Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 214) (1909 11 05)
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‘ NN X % \\\) A ) , te x As the angry one raised an umbrella to strike Sid, Sam and Fred interfered. The former’s e accidentally collided with the alleged lady’s hat. A surprising thing happened. Off came hat and hair and the visitor stood revealed as a man. hand
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_ STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY Tasued Weekly—By Secretion $2.50 per year. “abatored according to Act of Congress, in the year 1909, in Pee 7h ge of ‘the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D, €., by Frank Tousey, Publisher, 24 Union Square, New Ye — ee ae | NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 5, 1909. (0° “PRICE 6 CENTS. FOUR OF A KIND OR, f ! j - * a THE COMBINATION THAT MADE WALL STREET HUM By A SELF-MADE MAN eas 5: | CHAPTER I)’ gles, the sneak of our office. He hates me worse than ‘ ; i fuandar: and what I think about him would fill a big » FOUR OF A KIND. ty | book.” Tae “We know him. He’ s the meanest lobster i in the Street, ” oe Hello, chappies!” said Sid dane as he took posses-| said Fred. ee of a chair at a table in a lunch room on Piné Street} “If he’ got what’s coming to him he wouldn't be able oe ere three other messenger boys were already seated eat~| to work HOE a month,” put in Hd. vit ie and laying down a cup of coffee and a plate holding) “If I was sure it was he who gave me away Vd make a a sandwich and a piece of pie for everyone waited on him- him mighty sick,” said Sid. “I’ve a mind to do it anyway. tt He in this establishment. now that I’m out of the office.” Ages “Hello, Hid,” ejaculated the other three in chorus. |} “Well, go on,” said Sam. Soper Toe Vana i fete he hour was half past three a, the afternoon, and ie “Higgins called me into his office this atin aid ys were off for the day. | went for my scalp. He wound up by giving 3 nie the G. Be a “You're behind time,” said Sam Stark, munching a| and so——” ee 4 em “You're out of a job, » said Hd. een replied Mid. “Pye jut been! “Tam: but I ain't worrying much a8 Dd. & Pi Pie in i iy ( . | points en vy T paid for it and I’m $500 al iced!” cried the others, toate aos ished. game, 80 T don’t care whether echool 1 keeps or “hela ea tight off the reel,” replied Sid, with a cheerful-| Sid, proceeding to get away: with his piece of pie iat seemed surprising under the circumstances. ps ee §’pose yowll look for another job. Higgins dang tad for?” asked Fred Farnham, Ca likely to give you a reference, though,” said Sam. ee 88 ‘Higgins ean go bag with his reference. I expect to. sell my” D..& P. in the morning, maybe. at. $12 a share profit, and then TH he worth . $1, 200. easy. enough, That is a, bunch of money, so avo do I ite for sap ae nie. * Vell, you see, ‘nine told me a ote ‘ago that it he t me speculating again he'd discharge me,” explained “Yesterday I noticed that D. & P. was going up afire. | he temptation to hhaye a chance.” ” aa “Me. +400,” said sa
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FOUR OF A A KINDS? “T’m with you,” said Sam, with a determined look. “You and I will tackle the first chap,” said Sid. “ Fred, you and Ed down the other one, “understand ?” The boys understood and got ready for business. They did not have ‘long to wait, as the thieves were in a hurry to be off. Inside of a couple of minutes the door was opened atid the two rascals darted out, the foremost carrying the satchel. The boys were drawn up in pairs on either side of the door, and the men did not notice their presence until with a rush Sid sprang forward and dealt the man with the satchel a heavy blow on the head which sent him stagger- ing forward. Before the fellow eogld recover, Sid and Sam had hold of him. At the same moment Fred and Ed sprang on the other and stuck to him like a pair of leeches. Both of the crooks put up a desperate struggle to get free, but the boys had taken them at a disadvantage and they couldn’t do much. Sid settled the chances of the first chap by tripping up and then he and Sam got astride of him. “Now, you rascal, you’d better give up,” said Sid, re ing for the satchel which he knew contained the plunder. “You'd better let me go,” hissed the crook, glaring into Sid’s face. aS “We'll let you go when the cops come to run yo replied the boy. “Tf [’m pinched PI get square with you both.” “You'll be pinched all right, and your friend, too, We’ take the chances of you. getting square with us.” , The rascal swore and threatened but to no purpose. ~ ‘At that moment a policeman and several persons who hi | heard the ery for help, but had not the courage to investi gate on their own hook, came upstairs and appeared on the scene. “We've got them, officer,” said Sid. ° » “They’ ve Tt the safe in room No. 65, and we caught them as they t to make their escape.” (E98 “It?s a lie!” replied the crook. “Bxamine this satchel and that will ‘eth shall statement is a lie or not,” answered Sid, “I saw stuffing it with money and papers taken from the ¢ in the office, and so did my three friends here. Bi hieke The policeman took the satchel from ‘Sid’s hati Tooked into it. MB ds The jumble of bank notes and papers cotivineed: the truth of the boy’s assertion. Yous He pulled out a pair of handcuffs and snapped the rascal’s wrists. “Now you can let him up,” sate the office Sid and Sam released him and got up. ° “There’s a man bound and gagged in the office. release him,” said Sid. ; The officer placed his hands on the arms of both ere and marched them into the office after Sid and his panions, while the small crowd of popes = hind. % t any way, eid re: re ohobilk to get ‘snot ab before hie: Td exchange with you in a minute if I could.” oe Vell, “th ‘you fellows have got through let’s get out of “here,” said Sid. _ The boys paid their cheeks at the cashier’s window and walked outsides They hadn’t walked many yatds up toward Nassau Street when a window was thrown up almost abeve their heads and a man‘leaned ont, gesticulating wildly. “Help! Help! Murder! | Thieves!” he shouted. _ His eries attracted attention from the people on the shest and in the offices opposite. - “Hello? exclaimed Sid. “What’s in the wind now?” “There’s something doing,” said Sam as the four came to a.sudden halt. The man who was uttering the eries was jerked back and silenced. “Tet’s go up and sce what the trouble is about?” sug- ested Sid, starting for the entrance of the office building. ‘His three comrades followed him up the stairs to the third. landing. a ~The corridot was deserted, the brief disturbance at the} windew not having aroused the notice of the tenants on that floor. “Which office is the one from which the man cried out?” yee i: Se “Give it up,” said Sid. “We'll have to investigate.” ~ “Al seems quiet enough now,” said Fred. ‘“Maybe the man had a fit.” J don’t believe he had a fit, ” said Sid. “I think there is something wrong.” “What shall we do?” asked Sam. * “We'll look into the offices facing Pine Street, We can - - say’ we heard the shouts for help and came up in’ answer to them, ee said Sid. |. “He tried the handle of the door nearest to ‘him, but it was i - locked. ! Then he tried the next one and’ found tHat locked, too. “He dropped on his knees and looked through the keyhole. What he saw sent a ‘thrill of excitement through his. veins, Se aaieAts Seana? man who had called: from the anaes was bound to a chair near the safe, and gagged with a towel. - ‘Two well-dressed men were going through the safe, put- ting. money and papers into a satchel which stood on a ‘deel within their reach. “Took, fellows, ‘and see what’s goitig on in there,” he, _ whispered, excitedly. ota" it Sam stooped and took a look. ae + “The office is being robbed,” he said, a “Tet me see,” palpitated Fred, é ‘Sam bake him ae At and Hed in turn, yielded place Fal TER) Hes We must give the: ere ‘said Sam, “and ee the. ascals caught.” What’s the matter with catching tdi siecgaees i eee be a feather.
