Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 132) (1908 04 10)
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S ; ibs MONEY. Yi iz, Pindar, in his reckless haste, c ollided with and upset the old gentleman who was ascending the stairs ahead of Fred. Farnham, indignant that he did not stop to apologize, lowered his head and butted him squarely in the chest. ? as, is oe ‘ shee
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= o _ a door whose glass panel was lettered : Fameand Fortune Weekly STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the 7 of Congress, Washington, D. C., by Frank mossey, Publisher, 24'Union No. 132. NEW eae APRIL 10, 1908. ear 1908, in the cmos of the Librarian iquare, New York, — PRICE 5 CENTS. THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE OR. The Wall Street Boy Who Broke the Market - By A SELF-MADE MAN CHAPTER I. ‘A GERMAN BOY IN WALL STREET.’ “Vot’s der matter mit you? You dinks you push me py' dis line oud? Vell, you don’t done it, I ped you.” The speaker was a stout German lad, with a full-moon countenance, in which his eyes, nose and mouth seemed lost an the hollows between his mountainous cheeks. He was dressed in a new suit of store clothes, with a flaming red necktie, while a derby, that looked two sizes too small, was perched upon the top of his thick, light hair. - He oceupied the head position of a long line of boys of all ages between fourteen and eighteen, that extended from “Fred’k Farnham, Broker. Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold on voumand sion,” down the corridor to the elevator. Pag i she) : beet of the office. _ What chance the. late comers had of ie on. fees "They were there in answer to an advertisement for an _ office hoy and ii ag which had appeared i ina mooxning - daily. ’ The German boy had been the first to reach the coveted te position by the door, and the others had lined up after > him as fast as they appeared on the scene, } ~ By nine o’clock there were all of fifty waiting: 6 see the behind the German. | for, having seized the handle of’ the door as a purchase, his — huge bulk resisted successfully all assaults made upon him. "The boys made him the mark for all kinds of gibes be- tween their united attempts to oust, him from his vantage point. His hat was tipped over his eyes several tithes, and finally he had to hold it to save it from being swept off his head and made a football of by ‘He more frolicsome of the rival applicants, ! For a long time he stood the wordy and muscular assault withont saying anything, but even his phlegmatie nature was aroused at last and he retorted with the sentences that — opened this chapter. Rae A howl of derision from those just behind him greeted Be this evidence of his having woke up. ae “Say, you Dutchman, do you expect to get the job of office boy down here in Wall Street?” shouted one of the lads. aan “Dis here ain’t a corner grocery, you lobster!” yelled an- other, ou “How long aid! you been out of Ellis en big asked another. “Shoot the hat! ! came from a fourth. 8 “You fat galoot, it would take you all. day to get as far Medes re | a8) the Stock Exchange! re coe T’'ll bet he doesn’t know where the E Exchange is! ae “Did you come up on the freight elevator?” “Say, fellets, 0 once more, all together!” eried ¢ the boy jt A a ¢ Nila ihn $ 4 2 ling > saddenly sve cand a tremendous we was o the head aie 3
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a8 f j THE YOUNG) MONEY MAGNATE. pe “Stand back, oleae. 80 I can open the eee tai aed The young foreigner was fairly swept off his feet, but he! % _ clung to the door handlelike grim death. eyeing the leader of the line with some curiosity. The boy right behind him, who acted as the head of the] “Yaw, T done dot; but I pen here first,” said the Gee “wedge, lost fis hold on the German’s back, and in a moment }| Man, with some anxiety lest he lose his place even then. fully twenty boys were sliding and rolling down the corri-| “What’s your name?” asked Fred. dor in a confused bunch, leaving a wide gap in the line. “My name vos Meyer’Suppegreenz.” b With a yell of exultation the Test of the boys dashed for-| “How old are you?” ward and closed up the space behind the German, leaving| “Sigsteen.” the lads who had tried to displace the leader out in the cold, |. “Well, walk inside, * said Fred, opening the door and 2 The boys who had lost their places picked themselves up | entering, and then there was trouble. The German boy followed him and the whole line brought. They came back and attacked the chaps who now held|up in his rear, ranging themselves from Fred’s desk to the ' their places. door. a In a moment a small riot was in progress in ‘the corridor.} “I guess you've never worked in Wall Street,” said the ~ A dozen slugging-matches were going on all at once, to | young broker, after he had seated himself, looking at id the great detriment of the clerks, stenographers and others | Swppegreenz. a connected with the offices in that section of tHe big office “Nein; but mine uncle dea At I vos der poy for der ; building, who were making their way to work. shob,” replied the applicant. a The actual line-was now reduced to about a dozen of. the}. « Your uncle said that 2”? sehesin Pred, repressing Bye tailenders back of the redoubtable German, who watched | smile. : Ra ae - the wholesale scrap with a satisfied grin. “Yaw, I ped you.” We - One of the elevator men reported the disturbance that “But { want a boy who is cia on his feet and bright as “was taking place on the sixth floor, and the superintendent a steel trap.” be A and head janitor went up to put a stop to it. “Vell, I vos quick mit mine feets, und I don’t been ah aa They had their hands full. fool, neider.” . es As fast as the boys were separated they resumed the scrap} — ,, Got fe o» at another point. Henan hae Ps ae uproar naturally attracted a great deal of attention, The boy putt his hand in his pocket and pro Guest a lake? 5 a crowd of spectators gathered to watch it. : line’ Schiwieles ’ Finally the su erinfendent entered one of the offices and Hepat ebiong secoumtignSation, f0et J aNNS ee 5 i: the leader of the district. where Suppegreenz lived. telephoned for the police. i nhisaey ay 4 é M Pie aap patrol-wagon and a dozen of the reserves. were sent to| ,, ae ae ae roth COUnTy, eee rs BH building. | i ” Part of them came up in one of the elevators, along with} ,, What have you teens wg at? a bright-looking, handsome and well-dressed boy of perhaps chy apes tgne _ eighteen. Don’t you like it? f _ The cops and the boy got off at the sixth floor. Fink seeing peen a proker some day than own a grocery | is The boy himself was astenished at the scene of confusion omens pr ; ‘nei : i “that greeted his eye in the cotridor where his office was, for} “What put it into Out head that you'd like to be a _ this was Fred Farnham, the broker, whose advertisement broker?” smiled Fred.. Sei - was responsible for the aeenNe and excitement in the “T haf an uncle vot is a proker in Yarmany, und he u | makes money shust as if he vos finding id.” ie building, He had only been in ties for hi self a few weeks, “You didn’t work in his office, did you?” ONS eae “ah “Yaw. I used to run mit der errands oad, carry ae “ having prior to that been the Stock Exchange representa- |. oy «tive of Robert Fulton, an Exchange Place broker, in whose moneys und shecks to der pank, und took der people's names 4 into mine uncle ven dey ealled to see Rim om pizness.” = - office he had been advanced from messenger. iy -Haying accumulated a small capital through for tunate}. “Where /s your uncle in business ? “Frankfort by der Main on.” -- "speculation in the stock market, he had taken ady antage of | My Fulton’s retirement from, usiness to branch out» for “Why didn’t you stay with him? You aS a good chance to be promoted, didn’t you?” _ himself He had a widowed mother pe * fifteen-ye ar-old be “1 yent to seen a sveedheart off mine ii der poat: é v day und der plamed steamer put opd to sea cere I “to support, and lived with them i in a modest five-room flat mineself on shore again.” oo “in Harlem.’ | 7 s _ “Great Scott!” te exclaimed, as He viewed the rumpus. Fred laughed at the naive way he_ put it, ; “So you had to come to Beenie whether Ee 4 What's going on here? Looks like a free fight.” The next elevator dumped half a dozen’ more policemen |°F ! not?” pe nut at the floor, and soon the officersthad all the Sorappers { “ Yaw, I ped you.” aed and were cept them t ee the » “You had to work your way, 5 su Dad “Don’t say notting ud d
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sveetheart told mine uncle, der gr oceryman, und he ut me landed mit a pull.” ' “Well, sit down, Meyer, till I talk to these other boys.” Fred examined all the other applicants in turn. ‘There were only two that he fancied out of the bunch. He took their names and addresses and then dismissed them as he had the others. Although Fred, with an eye to the tiie: had intended ~ to hire a bright-looking, active boy, he decided, for reasons _that had suggested themselves, to give the German boy a trial and see how he would pan out, He had an idea that Meyer Suppegreenz would be some- - thing of a novelty in Wall Street and tas attract con- _ siderable attention. This would serve to bring his employer more prominently __to the notice of the brokers, who would wonder how Fred Farnham came to hire such a recent importation from the |, Fatherland; -.-’ The young trader had no doubt but he would get the _ grand laugh, but he intended, if the boy had the stuff in ‘him, to turn the laugh on the brokers themselves aby mak- ing a first- -clasg_messenger of Meyer in time. ; So, with this purpose in view, he told Suppegreenz, that * a as he was the first to reach the office he would. give him the opportunity to make good. ~ Then he explained what? the office boy’s duties would be for the/present, and told him to seat himself in the outer Office by the window which looked out on a narrow ebart, _ or air-shaft. - As there was a big room full of pretty girls employed by an insurance agent right across from his post, Meyer was soon deeply interested.in watching their nimble Seger ™ Ses their typewriters. “«e-~~ It wasn’t long before the girls leases the rather com- ~ jeal countenance of Suppegreenz peering over at them, and he immediately became an object. of interest, to them, While the German boy and the fun-loving girls were tak- ing one another in, Fred sat in his private office studying _ the market report of the previous day’s operations on the et. i 1 CHAPTER IL “MISS TILLIE. BANCROFT. ones Os 5 x 5 a ; “Halt an hour elapsed and then the office door. ea and okers Fox and Carter entered the ‘reception room. — eyer. Suppegreenz jumped up as. guedy: as though he just sat on a tack, | Il, you called to seen Mr. Farben, ain't iar” he fds SIM St es honk. your names inside off you lease.” Be and Mr. Carter. ” i ag a seat ” said ay and sien he walk _taE YOUNG MONEY self saa know how it is. , Gold and Silver Mining Co., of Ivanhoe, Nevada. It’s a 3 Stock Exchange, and reading the latest Wall Street news. 1 ABO | that they were anxious to- get rid of, but he wouldn’t bu _ | so, in a little while, they* went away disap ~ | door losed upon his visitors, MAGNATE. as ae “Help your- ; “Glad to see you, gentlemen,” said Fred. selyes to seats.” “You've got quite a cozy little sheep-shearing den, Partie Me ham,” said Fox, gazing around the young broker’s sanctum, _ * This i is quite a surprise’ to see you as.a full-fledged trader. By the way, that can’t be your office boy outside?” “Yes. That’s my office boy. and messenger,” replied Farnham, with a smile. “Great Scott-! Is that so? Where did you get hold of him ?” : “He answered my advertisement this morning and IT hired him on trial.” ‘ The brokers looked astonished. ss “Do you mean to say that you expect to ee him ?? asked net Carter. ~ “Certainly, if he makes good. i “Why, the messenger boys in this neighborhood won't do a thing to him.” “No, I don’t think they'll do much to him. He’s pretty husky.” os “Oh, come, now, Farnham, you’ve been a messenger your- He won't last down here. er boys will do him up in no time at all:” 3 “Pethaps they will, but it’s my opinion they won't. git eee bet anybody who tries to step on his neck will get, all that’s coming to him. Have a cigar, gentlemen? I don’t smoke myself, but I keep a box of perfectos for those who: do.” 4 “Thanks. I don’t mind if I do,” said Fox, helping him rs self. os Broker Carter also slaged i weed Aand: lit athe <a es iy. suppose you’re not very busy yet,” he said, blowing out = a few rings of smoke. i “Well, ‘hardly. There’s no great rush as yet on the part | of the public to overwhelm me with their orders. I Cee that will come later.” Create “Are you buying anything yourself?” asked Fox. 9 “No, I can’t say that I am.” ae “Perhaps I could sell you some shares of the Blizzard — new and promising proposition just coming to the front. A customer left a block of 10,000 shares with me to me of for him. I can recommend it as a good mae you'll take the stock I can quote a Spoein figure on uy a Fred shook his head. — jess not interested in mining stocks,” he a “Maybe you’d like to take a flyer on A. & Carter. “It’s a stock that i is bound to rise as soa market wakes up. It’s going at 32 sire but, as I need cash, 4 rl sell a thousand shares at 30.” Fred declined to nibble at this ‘apparently’ templnng offer. The brokers ‘tried to sell the young trader other “stock oe _ “J wonder what they take me for 2 Pre es
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fe Sarees caer "THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. . Lae Ba 5 “Certainly. Show her in.” The German boy ushered a very pretty girl “ib the inner - room. Fred bowed and pointed to the chair beside his desk. “Be seated, Miss Bancroft,” he said, eens “What ean I do for you?” “Are you Mr, Farnham ?” “Yes, miss. That’s my name.” She handed Fred a letter. He opened and read it. It was from the old cashier of his late employer, intro- ducing Miss Bancroft to the young broker’s notice. The note went on to say that the girl was a capable stenographer out of work. That she had a widowed aie and several young sisters dependent on her for support, and the writer would consider ita personal favor if Farnham could put something in her way. ia “Well, Miss Bancroft,” said Fred, “I’m sorry that I have no work for a stenographer at present. I have only just opened up for myself, and business hasn’t begun to come my way yet. _ thing to do, however. If you would like, to make : my office / your headquarters Pll get you a table and a typewriter. There are a good many people i in this building who do not 4 employ a stenographer steadily. You could make arrange - tents with a number of them to take dictation in’ their ; offices and then typewrite the matter up: here. could get work enough: to keep you busy. If you consider my suggestion in a favorable light 1 will do all [can to get enough work to start you going doa little canyassing yourself. ” | “T thank you very much for your innes. ”. repliéd the girl, gratefully. “T have found it very hard to get a satis- | factory position. I have answered more than a hundred | advertisements, and have made a great many calls, but with- out result.. I should be glad to accept your offer, but I don’t think I ought to put you to the trouble and oy ans that it would necessarily entail.” _ “Tt is no trouble for me to doa favor foe's ‘one who rae it as much as Mr. Fry’s note indicates, and I may say that} . I shall be glad to oblige Mr. Fry in bas matter, as he has: been a good friend to me during the time we both worked for Mr. Fulton,’ As for the expense, I think’ ‘$100. will cover us the outlay. If you do well you need not-even be under obli- - gation ome for tl that. You can pay for the: typewriter a little of doing: such a thing. The little work I may need from “time to time will offset that. What do you say, Miss Ban- nd order you.a typewriter?” ‘The 3 young lady hesitated. a ean proposition. appealed to her, tue ai felt as sid it was too, much to pes ih a oho ks one not I shall be glad. to help you get some-| T think you }) , and after that you ean |: |he spent an hour interviewing a number of the business. . As for charging you desk room, T wouldn't think | croft? Shall I have a table put in for you this afternoon | _| your presence. At any rate, you’ve got to get busy 1 in gone Bae to obtain money to support your mother and sisters, and, as I said before, it will afford me much ee to help you out in any way I can,” “Then I will accept your generous offer, Me Farnham, and I hope you will understand that I feel deeply grateful iy to you for making it,” she replied, with tears in her eyes. — “All right,” replied Fred. “I will consider the matter .— settled. I will order the table and the typewriter for you this afternoon when I go out to lunch, and you can come in the morning, say, about ten, and we will talk about getting work for you to do. I will have some business cards printed for you to distribute when you go around the building, and I will also insert an advertisement in one of the Wall Street papers bringing you to notice as a public stenographer. _ You may also rely on me to do anything else in ee hg to push you ahead.’” it The girl thanked him with some emotion, and then arose — to take her leave, promising to be at the office at ten o *clock next morning. ree a ‘CHAPTER M1. THE TIP THAT FRED GOT PUROUGH. MEYER SUPPEGREBNZ. ay That afternoon Fred bought a table and a typewriter for Miss Bancroft, and they, were delivered by five o’clock. He also left an order with a printer for a few hun fa business cards with her name, address and oceupation © them.) . As he had nothing of ‘ik bihades on ‘higalands | that da people of the buiiding in behalf of the girl. “f Several of the persons who had no regular stenographer i promised to.employ Miss Bancroft to do what they wanted , done if her terms were reasonable, and Fred was satisfied she would do very, well after she got started. He kept Meyer till four o’clock that day ‘4 look. peak the office while he was out, and when he returned at tha hour the German boy told him that several gentlemen, wh said they were brokers, had called to see him. | “What were their names, Meyer?” asked Fred. ~ “Vell, von vos Mr,. Ventvorth, zu i “Wentworth ; yese’? ng ates “ Anudder vos Fingle oneding. ei te “You mean ibe mes ee don’t you! as liddle fellow ne a eyes, umd red hair vot stuck der Lae off der | ponte: eae "He he tak some pimess | a found: font * - Fred laughed, for rhe knew Ces, Pindar was a ‘ost y kine
