Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 1049) (1925 11 06)
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‘ j F s NOVEMBER 6, 1925 WEEKLY Price 8 ne mn RIES DF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY. “WATCHINE!s CHANCE; _ FROM iy Boy 10 LAPTAN ROS OS I Ok Sa : i When the ‘boats. ‘came ‘together with a crash, Fanny uttered a shriek d started to run, A eit ing plank would have crushed her to the deck only for Joe, who, seeing her ee peril, sprang forward and dragged her out of danger.
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY _ . ¥,. Mintered as 8 the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 6, 1925 | Isened weekly—Subscri 3 West 28d treet, New York, N No. 1049 oe - econd-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, at. 8, 1879. March Price 8 Cents. WATCHING HIS CHANCE a OR, FROM FERRY BOY TO CAPTAIN Se % E 2 oF e _ - CHAPTER I.—Introduces the Hero and Others. he Greenpoint factory whistles were shrillly ‘@nnouncing the horrors on 2a dull, threatening - spring afternoon when the ferryboat from Twen- ‘ty-third street came into her slip at the foot of Eeameo ot tun teaeyc vtec a weuitly, Seenieved trance of the ferry-house, “a dy, brig! yewsboy, known to his associates as Joe Judson, “with h circulated among them, calling out in clear, - ing tones the names of the various journals. ' About the same time another newsboy, with a broad, sallow face, low forehead and small, deep- ‘set, ferret eyes, who had been playing craps with several boon companions in a nearby alley, came running into the crowd, crying his papers. . His name was Pete McGinniss, and his reputation was ocky. The roundsmen of the neighborhood retty rc : et had their eyes on him, and it wouldn’t have re- r run him in Ween _ quired much of an excuse for them to - 4 the nearest station-house. ‘ _ Pete, however, was a mighty tard 2 oie and seemed to have eyes all over his head, for the cops eould never eatch him napping. xy _ He was as fleet on his feet as a hare, and knew _ all the ins and outs.of his stamping-ground bet- - ter even than the police, who had chased him a hundred times for one reasqn or another, but couldn’t catch him. They never interfered with him when he was engaged in his avocation of sell- ing papers, as they had no serious charge to bring but 1 ht fo to a man butted in and “Do you imagine that you control the newsp By A SELF-MADE MAN 4 i at the same time endeavoring to force a pa on the man. The customer, diseustod be Lid eet i tactics, as well as his dirty =f sos io ‘outed him back and bought a paper of Judson. ae Tigber ny The penny slip out of Joe's fingers and rolled on the Pete made a dive for it, got it and darted away. [ m the gen etaan, givlig him heavy ‘cuft sent S, ~ +n _. Joe had all hig stock-in-trade disposed of _ Meiggs’s stand on his ae was closing up shop, Pete } ey him, and shaking one of the dirty fists in his face, er er ee ie %, : “45) ‘jee Ce Te ee “You will—I don’t think,” replied Joe, coolly Fete > ‘ i
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oe WATCHING HIS CHANCE fe trade ‘around the ferry that you have the gall to butt in on another fellow’s customers?” , “Yah! Dat. wasn’t no reg’lar customer of yours “That doesn’t make any difference. He called me over to sell him a paper and youwhad to push in and try to do me out of the sale. It didn’t do you any good, for the man wouldn’t have it, Then on top of it, you tried to steal my penny.” “Ye’ve.a liar! I dropped dat penny meself.” _ “Well, I dropped you for trying to -get away with it.” “Tl fix yer for dat. hold of yer some time and we won’t do a t yer,” replied Pete, darkly. “Then the cops will get hold of you and your fang,.and that will be the last of the lot. of. nyou ’ around these diggings for some time: to come.’ » ~ “Yah! Dey’ll get not’in’! Dat’s wot we t’ink of de cops,” and Pete put his thumb to his nose and wagged his fingers in a derisive kind of pan- tomime. (o Then he walked off sand bumped rudely into Me and de genet get ing to Fanny Fair, who was starting off with a. small «ing as usual over something. pundle of unsold evening papers in her arms. - *Wot's de matter wit’ yer?” he. said. to her. “Why. can’t yer git out’n me way?’ Her bundle of papers fell to the ‘walle and were scattered around the curb. .Joe sprang forward -and started to pick them up for her, intensely in- dignant at McGinniss, who kept right on his way. Fanny herself picked up a few, and then Joe tied _ the bundle up again for her. “Thank you,” said the 2 girl, fiashing a timid but grateful look in t boy’ s face. 7 “You're welcome, miss. If I tan do anything for you at any time let me know. I sell papers around here, and you'll see me every afternoon.” =» “Pye seen you, often,” she replied. “You're -- a very nice boy.” “Thanks for the compliment. I ‘feel sorry that you. work for Mother Meiggs. -I can’t. see how you do it.” . Fanny gave a frightened sae around, as if expecting the -haridan to spring out on her from some place, and then, tucking the papers. under - her arm smiled shyly, at Joe and tripped awa’ .. + “She’s a nice girl,” said Joe to himself, loo ‘ing - after her, “I wish I knew her better. I can * “see she’s afraid of Mother Meiggs. - must have some hold on her, otherwise I should. - think she’d run away fro er. “the beldame got hold of her in the first’ place? 5 Couldn’t be. she stole her when she wag a little thing. I’ve read Bboy such things in story books, . and. in the newspape ‘way, how she. lets” herself be : that woman. I guess it’s because: she hasn’t any eotirage. I'm dead seery for her.” me of the side streets in the direction. of New- to eer let out in flats of three rooms each, and ceupied ‘by about sixteen families. The ground . floor: ‘was. ie eee off into two small stores— cueriee't to aie ats was on the side of the build- ng. “It was narrow, dark, and: not. over-clean. The stairs were covered with a cheap and much s cas een while the walls, once on-a time» ohio, were disfigured ith dirt, aes and ' paper, and after reading five minutes he burst ow into a tirade agains railroad he was working for is = The old-hag > I wond : LA ee Y and then resumed “his declamation Joe finished his supper, pay on his ‘It’s mighty funny, any-» eae around DY aa ‘While he was speaking he was walking along » Creek. At length he came to a shabby prick 4 ; ene of th cheap theatres ‘of Brook iva. Borough md the other a butcher shop. The © 2 ‘time, and he cut ser 4 Greenpoint. to “reach thi various grotesque caricatures drawn by the Ids in the building and neighborhood. It-was here that Joe lived with his aunt and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, on the top floor. His aunt was a mild-mannered little wo- man who was the slave of a big, blustering ty-_ rant. Mr. Jenkins had a steady job'as conductor. on a street car, but he was one of those men who, are perpetually dissatisfied with the world in gen- eral and his own fate in particular. He belonged - to a certain political party, and held extreme views. He was never tired of discussing the Rights of Man, and how much better he could a things if he only had the chance of doing so, but at the same time he gave a practical illustration of his contempt of the rights of woman by brow- beating his uncomplaining wife. — Although the aim of her life seemed to be too try and please him, she never succeeded in’ doing: ~ so, and Joe, who thought a great deal of his aunt, — et pocraney disgusted with his behavior. hen Joe entered the flat that evening ses Sores Mr. Jenkins at the supper table and kick ‘ “Confound it, Mary!” he roared, “haven't i ae told you a million times that I like my steak re any thought that was quite rare, “Thomas, » she protested a hen he interrupted her with a bang on the tabl ; “You thought! That’s just it.. You’ré always thinking and never doing. If I was running this — fiat things would be different!” Joe, as he listened to this outbreak, thon ht they would be different—decidedly so, and for worse. He sat down after nodding to the lord aha master of the establishment, and getting a frown in return. His aunt helped “him to a piece of the steak, which was certainly not weil done, notwith- — stan ing Mr. Jenkins’s assertion to. the contrary. The conductor took up a copy. of the evening the exactions of trusts, poli- ticians, and finally the bloated bondholders of. t 3 “Do you call this coffee, Mary?” he suddenl; demanded, breaking off in’ the. madst of an ar. ment against. the rich. “Yes, Phomas,” she answered, gently, eh ee ay. deny att: “It's -mud—mud, do. you, unde stand?” He drank it, however, with a pmgtbened. grow: his argument. In the midst of hat and hurriedly left. the house. rat] In: Which ese - Protector, ' to. : : pivoard fica nd was on his way to av: chance to see a show. He had to take a car Ree f of this wes He was passing through ‘ Biot when:a yond ae of one of uses,
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WATCHING HIS CHANCE The next instant a young and pretty girl, whom fhe recognized as Fanny Fair, came darting out into the street pursued by a stout virago of a woman, with a fiery face blazing with Picea Joe readily: identified her as Mother Meigeg's. She caught the girl by her lofig, disheveled hair, and began to her savagely with & heayy strap. “You young hussy!” she*roared. “I’ll arn ye to be givin’ my food away to persons pretendin’ to be starvin’ in a land of plenty. Take that, and that, and that!” The girl screamed pitifully as the lash descend- __ @d on her bare arms and sing great red blisters on the “Don’t kill me!” moaned the girl. _ “P0 kill yer if I feel like it. Yer belong to me s, oh ru ,do as I please with yer. Take that a eae ie, ~The oie was snatched from her uplifted hand ‘i she was pushed back with a force that land- her ina heap ‘in the gutter. “Tf you wasn’t a woman I’d knock the block off {si cried Joe Judson, so angry that he hardly ew what he was ae _ The virago was so shaken up by her fall that at first she didn’t know what had happened to her. She picked herself up with some difficulty for the shock had got into her head and made “You ie thiesty, 2 1” sh lai rou sty young viper e exclaim: mas, with passion , “you ‘shall pay for at me “More likel: oul. pay for beating this poor girl,” retorted Joe, threatening the woman with the strap in order to keep her at bay. - Mother Meiggs, however, was a born scrapper, and a little thing like a strap had but a trifling ‘effect upon her. She advanced upon him with and nails clenched, breathing vengeance lim and F What ie didn’t mean aha to both oF them, she got her a on “wasn’t worth consi racket preeet the whole ee ee of the tmincdiate) lows filled with women and = mn, and teres with tough-looking men, | anny Fair had lon ed the sympathy of ‘ ei Fanny, Fair ba but Py of the men or women. (err tse when a eager to see Mother Meigs, who was gatas as a matter of course, on the ram- had. ie had the courage to interfere between her - @nd her oem for the old beldame’s prowess was much respe by her neighbors. ee ee of slatternly children began to gather distance from the principals in “8 Taneety and eyed them with interest and nat little fear. Fann y’s tears and terrified di nor, but mors than all Joe’s He ees n facing the fe- , male eater of th aroused general sym- | pathy in their favor: ok the fos sd of the / erowd of spectators, Mother Meiggs did not rush in and drat the boy, as they expected her to do. Although Joe ‘wasn't aware of the fact, he had B more “than if his owerful weapon about “fists had be been double their size ea as hard as f ammers. He ta a steady, meee eye, . ei cae that ey tenia old woman, aria g upon its. vi beg Sig fats shoulders, _ tions with a sour look. In the first place they — he ihe with a and then’to circle «he beige ae or tim. Hor 3’ unusual tactics amazed the onlookers, and grad-~ ually the babei of sounds ceased and a strained interest and tense excitement succeeded. Joe watched Mother Meiggs narrowly, never allowing his gaze to leave her for a moment. In this wa the ag, little by little, circled completely aroun Joe and Fanny, and yet refrained from making an attack. the time her eyes glowed with a sullen, malevolent fire, before which the street lamp that lit up the circle paled’ into insignifi- cance. | At last Joe, tired of the eae — a sudden step forward. Mother Me back, tripped over a stone and fell bac! abd Her head struck the curbing with a whack and she rolled over. senseless. When the crowd saw that she made no movement to satisfaction rent the air, and man ttering ex- | pressions. were heaped on Joe. He took instant ~ ig of the chance to get away from the get 2 a shout of a spot. “Come, Fanny,” he said, grasping her by the hand; “let us get away from here as fast as we - can. You remember me, don’t you? I’m the news- boy who sells papers at the ferry. I picked u the papers that Pete McGinness knocked out o your hand this evening when you were leaving as -your stand.” “Yes, yes, I remember you,” she replied, smil- ing, through her tears. “Your name is Joe, isn’t. “Yes, Joe Judson,” “I am grateful to you for saving me from Mother Melee: She teat me dreadfully because I gave @ poor starving woman something to eat eee t. She would have beaten me worse if it dn’t been for you.” wo eahe shan’t beat you any moré after this, Vu see to that,” said Joe, in a determined ton eeOh, dear, what shall I do?” cried the fright- ened girls “Come up the street a bit and T’ll tell gol He led her away from the crowd that had gath- ered about them until they got as far as the -corner. “Now, Fanny, I’m going to ‘take “yo uu aunt’s. You'll} ye safe there until I pr or o ie somewhere a good distance from age eiges.” | Joe talked so reassuringly to her, and she RY fa gh him as such a wonderful-boy to be able defend her raga eee against her bean that she was willing to believe anything he said. And ~— so she went along with him, .as teusttaily ago: though he really were her own brother, untilat length they reached -the flathouse Mic ae: Jen- Kinses lived. Joe took her upstairs, an d aston- . ished his aunt and her husband by brin her * 2 into their flat and asking pemeniion for er over . that night, at least. . Mr. Jenkins at first regarded the boy's ac- e aed no apr mdannns for the girl,;and in the cond he didn’t propose to make his flat a roost-! g-spot for a strange girl Sie mek front, eet Sua he h Pog i ig ad ae no saves yb G di’ in a bg where es! ara as,
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4 have to eat his words or ig the girl out of her predicament. . “Well, we'll take her in tonight,” he said, “but you'll have to. Jet her have your sofa-bed in the sittin’ room,” to Joe. “I dare say you won’t mind bunkin’ on ‘the floor here. Your aunt’ will furnish you with a spare blanket or two.” “I'm willing to,put up with anything so long ‘as you do the right thing by Fanny,” replied ~ Joe, cheerfully. “The matter being thus amicably settled, Mr. Jénkins told the-girl to consider herself ander their protection until something could be done for her. i " CHAPTER Vil.—Fanny’s Story.» “Perhaps you wouldn’t mind tellin’ us ~ some- . thin’ about. yourself, young lady,” Said Jenkins; regarding Fanny with an air of in- ~ terest, for there was something about the girl that told.the conductor that Joe’s protegee was not. of common sto “How came. you to be ‘vin’ with that old hag, and in such a low sec- ‘tion? You don’t look as if vou was always used to such people.” "JT once lived in a nice, house in Boston,” she began, “and I remember, I had everything I _. wanted. I had a Shetland. pony, a dog-cart, and ots. of playthings.” “Were your folks rich?” -asked Joe: ‘in: sur- prise. f “My father worked in a big batik.” “Then he must have been rich.” - “¥ don’t think we were. rich, foe we didn’t Jive in a grand house like the president, and'my “mother didn’t. wear fine clothes like many ladies did, and we didn’t give balls and parties like the big people; but we lived nicely. I went. to -sehool, and learned to lay the piano, and I was very happy until——” . Panny paused and her eyes. filled with tears. “Until what, Fanny?” asked Joe, gently. “Until one day a ‘dreadful thing happened.” _ re dreadful thing!” repeated Joe, while his hee her husband looked at the” ‘itt curi- ously. pete TG aha said, 1 in a choked voice. “One night the president of the bank came with another man and took my father away ina cab.” ee What, for?” asked Joe. him _to beg iis the bank and afterward. to prison,” A profound silence followed ‘her words. Joe and his aunt looked their sympathy, but Mr. Jenkins. evidently had his” agg opinion (pa ‘the ubject. “M y father wouldn’? Bo aye a “thing. Ww. ches to charge him aot stealing,” she cried, ergetically, while her lovely eyes flashed in-° nantly. ~pody ’ that dave belong to. him.” I hope you'll believe that.” “Of course wee pelieve “St, » yeplied Joe. ‘Well, "what did they do. with your.. father 7"). he asked. i ‘ “They sent him away ¢ to. anothet prison: one stance off.” : fee Haw - WATCHING “Where did they ‘take | ag it. Mother ‘Meiggs tol a i th » house that my father. was as “robbing a b; Sens He 3 / wouldn't take a cent from any - they ‘didn’t ee us. fret the k HIS CHANCE = “Mother Meiges told me the ‘other aay! that he, is there yet,” sobbed the girl. 3 “What did your mother do after your father was sent away?” “She was very unhappy, and so was L. Nobody would notice us any more. They said my father ~ was a thief, and they did not care to now. us. any more.” SE “They ought to have been ashamed of them-. selves,” said Joé, indignantly. “We had to leave our home, which was broken up and eyerything sold,” went on the girl in a sad voice. “The landlord wouldn’t. let us stay anyway, because the people objected to oh 28 e neighbors,” : “Then your folks didn’t own the house You lived in?” ‘said Joe. i “No. Mother and I went to live in Weditusten: 5 ‘Village, which is part of Boston. She tried to ~ make-a living by teaching the piano., We vee getting on pretty well when somebody found out that my father was in prison and told it all — about. Mother lost all her pupils, and the land- — lord of the house told us we must get out” “What, again?” gasved' Joe. “And because, your father was in prison?” a; “Yes,” fluttered the: girl. : “You and your mother wasn’t Seerhonelas) Meee. that. You hadn’t done anything wrong. “People ought to have been kind to you, an sympathized — “with you, instead of acting ina el way to- ward you.” : Mr. Jenkins grunted and puffed. away at th pipe. ~“We had to: move back to a poor place in Bos: ton because-we had so little “money, We ‘to live in a) house: like this.” Mr. Jenkins took his pipe ‘out of hae none rot. red ‘in the: face and glared at ay ahs honise like this,” . poor place.” te _ “We hadn’t lived there tone sii ier fell il. The mane came. to see ne or said she was very bad and sent a big, common+ aed woman to nurse her. ‘That * was Bo tbepe worse.” . > » '“T should think 50,” ? er ‘Joe. you tell the doctor?” 2 eee esd tases S| tell him that— Mother Meteo 3 was: _ galled. Mrs. Meiggs — then—was not ‘treating | my “mother kindly, but. he. ae *t do gi es ut ople ee ae fo ten “The old - naridan!” said Joe. the’ people Swain come others.” 5 “The people. a the eda Ww “poor, and not very nice in~ er get ‘asked Joe.”
