Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 1030) (1925 06 26)
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JUNE. 26, 1925 Price 8 Cents TIPSTOFORTUNE; SR, A LUCKY WALL STREET DEAL. -ns2-waccuaw. As the crowd rushed into the room, and brokers Fox and Adams seized Bennett, Eddie rushed across the room, sprang upon a chair and, whisking a jack-knife from his pocket, cut the old broker down from the door.
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- hurried over to the elevator shaft. _ to be mad over that note. * something in it he didn’t like.” ‘© Eddie Scott was a bright, wide awake boy. - cag samara too. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY — * Ieaued ee esa Bitton price, $4.00 par 7. Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. Harry BE. Wolff, Publisher, ane +¢ 108 Street, New: York, N. No. 10380 Hntered = » Second- Clasa the Post-Office at ace York, N. NEW YORK, JUNE 26, 1925 Matter, October 4 , 1012, , under the Act of March 3, 1379." TIPS TO FORTUNE OR, A LUCKY WALL STREET DEAL By A SELF-MADE MAN a CHAPTER I.—Eddie Seott and Charley Gates. “Get out of my office!” / _ “Mr. Sharp~ told me to bring’ an answer.” - “f don’t care what he told you. J want you to get out,” “Then I’m to tell Mr. Sharp that you refuse .-to. send him an‘ answer?” “J don’t care a continental what you tell him. Get out!” Walter Bennett, stock - broker, of the Pluto ‘Building, Wall Street, was evidently in a savage ‘humor, and he glared at Eddie Scott, messenger and office boy for Matthew Sharp, also a stock broker, of No. —— Wall Street, as though he were an ogre in a big castle and had half a mind to make a meal of the plump, good leoking boy who had sealled on him with a note from his employer. Eddie wasn’t used to such a dis- missal, and he didn’t like it. He had been carry- ing notes to a hundred or more brokers every week for the past two years, and he could not _. recall one instance where he had been so roughly “treated before. “He’s a gentleman—I don’t think,” muttered Eddie to himself, his cheeks flushed with indig- nation, as he walked out into the corridor and “He seemed There must have been ' He lived in Harlem with his widowed mother and sister Edith, a pretty, refined-looking girl, one year his junior who had just started out as a ‘Mr. Sharp, Eddie’s employer, benevolent-looking old gentleman, got her a position as stenographer for an Exchange Place oker, and although she was but sixteen, and had never had any previous office experience, she made good from the start. Mrs. Scott had reason to be proud of her two children, and naturally i she was. Since her husband’s death, two years ’ gince, she had had a hard time to make ends meet, as he had left nothing but a $1,000 life insurance, and more than half of that went to pay his just debts and funeral expenses. Mr. Sharp’had been in business in the Street for a great many, years, and there ‘was hardly a broker but knew him either personally or by ( reputation. His hair was almost white and had grown so thin as to leave the greater part of the crown of his head bald. In business matters he was very conservative, and seldom speculated. His word was as good as most men’s. bond, and he was understood to be wealthy. Mr. Everett, his cashier and head bookkeeper, had been with him nearly forty years, but the other clerks were young men who had risen from the same position Eddie now held. His stenographer was a pretty girl, with golden hait and blue eyes, about Six- teen, named Sylvie Thorne. Eddie’ and Sylvie had struck up a warm friend- ship. He thought she was the nicest girl in New York, his sister excepted; and she thought he was the smartest and most gentlemanly boy she had ever met. From the very first Eddie had taken a° great interest in Wall Street, and he devoted much of his spare time to studying : Stock Exchange methods and to reading the mews that interested brokers principally. In this way he acquired quite a fund of information about -stoeks, and had a pretty correct idea of how business was conducted by the traders. When Eddie reached the elevator shaft after leaving Mr. Bennett’s office he found a boy of -about his/own age standing there waiting for a cage to come down. This boy’s name was Charlie Gates, and he worked for a broker in the same building where Eddie was employed. . “Hello, Eddie,” said Charley, in his off-hand, careléss fashion. “Hello, Charley,” returned, Eddie, who was al- ways glad to see his friend. “What do you know this morning?” avidtied * Charley. “I know a thing or ts7o more than wher I left home.” “What, for instance?” “That the market shows an ngntiets tendency, for one thing, and that some men who seem to be gentlemen can act like hogs.” “Ho! Somebody been treating you like a hog?” asked Charley, inquisitively. ” “Tt wasn’t treated very nice by a broker in this building.” “Who was he?” : : “J don’t care to mention names.” “What did he do to you?” / bs con NOV 25 1829 Price § Cents. . ~ Ae brought him a note that: required an an-
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2 7 TIPS. TO Swer. He not only wouldn’t give me an’ answer, but he ordered me out of his office as if I were a pickpocket.” The boys reached the sidewalk and started -* down the street together. + “Tf I had $100, or even $50, I know how I ‘would double it in a few days,” said Gates. * “On some stock, I suppose?” replied Eddie. “T heard two brokers in our office this morn- ing talking about Memphis & Nashville. One said he had positive information from the inside that Louisville Southern had secured control of the road, and that the fact would be published in a few days. He said M.°& N. was bound to go up ten points on the strength of it.” “Do you know the brokers?” , “Sure. -One was Frank Fox and the other Joseph Adams.” a “It looks like a good tip. I’ve read a number of items in the Wall Street papers about the matter during the past. month, and I. thought- But you know The there might be something in it. such. rumors can never be depended on. papers print any old thing that comes their way - to fill their columns. The great majority never amount to anything, consequently brokers are very careful not to put too much trust in such things.” “Fox seems to be dead rure about this matter.” “As you say you haven’t the money, it’s no . use to you,” _ “That’s right. Hard: luck isn’t it to be strap- ped when a good thing comes your way ?” _. “You aren’t the only one in that boat,” said Eddie. Charley Gates worked for ‘Ludlow, Mills & ~ €o., whose offices faced that of Broker Sharp across the corridor, and the boys parted at that point. CHAPTER II.—What the White Envelope Contained. _. “So he se ieee give you an answer,” chuckled Matthew Sharp, gazing at his messenger through his gold-rimmed spectacles after the boy had reported the result of his mission. “No, sir. He just told’ me to get out in as . rough a way as he could.” The old broker chuckled again. Then he pondered a cy Miapsn tapping his desk an ivor aper-cutter. werbat’s all for the present, Eddie,” he said ‘ presently, and the boy went outside and took his. seat in: the waiting-room. ‘over the market report for M. &. N., and sdw - that it had closed.the day previous at 58. He also looked up L. S. and noted that it stood at 75. ‘ “J believe Charley got hold of an A: No. 4 ~ tip. If I had some money that I had no immedi- ate use for I think I’d take a shy at M. & N.” . At that moment the cashier called Eddie and ‘asked him to go up Nassau Street to.a sta- ' which he had noted on a slip of paper. As he was walking briskly up Nassau Street a big, burly A..D. T. messenger came dashing out of an office. collided with Eddie and knocked ane head over heels into the. psteet. ase drop- - clerk for L. M. & Co. ‘Bddie ‘picked up the morning paper, looked . _merelv bowed in a distant way and was passin ‘tioner’s. and get an account book, the style of. ~ FORTUNE ped the slip of paper he held in his hand, ina the wind whisked it away. “You big brute, what did you do that for?” exclaimed Eddie, ras himself up about as~ mad as he well could be. “Don’t get mad, little boy,” grinned the A Das ‘T. boy. “You dropped something, didn’t you? — There it is yonder. Run along and pick it UP, © : and next time keep your eyes open when you’re walking along.” + The messenger @hucited loudly and hurried - away. Eddie went over to where he saw what. * he took to be a slip of white paper. It proved to be merely a white envelope. He was turning away from it when he ost ticed that it was sealed. Then he reached down and picked it up. There was evidently something inside of it. Turning. it ‘over he saw that there was no name or address on it. “T wonder what’s in it,” he mused. “Well, Tl look and see when I get back to the office.” He put the envelope in his pocket, and looked — around for the slip of paper he had dropped. He saw it in the gutter a few feet away. Re- - covering it, he went on to the stationer’s, which was only a short distance away. He presented the memorandum to a clerk and received the _ account book he came after. He thanked the — clerk and returned and when he delivered the boek to the cashier he found he had to go out agdin. Mr. Sharp had a note waiting for him to take to the Mills Building .The broker he went to see was not in, and a clerk told Eddie he would probably find him at the Exchan: to the Exchange the boy went, and asked “for Broker Cahn. Cahn was busy in the midst of a crowd of traders who were selling him st that Eddie found out was M. & N. The price on the board was now 58 5-8. Eddie had to~ wait until Mr. Cahn left the crowd, then the attache of the Exchange brought him over to the rail, and the boy handed him the note. He read it, dismissed Eddie with a nod and returned to- ward the M. & N. standard. Eddie hurried back to* the office. It was now about one o’clock and & 348 of Ludlow, Mills & Co, opened at the same time and a dudish-looking young man came out. His name was Algermon Travers, and he was margit He was mashed on Sylvi with whom he 'was slightly acquainted. As soon a Travers saw Sylvie he made a break for er. “Delighted to see you, Miss Thorne,’ he acid effusively. As she could not return the sentiment, she. on when Algernon, who didn’t propose to’ los her so easily, Said: 3 “Goimg to lunch, I presume?” “Yes,” she answered, coldly. -. “Y should be delighted ‘to have ‘the honor. “of accompanying you, Miss Thorne,” he said wi a smirk of satisfaction. “I am just eee lunch myself.” Ress Sylvie felt decidedly embarrassed, but to : great relief she saw-Eddie coming toward Bree Hs Without answering Travers she rushed, \to young messenger and, seizing him’ by the: 4 sai
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i \ TIPS TO FORTUNE as “What is it?” asked Eddie. oe ¢ “Come this. way,” and she began to drag him down the corridor away from the dudish margin clerk, who came to a pause, apparently much annoyed. “I want to get away from that man,’ ‘she whispered in his ear. 4 “All right. Just run down stairs and catch following you.” : ' ‘They both started for the stairs together, and “as they passed Travers Sylvie cried “Good-by’ to Eddie and darted’ down the steps. At the same moment the elevator up dumped Charley Gates out on the floor. Algernon has- tened after the girl. “Holdon, Mr. Travers, I want to see you a moment,” said Eddie, reaching for the clerk’s arm, = Sylvie catch the elevator below. Algernon; in- tent on overtaking the girl, paid no attention to ‘Eddie’s hail. To the boy’s vexation he started down the stairs at a rapid clip. A moment later something happened that changed the situation very materially. Algernon stepped on part of a _- banana peel that some boy had_ dropped there, and the next moment he was giving a first-class Gmitation of an amateur acrobat trying to stand on his head. Down the stairs slid and rolled the dude clerk so fast as to take away the breath ‘of the two messengers, who had witnessed his — misfortune. His hat flew off and went sailing over ge eth nisters. Pej gee otixt” gasped Charley. “Did you ever see anything to equal that?” : " «We'd better go down and gather up the pieces, hadn’t we?” chuckled Eddie. “\ “Come on. We ought to havea box to put them in.” : ; 2 boys hastened down the stairs, at the foot hich the dude was picking himself up with -@ face that looked like seven: days of rainy weather. : eottinss -. He was almost a wreck. One side of’ his tight trousers was split down to the knee, while the back of his coat was rumpled up around his neck, and a half-dried chew of tobacco he had ‘gathered up from one of the steps clung, like a Sage wart, to the lez of his trousers. To make is misery complete Sylvie had been an aston- ished eye-witness of his rapid flight from the corridor above, and the racket he made had at rst frightened her not a little. : ; _ “J say, Mr. Travers, what were you in such - @ rush about?” grinned Eddie, as he offered to dust the clerk off. . : ~ “Wasn’t the elevator fast enough for you?” snickered Charley, also offering his services. Get away, will you?” roared Algernon, in a great rage, as he contemplated a portion of his ruffled attire, and realized that he couldn’t go out on the street in that condition. . ik “Here’s your hat, Mr, Travers,” said Eddie, y- ho came up to take the ae mi ey the cage from the next floor; I'll stop him from~ intending to hold him long enough to let © in a short time. corridor above, laughing heartily at the dude’s discomfiture. When Eddie returned to ‘his seat in the reception-room he thought of the blank envelope he found on Nassau Street. He took it out of his p : Y $100 bills dropped, out into his hand. ‘ “My gracious!” gasped the boy, gazing at them in amazement. \ s CHAPTER IIL.—Eddie’s First Deal and How It Resulted. “Seven shundred dollars!” ejaculated Eddie. “Talk about luck! I could afford to be knocked into the middle of any street every day in the week at that rate. But, hold on, this money doesn’t belong to me simply because I found it. Somebody lost it. Somebody, maybe, who could- n’t afford to ldse $700. But I don’t see how I can locate the owner, for there isn’t a ¢lue, either inside or out, of this envelope to show who lost the money. The only thing I can do is to watch and see if it is advertised for. If the owner never turns up it wt belong to me.” At that moment | room and said that he was going to lunch. As soon. as he left the office Eddie put on his hat and started for the quick lunch house that he and Charley Gates patronized. While he was eating he heard three broker clerks talking about : & M. stock. One of: them said that he guessed it would go up, several points within a few days. - After listening to what these brokers said about the stock, Eddie was more than ever con- vinced that M. & N. was a good thing to get in on*near the ground floor. ; On his way back to the office he told himself that it wouldn’t be a bad idea for him to borrow, as it were, enough of the money he had found to put. up on margin to secure 100 shares of. - M. & N. The chances of winning seemed to be all in his favor, and in this way he could prob- ably acquire a stake of $400 or $500 without taking any great risk with the cash that he eould scarcely call his own until he had ex- hausted every reasonable effort to find the per- son who had lost it. The idea was very enticing to Eddie, and before he went home that after- noon he determined to make the venture.. j Eddie said nothing to his mother or sister - that night about the money he had found, 4s he wanted to ‘surprise them with the profits he confidently expected to reap out of M. & N. Next -day, whenever he found the chance, he took a look at the tape to see what further developments there were in the stock he % Its activity continued, and - importance had . was interested in. nearly every broker of any orders from. one or more of his customers to buy it. satisfaction. He had looked in all” that. morning to see if the $700 w e@ papers — ‘advertised for, but: saw nothing to show that it was. On the et and opened it. Seven new . r. Sharp came out of his ~ As a result the stock advancedsto 61. that. day, which fact gave Eddie a ifthe deal of. following’: day he did not fail to a ous Jost — and found column of several newSpapers, but there was nothing doing. There was considerable _ doing, however, in M. ; hie ee ‘& N., and the price ad-
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é Ps _ ‘TIPS TO FORTUNE vanced to 63, by the time the Exchange closed, at three. “T see that M: & N. is looking up.” said Charley, when the two’ boys met after office hours that day: =“Y oul find that. it will be up to 70 in a day or two.” “T hope so!” replied Eddie, emphatically. “You hope so!” said Charley. “You ‘said shat just as if you, had a-strong interest in the rise.” “So I have. “In what way? You’re not in on any deal.” “How do you know I’m not?” “Because you couldn’t get in without money.” “Phat’s right;. but I might have borrowed enough to let me in on 100 shares.” » “One hundred shares! Why don’t you eall it 1,000 while you’re about it?” sib wouldn’t be telling the truth.” “But are you telling the truth when vou try to make me believe that you have gone long on 100? That would take about $600 to cover the margin. “Now where would you be able to bor- row $600?” ~~ “Pm not giving away all my secrets, Charley,” chuckled Eddie. ~ “T wouldn’t if I were you,” grinned Gates. “I only wish I knew where to borrow enough to buy ten shares of M. & N.. I'd be satisfied with that number.” “So you think the chances are good of the stock going to 70.” “Sure. Just wait till the news I told vou gets out and you'll see it go up to that figure.” “I agree with you. Some people are going to make a lot of money out of the rise.’ : ._ “Bet your-life they are. I feel sorry that I’m not one of the number. I guess I must have been born unlucky.” After that the conversation changed to “an- other topic. Charley didn’t believe that Eddie had raised the money to buy even ten shares of M. & N., let alone 100. He figured his friend’s statement up-.as a case of jolly. Eddie knew that -. Charley hadn’t taken the matter seriously and 5 he did not take the troublé to prove it to him, so the subject rested as it was. Two days later the news that the Louisville Southern Railroad had got control of the M. & N. road was pub- lished in all the papers with official confirmation. There was an immediate rush by the brokers to buy shares of both roads, particularly the latter. . This created a whole lot of excitement ~~ for a while at the Exchange. L. S. went to 80 ~ and M. & N. boomed up to 72. Eddie then or- _ dered his shares ie be sold. They were snapped up at 723-8, and he figured up a profit on his liti@® deal of $1, aie Perhaps he wasn’t a happy boy. CHAPTER “1V—The Magic Pocketbook. “Of ‘thee following day he got his check from the bank | ericlosed with a statement of account. On his tay bank mie turned the check in for a certificate of deposit for $1,000, and $800 cash. He put $200 n his pocket to take home to his mother, and the balance he added to the “$100 he had not toue hed of the mane he found. He enclosed the 00 _ died that I didn’t want it,” yack from lunch he went to the © - out wishing. Besides, you pet 0} ia an envelope, addressed it to himself Cee bs placed it\in the office safe, there to await a possi-~ ‘ ble claimant. “Mother, do you want any money?” ‘he asked at the supper table that night: “T haven’t seen the time since your poor father : she replied. “How much would put you on Easy street for a while?” ; “On Easy street?” : = “Yes, how much would pay all your joie = present and for the month, and leave you with a balance that you could spend on yourself?” _ “T really couldn’t say, Eddie; but if somebod liberally disposed made me a present of $50 would be a welcome addition to my slender re- sources.” “Do I look like a person of that kind?” smiled the: boy. “You! tion?” | “Because I was thinking of presenting you with a stim’ of money which I think you can use to better advantage than I at present.” “Oh, my!” exclaimed his sister Edith. “One : would think he had suddenly become a capitalis' by. the way he talks.” “Perhaps I have, puss,” replied Eddie. of strange things happen in this world.” - “But the acquisition of 2 roll of bankbills is not likelv to happen to us,” replied his siste ~ “People, especially little girls, should neve to positive of anything,” chuckled Eddie. » “Well, I like your nerve calling me a little gin, I'm bie enough to earn money in Wall Stre as well as you.” “That’s true, and bis enough to have a bea too,” laughed Eddie. “J haven’t any beau,” flushed Edith. “What’s the matter with Charley? here two or three times a week.” “He doesn’t call to see me.” “Who does he call to see?” “You, of course.” “Don’t you believe it. I’m only the excus\ comes to see you “He does not,” blushed Edith. “What are you blushing about?” “Mother, make Eddie stop teasing me.” “AIL right. We'll get back to the orig: subject. Would $200 Batieky. you for the pres mother?” “Two hundred dollars!” diaéilated his mothe “T only wish I-had so much,” “Well, I think there should be*no difficul in your getting that much. Here is a pocke ; I bought this afternoon. It is a magic “A magic one!” exclaimed, his sister, “That’s what" I said.” : “What is there. magic about it?” “You see it has a.silver clasp, don’t vo that clasp, ‘if you will examine it,- are the figures of a thuntsman and a hare.” “Let mé see,” said Edith, reaching for it. there are. Aren’t they cute?” “Hold on, Edith,” said Eddie, as she was ab to open the wallet. “Don’t. open it ee iy “Why not?” Why do you ask such a funny nee: He calls way. That’s for mother to do. She 1 she Says.”