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THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. ee iy ie He was as shifty as quicksand, and as dingerous to have & dealings with. Those he caught in his toils he squeezed as dry as a | Sponge, and he was so foxy that no one ever had much suc- / cess in setting a trap for him. He, also, had his office on the same floor with’ Fred. “Well, what did the gentlemen have to say?” + “Ven I told dem you vos oud dey vouldn’t took mine vord for dot, but looked into der private rooms to seen off » I yos a liar. Der shent mit der glass eyes yos going in, _ but I grabbed him by der arm und says ‘Nein, nobody gone in dere ven der poss vos oud.’ He got hot by der collar und said who I vos, anyway? I said =| vos der office poys, und vos in sharge off der places. Der udder two laughs at dot, und Mr. Ventvorth said vhere I come from? «I aid from Yarmany, und dey laughs again. Mr. Ventvorth - den said to Mr. Finglesomeding dot he yondered vhere you _bieked me up. Mr. Finglesomeding said he guessed I blew py der vinders in. Ser all letwhed as if dot vos a funny shoke. Dey vent in der hall und I listen by der door. Den Theard Mr. Finglesomeding say to der man mit der glass eyes dot he guessed, you vos a easy mark, und dot you youldn’t last so long. 4 liddle machines, und talked topedder. Mr. Ventvorth said, Let's sold him some off dot new Blizzard stock vich looks urty nice but ain’t vorth der paper it yos printed on” He Said ¢ dot he got took in himself mit 10,000 shares, und he nee like to got rid mit it before der bottoms come oud off __ he glad to sold it to you. ‘After dot -vos agreed on dey got talking aboud somedings dey)called D. und Dey said der pools vos all ready, to gone ahead und puy all der shares brofits. Dey den valked avay.” Fred was much amused by Meyer’ s report until the Ger- man boy began to mention what Wentworth and his com- _ panions said about D. & G., then he pricked up his ears with consicerable eagerness., He made Meyer repeat that part over again, and ques- tioned him closely as to the exact words the ‘visitors had ‘used as near, as the hoy could remember. _ He saw that his office boy had gotten hold of a valuable tip by having sharp ears and janie to the conversation Me hall, : ieceeded i in cornering the stock as well as hi advantage the knowledge would he ‘to him} F one to Fred that they men weal ciel ds 80 freely in ate ee if lis surneceet Dey vent und stood py der vinders, _ vhere I geen der girls vorking mit deir fingers by some Der udders said dot dey got some off it, too, und vould | ~ in sight, und dot dey oxbected der brices vould gone to 80. inside off a veek, vhen dey vould sold oud und took in der | | poy midoud a glass eye.” as evident that. i eitaigutti Finklesheim and Ptidat ested i in a. pool that was about to buy, up: D. & G.} e quiet for the purpose of booming the price) h light hair und plue eyes, mit a big. Bit | said Meyer. ‘his name sounded just like “soup greens.” to pest by it before the stock advanced i in| > hiniself, after telling his new tor he could go home toe the day.. “I wouldn’t be surprised if I had a prize package in | him, Why, this tip on D. & G. alone ought to stand me in several thousand dollars in profits. I’m mighty glad I hired him. It is clear he won’t let any visitor monkey around ‘the office when I’m out, and he’s big and strong enough to make people respect him. Yes, 1 think Meyer is ~ all right. He only wanted $5 a week, but I guess he’s worth $8, all right... At any rate, that’s what ’m going to give him.” Fred went to his desk and eee: up the standing of D. & G. Tt was going around 60. 4 If it went up to 80, as Mr. Finklesheim said it would, ac- cording to Meyer, that would represent a good profit on a thoustnd shares or more. In fact, it was just like finding money. Fred. waited till the table and typewriter for Miss Ban- croft had been delivered, and then he went home. Next morning Meyer opened up the office and mounted guard. till his employer appeared. om At ten o’clock Tillie Bancroft walked’in, and Fred told i her that he had secured the promise of work for her. es ‘He gave her a paper with the names of the gentlemen who had consénted to give her a trial, and told her to ene on them at once. ~ Pee a: She did go, and secured three engagements. ak a aS i She began taking dictation right away in the three offices, and got enough work to keep her busy all that day. Meyer watched her take the cover off the machine and — get to work, with not a little curiosity and interest. “a At length he got. bold) enough to go and stand near her. iy “Vot you calls dot machines?” he asked. 4 “A typewriter,” she replied, with a smile. “Tg dot so? In mine uncle’s places in Frankfort by ae : Main on he had a gel vot vorked. her — py 2 cert pt Bey tas ‘kind off a typewrider, is “What was the name of it?” yt “Vell, you got me dot time, I ped you. ° I couldn't ta La 34 you to safe mine lives. You are going to vorks mit dis of fices in, yaw?” . Re ane : “ Vacs o? } “Vill you told =a your names ?”” “Tillie Bancroft.” saath “So-0? Vell, mine is Meyer Suppegrent, I am a pally a The girl laughed at the way, he said it, and ales \ eve “T haf a sveedheart dottlooks yust like you, only held 8 got dimble py her moud,” “Py shinsher, I vouldn’t lost her for all der moneys py Wall Street.” “You think a good deal of her, he Fak said Tillie. es “J ped you. I vill marry her someday ven I got ‘a proker mit a bank account so big,” and. ohn us rated his own way how big. he meant, "4 rsation was interrupted by Fred. ; facades
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oa | THE YOUNG MON EY M AGNATE, ~ “T ped you. I found dem all oud pefore I got pack.” “ How d’ye ae Farnham ?” said Mr. Wentworth, wid ae Fred then gave him some general directions regarding | parent cordiality. “We've caught you in at last.” pie: the financial district, and explained where the Exchange| ‘I’m pretty well, thank you. How are you, Mr. Finkels and the more prominent buildings were, and then Meyer} heim? Make yourselves at home, gentlemen.” put on his derby, which made Miss Bancroft laugh, it looked | /They seated themselvés, Mr. Wentworth i mae so funny on his big head, and walked out of the office. the chair next to Pred’s desk. “Fe is a comical- looking boy, isn’t he?” she said to Fred.| “Finklesheim and I called to congratulate you on: yo “Yes, he is; but there are no flies on him, just the same. | debut as one of the boys,” said Wentworth. Tm willing to bet that a good many people will get fooled| “Thank you, both,” replied Fred, though he knew th ton ‘hima: before he’s been a month, in the Street. ‘Well, I’m | neither of the traders was sincere in their congratulatio _ going to leave the office in your care until either Meyer or| “Let me see, youve been in business about a week, ~ I get back. You can tel® anybody that asks for me that |haven’t you?” said Wentworth, _ 5 I’m over at the Stock Exchange.” “About that.” é He went directly to his safe deposit box in the Washing-| “TI don’t see how ren find the work 0 keep a stenographer ton vaults and took out $18,000 of his small capital. busy.” al) ae ' With this he Visited the office of a well-known broker,| “She's a fine-looking girl,” put in Finkelsheim. “ar ' named George Westcott, with whom he was on friendly | like to make an exchange with you, Farnham.” = terms, and gave him an order to buy 3,000 shares of D. &| “I guess you’re joking, Mr. Finkelsheim. Lo Gy at the: market on the usual margin, which would amount | pretty smart little girl.” ~ to about the'$18, 000. “Yes, she’s smart enough, Say, where aia you Be Then he went over to the gallery of the Exchange and | that animated pretzel you have for an office hoy ?? fake ‘watched the buying and selling of stocks by the mob of| “I got him through an advertisement in the pape - brokers on. the floor. | “He'd look better in a grocery store than down in. - About one o’clock he went to lunch, and when he got back | Street. Whatever made you take him on?” he found sa reading a German novel with a Bos “What's the matter with him?” _ cover. “He looks like a Dutch cigar-store sign, Why, you! as the laughing stock of the Street if you don’t ship him.’ OHAPTER ys | “T guess\I can stand that, Mr. Finkelsheim. I’m g to break him into the business. He wants to be a. broker! The two traders roared at that. FRED MAKES A NEAT PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE - SENDIOATE. . “That’s pretty rich,” said Finkelsheim, “T must tell shat ig sele Miss Bancroft out to lunch?” he asked the boy. around. Never in the whole course of my experience + “Yaw. She said off you come in pefore she got pack to|1 seen such a thick-headed boy in Wall Street 22)" > ‘told you dot Mr. Ventvorth vos here to seen you.” “By the way, Farnham, to change the subject, would Au right. How did you make out yourself, Meyer?” | like to invest in some shares of the Blizzard Gold and Silver “ “Vell, I did purty goot. TI had to ask some questions,| Mining Co.?” asked Wentworth. “It’s a new mine, but, off peoples, but dey told me vot I yanted to found oud. | from: all accounts, it’s a hummer. T can put you next ‘Some off der poys tried to blay ‘some tricks mit me, but it} 10,000 shares if you‘ would like to take them. ‘The didn’t vork, I ped you. Dey tink demselufs purty smard, | going at 15 cents to-day, but I haven’t the least doub they ‘but I seen fellers yust like dot pefore, und dey don’t got | be selling at a dollar before many months, The ore ma ~ noddings on me, T ped me your life.” jout in that mine is simply of phenomenal richness.” _ “Then you could: find the Stock gphatige if I sent you]. “Sorry, Mr. Wentworth, but my funds are all tied up at there, ch?? present in a little deal I have on the tapis. yannaianed yi9ks./2 “ay ped you I could: found i chibi Me - “What deal is that?” ; “Know where the Mills Building is?” — “T don’t care to say what it is, but I ee to. m a “Yaw. It vos on Proad Street, down. avays.” few thousands out of it.” : _ “Where is the Vanderpool Building?” : ; “A few thousands, eh? You couldn't make a few tho i “Oxchange Places, py New Street,” sands easier than going into. the Blizzard _. That's right,” said Fred, who asked him the locality of| “Then I take it that you’ve got a good-si Lage few 1 more buildings, and was surprised at his acourate “Yes, and so as Vinkelsheim ; Ail wey \ f their situation. ty f t returned after a little while and resumed stock =a uo Eg i mine ig as eoti as you say iti is; you chon ee o'clock came arommd. Bred ery Meyer he| no di ifficulty in disposing of the stock.” or the day. | “We'll have no difficulty in getting rid of riba! But dis is a fat shob, & ped. you,” he cao we'd yous a chance to take some self as he went out the door. | we put it :
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take fat block ae 40,000 shares I have for sale I'll let you i _ have it for 12 cents. with $300. What do you say? Shall we make the deal?” “Not at present, My Wentworth.” ‘more words the two visitors took their departure. Fred laughed quietly to himself as they went out. me. Well, they found that it wouldn’t work. make ees and their friends take in those 3 ,000 D.& G. 4 -was Finkelsheim alone, but you never can catch that chap HIE YOUNG MON NY MAGNATE. That is as good as presenting you | the price to 76. ‘The trader looked much disappointed, ‘and after a few | him. “Thought they’d drive off some of the Blizzard stock on| out Tl begin to feed them with mine. T hope to| We ought to get $175,000 of their expected profits.” By this time Wentworth and Finkelsheim had boosted. Fred then called on Westcott augitold chim to sell his shares, as he thought it had gone high enough to sitisty “Let them go in three 1,000 lots,” said Fred. bee | “All right,” replied ‘the broker; “and after I get yours: e Between us both ~ He went over to the Exchange and offered Pred’s” stock | shares at a-big profit to myself in a few days. ‘I wish it|for sale at 763-8, and Wentworth took it in. ‘Then he went over to Finkelsheim and asked him if ns - napping. When he loses money it is always with a crowd, bee ey any D. & G. and then he has the satisfaction of knowing that he it thé only one up against it.” When he went into the outer office he found Miss Ban- -eroft putting on her hat preparatoy y to going home, ~-“Tyone La the day, Miss Bancrett ?”? “he said. “Don't mention it; Miss Bancroft. We're Met strangers “now, at any tate. In fact, I Hope we shali become very good Me; ends.” ~*T am’ sure we shall,” she replied, with a blush, as she noti ced Fred’s admiring gaze fixed upon her. hen she held out her hand to him and bade him good- he’s a nice ciel. all right, x soliloquized the young bro- kor watching her pass out at the door. “I never saw a ‘iked so ‘much. I'm glad she’s attached to my office, n ‘glad to have been ‘able to do her a favor. It will] id f make me “solid with her, sige that will eats me| _ Next morning when the Exchange opened and the first “que tions began to ‘come in, Fred noticed that D, & @. had 4 advance again that much for a couple of days, at reached 62. ° _ I’m $6,000 ahead ats the game at this point, ” said with considerable ‘satisfaction. “How Wentworth,| ce rand the rest of their bunch would howl if they | got in on the, ground floor with them on D. & ‘T let Westcott, in on the tip and he’s hought 10,000 8 for himself. | “That's 13,000 shares they’ll have to| of if we should happen to unload it on the market} re beating to ou and i is is Hable to’make pel ep as the stock grew stare ae t ' 8yr d vate € Spe ; Wentworth and ES, who rep-| “ow much haye you got ?” he asked. “Five thousand shares.” Finkelsheim nearly had a fit, but he had to accept = or. let it be thrown, on the market, and the pool could t affo ds poo not sha it at that stage of the game, so he bright ita ee that let Westcott out with a profit of $165, OO aes Fred was perfectly satisfied with his profit of $16, 000, which raised his capital to $38,000, and gave uh a ‘more solid backing for future bugis CHAPTER Vz FRED'S capa CUSTOMBR AND WHAT His SECOND. visir LED tO. The Wentworth, Finkelsheim and Pindar aynticate worked the D. & G. deal for a good profit, in spite of th heavy price ‘they had to pay for a good bit of the stock, and after they liquidated the general oe the piper, as it usually did. ; Fred had an advertisement adiiing. in several of tt financial papers, and it ee his first customer. is A big, heavy-set man came i asked for him. Meyer announced him, a he’ young broke told hit ask the visitor to walk into the private’ i: “Tow do you do, sir,” said the calle see Mr. Farnham. 1 saw his advertis ‘Indicator? My name is Bagley. I live am visiting the city on business connec ‘“T am Mr. Farnham,” replied Fred. let me know what I can do for you.” _ “You are not Broker Farnham, | are visitor. “Yes, sir.” . “You look rather young fora trader.” 2 “Probably, sir; but iva the young. man e| the worl the di pa 38 i$ I) eas Petey
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29 Tam not twenty-one yet. It is one of the rules of the ‘Exchange that a member must at least be of age before he ‘is eligible to a seat. That is the one disadvantage of being too young in Wall Street.” “How, then, do you manage to do business?” “Easily enough. I have a business arrangement, with one of the members of the Exchange, and he bays and sells for me on the floor of that institution.” “Then you can do business just the same as any other ‘broker ??? “ As far as my customers are concerned I can; sir.” “Very well; that is satisfactory to me, provided you are responsible.” ~ “I can refer you to several brokers as to my responsibility, if you wish.” “Oh, I guess I can trust you. You tak honest to me.” “Thank you,” laughed Fred. “An honest-looking; face has its advantages even if the owner is a crook. Do you want ito buy or sell some stock ?” “Yes, I'd like to get some Blizzard mining stock,” “Blizzard !” exclaimed Fred, in surprise. “That's a new mining proposition, I can get you all you want at 15 cents a share; but I can hardly recommend it as a winner.” : “Why not?” “Because it hasn’t demonstr’ ated its ability as a irikioon though the people back of it have advertised its possibilities ~ in the most glowing way for the past year. Three months ago it was quoted at 35 cents on the Goldfield Pavers but it has since declined to 15 cents.” _. “Well, I’m willing to take a risk on it,” replied the man, rs in: a confidential, and, as Fred thought, significant way. “AM right, sir; you are the doctor. Sipe of it?” Pa siehtae te buy 10, ae shares, if you can get it for me at 15 “a ents.” fae ha “That will cost you $1, 500. td “Here: is the moneys When can you have the stock for. "me? Td like to get back home on the seven o’clock train.” 3 EMOTE you will return in an hour: TH: have the stoek for “you.” Ree be back, What commission do you hanes?” “Same as the San Francisco and Goldfield Exchanges— ~ 2.50. a thousand shares.” ices will be $25 for ung 10, 000 ike of Blizzard? 9 THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. How much do you m stocks quoted at between 10 cents and 25 cents a share, | os cians my word for it that it’s a sure winner and go the sell them at 12 I won’t bother. the stock.” “What you think, my boy, and what others think, are two different things. However, since you are bargain-hunting thiday, and T esid Va let you have the block ake, ill Jet ‘em go at that, though I’m presenting you with $300. » “Thank you, Mr. Wentworth, you’re yery kind.” “Tt’s a failing of mine to be liberal,” chuckled Went- . worth, ‘“'hat’s what keeps me poor. I am bound to say, however, that I wouldn’t let the-stock go at 12 cents to any- body else but you. I'd like to give you a boost.” ‘I think that’s dubtieh ior ee Pe a You’ve just started in business, and “Youre uncommonly benevolent for a broker, Mr. Went- Ee worth. Get the stock. Here is $1,200.” 'The trader counted the money with some alacrity, carried ~ it to his cashier with a memorandum, and then returned © with ten 1,000-share certificates of the Blizzard Gold and Silver Mining Co., which he handed to Fred. _ “Thanks)” said the young broker, rising. say good-day.” “Cood-day, Farnham. all in again.” Fred said he would some time, endl left. “T will now ‘ “Well, Pve made $325 on, this deal, at any. rate,” he said oe . to himself on his way back, “I wonder what put it, into Mr. Bagley’ s head to buy this stock? pretty’ hard-headed, practical man. Maybe he’s received a lot of glowing circulars and prospectuses from the mine’s © | promoter out in Goldfield and they impressed him. We I hope he won’t lose anything by his investment. He ca | say that I was over-anxious to push iton him, I don’t want | any customer of mine to have it in his power to say tl I helped to do him. Sore people, Mr. Finkelsheim, for in- stance, don’t mind that kind of reputation, but I do.” Mr. Bagley y dasa! up at three o’clock and Bred hand him the ten certificates. : The hotel keeper put them in his pocket with every e dence of satisfaction; and after a short conversation: took his departure. af He had been gone about ten minutes hin Fred’ noticed a folded piece of paper on the floor beside his desk. He picked it up and looked at it. ‘There was some writing on the inside, which | ran as f lows: < { “Tvanhoe, Nev., May 6. *“Dear Bill—I am gotta to put you on toa good thing. |limit. It’s the Blizzard Gold and Silver Mining Co. ee initial a hurrah about a year: fa ioe Was Te ie ; ree hie Em ae of tise’ transaction’ ‘with | : eceipt for ak 500, and his first customer in gar 115 cents. For the Test six ; months it has nee asked on in Goldfield with some suspicion, some » of the broker: re- ara it as a gold brick. Well, it is a gold brick, but n a spurious one. It’s the real article, but the news of the @| discoveries are at, present eing kept a dik d se | that those on the inside can, b ack the treasu He looks like a
