Frank Whiteley?” “ey am.” “T have brought a cab to take you to Mr. Aus- tin’s.” ; Frank was very much surprised at his words. “After leaving the office, Mr. Holland thought that owing to the-importance of the package he had given you to deliver that it would be safer for you to travel down to Mr. Austin’s in a cab than to go by the surface or elevated cars, so he telephoned your address to our stables and _ ordered a cab sent for you. It is now at the door, and whenever you are ready to go I am at your service.” is “All right,” replied. Frank, who had no sus_ picion that everything wasn’t just as it should be. “Tl be right down.” The man turned and went downstairs, with a grin of satisfaction on his features, which were | hiden under a heavy, false beard. His name was Judson Bassett, and three min- utes later when the boy stepped into the waiting “eab, one of New York’s “night-hawk” vehicles, he was unaware that this was a trapp spread for his - ~undoing’ by Lawrence Clay, his enemy. 7 CHAPTER V—The Trap and the Trappers. : After slamming the door-on Frank, Bassett mounted the box beside the driver and the cab proceeded downtown at a smart pace. Soon after the flashing lights of 125th Street passed before \ the boy’s eyes he began to be conscious of a - peculiar buzzing feeling in his head. A sweet subtle odor, like that of ripe fruit of extraordi- nary richness, filled the cab, and as he breathed it in he felt oppressed by a singular dizziness and languor that weighed him down like a heavy at- ‘mosphere. When the sensation first attacked him 2he to | ; + in the cool night air, b ‘the doorbell. tried to let down one of the windows in order C4 ut he couldn’t get — ' ' either of them open. They were either stuck or secured so that they could not be moved. : _The exertion, added to the enervating smell, left him weak and sick, so that his hands trembled as with the palsy when he reached out in’ an ef- — fort to open the door. He could not understand what was the matter with him since he had no suspicion that he was the victim of one of the many tricks in vogue to drug the unwary pas- senger that rascally cabmen sometimes resort to in order to fleece their fare. Ivethis case the drug was introduced through a small hole in the root of the cab with the aid of a syringe, which ejected a fine spray that soon’saturated the interior at- — mosphere and induced a deep sleep upon the per- son affected. = After the cab door was once shut it could not be opened from the inside, as the handle on that - side had been removed. Finding that there was no way of opening the door, Frank, who was now _ fast yielding to the insidious influence of the drug began to beat in a feeble kind of way on the glass, — in an effort to attract attention. The sound was_ drowned -by the noise of the wheels on the pave- — ment. The boy now felt as if he had blind stag_ — gers and was much alarmed at his condition. He tried to rise to his feet and thump on the roof, — but the effort was a failure. He sank back on the cushioned seat, and gazed helplessly at the window of the cab, which seemed to grow in size and then recede at a great distance. Suddenly — there was a crash of glass, and then something hard struck Frank a glancing blow on the head, © drawing blood, and his senses reeled, everything becoming a blank, Judson Bassett uttered an im-_ precation, and the’ cabman pulled up short. ; “Some kid threw a stone which has smashed t upper panel of the door,” said Bassett, leaning down and taking a look at the damage done “Wait a moment till I take a look at our passe ger.” \ pea He didn’t open the door, but looked through the glass. He saw Frank lying motionless in one A corner. “Good!” he muttered. “He was off before the glass was broken. He’s safe enough for our pu poses.” es He remounted to the box and told the driver to go on. The cab kept straight on down Madison Avenue to a-certain cross street and then turned to the east. After proceeding for a block and a half it pulled up before a high-stoop private house, Bassett left his perch and, opening the cab door, looked in at his victim. The boy’s white, unconscious face, smearea by a streak of bl where the stone had cut a slight gash, lay p tially pillowed by his left arm: . “So the stone hit him,” muttered the rascal. “Well, it amounts to nothing. A wet rag anda piece of sticking-plaster will soon repair the dam- — age. Now to get him into the house.” : Bassett-ran up the steps of the house and r The summons was answered by a sharp-featured man, who evidently knew Basset “Has Clay got here?” asked the newcome “No, he hasn’t showed up yet,” was the “Well, I’ve got the boy all right. Come down t the cab and help me fetch him inside.” ag" The man followed him to the sidewal tween them they lifted Frank out of the ; sie eee ee
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thought Frank. and carried him up the steps into the house. Bassett then returned and handed the cabman a pill. The driver looked at it, nodded in a satisfied way, turned his rig: around and drove off up the street, while Bassett re-entered the house and shut the door. Two hours later Frank came to his ‘senses. He was astonished to find himself lying ~ on a lounge instead of sitting in the cab which “was associated with his last recollections. Grad- ually he gathered his scattered faculties, and he began to remember things as they happened up » to the moment he became unconscious. There.was “no light-in the room, which was a small one, - furnished with the lounge, a couple of chairs, 4 ‘small table, and a small chest of drawers in one ~ corner, but Frank could easily recognize all the different objects. There was one window, with a lace curtain and the blinds closed in. He lay quiet for a while and considered the situation. “Tt looks as if this must be Mr. Austin’s house,” “When the cab -reached here I was found insensible inside and brought in until a physician could be sent for to attend me. At that rate I can’t. have been here very long. It’s funny, though,,that somebody didn’t remain here - with me under the circumstances. Well, I sup- pose I may expect the people of the house to come in pretty soon.” -. Frank noticed that there were two doors to the ‘yoom. One at the end led out on the second floor ‘landing, the other, on the side, opened into a» square room adjoining. This door stood ajar, a fact soon apparent to the boy when he presently ard footsteps and voices’as though two or more persons had just entered the room. He heard seratching sound, saw the dim reflection of the are of a match, and then the gas in the next om was lighted. =. ~ “Now I shall receive a visit,” breathed the young niessenger, expectantly. He heard the moy- ng of chairs and then a regular conversation was begun in the apartment. He waited several min- “utes, but the persons in the room made no at- tempt to come and see him. “J guess they think I’m still unconscious, and are waiting till the doctor comes. I might as well let them know that I’m not as bad as they have taken me to be. I’m feeling first-rate again. I’m satisfied now that it was the cab that knocked me out. Maybe some sick person had been carried o a hospital in it, and the odor of the drug that hung about him remained in the vehicle and upset e. I can’t ascribe the matter to any other rea- son.” <i j ; He rose from the lounge, pulled himself to- ther and then approached the door that stood ar. As he was about to push the door open he paused in surprise, arrested by the following emark, which came from the lips of Judson Bassett. t ‘ 5 ~ '“Now, look here, Clay, I’ve got to have the “larger share of the reward for the return of those bonds. { took all the risk of bringing the boy to his house, drugging him in the cab, and I’ve got to see about getting him away before she comes to his senses, which won’t be for several hours yet, th THE PRINCE OF at’s a mighty powerful anesthetic that I - WALL STREET . eo : as some ragamuffin fired a stone at the cab and broke the glass of one of the doors, and that” naturally allowed some of the drug to get away. However, I- guess he was pretty well under the” influence before that happened.” | Fiank was fairly staggered as he listened to Bassett’s speech. He recognized the voice of the man who had called: at his flat with the intelligence that a cab had © been sent’ by Mr. Holland to take him down to . 62nd Street, and like a flash he realized that he was the victim of a piece of @rooked work. “My gracious!” he gasped. “How did that ras- cal know I had the bonds?” ‘The answer to his question came almost immediately when Law- rence Clay spoke, and Frank knew his tones at once. “That's “All xiglit, Bassett,” he ‘said, “But I need the money the worst way. IJ’ll make the difference up to you another time.” : “Lawrence Clay here, too!” breathed Frank, tumultuously.” “I see through the whole scheme. He was in Mr. Holland’s_ office when the bonds: were given me to deliver to-night, and it is he who has put the job up on me.” santa “That would be never,” laughed Bassett, in- credulously. Clay. The only safe way to deal with’ you is on the spot cash principle I told you before I tackled the job what my terms would be and you~ agreed to them. out of the arrangement, man. I must haye two-thirds. forget that it’s up to me to collect the money. I will have to conduct the negotiation, and there’ll be some risk in it.” - “You can say that you picked the bonds up- on the street, can’t you?” , “Never mind what excuse I'll give for hav-- ing them in my possession, I’ll manage to find as safe a one as possible. It takes brains to execute- a game of this kind Now you are trying to wriggle But it won’t do, old You seem to “Tt know you like a book, Lawrence ~ right up to the — handle, and I propose to see that I get my due — all right.” é ~“T'm not kicking about that, Bassett; but the. fact of the matter is this—I’ve got a good tip on the market, and I want all the money I can get hold of to make a big strike. If I had $5,- 000 to back the information I possess I could make _ a fortune; but I haven’t, and must do the best Pens ; ‘ “What is your tip?” asked Bassett, in a tone of some interest. once, “Look here, Bassett; if you'll agree to divvy — even on this thing I'll let you in on the tip,” he — said, eagerly. “How do I know that the tip is worth any- thing?” : ee AE: “TH let you judge for yourself: You know _ considerable about ‘Wall Street methods, ought to be able to size the pointer up.” “Well, let’s hear what it is,” : Clay saw his advantage at a co : and ‘ “Do I get an even rake-off on these bonds?” — “TH agree to that if yéur tip is ‘worth. any- thing.” The conversation had taken such an in- turn that Fra
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> the wall. Bh Fs THE PRINCE OF tion in his curiosity to learn what stock market ‘pointer Lawrence Clay had got hold of. If there was anything to be made out of it he wanted to be there with both feet himself. 4 CHAPTER ViI.—Frank Outwits the Enemy. “All right, Bassétt, a bargain,” said Lawrence Clay. ‘T’ll tell you what the tip is. A combina- tion of moneyed men has been formed to corner N. & O. stock, and they will begin operations in a few days. My boss is one of the brokers who has been secured by the ring to buy up the stock, at first on the quiet and afterward,on the Ex- change, and subsequently to manipulate the market for a rise in the shares. I judge that we'll have about ten days to get in on this deal to advantage, for the first object of the pool will be to try and depress the value of the stock be- fore they begin buying. That will probably take several days to accomplish, if they are able to do it. You must lose no time in trying to negotiate for the return of the bonds. Of course, if you could manage to sell them piecemeal in Phil- adelphia or Boston it would be ever so much better for us. That, however, is rather danger- ous, as the securities will probably be advertised for at once, and their loss telegraphed to .the various exchanges ‘to be posted up so as to head ‘off any sales, by the presumed finder. At any - rate, do the best you can, and make all you can out of them.” “You can bet I will. did you get hold of that tip? Inside information as valuable as yours appears to be doesn’t get outside the ring, as a general rule.” “Well, it was this way: I went into Holland’s private room this morning, when he was out, to get a document that was on his safe. When I reached for it it slipped between the safe and I went down on my hands and knees beside the safe to try and fish it out. While I was thus engaged Holland came in with a big trader and shut the door. Neither noticed that I was in the room, and I kept mighty quiet as soon as I got on to what they started to talk about, which was the, corner in N. & O. J knew _that I was getting next to a big thing, and was willing to chance discovery If I’d been caught and threatened with a discharge I’d have hinted that it would be better to let me off easy, seeing that I was ‘in the position to give the informa- tion on the Street. That would -have brought Holland to terms pretty quick, I guess, for if anything went wrong with such a big deal through the fault of his office he would be bound to be a big sufferer.” “You’ré a clever chap, Clay,” chuckled Bassett. “About as foxy as they come. So that’s how you got on to the tip?” “That’s the way. And it’s a sure winner. The more money we can scrape together the more we'll make out of it.” 4 “J think your tip looks all right, and on the strength of it we’ll make an even divide of the ~ proceeds received from the bonds.” Frank, from his post of concealment behind the door, was also _ sure that the tip was a first-class one, and he in- But look here, Clay, how | ' Bassett, turning out the light. The pair left the — ‘he heard Bassett coming back. For fear he might WALL STREET tended to use it himself when the time came. At the same time he felt pretty certain that now, he was wise to the game that had beeen practiced on himself, through which these two rascals had got possession of the securities, there was small chance of them making anything out of the scheme, or out of the N. & O. corner, either, “J ean see your finish in Wall Street, Law- rence Clay,” he muttered. “Both you and your associate, Bassett, will soon see the inside of the Tombs, and I'll bet you’ll both be surprised to learn how I have turned the tables on you. Per- haps I had better not halloo before I’m out of the woods, but I guess those chaps will have a lively time trying to do me up any more.” “What did you do with the bonds, Bassett?” asked the margin clerk, suddenly. : ee you worry about them, I’ve got them safe.” : “How are you going to dispose of the boy so that he won’t give us trouble?” d : “The cab will be back at one o’clock, and I'll carry him uptown and leave him at the door of the house where he lives to recover his senses at his leisure.” ; “That’s a, goood idea. He won’t have any evi- dence then to show that he was taken in anc done for. He may tell his story to Holland, but it will look kind of fishy.” i rine “Oh, he won’t know what happened to him. ~ If the police should be called to verify his story of being carried off in a cab they'll never be able to find my man. They’ll be likely to report that his statement is a ghost story. Do you want to see the boy before you go? He’s in the next room,” peat “Yes. looks.” “Follow me, then.” , ’ a 4 “They're coming in here,” said Frank to him- self. “I’ll-have to pretend insensibility.” He stepped back and stretched himself out on the © lounge with his eyes closed. A moment later — Bassett. and Clay walked into the room. . The — former lighted the gas,'and both men looked at the apparently unconscious boy. “What happened|to his head?” asked Clay. “He’s got a cut there.” rae “T told you that a stone broke one of the win- dows of the cab. Well, it hit him where he lay, Knocked: out, in the corner of the vehicle.” “Too bad that it didn’t put oie of his eyes — out,” snarled Clay. “I’d like to see his beauty spoiled. It might put his nose out of joint with ~ our stenographer at the office. The two of them — are on the chin-chin all day long They make a weary. I can’t understand what she sees in im,” Ness “What's the difference?” replied Bassett. “He'll _ probably get. fired anyway for losing the bonds.” — “{ hope he will, but it is possible he may have — the good luck to squeeze out of the trouble. It’s hard to down chaps that. have his nerve.” “Well, come on. I’ll see: you to the door,” said I'd like to see how the young monkey > — room by the other door. When Frank heard their — footsteps on the stairs’ outside he jumped up, opened the door and looked after them. Pres ently he heard the hall door slam, and soon aft