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“Flow is she going to get it'?” *She must make a wish in rhyme, aid use - the words ‘silver huntsman’: and. ‘silver: share,’ also ‘$200,’ then when, she opens the pocketbook / ‘she'll find the money.” ; “Isn’t that too ridiculous for. anything!” cried Edith. “Go on, mother,” said‘ Eddie. pocketbook in your right hand and make the -/rhvmine™ wish.” ‘The little mother laughed and declared that “she couldn’t make a: rhyme. to save her life. ; “Make one for her, Edith. You’re «pretty -elever.” ' “You just want to make a fool of mother,” aca objected the girl. — in that wallet after making such a nonsensical wish.” “There’s no nonsense about $200,”. answered. * Eddie. “Go on and make a rhyme, Edith. so that mother can get the money she wants. May- ‘be she’ll give you a nickel then for your trouble.” “Ym not gainge to do any such thing. You ‘want to have the laugh on me,” pouted the girl. “No, I don’t. Jf you make a good rhyme. Ill guarantee mother will find the money in ‘the wallet.” “Tf I believed anything so preposterous ad sit up wall night trying to make. it, but I know etter.” : Well, uasively.. dith thought a moment. “I’ve got one,” she cried, clapping her hands: . “Let’s have it, then.” “Silver huntsman, - silver rabbit, nd Vil grab it.” “That isn’t a rabbit, you g008e, that? s a hare.” laughed Eddie. “Make another.” “Silver huntsman, silver ~ “Why don’t you go on?” said Bddie, as Edith + Propped not knowing what else to say. “Silver huntsman, silver hare, make $200 ap- pear. Ria) now isn’t that good enough?” said 1e gi just try for fun,” said Eddie, per- give me $200 We'll. have to see. Open the pocketbook, “mother, and see if the magic has worked,” said Eddie. Mrs. Scott opened the wallet, and there, stuck mone of the compartments, were two brand- ew yellow-back bills. She mechanically ‘took them out, and behold! each one was marked $100. .Perhaps mother and daughter were not amazed. “Why, Eddie Scott!” cried his sister. “Where did that money come from?” From the pocketbook, of course. Where e?” he chuckled. “Where. did vou get that pocketbook and that money, Eddie? Did you find them? 2 5 o. I bought that wallet on Broadway. ” ; But tle money®” ae made that out of a lucky deal in the stock in possession of what seemed. to her a large um of money. She declared that Eddie must be an uncommonly smart boy to be able to make so _ Mauch money over and above his wages. Her on laughed, toldeher he would expect to see her essed up ‘like a lady after this, and then sin ‘ Zeal and tees out. 3 es MPS TO FORTUNE -that there in the long run. _when it was of the most use. knowledge. “Just as if she’d find $200. CHAPTER V.—A Raseally Piece ‘of. Business. ~ ; For a couple of weeks: Eddie watched the lost and found columns int thé leading newspapers ‘every day, but no advertisement referring to the “Hold the : lost $700: appeared. “I ‘guess that. money vial never be. ited after,” he said to. himself.. “It’s been a lucky find for me, all right, for it’s put $1,200 into my pocket so far, and is liable to put more than Such things don’t often happen in this world, at least not to my I think I may as well consider that money as geod as belonging to me now. How- ever, aS I have no particular use for it at present T’ll let it remain in the safe.” Eddie’s reflections were interrupted by Sharp’s bell calling him inside. : “Here is a note that I want you to take to Mr.. Bennett,” said the old broker. “All rieht, sir,” and Eddie® started for the Pluto Building, wondering what kind of a recep- tion he would get from Walker Bennett. - Mr. Bennett’s office was on the fifth floor back, and ‘he occupied a suite of two-rooms, the: “Mr, E ‘smaller of which. he used as a private-office. His clerical force consisted of two clerks, who filled . in’ their time at tall desks, and a diminutive red-. . ‘headed office boy, who also°carried his. messages. ~ Walker Bennett was a pretty slick trader in his way, but his way wasn’t greatly admired by those who knew his methods. It happened that a few days before the opening of our story a widow in reduced circumstances, who, after her husband’s: death, had invested her small means ~ in’ a boarding house, had. found in an old trunk a-bunch of copper mining stock certificates. They represented 5,000 shares of the Montana Copper Mining Company:. It happened that she saw Walker Bennetts ad- vertisement in an afternoon paper, and next day she carried the certificates to his office and in- | stituted inquiries. Mr. Bennett, who knew right away what they were worth, saw that she was ignorant of their value, and he offered her fifty cents a share for them. As this was a great deal mere than she expected to get, she joyfully ac- cepted his offer. Mr. Bennett’s bank account happened to be down to rock bottom at the time and he told her to come back in an hour and he would have the money for. her.; As soon as she had gone-he took the certificates over to his bank and raised a loan of $15,000 on them. In the meantime the lady, whose name was Wise, accidently met one of Mr. Sharp’s clerks on bg street as she came out of the Pluto Buildin He had formerly boarded with her, and he st ped to talk with-her. Incidentally she mentioned that she had come down to Wall Street to sell 5,000 shares of Montana Copper Mining Com- pany stock, which she had found in a disused — trunk. “Five thousand shares!” exclaimed the clerk, in surprise. “Allow me to congratulate you on such a valuable discovery. It is only within the last year that they have become really valuable. _ To tell you the truth, I think you ought to hold. on to them. It is my: opinion they will “be | Bs worth $10 a share six “months from OW sae ~ It turned up just *
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f 6- TIPS TO ot en dollars a share!” exclaimed Mrs. Wise, _ in astonishment. “Certainly. Copper is going up, and the Mon- tana mine is turning out a fine grade of ore. It has jumped from $1 to $5 a share inside of the Jast fourteen months.” 3 . “T do not understand vans said the widow, rather bewildered. “Mr. Bennett offered me fifty cents a share for the stock, and as I did not expect to get anything like that much I ac- / @cepted his offer.” ; “Fifty cents, Mrs. Wise!” cried the clerk. ), “Why that is ridiculous. The stock is worth $5 a share this moment. Are you sure it is Montana Copper? ©You must have made a mis- take in the nanie.» No reputable broker would _ try to swindle you in that way.” ' “7 am sure the name of the mine is the Mon- tana Copper Company.” “Then I cannot understand .how any would offer you only fifty cents a share. js the broker?” “My. Walker Bennett.. I saw his advertisement in the ‘Evening Moon’ yesterday.” “Walker Bennett, eh? Will you be advised by me, Mrs. Wise?” he . “Certainly, Mr. Dean.” “Then come with me and I will introduce. you to Mr. Sharp, my employer. He’s an old. broker of many years standing in the Street.. You may rely on his judgment. If Mr. Bennett paid you only fifty cents a share for Montana Copper stock that~is worth $5 a share I have no doubt put you can proceed against him in the courts.” broker _ Who “He hasn’t paid me the money yet. He told - me he.wotld have it in an hour.” » Mrs. Wise, greatly flustered, accompanied Dean to,Mr. Sharp’s office, and~the clerk intro- duced her to the old gentleman, at the same time telling him of the transaction that the widow «said she had had with Walker Bennett. Mx. Sharp then took up the matter, but he had an idea that lady must have made some mistake in the name of the stock, for though he knew that Bennett did ndt bear the "best of reputa~- tions, he could scarcely believe that he had tried to perpetrate such a swindle on the widow. After talking to her a while he advised her to return to Mr. Bennett and call the deal off, as- suring her that if the stock was really Montana Copper he would sell it for her at the present market price of $5 a share. For fear that Mr.. Bennett might resort to any bull-dozing tactics, ' in the event that the stock was Montana, Copper, he delegated Dean to go with her. Bennett was waiting for her with his check already made out. She refused to accept it and said that she had {reconsidered her purpose of selling the stock, asking him to return “it. This he could not do, then, even if he was dis- posed to do so, as he had put the certificates up --ag security for the loan he had got at the bank. He insisted that a deal was a deal and again tendered her his check. Then Dean chipped in and asked him what he meant by only offering fifty cents a share’for stock worth $5. Bennett jmmediately told Dean that it was none of his business what he offered for the stock. Dean demanded the return of the certificates. The ‘broker refused to give them up. a All right,” xeplied Dean. “As this lady has FORTUNE . sold that stock to Mr. Sharp at the market you * will have to reckon with him. Come, Mrs. Wise, we will go.” 2 Dean took the widow back to his office and reported to Mr. Sharp. - “Do you wish to sell your stock to me at $5 a share, Mrs. Wise?” asked the old trader. “Gladly,” she replied. “Give me an order on Mr. Walker Bennett for the shares and 1 will give you my check for $1,000 on account. When I receive the certifi- eates the balance of the money will be sent you. Is that satisfactory, madam?” t am “Perfectly,” she answered. . Bo She made out the order, accepted the check, and then toek her departure. When Eddie Scott came in shortly afterward Mr. Sharp wrote a demand on Bennett for the certificates. and sent Eddie over with it. Bennett read the note and told the boy to get out of the office, as we de- seribed in the opening of the story. Shortly” — after Bennett called in person on the old trader ; to argue the matter. Mr. Sharp handled him withont gloves and threatened him with arrest. That brought Bennett down from his high horse, and he agreed to deliver the stock in a — day or two, as soon as he got it back from the bank. He didn’t keep his word, but sent his mes- senger around to Mr. Sharp and asked for more time, on the ground that he had been obliged to use the money he had received for the stock __ to save himself in some deal he claimed to be interested in, and requested an extension of ten days. Mr. Sharp granted it, but as that‘period had more than elapsed, he felt obliged to send = Eddie around a second time with a peremptory — demand for the stock. ~ Ass *, CHAPTER VI—How Eddie Got a Tip. “T wonder if he’ll fire me out bodily this time,” chuckled Eddie, as he took the elevator in the _ Pluto Building and asked the operator to let him out at the fifth floor. 3 When he entered Walker Bennett’s office the red-headed office boy came forward and asked him his business. ‘“T want to see Mr. Bennett,” said Eddie. “He’s engaged. You'll have to wait.” “How long will I have to wait?” “Dunno,” replied the boy. (eee “S’pose you take this note in and ask him for an answer,” said Eddie. owe “Couldn’t do it.” “Why not? It’s important, and I can’t wait all. day.” : Bacay seein The boy made no reply, but walked over to his chair. Sc eee “I 's’pose L'll have to wait,” muttered Eddie. He walked over to an open window-next to the” private office. It. looked out on a wide well or space between the Pluto Building and another that fronted on Pine Street. Leaning over the sill, the boy began to watch a pretty typewriter across the open space. Suddenly he heard Ben- nett’s voice in the private room,*the window 0 which was also wide open. fi peta! “You are sure your information is corre: Oxley?” he said. ; Ear mg ot 4, 7 Bs 8 Ee eee,
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—_ — - “Positively,” replied the man named Oxley. - “Py brother-in-law is seeretary of the company. - He-gave me the tip not an hour ago. The S. & W. has been prospecting this land for the bet- ter part of a year, in fact, ever since it took title to the property. An immense bed of the finest *-red-ash coal has been discoyered. It will add ~ millions to the assets of the road, and send its + securities above par as sure aS you are standing: there. You can’t do better than by 5S. & W. if you have to borrow the money to do it with. It is a perfectly safe risk on margin, for the stock. ~ will never be lower than it is to-day. You can ~ gamble on that with absolute certainty. In less - than a week the stock will be ten points higher, -and it will stay there. If you want any of it * you’ll have to get busy at once, for the directors and their friends have brokers looking for the - stock all through the Street. ' “P}] do what I can, but I’m pretty well strap- ~ ped at present, for I’m in head over heels on a couple of deals that are not yet ripe for selling. To make things worse, I expect to hear any - moment from-that old scoundrel Sharp, who has me on the hip in a matter of 5,000 shares of ~ Montana Copper which I have not paid for, but ‘have hypothecated with the Wall Street Trust ~ Company for a $15,000 loan. I’ve a great mind to sell the stock. and ‘take the chances of making aS ttlement later.” ~ * ty. would. Put the monev into S. & W. on . margin and you'll make enough to settle with , your man twice ovear.” “Tm afraid he won’t wait, for I haven't kept my agreement with him. He’s one of those methodical old chaps that wants his pound of - flesh down on the nail.” : “Go and see -him-and compromise for more ded ” - "“T doubt if Yl be able to do anything with en him.” j “Nonsense! You ought to be able to square 4 things with him. He’s an old man. Make a date _~ after office hours when there's little chance of you being interrupted, if you have to—— “Have to what?” “ae ought to know without my telling you.” oye ate it plainer, please, Oxley.” - : Oxley said something in a low tone that Eddie didn’t catch. There was silence for a moment r two, then Bennett said: . “By rege! I will if he drives me to it. ee ep a ehance to pull out on this matter of S. & W., well and good; if he doesn’t—well, ‘there'll be something doing, that’s all. That’s right,” encouraged Oxley. “If you an’t raise the money any other way sell those ontana Copper shares and buy S. & W. In a week you'll be on Hasy_ Street. I'll guarantee - Baa arnt follow your advice, Oxley,” said Bennett. “I know you're a good friend of mine. You've me me favors before this. You haven't pressed me, either, for that I. O. U. that I owe you, and I shan’t forget it. I'll square up when [ the riffle.” igaaed “course you will. I know you're good for esides, I’m ready to give you a chance to it back again whenever you choose to have nother quiet little game” TIPS TO FORTUNE “AIL right, Oxley, V’ll go you as soon as I get on my feet again.” : ; ' “Well, ‘I’m off.; Don’t forget to act on the hint I gave you if you’re forced into a corner. Bite back, old man, and bite hard.” : With those words Oxley came out of the pri- vate room and headed for the door. Eddie turned ~ around and looked at him.-. He was a’ stout, ag- gressive-lookings mar, with a full face and jowls like a bull dog. He looked like a high liver, and aman accustomed to having his own way. After he was- gone Eddie walked into the inner office and was greeted by Broker Bennett: with a scowl. He remembered the boy and knew the errand he came upon, Snatching the envelope out of his hand, Bennett read the enclosure, Eddie could see that he didn’t like the contents for a cent. Instead of -ordering the boy out, however, he drew a pad towards him and after a moment's thought wrote a reply, which he enclosed in one of his own envelopes, addressing it to Matthew Sharp, and handed it to the youne messenger without a word. Eddie was quite pleased to get’ off so easily. On the way back to the office he turned over in his mind what he had accidentally _ heard through the open window. He was partie- ularly interested in the matter of 8. & W.. It was é@vidently 4 first class tip he had got hold of, and he decided to avail himself of it at once. He also pondered a bit over that part of the conversation between Walker Bennett and Oxley which evidently had reference to Mr. Sharp. Eddie didn’t like the tone of it, and was half _ inclined to believe that Mr. Bennett had decid- edly unfriendly intentions toward the old broker. ~ Now Eddie didn’t know anything about the Mon- tana. Copper Mining Company certificates, nor that Mr. Sharp was, engaged in righting a wrong that had, been worked on the widow named Wise, to the extent at least of keeping her out of her stock for as long a time as Mr. Bennett could manage to do it while“~he was getting the good out of the money he had raised upon the certi- ficates at his bank. But he was sharp enough to understand that 5,000 shares of Montana stock was evidently the cause, of the friction between his employer and Broker Bennett. Bennett had admitted to Oxley that he~had hypothecated the 5,000 shares which he had not paid for, and even said that he had a mind to sell the stock to raise _ additional funds for the deal in S. & W. : Eddie had little doubt but that his errand to Mr. Bennett’s office had direct reference to the Montana Copper stock, and he wondered if it wasn’t his duty to tell Mr. Sharp what. he had overheard’ in connection therewith: This, how- ever, would bring out the fact that he had been listening at the open window to conversation’ — not intended for his ears, and the boy, now that the thing was over, began to feel rather ashamed at having accidentally played the part of an - eavesdropper, and he felt a natural backwardness _ about bringing the circumstances to his em- _ ployer’s attention. When he entered Mr. Sharp's — presence with his answer from Mr. Bennett he was still undecided whether to mention what ha had heard or not. Finally he returned to his seat outside ‘without speaking about it. He attention was once more turned to a matter of more importance in his mind—namely, the tip h had picked up on S. & W. He looked up. th a
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it 8. previous day’s market report and found that the ~ steek was going at 84. “IT have cash enough to put up the necessary margin on 200 shares,” he said to himself. “Then if it goes up ten points I’ll clear $2,000 profit. That would be fine. Nothing like getting in.on the ground floor. The only way to deal in stocks is to buy when they’re low and sell out when they go up as high as you think it is safe to hold on.” When he went to lunch. he stopped in at the _ little bank on Nassau Street, taking the envelope along with the $700 to add to the certificate of deposit he held against the bank. After an in- terview with the margin clerk he came away with the memorandum of the transaction in his pocket. He met Charliey going into the quick lunch house, and, catching him by the arm, they went in together and took adjoining seats at the counter. “Beel stew for me,” “T’ll take the same,” rather have boned turkey, the bill of fare.” The girl who took the order laughed and went down behind the counter to get the two beef stews. “What did you give the girl that jolly for?” asked Charley. “You wouldn’t know boned turkey if -you saw it.” “How do you know I wouldn’t?” replied Eddie. “Because you’ve never had any in your life.” “Ts that so, smarty? You don’t know how often I’ve lunched at Del’s.” “When you lunch at Del's I’ll expect to hear that rooster stop crowing.’ “Just wait till my ship comes in and [ll take you there and treat you to a swell meal.” Fe “When do you expect your ship to come in?” grinned Charley. “When S. & W. goes within hailing distance of par.” “S. & W. What have you to do with S. & W.?” “’m long on 200 shares.” “You are—I don’t think,” sarcastically. a “You seem to be getting into the fashion of doubting my word lately. What have I done to deserve such incredulity on your part?” “You can’t jolly me for a copper coin, Eddie .. Vm too old a bind to be caught with pe a “One would think you had whiskers to hear you talk.” “Don’t worry about me. Here’s your stew. Fat it and be thankful you've got the price in - your pocket.” “You never asked me how I came out on that 100 shares of M. & N.,” said Eddie, after the stew had disappeared fiom. both plates. m5 “More jolly. If you had had the dough to put Jai up on 100 shares of M. & N. you’d have made enough to start yourself up in the business as a broker.” g “Would you become a broker on a capital of $1,200?” 3 “Hardly.” “Then what do you mean by your remark?” “Just wind—the same kind as you’ ‘re giving ordered Gates. said Eddie, “though I’d but I don’t see it on replied Charley, TIPS TO FORTUNE W. e i eine you don’t believe I made $1, sal on M.. “Not on your life, I don’t.’’ “And you don’t believe I’m long on 200 S. & at this moment?” “Nixy: 7 ; “I could prove it to you if I wanted to, but 1 wouldn’t take the trouble.” . “J wouldn't,” chuckled Charley. on hat kind of — pie are you going to finish up on? “T know what kind you ‘ought to eat.” “What. kind?” “Lemon. . Next time you come around ‘to the house I’ll tell Edith to hand you-a large and juicy one.’ é Charley thumped Eddie in the ribs, and a few minutes afterwards they paid their checks and walked back to, their offices. CHAPTER VII.—What Eddie Saw Through g the Keyhole In the ground corridor they found Algernon Travers waiting for the elevator. He pretended that he didn’t see the boys. Eddie had only seen him cence at a distance since the banana peel incident. Sylvie Thorne, much to her satisfaction, hadn’t seen him at all. The margin clerk looked as dudish as ever, and seemed to have fully re- _ covered from the discomfiture he had experienced on that occasion. He entered the elevator first, the boys followed, and the man in charge was about to close the door when Sylvie appeared. : “Hello, Sylvie,” said Eddie. @Y @s,”? “So is the market, “Ayen’t you witty.” “Don’t yow observe the intellectual counte nance of my friend Gates?” “Why, how do you do, Charley?” a laugh. “I do everybody I know if I get a chance,” chuckled Gates. ce “Don’t mind-him, Sylvie,” said Eddie. “He was born that way; but he’s perfectly harmless.” “Pine day, Miss Thorne,” chipped in ae at ue moment. “Charmed to see you jboking, BO gy oe well.” , Sylvie glanced in the dude’s eae made a_ slight bow, but said nothing. “Why, hello, Mr. Travers, delighted to see that you have. recovered from your accident on ae staircase,” said Eddie, loudly. aoe The margin clerk returned this greeting with a Bon = scowl. Then the elevator stopped and they all | a got out. Sylvie hurried ahead for fear ae a Tfavers would try to engage her in conversation, — Ps while the margin clerk stalked toward his offiee ~— with great dignity. The boys followed. tered a slowly; laughing at the dude, and finally entered their offices. 2s “Eddie,” said Mr. Sharp, when the boy nese turned from the bank a few minutes after th “I want you to take a letter over to Jersey City. There will be an answer, or 2 package. If tl latter, bring it ae es suas want to. peti it. . “Going up?” I believe.” she said, isi 2 Fa.
