Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 1042) (1925 09 18)

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SEPTEMBER 18, 1925 Price 8 Cents S By AW “Gracious!” exclaimed Walt, rushing torward. “W Y . 3 hat has h i his eyes a on the clock. “Great Scott!” he gasped, aiuelong the ance sr ear machine!” With astonishing nerve he seized and flung it through the neal eae Pee 3 wT.

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* FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Tusued beh rg iy Sr price, $4.00 1% Ao Canada, $4.50; es Be $5.00. Harry E. Wolff, Publisher, ine., 166 Class 23d Street, New, York, N. Entered the Post-Office at, New York, N. est es ‘No. 1042 es } * a YORK, SEPTEMBER 18, 1925 = * Second Matter, a ee 4, 1911 Fat , under the Act of March 3, 1879. WAR ee 2S 1995 Price 8 Cents, ~ BOUND TO GET RICH OR, HOW A WALL STREET BOY MADE MONEY a Pd ‘By A SELF- woe CHAPTER I.—Walter Bacon Finds a Prize. “l’ve vot another!" cried Bobby Burnside glee- fully, as he pulled up a handsome specimen of the finny fribe. “T see you have,” growled Jhis companion, Walter Bacon, knitting his brows impatiently. “That’s the sixth, and you haven’t ‘caught one > yet.” “There must be something the matter ‘with my» bait, otherwise I can’t see why you should, have @ monopoly of the sport.” Walt pulled up his line and examined the bait on his hooks, but he couldn’t find anything. the matter with them. He tossed his line back into the marshy stream and watched eagerly for a _ bite. It didn’t come, and presently Bobby drew ‘in his seventh fish. The two lads were chums, and both were messenger boys in Wall Street brokerage offices. Walt worked for Douglas Fairbanks, whose offices were on’the second floor of the Hanover Building, while Bobby varried messages for Sampson, Metrill & Co., whose _* place of business’ was on the same floor. Walt -_ jived in a modest flat on 120th Street, Harlem, _. with his widowed mother and two pretty sisters, _. who. did their share toward the support of the _ family. “Bobby lived in a corner flat on the + ‘same street near by, with his father and mother and a’younger brother, who went to school. Mr. Fairbanks considered Walt the smartest messenger on Wall Street, which was Saying. a good deal, for- there were some pretty smart _ Messengers working for other brokers. It was the afternoon of May 30th, Decoration Day, and being a alge holiday, ‘the boys had embarked) ona p to the New Jersey marshes in and ne reals oe of Staten Island. Immediately : their arrival at a spot where they had been told that fish were numerous they got down to Se iness without delay. Although the boys sat side by side, (rll the luck ran in Bobby’s favor, to Walt’s diseeee. ‘ ~ “E don’t understand it at all,” said Walt, after A his companion had hooked his eighth beauty. “We're both fishing in the same place, and vet hee comes your, way and nothing mine. Wie in we Bit is the reason?” f soe it vais oes eet ee MADE MAN “T believe if vou threw in your hooks bare the fish would grab at ‘em.’ ' “No, théy wouldn’t. Better put on some fresh bait, then maybe you'll have better luck.” “What’s the use? I’ve put fresh bait on three times and it hasn’t made | any difference. You were born, lucky, I guess.” ‘ “T¥ may be lucky at catching fish, but you are lucky at catching on to tips.” , “What’s the xood of tips if you haven’t any money to back ’em.” “Some day you may have the money and then a tip will set you up.” “¥ wish I had $100 now. sure winner yesterday.” oe rea it?” “whet doing’ in that stock?” “Nothing yet, but you wait a: week | and see what will happen.” “What do. you think will happen? That it will go up? “Sure as your name is Bobby it will.” “That’s pretty sure. What's going to make it go up?” “A pool has hean—Sriterah! l’ve got a bite at last!” Walt pulled in his line. Something that shone like dull silver was wrigglinz at the end of it. “Luck has turned at last,”.he said, in a tone of satisfaction. As he reached for the fish, nkoaei it slip I got onto a dead- » ‘ from the hook, struck the water and disappeared. _ “Well, what do/you think of that? Wouldn't that.make you mad enough to chew a ten-penny nail?” cried Walt, in, disgust. “Go on with what you were going to say about — D. & K. when you got that bite. You said something about a pool.” “Well, a pool of operators has been formed to _ boom the stock.” “How did you find that out?” | “That’s one of my business secrets. ” : “Ts that so? Well, + aggtching fish is one of mine.” “D. & K: closed yesterday at 48. If I fiat $100 I’d put it up as margin on twenty shares, and — I bet V’'d make $200 profit.” . “tt must make you prep then, to think that. st - you haven’t zot the =e 2

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“What's the use of getting mad over it? 4 ‘haven’t got the money, and that’s all there is ‘to it. Sav, I think you’re hoodooing me. I’m ‘going up the stream 4 little way to try my luck. Don’t you follow me or I’ll duck you.” Bi as “l’m Satisfied where I am,” said Bobby. “I’ve ‘another bite. How do you like the looks of that “chap?” ' Walt made no reply. He pulled in his line ‘and strode away. About a hundred feet from Bobby he stopped and started in again. Ten “ minutes passed without a bite, then he let his line sink to the bottom, satisfied that all the fish in the little branch of the Kill: von Kull had a grudge against him and. was passing him up. “Y’d have had more fun if I’d gone somewhere and got into a ball game,” he said to himself. Just then Bobby yelled out to him. He looked back at his companion. Bobby had another fish on,the end of his line which he was swinging around his head to show how well it hung on. * “T guess I’ll go further up the stream,” said Walt, pulling in his line. “Hello! nat the dickens have I got hold of, sae An old shoe, I guess, or some kind of rubbi One of his hooks had evidently caught on some- thing and he was bringing it to the surface. Finally he gaye the line a vank and out popped _ his hooks and sinker. Something oblong and red "was attached to a hook. He landed it at his feet and looked at it. With an exclamation of sur- prise he disentangled it. It was a well-soaked pocketbook, “Pll bet there isn’t anything of vetad in it.” Nevertheless he opened it with as much care as though he expected to find a thousand-dollar bill in it. The first compartment contained some small newspaper clippings which he tossed into - the water. The second held several pennies and - two ‘postage stamps. » 6 of a pretty girl. He put it into his vest pocket. | He thought that was all the wallet contained till he saw there was an inner compartment pro- tected by a flap. Opening this he saw a yellow- backed bill. “ “> @, “Gee! Something worth while at last. What *~ js it, $20 or--whew!” jhe ejaculated. “It’s $500!” AM He stared hard at the water-soaked bill as though he was afraid it would melt into noth- ingness. “My, this is a find and no mistake!” Not daring to unfold it for fear it would go into pulpy bits, he laid it on a stone in the sun- shine. - “T wonder if there’s any clue to the owner of » this wallet?” he asked himself. The most careful examination .of the pocket- zo failed to give any line on the proprietor of it. “When that bill dries out I’ be $500 to the - good. That beats Bobby’s luck all hollow, He’ll have a fit when he sees it,” chuckled Walt. “This ape is where I'gét back at him.” : He rebaited his hooks and dropped his line sta aa ‘the water. Inside offive minutes he had his "first fish flopping about on’ the ground. After “he had caught a second he turned the folded bill over so that the sun could get at the other side. At length he ventured to open it aut with great 2 gan BOUND TO GET RICH { the fishing excursion Bobby rang the Bacon bell The third held the tintype | DE abe ines wish She. ‘bill dried ae fave ee a three fish by his side when Bobby came up with * his. string. ¢ “What *have you caught?” he asked. ®«Three fish and a $500 bill,” replied Walt. ‘Don’t you wish you could do as. well?” ¢ “A five Kundred dollar. "then Bobby stop- ped and gazed down open-mouthed at the bill ~ lying upon the stone. res “Where in thunderation did you get that?” i “In the stream.” es * “In the stream!” cried Bobby. Pome “Exagtly. TI fished it out from the bottom. I 8 tell you I’m a fisherman for fair. That’s better than pulling in a big fish and finding a diamond _ ring in its stomach when you open him up.” “Say, how did you find it?” tk Then Walt showed him the red pocket-book : and told him ‘his: story. me “Well, gee whiz! Talk about horse luck! Five — hundred dollars at one swoop! I suppose you'll . paint old New York vermilion when you BE \ kk.” ac ie “Hardly, Bobby. I shall use this asa starter Eee for a fortune.” CHAPTER Il—How Walt Plays a Winner a In the Market. - Bobby Burnside usually called for Watt > the mornings and the two boys took the subway - «train downtown together. On the morning after Ne *e ie three times, which was his signal, and waited for Walt to come down. In a few minutes his friend appeared and they started for the station. “What did your folks say when you showed — them that $500 bill vou fished out of the pond — Pins yesterday afternoon?” asked Bobby. om Oe “How do you know that I showed it to them? ” as “I don’t know, but I supposed you did, aS a a matter of course.” “Yes, I showed it to them, and the girls nearly ite had a fit when they saw it.” “Did they pate * to divide up with them? ae “Not exactly, but they said they would aceept a new dress and hat apiece.” “T suppose you'll give it to them.” “Sure, after.I pull a deal through on D. & ke. KAN “Well, I’d look at that $500 a long time before | & T’d put it up on margin.” ee “If you knew what a good tip I have youd Ba think differently.” roa “Maybe I would; but you see Ive seen ee many people get nipped on so-called tips that ’m — rather cautious about putting faith in them.” “Well, you just watch D. & K: and see what _ _ happens to it.” ; “J will, just to see how you will come-out. Tf the stock should’ go up, as you seem certain that it will, don’t hold on too long.” “Vll remember your advice, Bobby,” ‘Walt, as they boarded the train. . Walt was generally the first arrival in ae : morning at the office. | He believed in. ibe erinned | 5 then the Vi aietnenen ane her appearance, “Good-morning, Kittie,” said Walt, an “Good-morning, Walt,” “she ‘answered. Ne us! d time» yes

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& @ igh “YT didn’t go anywhere. Just stayed home and sewed. What did you do?” “Went ‘fishing in the afternoon with ssa Burnside.” “Did you catch many fish?” “Not half as many as Bobby: He seems to be on better terms with the fish than me; but I caught enough for a meal, and enough is as good as a feast, you know.” “At any- rate, you had‘a good time, [ suppose. That was more important than the fish.” “Not a cold?” she smiled.. “No, a pocketbook.” “A pocketbook!” she exclaimed, in surprise. = Walt nodded. : “J don’t quite understand. You didn’t find it in the water, did you?” “That’s where I found it. One of my hooks ci caught on to it and I pulled it up from the ™ bottom.” “How funny! Anything of value it it?” “There was a $500 bill in it.” He pulled the yellowback out of his vest { pocket and showed it to her. / —\ . “Tt looks to be a good one,’ ‘ “lm willing to take chances on that.” “Well, you were a lucky boy.” “Yes, there’s no getting out of that. It isn’t often that a $500 bill is fished out of the water.” _ *T should say it isn’t. I congratulate you on - your good fortune.” ' “Thanks,” replied Walt, as Miss Storms con- tinued on into the counting room. / ; Shortly afterward Broker Fairbanks made* ‘Kis y ~ appearance; and after going over his mail he ¢alled his messenger inside and gave him a ‘couple of envelopes to deliver. A that day Walt went to lunch. ~~ \) Before he returned to the office he went up to a little bank in Nassau Street and left.his $500 - pill and an order for the bank to buy for his ~ aecount 100 shares. of D. & K, stock at 48. With $20 change in his pocket he hastened back to ~ the office, perfectly satis that he had in- rented in a good thing. day D. & K. closed = 475-8, but. that fact didn’t worry Walt any; % “Did you buy any D. & K. yesterday ?” asked ne Bobby ‘Gene morning when they met. --®T_ did,” replied Walt. vy Porat wont figure?” si “At 4 ey The Pie has fallen off a little.” “I see it-has.” “Tt is liable to” go down still further.” - *f ean stand four points. I don’t believe it will drop that much.” a ‘days ea ‘Bobby noticed the stock had ine : Z On. the folere day D. fk + As Walt was hustling down New Street eet fi morning part of an apple whizzed so close to his head as to sting the point of his ear. He turned ;: ae and saw a stout boy vanish into a door- ee He en threw that at me, “Tl bet a -acky Beagle.” eric the doorway. ‘BOUND TO ’ she said. ~ o About one o’clock . ‘made $1,2 "Presently a “Tha GET Rice. 4 7 Wee grinning countenance appeared cautiously from the shelter of a broker’s sign. It was Beagle, sure enough. He and Walt were. not on good terms. Packy worked for a broker, named Car- ter Buchanan, who was both a business and personal enemy of Douglas Fairbanks. Young Beagle was a pock-marked youth of aggressive 1 tendencies. He didn’t like Walter Bacon, though for what reason it would be hard to say, and whenever the chance presented itself he would try to annoy him. He had thrown the apple and hoped to escape detection. Finding that Walt had got on to him, he walked off up New Street. Walt had half a mind to follow him and demand an explanation, but as he was on a rush errand he felt that he could not spare the time. Onchis way back he met Bobby and told him about the incident. “Packy is looking for trouble,” he said. “and he’ll get more than he wants of it if he doesn’t leave me alone.” : “Say, I-just came from the Exchange. There seems to be some excitement over Dd. & K. It went up one point while I was there.” © “That's x00. The more points it goes up the merri ier.” “T ‘notice that you’re nearly four dollars a _ share ahead of the game.” ‘ “T have an idea it may go to 60 or even higher.” “Are you going to hold on for 602” ‘ “aT may.’ Lent = “That would Rive you a profit of $12 a suite ay “That’s tight.” “If you have 50 shares that would double the $500 bill you found.” c “Well, I’m not crowing till I’m out of the | od,” said Walt, as they separated. ae uring the day D. & K. went to 55. Next . morning’s papers predicted a further rise in the ; stock. That they were not far out of the way was shown by D. & K. opening strong at:553-8, and keeping right to 56. That day the g brokers. fell over elves in their efforts to buy the stock. The consequence was it went — right up to a fraction above 60, at which it — closed. Walt concluded to follow Baron Roth-. child’s policy and sell too soon. So Walt left his order at the bank on the way home to close him out in the morning. His stock was sold at the opening price of 607-8. An hour after- ~~ ward the bottom came out of the boom and D. & K., amid great excitement, began to tumble — at a rapid rate. Bobby saw the decline and won dened whether Walt had been caught. He rushed into Mr. FairbAnks’ office and saw Walt sitting in his chair as contented as though he was worth a million. “D. & K. is on the toboggan,” said Bobby, glid- ing up tohim. “Did you get out in time?”/ wees “Don’t I look as if I did 2” nepliod. Walt. ie “What did you sell at? ae ‘i “Around 60.” “Lucky aye. J was afraid you had Sik on for nT. a higher fi : Then Bol he: “went away wondering how much his chum had made. Walt didn’t know exactly — himself until he received his statement of account — and sitet from the bank, then he saw he had t ni meh he presented his mother with $200,

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4 fo aes BOUND 0. CHT RICH: 2 ¥é erg : c é and each of his sisters with $25, after telling them now. fortunate he had -been in the stock market. CHAPTER’ IH.— Walt Accidentally Catches On : to a Swell Tip. : Bobby was very desirous of learning how much his chum had made out of D. & K., but Walt would not gratify his curiosity. , He took Bobby to the theatre, and treated him to a good supper afterward, and the lad had to be satisfied with that. One Saturday morning about three weeks . later, as Walt was returning from an errand on . . Broadway to his office, he noticed a plainly-elad - girl walking ahead of him. He-had almost over- “taken her when she started to cross Nassau streét at its junction with Wall. The horses of an ex- press wagon stood with their heads almost on a line with the crossing, and prevented her from _ seeing a cab that was approaching down Nassau at street until it was right on top of her, so to speak. - She uttered a low ‘scream of fright, started back, lost her balance and was falling right in the + de ray, a forward, grabbed her and swung her out of dan- ; ger-as the driver tried to pull in his horse. Walt ~ #ssisted her back to the curb, but she was so ~ upset that’ she hardly knew what she was doing. “The young messenger supported her on the sidewalk until she recovered herself. Sey “T am so much obliged to you,” she said, as ~ “ soon-as her self-possesion came back to her. | -~ “Helieve you saved my life.” +>” “That's all right,” he said, cheerfully. “I am very glad to have been able to render you a serv- ice, miss. Shall I accompany you across the ~ street?” : |. *J£ you please,” she replied, gratefully. “T fel a “so nervous that I can hardly walk. I had a great» » ., shock.” ‘ “J guess you did. I will walk down part of the block with you, if you wish.” » “Thank you very much. @Would you mind tell- ing me your name? I should like to know who I am under such deep obligation to.” - “My name is Walter Bacon. I ama Wall street messenger, employed by Douglass Fairbanks, in Sas the Hanover Building.” : _ “Thank you. My name is Florence Mills. I am a school teacher., I am on my way to the Seamen’s. Bank,” ° © ~ “The Seamen’s Bank? - with you, Miss Mills. It is right on the corner of Pearl street.” “a Yes, I hope you won’t put yourself out on my -, account, Mr. Bacon. You have already done more for me than I ever can thank -youxenough for,” she said, sweetly. - “Pm not putting myself out much. In any case, I think it is my duty to see you to your destina- tion under the circumstances, for you look pale and weak. You will be able to rest yourself at the yank. Do you know, your face ig very familiar to me. Just as if I had met you somewhere before... But I don’t think I ever did.” : ab Eee “fam sure I never saw you before, Mr. Bacon. I would remembér your face if I.had. I probably look like somebody you know.” sy oe - When they reached the steps leading up into ‘Seamen’s Bank she’ offered Walt her hand. os x ery ay ‘ Sy De eet wf in le cab’s path when Walt, seeing her peril, dashed | . from the secretary, enclosing Miss Mills’ ad- T can go as far as that | x é s Zz “I will thank you-once more for what you did _ for me,” she said, ‘and will ever remember ‘you — ya ere Bers “You are welcome, Miss Mills,” replied Walt and then they parted. : P ?, That evening at the supper table he recounted the incident to his mother and sisters. ts) as’ she pretty?” asked Edna, with a roguish smile. - ; : ie “Was She? You can gamble on it that she was, “sis,” said Walt, with some energy. “As pretty as that young lady whose picture — pba got on your dressing-case?” with a covert smile. Bee “By Jove!” cried the boy, springing to his feet. and rushing out of the room, much to the surprise of the famil¥. In a minute or two he came back with an expression of excitement on his face. “T knew I’d seen her before! What a chump I was not to think of this tintype! That’s the very girl I saved this morning from being run ~~ over,” and he threw the picture on the table. ° “Gracious!” exclaimed both of his sisters in a breath. “Are you sure of it?” Xy “Positive.” ‘ : “Then the pocketbook must have been lost by ee she knew,” said Edna. “Her best fel- _ low, perhaps.” E S52 [ “T guess so,” replied Walt, his. enthusiasm. _ evaporating at the possibility that Miss Florence ~ had a best fellow. we “Did the young lady give you her address?” asked Edna. : E : ee “No. She only gave me her name.” : tier, “Phen how are you going to find her in order” to trace the owner of the wallet?” eases “That will be easy enough. She’s a school teacher. I can write tg the Board of Education — for her address, explaining the circumstances.” “So veu can,” said May. pgs He did» so and received a reply two days later ¥ dress, : She lived at No. — West Ninety-third street. Walt decided to callggn her, so that evening he dressed himself mor€ carefully than usual and took an elevated train to the Ninety-third street station.. On arriving at the address given, which was a flat house, he discovered from the janitor that, as the schools had just closed for the sum- mer vacation, she and her mother had gone to visit a relative in the country. They were not ex-- pected to return till the first of September. = “Well, I guess the matter will have to keep till — she gets back,” said Walt to himself. “I’m sorry, - for I should like to have seen her.” : eins Next day Walt carried a note to a well-known broker in Broad street. He was shown into the broker’s private room. The trader, after reading the brief communication the boy had ‘brought, | started to scribble off a reply. As he pulled his pad toward him his elbow pushed a small pile of papers off the edge of his desk. They flew about — ing | “This is w ¥