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come in the little room again he returned to the lounge. Bassett, however, entered the other apartment. Frank got up and peeped in to see what he was about. He saw him go to the table at which he and Clay had been sitting, open a drawer and take out the package of bonds. He opened the bundle carefully, took out the securi- ties and examined them, making some notes on’a pad, after which he began to wrap them up- again. While he was thus engaged the man who admitted him to the house entered the room and told him that he was wanted downstairs by some a visitor's. | Turning down the gas, and leaving the securi- \ ties on the table as they were, he followed the ' other man out, and Frank*saw them go down- stairs together. “This is my chance to secure the bonds and make my escape if I can,” breathed the young jmessenger. He slipped into the square room and laid his hands on the package. 3 “T wonder if I couldn’t fool this Bassett into the belief that he still has the securities, for if he finds that both I and the bonds have gone off -he’ll know-right away that the game is up and will make himself scarce so that the police won’t be able to find him to-morrow.” the drawer in the table. There was a lot of writ- ing-paper that by folding in the center would be about the same size as the bonds.- So he un- vee wrapped the securities, took them out and placed 3 them in an inner pocket of his jacket. Then he substituted- the writing paper in their place, wrapped them up and left them in the same position and shape that Bassett had done. ae “Now to sneak out of this house and get away from the neighborhood, wherever it is.” Pass- ing out onto the landing, he listened attentively. . He didn’t hear a sound in the house. He took courage and glided down\to the hall door. It was locked, but the key was there, and turning it softly Frank Jed himself out, shut the door, _ raredown the steps and started up the street at a rapid pace. aH ¢ CHAPTER VII.—Frank Pays His Boss A Mid- Z night Call. _ ** ‘When Frank reached the corner he_ looked “ around to see where he was. He found that he was at Fourth Avenue. Looking in at ‘a corner “he noted that it was half-past eleven by the clock _ there. are “Mother will wonder what has become of me. I promised to be home before ten. _Now what eshall I do? Go to Mr. Austin’s house at this hour and explain the cause of the delay? I hardly think I’d better. The best thing to do’ will be to go to Mr. Holland’s home on Madi- Son Avenue and tell him what I’ve . been _ through.” He made a note of the street on which the house stood; and which he would know again, to-get away. Then he started in all haste for his employer's residence. It was just midnight when he got there. we “J guess everybody is in bed. T’ll have to wake Some one up.” So he pulled at the bell in a way that meant business. The cook, who slept joey 7 ere Frank opened ~ though he hadn’t taken the number in his hurry . made Frank go over that part again. ad THE PRINCE OF WALL STREET. 9 ‘downstairs, in a small room off the ‘kitchen, heard the ring, partly dressing herself, came to the . area door and inquired who was there. : “T want to see Mr. Holland on important , business,” replied Frank. - “He went to bed an hour ago.” “Then wake him up and tell him that Frank Whitely is on the stoop.” The cook hesitated « about doing as he wanted. “You'd better returnin the morning,” she said. “I positively must see ‘him now,’ replied Frank. “It’s an urgent matter. I am his office messenger.” The cook then consented to arouse the master of the house, and did so. The broker was astonished to hear that his messenger was outside, and, suspecting that it might have some connection with the*package of bonds he had given the boy ‘to deliver, he partially dressed himself, went to the door and admitted Frank . to the hall. ‘ “What's the trouble, Frank?” he asked. “Tt’s et those bonds I was to deliver, sir,” “Well, didn’t you deliver them according to directions?” — . ; “T did not.” ; “Why not?” asked the broker, sharply. “Because I’ve been in trouble.” “In trouble?” Sosy reir “ik taken from: me.” “My goodness! Then you’ve lost them? did this happen? Come to my library, have to telephone the police.” “I Jost them for a couple of hours, sir; I’ve got them back again.” : “You have got them back,” replied the broker, much relieved, as he Jed the boy into his library. “Take a seat and tell me the whole story.” Frank began at the beginning and related how he had been decoyed into the cab and drugged in some way he couldn’t explain. g “Why, I sent no cab to your house,” said Mr. Holland. ' “T understand that now, but at the time I es thought that you had done so, and thus fell into the trap.” ; “But how could that rascal have learned that | you had a package of valuable securities in your possession?” said the broker, greatly puzzled. $5.5 “I am sorry to.say that he found out through one of your clerks.” a “Found out through one of my clerks!” ex- claimed Mr Holland, incredulously. . ; “Yes. Lawrence Clay is the guilty man. You remember he was in your private room when you handed me the package to take uptown, and gave me my instructions.” ; “But surely you are in error. would not——” “Wait till you’ve heard all of my story and you-can then judge for yourself.” Frank went | on to tell his experience at the house where he had. recovered his senses, and ‘related, as near ashe could recall, all the conversation that had taken place between Clay and Bassett. _ When > he repeated ‘Clay’s story of what he had -over- > heard Mr. Holland and hi§ visitor say in connec- tion with the projected corner ‘in N.'& O., the broker started, and looked much distrubed. He — was drugged and the package How I shall but 3 Lawrence Clay
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GES : a t “You not only heard Clay’s voice you recog- nized his face in the room, did you?” he asked his messenger. “Yes, sir. And I will be able to identify Bas- sett if I ever see him again. He was disguised ‘with a beard when he called at my house, but ‘I saw his natural face when he was talking with Mr. Clay.” “TY had no idea that Clay was such a rascal,” - said Mr. Holland, with a stern countenance. “The fact that he overheard such an-important matter .{n my private room complicates matters greatly. ~ I am afraid that it would be useless to cause his arrest and* that of his companion for this robbery, as their denial would largely offset. in -eourt your uncorroborated testimony. In the meantime I cannot afford to discharge ‘him until after my, connection with the N. & O. deal has eeased. Be careful yourself that not a hint of “what you have learned about it gets out on the Street.” “You can rely on me, sir.” é *“T am sure I can, Frank. Well, you can leave the bonds here to-night. Call early in the morn- ing and take them to Mr. Austin’s house, ex- _ plaining to the gentleman how you. were pre- vented from delivering them at the stated: hour. ~~ Tn respect to Clay, treat him as usual, and do _ not give him any reason to believe that. you are “aware that he had any connection with the pro- “ject of which you were temporarily the victim. ' Hevwill- believe, then, that he is safe from dis- covery. In the meantime I will consult with the head of ‘the Wall Street Detective Bureau, and see if J. can make a case against Clay and his associate, Bassett. I think that is all I need to say to you to-night. Do not fail to call here at eight in_the- morning for the bonds.” . Frank assured Mr. Holland that he would be on hand at the hour mentioned, and then bade his em- ployer good night. It was two o’clock when he got home, and he found his mother and sister Bessie’ sitting up, very much worried over his non-appearance. -. . “Why, Frankie, where have you been?” asked his sister, who let him in. _ - “Well, I’ve been: to two places—the boss’s house for one.” on Mr. Holland. You Said you’d be home early, and here it is after two o’clock. We've both been - imagining all. sorts of dreadful things in connec- tion with your unexplained detention.” _ “What happened to your head, Frank?” asked his mother, noting, with some alarm, the cut on his forehead. “That happened to me in the cab. Some boy hrew a stone through the glass, not intentionally, I suppose, and it struck me. Such accidents are _ liable to occur in New York any. time,” he said, lightly. — - : eat might have put your eye out,” she said, with some concern. : ~ ©That’s true. It might have done so, but for- ix ic} tunately it did not. Now go to bed, both of you, I shall want fo be called not later than six thirty, as I’ve got to be at Mr. Holland’s house at -N. & O. stock. “Vou never told us that you expected to call — he appear to be disturb about his - venture. ‘ THE PRINCE OF WALL STREET , ing he delivered the bonds to Mr, Austin, and ~ told that gentleman what he had been through the night before. : tig “You’re a pretty smart boy to get out of it as well as you did, and to recover the securities also,” was the gentleman’s admiring comment. Frank reached the office half an hour late that morning. Lawrence Clay was at his desk, as the — boy soon found out when he went in to tell Kittie that she was wanted in the private office. Clay — looked at him furtively, but Frank paid no at- tention to him. That afternoon a quiet-looking _ man called at the office and asked to see Mr. Holland. Frank showed him into the private room. Presently the broker rang for his mes- bt oa When Frank responded, Mr. Holland said: “S “Frank, this is Detective Hennessy. Tell him the story of the bond robbery of last night.” The — boy. complied, and the detective made several - notes. i é baits “Do you know the street and number of the eee to which you were brought?” inquired the officer. : Wy “T know the street, and can point out the house, but I did not take the number,’ answered the young messenger, reine “Then we will go up there and you can point it out to me, As for this clerk of yours, Mr..Hol- land, I will keep my eye on his movements and see _ what I can find out about him. It is probable he will enable me to spot his associate ina day or so.” As it was nearly time for Frank to leave the office for the day, the broker told him to so with the detective at once, and the two departed Sie together. Two days later the officer made a re-. port to Mr. Holland that rather opened his eyes as to the real character and habits of his margin — clerk. The report of itself, without reference to the connection Clay had with the bond affair, would have furnished sufficient ground for the trader to wish to get rid of him. Clay was there- fore slated for a bounce as soon as Mr, Holland had coneluded with the pool interested in booming: In the meantime Clay had met Bassett again and learned of Whiteley’s escape from the house that night. Bassett, however, believed that the — package he had locked up in a: Tenderloin saloon~ keeper’s safe still contained the bonds, and looked — to see them advertised for. Lawrence Clay, how- ever, Was rather disturbed by the situation, though — he entertained no idea that any suspicion at- tached to him. He was worried because no me tion was made in the office about the loss of the bonds, nor had anything appeared in the news- papers bearing on the subject. Furthermori Frank Whiteley had neither lost his job, nor di late night a “T don’t like the looks of things,”’ Clay re “marked to-Bassett, three nights after the oceur- rence. “I’m certain there is a quiet investigation going on under the surface by detectives, course. Whiteley, to judge by his demeanor, ha ‘been relieved of all responsibility in the mat It is evident that he doesn’t know that I was.at the bottom of it or I should have had an u pleasant interview with Holland.” 3 z ther yourself io
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THE PRINCE OF WALL STREET “Because there is no telling what a detective may find out. Has that house been visited by any sleuth since that night?” “Not that I have heard.” “You haven’t-been there since, have you?” “No. I shall keep away until this matter has blown over.” “Well, you: can’t be too careful, Bassett. I scent danger in the very fact that the robbery has been kept so profoundly secret. Not a hint has been given out in the office, and the bonds have not been advertised for. Even if they are later on I’m afraid it will be a delicate matter to ne- gotidte for their return, for the boy’s premature " escape shows that crooked business was at work; and then Holland knows that he never sent a eab for Whiteley. You made a big mistake in fetch- ing the boy to 4hat house. You should have taken the bonds from him in the cab and then dumped him out into some convenient ‘areaway. It looks to me as if we'll never be able to re- alize anything out of the job, which will be pretty tough on me, as I depended on _ getting hold of enough cash through it to buy N. &.O. in a few days.” } “Oh, the game isn’t up yet,” replied Bassett, coolly, as he led the way to a nearby saloon, neither man being aware that Detective Hennessy ‘was watching them at the moment. _ CHAPTER VIII.—Lawrence Clay Gets It In The Neck. Frank, in the meantime, didn’t overlook the - fact that he had got hold of another tip that had all the earmarks of a sure winner. for Mr. Hol- jJand had as good as admitted to him that night at ~ his house that he was interested in, a big deal “eonnected with N. & O. On the morning after the bond robbery he looked the stock up in the daily market report and found that it was going at 52. ‘After that he kept his eye on it and noticed that ‘it was subject to constant fluctuations Im price, ‘closing each day a little lower than the day pre- wert tee 5 vious, Finally it reached. 