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es chicas! TIPS TO FORTUNE os Ps ave ‘the safe. If you should happen to be detained, Vl wait for you till six. I have got to stay-down anyway, as I expect Mr. Bennett here at five.” , “All right, sir,” replied the young messenger, taking the note and starting for the Cortlandt street ferry. ; The envelope was addressed to.a firm of mining brokers in Jersey City. Three-quarter's of an hour later Eddie delivered the note, to the head of the firm. : “Take a seat outside, young man,” said the mining broker. “I'll have to send. one of my clerks for the package.’ ~ : Eddie picked up a newspaper and began to read to pass the time. While he was thus. en- gaged, with his chair tilted back against the wooden partition which separated the private office from the general business room, a stout “man came in and asked for the head of the firm. He was shown jnto the inner room. — . -“Good afternoon, Townsend,” said the new- comer, in a loud voice that penetrated the parti- tion and reached Eddie’s ears. “I’ve got a tip for you.” “Sit down, Carson, and said Townsend. let’s hear what it is,” At the word “tip” Eddie pricked up his ears.” oo” “You've heard of the Red Top, haven’t you? ‘gaid Carson. “It’s been a sort of shuttlecock for the New York Curb for the past six months.” “Yes, What about it?” i “Pye just had a private letter from a friend in . Goldfield who is superintendent for the company. He says they’ve struck a lead in a cross-cut that will beat anything in the district for values: He advises me to pick up as many shares as I can go up to $2 or $3 a share within a month or so. _ Tk is now selling at sixty cents, and weak at that. What do you say to going in with me on this around here and in New York. I haven’t capital ‘enough to spare to handle as much of them as ‘Td like, and I hate to see a good thing go to i: ” wePm with you, Carson, if you can make it plain to me that you’ve got good, solid facts to back ~ you. up.” : : ~~ «J1 show you the letter. You can read it and form, your own conclusions.” — : ‘There was an interval of silence during which “Broker Townsend read the letter produced by his “visitor. : “That looks all right,” he said. “ll go in with i “you on this, but I guess there’s no need of any - yush. I’m on a big deal that I expect to wind up by the end of the week. By that time Red Top may be down to fifty cents a share. It looks weak im the knees to me at present. Suppose we let things rest till, say next Wednesday, and then _ Vill be ready to sail in with you and corral all the shares in sight?” ‘ sae €That suits me,” replied Carson. “YT know where I can put my hands on 20,000 shares at “this moment. Caldwell, up the street, has 5,000; Blakeley has 5,000 and Murphy, of No. Broad street, New York, has 10,000. There are 000 or moré shares scattered about among the street Curb brokers. We must figure on in the Eastern markets, for the stock is bound to _ _ thing? There are a whole lot of shares floating . talsing, in all that, as quietly as possible: IT count on making $100,000: profit between us, and: that is worth while.” ar" “{ should: say» it was,” answered: Townsend: They continued to talk a while longer on the matter, and then Carson got up and took his had not yet returned with the bundle Eddie was to, take back -to. the office. While pretending to read the paper his mind was busy over the pointer on Red Top Gold Mining Co. shares. “Tf I wasn’t in on S. & W. to the extent of my little capital I'd jump right in and, get ahead of these: gentlemen: who have the tip: I could: put up the margin on nearly 30,000 shares at 60, and could stesr the bank onto the brokers who hold 20,000. Still it wouldn’t do to go the whole hog, for the stock might drop to fifty cents, as Mr. Townsend here hinted. No, 20,000 shares would be as many as I could safely handle on margin. But what’s the use talking? My money is. tied up for the next week or ten days probably, and by that time Red Top will bé gobbled up by Mr. Carson and his friend Townsend. The only thing _ Ycan do will be to get out of S. & W. as soon as possible and then try and get any Red Top that may happen to be left. .I wish that clerk would come in with that package. It’s going on to fiv now, and I want to get back to the office.” é Eddie-had to wait fiffeen minutes longer before the clerk returned. He had to sign a receipt for ten Reading Railroad First Mortgage bonds, that. were in the package, and then he started for New York. It was half-past five when Eddie struck Wall Street, and ten minutes later hé was at the door of his office. . The main door was locked, as he expected it might be, for he knew the clerical force,had been gone some time before. As he knew that Mr. Sharp was waiting for him he went to the door of the private office opening on the corridor and knocked. He thought he heard a movement of some one inside; and he waited patiently for his employer to let him in. The door was not opened, however, and, thinking that Mr. Sharp had not heard him, he knocked again, louder than before. This time not a sound came from the other side of the door. All was silent, and no one came to open the door. “T wonder if he could have gone home?” Wddie asked himself. “He said this package had to be locked in the safe, and that he’d wait here till six o’clock. It wants nearly thirty minutes of six yet. It isn’t at all like Mr. Sharp to go off when’ he said he would stay. I’ll knock again.” He knocked for the third time, and the result was the same as before. “TI wish I could see the desk where he sits through the keyhole, but it isn’t in line with it, being at the window.” However, Eddie decided to look througn the keyhole, anyway. He stooped and applied his eyes to the opening. What he saw caused him te give a gasp almost of herror. He was looking right. at the door which opened from the private room into the reception-room. Suspended against that door, with his arms. bound behind his. back and a handkerchief tied across his mouth, was leave. Half an hour had elapsed and the clerk
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10 TIPS TO Matthew Sharp. His ankles were also secured by a cord. He was at least two feet from: the floor, with his bald- head nearly on a level with . In his first excitement Eddie the top of the door. thought the old broker had committed suicide. A moment’s reflection told him that he couldn’t very well have hanged himself and tied himself -up in that fashion, too. In fact, it was clearly impossible that he could have secured his hands behind his. back. Then, too, he could see by cer- tain feeble movements that Mr. Sharp was not. dead. Also that the rope by which he was suspended was not around his neck, but about his chest. It was secured at the top by being jammed in the closed door. “There have ‘been burglars here,” ‘thought Eddie. “They found the od man at his desk and trussed him up in that fashion to prevent him giving an alarm. I must call the janitor, get- in ang cut him down.” _. As Eddie was removing his eye from the key- hole he saw a man’s leg appear for a moment in his line of vision. “Gosh! There’s some one in there. Must be the rascal who did the deed. Ill have to summon . more than the janitor. We've got to capture him.” We tock another look threugh the keyhole, ayhen. to .bic utter amazement. the man inside walked right up to the suspended broker and shook his fist in his face. It wasn’t that act-that - ‘astonished the boy, but the fact that he recognized ‘e intruder. It was Walker Bennett, of the Pluto Bailding up the EEREESs . CHAPTER VIIJ.KFddie Makes a Haul Out of 8. & W. “Mar gracious! “Walker Bennett!” Saniea Ed- die. “This is his. work, then. . What a rascal he is. He’s evidently trying to get back at the old man. That man Oxley, who geve him the tip on & & VW. rut him vy to this. Ill bet. I remember T heard him say ‘bite back and bite hard.’ All 4 me sehts Myr. Bennett, I'll see if I can do you up this tin. Tl get the janitor and one of his assistants te Innd on you like a car full of bricks.” ~ > “Thus speaking. Eddie hastened away to get Yo. He didn’t have to go far. as it happened. A number of brokers who had been holding a - » meting in one of the offices on that floor came out as»Eddie was passing the door. He recognized Beckers. Frank -Fox and Joseph Adams — ie. / ; : “Mr, Fox. and gentlemen, I’d like your ateene ticn a moment,” he cried in a tone and manner that attracted their immediate notice. . “What is it, young man?” asked Broken Fox. "Youre Sharp’s messenger, aren’t you?” “Yes, sir.” Then he hurriedly told them what was going on in Mr. Sharp’s private office. Needless to - say, they were ereatly astonished. “Walk up there and take a look through the ‘keyhole, Mr. Fox, and you will see that’ I haven't ‘overstated the facts.” said Eddie. - The broker did so, while the rest zoubwes, at FORTUNE a distance. Mr. Fox had no difficulty. in finding — out that the boy had told the truth. As he came” back the janitor’s assistant, who looked after — that floor,’ appeared. ns “You've got a key that will open that dae : haven’t you?” said Mr. Fox to him, after he was - told. that crooked work was going on in the | room, ts “Sure I have,” he replied. ; “Then come along,” said Fox. “Open it up and = we'll catch the man before he can escape.” ves The janitor walked softly up to the door, fol- lowed by Eddie and the brokers, inserted ‘the key and suddenly threw the door open. - As the erowd rushed into the room, and Bro- kers Fox and Adams*seized Bennett, Eddie rush- ed across the room, sprang upon'’a chair and, — ‘whisking a jackknife out of his racleet cut the ‘old. broker down from the door. Then the boy cut # “his arms and ankles loose, and ‘tore the handker- — chief from his: mouth. The old man was almost done up, and Eddie had to support him in the ~~ chair. It was several minutes before he could ~~ speak, and while the other brokers gathered | about him, Fox and Adams, maintained a firm — hold on the struggling Bennett. The janitor went to. the broker’s desk, put the telephone receiver to his ear and communicated with the nearest police. station. When Mr. Sharp recovered his speech he said that after a short business inter-— view with Walker Bennett the latter suddenly flew into a rage and knocked him down. While he was half-dazed the broker produced a rope, gaged and bound him, and then hoisted him up against the door. Then he proceeded to try an achieve his purpose by threatening him with ~~ more severe measures. Tio what extreme he might have gone if he had not been interrupted ' by the entrance of the rescue party Mr. Sharp could not say, but he knew that Bennett was in an ugly humor, and seemed capable of inflicting any kind of an indignity on him. Broker Fox demanded of Walker Bennett what he meant by assaulting such an old man as Mr. Sharp in so cruel a way. . Bennett, however, refused to make any excuse for his conduct, remaining stubborn- ly silent. A couple of policemen presently ap- peared from the station, and Matthew Sharp re- quested them to. arrest Bennett on the charg of murderous assault. : With Eddio he went to the station and made “the charge in due form. Bennett had nothing. to say, and was locked up. Before he was put into the cell he handed an officer a dollar bill to — telephone his predicament to his lawyer at home. Next morning he was brought befor the magistrate of the Tombs Police Court examination. The evidence was so strong oe him that he was held under heavy bail for the action of the Grand Jury. Two brokers, par- ticular friends of his, went on his bail bond he was released, pending his ‘trial. That after- noon he recovered the Montana Copper certifi-. cates and sent them to Mr. Sharp. Mr. Sharp fel very grateful to Eddie for being the means having him relieved from his painful situati = he presented him with his check for aS
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TIPS TO _ .eame to Mr. Sharp’s office that day to congratu- __ late him over his escape from what might have _ roved a very serious matter to a man of his advanced age, and to try and find out the real “cause for the assault. Most of them had some- _ thing to say to Eddie, and he made the personal aequaintance of more brokers that day than ever before since he had been in*Wall Street. Charley met him out on an errand and stopped him with a whack on the back. z : : " “Say, your boss was up against it hard yester- day afternoon, wasn’t he?” said Gates. ' “Yes, he had rather a strenuous experience for -44-8while.”. : “How was it that you happened to come on the scene at the right moment? I never knew you to be down town as late as that.” =~ “Well, you see I was over to Jersey City -on an errand, and had orders to return to the office. Mr. Sharp said he would remain there up to six 7 o'clock. na ‘Bennett at five.” “That’s the man who assaulted him?” -. “That’s right. He’s the broker I called on that “morning I met you at the elevator in the Pluto Building.” “He is the man that told you to get out of his office when you asked for an answer to the note + you brought?” ‘ ies Correct.” ’ “He must be a fierce proposition.” “He isn’t an angel by any means.” _ “What was yesterday’s trouble about?” “Something in relation to Montana Copper tock. 1 couldn’t say just what.” “Bennett was a fool. He’s got himself into rious trouble’ without gaining his point, what- x that was.” rae ue _“T hope he’ll get it in the neck when he’s tried. A chap who will do what he did to old Mr. Sharp ought to get twenty years.” ; Se) 3. & W. that day, nor the day after, but on the hird day it advanced a point, and on Saturday “morning another, closing at 86. On Sunday the = - Mapers published the news of the coal discovery, and on Monday there was ‘great excitement round the standard of the stock. Brokers fell over one another in their eagerness to buy S. & - W. shares, and as a consequence the stock ‘ ing at 94. Eddie let his holdings go next at 98, clearing about $2,800, which made him rth, altogether, $5,000. j As soon as Eddie got his statement and check in settlement of his S. & W. deal he lost no time An getting is on the oe beg ae dropped to 55, and a at figure eee ee, ad oe 8 the bank to buy 40,000 res if they could be gotten. The market yalue of the shares was $22,000, and Eddie put up _ $2,200 in margin. He told the bank clerk where He had an appointment with Walker” ‘There wasn’t anything particular doing in- ea teria - FORTUNE 5 dee ‘zot' on. the job at once, and sueceeded in ‘finding the required 40,000 shares before noon on the i following day. Then Eddie was notified by letter that the bank: had secured the shares and held ° them to his order. ; Two davs later Townsend and Carson. started in to buy the stock, and then found to their as- tonishment that there was scarcely any to be got. They ascertained the name of the broker who had done the buying for the bank, and Townsend called on him to try and find out for whom the / trader had,made the purchases.. He told Mr. Townsend that he bought the stock to fill an order he ‘had received from the little bank on Nassau Street. Mr. Townsend then went +o “ the little bank and interviewed the cashier. The + cashier’ declined to disclose the identity of the person for whom the bank was acting, but said that if the trader wanted any of the stock, and would give sixty cents for the whole or any part of the bank’s purchases, and left his office ad- dress in Jersey City for the cashier to use in communicating with hini. The cashier imme- diately sent Eddie word of the offer the bank had received for his stock. 'The boy was at no loss to guess who” had made the offer, and de- clined to sell the stock at all, for he knew neither Townsend nor Carson would pay what he intend- ed holding out for. His refusal to sell the stock was duly forwarded to Mr. Townsend, who then, after a consultation with Carson, made an offer of seventy-five cents a share. This was a high price. for the stock as the record of Red Top stood, and the bank expected that Eddie would grab at it at once. When Townsend and Carson learned that their high offer had been refused they were satisfied that somebody in New York had learned of the developments in the Red Top mine, and that they were out. of the good thing. They made a canvass of all the brokers in Jersey City and New York who handled mining stock and sueceéded in finding 12,000 shares, and this was the best they could do. They gave an aver- age ‘price of sixty-five cents a share for it. as the price had advanced that much on the Gold- field Exchange. About the closé of the following week the news was published of the rich strike in Red Top, and there was a scramble among the New York and Jersey City mining brokers to buy some of it. Those brokers who had sold to | the bank’s broker, and to Townsend and Carson, ~ now kicked themselves for letting the stock get away from them. They tried their best to get a portion of it back and found that it was now searcer than hen’s teeth. They could not imagine __ where it had all disappeared to of a sudden, for only two weeks before they could pick it up any-~ where from fifty-seven to sixty cents a shart. They figured that some parties had secured «in formation about the strike in the mine, and that | - these parties had cornered all that was in sight, which was in point of fact the truth: “The in- siders in Goldfield had bought up. all they could - pet and the result was a dollar and over) was ra id for it in any guantity on the Goldfiel Bx 5 change without any of the stock coming to the ae Surface.. As it was known that some 60,000 or ee He iri Mae pee = had been sold in the ast, an at these shares were un be floating around New York ‘ana ee tern brokers received orders on | ,