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BOUND TO _ Walt returned-the papers to the desk, for which trouble the broker thanked him as he handed him an envelope. to. take back to Mr. Fairbanks. ‘On his way back to the office his mind was busy ~ with the memorandum he had just seen. That it was a matter of great importance he was certain. Camp, the signer of the memo, was one of the big- gest traders in the Street: « eat : He was reputed to be worth millions, and he was known to be the head of a big bull clique that made a practice of cornering certain stocks ‘when the conditions were favorable. “T’ll bet Camp and his associates are making an effort to corner P. & B. His order called for the : -purchase of every share in sight. That certainly + \ Jooks like business. I believe I’ve got hold of a - swell tip. I must look up P. & B. and see what it’s going at. With such a pointer I ought to lose no time in getting in on the ground floor with the ~ big traders. I’d be a chump if I let a good thin like this get away from me.” a i ; “Walt found out that P. &.B. was ruling at 72. “T can buy 200 shares on margin and if it goes up -ten points ’ll win $2,000,” he said to himself. So, just before he left’ for home, he, got the envelope containing his $1,500 from the safe. As soon as he was released for the day he carried the ' money around to the little bank on Nassau street and put all but’$60 of it up as margin on the 200 shares. - 2 CHAPTER IV.—Walt Makes a Good Thing Ou ; of His Tip. : _ Although Walt had every confidence in the win- “ning properties of his tip on P. & B., nevertheless the fact that he had practically every cent opis $1,500 capital up on the strength of it kept “him * ‘somewhat on the anxious seat. For a day or so _ P. & B. remained stationary, then it advan¢éed to - 4, much to the young messenger’s relief’ He saw the quotation while he was at the Exchange with a message to Mr. Fairbanks’ representative. . When he started to leave somebody stuck out his foot and Walt tripped over on his face. All the other’ messengers laughed hilariously. Walt. scrambled to his feet pretty mad, because he knew the trick had been worked on him to make him ~~ look ridiculous. He looked around to see if he _ © eould single out the guilty party. His eyes lighted on Packy Beagle, who was grinning. He was “satisfied that Packy was the guilty individual. \" “what did you do that for?” he demanded, walking up to him. . 3, ; . #What’s the matter with you?” retorted Packy, aggressively. “I didn’t do nothin’ to you.” » “Yes, you did. You tripped me up just now.”’. “Aw, fade away!” sneered Packy, pushing out his‘chin. : » Walt knew that the messengers’ entrance to the Stock Exchange was no place for a scrap, but - Beagle’s insulting behavior was too much for him - to stand. Quicker than a wink he hauled off and smashed Packy.in the eye, knocking him three feet way. He landed in a heap in a corner and the mnpus brought (0 the’ place. W: _ wit of the door and started for his 0% “he could walk. W. aa aueehe in double-quick order _ ‘alt, seeing trouble abead, glided — ‘s fast” When the Exchang.. .ed. at. GET RICH oe 5 three P. & B. had gone up another point, to Walt’s, great satisfaction. During the next three days the stock slowly advanced to 77, which put Walt © about $1,000 to the good. “Things are coming my way, all right,” he said, ~ gleefully, as he noted the quotation on the tape of the office ticker. “It’s about time that boom started in éarnest.. I shouldn’t be surprised if that stock went up over fifteen points altogether. * ‘’nat Camp crowd are pretty hot bulls when they _ get busy.” * Bee “Thé brokers are acting like a lot of lunatics over the boom in P; & B.,” said Bobby next morn- ing when he met Walt in the corridor. : “Been over to the Exchange?” asked his chum. “Sure. Just come from there. They’re having - a regular Injun war-dance on the floor.” ve “What’s the latest price of P. & B.?” “The figures on the blackboard said 85,” “That’s good. I’d like to see it go to 90.” “What difference does it make to you?” a “All the difference in the world. I’ve got a few, shares ‘of_it.” sere * ; “The dickens you have! “The other day.” *“Then you got in before the boom?” : “Of course. You don’t suppose I’d go in after it had crawled up ten or twelve points, do you? I leave that for people who have more time than I have.” “ »“What.did you give for it?” & ; : “Don’t you worry. I gave something less than. it is now.” :; “Say, you’re trying to make money too quick,” replied Bobby, rather enviously. an x “Well, I. told you some time ago that I was ‘bound to get rich, and so I am, if I break a lez. doing it,” A ae a “No use asking you how many shares youhave, _ I suppose?” ots : eto “No, Bobby, you’d only be-wasting your breath. “When it comes to business I’m as inute. as a clam Ta, ta, I must be off.” Es oa Walt started for the staircase and Bobby. for his own office.. There was all kinds of excitement — © on the Exchange that day, and it centered around — Roger Best 5 Shee When the price reached 90 Walt got his selling _ order in, and his 200 shares were disposed of at a” . fraction above that figure. Next day he found’ that his profits amounted to $3,600. ones “Mother,” he said, when he walked into the — kitchen where she was beginning the preparations .— for supper, “there’s’ been another boom in the market.’ : cami ” “Has there?” she replied. FpSe “Yas, and I was in it. How much do you sup- pose I made this time?” es “T have no. idea. When did you buy it?” ; A ; 7 Have you really made some more money?” she asked, with a pleased smile. — “Sure, I have. Ever since I found that $500 . bill I’ve been out for the dough. This deal has — brought me in $3,600.” WOPeust “Ts it possible, Walter?” she ished at the amount. “Why, ho xclaimed, aston- could you make’ . piet

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6 is three years and yet you nevér made anything out- side of your wages before.” “That’s because I did not have any capital to work with. You can’t go into the market on noth- ing. That $500 gave me my start. Now I’m worth $5,100.” ae “Why, that’s a fortune!” “To us, yes, but it would be considered ‘a mere bagatelle in Wall Street.” r | “There must be lots of money there.” “Heaps of it. Millionaires are nearly as com- ~ 4mon down there as paving blocks on our sfreet.” \ ¢ CHAPTER’ V.—A Pointer on D. & G. With a capital df $5,000 in an envelope in the office safe Walter Bacon felt pretty gay now. He didn’t get a swelled head over his success, how- ever, like some boys would probably have done. He was blessed with a good fund of sound com- -mon sense,..which now stood him in good stead. Bobby, noticing that P. & B. had gone up to 93, asked him if he was still holding on to the stock. “No. I sold out two days ago,” replied Walt. a ‘“T suppose you made a good thing out of it?” “Pretty good, considering my limited capital.” “You must be worth more than a thousand dol- lars now-—maybe two,” said Bobbie. “J won’t say that I’m not,” replied Walt. “1 wish I was worth a thousand dollars,” said Bobby, wistfully. ceWishing for it won’t bring it. I wished for $100 about a hundred times and I didn’t. get it, just the same. If it hadn’t peen for that $500 pill I found I would be wishing still and not be a bit nearer the mark.” F ; “That was the luckiest- thing in your life—to go fishing with me that afternoon. I suggested jt, so you owe your luck to me.” . That’s right. I did not think of that before. E Bf guess you’re entitled to something more than the mere honor of putting me on the road to good fortune. Will you be satisfied if I make you a Ip present of $100?” i erewill I? Bet your life I will! A hundred dol- 7s ag ooks as big as a whole range of mountains.” a “Then Til have a $100 bill for you when I meet you this afternoon after business hours. “You're a brick, old man!” ‘ “By the way, I’ve got a clue to the owner of that pocketbook I fished up.” “You have?” ‘ oN “Yes, You remember I found the tintype of a pretty girl in it?” / ¥ “Ves.” — ysual-cireumstances-” z “The deuce you did! Was it her pocketbook?” “J don’t think so. It must belong to somebody she knows. I expect to trace the owner of the $500 through her.” g ; + “And you inteng to give that up, after finding ” fe ts “Why not? “The owner has the best right to Tae ares 2 _ “What good are his rights to a thing that was Bobby. I shall absolutely out of his reach?” - *No use arguing the matter, Ty - Z 7 > : ; Sc Lahey ate in oy wa 9 ME fis See eae te a BOUND TO GET RICH Jars looks as big as a mountain to me. In fact, it’ “Well, I ran across ‘that girl under rather ‘un- turn the money over to any one who can establish his righ tovit.” : a “Where did you meet the young lady—the orig- inal of that tintype?” “At the corner of Wall and,Nassau Streets.” «+ . “Is she working in the district?” $Y “No. She’s a school teacher.” “You were speaking to her, then?” found she and her. mother had gone out of town on a vacation trip and are not expected back until M8 the schools reopen in September.” ieee “Oh, I see. In the meantime you’ll be able to use that $500, in connection with your own money, until you find out who owns it.” rene ; “T can, of course, but I don’t intend to take any, more chances with it. I’d feel like thirty:cents - — if I had to admit that I lost it in the stock market.” * Ang The foregoing conversation had taken place while the two boys were eating their lunch at the restaurant they frequented. They walked back to the Hanover Building together and separated in the corridor. There was a note waiting for Walt to deliver, so he didn’t even take, off his hat, but hurried out again. f dies a The address was the Mills Buildine. on Broad Street, and he hastened there. The elevator _ carried him to the sixth floor and” the office he — was bound for was on orfe of the side coridors. As he approached it he heard a boy’s voice raised’ in expostulation with some one. | | at “Aw, shut up, or I’ll give you a punch in the” eye!” exclaimed another voice, that sounded very te . . much like Packy Beagle’s. a As Walt was turning the corner a small mes- senger boy was suddenly propelled toward him with considerable force.. His head struck Walt — in the chest and then he went down on the floor. — Wak looked at the little fellow’s aggressor and saw that it wag Packy Beagle. ee “What's the trouble?” Walt asked the boy. © ts “He shoved me, and ‘he’s been abusing me,” replied the little lad, plaintively. aS “You’re a liar,” snorted Packy. “I ain’t been doin’ nothin’ to you.” : i “Yes, you have,” persisted the small youth. ip “Tt?s just like you to be doing such a thing, — you. big coward,” said Walt. - J iisc 5 aoe “Shut up! I don’t want nothin’ to do with — you,” snarled Packy. \ He wasn’t quite so aggressive as he was the — morning he tripped Walt up at the Stock Ex- change. Evidently the blow he received in the — eye on that occasion had given him a wholesome | respect for the boy he had assaulted. f cas “What do you mean by bullying this little fel- low?” demanded Walt. “Why don’t you tackle a fellow of your size?” \ Tae “It ain’t none of your business to butt in where — you ain’t wanted,” replied Packy, doggedly. “Look here, Packy Beagle, are you looking » for trouble? If you are I’ll give. you: all you~ want of it, right, heres« rade laeete ane : ire iP PORM is ye A

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ws -.tive glance at him. “with p -wouldn’t let me pass.”. ’ stop him. ~ answer to it, he came out directly. --elosure was of any importance. y PF ‘anyway, for tripping me up in the entrance to . the Stock Exchange, and I’d@ just as soon pay you mow as any other time,” said Walt, growing hot under the collar. oe “Yah!” ejaculated Packy, “throwing a vindic- “T don’t want nothin’ to do you.” ® : : : “Then get a move on and let this boy alone. Where are you going?” he asked the small mes- senger. ; % “Im going to Mr. Wakefield’s office. He “He'll let you pass now, all right. Go ahead.” The boy started and Parky made no effort to © “I'll wet square with you, see if I don’t!” said ~ Beagle, as he walked off himself. _ “Try and. see how you'll come out,” answered Walt, as he made for Parker & Co.’s office, a few feet. away. He delivered his note, and as there was no As he walk- ed along toward the main corridor he saw a blank envelope lying on the floor near where he and Packy had had their argument. <He stooped and picked it up. His fingers told him that there “was Something inside of it. He opened the flap, which was only partly stuck, to see if the en- It contained a eard with the name of Henry Placide printed on it, but with no address. Turning it over care- lessly hé saw there was something ' written in . pencil on the back. Money in the pockets of the lucky ones. This is what he read: bs The melon I spoke to you about “the other day is D: & G., Get busy. It will ‘néver be lower. In less than a week there will “be something doing thaty will put a bartel of Don’t It’s dollars to Yours, H.:P.” “Dear B.: { G., and is “passing the information on to his friend B. I’m afraid it is not likely to reach Mr. B. now, for his name and address are wanting. Whoever *dropped® this must have been very careless. At any rate, he has probably done me a good turn. TH look up D. & G. when I get back to the office, gee what it is ruling at, and try to find out if ‘there’s anything in the wind. Id just as soon aes a few thousands more as not. When a fellow is bound to get rich if he can, he can’t afford to let any chances get by him. In the language of Wall Street, opportunity spells. oney.” : + 3 Walt found that D. & G. was going at 45 and a fraction. He also discovered that it was lower been in more than a year. Af- ow than it h L over he decided to buy 500 thinking the matter | 0 home kent: inthe “Geel: - BOUND TO ae ; GET RICH : A found Bobby waiting for him in the corridor. : “Here’s your $100, Bobby.” he said, handing it to him. “Thanks, old man! : 1 You're all right!” said the. delighted Burnside, g “Now, do you want to risk that-bill on a little « deal?” asked Walt. “I’ve got a tip on D. & G. I’m going to buy a few shares’ myself. That $100 will get you twenty shares on a ten per cent. margin,.or twenty on a five.” “I don’t know,” replied Bobby, doubtfully, “TI, never owned a $100 bill before. I hate to part with it.” . fesse ees 2 “Please’ yourself, chappie. I’m letting you in on a good thing, if ‘you’ve got the nerve to connect with it.” : : “How much do you think Ill make, then?” “If you buy twenty shares I think you'll make from $200 to $250: inside of ten days. I expec to cash in at that rate.” When the boys reached the bank Bobby hadn’t made up his mind one way or the other, though the temptation to risk his money was great. “Sit dewn there and think it over’ while 1 at- tend to my business,” said Walt. : ; . Bobby did so, and he envied the offhand way in which his chum approached the margin clerk and put in his order with his cash. — “Well, what are you going to do?” asked/Walt, as soon as he had finished his business with the bank. “IT guess I'll get twenty shares,” said Bobby. _ “Then step up to the window and the clerk will attend to you.” Bobby passed his bill over with considerable reluctance, but he was ashamed to back out after going that far, so the deal was put through. “Bobby,” said Walt, solemnly, see that bill again.” vat ; “Won't 1?” replied his chum, with a look of alarm on his face. “I thought you said that—” “If you’ win you'll see three others just like it, but that particular bill may be in Kalamazoo — by that time.” Aig “Oh,” replied Bobby, with a si¢kly grin, “I see what you mean. Gee! You gave me quite a shock. I thought you meant something else.” » “TY shouldn’t care to have depositors if I had a bank,” said Walt. “Why not?” : “You take fright too easily.” . Bobby made no reply, and they walked down the subway stairs and took a train for home. CHAPTER | VI.—Walt Calls ‘On Morence Mills. ay; Next day D. & G. went up to 46, and though that was but half a point, Bobby was tickled to death. If it had gone down half a point he’d have had a fit. The following day and the stock closed at 47. : “I'ye made $30 already, haven’t 12” said Bobby, as he and.,Walt started for home. rack Shek “About that.” ‘ RR “Tf it goes up another point on Monday T’li ,be another $20 ahead.” es “Correct,” laughed Walt. © wis ‘It’s just like finding money, isn’t ite “youll never — a few like you as’ ~ was Saturday, 2 ~