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| > as much of it as you can afford to buy, and reap the benefit | _ of the rise when it comes. - Yours truly, Nh, Ae Fred was astonished at the contents of the paper. : How had the letter, minus it’s envelope; got into his officer, ? *'The only ‘visitor Fred had had since he returned to his » office was Mr. Bagley, therefore, as the hotel keeper of +» Shreveport had shown a decided interest in Blizzard stock, _ the must have dropped the letter accidentally on the floor _ when pulling out his handkerchief, as Fred recollected he _ thad done. | ~. The glowing contents of the letter would easily account - for Mr, Bagley’s desire to get possession of some of the _ stock of the Blizzard mine. His friend “W. H. H.” seemed to have secured inside information about the mine that was very valuable, if true. word, for he had bought 10,000 shares of the stock with the object of profiting by. the tips). _ Fred began to eansider if it wouldn’t be a good thing for him to load up on Blizzard with the same purpose in view, "since the pointer had come to him through the carelessness of the hotel keeper, While he was considering the matter, Meyer opened the door and sdid: “A lady py der names of Bishop to seen you.” «Ask her to walk in,” replied Fred. : if a moment the door opéiiex again and a ‘sitie dele Ing woman of pertens thirty years entered the room. (CHAPTER vL FRED FALLS INTO MR, FINKELSHETM’S TRAP, _ “Mr, Farnham?” she asked interrogatively. “That’s my name, ma’am. Will you be seated ?” The caller took the chair beside his desk, and lifting her veil revealed a face of considerable beauty, which was _ furtiter enhanced by various artificial aids that some ladies - are fond of employing to make themselves as fascinating as ' possible. - “T saw your adver tisement i in the ‘Daily Indicator,’ ” said the lady, sweetly, “and as IL have some mining stock I wanted to sell I thought T would come down and see you (about it”? _, “Well, you came to the right place,” smiled Fred, con- gratulating himself on the fact of catching two customers on the same day. “What is the name of the rains stock you wish to sell 2” Tye, got it here in my bag. a present of the ‘certificates about a month ago. cided that I’d rather wich the value of the ‘stoeke than ba stock itself.” The lady opened her ee and brought out, to Fred’s s stir e, four 3, ,000-share certificates of Blizzard mining stock. The market price at this vena . understand, dg 1s shai . Mr. Bagley clearly put great dependence on his friend’s My tishand, whos isa bedi mercial traveler, and is on the road at present, made me | T have de- | kick himself. THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. | poe much of a demand now for this stock, since the price dropped from 35 cents three months ago.” “Don’t you think you can sell it for 15 cents?” “T think it very doubtful.” “What will you give me for those four certificates?” “As a rule I buy and sell stock only on commission, but » as I might be able to do something with these certificates at 12 cents I'll give you that for them now,” said Fred, who had decided to take a chance on Mr, Bagley’ s tip. “That would be how much, altogether?” “Twenty-four hundred dollars, less $50 commission.” “Ts that the best you could do 2? sag the lady, doubt-. fully. “Yes, madam, I guess I could go on the Curb and get all I wanted of the stock for 12 cents. In fact, I bought 10,000 shares about an Hour ago for a customer at that price.” “Well,” she said, with seeming reluctance, “if that’s the best I can do I suppose I’ll have to take it. I think my hus- band, paid 25 cents for the stock.” “Very likely he did, if he purchased it a month or six weeks ago. It was much higher then than it is now, and may go still lower.” “Then you think it will go lower?” she asked. “Tt is impossible for me to say that it will with any de- gree of certainty,” replied Fred.. “Stocks are constantly . fluetuating in value, especially mining stocks. Judging from the slump 3 in the price of this Blizzard mine, I should say that the indications point rather to a further decline than to an advance; but if new discoveries of rich ore should be made, which might happen at any time if the property’ is promising, why, then a sharp advance would be in order.” “Well,” said the lady, “I'll sell the certificates. nti ai Aa cents a share.” Accordingly, Fred handed her $2,350, and. she et the a office with the money, “Dot vos a fine-looking vomans vot vos in here tp s seen you,” said Meyer, about an hour later. “Yes, she was remarkably handsome,” replied Fred. “T tink dot Mr. Finglesomedings make a smash on her, a5 he said, grinning. “Mr. Finkelsheim ?” “Yaw, I vos oud py der hallyays vhen she came opiate office herseluf. Mr. Fingelsheim vos stooding py der stair- 3 vays at der time. Vot you dinks, he valks right up und — stops her und said: ‘Vell, how did you make oud?” She laughed and showed him. somedings dot vos in her hand. Den he shook her py der hand und laughed himseluf. - ‘Come py mine offices, he said, “und I make it all right mit ryou.” Und den she vent py his offices mit him, yust as if — he vos her prudder. I dink Mr. Fingelsheim peen a oy x /poy, I ped you.” Me Meyer evidently thought the interview he had seen was” Fae very funny, but Fred didtmot think it funny at all. tat ‘He suddenly smelt a big mouse, and forthwith ega to He was satisfied that he was the aie of at at i ey Pipiy eae had unloaded 20, 000 share: :
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ce +490 pac clie nat IWR four certificates, Well, the first thing for him to do was to go out and see what is could get from a mining broker for ‘the stock, and} ®‘That’s Mr. Pindar’s head bookkeeper. ._ ‘then he would | know how much he was out by the trans- action. He hurried down to the Curb Sichanis and asked a broker he knew. what he would give for Blizzard mining stock. “T wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole,” replied the broker, laughing, “Why not?” replied Fred, in some surprise. at 15 cents on the Goldfield Exchange,” “That was yesterday, but the quotation amounted to nothing. The people interested:in getting rid of the stock have been trying to keep up the price, probably by means of wash sales. ‘The bottom fell out of the stock to-day, and it’s been removed from the list. As things stand now it isn’t worth anything. At any rate, I wouldn’t give a cent a share for it. I know several brokers who have been bitten on it. _ Wentworth is one, Finkelsheim is another, and Pindar is a : third. They've been trying to get rid of it for some time, but nobody would take it off their hands. Are you one of the unfortunates, too?” “Pm afraid Iam. I’m out $2,000 on. what I got ~ hold of.” “Well, charge it to profit and loss, and then Fic one of the certificates and hang it up in your office as a warning tel be more careful about your mining stock purchases in the “Tt’s quoted f ‘ee Pred returned to his office feeling pretty sore, but he registered a vow to get back at Finkelsheim some time for the trick that foxy trader had played on him. - However, “he had the satisfaction of knowing tNat he had i ‘made $16,000 off the Finkelsheim crowd through the tip on D, & G:, and he was sory they didn’t know it. ee ORT day when he. passed Mr. Finkelsheim at the en- trance to the building he detected a satisfied grin on the broker’s countenance. “He’s gloating over having got the best of me,” growled Fred. “Well, it’s a long lane that hasw’t. gota opening I hope to have the laugh on him yet.” , While Fred charged the $2,000 he was out to profit and loss, he didn’t intend to frame one of the certificates as the mining broker had suggested. He put them in an envelope and laid them in his. wal ternoon, as he: was about starting for asks Miss hat disturbed. the matter, Miss Bancroft 2 aed Fred. “You THE YOUNG MONEY gad ot : Mr. Bagley had hare the letter near his desk designed- | lowed close behind me as far as Mr. Pindar’s lflba. iy, for soon after his departure the lady had called with the | certainly is no gentleman to act in that way.” get themselves into hot water.” with Fred. ‘It was not impossible that the Blizzard stock might come | : ife again some days in which event he wee be ales who had just been to hers, outa aA office look- | Bot vs ~ etre He r= “What does he look like?” Ms “He's tall and thin, and of a sandy complexion.” / If he bothers » you again let me know, and I will take him;in handy? ~ «Oh, no, Mr. Farnham, ” she replied, hastily $. ye don’t want you to get into any trouble on my account.” “Miss Banerott, I won't permit you to be annoyed any more than I would if you were my sister. I consider it my . duty to protect you if you stand in need of it. I hope you — t understand that I am your sincere friend, and that I. have ’ your interest at heart.” “Thank you, Mr. Farnham,” replied the girl, flashing a grateful look in his face. “You-have indeed been very kind — and nice to me since I came to. your office, and I appreciate . it probably more than you think.” ae Fred bowed and walked out of the office. ye ae That afternoon: Miss Bancroft was very busy, and work oy up to five o’clock, Fred remaining to keep her company. Ook i When she was through he offered to see her as far as” ‘the fe elevated station at Hanoyer toni and. they lett ne office together. eS fe re - a3 es ee q ze) gotten a small package he intended to take Heel asked , her to excuse him a minute while he went, bac : get it. nege Tt only took him about two minrte, “but hei liek came in sight of the elevator he saw Mr. Pindar’s head book- - keeper making a bee-line for,Miss Bancroft as she stoo awaiting his return. “Well, if he baat got a nerve!” muttered Fred, hurr ing forward. “Some persons are never happy unless t The stenographer did not recognize the bookkeeper it he was close to her, and then she stepped back from the elevator in order to avoid giving him the slightest excuse, gs address her. — & The man, however, was determined to take advantage of 4 his-opportunity. By “Don’t run away, miss,” he. said. “Won't you ver me to introduce myself? ? My name is——-” “Mr. Kraft, kindly leave that young. lady alone,” 8 r 4 manly voice in his ear. Pate The bookkeeper whirled around ea came oe to be Wet VEE SERA er ogee rica CHAPTER VII. : FRED LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT HENRY KRAFT, “What's that ?” snorted Henry Kraft. = “T requested you not to annoy that young lady,” Fred, coolly. j “Wow dare you butt into my business: ey deman bookkeeper, angrily, for he did not preeBeite. the 7 Farnham. ! ou aes no: right to ‘try and. force 1 ady, Mr.
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ect Miss Bancroft against your undesirable advances. My tight to do so is anquestionable: as she is connected with office, ” ‘Your office /” “Yes. My name is Frederick Farnham, stock broker.” - “Oh, indeed,” replied Kraft, with a sneer. ee youre boy broker, are you?” He had heard considerable about Fred from his employer, d, as Mr. Pindar had no yery high opinion of Fred, it s natural that his bookkeeper would also be somewhat prejudiced against the young broker. ‘I may not be a man in years, Mr. Kraft, but I know ow to behave myself toward’ ladies,” retorted Fred. ‘Do you mean to say that I don’t know how to behave self??? *You are not behaving yourself as a gentleman towards ss Bancroft, at any rate. This is the second time to-day have tried to force yourself on her notice without any neouragement on her part. Now, please cut it out in the e. ‘ou young whippersnapper, how dare you use such lan- age to me?” roared Kraft, in a rage. that moment*the elevator stopped at the floor, and ignoring the bookkeeper, said to the girl :\ ome, Miss Bancroft, we will go, if you please.” he hurried into the elevator, and, as Kraft made no at- empt to follow—much to the girl’s relief—the cage went lown without him. “That man makes me so nervous,” said the stenographer, they were leaving the building. “T was so afraid Maes night have trouble with him.” | don’t think he would have found it to his uitvntiaae to have had a run-in with me. I am not the least bit afraid »-skepeople of his stamp,” replied Fred. “But it would, have been dreadful if you had come to _ blows, just on my account.” P “Tt would have been in a good cause, so far as I was con- ‘cerned, and I fancy he would have had cause to regret it ~ had he made an attempt to strike me. I am fully able to take care of myself, even if it comes to a scrap.” z Peleg he may not annoy me any more,” she said, ner- J aye & have. an idea that he won’ *t, so don’t worry about ih? After that they got talking about something more inter- esting than Mr. Kraft, and in a short time they reached is cting considerable attention at th eines 'as NOW ruling at 56. 1 George Westcott and ae an order with. hi THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. of pasteboard, evidently the production of a cheap printer, — eral days it had been going up slowly, one surely, me consideration he decided to get = on it, 80] all ce the dead shares of the Blizzard mine that ay snugly tucked away in his safe. Miss Bancroft was not.troubled further by Henry Kraft, who gave her a wide berth whenever they accidentally met, either in the elevator, or in the corridor. Kraft, however, had it in for Fred for interfering be- tween hig and ‘the young lady, and he cudgeled his brain for some plan that would enable him to get square with the young broker. He was willing to-do most pear ateee however mean and ‘+ contemptible, provided it did not react on himself—in fact, such tricks wére right in line with his nature, and came easy to him; but their success depended largely against whom they were directed. While he hated Fred, he was, at the same time, afraid of the smart young broker, and so he went slow about getting back dt him. f It happened, however, that trouble overtook him from another quarter. One day, as Fred was on his way to the elevator, ie saw a poorly-dressed little woman, of perhaps forty, looking at the different doors as if in search of some name. ' Thinking to be of service to her, the boy trader SERRE, : up and said: 5 rage ad “Who are you looking for, madam?” “A banker by the name of Kraft.” meh ia “There is no banker in the building by that name, ; ma’am.””’ i “Tsh’t this the Oriole Building’ ou “Yes, ma’am.” * “And this is the sixth floor ey “That's right, ma’am.” _ “Here is Mr, Kraft’s card,” and she showed a small piece ose on which Fred read: “Henry Kraft, Barfker and Broker, Sixth Floor, Oriole Building. Money received: on deposit : at 5 per cent. ” “T know a Henry Kraft on this floor, but he’s. neither a. banker nor a broker. He is a bookkeeper for Owen’ Pindar, yonder. He i a tall and thin, with a sandy ee at hair to match.” “That's fue said the little woman, eagerly. “But, madam, he is not i in business for himself,” lel Fred, regarding the card in a puzzled way, The little woman looked uneasy and somewhat dielneeda’. “Not in business for himself? she fluttered, “When. iow he handed me his card he told me that he had been eae lished ten years. He has $900 of my money, every cent I | have in the world, on deposit.” aa is » Rie taste ss} “Yes, and I came after the ‘ahi on it for six ix aah which he told me I could get. any time I asked for it.” _ “Haye you got anything about poe to de tle: gave” him this money, ma’am ?” the: little woman wan out a small Mm
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gre. THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. seemed to have plenty of money. I had my money in a savings bank at 4 per cent. interest. He told me if 1 would deposit it with him he’d give me 5, and perhaps 6 or 7, if conditions were good in Wall Street, He said he paid 6 1- 2 per cent. last year to all his depositors. He talked to me a good deal about the matter until I finally took my money out of the savings bank and let him have \it, and he gave me that book to eee. He told me to let him know, when I wanted any of my money and he would bring it up to me and save me the trouble of coming down after rien “Very kind of him,” said Fred, with a tinge of sarcasm _in his tone. _ “Bately he moved away from my sister’s, and T couldn’t _ find out where he had gone. It was only by accident that I found this card at my’ sister’s. The one he gave me originally he had borrowed back to use as copy for the . printer, he said, but he did not return it.” _ “Well, ma’am, my advice to you is to go into “Mr. Pin- dar’s office and see if the'Henry Kraft who is bookkeeper there is the same mah who represented himself to, you as |- _ @ banker and broker. If he is, you’d better ask him to _ return you the $900 belonging. to you and then put it back in the savings bank again. In my opinion you are taking great chances of losing it by leaving it in his hands, for he certainly g got it from you under misrepresentation, If you _ have any trouble i in settling with him, come in and see me, and I will try and help you out. Here i is my card.” ~ “Tam very much obliged to you,” said the little. woman, gratefully, accepting his card. “You say Mr. ates is a _ bookkeeper for Mr. Pindar on this floor?” “Yes, ma'am. There’s his office yonder. I will be Ti in about half an hour. Should you call at, my office and [| am out, wait for me. In fact, it might be advisable for you De) call and let me know how you make out with Mr. Kraft —that is, unless he gives you your money on. demand, which Tam afraid he won?t do.” Fred then continued on to the elevator, while the little old lady, whose name was’ Elizabeth oa entered Mr. Pindar’s office. A) CHAPTER VII FRED TURNS THE SCREWS ON MR. KRAFT, ‘When Fred got back to his office three-quarters of an _ hour later, he found ae little old lady waiting in the recep= | tion room. : “Step right into my private office, Mrs. Owens,” he said, as. politely’ as though she were a queen. “Well, what luck did you have?” he asked, after they were seated. “That was the Mr. Kraft to whom I gave my money,” |. . she. said. eas thought as much,” replied Fred, dryly p TyiY: “He admitted that ‘he was now working for Mr, Pindar | as his cashier and head bookkeeper, but that he was carrying on his banking and brokerage business asia side issue. He assured me that my money was perfectly safe in his custody, nd offered to pay me the 5 per cent. interest on it that was that I had con nded to. draw my ruses as Uhad use: effico. 1, I accepted that, and he gaye me $22.50, Then f told} “Was it, Mrs. Owens?” : Z “No. When I let him have my money he said I could draw it any time I wanted to, but that I would lose the eur- vent interest by so doing, just as in any bank.” “Well, what did you say to him? Didn’t you ty One his paying you?” “T told him that I must have it. Then he said that it’ to was impossible under the arrangements. Winally he said that he, would try and let me have $100 in a month. I told” him that was not satisfactory, and them he said that ‘was the best he could do for me. I told him that I would have: to see a friend about it if he couldn’t settle with me, He asked me not to do that, and said he would see if he could do better. He told me to return home, and that he would a call wpon me in a few days.” iy “The fact of the matter is, Mrs. nine. i either cant, vat or doesn’t. want to, return you the money.” ant “What shall I do, ther?” she asked, eC “T can : or afford to loge it.” tek “Well, if you will give me an order on-him for the $900, a I guess I will be able to make him come wp with. it. In the meantime, if you want § $100 on account. I can let you have it.” “Thank you. I don’t wart 6 use the principal. The $22.50 he gave me will answer. If you will draw out an order on him for the money I will sign it.’ I suppose you will need the book?” - “Yes, I will have. a return it to him when he Pays the money.” Fred drew up the aoe and Mrs. Owens ued it, “Ts this your address on the hook, Mrs. Owens?” > ag et is. oP va “Well, yow’ll hear from me to-morrow, ind I hope I shall be able to tell you that I have your apeusy in my vom sion.” ; vill hope ¢ so, Mr. Farnham. I thank you very: eae: fo the interest you are taking in my business, and I am peut ing to pay you for your time.” “hore will be no charge whatever, Mrs. Giens ie cons id sider it my duty to see that you are not imposed upon by a man of whom, for reasons, T have no great opinion.” Mrs. Owens then took her departure, and shortly after ward Fred sent a note to Mr. Kraft by AEE, asking him ue to call on him as soon. as possible. es; In a few minutes the German boy came back, We “Well, what did he say?” asked Fred. “Hoa said, he vould seen you to der old Nicks oe hes vould ¢all py your offices.” . “He said that, did he?” chuckled the young’ pe “Yaw, I ped you he did. He vos purty mad vhen he. ae read dot letters. He told me to go py ger door oud, or: he. e vould put me oud.” “a “He did?” poened Fred. the, “Yaw. I said, I don’d dink you. vill. ye me, oud. I ES could valk me oud midoud any help?” paca Fred ant on his ie and. went straight, to Mr Pinda os a Sy ‘Kraft. pretended, nigh fo see hina, but the y yous broker marched up to his desk. [Soa ica eived the St tip Ms message ou :