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me window which attracted their attention. _ A’ number of persons heard the outery, but only we ‘four came up. It’s lucky for you that we did, otherwise _ the thieves would probably have got away with your ae erty,” concluded Sid. “Then I am under ‘great obligations to you and your auends, and IT will see that you loge nothing by it,” said the on policeman and his prisoners, followed by Ed and Fred, walked into the rooms. Mr. Farley identified the two rascals as the men who had ‘bound and gagged him. the bookkeeper had already identified them, so the evi- ence of their guilt was complete. ay The officer then telephoned for the patrol wagon. Before it arrived the bookkeeper succeeded in clearing office of those drawn there through curiosity. couple of 1 more policemen arrived with the wagon. ey came upstairs and escorted the two crooks to the sidewalk, where they were Se in the wagon ane car= ed off to the police station. . fe: Oo iclien 1 T will: give each of you di adred dol-" he said. drew four checks for that BGs made out to the | “Duty batore pleasure is my motto.” < a “Then you were detained at the office.” fe " “No. 4% names you are acquainted with, and myself participates |robbing a Pine Street office, and that’s the reason I’m lat {told us that kind of people did not dare go below “the A KIND. oe Sa ee - &T bet you,” said Ed, Gaoetne ie own Picsie ay bun ‘ dred dollars isn’t to be sneezed at.” ie “T should say not,” chipped in Fred. “That makes me worth $300.” — Les oe “T’m fifty dollars better off than you,’’-said Sam. i “And I'm fifty dollars worse off than you,” said Ed. a “When I sell out my D. & P. sharesiI ought to be worth more than the three of you put together,” said Sid. 2 “T guess you will be. You have such good luck with your deals that you ought to take us in with you on a next one,’ remarked Fred. “Put up your money when the time comes and I'll take. you in,” replied Sid.. “If I’m lucky V’d just as soon you chaps should-share it as not.” “Tf one of us got hold of a good tip we could chip in and buy 200 shares of whatever stock it was—make gne - deal of it instead of four, and divide the profit pro nat”) said Sam. fe “That would be fine,” said Fred, enthusiastically. “Sid could engineer the deal for us if he wasn’t working, and — a he would probably manage to do it anyhow even if he did have a job.” “Tyon’t begin figuring on the future, chappies, for its: only a waste of time. Wait till the tip you are speculating © on turns up, and then we'll talk business,” said Sid. i The boys walked up to the entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge and separated. ie Ed took a car over the bridge, Fred walked up to City Hall Place to see a friend of his who worked there, Sam took a Third Avenue elevated train up town, and Sid crossed City Hall park to connect with the Ninth Avenue elevated on Warren Street. We will follow Sid as he is the chief of our four be roes. He caught an express train and in the course of twenty minutes got off at the 125th Street station. A walk of three blocks brought him to the modest flat where he lived With his mother and two sisters, who were ‘ public school teachers. py! His father had been dead several years, but the little | family got along very nicely on their earnings. “Yowre late to-night, Sid,” remarked one of his sis : ters, as he walked into the dining-room where ‘the ‘table ey was set for dinner. “Yes, I ’spect so,” replied Sid, haskinn: me his hat. i, » ‘The fact is, my three particular friends, se in the capture of a couple of thieves, whom we caught ; getting home.” “You caught two thieves, did you on replied ‘tel sist -|with a look of interest. “Tell us about it. I thought yo dead line,’ as you called it.” na see don't, ag a rule ; but there’s exceptions to #2 ht t
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FOUR OF A KIND. dent, ‘and showed them ihe a check Mr. Farley 2 had iven him. Sola" congratulate you on making such a nice little sum 80 ‘easily,” said his sister Fanny. “Thanks. . You won’t Mt es me when I tell you I ~ have lost my job.” eo What gasped both his sisters in a breath. “You don’t really mean that: 2” “If T didn’t I woittdn’t tell you.” “My gracious!” ejaculated Fanny. “How came you to Tose it? Why, you’ve been two years with Mr., Higgins.” Sid explained the cause of his discharge. " “Why did you speculate again when ‘you were told not to?? bE: “Because I saw a chance to make a good haul in the market.” - “Did you make it?” “ZT haven’t cashed in yet, but I expect to do’so to-mor- row. ‘At this moment I am $500 ahead, and I may see my way to make another hundred in the morning.” “You are fortunate in making money out of your ven- tures at any rate, and money always comes in handy, par- - ticularly if you happen to be out of work. Do you think yowll be able to get another position soon?” | _~ “T may have some difficulty for want of a reference, for it isn’t likely Mr. Higgins would give me one if I asked | It will be} him. However, you needn’t worry about me. a cold day when I get left.” “Mother won’t be pleased to learn ‘that you hive lost your position. i ce Doyt tell her, then.” “But you won’t be able to turn in your money as usual : after ‘this week, so she’s sure to find out.” “Why won’t I be able fo turn it in? You forget about ae the deal I’m ahead on. I'll be able to turn my money in to her right along, just as if nothing had happened.” “Upon this assurance his sisters agreed that the news should be kept from their OR who at that moment. was busy in the kitchen. Next morning’ $ papers had the story of the ually, and ‘he coined of the men ae, four Wall Street messenger he, Cans pitats. and he felt rather stoud over the facts . ‘He started for Wall Street at the usual. time, although | - Se aa we he walked ies up to the financial district, ar be ~The sight of the other messengers flitting around made ig feel somewhat like a fish Sait: OE water, for he was j used to earrying messages: himself that he ‘ as if he nt to e busy, hoon iG @ nod ied toa couple | of messengers he Jonew ae kept on up to ‘the little bank. ee an half a! Ce cus: in the rows of cha s facing | business of the lads who took him for a new messenger, and were having some fun at his expense. - “jon the outside stuck a pin in his leg. . ° ‘ing to look innocent. ~ * ‘He grabbed him by the ear aud pulled it cavagely. | he had no business ie gee to outside of his own eas | ; “| to shove him on hig back. ‘up and shoved it into his pocket. life with the other messengers, ‘who shoved his hat +} eyes, jostled him eee and made lie Cee 's ey him. Pe The room ee filled up with the customers and loun- ‘gers who made the bank their headquarters. The boy who had charge of the blackboard made his ap- pearance as ten o’clock’ dresr near and cleaned the board of the quotations to have it ready to mark up the fresh ihe ones when business bégan at the Exchange. i The room by this time was comfortably full, and the es 5 was filled with the buzz of conversation and tobacco smoke. — “At length the clock struck ten and soon after the first quotations began to come in. i D. & P., which had closed at 90 the day before, con tinued to how. a rising tendency, much to Sid’s satisfac: tion. The first sale was 1,000 at 90%, ai fifteen minutes — later was going at 91. Sid had intended to sell out as soon as the Exchange _ opened, but as the stock appeared to be strong he held” on : for higher figures, every point that it advanced mea $50 more profit to him. . He watched the board with great interest, but gave lit tle attention to anything but D. & P. At half past eleven it reached 952 and he concluded not to risk holding it any longer, so he went to the mare elerk’s window and signed an order for the sale of his fifty shares. Then he left the bank. : He wondered who was carrying messages for his late Sie that day, and guessed that his encmy, Ralph Ruggles, who had been the messenger before he took hold of the job, was doing it till a new’ hoy was engaged. a Hie walked into the messengers’ entrance of the Exch ge. 0 see if one of his panauied friends was there. ? ' Standing at the rail among the crowd of boys he saw pi Ruggles with an envelope in “his fingers. He seemed to be annoyed by the pushing and. mo ey As Sid came in the boys, on a preconcerted agua denly shoved Ruggles away from the rail, and a small lad “Ouch!” roared Ruggles, grabbing ‘his leg. ‘ He detected the hoy who had used the pin 7 Ww eo The boy set up a howl and. kicked Ruggles in the Ruggles dropped his envelope as he stooped to aub shin hone and the crowd, took advantage of bay a Then one of them kicked the envelope tages e rm The boy whose ear had been pulled rushed overs Then he ran outside, dropped it in the otter and we nf on about his business. In the meantime Ruggles. was ‘hating des tim ia ans piece a and ¢ enjoy d