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i 8 BOUND TO “Tt is, as long as the stock keeps going up.” “You expect it» to keep on going un, don’t you?” / “My expectations may not pan out.” “But you. said as * “T said D. &.G. was a good thing, but didn’t . Say that it was absolutely sure. I never heard of anything being absolutely sure in Wall Street. Now, shut up about it, and let’s talk on another subject.” / Bobby watched the tape at every chance he got on Monday, but there was nothing doing to speak of in D. & G. On Tuesday the price drop- ped to 46, and Bobby acted so nervous that Mr. _ Sampson asked him what was the matter. When he met Walt that afternoon he wanted to sell out, “Well, sell out, if you want to,” replied his chum, impatiently. “Nobody is stopping you.” “Tt’s gone down to 46.” “What if it has? It will go un again In a day or two.” : “T don’t believe you know anything about it.” “All right, then, don’t bother me. We'll go to the bank now and you can tell the clerk®to sell your twenty shares.” ip ; “T guess I won’t sell,” replied Bobby. “Then don’t talk about it any more.” After fluctuating between 46 and 47 for two days, D: & G. took a jump to 49. On the follow- ing day Walt bought 500 more shares at 50. Be- fore three o’clock the stock was going at 53. Next day everybody was going wild over the vise in the stock. Bobby was sent to the Ex- change several times that day with notes to the junior partner, Merrill. Every time he got there D. & G. was quoted higher At length it reached 68, just as Bobby arrived on his*fourth visit. - He saw the figures on the blackboard, and a - moment later it- was sold at 581-8. 3 “Hurrah!” he yelled, in great glee. “Bw, shut up!” said a surly voice in his,ear. ~ “Do you think you’re at a ball game?” “Mind your own business, Packy Bobby retorted, turning around. ise? “Don’t you give me none of your lip, or Ill _. push your face in!” snarled Packy. “You had better not touch me, if you know - when you’re well off.” | “What’ll you do?” sneered Packy. - One of the other messengers slipped behind ’ Bobby and shoved him against Beagle. Packy jabbed Walt’s chum in the ear. Bobby, mad as a hornet, punched the bully in the stomach and gave him a shove. Another messenger who had been abused by Packy gave him a sly kick on the shins. Beagle, with a roar of anger, started for -* Bobby, when an attendant appeared, caught him es a gee collar and gave him a couple of good cuffs. - “Just wait till I catch you outside,” said Packy after the scrap had cooled down, shaking his fist at Bobby. 2 , a, > - bd Beagle,” note from his messengér’s hand, read it and - dismissed him with a nod. At that moment a Fe G. quotation of 59 went up on the board. As soon as Bobby got outside he made a_hee- ‘line for the little bank on Nassau Street. There ‘was a line at the margin clerk’s window, and had to wait his turn. en geet ey pecksaite ne ~during July and August. ‘often, and I wondered if I should ever see you At that moment Mr. Merrill came up, took the . tion term, As 1: ough: GET RICH Finally he reached the window and told the clerk to sell him out. His order was:taken and he was told that-it would Be executed right away. : Then he went back to the_office as happy as a Jark, but he got a calling déwn for being out so Jong. Walt, in the meantime, tried to reach the -, bank, teo, but he didn’t get there until half-past two, at which time D. & G. was going at 61 1-2. He sold out his 1,000 shares at that figure, ‘Later on the two boys met on the street as they were both coming from the Manhattan National Bank, where their employers deposited their re- ceipts. ? " “TY sold out at 59,’ cried Bobby, “and I’ve wiade $13.50 a share.” “T sold cut around 61.” “T thought you were going to sell at 58?” “That was my intention, but I was so busy I couldn’t get to the bank,” “So much the hetter for you.” Next day when Walt got his check from the bank he found he was worth $18,500. « . He gave each of his sisters $100 for a present, - and he handed his mother $1,000 to put in a saving for herself. After the D. & G. boom was over trading was more or less dull in Wall Street On the first of Se tember Walt went up to Ninety-third Street aga’ to see if Florence Mills had returned from the country. The schools were to open in a week, and the young messenger guessed it was about/time — for her to be in the city. When he reached the- flat house he asked thé janitor, whom. he saw © smoking at the head of the steps leading down — te his apartments, if Miss Mills and her mother ~ had got back yet. “Yes,” replied the janitor, “they returned Sat- urday. Push the bufton under their name in the vestibule and if they are -in they will open ~ the door for you to enter.” : So Walt pushed the button, and presently he — heard the familiar “click, click,” of the door wire, and he walked into the lower hall. Then ~— he walked up two flights. At the head of the / second flight he saw a female figure. HE fee “Who is it?” asked. the voice of Miss Mills., Walt, glanced up and she recognized him at once. v0 “Why, Mr. Bacon!” she exclaimed, in surprise. — “Is that you? Come right up. I am very glad ~ to see you,” and she held out her hand. saith “And I am yery glad to see you, Miss Mills,” i he/ said, noticing that she looked very much § — stronger and healthier than when he first met her’ on Wall Street. “You must excuse me fo ty calling on you without an invitation, but——” “Oh, don’t mention it,” she cried. “I am de- _ lighted that you have called. Mother will be — very pleased to meet you. Come right in,” and ~ she léed,him into their cozy little parlor. “How — did you find me out} I have thought of you again. I intended to write to your office and . ask you to call.” ae 3 a Vn “I wrote to the secretary of the Board of Ed- ucation for your address, and he sént it to me. That was a few days after we met on Wall Street. I called here, but the janitor told me that the flat was shut up, as you and your moth- : er had gone into the wougiy to spend the vaca- it was about time, fo: ¥ $42 ‘=

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ea _ BOUND TO you to be back I called again this evening. and have been so fortunate as to) find you at home.” “Tt is awfully kind of you to’call. Wait a mo-. ment till I tell mother that you are here.” While she was gone Walt took in the parlor. . It was neatly and tastefully fitted up, with no \ pretensions as to style. A large rug covered most of the floor, and an upright omer against the wall opposite the fireplace. In few minutes Miss Mills returned. : : “Mother will be in presently,” shé* said, tak- ing a seat beside him on the lounge. .“Do you live in Manhattan yourself, or——” “Yes, I live at No. — 120th Street, Harlem.” ' After Miss Mills had spoken about the nice _. time she and her mother had had in the country, - , Walt introduced the object of his visit. . “Now, Miss Mills, he said, “you may remember that on the occasion I made your acquaintance on Wall Street I remarked that your face was somewhat familiar to me, but I couldn’t seem to place you.” : ; : “Yes, € recollect that you were under the im- pression that you had seen me before, but I ' thought you must be mistaken.” : ; “Well, I had seen you before—that is, I had seen your picture.” ; : . " _ “My picture!” she exclaimed, in some surprise. “Tt is either your picture or that of a young lady who looks so much like you that she could easily be mistaken for your twin sister. I have brought it with me for you to pass on it.” . Thus speaking, Walt produced the tintype he ‘had found in the water-soaked pocketbook and ianded it to her. 3 ye did you get this?”.she asked in an astonished tone, ' “Tt is your photograph, then?” “TE is. I received a dozen from the photo- grapher, but ten of them were d oyed through an accident. This is the mate “of the only re- maining one, which I have in a drawer where I keep my trinkets, and my -father, before his _ death, carried it about in an old red pocketbook which he lost one day when out fishing some- where down near’ Staten-Island. The loss of the - pocketbook was something of a misfortune to us, as it contained a $500 bill which father had _ drawn from,a savings bank that day, and" repre- sented all the money he had in the World. Can _ it be possible that you found that pocketbook, Mr. Bacon? And yet, how could you, when fa- * ther said that it fell out of his pocket into the stream and sank in the marsh? Perhaps you _. will explain how that picture came into your possession?” : ~ “That’s what I came here to do. I found your _ father’s pocketbook.” : (CHAPTER Vil—Walt’s Night Adyenture. t oA __ Miss Mills received Walt’s statement with un- » feigned amazement. “You found my father’s pocketbook!” she ex- -¢laimed. mea, _ } _ “Yes, I tell you how it happened. I found - in a marshy branch of the Kill von Kull on _ Decoration Day: My chum and I were fishing _ down there that afternoon. I had no luck with ‘the fish and in disgust I let my line drag on the = "3 ks 4 GET RICH 9. bottom of the stream. When I pulled it up an old, red, water-soaked pocketbook was attached to one of the hooks. I opened it. I found in it ‘some newspaper clippings, which I threw away, that tintype, which I put in my pocket because the face attracted me, and a $500 bill. There was nothing about the wallet to give me a clue to the owner, so I tossed it back into the water.. That’s the whole story.” 3S “My goodness! That is certainly remarkable. And then to think that you, who had found my father’s pocketbook, should a short time after- ward save my life! That is still more extra- ordinary.” : “A sort of coincidence. Well, Miss Mills, I am ready to restore that $500, now that I have found the rightful owner.” ~ “Dear me! I don’t think we could accept it, Mr. Bacon, under the circumstances. I think you are clearly entitled to fetain it, and 1 am sure that will be mother’s opinion, too. Besides, I am under such an obligation to you that vt “Miss Mills, I must insist on returning you the money. You will not object to taking it when I assure you that ‘your father’s bill has been the means of my making over $18,000 in the stock market, .since the dav I found it.” ; “Ts it possible!” 7 { “It is a fact,” and Walt gave her a rapid sketch of his three stock operations. - 4 “What a smart boy you must be!” she said, with an admiring glance at him. , “Thank you for the compliment, Miss Mills,” he said, laughingly. Mrs. Mills now made her appearance, and Florence imtroduced Walt to her. She immediately took advantage of the — chance to thank him for saving her daughter © from being run down by the cab on Wall Street that day, and added that she and Florence would be happy to have him call as’ often as he felt disposed to do so. _ “Mother,” said the young School teacher, “you remember that pocketbook that father lost the day he went fishing down the bay?” __ “I ought to remember it, as its loss was a serious matter to us, especially as your poor. father died soon after.” ‘ LES. “Well, mother, Mr. Bacon found that pocket- book, with the money and my tintype in it. It was my resemblance to the picture that caused him to believe that the money belonged to us. I didn’t want to take it from him, but he in- sisted that I should, so here it is,” and Florence handed her mother the $500 bill that Walt had given her. Of course Walt had to tell his singu- — lar story over again in order to satisfy Mrs. Mills’ curiosity as to how the pocketbook had — come in his possession. She declared that it was truly remarkable that he, after finding the ~ pocketbook in such an odd way, shold be the one to save her daughter's life. “« Wear is “Oh, I guess it would take a pretty bie book to record We the curious things that have hap- pened sincé the world opened up for business,” laughed Walt. The boy spent a very pleasant evening with Mrs. Mills and her daughter. Flor- ence played on the piano and sane for him, and when he finally rose to go they gaye him a cordial invitation to call soon again. A es B, “So the pocketbook was the, property of h father,” said Wal er ; himself, on his way to the ee Bert

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: 10 BOUND TO station. “Well, I’m glad of that. I was afraid that—_—” That was as far as he got, for at that mornent two men and-a stout boy rushed upon him from the shelter of a doorway, where they had. been hiding. and one of them struck him a blow alongside the head with his fist that stretched him unconscious on the sidewalk. The - footpads went through the senseless boy, taking ' ‘his watch and chain and loose change, after ~which they shoved him. into the area of a private house and decamped. An hour later Walt came to his senses. The effects of the blow .on the head made him feel pretty groggy. «He soon - realized that he was the victim of a hold-up job —that everything of value about his person had been taken. “T’}} have to report this outrage at the nearest police station,” he muttered. With this purpose in view he startefl, as he supposed, for Columbus Avenue, to inquire his way to. the station. It a¥r state’ he walked in the opposite direction. He passed the flat house he had just come from without noticing the fact, and kept on toward ‘the river. It was about eleven o’clock and the street was deserted. After he had walked two Bircne suspicion that the three persons inside — happened, however, that in his partly dazed - \ shoved it forward. blocks he began to wonder where he was. The ~ neighborhood was: unfamiliar to him, and he saw nothing of the elevated railroad tracks that ran along Columbus Avenue. He leaned up against a fence surrounding a big lot and tried to think and get his bearings. The fence happened to be weak at that point and gave way under his weight. He tumbled in a’ heap into the lot and lost his senses again. He lay there dead to the world for .a couple of hours. He was in a state of considerable mental confusion when he came - around again. Staggering to his feet, he started --to walk across the lot without any definite idea where he was going. The cool night air gradv- ally cleared his brain as he went forward, and Ss pleasant events of the night. “What I should like to know is, where the he was soon able to patch together the un- “dickens have I got to?” he asked himself. That_ he was wandering about a vacant lot was clear. ‘It ran completely through the block from one street to the other, and in width was equal to servation he saw a rude one-story shanty before Wim Through a large knot-hole a dull light shone. That satisfied Walt that there was some- body in there, amd he decided to ask the occu- pant to give him his beatings. There was no telline what kind of a reception he might get -4f the occupant should happen to be a tough cus- temer. : : ™~ So he cautiously approached the. knot- hole and looked inside. Two hard-looking men and a boy were seated around a dilapidated <table, playing cards. Illumination was furnished by a small eemmon kerosene lamp, shadeless, which stood in the center of the table, flanked py a tin can that would comfortably hold a quart of beer. As Walt applied his’ eye to the hole one of the men took up the can, and after giving the contents a rotary motion, applied it sto his lips and took a deep draught. When Walt’s eyes rested on the boy he gave a start of surprise. He recognized him as Packy Beagle, arter Buchanan's messenger. With a pack Peet Hea ao of | half .a dozen city lots. Stopping to take an ob-~ GET RICH dirty cards in his hands, which he was dexterous- ly shuffling, his hat perched on the back of his head, a cigarette, mostly consumed, between his lips, a small pile:of silver coin at his elbow and. a satisfied smirk on his pock-marked contenance, _ uu aoe to be holding *his own very well, in- _ deed. ~ Sas, As the boy began to deal the cards a were the ones who had assaulted and laid him out that evening forced itself upon Walt’s mind. He had.only caught a fleeting: glimpse of the raseals before he was done up, but hé knew one — of them was a boy; and Packy answered the de- — scription pretty well. ‘Beagle picked up his hand, looked at it, while each of the men shoved a — small coin’ toward the center of the table and ~ called for two cards’each. Packy pushed a simi- lar com toward the others and then dealt each of the men what they asked for, taking only. one himself. One of the men pulled a dollar bill from his pocket and threw it into the pot. the other man Scratched his. chin and finally, after a pause, pulled a watch from his pocket and Welt identified that watch as_ ne his own. Ser a “That settles it,” he said to himself, “these ~ — are the chaps who robbed me. I’m thinking Packy has put his foot in it this time.” Beagle saw the ante and went a dollar better. The first man pulled Walt’s chain out of his pocket and shoved it in as security for one dollar. The other tapped the watch as an indication he was, in another dollar, and called for a show of the — cards. Packy displayed four tens and an ace. His hand won, and his opponents each. uttered an impreeation of disappointment. The boy shoved thewatch back, and told the rascal hat he owed him.two dollars An argument follewed as to the value of the chain, which Packy finally took possession of after handing its late -pos- sessor three dollars. The game then broke: up. peers saying that it was time for him to g home. ; x CHAPTER VIII.—Pushing a Charge and What Beeame of It. ; “As soon as Packy Béagle left the shanty Walt followed him at a sufficient distance to keep him in sight.. Buchanan’s messenger turned eastward along Ninety-second Street, and Walt shadowe him to a cheap fiat on Amsterdam Avenue. Wait- ing long enough to give Packy time to get up- stairs, Walt entered the vestibule of the flat ar striking a match, secured the number of - house. He also looked at the names on the letter. ‘boxes and saw that the Beagle family occupied the top flat on the “south side. Sie A Sg “T’ve got to locate that police station now sure,” thought Walt, as he walked. toward the the stairs Id his stor