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which you owe her. ne mand for immediate payment.” THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE, “What do you want with me?” snarled the bookkeeper. “T have a little business to transact with you which I thought’ you might prefer to settle in the privacy of my office, but since you thought proper to return me an insult- ing reply to my request for you to call, why, we'll fix it up right here.” “What. business have you with me? I have none with _ you. ” “You are apquainited with: an old lady a the name of Elizabeth Owens, I believe,” said Fred, tersely. Mr. Kraft gave a start and changed color. “She has given me an order on you for the sum of $900, Here is the order, and I make the de- “What have yow got to do with this matter?” rdared | Kraft, furiously. “T represent Mrs. Owens. You will pay this money by five o’clock to-day or I'll have you arrested and prosecuted “for obtaining money under false pretenses. That is all there is to it, Mr. Kraft,” replied Fred, in a resolute tone jt Yi and mammner. The bookkeeper staggered amine is desk, the picture of consternation. at will settle with ‘Mins. Owens myself,” he gurgled. . “No, you won’t.; You had your chance to do that a little while ago, and you turned her down. Now you'll settle with me, or take the consequences.” “You have no authority to axe teeta in this affair,” edad Kraft, tremulously. “Yes, I have. That order is my authority.” “T can’t recognize it. I have an arrangement with Mra, _ Owens which I can hold her to.” oe “You haven’t any arrangement with her. Even. if you send the whole transaction is clearly’ illegal. You repre- sented to her that, you were a banker and broker, which you ‘never were. Here is your alleged business card, which can be used against you in court. Perhaps I had better show it to Mr, Pindar and ask his opinion about it.” “Don’t for Heaven’s sake. tered the bookkeeper. | “Then he doesn’t know that you have een ewes! fa cards, eh?” ; ite never issued any of them.” “What do you call this, then?” ‘T only got a dozen printed, a for any honest purpose, I should imagine.” “I had them printed just for fun.” : “There wasn’t any fun in taking he $900 from Mrs. It was every cent she owned i in the world. What did you 0 with it?” fas Mr. Kraft, oe ight. He might discharge me,” a is that all? That proves that you didn’t set them up. ; -{oud, und off I heard arene faa efaate Is have ‘no rs to. aes: me about my ‘pitivate. ; “T couldn’t raise $900 in so short a time to save my life,” whined the bookkeeper, now thoroughly rattled. “What's the best you can do?” ee I can raise $300 by to-morrow.” “Maybe won’t do, Mr. Kraft. That isn’t business. Mrs. Owens wants her money, and you’ve got to ante up.” “T can’t do it on such short notice,” groaned Kraft. “Well, Pll give you a chance. tosmorrow and the balance on Saturday noon.” realized that he was in a had hole. “Very well. of all call on Mr. Pindar and state the circumstances to him, and then I’ll get out a warrant for your arrest.” and dictated a letter to Mrs. Owens which Miss Bancroft typed on her machine. out to post it. Next day, about four, Kraft came in a very ae man- ner to Fred, handed him $200, and said that it was the best he could do. “Tow about the balance?” asked the reaes broker. . “TI pay you $10 a week.” “That aon’t do. It would take a year and a half for “you to pay up at that rate. Bring in $200 more on Saturday and I will give you ten weeks to pay the balance in. Those “lare the only terms I will make with you.” Kraft begged for more time, but Fred was firm, and the — bookkeeper left fecling as if life wasn’t worth living, He had to pawn all his personal property of any value to raise the $200 which. he paid over to Fred on Saturday. The trouble was, he had used the $900 in a marginal speculation and lost the greater part of it. this deal was his only hope. During the next week he was fortunate endugh: to close the transaction out at a profit of $300. After paying Fred two $50 instalments, he went in on hole, a sadder and wiser’ man; but what his private feelings — were toward Fred we leave the reader to imagine. ¥ % CHAPTER IX. : MEYER SUPPEGREENZ TO THE RESCUER, One day before Kraft had completed all his payments “| Mrs. Owens’ account, Fred came into ae office: after rae change. Meyer followed him in and said: “You told me to keep mine ears open ide heh: you; ain’d id? a : “That's right,” ‘replied Pred. e|thing of that kind?” e : ~L ped you I heard somedir ng yu Let me hear wh 43 / Pay $300 by four o ‘elock ou “Tl see what I can do,” fluttered the bookkeeper, who. Tl expect to see you in my office to-morrow, | not later than four. If you fail to come to time I will first — Fred then walked out of the office, returned to his own,, Fred signed it, enclosed it in an ciel ‘and sent Baer He now had-$150 up on a rising stock, and the result of ihe pa | another deal and realizéd enough to get himself out of his
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i ts - machines down. Mr. Fingelsomedings said to der udder shent, ‘Dere dot Dutch lobster is, I told you apoud, = vorks for Farnham der poy proker, vot is a soft snaps to sold Blizzard stocks to.’ Der shent looks at me und says, ‘Vhere did you got dat hat?’ I vosinsulded at such a ques- tions und I looked at him dis vays,” here Meyer assumed.a wooden expression that made Fred laugh heartily. “ “He is _ a fools, said der shent to Mr. Fingelsomedings, und Mr. Fingelsomedings said, ‘Yaw, he got a screw loose py hi’ ubber story.’ Den dey both lle und I felt purty mad, IT ped you.” “T thought you was going A tell, me about something in the stock line?” said Fred. “Yaw, I come to dot now. After dey left der elevators I | _ follow dem close und listen to deir talk. Der shent said to Mr. Fingelsomedings, ‘Now, don’d forgot to got pusy mit ‘O. & B. right avay. Ve vant all dot ve can get yust so _ soon as bossible, und ve don’d vant to pay much over der _ market, vhich to-day is 42,’ ‘Don’d you vorry,’ said Mr. _ " Fingelsomedings. be ready on time. After the show they went to an ice cream parlor aa then took the train for the Bronx. She lived several blocks from the Station, ‘ae they. did. not hurry themselves after leaving the train, although it was nearly midnight. /''The streets were silent and lonesome at that hour, and Fred. took advantage of his opportunity to talk in a very confidential vein to the lovely girl who was every day be). {coming more dear to him. She had very little to say as they walked along! and seemed to give more attention to’the ground than usual, They had walked half a block in silence and were co proaching her home when Fred suddenly blurted out: “Miss Bancroft, there is no use of my trying to aitieak ot the fact, I’ve learned to think a whole lot of you since I * made your acquaintance. Iam thinking more of you every _ day. In fact,.I know I love you very dearly, and I shall ste you go on loving you more and more as time passes. offended with me for telling you this?” “No,” she replied, in an almost: inaudible tone wit “Won't you tell me Picts you care a little bit pee me? a Oey
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At that moment they reached the corner. ‘Suddenly, and without any warning, three rnuffians dashed upon Fred. and struck him dotn: while another |’ stabbed Miss Bancroft and stifled the seream that rose to | @ her lips. Fred, while dazed by the attack, was not overcome as easily as the rascals had anticipated. He was up in a moment, and went“for them with his sledge-hammer fists in a Way that: created some confusion im their ranks. Three to one, however, was big odds for him to gvekeonte; ‘an he had. is hands ful trying to hold ther off. Unobserved by the ruffians, a stout boy with a flaxen- S atred girl.on his arm was approaching down the cross - street. They stopped short and looked at ane serap, which was taking place under a gas-lamp. K “Py shinsher! Dose shaps vill mock dot feller oud und eT avay mit his gel. I feel i like one a hand mit dot scrimmage.”” “You mustn’d done it, aeyae You got yourseluf hurt, pilex ‘yot vould become off me?” said his companion, who _-was.short and stout, and very pretty. ( - Vell, off I got hurt I know id, I ped you; but you ‘dink / 1 yos a *fraid-cap, Louisa, to stood py und see a young - shent mit his ladyloaf got put oud of pizness? Nein. I ~don’d peen such a fellers as dot. You stood here yust a ‘liddle vhiles.” “Now, Meyer, vos you crazy ‘as a lunatic? I von'd led yougo. I vill hold you py der arms so you don’d move.” * “Tonisa, I yos ashamed off you, to dink dot yow vould » 4 _ fix, und do noddings to helup dem.” ‘ - Meyer. Suppegreenz, for he it was, shook himself loose from his anxious sweetheart- and thide a break for the ruf- fians, just as one of them, aes Fred with a glancing blow » from a slung-shot. di - Meyer uttered a wild yell and went for the three men. “The rascals were startled by his sudden appearance, and » he bowled one of them over BeOts they recovered them- | selves, ; Phen the other two seitadl for hit, _ Tt happened, however, that a revolver had fetap’ from. _ the pocket of the chap the German’ boy h: knocked down, +i and he snatched it ue and fired it into t he face of one of the others. Se e powder blinded him. | He shouted that he was shot, and staggered off with iy to his face. eport of the weapon ended ihe fight, for a others heir heels and fled. in her arms and called ¢ on him to speak to her. | “after the retreating ruffians, without any | them run faster, and then ‘PEE YOUNG MONEY ~ stood here ‘and seen a gel und her syeedheart in such a pad } off Mr. Koopenhaus, der groceryman, who. yust got back | : The bullet grazed ‘the rascal’s cheek, while the fos ot hand. to | und shot von off dem py der ‘aces but how 8 here Fred lay half sisal and ‘iene ee same,” 15 MAGNATE, Then he shouted for Louisa to come over, and she Was ‘soon standing by his side. CHAPTER X - FRED WINS THE GIRL OF HIS HEART, Tillie Bancroft was holding Fred’s head in her arms and _ weeping, while she wiped the blood away from the wound on his, scalp, which was not serious at all. “Dear, dear Fred; speak to me!” begged the girl, wha felt at that moment, that the young broker was all in all — to her, and she could not disguise her feelings i in her excite- _ ment. od Meyer knelt Yo and iooked at the cut on his employer’ fe head. He saw that it was nothing to be worried at. Be “Dot don’d amound to noddings, Miss Paneroft. He vill spoke to you in a minutes, Yust vait a liddle ung, ford got so oxcided.” In a few moments Fred recovered enough to realie re he was practically in Miss Bancroft’s arms, and the sensa- a tion was so very pleasant that he took his time recovering ee completely. F “Vell, Mr. Farnham, how you felt now?” asked Meyer.” . “Why, hello; that you, Meyer ?” “T ped you id’s me.” “Why, where did you spring from?” said Fred, ashe’ on his feet and grabbed the stenographer’ § arm for support for he felt: dizzy. “And who is this young lady ?” pp “Dis is mine sveedheart, Louisa Strauss. Louisa, ae is * i mine poss in Vall Street, Mr, Farnham.” vi “Happy to meet you, Miss Strauss,” said Fred, as < the young German girk made a bob. : “Louisa, I make sa ocquainted mit Miss Pancroft, who went on Meyér., Another bob from the ficeoh Sialic gishand a ani the stenographer. s we “You vish to know vhete ve spring Aes: Mr. Farnham Vell, Louisa und me peen toa surbrise pardies at der houses from a visits to der Faderland. Ve vos coming py der es, street down vhen' ve seen der scrap, und I tought I voulk took a hand in id to help der veaker pitrdy out. 25 P23 “Then I suppose Miss Bancroft and I owe our rescue you, Meyer,” said Fred, grasping his office boy bytthe hand “Vell, I von’t said dot ain’d der fact. I guess dot Loui und me didn’d got here any too quid aed : “So you carry a revolver, do you, Meyer?” said Fre serving the weapon that. the Germian hoy. still held “Nein. One off dem aieipe dipped id. T pi “Well, I’m very much obliged te you, ee what u owe ae us said Fred. any
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16 THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATR., . “Then Miss Bancroft and I will bid you both good-night, as we go up this street,” said the young broker, taking Tillie’s arm in his. A. few ‘minutes later the stenographer had reached her own door. Fred took her hand in his and put his arm around her unresisting form. “You do care for me, don’t you?” he said, eagerly. “Yes,” she replied. “How much ?” “Qh, very much,” she roplieg, turning te head away to hide her blushes. “With all your heart?” he persisted, drawing her to him, “Yes,”she murmured, dropping her head on his shoulder, “And T love you with all my heart, too,” he said, raising her head and kissing her. | Next morning, when the stenographer was taking off ee hat, Meyer said to her: “Vell, vot you dinks off mine sveedheart, Miss Pan- bee OhORD er | “She's a. very pretty girl, Meyer.” “T ped! you she is; You don’d seen such a nice gel efery >. day, ain’t id?” "Miss Baneroft laughingly said that she’ fully gain _ with him. Just then Fred came in and bade them Goodmimalan: _ ‘Will you come in and take a little dictation, Miss Ban- croft? 2 Et “Certainly,” she ‘replied, getting her- notebook. a _ Meyer looked at them meditatively, and then went to his "seat and winked a big wink all to himself. _ When Miss Bancroft came out of the room after a very. brie interval, looking very rosy about the cheeks, Meyer - Was, “chuckling to himself at a great rate. “J ped me mine life dot dictation vos only a plind ‘so dot _he could kiss her midond gifing der snap avay. I done dot _ mit Louisa more as avei. dozen eat penoeslet ” and he _ chuckled again. Fe After a little while Fred wert ae ‘nd i eleven o’clock | : was in the gallery of the Exchange, looking 20 hustling traders on the floor. ~° te. Tyo days passed before there was anything doing i in 0. & B., and then it went up a couple of points. down: at the Next day it went up a point and a half, and on the sa after, which was Saturday, it closed at 47. Fred, who was now looking for the boom to set in, was in the gallery early on Monday morning. Ha The stock opened at 47 3-8 and went with a rush to 49, Sie a bear raid was made on it, and it fell back to 43. in a few ‘minutes, amid great excitement, for the brokers who ~ had bought a short time before were eager to sell out at a loss, under the impression that a big slump had set in. i oe 0. & B. did not get below 43, and shortly after it was rushed up to 50, ‘amid renewed ‘excitement, traders: vying th one another i in their eagerness to buy. once more. Many | of the purchasers were brokers who had sold short. a few Aen before, and the unexpected. rise forced them they might be certificates of stock. mapes?? in ade © cover os a RaSh ib RAIN He held on, however, for he believed the price would go higher. After that it advanced racial slower than ie ‘haute it. would, and was going ut 57 1-8 when the clock of he Ex- change stood at two. % Fred then concluded that he wouldn’t hold on any ‘ener He knew that Westcott was on the floor, so he went down- : stairs and sent infor him. oy When the broker came in answer to his call, the young — trader told him to sell out his shares at the market. Westcott nodded and went back to carry the order into effect, while Fred went to lunch with a healthy appetite, for he figured that he would come out $150,000 ahead of the — deal. si When he settled up with his broker he found that his G caleulations had been correct, and that he was now worth $213,000. ? That day, as he was returning to his office after Tanah, he overtook Tillie at the entrance to the building. = They got off at the fifth floor by mistake, and as soon. as they discovered their error they started for the next ck ie by way of the staircase. ue Right ahead of them was an old gentleman who was as- cending the stairs with the slowness and Leash: ? of one afflicted with the infirmities of age. be At that moment Broker Owen Pindar ran ‘hs of rae office, which was close to the head of the flight, and mcg down the stairs in a great hurry. i He had a bundle of papers in his hands that looked as. ite ee Mr. Pindar, in his reckless haste, collided with ans up= set the old gentleman who was ascending the stairs ahedd j< of Fred. Farnham, indignant that he did not stop te apologize, - ok, lowered his head and butted him squarely in the chest. fe hee e CHAPTER XI. eee FRED MAKES A NEW PRIEND AND GETS A COMMISSION. S Broker Pindar went backward, tripped over the old gene De tleman’s body, and landed on his back at ia turn of ‘the 4 stairease. ae The papers had Cogan of hig hand atid were scattered s over the marble floor below. i: es He was sputtering with rage when he got on whe fect, _ “You young villain !” he roared, shaking his ‘ist in Pred’ face as the boy was assisting the old gentleman pa SS ae did that on purpose !” “T admit it. You deliberately knocked this seid down and started on without pausing to sce whether he was injured or not, or even to apologize., You acted like an overgrown hog, and I guess I ieee: give yon anys ‘mor than you deserved.” “How dare you call me an ‘overgrown hog, you j “T didn’t say you were, I 7 said rt you acted “te Wee pre) Fait so pis did.” cn ng