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{ POUR OF A KIND, The boys on s0 much noise that one of the attaches a interfered and drove several of them out of the Exchange. Ruggles, freed from them, tried to find his envelope, Bat - couldn’t see any signs of it anywhere. That gave him a cold sweat for he knew it contained § an | important. message. As he looked ‘arowid he caught sight of the bate countenance of Sid. “What are you doing here?” he snarled. “That's none of your business, Ruggles,” replied Sid. “Did you pick up my envelope? ?” asked Ruggles, sus- piciously. _ “No, I didn’t pick up your envelope.” - “J believe you did. | You want to get me in trouble,” i “snorted Ruggles, with an angry look. * “Don’t tell me I lie or I'l knock your block off,” re- orted Sid, who was looking for a good excuse to get back ‘Td like to know where the message is that I brought 2? “How do I know where it is? If you’ve lost it go and ok for it. How do you like doing my work, eh?” “Yah! Shut up! I’m going to tell Mr. Higgins that ou took the message I brought here for him.” _ *Yowre sneak enough to tell him anything.” ~< a rage. “Because that’s what you are. You told Higgins that ou. saw me going into the little bank the day before yes: le cves you right. re m glad you re out of the aftice, e “Then you admit that you did tell Higgins that I was “speculating?” said Sid, in a threatening tone. re This)” and Sid gave him a slap in the; face that at- racted general attention, CHAPTER Il, woe oH FOUR ARRANGE THEIR FIRST DEAL. 0 here, no fighting,” said an attache of ie! Eix- forbid. tough-house tactics, walked toward Se door. hat moment Mr, ‘Higgins c came to the rail. . a. Ais coheed the disturbed state behis. clerks. . ae What’ the matter with you?” he en Be t “How dare you call me a sneak?” demanded Rugg ales, “Yes, I did tell him. What are you going to do alas | sengers' had given Ruggles, which led to his losing the. | message he had brought for his boss. ; -| I know on to him and they te de a thing tc to him if they . ‘not wishing to ‘got into trouble, for he knew ais aN, efieve ied brought ee, fon. me, Ruggles,” he 4 {and watch the brokers who were doing business th for you.” Bes ‘— couldn’t talk any longer,! so Sid was left. standing on tt sidewalk by den wondering how he weuls UBD in his. .| proceedings: when Ed came ge and caught — the al “TY gee you're faletio Gael easy, sia, tis he said. it on the floor it must be there: Why don’t you Jo. - around for it?” said the broker, impatiently. he ae “T have looked and it isn’t anywhere about. JB. es “Where did you drop it?” “About here. If Sands didn’t pick it up pit would be in | soit # “Where is Sands?” “We left just as you came up. That's, a sign that he’s taken it.” “Then run after him and see ‘if he’ 8 got it. hes me know | if he took it and I’ll make it hot for iin. Pi Mahe Ruggles rushed out. fully satisfied that Sid had picked the note up and was holding it back to get him in trouble. Looking wp'and down the street he saw Sid a few yards away talking to Sam Stark, whom he had just met. ~ He rushed up to the ex-messenger. } “TJ want that envelope, Sid Sands,” he said, in a grouchy tone. “Make a noise like a ‘hoop and roll away, sonny, si re- Ze plied Sid, with a chuckle. ee “Tf you don’t give it up Mr. ieics: will make it i “Forget it. I haven’t got your envelope.” “T say you have got it,” snarled Ruggles. oy “Did you see me pick it up?” Sia “Yes, I saw you pick it up,” hazarded Ruggles) who thought that would make the late messenger return it to” : him, ee “Well, youve a liar. I didn’t pick it up. The boys kicked it around on the floor, and if you’d hunted for it you'd have found it. Now take a ae I don’t want to talk to you.” Ruggles gaye him a ek look ae went Keck to the . Fa Exchange to have another hunt for the missing. envelope, for he wasn’t really sure that Sid had taken it after all. Sid told Sam about the rough-house treatment the 1 -mes- nt va “Served him right,” said Sam.’ oli ‘put the fellows meet him there.” As Sam had a message to Bere: rah the bh time. Finally he decided to go down to) iii Curb “echango ‘He was standing on the edge of the curb wat arm. Wu “Nothing else to do,” was the reply. i “How about that deal of yours Eft Did you sell ae “Yos, about half an hour ago, I held for! 95 anda iy fraction, and I’ve made a profit of eae Ay 4 ‘Gee! As much as that?”
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FOUR OF a Pavia osisie tee a living?” “That depends on circumstances. If I don’t pick up an- ‘other job soon I'll think seriously about it. When a fel- _ low has luck in the market he might as well make the . most of a good thing. But I say, we’ve all got to be at _ the Tombs Police Court at noon, to testify against those . crooks we captured yesterday afternoon. Did you speak to your boss about it?” “Yes, but he didn’t like the idea of my being away from business,” ~- . “You told him la you had to go, didn’t you?” orev es,” “Tt’s time we were starting. Sam and Fred are going to ‘meet me at the corner of Pine and Nassau Streets at twenty minutes to twelve, and it’s close on to that now, so you'd better hurry back to your office and get off.” Bid walked with Ed as far as Wall Street and then left iH him, Two minutes after he reached the corner of Pine and N assau, Sam came along, and Fred presently joined them. is They had to wait several minutes for Ed, and then the four went up to Center Street to the Tombs Building. - Mr. Farley and his bookkeeper were there, and the boys sat near them. : _. The rascals were called to the bar soon after the boys arrived and pleaded not guilty. With six witnesses against them they stood no show _. whatever, and the magistrate remanded them to the Tombs _ to await the action of the grand jury. Mr. Farley thanked the boys for their attendance at the court, and then the young ap enn ers started back for ae ‘Wall Street. ‘They had lunch on the’ way, and Sid left his three te ‘friends on Wall Street and went down to the Exchange _ to pass the rest of the afternoon in the gallery. He left just. before the Exchange closed. i As he was passing eae Mae nacre entrance he met Sam 2 coming ‘out. ping him by the arm. “Well, what have you got to'say?” aiked Sid. oa) Coins along with me and Ill tell you. About an hour ag I got on to a dandy pointer. It’s a sure winner.” “That so? Let's hear what: it is.” _ “Tt will be just the thing for the four of us fo! get i in on. Ed has money énough to put up the margin on twenty-five} shares; Fred can go thifty, and I’m able to stand for thir y-five. You can buy as Hany as you want up to the limit of your capital. As you’re doing cbeea.t we'll leave | “That arrangement is all right provided: your ‘ip is a er as. es say, one me te ats, ‘the stoek in one bunch in his own name, and ne ee their money over to Sid when they met him in front Bs “Say, you’re the ean T want to see,” said San grip-| | them. ‘money up on another venture: Heat margin on 200 shares of 8. wae at a market, we A KIND. that the Gordon crowd is going to corner ‘8, GY: and z boom it, so it behooves we, us and company to get in on — the ground floor and raake hay with the insiders. What do- “you think of it?” “I think it’s all right. siastically. f “We'll make a good haul, the four of us, especially oe for you’ve got-more coin than the rest of us put together,” said Sam. “Tf I had $10,000 where I could lay my oe on it I’d put every cent of it on S, & T., and I'd ex = to more than double my money.” Bi “We must meet Ed and Fred before they go home and let them know about it. They'll come up Wall Street 80 Pll lay for them on the steps of the Sub-treasury.” et “That's right. Ill look for you there myself,” said S: who then hurried off to his office. “i Sid took his stand on the Nassau Street end a steps and about twenty minutes past three he saw coming along. , He hailed him and Ed joined him. While he was telling Ed about the tip on S. & T had pieked up, Fred approached and he, too, joi conference, Finally Sam appencet and the four went over the ter together. Ed and Fred were ify to put up their last nickel the deal, so it was arranged that they and Sam w bring their funds to Sid ‘ext day and he was to buy T’m on,” replied Sid, enthat: the deal for the crowd. The matter being decided the four boys started for 1 4 homes, \ iy CHAPTER IV. 4 THE FOUR BOY SPECULATORS WIN, At different times next day Sam, Ed and Fred tu 6 the Stock Exchange. The three put up money Sot to buy 90 shares be 1 Sid decided to buy 110 shares himself, dia 200 to- gether. » So he went to the little bank and asked if he eo a settlement of his D. & P. deal, as a wished to ] The margin clerk said he could, ane told one -bookkeepers to make out Sid’s account. é] This was forthcoming in a quarter of an hou si ‘check for $1,250 handed to the boy; |) ‘He endorsed it and turned it in with $750 « jruling C1 a a Pole ge This left hin with $300 of ao owe mania uninvest