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2 ; BOUND TO and that person told him that the nearest police “station was in 100th Street, west of Columbus Avenue. Walt thanked him and walked up there. When he reached 100th Street he saw two green lamps in front of a buildine a short distance down the block. He knew that was the station and hurried there. He rehearsed his adventure to the man at the desk. A detective was sum- moned from an inner room and Walt went over his story again for his benefit. Another officer was called into the case, and at the detective’s * request Walt led the way to. the shanty in the lot. The door was forced and the two rascals “were found inside. The were searched and Walt’s _ “watch found on one of them. They were hand- i) cuffed together and marched to the station by the policeman. Walt and the detective then went to the Beagle flat in Amsterdam Avenue and aroused the inmates. Securing an entrance’ to the flat, the detective arrsted Packy, to the ~~ consternation as well_as indignation of his rela- tives. A search of his pockets revealed Walt’s watch chain. He was taken to the station and locked up. Walt then went home. after promis- - ing to appear at the police court in the morning - to prosecute the three rascals. It was after _. three when he’ entered his flat, and his mother and sisters were in a state of great anxiety -. over his failure to return home in season. They ~_-were not a little disturbed bv his story, but he laughed at their fears and trotted off to bed. _ After breakfast he wrote a note to the cashier of his office and took it around to Bobby’s flat for ‘him to deliver. His chum was much gston- , ished to learn what he had been throu: the night before. When Walt got back home he. found the captain of a West Side election dis- trict waiting to see him. The political gentleman had called to see if Walt wouldn’t withdraw his charge against Packy, Mr. Beagle Senior being a voter and worker of his district. Walt refused to entertain such a proposition. The man said:, “Qh, come, now, the easiest way is the best. Ym satisfied you have made a mistake in this ‘thing. He had no hand in assaulting you. Re- ee “member, if you push your charge against him “you may ruin an innocent boy for life.’ “Tt think he is ruininz himself without any help from me. Look et the company he keeps. Besides, a8 I intend to push the matter against those two ‘men, Packy is involved, no matter how you look at it. If he was the only one in ; ae ease"I might decline to prosecute; but,j as ' the affair stands, the three are tarred with the +» game brush.” The captain went_away without ~ having accomplished his object. When the case - was called in the police court that morfiing the _ prisoners were present. So also was Walt, the “district captain, and another man. ‘While Walt - was making ‘his way to the, witness chair the other man had an interview with the judge. Walt told a plain, straightforward story. - “Can you:swear positively that the prisoners at the bar were the persons who attacked you on Ninety-third Street?” asked the judge. re eannot; but I can swéar two ; did the trick, and my property was found in ae ney oe za) possession of two of the prisoners.” hich two?” — men and a° GET RICH 11 “Detective Morton, who went with me and, arrested the prisoners.” “You are willing to swear that this watch and chain are yours?” asked the judge. , “T am. My monogram is on the case.” The magistrate examined the monogram. “What are your initials?” OW: de Be The detective was the next witness, and he was followed by the policeman. The prisoners were then asked what they had to say for them- selves. The big rascal accouted’ for the watch — being in his possession by declaring that he had found @-on the sidewalk in Ninety-third Street, and had giyen the chain to his companion, who, in turn, had lost. it to Packy in the game of poker. The big) rascal’s companion swore he 3 had ‘seen his associate pick the watch up, and A had asked him for the chain, and got it. Packy . swore that he had. not been in Ninety-third Street. at all, but had met the two men at the shanty. They had told him about the finding of the watch and chain on the sidewalk, and he F had won the chain from the smaller man, The magistrate decided that there-was not sufficient evidence to hold the prisoners for highway rob- bery, and ordered the charge changed to “hav-— ing stolen property in their possession,”- on which count he ordered them to be transferred to the Tombs. Walt did not get his watch and chain back, as they were to be turned’ over to the property clerk at headquarters, pending the final adjustment of the case. On his way out of the court he was halted by the district cap- tain and his companion. ‘- \ f “Well,” said the captain, “I told vou that you were mistaken about the boy having any hand in : robbing you. He gave a perfectly satisfactory “— reason for having your property in his pos- séssion. So did the men. When they come’ up for trial on the new charge they are bound to be discharged. There isn’t a bit of evidence against them. As soon as they’re taken to the Tombs they’ll be let out on bail, and that’s about all there’ll be to it. You might better not have pushed the charge, for in that case you would probably have got your watch back at once. Now you'll have to wait for it until the charge against them is dismissed.” With a sardonic - grin the captain and his companion walked off. “Tt looks as if I’ve come out at the small end of the horn,” grumbled Walt to himself. “I’m satisfied those three rascals are guilty of the assault and robbery, but the trouble is I can’t prove it, so they'll probably get clean off.” 7 - x fe any ee CHAPTER IX—Walt Adds to His Capital, and > - Helps Miss Mills ‘to Do the Same. is “ se : Before he went home that afternoon Walt» — wrote a letter to Florence Mills detailing all — that happened to him after leaving the flat. He also told her how the matter had been disposed of at the police court. In the meantime he had related the cireumstances to his employer. Mr. _ Fairbanks was satisfied that the accused were — guilty, but admitted that it was not likely they would be punished,.as there was no corroborative “evidence against them, and the circumstantial a ee aa oe oe s

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oe ee BOUND TO part was not sustaining enough to impress a magistrate. Two days later Walt received a a dainty note from Miss Florence in which she told him how sorry she was to learn that he had been attacked and robbed after leaving her home, and she tendered her and her mother’s ‘sympathy. She added that she hoped the un- fortunate incident would.not prevent him from visiting them soon again, signing herself, “Very sincerely. your friend, Florence.” Two weeks pe later, while Walt was out on an errand, an un- : expected shower of rain obliged him to take E: shelter in a doorway on Exchange Place. Two ~~ gentlemen also sought shelter in the sigoiyne _ doorway. Walt soon ime them discussing a a ' certain stock ealled S. & L “Tf you “want to make a stake, Fordham,” said one of the gentlemen,..“you’ll make no. _-mistake in buying a few thousand shares’ of S$. & L, It’s selling unusually low in the market for a gilt-edge security, and can’t remain long at that figure. The moment the market takes. a brace it will go up. It pays a quarterly divi- ~dend of 1 1-2 per cent. on its par value, which is equivalent to 2 per cent. on its present market value. It is good. either as a speculative venture or a permanent investment. I advise you to get in on it without delay. I don’t believe it will go a point lower at the outside.” Walt listened to them discuss the matter, Zod the gentleman named Fordham finally said that _ he agreed ‘with his. companion that S..& L.-was ‘a good thing to buy, and that he intended to purchase a couple of thousand shares at once. _ After the rain.let up and Walt went on his “way again he began to seriously consider the advisability of buying the stock himself. As Soon as he got back to the office he looked it up --and saw that the stock was selling at .80. ~ “T could get 2,000 shares, but it would take nearly all my money,” he mused. “Still, as long as it’s a pretty safe investment, I’m not running much of a risk.” Before getting in on it he decided to make inquiries of Mr. Fairbanks, as well as of several _ well-known brokers he knew well enough to ap- ‘proach. The result of his investigations was so favorable that he brought 2,000 shares. Hew wrote Florence Mills and told her that he thought if she invested $400 in 50 shares of the stock she would make a little money. He offered to put the deal through for her. On the following af- » ternoon she came downtown to see him about the matter. He showed her the evidence that he had himself gone the whole hog on the stock, and explained all. his reasons for taking the risk. Florence was favorably impressed by Walt’s arguments. Besides, she had the utmost confidence in his honesty and smartness. She opened her wallet and took out $400, which she handed to him. “Buy me 50 shares, and when you sell your own, stock sell mine; too.’ I rely entirely on your pecgmch. I shall not scold you if luck should appen to go against me. If you can afford to nt $16,000 on the stock, surely I can afford to sk $400. I am sure you are very kind indeéd - put me in the way of making a little smoney. “You are quite welcome, Miss Florence. It, is a great ye te, ee eae Re abl +e do anything for: you.” 4 x #5 es : began to stiffen and S. & L. advanced two points “once,” GET RICH . “Thank you,” she replied, with a smile. “Well, I must not bother you any more to-day, so I will take my leave.” “You are not bothering me. through for the day.” “As early as this?” “Yes. We messengers have pretty good hours, Tam practically. _ but. it’s generally a case of hustle from nine to baie T Suppose vou go home by the elevated?” “Ves,” “Tf you don’t mind waiting a few minutes vi go uptown with you; that is, if you do not object > to my company.” ae “T should be very happy to have vour escort,” ing. Next morning he hought the 50:shares of _ & L. for Miss Mills, at 80. The market re- mained pretty much the same as it had been for the. past two weeks until Friday, when prices —__ by three o’clock when the Exchange closed. So Walt had good news to carry to Florence when fe: he called that evening to take her down to the Empire Theatre. ; “Omitting the matter of commission; Florence,” he said. on your little dea! 2 é “Tsn’t that lovely!” she exclaimed. “And you must’ have made forty times as much as phat. which is $4,000.” =e “About that,” he replied. _ Z Walt thought Florence unusually pretty that : evening in her theater gown, with a white feath- er boa thrown over her shoulders, while shi ye ae was very proud of the escort of such a stalwart, ~ _ good-looking boy, who paid her every F ies . that a girl could look for. Next day S. & L. went up another point in the course of the two-hour session. During i fore part of the week it sagged back to 82 3-8, Be. and then went up to 84. “{ haven’t heard you-talk stocks for three. months,” said Bobby, one day that week. “You. haven’t quit the market, have you?” “No, I’ve only been lying low and watchin for something to turn up.’ s ae means you're on the lookout for anoth ti “That's right,” replied Walt, who did not cont ; sider it necessary to tell Bobby that he way play- ing S. & L. at that moment. — eS Miss “you’ve made $100 so far “Well, if you get -hold of one, let me 5 know, 8 ee I'd like to add my little pile.” “Seems to me you're setting: rec laughed | his ehom g

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? _ “No, but I don’t mind: getting in on a good * thing.” \**You’re not the only one down here who is ‘looking for easy money. I think vou had better keep out of the market.” ~ ~ “Why? Do you want to make all the money *) yourself ?” Fe “I’m not likely to get away with any too. much, You needn’t worry.” » “T’d like to be worth a quarter of what you have made since you Started in.” “You ‘haven’t any idea what I’ve made.” “Oh, I can guess. You’ye made all of six or { seven thousand.” od ates ok won't say that I haven’t; but that isn’t 0) Pa -mmuch.” +. -“Not, for a ore but-for a messenger boy it’s a fortune.” “Would you be satisfied with that much?” eat “Would I? Bet your life I would!” “Td bet your life that you rouldn’t. You’d be looking around for a chance double it.” . ‘Vike ‘you’re doing?” | “Exactly. The more a fellow ‘has the’ more « whe wants. That’s. why so many of the lambs, - “who: happen to be fortunate in their first specula- ~~ tion, hang arotnd the Street until in the end they go broke.” Bobby knew that was a fact, for he’d seen un- “When Saturday came around again, S. & L. “was going 87 3- 8, and at that figure Walt ord- ered his stock and Florence’s Sold. It was done - before the Exchange closed at Walt knew that he had cleared a matter of - $14,000 on the deal, while Miss Mills’ profits on her 50 shares amounted to $360! He saw her Sun- day evening and promised to bring the money - to her next evening: He kept his worfd, and at ‘the same time he told her that he was now worth about $31,000. é - “Youre the only one who knows that,” said Walt, “for I like to keep my business to myself; but somehow or another I’ve made jan exception -in your case. I don’t know why "ve told you, unless it is -beecause—well, because I like vou.’ { Florence blushed a little and said she appre- ciated his confidence. ~ CHAPTER xX. —A Big Deal in Copper About bres. waehe after Walt added the- $14, 4 _ 000 to his pile Packy Beagle.and his two raseally associates were brought to the bar of the court ‘of Special Sessions. Walt was the only impor- tant witness against them, and even his testi- : mony, which he had to confine solely to events ‘that followed the robbery, failed to convict the accused. Walt got his watch back, and with to get a little flippy with Walt again, as he had before he gotethat crack in the Stock Exchange. “That chap seems to have forgotten the les- son I gave him,” said Walt, remarking on the matter to Bobby. He’s grown uncommonly cocky since he got out of that scrape, and it ore | BOUND TO GET RICH 8 gumbered examples of the fact in- his own of- . noon, and then. that he had to Se content. Packy himself began: goes ee me ony like a matter Bf - ae time 18 “Don’t forget to put in a couple of welts.for me,” said Bobby. Our young messenger now had a safe deposit — -box to keep his money in, as he did not consider it prudent to keep such a large sum as $31,000 in the office safe. He kept a close watch on the market, and soon ~~ saw a chance to buy M. & O. at a Jow price. He purchased 3,000 shares at 62, and’ when it went to 66 he sold out, and clint about $11,500, which raised his eapital to $42,000. The day after he sold, the stock fell back to 64, and he congratulated himself on his alertness in get- ting out at the right moment. Walt now felt ; that with the capital he had acquired he could © afford. to take chances that he never would have dared to take before. One day he was sent on an errand to a mining broker’s office in Broad Street, and while waiting to be admit- — ted to the private office of the trader he over-. heard two brokers talking about the prospects ; of a certain copper mine in the Northwest. The, — gentlemen who were conversing did not make — any secret about the matter under discussion. ,A day or two later Walt was sent with a note to : the secretary of the Mining Exchange. « While ie in the room he heard a gentleman tell the secre- , tary that there would be something doing’ in Montana Copper in a few days that would get the Curb by the ears. »«That remark which he caught as it were on the-fly, set him thinking more earnestly than ever about this-stock. Final- ly Walt decided to purchase 1,000 shares of the stock outright. The certificates cost him $10,000, and when he got them he put them in his sate WW deposit box. That night he dreamed that he had bought the controlling interest in the mine; that. - jit advanced to 100, and the papers called him the. o young copper king. s ; “That was a funny dream,” he said to himself when he woke up in the morning. “I weuldn’t mind having such a dream come true.” ads That morning Bobby was laid up:with a bad cold and didn’t go downtown, so Walt went to the station alone and boarded the express. At the Grand Central station two men got aboard — the train and one of them took the vacant seat / near. Walt, who was absorbed in the rning paper, while the other had to stand up and hold on to a strap. Everybody who has’ ridden on the ° subway trains know that they make such a noise when. in motion that conversation can scarcely be carried on.in ordinary tones; The two men in question seemed to. be unused to thé underground route, and in trying to talk they — raised their voices even louder than those who, ~ had grown accustomec to the racket of. the ~ wheels. Walt would have paid no attention to them, but for the fact that the words “Montana Copper” suddenly reached his ears. The name of that mine acted like magic on him, and he. trained his sharp ears to try and hear what they ; had to say about the mine. oy " “Now, Andrews, this morning you visit the — offices on Broad between Wall and Exchange Place, and I'll take in those below. Then you take in Exchange Place towards Hanover, while Pll work the brokers between Broad and New. The closing figure of Montana Copper yesterday, as you know, was 9 7-8. At an average price of. ae we ought to: sate ak up a majority of the? ‘sl

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14 BOUND TO there are in- New York between this and Satu- day. When the harvest sets in next week there will be a lot of sore heads in the districts. If the price doesn’t go to. 85 or higher within ten days I’ll be willing to jump off the Battery.” Walt listened to those words in a suppressed fever of excitement. He was beginning to get an inkling of what was going to happen to Montana Copper, and he was eager to learn more on the same ee, By the timé the train reached Fourteenth” Street, which was the next stopping place, he had heard enough to assure him that a boom in M..C. was inevitable, and that these men were acting in the interests of a copper syndicate in Chicago. That day Walt went toa big. mining’ broker®and gave him an order to purchase» 20, 000 shares of Montana Copper om margin, putting up $20,000 as security. That left him $12,000 to protect his interests with. “Who do you represent, young’ man?” asked the trader, looking keenly at Walt. ' “T represent cash,” replied the boy, placing his. monéy on the desk. “Just so,” chuckled the broker, who did not beliéve his statement. “I will make the. deal, out in your\name. That’s what .you mean, isn’t jt?” he added, counting the money. “Certainly. I don’t see any one else to recog- nize.” ; “What is your address?” “Y work for Douglas Fairbanks, of the Han- over Building.” The broker made a note of the fact, and winked a big wink. Clearly, in his mind, it was . *Broker Fairbanks who was actually making the deal. That fact was nothing to him, hqwever. . He had the cash advance and was sure of his commission and other expenses, no matter who was at the back of the matter. He carried the, money and the memorandum to his cashier, and | presently returned with a paper, which he turned over to Walt. “So you say this is a private deal of yours?” he grinned, as he handed the paper to W alt. Yes, sim’ “Pretty large pcs ona for a messenger boy, isn’t it?” : “Ty admit it is.’ “Did your graniothex die and leave you the money ?” FS. 3 “No, sir.” “You didn’t save it out of your wages?” said the trader jocosely. ® “Hardly,” laughed Walt. “We don’ 't get prince- _ ly salaries, but we earn all we do get.” “IT persume your employer doesn’t know he has® - such a wealthy messenger?” chuckled the trader. “{ haven’t told him, and as all stock deals are confidential, I don’t think you are likely’ ‘to send - him word.” “Oh, no. Certainly not. I am very much . ob- ~ liged to you for putting such a nice little order in my way. A commission of $5,000 is not to be sneezed at, even when jt comes through a mes- ~ senger boy.” “You are welcome. I hope you. will get busy at once and gather in those shares before the _ price advances.” “JT will go out at once and get them.” So you oe looking for a rise in Montana Power: eh? a? / “ Wk , ke $ Lee eg ee ~ GET RICH “Well, I’m not putting up $20,000 for fun, Mr. Blake,” said Walt, rising. “Good morning.” . “He is all right,” chuckled the broker, as. he — reached for his own hat. “I wonder what’s in the wind about Montana Copper? If Mr. Fair- banks sent that boy here, as I’m sure he did, he must be buying it either for himself, or some big customer. Whoever is putting up the money is working on a pointer. Whether the tip is worth anything is the next question. On my own judgment I should say nit.” Thus speaking, the broker went out to buy the stock. o—_—. CHAPTER XI—A Screw Works Loose With ; Walt. Next day Montana Copper jumped to 18. Walt immediately sold the 1,000 shares he had bought outright, and mage a ‘profit on them of $2,700. | He took the money around to Brokér Blake and — gave him an grder to buy 10,000 more shares at 18 or thereabouts. The trader was oleae. sur-— prised. s “Have you come into some more money, ‘dente : man?” he chuckled. ¢ “Yes, sir. ” “And you are putting it all up on copper. You must have/a tip. “Maybe. I have,” ieviched Walt. “T don’t see where you could get inues in- | formation on Montana Copper. Instead of buy- ing 10,000 more | Shares I should think you’d be taking profit on’ the 20,000 you bought yes+ terday,” said the broker, trying to worm some information out of the boy. a, “If I did that® you’d loose $2,500 more com mission,” replied Walt. “That’s quite true,” said the trader. say another —— ae Broker Blake found some difficulty in securing — the stock to fill’ Walt’s order, and he was some- what surprised at that, for the stock had been — almost a drug on the market for the last’ few | months. He began.to realize that sémething was ~ in the wind. Walt had allowed him a leeway of one point above the market, but after securing 5,000 shares he could not get another share un- der 15. He notified Walt, and the boy sent him word back to give 15, and he’d make it good, ~ which he did later on. Walt was lucky to get the balance of the stock at 15, for before the Curb closed business for the day «the price had _ advanced to 16 1-2, an unusually high figure aor 2 , Montana Copper. ; The mining brokers by this time were all arog over the unexpected rise in. the stock, and many traders who had small lots in their possession. _refused to sell, now that. it looked as if there was a boom on. Next motning the papers cume out filled with rumors about Montana Copper, — ,and gave various reasons for tie rise, none of “which were correct. ; The attention of the whole Curb market, as well as the Jersey City Mining Exchange, was _by this time fully aroused, and as soon as busi- ness opened for the day there was a great rush’ to buy M. C. shares. None was to. be gotte: \ under 17, and very little even at that price, that, inside: of an Ap 20° was bid, without brin) ee! won't | egg