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12 field to pick it up at $1 or thereabouts: > Word, however, was sent back that the stock had mys- * teriously disappeared from the mining markets -of New York and Jersey. City, and that not-a share could be got at that price. “Continued bidding, in Goldfield sent the price up to $1.50 ~ a share, and as Mr. Sharp received a daily revort ee ti transactions on the Goldfield and other West- ern mining exchanges, Eddie was kept informed - of the advanced value of Red Top: At $1.50 a _ share he stood to’ make over $35,000 on his deal, but as yet he was in no hurry to let his holdings 20 as he believed it might go to $2 a share, or even better. The prospect of such big winnings did not make Eddie so excited that he couldn’t attend to his. regular work in the office. Somehow or another his two previous deals had made him accustomed to look for a good thing in hand. Although $35,000 was way and above his ‘previous profits, yet he knew that large fortunes had ‘been made out of mining stocks, and there was no reason why he shouldn’t ‘be one of the fortunate ones, especially as the i, reports from Red Top were daily more encourag- ing. His mother and sister: aswell as Sylvie “Thorne and even. Charley Gates, noticed a change in his general demeanor. He seemed to have Pi fpit become more of a man all at once. but other- »- wise he gave no-indication that anything unusual -. -had happened to him. . Sylvie and Charley both thought that the chane> was due to his having saved Mr. Sharp from the fangs of Walker Ben- nett, and that he now felt pretty solid in the office in consequence thereof. “Say,” grinned Charley one day, “I - guess you’re the whole.thing in your office now next to the boss.” “Oh, no, I’m just the same as I always was,” ~ replied Eddie. 3 ; “No, you’re not. You’ve changed ‘ever since -you helped Mr. Sharp out of his hole. I thought maybe he’d taken you in as junior partner.” “You've got another think - coming, then, Charley. The only partner Mr. Sharp ever had, or probably ever will have, i is dead and moldering in his grave’ years ago.” “ “WV ell, you have the air of a junior partner, i at-any rate.” @. “I wasn’t aware of that fact.” “Tl leave it to Sylvie Thorne. We were talk- ing about it the last time I saw her.” “Were you? Well, I feel greatly flattered to Jearn ‘that I was the subject ‘of so Brace. im- portance: to both of you.” “Don’t get sarcastic.” .- “£ suppose you were both very much disturbed a iy the subject.” “Oh, come now, we can’t help remarking the i - faet when we see you act different from usual. “So you think I’ve got a swelled head because i-was, so fortunate as to do Mr. Sharp a good turn? PENS. I don’t think you’ve got a swelled head i cree ti But I know how I’d feel if I helped > Mr Y'd feel as if I was of more. importance in ane office, and that my job was pretty secure.” “Isn't your job just as secure as long as ‘you attend to business “as you ought to? TIPS TO FORTUNE . you intimated that you didn’t believe me. Ludlow, or Mr. Mills, out’ of a tight box. ‘ness in Wall Street to pick up, and as “suppose it is,” admitted Charley; “but when - Mr. Sha hi datas a favor as big as you did — for Mr: Sharp, ane it makes a heap of difference jn his official standing.” ~ “Well, if it will relieve your mind ¥ will tell you tat the favor I did Mr. Sharp is not worry ing me much one way or the other. Tam glad I was able to be of service to him. a ‘ I believe he is grateful to me for what I did for him, but, that. covers the whole matter. If there is any — apparent change in'me to your eves, and Sylvie’s, it is because I’m , growing wealthy, and the though of how I shall make good use of the money that’s in sight, is largely occupying my: mind to the exclusion of lighter topics.” % Eddie spoke with .exaggerated solemnity, and he used the biggest words he could think of to- express what he had to say. At the same time he felt like laughing outright at the expression that came over his friend’s face as_he spoke. “Oh, thit’s it—you’re growing wealthy,” said Charley, with a quizzical look. “Becoming a millionaire, I suppose. So that’s what is troub- ling you?” “Yes, that is what is troubling me,” replied = Eddie. 4 “I wish I was suffering from the same trouble, ; if. it was real, only in your case, I think you're giving me another lot of hot air? “Which is equivalent to saying that you do my assertion, eh? “Well, I don’t like to call you a liar, tha wouldn’t be friendly, but I think you are stretch ing the truth to the limit.” “One .f these days, Charley, when that. ae of yours wakes up to the realization that every- thing I’ve been telling you is a cold, hard fact, youll be sorry that you doubted me. Let me recall to your dense vision that I told you I made $1,200 on M N., and you said I was jollying you. Then I called your attention to the nee that I was long on 200 shares of S. & W., and — fore, it will be useless for me to expect vou take stock in my statement that I collai $2,800 out of the deal. , With the sum of $5,000 in good, yellowbacks you will, no doubt, laug’ when I tell you et I pee 40,000 shares of profit so far on the transaction. just $35,000. Add to this sum my $5,000 ca and you will see that I reckon myself w $40, 000, with every prospect that further sponsibility that they say alwags attaches the possession of a considerable sum of mo is probably beginning to have its effect, on me, — that’s why I look different to you and § Charley listened to Eddie’s truthful stor the air of one who was thoroughly satisfi he was being jollied. CHAPTER X.— Red ‘Top Proves a Ww _ and the Scotts: Move Into a New H About. this” tine a rising market. cause: harps share ~ “of ot ig ‘came se -Mr.
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Eddie was. kept on the hustle from nine till after three carrying. messabes. from. the office to _. ‘brokers in different buildings, and to the bright young clerk at the Exchange who. represented: ~- Mr. Sharp on the floor. As the days went by -- Red Top advanced on the various mining: markets from $1.50 to $1.75 a share, adding about $10,- 000 more to Eddie’s wordly wealth. - ~ He chuckled when he thought of the surprise Charley, but also for his mother and sister, who had not the faintest suspicion that he was worth a cent: One of the chief reasons why he told _ Charley the facts about his winnings was be- ~ eause he felt sure Charley wouldn’t believe him - and that would add a whole lot to the-laugh he expected to have on him in the sweet by-an-by. About the middle of the- following month Red Top reached $2 a share. That meant another - $10,000 profit for Eddie. : eae : -. “Tf it would only keep on going up till it went out of sight,” thought the boy, “I might ee a millionaire without doing any more work.” 2 hae nothing more passed between Eddie and his his friend on the subject of the fortune “about. One day, however, Charley remembered the matter and, with a ae smile, asked him if he had reached the $50,000 mark yet. “Sure I have, and past. it.” \, “How much past?” grinned Gates. xact amount I’d have to do considerable calcu- é ating. 1 bought Red Top at fifty-five cents and qatin Goldfield quotations. . Forty thousand shares cost 6 $22,000, of which amount interest in being upon it. Forty thousand shares at $2.05 amounts. ~ to $82,000, the present value of the stock. De- -. duct from that sum $19,800, interest hereon for ~ 88-days, and the bank’s commissions, and to the ~ remainder add my capital of $5,000, and you will - know exactly. what I’m worth this moment. “Say, you're a peach, Eddie,” laughed Gates. «Pll give you eredit for* having a wonderful Ydemory. That’s a great advantage to a fellow when he tells a2 whopper and attempts to back it up right along with facts. I’m beginning to think that you actually imagine that you're tell- 2 i the truth.” “Well, Charley, whatever my faults, I’ve al- ni ? _the Cherry Tree.” : : Meee thee’: about as much truth in you being worth $60,000 as there is in that story, which has the whiskers ‘of age on it.” During the next fortnight Red Top went up “$2.15 and then dropped back to ‘$2, 0 “Looks as if thé stock had reached its’ limit. ‘guess I’d better let out some of my shates,’ Accordingly he ordered the bank to dispose of 10,000 shares in small ee te ce ae The “shares were sold through different brokers on i he Curt and Eddie got $20,000 for them, With iat money, and the cash he still had on hand he ttled with the bank in full, and became the actual owner of the remaining 30,000 shares, that: had a market value of $60,000. - .» As Townsend and Carson disposed of their 12,- ° ynsen 7 _he had in store, not only for the unbelieving. $ now worth $2.05, according to the latest: par against’ me on .$19,800, which I owe ways tried to imitate the story of George Wash- 000 shares at about $2, “that: put 22,000 shares. TIPS TO FORTUNE 18. “on the market, and the price in the local markets the former had said he was making and worrying ~ “About $10,000. If you wanted to know the , went down to $1.90, though it was selling at $2 in Goldfield. After the lapse of several weeks Eddie, finding: that the steck continued to hang around thatfigure, concluded to get rid of his” holdings by degrees. He sent 10,000 shares to a biz brokerage house in Goldfield and: got $20- 000° for them: .The balance he got rid of in Jersey City and on Broad Street at $1.95. A short time afterward,:the product of the mine going down, the price of the stock’ fell to $1.45, where it remained with sundry fluctuations above and below. , Eddie was glad he had got out of it at top-notch figures. With $58,000 stowed away. in a safe deposit box, he had rented for the pur- pose, he felt he had no kick coming, Having closed up his mining’ stock deal, and with nothing ~ « now on his. mind to occupy his attention outside the office, Eddie began to.think it was high time that the Scott family should move into a better flat, in a more*refined- location. Without saying anything to his mother, he went arund and in- vestigated several chice five-room apartments. Finally he decided on. one that he knew would please his mother and sister, so he took it, and paid a. month’s rent on it.” That night, when, they were all at. supper, he said: “Mother, I think we've lived long enough in this: house. —It’s shabby and in need of repair, — and the agent doesn’t worry himself about fixing: it up for us, so- we'll let him-do that for another = tenant.” : aes “But a better flat will cost more, Eddie,” said. his mother, “and it will aiso-cost something: to - move.” a “Don’t you worry about that. ill pay the rent of the flat we: move into, and the expense of © transferring our goods.” - “You!” she ejaculated; sarprised. : “Yes; mother. i've made anocher good haul in the market, and [I can afford to’ do the right thing by -you.” : a i That settled the matter and a-flat inva better location was procured. : Bi, And so in a tew aays the Scotts moved into ». their new home, ~ r CHAPTER XI.—Eddie Gets in on a Boom and Makes a Big Haul. : Of course one of the fist callers at the new flat. _ was Charley Gates, who had taken a great fancy _ to Eddie’s sister Edith. He judged that the rent. must be high, and he wondered how the Seotts cotild afford to pay it. This flat had a private hall which Eddie had fitted with a fine red carpet. The old carpets used in the other flat, and which had grown threadbare from constant service; had — been discarded, and their places taken by rugs of a good quality and suitable sizes. The parlor rug had cost Eddie $40, and the dining-room one $25. The bedrooms, however, were carpeted with a pretty pattern. Eddie had also invested in an oak sideboard, and had replaced the old wooden beds by iron ones, painted white, with brass tops. Al- — pe Ee the refurnishing had cost Eddie nearly Charley, after looking the place over, and com- menting on its. improved appearance, mentally —
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4 decided that some rélative of the Scotts had died and left them money. That was the only way he could acount for their sudden rise in prosperity. “You shall have a swell flat now,” he remarked to Edith. ' “Yes, it’s very nice, indeed. Eddie paid for all the new things you see, and he’s paying the rent besides.” : ( “What!” gasped Charley. “Eddie has paid— where did he get the money?” “Why, don’t you know? [I thought he told you. He’s made money: in the market.” | “The dickens he has! He’s been telling me ‘some cock-and-bull story about being ‘worth $60,000, but you couldn’t expect me to believe that.” ities z ; 4 “Of course not. That would be too ridiculous. But he’s made quite a sum, for all these things cost him a pretty penny.” “Didn’t he tell you how much he made?” “No,” ‘said Edith, shaking her head. very close about it.” ; | $o Charley tackled Eddie presently. “Your sister says you’ve been making money in the market. How much did you make?” “Haven’t I been telling you right along,” re- plied Eddie, with a curious smile. ; “You’ve been giving me ghost stories right along. Now I ‘wish you’d tell the*truth.” ~ _ “You’re giving me a pretty hard reputation, Charley, and before my folks, too.” _. “I can’t help it. You shouldn’t have tried to fil me up with gas about your imaginary deals, especially the Red Top one, in which you claimed to have made about fifty thousand. Now, own up for once. Tell me how much you’ve pulled. out of the market.” “What’s the use?” laughed Eddie. wouldn’t believe me.” “Of course I wouldn’t if you gave me the same _ old. steer.” . - “That’s* what -I thought, so*I won’t say any- Seats thing.” \ : : ~ ® Charley was clearly annoyed. 3 “All xight,” he said, “don’t. I’m not curious about the matter.” E; “Don’t get mad, Charley,” said Eddie. ‘What difference does it make, anyway, whether I made $1,000 or $60,000, as long as we’re friends? I’ve made enough, at any rate, to enable mother and sis to put on a little more style than we used to.” “Oh, I ain’t mad,” replied Gates. “We'll let it x “He's “You ' go as you say. Pou made something, and I’m ” glad you did. I wish I was lucky. -* The conversation then turned to another sub- | ject, and after a while Charley went home. A few days afterward Eddie found out through the conversation of a-trio of brokers in his office that a combination of big' operators had been formed to boom C. & D. stock. The brokers had called to engage Mr. Sharp to conduct a portion of the buying for the pool. : ‘Eddie looked up C. &. D. in the market report and found it was ruling at 55. Before the day was over he went to the little bank and ordered the purchase of 5,000 shares of “the stock. He _ wouldn’t take the chance of loading up with any more, as he prudently determined to hold enough ~ meney ‘back to make a possible call for more ° TIPS TO FORTUNE margin if the price should happen to fall sev- eral points before the boom got started; which — often happened. The stock did fall in value three + points within the next two days, but after that ~~ it slowly recovered and gradually went to 56 by the close of the week. Eddie watched the ticker all during the following week and noted that C. & D. fiuctuated like a swing of a pendulum, but the trend was upward. It closed each day about a point higher than the opening figure of the morning. When Saturday came around again it ~ was ruling at 60 3-8, which meant that the boy could have made $25,000 if he sold out then, © Eddie had no intention of selling out yet. He expected to clear at least $50,000 on this deal, © for he felt confident that the price would go to 65, at. any rate. ci : “I thought you said your sister was coming” around to make my acquaintance,” said Sylvie, as she was covering up her typerwriter prepara- tory. to quitting work that Saturday. “I believe she promised to come two weeks ago.” ; “She was detained at her office, and last Satur-— day she had to-get, uptown early,” replied Eddie. “However, she’ll be here to-day, unless something unforeseen turns up.” ; shall “T hope so, as I should like to know her.” The words were hardly out of her mouth te- . fore one of the clerks came over and told Eddie that his sister was in the reception room. es The boy went out and brought her into the counting room. Sieben “Miss Thorne, this is my sister,” he saids, “Edith, Miss Sylvie Thorne.” ~ Bie Beier The girls bowed and sized each other up. The first impression in eahe case seemed to be fay- orable, and soon, to Eddie’s satisfaction, they — were talking together like old friends. “I’ve heard a good deal about you, Miss Thorne,” said Edith, laughingly. “Eddie is. for- ever talking about you. He says. you the nices re Bagi “Oh, come, now, Edith, none of that,” objected her brother, flushing... ~_ Be Sylvie also blushed a little. At that moment — Charley Gates came in. He was delighted to find Edith there, and’she smiled graciously upon — him. Then Eddie invited them all to lunch at his — expense. a hen “Where are you going to take us? To Del’s?” grinned Charley. a “Oh my, we couldn’t think of going there, could we, Miss Scott?” exclaimed Sylvie. ‘i “No, indeed. It wouldn’t be fait to bankrupt Eddie,” laughed Edith. ei a eine bankrupting me,” put | “l’ve got more money than you “Don’t you worry about in her brother. imagine.” ‘ ism “That’s right,’ said Charley. “He’s worth $60,000.” raf oat “fs that all?” said Sylvie.* seal “Never mind what I’m worth, as long as I can: foot the bill for the lunch. Come on, let’s oe? going. The janitor is coming in to clean up, and that’s a hint for us to make ourselves searce around these. diggings.” ibe Eddie took Sylvie under his wing while Charl escorted Edith. In that order they walked x Wall Street to Broadway, and secon found th 2 x