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FOUR OF A RING. (shy The meirspahers spoke about a and hinted that a boom i in ae the stock was on. > ea That brought hundreds of tacks to the Strect, anxious * to wager their little boodles that it would go. ‘out of sight. “We are the people, fellows,” said Bd, ina tone of glee as the four met one afternoon after work in the lunch ie jhouse. “S. & T. touched 88 nee before the PEON: ee closed.” pet “Tell us something we all ‘don’t ow fepMiel Sam. “TI looked at the tape before I lett the office and saw the ” quotation. fe ree “So did I,” said Fred. hi “Things are coming our way in ‘great. shape,” remarked — Sid. - “Eleven points to the good means that we have dou-— bled our money with sothething to spare.” ow “The questien is how much higher will it go?” said Sam. “T judge that the combine back a it will carry it up to 95 at any rate.” “You can’t judge anything in Wall Street. Stock spec: wlation is simply a game of chance from start to finish. IT. am trying to catch on to the ee that the insiders begin : to sell and follow suit.” ‘ ~ “How can you catch on? mhey are not going to shout the intelligence from the housetops: No outsider will a learn when they start to unload.” . ‘n «Pm watching the salés of the stock,” said Sid. “As soon as I seé an unusual amount changing hands Vii begin to have my BUADICIONS, and that means I shall sell right | away.” ‘ “Well, it’s up to you. You’re running the deal. What- . ever you do we'll yote is all right. Won't we, fellows?” “Sure we will,” replied Ed and Fred. — ‘Next day S. & T. bounded up to 95 by noon, and Sid thought it was nearly time to sell. Hundreds of lambs were holding on to their stock i a mighty clutch because they believed it would surely re to par. vi | Although Sid saw nothing to give ‘him the idea that 8. ea combine was closing out he suspected that the members were quietly unloading on a gullible public. _ : The Exchange was like a seething cauldron those bestia Je for 8. & T. was not the only stock that wasup. The boom had extended more or less to’ all the good stocks on the list, and as a consequence business was rush jing in allofthem. | k ‘ The board room floor presented a very animated aoe ss with five or six. hundred brokers gesticulating and nN Rome howl. “When S. & T. reached 95 Sid deserted the Bachange gat lery and walked up to the little bank. ‘When he isa it a quotation ope es went we, ‘on Me jee | board. : | “It’s top-heavy and roe going to close ich the deal,” i said to himself. “Tt may 80 to par, but I doubt it. ne rate I’m going to be on the safe side. / I’ve rene sf ~ | considerable tisk as it is. - eat have been blamed 7 I sold. eat at shut oh “You mean we will if I don’t make ihe mistake of hold- ing on too long,” said Sid. “We'll take the chances of that,” said Fred. _ -“T guess your luck will pull you through all cane # remarked Ed. “Pll do my best, but remember, you fellows mustn’t hold me responsible if anything should go wrong.” “Of course we won’t,” said Sam. “You’re bound to do your best, for you’re in on 110 shares yourself, and you’re not going to take any desperate chances of losing the $1,100 you’ve got up.” “T should say not. If this deal should go wrong for us _ I'll be the greater loser, so you can take it from me that _ Pl do my best to win,” said Sid. The boys ate their light lunch and left the restaurant g fully satisfied that Dame Fortune was about to do them a good turn. While this new deal was on Sid had no Hioight about looking up another job. In fact, if this deal panned out as he pices. he ‘ouldn’t want another position as messenger for aah oker. “T ought to be worth $3,000 when I cash in for the wd,” he mused. “With that amount in my jeans I guess there isn’t a broker in the Street who could hire me to carry his messages for a measly eight or ten dollars a er ‘week. ”» f There was nothing doing in S. & T. the following day, but the day after the price dropped two points. - Ed and ‘Fred looked a little glum when they noticed the drop on the ticker in the offices where they were em- ater on when they met Sid he told them not to worry about a little thing like that, and as he seemed as cheerful as usual they plucked up their courage. ‘On the next day: S$. & T. dropped two points more. =. Bam looked kind of serious at wa: price to disks out the stock on the ce So) ‘liey gobble it up as cheap as possible, and he was afraid tt they might send it down too far for the. interest of “What do you think os it he asked Sid when, they bout noon, ” aca the exemessenger. gee ’s right,” nodded Sam. “We were too anxious to m a good thing. It would have made a difference 0 if we had waited till now to buy. If it should go ie ey more things will look kind of rocky for elias it idee i. recover tan three days ?p fs one what they pie for it.
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‘POUR OF. ‘A KIND. ee Weeee eae ee As. Bick was 10 on in that tine he felt satisfied that the deal had gone through all right. He decided to. go to lunch. at . Hardly. had he left the bank when 8. & T., which had souched 98, got on the toboggan and the price pee to drop : a point at the time. It was the bears who had turned the trick, and they found the job easy as the syndicate had almost sold out and had no interest in sustaining the market any longer. - When Sid came from lunch he found the Exchange in an uproar over the slump. _ Hundreds of outsiders were badly bitten, and a few bro- kers also had burned their fingers. By the time the Exchange closed 8. & T. was down to 80. Owing to the rush of business the four did not come to- ; ‘Sam was the first to Nise up and he and Sid shook ; iands, -and slapped each other on the back, when the ex- pee told him that he had sold out ‘near ly at the top red and Ed both displayed anxious faces when they joined Sam and Sid, for they did not know as yet that hings had culminated in their favor. iis Since the slump set in they had been on the anxious “seat, and they were very eager to learn whether Sid had sold out in time. ‘They were as delighted « as Sam when they bound out that he had, and that a profit of about $19 a share was coming to them. When Sid got a settlement with the bank and divided up _ the winnings he found himself’ $2,200 richer, or worth $3,600 altogether, while Sam had made enough to raise ff _his capital to a little over $1 3000. ; 8, {As for Fred and Ed, the’ former now found himself : worth pe and the latter cide ; ei "CHAPTER Y. SID SECURES A SNAP. y neh of the ponte? eager “The dickens yen vhave!” ” ejecta Sin, “What is it? - Rew pointer § Can Rn Baroda) “No. It’s 4 job.? °° is ands,” said Ed. Y a am 1.” ¥, : is “Then this isn’t a | tablabe *s job »» put in Fred. inch, do you?” should say not,” sole Sam. joss. of the COOP: ee <3 Bi jee at a zee mean ries that?” te What is one Bee 5 #0h! 1 Aube you. wasn’t going to yun any more er-} | sailing next Wednesday morning. I dare aa he ‘ot much it isn’t. . La ony call a vesshi higiie job| and then the four left the lh i setae congratulated him, too. ‘ir; May. ” now he son Building, while he is away in ae es taking the’ ae baths at a certain town for his health.” “Take charge of his office, eh? Gee! snap if you can fill the bill,” said Ed. : “My. Parley scribbled off a note of introduction for me — on a pad and I took it up to Mr. Morton, who is.a fine ~ looking old gentleman of about sixty,” went on Sid. “T had a very pleasant interview with the gentleman, and hes 95 finally engaged me. He will pay me $10 a week to look after his office between ten and four, and attend to such visitors as may call. “He explained about everything he- expected me to do, which isn’t much, and 1 told him I guessed I could fill the bill all right. At any rate, Hee ‘thinks I can, and I’m to start in next week.” “Then you're to be your own boss while the geniloueeie away?” said Fred. Ne “That’s the ticket.” “How long does he expect to be in Europe?” asked Ba, : - About six months.” “Tord! That job would suit me first rate.” i “Tt would suit ’most any one that was satisfied to ee along on ten cases a week, or could use the office as t porary headquarters for his private business.” “How do you get your money? Who will pay you?” - THis lawyer, who hag an office at 115 Broadway. to call there every Saturday noon for my wages. 4: “J suppose all you’ve got to do is to put in your tim between ten and four on five days of the week and two hours on Saturday in the office to earn your wages,” saidy ay Sam. “Gee! What.asinecure.” .. “T’m to have an hour for lunch, too, if I want to take aaa it.” re “Hold me, 1 shall faint,” grinned . Ed. rs “How do you expect to put in your time?” said S “Studying the market and keeping track of things There’s a ticker in the office, and a telephone. What m do I want?” “Tf you wanted anything more you’d be a hog,” ‘sai ‘Fred. . y “You chaps can come up and see me any. Hee durin office hours and you'll be as Maas cg as the ae a That will he a “We'll come,” said San, hed ee . “Bet your life we will,” said Ed. t “T’m going to make it our headquarters. it will b iat | the same as if it was our own office.” oe if “That'll be great,”. said Fred. She “Mr, Morton expects to get away on one of the | the American Line to Southampton.” ‘Sid’s associates congratulated him on his ‘good When Sid told his sisters ee ia anit: he had g N ree was said about it to his mother, as she di ad pet his position with Broker Haste, best not to undeceive her for the