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7 ee ¢ i x \ ae THE Pe OS MONEY MAGNATE. . 17 ae nr ee a biggest scale, eile is the outcome of high financial meth- ods. The big chaps now seem to operate altogether with | loaded dice. They have a firm grip on the market, and nearly always win millions, while the smaller fry look. on at the game and are glad to pick up the crumbs left over.” “That’s right, sir. Wall Street runs’ the country these times, Two or three men of big wealth think nothing of _ buying a railroad now, watering its securities and unload- ing on the public at a handsome profit.” ; After some further conversation Mr. Marsh said he would have to go. “T am under considerable obligations to you, young man, for your kindness, and I hope I may have’the pleasure of | meeting you again. I come downtown very seldom now, so that it is impossible for me to say when I could give you another call. However, I shall be much pleased to have you — call on me at my home, T live with my daughter and her » husband, although the house is mine, but will eventually go to my daughter and her children, The address is No. — Hast Sixty-eighth Street. Any time you may feel in- | clined to favor me with a visit I will be happy to see you. If you should ever get into financial difficulties, and find — yourself in danger of going to the wall, let me know, and I may be able to help you aut.” “Thank you, Mr. Mae T will give you a call in the near future.” ; Bibs 2 The old gentleman then site his leave. ite A short time after Mr. Marsh’s departure George Weak. cott called and was shown into the private office by Meyer. _ “yy ant you to a a little Gases for me, Farnham,” Be he said, pai “Tm tieht on th job,” iairehsd Fred, js 5 “Tye got a large order tp execute for a big customer,” ONS, | said Westcott, “For reasons, I don’t want to be known in | the matter, so I. thought you might be able to do the buying. for me.” “Pmiready to attend torit.”” a ; “The stock is to be delivered C. 0, D. at the Atlas: Hall e ee tional, so all you will have to do is to pick it up at the best ‘price you can within a couple of points of the, market.” “What is the name of the stock ish fest SMa RANT vata Si Mr. Pindar said ee not altogether polite, and then hurried downstairs to recover his papers. “T trast you are not hurt, ‘sir,” said Fred to the old ie gentleman. “T feel as if I had been rather roughly handled,” replied the old man, with a feeble kind of smile. “T suppose I will have to apologize for Mr. Pindar’s rude- ss, as he is a brother broker, if only for the honor of the ” fraternity. I don’t think many traders would be so grossly impolite to an old gentleman like yourself. I told him what I thought of his conduct, and I hope it will make him more cautious in the future when he’s in an uncommon urry. Allow me to assist you up the rest of the way.” “Thank you, young'man. You are very kind. Might I ask your name?” he added, as they walked up the balance of the flight. poe My naine is Fred Farnham, I am a broker, though a new one.” ~ “Tam glad to know you. My name is Robert Marsh, and Tam a retired operator myself.” a “Pleased to make your ‘acquaintance, Mr, Marsh. Will you step in my office and take a seat for a little while?” Mt will walk in for'a few minutes. My nephew’s offices ” are on this floor, and Iam on my way there. I got out of the elevator on the wrong floor, that is why I stited to | walk up the staircase.” On the way to his office Fred learned that Edward Gib- Ons, a. Curb broker and mining promoter, on that floor, was. Mr, Marsh’s nephew. The young trader led the old gentleman into his private handed him a chair beside his desk. ‘@ quite young to be in the brokerage business for | eourself,” said Mr. Marsh. “May I ask how old you are?” _ “Nineteen.” pet 9° 393 " ' “How long have you been in business?” _ “About three months. Prior to that I was the Exchange representative of Mr. Robert Fulton, who has retired from active, participation in the affairs of the Street. I was in is employ nearly six years, beginning as his office boy and ’ messenger, and working my way up. “While acting for him at the Bxchange G partibipated: in a ‘number of lueky deals on my own hook and accumulated a small capital, which ~ Thave since increased to over $200,000.” “How many shares ans you want.” i tes Cas “Indeed! You have been very fortunate, Bi “Any part of 30,000.” nh EEN Well, Thave no.compl aint to make, so far. Thope some} “That’s quite an order.” a bY yt ) be’ worth a million or two.” “Yes, I'll divide the commission wiih you.” beri Uae You have your life before you to make it in. My lite “All right. That is quite satisfactory.” tee Bh nd ane, but still I have done. very well. I don’t believe in amy ‘danger of going to the poorhouse,* ' at's a comforting reflection when one. gets. to be old ger able to ‘hitsile,” replied Fred. | “T have no find things much different in Wall aah to ere pet de were a ee pio aa Mr, Westcott left, and then Fred started out seit gather Jin the 30,000 shares of A. & P., if he could find them. . ‘The stock was going at 72. : ~ By three o’clock Fred had bought 12, 000 hakeat” “As he was making a ‘bee-line for the _ office 0 broker » i, a he had been directed to, Wentworth | came oe) and 1 opped him. : ; uf where: ine rush, ‘Glcataint 2” he said. oy : replied Eon who iad t spoken 7) ;
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48 Fred. was not anxious to enter the cafe, but he felt that it would look discourteous to refuse Wentworth’s invitation, though he knew the trader was no friend of his, so he went in with him and took a sargaparilla, while Wentworth ordered a mint julep. “This is my tenth to-day, Farnham,” he said, as he pulled the glass toward him. “T should think it was ten too many. ” “Oh, I’m used to them. They’ keep me primed up ‘for business, oe “Some day they'll do you up altogether.” “Don’t you believe it. .'They’re good for my health. Are you buying anything these days: om he Vig eg. ” “What is it?” ” “Blizzard, if I can get any of it.” “Youre joking, TI guess.” “No. Pye’ got. 20, 000 shares in my safe which some good friend of mine unloaded on me just before the botton: fell out of the mine. I’m keeping the certificates as an’ object lesson. One of these days, when the mine comes to life, if it ever does, maybe the laugh will be on my side.” so. When thosegprospects peter out it js generally for good,” ia grinned Wentworth. “You'll never realize anything out of - Blizzard.” aa I recollect aright, when -you mee me 10,000 shares of it at 12 cents, you praised the mine up’ as a winner,” replied Fred, drily. ey thought it was at the time.” _ “You were glad to sell me those 10,000 shares at 12 later ‘on, just the same.” © “You bought them for a customer,” said Wentworth, “How do you know I did? I didn’t tell you.’ _ “T had that idea.” SY ca; hought them for a customer, but I guess I i gk on me.” Don’t care if I do.” Set Pee ‘Two minutes later. Fred vas on the street. again. ’ ; CHAPTER XII. uP) [PRED MAKES ANOTHER NEAT HAUL IN THE MARKET. fore noon. “whole of the stock, which’ ‘he presumed had aleal been delivered at the Atlas Bank. - The broker complimented. him on his success and sent im. a check to cover one-half of the commission. ‘ hat closed the matter, and Fred felt at liberty to look t, a8 he suspected that Westcott was buying’ for a syn- that. intended to boom the price. —- THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. e: Bes them: back again. Well, ru have to leave you. Have a cigar seal Fred secured 6,000 more shares of A. & Bs by four | g o’clock, and the balance of the ss he filled next day be- ‘He then notified Westcott i sas that he had bought the und and see if he could buy a few shares. on his own ac- | d it so scarce that 2D was — aie to bay 8 3, ies “Sure of that?” “He had it yesterday, at any rate.” be “J’ll call on him and see if he’s got any now,” said Thoal| Getting out of the elevator on his own floor, he walked E into Mr. Finkelsheim’s office. Ae pe The broker was surprised to see him, and after telling him to sit down, asked ne young broker what he could do, ; for him. “T want to get some A. & P. shares. Mr. Wentworth suid you had a few.” “How many do you want?” a “That depends on what you’re asking for them.” “T’ll let you have any part of 5,000 for 73.” “No, I can’t give more than an eighth above the ait i If you ‘want to sell the block at 72 1-2 Pll take them. pies es “Margin or straight?” Rise “Margin.” 3 “All right, you can have them,” and the deal was made. between them. ““Pindar has 2,000, if you want any more,” said. Finkel heim. “Pm not buying ahything from Mr. Pindar. gi want, to get them for me I’ll take them at 72 1-8: tpi “Wait a moment.” a: Mr.%inkelsheim called his boy and sent him with a: to Mr. Pindar. - He came back ina for minutes. with the aia ; An hour later the price of A. & P. advanced to 73. On the following day Westcott himself bought all the t was in sight on the floor at prices varying from 13 1- 74 3-4. i Then some of the other brokers woke up to the fact, there was something.in the wind about A, & P., and the efforts to get the stock sent it to 76. Mr. Finkelsheim called: twice on Fred that day, and th last time found him in, i “TH give you 76 for those 7 ,000 shares: Tm holding for you,” he said. Fred ‘declined to sell, saying that he was een for to go still higher. “Did you get a tip on it?” asked the broker, enrion “No, The only tips I ever got were those you gaye m “Me!” exclaimed Finkelsheim, in surprise. “TI eve gave you or anybody else'a tip. You are dreaming!“ “You mean I dreamed it. I guess you're right. have funny dreams sometimes. For instance, I dream that you once sent a lady in here with 20,000 shares. Blizzard mining stock to unload on me at 12 cen s, ju about the time the bottom fell out of the mine.” Mr. Finkelsheim gasped and changed color, he not the slightest suspicion that Fred had any inkling the trick played upon him’ was a. put-up: job on’ his-y “Unfortunately, i continued the boy trader, “the occurred too late. I was chump enough to bu th and it’s in my safe now, worth about so much oars you hinting that I sent adady to: ‘you. sk 4 Piss
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THE YOUNG MONEY. MAGNATE. ee 2 s When it reached 87, Fred went to the office of the broker who held the 3,000 shares on margin and told him to sell the stock. -It was gobbled up in 1,000-share lots, and: the price kept on/up. -Then Fred noticed that the stocle was coming out from other quarters. “Tt’s time for me to sell the rest ue mine before the price begins to sag,” he told himself, so he dropped in on Finkels- heim and directed him to sell the 7,000 shares in small lots at the market. It was a bitter pill for the trader to help increase Fred’s cash balance, but, of course, he had to go through with it. Next day he sent his check to Fred, and the boy found that the 7,000 shares had been sold for an average of 88. Altovether the young broker had cleared $147,000 on the deal, which raised his capital to $360,000. ~ “J accept your plea of not guilty,” laughed Fred. “Well, that wasn’t the only remarkable dream L had in which you figured, ' About three months ago I dreamed that you, Pindar and Wentworth came in here to'see me. While you 4 Avere: here you put me on to the fact that you Were all in- “terested in a syndicate that was about to boom D. & G. rhe dream impressed me so much that next day I bought 3,000 shares of the stock, at 60.--The price went up soon later, and I unloaded the shares on somebody in the Ex- ange; at 763-8, and cleared $16,000. That was a lucky eam, wasn’t it?” Finkelsheim gazed at Fred in a dumfounded way. It was evident that.the boy broker had secured some ad-| vance knowledge about the syndicate in question, and had "used it to his advantage. ' What. puzzled him. was how had Farnham found the he reader will remember that Fred got the tip through | / er Suppegreenz, who heard the three brokers talking t the syndicate the day he was hired by. his young em- er. Then I had a third dream Sua you,” continued: Fred. thought some operator hired you to go out and buy O. & B. shares on the quiet. As my last dream had been so rtunate I decided to take a chance on that, too, go I bought 10,000 shares of the stock for 42. Sure enough, in » & short time it began to go right up. I held on till it got ' e 57, and then sold out, I cleared $150,000. I hope have another dream of that kind that will net me a ter of a million.” : i Finkelsheim was knocked all of a heap by this second Tevelation, and he did not know what to make out of it. He “began to wonder if the boy sta have the gift of dond-sight. “Those were the only tips I ever oe and they came to e through you, as I have just explained,” chuckled Fred. inkelsheim grunted. ‘He would hee given a whole lot to know es how Fred CHAPTER XIII. < FRED REFUSES TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A BLIND POOL. The afternoon of the day that Finkelsheim settled with Fred for the A. & P. deal, Wentworth and Pindar ease at his office in response to notes. “Well, what’s in the wind, Finkelsheim?” asked Went- worth. “J want to talk to you about Farnham,” said the trader. “Farnham, eh? What about him?” “J just made $150,000 for him.” ; “The dickens you did! How?” aie Finkelsheim explained. ¢ as “That boy has hog luck. He must have got a tip shout bie A. & P.” ae “T suggested as much to him, bit he denied it.” “Of course he’d deny it. So would you or I under the same circumstances. The worst of it is that when he came in and asked me if I had any of the stock I referred him Ey to you. I thought he wanted it for a customer.” : bri “T know you sent him to me, but I didn’t think A & P, ope was going to advanee the way. it did.” rate “Of course you didn’t, or you wouldn’t have been such ica a-fool as to sell him the stock. a have “You got 2,000 shares out of me for him, too,” growled Pindar. “TI hate the boy.’ He upset me on the stairs the other day, and I’ve got it in for him. I’d give a Eon a ‘dollars to get even with him.” ne “Well, that’s why T called you two to my office, to see. it we can’t get up some scheme that will bleach him out ue his late profits,” said Finkelsheim. yf _ “Pm with you on that,” said Pindar, eagerly. ; “And you can count me in on it, too,” said Wentworth. ote “Pm not stuck on the boy, by a long shot. He’s too fresh | to my way of thinking. I wish we ‘could drive him to the. < wall. How much do you suppose he’s wouth 2” sie Sayre “J couldn’t tell you, but-he admitted to me that he he = made $166,000 on two deals, and. he’s just cleared $105,01 _ [through me on A. & P. That makes over $270, 000 Then he must have had anywhere from $20, é ith: 1; was ee cone to see that ae. young broker was 1 Ms in his. ites at him, and he was hot under the bet hie ie get over’ those he for a week,” od Fred, after the visitor had gone. “He knows I} the information in some mysterious way, and ‘that, by it. That a make him ue od ” 4 idee was not te dere a ont. went to 85 i in short oie Ae
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120 THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE, “Tt_is,” replied Fred, very decidedly. “AN tight. Il have to look up somebody else. I’m sorry you are missing one of the chances of your life; but, of course, you are the doctor.” Thus speaking, Wentworth left the office, He went to Finkelsheim’s office and told him that Barn ham wouldn’t bite. E “Well, it’s up to us to get the bulk of it away from him if-we can,” said Finkelsheim. “Let's see how we can man- age to do it.” They put their heads together and the interview lasted until after five that day. Next morning Wentworth called on Fred. _. “Say, Farnham, a number of the moneyed chaps are talking about forming a syndicate to boom a certain well-| “Then we'll have to get up some other scheme,” replied known stock. The time is ripe for such a coup, and we | the trader. expect to make a quarter of a million all around. There|’ “I’m afraid we'll have our work cut out to do him, as he are twelve of usin the deal already, and we want to make | seems to be plaguy cautious about what he does. I’m afraid it a baker’s dozen, so I thought I’d tip you off to the chance | that Blizzard matter has made him wary.” of getting in with us as the thirteenth man. arse do you} “ Pshaw! We'll get him yet. If you and Pindar will, say? The ante is a quarter of a million apiece.” guarantee to see me through Pll work him some wat ere, “What makes you think I have so much money as that? | long.” T’ve only been in business a few months.” “You can depend on me,” answered Wentworth. Ce i “T know that, but it’s said you’ve been very lucky. Ij} from the way Pindar feels toward him I guess he'll go the heard Finkelsheim say you cleared over $100,000 on A. limit to get square with the boy.” & P. a day or two ago.” “Well, I'll see Pindar later. You’d better drop in “Mr. Finkelsheim ought to know, for he put the deal | at four. ” a through for me; but he ought not to tell tales out of school.| Wentworth promised to do so and went away. 4 He should nee regarded the matter as confidential.” Tn the meantime, Fred was thinking his visitor's propo “Oh, he merely mentioned it in an off-hand way. Well, | sition over. mee u will you come in on the ground floor with us?” “T wouldn’t go’ into a pool arrangement anyway, exee “No; I’m much obliged to you for offering to take me in | under certain circumstances not likely to come my way, a with you, but I don’t care to invest in the syndicate busi-|T certainly would be a fool to go into anything eonnecte ye ness,” with Wentworth and his friends, which means the Finke ‘ “You don’t mean to say that you'll turn down such a] heim crowd. Why, they would pluck me as bare as a chance as this to double your investment ?” | floor. They showed what their sentiments are towar “Pye made it a rule to go it alone, and therefore I must | when Finkelsheim put up and worked that Blizza respectfully decline to go inté any combination where. I | which was a mere flea-bite in its way. T wouldn’t be at _eannot have the exclusive control of my own money. A surprised if Mr. Wentworth’s proposition covered some quarter of a million isa lot of money to put up before you | spiracy to get legal possession of my funds. Tt woul even know the name of the stock that is going to be i it boomed.” «#211 let you ee: the name of the stock before you ahs vanice a dollar, as long as 3 You g guarantee to go in with us,” said Wentworth, Seat * Why; isn’t that the same as Suiting? up the thoney? If tia: I pass my word to join the pool Tl be in honor bound to ex ough up when the time comes. Suppose I don’t fancy the stock, I can’t draw out. No, Mr. pistes no blind fie pools for me, thank you.” walk into any more fraps if I can help myself.” ' At that moment Meyer returned from an errand Mills Building. - in! “Der questions mit me yust now is, do I got two do more a veeks or don’d 1?” said the German hoy, as he a note on Fred’s desk. “What, are you striking for higher wages al Meyer?” laughed the young broker. ‘You're gettin bo four dollars more now than most messengers who have “You're foolish, Farnham.” . ae been three or four four months in the Street.” eet Piet “Perhaps Jam. Vm young yet, and have a whole lot} “Nein. You dinks I peen a fools? Vot T vis 7 aid to learn, However, I’m willin i take my chances of mak-|is dis: I haf yust picked me wp some more info ing money on the outside. T have done pretty well go far | aboud stocks, und T vos lenin off it vo8 ‘on my own hook, and Tm not looking to acquire a million | oud two dollars a veck.” An 1 express speed.” “Oh, I see what you're getting at, eye r, Wentworth looked disappointed. |time? If you’ve caught on to another gc be the highest salaried office boy in Wall Street, He had expected the boy would be flattered by the prop- | ositi ny and Asie be ae to get in on the Paste of the oe. vhen I vos sae Py, der bans of ler Ft go ea ie: chents rok look like cee come py a doo idea, a ctiicl Wentwo h. - |off dem said to der udder, ‘Shim, ve must p oe Tu a0, <r Il tell you ee name of the und D, we can stood for pefore der news e on you part than your dations mit der M. _ und a5 be oud py der Stre