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img many shares to the surface. During the day crowds of~people gathered about the Curb market and watched the excited traders yelling -and- hustling about from one group to another. - Only one subject seemed of general interest, and that was copper. » , : -Althoueh Walt had expected to ‘make a good - thing out of Montana Copper, he-did not realize ' the tremendous piece of luck .he had tumbled into until he began to figure up how he stood at’ noon that day. On his first deal of 20,000 shares he could easily realize $200,000. On his second deal. ——half of which had cost him 15, and the balance “13 and 14—he could pull out $58,000. The ex- - penses of the whole investment up to that mo- ment would not exceed $8,000. Consequently, - he-could have sold out then at a profit of a quar- ter of a million. It was enough to turn the head of a boy even as cook as Walt. He had walked » into the office a few minutes before, as steady as a judge, after executing an errand. When he - had made the figures that showed him* where he stood he looked at them spellbound, like a dazed hoy.. * for een. fOr the first time in his life his. self- “possession gave way. He uttered a wild whoop that startled the office, and commenced to ex- ecute a war dance around his chair. The cus- ~ tomers in the room looked at hifm in astonish- ment. So did the cashier, who ran to the count- ing room door to see what was the matter. So . also did Mr. Fairbanks, who opened the door “of his private room and glanced out. Nobody could tell what was the matter with the boy. Those who didn’t~ know him thought he was crazy and got as far away from him as they could... The broker, the cashier, and the clerks thought he had hurt himself, or that he had ac- cidentally ignited a box of matches in his pocket, Before any one could approach him for an ex- Sex etion. Walt dashed out of the office like a wild boy, tore’ down the stairs to the street, and made a bee-line for Broad street. excitement he intended to order all his shares sold. Had he done so at. that moment he would ve broken the price and done himself up to a great extent. ‘Broker Blake’s office was on the ground: floor, 4 three steps below the street level. As Walt ah for the door he stepped cn a banana peel,’ = something else_of a slippery nature, and pitied. head-first down the stairs, fetching up against ie door with a bang that lafd him out as stiff as a-dead body. The accident was witnessed by fifty people, and great excitement ensued. He was picked up, but his condition looked so bad that an ambulance was sent for. Mr. Blake came long ‘at the time and recognized him, He called two of his clerks and ordered them to carry the hoy. into his private roomy and lay him on the Hz. then despatched a note by his mes- yd ple was ree Sine. Broad Street was going erazy over Montana Copper, which was now selling at 2 # “When Mr. Fairbanks received Broker Blake's ote he despatched his cashier to look after Walt. ance driven up and ‘BOUND TO GET RICH = : ines In - his Looks as if I was in a hospital. to me? I don’t remember being run over, or a_ safe dropping on my head, or anything else oc- i curring to me. But I’ve got a swell headache. afl the matter with me?” asked Walt, in some -ex- The cashier arrived in time to see an am- the surgeon enter Mr. Cre 3 office. He followed, and, ‘yas-eer looking: Edged ; Peeper eee: down, on the white face of the unconscious boy. No one could tell him just how the accident had happened, as those who had witnessed it had- either gone away or were outside. “Something extraordinary has happened to the lad,” the cashier said to Broker Blake. “He acted as if he had a crazy fit In our office ten minutes or so ago, then without any reason at all he ‘dashed out of the door and from the buildin= & and we had no idea where he went: until Mr. Fairb. ‘ts receivec your’ note.” “Didn’t Mr. Fairbanks send him with a. mes- me to my office?” asked the broker. Broker Blake whistled softly. The surgeon was working over Walt, but could not bring him to his senses. “Vil have to carry him to the hospital. for examination. His skull may be fractured, though I can’t find any evidence of it. or he may’ be suffering from concussion of the brain, which is quite possible.” } So Walt was carried out to the ambulance and lifted aboard. The cashier, finding he could do nothing, took the name of the hospital and went back to report to Mr. Fairbanks, who was very — much concerned when he heard the partic rst and telephoned the hospital to. let him know the. ; exact condition of his messenger as soon aS the ~~ head surgeon had examined him: - Walt was: carried to the hospital and put to “ bed. The head surgeon them examined him,. but could not determine whether he was_ seriously injured or not. His impression was that the boy would pull out in an hour or so. If he didn’t, then a second examination would be necessary. This report was sent to: Mr. Fairbanks. f “So. while Walt lay senseless on the bed at the hospital Montana Copper went up to 30, at which = * figure it closed for the day, with every indica- tion of higher prices on the morrow. wt CHAPTER °XIf—Walt. Gets Rich at Last Walt- remained about four hours in an, un- ~. conscious state, and then he came to himself of esa is own aecord. He gazed around the hospital — ward in dumbfounded amazement. About half the beds were occupied with patients, and there was a uniformed nurse at the efid of the small ~ room. ,Walt. was also conscious that he had a splitting headache. The nurse had instructions a to attend to the boy if he came to his senses and as soon as she noticed him sitting fg and=24 looking around she came ovér to his bed Aa ret “Hello!” cried Walt. “What does this mean? ~~ What happened. ~~ right. What’s the matter with-me? “Lie down. Don’t excite yourself. The doctor will be here presently and. will examine you. ‘s ey again. : ‘Examine me again! Gan’t you tell’ what's © ‘ citement, for matters looked both’ ‘Strange and serious to him. SS 2s ape neene: ety “Dapsnadied! hima» te ae down:

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- 16 4 BOUND TO again without an explanation. Walt began to feel of his limbs and body to see if he could deter- mine himself where he was injured, but he felt no pain anywhere but in the head, from which he naturally concluded that that was the seat of the trouble. The young messenger had no re- collection of the exhibition he had made of him- self in the office, nor of his wild rush for Broker Blake’s office. Nor did his mind revert, to Mon- tana Copper, either. All he could think, and thinking was not an easy matter with his head in a whirl of pain and confusion, was—What could have happened to him that should cause his removal to a hospital? “It must be something serious, he told himself, ‘especially as he knew that he had been out of his head, since he had no recollection of having been brought there. The more he tried to think the worse his head felt, so he gave it up and lay perplexed and un- happy to await the arrival of the doctor. Mr. Fairbanks had telephoned the hospital again when he was ready to go home, but was told that his messenger was Still unconscious. _ Feeling greatly concerned over the boy’s con- dition, he despatched a note by one of his clerks up te Walt’s home. This note apprised Mrs. Bacon, in a general way, of the accident that had happened to her son, and informed her where Walt was. As a matter of course she was alarmed, and leaving the key of the flat with the lady across the hall-to give her daughters when they reached home, she started for the *hospital. She was admitted to the reception room, but could learn nothing more than Mr. Fairbanks had informed her. One of the young doctors told her she could wait until the head doctor had -_ seen ‘and examined her son again, when it was likely some definite idea of Walt’s condition would be communicated to her. Half an hour after Walt regained his senses the doctor came to see him. After looking at the boy critically and asking him a number of questions, he saw that his-patient had suffered no material injury, and told him so. Then Walt: wanted to know -what had happened to him. The doctor said that the ambulance surgeon had reported that he had sustained « fall on Broad Street in front of a broker’s office, and he had been brought to the hospital under the supposition that he was suf- “fering from concussion of the brain. Walt fig- ured out that the accident must have happened {to him while he was executing an errand for Mr. ; Fairbanks. » “fT suppose I can get up and go home, can’t ' J?” asked Walt. ‘No. It is better for you to:remain here to- night. You are hardly in a condition to leave here now. You will probably be sufficiently re- covered in the morning to be discharged.” To-say the truth, his head troubled him so much that he was-contented to remain where he was. After! waiting an hour Mrs. Bacon learned that «her son would probably be well enough to leave the hospital in the morning, and so she went home feeling greatly relieved. It was some hours before Walt could get to sleep, and then he slept * like a top.. He awoke in the morning feeling com-. * ~ paratively all right. He was allowed to get up - after the doctor had seen. and passed on him, and GET RICH after he got some breakfast was permitted to leave the hospital. He went straight home. His mother was delighted to see him, but he couldn’t tell her how he had met with the ac- cident. He remembered leaving the office for Broker BBR s office in a state of considerable excitement ovér the rise in Montana Copper, but — that was all he could recall. He asked for the morning paper and soon found a big article — about the phenomenal boom in the copper min- ing stock, and ascertained that M. C. had closed at 30. He figured up his profits on that basis’ and saw that his net winnings amounted to over half a million dollars. Of course he felt greatly excited, but he.did not lose his head as he had done the afternoon previous over half that ~ amount. He amazed his mother with his story of the wealth he had practically won through his ecpper deal, and told her that the first thine to do was to try and cash in at the present market price. “Tf all goes well, mother, I shall come home worth $600,000. I was bound to get rich, and it looks as if I had accomplished my purpose; but I don’t think I shall be satisfied until I am worth an even million.” When he got downtown close on to ten o'clock he telephoned his office that he would report there about noon. It was his intention to close out his Montana Copper stock before he ran | another errand. In fact, in face of. his sudden accession to wealth, he had some doubts as to. whether he\ would make his appearance in the role of a messenger boy after that week. When) — he walked into Mr. Blake’s office at ten o’clock, — that gentleman was both surprised and pleased a to see him about again. “So you’ve come around all right, Bacon,. I see. Upon my word you looked liké a dead boy _ yesterday. How did you come to meet’ with that tumble?” ae eu “You know as much about it as'I do.” Se “A dozen persons told me that you were rac- ing down the street at full speed, and that you made a break for this office, when you pitched forward like a stone from a catapult and struck — against the door with a tremendous whack.” “Ts that so? Well, I don’t remember aniene about it.” , . “You were coming here in relation to vour : deal I presume?” said the broker, regarding him curiously, for Mr. Fanaa denial that he ad” sent Walt to his e rather puzzled him, apes Be he figured out that the Wall Street trader was evidently determined not to be known in the ~ copper transaction. &t “T suppose I was,” replied Walt. “At any rate, I’m here now in connection with it. I want you to sell my holdings in small lots by degrees es the market right away. You must do it so as not to disturb the price.” << oe) understand, Bacon. J will attend to it right e ou. sega Blake put on’ lg hat and started out to fae ‘the other half’ of’ s $7,500 commission. He he iy was a Shrewd trader and knew just how to work the stock off his hands to the best advantage He took with him a memorandum of the pur. chases ‘he had made on Walt’s lr and h let the stock out little by little, here and ther - to eager ses oe ast In this way ae gradually. x Eee hs Pe at oes PANY Sp Nok vi ae oe “a ten 79 % 1 t y . ed rae rat

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% : f A BOUND TO ‘vid of all the shares before the Street woke up -* te the fact that considerable liquidation was go- ing on. Then the price began to sag a little, but “a \ by that time Broker Blake was out of it. Walt’s . broker got 31 for a portion of his early offer- ings, so that when a:settlement was made hext day, which was Friday, Walt found, after all ex- ' penses had been deducted, he had cleared $555,- 000, making him worth an even $600,000. When Walter reappeared at his own office af- ter the sale of his copper stock, he was warmly welcomed by Mr. Fairbanks and the clerks, but he had little explanation to make as to the cause ~ of his extraordinary behavior of the day before and sudden exit from the waiting room, Broker Fairbanks questioned him on the subject, for the matter greatly puzzled him, but Walt could — only say that he had been attacked by a sudden -- exeitement over which=he had no control at the moment, and the incident was allowed to go at that. Next day Walt called, according to agreement, on Mr. Blake for his check. On receiving it he - asked that one of, that trader’s clerks be sent with him to the bank to identify him, as he wanted to turn the check in for its equivalent in cash. He asked the paying teller for large bills, and getting them, he carried them at once to his safe deposit vault and placed them in his box there. “4 “Well,” -he: mused, on his way back to the office, “I guess I’ll resign my position tomorrow. Mr. Fairbanks will be surprised and perhaps not pleased, but I can’t help it. I can’t run errands ‘any longer. I’m going to work for myself after this. I’m going to devote my energies to mak- ‘ing the balance of that million.” cf XIIIL—A Scheme To Do Up Broker Fairbanks. . ~ CHAPTER After thinking the matter over and talking with his mother and sisters, Walt decided to give Ss Mr. Fairbanks six weeks’, instead of one week's, ~ ‘ . GET RICH. oF “4m TI to understand, then, that you have re- eeived a tempting offer from another broker?” — asked Mr. Fairbanks, feelmg a bit hurt that Walt should consider any proposal from any one else without first giving him the chance to offset it. : “No, sir. You have treated me so well that I hardly think I weuld care to: work for another broker as Jong as. 1 could remain with you.” “Then you are going into some other business, I suppose?” = . “T will tell you all about it before I go.” “Tf I were to offer you an opening in my counting room would it be any inducement for you to remain with me?” “No, sir.” After some further talk between them, Walt withdrew. At the same time that Walt and his employer were holding their conversation, Carter Buchanan, Mr. Fairbanks’ enemy, and a broker named Leayeraft, were. seated in the sanctum of the former’s office, smoking and talking. “I hate that Fairbanks,” said Buchanan, with a@ vindictive ring in his tones. “I would give considerable to catch him in a trap and wring 1 some of his dollars-from him.” ae “Ts he well fixed?” asked Leaycraft, garelessly. “He ought to be. Blake told me in confidence, you mustn’t repeat what I say, that he put a deal ' in Montana Copper through for him this week that netted him over half a million.” ; “You don’t say,” replied Leaycraft, looking i- oo “So he was one of the lucky..holders of a “He bought 30,000 shares chrough Blake on the quiet, most of it at rock bottom, that is, 10, and the balance between 18 and 15.” “He did, eh? He must have had’ a tip on what was going to happen.” : ie) “Undoubtedly. I don’t believe another broker in the Street had any suspicion that *there was an undercurrent at work which was bound te 3 send Montana Copper from the point where it s had been roosting these six months to,30 odd. He worked the deal through his messenger boy, Z and wasn’t known at all in the transaction.” “Through his messenger boy, eh?” y “Yes, a smart chap hamed Walter Bacon. The boy represented that the deal was his own, but of course Blake knew that was simply poppy- cock. Where is there a messenger boy who can- - plank up $30,000 to cover a margin, and carry ME a transaction of ‘such magnitade through sue- ; cessfully, let alone being in possession of such a valuable pointer? It stands to reason that Fairbanks was the man behind. At any rate, he gathered in $555,000 profit, selling out at 31 and 30. At the least estimate Fairbanks y ast be worth a million to-day, and I’ve little doubt but — he’s worth a good deal more.’ Now, if I could only get some of that away from him it would give me a ole lot of satisfaction,” said Bucha-_ nan, tossing his butt into the cuspidor and light- ing a fresh cigar. ‘ “Ym willing to help you do it if there is any chance of me getting something out of it,” said Leaycraft, blowing a cloud of smoke from his. lips. s 3 “You, or somebody on friendly terms with Fairbanks, would have to help me, as I ‘couldn’t work it alone. He and I do not speak. He knows

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= ~-and holds it until we all gn him for it? 16's 2 I'd do him in a moment if I could get the chancé, so he’s wary of anything that comes from my office. I dare say hed be glad to get me where the hair is short, too.” “Well, what kind of scheme could. be worked on him ?” asked Leaycraft. , “We might try.to buy a fifteen-day option from him on some ‘good stock that is selling low at present, say M. & N., and then form a pool \to corner the shares on the quiet. I know sev- eral moneyed men I could interest in the scheme. After we got the control of. the stock in our hands, we would boom it as high as we could within the time limit and then call on him to deliver.” i “That would be all right if he’d bite to the extent to make it worth while. But would he?” “T think it’s worth while trying. If you say ~ you'll go into this thing for a quarter of a mil- lion, which I will: duplicate, PI call on the persons I have in my mind and get the thing into shape for launching. We must get somebody to hand him: a fake tip about an organized bear movement about to be worked to squeeze certain - )rokers who are long on the stoek. As Soon as ‘that has been brought to his attention you can drop in to see him about the option. You could offer him five ‘points above the market as bait. I think that would catch him.” “Ts he in the habit of doing much in the option line?” ““Yes. I know he buys and sells options fre- quently. He caught me something over a year ago on one to the tune of $90,000, and since then our relations have been rather_strained. 3 - Leayeraft laughed. “T \see. vou want to get back at him in the same way.” OST don’t care what, way I get back at him, so’ lone as I.do. The option business, however, strikes me as the most feasible thing to, try\on hims If it fails we must try Something Be that’s all.” - “Suppose after he selis us the option that he goes right out and buys the stock at the market Then “we couldn’t scoop him as fou propose.” “T would rely on the fake tip preventing him from doing that, because if he took any stock ‘in. the pointer he would expect to be able’to buy M. &’N. in at a lower figure within a few days. Besides, if he bought the stock it would, tie’ his money. up for fifteen days. Of course we’d have to keep our eye on his representative to see what he was doing. If we found out that he did buy the shares we could inaugurate a tem- porary bear movement to carry out the tip. As: on as he saw that the shares were dropping Ky i he'd sell out quick, expecting to buy in again at lower prices. Then we’d turn. right around and rush the price up, and catch him before he -eould cover himself. That would put the game in our hands.” “Perhaps it would. »We’d have to take some chance of it. However, that’s nothing to me and the ‘other members you get into the pool We - would look to make our money out of the boom } in the regular way. If we caught Fairbanks e. profits would be so much greater. Well: you. BOUND ‘TO GET RICH = ‘ Bins? ii apnelen: me in on this 1s a quarter of a million. You and I will do the buying ani sami When will you stant the ball rolling 2” “On: Monday.” e “All right. My: monev_ jis ready when the scheme is in working ordér.” ond On the following Wednesday Leayeraft Saliced: 2 e into the reception room of Mr. Fairbanks’ office. ~~ a ; ee eae . Walt happened to be there at the time and took =. his name into the private room. “Tell him to walk in,” said the broker, and so | Walt showed Leayeraft in: ~ i Leaycraft remained about fifteen minutes, and # ‘ when he came out there was a paper in his hand © and a look of satisfaction on his face. He had ~ secured an option, good for fifteen days, for §— 20,000 shares of M. & N. at an advance of six points on the market price of 62. - Walt: ob- served the grin on his face and concluded* that his business’ with Mr. Fairbanks must have been of a satisfactory nature. On the following day Walt was sent with a note to a firm of brokers in Jersey City, and he took his séat in the ferry-~ boat behind a couple of men whom he recognized as brokers having offices on Exchange Place. He Soon discovered that these men were talking si about a syndicate that had been formed to boom ~ M. & N. shares, sand incidentally. to seoop in some. broker whose name was not mentioned.“ e It didn’t take Walt long to see that he was next. to a pretty good thing, and he determined to. — avail himself of it. It was too late for him to — do anything that day when he got back to New York, but next morning he asked to be let off. for an hour, and he went. around to see Mr Blake, on Broad Street. ; = Mr. Blake not being in, Walt did not wait for him, but went to another prominent Be coe asked him to buy 30,000 shares of M. N. on margin, putting up: $186, 000 security. Res “Who is this stock’ for?” asked the trader, 5 whose name was Smith. aD “Ym buying it,” replied Walt. card on your desk.” ole “T am to understand that you represent some- body who wishes to remain incognito. Is that “You | have hy “No, sir, I’m representing myself. My mone) is as good as any one’s, isn’t it?” , “Certainly. But this is a pretty big transac tion, and you are only a boy.” <2 “What if I am_a boy? Money talks, doesn’ it? There is $186,000 in that roll. If you prefer not to do business with me let me know, and I'll go somewhere else; but as thers is $7,500 commission in this transaction for you, — if you can put it through, it would look singular to me if you let it escape you.” ~ = Broker Smith had nothing more to raise dn body was behind the boy. This time Walt left his address as the Washineton Safe Deposit se where he had his box. {t took: Broker Smith several days to get so lat ge an amount of share: with his bank to raise the gas to pay for them. Then he sent a letter to Walt, care of ee safe depos company: that the tock was: 8 bought