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riers FOUR OF ‘Srréngements were made to depart with his wife for Hur ope next morning. “Some things are likely to crop up whieh you will prob- ably be unable to handle,” he said. “In that event you _ must either telephone or call on Mr. Snow, my lawyer, for advice.” . ; “All right, sir. Ill see that everything goes on all right while you are away. I’ve had enough experience in Wall Street to handle mining matters in good shape.” , Mr. Morton then bade Sid goodbye and took his leave. _“Tt’s fine to be your own boss and get paid for it,” said fice. “T can sit by the ticker and keep track of prices at the Exchange. There is nothing to prevent me from look- ving after any deal that I may get interested in. I can receive my friends here just as if the office was mine. Oh, his is the snap of all snaps for me.” _ When half past twelve came around he put on his hat Papa went to lunch ag leisurely as any big mogul, first put- ting a sign on the ctoor that he would be back about one. On the following atveraOoe his ges associates visited m in a bunch. Sid was seated at Mr. Morton’s dee and he swung round in his pivot chair to greet them as they filed in. “Help yourselves to chairs and make yourselves at home,” he said, '- “This is what I call reposing in aeser. ” said Sam, ta- _ king possession of the chair next to the desk. “Half an “hour more and you'll be through for the day.” ut He rh eeish now por that peaties. ¥ “Done any business ‘thaey for your boss?” asked Ea. “Yes, I had several visitors. I sold 5,000 shares of Key- all turn over to Mr. Morton’s lawyer to-morrow: Mr. © Mert n’s commission out of that is $50, which is. es alent Oo @ weeks? wages.” | Hee Then your boss does a brokerage business in sae tock ?? i €Not to” ay extent, The Keystone mine is one of the f any of his customers. brings, him mining shares to sell them. he obliges. them and pockets the commission, but he oes not make a business of doing it.” ; ec as gins’ ?” “the boy to himself, looking around the well-furnished of- |. Half an hour more. ‘however, so if you will tell me your business 2 {ness with boys,” replied Ruggles, with a sneer. stone Mining & Milling stock at twenty cents a share ‘and got the money for them check for $1, 000—which mals panies that he represents, He doesn’t buy stock, he sells | | ave Have you much on 1 hand of tha bs kind af stuff 22 asked ae mean mining cela? There's a safe full of ital mostly unsold shares of the mines Mr. Morton aged the charles’ ioe Pm going to eaten: an effort to} some of it. ee like sete: ‘ceo you “Does Mr. argy know hae you lost 9 your fe ae Hig : “T don’t think so. He never asked me anything about | it, and I didn’t volunteer the information. «1 have to born over all checks and money to Mr. Snow, the lawyer, on the morning after receiving payments. That’s the oly tab that’s kept on me that I Sevan ote ae “Catching those crooks has turned out a lucky thing ihe : you,” said | Fred. é “Yes, I never would ge got this job if I hadn’t made the acquaintance of Mr. Farley.” ae At that juncture there came a knock on the door. * “Come in,” said Sid, and to his surprise in walked Hales Ruggles. ae CHAPTER VL A WINNING MINING DEAL. three messengers. He knew Sid’ ead by pow cious way. | ’ a JT have that honor, Mr.» hen * replied sia, in, ee B, blandest tones. es “Well, I want to see Mr. Morton. Is, he in?” asked Rug- ike gles, a “No. He is some distance. fromyhere, I represent him, ; “Tell you my business? I guess not. I don’t do Dousie “AML right. returned Sid. “When will’ Mr. Morton be back?” “Tn about six months, more or less.” ; : “T want a straight answer,” demanded Been an ih “Pye given it to you.” “T shall report your conduet to Die. age when t see him.” pain “You are welcome to do so, My. Pictripe Hs “Will you tell me when he will be back?” he “TJ have told you. He went to Europe yesterday mornin, and he does not expect. to return much before six months Now are you satisfied 2”. “Who represents him while he is. away 27 “T do. ” : BOS Ina horn io do.” You’ Te pens ue ofc br T’m not aching todo business with Rte % AWS | back. Ney if ae got anja say f Ruggles glared REO: Ss Aol siae ac age eee “Are you in charge of this office while Mr, ‘Mo away 2” he asked, in an incredulous, ache Yael “Tom. Leber sat) + bai a k Pie daly
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- FOUR OF A KIND. ad «Yon Sian fheve aad: that in pe first Sie Take an- ther chair, Sam, and let Mr. Ruggles sit down.” Sid went to the safe, opened it and took out a certificate of the Keystone Mining Co. for 1,000 shares. It was signed by the names of the President, Vice Presi- dent and Treasurer. “Ta whose name will I make it out?” he asked. Ruggles handed him a slip of paper containing a name. _ Sid wrote it in on the blank space left for that purpose. _ He then took a book from the safe and entered the name init with other particulars of the transaction. , Placing the certificate in a long manilla envelope he handed it to Rugg gles and took the check, the receipt of ‘which he entered in a cash book, _ “How long have you had this position?” asked Rug- gles, curiously. “Fiver since Mr. Morton hired me,” replied Sid. _ “Did Mr. Morton know that you were fired from our “office 2” said Ruggles, in a disagreeable tone. _ “No, I don’t think he did. Pethaps you’d better tell him when he gets back. You might feel better after it.” _« Ruggles fade no reply, but concluded that it was time for him to go, so he got up and walked out of the office ~ without saying goodbye. - “Lord, he looked sour enough to curdle new milk,” said Sam, going back to his original seat. “Some people are born that way, and he’s one of hgh - I guess,” replied Sid. _ *T£T had his disposition I’d try to raffle it off,” chuck- Jed Ed. “ticket, ” said Sid. “He won’t be satisfied till he tries to get me out of here.” “He'll have a sweet time ne a with your HOB in Europe.” Sing He'll keep it in for me till Mr. Morton gets back and a then he’ll get word to him pomehow amt Mr. ‘Higgins fired -me for speculating.” “What do you care? You ig cece: to ec here after - Morton gets back,” “That's right. T hope Pll be able to hire an 1 ofie of n my by that time.” i Ne wish we could all hire an office and go ia business. together,” said Sam. “That would be great, wouldn't ite? put in Ed. / “Stranger things than that happen in this world,” an- -swered Sid. “We are worth $6,000 between us. could add another ne to that amount we'd be able. to do something. a “Tf Ave could get hold iat a few more. tips like the one ‘Sam picked up we’d make the riffle,” said Fred. “Then you'd better hustle and get hold of one,” ee id. “T think it is your turn.” “T wish I could,” replied Fred ed. { to lock up,” said Sid, \ minute later all hands, on outside, _ “You wouldn’t be able to get any one to invest in «| | it ae the district. Old Man Morton may have some 0 is ‘soon after the restaurant. ton. I believe there’s some of it in the safe, at the offi { Tf we “Well, fellows, I guess it’s time we: started hone Tm | news of the day when ae door oe and a m of eile appeared up to the time he began ti consider what, he should have for his lunch. “There seems to be nothing doing to-day,” he said to himself. “I might as well get my lunch early, and then Pll be ready for any afternoon visitors who may call.” So he locked up and went down to a little restaurant on Beaver Street. # Spa It was a gathering place for curb brokers, and Sid found ” many of them in there when he arrived. He took a seat by himself at a table in the back part of the room, Two brokers were seated at iia next table, sad sii: ne ‘ was eating Sid heard them discussing a piece of news one of them had received from a friend out West in the mining district of Nevada. “Fox wouldn’t put me on to this thing if it wasn’t 80, and he’s in a position to know about what’s going on in the Little Giant,” said one of the gentlemen. | i “He says that a rich vein of ore has been discovered in the mine, eh?” “Yes, and that the news will not get out to the pul for a week.” ; “A week from the time he wrote you the letter?” “Of course. We've got three days in which to buy much of the stock as we can find. It’s going at a quarter a share now, but Fox says it will jump to a dollar at least as soon as the strike becomes known. Before going int the market for it we must pick up all we can se on! the quiet.”” _ “Do you know anybody who has any of it?” “No, I can’t say that I do. T haven’t seen any of it being offered lately; but I know there is quite a bunch of it on hand. Tl call on him some time to-day and-see.” The brokers talked the matter over awhile longer, and. then having finished their meal they left the table, and “T ouess I’ve struck a good tip,” ucust Sid. “Tooke if Little Giant mining stock was a good thing to get. ay TA Sy I must see when I get back and look up the owner in the - stock book, It might belong to Mr. Morton himself, in which event it vi’ be my duty to get all Te ean for it- that is, if I’m authorized to sell it.” “ae As soon as he returned to the office he went over eh batches of stock in the safe and found a certificate of Litt Giant for 5,000 shares made out in Mr. Morton’s n: aS _“ Aecording to the market that is worth $1, 250, rag has aakecs information of, why Mr. Veorbert will” money on this. «At any rate I won’t sell it if T have for it—in fact, I have no right to sell any of Mr. Mo stocks unless I have: instructions from his lawyer to do I think I'll buy some Little Giant on my own hook He the bunch on. to it, too, as a good. thing.” aoe He took up the afternoon. paper and was ‘reading ,