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“No,” replied the . girl, pateting into tears; “she died.” ’ "What then?” asked Joe, in a choked. voice, “Was she buried in Potter’s Field?” _- *No,” sobbed Fanny.. “On the day <she died - @ earriage came to the street and a man from the bank where father had worked came~up- ’ stairs. He Seemed shocked on seeing my mother dead and in such a poor place. He spoke to me and then went away. After a while a nice coffin came to the house and my mother was taken to an undertaker’s place. The man came ~ -_ back ‘and wanted to take me to his house. Mother Meiggs told him she’d take me there in - a little while, so the man gave her some money ~-.and his address.” . - “Did she take you?” asked Joe,:in a tone of “interest. -“No, She carried me away to a low place where she had lived before she came to look after my mother, and that night carried me on Ae boat, and in the morning we were in New ork aihy didn’t you kick?” “She threatened to kill me if I didn’t do as she said. She showed me a horrid-looking knife, and put the point against my neck. I was ter- ribly frightened, and didn’t dare do anything.” : “She took me to live in an awful place in the city. dt was so dirty, and common, and the - people were so bad, that I soon got sick and neetly died,” said Fanny. “But I got well at last. Then Mother Meiggs told me that it was time for me to get my own living,. saying that she did not. keep cats~nor kittens that didn’t -. gatech mice.” _ -"What did she make you do?” asked Joe. “She took me to a ‘place where they sorted out rags, and she made me work there. When the man paid me she took the money, and often at me if I didn’t make as ae as she thought ifs ou ht. to.” “What an old villain!” : : _ “A year ago she brought me over hes and we went to live in Dover street, where you saw me tonight. After a while Mother Meige's bought : out that. snews-stand on the corner of Greenpoint . street, and she made me sell papers there every afternoon. She said if I dared run away from her she’d follow me till she found me, and then. ‘‘phe’d have my_lifé,” said. Fanny, shuddering and oe in_a frightened way at the door, as~if she*half eeetiee to. as Loe old hag jump in with os won't ‘ad that an. easy ‘reposition, bet ‘your Life.’ The boy threw one ern protectiggly around the Es and she nestled close to him, as if she felt Ms af nothing could ‘harm her while he was near. So you're goin’ to take charge of that girl, you?” said Mr. Jenkins, to Joe, after Fanny rs. Jenkins had withdrawn: There was; an nealOts sprcoe i in his Joe, their errand and they were shown up to the sit-_ .a motherly-looking - thing. Ve ma WATCHING HIS CHANCE < oe 5 pay your board here, and we don’t charge nothin’ | to speak of?” “Yl do it,” replied Joe, resolutely. - “How?” asked the conductor, blowing out a cloud of smoke. “By sellin’ papers?’ “No, I’m going to try and get a regular job.” “Just woke up to that, have you?” sneered Mr. Jenkins. : Joe made no reply to the conductor’s remark. He easily saw that his aunt’s husband had no sympathy for his plan of looking after the un- fortunate girl. Whatever Joe earned- he wanted him to turn into the house so that he and his wife would get the benefit of it. It.was now ten o’clock, and as Mr.-Jenkins had to get to work early he finished his pipe and went to, his room. Joe talked to his aunt. abou Fanny’s future for an hour after that, and then, after being. she a with a pair of blankets, he turned in og the kitchen floor for the night. . y CHAPTER IV.—Joe Finds a Home for Fanny. “Mr. Jenkins had gone tolWork: when Fanny was called to breakfast the next morning. She was ‘rather glad that he was away, for she was a bit afraid of him. Joe looked the morning papers over for something that might suit the girl. He saw an advertisement which stated that an elderly lady. of means. wanted a young girl companion who could make herself generally useful. He read it out to his aunt and Fanny. te “That would be just the place for you,” he seid ere to his protegee. The address gave a number on Madison’ BYO= = * nue, New York. igen “The lady must be pretty well off,” continued “for Madison avenue is one of the best residential streets on the other side of the river.” Joe cut the advertisement out of the paper, and soon afterward he and Fanny left the flat to- gether. They crossed the river and walked all the way to No. — Madison avenue. » it was quite a long walk, but Fanny was. a healthy girl and didn’t mind jt no more. than Joe did. They mounted the high stoop and Joe rang. ‘the bell with a firm hand. When a servant_came to the door Joe stated ting-room, on the second floor. In a few minutes ~~ lady entered the room. == “Are you Mrs, Burgess, ma’am?” asked Joe. — The lady nodded. 3 “This is Fanny Fair, ma’, am, and she’s come anos ae to Your advertisement in’ this wipes es paper. : “Have ye aeoHe roferenter?®. she asked. Fanny looked helplessly at Joe, and he cele fell off s chair. e had not thought of such a = “No, ma’ ‘am, ” he said, with a disappointed face. “We didn’t brin any references.” “You' should have done so,” replied the lady. “It is necessary that I should know something about the young person I take into m: eke house,” “Yes, ma'am. I forgot all about ‘Weill, I guess we'd better go. I'm afraid the lady. sn't want you.” Eat very ry, we Put you to
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8 WATCHING HIS CHANCE the trouble of seeing us, ma’am,:.and I’m sorry that Fanny can’t come here, for I like your face, ma’am. I know you'd be kind to'her. We'll go now, ma’am, with your permission.” “Wait a moment,” said the lady, who had been much impressed not only by Joe’s earnest speech, but by Fanny herself, for the girl’s face and in- nocent manner. appeared to her very strongly. “Sit « down. I want to talk to your—sister, I think you said?” ‘ _ “No, ma’am, she isn’t my real sisterpbut I prom- ised: to be a brother and protector to her, and that’s why I mentioned the word.” ve “Well, perhaps we can get over the ‘question of reference if you think you can’t furnish sat- isfactory ones. living, my dear?” : Roe : | “My father isdiving,” replied the girl, ‘her lips quivering at the recollection of her father’s un- ‘happy fate. : “T ‘presume he is living in. this city; that is, somewhere in Greater New York?” “No, ma’am,’ replied the girl, with downcast “eyes, e evo “Where is your father?” ; Fanny tried to answer, but-she choked up and purst into tears. Mxs. Burgess looked her ds- tonishment, then she turned to Joe for an ex- _ planation. ; “You might as well know the truth, ma’am,” _Joe said, with a flash in his eye, “Her father was a bank clerk in Boston, and he’s ‘in the State’s prison because he was convicted of inking money that wasn’t his own from the bank. But that doesn’t prove that he was guilty, ma’am. I’ve -. heard that many an innocent man has been rail- ' xoaded to prison. to save others higher up.” Joe didn’t. dream’ that when he uttered those ‘words he was telling the exact facts about Fan- ny’s. father. %, George Fair had been railroaded to the State’s prison to save the president of the bank from a similar fate. No one knew the fact but the president himself, and his guilty conscience had i | _, given him no rest from the hour he discovered his cashier’s wife dead in a common tenement in the purlieus of Boston, and his daughter reduced al- most to rags. . sagree _It had been his intention to rescue the child -and bring her up at his own expense, but his benevolent purpose had been thwarted by her dis- appearance at the time of her mother’s death. ~ ‘When Joe admitted that Fanny’s father was serving time in the Massachusetts State prison after being convicted of robbing the bank where --he was employed, .she was not a little shocked. “Tell me your history, dear,” she said, kindly. ~ “Do not be afraid that I will hold anything -, pgainst you because of your father, whether he pe en or not. You are not to blame for his Fins ~ But ‘Fanny only wept harder, ‘as. the lady stroked her fair hair. ot “Tl tell you, ma’am,” said Joe, and he did. fee ition eated the story Fanny had told him ~ the ny ‘ the girl and her: mother had suffered through _ the. prejudice of the respectable element of the community, showing with a pathetic eloquence how the pair af prosperity they fetched up at the bottom. LA > Have you a father or mother | before, dwelling on those parts where cared ea en forced down the rags sides ae ay Then he told how Fanny had been kidnapped by Mother Meiggs, brought to New York and prac- Heels Pee An hd ae ie e had rescue er the receding night Gy the old haridan. ete f aes “And you have only known this girl less than twenty-four hours, and yet you have taken her to. your heart as a.sister!” said Mrs. Burgess. I have known her for some weeks by sight, ma’am, but I don’t ask to know her any, better than I do now. She’s an honest, good little girl, and whether you take her or not, ma’am, she will never want for a friend as long as I live.” ~- It wasn’t possible for the lady to doubt the boy's loyality to his new companion, Have you a father and mother, my boy?” she asked him. “No, ma’am, I’m sorry to say I haven’t; but ~ I have an aunt, and she’s the best woman in all * the world.” “What do you do for a living, for I presume 300 ~ obliged sale Cis : “I sell papers at the Greenpoint ferry, ma’am.”. “Wouldn’t you like a better position? You look — to me like a,/smart, ambitious boy, afd unusu- ally intelligent.” “IT am looking for a job with a future, ma’am,” he. replied. ; - |“Then I will help you. My brother is president of the Greenpoint ferry. I will give you a letter — to him, urging him to find you something to do.” | Thank you, ma’am. I am very much obliged to you. But I’d rather you’d do something for Fanny.” he ‘ fs “Tl take Fanny, not only on your recommen- dation, but because I believe in her face, I feel aube I ea | po be carr oi in her.” er “You. will not,” sa oe, emphatically. “I’d Jike to ask ne favor, ma’am.” . 3 me is it?” asked Mrs. Burgess, with a big | smile, . ; “I want you to let me call and see her some- times,” he said, earnestly. “I haven’t known her long, it is true, but we’ve promised to be brother and sister, and so—you understand ‘what J mean.” : res a “Oh, Joe, Joel” cried Fanny, throwing her arms around his neck and bursting into tears again, — "T’d rather not stay than lose you. You’ve been would stand up for love you! aa’ aes Mrs. Burgess was visibly affected by the atti- — tude of the young people toward each other, and she hastened to assure them that they ‘should see each other as often as once a week if*they — my friend when no one else me. I love you, Joe, I wanted to, This was satisfactory to Joe, at any rate, though Fanny clung to him and didn’t want — him to go away. While Mrs, Burgess was writing ~ a strong recoffimendation to her brother for Joe — the boy comforted his little friend and told her - that she couldn’t have gotten a better place to live if it had been made to order for her.) - Then, taking the letter and thanking Mrs. Burgess for it, he took leave of Fanny and left | the bones: satisfied that the girl would be well’ — re ‘or. . r . ‘ ... = te Rios ee CHAPTER V.i—The Elusive “Wallet. az Mr. Elliot Story, Mrs. Burgess’ broth e- sides being president of the “Greenpoint Ferry was head of an uptown bank, and Joe was ‘ OK => Heir pd
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WATCHING HIS CHANCE ~ ee see him. Reaching the bank, Joe inquired for Mr. Story ~ The Efleadantt: after sizing him up, aswed what his business was with Mr. Story. “Tye got a letter for him,” replied Joe. “Well, give me the letter and I'll take it in to him: You can wait here till I return.” Joe handed him the letter and he took it into _ the president’s office. In a few minutes he came out and asked the boy to follow him. “You are Joseph Judson, are you?” said Mr. Stor when Joe was shown into his office. es, sir,” replied the boy respectifully. “My ‘sister requests me to try and get you a position of some kind. What have you been do- : la \ ¥ diected by the lady to go to that institution to f po nse been selling newspapers since I left ~ ‘school, sir.” “Where do: you live?” "At No. — Blank street, Greenpoint. 2 “With your parents?” - ~ “J live with my aunt. My father and mother ‘are dead.” - “Would you like to work on a ferryboat?” “I don’t mind what I do, sir, so long as it offers me a chance to get ahead.” “If you prove to be as smart as you look, and. "are ambitious to make your mark, you can work your way up to be. captain of a ferryboat in time. Or you can study for a pilot’s while serving your time aboard one of the boats. I do not know if there is any likelihood of an immediate vacancy aboard our boats, but I will - communicate with the captains. and furnish them pee your name and addréss, requesting that a put your application for 1 position on file.’ They appoint the deckhands and other employees, and you will hear from one of them in due. - course.” His aunt was very glad. to hear that things ea “had. turned out so satisfactory for Fanny, and she was also pleased that Joe was in line for something better than selling newspapers. After dinner Joe hastened to get the earlier afternoon editions of the New York papers, and he was soon at his stamping-grounds near the “ ferry house. A boat from Twentv-Third street came in about this time, and there was quite a - number of passengers and vehicles aboard of her. Joe hustled around among the former to sell his papers. Among them was a tall, well- dressed man of about fifty years. He was »c- companied by a. sag tien jab man of perhaps . thirty. As Joe was casually looking in their di- “rection the older man drew a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his face, and the boy thought ; as saw something fall from his pocket. He was quite - ‘sure about it, and so he sauntered wily over to the spot where they had passed at he time, Sure spe aba lying in the dirt he saw @ good-sized wallet. He pounced upon it at : - noe rag was an expensive pocketbook and on ap : i | Frederick Peay > “Looks ag muttered Joe, seasons iia the * The - * ieotien ise eae ees tial at oe Siete eae not in sight, He. . position” gold letters, was stamped the name. mes: if it ‘might cofitain something of the ment the le aig Pent: — corner of Greenpoint street and looked eagerly up the street, but he couldn’t see any sign of them. He seudded up the street a couple of blocks, but the men were not to be seen. Then he gave up the search for them and returned to the ferry. He sought out a retired spot near a spile-head overlooking the river and started to examine the wallet. There was about $60 in money in it, various papers, and several news- . paper clippings. “Gee! This isa find for fair,” he said, gazing at the money. “I wonder what McGinniss would say if he knew I’d found this?” “He’d say ‘halves’,” cried a well-known and un- pleasant voice at his elbow, and a hand was thrust forward and seized one end of the wallet. - Joe whirled around and confronted McGinniss. “Been ‘hookin’ a pocketbook, eh?”: said Pete, with a disagreeable grin. “I was on to yer and saw yer do it. Ante up half that money now or I'll give yer away to the first cop I see.” “Let that wallet gol” cried Joe, tugging at Sty A strugele for its possession ensued, each hanging on for all he was worth to the prize. “Gimme half, and ll let go,” returned Pete. “Not. on. your life!” “Thtake it-all, den!” “If you can get it you will!” McGinniss suddenly let go, and as Joe stag- gered back he jumped at him and struck. him a heavy blow in the face. Joe went down on his back. Pete followed. up his advantage by leap- ing on Judson’s chest and making a snatch at the wallet. One of MeGinniss’s’ friends came up at this moment and Pete called on him for help. Between them they wrestled the wallet from oe’s grasp. As Pete sprang up Joe seized him y the leg and upset him. The pocketbook slipped. from his hand, slid into a hole in the end of the dock near the ferry house, where the serap had taken. place, and disappeared. “It’s gone t’rough into de water,” cried Pete's ee peering through the hole. Climb down and fish it out, . ejaculated Me- Ginn the dock he was pretty mad. Shoving Pete’s pal “Ts full of money.” a Joe was now on his feet, and when he realized - that the wallet had gone through the hole in | away, he looked through the hole and saw the wallet lying across a heavy beam near the sur- . face of the river, where it was lapping against © the embankment of the street, He determined to. get it without delay. As he started to climb over the edge of the dock Pete. and his friend. pets seized him by the arms to try and stop “Come away from ar spile or V’ll sen ‘de stuffin’ out’r yer!” snarled Pete. Joe,.seeing that he was struck, sprang pale. on the wharf and landed a swinging uppercut ‘ ‘S of on..McGinniss’s jaw. that ‘ais his teeth rattle. Then he sprang back for the spile, and was 3 out of sight over the end of the dock before. the 0ys could reach him again. “Git after him,” urged Pete to his friend, “Shove him inter de river,” “Git after him yerself,” replied, the other boy, 3 not relishing the job. Lower and. lower Joe crawled toward the water Sf and the spot where the wallet lay. At that mo- fs eh » Manhat-_