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TEES TO > .. Eddie ordered a first-class lunch, to which they did ample justice, and then they- walked up to City Hall Park and took the underground train for Harlem. Edith and Charley got off at One Hundred and Thirty-§fth street, but Eddie went ~ on with Sylvie to her home in the Bronx, where he was invited to stay for tea, and accepted. Soon after the Exchange opened Monday morninz D., and many of them began to make offers fér the stock. Then the fact was developed that there ~ seemed to be Searcely any of it on the market. That led to the natural conclusion that the shares had been cornered by some syndicate of specu- lators. , Half an hour later the stock was up to 65, and the traders seemed to be going wild. over ‘it. Brokers with buying orders for it were con- tinually coming on the floor and laying for a chance to get enough of the shares to satisfy their customers. While Eddie was there it went up a whole point to 66. An hour afterward he “was sent back with another note and found the brokers howling and struggling as if their lives ~ were at stake. C. & D. was up’to 70 and a frac- tion. ; : ; ~~ On his way back to the office Eddie went to the bank and ordered his shares sold. ~The -bank’s representative let it out in small lots so as not to disturb the market, and inside of half an hour the boy was out of it with a profit of $75,000, coming to him, which he got in the form a check on the following day. t CHAPTER -XIL.—The New Discovery Gold : Mine. : The Grand Jury having found an indictment ainst Walker. Bennett. for his “ttack on Mat: thew Sharp, his trial came on and his’ bondsmen turned him over to the sheriff. He was defended hat he was suffering from an attack of tem- Otary insanity at the time he-committed the p= ofense.-* The jury, however, disagreed with this view of the matter and found him guilty. An applica- ion for a new trial on technical .grounds. was 1ade to the judge, and denied’ Then a stay was ybtained until the verdict could be reviewed d passed on by a higher court. This gave the convicted broker a respite from going to the ‘State prison. But it didn’t avail him anything in he end, for the higher court refused to reyerse the verdict, and Bennett was taken to Sing Sing ie son up the river to put in a sentence of three rs and six months. : t That seemed to settle his career as a Wall Street broker. When Mr. Sharp got possession oi the 5,000 shares of Montana Copper, which He had bought from Mrs. Wise for $5 a ‘share, rice had advanced to $5.25. The old broker s check to the widow for the $25,000 rece, together with interest on that amount the time that had intervened between the of the ‘sale and the time he got the certifi- from Walker Bennett. This. amounted to ning’ over: $100, . Eddie earried the letter way into one of the well-known restaurants. the attention of the brokes was attracted to C. & . yy eminent counsel, and an effort made to prove ~ ‘as an effort was now on foot by the management FORTUNE in ed to her containing the check, and thus made her acquaintance. She took quite a fancy to the boy and told him the history of the case. “It was mighty fortunate for you that you met Mr, Dean that day before you had completed the sale of the stock,” said: Eddie. {Otherwise you might never have found out that Walker Bennett 4 swindled you out of nine-tenths of the value of your shares.” : She nodded and looked at Mr. Sharp’s check with great: satisfaction. ; 5 “Pm going to give up keeping boarders now and invest part of this money in a house.” “That's. a good idea, ma’am,” replied. Eddie. “The interest on’ the rest of the money should keep you in comfort for the balance of your life.” Mrs. Wise, however, was not as wise as her name might indicate. Soon after Eddie’s visit | one of her boarders, having learned that she was ~ worth $25,000 in cash, began to show considera- ble interest in her affairs. The widow was at a- great disadvantage when pitted against a schem- er, and the boarder was one of those men who are éver on the lookout for an easy mark: He gradually worked himself into her confidence and his first object was to persuade her that the - present was not a pood time to buy property. ~ He assured her that real estate would take a tumble in value inside of six months and that then would be the time for her to purchase prop- erty. Having succeeded in side-tracking her in- tention of purchasing a small house for herself, he next essayed to dazzle her eyes with sundry - investments by which he promised her large re- turns for her money: Mrs. Wise gradually turn- ed a favorable ear to the specious arguments of eg her boarder, who assured: her that he was work-_ ing’ solely in her interest... The boarder had seyeral irons in the fire, but the one he was chiefly interested in was to get rid of a big block*of worthless shares of a gold mine in Ari- zona. The mine had at one time promised a fortune to its promoters, and had sold for $6.3 share on the exchanges, but the lead had sud-— denly petered out, and after a vain effort to find more paying ore the property had been prac- tically abandoned. ~Hundreds of investors: lost. money when the stock was finally dropped from the lists, and from one of the unfortunates the boarder in question had bought a block of 10,000 shares for a mere song, and had held on to it with the view of later on unloading it upon ‘some unsuspecting person a‘ a fat profit. : The Widow Wise oppeared to be just the easy proposition™the boarder had been looking for, Se He ‘showed her the original prospectuses of the “ company, together with a whole stack of old- Western exchange reports when the stock was quoted at a good price. He told her that, owino ai to trouble between the officers of thee company, : the shares had gone down to $2.50, which was about half theiz real value, and to confirm his ‘i Statement showed her a lot of newspaper clip-_ pings which he had had printed to further his scheme. One of these clippings stated that the trouble between the company’s officials was now” almost over and that the shares would surely 20 to $5 Be oe of : arin The alleged news- paper clipping advised all persons owning shares — of the stock to hold on to them oe all” E iahes eh
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Tow ‘ entered the office and asked for Mr. Sharp. “present: low price. 16 to buy in all the shares thev could find .at the The boarder then told Mrs. Wise that he knew of a man who ha te dispose of at the market rate. This man was ill in bed and not able to go down town and call on a broker: “Here, is .a golden opportunity, Mrs. Wise,” he said, “for you to double your money -inside of thirty days. If that man knew what you and I know he would not think for a moment of sell- ing his stock. If I only had $25,000 myself I couldn’t buy. that stock quick enough. You, however, have the money, and the advantage is yours. All I ask is that you promise to ‘give me $5,000 out of your $25,000 profit when you sel] the shares a month from now at $50,000.” Mrs. Wise was easily convinced that a small fortune lay within her reach, and she commis- sioned her boarder to get the stock for her, which he did by taking the eertificates from his trunk and handing them to her in exchange for her $25,000 good money. The boarder, who was none other than Walker Bennett’s chief clerk, Barry Thomas, took the money and proceeded to look for an opportunity in Wall Street to specu- late with it. He hoped to double it before the thirty days had expired, and then he proposed to depart for parts unknown, The day that the unsophisticated Widow Wise parted with her money for the worthless stock was the day that Eddie got his check from the little bank in settle- ment of his real in C. & D. The boy was now worth $185,000, and he felt pretty good. That afternoon, while he was sitting in his seat in the reception-foom, a tanned, threadbare ae e gave his name as William Harlow. The old broker accorded him an interview. It was brief, however, and the visitor came out looking very down in the mouth. He started for the door and then stopped. Eddie watched him curiously, “and noticed that his gait was un- steady. He turned around and walked up to the young: messenger. “Young man, would you do me a favor?” he asked. “What is it?” asked Eddie. “Give me ten eents. I haven't eaten a mouth- ‘fal today, and I’m famished.” There was a hungry glare in the man’s eves that was unmistakable, though it might have been drink, not food, that he craved. Eddie put his hand in his poeket and fished, out the smallest coin he had, which was a quarter. “Here’s a quarter. Get yourself a decent meal,” he said. : “Thank you, young man. I sha’n’t forget it. Tt’s hard luck. when a man who has been once wealthy has to beg for the price of something to eat.” j “That’s right,” nodded Hddie. y “This is the last bit of property I have in the world,” he said, indicating the package he had jn his hand. “LE thought to raise something on jt; if only $100, but I find it has no value to speak of. Once I could have got $30,000 for it.” “Thirty thousand!” ejaculated the boy. “What SAE te - ‘ “A certificate of 5,000 shares made out in my, - name of the New Discovery Gold Mining Com- : d 10,000° “share of the mining stock which he was anxious TIPS ‘TO FORTUNE pany, of Arizona. I ‘bought it when it was low—twenty-five cents a share. I saw it rise steadily to $6: That is’ the time I should have sold out.” ~~ ; $s “T should think so,” replied Eddie. ‘ ' “But there was every prospect of it becoming worth double that, so I held'on. Without warn- ing the mine gave out and the price tumbled to almost nothing. Since then I have held on to it, thinking that some day it might again be- come valuable. But there is scareely any chance that it ever will. I offered the certificate to Mr. Sharp for $50, but he wouldn’t touch it. I was. ashamed to tell him how strapped I was though Heaven Knows I look shabby enough. If I could get $25 for the ‘stock I’d gladly accept it, for it is of no use to me, and that sum would keep life in my body a while longer.” ps ee “Let me see the certificate,” said Eddie. Harlow unrolled the package and exhibited it. “Tt it’s worthless, as you say, no one will give you $25 for a lithographed sheet of paper.” __ “It would fetch a cent a share in Goldfield, though the stock is no longer listed, if a pur- chaser could be found.” a “J never heard of this mine before,” said Eddie. “It must be a dead one.” The visitor. began to roll the certificate up. op “T’1T tell you what I'll do.” said the boy. “Leave the certificate with me and I'll take it to the “. Mining Exchange and see if the secretary knows anything about it. I'll let you have a dollar in ~ addition to that quarter to carry you over till — tomorrow. Come in hereabout half-past three and then I’ll let you know if it will be possible —— to sell the certificate for anything at all.” The visitor agreed to this proposal of the boy’s and handed him the package and took the dollar, “I’m much obliged to you, young man. [ll be | here tomorrow afternoon.” r ee * 'Yhen bidding H/ddie good-by, he left the office. _ “T wonder if I! ever see him again?” thought the young messenger. “This might be only a sample certificate got out by a stationer to show — off his work,,and, consequently, would not rep- resent any mine at all. That chap having come — into possession of it mav have started a new game of bunco to raise the wind. Well, what's the odds? The poor fellow looked as if he > hadn’t seen a square meal in a coon’s age. That. money I'll never miss, and it won’t be wasted, I. — guess, unless he passes it over a bar for drinks.” — Ten minutes later Eddie was sent with a note to a broker in the Vanderpool Building, and there being no answer, he went on down New Street to the rear entrance of the building where the Mining Exchange was located. Taking the — elevator up, he asked for the secvetary and was shown into his office. - 4 ah “I have here a certificate of stock of the New Discovery Gold Mining Company,! of Arizona — Is there such a mine?” asked Eddie. ; “Let me see the certificate,” said the secretary. The boy handed it to him. ‘ iat “There is such a mine as the New Discovery, and: this is one of the original certificates of treasury stock,” said the secretary; “but it is not worth anything, if that is what you called to inguire about. The history of the New Discov is similar to many other mining propositions. cept that it actually ‘did turn out ore of-a
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TIPS TO FORTUNE nomenal value at first, which secured the mine a place on the exchanges, and the price of this’ stock went.as high as $6 a:share, I believéy at one time. Then the vein of ore gave out entirely, and, all efforts to find a fresh lead failed. The mine was dropped from the exchanges and was finally abandoned as worthless.” “Then this certificate is not worth even a cent a share?” said Eddie. “TY wouldn’t give $5 for it.” The secretary took down a book containing a classified record of all mining properties, valu- able and otherwise, and looked up the New Dis-: “covery. A brief history of the mine was given there, substantially as the secretary had told Eddie. Some figures in red ink attached called the offi- cer’s attention to a certain page in a series of - serap books on a shelf. He took the book down. -. Facing the page in question was a copy of the ‘printed application for listing the mine on the San Francisco Exchange, A number of news- paper clippings» cut from Western papers were pasted on the page itself. The secretary looked them over, particularly the last one. “Well,” he said, “this clipping, a recent one, states that several capitalists have bought up the control of the property, probably for a mere. song, and are prospecting it and sinking a shaft in ia new direction. It is possible that something ‘Wight come or it, though in’my cpinion ine out- Jook that the New Discovery will ever again amount to anything is exceeding small.” ‘That ended the interview. Next day, when William Harlow called, Eddie paid him $25 for _ _ the certificate, and got him te sign a bill-of-sale. -. Then the boy stowed the certificate away in his safe deposit box. ; - CHAPTER XIIJ—How the Widow Found Out She Had Been Victimized. - -#& dayor two afterward Eddie met the Widow = ‘Wise on Fourteenth street. She seemd very glad ~ to see the boy, and asked him why he hadn’t called on her. ; ; “Well, I don’t often get over in your direction. _ Have you bought a house yet?” . “Qh, no, I’m not going to buy one til] the fall. ” Ms. Thomas, one of my boarders, told me that it is a bad time to buy property now.” “A had time!” ejaculated Eddie, in surprise. “Yes, He says there will soon be a fall in prices, and that I’ll be able to save considerable money if I wait till the fall.” “Py affaid Mr. Thomas doesn’t know much about real estate in New York and_ vicinity. Voverty will never be any lower than. it is now. Pverybody. who: knows anything about the mat- ter says that, and I believe it. I have made a little money lately in the market myself, and’ I’m ‘going to give mother enough to buy a house. I have told her to look around and pick ‘out what she woud like right away. There isn’t a particle of use waiting until the fall. Don’ let Mr. Thomas’ opinion frighten you, Mrs. Wise. — ‘ou d and talk to real estate men and satisfy rself,”” ; ahetg > 4 we if. “Well,” replied Mrs. Wise, “you may be right, — Eddie. However, I can’t buy. a. housesuntll Le stock doubles in value.” oe gi “How many shares did. you buy, and what did you pay for them?” : “T bought 10,000 shares and erst “Ten thousands shares, eh?” “Yes, indeed. I paid $25,000 for the stock, and it’s worth——” “Twenty-five thousand dollars, Mrs. Wise!” almost gasped Eddie. “It must be a good divi- dend payer, for that’s $2.50 a share.” : “Mr. Thomas told me it’s worth $5 or $6 a share, and™that:as soon as the trouble between . the officers is over it will go right up to that. He says I should be able to make $25,000 out of the stock in a month.” : This statement fairly paralyzed Eddie, who knew considerable about mining matters in a gen- eral way. “Myr. Thomas told you that?” . “Yes. He seems to be a very well informed man. He also brought me newspaper clippings from Western papers to prove all he said.” “He did?” replied Eddie, more than ever as- tonished. : “Oh, yes. This stock was selling at $6 a share mot a great while ago. He showed me what he called market reports, and I saw the price with my Own. eyes.” y Mrs: Wise seemed to consider that as conclusive evidence. Unfortunately for Mrs. Wise, Barry ‘Thomas took care to cut off the dates from the © reports he showed her. They were all of two years old, but she didn’t suspect that. “Who is this Mr. Thomas? Does he deal in stocks?” } “T really couldn’t say, but I don’t think so, though -he goes to Wall Street every day. He said he would have bought the stock himself if he had had $25,000, because it was the easiest and most certain way he knew of to double the money.” : Re “He said that, did he?” said Eddie, beginning to have a strong’ suspicion that there was some-- thing wrong about the transaction... “He did, indeed. I have promised to give him $5,000 when I sell the stock.” “Oh, I see, that’s how he is going to pay him-~ self for giving you a good thing. Through what broker did you buy your stock?” “Myr. Thomas got it for me. He bought it of a sick man who didn’t know that the shares would soon double in value.” rine’ “Did you give Mr. Thomas $25,000 for that stock, Mrs. Wise?” “Of course. I couldn’t get the certificates with- out paying for them.” ; “Tf I was you, then, when I sold them I would take them to a reputable broker. Twenty-five thousand or more might be something of a temp- tation to this Mr. Thomas. How. long have you known him?” “About six months, since he came to board with — me, “Why don't you find out whether Mr. Thomas _ is a curb broker or is merely employed by a bro- - kerage house?” : seek.