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A Sid, politely. “I am attending to his facies ae ie e gels back. Can I do anything for you?” “Perhaps you. can.” “Take a seat, Mr. “My name is Jenkins. Bia six months ago I bought 10,000 shares of Little Giant mining stock from Mr. Mor- ton at fifteen cents'a share. He told me that any time I ~ wanted to sell it he would find a purchaser for me at the market rate. As I’m in need of some money to pay for a new house I’m having built I have called to get him to _ sell it for mé. Can you tell me what it is worth now?” . Sid looked up the latest Goldfield quotations to make _ sure that the price the broker had mentioned in the restau- rant was correct, and found that it was. “Tt’s quoted in Goldfield at aes cents, Mr. Jen- kins.” “Good. Can you get that for it?” “T guess so.” “What will you charge me ‘to sell it?” “Our commission on 10,000 shares will be $100.” “When can you sell it?” eich away if I can find a purchaser. Call back in an eure, OF A KIND. ecenee “The gentleman, (iho. gave bis name as Lewsenee, looked | disappointed. “What time can you let me know!” he asked. “ About eleven o’clock,” replied Sid. “All right,” replied the broker and took his leave. ; When Sam and the other two dropped in at half past three Sid told them what he had heard about the Little _ Giant mine, and they agreed to bring their ined around =~ in the morning to putiinto the stock. Sid called on Lawyer Snow at ten o’clock and told him — about the offer he had had for the 5,000 shares of Little » Giant in the safe. Then he told him wage he had heard about the aii in the mine. — a “T think it is advisable to hold on to it,” he said. — ‘ “TI think so, too. I couldn’t authorize you to sell it any- he way, without communicating with Mr. Morton,” said aie Px , be yer Snow. “All right, sir, Il tell the broker that it is ae ap sale.” “Do so.” oe Sid then told him he had sold 10,000 shares of Little Giant the day previous for a customer of Mr. Morton’s at the market rate, and turned over the $100 commission on the transaction. “Whoever got it will probably make a good thing dot of it if what you heard ttirns out to be true,” aK the law- ok 2 Sid returned to the office, wrote a note to the oe and ‘sent it tot him by an A. D. T. messenger, then he went out and gave a curb broker he was acquainted: with an order to buy him 14,000 shares ‘of Little Giant at the market. ° An hour later the shares were delivered to himy He now had 24,000 shares of the stock in his posses- es sion, of which 14,000 belonged to himself and the remain- 3 der to his three associates. az, In three days the news of the ore strike came out and — the price of Little Giant jumped to fifty cents at once, cain A week later it was selling readily for a dollar. , Ng In another week it was up to $1.50, and at that price the boys sold out, clearing a profit of $30,000, divided as fol- lows: $17, 500 to Sid; ee to, Sam, aa $3, 750 each to Ed and Fred. ee The boys shook hands over se tuansaetion and voted the : mining deal a great success. ; ae be back at about two,” said the man, rising. “One moment, Mr. Jenkins. You'll have to give me a eyes order sag sell it. I'll write it out and you can sign’ at.” OTe visitor signed the order and then left. Sid put on his hat and went to the safe deposit vault where he kept his money and took out $2,500 of his money. : ‘When Jenkins returned, at two o’clock Sid handed him $2, 400, and took his receipt for the money. “After the man went away he made an entry in the cash book of the $100 commission and put the money in the safe o hand over to Lawyer Snow, to whom he had already car- d the two checks he received the day previous. Little Giant stock he put in an envelope, addressed iself, and placed it in the safe. teen minutes later the gentleman who had soken in/ restaurant about the discovery of rich ore in,the Little i mine ne MadingeePPeaTenee and asked for Mr. Mor- one i Heebies Sin’ ndeed ! And who represents him ?” asked thie visitor. ana Then perhaps you can tall me if he has any Little Giant tock in the office?” re is a certificate for 5,000 shares j in the safe, but sonal property, of Mr. Morton.” for sale?” . n't sell it without ea ottises feat py 3 ud like to buy it. If you ‘will HoH? him a cable e Yl pay for it.” It won’t be necessary to do that, ,as I aula see his lawe t. What are you offering for it?” ve & cent a spre: sie the marke, which i is twen- CHAPTER VIL ee SID RECOVERS A STOLEN BAG. “By ginger |” cried Sam, looking at hig wad of $6, 000, “T never thought V’d be worth as much as this. “This mi ning deal was just like finding money. I put up $1,000 and T’ve got $6,000 back. Can you beat that?” “Beat i, I should say not,” replied Ed. © “Bred and — ‘me went in $750 worth apiece and we’ve each made $3, 150 profit, I feel like going out and painting the town red. oe » “How much did you make, Sid?” asked Fred. “Just $17, 500,” replied Sid, complacently. . “Altogether the four of us are. worth something 0) ot
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FOUR OF back,” ‘said Ed, *- “That’s what we will,” Ae Fred, \ ime uealy “Gf all és hands are willing.” 4 Nothing , would suit me better, chappies,” replied Sid. could put in more money and take a proportionately larger before they’re hatched. We may. go broke on.some deal ; before the time comes we are figuring on.” “Gee! IT hope not,” answered Ed. “J don’t ‘know what to do with all this money,” said SE “T think you’d better keep it in your safe for me, Sid.” “Yl put in my safe deposit box if you wish.” “All right ; do so,” and Sam handed him his roll of bills. “Put mine in, too,” said Ed. “And mine with the others,” put in Fred. ‘Sid put each of his Paisnae money in a-separate en- elope, on which hé wrote the amount and the owner’s name, ' “There now, any time you chaps want to draw on your. ‘i doodle let me know and I'll hand you out what you ask for,” said Sid. _ He put his own money in another big envelope and ta- king the four to the safe deposit vaults, put them in his _. private box and locked them up. That afternoon Sid went up to the retail dry goods dis- triet to make a purchase for his mother at a Sixth Avenue : ‘department store. i his home. Sixth Avente was’ thronged with people, the majority of whom were ladies, most of them out shopping. _ As Sid: stood on the corner of Eighteenth Street, under he shadow of the elevated station, he noticed a very pretty irl, accompanied by an elderly lady who appeared to be ue mother, coming toward him. Sid kept his eyes on her. ng from. her fingers by a thin chain, she carried a hand- ‘some little bag, which doubtless contained her parse. - all well-built and well-dressed woman brushed against and Sid saw her snatch the. girl’s bag from her hand + on the street. ey Scot! ig breathed Sid. “what a nerey. theft eR thin 27? her. “How dare you aceuse me of suc i Nal to me or ru} ees nd go nas business ion when Mr. Morton gets “We could put i in the same amount all around and divide our profit evenly. Or, if we needed a larger capital, I share of the profit. However, we won’t count our chickens |. - He bought Mae he was after antl ordered it sent to adres tL box irate tind eh ic ae it to you, and I followed you here to recover. it. k with the. young Jady’s good looks and vivacious She had several small bundles in her arms, fail swing- ‘making another attempt to seize Sid. : to. the str flash and | ee a across to a ee ade si is [any aca uae ot endo ea chased him, followed by half the customers in ‘the 8 who did not know what to think of the affair. |. Sid shoved the bag into his side pocket and ran up | ty-second Street toward Sixth Avenue, ‘Somes to fin | hoping to catch him half way up. the long block. — nt’s that 2” Bee hes woman, ‘ee ead at f such a possession, stayed to hear no more but started after the dapper young man who he knew had it. He walked fast. so as not to lose sight of the woman’s accomplice. The man crossed the avenue at Nineteenth Street. and kept on down that street. Sid crossed to the other side of the way and shadowed fe him to Seventh Avénue. The fellow walked up a couple of blocks and then en- ” tered: a saloon, Sid looked up and down the avenue in conn of é Be liceman, but none was in sight. “V’ll have to go in after him,” thought the boy. “Its up. to me to get the young lady’s bag back. I’m glad the rag- —— cal is not too big for me to handle. If it comes to blows - between us I’ll bet I can knock several kinds of daylight © into him.” 2 ee Sid walked into the saloon and saw the dapper you man drinking at the bar. ‘The boy saw the end of the girl’s bag sticking out of fellow’s side pocket where he had shoved it on enteri the place. He determined to take the bull by the horns at once risk the consequences. So he approached the chap from behind as his arm eh raised, holding the glass to his lips. Grasping the corner of the, bag he yanked it out of th man’s pocket. The fellow. turned on him at once. “Here, what are you about?” he demanded. “Give that bag. you young crook. ze His words and action attracted attention at ‘once’ “You are a crook yourself, ” said Sid, stoutly, hold the bag out of his reach. “T saw the woman you were w snatch this bag from a young girl on Sixth Avenue hat I’ve got it you won’t get it back.” I Sid spoke loud enough for all in the saloon to hear. os With an. exclamation of anger the dapper young ma’ sprang at Sid. i The boy dodged and hones toward the door, — . “Don’t let him escape,” cried the woman’s acec The Wall Street lad struck out and floored th c with a blow under the jaw, and without waiting for hi ‘The dapper young man picked himeolt up quidd) a young lady who had been robbed. The dapper young man chased after iis at fall He did not dare. shout Stop thief!’ for he was | of ine to ancl attention, and. preferred |