47, and for two days, - yemained at about that figure, then it started to yise again, but only a fraction of a point at in- _ tervals. a y guess it’s as low as it’s going to go,” thought Frank. “I’d better buy xow before it gets any higher, so as to gather all.the cream. It’s funny how many people never start in buying till the skim-milk period is repent and then they wonder why it is they get left. There is only one way to do if you want to make money out of stocks. _ Study them well. Watch for them to go down and then buy. When they go up, sell out. This idea of buying stocks when they’re high is pure oolishness.. Not any of that one, for me.” | So Frank went directly to the little bank in fassau Street and invested all his funds in 300 cent. He also told Ben to buy the stock, as- ving him that he had information pointing to a e in the price in the near future. Ben be- eved him, and bought 75 shares at 48. From t day N. &.,0. continued to go up, espec Pe ched 56 before many people noticed that it was shares of N. & O., at 47 5-8, on a margin.of ten ~ ae the general market improved in tone, and it pers began to speak about the improved business that the road was enjoying, and whether there was any truth in the report, a good many specu- lators took notice and sent buying orders for the stock to their brokers. get’ at this stage of the game, sent the price up higher, and it was presently quoted at. 64. Next day it went to 67, and then Frank began to»con- sider the question of selling out. Before he had quite Made up his mind it reached 75. “That’s as high as I’m going to risk it,” he said to himself, and took the first chance he got to run up to the bank and order his 300 shares to be sold. . The stock went at 76 and Ben got out at about the same figure. When Frank figured up his profits he found he had made $8,400. Ben my. tickled to death to find that he had cleared ,000. , “T forgot to tell you that I took another flyer on the market, Kittie,” said Frank, on the follow- ing afternoon. “Have you really?” she exclaimed. iH “Yes, and I have just cleaned up a matter of $8,000, by it. I’m worth nearly $10,000 now.” Kittie looked at him in wonder. “You’re joking, aren’t you, Frank?” he asked. “Not a bit.of it. There’s the proof of the pud- ding,” and he showed her his statement and check from the bank.» There was no getting away from that evidence, Of course the increased , demand for the stock, which was rather hard to M _ a.good stock to buy. A few days later the pa- and she congratulated him on his success. af ‘ “Why, it seems only a few days ago that you made your first speculation, and won $150. Af- ter that you expressed a desire to find out how it felt to be worth $1,000. you’re worth ten times that amount. How does it feel?” she asked, with a roguish smile. “Tt feels all right,” he replied: “T should think you’d be so excited that. sont could hardly attend to your work. I know I should.” 7 “To tell you the truth, Kittie, it doesn’t seern Now it appears that ) to make such a great difference after all whether a fellow is worth $1,000 or $10,000. I ha-en’t the least inclination to go out and paint the town red. I’m rather surprise& that I take it so cool. Once I thought that if I ever came to make $1,000 nothing. would hold me in, but I find that I look on the matter differently now.” 1 At that moment Mr. Holland’s bell rang” for him and he had to leave her. That night Frank carried home $800,.of whieh he gave his mother $700 and Bess $100. It was a delightful surprise. for them to learn that he had made a big win- ning in the stock market. ne “We must move to a better flat now, mother,” ‘ said Bessie, “and put on a little more style.. We ean easily afford to do it.” : “That’s right,” nodded. Frank. get into the swim, for some day I hope to become a millionaire.” E “T hope you will,” laughed Bessie. “But it will take a long time to make a whole million, if you ever do.” ee Two days later the syndicate having unloaded “You want to zi 7 their holdings at a big profit, N. & O. began togo down again. Its fall, however, was gradual, and there was no panic on the market. lowing © st. On the fol- Saturday, Mr. Holland called Lawrence K
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eno THE PRINCE OF Clay into his private room and told him that he would have to dispense with his services. Clay was taken by surprise, and asked the cause of his dismissal. Then the broker told him a few things that startled him. Clay, however, yigor- ously denied his guilt. Then Mr. Holland called Frank in and made him tell all that came under his observation at the house where Bassett had taken him in the cab. Clay was simply paralyzed by his revelations. The broker completed hfs dis- eomfiture by telling him what Detective Hen- nessy had found out about him. The margin clerk couldn’t find any words to defend himself with, and so threw up his hands. “I’m a ruined man,” he gasped, with ashen face. “P11 never be able to get another position in the “2 street.” ied “You ought to be thankful that you’ve escaped < arrest and the degradation of a cell at the Tombs. The cashier will hand you your money.” : Lawrence Clay left the room like a man who had received a terrible blow and soon afterward he walked out of the office and took his way up- town. His heart was swelling with rage against the young messenger, and he swore that he would be revenged on him. When he reached his board- ing place another disagreeable surprise awaited him. His boarding mistress said that she had rented his room to somebody else and that he eouldn’t remain any longer. She also informed him that she had attached his trunk, and that he could have it when he paid her all that was due. He staggered from the house and went to a well- known billiard-room, where he expected to find ‘Judson Bassett. There he learned that Bassett ‘had gone to Boston. Then Clay started in to . drink.to drown his thoughts. Between drinks he Z played pool and subsequently poker, with various acquaintances. His associates wondered why -he was so sullen and reckless in his behavior. Fe didn’t give them any satisfaction, and a few hours later reeled out on the street, dazed with drink and broken in purse. On Sunday morning he -awoke to find himself in a cell with a crowd of _ drunks and kindred characters. Later on he was brought before a magistrate, who fined him $10. - As he couldn’t pay it he was sent to jail for ten days. Apparently, Clay was finding out that the way of the transgressor is hard. CHAPTER IX.—The Scheme That Missed Fire. -. The fact that Frank could put his hands on $9,000 cash any time he wanted did not make any perceptible difference in his conduct at the office. : Kittie was the only one in his confidence there, even. Ben didn’t know exactly how much he was worth, though he judged he was pretty well fixed, - for he had about $2,300 himself stowed away in anticipation of another plunge into the market. ‘Mr. Holland would have been greatly surprised if - he had learned the exact financial standing of his - messenger boy. There didn’t seem to be much danger. of his learning it, however. One after- - noon, while Frank was out on an errand, a man, ' accompanied “by a well-attired young woman, en- tered the office and asked for Mr. Holland. They were ushered into the broker’s private room. Well, what. can iL do for. yon: geet the ; might enter the room, but the villain behind has- entering. one ap = bessidceagl ipa ny WALL STREET trader, who was in the act of signing a check that closed the account of one of his customers. “We have called here to collect a little money from you, Mr. Holland,” said the man, proceeding straight to business. “I want you to write a check to ‘Cash’ for the sum.of $10,000, and do it quick, do you understand? I came prepared to enforce my demand,” he added, drawing a bulldog re- volver. “‘You have your check-book before you. - Make rio delay or I shall kill you where you sit. This isa desperate chance I’m taking, conse- quently I can’t afford to stand any fooling. It is a question of life -or death for you.” He quickly glided behind the astonished and almost paralyzed broker and jabbed the muzzle of the weapon against his back. ‘Now, if I am forced to shoot, the report will not be heard beyond this room,” he went on. “I have you dead*to rights. Write that check now and this lady will take it out and cash it. I shall remain until she has had a rea- sonable time to get the money. Then you can — telephone the police if you want to.” ae The tone of the man’s voice showed that. he was in dead earnest, and the broker’s face went~ white. He trembled so violently that the’ pen ~ dropped from his nerveless fingers. ee “Brace up and write!” gritted the rascal] in ie ie: ear. “It’s your life against $10,000.” 3 He emphasized his words by pressing the gun deeper into Mr. Holland’s ribs. The broker real- ized his peril, and taking up his pen proceeded ~ to obey the man’s directions. He tried to delay the operation in the hope that one of his clerks tened action by pressing his weapon against his spine. “Time is passing,” he snarled. ‘Write, or bye At that critical moment the door opened and_ Frank entered the office, hat in hand. He had brought an answer from the broker he had just visited and had come in to deliver it. For the _ moment the man and his female accomplice were disconcerted and almost at their wits end. Then 5 the rascal pulled himself together. “Get rid of him!” he hissed between his teeth, prodding the unfortunate broker with the muz- zle of his revolver. * Mr. Holland, raising his hand, attempted. to speak. The look on his face startled Frank. He Sie was sure something was wrong. soe “Go,” said Mr. Holland, in a hollow voice. ae * will see you presently.” Frank hesitated, looked at the man who Goad behind his employer, and then at the woman, whose face bore an expression he didn’t like, glanced at the broker and then obeyed the ma date, closing the door after him. 4 “There’s something wrong in there,” he sai ( breathing quickly. “I’m sure there is. Mr. Hol- ae land looked frightened. Can it be a hold-up game : of some kind? What-shall Ido? It may be up to me to save the boss. Yet how can I interfere? — Suppose, after all, I am mistaken, and everything is all right, what a figure I would make of myself putting in just because I imagined——” Ee At that moment the woman came out of private room, with a paper in her hand, and hasti- ly left the office.. On the spur of the momen Frank decided to follow her. Putting on his hat, he darted out after her. He caught. sight | of her | he took to
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stairs, flying down two steps at a time. She was -. going out of the street door when he landed in the corridor. He hurried out after her and trailed her up the street to the Manhattan National Bank. That was where Mr. Holland kept his funds. She took her place in the line at the paying-teller’s window. Frank, with his head ‘down, darted past and entered the cashier’s den. He hurriedly explained the situation to that gen- tleman. ‘The cashier called in the bank detective and told him to watch the woman, then he sent a few words on a pad to the paying-teller, and taking the telephone receiver off his desk asked to - pe connected with Holland’s office. Kittie an- -- swered the call. ‘ “Please call Mr, Holland to the phone. Don’t * switch me ‘on to his private wire, but bring him - to the-offce ’phone.” ” That’s the way the cashier put it to the stenog- - yapher, and she was‘ clearly feats at so un- usual a request. - “Please tell me who you are, sir?” she asked. _ “Mr. Forbes, cashier of the Manhattan Na- tional Bank. It is a very important matter -that a wish to speak to Mr. Holland about.” ~ “But why not, let me switch you on to his “wire?” *J have my reasons, young lady,” replied the ‘cashier, sharply: _ “Hold the wire, then, please,” answered Kittie. She hurriedly left the counting-room and en- exved the private office. Mr. Holland and his ras- ally visitor were seated close together. “Mr. Forbes wishes to speak to you on the office *phone, Mr. Holland,” said Kittie. “My. Holland will come in a moment, miss,” aid the caller, with his basilisk gaze on ‘the dis- ssed broker. “He is very busy just now.” Kittie looked inquirinély at her employer, and e mechanically said: “Yes, yes; I will be there in a minute.” Then the stenographer left the room. Going the ’phone she told the cashier that Mr. Hol- nd would talk to him in a few moments. At bank, when the woman reached the sohadaw passed in the check, the teller looked search- at ‘her. 5 ust take this down ito the cashier’s office and have it O. K.’d, please.” ‘What for?” asked the woman, sharply. She knew well enough that a check to “Cash” payable to “Bearer” without identification. _, Because that is our way of ‘doing business,” lied the teller, politely. ‘This way, madam,” said the detective, who was t her elbow, taking ‘her gently by the arm. “The _ “Do you yefuse to ho or this check?” demanded he woman of the teller in an angry tone, paying o attention to the bank detective. “You will have to comply with our rules, ma- replied the teller. as eae THE PRINCE OF WALL STREET. . 13- The woman hesitated. She ait like the out-— _she was overpowered. The detective was allowed jex’s room'is at the other end of the corridor.” ~ «employer from being done out of a big sum of t she couldn't ee the money, ad h very bad grace and walked down to — : etting nervous and & only a certain interval in which to cash the check. ~ When Frank saw her coming he stepped into an- other room. She entered the cashier’s office. “Please O. K. that check,” she said. “I am in a great hurry.” 4 “This is a large amount fora check to ‘Cash,’ remarked the cashier, with the telephone receiver at his ear. as “What difference does that make?” she demand- ~ ed angrily. “Am I to get the money or am I, not?” x “One moment, madam. Take a seat.” She refused to sit down, however, and tapped “te the floor nervously with the toe of her French , boot. “JT can’t stay here all the afternoon,” she cried, after a minute had passed. “If you-won’t honor ~*~ that check Ju have to take it back to Mr. Hol- Et land.” : At that moment Mr. Holland’s voice ; Feachen the cashier’s ear. a “Is that you, Mr. Forbes?” came in agitated “" tones. : Yes.” ie “Has a cheek to ‘Cash’ for $10,000 been pre- — sented at the bank?” “Vas,” “Has it been paid?” “Not yet. The person is here.” “Don’t pay it, then, but arrest the woman.” = “That’s all I’ want to know, sir,” replied ee et cashier, hanging up the teceiver. Then he made a sign to the detective, who. was =. standing outside the glass door. The bank officer ; entered the room. : “You will hold this woman in the bank till IT. can get an officer here to take her in charge,” he said. : tes The woman uttered a scream of rage and made a break for the door, but the detective grasped her by the arm and held her. Frank, who had ~ passed out into the corridor by another door, was a witness of her capture. She was not easily. sub-- dued, however. Like a panther at bay, She turned on the detective. Placing her hand at her breast ~~ she flashed out a keen stiletto and struck the | officer on the hand with it, making a nasty wound, Then tearing herself. loose, she started to fly. ~ Frank saw her stab the detective and dash out of the door. : He immediately flung his ayms around her and =~ held her as in a vise. She kicked and screamed, raising great excitement in the bank, but the young messenger swung her off her feet and — rushed her back into the cashier’s room, where 3 ‘e to run out to a neighboring drug store to have ~ his wound attended to, and by the time he got back the patrol wagon with two policemen was. - at the door and the furious woman was being '~ Joaded into it. Frank, after secing her driven ~ away returned to the office, pleased to think that - he had been largely instrumental in saving his - money. Mr. Holland, after he had listened to | story, could scarcely thank him enough for the had played in the affair s a substan: ciation | ‘the.