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THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. _ ie a Next day it rose to 50 by noon, then the consolidation was officially announced as a fact. The value of J. & D. rose to 60 before three, at which figure Fred ordered Westcott; to sell his 7,000 shares. The broker disposed of the stock in small lots, and easily | got rid of it at the top of the market, | The 5,000 shares that Fred had bought outright for some- thing over $200,000, he sold tlrough another broker, re- : There had been reports in the papers off and on for six} ceiving 58 1-2. _- months about a contemplated consolidation of the J. & D.}| When everything had heen settled for, Fred was ahead a . with the M. & N. system, but nothing definite had come of | little over $200,000, and was now worth $567,000. . ‘it.so far. He called Meyer into the office and told him that his Fred had Tead these accounts and had speculated more| wages were raised to $12 a week, and in addition handed * than once on the probability of the consolidation going| him a brand-new $100 bill. _ through. “Py shinsher!” he exclaimed, joyfully. ‘Off dis ain’d _ If it did he knew that the insiders and their friends | a get-rich-quick shob I’m a liars. Louisa vill haf a fit vhen _ would buy all the J. & D. shares in the market they could] sheseen dis bill. She vill dink dot I vos a Shay Gould or ~ get hold of, and when the consolidation had been officially some udder pig pug like dot. I’m right in id, I ped you.” ~ confirmed the price of J. & D. would take on a boom and{ That afternoon, when Fred and Tillie Bancroft were then the wise ones would sell out at top figures and reap| alone in fhe office, the young broker told her that he was j 8 golden harvest. now worth over half a million dollars. aah From the information that Meyer’s sharp ears had cor-| Of course she was delighted to hear he was so successfull sy _ valled it looked as if the consolidation had gone through, in| in his business, for she now had a iis interest invall _ which event it would be announced in a few days. that concerned him. aa J. & D. was ruling around 40, and Fred thought the} That very afternoon Paleclabeter Wentworth ana Pin- “chance of making a good haul in the stock was worth taking | dar held another meeting in the former’s office to consider a risk on. the question of doing up the boy broker on that floor. q ) He judged, however, that the surest indication of the con-| This was the fourth meeting they had held on the sub- ~ olidation would be a scarcity of J. & D. about the Street. | ject, and no definite plan had so far been hit upon to take | aie If the stock was easy to be gotten he wouldn’t touch it,| the place of the scheme which had missed fire. - but if, on the contrary, it was “aifficult to locate, he would} “I’ve got an idea at last that ought to scoop his money eve re buy | as much of it as he could get hold of, which he didn’t | if he'll bite,” said Finkelsheim. ie think would be much. “That is a pretty big proposition, I’m thinking,” replied vei ct Accordingly, he started ona tour of the brokers’ offices. | Wentworth, who was not very enthusiastic as to ultimate Te= Bek - Out of a dozen traders he only found one who had any| sults. NEE ‘of it, and Fred bought what he had—2,000 shares, at 40 1-8.| ‘What is your idea?” asked Pili eipnticalte” Pigclt Vea Next day the young broker left an order with Westcott} “My scheme is to buy options from him on a certain to buy him. any part of 10,000 shares, and then resumed his qe’ say, C. & O., which is now ruling at 70, to run fifteen _ still hunt among the offices. ays, then we'll quietly corner the stock and call on him : ‘He found 3,000 shares more, but had to pay 40 5-8 for it.| to deliver it.” 2 Phen he gave up and waited to hear from Westcott. - Wentworth shrugged his shoulders astif he was not eae s After the lapse of a day and a half he got a note from| impressed with the brilliancy of Finkelsheim’s suggestion. i ~proker. which said that . Westcott; had bought 7,000| “TI doubt if he'll go into the option business,” he said. hares, the. last’ 3,000. with great difficulty, and that he} “We must make the bait sufficiently attractive. We can idn’t think he would he able to get the balance. offer him %5 for the option on GC. & 0.” He had been. obliged to pay an average price of 43 for it.| “What’s to prevent him from going on the market right Fred was now satisfied thatthe emoidation was an un-| away and buying it for 70 and holding it?” doubted fact, — | “Nothing but the fact of tying his money up for fifteen ‘As soon as the news gets. around dd, is hasctieie 11] days, which I doubt if he or any other broker wo to look for the profits that the rise will bring forth,” | However, my plan is to try and get him to sell us to erp ina gies of Be ton that was re-|,on 10,000 or 15,000 shares, ‘That will represent a gooc ‘| [more ready money than he has, so he eghted oa to the stock right away at 909% to Pee effect that ee was’ a » rumor that the} “The scheme is all right, if it works, but on’ stem had secured full control of the J. -& D.| confidence in it as a winner, for it’s, my :01 : ef Marnie wil turn it down like he a the u ind poo “Off you make somedings oud off id den I get me two dollars more vages, ain’d id?” - “That’s right,” replied Fred, and Meyer left the room perfectly satisfied. CHAPTER XIV. FRED, PULLS OFF ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DEAL, DS 4
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22 THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. He supposed Finkelsheim had given it to Meyer to hatid: him, so he began to read it, but had glanced over buta few words when his face assumed a look of surprised interest. . This is the way it ran: “We can get all the cash we want. I ean call on all the boys who went in with us on the D. & G. pool. Just leave the organization of the scheme to me. We'll make the ante a quarter of a million each. - With twenty members in the pool, that will give us a working capital of $5,000,000. The banking house of Isaacs, Cohen Company will act as _ treasurer, and will advance 70 per cent. of the market value of the stock as fast as it’s turned in to them. The house will, of course, be a member of the pool. I count on a backing of ten million, which ought to be enough to swing the deal.” “This is a big scheme to engineer just for the purpose of ' winning a couple hundred thousand from that boy,” said _ Wentworth. “Oh, he’s a mere incident in the game. I’ve had this proposition under consideration for some time without any | reference to him. If we can kill two birds with one stone so much the better. The deal is to be pushed through whether he bites at the option business or not. Now, I’ll submmit all the particulars. We should clean up two or three hundred thousand each, The Farnham matter will be an indepen- dent deal, in which we three only will be interested, that is, if it goes through.” ie _ After Finkelsheim had outlined the syndicate plans, Hit Wentworth and Pindar agreed to go in for a quarter of a million each. _ The trader said he would get the othet seventeen mem- a - bers, including the banking establishment of Isaacs, Cohen “Company, i in line, and would then call a meeting to arrange - ‘the details and secure payment of the first instalment of the _ hecessary funds. _ “As this deal is going through anyway, whether we catch ~ Farnham or not, ” said Pindar, “I think it would be a good idea not to approach him on the option question until we have bought up all the shares we can get on the quiet with- out disturbing the present price. That will make it harder for him to find any if he sold us the option and then started to cover at once,” -. ‘The other two nodded, and it was so 0 decided on. “The pool is now complete. We mect at my office this _ afternoon at four. Don’ fail to be on hand. I find that ~ C. & O. is too risky for.us to handle. Isaacs, Cohen Com-— pany advise the substitution of S. & T., as there are only ~ 70,000 shares on the market, and it will be much easier to — corner. Pindar has got a friend who will call on Farnham ~ and try to get him to sell a ten-day option on 15,000 shares. He will offer him a ten-point advance, which ought to catch him. By that time we'll have the stock cornered and if he _ sells the option he won’t be able to buy the stock to cover: be 5 and wee have him where the hair is short. “PWINKELSHEIM.” “Where the dickens did. you get this, pie 2” asked ie astonished. boy broker. 4 “T found id py der corridors oudside.” “Oh, you did? On the floor, ‘I suppose?” looking sharply ; at the German boy: ji “Yaw. Id vos py der ingide off dis enfelope,” and a. handed the cover to his employer. . ie: Fred saw that it was addressed to Wentworth, and it was clear that that broker had lost it out of his pocket. a A “How came you to pick it up?” re “Oh, vell, I don’d se noddings get py me dese Bie: ‘ ped you.” “Did you read it?” SRE ~ “Yaw, So soon as I seen your names in id I bring ee tae in to you. I said to mineseluf, “Dere is some ‘schemes here vot Fingelsomedings vos going to vork on der poss. I vill shown id to him und dot vill put him py his guard one? Sy “Tt certainly refers to some trick that is about to ie played on me. It may be lucky for me that you found it.” : “T vos glad dot I found id, den, Mr. Farnham.. T took an interest in your pizness efery dimes, I ped you.” “T believe you, Meyer, and I sha’n’t forget it? . — “Dot’s all right. I peen your friend from der ground ° 5 floor ub, T ped me your life. You are der finest poss py | Wall Streets, I vouldn’t shook you for noddings.” © “T appréciate your feelings toward me, sehiee ‘ig you won’t lose anything by it.” “s 5 SOR Gas ces ‘CHAPTER XV. PRED SELLS AN OPTION ON 8. & T. STOCK. : Three days later Meyer, on his way to the elevator, picked up an envelope addressed in pencil to “William Wentworth, “Lose somedings? I ped you nit.” aah: Johnston Building.” “Well, run along with that letter now that 1 gave = “i _ €Ventvorth !” he said to himself. “T vonder off dot peen | to take over to Westeott.” der Ventyorth vot is in mit Fingelsomedings? Vell, Tlook| “Yaw. 1 vill peen dere purty quick, ” and Meyer vans me py der insides und found oud maype. P’raps I found | ished through the doorway. nie etd anudder tips, den I vill got anudder raise.” 5 | . Then Fred re-read _the note. _ Meyer never considered whether it was right or not to.} “So the Pinkelsheim crowd are going to nares: & r., examine the contents. of the envelope. jeh? Well, I guess I’ll have to help them corner iy Ey yerything was fish /that came into his net. ~ | chuckled. “Meyer has the most remarkable luck in get in, He pulled out the enclosure and read it. hold of, tips connected with those people. This will me wasn’t very intelligible to him as a writole but he saw | another raise in his wages. - Then Pindar is going to end ; at it was eaves by THeOre Hiphslehinss, a tng to. a friend to try and buy a ten-day option’ on 15,000 ti |of me at a ten-point advance as soon as they get’ | cornered. Tf I sell it to him then they figu me trapped because I won’t be abl r when th
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THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. 23 “He can’t help that. He didn’t make his own face,” laughed Fred. “Whatever induced you to ie such an office boy? He'd look better in a corner grocery.” “Tm going to make a broker out of him one of these | days.” His visitor laughed sanwaes atthe very idea of such a thing. After they had conversed a while longer on indifferent topics, Pollard began to talk business. “By the way, Farnham, ur you done anne in the \option line?” he asked. “T can’t say that I have.” “Any objection. to selling me a ten-day option on 8. fas Nd Fred looked at him pretty hard, So-Pollard was the man Pindar had picked out to work — the trick upon him. Rg “I might, if you are willing to pay enough que me to run the risk,” he replied, “Well, as. I’ve got an idea that 8. & T. will go above 70 inside of ten days, I’d like to make a deal with you. ll give you 66 and deposit five per cent. of the current wane of the stock as a security.” “How many shares do you want?” “Fifteen or twenty thousand.” ee, “What do you want to pay me 66 for an you oan go) out and buy it on the Street for’56 or 57?” Js “The fact of the matter is, I haven’t the coin to make the deal, even on a 10 per cent. margin. I’m all tied up, but I'll have all the money“I want inside of ten days.” ais: “Well, I don’t care to sell you an option for more than 10,000 shares, Tf that-will satisfy. you I’ll do business with — i you. I guess I'll be able to buy the shares in at a ay ie profit before the ten-day limit expires.” ; “Won't , you make it 15,000?” “No. Ten is the most I’ll take a chance’ on.” rg Sie “Well, if I can’t do any better I'll take the option on ten. Half # loaf is better than no bread. Maybe I can buy another five- or ten-thousand option from somebody else.” » “Probably. You might try Pindar, or Finkelsheim, or | some other broker on this floor,” said Fred, without a smile, 2 ik “Thank you for the tip. rm drop in on Pindar after IL leave here,” said Pollard, with the ghost of a chuckle. Fred wrote out the option, in which he guaranteed to deliver 10,000 shares of 8. & .. to Andrew Pollard, or his” order, at 66, any time he might call for it within ten days. Pollard paid him 5 per cent. of the current value of the stock, which was 56, or $28,000, as a deposit, to be deducte from. the balance due on delivery of the ar a 66 t. $10 profit a share I’ll make $150,000 in spite of their} rewd tactics. It would be a good scheme to buy 15,000 ore shares and dump it on thon after they have boomed . he price. They'll only be able a get 40,000 we alto- hat would be a fine boomerang Dg work on them, rn do Pll bite at the option business and then take a fall out f them when they’re calculating on my being in a hole,” Fred was highly tickled with the idea. : He ascertained that $8. & T. was going at 52. A margin of about $160,000 would secure the call on 30,000 shares, worth about a million and a half. _ Westcott would put the deal through for him right away “before the syndidate got busy. He put on his hat ‘and went out. He stopped at his safe deposit vaults and got the. neces- sary funds, then he went to Westcott’s office and handed in his order. © “Thirty thousand spereed !” exclaimed the broker. “This is not for yourself, ig it?” . “T’m not saying who it’s for, Mr. Westoott: It will be e a nice little commission in your pocket.” “That’s right. Small favors are always thankfully re- ceived. You'll get the usual rake-off, whether it’s for your- self or a a customer, x “There will be other parties after this stoek pr baby to- row morning, so you can’t get on the job any too quick if expect to fill the order.” “Pll look for it at once. What’s the limit? It’s quoted low at 52.” “You can go as high as 54, but I want yout to try and get as near the market as possible, 2 Of course,” Fred. returned to his oflice ee Westcott aces his hunt for the stock. He filled dhe order by noon: next a, nets notified Bred’ that effect. He paid an average of 53 for the entire lot. : gradually advanced to 56 during the week. — About noon on Saturday Meyer announced a visitor. Ti‘was a broker named Andrew Pollard, with whom Fred retty well acquainted. s was his first visit to the boy broker’s office, You've got quite a swell little it,” said Pollard, after ig a seat beside Fred’s desk, s, it’s good enough ‘for a new broker with scarcely lients as yet,’ replied Farnham. takes time to build up a brokerage Hei ” does that. People have got to know you before they ey can afford to ire - their business, Ke y + 4 ne CHAPTER ae Fie in ontside work in sition to what a Ke Mois morning Fred was ape extra ‘early his
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i ae THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. “You know Mr, Pindar and J are not on good terms. I / wouldn’t ask him to do mea favor for a gold mine,” replied 7 Fred. Finkelsheim laughed. “How bad do you want the stock?” he chuckled. © ~~” “What’s the use of saying how bad 1 want it if I can’t | get it? Maybe it will come to the surface to-morrow at the present price.” Finkelsheim shook his head. “A sudden.slump would bring it out oucliel quick,” said Fred. “No danger of a slump at present, It will see a2 before | it goes any lower.” : “T don’t believe it will go to 80,” replied’ Fred. “Tl give you 80 for a three-day option on 10 000; ? said Finkelsheim. “T’ll take you,” said Fred, so-quick that it fnok his breath away, } } ae “Write it out, and Ill give you the deposit—5 per cent. ‘ in the majority of the 40,000 shares, and that they were looking around for the missing 30,000 which Fred held control of. So, when ten o’clock approached, he went up into the gal- lery of the Exchange prepared to see the fun. He was not disappointed in his anticipations. When the chairman’s gavel opened business for the day Wentworth was standing at the 8. & T. post. He started in at once bidding for the stock. A wash sale was made between himself and one of the brokers belonging to the syndicate of 5,000 shares, at 57. Then he bid 57 1-2 for any part of another 5,000. _ Nobody saying “Sold,” he went on raising his bid a point at a time and the traders were attracted to the spot at, once. When he reached 60 somebody sold him 1,000 shares. Then he kept on up to 66, where he rested, after making a wash sale at that price to secure a quotation, Fred chuckled to himself. _ “They think they have me now,” he said to himself, “but I’m afraid theyll get a jolt when’ they call for the stock.” |on the current value.” . ‘Many .other brokers; suspecting that a corner was in} Fred wrote the option, took the money and left Fink progress, tried to buy the stock, butithey couldn’t get it, and | heim hugging” himself for joy. their eager efforts only succeeded in boosting the price to] That evening Fred called on Robert Math at his home 72, where it closed. He received a warm welcome, and was introduced to. Fred thought he’d make a bluff to get the stock from|Marsh’s daughter, his son-in-law and the children, Wentworth and Tinkelsheim, so, a little after three, he| During the evening Fred told the old gentleman’ abou rushed into Wentworth’s office i in some an ae excitement the job that had been put. up on him, and ‘how he had pr » ‘and asked him if he had any S. & T. | pared himself to turn the. tables on the three conspirators. — _ “Not a share, my boy,” chuckled the broker. “Do you} “That was a sharp thing for you to do,” said Mr. Marsh. want it bad ?” “One of thém is the broker who upset you that day on th “Yes, I sold an option at 66, and I want to save caval ” | stairs. He's got it in for me hot and heavy becan “Pm afraid you’re in a hole, for the stock is mighty | bowled him over at the time and afterward spoke my minc ‘scarce. I’ye been trying to get a lot of it fora customer, \ 80 plainly to him. If I only had a couple of millions nos but 12,000 shares was the most I could pick up. hi is|l’d go in and try and break the market, and tg the: ns “mighty scarce, for somie redson.” bunch in the soup. fe ae :. “What do you suppose is the reason ?” “Can you give me a clear, ides how the case tind roan ‘Search me. I couldn’t tell you. i this point?” Tt must be cornered.” Fred explained how the situation was at present... “Tf it is, how are you yoing to get y your 10, 000 shares to} “ They’re going to force the price to 80 or over to-no deliver 7? | Maybe they'll get it as high as 85. Then they'll proba “1 didn’t say anything about 10 ,000 shares,” replied acs call on me to deliver on both options, Of cour se I’m | Fred, almost laughing at the slip Wentworth had made. | pared to settle, and that will knock them silly. How ¥ “YT beg your pardon. I thought you said you wanted | they'll take comfort in the fact of getting possession 10,000 shares.” 10,000 shares at. 66 which they will try to sell for 80 ¢ or No, I didn’t niention the number of shares I; may be|more. The moment both options are settled I’m g ‘ ff stuck for. m | dump the 10,000 shares on the market in a lump. i Dt would be kind N had for you if it was 10,000. The will give the syndicate a mighty. big jolt. «The | 2 stock closed at 72 and may go to 80 to-morrow. Tf you had take it in or there'll be a slump... .1 guess they'll be ab Ett be deliver 10,000 at 66, you’d stand a chance of being $150,-| handle it somehow in order to save themselves, an ¥, 0 0 out. +) A] y make a profit of probably $300,000 on it. PU make ‘T should hope T wouldn’t: be ick as much as that,” re-| of about $130,000 on the option at 66, anyway, and _ plied Fred. “T guess Vl stop in at Ginna ate and see | of $270,000 on Finkelsheim’s option “4 80. Altog ‘if he’s got any that he'll sell.” ; ae stand to rake in $700,000 on the deal as matters. As ak would,” chuckled Wentworth. - “eP ye hi doubt he'll But it would please me even more if I could do’ th oy yy out if he can. s Sea | the corner, and make them lose a wad of money “You certainly make me think of old tim || wher .I made t ee nah in the Street every. {eS