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a1 ° eS “T never thought to ask him, but now that you tion it I will.’ f , “I would, Mrs. Wise. By the way,” added Ed- ‘ie, remembering that he had not asked the name - of the mine, and intending ‘to look it. up in the Western market reports next day, “what is the ‘name of this mining stock you bought througir Mr. Thomas?’ “The name, is the New Discovery Mining Co, It’s beautifully engraved on ee “The what?” exclaimed Eddie, fairly startled. “The New Discovery. It’s beautifully——” “Of Arizona?” “Certainly—of Arizona.” “And you actually paid $25,000 in cash for 10,000 shares of the New Discovery Gold Mining Company?” fees “Why, of course. Didn’t I say so?” said Mrs. Wise, almost petulantly. “Then you want to have your boarder arrested immediately, for he’s swindled you most outra- geously.” ; -“Swindled me!” “Yes, swindled you. cent a share.” ‘Eddie proceeded to explain to her the exact standing of the New Discovery mine. Mrs. Wise bgean to show symptoms of hysterics. That stock isn’t worth a “Come, now, Mrs. Wise, I’ll see you home, and’ © take a look at those papers that your boarder, Mr. Thomas, showed you as evidences of the worth of the mine, if you. have them.” : ‘But the’ widow said that Barry Thomas had not left them with her. F “Well, ’l go home with you anyway and take a look at your certificates to make sure that you - haven’t made a mistake in the name of the mine.” - $0 Eddie went with her to the boarding-house and she showed him the certificates that - Mr. ‘TWwomas sold her for $25,000. “That Barry Thomas is a rascal,” said the boy. “It’s a wonder he didn’t disappear the moment after he got your money. He must think that - you’re an uncommonly easy mavk. He persuaded -you not to buy a house so that he might gather in every cent you had. His nervé is simply colos- sal.” ( Mrs. Wise cried and went on in a hysterical fashion. Eddie did his best to soothe and quiet her down. .As soon as- she got into a rational frame of mind again he said he’d go with her and see about getting a’ warrant for the immediate arrest of Barry Thomas, The warrant was duly issued on her statement, backed up by Eddie’s expert knowledge of the value of the stock in question, and an officer was detailed to make the arrest. Thomas, however, was not made a pris- oner, That day something he read in the paper caused him to change his mind about remaining “gn New York and chancing discovery of his fraud. While Mrs. Wise was out shopping, and before < she met Eddie, he came to his room, packed his - grip and took a train for Philadelphia. The only \ pit of comfort Mrs. Wise had was what Eddie told her about work having been resumed in the mine. i “Jt is possible that after a time another lead of ore may be discovered on the property,” he id, “in which event you may possibly be able i TIPS TO FORTUNE : ~ “You expect to make that much?” H r , { to get ten of fifteen cents a share for your stock.’ It was on the chance of something like that hap- pening,that induced me to buy the 5,000 shares - have bothered: with it.” ’ The boy advised her to put the. certificates away in a safe place, and hope for the best. CHAPTER XIV.—Eddie and Sylvie. “Eddie,” said Sylvie Thorne next morning, “you’ve been doing a little speculating in the market, haven’t you?” ere “Yas, a little,” replied the boy, smiling at the pretty stenographer. a “Charley told me you made enough to furnish up a new flat for your mother and sister in fine shape.” py “He told you the trufh, I guess.” * “You must have made quite a nice profit on your deal.’ ‘ : “Which deal do you refer to?” “He told me that you persist in claiming to_ have made $60,000 out of a deal in 40,000 shares of Red Top.” ene “T never told him that I made $60,000. Ionly made $55,000.” “Why, how could’ you make $55,000-in a stock deal of any kind? Isn’t that just too absurd for anything?” f : “J don’t see anything absurd about it. The — shares were selling at fifty-five cents, and I got — a tip that they were certain to go up to $2 or more. I had just cleared $2,800 on a deal in— S. & W., had $1,700 cash and Mr. Sharp present- ed me with $500 for what I did for him that — afternoon. That made $5,000 in all. It only took — half of that.to secure control of 40,000 shares of Red Top. I held -the stock until it went to $2, then I got rid of half of it at that price. The other half I sold at $1.95. I cleared $55,000. Add.to that my $5,000 capital and you get the $60,000 Charley spoke to you about, and which he doesn’t believe I’m worth by probably $59,000/ Sylvie looked her amazement. i; “Aye you really telling the truth, Eddie Seott?”” “T am, but you want to keep it to yourself.” ~ “Your sister never mentioned the fact to me, If my brother had made that much I’d have been — so proud of the fact that I’d have told all my~ friends.” . : 3: “My sister doesn’t know anything about it. Neither does my mother.” * =r ere “My goodness! And you are really worth — $60,000?” / easy i Ser ees “Ym worth a good deal more’ than that. I made $75,000 the other day out of C. & 1). Add that to the $60,000-and you'll hit the mark.” -“T always thought you were smart, but you’r twice as smart-as I ever dreamed you to be Why haven’t you told your mother and sister?” “T'm waiting till I can show them a quarter a million.” 3 peste “Why not? If I managed to make $135,000 — out of $700, which was the amount IJ started out with, why shouldn’t I make a quarter of a mil lion and more with my present backing? Money makes money, you know.” . at nse ote
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“Well, Eddie, you’ve taken my breath away.” . “Pd rather take something else away.” ’ : “What's that?” iit “Your heart.” ty wis “Eddie Scott!” cried Sylvie, with a vivid blush. % “Aren’t you just——” ' Ee “What?” “Please let us change the conversation.” ~~ “Don’t you like me well enough to——” E “Now, Eddie,” remonstrated the fair girl, “I think you are. too——” ; “Svivie, you’re the only one I’ve taken into my tg isdldenes an doutmeks earnest. I’ve done it because, my sister excepted, you're the only girl JT care for in all the world, and I like you in a different way from Edith. If you can’t care for me as I want you to I’d like you to tell me right now, and then—well, 1 won’t bother you any ~ more with my attentions. Now do you care for me or don’t you?” “OF course Co for, you,” she ‘answered, blushingly. or eeioneng to promise to marry me some day?” “Yes,” she replied, softly. “Then I’m. satisfied. : ‘sake as my own that I’m trying to make all the ‘money I. can.” - = “J should like you just as well whether you had or not.” = nag Sean mean that, Sylvie?” asked Eddie, slipping his arm around her waist. 4 ” ‘T do. 4 ven deserve a kiss for that,” and suited the jon to the word. » ; adic had been watching the market very osely of late, and especially a certain stock own as L. & M. He had noticed that it had en quietly rising from 69 to 73 within a week. Saas day he went to the little bank and-bought 000 shares at the market. He put up $36,500 secure the bank, or ten per cent. of the pur- ‘chase price of the shares, the bank advancing the balance. Next day the stock went up to 74. ‘here was another stock which had attracted his attention on the same lines, and he got the bank to, buy him 5,000 shares of that in the same y. This was K. P., which was going at 89, ey a rise of four points. Withtwo deals to - Jook after, in which he had invested $81,000 of his money, he had his mind pretty well employed. ~ He was now working solely on his own judgment, the same as any outsider. He did not intend to ake chances he would have done with a tip in ich he had confidence. F hree-poi ise, which would give him a $15,000 mage ag SoD oa He hardly looked to see it for he did not think any syndi- He believed the a gor p to 763-8... That was high — oe gat i at so he got “leave of absence for a the office. ft se you'll _Junch with me. today, 5» . J It’s aS mucn tor your ~ ‘miles southwest of .Tucson. He was banking on a’ TIPS TO FORTUNE» fe ie Sylvie?” he said, when she was putting on her hat to go home at one o'clock. “We'll go to Del’s if you don’t: object.” “Oh, no,” she objected. a to go to such a Swell place. Besides I think it would be a waste of money.” ; “When a fellow has just make $15,000 he feels like spreading himself a bit.” : ipa have you made that much today?” she asked. “Yes. I sold out my holdings in L. & M. at that profit.” “I'm so glad. I was afraid you might slip up on these two deals of yours. I don’t like to see you risk so much money in the market.” “Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Sylvie. That's the brokers’ motto, at any rate, and as I hope to be a broker some day in the near future, I’m learning to take chances.” : -“You’re still in on K. P., aren’t you?” “Yes. It’s going. around 901-2, which puts me about $7,000 ahead on it.” “You're a fortunate boy, Eddie. your luck will continue.” As Sylvie didn’t care to #0 to Delmonico’s I only hope Eddie compromised on a first class restaurant on © After the meal he took the girl’ to the Academy of Afts in Central Park, where Beaver Street. they spent the greater part of (the afternoon. Then he took her home and stayed to tea. Tuesday Eddie sold K. P. at 91 and a fracti®n,. and added another $15,000 tn his capital, making him now worth $165,000. wd ec TLR, CHAPTER XV.—Encouraging News from : Arizona. : 3 On Wednesday morning he saw an article in. one of the Goldfield papers that caused him not a little excitement. It read as follows: ~~ “A MINE THAT HAS COME TO LIFE. “Three years ago the mining world was in- terested in the news of the discovery of what was alleged to be an enormously valuable gold mining property in the Santa_Clara range 100 Samples of a very high grade of ore were assayed and returned phenomenal values. The New Discovery Gold Mining Company was formed to take over the property. One hundred thousand Shares of de- velopment stock, and subsequently a like amount was - brought to the ground and the work of taking out | of treasury stock was sold, machinery and shipping the ore went on merrily. The stock was listed on the various exchanges and soon quoted at fifty cents. $6 was asked and paid for treasury stoel origi- “I’m not dressed up— Before the year was out
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20 From that day the New Discovery to all intents ‘and purposes ceased to exist as a paying mine. In time it was abandoned and the high-priced stock became valueless. After being forgotten of the. world for nearly two years, several san- fuine capitalists recently paid a visit to the » property and did some prospecting on their own ; hook. Then they returned to Goldfield, hunted up the men who practically owned the abandoned mine and, bought them out. After that they re- turned to Arizona. Six weeks ago one of these men reappeared in Goldfield and began quietly to buy up all the old shares he could wet hold of at about one cent a share. About 30,000 had been sold in New York, and an agent was sent Hast to seeure them, if possible, with what success we are unable to say. Now the news has come out that the New Discovery has come to life. A new and very rich lead is said to have been found in the mine that promises results equal_to, _ if not better than, the original discovery. Let us hope the report may prove to be true, and that the New Discovery will take its place once more among the rich producers of our country. But. until. substantial evidence is shown of this _ .. fresh Jead in the New Discovery we advise our readers to go slow about investing in any of the old. stock that may be offered to the public.” _. *Gracious!” exclaimed Eddie, after he had .. firffshed the article. - eouraging. That deal I made with William Har-: _ - low*may turn out to be a very lucky one. Poor. ~ Mrs. Wise may also be able to get a portion, if - not all, of her money back. Really, I.am almost . as much interested in seeing her recover the loss that rascal put upon her as in making a big haul myself. I must show this to Sylvie, and tell her about the certificate for 5,000 shares. which. I ~~ hought for $25 and which in time may return /-me a thousand per cent. profit.” When Eddie got home that afternoon little house in the upper part of the Bronx, not far from the underground station, which she ‘could’ get for $9,000. Tt had a fifty-foot frontage on the street, and extended bark 130 feet on the bias to. another _ street. “Tl go up on»Sunday, mother, and’ look it over. If I thing it’s worth the money you can sign a contract with the owner, or his agent, and T’ll give you $500 to pay on it. . Now, I’ve ' got something to tell you about a certificate of mining stock I bought awhile ago for $25, and which I hope may turn up’a big winner for me.’ He then related the history of the New Dis- covery mine, as far as he was acquainted with it, and handed her the newspaper article from the “Goldfield Miner” to read. “You don’t begin to know how lucky I have - been in the last six months,” said the boy. “I’m worth a great deal more than the few thousands { have told you of. Just how much I am worth I don’t mean to tell either you or sister ye a while. I want to give you both a good, surprise one of these days.” “T think you have already surprised us pretty well.. You certainly seem to be worth $10,000, at any rate, for you told me I could pay that much for a house that suited, me, and I didn’t : ¢\ TIPS TO FORTUNE “This certainly looks en- . ‘brains to speak of would hardly turn such a large his mother told him that she had picked out a nice’ suppose you would put all vour money into. a Bennett, now doing time in Sing Sing, tried to ~ do her up, on the Montana Copper shares. And — he would have succeeded only that she fortunately ; met an old broker of hers, named Dean, who is employed in our office. After all, she isn’t an better off, since she allowed the value of the Mon tana stock to get away from her so easily. Some people they say you can fool all the time, and she seems to be one of that class.” After that Eddie kept an eye out for further developments in the New Discovery Mining Co. He called again on the secretary of the Mining Exchange and asked him if he’d seen the report about the re-discovery of gold ore in the mine, and what he thought about it. The secretary, o course, had seen it. It was part of his business to keep track of such things. They always’ found - a place in the scrap books on the shelf for future : reference. He said the report ee: be correct, or it nich be a fake. The éapitalist who had bought up the original promoters of the mine might have caused the publication of that article for certain ulterior motives, such as to renew public interest in the abandoned mine and make a market -for the shares they had arqulired: at a imp - Suel
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ate s things were done by unscrupulous mining men, but he did not mean to insinuate that these men - were working such a game. @n the whole, he said, the matter looked en-. couraging enough for Eddie to maintain a good grip on his shares with the view to the possibility that the mine might turn out to be a good thing after all. Eddie looked at the matter in the same -. light, and left the Exchange feeling that the ’ chances were in-his favor to some extent. - ‘ On his way back to the office he met Charley Gates on Broad Street, talking to a big, strap- ing A. D. T. messenger boy, who looked as if ‘he would make a good fullback for a football team. On coming closer he recognized the lad as the boy who had ‘tumbled him into the street that morning on Nassau Street. The young fel- -Jow did not know him, however. Charley stopped Eddie by catching him by the arm. “Let me introduce you to a friend of mine,” he said. “Phil Burke, this is Eddie Scott, the _ richest messenger in the Street, for he says he’s worth $60,000.” ‘Burke grinned and held out his hand. “Oh, we’ve met before,” said Eddie. ~“T don’t remember you,” said Burke. _ : - “Well, I remember you. I ought to, seeing that fou knocked me head over heels into the middle Nassau: Street.” : When did I do that?” asked Burke, in sur- a casion. “By knocking you over?” “Yes. You put me on the road to good luck.” “Flow is that?” “Well, it’s too long a story to tell you now. me day maybe you'll learn all about it.” “What are you talking about?” asked Charley, to whom this was all Greek. “Oh, merely a little hot air that you think I’m ting off.” h?”? ; You don’t keep very good track of what I’m orth. If you add: $100,000 to it you'll come earer the mark.” : : ss “Suffering sardines! ‘Will you listen to that, ke? He’s worth $160,000 now. The next time- eet him it is likely to be a quarter of a fhil- : o J That is possible if I get in on a new deal that out well,” replied Eddie, coolly. hat will do,” said Charley. “Come on back 4 office.” i Pa : > ccordingly the two boys took leave of Phil d walked toward Wall Street. — R XVI.—Conelusion. CHAPTE ame on with its dull-periods, during 2 paren Ey nid aA TIPS TO FORTUNE time to study up stock — matter if he chose to employ his time that way. Mrs. Scott had bought and taken possession of the new house in the Bronx which Eddie not only paid for in cash, but furnished completely from = ~~ cellar to garret. This was a new surprise to ~ Charley, and he began to wonder if, Eddie wasn’t worth a good deal more than he had suspected. Certainly he must have made quite a lot of monew to pay for a house like the Scotts’ new home and furnish it up in fine shape. And, of course, he ~ must have quite a boodle left. to speculate with. “Eddie is quite a clever lad,” he said to himself. ~ “He isn’t telling everything he knows, either. I wonder how much he really has made inthe mar- ket? Of course $160,000, or even $60,000, seems - like sheer nonsense, though he tell it straight . enough. Somehow or another I don’t seem to un- derstand him any more. I can’t imagine how he — got his start in the market. Maybe he got hold of a good tip and sold it, or made an arrange- ment for. a share of the profits. At any rate he got around it some way. I wish I was lucky enough to do the same. Luck seems to come some _ peeple’s way, while others don’t even have a look- in at it.” : : aks A few days afterward Charley asked Eddie point blank how much he was worth: “Tsn’t that“rather a cheeky question to ask a_ fellow?”-asked Eddie, smilingly. ; } * “Well, perhaps it is, but you’ve been giving me so many ghost stories about big winnings that I really would like to know just where you do< ~~ stand.” “Seeing that it’s you, Charley, I’ll tell you once more I’m worth $154,000. I was worth $165,000" the other day, but I bought and furnished a house for mother, you know, and I couldn’t do that on wind.” “So you’re worth $154,000?” said Charley, with an incerdulous look. : “Yes.” ‘ a : : ; é “And you're still running messages for old Sharp?” ; % “You see Iam, don’t you?” - “Well, If I was worth a quarter of that you wouldn’t catch me wearing out shoe-leather for Ludlow, Mills & Co. Not on your tintype!” “What would you do? Make a tour of Burope in an automobile?” : “No. I'd go in business for myself.” - . “What business? Stock broker?” : “No. Id find something to suit me. I wouldn’t _ work for any boss, you can bet on that.” See “Well, Charley, I’m going to quit as messenger in a couple of months.” . “Are you? hat are you going to do?” “Hold down a desk in Mr. Sharp’s counting- room.” rae sr “You are, eh?” “T expect to.” worth $154,000?”