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ss of N. S. on the strength of it.” than a year,” said Number Three. 14 THE PRINCE OF CHAPTER X.—The Prince of Wall Street. - All the morning papers had the story of the holding up of Broker Holland at the point of a re- volver in his own office for a check of $10,000 made payable to “Cash,” and described how the scheme was frustrated through the wit of Mes- senger Frank Whiteley. The story, of course, interested all Wall Street, for ’most: any other broker stood a chance of running up against the same kind of game at the hands of any man or woman desperate enough to attempt it. Soon af- ter nine the office was full of traders that had dropped into congratulate Holland over his good luck in having such a valuable office boy. While waiting for the broker to show up the /erowd proceeded to make a hero of Frank. It seemed to be the general opinion in Wall Street that morning that Frank was the very prince of messengers, and had Holland expressed his inten- tion of going out of business there certainly would have been a scramble among many of the trad- ers to secure Whiteley for a messenger. At any rate, Frank listened to all kinds of complimentary remarks about himself, till it is a wonder that his head didn’t grow abnormally large. Finally, he escaped into the counting-room, but there he was “up against it just as bad. Kittie had something to say; Gilmore, who had been promoted to Lawr- ence Clay’s job, had something to say; the cashier had something to say, and—but what’s the use cf mentioning them all? The opinion was general that Frank had done a big thing, and he was forced to believe that he had. At any rate, he had the boss’s check for $500 in his pocket as a pretty good evidence of the fact. Frank and Mr. Holland practically held a levee till close on to ten when there was a scattering of the traders in the direction of the Exchange. All the other messengers in the district piped Frank off when they saw him on the street, and quite a lot of good-natured chaff was flung in his direction. At eleven o’clock Frank and Mr. Hol- land went to the Tombs Police Court to appear against the woman associate of the rascal who had held the broker uj for the check of $10,000. She gave her name as Mrs: Van Dyke, and she was held’*for the grand jury. Several detectives were out hunting for the man himself. About noon Frank was sent to a broker in the Mills . Building, and while waiting to get an interview he heard three brokers discussing the rumored consolidation of two railroads out West. One of the brokers asserted that the merger was a ‘fact and would be confirmed in a few days. “How do you know that?” asked one of the ‘others. H “T’ve inside information to that effect,” he an- swered. “You mean you think you have,” laughed the third man. “T know I have and I’ve bought 20,000 shares “Is this a jolly or not?” asked the second man. “No sir. If you chaps want to be on the sunny side of the market a week from now, buy N.’S. and you won’t make any mistake.” “Why N. S. has been in the doldrums for more “It’s selling did sixteen months ago.” Sait ten points be low what it messenger boy in Wall Street even coul WALL STREET “And it will be selling thirty points higher than it is now ten days hence.” “Tf I was certain of that I would put evety cent into it I could beg or borrow.” : “What do you want me to do? Draw up an affidavit to that effect?” laughed the man who seemed to be giving out the pointer. “No. You might tell us, however, how you came by your knowledge.” “Well, my brother is secretary of the company. Nuff said.” “Did your brother send you word about the consolidation?” “You want to know too much all at once, Brad- ley. Can’t you see through a millstone when - there’s a hole in it?” Whether they could or not, Frank thought he — could. He judged that the broker was trying to put the others on to a good thing in a round- about way, because he was bound by some ar- rangement not to state the matter directly. He remembered, too, that he had seen statements in the newspapers about a possible consolidation be-_ tween N. S. and a fival road and these rumors had been repeated at different times. He judged that such a combination of interests would be highly beneficial to N. S., and he decided to buy some of that stock. on the strength of it. At any rate, it was a pretty safe speculation, as the road was selling way down below what it ought to be worthy : Accordingly, that afternoon he bought 1,000 shares of N. S., at 54, on margin. ' Three days © afterward the news was confirmed and the stock — i; began to boom. Frank immediately bought 700 additional shares at 57. He also passed the tip ~ on to Ben who collared 400 shares at 59. week N. S: was selling at,80. Both boys sold out at a trifle above that, and Frank figured up that he had made $42,000 out of the deal, while Ben — jubilantly announced that he was about $8,400 better off. Frank went in to hold a jollification — meeting with Kittie, and to amaze her with his — extraordinary good fortune. j “So you’re actually worth $50,000?” she ex- claimed. ; “That’s right, or to be exact, $51,600 this — minute.” : ; “ “Why, you’re worth as much as some of the ~ brokers down here,” she said. ahead “Mother,” said Frank, when he got home that — afternoon, “can you stand a shock?” : “A shock,” she replied, looking nervous. “What do you mean?” Cel en ae Oh “I mean that I’ve been speculating again, and i T’ve——” = ay “You've lost all your money.” ‘c “Do I look as if I had? DoT resemble in Any way\a candidate for the “Down and Out Club?” No, mother, I have simply made a whole lot of money this time.” : Bere “A whole lot!” ; shes rea “Over $40,000. Don’t scream, please, or th neighbors will think you’ve been taken with a fi ’m worth. just $51,600. How does that strik 2”? ; : j o nies It was some little time before the little mothe could realize that her big, stalwart son was not jollying her. She could not understand how <6 Inj aa 2 4 + x ‘ 4 . ‘ . - ~ 4 ig 2 re 7 ‘ ¢ e 4 } a
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mulate so much money as he had done in such a short time after he had once got started. When Bessie came home, Frank sprang the news on her; and she nearly fell of the lounge she was sitting on. Whereupon her brother grabbed her around the waist and made her ex- ecute a mild kind of Indian war-dance with him about the room. tit “Why, Frankie!” she cried, breathlessly, “you never can mean that you actually have made all that money.” “Tt always mean what I say, sis. The whole’ family down to the baby (the baby was ten years old) are going to have brand-new outfits to cele-. brate the event. You can begin picking yours out as soon as you please.’ CHAPTER XI—Frank Gathers in Seventy aS, Thousand ‘Dollars. “T think it’s about time that you became ac- - quainted with my sister, Kittie,” said Frank on ~ the following day, which was Friday. ‘ “T shall be very glad to know her,” veplied the fair stenographer, with a smile. ' -- “That’s whitt I thought. She’s quite anxious to know you, too, for she says I have talked so much about you that I have aroused her curiosity. - She’s coming over here tomorrow at one o’clock and, if you don’t object, we’ll go to lunch, to- gether. My friend, Ben Webster, who, by the way, is something of a small capitalist himself, ‘being worth over $10,000, all made in the stock - market, will also honor us with his company.” “Does your sister look like you?” asked Kittie. “Something, but of course she’s ever so much petter-looking.” POH yee) Pt : ae % “No bouquets, Miss Carter, if you ‘please, grinned Frank, rather pleased than otherwise. “7 don’t know that she’s any prettier than you are.” : “J think you are throwing a bouquet yourself,” he answered, with a blush. : - “Well, you deserve all I can lay at your feet, Kittie.” I think you’re the nicest girl in the world, and I don’t care who hears me say it.” Kittie blushed still rosier and did not answer. 4+ “T expect my sister to fall in loye with you,” e went on; “and I hope you’ll like her very much, too.” > “Ym sure I shall if——’ he stopped suddenly. Tf what?” . ; Oh, nothing!” ~ : “Come now, you can’t get out of it that way. ust know the if.” : ‘’'m not going to tell you.” - ere sure you'd like her very much if— chook her head. , What she had ; “if she (Bessie) looked anythi t to she didn’t wa ersel ng like THE PRINCE OF WALL STREET “Then she must be quite pretty,” replied Kittie, ¢ ‘and ‘Kittie were next door to being engaged, — ‘lady was not letting any chances of that kind get : ‘Yes; you are. I insist on knowing. You said , almost i sentence. Next day, about one o’clock, Bessie ap- peared at the office in her “best dress.” Kittie had also dressed herself with extra care in an- ticipation of the meeting. Each girl wanted to ~— make a favorable impression on the other, and they sueceeded. In fact, they cottoned, as the saying is, at once, and were soon chatting to- —~ gether like old friends, much to Frank’s delight. Ben soon came in and the four started for a ~*~ nearby restaurant, where Whiteley ordered the Be best in the way of a lunch that the place could , — produce: The girls, being both very pretty and ~ vivacious, attracted’a great deal of notice at the table, and many admiring glances were cast in their direction. Frank let Ben do the polite to his sister, while’ hé monopolized as much of — Kittie’s attention as he could. ATS “Ifyou have no objection, Miss Carter, we’ll- take a boat down to the island this afternoon and ~ see a few of the new sights of the season,” he o said, eagerly. % Kittie was not opposed to this arrangement, f which had been decided on between Frank and: , *— his sister, and so they took the next boat down — the bay. They had a bang-up time, the expense —_* being divided by the two boys, and after a swell a dinner at one of the big hotels they passed the evening at various amusement resorts until they felt it was time toveturn. Ben took Bessie home, leaving Frank to do the same for Kittie. The — wealthy young messenger made the most of his opportunities to impress on the stenographer the fact that he considered her the whole thing with him, and she seemed very happy in his society. After that, Kittie and Bessie saw a great deal of. each other, and grew to be great chums. Bessie soon found out that Kittie -was a good deal in- love with her brother, and she, aware of Frank’s feelings on the subject, gave him several hintg that sent him into a second heaven of happiness. In fact, before the summer was over Frank though he hadn’t as yet asked her the important question. It was about this time that Mrs. Van Dyke was tried, convicted and sent to the woman’s prison up the State. Her associate in wickedness had not been captured, and the police seemed. to have abandoned their efforts to capture her. One day in the early part of September Frank found | out that. plans were under way by a clique of brokers to corner a well-known stock, which was — going at 89. He got his information through his sister, who was very friendly with a certain young: lady who ran a public stenographer’s office, who had-been doing work for him for some time, and coming into her office one day, under the influence of several mint juleps, he had gréwn uncommonly confidential, and told her that he could offer her a chance to make some extra money. -This by her, and shé worked her cards~so well that the broker gave the snap away to her!: | es As she was not accustomed to do any speculat-— ing, and knowing from Bessie that Frank was-
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16 THE PRINCE OF that Bessie’s brother would. make some money, too, if he bought a few shares of the stock him- self.. Bessie was immediatély interested, and suc- ceeded in getting all the particulars from her friend. That night she handed the information over to Frank. “This looks like a pretty good thing, Bess,” said Frank. “I’ll go around to your office to- morrow some time and you can take me upstairs and introduce me to Miss French.” Accordingly, Frank presented himself next day at one o’clock at his sister’s place of business, and _was introduced to the public stenographer. They had quite a talk together, at the end of which Miss French handed Frank her money, and he promised -to put it up on B. & L. on the usual margin, agreeing to loan her about $400 so that she could get 100 shares. “You are very kind, Mr. Whiteley,” she said, with a smile. ‘“I:only expected to be able to buy 50 shares.” “Don’t mention it, Miss French. Your tip is worth that easily.. We both ought to make a good thing out of this.” This time he didn’t go to.the little bank, but to a well-known broker, where he bought the 100 shares for Miss French, subject to his own order, and 5,000 shares for himself. This was a big deal for him, as it took about $45,000 to cover the margin. He did not forget to put Ben on to it, -and that lad, who was willing to swear by his ‘chum’s sagacity, immediately went to the little bank and bought 800 shares of B. & L. at the _ same figure, namely 89. selling around 95. Then it began to boom in good earnest, and two days afterward had. climbed to 103. Frank called on Miss French. : “T think we’d better sell out,’’ he, said to her. “Tt will probably go higher, but I don’t think it is! wise for us to take the risk of hanging on for the last dollar.” ae “Use your own judgment about it Mr. White- ley,” she replied. fectly satisfactory to me.” Accordingly, Frank sold out his own holdings and hers at 103 5-8. That gave him a profit of $70,000, and Miss French made $1,450. Ben held on a little/longer, getting 104 3-8 for his shares, and clearing the sum of $12,000, which raised his capital to $23,000. CHAPTER XII—Frank Passes the Quarter of a ; Million Mark. Several weeks elapsed and Frank attended to business in the same old way, just as if hé wasn’t ~ worth a cent more than the average messenger on the street.” Mr. Holland hadn’t the least sus- picion that the lad was worth over $100,000. If somebody had told him that fact, and been in a eo position: to. prove it, he would have had a fit. There was only one broker in the Street who knew that Frank had made a big haul out of the _ market, and that was the trader who ‘had ex- ~ecuted the boy’s commission for the 5,000 shares of B. & L. Still, he fully believed that Frank had been acting for Mr. Holland in the matter,- or the idea that any messenger boy could plank own a margin of Apes yj é cA In a week the stock was- “Whatever you do will be.per-_, WALL STREET at all reasonable. The broker, however, hadn’t bothered his head about the matter, one way or the other. He got a good commission out of the transaction, and that was all he cared about. While it was certainly unusual for any broker ,to employ his messenger in such a big transac- ‘tion, still the trader guessed that Mr. Holland knew his own business. Frank had cautioned his sister not to let Miss French know how much he had made out of her tip for fear she might —— that he hadn’t been. liberal enough with er. He would gladly have given her a good deal more than the paltry $400, only he knew it would raise added fancies in her head as to his financial position. Ben also kept his private business pretty close. He didn’t even tell his parents how successful he had been speculating in the market. | . He handed his mother small sums at odd times, telling her he had won the money in Wall Street, but this was the extent of her knowledge of his operations. One day the office boy attached to Bessié’s office left a note at Holland’s for Frank, who was out at the time. The cashier handed it to him when he got back. It contained the fol- lowing words: “Dear Frankie—Come over to the office as soon as you are off to-day. Miss F. wants to see you about something of importance. Don’t fail. essie.” “T wonder if she’s got hold-of another tip?” said-Frank to himself. “I hope she has, for I’m hot on the trail of that million.” He retired to his seat and began to wonder how _ it felt to be worth a million dollars in good money. As there was nothing doing for a while he went inside to have a word or two with Kittie. “Well, Miss Carter,” he said, “are you attend- ing strictly to business?” is “Am I?) Don’t I look like it?” ¥ “You do, for a fact. industry. I knew you were working too hard, so 4 Nes id I came in to vary the monotony for a few min- — utes.” See that pile of statements?” “Sure [ see them. You’ve haven’t you?” chine. “Well, ’'m glad to see you have work enough ip ea ahead to keep you out of mischief.” “Tear me, I like that!” she said, with a “Don’t do that, please,” said Frank. “Don’t do what?” : “Pout your lips.” Rizeat' A “Why not?” “Because it’s dangerous.” @ “Dangerous!” she exclaimed. te “Very. I might not be able to withstand the temptation of kissing you before thé whole office.’ “Why, Frank Whiteley, are you going crazy?’ she asked, with rosy cheeks. Apis a “No. I’m keeping account ofthem in my pri vate ledger, and I forgot to record last night’ instalment. ‘Since we became engaged a littl ago I’ve had 9,999.” i \: ent pout. $45,090 in cold cash didn’t look “Oh, what a fib!” Pages You’re the very pink of She nodded, as he went ahead clicking her ma- i ¥ “But I haven’t any time to talk to you now. + es got to copy them all,’