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subject to his orders. M. & N. adyanced slowly an eighth of a point at a time to 64, then de- clined suddenly to 60, much to Walt’s. surprise and consternation,.for it meant a loss to him of ~ over $60,000. Jt hung around 60 for several days, and then - dropped to 69. That méant andther $30,000 to _ the bad for the young messenger, and he began to wonder if he hadn’t get in on a bad *specula- - tion. Finally it sagged below 58, and Broker “Smith sent Walt a notice calling on him for more margin. “Well, I’m in this thing and I’ve got to see it through,” thought the boy. “It is a good thing that I’ve still got over $400,000 at my back. If I had all my money up, as on former oc- easions, I’d be in the soup for fair.” - §o he carried Mr. Smith $90,000 more to cover the shrinkage in value. That day Mr. Fairbanks went home sick. A broker had treated him to some figs, of which he was known to be in- ordinately fond, and somehow or another. they disagreed with him. The broker had gotten the figs from Mr. Leaycraft, but did not mention the ct to Mr. Fairbanks. Mr. Fairbanks was quite iil for three days. The doctor he called in said at the figs he had eaten must have contained me kind of a metallic poison. While the broker s home M. & N. took on ‘a boom, to Walt’s great satisfaction, and went te 75. “That was the condition of things when Broker Fairbanks came downtown again. CHAPTER XIV.—The Infernal Machine. on 20,000 shares of M. & N. for 68 to,Mr. Leay- eraft, and the stock was now ruling ae far $140,000 out on the deal. To make the mat- er worse the broker had incurred some heavy sses of late, and this) additional misfortune ay, and there was no telling how much higher the price might go. Every additional point meant another $20,000 against him, and as Leaycraft not obliged to call for the stock until three clock, # was not impossible but he might be ut another $140,000 unless he went right out on the’ market and tried to buy in the 20,000 ares at the presentigure, provided, of course, at he ‘eould get»them. The boom indicated a rner in the stock, and that meant, that some- body, or a syndicate, held the bulk of the float- $ng shares. Broker Fairbanks sized the situa- tion up and decided that he must get the stock if _ We could. He could stand the loss of $140,000, ’or ‘en $200,000 but if he had to settle with Leay- ft at His own figure it would probably~spell in. So, in no enviable €rame of mind, he put en his hat and started out to find the necessary shares. M. & N. opened at 753-8, and at that figure he secured 3,000 shares, but that was all he could get, while his representative on the floor c e Exchange only got 2,000. Therefore, when Fairbanks returned to the office at noon he as shy 15,000 shares of the number he had~ ed himself to deliver to Mr. Leaycraft, and the stock was now going at 78.. The prospect ~ BOUND TO GET RICH ; . 15, with - rather staggered him. The option expired that , ky for him, After attending to: _ “19 some necessary. businéss at his office, he went out again to try and find the stock he needed, but was unsuccessful, and when he returned to the office at half-past two M. & N. was quoted on ~ the ticker at 80. Walt was in high feather over his own deal, for at 80 he was over half a mil- lion winner, and that meant that if he sold out then he would be worth more than his coveted million. And he decided that the time had come for him to sell. He couldn’t tell when the tide might turn against him, and he didn’t propose to get caught in the shuffle if he could help himself. The cashier, however, wouldn’t let him off, as he said he might be wanted at any mo- ment to go to the Exchange. Walt went back to his chair half determined to leave the office anyway, because of the amount of money he had at stake. While he was weighing the matter in his mind the door opened and his employer walk- ed in. Walt started up to ask him for the re- quired permission, when he was startled by the look on his face. ‘ It was white to ghastliness, and his eyes had a glare of utter hoplessness in them that fright- ened the boy. Satisfied that Mr. Fairbanks h been taken with a relapse of his illness he to him and asked him if he couldn’t do some-_ thing for him. | “No, my lad, you can do nothing for me,” re- plied the hroker, in a hollow tone. : “But you are ill, sir. Hadn’t I better tele- phone for a doctor?” “No, no; I’ll be better presently,” he. Said, in a nerveless voice. “I'll a better presently,” he added, as, with bowed head, he walked into his private room and closed the door. ‘ 4 Walt stood and gazed blankly at the closed oor. ; “T don’t like the look on his face,” ‘he mut- tered. “He looks like a dying man. There is something terribly wrong with him. It is some- thing more than an ordinary sickness. I’d better téll the cashier.” He rushed over and informed that gentleman. “T think you’d better send for a doctor, right away,” he said, earnestly. ra The cashier was startled. “Tl go in and see him,” he said. “You’d better.” So the cashier hastened entered the private offiee. It was then nearly fifteen minutes of three. The excitement and _ anxiety of the moment had driven all thought of his stock deal from Walt’s mind. As the door ross the room and closed behind the cashier the outer door opened : ge and admitted Miss Florence Mills. _ “Why, Miss Florence,” cried Walt, “this is quite a surprise!” 3 “I thought I would surprise you,” she said, beamingly. “I had some business to attend to in this neighborhood, so I thought I’d drop in and see’ you.” : em “T’m glad that you did. you to do so.” ; “Perhaps I am taking up your time,” she said. “Tf I am, tell me, and I will cut my visit short.” - “Oh, no. I have nothing at all on my hands at this nroment,” he replied, quickly, net wish- ing her to leave in a rush. ~ _ “Mother was speaking about you this morn: ing. We’ expected you might call last evening,’ It was very kind of

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+ * 20. BOUND TO as you have been in the habit of dropping in on- us every Wednesday night; but you didn’t and we were somewhat disappointed.” “Well, I had. an important engagement last evening. and.was thinking of calling tonight. in- > Stead, if it will be all the same.’ I hoge you will,” she replied, with just a slight trace of eagerness in her voice. At that moment the cashier came out of the private office. _His face wore a concerned. look. He hurried over to the telephone booth, range up somebody, and sent a message over the wire. While he was doing it Bobby Burnside bounced -into the room, his face reflecting some excite- He stopped on seeing that Walt was en- Walt saw him and beckoned ment. raged with a lady. him to come over. “Miss Mills, this is my chum, Robert Burn- side. Bobby, this is Florence Mills.” “Glad to make your acquaintance, Miss Mills,” said Bobby... “I have heard Walt mention your “name quite often.” - pod,” grinned the boy. TI speak to you a moment? just a second or two, Miss Mills?” “Indeed,” laughed Florence, “I con say he is always talking about you. um “That’s because we’re as thick as oes in a “By the way, Walt, can Will you excuse us “Certainly,” replied Florence. “Don’t mind me.” “What is it, Bobby?” asked Walt, as his chum led him aside. “You look excited.” “Well, I am, a little bit. I just heard one of my, y, bosses—Mr. M ett-wane that Mr. Fairbanks is in a bad hole ae M. & N. There’s a big boom on in the stock, you~know, and a ood “many brokers seem to think that your boss is uv _ he’s made. against it hard.” a) Be he. is, I don’t know it. ” replied Walt. “Mr. Merrill says he’s. been skirmishing all over the district for the stock, offering as high as three points above the market for'it. That shows that he wants it mighty bad. Our fitm believes he’s trying to cover short sales that But the stock has been cornered by a syndicate and there isn’t any to be gotten at any price. I heard Mr.. Merrill say.that a bro- ker who is very close ‘to Mr. Fairbanks hinted 4 have 20,000 shares s told lim that if he didn’t M. & N. by three today he would be ruined. He told this broker that he’d to him that your only been able to wet a quarter of that amount “up to two o'clock.” ‘ture of death. ‘face looked it. “My gracious!” exclaimed Walt. “Tf thought I’d run in-and tell you,” said Bobby, “and see whether there was any truth in the thing or not.” “Well, I can’t tell you one way or the other,. as“Mr. Fairbanks doesn’t take me ‘into his con- fidence, .Brokers do not usually . consult with their messenger boys. But for all that ’mafraid there is some truth in what you have just said. Mr. Fairbanks has just come in looking the pic- He’s been ill for several days, you know, and he’s either been taken with a relapse or he’s in some: erave trouble, for his You say he is: reported as oe ing said he must have 20,000 shares of M. & at three today .or he is ruined? he Merrill’s words,” paid Bobby. “Those are Mr. Waits hae: “It 4s seven minutes of ‘three now.” Said | GET RICH “If there’s any truth in that he must have the stock.” “But it can’t be had for love nor money. Every share has been cornered.” “Have they? Well, I know of 30,000 ‘shares that. the Ee Os hasn’t got.” . “You do? ho has them? They represent ; a fortune at 80.” i “No matter who has them. Mr. Fairbanks ! can get them if he wants them. I’m going right ‘ in to see if they will be of any use to him” Walt opened the coor of the private room and — entered. The sight that met his eyes staggered — him. His employer lay back in his swivel chair with the face and attitude of a corpse. A small, square, brass clock, with a round dial, the hands of which pointed to six minutes of three, stood on his desk before him, with a thin column of dark smoke issuing from around the’ top edges. “Gracious!” exclaimed Walt, rushing forward. “What has happened to Mr. Fairbanks?” Then his éyes rested on the clock. : “Great Scott!” he gasped, observing the swokel “An infernal machine!” « With astonishing nerve he seized it and flung it through the open window. CHAPTER XV.—How Walt Saves Mr. Pairs banks ° From. Ruin, The moment the clock flew out of the boy’s : hand he gave a gasp, and, rushing to the ‘win- dow, leaned out. The street was full of people hurrying to and fro at that hour. Satisfied tha’ the clock was an infernal machine, he looked to see it explode and scatter death and confusion on the thoroughfare.. He began velling and wat ing his hands frantically to attract attentio His shouts and excited manner attracted im mediate attention. Pedestrians ‘stopped — “andl looked up at him, and then at “the smoking — tsiogs that. lay in the center of the street. = _ + *Get out of the way, for vour lives!” . Tuan Walt, with blazing eyes and furious gestures. “Get out of the way of the clock! It is an in-. fernal machine, and is liable to explodegany 1 ment!” ° His trumpet-like tones reached the ears. of near by and there was aqmad rush on the part of those in the immediate vicinitv to get 0 Ci. of the danger zone. The people rushed into. the | adjacent offices as fast as they could, warning — all they met of the peril that menaced the ‘street. In two minutes Wall Street in that immediat neighborhood was suddenly depopulated. - excitement attracted attention in the office build ings.. Windows were thrown up and clerks look- ed out to ascertain th cause of the uproar. Wa -eontinued to yell a warning whenever he say v people approaching. When the people who h cs - back part of the offices. At that moment th was ‘consternation to burn in Wall Street. — -denly: the clock exploded, with a tremend “detonation that rattled office windows and sma i ed in several of the big windows: on the ground floors. A big hole was le ous of the ce of tha street. Fragme

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fs 2 7 Be a A UND PO avery direct’cn. hut fertunately nobody was hurt. Walt’s shouts had attracted Bobby, Florence, the - cashier and all the clerks into the private room, where they saw Mr. Fairbanks lying like a dead man in his chair.’ They thought Walt was yelling for help. In he midst of the excitement the doctor, tele- phoned to by the cashier. came into the office. His services were immediately called into requi- sition and he began an examination of the ‘broker. He announced that Mr. Fairbanks had been drugged. - 3 Between the excitement in the office and the explosivn on the street, everybody seemed to - fave lost their heads. Walt was” besieged by all hands for an explanation. He proceeded to > tell“what he had seen when he entered the pri- “vate room, and how he had thrown the smoking clock out of the window without thinking of the terrible consequences it might have led up to on the busy street. His statement naturally, hrew everybody in the room into a mild panic. Jo one could understand how the machine came Oebe in the broker’s room, for Walt said nobody i how Mr. Fairbanks had been drugged. The drug, owever, proved to be a mild one, for the doctor resently succeeded in arousing the broker out of benumbing effects. pore te A crowd of surious outsiders was now forcing trance into the reception room. The cashier it the plexes to head them off. Among others ame in\was Mr. Leaycraft. He appeared to astonished at the scene of excitement and onfusion that met his eyes. - ; ‘What has happened?” he asked one of the a ep ee 2 Th clerk gave him a brief account of what - occurred. mae Too bad,” he said. “I suppose I won't be “to see Mr. Fairbanks. I had an engagement ‘m at three o'clock.” 2 s not in a condition to see any one,” re- the clerk. z Sei vaie “T suppose not,” replied the trader, with a dis- pointed look. “I'll calb in the morning before The ering how the troutle had come about, eaycraft went away, and made a_bee-line - Garter Buchanan’s office to tel! him the news. -hanan was rather astonished by the intelli- brought by his friend.. They talked the t over between them. > j it doesn’t matter if you were not able e . “We’ve got him where the hair hort and he can’t get the stock to deliver to e’ll have to settle at your price. : m and drive him out of the Street. ‘This ‘sueceeded better than I even hoped for. thing that worried me was those 30,000 at rione of us could place. I’ve been Jest they. turn 1p at a critical moment, vy, there seems to” aint 0s sig f afternoon. e ‘your expected interview with Fairbanks ~ We'll at the’top - the bomb-clock, sir?” . GET RICH. aig in. ovr hands. Wé’jl make a barre] of money out of this, “Leaycraft,” he concluded; rubbing his hands together. “A barrel of money.” : While they were talking together, things were shaping themselves in-the office of the man they confidently expected they had ruined. Mr. Fair- banks had been brought to his senses, but in- stead of showing gratitude to the doctor, he wept and acted in a crazy way, bemoaning the fact that he had escaped death. The physician ad- vised that a carriage be sent for-and the broker . taken home. “You’d better send one of the clerks with him, for he seems to be out’ of his head, and might — from the vehicle on its way uptown,” he - said. « The cashier got the cab, and told Walt to ac- company Mr. Fairbanks home. Florence; Mills had already taken her leave, and the office had been cleared ‘of the curious. Walt had told his - story to a detective, but he had. no time to be © interviewed by the newspaper men who were flocking into the building, looking for material — for a sensational story. While the clerks were attending to the reporters he was speeding up- town in the cab with his employer. Alone with Walt, Mr. Fairbanks grew more rational, for he liked the boy. After a period of silence, during which the broker stared desparingly out of the window at his elbow, he suddenly said to the boy: -“Walt, I’m ruined.” “Ruined, sir?” “i % : “Yes. I sold an option on 20,000 shares of M. & N. to a broker named Leayeraft. b option expired at three today, and I cannot get the stock to deliver according to agreement. He called, no doubt, during the excitement and went away, nostponing the matter till the morning: It is in his power to name a price that will bank- — rupt me, and he will do it, too, for I have learned ~ imaer: The that he is hand and glove with Carter Buchanan, _ a many who will have no mercy on me. It will be impossible for me to settle with those m at any price other than every dollar I own in the world,” groaned the broker. ; , “T guess it will not be so bad was that, Mr.. Fairbanks,” replied Walt, encouragingly. ae “You cannot guess, my lad, how some scoun- drels in the Street gloat in breaking a man when they catch him in such a trap as] amin at this moment. After .realizing my_ predica- ment I determined to end my life. If youshadn’t come into the rogm and thrown that ‘clock out of the window, as I-haye learned that ‘you did, I should long since have been out ‘of my woes.” “What!” gasped Walt: “Did you-—’ * “Yes, boy. That clock was a bomb in disguise. “to this country from Russia by ~ It was brou a by a friend of mine. Until the mechanism was wound up and set in motion it. was perfectly — harmless. It could be set to go off at any mo-~ ment. I set it to explode at three, and»then I _ drank a smal) quantity of a certain drug to make me unconscious so that I should not suffer any -pain when the machine did its work.” -— ‘My gracious!” gasped Walt, horror-stricken — “at this revelation. “How did you get hold of “The poe wh ought it from E 3 7 ae ~<E