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Pa I know that branch about as. well as the next one.” 5 *T’ll bet you do.” . “Now I’m going to learn the details of the “brokerage business, and work my way upto the “Going to keep on speculating?” $3 don’t expect to let any good thing get by “Does old man Sharp know Ahat you’ve been hitting the market?” “Not to my knowledge.” “Say, Eddie, I can’t get through my head how you ave made so much money.” “Well, don’t worry about it,” grinned Eddie. “Let me do the worrying.” “How did you do it?” - “By having a little capital and then taking ad- tage of my opportunities.” “How did you come by your little capital?” “Tf owe that to your stout friend, Phil Burke.” “What the dickens do you mean?” “He knocked me off the sidewalk into Nassau Street one day, and it caused me to find an envel- ope, without name or address, containing $100.” “Jumping jewsharps! It that a fact?” Ves.” = “Where did you find the envelope?” =» “Tn the dirt of the street.” cy ip “My goodness! And you never told me about that before. If you had I’d have understood th ‘matter better.” , “Well, you know it now. Better late than *never, you know.” : ; “Then you put that $700 into some stock and it went up?” ashy “That's right. I made $1,200. And it was on ~ the tip you gave me. One of these days I'm ing to make that all right with you.” “One of these days, eh?” “Yes, Your reward will keep, and the longer it keeps the bigger it will get.” ¢ ' “T hope it will.” ; “Well, I can’t waste any more time with you ow, though there isn’t much doing in my shop.” “There isn’t anything at all doing in ours. That is nothing to speak of.” ‘ “Then run along and try to find something to keep your mind busy.” i ay ‘With those Words the boys separated. A couple of weeks later Eddie read another article in the “Goldfield Miner” about the New Discovery Mine. Development. work had been pee ata - syapid rate along the lines of the new ody of ore discovered, and several sg ae thousand dol- lars’ worth of ore had already been blocked out. “Application had been made to nestore the mine to the list on the exchanges and thus bring the New Discovery once more into general notice. The paper stated that the rehabilitation of the old:mine had attracted a great deal of attention, and that ten and even fifteen cents a share had 2 n offered for the stock without bringing any to the front. Brokers in Goldfield were looking for it, and would be glad to communicate with _- parties having any of it fr sale. f This was great news for Eddie. If ten or fif- teen cents was being offered for the stock his cer- Soak wok already worth $500 and over, rad ob ax rab “TIPS TO FORTUNE. : ae That afternoon he went up to call.on Mr. Wise. He. — * had’already raised her hopes by the previous news = he had carried her about the alleged discovery of " E new ore on the property. Now he was able, to tell her that her certificates would probably bring — her $1,000 in Goldfield. ’ i * “But it would be foolish of you to think of | selling your stock at such a price,” he told her.* - “You want to hold on and get as much of your $25,000 back as possible. In time you might even Pet it all back.” = Mrs..Wise was delighted, and promised not to let the stock get out of her possession without ~ communicating first with Eddie. A month later the New Discovery mine was listed at 25 cents a 0 share. Eddie wrote to a Goldfield broker and“ asked for information about the mine, saying he heid 5,000 shares of-the stock. He gota reply by return mail enclosing: an offer of thirty cents a ~ share for the stock. He declined to sell. A day or two later he saw the mine quoted at fifty cents. “Lor’,” said the boy, “stock that I gave $25 for is now worth $2,500. If that wasn’t a lucky deal, ~ what do you call it?” i ates Eddie had by this time taken his position as a clerk in the counting-room and a new boy had yf been employed to act as office boy and messenger. — He found that he had little time now to devote to speculative ventures, and so he turned over the bulk of his capital to the Title Trust & Guarantee — Company to invest for him in good’ five-per-ce: mortgages. When Christmas came around the New Discovery mining shares were much sought after at sixty cents, As time went by and the mine was developedy the shares were sold in Gol: field and elsewhere at $1.50 a share. This made Mrs. Wise’s stock worth $15,000 and Eddie $7,500. Eddie loaned the widow $5,000 on her stoe a Gates married Edith Scott and Eddie — gave him an interest in his business. If yo p= pen to be in Wall Street just look up the firm o: Scott & Gates, and you will have located the boy who made his way ahead through tips to fortune. a5 Next week’s issue will contain “STRIKI i HIS GAIT; or, THE PERILS OF A BOY © GINEER.” a 4 “I may seemya brute, Mabel, said the innocei young man, “but I ought to tell you t marry me. away?” “Forgive you!” replied what the party was for!” Ve “an
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BILL, THE COWBOY PRINCE se Or, es The Rough Riders of the Ran BUCKSKIN By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER II. The Ranch Owner’sPeril. The huge chamber was lighted brightly, show- ing a long hitching-bar at one side, to which the mustangs were fastened. At the other.end of the cave were numerous beds of leaves, a collection of food and cooking utensils, and a rough table and some chairs. when the gang gathered around him, “our attempt ter git ther gal was a failure, but I’ve got an- ‘other trump what I’m goin’ ter play now.” : ‘Speak out, Jim,” growled Sawkins. ‘What is it 7 _ - - “P}) tell yer,” replied the villain, as he lit his pipe. “It’s catchin’ ole Colonel Briggs, that’s what it is. He’s ther owner of a secret gold mine some- har in these hills, an’ it’s our business ter make him tell us whar he gits thar ore he sends 'to Deadwood.” ‘ _ “Hurrah!” hoarsely shouted the gang, for every one at once began to see himself immensely rich hen they learned the colonel’s secret. “Shet up, yer blamed galoots!”” roared. Flood, cowling at them in a threatening way. “S’pose ‘Buckskin Bill an’ his rough-riders is a-passin’ ther ave; yer yellin’ will give us away, an’ they’ll --eome a-pilin’ in hyer on top of us!” The men subsided meekly, for Jim ruled them vith a rod of iron, and everyone of the cowardly ang were affaid of him. Moreover, they had a wholesome fear of the owboys, and did not wish to get mixed up ina pht with them. : ore I was a-tellin’ yer,” proceeded Flood, “if ‘kin force him ter tell us whar his strike lies, * then we kin go an’ work it fer ourselves, Thar iff when I worked fer him.” . = Then yer’d better git a move on yer,” growled wkins, who was an ugly, sullen man. “Then thar afore us we won’t have a ghost of a show er carry out yer plan.” ; #6ch. Hunt. I onty want two men ter go with m™ nk, you: stay hyer, an’ guard ther~-cave. Mike Riley?” ae re!” answered a red-headed fellow, with a his face. | ches ther ee, mor,” replied a i. mustache. oy g ‘ slim, dark-featured plenty of rich ore in ther claim. I seen ther, FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY “Now, looker here, everybody!” exclaimed Flood, - In a few minutes the guard at the mouth of the cavern notified them that the coast was clear, and they mounted their ponies and rode out. - They left:the upper end of the canyon and took a short cut to Rosebud Rarich, which they reached - twenty minutes ahead of Bill and Jess. - ; As they went clattering up to the door Flood whipped out.a revolver, fired several shots in th air, and bawled: : “Colonel Briggs, Briggs!” , 23° show yerself ! Hey, Colonel — A window was cautiously opened, and Andy, the — coon, stuck out his head. . He gave.a howl of alarm ‘when he saw who the callers were, and was just in the act of duck- ing out of sight when Flood spotted him and let a shot go that whistled past his ear. : “Murdah!” yelled the darky, and he disappeared like a flash. : : “Hello, there!” roared a tremendous bass voice in the house just then. “Andrew, you black: ras- cal, what is the meaning of all this row? Who are those fellows outside asking for?” Bang, the door, and then the outlaw shouted: . ' “Come out an’ show yerself, Colonel Briggs, or it will be ther wuss fer yer. D’yer hear me?” “Sir!” yelled the colonel, who was a big hot- headed Southerner, and he flung open the door and was about to rush out when he saw Flood’s - shooter staring him in the eye, and he halted and re cowboys may take a notion ter ride over ter | ysebud Ranch with ther gal, an’ if they gits the colonel, or they would have learned it by this cia ey ae added: “What do you mean by this, you stoun- drel? Lower that gun! How dare you come on my premises and. 7 “Up with yer hands!” Flood interrupted, “An? be quick about it, too, or I’ll let daylight through your hide.” % } Then the colonel knew better than to resist. - He raised his hands above his head, but he did not lose his nerve, for he demanded in his usual peppery way: : “What does this mean, you dog? What does it mean?” ‘ “Tt means as yer my prisoner, colonel,” said Flood.. “Come out hyer, now, jest as quickly as yer long legs can carry yer.” ~~ Out marched the colonel. as dignified as pos- sible, and it could now be seen that he was a tail, stout, flovid-faced man, with white hair and. a white beard. ; : y He coolly eyed his captors,;and then recognized them. “Wlood,. by. jingo!”? he tones. . “Tie him up tain. j exclaimed; in startling bang, bang! went Flood’s pistol butt at !? eruffly ordered. the outlaw cap- e 5 : * Baris Riley and Pancho had come prepared fox an emergency like this, and they made short work of securmg the old ranch owner. “See here, Jim Flood!” exclaimed the colonel, — angrily, “J———" = =. ; “Hold yer jaw!” roared the outlaw. “I don’t want another word outer yer, or I'M gag yer. Now,-greaser, boost him on yer nag!?’. f Between the two they got the colonel on Pane #2 cho’s mustang, and the Mexican mounted: with = him. 4 It was pretty evident one but the ancient darky was in the house # Low Py. the. Outlaws that no py
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247 “Al ready?” demanded Flood... ; “We are that,” answered, Riley. “But it isn’t away yer goin’ widout takin’ as much as ther loikes av a silver spoon, I hope?” “No time fer graft,’ growled Flood. “Get a move on yer, now. some one may turn up here ter give us trouble. Away with yer!” They went galloping off with the colonel, and’ went back to the cave by the same trail they followed before. A yell of approval went up from the gang’ when they saw the colonel a prisoner in, the hands of their captain, and Hank Sawkins pulled Briggs from the horse. “Waal,’ pard,” he chuckled, grinning at Flood, “yer done ther trick good, an’ yer done it quick. Hev any trouble?” _ “Not a bit,” drawled Flood. chair, Hank.” The colonel’s face was white with rage, but he dared not. say a word, for he knew these men would blow his brains out on the slightest pro- vocation. » When he was seated, Flood stood regarding him with folded arms for a few moments, a leer- ing smile on his coarse face. He then held a whispered conversation with his men that lastedy nearly an hour, and then returned to his victim: “Waal,” the outlaw remarked, “I reckon yer puzzled ter know why we brung yer here, ain’t ‘yerr colonel?” : : “Tt am,” “growled Briggs, glaring angrily at him. “An’ yer want me ter tell yer?” “Of course I do, sir—of course I do.” i “Then listen. Yer remember firin’ me off yer ranch jist ’cause I fell in love with that. putty gal o’ yourn, don’t’yer?” “J certainly do. Yes, sir, I certainly do.” “Waal, yer kin imagine I’m down on yer fer thet, ole hoss, an’ I am. a-goin’ ter git revenge fer it, too.” “That’s no more than I expected of you.” — “But how d’yer s’pose I’m a-goin ter do it?” “Probably by killing me,” growled Colonel Briggs. ¥ : ; “Oh, no! Yer dead wrong thar. I’m a-goin’ ter force yer ter show me whar yer hidden gold mine Cry be “Set him in a The old gentleman started and a worried ex- pression settled upon his face that brought a shout of laughter-from Flood, and he cried, tau:fi- ingly: “Yey don’t like thet, do yer, old hoss?” A pretty grim expression began to settle upon the face of Colonel Briggs, and a cold look of determination shone in his eyes. “Flood!” he exclaimed, “you’ll never get my secret.” 3 . “Oh, no! I won’t, hey? Waal, I reckon I will. Yer can’t hold out agin me an’ ther gang on thet pint, colonel, nohow. It’s as much as yer life _ are worth ter refuse ter speak out.”” Geese “Tf you kill me, sir, how are you ever going to learn my secret?” demanded the old man, with ® triu ant air. 4 E But Jim Flood was not surprised by this an- 5 -_ swer; he expected it. ; “Don't count on thet, Briggs,” said he, dryly. ™% seckon. yer don’t know wot sort of a pilgrim iy Thar’s no tellin’ how soon ' thing for him “between you.” your father and I to offer to buy each FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Iam by. this time: If yer. won’t tell me yer. | secret Tl go. without it an’ kill yer fer spite. Come, now, speak out. Is it life or death?” The colonel knew that the man was in deadly earnest. : r } He was very plucky, however, and he answered > in quiet tones: : : “The gold-in my claim is’for my daughter. I will never give it up to you, sir!” A dark threatening scowl began to gather on — the outlaws brow. Ferien ‘Turning abruptly to his men, he said; “Blindfold him!’ Hank Sawkins carried out the order, “All right, Jim,” he growled. “Stand ther fool agin the wall.” i6 ee ‘With Hank on one side and Pancho on the other, the colonel was led to the wall. Flood then turned to the ré8t of the gang and said in gruff . tones: ; “Line up ten paces in front of him with yer rifles, boys.” Sree iThe next moment a line of weapons covered — Colonel Briggs. : ih ae _ Flood then approached his victim and demanded in a savage tone: S “1D’yer know what’s happenin’, Colonel Briggs?” “T do,” was the brave man’s reply. “Then yer know that one more refusal ter tell me whar_yer gold mine is Seals yer doom? This is yer last call,ole hoss. If yer refuse I'll give ther word ter my lads ter drop yer. Whar is _ thet claim?” J the See There was a deathly silence in the tave fora few moments. <7 ie Every man had his finger on the trigger of his” rifle and was drawing a bead om Colonel Briggs’ , breast. ; Pyrat ts But, untamed to the last, the old man exclaimed, “T absolutely refuse to tell you, sir!” ~~ _A yell of fury escaped the lips of Jim» Flood. x) : ; a3 Andy’s remark almost caused Jessie to faint but Buckskin Bill kept cool and closely ques tioned the negro about the raid. 7 Then he turned to the girl and said: a “Don’t give way to such weakness as that. It the worst time you could do it. You need all your | courage just now. Brace up and Fl] do all I can to save your father from that scoundrel.” °_ ; His cool, determined air revived the girl’s hope. “I’m badly unnerved, Bill,” she replied, “but\I will be all right in a few moments. It’s human _ nature. He’s my father, and I love him dearly, you know. I scarcely expected you would do any- on account of the hard feelings — pales x “This is no time to let personal feelings in- terfere with my plain duty,” answered the boy, shrugging his shoulders. “I’m sorry for the oft man. Besides he’s your father. The trouble b tween us was not of my making. I won’t his cattle graze on my range and he won't le mine on his. His men and mine are always scrap- ping about it along the boundary between the two ranches, you know, and that’s what cau: - otters, out. As neither of us will sell, the feud goes on, and he hates me. I’m sorry enough. about it, for that keeps you and I apart a. great deal. ; _ (To be continued) 3
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i> COLORS LOBSTERS TO SUIT _ “Lobsters of any hue desired to fit the color _ scheme of a dinner may be procured if cooks will - follow the directions of Doctor Kornfeld, of Ber- lin, who has conducted extensive experiments to find out why lobsters are red, and whether or not they have.to remain that way. Doctor Korfeld found the shells of lobsters and erabs contain alizarin, a coloring matter, and that the action of heat upon this material turns the shells red., He also discovered, according to his announcement, that coloring matter given to shell- a in their food will produce various hues of ell, . G HOUDINI AS MEDIUM _ Comparatively few persons are aware that Houdini, who has been busy during the past few years exposing fraud “mediums,” once was him- self a medium of ‘io mean ability. , ' Thirty-five years ago, in Garnet, Kan., Houdini “was commencing his climb to fame as assistant to a wandering “doctor.” The two of them sold ‘Kansas natives a concoction bound to cure any Iment, and young Houdini was the company en- tertainer. One Saturday the doctor came to him and said he could rent the ‘Town Hall for Sunday evening provided Houdini could put on some sort an entertainment of a religious nature, of i¢h a collection would be a feature. oudini conceived the idea of putting on a ance. {4-4 3 Needless to say, the seance was a tremendous ss. It left Houdini conscious-stricken , at deluded so many worthy citizens, and he ained then and there never again to resort ‘spirit messages” to earn a living, a resolve to which he has faithfully adhered. 9W MOUNTAIN CHAINS ARE MADE theory of mountain-chain formation based slow sliding of sta teeta piagks _ tratum of voleatic glass was propos the Prion Philosophical Society by Dr. eginald A. Daly of Harvard University. According to Doctor Daly’s theory, great sec- s of the earth’s crust, slowly heaved and ited out of a stable position, gradually migrate the direction of their slope. ‘This slope may ry slight, and migration very slow, even a inches a gentury, yet it goes on for such long er ds that. great changes, even the formation f huge mountain ranges, — ets rast 4 e wnstream migration of a continenta be A ctor Daly said, could not be imagined sy a fixed and rigid base; but “for good reasons ‘may assume the earth’s crust to be under- a universal substratum of basaltic glass temperature of 1,200 to 1,600 degrees Cen- e, or 2,200 to 2,900 Fahrenheit. The rig- of) stiffness of the substratum is great be- the hydrostatie pressure upon it; yet, as se of pitch, the resistance to flow breaks e passage of time, if a permanent, ssune or stress ‘be applied to the ‘jal. be FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY GOOD READING Two things happen to a migrating continent, Doctor Daly continued. The edge of the “down- stream” side, upon reaching the limit of its mi- gration and encountering resistance, wrinkles and crumbles into mountain folds, like the outer edge of flowing tar or-molasses. On the “upstream” side the crust is stretched and finally cracked, allowing the interior magma to come to the sur- face as great non-yolcanic lava flows. ~ GREENLAND BIRD-SKINS To the Espuimau woman the mouth is li third hand, especially in the peopetenen of Ss which is a very considerable part of her work, As a consequence, the front teeth of the older women are often worn away to the merest stumps. The Esquimau method of extremely peculiar, and therefore interesting, ai.d is thus described : The first step is carefully to’dry the feathers, then the skins are turned inside out, and the layer of fat scraped away as thoroughly as possible with a mussel-shell or a spoon, and ‘is eaten, be- ing esteemed a great delicacy. Then the skins are hung up under the roof to dry. After a few days the last remnants of fat are removed from them: by means of chewing; then i are dried again, then washed in warm water with soda and soap three times over, then rinsed. out in very cold water, pressed and hung up for the final drying. If the feathers are to be re- moved, so that only the down is left—as for ex- ample, in the case of the eider-duck—they are preparing bird-skins is ~ plucked out when the skin is half dry. Then it is’ . thoroughly dried and cut up, and so is ready for use. The chewing is a very remarkable process. The ~ operator takes the skin, almost dripping with fat, and chews away at one spot till all the fat is. sucked out and the skinn is soft and white; then the chewing area is slowly widened, the ‘skin gradually retreating farther and farther into the mouth, often until it disappears entirely, to be spat-out again at last with every particle of fat chewed away. ; ? This industry is for the most part carried on by the women and children, and is very highly relished by reason of the quantity of oil it en- ables them to absorb. In times of scarcity, the men are often glad enough to be allowed to do their share. : “Moving Picture Stories” A Weekly Maxazine Devoted to Photoplays and Players PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY j . ¢ Bach number contains Three Stories of the Best Filme on the Screen—-Hlegant Half-tone Scenes from the Playg —TInteresting Articles About Prominent People in the and Lessons in Scenario Writing. i # HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Ine. 166 West 23d Street Films—Doings of Actors and Actresses in the Studie— § New York City eS Se)
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Two and a half miles of heiroglyphies chiseled in an obsidian cliff re- *sembling dark brown glass have been discovered. Quantities of pottery have been found. The pottery, unlike that found in Pueblo Grande de Nevada, has an unusually thick fire glaze and dec- orations in black are declared to resemble closely Chinese characters. eos ; “ FORD NOW EMPLOYS 161,000 The Ford organization is now employing more than 161,000 persons in its various activities throughout the United States, according to the latest employment figures announced recently. . This is a record for the industry. “The largest increase has come in the Detroit area where the Ford Motor Company’s manu- facturing plants are located. Here close to 14,- 500 have been added to the employment list since March. The big majority of workers are employed at the Highland Park and River Rouge plants. The River Rouge now has 52,800 on its payroll, a ree- ord for that plant. Highland Park still leads all plants with 55,300 employees, though this number is considerably lower than the peak employment record of 1923, which was before the transfer of several thousand men to River Rouge when the motor assembly and crankshaft departments were moved there. : ; : ‘Along with the steady increase in employment in Detroit due to greater production demands there have been corresponding increases at domes- ' tic assembly plants until, the employment rolls for "ing the mails is simply ; of mail wees ause of inadequate or incorrect address, these now show close to 44,000 employees. St baeere A NIXIE : A letter, postcard, parcel, or newspaper enter- ‘dite is simply a piece of mail. ~ ec f, beca I do with it?” “Sell it!” shoute FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY and, in the case of the package—improper wrap- ping—a piece of mail must be taken out of the regular postal machinery for “directory service” or “hospital service,” it becomes a Nixie. 4 Tf the postal sleuths are able to correct the ad- __ dress, or return to sender for a better one, it again. if becomes a piece of mail—though “delayed mail” is the better sobriquet. ; ; If, after an exhustive effort, the postal “detec- tive” must give up the puzzle, and there is no re- turn address, the piece of mail is consigned tothe Dead Letter Office, where it again changes its name to dead letter or dead parcel, as the case may be. erests Its period of existence as a Nixie is the most — expensive one. It demands special attention from the very best clerks. Valuable time is spent in. its behalf, time which also may prove'more cost- — ly to the mailer or intended recipient through the ~ attendant delay. * Pet But in the long run the postol seryice loses most. In Chicago 400 workers do nothing but handle Nixies. In New York the service costs; — $500. daily. In all the Nixie costs the government — about $1,740,000 a year. : Be LAUGHS > Counsel—I’m sorry I couldn’t do more for you. ~~ Convicted Client—Don’t ‘menton it gov’nor; ain’ ~*~ five years enough? ; ie bag “How do you tell mushrooms from. tead stools? “I’ll wait till next morning. If I’m here, they were mushrooms. If I’m in heaven, they — were toadstools.” Be er gE Ss 3 Sonny—Aw, pop, I don’t wanter study arit metic. Pop—What! a son of mine grow up an not be able to figure up baseball scores and bat- ting averages? Never! aa _ “Did you occupy your last pulpit with credit ? inquired the church trustee. “I certainly did, responded the applicant; “there was never cash connected with it.” ret Miss Neverstop, seating herself between much-engrossed elderly gentlemen, exclaims “A rose between two thorns.” “Nay, madam retorts one; “say rather a tongue sandwich.” — “And you wouldn’t begin a journéy on F day.” “Not I.” “I can’t understand how you — can have faith in such a silly superstition.” oe superstition about it. Saturday’s my pay- ay. h ‘¢ tt A minister was addressing a school-class cently, and was trying to enforce the doct} that the hearts of the little ones were si and needed regulating. Taking out his wa‘ and holding it up, he said: “Now, here is my ~ watch;- suppose it doesn’t keep sige es now goes too fast, and now too slow. What sh d the unison. &.