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THE: PRINCE OF “J ean show you the record down in black and white. I think I had 101 last night, but ’'m not sure.” : “Will you please go back to your place out- side.” ; : “You never asked me how I feel to be worth -a hundred thousand.” ee “T never thought of it.” ; “When I’m worth half a million we'll get mar- «ried, shall we?” = “Don’t talk nonsense.” “To you call ee - The buzz of his electric bell told him that Mr. Holland had returned and wanted him. ; “There’s your bell now. Go and answer it,” she said, mischievously. see “l’m afraid Ill have to,” he said, gliding away. At quarter to four he walked into his sister’s ” office. : : ie : “T got your note, Bess,” he said, going over te her desk. “Shall I run up and see Miss French?” “Yes. She’s anxious to see you.” ae Frank wasted no time with his sister, but hurried upstairs to a door on the next floor, which bore the legend—“Miss C.*French, Public Stenographer.” cS Miss Franch employed half a dozen girls and apparently had all the work she could handle. | She welcomed,F rank, with a smile, and led him “over to her desk in a corner of her office. a “You told me if I got another tip to let you know,” she said, when they were seated together. a “Yes; have you got one?” “7PI) let you see what ve got, and you: can judge for yourself.” “If it’s a good one good price for it.” : - “f don’t want any pay for it, all I want is for you to manage the deal for me, if there is any- _ thing in it, same as you did before.”” “7’]] gladly do that for you, but I'd like to pay you. for the tip as well.” ‘ “Oh, no; I wouldn’t want you to do that. Here, read that,” and she handed Frank a’ sheet of notepaper, with‘some writing on it. ‘Frank read it through. It was a note from one broker to another, of very recent date, in which the writer asked the other to go into a syndicate that was going to boom a certain stock that had very little: value. It went on to state that the eal objec of the scheme was to catch a certain pig broker who had of late been uncommonly ecessful in his ventures. He was a shrewd old llow, who never bought anything but- rising tock, and then only after he had pretty good ssurance that.others were booming. The writer aid that he and a dozen others were going buy up C. & A. shares, that had been a drug m the market for a long time. They were down to 15, and were not worth any more. As soon as ey had got hold of all that were to be had they rould start in to boom the price up to 30, which they felt confident they would be able to do, and at the same time get word to the old banker in a- confidential way that C. & A. was a mightly good _ proposition to get in on, as it was going to. jump to 40 at least. ; s soon as he, started to buy some shares as’ ler, they’d hold off so that the scarceness of hares would encourage him I am willing to pay you a ¥ it after they get it? to bite in down-_- WALL STREET 17 right earnest... They’d then unload on him by degress, all the time forcing up the price. When. they got it as high as‘they thought it’ would go, they’d try to push the rest of the shares on him ~ or others and scoop all they could. After that they’d not support the stock any longer, and, as. a consequence, it would break to the old price of 15 in no time at all. That was the foxy scheme outlined by the writer, and he wanted his friend to go in and help cut the melon. ; “Where did you get this letter, Miss French?” asked Frank. “Tt came inside a batch of work I got from the ~ broker whose name is attached to it, and I dis- covered it while dividing the manuscript among my girls.” oe “How did it strike you when you read it?” he asked. “Well, I thought it offered a chance for you and I to buy that stock while it is down, and then sell it when it got up to 30.” “Ym afraid it’s a risky speculation,” replied Frank, os “Do you think so?” she asked, with a dis- appointed look. “There is no assurance whatever that this clique of foxy brokers will be able to force.C. & A. up to 30. It’s what I call a bum stock—excuse | the expression. Still being so low the brokers will no doubt easily be able to corner the supply. The question is, what will they be able to do with The writer appears to be confident that the scheme will go through. I: think myself that it’s a pretty mean trick to play on Broker Smythe, for if he bites he stands to, lose a good many thousand dollars, which the other fellows propose to pocket.” “T’ll think it over and let you know to-morrow.” Frank handed her back the letter, after, reading it over once more very carefully, and soon after .— took his leave. He stepped back into his sister’s office to see if the ticker recorded any sales in = _C. & A. He found one of 2,000 shares at 15 3-8, and that was all. _The matter occupied a good deal of his attention on his way home, and he finally decided that he would take the risk of” buying 10,000 shares in the morning on a chance. He got it through the little bank at 15 1-2, and it went up to 16 during the day. At four o’clock he called on Miss French, told her what he had done, and said if she wanted to risk $1,600 he would get her 1,000 shares. 2 “Do you advise me to do so?” she asked him. “It’s a risk,” he said. “You must decide for yourself.” : -“But you say you bought 10,000 shares which cost you $15,500 in margin. If you are willing to risk so much money I guess I may, too. I had no idea you were worth so much.” “Oh, I made a good thing out of that tip of | yours, you must remember,” replied Frank, eva- sively. SF “JT didn’t \think you made near so much as that.” ‘ “Yes, I made all of that.” Beat ase a5 “Well, Il let you, have $1,600 to-morrow any = / time you @all for it.” = ; ee Frank, “I'll be around’ “All right,” replied after it.” ; yi Bessa eae at ee) Dailey toe fee eae aa > He called next day, and got the money. In the Pe See fe eee eres t
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18. meantime, however, C. & <A, advanced, to 17. -¥rank said nothing about it but added $100 to her amount and bought her 1,000 shares of the stock, He also bought 20,000 more shares - for himself. » The broker to whom he gave the order vould only get-him 10,000 shares in small lots at first, besides Miss French’s 1,000. It took three days to get the balance at an average of 18 1-2. The stock kept on going up for the next five days, when it reached 25. Then he ordered his broker to get rid of it in small lots. .Miss French’s went first at 25 1-8, giving her a profit of 8,000.. Then 5,000 shares of Frank’s went at 25. Five thousand more went by degrees, at an average of 24. The broker then held off for awhile, and the stock advanced to 26, at which he let out 5,000 shares. Then, by Frank’s direc- tions, he dumped a 5,000 lot on the market to test the syndicate that was trying to hold the price. It was taken at 24. Frank’s broker suc- _ ceeded in getting rid of 5,000 shares more at an average of 28, and the last 5,000 shares at 21. ' The whole business was successfully put through by the expertness of the young messenger’s broker, who saw. from the first that he was deal- ing with. a delicate problem, for the syndicate’s representative, having sold a good many shares - to the man picked for a victim, was anxious ~ to discover if the same man was unloading him- self, at a small profit. Frank cleaned up $195,000, after daductine all - @xpenses, and when the broker was ready to make _a settlement he asked the boy whom he repre- sented in the matter. “T represent myself and nobody else,’ _ the young messenger. The broker winked and said no more, but he ’ was sure that Holland was at the bottom of it. . However, he was perfectly satisfied, for he had - earned, in commission and interest, a matter of $10,000 without having taken any risk whatever. ox _replied As for Miss French, she was tickled to death at - - the amount of money she had won, -anl declared Sh Bessie that her brother was the Prince of Wall. “Street. F a aa CHAPTER XIII.—Frank Ceases to Be a = Messenger. : After Frank got out-of C. & A. he watched it ~ . on the ticker to see how it would go. -. “T- guess I’ve made that syndicate pretty sick,” he chuckled. “Those 31,000 shares cost them about $335,000, for I unloaded at a time when they didn’t. want to lose their grip on the stock. If those..chaps ain’t mighty careful in getting . rid of their big holdings they are likely to find _ themselves large losers instead of gainers by their ~~ artful plan to do up Mr. Smythe. It would serve a them well right.” -C. & A. went as high as 27, and after remain- ing at that figure and its fractions, began steadily to decline again. From the number. of shares ' that changed hands, Frank judged that the syndi- eate was unloading as quietly as possible. Inside 15. Whether the THE PRINCE OF , ticular request. down to 18, and finally it got WALL; STREET any amount, the boy had no means of learning. At any rate, he was satisled that he had made the most out of the transaction, and had no kick com- — ing. Frank had conducted his last deal without saying a word to Ben. Consequently, his chum had no idea that he had made such a big winning. “T guess I won’t say anything to him about it,” thought Frank. “He might think I ought — to have let him in on it. As a matter of fact, I. wasn’t dead sure of the deal at any stage of the game, and wouldn’t have touched it only I had ~ so much money at my back that I was willing to — take the risk.” ‘ So Frank said nothing about C. & A. to Ben. Only his mother, Bessie and Kittie knew how rich he had become inside of two weeks, and they ~ naturally kept mum on the subject at his par- Frank was beginning to think that it was high time for him to advance up the ladder. He figured that he had been a messenger : long enough. = “When a fellow is worth ‘$317, 000 he begins to — think that he'is entitled to some recognition in — the community,’ he told himself. “What’s the — use of working for $9 per week, when I’ve capital — enough to earn $15,000 a \year, if I merely loaned — it out on bond and mortgage. Well, New Year’s — will see my finish as a messenger, bet your life. — I’m going to strike out for myself and hustle _ for that million,’ ae The new year was only two months any, oe : Frank worked faithfully until that time came _ around, and then he surprised Mr. tendering his resignation. as Messenger. broker immediately offered to give him a place in — his counting-room if he would remain in his em- ploy, but Frank declined, on the seore that he expected to do much better. “Are you going into another business, ‘Prank? Mr. Holland asked, with some curiosity. “I seems to me that you are making a mistake in cutting loose from the Street. You appear to be well adapted to Wall Street, in my opinion, and if you would only stick I feel sure that some day you might become a broker,. and a successful one 00. “No, sir; I-am not going to leave the district I am about to take a small office and devote: me oe to the stock market.” 5 +, Holland looked at him in astonishment. re haven’t gone crazy, young man, ha you?” “T hope not, sir,’’ he answaxéd. respectfully. “May I ask if it is your intention to AUC, in stocks?” ES ri is. Yet “On what capital, pray?” “Something over $300,000.” “How much?” gasped the amazed trader. Frank repeated the amount. “Do you mean to say that yeu have $300,000? “T have.” ~ The broker whistled softly and looked Frank i the eye, but the lad met his gaze with an. pression which persuaded him that there 1 something in his late messenger’ pitts “Haye you: fallen heir fo3 a forfi we
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é THE PRINCE OF WALL STREET ~ “} made it right here in the Street, sir, during the past year.” = “You made it in the Street—you made it in the ” . The broker scratched his head and looked at Frank much as a naturalist would gaze at a new species of animal life. : “Yes, sir. I am ready to explain, if you wish to hear me.” “T will listen to you.” , | Mr. Holland was dumbfounded when Frank had © told him the whole story. "Before the interview terminated, Mr. Halland gave him a lot of good advice, and told him that any time he wanted information that he thought would be of advantage to him that he would gladly help- him out. : “Thank you, sir,” and with those words he got up, shook hands with the broker and left his em- ploy forever. < ; : Frank hired a modest little room in a Wall Street office building, giving Mr. Holland as his reference, furnished it up to suit his ideas, and proceeded to look the field of speculation well over. He subscribed for the principal financial jour- nals, and took in the dailies that made a specialty of Wall Street intelligence. He studied the pros- pects of different stocks, and went as deep into the _ situation as his experience and facilities permitted ~ him to do. Fo some time he noticed accounts in ' the press about the fight of rival factions to obtain the control of United Traction, the holding com- pany of the consolidated electric railways of New _ Jersey, and the matter interested him greatly. He wondered whether.the party now in control would succeed in holding on, or whether the op- position interests would prevail and a new board of directors and officers be elected. The stock was gilt-edged and hard to get at 150, which was ten points higher than it had been quoted for a long ‘time. But there was enough stock held on the outside to make the fight for control a matter of some doubt to both factions, and their endeavors to got hold.of as many of these floating shares ‘as possible caused the rise. Both interests had their brokers on the lookout for any that was offered, and both sides kept acquiring, by degrees, about ‘the same quantity of stogk. Altogether, the affair “seemed to be a battle royal. rf CHAPTER XIV—Frank Secures an Option Sa On United Traction. « : ey wish I was the owner of a good-sized block of United Traction,” Frank said to himself one ~ morning after reading some of the latest develop- ments in the case. “I fancy I’d be able to make a tages of being a millionaire counts. * When you fave unlimited capital you can often step in and reap a harvest of money. That’s how it is that li of profit in a day. That .arries out the Ma Bintieal quotation that ‘to him that hath shall be given more,’ while he that hath nothing shall get it in the neck.” Foe : ~ He knew there wasn’t much show of his getting hold of enough shares to be able to make any the matter from his thoughts. [39 d good thing out of it. This is where the advan-\ our multi-millionaires often clean-up several mil-~ -of the company to see me. I decided to come to ay on the lines he had in his mind, so,he dis- | 19° Having finished reading all the important news of the stock market,*he put on his hat and went out, with the intention of going over to the Visi- tors’ Gallery of the Exchange. As he came out into the corridor he almost ran into a little old woman in dark clothes who was standing outside his door, with a look of be- wilderment on her face. ~ “Can I do anything for you, madam?” he in- quired, “T am looking for the offite of the United Trac- - tion Co.,” she said. . “You’re in. the wrong building, madam. Their offices are next door. I will take you there if you wish.” : She looked into his. boyish face, with its kindly expression, and she seemed to take an instant fancy to him. “Thank you,” she answered. “Could I ask you a favor?” . “Certainly, madam.’ ‘I. would like a drink of water. I feel quite faint. ~ I am an old woman and not accustomed to the city. The noise and bustle has greatly upset me.” “Step right into my office,” said Frank, as gal- lantly as if she was a handsome young girl. “I will get you a drink and you may rest until you are quite recovered.” 4 She thanked him once more and permitted him to escort her inside. He handed her to a seat alongside ,his desk and brought her a glass of water. i Paes - ; “I suppose you live in the country, madam,” said. Frank. “Yes. I have lived nearly all my life at. Flanders, Long Island. I only come to New York ~ on rare occasions. I have a good deal of stock in the United Traction Co. I have decided to sell this stock, as I see by the.paper that it has gone up quite a bit. That is the reason I came to the’ eity this morning.” : “How many shares have you got madam?” The old lady opened her bag and took out a bundle of certificates. : ‘ She handed them to Frank. He looked at them — ‘ and saw that they footed up 10,000 shares of — first preferred stock, the actual market value of | which at that moment. was $1,500,000. He re-' garded the little old woman in some astonishment. There wasn’t a thing about her that would lead » one to suspect that she was worth money. 2 “Are you Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend, the person in which name these certificates stand?” he asked. She nodded. + : : “Then you are quite a rich woman. These certificates are worth a million and a half at this moment.” Het, She nodded again, as if aware of that fact. : Frank, in the meanwhile, was ‘thinking rapidly. “You intend to take these shares to the traction company and sell them?” , : x “Yes,” she replied. “I received a note from the” _ president a few days ago-saying that he ‘would be glad to buy my stock at the market price, if I wished to sell them. He said that this was a very good time to sell, and that he would send a man — the city and eall at the office myself.” adam, would you sell ket rate? = in Gay : “ that stock to me at the ’ rn