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8. tan; came in, and her paddle-wheels kicked up “a suecession of waves. Just as Joe reached for the pocketbook the water surged up with a bie splash and washed it off the beam. With an ex- clamation of vexation the plucky boy saw it gueked out a yard or two into the river, and then it went floating away on the roughened water. CHAPTER VI—The Efforts of Mother arieet To Find Fanny. — “If that wouldn’t make you mad,” growled Joe, following the course of the wallet. Pete and companion gave a shout and jumping on their legs started along the dock, keeping abreast of the floating pocketbook. The wallet soon disap- peared under an adjoining wharf. Joe barge to the wharf the way he had gone down. saw Pete and his friend on the next wharf Cliath ing down with the evident intention of grabbing. the prize when it floated clear of the wharf. He rushed over to watch their movements and see if they were successful. As the wallet seemed ‘to be a long time in making its appearance they disappeared under the dock to search for it. At that moment Joe saw it floating out from ‘under the wharf several yards away. He made for the next wharf, keeping its position in sight. A long, low sloop was moored against the wharf and Joe saw that the wallet would strike against the side of the boat. He lost no time springing aboard of the craft, and leaning over her three-inch rail fished the pocketbook out of .. the river the moment it came within reach. : Then he regained the dock, where he sGueezed the water from the wallet, dried it with his handkrchief as well as he could, and thrust it into his pocket. en he hurried back to the ferry dock to find his e hendic of papers. On the “way he saw Pete and his companion still look- ing under the other wharf for the prize which ‘had eluded them. Joe chuckled at their fruitless . quest. he said; “maybe you'll find it—t © gon't think!” on’t “A ‘He found his pune of papers untouched, ly- ‘ing near Pete’s supply, and grabbing them up \was soon looking around for customers, It was * “about five o’clock that Joe saw Mother Meiggs. on the corner near her news-stand talking to ton and ai In a short time Pete. came up ’ and said, in a’ surly (way: “Mother Meiggs, of de news- -stand, wants ter yer.” “T’ve got no use for Mother Meiggs,” replied Joe, and then he d for a man who was ‘erossing to the ferryhouse. Pete went back and told the old hag what Joe said. The next thing Joe knew the old woman Bovine over and collared re “What did yer do with my tanny: yer young ” -yiper?” she demanded. Joe swung himself ete from her ‘grasp and faced her. defiantly. _. ne rot old tr aad he said, “you'll: “never see : een ee ee Sees ae vit : a will or no ave yer done wi er? hele ‘or Pi be the death of verl” WATCHING HIS CHANCE “Here comes a-cop now. If "t. skdp — etn sriinat. you. won = ni e hag ed, saw the offiter, and th hurling a storm of abuse, mingled w ith eee | at the boy, shuffled away from the spot and was soon out of ae Pete, who had been 2 witness of the”brief interview, Se pes ee to see Joe roughly hauled by the virago, was disap- hg ea the result. “She'll do yer up yet,” he said, darkly. “Some dark night when ye’re goin’ home yer'l git a knife in yer innards, and that'll be yer finish.” Joe paid no_attention to his remark and wen>—- about his business. At seven o’clock he had dis-. posed of all his papers and went home to supper. | He was shadowed at a distance by Pete Mc-— Ginniss, who noted the flathouse where he en-.. tered, and then went to Dover street to report — the fact to Mother Meiggs. After supper on Jenkins went to a corner ‘saloon to talk with ° some of his acquaintances. Then Joe. drew the. wallet he had found from his pocket. 3 “See what I picked up today.” he said to his aunt. “It belong to a man ni Frederick De- | Haven and contains $60 in money and a lot of papers and newspaper clippings. I’m going to — watch the papers to see if it’s advertised for, — If the owner never turns up I guess the money willebelong to me.’ » His aunt was surprised when he exhibited. the © six $10 bills, and she congratulated him on his Reon the '¢ mine yet, Aunt Ma e@ money isn e ye’ may have to return the whole business i oe or two.” Joe then told his aunt the full particulars of the incident. aa seepatne at several of the papers, which appeared to be business memo- — ianda, he handed: the pocketbook to his “atin: and asked her to keep it for him. Next morning, «. about eleven o’clock, a surly-looking man went ‘through the house selling shoelaces. Nobody wanted any, but the fact did not seem to bother — him much. He seemed to be very inquisitive with — his eye, especially when he reached the top floor — and knocked on the door of the Jenkins’ apart- — ments. When both her husband and Joe were out Mrs. Jenkins was cautious in‘ her attitude toward strange visitors. She kept the door on — @ chain which only permitted it of being opened a few inches, and through this narrow pe she held all converse ia calleee Wh whom she dic not know, The man with the Pegai edad have much chance to inspect “Kitchen, and consequently was disappointed. “We couldn't telk— with any degree of certainty whether there was — anybody ree in the room besides the little wo- — man h He lingered around the neighbor= — hood for an Eaux and then disappeared. That _ _evening he turned up again; but disguised with a @ heavy beard like a foreigner.’ He had a ‘bag over his shoulder, and he was accompanied by - Mother Meiggs. They went straight up to the — Jenkins’ fate The hag kept herself in the ea ground while the man rapped on the door, © Joe jumped up Aare the. ‘Supper: table and ana | swered the summ : “Any old cites co a sll?” whined he: I ; re BA ee ee
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_ The man muttered something and then started ‘for the stairway. Joe closed the door and re- turned to the table; f “She isn’t there,” said the man, in a low tone, _ to Mother Meiggs. . “How kin yer be sure of that when yer only seen one room?” she asked. 3 ; 7 “They’re at supper, and the table is only, set for three—the man, woman and the boy,” he replied,. : vs The hag uttered an imprecation. v2 “We must find the hussy,” hissed the ol A Es man. “I never did see sich luck. We must i ‘fier. She’s worth a mint of money to me with | that baby face of hers and winnin’ ways. She ‘must be somewhere ’round here. That boy. is hidin’ her somewhere. I'd like to strangle him, e@ viper!. We’ve got to watch.” “Every night and morning after that Pete Mc- ~Ginniss hung around the flathouse where Joe lived, and wherever, Joe went he was closely ratched by Pete. ~> ee CHAPTER VII.—Joe Secures A Job As A ‘ . Perry Hand. Aig SS The third day. after Fanny went to live with Mrs. Burgess a letter came to the Jenkins’ flat } addressed to Joe. When Joe opened it he found it was from the captain of the ferryboat Osceola, on the Twenty-Third Street line of the Green- point Ferry. He was requested to report on board the boat at his earliest opportunity, and | ask for the writer. : os 7 “Looks like a job, Aunt Mary,” said Joe, in a ‘tone of satisfaction. . ‘ do?” bs 5 . : “I suppose T’ll have to learn the duties of a saeckhand. I ean tell you better after I see the nn CE captain. . “Tt will be mytich better than selling news- { papers, anyhow, ” said the aunt. “Sure, it will. I’ve done that. lone enough.. | There’s nothing in it for me. This is the chance to get ahead that I’ve been watching for. Some day I'mean to be captain of one: of, the boats. » “Some day, perhaps,” smiled his aunt; “but it will be some years ahead.” — ie _ “That’s all right. Mr. Story told me that if Iwas smart and ambitious I might expect to “reach that point in time. He study to be a pilot, He said there. was a_scho Seep atrect ‘and Fourth avetiue that I could atiend after my day’s duties on the boat were ever, So you see I can become either a captain 0r_a pilot one of these days,as I choose. He put on his hat and started for the ferry- in “I hope so“ What do you think you'll have to — “that I’m on to him. Bo: sate oo under twenty-one on these boats,” he said. | conducts himself and does his work.” WATCHING HIS CHANCE 72 “Yes. He sells papers at the ferry.” _ “I noticed that he’s been hanging around here every night and morning for the last two or e days. He’s followed: you away from the ‘building twice to my knowledge. He’s up to something, so I thought I’d warn you.” be , Jimmy. Is he around here now?” “Yes. He’s behind that fence across the road. Don’t look, or he'll know I’m putting you on to him. Where are you going now?” \ “To the ferry. I hope to get a job on one of boats.” eee so? Going to give up selling papers, “Yes.” “Well, I hope you'll catch on. Just take notice a sly way as you go along if that McGinniss, as you call him, isn’t following you.” “IT will,” replied Joe, vedaing Bis friend ocd by. Joe changed his mind about going direct to the ferry. He went up and down several ets, walked clear around one block, all the) time"keeping a cautious watch behind. He found that McGinniss was following him with dogged persistency. “f wonder what he’s after?” Joe asked him- self. “He’s alone, and I’ve #iven him several chances to overtake me, but he keeps the same distance behind. What’s his object?” : It seemed: a mystery to him as-he started direct for the ferry. He went into the building and made inquiries about the Osceola. “She'll be here in about ten minutes,” was the reply he got. He walked to one side to wait for her to ar- rive. Then he noticed Pete’s eyes on him. “What the dickens is that rascal watching me so persistently for?” muttered the boy. “I’ve a’ great mind to go over and ask him what’s his little game. , Perhaps I’d better not let him know. Tl just keep my eyes on him, too, after this, and see if I ean find out what his purpose it.” : When the boat came in Joe went. aboard and asked for the captain. He was directed where to find him. The captain\was a tall, well-formed man, with 2 full beard. Joe presented the letter he had just received from him., The captain) sized him up’ critically, ~ . j “How old are you?” he asked, abruptly. Joe told him. ‘ “Well, it is our rule not 'to employ persons Joe looked very much disappointed. Apparent- ly he was’ dished out of the job. | aL ane “But,” continued the captain, “I have special — instructions from the president of the company to waive the matter of age in your case.” tox Joe brightened up. a “You look strong and healthy.” ve “I am,” replied Joe. : @ captain asked him a number of questions — and then took him to where Mr. Cox, the mate, was standing. — : “This boy will go to work on this boat tor 3 morrow morning,” he said to the ing the windows, swabbing up the docks, and = such work. ‘Report to me in a few days how he f fan : hoagie oh “His name is Joseph Judson. Start him in at wash-— byt Sf
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10 “All right, sir,” replied the mate, and the captain ‘walked away. “You live in Greenpoint, I suppose,” continued the mate, looking at Joe. “Yes, sir.” : - “Well, report to me on board at—” and he men- tioned the hour. “This card,” he said, scribbling something on a bit of pasteboard, “will pass you through the gate.” He then told Joe to get himself some dark blue shirts in place of his white ones; and he also mentioned other matters that. the boy should know at the start. The boat being on the point of leaving her slip, the mate went up to the _ pilot-house, where the pilot. was, and Joe hur- ried ashore. To his astonishment he saw Pete /., tagging .after him. He had evidently been on the boat, too. si “Well, T’ll be jiggered!” muttered the boy. “He couldn’t watch me, closer if he was a detective and IL was suspected of being a crook. The first thing he knows I'll jump on his neck.” Joe rushed home to get his dinner, but Pete 7 didn’t follow him. That afternoon Joe sold the New York evening papers for the last time.) _ On the following, morning he reported promovt- ly on time to the mate of the ferry-boat Os- ceola, after posting a letter he had written to Fanny, telling her of his good luck in getting a regular job. He was: put te work with another’ hand at swabbing the cabin floors. Subsequently he tackled the windows, and then there were _ other jobs allotted to him’ which kept him busy ' +yright along. He worked with a will and was under the actual charge of the head deckhand. _- That. morning Pete McGinniss hung around the ‘flathouse and looked in vain for him to appear. : Just before the young tough went for his sup- _ ply of afternoon papers he stopped in at Dover street to make his report and receive a: certain - eash payment from the old woman. That. after- noon Pete missed Joe from his regular stamp- ing-ground in front of the ferry-house, ‘and he wondered where the boy had gone. Next day, ~ however, he discovered that Joe was working on the Osceola, and he carried the news to the old hag, Thereafter he confined his shadowing operations to. the eyenings, but his detective - work was productive of no satisfactory results, and finally the old woman got tired of paying him “-and called him off. She made other efforts to discover thé whereabout of Fanny, but the girl’s new. abiding. place remained a mystery. to. her. hus . several. months. passed’ away, and Joe “be recognized as ‘one of the most efficient deck- -. hands aboard the Osceola. During this interval he saw Fanny about four times. She had made -*herself solid with Mrs. Burgess the very» first , week, and had gradually won a-warm place in. ' that lady’s heart. She liked her new home very “much indeed, and was quite happy and contented because she was so well fixed. Rather, she grew been a. friend te her when: she needed him very. that she had secured her present desirable situa- on, and her gratitude knew no bounds, Although it seemed to her that she never could forget t WATCHING HIS CHANCE . made in Joe Judson and Mrs. Burgess, and <4 not only made good in his new job, but came: to’ there, but she did:not think any the less of Joe. more and more attached to him as the weeks ent by, for she could not forget that he had. in a brand-new China: silk dre’ badly. And it was through his exertions. wholly. we ill : hat sat jauntily on her golden” opti le _to meet. her as sh bY what she had suffered while in the power of the — old hag, nor could she entirely shake off her dread of that wicked old reprobate, still, as time slipped away, the years she had passed under the thumb of the haridan seemed more and more et tee | like an ugly dream. At the suggestion of the ~ kind-hearted Mrs. Burgess she had written a long letter to her father, telling him of all that. had happened to her since her mother’s death in the Boston tenement, and how at last the sun of comparative happiness was shining on her once more, and how very happy she would be ~ when the stern arm of the law permitted them. to come together once more. She declared that — she never believed him guilty of the crime of — which he had been conyicted, and that she never - would. She told him of the good friends she had _ evs: Aor cluded by begging him to write to her. . ier CHAPTER VIII.—The Collision On the River. During those months the wallet which Joe found in the street infront of the ferry-house remained undisturbed at the bottom of one of — his aunt’s bureau drawers. ’ : es _ For the first week the boy had carefully looked ~ in the lost and found columns of the leading — New York and Brooklyn papers for an advertise- ment relating to it, but-had seen nothing that in the remotest way referred to it. At length — he came to the conclusion that the money the — pocketbook contained was as good as his own, . but for all that he entertained some doubts as_ to his right. to appropriate it until at least a _ reasonable time had elapsed. So he let the wallet ‘remain where his aunt had put it, and after a while forgot all about it. The encouraging acs. counts he gave of Fanny’s new life with Mrs. - Burgess gredtly pleased Mrs. Jenkins, and sev- eral times she expressed a strong desire to See the ~ girl again. Joe was afraid to haye Fanny visit — Greenpoint, lest in some way Mother Meiggs might get on her track again and trouble come to her. At length, however, Joe discovered ‘that — the old hag had sold out her news-stand and had | vanished from Dover street. He made inquiries — of seyeral residents of the block and learned from~them that the old woman had gone back — to her old stamping-grounds in Manhattan to — live. Under these cireumstances he decided thai it would be safe to have Fanhy come to Green point to visit his, aunt. So-it was arrangt tev she should meet Joe’s boat at a certain hour -o the following Sunday afternoon, the boy. having secured permission to go off duty a couple of — hours earlier than usual. Accordingly, at. the — hour in question when the Osceola arrived at her slip at the foot of Twenty-third Street, Fanny ‘was on hand ready to go aboard of her. She 3 “ae looked a much different. girl t when she went over ‘the me: escorted her to the house on Madison avenue. — , She now looked much” plumper, aude i ani ‘thing, prettier. Her shapely for mwas attired , and. a stylish “, To a - . who was on-the look-out for eee ; epped on the boat, he