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+ vig CONVICTS WITH THE PRICE HAVE RADIO IN SING SING - ; One of the most recent of the many changes in Sing Sing Prison, is the installation of private -radie receiving sets in the cells of such convicts as can afford the luxury. Warden Lewis E. Lawes said there were ten or twelve réceiving outfits privately owned, and that each of them had several head-set extensions in other cells. According to Leon C. Weinstock, - of the State Prison Commission, sixty or seventy _ prisoners have head-sets in their cells. Amplifiers are not permitted in the cell blocks. _ Larger radio sets have been installed for several -- months in the chapel, the home of Warden Lawes and other parts of the institution. : ‘ One hundred convicts were sent to Sing Sing May 14, 1825, to build quarters and a stockade to he used as a state prison. May 31, 1825, they were locked up for the night for the first time in one of the shacks which they biult. t ? } f P ' : TURKEY’S ANCIENT GUNS : In 1478, Mahomet II, in prosecuting the siege £ Scutari, in Albani, employed fourteen heavy ombards, the lightést of which threw a stone shot of three hundred and seventy pounds’ weight wo sent shots of five hundred pounds, two of sight hundred and fifty pounds, one of twelve hundred pounds, five fifteen hundred, and one of the enormous weight of sixteen hundred and for- ounds. : . V Bhe ihe shot. of Mahomet’s cone tees ee tween twenty and thirty-two inches in diameter, Eiisct the erent of a dining table—two thousand e hundred and thirty-four of them fired on this ccasion weighing, according to a calculation of General Lefroy, about one thousand tons — and were cut out of the solid rock on the spot. Assuming twenty-four inches as the average eter of the shot fired at the siege, the total of the surface dressed was nearly thirty-two sand square feet. At this siege the weight of : powder fired is estimated by General Lefroy have been two hundred and fifty tons. At the ge of Rhodes, in 1480, Mahomet caused six- ‘pasilisks, or double cannon, to be cast on the ‘throwing balls two or three feet in diame- _, BOTTLES TELEPHONE MESSAGES _ - Bottlir telephone message until the per- cite eared to the office or house become a possibility by the combination of an on of Poulsen, the famous wireless tele-- pioneer, and a wireless valve, says a Lon- | Fee AND FORTUNE WEEKLY POINTS OF INTEREST _ probably not less than | against the 40,000 of. \ 27 message, byt so feebly that the invention was abandoned. An instrument has now been constructed by a man named A. Nasarischwily with which the re- jameloase sound can be amplified to any degree of oudness by the use of one of the valves now em- . ployed universally in wireless reception, The stee] wire or ribbon, with its magnetic message, can be removed from the instrument and sent by post and the-message reproduced in any other in- strument, and permanent records can be made of speeches and so on. i The inventor claims that a message or signal may be spoken from a train into a railway line and received by the driver of the train following, MONEY IN RABBITS , The government of New South Wales spends a large sum annually in the ty ae of royal- ties on the skins of rabbits killed, the aggre- . gate royalties in the last seven years amounting to over $4,000,000. The fact that in one year 3 many as” 25,280,000 skins were«thus paid for. as given rise to an inquiry as to what is done with the skins. An investigation into the condi- tions obtaining in New South Wales shows that although the rabbit is doing immense harm to vegetation; and fully deserves the ill repute, into which it has fallen, its extermination would cause the collapse of two most profitable industries, that of the rabbit killer, and the rabbit skin 2 dealer. ays ies A killer gets two cents a head royalty.from the government for killing the animal, the skin of which he can ther sel] at from four to six cents, and for the meat he .can get from two to four cents from the canning factories. The skins are bale-pressed and exported to Léndon, where, so brisk is the business, the sales every six weeks average from 1,500 to 2,000 bales, each bale hold- ing about two hundred skins. : It is not surprising, therefore, that a large number of people in Australia find rabbit killing more profitable than farming. The skins, which are bought up in bulk in Lon- don by the hat manufacturers, are turned over to operators who pluck off the pelt by hand, no suit-s shia machinery for the purpose having yet been invented. A fine blue fur is then left on the pelt. The skin is then pared away from the fur by ma- \_ chinery so delicate that when the last paring is cut off the fur sometimes hangs in one Blny sec- tion. This is worked up into felt. The English rabbit supplies the best fur, then comes the New _ Zealand rabbit and then the Australian. - At one time large quantities of hats were ex-_ ported from England to America, but now the Americans can dress skins as well as the Eng-— lish, and they make all their own hats, importing the fur from England, It is hard to understand ~ why American hat makers do not import their — skins direct from Australia, as they turn out 65,000 hats every year, as English ma ers. ~ the
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‘ : * + d : FROM ALL POINTS THERMOMETER MEASURES 380 DEGREES : BELOW ZERO ey A new thermometer, which measures accu ’ rately temperatures as low as 380 degrees below . zero, Fahrenheit, was described to members of the American Philosophical Society by Dr. W. A. Noyes, professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois. As mercury freezes at such a low temperature a bulb connected with a very narrow tube containing air is used. As the air expands and contracts with variations in temperature a small globule of mercury, kept at a temperature above its melting point, moves back and forth, thus serving as an index. BUILDS HOUSE FOR $742 Built from odds and ends from historic old buildings, the home of Herbert E. Maynard in Slatersville, R. I., built by him at a cost of just $742, is one of the show places of the State. Maynard and his wife spent several years ccl- lecting material for the house, securing doors in one place, window sashes in another and. fur- nishings from all over the State. Much of the material used in construction of the house came from the old Slatersville Tavern, recently torn down after being a landmark in the town for more than 100 years. ; _.. Named by neighbors ‘‘The house of antiquity,” — the place is furnished with old tables, chairs and other furniture, some of which is 125 years old. Maynard has retouched all the old furniture him- self, and is known all over the State as-an eu- thority on things antique. j “Any one who pays rent-is foolish,” declares . Maynard, “for any man can built a place like this at small cost.” ¢ SALT ISLANDS Avery’s celebrated salt island in Louisiana has a rival. Carmen Ysland lies in the Gulf of Cali- fornia, some five miles from the peninsula. It is only nineteen miles long by six broad, but. it is one of the most valuable small islands in the world, as it contains immense deposits of pure, white, natural’salt. It is owned by James Viosca, a Spanish-American, who went to Lower Cali- fornia ‘thirty years ago. He resides at La Paz, but spends much of his time on the island super- intending the salt mines. The salt deposits cover a surpace of 1,000 acres. “att ae About a third of this acreage is'a mass of pure, ‘clean, white salt; the‘remainder is covered simply with a layer of soil, brought there by rains from the adjacent mountains, and*also in places with a thin coating of pure, white salt beneath. The salt depdsits in this basin have proved, by actual investigation, to be fourteen feet in thickness, but it is hard to work at any depth below the sur- face, as the briny water, sweeping through, cre- - ates a new layer of salt of from five to eight inchés in thickness in fifteen days. The most re- qarkable thing about this deposit is the fact that ; - although the salt has been taken from this basin -. for ages, the surface of the lake has never been - lpwered, but lways retains the same level. , ae FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY THE LIBERTY BOYS OF ’76 Tales of the Reyolution Se We can still supply the following numbers: of x the above Weekly: Price 8 Cents Each Dangerous Spy. 1213...** Beene Washington; or, Great Work at White - arsh. f 1214“ Young Scout: or, Fighting the Redcoat Raiders. 1215 -“* Ae ee Swamp; or, General Marion"s Daring eed. f 1216“ on the Border; or, Exposed to Many Perils. 1217 “ Nerve; vr, Not Atraid of the King’s Mintons. 121% “ Defiance; or, “Catch and Hang Us if You Can.” 1219 “ to the Rescue; or, A Host Within Themselves. 1220 ‘* Narrow Escape; or, A Neck and Neck Race with Death. - fork 1221 “ Pluck; or, Undaunted by Odds. 1222 “ Peril; or, Threatened from All Sides. 122% “ WGuek: or, Fortune Favors the Brave. 1224 “ Trap and What They Caught in It. bee ue Puzzled: or. The Tortes Clever Scheme. " aoe Stroke: or, Capturing a British Man-of- ar 1227. “ Trapped: or, The Beauteful Tory. 1228 “ Big Mistake; or, What Might Have Been, 1229 ‘ Wine Work; or, Doing Things Up Brown 1230 “ at Bay: or, The Closest Call of All. 3 1231 “ On Their Mettle; or, Making {t Warm for tho Redcoats, esi 1232.“ Peaks Victory; or, Downing the Redcoats and orles, 1 : ; 1283° “. Suspected: or, Taken for British Spies. f 1234 “ Clever Trick; or, Teaching the Redcoatsa a Thing or Two. - : 1235 “ Good Spy Work; or, With ‘the Redcoats ta ~ Philadelphia. Battle. Cry; or, With. Washington at the Brandywine. . * * 1237 “ Wild Ride; or, A Dash to Save a Fort, — a. 4238 “ In a Fix; or, Threatened by Reds and Whites. 1239 “ Big Contract: or, Holding Arnold In Check. _— 1240“ Shadowed; or, After Dick S'ater for Revenge. — 1241 .“. Signal: ar. At the Clang of the Bell. - 1242 “* Fake Surrender: or, The Ruse That Succeed 1243-6. Plot; or. The Plan. That) Won. 1244 Dabs Work; or, Risking Life for Liberty’ - Aause. ; hae 1245 “ Duped: or, The Friend Who Was An Bnemy, 1246. “ Flush TMmes; or, Reveline in British Gold. 1247 “ Prize and How They Won It. PES 2 1248 “ Great Haul! or, Taking Everything in Sight. 1249 “ in a Snare: or. Almost Trapped. 2 ; jo50. “ Brave Rescue; or. In_the Nick of Time. + yon.‘ Big Day: or, Doing Business by Wholesale — 1252 “ Net; or. Catching the Redcoats and Magn 4258 “ Worried; or, The Disappearance of Dick Slater, 1254 “ Iron Grip: or Squeezing the Redeoats. — 1255 ‘* Suecess; or, Doing What They Set Out to Do. 4256 “ Setback: or, Defeated But Not Disgraced, 1259“ 1260 ‘ 1261 ‘* 1262 “ 1263 “ Strategy: or, Outgeneraling the Enemy, - 4264 “ Warm Work; or, Showitig the Redeoats Hi f Fight. 1265 “ Push; or, Bound to Get There. . } 4266 “ Desparate Charge; or, With ‘Mad Anthon Stony Point. Sees 1267 “ Justice, and How They Dealt It Out. 4268 “ Bombarded; or, A Very Warm Time. 4269 “ Sealed Orders; or, Going If Blind. 270 “ Going It Blind; or. Taking Big Chances. 971 “ Brave Stand: or, Set Back But Not Def Tote “ Daring; or, Not Afraid of Anything. es 1273. “ Big Risk; or, Ready to Take a Chance. ~ Any, of the above numbers will be mailed to— postage free, upon receipt of the prico in money, postage stamps, 3 HARRY H. WOLFF, PUBLISHER, INO., = 166 West 23rd Street, : New York, N, ¥. 1212 The Liberty Boys at Trinty Fire; or, Capturing & \ Es
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a OUR TEN-CENT HAND BOOKS Useful, Instructive, and Amusing. They contain Valuable Information on Almost Every Subject. No. 1. NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM AND DREAM BOOK.—Containing the great oracle of human destiny; also the trué meaning of almost any kind of dreams, Som eee with charms, ceremonies and curious games of curds. : Z No. 2. HOW TO DO TRICKS.—The great book of magic and ecard tricks, containing full instructions on all leading card tricks of the day, also the most popular magical illusions as oe by our leading magt- cians; every boy should obtain a_copy of this book. No. 3. HOW TO FLIRT. — The arts and wiles of flirtation are fully explained by this little book. Be- sides the various methods of handkerchief, fan, glove, parasol, window and hat flirtation, it contains a full Hst of the language and sentiment. of flowers. No. 4. HOW TO DANCE is the title of this little book. It contains full instructions\in the art of dancing, etl- quette in the ballroom and at parties, how to dress, and full directions for calling off in all popular square dances. \ ‘No. 5. HOW TO MAKE LOVE—A complete guide to love, courtship and marriage, giving sensible advice, rules and etiquette to be observed, with many curious and interesting things not generally known. No. 6 HOW TO BECOME AN ATHLETE.—Gliving full instructions for the use of dumbells, Indfan club, parallel bars, horizontal bars and vartous other methods or developing a good, healthy muscle; containing over sixty illustrations No. 1. HOW TO KEEP BIRDS.—Handsomely illus- trated and containing full instructions for the manage- ment and training of the canary, mockingbird, bobolink, blackbird, paroquet, parrot, etc. No. 9. HOW TO BECOME A_ VENTRILOQUIST.— y Harry Kennedy. Every intelligent boy reading this * book of instructions can master the art, and create any amount of fun for himself and friends. It is the great- * est book ever published. ‘ No. 10. HOW TO BOX.—The art of self-defense/made easy. Containing over thirty illustrations of guards, blows. and the different positions of a good boxer. Every boy should obtain one of these useful and instructive books, as it will teach you to box without an in- structor. ‘No. Il. HOW TO WRITE LOVE-LETTERS.—A most complete little book; containing full directions for writ- ing love-letters, and when to use them, giving specimen letters for young and old. No. 12. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS TO LADIES. —Giving complete instructions for writing letters to ladics on ‘all subjects; also letters of introduction, notes and requests. No. 13. HOW TO DO IT; Or, BOOK OF ETIQUETTE. —It is a great Ife secret, and one that every young mon desires to know about. There’s happiness. In it. No. 14. HOW TO MAKE CANDY.—A complete hand- book for making all kinds of candy, iee-cream, syrups, essences, efe. > - No, 18. HOW TO BECOME REAUTIFUL.—One of th ebrightest and most valuable little hooks ever given to the world. Everybody wishes, to know how to be- come beautiful, both male and female. The secret is simple and almost costless. No. 20. HOW TO ENTERTAIN AN EVENING PARTY.—A most complete compendium of games. sports, card diversions, comic recitations, ete., suitable for par- lor or. drawing-room entertainment. It contains more for the money than any, book published. : ‘No. 23. HOW TO EXPLAIN DREAMS.—This little book gives the explanation to all kinds of dreams, to- gether with lucky and unlucky days. No. 24. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS TO GENTLE- MEN,—Containing full directions for writing to gentle- men on all subjects. ‘ No. 25. HOW TO BECOME A GYMNAST.—Contain- Ang full directions for all kinds of gymnastic sports and ~ theltte exercises. Embracing thirty-five {llustrations. y Professor, W. Macdonald. \ ‘ P \. 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