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22 BOUND TO to me. I asked him to leave it with me so I could exhibit it to some friends. I then had no intention of turning its death-dealing power upon myself. That idea came to me suddenly, when I found that I was caught in a trap from which it was impossible for me to extricate myself. I determined to let it do its fatal work on me, and but for your nerve in throwing it out of the window the result would have been sure. Boy, I ought to be grateful to you for risking your life in my behalf, but Heaven knows I wish you had not interfered.” “T’m sorry to hear you say that, Mr. Fair- banks,” replied Walt. “You have a wife and “family who ought to be considered.” The broker covered his face with his hands. “Yes, I have,” he said; “but how am_I to face them? To tell them that ruin lies before me. That they must give up——” “Give up nothing, Mr. Fairbanks,” said Walt, energetically. “Let me understand your. situa- tion. exactly. You have to deliver 20,000 shares of M. & N. stock, worth 80, to Mr. Leaycraft tomorrow morning for 68,. and you have only 5,000 shares, and can’t get any more because the stock has been cornered. Is that it?” Yes.” : : “And if you fail to deliver the shares ac- cording to agreement, Mr. Leayeraft can demand a settlement on his own terms?” €Ves.” a : “Very good. You shall have the 15,000 shares of M. & N. first thing insthe morning if you will help me pay for them.” ; Mr. Fairbanks stared at Walt as if he thought he was a lunatic. “I suppose you, think my words ridiculous, Mr. Fairbanks, but I have evidence in my pocket which will show you that I control 30,000 shares of M. & N. at this moment.” Thus speaking Walt pulled out his memoran- dum of the transaction with Broker Smith and showed it to his employer. Mr.. Fairbanks elanced over it in a dazed way, but he easily grasped the nature of the contents. “What does this mean?” “Just what it says. I control that stock. You shall have half of it in the morning. Had I known when you returned to ‘the office at half- past two that you were in this hole you would have had the stock to deliver at three.” “Bute don’t understand how you could have control of such a block of stock. It represents a eash value at this moment of $2,400,000.” - *F hought it at 62, when it was worth /$1,800,- 000. I paid down $180,00Q deposit. Subsequently I had to put up $90,000 re to save it when it went below 58. I still have $330,000 cash in my safe deposit box. You shall have the loan of that to help you-out, if necessary. I consider myself worth at this moment over $1,100,000, provided I realize 80 for my holdings in M. & N. [ll let you have the 15,000 shares you want for my equity of 15 per cent., and you can pay me when you get on your feet again. And you can have the temporary use of my $330,000 cash, also. “But how: did you get all this money?” asked the broker, quite bewildered. ; j "Walt then told him the whole story of his bagi bbe Pa start in the market with the $500 bill he had little country. GET RICH fished up out of the Kill von Kull on Decoration — Day, and finally how he had made over half a million out of Montana Copper. : ; Then Mr. Fairbanks understood the boy’s won- derful luck, and he gratefully accepted his offer of the 15,000 shares of M. & N. which meant salvation to him. 5 _ Next morning when Mr. Leayeraft showed up in the office prepared to gloat over Mr. Fair-— banks, he was paralyzed when that broker pro- duced the 20,000 shares of M. & N. and asked him for his certified check for $1,224,000, which was the amount due, Mr. Leaycraft having de- posited ten per cent. of the full. amount of $1@ 360,000 at the time the option was ‘given him. - “Where in ‘thunder did you get the stock?” gasped the astonished Leaycraft. ae “That needn’t worry you,” replied Mr. Fair-~— banks, coolly. “Do you want it, or don’t you?” “Of course I want it. Here is your check.” While that was going on Broker Smith was selling the other 15,000 shares of M. & N. in — small parcels at 80, 79,:78 and down to 75. That started a slump that Carter Buchanan tried in — vain to»stop. - The result was,‘that the boom went to smash, and every man in the syndicate was practically ruined. Walt was the only one who actually profited by the operations of Carter Buchanan, and he cleared over $400,000, making him a young millionaire. He didn’t leave Mr. Fairmank’s office on the first of the year, as he had decided, for the broker took him into th business as junior partner. Today he is worth — two millions, and is reckoned one of the smartest _ young ,brokers in Wall Street. Bobby Burns’ is his chief clerk, and still his chum, as of ol They are never more contented than when sit together in the private den of Walt’s home, presiding goddess of which is the lady who once was Florence Mills, talking over old times and of how a Wall Street boy made money. Bert —~ ad iad Next week’s issue will, contain “FRIENDLESS | ar or, THE BOY WHO BECAME FA-. . . s Te aes NEW RACE OF MEN FOUND IN ins | SIBERIAN FORESTS — Professor B. N. Goodkoff, a well-known Ru sian explorer, who has traversed Western ‘Si- ‘beria, reports the discovery of a hitherto un. known race on the River Poora. ; : Altogether Professor Gorodkoff has discov five clans containing 600 people. The local Sa- moyeds call the tribe “Pyan Ha Sovo,” which means “forest people,” while in their own lan- guage the tribe call themselves “Neshen,” which’ means “men.” _ : , eg Their language is entirely different from thal of any of the other nationalities populating Wi st- ern Siberia. The Neshen people differ als , their Samoyed neighbors in their dark ha t complexion. They have no intercourse with th neighbors, and very few of them engage in 4 ing and hunting beyond the border their owm ‘ ee eh a SF ab Fe

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5 ey Cen m — BUCKSKIN BILL, THE COWBOY ee PRINCE : Or, : Riders of the Ranch a2 SF, Bee _ The Rough Fin + “By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) "© CHAPTER XVI.— (Continued) _ They were bound on the spot, and were dragged downstairs, where a.couple of the rough-riders ‘had pausedto secure Hank Sawkins, who Jaid ‘on the ground. : : : “The game is ours, boys!” cried Bill. ‘Hurrah! Hurrah!” cheered the cowboys, wav- ‘ing their hats, and just then Jessie came running back. 3 ‘ ~_ “Qh, Bill!” she cried, “I am so glad you got the best of them. I wonder if they injured poor old Scott, our darky?” —» “Call-him and we'll see,” “Andy! Andy!” shouted the girl. _ After a brief interval of silence 4 deep voice the ee ee : a Oh at yo’, Missy Jess?’ aie ener colt. Andy, the outlaws are béaten.” “Bress de lamb fo’ dat,” and presently the old “appeared, covered with dust and cobwebs ma barrel in which he had been hiding down the cellar? 3s ,! TEAM Ee id they hurt you, Andy?” "Deed dey didn’t; missy.” ~ * ts, Jj right. Now Bill, what are you going to do your prisoners?” ang them,” interposed Denver Jack, grimly. mover to the sheriff of the county, and let the deal with them.” : : anya ‘But, Miss Briggs, they:are horse thieves. know you hate to do anything to a horse thief but lynch him,” said Jessie, “and no doubt they don’t deserve any better fate, but, for my ce, don’t string them up.” Bre; Waal, Ul) see_what ther boys say— Hold on, theré, Jack!”- sternly interposed the yung ranch owner. “T reckon I’m the boss of this wd, and 7 strictly forbid a lynching-bee going e—understand?” ae ; ‘Your order ix law, Bill.” hen see that it is carried out.” e head rancher strode over to the men, who then preparing a lariat to hang the captives, told them what Bill said. j ff ne aman’ dared to disobey, but they were eatly disappointed. — : ae ee The relief of the prisoners was Intense. 3 ery ‘one of them had been sure they were d. : — ae FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ‘No, no, don’t do that,” pleaded the girl. “Turn ~ “No. Your father is in the lead.” “What keen eyes distance!” _“The rest must be the fellows from the cowboy = picnic who are determined to get back their stolen: ~ mustangs and to get hunk on the horse thieves.” © Pretty soon the crowd reachei them, and heard the news. % Si i Briggs was furiotis when he heard what pee you've got, to see him, at this Colonel = had happened-to his daughter, and shouted to his, followers: : i “Gentlemen, ished!” i j “Trail down the rest of the gang,” advised ne of the cowboys, “and we will wipe them off the! map.” : : : “What do you say to that, Bill?” ; The boy glanced at the crowd and saw that! there were at least fifty of his own cowboys from this atrocity must not go unpun-: ; =a be Ae _ the north and:south ranges, and in addition there were over a score of owners and cattlemen from | the adjoining ranches. In all there were about eighty well-armed and - mounted men in the crowd, every one of whom was __ very anxious at that moment to run down the outlaws. “All right,” said the boy, “we'll do it. I may not have so many men together again, and had, better take advantage of it. If you are all will- ing we'll hunt them down now.” A hoarse shout of assent came from the men. Bill then left several at the house to guard. Jessie, the six prisoners were sent to Four Pash 525 with an armed escort, and the rest prepared for action. : ; The young rancher was a fine trailer, and, hav- ing said good-by to Jessie, he put himself at the. he head of this band, and they started off on the; trail of Jim Flood and the rest of his gang. ieee: It led them toward the hills. A he “Within an hour Bill and his followers reached, the Buena Vista mine. Chae! _ The water had ceased pouring into it, and they. soon found that the first flood having subsided, — the creek was now Ns its natural chahnel. “Flood has been here and gone,” remarked Bill, as he studied the trail. “Colonely you didn’t find - any of them in the huts or down in the shaft, did | Pio a side “Not 2 soul, sir,” answered the, old man, shak- eae ing his head. ae “The treil seems to show that they’ve gone up, toward Bald Bluff,” said the s0y. “They. know! they haven’t got a living show against us down, on the open plains, and are surer of making a stand up on the crags.” ; od an “Follow them up, Bill, follow them up!” tae, _. They_set out again toward a high, rocky peak,~ the trail taking them through groves of trees and massés of dense bushes, while here and there-hug: recks eropped out of. the ground. It was a wild, desolate place. : : : The Loy was riding ahead through the timber, _ when there came the crack of a rifle and a bullet es atest around,

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men, uneasily. 24 “Here they are at last!” 3 Up dashed the rough-riders, and the colonel asked :# “What are you going to do about it?” “Split up into four parties, surround them and then close in on the gang. You, Jack, Mr. Martin and I will each take twenty men.” A plan of action was quickly arranged. Then they began to spread out, and when they _ had the rocky plateau surrounded on three sides, to which Flood’s men had retreated, the signal Was given, and they rapidly closed in on the spot. Ic was near the top of the hill, and there was a cliff on one side. : ut when they met the outlaws had vanished, and they did not leave a sign to show where they had gone. . CHAPTER XVIL Bill Gets Captured. Jim Flood was very familiar with all of that locality, and when he saw Bill with eighty men on his trail he came to the conclusion that his wisest move was to get out of sight. “Them galoots is out fer our hides,” said he to his men, “an’ it’s up tex us ter do ther disappear- fin’ act. We can’t fight ’em, nohow.” “Jim, they’re surroundin’ us,” said one of the “Let ’em surround!” growled’ the outlaw “When they gits here they'll find as the ole fox has given ’em ther slip, after aH.” This answer relieved the rest greatly, although ' they could not very well see how he expected to tae Fo ‘said as he pointed af them: - get out of the trap he seemed to be in. Flood did not explain anything. He simply led his men to a deep hollow, and when they reached the bed of it he lifted a big flat stone, revealing a cavernous opening. : “Git down inter the hole, boys,” said he. There were stone steps for the men to descend, and they went down one by one until the last man had disappeared: : 2 Flood followed, closing the trap down after him, ‘and then he lit a match and ignited a pine torch, the smoky light from which showed his. follow- ers that they were in a wide stone passage of tiatural formation which led them to a huge cav- ern. ‘ One side of it was illuminated by openings in the face of a cliff, and the outlaw chuckled and “Thar’s the only way of gittin’ out o’ here, ’cept ther way we came in. It’s a natural cave, felfers, wot an ole Injun once showed me. I don’t reckon “as thar’s any white man ’cept us wot knows any- thing about it, so V’ll bet we are safe enough “hyer fer a while, anyway.” “But s’pose they found the entrance?” asked a ’ P > man. ; “Then all we’s hev ter do would be ter fasten one end of a lariat ter oné o’ these yere stones, Jet the other end drop down in ther valley below an’ slide down thar.” ’ - €Couldn’t they foller us?” ea ualdn’t we shoot ‘em as fast as they came 4 x ; FAME AND® FORTUNE WEEKLY sree I reckon we might. But how about _ rub?” “Thet’s ther worst ef it. One or two of us has _ got ter go out gunnin’ fer a deer, a bear, or some birds after them thar fellers is gone. We won't need fer water ’cause thar’s a spring over in thet. dark corner.” ‘ The gang began to feel relieved until finally one of; them asked: ‘ “I wonder how Sawkins ahd his men made out se ther colonel’s house? They must be in trou= e. : : “Now don’t you go a-frettin’ about them,” growled Flood, savagely. “We've got our own troubles ter look out fer without a-botherin’ about theirn—d’ye see?” y The man nodded and grinned. ; Sy He and the rest were quite satisfied to let *~ ela look out for himself, and they said ag much. ey Flood posted a guard at the entrance. ae _ He then strolled over to the opening and, tak- _ ing a long and strong lariat, he tied one end to a rocky spur. j Then he lowered the other end down the face of eee and, turning to a couple of his men, he said: : “Say, Charley, you an’ Al had better slide down this line with yer shootin’-irons an’ see what yer kin fetch in fer our supper.” ; : re man called Charley was not prompt to obey. . isles “It’s easy fer you to give orderes like. that, Jim,” said he, “but Buckskin Bill an’ his gang is , on ther watch, an’ I’m blamed if I wanter get a __ bullet inter my carcass.” aa ; “They can’t see yer on this side of ther hill,” replied Flood. “They’re‘on all three sides ’cept this one, an’ thar’s big rocks which don’t let ’em. see down hyer from up thar whar they now are.” “Are you sure, Jim?” es *“Q’ course d am. Go ahead. I’m a-talkin’ about.” The two men went down. ea ; Neither one fancied the task assigned to him but iad reached the valley in, safety and de- parted. Re When they were gone Flood sat down on the stone and began to plan out his future. ae His back was turned to the dangling lariat, and he did not see it suddenly get taut. i: SA It was violently agitated for a few moments, and then a human head and shoulders suddenly — appeared. * ei, Pac ee) And that head and shoulders belonged to Buck- skin Bill, pa ' The boy gave a slight start when he saw his 4 enemy sitting a few yards away from him, and “ he paused. 4 \ : sree 5 4 Unluckily for him, his head cast a shadow, as — the sun was behind him, and the outlaw saw it. — He did not betray his discovery by’ word or look, but just sat there and keenly watched his md¥ements. e Presently it began to go down. Then it vanished. Lh te Like a flash Flood got upon his feet. s Out came his knife, and, creeping over to the — “edge of the rock, he peered over and saw the boy sliding down the lariat. heres {To be continued) I knows wot

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RESELL NEWSPAPERS IN CHINA _ Second-hand newspapers have a large sale in China. A newsboy who sells a paper on Mon- _ day buys it back the next dav for a fraction of - the selling price, smooths it out and resells it in a nearby village for a reduced price. And _ the process is repeated from village to village until the paper has been worn to illegibility. THE “LOST ATLANTIS” We will now know definitely as to whet¥®r there is a “lost Atlantis,” and many other mys- - teries of the past. Dr. Hartman, a man of wealth, has invented a deeper sea-sounding apparatus than has ever been known, and is now in Lon- don conferring with the Royal Geographic So- ciety as to organizing a great*and costly expedi- n to explore the bottoms of the Mediterranean nd the Atlantic. He expects to find ruins of ities 15,000 feet below the level of the sea. The eepest sea diving so far has been not to exceed 200 feet. The pressure increases enormously ith every foot of depth. Dr. Hartman stands lieh with the scientists of Great Britain and this country. He has made a fortune in mining and electrotherapy. His researches ares supposed to settle the question whether the civilization of country. Had the people of Mexico, Guatamala, ~Yueatan, and Peru such’a high knowledge of the _arts"of science that they furnished leaven to the Far East; or did civilization originate in China md Mesopotamia, and thence be spread to this ountry ? PHILIPPINE RUBBER NEXT? - The U.S. is turning to the Philippines for re- lief in supplying the enormous demand for. rub- , costing the country approximately $300,000,- erican producers nding other fields an rubber have awakened to the immediate necessity of for production. of rubber. z sence of any satisfactory’ substitute has ulated the quest for a country to rival itish and Dutch*East Indies, Brazil, and the ther rubber producing countries, with Great tain virtually monopolizing the world trade. n illuminating report on the future of the ippines as a rubber-producing center was by the Department of Commerce last week. - Some discouragement is felt in the instability labor in the Philippines which may put ob- a jn the way of fostering an infant rubber - tisfactory labor supply is regarded as one j e prime requisites to rubber production. upport of the Filipinos themselves to American nterprise in growing’ rubber trees and cultiva- the crop must first be obtained. ‘will require at least 10 years to place the induStry qn a satisfactory producing scale~ ne. most favorable conditions, experts > FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY GOOD READING ¢ a ea 25° S ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN The following lines were written by Mrs. Dyer; who is past 90 years of age, a shut-in, and much- beloved member of Hudson Relieg Corps: Some Things Lincoln Never Saw or Heard: He néver saw a submarine, Aeroplane, or limousine, ®A motor truck or traction plow, Or patent milker for the eow. While we see thousands every night, He saw not one electric light, Typewriter or telephone, Victrola or a megaphone, An auto car or a mason jar, , ‘Electric fan or fountain pen, t . Piano player or X-rayer, An incubator or separator, : An elevator or percolator. He never heard the sound Of a railroad running underground. He did not know that S. O. S. Was a wireless signal of distress, He nevér saw a movie show, Nor listened in on radio. He did not—sitting by his fire— Hear a San Francisco choir. A hundred things, both great and Never came his wavy at all. —I give it up; make out your list - And name the things that.I have missed. Things He Did See and Hear: He saw a land of factions torn ~ With a load too heavy to be borne. » He saw the cloud’s frightful form, He heard the muttering of the storm. He knew no power on earth could save A land half free and one-half slave. For years, thru war and bloody strife,. He strove to save the Nation’s life. Dissolved the Union must not be, But firmer stand with men all free. His hope and courage sorely tried, But the Nation lived and slavery. died. What awful cost, what price was paid, . What bitter saerifice was made. Ask of these men with footsteps slow, Whose heads are white as Winter Snow. The day that saw brave Lincoln’s birth. Lincoln! the name we all revere; Lincoln! the name we hold So dear; Grand champion of Liberty, ~ The great man of his century. : —National Tribune, & small, “Moving Picture Stories’ A Wegily Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Players PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY ; 1 , Each nuniber contains Three Stories of the Best Films on the Screen—Hlegant Half-tone Scenes from the Plays ~-Interesting Articles About Prominent People in the Films—Doings of Actors and Actresses in the Studio and Lessons in Scenario Writing. | HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. 166 West 23d Street rae f “a: ese shits y- 44 i. “ < Po eet Be Vee New York City 4 Ws