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Spied, od SE Wy echirt i A ea AN ai ap 7 ‘f 78g Me eat —— = ae ‘THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. ae ee, r over to-night, andsif I decide to take the risk -I with eee of things on the tape. What is 8. & T. goimg at now?” ride down to your office in the morning and arrange matters | asked the old gentleman. ® yh / with you. If I am ot. there, then you must carry your|' Fred looked at the tape. own programmé out ou have decided on.” “Tt has reached 80.” Mr. Marsh’s ; now came into the parlor again} “You will make no move fill a settlement is Si prep on iid like to hear their phonograph. | the options?” "y He. ay , as he enjoyed that instrument very |, “That’s right.” ie “Well, in order that there may ‘be no hitch, igi lend you 4 “She put sett a , dozen records on the machine, and soon | enough money to settle for 20,000 of the 30,000 shares your after the youne broker took his leave. broker is holding on margin, so you can, have the certificates on hand to deliver. How much did you buy ee tory: CHAPTER XVII. “They cost me about 53.” Nie ; qpaeeh: 5 “Tt will take $1,060,000 to pay for hed, less $106,000 Ris Se PMU Sais me ome oscuro deposit you put up. That leas you indebted to your bro- Fred didn’t go to the Exchange in the morning, but sat | ker in the amount of $954,000 on the 20,000 shares. Well, - C his office waiting to see if old Mr. Marsh ic come] you have, you say, $470,000 cash. You'll need $484,000 lowntown, as he had half promised to do. more. Allow me to sit at your desk and Pll draw you a ~ The hoy. watched the quotations as they appeaied on the | check for that sum. Wher you go out for your own money pe, and he soon saw that S. & T. was mounting steadily | you can get it certified at the bank, and take it to your oward 80. broker’s. Then you'll be able to bring back the certificates t eleven o’clock Meyer announced Mr. cag you need to settle your options with.” si Send him in here,” said Fred. Mr. Marsh drew his check for the indicated amount. Ir. Marsh entered the room. Fred then put on his hat and went out to get ae stock fafa red welcomed trim and said he was glad to see him in from Westcott. a § office agar, peas He got the ree certified, got his own cash out of his. sate 9." oe arsh ¢ got down to business at onee. deposit box, and called at Westcott’s office. ee sia hey. pte cash have you got at this} “All right, You'll have to come with me to the ch: \P’ve got them hypothecated.. The commission and interest — je nega ‘ brit { ho charges you can settle later.” @ Ag is et Rea ow anuch: on your first In twenty minutes Fred. was on. his- way back to. his of- ho AN fice with the certificates. “S. & T. is up to 85,” said Mr. Marsh, ‘gi he eritered ao the inner room where the old gentleman sat. he “The syndicate is PURINE the price up in great shape,” laughed Fred. ER a The words were hardly out of his mouth _ eee Meyer ) cane in and announced Mr. Pindar. 1 “Show him in, Meyer. 4 Owen Pindar entered the room with a hat scowl on 1 is face. “ About $128,000." : Ls Wr much on the one you gave } Mr. Fiakelahein? o” “About $268,000.” oe “And ca ey to make $300, 000 on your third batch | vill bite you sees ae a, million and a t pend on. Now, taking it for granted that the e will be able to take the 10,000 that you’re going | -on them, ‘you: must es tt up with another | od $ ee Pollard, ‘to. be Alivacat at 66 within: fey ( demand,” he said, glaring at Fred. “Well, I boug’ th option: and I have come to demand the stock at) price )at them. That ought to fetch therh, ‘indicated, understand ?” SCREEN TT a pieces, follow up your advantage. | “Have you the option with: 468 2” asked the 7 safety in case you are not able 2 politely. RE ee ‘ll have to buy back to cover eer “Here it is.” ‘y ‘le with Bic later. ” ae _ “There i is $632, 000 due on the stock. ‘Did yor “poe in ( i f heck for that Gee ol i ist “Tt the syndicate ie up under
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- TO 5S et ee ie Sikes Poa pew hee ts i ae _THE YOUNG MONEY ‘MAGNATH, "Fred: held up the documents, and Owen Pindar fieaaly a + had a fit, a 5 “Where did you get them?” He “baanadd, " ; stocks followed. suit “That need-not worry you. You see them, don’t you? W ell, get your check and you can have them. ” ‘Pindar gasped. He Wad never had such a setback before in his life, Fred made acarly $250, 000 more otf that He got through without ealling on Mr. M ars more than the iaish of the $484,000 check. a His total winnings on S. & 'T. amounted ‘to anes 00, which raised his capital to $1,500,000. > _ §. & T. was still hovering aroun a8 Finkelsheim, Pindar and Wentworth were ruined iy the * Fifteen minutes after Pindar’s departure Mr. Finkels breaking of the market at the most critical moment, for heim was announced, + after booming the price to 85, they were unable to re. “Pm ready to pay you’ 80 for those 10,000 shares of 8, |°2 the 55, 000 shares they. had acquired. & T. You see, I was right when I said the price would go} _ Most .of their associates were.1n the.game boat, 50 ‘over 80, Farnham,” grinned the broker. hes le ea wiped out what: was known as the en BS 0) j , | elm crows ’ e a Bia eis ng gaat certified check for the $764,000 due Wists Us gl Gaetan Poe is pa - “Do you mean to say that you can deliver the stock?” In consideration of the fact that he was indebted gasped the broker. Meyer for handing him Mr, Wentwor th’s lost note which “T can. You don’t suppose T'd sell you an “bh without put him wise to the plans of the Finkelsheim crowd, Fred _ knowing how I was going to come out on it, do you?” presented his German boy with $1,000 to put in the '. “Why, why, yesterday you were. in my office looking for | ** ? nese ter the aie the stock !” “Py shinsher!”” gurgled Meyer, as he looked at the «“ 7 “That. fact has nothing to do nits your option. If you yellowback bill. “I vill own Vall Streets von off ave days, are ready to pay for the stack I am ready to deliver it, ace I ped you. I don’d found yords dot vill oxbress mine cording to agreement.” } ings on der subject. Off you said der vords, Mr, Farnl “7? s wee : {I vould vork for you for noddings for der rest off es Aa the money,” said Finkelsheim, Rolens ] ite of yout aida’ es at ae ‘ones to Ps aid ee ee He returned in half an hour with a certified check, for Oe Pere eae ee . _ the amount due, and took the stock away with him. pret page se Pp in bi Surry ai thie s = “That settles the ppnPney said Fred. “Now to break a the corner, if I can.” He rushed over to Wi esteott’s office, - The broker was at the Exchange. . Fred went there and sent i in for him. When he came out the young broker said: _ “Offer those 10,000 shares at the market, in one block.” “Great. Scott! You're liable to start a panic, Farnham, » ; oe Westcott. F Her answer was satisfactory to him, and three m “Don’t you care. Please do as I ask you.” | _ ‘llater he and Tillie were off on their wedding tri i “All right. But if you break the market and the ‘brokers TS And thus we-end.our story of the Wall Street et Hs Jean eee, Ste responsible for it, they won’t aay 8 thing to | Broke the Market. ach Me. ges THE BND. the check, and then hurried tba the room. After he was gone Fred and Mr. Marsh had a quiet laugh over his discomfiture. He returned in half an hour with the check and got the certificates. x . 20, 0,000 shares of stock was 4 total loss. When lic acquired his second million he iis te | ographer if she didn’t think it was time for her to quit, wo ‘at the office and take charge of the new house whic just been completed for him on Riverside. Drive. 1 going to break the market, if I can. . If that batch s taken by the syndieate’s broker, sell another 10,000 on top} 4. : 0, And another after that at 75, if necessary, No| € "i ua , Mr. Westcott. This is war tothe knife between me | ‘Read “A LUCKY CON TRAC v: ; OR, eae BOY 0 the E Finkelsheim crowd. I’m going to aaa, them or} MADE A RAFT OF MONEY,” which will b Me ; 0 th wall myself.” Be _— of ces pe bh chine Weekly. ” Tl be jiggered ! on muttered the bicker, ag sh went! A bc ver to carry out Fred’s orders. ; offered age shares at the ke and Went
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= Famé | and. Fortune. oly Rete eee renee ween eee eens eb etnen ee Dotines Free. How To Send MONEY. At our risk send P, O. Money Order, Check, or Regiatered Letter; re- : mittances in any ener way are at your risk. We accept Postage | Stamps the same ascash. When sending silver wrap the seer ina separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. your | mame and address plainly. Address letters to ‘ ‘Frank Tousey, Publisher, 24 Union Sq., New York. - GOOD STORIES. The most elevated river in the world is the Desaguadero, Bolivia. It is of considerable depth, and its whole length, 2 ‘from the village Desaguadero, at the south extremity of ~ ca, to the north end of the Lake Aullagas, is about i The behay elevation of the valley or tableland A ee Bor, some expert in the Siamese language will tell. us ‘at‘is its word for “sedan-chair. » When the King of Siam’s isters, protesting against his Majesty’s favor toward mo- g, suggested recently that “the royal sedan-chair” was jays: .at his disposal, it is improbable that they used a word miniscent. of the French town.- For it is from the scene of oleon Iil’s collapse that the. sedan-chair takes its name, erhaps remote posterity’ will _suppose that it had some tion with that event. But’ Sedan first produced these eyances centuries ago, and they were seen in Hngland 581. One used by James I’s Buckingham provoked great ar outery against the employment of men as beasts of Sir 8. graaconhe is credited with having introduced y 4 Eiraipea has been the decoration of the front of a| i, thie}; best: painting, the decoration. of the walls of a. Ss cartoons are only. aasiews for, Lapel. Michael Angelo’s f may multiply such instances, Leonardo da Vinci’s ' is. the. decoration of a wall in a dining-room ‘ The greatest work of Lorenzo Ghiberti, the Renaissance sculpture in Florence, was simply the of some bronze gates. om were Michael Angelo, Bramante and Raphael, e of religion; “while the Roman aqueducts, those y Sea for ee Bi Saws a oriea, FAME AND FORTUNE WEBPKLY. ea st paititing is on a ceiling in the Pope’s private chapel. Gibbon says of the great{ § ‘Peter's in Rome, designed by twelve. architects, } eations of architecture, enriched by noble sculp- : ~ [not a salesman, exactly.” horse, which is Interesting as furnishing another link in. the : evolution. of the equine. Only “the skull, a section of the was body and the hoof were found, but the last part i¢ course, the most interesting and valuable. The finding camel fossils was probably the most valuable work. The ee mals were of a type unknown before, although others, some- what similar, -had been found in the Bad Lands of the West. The bodies of the camels were smaller than those of Sheep and the heads about the same size. The neck and legs, how- ever, were much longer and the bones of the latter very slen- : der. In construction, despite the smallness of the frame, the — bodies were just the same as those of the camels to be found to-day. Besides these complete skeletons, masses of ankle bones were found, from which it was deducted that there had béen forty-five camels in the herd which m@m death together at the point where the remains were found. The party also « brought home the teeth of probably the smallest camel ever known. These teeth were very tiny, but undoubtedly those of a camel. Strangely enough, this find was made through the instrumentality of an insect known as the “bulldog ant,” because of its vicious bite. These queer little creatures make it arpractice to put on the domes of their houses a varied as- sortment of bones which they come across in their travels. Professor Loomis and his co-workers brought back 600 tiny fossil bones which the “bulldog ants” had Spend for orna- mentation. é JOKES AND JESTS. The fairy godmother looked after Cinderella approvingly Nerd as she went off with hef prince. “Concerning that slipper — episode,” she remarked to herself, “that girl is about the only mortal woman who could do the right thing and put her foot in it at the same time.” es A first-grade boy brought perfect spelling pape home for several weeks, and then suddénly began to miss five and six out of ten. “How’s this, son?’ asked his father. “Teacher's fault,” replied the boy. “How is it the teacher's fault?” “She . moved the little boy that sat eS to me.” ; The circus agent found the rural town deserted. “Where are all the people?” he queried. “Why, stranger,” drawled the old postmaster, “this here is ‘Art day.” “Art day? And ‘have you an art gallery in this town?” “Oh, no; but the — whole settlement has turned out to see one of those city artists sketch a sass *prilly ad on Jason’ Whetley’s barn.” One day a man, apparently white, went into the best res- jtatrant in Atlanta. The head waiter looked him over and thought he had negro blood in him. In fact, he was a very. light quadroon. “Here you,” the head waiter ‘said, “you are ‘ colored.” ‘Oh, no, I ain’t,’ the man replied. “Not in the sense you mean.” “But you are mighty dark.” “I Inow cm I am; but that is because I am a Malay.” The head waiter was nonplaussed. ‘He looked again, and ‘then asked, ‘gus- es piciously: “What is a Malay? Where is he from?” Dincic B Sa said the man easily, “Malays are from Malaria.” | ashe Mrs. Grimes, the. landlady, was trying to find out ‘sh re nature of her new boarder’ $8 occupation. First she : é if he was in business. He told her that he was she suggested that possibly he was a salesman. — “Traveling man?” sort of traveling man.” “Make regular, t “Very alana “well, L should think yo
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~~ STRANGE STORIES OF WITCHCRAFT ; Sis sy By D. W. Stevens. “What do you think of a man bringing suit against his mother to recover damages for a dog, which he charged her with having killed by bewitching it, and, not only bringing suit, but getting a judgment from a Justice of the Peace on the evidence presented to sustain the charge?” said Christian | Bolz the other day. It occurred in Lancaster county, Pa., not long ago. “The man was a well-to-do farmer. His mother was a woman over 70 years old, and, as I learned, had the reputation of being a witch, and lived alone in a small cabin, her family and*heighbors shunning her. Her son charged in his complaint that she had: placed his dog under a spell, and refused to remove ‘the spell unless he paid her a certain sum. He refused, and the dog ran around in a circle until it died of exhaustion. At the lawsuit before the Justice of the Peace a large number of witnesses testified as to their experience with witchcraft, and only one said he never yet had a friend or relative bewitched. One witness for the plaintiff swore that he had refused to grant the defendant’s request not to be a witness for her son, and since then his well had become dry, his cows gave bloody milk, and his three-months-old baby, which before had. been fat and healthy, had refused to be suckled, and had grown so puny that it was expected to die at any time. The mother of the plaintiff, seeing that a strong case was being made out against her, confessed that she had. bewitched the dog, and the Justice awarded the son. $3 and costs. . “In the vicinity of Reinholdsville and other back villages are many old women who are regularly consulted by young _ and old, and in whose arts and supernatural powers they put +} the greatest faith, I visited two of these witch women, as they are called—Barbara Fisher and Mother Roske. Barbara lives _ in the Dunkard settlement, in a rude cabin in the mountains, , six or seven miles from Reinholdsville. She must be now 85 years old. She was active and apparently physically strong : when I saw her, but much bent and wrinkled, with hair as . white as snow. Cunning and shrewdness were plainly pic- tured on her face, and her eyes were as keen as a hawk’s, and not much larger. She, like all of the ‘wonder-working’ women \ of the ‘region, has an ancient volume, printed in the German Bhat language, containing many fantastic signs and symbols, and known asa ‘mystery book,’ Some of these curious volumes are ; said to be over 200 years old, and were brought from Germany (2 ‘by ancestors of the present wonder workers, who were them- 'selyés. adepts in witch doctoring. No alien hand is allowed to touch these sacred books, and but few persons have ever seen | inside their heavy’ covers. fey “Barbara Fisher cannot be induced for love or money to try _ her power of healing on one whois a stranger to her,or who lives | in: a large town. She confines her ministrations to her néigh- " bors, and they go to her from miles around. Husbands take : their’ wives, fathers their children, and young men their sweet- hearts to Mother Fisher for treatment for all ills and the a removal of evil spells, and to ‘obtain charms that. will be po- tent in love and business. If a child is deformed, demented, taken at once to Dame Fisher, age COW, | if sheep haye the murrain, if crops look bad, Barbara - Fisher's aid is ‘sought without delay. If a horse is stolen the. old ‘woman is consulted at once, and her aid implored in re yvering the lost animal and. capturing the thief. r in erties: as to its cause, and; if it is believed to be in- ‘for a revelation hes wil bring as Bes aa set to tency of witch hazel the wonder makers rely greatly. — Young © dropping the toad thus prepared into the enemy’s well th ne wreaks it = his satisfaction by obtaining a.toad which _ blind, tongue-tied, or unnaturally afflicted in any way, it is} If a farmer has a breachy in the empty stall, not hairs that might have ote FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ‘ Poe of a baby, destroying a rival’s , beauty, separating man and wife, settling lovers’ quarrels, laying at rest a loyer’s doubts as to the faithfulness of his sweetheart or convincing him that she is false, procuring desired marriages, or doing anything equally absurd, either in the way of scattering bles- » sings or calling down evils, according to fhe desires of her , customers and the size of the fee.