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20 It was the lady’s turn to look surprised. “Why—why!” she exclaimed. “Your are only a boy.” : : -“T know it madam. I’m only a boy in years and in appéarance, but I think I’m a man in busi- ness ability. At any rate, I’ve made $300,000 out of $150 within ‘a year, and I think that ought to be some evidence that I can get along in the world,” = “J; it possible? How did you do it?” Frank proceeded te tell her how he had done it. She became intensely interested in his recital and asked him many questions not only about his stock operations, but also about himself, and he frankly told her how his father had died a few years since, leaving his mother and several young brothers and sisters dependent on the exertions of, his sister and himself; and how he and Bessie _ had put their shoulders to the wheel and tried to do their best to keep the wolf from the door, and had succeeded. The little old lady appeared to be deeply -im- pressed with his energy and smartness, and ex- pressed her favorable opinion of him in no uncer- * ~tain-terms. -.. “Now, madam,” he said, coming back to the ' matter that interested him, “will you sell me your oe estock?” “But how can you pay for it?” she replied. - “You have only about $300,000.” “Will you give me an option on it for thirty days-at 150? I will pay you $100,000 on account, and you will hold the certificates in your posses- sion, subject to my order at any time within that time. If I fail to take the stock by the end of that time I will forfeit the money, and then you * will have the right to sell the shares of the com- » pany, or anybody else.” “You want thirty days in which to raise the ~ ynillion and a half? Can you do it in that time?” “Tf J wasn’t pretty certain that I could I - wouldn’t risk so/large a sum as $100,000, would J, madam?” : : : “True,” she answered, hesitatingly. “I wouldn’t like to take your money if you failed to do so.” _. “Madam, this is purely a business transaction, a not one of sentiment. You are taking the risk that the stock might go down in value in ‘thirty days, therefore you are entitled to protect yourself.- If, on the contrary, the stock should go up I would be the gainer. You are also entitled - to the interest on $1,500,000 at the market rate for whatever portion of the thirty days you hold this sock subject to my order. The $100,000 de- ~ posit protects your claim to that.” After some further talk the old lady consented - to sell him the certificates on the plan he had outlined, and he drew up a paper fully covering the matter, which he read to her, and to which ~ she affixed her signature, before a notary. . So, ~ Frank, after that, gave his exclusive attention to United Traction. caw from all accounts that the issue was going -to be a mighty close one. ane ‘ He got a letter from old Mrs. Townsend, saying » that she had been twice visited by representatives ‘from the company, who sounded her about Z “whether she wished to dispose of her stock or not, * e answer on the subject, according rent between her ang Frand, they of- To his great satisfaction he ~ d when they found that she would give them ~ Se dein : og tos THE PRINCE OF WALL: STREET te oa fered her inducements to cast hex votes by proxy for the present board of directors. : aut “Things seem to be getting -interesting,” chuckled Frank, after reading her letter. He wrote her a reply, requesting her to inform any other representative of the company that called upon her that he (Whiteley) held a thirty- day option on the 10,000 shares, and would have to be considered in any negotiations that involved the voting rights of the stock at the annual meet- ing, for it was possible he might close the sale © of the shares before that time. -A week later, + of five days before the annual meeting, a fine looking and well-dressed man walked into-Frank’s — little office and announced that he was Mr. Howe, . — the secretary of the United Traction Company of New Jersey. ; CHAPTER XV.—A Big Deal for Big Money. “I call to see Mr. Frank Whiteley,” he said. ‘“‘When is he likely to be in?” : Noe “He isin now. Iam Frank Whiteley,” replied — the young operator, politely. i ae hee He stopped and bit his lips. —- i “J beg your pardon,” he went on. “Is it pos- sible that you are the person who holds the option on Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend’s block of traction — stock?” bares : 3 “Yes, sir.’ “No you expect to purchase that. stock before next Friday?” : 7 “J shall. either complete the deal or sell the option before that day.” . soi “What do you want for the option?” “What do you offer for it?” “How much deposit have you up?” “One hundred thousand dollaxs.” ox “May I ask whom you are acting for in this matter?” : Bs ie “For myself.” oh The secretary looked at him very hard. Mee i “Excuse me, young man, but this is.a very big. transaction for a boy.of your years to handle. And $100,000 is a very large sum for a young fellow to-be possessed of.” : 5 3 “Tt does not by any means represent the extent. — of my finances, sir,” replied Franqk, coolly. Ifyou have any doubts as to my word, I can refer you te aes Mr. Edward Holland, stock broker, No. — Wall Street. He is thoroughly posted as to my finan- cial standing, and as to my character.” 2 “Then I am to understand that in dealing with you I am at the fountain head?” said Mr, Howe, clearly amazed at the situation., — Sia" “You may rest assured of it, sir.” pee “Then I will offer you 157 for the block of stock you control, which is five points above the market.” i F “ft. think I can do better than that?” ny eet as “J don’t see how.” ras Shy ge nan “T believe that there are others who might dee it to their interest to pay at least half a million — bonus to me for that block of shares if thereby - they could get control of the majority of a shares to be voted next Friday.” = “Nonsense!” exclaimed Mr. Howe, tathe lantly. “We hold a majority already “Int see no reason W outright oe
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, THE PRINCH OF WALL STREET 21 offer me a cent more than the market value of the stock,” replied Frank. ~ “We wish to secure as much stock as we can o as to swamp the opposition.” : “Well, I aa sib sure what I shall do before Friday, Mr. Howe, but at present my price Is 200 for this block of traction stock.” + “Your price is ridiculous.” : “Jt is possible. I may be acting foolishly, not - having had as much experience in Wall Street as the general run, but still, as long as I can afford to stand on that price it is my own funeral, to use * a slang phrase.” ; ve “But can you afford to take the chances you ‘are doing? You will have to raise something “like a million and a half to complete your deal.” ; “T am not worrying about the matter, sir.” . “Then you refuse my*offer?” é “J am sorry to disappoint you, but I will not sell at your pee os “Very well,” answered Mr. Howe, rising to go. “Tf you should change your mind before Friday -. you will find me in my office next door, between - ten and four.” a That ended the interview. Frank immediately went out, hired a space in the most prominent part of the Wall Street Oracle, and inserted the _ following advertisement: ~ United Traction Stock for Sale—Offers will be received on a considerable block of the United Traction Company of New Jersey. : Ze - eos Frank Whiteley. Room 803, Palisade Building, Wall Street. _ At nine thirty next morning Frank had a vis- itor. ‘boy was the principal in the office. “How many shares of United Traction have uu, and what do you want for it? The closing “price yesterday at the Exchange was 156.” ; ~ “J control ten thousand shares and——” “How many shares?” cried the man, fairly springing ‘from his seat. . “Then thousand.” os “Can you deliver that number of shares inside of twenty-four or forty-eight hours?” ~ “J can deliver them in one hour.” — man and wife, Sass “I never thought I should become a princess,” she laughingly said after the ceremony was over; “put it seems I have, for I’ve married The Prince ’ * S= WN. BUSINESS; Or; BIN ee ieee ies oy ‘THE BOY WH
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GUS AND THE GUIDE — Or. — Three Weeks Lost in the Rockies By GASTON GARNE f (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER ‘XI.—(Continued.) “That’s what we be. Tim Tolkins is my friend, and I stand by my friends when they are in trou- ble.” “The deuce you do. over on the old tower?” * “Of course.” “Huh! If I’d a-knowed that $? “Well?” “No matter. Who is this boy?” “A friend of mine from Denver.” “A spy against the Gophers?” _ : _ “Not much. Say, them b’ars 1s getting kinder thick.” There were a dozen of them now, some along- Was it you two who was - side, some trotting on behind. “Don’t mind them, Sile,” replied Gibbons. “TI tell yer they’re as tame as kittens. Come on! Come on!” : : They pushed on as much as a quarter of a mile, the cave neither widering nor narrowing, until at ast they came suddenly upon a’ place where it narrowed down to a width of a few feet. Here there was a door made of big .wooden slats. “Sile, you open that thar door and pass on,” said Gibbons. “Pull the latch and it will come right open. Boy, you follow him. Y’ve got to keep back the b’ars.” Silas pressed the latch and pulled open the door, passing through. Instantly he gave a yell, and there was the sound of rocks falling. a “You fiend!” shouted Gus, throwing up the rifle. i 3 Before Gus could pull the trigger Gibbons, whirling the lantern about his head, struck a plow which sent him to the ground. - Gus’s brain reeled. The bears came crowding ‘about him, pushing their cold snouts in his face as he tried to rise. ; ; “What, not dead yet!” roared Gibbons. ‘Take that, you blamed spy!” a ; Up went his foot and Gus got it in the side. He fell back senseless, and for hours knew no more. ; CHAPTER XII. i Up Against The Gophers. When Gus came to his senses he was no longer in the bears’ den. ; ; é He found himself lying in a bunk in a well- warmed room! _ The place appeared to\ be a miner’s cabin or | somethin of the sort. The sun came streaming through the windows, and it showed him a figure Se Sen FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY stretched out upon a bearskin by the side of a dy- ing fire built up in the open hearth. As the recollection of all that had happened passed through his mind he gave a sigh at the thought of the fate of Silas Stump, for he had no doubt whatever that the guide was dead. And while Gus was thinking and wondering, perhaps not more than half conscious, after al], the figure on the bearskin turned over. be Gus saw that it was the same girl whom he ha twice come in contact with since he became los in, the Rockies. 2 She was young, and Gus thought her very beau- tiful. As she seemed to be sound asleep he hated to speak or do anything to awaken her, and white he was thinking about it he fell asleep himself. The next time Gus awoke the girl was standing over him, and with her ‘vere two persons, one of whom he knew. This one was Colonel Tim Tolkins, the other was a tall, powerful fellow with long boots, a fur coat, and a big slouch white hat. / i “There!” cried the colonel. ‘Belle was right. red as to live. Say, young feller, how do you eel? ; “All broken up,” replied Gus, faintly. “What happened to me, uncle? How came I here?” It must have been by inspiration that Gus ad- dressed Colonel Tim as “uncle,” forshe had not thought of so doing till the word passed his lips. “There!” cried the colonel. “Now, George, will you believe me that he’s actually my nephew frem Denver, my dead sister’s son?” ae “J dunno,” was the reply. Gus recognized the voice of George Brandt now, and knew. that he had fallen into the hands of the Gopher gang. — “You're such an infernal liar, Tim Tolkins, that — a feller don’t know what to believe. Boy, what’s _ your name?” ; 4 Gus was prepared now. » ane “My name is Gus Brandt,” he answered faintly. “What became of Sile Stump? Is he dead?” - “That’s more than we know,” answered the col- _ onel. ‘Was he with you?” a sO Gg.7? “What did you come up into the mountains for?” _ “To look for you.” ea “There you see ” cried the colonel. “Mebbe — you’ll believe me now, George Brandt. If you don’t — you never will.” ai “Well, E don’t,’ was the answer. ‘I believe” he’s one of Marston’s spies. He looks like a ten- — derfoot, and if he turns out to be one woe betide him. Nurse him back to life.and we can blame soon tell.” ; Thus saying, the man Brandt turned on his heel and left the cabin. a He had no sooner gone than the girl Belle ap- She spoke with a fierce earnestness, whieh ale | most overpowered Gus. Sah eit “T didn’t lay a hand on him, if you mean J Gibbons, the man in the bearskin,” he replied, ¥
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“Go at him easy, Belle,” interposed the colonel. “Don’t you see he’s rattled. Say, Gus, you was found dying near the gate with Jim Gibbons dead beside you, It looked to me as though he was hugged to death by one of his own bears, for his ribs was all broke, and his face was black. What do you know?” : The bears were there. The water drove them after us. Gibbons was drunk—he sent, Silas through the gate and knocked me down with the lantern, and then kicked me—that’s the last Ixe- member, and it hurts my head to try and re- _ member that. more now.” 2 “You have said enough,” replied Belle. “My father has met the fate he deserved. If Sile - Stump went through that gate he is dead.” “Hush!” breathed the colonel. coming! We must not talk any more now!” Here was more mystery. Gus was to find him- self mixed up in more still before he got through. ‘ - Tt was a rough fellow carrying a coffeepot and some fried antelope meat. : é - This proved to be for Gus, and it was the begin- ng of a course of careful nursing which in a w days put him on his feet. 3 ~ During all that time he saw nothing of Colonel -Tolkins. FAA AE -. Belle was with him a great deal of the time, and George Brandt looked in occasionally, but the man who brought the coffee, who was called Jopher Jake, took the most care of him. If ever there was a mysterious trio, it was hese three. ; Again and again Gus tried to gain Belle’s con- ence, but it was no use. - It was pleasant weather now,’ and wonderfully arm for the time of year. ; “Gus was ‘soon able to walk out, and he found that the place in which he had landed was a camp of half a dozen log huts located at the bottorn of a deep, narrow valley, where there was but tle snow. , : _ Near the huts there were two hot springs, and Gus saw that he had fallen into’ one of Silas ump’s warm valleys. ; rape Not all the huts were occupied. There were only ten men in the settlement; besides these . there was an old. half-breed Indian woman, who d the cooking, and Belle. Z Each of the men was addressed as “Gopher.” ng themselves when they spoke to each other as “Gopher Jim,” “Gopher Jake,’ ‘Gopher orge,” and so on. Nobody would speak-to Gus but Gopher George: nd Gopher Jake. As he wandered about the huts, if he addtéssed any of the others they would not even answer him. SY er, for now for a week he had not seen Colonel Tolkins, and for the last few days even elle had disappeared. Go See | FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY I can’t think. Don’t ask me any” * gang han “Some one is. : i ‘been telling you about!” cried George Brandt. x Gus felt that he was more helplessly lost | yher Jake or another watched him constant-. © “All right!’ exclaimed a long, lantern-jawed™ ere was no such thing as attempting to es- ‘so’s to make it a fair shake all around. Gopher George, what shall ithe--test pea, 4a oe 23 “Now, then, boy, your time has come,” he ex-* claimed. “You pet up, dress yourself, and follow me. This day is going to decide whether we push \ you off the earth or let you live.” : CHAPTER XIII. Gus Put To The Test. - : Gut got out of his bunk in a hurry, for besides Gopher George in the hut, there was Gopher Jake « * looking through the door, and two others of the ing around outside. . “What do you want me to do?” he asked, while pulling on his trousers. : : “That you'll find out later,” replied Gopher George. “The thing for you not to do is to ask questions. But I don’t mind showing you the point of this whole biz.” 3 “I wish you would,” replied Gus. - tired of being kept a prisoner here.” “I suppose you are. Well, it’s like this: either —_~ you are a tenderfoot from the East and a spy, or *! you are what you pretend to be—one of the two. You have been brought in among us without. any © leave being asked, and there’s where the rub comes. To set you free without initiating you into our gang is dead against our rules. You have : either got to be a Gopher or you have got to die, > one of the two. If you’re a tenderfoot you can’t be a Gopher, for that’s against the rules, too, So you see we are going to put you through a course. of sprouts which will soon-prove wether. you are © ~ a tenderfoot or not.’ ~S “Well, I’m. not: then?” \ “Then, young’ feller,” replied George Brandt, lighting his pipe, “it’s either join the gang or die.” | Having finished dressing, Gus followed Gopher - George out of the hut and was led to a place a little beyond the huts near the hot springs, where there was a. long level stretch which extended | along the valley for several miles, following the winding of a shallow creek formed by the over- ~ flow of the hot springs. . ze To his surprise -he found assembled here more e: then twenty men of the cowboy-miner stripe. Be ieee The newcomers had*brought in a number of bronchos, which were hobbled near by. wi hs ONE Hach man carried his rifle, and taken altogether - they were a fierce looking lot. fe een a Colonel Tolkins was also there, standing by himself atone side, and walking around behind _ the crowd Gus caught sight of Belle, diessed in her bearskin suit, and carrying hex rifle like: the | rest. E: “Now, then, boys, here’s the young feller T have “I'm right ~~ When I have proved it what — i “Put him through for yourselves. If he can shoot — as well as Ike Harmon, and ride a green broncho as well as Teddy Weét. he’s no tenderfoot—that’s one sure thing.’”. ; 3 ! ; fellow, coming forward. ‘We'll begin with th shooting, car. Here, boy, you shall have ray rifle, oF 5, be?