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WATCHING HIS CHANCE |. tally decided that there wasn’t a lovelier girl in Greater New York, and very proud indeed he ‘was to enjoy the privileze of calling her his adopted sister, ; “You're looking fine ‘this afternoon, Fanny,” he said, greeting her with a hug and a kiss which she blushingly accepted. » “Am I?” she laughed. “I’m: glad you are so - pleased with thy appearance. This is a new gown I put on for the first time today. Mrs. Burgess presented it to me. I. am. sure she’s the best woman in all the world.” _ _ “J guess she’ is, Fanny,” admitted Joe, “She ~~eertainly treats you like a daughter. You appear to have eyerything you want.” | _“T havé. She not only lets me practice on the Piano, but she has just made arran ents with _.& professor to give me two lessons a week. What ' do you think of that?” . “I think you fell into a regular snap when you went to live with Mrs. Burgess,” said Joe, _. as they walked toward the bow of the boat. “And I didn’t do so badly, either, through her, for I got this job. I expect to rise to be a mate one of these days, and after that, captain.” “You'll be a big man by that time, with a beard, won’t you?” she smiled. : “T1} be a man, all right, but I don’t know 5 ae the whiskers. I like, a smooth face better. _ OF course, if you want me to have whiskers I'll consider the matter. I feel bound to do whatever pleases you.” ; ~~ “You are very nice to say that, Joe,” she said. laying her hand on his arm. “You are a dear, good brother to’me, and I love you very dearly.” .. “And will you always love me just as dearly? he asked, eagerly. erie 5 “Always,” she replied, with a positive nod. Her reply made Joe. very happy. In a few , Minutes the boat started and he had to. leave ~»mer to attend to some duty required: of him. | “You can stand here in the front of the boat, if you like, until I get back,” he said. as he started to walk away. As she stood near the for- ward railing looking out on the sun-kissed river, two hard-looking lads approached her from_be- hind, They were Pete McGinniss and his particu- lar crony, Mike Grady. As Fanny’s back was ~ turned toward them, Pete did not recognize the girl. He and Mike, however, saw that she was well-dressed and attractive, saw that she was ‘was alone, judged that she was unprotected. a@ peach of a gal,” said Mike vy from behind with a look replied ” } vest, though he His _ companion was the last mo: Seat ~ Pete. “Yer’ve got. a swell rig on, for fair. ‘yer holdin’ out? Mike and me _two boys who knew of her connection with it, ab: from their old stamping-grounds was looked upon as a boon, not only by the officers patrolling that section, but by the small store- keepers, whom they had often annoyed, as well. _ Pete and Mike looked as if they had struck _-luck wherever they had gone. As a matter of fact they had, for they not only dressed like ordinary boys now, but they had money to spend in their pockets, But if the reader thinks they- had improved in character for the better he will be disappointed. Pete and Mike had.taken the road that lands the majority of its pedestrians in_ the State’s prison sooner,or later. They had followed Mother Meiggs to New York, and had joined the select circle of her old friends in one of the erookedest sections of Manhattan. They were learning how to make money by their wits “and at other people’s expense. The . success which so far attended their efforts in this direction satisfied them that only fools are, honest. Their instructors, however, did not take’ the trouble to point out to them that if it was % merry life, ing way, it was a short one— out of jail. AT present Pete and Mike were walking on the — side of we way, and as prosperity seeme: eam upon them, they were persuaded that they had hitherto only been wast- ing their time selling newspapers. As’ both Pete and his companion were struck by Fanny’s ap- a ee they decided that as she appeared to e alone they ought to make her acquaintance. ~~ There might be something in it for them in the way of a chatelaine watch, or a pocketbook, that they might find a chance to borrow on the sly. This would be profitable for them, as well as good practice in their new profession. So, after a: mg i consultation they lounged up alongside ~ e girl, “Fine arternoon miss,” said Pete, by way of breaking the ice. ‘ “De water looks fine, don’t it, miss?” said Mike, getting on the other side of her. - ; Fanny stepped back rather startled from the rail, and looked at the boys who were trying to force their company on her. As soon as the bake saw her-face they recognized her at once as Fanny - Fair, the girl who had tended Mother Meiggs’ news-stand, and who, with Joe Judson’s le, had without warning given the old woman the | slip. They were not a surprised at meeting’ her so unexpectedly, but they were astonished at hers well appearance. Clearly she had struck luck as well as themselves, but thty judged that it wasn’t the same kind of luck : “Why, if it ain’t Fanny .Fairl” ejaculated ‘ate. “Powder me blue, but it is, for a fact!’*ex- claimed Grady. Sey ‘Who'd a-thought of meetin’ yer, Fanny,’ pa er ere are would be glad to | eall on yer, wouldn’t we, Mike?” ; “Sure, we would. We'd consider it a honor,” grinned Mike. ae Fanny made no zepy ‘to their freeand- speech. She felt frightened at titir nerve, an at the fact that she had been recognized must have struck it fat somewhere. other Meiges, and she looked as she felt. “Don’t run away, Fan,” said Pete, grabbing — the. 2S
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~ ent from. Mrs. peas the other craft. ay “great many passengers at the: time; es - ¥eplied, trying to: - the-situation without any oe erence on the saree ~ place on both boats. - ~ done happened to the Tenth Street boat,’ which -. could—some of them’ so badly that 6 - from jumping overboard. The same sta fairs existed on board of the Osceola... been “her fey the pints “We're. old: and we want to talk to yer.’® “JY don’t want ak es “Aw, wot’s de use gor pow ‘cause yer’ve got prosperous? hungry glance at the oe watch which Fanny wore on h Let me £0, please,” protested th é “Don’t be in a hurry,” replied. Pete a goin’ to hurt yer. rey ; “Don’t tear yourself away in “such a rush,” said: Mike. “We wus goin’ to offer. te; abe Oe ever yer wus goin’,” erica Fanny looked around for Joe.” Shelaase Rae BK coming forward from the middle of the as several automobiles and one ho: “were standing. She knew he ‘oul efend ner - from those rude boys and drive see away. at that moment something hay ppened that al of Joe. The boat was appr oint slip, and the Tenth Streets’ fee bet out, One of the Osceola’s.. snapped, or gave way in some Mant which was still under regulation | around as if on a pivot and d ec Pete and Mike, - Fanny, stood spellbound as they, Po ta “Cole iv gion was cértain to take place. “Th t rang’. a “hell to back. the’ Osceola, but he saw that th threatened accident could. not be aeted: under the ‘circumstances, so’ he and the mate braced r Green- ee pee “Fanny’s hand, and he and his ¢ -a rush for safety without any irl herself. Neither had been tui 1eroic mold, and their only thought ¥ ‘their own precious selves. When. the b together with a crash’ Fanny : a. shri : cant started to run. ~ almost taken Joe and the tase of terror. *eouldn’t calm herself all in a moment: tightly to her adopted brother, as if he was her. ; themselves to meet the shock, Pete fone 2 : from where they stood; was littered > of ats’: ; : er: ieee sclat be steered he gt her slip by the broken de der, the pilot’ started i Rt he ‘could use the forear rudder. . / discovered that the collision had put that rudder ‘out of commission also. to turn her around so : Tt was en ‘out of cane es that now co: fronted. the miloe . was how to gether into her slipin the aaa of » strong tide that had to be reckoned with ‘That left the boat completel were examining the damage inflicted on their craft, the captain of the Osceola sent a couple « ; the forward rudder. While they were. 1 into the difficulty the boat floated with the ice up the river. When Joe seized Fanny and | 3 her lear: of the falling beam, she had— reas _her-arms about his’neck, and burying. ‘on his shoulder povied hysterically. The ; “of the contact when the bo fa s came together Tad’ air girl off their feet, but by a strong effort the boy recovered his bale, ‘ance and clung to Fanny. “ “Save me, Joe! Save me!” she cried, in. ris “Don’t he” frightened... T’ve? got you safe, ” he. 8 ispered reassuringly in her‘ear. “The danger the craft was in no danger of sinking. “Oh; Joe, it was dreadful, wasn’t it? 9 she said, dvying her eyes with her handkerchief. “If you. hadn’t been here 1 know I should have been “killed.” “Well, Fanny, I us say bu t. that. you were ina danger ous situation when the boats collided. Why didn’t you run at once when ‘ave were bound to butt into the Rg dat : 2 ig | aoueee Ps “You couldn’t? Why-not?”: ““Those boys had_ old f me.” ‘ “What boys are- ow tal “in i apie EE eg RS fou saws Tenth ‘Street,
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§ “Do you know their names?” _ . “One of them I heard called MeGinniss.” “You can’t mean Pete McGinniss!” cried Joe, in astonishment. “Why, that rascal always went barefooted, with a long-tailed coat, that didn’t fit him, and a gaudy-looking vest. The boys who ran pet me a while ago were pretty well dressed, like most boys, as far as I noticed. “J didn’t know them at first, but they knew me,” . said Fanny.. “They came right up and spoke to. “ me, and then I recognized them. I know one was -McGinniss, but I don’t remember the name 6f the -. other.” ‘ os “You are sure it was MeGinniss?” asked Joe, a bit uneasily, mowing that Pete was, or at least ’ had been; on terms of intimacy with Mother ~» Meiggs. = fe ; ‘ ‘= “Yes, 1am sure. But they won’t bother me tow © --that you are with me,” she said, confidently. E “J wish McGinniss hadn’t seen you,” said Joe, - with some earnestness in his tone. - “What difference can it make?” she asked, \ wonderingly. é “Tt might make trouble for you.”. “Trouble for me?” she cried, opening her eyes. - “Yes. If he knows where to find Mother Meiggs he’li be sure to tell her that he met you coming to Greenpoint on this boat to-day. That will start — her trying to find you again.” Si Oh, ane ee nade Fanny, with a frightened ~ look. ; “She'll figure that you are living somewhere in “Manhattan, and it is just possible she may set a .- watch on me, and when I call on you again I may be shadowed to Mrs. Burgess’ house. Once she __ locates you she’ll be up to all kinds of dodges to “catch you off your guard. You must tell Mrs. Burgess when you get home, and it may be better ; ries I don’t call on you again, at least for some sj ie.”? = Sa i x ’ J . “Dear, dear Joe! I should be very unhappy if "™F couldn’t see you,” she cried; clinging to his arm. - “We could write to each other twice a week until I thought the danger was over. _Wouldn’t that do, Fanny?” . ee _.. “But that isn’t like seeing you,” she pouted. co § ‘should think you’d want to see me if you love me ‘ag you say you do,” - f Sees “Of course I want to see you; but I don’t want to run the chance of putting that old haridan on theo WATCHING HIS CHANCE y invited to come “again in the near future left for the ferry 13 square look at them, and he easily identified them as Pete McGinniss and Mike Grady: : t As soon as they saw that he was with Fanny they walked off, but nevertheless Joe saw that they kept a sharp eye on him and the girl, and that they followed them ata distance. The ferry- boat boy didn’t regard this as a good omen, and it worried him not a little. Still, there-was no way out of the difficulty that he could see at present, and he said nothing to Fanny that would cause her alarm. Joe wondered at —the seeming prosperity of the two newsboys, The personal appearance of both was so much im- proved that the boy had to admit that he scarcely. would have known them if his attention had not been directly called to them by Fanny. Of the two, Pete showed the greatest. change: « Never before had Joe seen him with shoes on, or a decent pair of pants, not to speak of a coat, . hat, clean shirt, collar and tie. His was certainly a marvelous transformation, and what. brought it about Joe could not guess. ¢ “He must have found a wad of money,” he thought, “for he’s certainly putting on a whole lot of style. I dare say he doesn’t wear his new ~ tig every day, but I imagine he doesn’t go around barefooted any more.” “ % Joe wouldn’t have felt any special. interest in ~ Pete or his new clothes if it wasn’t that he feared “efor the consequences, with respect to Fanny, of this meeting. Something whispered to him that’. — Pete would bring trouble to the girl, and if it wasn’t that Fanny was with him, he would have tried to have had the matter out with the rascal and his companion right there and then, He felf that he could not make any move against. Pete under the circwmstances, and so he and the girl walked slowly toward the flathouse where the Jenkinses lived and presently arrived there. . Just before they entered the building Joe cast . a furtive look around and saw Pete and Mike~ Grady a short distance behind. > ‘CHAPTER X—An Anonymous Warning. Fanny was received re Joe’s aunt with open ae ‘arms, the little woman remarking that the girl ~ had improved véry much for the better since the night that cireumstances forced her to accept their. humble hospitality. Mr. Jenkins was not — at home; as he worked Sundays as well as week- ~ days, and Fanny was rather pleased that he was away, as She did not like him very much. While the: girl was talking-with his aunt Joe — slipped downstairs and looked out to see uf Pete _ and Mike were hanging about the neighborhood. __ ‘They ‘were not, much to his satisfaction. Had he known that they had hurried back to the ferry, taken a Tenth street boat for’ Man-— hattan, and ‘then made a bee-line for a particular tough neighborhood. downtown, he would hav: gotten Fanny out of the house and back tg, Mrs Burgess’s' without any unnecessary delay. ~ = Not being gifted with second-sight, he didn’? know the game that Pete and his crony were up to; and so Fanny remained two hours at th Jenkins’ flat, was treated to an early supper with Joe, and after being warmly: in "me se Pg
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/ 44 WATCHING HIS CHANCE ; her adopted brother’s care. When they landed ‘at they weren’t looking for it, and ‘Send them to the Twenty-third street, Pete McGinniss, Grady, and hospital or the undertaker. They turned in a hard-featured man were on the watch for them. through a low archway that at night looked as They were spotted at onee by Pete, who called if it communicated with the infernal regions, the attention of his companions to them. When and were soon knocking at the door of a rear they boarded a car bound West the man and the building. The door was opened on a chain and a two boys got into a nighthawk cab, which was ‘hoarse voice demanded who was there. waiting for them, and the driver was directed “Pete McGinniss and Mike Grady,” replied the =to keep pace with the car. Joe and Fanny got former. : : out at Fourth avenue and took a Madison avenue- The door was closed so that the chain could ear uptown. The cab followed that car as it had be ughooked and then it was opened again to ad- the other, trailing on behind it when they reached mit them, after which the chain was replaced — the tunnel, and coming out after it at the other and an iron bar put across the door. The boys — end near Forty-second street. Turning up that found themselves in a filthy entry illuminated street. a short block the car entered Madison, only by a candle which the person who had ad- - avenue with the cab swinging on not far in the|. mitted them had brought with them. Apparent- ~ rear, After proceeding a few blocks Joe and» ly.they had been there before, for they did not Fanny got out.and were soon ascending the stairs wait for the man to lead the way, but pushed — of Mrs. Burgess’s house. Those in the cab took forward of their own accord. Feeling their way careful note of the number of the house, after in the semi-darkness, they passed one door and. which the vehicle went on to the corner, where Pete laid his hand on the knob of the second. — Pete and Mike got out, and then the cab drove § They entered a low-ceiled room that was hazy ~ away with the man in it. McGinniss and his pal with tobacco smoke and permeated with a com- walked-back down the block and took up their. pound of villainous smells. It was hard to tell position at the corner, where they-had a fullview.. whether the odor of stale beer, or cheap whisky — of the house that now sheltered Joe and the girl. predominated, ° ~ : : a Darkness came on and they walked back to a They each did their best to attract notice, and — position directly opposite, the residence of Mrs. a weak stomach would have stood a péor show in ~ Burgess, sat down on the: bottom step of a high the place, There were three persons in the room — ‘stoop and. waited. After the lapse of two hoursy Mother Meiggs, who was attending to the culi- during which the ex-newsboys consumed a pack nary operations, the low-browed man who had , of cigarettes between them, the front door of the accompanied the boys in the cab, and a young. opposite house opened and Joe came out. Fanny . woman of twenty, whose dissipated looks might + accompanied him as far as the stoop and bade easily pass her off as thirty. _ him good-by. i _ The old hag had a clay pipe, with a long stem — “Dat settles de matter,” remarked Pete, as in her mouth; the man had a wooden pipe from they watched Joe walk rapfaly to the corner and which he drew a cloud of smoke, while the young stand there waiting for a downtown car. “De. woman, whose fingers were stained with yellow, gal lives in dat house. We've got her spotted for was carelessly puffing a cigarette that she had fair. I s'fose she’s one of dem maids wot waits made herself. s ; on de lady of de house, curls her hair, and does The boys received a fraternal greeting, and sich tings. She struck -a swell fob, butI reckon after perching themselves on a couple of stoola she won't last long arter dis. Mother Meiggs’ll got out cigarettes and added their quota to the | have somethin’ to say about de matter. She smoke in the room. The man who had let t won’t put on sich style when she moves down in now appeared and blew out the candle. He — to Blank street.’ And I guess she won’t run away was cadaverous, hollow-eyed and hideous, He was from de old woman in sich,a hurry ag’in.” coughing most all'the time. A hunted look q “She won’t git de chance, will she, Petey?” from the depths of his eyes, and he frequently - ' grinned Mike, as they started to board the car glanced at the doorway as if there was something _ following the one taken by Joe. Ra teath he dreaded on the other side of it. Bad as the — -. “Betcher life she won’t. Arid Joe Judson won’t boys were, they were the most respectable look- ” be mad, will he, when he hears dat she’s lost her ing of the six now gathered in the room. | fine job and. gone nobody knows where. Dis is “Yer jest come in time for a sassage and a where we git back at him. He’s dead stuck on tater,” said Mother Meiggs, with a villainous — her, but dat’s all de good it will, do him. He grin. i Gr os aul _ won’t never git his eyes on her ag’in arter the “Don’t want nothin’,” replied Pete. “We had — old lady gets her flukes on de gal once more. our peck at a beanery.” aS : S34 _ Yd like to tell him so, arter she’s missin’, and “Did yer, now?” chuckled the haridan, “It’s - gee how he takes de news, only I guess it won’t good to be flush these hard times. Well, Jim be safe to do dat.” tells me yer've spotted the cage that holds my Pete and Mike remained on the car till it turn- pretty bird, and that yer stayed back to make ed into Grand street, then they went into a sure.” Dh MP aR eet Bowery restaurant and had a sauare meal. After _ “She lives at the Mad’son avenue house, all ‘ - leavjpe the eating-house they took a side street right,” replied Pete, nodding his head. “Doesn’ Jeading into the thickly-populated tenement dis- /) Shes Mike?” nou ) Fee sae trict on the East Side, and went on till they’! “Dats right,” answered Grady. S - eame to Grand street, known to the police as a “Yer kin swear to that, kin yer?” mighty, tough neighborhood. The cops who had . “I kin swear on a stack of Bibles as high as. - this peat had to watch out that they didn’t get one of dem skyscrapers downtown.” ==. si disliked, for a brick, or some other hard sub- “Good boys!” cackled the hag. “I sha’n’t for — pisnes an Hable to drop on their heads when git yer.” — ie gi Se eS Se a v “4 4 Mae. 7 + ; r i +
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WATCHING HIS CHANCE "at's ight. Remember us in yer will,” said Pete. The Sauages and fried potatoes, with pread and tea, were dished up on a dirty table, and the four adults got busy with their knives and forks, chiefly. the former. _, “Dat gal has a fine watch hangin’ from a hook on her dress,” said Pete. “Wot’s de matter wit’ ike and me gettin’ dat as our share of ade bles “ness?” “Is it a gold watch?” asked the hag. -. “Sure, it’s gold,” answered Pete. “Yer want too much. That will have to pay e expenses I’ve been’ put to to git hold of her. “Maybe I'll pay yer both five bones. “to be satisfied with that.” \-“Wot's five bones?” said Pete, in’ disgust. ~*Didn’t we do wot you've been tryin’ to do for the last six months—spot dat gal?” “S’pose yer did? I ain’t goin’ to pay out no mint. of money on that account.” oe “She's worth a mint of money to yer. Yer've Taig. so.” ee is she is? That’s my business,” snap- Ped t he hag. ae “Tf ye’re going to be a miser about it I wish -J-hadn’t chipped in;” replied Pete, in a_dis- Rruntled tone. ““Stow yer. gab or yer won't git- nothin’!” re- 2 - plied Mother Meiggs. “I paid yer a raft of coin Greenpoint to watch that young viper who got her away from me and a deal of good it done "me. Yer took me for an easy mark and worked me. Yer ain’t done more’n yer ought ter do in bringin’ me word about her today. Ye ought to “consider yerself well paid. Ain’t I put. yer in “the way of becomin’ a flash tober if yer’ve got the talent? Ain’t yer cuttin’ fat on what ye’ve Yarnt already? What «more do yer expect me to do for yer?” Me old woman worked herself up into a state ae virtuous indignation, as if she looked upon ete McGinniss as the most ungrateful youth that i drew the breath of life, The rest of the com- Ee barring Mike, who sided with Pete, nodded eir approval of her sentiments. They were ail _ congenial .spirits, while Pete and Mike were just _ king into’ the business, and were still re- garded with some suspicion. Pete had sense ' hough to see that further argument was useless, he. shut up, but his vindictive little nature turned against Mother Meiges, and he deter- Sie i get square with her. courted on getting hold of that watch, “ =e agreed to give Mike half the value of me in money for his share, and now he easily Wi, that if Fanny had it on when she was caught fe Geoutiet even get a smell of it. Well, if he eouldn’t get the watch, Mother Meiggs shouldn't oe dt-either if he could help it. He’d put a e in her wheel. He’d spoil her little game aainet, Fanny Fair, and then gloat oyer her . Next morning about ten o’clock Joe Jud- arn “received a not over-clean note, without an $ Gener. addressed to himself. The head deck- hand gave it to him, saying a tough-looking boy had given it to him. Joe opened the note, won- der ee mele it veould be ee and read as follows: You ought. ture happened ator = time he be vers S out salon. even ‘in an daytime, and ne’ 15 terday afternoon to the hous in madson avnoo. Mother meigs has her spoted. If you don’t want her kidnaped get busy. a man wil do the trick. Look out for him me away cos he’s on. the job. A Friend.” “Gee whiz!” erclaimed Joe, with a thrill of apprehension. “It must have been Pete and Mike, who laid in wait for us and shadowed us to Mrs. Burgess’s home. The young villains! I won’t do a thing to them when I catch sight of them. f will have to warn Mrs. Burgess at once, for this is a mighty serious matter. Vll agree to help pay for, a detective to. guard Fanny when- ever she goes out. It would be a terrible thing for her if Mother Meiggs got hold of her again. She might cripple her for life out of revenge, or might even beat her to death. There is no time to be lost.” Wher the boat reached its Twenty-third street slip Joe got a sheet of paper and an envelope and wrote a note to Mrs. Burgess, in which he pointed out Fanny’s danger very plainly. He’ enclosed the illiterate note he had received from his unknown friend, whose identity he was -at a loss to-guess, and through the’ captain of the boat arranged to have the letter conveyed to the residence of the sister of the president of the ferry company by a special messenger, repre- _ senting that it was a matter of the utmost im» ~’ portance: > ; CHAPTER XI.—Missing. Se When Mrs. Burgess received Joe’s note she was _. very much disturbed by it. She decided to see her brother about it at once. “Accordingly, she dressed herself, sent for a cab and went to the bank. ‘The result of her interview with Mr. Story was the employment of a Pinkerton detective to watch the block for suspicious loiterers. The de- tective was introduced to Fanny, and got from her a good description of Mother Meiggs, as well as of some of the men who had occasionally . called upon the hag in Dover street, Greenpoint. @n the following day the detective arrested a_ low-browed man whom he had watchéd hanging around the neighborhood all the afternoon. As he couldn’t give a satisfactory explanation of his presence if that locality he was taken to police headquarters. He was recognized as an old offender by the sleuths of Mulberry street, and his picture was found in ‘the Rogues’ Gal- lery.. His. record showed that he had spent a large. part of his life in prison. He was put. through a rigid examination without getting — much from him. Finally he was let go, but was shadowed by the Pinkerton man to Blank street. The detective made a report to Mr. Story, and two headquarters men were put on the case, _ They located Mother Meiggs and would have atrested her, but at the last moment. somebody managed to tip her off, and she disap, es, from Blank street. The Pinkerton man ‘hovered sree off.. Fanny, however, | was not permitted. to; rae
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, 4 16 night. In the meantime Joe kept an eye open for either Pete MeGinniss or Mike Grady. He had it in for both of them, never suspecting that’ the warning he had received about Fanny came from the former. As far as he could find out they had disappeared from Greenpoint for good, so he finally gave up looking for them. Thus six months more slipped away, and as many changes had been made in the hands of the fgrry-boat Osceola, Joe found himself the last. ‘one left of the force on board at the time he was hired. With the retirement of the head deck- hand Joe was promoted to that position, al- though so far as years were concerned he was the yotingest hand aboard. But he was regarded~ as by far the most efficient, and it was also known to the captain that he was studying to eventually fit himself for the post of mate of one of the boats’ of the line. The eaptain was also aware that Joe ‘had the backing of Mz. Story, the president of the company, although no di- rect request had ever come from that gentleman to advance the boy except on his merits. - Panny continued to hold the placé she won in Mrs. Burgess’s heart, and was regarded almost as a daughter by the worthy Christian lady. She had written (to her father at the Massachusetts State prison soon after she went to live with Mrs; Burgess. She received a brief reply from the warden of the prison stating sao) ad father’s * term, reduced quite a number of months for good behavior, had expired and that he had been-set - free. Fanny had been overjoyed to learn this, but. her joy was much mitigated by her inability to discover, even with the help of* My. Story, where her father had-gone to. Mrs,” Burgess’s brother communicated with the ‘Boston “police, and even offered to make it worth their while to locate George Fair, but the. official who an- swered his letter could not throw: any light on ‘the man’s whereabouts... Accor¢ ly to. police regulations he was expected ‘to: est’ once a& month, either in person or by letter, at. police headquarters, for a certain time after his re- | release, but after turning= up three times he “failed to be heard from. So time’ passed as’ we - have said and Fanny remained in. complete ig- ‘norance as to whether her father was dead or ‘alive. It was /about ‘this time that Joe remember- ed about the pocketbook he had found, He spoke to his aunt about it and she produced it from her bureau. . “I. guess. I can “consider vie “money as be- longing to me now,” he said, taking out the $60 and counting it over. “py put that in the » ~ bank with my other savings.” _ *How much! will ‘you have, Joe?” his aunt “asked him. <— .. ‘ “About $250.” “That is quite a little nest-egg ‘for a boy of your age.” * “It isn’t bad. I wonder who this Frederick De- . Hlaven is? I saw him only for a moment or - two that. day the wallet dropped from his pocket. Had I been certain at the moment that | : er had really pulled something out of his pocket with his handkerchief I would Have rushed up to the spot in a “hurry, and then I might have en able to have overtaaken him and returned *it.. i I only guessed | IT had seen fae caro fall WATCHING HIS CHANCE I took my time about investigating the matter -and in that way lost all trace of. him.” Joe looked the various memoranda over very ‘earefully, but they were unintelligible except to the owner. Then he turned his attention to the newspaper clippings, which he had not looked at before. The first he picked up was headed, “A Bank Cashier in Trouble.” As he glanced over the first few lines he ut- tered an exclamation of* astonishment. ; a ’“My gracious! Why, this is about Fanny’s father.” ; He began to read the story with no little. eagerness and excitement. : “‘George Fair was arrested at his home on Andover street last evening at the instance of Frederick DeHaven, president of the Plymouth Rock Bank——’ , “Frederick DeHaven!” exslainiod Joe. “Why, he must be the owner of this wallet, for that name is inscribed on the’ flap as plain ‘as day- light. If I’d read this clipping at the time TF first pot hold of the book I could have written to the Plymouth Rock Bank, of Boston, and have returned it to him at once. Well, it’s not too late to’do that now, though I’m afraid the ex- planation I shall have to make to account for the! delay in hunting the .centleman up, with | clipping at my command, will: look kind of odd. So the owner of this wallet is the man who sent: Fanny’s father to prison, And to think I should find it! I wonder what brought Mr. DeHaven all| the way from Boston to Greenpoint? Probably. he came to New York on business, and then had occasion to come ee Sale Well, YU read the rest of this article. pping will, no! doubt, furnish the particulars yy eorge Fair's: alleged crime.” Joe learned ‘from Ls newspaper article ‘that Fanny’s father was adtused of “embezzling the ‘sum of $100,000. The president made the ‘dayne of the ions in an accidental manner, and following the ter up ‘found evidence that seemed to fasten the guilt on his trusted cashier. The article wound up as follows: “George Fair will be arrainged be~ fore Judge Hogan this morning.” id Tke next clipping gave a brief account of the examination of Fanny’s father before the judge’ «in question, and stated that the prisoner was he d on the evidence of Frederick DeHaven. The clipping was a long one and referred to + of George Fair on the charge of embezzldément in a certain Boston court, and showed that the jury had found him guilty. The last-elipping was a mere paragraph which stated that’ Fanny’ father had that day been sentenced by Judge Brown to seven years and six months | he’ State’s prison. Joe looked at the four elipp: ings thoughtfully. sr “I found this wallet a year ago, about: the : that Mr. Fair was released from - on, afte serving out his sentence. I wonder why ed De- Haven carried those ee gee dae ab ut his pocketbook so long?” That was a conundrum that Joe couldn t swer. a “T must take this book and clippings vith when I visit Fanny to-morrow night,” he said ‘ himself. “Perhaps she can tell me some nance a boo sags meneateRe oe Mr. 5
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and then I will know if.it corresponds with the ' gentleman who dropped the wallet. Still, she was _ only a little girl when her father was sent to “prison. And she may only have seen the presi- eg ve the bank once—the night he called with the d ‘remember the sentleman.” As Joe was about to close the wallet he no- ‘ticed a small compartment that he had not ex- “amined. In it he found a ecard with “ Frederick DeHaven” engraved upon it in script type. . @ way of the transgressor is bo, Then Eenyed “Memory, the curse oF ‘a man’s _ life,” in red Finally penciled underneath Joa tread: “Shall _ Lever find his child?” ; ~The boy: wondered what the writer was think- ‘ing about when he wrote those three lines, evi- dently at different times. Joe made it a practice to call on Fanny every Sunday night, om she was ee expecting to see him at that ection the young people bore. for’ cite ghee was quite refreshing to Mrs, Burgess. She honored the boy’s loyalty to the girl he had rescued from a fate worse than death, and~ ~ always accorded him a hearty welcome at her home. Once she ashen? her brother to push the ~ boy ahead, but he replied: “Don’t worry about him.. He’ll get to the front of his own accord. . He’s. got the stuff in him that spells success. Mark my words, Emily, he'll be the youngest captain in our service one of these days. he needs is a fair show, nd that, I promise vou, _ he shall have.” * evening he earried with him the wallet “found, with everything intact except Bd $60. _ . Joe was a litile late that evening owing to ‘the fact that his car had been held up by a gira automobile which had broken down across ; track. His ring was answered as promptly as usual, but pe maid’s face did net wear its BS ary “Mrs. eoaaeue is waiting for you ‘in the sit- ting-room,” she said, soberly. “Ts she?” replied Joe, rather surprised at the oakaigge and not. dreaming that anything was ce: ran up the stairs, wondering what = ae ue the house wanted to see him about, and expecting that. Fanny would meet him at the oor of the room as usual and spring nto his _ Sims for a hae da saat ms uch to his pepostt ent, was not a wale “do to whack him. Mrs. ret advanced to ~ Meet him as he-entered. She looked worried and us. “porry,” she said, tbat Fanny isn’t home.” oe Sorat open here she is.” ; —I don’ where she 3 “tou. don’t know where she. is?” he a ne Sunday schdol as sual at two ay should have been back about four. It ‘half-past eight and she has had no dinner. | do know what to think. I’ve telephoned my WATCHING HIS CHANCE Aeon afraid to say wiki I think, I hope she has not been—— tective to arrest Mr. Fair. She may hardly ’ On the back of it, in writing, were | the. words, / When Joé went to Manhattan on the following, : S. Pdpiaguner r to come Perey and I expect him any mo-- 5, has boat to her, x “Not been what, Mrs. Burgess?” quivered the : “Kidnapped by that wicked old woman.” “Great Scott!” palpitated Joe. “Don’t say that. -I couldn’t bear to think of her in the hands of eotcens Meiggs again. It would be worse than ea The boy broke down and covered-his face with his hands, CHAPTER XiI.—On the Trail of the Cab. At that moment there was a at the front “door, and in a few minutes Silioe stairs and was greeted by his sister. She had briefly explained over the telephone that Fanny was unaccountably absent from ome, and had begged him to*come over ‘to her house. Joe braced up and a consultation between the threo ensued, ~ “She left for Sunday school before two; ‘you ee said Mr. Story. “You don’t a positively that she was at the ‘school, I su “Yes. She minister teaches the class. house about five o’clock, when I began to ge une easy over her lengthened, absence. He told that Fanny was at Sunday — as usual ca left with the others.” ; “That was when?” “About four o’clock.*® Adee 7 “She may have bee persuaded té6 go home with > one of her girl friends,” “She would not do that without letting me ow.” “Then you fear she has met with an accident?” “T don’t know,” replied his sister. « “I will telephone the nearest police tation, I Delieve that’s the®Twenty-third Precinct. The captain or sergeant will know if anything in the pny Aes of. an accident has happened in this neigh- rhood.”> ay don’t believe she met with an accident,” said Joe. “I’m afraid an agent of Mother Meiggs man- aged a Bo, hold of her in some way,” said the bo a eg Steet “however, scouted the idea that the rl could have been carried off against her will in road daylight, and he went to "got into touch with the police station.” He found out. that no accident. of any kind had been ported that afternoon in the precinct. There was another ring at the doorbell. Presently the maid came upstairs with a little boy of ten. “This boy says he found a ofall wallet on the aventie near the corner of Fifty-first Street about hale past six,” said the maid to-her mistress. “He aed took it home and showed it to his mother. She opened it and found one of your cards inside of that it belonged to you she. sent boy here with it.” : be eh , the moment her eyes a 4 came up- | e’s in the Bible class. The assistant. I sent the maid to his . e telephone and ~ om 8 Fanny's, wallet,” exclaimed Mrs. Bui: mae i Te-