- If she fails in anything she undertakes, it is attributed by her and everybody else to a , lack of faith on the patt ofthe person she is working with. In her healing operations she uses no medicines, | nat depends upon her ‘charms.’ Her ‘powwows’ consist of vreathing on the afflicted part, waving the hand over it, accompanied by a few if muttered words, the purport of which no one understands. % The conditions upon which she will consent to operate on an © applicant are implicit faith in her’ mode of treatment, entire ; confidence in and reverence for the operator, and a strict fol- | lowing of her instructions to the letter. She will then take. the case, whatever it may be, and promise that everything — shall come about as the subject desires. Singular as it may — seem, she has followed professional wonder-working in that community for over sixty years, and to- day enjoys a universal : reputation for infallibility. a0 “Old Mother Roske is said to be 90 years old, and he looks it. She lives alone, and her most ambitious feat in wonder working was the seeing a gold mine in the vicinity and col- — lecting a fee from every farmer in the neighborhood for the [| privilege of digging nightly for the precious deposit. After, ‘pretty much the whole of the ground in the community had J been turned up and no gold was found, Mother Roske an-. . nounced that the work might as well cease, as it was evident. 4 that some one among the diggers had a cow with blood in her horns, and until that cow could be found and killed and the “ blood drawn’ from the horns and spilled on the ground at : 7 il ‘ midnight when the moon was in its first quarter, it would be ‘useless to look further for the treasure. .The farmers spent . much time trying to find such a cow among their stock, and although that was several years ago, whenever a cow is killed to this day in that vicinity her horns are sawed off in ‘hopes | , tat the blood may be found and used as Mother Roske di- rs rected in order that the gold mine may be discovered. a “Some of the charms prescribed by these witch women, and © faithfully used and believed in by the credulous people amon, whom they operate, it is mild to call ridiculous. In the p § women aré instructed to carry its leaves in their bosoms as — love charm, and so long as they are there worn no rivals win their sweethearts from them, If they would dream their lovers they must sleep with witch hazel leaves under their pillows, but in all cases the charm must be prepared by the wonder worker. To make an enemy’s well run dr of ashes of witch hazel must be forced into the mouth of a toad over which the witch woman has held an incantation. water will leave it. One of the worst things that can be these superstitious farmers is to have a cow Rive bloody milk a That is ck ig as the genuine work’ of the devil himse’ ie 4 been fed on witch hazel by a wonder i yee and bisstng) hand in case of an ee. This is not always : &
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na shovel. Whichever way the two ends of the hair turn as “they burn will indicate the direction taken by the thief. The b ends are then to be buried in the barnyard, where the lin will shine on the spot when it rises. After this has all een done, the horse thief, wherever he may be, finds. that, try S he will, he cannot get away beyond a certain limit, and ‘the rst thing he knows he is turning about and driving or riding ectly back to the barn from which he stole the horse, in te o ‘himself. All the owner has got to do is to watch for tis coming and nab him when he comes. a ‘One of the jobs that requires nice work on the part of the Wonder worker’ is) the separation of man and ‘wife, which ms to be another favorite way these farmers have of seek- ng vengeance for wrong done them. The designing and heart- tess person who would tear. man and wife asunder must first et a hair from the head of a woman. whose hair. is the oppo- in color to that of the wife of the man in whose family the “separation is desired. The hair, however, must under no cumstances be red. Then the simple fact must be ascer- ned as to which was born the nearest to running water, 6 husband or the wife. Whichever one it may be, that is the one whie,must be operated upon. Something that the husband ind -wife have both worn at some time in their lives must be cured and. ‘burned, and the hair held in the smoke that s. The smoked Wvir’s mission is then to be buried at the of the house where the doomed couple live, so that water he eaves may drop on the spot. The name of the’ per- on who is being operated upon is then written on a piece of r and. ‘buried where the shadow of something cast by the t of the. moon may fall upon it. If the man and wife not immediately quarrel, and the quarrel is not followed the wife packing up and returning to her father’s after that, it is prima facie evidence that the operator -was a Je short of faith in the infallibility of the spell, and -he not hope to sueceed in his fell designs until he stands in an vind for three successive days and prays fervently for ng faith in the power of the witch woman.” FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. © pe 29 seamen escaped by clinging to the greit’s feathers and being thus carried to the mainland. The inhabitants of Southern Java never ventured more than ten miles from the coast, for fear of being carried away by the resistless current to the strange’ tree and becoming the booty of its frightful denizen. The fruit was carried by the wind and waves to the coasts of Java and Sumatra, but even when cast upon the shore it was difficult to obtain, as it was imbued with life, and crept into the jungles for concealment, where it could only be found by the aid of keen-scented hounds. When found, it was forbidden under the pain of death for any subject to retain it in his: possession, as all such fruit was the exclusive property of the ruler of the land. The. fame of this mut had extended to China, where fabulous sums were offered by wealthy Mandarins for a single specimen. The kernel and milk were efficacious not only against all poison, but against fever, rheumatism, apoplexy, and epilepsy. The kings and rajahs made their snuff and tobacco-boxes, as well as their drinking-cups, from the shells, as they believed that no poison could harm them if only it had touched the rind of this strange nut. These cups and boxes were thickly, studded with the rarest jewels, and were the most yeni t prized arti- cles im the royal treasury. The first specimen ever seen in Hurope was brought to Aus- tria by Admiral Wolferman Herssen in 1602. This officer had defeated the Portuguese fleet before the town of Bantam and delivered the city. As a reward for this great service the Rajah had presented him with one of these nuts, considering it one of the most precious of his possessions, and the only gift he could give at all commensurate with the service ren- dered. Emperor Rudolph IJ. endeavored to purchase the fruit from the admiral, but the latter declined to give it up, and it remained in his possession, and it is to-day an heirloom of the | noble family of Hermansen. For many years the superstitious belief in the properties of the strange fruit subsisted, and it was not until late in the | last century that the native faith received a shock by the dis- covery of the tree that bore the nuts, not in the midst of the ocean, but upon the small and lonely island of Lechelles, one— of the Maldive group. Although the belief in the wonderful submarine tree, the irresistible current and monstrous bird had passed away, the faith in the power of the nut to protect against poison still remained, and 3 was nearly as dione as ever to obtain a specimen. More than eighty years ago a relative of Mr. Braun, who had passed his life in penetrating unexplored portions of the globe, determined to obtain one of these nuts, and with great : difficulty made his way to the Island of Lechelles. Here he found numbers of the palms which bore the remarkable nuts, and examined and measured them carefully. The trees were : from forty to fifty feet in height. At the top grew a number ae of immense leaves, twenty-two feet long and seven wide, From the end of the branches hung clusters of flowers, which inclosed the fruit during the early stages of development, but dropped off as the latter matured, These nuts fell into the sea, and were carried by the ocean current to the ‘shores of Java and Sumatra. As no one had ever seen the growing | trees, Lechelles being uninhabited, it is easy to understand — how the belief in its submarine origin arose, and this mystery, coupled with the enormous size and strange shape of the fruit, — would inevitably give birth to some strange belief in the minds of a-people so mystical as the Asiatics of the Indian: Ocean. eg Mr. Braun’ s relative met with great difficulties in securing a ey mature specimen of the fruit, as perfect specimens were rare and highly valued, ten years being necessary for the nut obtain their full growth. At last he obtained one, upon th i becneing of three hundred dollars, and took it with Bes ca ‘ WW EAST INDIAN LEGEND has often been stated that the curiosities within the walls museum are insignificant in number and character com- ed with those in the possession of private persons. A strik- i tance of this exists in St. Louis. In the possession of . J. Braun is a vegetable product which, both historically aturally, is interesting as few such articles are. Shortly velers from the. Western world began to penetrate the tia Archipelago, strange tales were brought to Hurope on sae ng a wonderful submarine fruit, which possessed nagical xooghiice of great. potency. Whoever ate of this fruit : bequcc a ages this ial ‘antidote was prized. eyond gold or jewels, and was carefully reserved for the monarchs of Tndia and the neighboring ‘isles. ; The few Europeans who were favored with a sight of this able product of nature, described it ag being a nut- ody, almost divided by a deep cleft through the middle, rd shell, inclosing a yellowish kernel and a milky isagreeable odor. The value of the nut depended , the largest specimens being practically” priceless. : vhich produced this food stood, according to the na- } Se of the tadian, Ocean, try, and is Fitatonsly preserved Only one other specimen of this pect
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and unlucky day ent positions of a good boxer. ‘These Books Tell You Everything! | A COMPLETE SET IS A REGULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA! Each book consists of sixty-four Sage printed on good paper,in clear type and neatly bound in 2m attractive, illustrated cover, » lost of the books are also profusely illustrated, and all of the subjects treated upon are explained in such a simple manner that ild can thoroughly understand them. Look over the list as classified and see if yee want to know anything about the subj mentioned. THESE BOOKS ARE FOR SALE BY ALL NEWSDEALERS OR WILL PE SENT BY MAIL TO ANY ADDRESS _ FROM THIS OFFICH ON RECHIPT OF PRICH, THN CENTS BACH, OR ANY THREW BOOKS FOR TWENTY-FIVE CHNTS. POSTAGH STAMPS TAKEN THH SAME AS MONEY. Address FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 24 Union Square, N.¥. MESMERISM. Ne. 81. HOW TO MESMERIZE.—Containing the most ap- Proved methods of mesmerism; also how to cure all# kinds of diseases by_ ey eis eat rey or, magnetic healing. By Prof. Leo Hugo Koch, A. 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Full instructions are given in this little book, together with in- structions Es a on and riding, companion sports to boating. No. 47. HOW TO BREAK, RIDE AND DRIVE A HORSH.— A complete ce on the horse. Describing the most useful horses for business, the best horses for the road; also valuable recipes for diseases peculiar to the horse. ; No. 48. HOW TO BUILD AND SAIL CANOES.—A handy book for boys, containing full directions for constructing canoes and the most popular manner of sailing them. Fully illustrated, By C. Stansfield Hicks. FORTUNE TELLING. No. 1. NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM AND DREAM BOOK.— Containing the great oracle of human destiny ; also the true mean- ing of almost any kind of dreams, together with charms, ceremonies, and curious games of cards. A complete book. No, 23. 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Wvery boy can become strong and healthy by following the instructions contained in i tae book. HOW TO BOX.—The art of self-defense made easy. Pihacote alg over thirty illustrations of guards, blows, and the diifer- Hyery boy should obtain one of these useful and instructive books, as it will teach you how to box hd ar an instructor. : No, 25. HOW TO BECOME A GYMNAST.—Containing full 4instructions for all kinds of gymnastic sports and athletic exercises. “Bmbeacing pak a0 ai li By Professor W. Macdonald. Ce sng and useful book. No. 34. HOW 'TO FENCE. —Containing full instruction for Bal a the use of the broadsword; also instruction in archery. escribed with twenty-one practical iilustrations, giving the best positions in fencing. “A complete book. 4 TRICKS WITH CARDS. ‘oO. 1. HOW. TO DO TRICKS WITH CARDS .—Containing ezplanatio S 0 cor general. 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HOW TODO SHCOND SIGHT.—Heller’s second sight explained by his former assistant, Fred Hunt, Jr, Hxplaining how: the secret dialogues were carried on between the magician and the — boy on the stage; also giving all Jag codes and signals. The only — authentic explanation of second sig! No. 48. HOW TO BECOME . NLAGIOTAN. ——Containing the grandest assortment of magical illusions ever placed before the y public, Also tricks with cards, incautations, ete. No. 68. HOW TO DO CHWMICAL TRICKS —Containing over — one hundred highly amusing and instructive tricks with chemicals. By A, Anderson. Handsomely illustrated. : hi 69. HOW TO DO SLEIGHT OF HAND. —Containing over fifty of the latest and best tricks used by a ee Also contain-*— ig. a secret of second sight. Fully illustrated. By A. Anderson, ° W TO MAKE MAGIC TOYS.—Containing full ‘ircosuns for making Magic Toys and devices of many kinds. By | A, Anderson. Fully illustrated. 4 No. 73. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH NUMBERS. —Showing many curious tricks with figures and the magic of numbers. By A. Anderson, F ually illustrated. Sea No. OW TO BHCOME A CONJUROR. — Containing _ tricks with Dominos, Dice, Cups and Balls, Hats, ete, Embracing’ thirty-six illustrations. By A. Anderson. No. 78. HOW TO DO PHY BLACK ART.—Containing & coms is plete description of the mysteries of Magic and Sleight of spattes. together with many wonderful experiments. By- . And ae, Illustrated. MECHANICAL. No. 89. HOW TO BECOME AN INVENTOR.—Bvery. boy ‘ should know how inventions originated. This book explains them — all, giving examples in electricity, hydraulics, magnetism, optics, © age Se mechanics, ete. The most instructive book published. — No. 56. HOW TO BECOME AN ENGINDDR.—Containing: full “ instructions how to proceed in order: to become a locomotive e en gineer; also directions for building a mode locomotive ; together with a full description of everything an engineer should know. “ No. 57. 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HOW TO WRITH LETTERS TO GENTLE N.- Containing full directions for writing to gentlemen on bee oe bjec Is sample letters for instruction. ae 58 HOW LO WRITE LELTERS.—A mother, sister, brother, employer; and, in fact, pent body you wish to write to. Every. né yoRNe Bray and ; No. 7 74.0 HOW 'TO WRITE. LETTERS COR} 108 ions” or writin ers ; (aa tes dae oe saponin,
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MULDOON’S JOKES.—This is one of the:most original | SUMS &’full Jist of the language and sentiment of flowers, whic A _ joke books ever published, gad it is bie of wit and beaoe It patron xe everybody, both old and young. You cannot be happy _ contains a large collection of songs, jokes, conundrums, ete., of P : F Terrence Muldoon, the great wit, humorist, and practical joker of | ,,,N9,4 HOW TO DANCH is the title of a new and handsome the day. Hyery boy who can enjoy a good substantial joke should| littie book just issued by Frank Tousey. It contains full instruc oktainck copy immediately. ‘ tions in the art ef dancing, etiquette in the ball-room and at parties, No. 79. HOW TO BECOME AN AOTOR.—Containing com- Row to dress, and full directions for calling off in all popular square lete instructions how to make up for various characters on the | 4@2¢es- " sds 4G Aes : aise; together with the duties of the Stege Manager, Prompter,| _ No.5. 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HOW TO BECOME A WEST POINT MILITARY | CADET.—Containing full expianations how to gain admittance, — : course of Study, Examinations, Duties, Staff of Officers, P. sr 3. HOW TO Guard, Police Regulations, Fire Department, and all a boy should Migdaty.-4 d d know to be a Cadet. Compiled and written by Lu Senarens, auth id | of “How to Become a Naval Cadet.” ee ont) Vie
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" Fame and Fortune Weekly STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY By A SELF-MADE MAN COLORED COVERS PRICE 5 Cts, ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY 32 PAG! This Weekly contains interesting stories of smart boys, who win fame and fortune by their ability to take - advantage of passing opportunities. Some of these siories are founded on true incidents in the lives of our most successful self- made men, and show how a boy of pluck, perseverance and brains can hecome fam- ' ous and wealthy. ALREADY PUBLISHED, 50 The Ladder of Fame; or, From Office Boy to Senator. 94 The Prince of Wall Street; or, A Big Deal for Big Money. 51 On the Square; or, The Success of an: Honest Boy, 95 Starting His Own Business; or, The Boy Who Caught On. 52 After a Fortune; or, The Pluckiest Boy in the West. 96 A Corner in Stock; or, The W all Street Boy Who Won. 538 Winning the Dollars; or, The Young Wonder of Wall Street. 97 First in the Wield; or, Doing Business for Himself. 54 Making His Mark; or, The Boy Who Became President, 98 A Broker at Wighteen : or, se Gilbert's Wall Street Career. Pa aoe to ogee sg or, Ba “oh Who en oe cere 99 Only a Dollar; or, From Errand Boy to Owner. 6 Lost_in the Andes; or. The Treasure of the Buried City. 100 Price & Co., Boy Brokers; or, The Young Traders of Wall Str 57 On His Mettle; or, A lucky Boy in Wall Street. 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