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a “ =A py the purpose 5 >. the Marine Corps, 26 . E AME AND FORTUNE ®WEEKLY ~ "NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 18, 1925 ‘TERMS TO SUnoUKingexo —_—— Biugle Copies. .........ee eee eed _ . Postage Bree b Cents One copy Three Months. % ey ~ 00 One Copy six Months tn % ae ‘ og 4, One Copy One Year... ‘ee “2 ‘Catiadn, $4.50; loreign, $5.00. HOW TO SEND MONEY — At our risk send P. O. Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances Lu any other way are at your risk. We accept Postiige - Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the. envelope. Tite your name and address plainly Address letters to } HARRY E, WOLFF, _ Warry EK. Wolff, Pres. Charles EK. Nylander, Seo. Publisher, Inc., L. EF, Wilain, Treas. 166 W. 23d St. N. ¥. ITEMS OF INTEREST Fi BIRDS START SHORT CIRCUIT: ‘ ‘Two little birds perched on an electric light wire in some unknown manner caused a short ~ circuit which set fire to 15 houses in the town of Arronville; near Pontvise, France. The people were perplexed over what had caused the fire, and an investigation was started. After consider- able search just enough of the almost incinerated birds was found to solve the mystery. The. damage. resulting from the fires is esti- * mated at.stveral hundred thousand frances, ‘ WANTS MORE MIDSHIPMEN at Annapolis Académy will be recommended to Congress at the forthcoming session by the Secre- tary of the Navy. The Academy has accommoda- . tions for 2,500 men, but the present enrolment is only about 1,600. - Secretary W the quota that may be appointed by each of its members from three to five®which would add 900 men to the Annapolis enrolment each year. The: existing basic law authorizes each member of Congress to designate five candidates for appoint- , _ment every year, but ‘appropriations allowed for permit the naming of but three. - An expansion from 1,600 to 2,500 would call for an increased appropriation of about $2,000,000 a om year. With the increase in officers that would thus. be turned out by. Annapolis the navy could fill places in a number. of departments, notably with its own graduates instead of drawing upon civilians. AR DEATH BY STINGS WOMAN NE os “VANGRY BEES. OF eehives.. The bees swarmed out and wie: 3 tga eee * » 2 “FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY - A’ substantial increase in. the midshipmen corps _ ilbur will’ask Congress to increase — _the reception. “ys in a minute covered her body. Her right arm and collarbone were broken in the fall, and she — was so badly injured that She could not move. — For an hour the woman was helpless, while the: — bees swarmed upon her body. -Mr. Harrison, a merchant, and Cokely Ellis finally , noticed hér plight. and ran to her aid. ‘ te The men called on Mr. trying to rescue Mrs. Ellis. ‘attacked the men and stun: dreds’ of times as they carried Mrs. Ellis from the yard. : Pe First-aid treatment was provided for the four persons, -who have great swellings over their bodies. Two physicians attended. Mrs., Ellis, and after treatment announced their belief that sh would recover, although she was suffering grea’ ly, as wére the men. sro It is expected that two or three weeks w pass before all the poison is eradicated from their bodies. LAUGHS © Little Clarence—Pa, that man going yonder can’t hear it thunder. Mr. Callipers—Is he deaf? Little Clarence—No, sir; it isn’t thundering. « e “So you want to marry my daughter, do you?” asked the father. “Now what are your pros- pects?” “Excellent, sir,” answered the young aS ‘ man, “if you don’t spoil them.” j the clergyman, “‘be consoled the thought. that your husband has gone where — there’is no night.” “Tf that is the coe replied the widow, “he won’t stay long.” ee “Madam,” said : “Mother,” asked Tommy, “is it correct to say you ‘water u horse’ when he is thirsty?” “Yes, my — dear,” said his mother. ‘Well, then,” said Tom- my, picking up a saucer, “I’m going to milk the eat.” eas “Did you see the pleased expression on Mi Blank’s face when I told her she didn’t look older than her daughter?” asked Mr. Jones af: : “No,” said Mrs. Jones, “& was looking at the expression on her daughter’s “Would ye do something for @ poor old sailor?’ Ee inquired the seedy wenger fe poor old sailor 2” * old sailor?” said the lady at work over the wa tub. “Yessum. I followed the water for si teen years.” “Well,” said the ¥y orker as . sumed her labors, ‘you certainly don’t look is if you ever caught up with it.” — * ~ ae ae a i

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 27 CURRENT NEWS ~ e GERMANY TO EVICT POLES ' _As-an echo of the recent eviction from Poland of fifty Germans, who, having chosen to retain their German citizenship after the plebiscites of 1920-21, failed to leave within the time limit set for’ their repatriation, the) German govern- ment has decided to evict from Germany an equal number of Poles who have failed to con- form with the same requirement. r ; Other Poles remaining in Germany will be ‘ejected in numbers and at intervals correspond- ing to Polish evictions of Germans, the govern- - .ment announced. (August 1 was the date set for the repatria- _ tion of such Poles in Germany and Germans in Poland, according to the Vienna Convention of August 30, 1924.) | BATHING SUITS WORN BY.TURKISH ‘ WOMEN .- The Turkish woman no longer is the hothouse - ereature she still is pictured to be in Western imagination. Gradually, but surely, she is dis- arding her veil and showing her face in public: he is becoming an ardent sportswoman, especi- ly in tennis and swimming,.and- also she is king up the hat and other habiliments of her Western sister. All this is due to the sanction of the new Angora government, headed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha, and to a great broadening in public opin- . Recently there. was a swimming race for ris before a mixed gathering of ‘spectators. Under the Sultan’s government the appearance Turkish women in public sports was taboo. alone did the women compete in the race with the greatest of zest, but afterward a photo- of the winners, still attired in bathing s, was published. In other times this would ve brought contumely upon them, and possibly a one-time obligatory veil, was started by a kish girl, Hadije Selma Ekrem, who recently questions. een lecturing in the United States on Turk-, onstration it was shown that with ease the wall’ carried a load of more than 80 pounds to the square foot. Estimates \as_to the savings effected in small house construction by the process varied, but in each case they were considerable. The appear- ance of the wall was identical with that of the modern wall finish of any high grade apartment house, which made it possible to save the cost of one entire coating of plaster prior to paint- irig or paperine. The hollow character of the walls insure perfect freedom from dampness and insulates ‘against cold and heat alike. Conser- vative spectators conceded that the test was suf- ficent to establish the practicability of a new method of dwelling house construction that could put homes built by that prétess entirely out of competition with those built’ in the late national hénsing emergency by established processes of construction. THE FRIENDLY PIGEONS OF VENICE The visitor to Venice who does not find delight in the thousands of pigeons which throng the Piazza San Marco and perch on_ outstretched hands in quest of grain is, indeed, @ rare visitor... There is something very magnetic about these Venetian pigeons. The street photographers in the Piazza do a flourishing business snapping ‘pictures of tourists literally covered with flut- tering wings, while vendors are kept busy sell- ing little paper bags of corn. _ Perhaps few know the mellow history of these birds. They have been there for centuries and came as the result of a festival. These pigeons of St. Mark’s had their origin in a feast of palm or olives. On the oceasion of this festa a great _ procession formed in the Piazza and marched Singing into the cathedral. While the solemn procession was under Way branches of palms and olives were thrown from adjacent roofs and pigeons were liberated. At the conclusién of this ceremony people hunted the pigeons, but many of the birds es- ‘caped. These, it is said, sought safety in numet- ous, appertures under the cornices and eaves of buildings in the Square. There they built their nests and became a colony subsequently loved and eared for. How greatly they have increased and prospered : is vouchsafed by the tameness and numbers if the birds that today, dwell in this historic place. “ Twice daily—-at 9 in the morning and at 2 in the afternoon—a servant of the municipality, lugging great bags of grain, comes into the Piazza and scatters food for the pigeons, If you will watch for a few gnoments before the - appointed feeding hours you will see flocks of pigeons coming from all over the city—for there is a housing shortage in the vicinity of the eathedral., > s It is notegasy to estimate the pigeon popula- tion of Seafjar's Piazza. Some idea is, how- ever, obtainable when the bronze giants ato) > the clock tower swing their sledges against the “ — huge iron bell. This clamor = ; eee o. \Se e i we ee te rede yh a Fp Pad oe: ize J th 0 the birds \ - swarming into the ‘air like bees. e leer Ee -

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eer ~ Sy a es rae me Bb: FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY FROM ALL POINTS — SECRET SERVICE Be crit Grand and Thrilling Detective Stories SCREW IN LUNG FORTY YEARS oe By OLD KING BRADY ~ ' Mrs. Ida Ferguson, forty-seven years old, of : ‘No, 2338 Washington Street, Canton, Mass.,.left ~ s ; Price 10 Cents the Bronchoscope Clinic of Jefferson Hospital, be Philadelphia, and started for home, leaving be. | We ean still supply the following numbers ine 3 small ECrew a had been in her lung of fhe above Weekly : or forty years. e screw was added to the. 4555 qe pead ie eee a Be eer ky collection of a thousand and one foreign objects 13 Cy Gang of Cowie ies jeter ree extracted by the bronchoscope from lung's and 1339 “ .and the. White Band; or, The Sign of the Sil- ver Crors, i? bronchial tubes. .. 1840 “ and Luck Box No 11; or, Solving a Post- Ofties Mrs,’ Ferguson as a child of seven got the — Mystery. serew into her lung. Ever since she had con- 1841 “ and the Yellow Crooks; or, The Chase for the ; M Chines. Diamonds, . -tracted severe colds in early spring that con-- 49° « gtrangest Case: or, The Skeleton in’ the Well * * tinued until late. fall. 1943: 4 and the School Boy; of, Het Work on th Prior to the- remoyal of» the: serew, a. tack ats PAO ae which had been in a man’s lung for thirty-six |** eR GReok p a ais Cracksmen; or, A Peoneeee Game for Tea te fons. See EN PICK POCKET “TAKEN 1347“ gy ie he Mine; or, The Minter of Shat ‘The most persistent pickpocket known to the 1348 “ ana the Voodoo Queen; or, A Dark Case fro : New York police, according to detectives of the ~ San Juan Att. : pickpocket squad,.Samuel Shore, alias aloe 1349," Bane: Boy Spy; or, Solving a Secret of Seven of 2,061 Douglas Street, Brooklyn, was arrested jon9 « and the Missin y b @ Money; or, Shadowin a su at the Sandy Hook boat pier, North River, foot ~. | pected Man. Le: of Cedar Street, for the thirty-first time gince. 1354 chinatown Case: or, The Hidden Den of 1900 on a charge of jostling and picking pockets. 359 « and the Double Daggers; or, The Secret | : ‘Shore has served so many terms in Sing Sing, . of Vengeance. B, the penitentiary and the workhouse, the detec- 1353 * Og LOT ORRMICR ek PRD ECO Despe! tives said, that he is on speaking terms with all : . ue eepe hose institutions. He was sen- hiatal . - ; fences. many ears Sy tear edat in) Sing The price of the following numbers 1s 7 Cents Sing by Mayor John F. Hylan who was then a isgg4 Ona ge: or, Roane; Up the ig, Cire is Pa Us * County Judge in Brooklyn. sei ante Binds taal. Oe eee at es Shore the detectives said always workstalone, 43356 * Ate phe Bronx Burglars; or, Nabbing the ouse Gang. which is unusual for pickpockets. ut he gives 1957 and the Dumb Roy; or, The Fate 2 Messengec the reason himself—he is too selfish to divide 9. with a partner—and rather than have arguments 1353 “ and the Blind @ Chinaman; or, The White. 0 reet. about keeping all, he «works by himself, the. ,...9« racking a Skeleton Arm: or, The. Cle “id detectives, said, adaing that he is Known to the the Tree... : pickpocket squad as “the ‘lone persistent pick- 1260 “ and the Factory Roy; or, The Mystery fe os | “Mill Pond : pocket: be en Oe 1361° Bnd tlie. Poisoned . Pen® or, Foiling «a lot. NEW COLORS FOR SWEDISH RAIL- #8." Chasing the Flack Crook: or Solving a ROAD CROSSINGS . 1363 and the Bankers, Boy; or, The Sttatiape re To aid the color blind in distinguishing light 1864..* After the ole. Brick Man; or, ‘Chasing a -~ . signals at railroad crossings, the Swedish State of Swindlers. Railways have decided, after an exhaustive in- 1365 © a ia Heart; or, The Myste i vestigation, to abolish the green light in favor 04, « Red Glove Clew: or, The Rendiee Se, E x S Tet. oy to. acest # pee hago Oe 4367 “ and the Man Next Door: or the wate red, which tests have shown to be most.easily , on High Street : recognized by all automobile drivers: Further- - 38“ Case in | Chinatown; or, Tracking the I 4 more, the lights installed at crossings owned 1369 “ And the Mad Barber; or, Solving A Singular. by the state, will be additionally differentiated Secret. ; sh by ‘blinking at different speeds when there is no 1870 * Be. pare Chase; or, Running Down a danger and when a train is approaching, so 437 « PRO REIT Black Dwart; or, Working Up a P that even if a person cannot tell any color from -. Clew. another, he cannot fail to observe the frequency ie ides res eee The Man With the Mi with which the light flickers. 1373“ and the Sneak Thieves; or, Running Dow The state railways’ eye specialist, Dr. C. G. ~)) |« Red Hook Gang _ Bostrom, has conducted the: experiments and has ane ed Boome or, ' found that between 5 and 6 perscent. of all males — We -are color blind and that, since practigally every Any of the above numbers will ‘one in Sweden wants to drive a car, it would be “postage free, upon mpeclan’: of the ‘price unjust to deprive thesé men of the privilege, as Posteee stamps Bers, seriously ‘proposed in ie Riksdag. At the same ~~ / found, to. abe ue pi rk is

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Tt contains full instructions in the art of dancing, eti- quette tn the ballroom and at parties, how to dress, and ful} directions for calling off in all popular square dances. . 3 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 ATHLETH.—Giving full instructions for the use of dumbells, Indian club, parallel bars, horizontal bars and yarious other methods ‘of developing hs good, healthy muscle; containing over Justrations ONG. 7 HOW TO KEEP BIRDS.—Handsomely tligs- trated and containing full instructions for the manafme- ment and training of the canary, mockingbird, bobolink, blackbird, paroquet. parrot, ete. No. 9. HOW TO BECOME A VENTRILOQUIST.— By Harry Kennedy. Hivery intelligent boy reading this hook of instructions can master the art, and create any amount of fun for himself and friends. It 1s the great- est book ever published. No. 10. HOW TO BOX.—The art of self-defense made Containing over thirty illustrations of guards, blows and the different positions of a good boxer. Fivery hoy should obtain one of these useful and instructive hooks, as it will teach you to box without an in- structor. } No. 11. HOW TO WRITE LOVE-LETTERS,—A most complete little book, containing full directions for writ- ing love-letters, eed ee to use them, giving specimen att young and old. ge Se ow. TO WRITE LETTERS TO! LADIES, —Giving complete instructions for writing Jetters to ladies on all subjects; also letters of introduction, notes and requests. ; No, 13. HOW TO DO IT; Or, BOOK OF ETIQUETTE. It fs a great life secret, and one that every” young man desires to know about. There’s happiness in it. No, 14, W TO MAKE CANDY.—A complete hand- hook for ‘making all kinds of candy, ice-cream, syrups, essences, ete. No. 18 HOW TO BECOME BEAUTIFUL.—One of th ebrightest and most valuable little books ever given fo the world. Everybody wishes: to know how to be- “come benutiful, 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, etc., suitable for par- jor 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- {ng full directions for all kinds of gymnastic sports and atheltic exercises. Embracing thirty-five illustrations, My Professor W. Macdonald. Wor sale by all nows@ealers, or will be sent to any address on receipt of priee, 10c. per copy, . . t money or stamps, by 4 1e “(166 West 23d Street ‘HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. Ms — New York City % Fame and Fortune Weekly d “ —— LATEST ISSUES —— 986 rom Dark to Dawn; or, A Poor Boy's Chance 987 pee fan Famasels ier iti g ae Way - Fortune. | 1amon uw mond; or, e ke Wall Street. OF one A Start in’ Life; or, A Bright Boy’s Ambition. Out for a Million; or, The Young Midas of Wail Street. 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