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24 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Interesting Radio News and Hints A BATTERYLESS RECEIVER The Unidyne circuit has been developed in England. It is known as the Solodyne. It is de- signed to eliminate the “B” battery, and appar- ently the positive of the “A” battery applies a positive charge to an auxiliary grid, which at- tracts electrons from the filament and forwards them to the positive plate with great velocity. A QUESTION OF BATTERIES One of the burning questions of to-day is: Will storage B batteries ever take the place of dry B batteries? Of course the storage battery people are all “yes,” while the dry battery people are all “no.” i : In reality there is much ,to be said on both sides, and the condition of the fans using storage batteries exclusively is still a long way off. in fact this will probably never occur. In the first place, in thousands of homes there is no electric eurrent suitable for charging batteries of this kind and even in homes where such current is avail- able. many fans would much rather have the plain old-fashioned battery. It is simpler to take care of, and does not have to be recharged. On the other hand, the dry battery goes dead after ja period of time and when this happens it is useless. The storage battery may be charged up again and again, but it has to be filled with distilled water occasionally and it has to be charged up regularly. If the buyer happens to get hold of a poor storage battery, he will have no end of trouble with it. In one case, it was necessary to charge the battery every three days. - Then again we have the fact that the solution used in most storage batteries is certain ruin to rugs and floors, not to mention clothing... This factor alone deters a great many would be users. , There ‘is plenty of room for both types of batteries in the radio game and where experi- mental work or multi-tube sets are used, a good storage B battery will be hard to beat. It has not the portability of the dry cell, however. UNTUNED PRIMARY RECEIVER The construction of a variometer and a vario- coupler is nearly the same, the only difference be- ing that the two windings of the variometer are connected in series so as to make one continuous winding, whereas the variocoupler consists of two - peparate windings. The stator winding of the variocoupler is usually tapped for the purpose ‘of allowing close adjustment of the primary in- ductance of the circuit. F E : Many receiving sets are being constructed with untuned primaries. at the present time. The _ meaning of the term “untuned” is that no adjust- ~ ment is made to the inductance by means of taps or by the use of a variable condenser. This being the case, a variometer_can be substituted for the _. variocoupler in a great many circuits. es A means of a small brass angle iron. ees The advantage of the use of a variometer in | place of a yariocoupler is usually a saving in space, a much easier job of mounting the apnara- tus and doing away with the messy and inefficient taps, switches and switch contacts. The electri- cal advantage is that usually one control can be eliminated and tuning made much easier. > The circuit described in this article uses a va- riometer in which the connection between the — rotor and the stator has. been severed so as te make the rotor and stator windings separate in- ductances. The term “split variometer” has been ~ applied to such a piece of apparatus. There are a number of’ variometers on the market at the present time that are constructed with external binding posts in order to facilitate using the in- strument in this type of a circuit. _If your variometers are supplied with but two binding posts for the connections it will be com- paratively easy to trace out the winding of the’ rotor and stator coils and cut the wire that con- . nects the two windings together. Four connec- tions will then result: two to. the stator and two _ to the rotor winding. jack To make sure that you have correctly changed — your instrument it is advisable to ring through’ — the coils with a buzzer and a battery, or a battery and a pair of headphones in series. Be sure you — are right before going ahead. - x The tuning element of the circuit is very..Sim- — ply constructed. Secure a piece of pasteboard . tubing three inches in diameter and about three ~ and’ one-half inches long. If small size wire is used you will not need a tube quite sglong as this. — The wire used to wind the tuner should be o No. 24 single or double cotton covered wire. Smaller wire may be used if you desire, good re- sults. being had with wire as small as ‘No. 30 — double cotton covered wire. tigi 5 Approximately 18 feet of wire will be found — necessary to make the tuner. : Sie Beginning about one-half inch from the top of the tube wind on 20 turns of the wire. Se cure both ends of the wire by means of a bit of hot sealing wax or by means of two sma holes drilled in the tube. Leave a space of about one-half inch and commence the secondary wind- ing in the same direction. Wind on 50 turns and secure the end of the wire as before. Mount the tubing on end and fasten to the baseboard by 4 In addition to the split variomete?, the coil and wire, you will need the following apparatus: One 28 plate variable condenser, one single circui phone jack, one fixed condenser, .00025 M.F., five — binding posts, one rheostat and socket for the E type of a tube you intend to use, a 7x12 panel, baseboard, tube and batteries. ee The circuit will be found exceptionally sha in tuning and, to have good volume and ability an reach out in favorable weather and bring in dis- UG = “7 fo ge tant stations. The only tuning control; that are 2, necessary are the variable condenser and the vari- ometer dials. The variable condenser contr. the wave-length, the variometer dial the Pu
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\ SOME QUEER LAWS _ lowell, Me., adopted Dec. 27, 1828, no person was allowed to smoke or carry a lighted pipe or cigar on any street in the night time, on a penalty of 50 cents, and no team was allowed to stand more than fifteen minutes in the street without paying 50 cents. Also, a person whose chimney caught on fire was fined $2. HOTHOUSES UNDER WATER It is a common experience of bathers, where the water is comparatively “still, to find it warmer than the air. This is due, of course, to _ absorbed by the water, the dark heat rays being taken up near the surface, while the visible or light rays penetrate deeply. Such places are always rich!in animal life as compared with spots exposed to the waves and currents of the ' open sea, and sometimes extraordinarily so. A - curious example is afforded by the “oyster pools,” as they are called, of Norway, where ovsters do not grow along the coast generally. In many of the fjords, however, there are little side basins, separated from the outer fjords each by a sill which is covered only at high water. At the protected water yields little of its acquired heat. - When this has gone or for some time the tem- perature at the depth of two or three fathoms * or more may become remarkably high—some- times exceeding one hundred degrees Fahren- * heit, while the surface will fall to less. than ‘seventy degrees. This is because the surface layer prevents the escape of the deeper warmth - jno the air, thus serving the same purpose’ as _ the glass roof of a hothouse. In effect that is what such a pool is. In midsummer tropical onditions prevail, and oysters and other species flourish there which could not endure at all the outside conditions so far north. The pools get - stocked originally by chance survivals, presum- ably of eggs or larve, of southern organisms rifted north in midsummer. - ¥ NATIONAL RIFLE DAY | - National Rifle Day will be observed through- out the United States on Saturday June 6. Plans for the observance of the day have been mapped out by the National Rifle Association nd the National Board for the Promotion of e Practice. These plans call for a program f rifle shooting events by every rifle club in the United States on the above mentioned date, d for co-operation’ in conducting the tourna- nents by not only the rifle clubs and the Na-. mal Associations. but also by the Rotary, Ki- _ Lions, Exebange, Probus, Civitan and ' professional business men’s clubs, adver- FAME AND FORTUNE. WEEKLY GOOD READING According to the by-laws of the Town of Hal-- the heating action of the sun’s rays, which are . 25 tising clubs, Chambers of Commerce; Boy Scouts, American Legion, National Guard, United States Army, United States Navy, Colleges and Schools. outdoor magazines and newspapers. . ea If all of these forcés can be welded into one coats organization National Rifle Day of 1925\ should set a mark that will require a lot of shooting at in coming years to better. ‘This will be the second observance of National Rifle Day. Last year the’ day was celebrated in no less than 125 cities. That was exceedingly fine for a beginning but this year there is no reason why every one of the 2000 rifle clubs'in the Uni- ted States should not conduct a series of events, not why every city or town in which there is no rifle club should not put on a tournament. Every city should be interested from the stand- point of civie pride. The National Rifle Association has drafted a program which will be sent to every rifle club, to every Adjutant General, to all branches of the service and to any one else who desires it. Complete details will be given in this folder on how to run the shoot and how to earry it through. The United States has the best riflemen in the world. This was proven by our wins in the In- ternational, Olympic and Pan-American cham- pionships of 1924, but though we have the best we do not have anywhere near the number of marksmen some other nations have. We have quality but not quantity. We should have both. The idea behind National Rifle Day is to en- courage a greater interest in the sport of Riflery so that this ambition will be realized. Quite naturally considerable stress is being given to events for youngsters for our shooters of tomorrow must come from the youth of today. One of the events on the suggested program is a Junior Championship—the champion of each city ~ being sent to Camp Perry, Ohio; as the represen- tative of that city in the National Junior Cham- pionship match. The expenses of this youngster is defrayed by the civic organizations of his city. Forty youngsters were sent to Camp Perry by different cities last fall and a New Jersey youth brought home the honors. We are firm in the be-. lief that no less than 200 cities will send repre- sentatives this year. 2 Every one should know how to shoot a rifle and if every sportsman will do what he can through National Rifle Day we can— | Make America Again a Nation of Riflemen, “Moving Picture Stories” A Weekly Magazine Devoted, to Photoplays and Players — PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY Each number contains Three Stories of the Best Filta on the Sereen—HElegant Half-tone Scenes from the Plays | —Interesting Articles About Prominent People in the Films—Doings of Actors and Actresses in the | Studio and Lessons in Scenario Writing, a _ HARRY E, WOLFY, Publisher, Ine, 166 West 23d Street. New York City
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iM 26 __ FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY > Michigan NEW YORK, APRIL 3, 1925 TERMS TO SUBSCKIibEKS Mugle Copies... i... 0408 cP aca Postage Free 8 Cents One copy Three Months........ re se 00 (ne Copy Six Months........+. we 3 2.00 One Copy Ohe Yeariacs..sscces as “4,00 ilarry BE. Wolff, Pres. Chaxvles W. Nylandec, See. “1. IF. Wilzin, Treas. Publisher, Ine. “HARRY E. WOLFF, a W. 23d St., N. Y. FROM ALL POINTS . _A GIANT TREE '.-. What is believed to be the largest rubber tree in the world stands in the Brazilian territory of - Acre, on the frontier of Bolivia: Its stem is 27 feet 2 7-10 inches in circumference at the base. For 120 days every year this colossus gives -iwenty-two pounds of rubber a day. At present ‘prices this brings in $2,100 a year, or a fair in- verest on about $50,000 to its owners, a family - of seven Seringueiros. A FLOATING STATION Preliminary tests to determine the feasibility of operating a floating broadcasting station on Lake : uring the Summer months will begin _. shortly, when a party of radio experts under the ~ direction of W. E. Newman, Chief Engineer of _- whe Mohawk Electric Corporation, who are con- ducting the tests, leave Chicago Harbor in a pow- -er-boat fitted out with special electrical laboratory - eguipment. for a short cruise on the lake. The - exact’ date of departure, and the length of the “trip, depends of course, on ice conditions of Lake a _ wlichigan. ‘Discussing the project, Mr. Newman said, “We are merely going out to investigate the possibility of a floating broadcasting station. “We believe that the trend of the larger stations ~ toward getting away from the cities out into the open country will continue.” nd ¥ " * | FISH CARRY THEIR OWN TORCHES) NM FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY resources of the sea, one of its most interesting — and fascinating branches is dredging and trawl- ing on the ocean floor, hauling up the strange and ~ fantastic-looking creatures dwelling several miles _ below the surface. The physical features of these — abysmal waters cause the sea life to adapt itself — to many adversities. a Aniong the remarkable types are those that can | be aptly termed deep sea, electricians with organs for projecting light. They are super-adepts in radiant illumination. Neither ‘sun nor moon lends them light. Yet, at. will, equipped with — their mysterious internal dynamos, they can cre- — ate ample floods of light to serye their purposes. — One wonderful specimen, brought up’ from a — depth of three sea miles in the Pacific Ocean, ~ carries a lantern. It is provided with a rod which — is hinged so that its tip can be swung immediatel: over its back or in front of the mouth. At the end of this rod is a luminous lure, or searchlight. — This enables the fish to blaze a pathway, avoid — - foes and capture prey. Carrying brilliant lamps, — they plow through the waters like torches, and light up the dark depths. a _ Some of the deep swimmers have long rows of — lights on each side of the body and resemble little ships with shining portholes, which pass in t night. In most deep sea fish their lamps’ or searchlights can be turned on or off at will. flaming — LAUGHS =e He—you only kiss are : ] SS me now when you w: money. She—Good gracious, John, isn’t th: often enough? np ; ee a m as “So Miss Passay is angy i - déctos ) Mis y with her doe : Why is that?” “He tactlessly remavied deel would soon have her looking her old self agai Lawyer—Want a ; divorce eh? On ee a era ; ke al grounds? Mose Posstim—Incompracticabilite’ of Tenipermentality. T like to fish and she don’t like “If those California women run for office do _ . Cs i ao, Te ae bahia ee guilty of SP oreo votes?” ot unless they got ere ra : stamps with them.” eee Som —— Visitor—So I belong to the animal kingdo I? That’s right, my little dear. I see ae in your lessons. _ New, tell me what kind of a animal Iam. Candid Child—Ma knows, and s] says you're a cat. TR ‘ : ee \ Lover—You are getting prettier e da am living on_ bro) lexior