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18 WATCHING HIS CHANCE is E 4 ee stated that it was near the curb’ “t the’ odtinrest While we are doing this you'd better take in kin ‘ j corner of Fifty-first Street. The boy was then al- — ferries on the East River, and make inquiries in ~ _ lowed to go. Joe, after listening’ to: the lad’s regard to a cab answering as near as possible to -- - statement, jumped up and said he was going out, the description furnished you by that young lady. but expected to be back presently. He went up to. Start with the Forty-second Street Ferry, which -— Fifty-first Street and stood on the corner for a goes down the river to Broadway, Brooklyn. Then, _ few minutes. He cressed over to the southeast if you learn nothing there, go on to the Thirty- corner of the avenue, mounted the stoop of the fourth Street Ferry, which crosses to Hunter's _ corner house and rang the bell: He asked for the Point, It is more than possible that as the cab gentleman of the house and was shown into the was last seen heading toward the river along “parlor. When he came Joe asked him if any mem-~ Fifty-first Street it crossed over to the Long Is- — ber of his family had noticed.a public cab stand: land shore by either of these ferries. If you learn — a ing near the northwest corner of the avenue that’ anything’ worth reporting telephone the station afternoon about four o’clock, _ here and we'll get it.’ 3 The gentleman looked surprised at the ques- The boy took his words in good faith, and bid? tion, but said he would ask his wife and daugh.. ding Mr, Story good-night, started for the ferry ters, who were in.the house at that hour; He re- at the foot of Forty-second Street. He inter- — turned with his youngest daughter, who told Jos viewed the wharf men, and the deckhands of tha. that she had seen a cab standing near the corner, boat in the slip, but none of the people had no- | = and that it was there some time. She said that _ticed such a vehicle. Disappoin’ with the out- — — = just before it drove away a well-dtessed young come, he walked dejectedly down the river-front man got out<of it and raised his hat to a young — to the Hunter’s Point Ferry at the foot of Thirty- ~ a girl who was walking down the avenue. He spoke fourth Street. Then the first deckhand he ‘struck "with her a moment or two and then led her to- told him that he had seen just such a cab. drive ' ward the cab. She said she thought the girl went. aboard the boat about’five o’clock., Joe brightened. ; “yather reluctantly, and the next Mi she saws up. at once. was the cab being driven away: eas rtd, plone. “Did. you notice if there was a. young girl in-~ Fifty-first Street. z -¢side the cab?” he asked, eagerly. was “And the girl was inside of it?” said: Toe, i in an. “There was,” replied the man. “Her eyes were agitated tone. “closed, and she was leaning back as if asleep, or = Bir a “T didn’t ‘see her get in, but “ghe’ wasnt on ‘the indifferent as to her surroundings.” pee ~~ sidewalk when’ the cab drove away.” Joe knew he was on the right track now, SOy, Can you: describe the girl?” asked Joo, ex: after learning all the man had to say he went to” . eitedly. 2 4 _, the nearest drug. store and telephoned the facts to - « ~The young lady did ‘so, accurately. ‘enough: to the Twenty-third Precinct Police Station. Then he = convince Joe that it was Fanny. — returned to the ferry and took Wee next sens i «Thank you,’ he said. “You have done me Hunter's Point. preat favor.”” “Do you know that girl?” asked the oung ne do. Sh dc t d ter,” he * : 9. e is my adopte sister,’ i much obliged to you for. the informa ine It rt hes thrown considerable light ona mat- ter of grave importance, I suppose, tab ‘an ordinary one; miss?” - “It was very ordinary, ” she naiewad c ~ -ghabby, in fact, and had a diamondsshe of light-colored wood in the back.’’» “A diamond-shaped patch on pac 1 hicle w: 3 claimed Joe, eagerly, for that was a clue: Bc : uc long thoroughfare ~ value. “Are you sure of that?” = 4. - : It was now about ©. “Quite sure. I noticed it Takeen i , He thanked them again, took h ; 4 iaid before the police. Mr. Story de ' time was to be lost if the girl was as by that time she was probably i Mother Meiggs. He wanted the _ tives detailed on the job, and
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4 | _ WATCHING HIS CHANCE ‘Because I described it to ‘sien: It was a ae "vehicle with a diamond-shaped patch on the ; pha saw such a cab, just at dark!” said the con- : neon did?” cried Joe, in some excitement. _ “Where?” “On this avenue, out by the branch of Newtown - Greek which connects with Dutch Kills.’ ow came you to notice it?” “Tt was the only vehicle near at the time, and its shabby appearance, coupled with the diamond- shaped patch, attracted my attention. Just as we passed it the "driver turned off the avenue and be- ‘gan to follow the course of the creek branch. I - wondered what he did that for, and kept the cab in sight until I saw it stop in front of an old PB Suitdiog: standing beside the creek, By that time my car was 50 far away that the gathering g dark- : mess shut out any further ane of the vehicle. Bias + ec 2 cor, You ea put me om ‘the right track. fF at 3 aa eth ri go on to that house and. I Sae apap pete aero rier to me that H rtaking what may dy ae danger csnie ous piece of face for t's a lon =? there, at aicht. Nobody _ bab rates out there, vai ine duane ine wf inst Shy td 30 pture.” aim uot oie i et hare let them : 5 ae the fai turned out,” said the “Aeéinductor, pulling the bell strap. a followed the -oreek in that direction, toward Du h Kills.” “An V right,” answered’ the boy. “Good-night, nd don’t fail to notify the police. in “J won't fail. Good luck, to you,” ” replied the conductor, ve the ag sped. » leaving Joe stand- the trac mS om dark and overcast, and a cold 3 swept across the a aanted aeniteear: a the avenue eae oF og Raps : } I'm going to sav. : sister ng terrible fate that menaces ding = 19 heard the sound of voices coming from a side stoop, and he saw the glowing tips of lighted cig- arettes through the darkness, He im- shining mediately dropped down in the rank vegetable that grew all. about the house and to hear what they were talking about. “Dere’s no use talkin’, a Tees de old woman is about as foxy as dey come,’ d the voice of Mike Grady, which Joe recognized at once. ‘“Dat’s wot,” replied Pete McGinniss, blowing out a cloud of smoke from his nose. “De hawks will never track de gal to dis caboose. Dey’ll look for her in de city. Arter de scent gets cold den Mother Meiggs’ll take her back to Boston and see wot she kin iso out’r her.” “Do yer know, Petey, I feel kind’r sorry for dat gal. She’s a good un. She’s done not’in but ery ever since she come out’r her dope. I listened ba de door of de garrett a while ago and I heard her callin’ for dat Joe. Jest as if he know’d where she wuz and could come to her. She'd have been in dis scrape six mont’s ago if yer — tipped Judson off wit’ dat letter ‘cos yer grouch on ag’in de old woman. Bug ag ag pinched by a Pinkerton chap who was set to wa a = ee sing Tam ie bs of trouble over it, and de tt out mighty sudden to save awe if day Inowed rT wuz de cause of all dat I'm a-tinkin’ dere’d be somet’in doin’ yer wouldn’t — vm “Dey'll n ex find out unless yer blow de gaff and I don't | tock dae wir ee tack on yer old pal,” replied McGinniss, Peet won’t say not’in’, Wot do yer take me for?” “¥ take yer for a friend.” “Dat’s wot Iam. Me and you is all Fay ain’t we, Petey?” shal t’r Sly He oe to t rid ay it little by le for $25,000, e and you together ought’r git five t/ousand of dat,” “Sure, we ought.” . Poe! much do yer s’pose dey’re goin’ to give us “How much?” _“A measly five hundred.” “Wot! \Bot’ of us?” erclemned Mike, “Yep. Bot’ of us.” “Well, wouldn’t dat make yer sick!” ejacu- lated Mike, disgustedly. “Arter we took de same chances of gittin’ pinched dey did, and kept a sharp watch so dat dey could do de work in fust-_ class style!” “Dat’s right. stand for it? | “How are we goin’ to hélp ourselves ? a : nS ver ve got noed nerve we kin.” = ow \It would. Now, I ain’t goin’ to Bsa where dr stowed de valise dat held ae “Wher” ee: “Up de chimbly of de room — Bug a Jim i is a at dis momen’ ‘ at:
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“20 “Nat’s de room right under de attic where de galis, ain’t it?” — “Dat’s right. De: door ain’t locked. If yer’ll keep watch on de landin’ so dat Mother Meiggs won't git on to me, I’ll steal inter dat room, pull de valise out’r de chimbly, and den me and you'll skip wit’ it to parts unknown. Wot d’ye.say? I’m Sick of New York, and de way de gang is treatin’ us. De stuff in dat valise’ll set us up for a long time. We kin have a swell time out’r it, and dem stuffs wot pinched it-wit’ our help won’t never find out where we’ye goné to.” ~~ : After thinking the matter over, Mike agreed to stand in with his pal, especially as Pete was going to do the really nervy part of the business. “Well, let’s go in,” said McGinniss, when the matter was settled. “It’s arter twelve now, and de old woman is asleep, I’ll bet. Dey ’spects us to do de watchin’ tonight. We'll watch—in a pig’s whiskers.” - 7 CHAPTER XIV.—Joe Rescues Fanny and Gets Possession of a Bag of Plunder. . Joe Judson, from his place of concealment in the high vegetation, heard every word that passed between Pete MeGinnis-and his crony, Grady. From that he learned that Fanny was a pri- soner in the garret, and that besides the two young scamps themselves thére were three=adults. in the house—Mother Meiggs and the two crooks, Bug Davis and Jim Swift. The crooks were asleep in. a room on the second floor under the garret, Mother Meiggs probably oceupied an- other room on the same floor. Pete’s proposition to lift the.proceeds of some big burglary, because he and his pal were wa hve to be unfairly dealt with by the experienced thieves, rather astonished Joe. Ifstruck him right away that Pete’s scheme .to get away with the plunder taken from the ban- ker’s house, if successful, was likely to prove ad- - yantageous tohim. Their disappearance from the scene would leave the house unguarded, as it seemed, from McGinniss’s words, that they were expected to watch till morning while the others slept. Under those circumstances Joe earnestly hoped the young scamps would succeed in their de- sign, proving that “honor among thieves” was a * fallacy. i “It would be a shame to let them escape with that stuff, though, if I could prevent. them doing so without queering my own plans,” said Joe to - himself. “One hundred thousand dollars’ worth of plunder is a mighty big lot. IfI could recover rit, and return it to the banker who was robbed, Vd be likely to get a good reward. I wonder how Tcould manage it if those chaps come out with the yalise? I’d have to follow them some distance - from the house, then knock them over in the dark from behind, snatch the valise and hide it some- ‘where where I could find it again. After that I - could return to the house and make my attempt to rescue Fanny. There’s one great di culty Vd be up against in interfering with Pete and Mike, ~ and that is, after they lost the valise they’d prob- ably return to the house, and that wouldn’t do at all for me. Fanny is more important-to me than — saving $100,000 worth of property belonging toa 3 “gtranger. She must be the first considera’ 45 i ras Rae ie % > > ‘WATCHING HIS CHANCE u i een the door after him, he removed his shoes _. “Dear, dear Joe!” she fingers, tion. It abot won’t pay me to attack those young rascals unless — I can knock them out so they ee be ne to oss terfere with me afterward. How can I do'that?” It was a weighty problem for Joa to solve. As he couldn’t hope to enter the house at present, - even if he found entrance without difficulty, he started to look around the immediate vicinity. While he was thus engaged he heard voices behind him, and drawing to one side perceived that Pete and Mike had accomplished their purpose success- . fully sooner than he expected, and.were making for Hunter’s Point Avenue. Joe let them pass and then followed stealthily behind them. Suddenly he-heard a cry from each and saw them disappear into the ground. He walked carefully forward, — wondering what had happened to them, and came almost as suddenly as they had on the mouth of a— ‘big hole. On the very edge stood the valise, con- — taining the plunder, which had slipped out of — Pete’s fingers. Joe looked down into the hole, — but only blackness’met his gaze. He ventured to’ ~ strike a match and flash it down. The hole was about twelve feet dec} and the two boys lay in a heap, senseless, at the bottom. ; ratte: “They’re safe for a while to come,” said Joe to himself, with a feeling of satisfaction, “VM — have time to carry out my plans before they re- — cover consciousness. In the meantime I'll take possession of this.valise and hide it” === | He found it quite heavy, but that fact didn’t — bother him. He carried it to a row of dense ~ shrubbery near the avenue, shoved it well under the bushes, and then started back for the house. He tried the door opening on the porch where he — had discovered the boys sitting when he first came — and, as he expected, found it not secured, and placed them conveniently near the entrance, then he crept forward and peered into a room’ where he saw a lamp burning, There was no on in the room, so he turned to the stairs leading te the floor above and noiselessly ascended. There were two doors leading into different rooms before’ him. One of them stood open. Joe glanced in. “Good enough. The crooks are in there. The - other room is no doubt occupied by Mother © Meiggs,” breathed the boy. “The garret, Pete — said, is above this room, and yonder is the stairs, Now to réscue Fanny, if I have good luck!” _ 5 sie Like a shadow he slipped up the narrow stairs, _ and when he reached a low-ceiled landing Ham quietly struck a match. A door faced him; and — his heart gave a great thump when he saw that ae was secured on the outside by a new bolt. He ~ pushed it back without making any noises ai x the door and entered the attic. Right before soy on an old mattress, lay noe | asleep, exhausted by grief and despair. The problem before Joe was to awaken her without allowing her to make an~ a ‘outcry. He put his hand over her mouth and call ci "Hannya heen Sie awolo wit a, ut lay still, apparently dazed and not rei lig ing her situation. rela SA ae ae," i ae _ “Fanny, it is I—Joe. Don’t utter a soun . are in peril, in thé rth | v fig attic of the house Meiggs, and I have come to save you, derstand me?” Mesh aa e ‘She knew his voice instantl: ‘br ath: breathed through 1 . struggling up and throwing’ her arms: MGCK © Age Sa es La ot