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FOUR OF. A: KIND. op 5 ee Oe maint) as ay \ “Keep your hands off me or [’ll smash you in the iene!) “He advised the yeung lady and her mee to go to the ! ‘cried the boy, stopping and facing him. . Thirtieth Street police station and report their loss,” he \ “I want that bag,” replied the crook, doggedly. concluded. Rate | “You'll take it out in wanting,” replied Sid, resolutely.| “Did they go?” asked Sid. SRS “ry s a lucky thing for you that there isn’t a cop in sight! “They started in that direction,” epee the news man. ot I’d see that you were pinched.” Sid decided to go there and see if he could meet them. “TE you don’t hand that bag over I'll fix you,” hissed So he walked up to Thirtieth Street and turned down ~ the rascal. toward Seventh Avenue. Ps: “Tll chance it. Now if you don’t sheer off 1’ll knock your The station was in’ the middle of the block. rhe ; : head off right here in the street and take the risk of being _ arrested for it.” The fellow thrust his hand into his breast and the next moment flashed out a stiletto. “Give me that bag or I’ll carve you up!” he gritted. Sid didn’t fancy the idea of running against a knifg, but _ just the same he did not intend to give up the bag to the ~~ man. A swift look around showed him an express wagon stand- ing close by. ' He made a dart for it. i _ Springing up on the wheel he paebed the whe a Te-. "-yersed,it and brought the handle down on the rascal’s head as he raised his arm to stab him in the leg, _ Owing to the position of the boy the i was not hatd _ enough to hurt his assailant greatly, and the fellow recov- ered in a moment and came at him again. This time Sid swung the whip to better effect. The fellow dodged his head, but'Sid’s blow was aimed at his arm. ft The butt*struck his wrist and abt the knife hurtling through the air. _ The man uttered a ery of pain and jumped back as Sid made another demonstration with the whip. By this time the rumpus had attracted quite a lot of attention from passers-by and persons in the buildings. © Sid dropped the whip, sprang down from the witeal and sailed into the dapper young man with his fists. Anh crowd quickly ps but made no attempt to in- ‘terfere. Finally Sid smashed the fallow’ on the point of the jaw, nocking him clean out. _“He’s a crook,” said the boy to the crowd, “and ought e run in, but ‘there never is a cop around shen wanted. ‘The rascal drew a knife on ne tek why I put it ne over Half way there he saw the girl and her mother coming _ toward him. A When he came up to them he roused his hat and stopped. — “I beg your pardon, ladies, but I have a few words to say to you,” he said, politely. : A They looked at him inquiringly. . yee “You, miss, had a small bag stolen from you on Sixt Avenue near the corner of Highteenth Street,” he went on: “That is true,” replied the girl. “A woman took ti I am positive, but when an officer came up she’ appar- : ently did not have it in her possession. What she dit with it I've not the least idea. The officer seemed to think 4 I had made a mistake in accusing her, while she herself ~| appeared to be very indignant. I didn’ t like her face, any- way, and I could swear it was she who stole my bag not” withstanding that it was not found on’her ” a “You are right, miss. She took it, for I saw her do ¥ the trick,” said Sid. “You saw her?” exclaimed the girl in surprise. id “T did. » “Then why didn’t you come abiedaaty and tell the officer’ 30! O77 : “Because the woman passed your me to aman confed- — {erate who walked away. I knew that the only chance you © had to get your property back was for me to follow ge man 2 and try to get it away from him.” ig SS “Yon followed him?” : “T did, to a saloon on Seventh Avenue, ane there I ot the bag away from him. JI had a running scrap. with him, — and he finally drew a knife on me. I sprang on a wagon, 5 took the whip and knocked it out of his hand. Then Tr pitched into him with my fists and settled him.” \ “Did you say that you got my bag away from him?” “I did. Here it is,” and Sid drew it from his pocket and handed it to her. “See if what you had in it is still there. I don’t think he had a chance to take anything out) | of it. If he did he wouldn’t have made such a fight: to : get it back.” The girl, examined be bag. and declared that event she had in it was safe. “Pm ever so much obliged to you, aye Sie i : “My name is Sid Sands. I am employed in Wall Street, ioe He Handed her his card which read as follows: x ! Thus speuiditly, Sid pushed ils way. through the crowd th an unconcerned air and no one attempted to stop him. ( she walked away he saw the erat Seas on a door- ie picked it up and even it ne his: sleeve, a fter. he got some distance from the ‘scene of the es put it in one of his inside pockets. © Turning into Sixth Avenue he hurried to the corner ight 44 ighteenth Street, but the thoroughfare had resumed its i "SIDNEY SANDS, $35 ers eustomary appearance, and there was: no sign of the Le With Room 526, Huds gon Bailing) i d been robbed and her mother. - | THOMAS MORTON, a ced the than at the news stand hear the corner if Bastern representative of joticed the trouble that had occurred over the | Keystone” M. & M.. Oo., at eee ahs | and emir Palade mines.
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FOUR OF ae you 1 know him? ‘His name is Alexander * Arling: | “SThis is my mother,” Miss habe said. : Sid bowed and said he was pleased to make her ac- egetance, ge “IT think we had better return to the police station, . S anathat: and tell the officer in charge that we have recov- > ered our property. Will you accompany us, Mr. Sands?! _ Sid said he would be pleased to do so, and explain mat- ters to the satisfaction of the police. “The ladies then retraced their steps under Sid’s escort. CHAPTER VIII. 3 SID AND MISS ARLINGTON. “They lined up before the desk and the officer looked at hem inquiringly. _ ‘T haye recovered my bag,” said Miss Arlington, holding tup. “This gentleman took it away from the thief after ollowing him some distance. We just. met him coming his way. He recognized us and restored my property to me. TI thought we ought to come back and tell you.” “T thought you were positive that it was the woman you 5 “described to me who stole your bag?” said the officer. “So. it was,” spoke up Sid. “She passed it to a young ee ‘man who was with her and he walked away, leaving her to - + face the music, and she seemed to be one af those women who can do that to the queen’s taste. III bet she’s an ex- _ perienced professional, I saw the whole thing and followed _ the man to a saloon on Seventh Avenue where I recovered ~ the young lady’s bag by stratagem and ey held on to it by force.” _ Sid described the sroypic it had led him into and showed se the stiletto. The officer took it ee laid it on his desk. You should have grabbed the man on Sixth Avenue, near the scene of the theft, and held him till an officer came,” said the man at the desk. “Now he’s at large. and we'll have the trouble of looking him HP. Describe his general appearance.” Sid did so pretty accurately. ih The officer wrote the description down. — “What's your name?” he said, «Sid handed him one of his cards. “Where do you live?” will probably catch both the woman and the man u will have to appear against them in the Jefferson olice’ Court,” u can be. found at either of the addresses you have eC, LS suppose f ro I’m at the office from ten till fours e ieave out half past eight in the morning and get out five in the afternoon.” “young lady, will have to appear ‘as complainant, leave your ee with me to be heh as evident, a ~The boy told him. eb crooks lately.” ure in ne a ‘stremto A KIND. pepe a i Se AY ag A a Sos Nae rs ate PR. a ee RA eee eat } “Tt is necessary,” he said, and she reluctantly handed it i over. After he had made a ieee Bee of the bag and its contents, he signed it and handed it to Miss Arlington. “You will wait a few minutes, young man,” said the officer, who called a policeman up and told him to oat Detective Grady. Sid was told to tell his story to the sleuth, and ‘a 80, and the man at the desk handed him the written descrip- tion of the man, another detective had already been sent out to find the woman. Hy The detective got- the location of the saloon where Sid i had recovered the bag, and the part of the block where he had his final scrap with the dapper young man. Sid was then permitted to leave the station.. He went away with Miss Arlington and her’ mother, who chad waited for him. rR e “T am so sorry you got into trouble with that man from re whom you recovered my bag,” said Miss Arlington. “You — 23 might have been seriously hurt when he drew the knife on :m ou.” N : “As long as I wasn’t hurt it is all right, Miss Arling- ‘a ton,” replied Sid. ee “Well, I am ever so much obliged to you for whet you > * have done in this matter, and I hope you will not be mué inconvenienced if you have to come to court.” “Pm not worrying about that,” laughed Sid. hee “T trust you believe that I am very grateful to eae putting yourself out on my behalf,” said the girl, are nestly. te - “T have no doubt you are. - ps pleased to feel that ; | was able to be of service to you.” ‘tae ; “T shall always remember you with gratitude.” “That’s all right, Miss Arlington. Shall I put. you os aboard a train, or do you intend to remain down town a while longer? P? “We are through with our shopping and were abont take the elevated at the Eighteenth ree station hat woman snatched my bag.” a va “Then I will see you to the Twenty-bigi tion, and will ride up with you if you have no T am going home.” “We will be pleased to have your escort. Seventy-second Street.” ' So Sid put them into a car and +c0k a eee Arlington. They became very friendly a) the time ae i a father. Sid bade mother and daughter son ‘a on home, where he had quite a story to tell his ‘ othe sisters. “You ought to be a detective, Sid, a iva Fanny, “for you: seem to be wes a by a of 5 laughed the. hoy.