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2} ONE CAR PER HORSE There is now an automobile for every horse i : y horse in the United States and at the close of 1925° the 4. horse. Ten years ago there were nine horses to ~ one automobile. ; - PAYS CENT INCOME TAX - Marie 0. Tulles’s income tax for 1924 is one of the smallest, if not the smallest on record. To be precise, it is seven and one-half tenths of 1 per cent. To be exact, she owed the Government 007 of a cent. Actually she paid one éent. Miss Tulles is a clerk in a Los Angeles cake shop. She spent 10 cents carfare when she went to the office of Collector Goodcell to file her in- come return and pay her tax. Deputy Collector Lovie tried to eliminate 70 cents which the return showed to be taxable. He wanted to save the Gov- ernment some $70) worth of bookkeeping Arising’ from payment of the tax. ahh esos! ' “No, I want to pay my tax,” Miss Tulles said. i “How are you going to pay .007 of a cent?” the “collector asked: _ “Just like this,” declared Miss Tulles, as she _ taid down a nice new penny. “Never mind the _ change.” NEW HOTEL FOR PALM BEACH - Plans for aghotel twice as large as any now in Palm Beach, Fla., at a cost of from $8,000,000 ~. te $10,000,000, are being made by Addison Miz- ner, internationally known architect here. The hotel will be located on the ocean front four- ~ teen miles south of Palm’ Beach and is said to ~~ fhave the backing of a syndicate of New York hotel men. Mr. Mizner declined today to name the per- - gons backing the project. He admitted, however, that negotiations are under way for the purchase of 900 acres of land near Boynton, where the ~~ hotel will be built. It will be designed upon - §panish monastic lines, he said. Adjoining the ~ hotel will be two golf courses, tennis courts, a bathing casino and.a_ fishing pier. — | Construction work, Mr. Mizner’ said, probably will be started next Fall. A building contain- mg a thousand rooms will be erected at once and another thousand rooms will be added later. _.. /WIND CAVE "Wind Cave, National Park, in the Black Hills, about twelve miles from Hot Springs, is on the ~ Deadwood-Denver scenic highway—the “Triangle - ti road of the West. ‘ - -' Wind Cave enthusiasts claim that this cavern excels the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky in splen- dors and in extent. Half a dozen Government arveys have been made in the park, says the Pouisville Courier-Journal. These and various private exploring expeditions that have been or- FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY HERE AND THERE auto will have a decided numerical edge on the kind | disposition. . thorns. anized have accounted for some ninety-six | Bea. 'C = 27 Wind Cave, National Park, travels from six to ten miles under ground and comes forth into day- light realizing that he has seen but a small frac- ee this great cavern. ind Cave takes its name from the strong cur- rent of air which almost constantly surges: in~ or out of the entrance. to the discovery of the cave in 1881. Many eigen owe! as to this mysterious rush of air at the entrance to Wind Cave have been advanced. Some have claimed that the rise and fall of mysterious lakes, many hundreds of feet under ground, where no exploring party has yet penetrated, are the cause of these air currents, A more generally accepted theory, however, is that the air pressure outside is the cause of it all. The cave is a huge barometer, responding to every change. \ DOG AFTER SAVING 33 LIVES ba . FOR LIFE This dog’ has’ the record of saving thirty-three human lives by his unaided efforts; he is Rufus, the dog of the desert. The wonderful dog is now. at a small animal sanatorium in. the country a little way out from Pasadena, Calif. Here at the age of seventeen years, twelve of which were spent in the saving of human life on the scorched sands of southern California and Ar- izona deserts, and now almost blind and deaf, this most faithful friend of mankind is spending his declining years surrounded by all the care anu comforts that science and kind hands can give. He is a medium-sized dog with a reddish coat of hair, rather long and inclined\to curl; he uas a sober and very earnest’ expression and a very His attempts in his present condition to play with and respond to the small. children who visit the sanatorium, with whom he is a great favorite, are touching. : He was born in Nome, Alaska, and was picked up there when a puppy by L. W. Beck, of Pasa- dena. For twelve years the man and dog were constant companions on the desert, daily excur- sions out on the waste of sands in search of lost humans. During that time both are accredited with having saved the lives of 300 persons. _ On these trips the dog wore leather boots made especially for him to protect the soles of his feet from the hot sand, the rough stones and cactus to his back when on these trips the entire twelve years of his work daily. In the pack was a fiask of water and food. ; Carrying this pack, he would make wide de- tours and on finding any one in distress would _ arouse them by tugging at their clothing, barking, or by licking their hands and face, when the dis- tressed person would then partake of the water and-food. » Rufus would then keep watch near by, bark- ing loudly until his master came, who carried poison bite antidotes and restoratives, for many who were found had been bitten by poisonous Others who were not in a bad way reptiles. } were led out of the desert to the master’s cabin ae pe Fait Mp seo} : ae = It is said that this led ~ He carried a forty pound pack strapped — Ce Weae |
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY = POINTS OF INTEREST A NOVEL SITUATION: ” English mistressés of suburban homes are find- ing a wireless set invaluable in the kitchen, as the solution of the ever present problem of how to Keep servants. They have found that many cooks and maids would rather have a radio than have theix evenings out. ¥ 12,228 ELECTRIC ‘SIGNS BELOW 135TH STREET In the Great White Way and the rest of Man- hattan below 135th Street. there are 12,228 elec- tric siens, using 1,121,223 lamps, it was revealed yesterday by a census made public at the Electric Sign Exhibit of the New York Edison Com- pany. Restaurants lead with 2,381 signs and barber shops come second with 904. Theatres rank sev- -enth with 522 -- Most of the lamps, contrary to appearance, ft Se axe small, 987,185 being of the ae watt size. BEGGED $20 IN 380 MINUTES ~._ Beggars on Fifth Avenue, Broadway and other _ shopping thoroughfares in New York frequently collect $50 a day, according to statements made in the~Essex Market. Court when Hester Samp- son, a legless negress, and William McCarthy, a negro, were arraigned as mendicants. _ McCarthy said he was. paid $2.50 a day and @ commission on all money over $60 collected * chair. Detectives Snydecker and Patton watched the pair for half an hour the other morning and in that time the woman collected $20.65. She was sent to Bellevue Hospital for observation eid noe McCarthy to the workhouse for ten days; “SPANISH PRISONER.” HUNTED 50 YEARS ee NOW IN JAIL “General Ramon De Santa Ste sometimes Rafael De Santos and again just R. De S., ‘internationally known as the. “Spanish prisoners,” who victimized many Americans, at last has “been jailed. His arrest ended a fifty-year police hunt and is said to have given the swindle story. he told its first element of truth. A report to the State Department said. the “general” had been caught in Madrid and was ; “tor the first time in his career actually a pris- er. The eSnanish prisoner” posed as a bankrupty,. imprisoned on that charge and possessing a for- tune of $360,000 in American money concealed somewhere in a portmanteau with a secret pocket. om jee who offered to assist him in. i : rk ance fr he vie by the woman, for pushing her about in a wheel , but overy of his fortune on promise of a reward a MANY HAVE WON CUE TITLE Francis S. Appleby’s victory in the national Class A amateur 18.2 balkline billiard champion- ship tournament at the Crescent Athletic Club re- cently gave: him the title for the first time. He” succeeds his brother, Edgar,-who won the crown ; for the second time in Pittsburg last year. Be- sides Edgar Appleby, three other players have captured the championship more than once. Ed- — ward W. Garner of Newark, won the title three - times, 1910, 1914 and 1916; Joseph Mayer of — Philadelphia held the championship in 1913 and — 1915 and Percy N. Collins of Chicago was the ~ victow in 1920 and 1923. ie The winners of the title during the sixteen pe: % that the tournament has been held follows 1909, H. A. Waieht, San Francisco. 1910, Edward W. Gardner, Newark. 1912, Morris D. Brown, Brooklyn. 1913, Joseph Mayer, Philadelphia. 1914, Edward W. Gardner, Newark. 1915, Joseph Mayer, Philadelphia. 1916, Edward W. Gardner, Newark. _1917, Nathan Hall, Boston. ; 1918, Corwin Huston, Detroit. 1919, David MeAndless, Chicago... 1920, Perey N. Collins, Chicago. 1921, Charles H. Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 1922, Edgar T. Appleby, New York. . 1923, Perey N. Collins, Chicago. 1924" Edward T. Appleby, New York. 1925, Francis S.. Appleby, New York. { WILD WEST WEEKLY —— LATEST IssUxKe —— 1156." ay the ‘Widow’s Claim; or, Arietta’s Brave De ie ense. * 1157 +“ and the Range Boss; or, Crooked Work at th Sleepy J. 1158 ‘* Caught by Savages; or, _ Arietta’s 1159 cae Mexi D gi hot; The Sh “an e Mexican Deadshot; or, e 00) 1160 “ cittara ae eae a t d th me a a wek; or, tta an 61 pee rit R hy; B ee 11 . efending a Ranch; or, Besie b - cr rh . ce ‘4 oa ide 1162.5"-"an e ner’s Trap; or, Arietta’s Gre ot 1163. at Ace High Fatr; of, The Liveliest cat | es Record, 1164 “ Risky Ride; or, Arietta and the Gulet 4165.“ Buekskin Band: or, The Sheriff's Big. woe 1166 “ Double Triumph; or, et Saving the Ma 4167 “ and “Cowboy Jack’; ot, Spoiling a qe R 1168 ‘ Only Chance; or, Arietta’s Quick T : 4169 “ Desperate Charge: or, The Shot That “Beat th _ Redskins. 1170 Young Wild. West at Gold Dust Flat: or, and the Secret Band. in cae bs or, Helping the Trapped av ry ra Wor sale by all newsdeaters, or will be sent t — dress on receipt of price, 8c. in N71 x
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Fame. and Fortune Weekly —— LATEST IssursS —— ae of the Market; or, The Greatest. Boy in Wall treet. ’ The Chance of His Life; or, The Young Pilot of -_ Crytal Lake. Striving for Fortune; or, From Bell-Boy to Million- atre. Out for Business; or, The Smartest Boy in Town. Hl A aos orlte of Fortune; or, Striking It Rich in Wall Street. 3 Through 'Thick and Thin; or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy. Doing His Level Best; or, Working His Way Up. Always on Deck; or, Bhe Boy Who Made His Mark. : A Mint of Money; or, The Young Wall Street Broker. The Ladder of Fame; ot, From Office Boy to Senator. On the Square; or, The Success of an Honest Boy. After a Fortune; or, The Pluckiest Boy in the West. Winning the dollars; or ,The Young Wonder of Wall Street. 3 Making His Mark; The Boy Who President. ; Heir to a Million: or, The Boy Who Was Born Lucky. Lost in City. A f ‘ On His Mettle; or, A Plucky Bov in Wall Street. A Lueky Chance; or, Taking Fortune on the Wing. - The Road to Success; or, The Career of a lFor- tunate Boy, x Chasing Pointers; or, The Luckiest Boy in Wal} Street. 985 Rising in the World; or, From Factory Boy to Manager. 986 From Dark to Dawn; or, A Poor Boy's Chance. or, Became the Andes; or, The Treasures of the Buried 984 987 Out for Himself: or, Paving His Way to Fortune. 988 Diamond Cut Diamond; or, The Boy Brokers of Wall Street. 989 A Start in Life; or, A Bright Boy’s Ambition. 590 ie oy a Million; of, The Young Midas of Wall , Street. { 991. Everv Inch_a Boy; or, Doing His Level Best. 992 Money to Burn; or, The Shrewdest Boy in Wall ; Street. ; 993 An Eye to Business; or, The Boy Who Was Not Asleep. } 994 pipped by the Ticker; or, An Ambitious Boy in all Street. 595 On to Suecess: or, The Boy Who Got Ahead. 496 A Bid for a Fortune; or, A Country Boy in Wall Street. ff 997 “Bound to Rise; or, Figbting His Way to Suecess, 998 Out for the Dollars; or, A Smart Boy in Wall Street, P “99 For Fame and Fortune; or, The Boy Who Won Both. 900 A Wall Street Winner; or. Making a Mint of Money, 1001 The ae to Wealth: or, The Boy Who Found It Out, 1002 On the Wing; or. The Yqung Mercury of Wall mee Lo Street, 1003 A Chase for a Fortune: or, The Bov whn Hustled, 1004 Juggling with the Market; or, The Boy Who Made “005 1006 “1007 1008 1009 5010 1001 F012 “013 Tt Pay. Cast Adrift: or. The Luek of a Homeless Roy, Playing the Market: or, A Keen Boy in Wall Street. 5 A Pot of Money: or, The Legacy of a Lucky Boy. From Rags to Riches; or, A Lucky Wall Street Messenger. On His Merits: or, The Smartest Boy Alive. Trapping the Brokers; or, A Game Wal) Street Boy. A Million in Gold: or, The Treasure of Santa Gruz. Yound to Make Money; or. 'rom the West to Wall treet. ; nie Boy»Magnate; or. Making Baseball Pay. “M14 Making Money; or, A Wall Street Messenger’s Luck. “O15 A’ Harvest of Gold: or, The Buried Treasure of Coral Tsland. 1016 On the Curb; or, Beating the Wall Street Brokers. 1017 A Freak of Fortune; or, The Boy Who Strack Oil. “For sale by all newsdealers, or will be sent to any address on receipt of price, 8c. ner copy, in money or stamps, by HARRY K. WOLFF, Publisher, 166 West 23d Street; ad 6 bea PS ea cnt are eae ae z Fully illustrated. By A. Anderson. “ . No. 744. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS CORRECTLY. | —Containing ‘full instruetions for writing letters on almost any subject: also rules for punctuation and composition, with specimen letters. i ut No. 76. HOW TO TELT FORTUNES BY THE HAND. —Containing rujes for telling fortunes by the aid of — lines of the hand. or, the secret of palmistry. Also the secret of telling future events by aid of moles, marks, My sears, efe. Ilustrated, : No. 77. HOW TO DO FORTY TRICKS Wire CARDS.—Containing deceptive Card Tricks as performed _ by Jeading conjurers and magicians. ‘Arranged for home __ amusement. Fully illustrated, ae No. 80. GUS WILLIAMS’ JOKE BOOK.—Containing the Jatest jokes, ancedotes and funny stories of this world-renowned German comedian, Sixty-four pages; handsome colored! cover, containing a half-tone photo — of the author. . eS No. 88. HOW TO DO PALMISTRY:—Containin the. most approved methods of reading the lines on the hand, together with a full explanation of their meaning. Also explaining phrenology, and the key for telling charac-_ ter by the bumps on the head. By Leo Hugo Koch, A. ©. S, Fully illustrated. = Ra. © No, 83. HOW TO HYPNOTIZE.—Containing valua and instructive information regarding the science of h notism, Also explaining the most approved metho Which are empleved by the leading Hypnotists of. world. By Leo YIuzo Koch, A. BSS. xs : im Al _For sale by all newsdealers, or will be sent to an address on receipt of price, 10c. per copy, SNE in money or stamps, by, he Publisher, Inc. — ‘New York City HARRY E. WOLFF. 166 West 23d Street