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' * ty | He saw she could be trusted now, and their lips * ghet in a warm kiss. “How did you find out I was in-this dreadful - _ place?” she whispered. : “Never mind that, now, Fanny. We have no time to lose. I must get you out before those men in the room below, or Mother Meiggs, wake up and get on to the situation.”. c Joe decided that he would have to carry her _. downstairs, for she could not walk without mak- ing a noise with her shoes. S Sebi “Wait a moment till I-see if the coast‘is clear,” he said. . ; : sree ~~""'He slipped over to the door, opened it, leaned over the railing and listened..-There was nothing stirring below. at ELS reubmed to Fanny, took her in his arms and - carried cher. outside, then slowly and carefully downstairs to the second landing. Down the next __ not put her down till he reached the door opening ~-on the porch. Here he put his own shoes on, - opened the door and drew Fanny outside, closing ~ - it after him. Taking her by the hand he led her 5 h aes IRs Py ‘Count WATCHING HIS CHANCE flight. to the ground floor he bore her, and did ~ ed, 06 told the chauffeur the story rated the particulars 21 clip.. He decided to try and stop it and beg trans- portation for himself and Fanny to the ferry, pleading exceptional circumstances. ‘ How to do this in the dark was. a poser. Then he noticed at his feet a discarded newspaper. Snatching it up he quickly rolled it into a torch, ignited it with a match and dashed into the center of the avenue, waving it aloft and calling on the chauf- feur to step. The man on the front seat, wondering what was wrong, shut off the power and applied the brakes, bringing the auto to a stop near Joe. There were two persons in the machine—the chauffeur and a stout, fine-looking man on the back seat. Joe called Fanny over and walked up to the side of the car. ~ “I beg your pardon, sir,” he said to the stout man, who looked at him inquiringly, “but I stop- per your auto to ask you a great favor. I have just rescued this young girl from a gang of crooks who kidnapped her from New York this after- noon.” Cn ; “What's that?” eried the owner of the machine, astonished at his words. Joe repeated his statement, and appealed to Fanny for corroboration. ‘ “ “It is a long distance from here to the ferry, - particularly for a girl to walk at this hour of the night. Would you permit us to ride as far in that direction as you are going?” -. “Certainly,” replied the gentleman. “I am go- ing as far as upper Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. Step in, young lady. You, young man, May ride. on the front seat.’ : : : The auto then resumed its way. On the journey 1 of Fanny’s. ab- duction, and how he had been so fortunate as to be able to trace the ‘cab and ‘so track the girl to the house she had been carried to. Then he nar- of her rescue, without mak- ing any reference whatever to Pete: McGinniss and. Mike Grady or. to the valise at his feet. “Where does the young lady live?” asked the chauffeur. oat 5 , “At No. — Madison Avenue, near Forty-eighth Street.” : _. “T can take her right to her door then,” said ‘the man. ¢ “Thank you. That will certainly be a great favor.” ; ; _ While Joe was entertaining the chauffeur with ~ the events of the afternoon and night, Fanny: told her own story to the owner of the vehicle, whose name was Fox, and she said it was Fanny Fair, ; “Indeed!” he replied; “you are a namesake of _my chauffeur. His name = George Pair.40> oes 5 ; eorge Fair, too,” she » ' replied, with a little lump in her throat. = “My father’s name is After that they chatted quite pleasantly togeth- er until the auto reached the ferry and ran aboard ~ , _ the waiting boat, ~~ Pee oo “The police system of New York is ey much. out of joint,” remarked the chauffeur to Jo is certainly time some improvement was made in the force when a young girl can be abducted ona _ public street in ‘open day. Ww . daughter and only, child was abducted from Bc ely ton on the night following her mother’s death,” light. Years ago my own eG. TEE He asked her her name, —
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”9 » he said, In a voice that trembled with emotion, “and she has been lost to me ever since. I have searched for her ever since I got out of——” He stopped suddenly, and was about to on when Joe, mae had listened to his words fi ornate 5@, 5: “Why, Miss Fair was abducted from Boston under similar circumstances six years ago.” The chauffeur turned and peated Pinan with a vise-like pressure. “Miss Pair!” he exclaimed, hoarsely. “Po whom do you refer?” He turned and looked searchingly at the girl in the joom of the ferry boat. trembling with excitement. ‘You don’t mean to say that your name is George ae or cashier of the’ Plymouth Rock Bank, of Boston: *T am that man.” “Then that’s your daughter! Fanny, don’t seream, please, but this is your father!” “My father!” she cried, springing to her feet in her agitation. The chauffeur SpEADE over his seat and gana the girl. “Are you Wiciig Fair, my child? mother’s name Lucy?” ge: yes!” sobbed the girl, in great excite- ment. “And your father was cashier of a Boston Lge Was your Te oa; ae suse gece mee 3 death by a@ woman named Mrs. Meiggs?” “Yes, oh, yes!” “Then you are indeed my child—my Fanny!” he cried, clasping her to oe ie theart. “Thank Heavens. I have found you at last—at last!” The owner of the auto was simply paralyzed by _ this remarkable climax, while the girl lay bas hysterically in her father’s arms. By this time the _. boat was entering her slip at Thirty-fourth Street, and it was three o’clock in the morning. George Fair could hardly tear himself away trom his long-lost child in order to take charge of the machine. Joe, however, changed places with Fanny so she could sit beside her father, while “he sat next to Mr. Fox and started to tell him something about Fanny’s history. When the auto reached Madison Avenue near Forty-eighth Street it had been decided that the girl was to return to Mrs, Burgess, so as to relieve that good lady’s anxiety, and that her father was to call around “and see her next morning. The machine stopped at the door of the house and Joe ran up the stoop and rang the bell furiously. After a wait the maid came downstairs and opened the door.- “T’ve got Fanny!” said the boy, exultant The maid uttered an exclamation of as and then Fanny, after hugging and father, ran up the steps, threw her arms eaind ~- Joe’s neck and kissed him, too, then ivy = through the door into the house. It was arr: Ss Mr. For'’s oeimnteon. wet Toa, was, to Ee WATCHING HIS CHANCE 2 ter!” !” ejaculated Joe, his voice « = oe the night at his house, and so the auto went on Neg After the Mae) got out poe ad jody machine aroun @ gara he and Joe walked back. sober Se “That seems like a wei, vali it there,” said the chauffeur. susie set hes “Tt is, and a valuable one, too.” ; Then he told Mr. Fair that it was the plunder ‘from some banker’s house that Jim Swift and Bug Davis had burglarized recently. : “Why, our house was robbed three attr ago of nearly $100 a worth of property, = ps a dia- poe ory oth Aw Ngo | oh a mging to_ “Is Mr Fox a "bankcer?” asked Joe, with great ; interest. Pon riacyhes thle $timnd 7 may) Pp ler that I recovered was taken from his house.’ “If it is you are a lucky boy, for Mr. Fox has offered a reward of $20,000 for its recovery.” On reaching the mansion the banker was noti- fied of the matter, and an'examination of the con- tents of the valise showed that it did contain all of Mrs. Fox’s-stolen jewelry. It never rains but it pours, is an old saying, and in this instance’ another event directly affecting ( Fair was recorded, in a paragraph eleranry from Bos-. ton, in the Hae | papers. It referred to the suicide of Frederick DeHaven, president of the Plymouth Rock Bank, and stated that Mr. De- Haven had left a paper exonerating — of the crime for which he had been unjustly victed and pdiiated, and admitting that he hits rs self had been the guilty man. e paperalso — stated that he ws endeavored the in- 7 Shee his da he z Greenpeint on the Davis, Jim Swift and the two " er’s Point police, who had put on the. ‘scent by the car conductor. Joe Judson ot his reward of niger oe all Hight, later became mate of the ferry~’ live Lael as m Haea of col a what jhe had done “on hee chiluke After a year Joe confessed to Fanny that loved her dearer than a er, and Auer her if she cared for him enomich to be his wife, some — day. With her father’s permission, her ariswer’?s was as favorable as he could wish. Two year later they were married; just one mdtith after Joe was digg to be. captain of the Osceola, and thus by watching his chance and improving i the father Y Greanpolits cane rose step. by ste _ From Ferry’ Boy to Captain gra’ Next weal: Shs will contain “A oie F GOLD; or, THE TOUNG KING OF WALI | STREET.” ns
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HARRY THE HALF-BACK oR | A F OOTBALLIST FOR FAIR By GASTON GARNE | (A Serial Story.) ~ CHAPTER I. = Football Players Troubled. Parker groaned dismally, Westley echoed the other’s groan. “Fellows, whatever are we to do?” _ Thus spoke Parker, and any one, to judge by e tone of his voice, would. have imagined that “the subject under discussion was one of life or death. ey ets E ee You'll never prove it by me,” said Westley, - dismally. ; ; le mie & eool, brisk evening of the first week in October. : : : : Mr Dihered in the reading-room of Wrightmore - College, in southern Michigan, were perhaps a dozen bright, handsome young fellows of from ight to. twenty years. - . ; sigs Sage ae ther were looking decidedly blue “Oh, go tol” eried Jimmy Opper, usually called ‘the optimist,” because he had a habit of looking gpaned Opper. “Any- make it rhyme.” ense,” growled Harley ous. business. “Here we. tball—one of a -Lareh- d FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY eee ieee f : and that he had frank 23) en made up of ten-year-olds could beat them,” “Qh, come now, Curly, dearest child; i ._ Be careful, boy, don’t get me riled!” quoth Oppér, gtinning. : “Say, this is no funny affair, I tell you,” cried’ Parker, “And if you chaps can’t hold your chat- ter, why, the best thing you can do is to get out! —scatter!” “Chatter’—‘scatter’! Oh, say, even Parker hasi caught it!” groaned Pessiman, and the youths had. to laugh. i : “We'll have to try Wilkins, I guess,” said West-' ley, with a half-grimace. ; : “He’s not half bad if it wasn’t for——” Parker, paused and hesitated. mE oe “Tf he didn’t have the swell-head,” said Curly| Carwell. “T’ll say it for you, old man,” with a! chuckle. ; a | “He doesn’t like to be told, that’s a fact,” agreed | Westley. si “It’s all we can do, I guess,” said Parker. At this moment the door opened and into the} ’ room. came a handsome, jolly-looking fellow whoi looked to be at least twenty-one years of age. : “Hello, what’s the row?” he queried, looking’ about at the faces of the youths. “What’s the: trouble? You all look blue.” ‘This young man. was’ a senior, and his name was Walter Denman. Before any ‘of the youths could answer him, he. gave utterance to an exclamation of amazement and delight and walked hastily across the room ~ and seized and shook the hand of a youth who had sat silent, looking over a paper, while the others were talking. Pe pe . “Harry Winslow, you here!” Denman cried.. “Well, this ig a surprise, sure enough. What are’ you doing here?” _ “Attending college, Walter, the same as you. are,” was the smiling reply, ; 5 “But this is October, and the term began in_ September.” _ =i ; _ “YT couldn’t get here sooner, Walter. My mother bse sick, and I had to stay until she got bet- 5 : S “I fod and you're really attending this school?” e ” 4 - * “Good! That’s fine! met Harry here?” 5 The yee had not. They had noticed him and « knew that he was a new student, but had paid no Say, fellows, have you — attention to him, for fhe reason that they had— ae ~ something else to engage their attention. There ~ ‘was nothing else that was of any importance, to | their way of thinking; as compared with the fact . - that Sanson, the right halfback on the football team, was sick—too sick to play against Larch- mount’'in the coming game. — _ Now, however, they looked at the new student: _ with interest, for they all had a high eEnsien of | Denman, and if this new fellow was a friend of — his, they wished to make his acquaintance. nee . They noticed, now, that the new youth was.a — ky as a a Oe ellow, well-built ‘ani
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|. our eleven, and 1. 24 ® complexion such aa any girl might have been Denman introduced H Winslow to the rest, and ae shook -hands with him and said they a eT shall” he said, gig 1 0 a ” he said pleas- ant Fhod I believe that I you will like it hee said Denman. “rhig is ithe test college in the State.” Then he : “But you have not told me what makes you fellows look so blue.” “It’s easily told,” said Parker, gloomily. “San- son, babel a as you know, the best man on the sick, and we play our first match game th t day after to-morrow.” “Oh, is that tne laughed Denman. “Well, éhat is nothing to wo about,” “Tsn't | it?” sarcastically. ae for ee here = have a man who can fill his F ome and, I am confident, improve on % for he is a footballist for fair, a great player, I ou;” and he placed his hand on the shoul- of Harry Winslow, who blushed and looked somewhat embarrassed. ‘The youths stared at Denman in emancninnk and then eyed Winslow with interest. i ae © CHAPTER* II. A Player Found, “Say, is that so, Denman?” “Are you giving it to us straight?” “Tell us true, old fel low!” “Don’t deceive us.’ “Or build our ae up, fosiky to have them dashed down aga Such were a et of the exclamations ees the fellows. Denman smiled dnd waved his hand in a re- assuring gesture. “Have I ever deceived yu?” he queried. “No, no!” in chorus. “Nor am I doing so now. I have known Harry hap e for years—almost all my life, in fact, and I en re es that he is a great football player. e “Say, a, Fe cow, what position do you play?” eried Parker, eagerly. ash had been. sige ol the new than up. He had - noted that he was well-built and athletic-looking, and that he had a firm chin and square jaw, be- tokening that he wag possessed of termination; in fact, Parker was qui impressed. veph haye US oa ke a number of positions,” was the : "the halfback has been my favorite Ae, ion, yand t e one in which I have always done e best work. “Good! ‘That is the position that is vacant on very glad to have you ¢ome out for neeetice this afternoon.” “Very well; ll be there. hope, however, that you wale = acu great things of me. My friend here is, I think, somewhat prejudiced in my mei wah and you must take his praise with a it,” said in, “I am grain of-sa “Don’t re, believe t, Denman . quite willing to let you decide for yourself, after ‘ . seeing ae mee. eae gi rit arid de- favorably ' Parker. and his FAME AND FORTUNE YEEKLY “You forget that they may have a much strong- er eleven here than any that I have ever played on, Walter,” said Harry. ‘IT forget nothin ‘ou are all right, and ri wager that the boys clos Neon sles gna ad they have seen you aa “That's all ae T'li do my Pests and — if the captain of the eleven thinks I am a better m for the cate than any one else he has in fe I shall be glad to take the place and,do my best against Larchmount.’ roper,” said Westley. “ft will say that I like men ons only when their merit entitles ow we have a few more who——” o want ees them to it. 4 At this moment the.door was thrown open and — into the room came four boys of perhaps an avy- ~ erage a of nineteen rs. of the So ae r had a They were ie tease: and it was evident that were the sons of well- to-do parents. The leader of the quartette, per eoe evidently the ruling spirit, was a rather handsome but sinister- fellow by the name of Pe: Sights He to the jederets in’ the co trying ya matters, on account of the fac father was a millionaire. He did not seem to care to play on the football, baseball or basketball to that" his teams, but by was at the head when it came to ~ ling. sparring and wrest e was really an expert _ in these two de sts and he was, in fact, cock-of-- the-walk, having thrashed every ‘fellow who had PA dared try to dispute his sovereignty, The three youths with him were Eugene’ Small, Gerald Thorp and Julian Wilkins, the latter, a thick-set ‘ae botue che was the one who had Seen mentionéd ‘as ing to be tried. in the rea the sick on what's I hear?” cried Percy ‘S0ke zi “Ts ae og < ete to play on — Weatley arn lis : ener Sitkw 2 had” estley and Parker being seniors, 8 never aingeon ore his a ing cs on. satin ised bes tN is operations to “Well then, that lets in my friend wil doesn’t {t?” Silkwell remarked, more asa cna ment of fact than as a question. . " “Not necessarily,” was the cool reply.’ “What's that?” ‘clad Wilkins. ee to put in, pray tell!” ‘We have another man in view,” ‘quietly. Exclamations escaped. the lips of the four-~ “Who is he?” “Where is he?” _ “You're just joking.” “There's no one e tion.” ‘peal joo anions were silent, leav: a Westley to do the talking. It was ev: ent, by the wa: at th looked: at Silkwell and his three cronies, ey did not like ‘them very = ae he is,” caid’ Westley, name | Ha The four stared, : | (To be cata) aoe rson who would have “ : ack, 7 ‘ Who else js that can play. thes posi- Ne : i c 4 the low- et
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3 FORGED PAPERS AGED BY TEA Criminals are not often so thorough in their work as to discolor the paper of forged docu- ments, when these are peg tea _ old.. Such an instance,” however, has recently -eome to light. An analysts suspicions ane aroused by what appeared to be brush marks a yellowed paper. Chemical analysis ..that the paper had been brushed with a weak in- fusion of tea to give it the age corresponding to the forged date. . ‘MAN TO LIVE 150 YEARS _ % a — medical” old age away so th . He arth’s diameter so accurately that his figures ave been adopted by all countries. Director John: . Hayford, head of Northwestern University College of Engineering at Chicago, is responsible for this triumph. i : The diameter is 7,926,678 miles at the Equator, =e the vem from oe ass = is —— es, proving the e a large sphere flattened 2t the Poles. Director Hayford’s figures ill be the basis of every boundary survey in the . world in the future. - s i - WORLD PAINTINGS MADE UNDER SEA _ Few people here know that Zarh Pritchard, erican painter of submarine life, has been ading a hermit’s life in Brazil for two months, ainting for exhibitions at Paris Brussels, e former opening June 1. He has been living Paqueta I , in the middle of Rio’s big har- or, an hour by*ferry from the city. A house — as rented in an unfrequented part of the island, and a chain and padlock placed on the garden gate. The island is quiet enough to satisfy his eed. fonpoliinde, Although it contains a small age r ré, are no street cars, automobiles or ones. | « - j The submarine painter makes his sketches on ecially oiled material while working under water in a diving suit, generally. at depths of about twenty-five “feet. Here the lurninosity of - the water is equal to daylight above the ace. The artist. says he forget ‘about being under water as he sketches until he is warned by a tug on his air hose, by the watches overhead, that is danger in the neighborhood. Big fish do- other him, as they are wary’ about the bereseee Ne os always emitting bubbles Oo > SSy- 5 ’. . v tings are impressionistic which often haye the ap- hither Living FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY * GOOD READING - to be some years © 25 corals and sea plants of various tints’ appear to be trees and»forests, and dead coral foreantions often resemble canyons and cathedrals. “Mr. Pritchard came to Brazil to prepare for ie Sea He tee cg ar t the cli- ma re is un ra for drying his paint- ~ ings, which are on ealf skin to secure the peculiar effect resembling a watery atmosphere. WHAT ARCTIC FLYERS EAT . ie Navy beans went with the Navy flyers into the, netic. They constituted one of the innovations in Arc- National Geographic Hixpedition. J =p. are pemmica dri: nore up one-third of the food’ ar mn bis- Minimum weight had to accom maxim caloric value. Foods had to bk ioe that they: would require little or no eoo . Furthermore, spoonful of tomato paste, tenth of a pound of powdered orange and ieanka. fifth of a Sannd of sugar, tenth of a pound of tinned butter and small portion of tea, coffee, salt and pepper. ‘ Pemmican is explorers’ food. The word comes . from ‘an Indian name for their variety of dried meat. Originally it contained only meat and suet. White men and various tribes in Africa have added vegetables, oatmeal, raisins, currants, su- ger wild cherries and honey. MacMillan Expe- E este pemmican is flavored with raisins and su- « , fn ‘hAA tn DS. ; * tage “Moving Picture Stories” | A Weekly Magazine Deyoted to Photoplays and Players ‘PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY Hach number contains Three Stories of the Best Filmg — on De Ceres susan’ ‘Half-tone Scenes from the Plays —Interesting Articles About Prominent People in the Films—Doings of Actors and Actresses in the Studfo and Lessons in Scenario Writing. © ; : HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. | 166 West 23d Street Be ee ~ New York’ gy, ae Bae Micetk fete Ss ee
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26 é¢ Fame and Fortune Weekly”’ NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 6, 1925 TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Single Copies.......+.-+e05 oteee- Post Fr at ‘One Copy Three Months.,.....- ibaa We 1.00 ope One Copy Six Months.... ee As 2.00 One Copy One Year......,...665 ve: ike 4.00 Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. 0. : Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances ~ Harry E. Wolff, Pres, Charles EK. Nylander, Seo. L. #. Wilzin, Treas, in any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap ine Sotaittet "Ways wing tad onde Sine Address letters to y. Le 2 oe HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc., 166 W. 23d St., N. Y. BOY HUNTER FATALLY “WOUNDS : COMPANION ne One of two Peekskill High School boys hunting ducks in Furnace wood, near Peekskill, N. Y., was “probably fatally wounded when the charge from a loaded shotgun lodged in the back of his head. Walter Tompkins, seventeen, the wounded boy, was walking in a thicket just ahead of John ‘Léveritch, sixteen. Both had shotguns. Leve- ritch tripped on a trailing creeper. There was a flash an ee fell at his feet. : At, Peekskill Hospital it is said Tompkins can- not live. Leveritch was paroled on a technical charge of assault. — , DOG RECOVERS PURSE An eleven-months-old Gexman police dog owned 5 by Mrs. S. B. Craig of Groton, Conn., is perhaps the first dog in the borough to receive a ¢ award. The other day Rhoda recovered a purse containing more than $46 in cash, jewelry valued at $100 and receipts amounting to $1,700... The urse -was returned to its owner, Patiglinsto of Hamilton street, who asked Mrs. Craig to accept a reward for the dog. Mrs. Rutigliano lost the purse the other morn- ing and visited the local schools in hopes of lo- cating a finder. About 10 o’clock Rhoda, ac- companied by Mrs. Craig, traversed a short cut path from Baker avenue to Allen street, where © suddenly the dog’s attention was attracted by an “object in the grass. She seized it in her teeth, raced about the open field. and then returned with it to her mistress. A telegraph message in the - purse bore the name of the owner. ANTS IN BUILDING : The Department of Agriculture has received scores of requests this year for help in getting rid of flying white ants in buildings. .These pests are not li é t or fumigations. They can be prevented only by constructing the building so that no woodwork comes in contact with the ground, Each spring and fall these . that have not been properly constructed, and ‘ i. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Mrs, Jack. ke those that can be killed by insecticides- termites emerge _ in great numbers from the woodwork of buildings val ‘dause the householder considerable snnoyaneg They have entered because, somewhere, there is “untreated ‘wood in contact with the ground. The Bureau of Entomology advocates modifica- tions of the building regulations of various cities — in efforts to prevent attacks by the insects. No - untreated wood should be laid on or in the earth and untreated beams should have at least an inch ~ of concrete between them and the earth. When ~ it is desired to put woodwork in direct contact with the earth, it should first be impregnated with coaltar creosote. If this is not practicable, there ~ should be foundations of concrete or stone. fe No lime mortar should be used in brickwork in = foundations of buildings, since termites are able to penetrate lime mortar that is a few years old. Such brickwork, either on or extending below the ~ surface of the ground, should be faced and capped — with conerete at least one inch thick. LAUGHS ee Jack—How do you manage to keep your clothes — looking so nice? George—I buy new ones oc- casionally. : iat / “How would you classify a telephone girl? ‘Is hers a business or profession?” “Neither; i is a calling.” 3 _ Miss Supheridge—I should just like to see the — man that I’d promise to love, honor and obey! Miss Pertly—I’m. sure you would, dear. = Yeo There are two reasons why some people don’t — mind their own business. One of them is that — they haven’t any mind, and the other that they — haven’t any business. sd : eee ae First Girl Gn the crush at the parade)—Mercy! What a dreadful crowd! I wish now I’d stayed at home, don’t you? Second Girl—Certainly nots. but I wish to goodness those others had. Pate eee “Did you ever play in ‘Hamlet’?” inguired 8 theatrical manager of a resent acquisition to his © pacer “Ever!” exclaimed the newcomer, f y, lye of. Y played. in every hamlet. of Great Britain!” / jens Ss aie any other way. -The company hag had to so many extensions of credit that the whole is running on time,” \ Sree “Dig you do as I told you, Willie,” inquired the mother, “and not ask Mrs. Winters for pie 9 ne ale to Aa cee can nee ee aed idn ave to ask more once; I go C} first piece without asking.” | a fe Se _ Wife—Who can doubt the power of wot ; love! Think of the thousands of wild youths w have settled down — staid ae = ectably citizens as soon as they married! Husband. Good lands! ‘They couldn't afford to be anytling else after they got married.” — Jat 3 Le) 1 aw Eyoes
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ce ae TWO-WAY RADIO A woman on an Atlantic liner called up her sister on another ship 150 miles away recently _and-the two carried on a conversation lasting eight minutes. This was the first trial of a new marvel—a wireless telephone invented in Ger- many that can be used either between two ships or between a ship and land. _. Previously messages could be 2 np only one Way over wireless telephones. Only when the speaker had finished and the receiving antennae had been switched on could a person at the other end reply. Now messages may he spoken both , ays ultaneously and interchangeably. QUARE HANDKERCHIEF A WHIM OF LOUIS XVI : ~ Hew many people know that the reason all . pocket-handkerchiefs are square is that Louis XVI liked them best that way? Pane At the end of the eighteenth century. the siape ra andherdiet was oblong, a acarflike affair, t for some reason ‘the king took a dislike to that shape. Although anything serious concerned ‘with his kingdom was indifferent to him, he de- ided that the shape of handkerchiefs was well worth rena into. So he regulated it by edict. _ On Sept. 28, 1784, he solemnly issued f: rom the Palace of Versailles the order that henceforth only square handkerchiefs should be manufac- tured in the kingdom. On Dec. 10 following Par- ‘ lament registed the decision. Ever since then handkerchiefs have been square. NVENTION OF WAR TANKS NOW LAID =; TO VOLTAIRE News that tanks are beginning to play a more - important role in the Moroccan warfare has led, one student of history, and‘ Voltaire, to declare ‘that Voltaire was the real inventor of the arm- ‘ored tank. > ress : ‘ - According to this claimant, Voltaire announced e invention, about 1756, of the “Assyrian hariot,” which was-armed like the modern tank. ‘ith this invention Voltaire proclaimed that he ‘eould crush the armies of Frederick the Great, bt en waging the Seven Years’ War. Marshal de Richelieu, however, turned down the invention nd, Voltaire, in 1770, offered it to Czarina Cath-— rine of Russia, who was then engaged in war ‘Catherine ordered a pair of the tanks, but later formed, Voltaire that they were useless exert gainst troops in massed ranks, as she personally » seen them tested. ; MAY FLY NEVER EATS ‘ strange credture, the dainty May fly. One the strangest things is that it eats nothing its cradle to the moment of its death. — ‘ust into a world where nearly every living '¢ is constantly in search of food, the Ma goes its way with never a thought of food. ounded by creatures that lie in wait and de- th other, the May fly eats not nor thinks’ t does not even possess a mouth with ht eat if it felt so disposed. It comes ; = af. at o¢ ¥ te FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY CURRENT NEWS ris into the world with a certain amount of vitality in its frail body, it dances gayly until that strength is gone, and dies. , Equally strange is the birth of the May fly, a birth which almost any observer may wiles if he happens to: be watching by the waterside al- most anywhére at just the right minute. EB he watches closely he may see many tiny creatures as big as horse flies emerging from the mud at the bottom of the lake or stream. But as they reach the surface of the water, a most surprising thing happens. The skin’ down the back splits open, there ig a wriggling within it and, quick as a flash, there emerges not this water creature in a new dress, but a dainty May fly, a thing as different in appearance from the water insect from which it came as a peacock is’ different from a rat. . . In & way it is more different, for but a moment 0 this.creature breathed water phnoag gills like a fish, and now it breathes air and would drown if you thrust it under the water. EXPLODING THE AMERICAN “BANANA MYTH” In a scathing denunciation of what he termed the great American “banana myth Safford,/economic botanist of the United States Department of Agriculture, has attacked evidence eee brought forward in support of the theo- ry tha and were cultivated by phehistoric Indians. Commenting on the discovery of fossil banana seed in coal of Colombia and connection of this discovery with statements made by early writers ag to the Indians’ use of the fruit, he de> clared positively that the home of the banana was in the Malay Archipelago, that it was un- known in America when Columbus reached here,’ and that the same writers who reported it as na- tive to the New World demonstrated ‘similar ig- norance in regard to the potato and other plants. Columbus and his followers listed the plants. they encountered, but made no mention of the banana, Bananas were introduced into the West Indies from the Canary Islands by Padre Tomas de igs en in 1616. They were also carried to Pacific islands Ay Bi yece One 3. but home was in the Malay Archipelago. The persistence of the myth of the American origin, according to Deetor Safford, was due to - the great Humboldt, who evidently was not him- self a botanist, and accepted the statements of , Garcillaso de la Vega, a descendant of the Incas, who stated that bananas were a staple food of South American Indians in pre-Columbian times. This man, Doctor Safford said, was ignorant of the agriculture he pretended to describe. Most of his information was second-hand and his ex- aggerated and unreliablé statements lack con- firmation. Humboldt also. accepted statements that the Irish potato was found in Virginia by early colonists when it has been definitely estab- lished that it was a native of Peru and was un- known in North white man. j ot Dre. WOE... bananas originated on this hemisphere | their native AtneNea before the coming of the. 2 tel ea eS. ie Sag a
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a. . FROM ALL POINTS ROSES IN SOUTHWEST Most curious are the wild roses of the dry _ Southwest. They are low, stunted bushes of ' brown branches and many straight brown or white prickles, more Jike a low gooseberry bush. The fruit is all prickles like the prickly goose- berry of dur swamps. The flowers are purple, rose or white, solitary, more like a strawberry bloom than that of a rose. As the bushes are built for heat rather than for frost, they are not easy to grow in Northern gardens, though they will live and bloom. WOULD MINE UNDER JAIL Two Idaho Pail at ta learned recently that « the old county jail at Idalio City was built on ground that was rich in precious metal. Believ- ing that they needed money more than -Boise County needed the old jail they proceeded to: file a placer claim on the jail site. More than that, they threatened to tear down the old jail in order to get at the riches underneath, Whereupon the county authorities induced a district judge -to issue an injunction restraining the would-be min-° ers from interfering with the jail. The land on which it is built is about the only remaining bit of unmined placer ground in the neighborhood. 15 HOURS IN VAULT, 4 MEN RESCUED Four men were imprisoned in the vault of the Niagara County National Bank for fifteen hours recently. They were released at 6 o’clock none the worse for their experience. | A new vault is ee; placed. in the basement of the bank building. The door of the old vault, on the main floor, is to be used on the basement vault and workmen began to_ ove it. Howard C. Cain, cashier, and men, Walter McCombs, Frank Fairburn and Joseph Maxon, all of Niagara Falls, were inside the old vault when the door was peceniaty elosed. The time lock had been set for 8 o’cl and it was impossible to open the door, Workmen on the outside removed several plates © and chi eprne: away enough concrete to permit air _ to reach the imprisoned men and work was con- tinued throughout the day until the door was ré- pups and the men were released. “PORPOISES. OIL, YOUR WATCH - Observing schools of porpoises sporting about n the water, few ocean travelers are aware that ile strange animals have supplied them with ~ The watches ticking in - an important product. their pockets probably are lubricated with por- poise oil, Oil for timepieces must answer very exacting — requirements, amon ig them, insensitiveness to:heat and cold. At night watches are exposed to chill _ air after having been carried close to the body all day. The oil must not thicken or ion on account of this change of temperature. ‘ That extracter from the jaw pans of po is said to be unsurpassed for lubricating wa: ee _ With the large increase in watch factories in the | e United States, porpoise fishing: ogee industry all along t e Atlantic Coast Ne, $505) pees sat cae eh ane a yee ie ee of the work- : hhas_ become an’ FAME’ AND FORTUNE WEEKLY y : SECRET SERVICE Grand and Thrilling Detective Stories. 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