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; POUR OF A’ KIND, \ “T admit it, though I took good care to keep out of reach of his knife.” \ “TJ trust the lady and her aeneer appreciate what you did for them.” “They appeared to, mother.” “Well, supper is ready, so sit up, children.” Sid was reading the market report next morning in his office when the door opened and a fine-looking gentleman walked in. The boy ag ae him at once as Broker Alexander . Arlington, oT believe you are ‘Mansy Sands,” ‘said the visitor. “Yes, sir, Take a seat.” “My name is Arlington. You rendered my daughter a great favor yesterday afternoon, and I have called to thank you for it.” “Your wife and daughter have already thanked me, Mr. Azlington, » replied Sid. - “Of course,,and I wish to add,mine, also. You had quite a time, I. understand, with the woman’s accomplice, who attacked you with a knife.” pa wes, Sir; T had rather a strenuous scrap with him, but T knocked hint’ out in the end. 1 regret that the non- aa ecence of a policeman prevented me from landing him ‘the station house. Still I suppose I could have held him a an officer was sent for if I hadn’t been so anxious to mm the bag to your daughter.” _ onee more I Thank you. You are employed by Mr. Morton a; as his clerk, I believe.” -*T am in charge of his office while he is in ‘Warope, sir. The. position, I think, is only temporary.” | “This is not your first situation in Wall Street, is it?” ‘o, sir. I worked as a messenger two years for Broker a Higgins ‘We had some difference about a month or more and T left him. The trouble was about a deal I made the market. It was against orders, but I saw a sure : and I took the chances. He heard about it ‘over the coals. In fact, I may as well admit to leave. As I made $2,200 out of the deal ‘much over our separation. Since then I’ye 000 more, so, all things considered. I’ve } better than if I had remained with Mr. phtimate: Bite: still I cannot say that ne of action, hoy it is against the regu- Yr employees to dabble in the market. sh you to think that IT am finding any am glad to know that you have made hances were very much against you. you are unusually smart. At any rate you look r-can be of service to you at any time, don’t fail e and I will do the best I can for you,” said rer, ok : but I hope it may not be necessary ine any favor. I am ambitious to make my tirely by my own exertions.” s you credit, young man. _ Still, it, Yon probably acted as your judgement dictated, and |. tl !she admitted that the theft was done 80 quickly ‘that barely caught a glimpse of the woman’ 8 “hand. Soon after Sid returned from lunch a policeman called and told him his presence would be required at ten o "dock next Morning at the Jefferson Market court. “Tl be there,” replied Sid. When he met his three associates that Hromnoen hs sur-_ prised them with the account of his second thief-catching a adventure. ‘ “Say, you’re all right, Sid,” replied qe “You ought = to join the police force. You'd make a good cop.” “No, thanks. I’ve no ambitions in that line. Wall Street ie good enough for me. I intend to be a broker some day if I don’t get broke before that time.” _ “We all hope to be brokers, so we are four of a kind,” grinned Hd. “our of a kind-is good,” said Sid. “It we went into. partnership we could have it painted on our office door— The Four of a Kind Co.. Stocks and Bonds. Members of ~ the Stock:and Curb exchanges; also the Consolidated and — Produce exchanges. Anything from railroad stocks to cereals bought and sold on commission. Wow would that strike you ?” * “Tt would attract attention if it didn’t bring in busi ness,” replied Sam. x “That sign would get us into the newspapers,” inugheenl Fred. ; “As long as it didn’t get us into jail, what’s the differ. 3 ence? chuckled Ed. 7S at The boys agreed that it would suit them from the ground — floor up to start in business together, and Sid told them _ that another fortunate deal or two would place them in a position o gratify their ambition. cee ‘ ~ M4, CHARTER IX. ee THE FOUR GET IN ON ANOTHER WINNING DEAL. Next morning Sid went down on the Sixth Avenue ele- 2: vated, got off at the Bighth Street station and walked ae to.the Jefferson Market Police Court. a Tt was about ten o'clock when he got there oe a 7 nounced his presence to an officer. “3 Broker Arlington was already there with his wife and daughter. They bowed to Sid, and the latter made Toom on the - bench for him beside her. » ais In a little while the woman who had cennbea: the bag from Miss Arlington, and her aus were called to the bar. They pleaded not guilty, and had a tauyet on ‘hand look out for their interests. Miss Arlington was called on and she told “her story. She identified the woman as the person who had brus ed rudely against her in the crowd on the avenue and had ; snatched | her bag out of her hands. On cross-examination by the lawyer for the defendant tas? She maintained, however, that the woman was the thief, ‘Then ‘Sid took the stand. Ca ils He mychs pera that fe saw the woman s he
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A KIND. ny eres as Se OUR OF 4What ‘yatlt oe been the mee? p» plied Sid. 1 “The ag had passed out of her possession.” _ The defendant was’ called to the stand and dénied the 5 theft in positive terms. The man was called and denied that the woman had passed him the bag in question or anything else. _ The lawyer ‘asked that the woman be discharged on the ground that the evidence against her was not sufficient to establish her guilt. "The judge shook his head. * _ “IT have here this woman’s picture, No. 09999A, in the ‘Rogue’s Gallery, and a statement from the detective bu- ee that she has twice been convicted of the same offense operations of the syndicat hind it, Sid told his ea ciates that he intended to wait a few days probably befor buying, even at the risk of haying to pay a higher figure than 88, rather than run the chance of getting. caught by an early slump, which might wipe their “$30, 000 out. fe “Most of these corners begin by the insidere depressing the price to shake out the stock as much as possible,” said Sid. “That is likely to happen in this case, just as it did in S. & T., when we all got something of a scare.” i “That's right,” nodded Sam. ‘Better be sure than : sorry.” “Yes, A smaller profit is better than no profit at all and a loss to boot,” said Sid. “We are going into a mighty + big deal this time. Thirty thousand represents pretty near- ly all the capital we have acquired and we can’t afford to. Jose it. Therefore, chappies, I’m going to be cautious. This is our opportunity to get enough for us to start in business, is and it would be fierce to slip up on it.” “Bet your life it would,” replied Sam. z oe Sid was the only important witness against the man, and 1e told his story of how, after seeing the rascal receive the bag from the woman, he had followed him to the Seventh venue Saloon, and there took the bag from him. hen he described what happened afterward up to the} “If we win this time you three will be able to tell. you oment he knocked the fellow out by a blow on the point | bosses that you have got tired running errands’ at ates tthe chin. dollars a w ep. (a : ~ The stiletto was produced in evidence, but was objected} “We won’t cut loose until es ion comes hadle and _ to by the lawyer for the defendant on the ground that, as| relieves you of your job,” said Ed. ‘ the witness’s testimony was uncorroborated, there existed] “I expect, he'll be back in less than three months,” 7 a reasonable doubt that the person whom the witness al-| plied Sid. “I had a letter from him this morning in wh ~ Teged had drawn the dagger on him was the defendant. he said he was coming around all right at the German wa- Several witnesses, however, were brought forward by the | tering-place where he is stopping. He complimented me _ police who swore that the defendant was Aes man the wit-|{he good report his lawyer had sent him of my ma 3 ness had had trouble with. ment of his office, and said he congratulated himself 0 The barkeeper of the saloon substantiated a part of Sid’s | having secured such an excellent representative as mysel testimony, and several eye-witnesses of the trouble on| “Tf your friend Ruggles knew you were doing so we _ Twentieth Street corroborated another part of his story. | he’d have a, fit,” chuckled Ed. “He likes you about as we Tn addition it was shown that the fellow’s picture was | as the Old Scratch does holy water.” it © Ne. 08809A in the Rogue’s Gallery, and he had served a| It was five o’clock when the conference of the four broke oe ~ term in Sing Sing for highway robbery. up and the boys went home. ; _ The judge held him for the action of the grand jury. » About half past eleven the door opened and an A. DT Broker Arlington, his wife and daughter and’ Sid left | messenger walked in. es court room and walked to the nearest elevated station. Ct, fade a package for Sidney Sands,” he said. » After leaving the ladies at the stairs of the uptown side,: “That’s my name,” said Sid. Ab _ The messenger fended him a small package, foul a s of the downtown side took s a toatl for Rector Street, ceipt for it and left. sage om which they walked, to their offices in Wall Street. Sid wondered, what ee package contained and. who od eee the sae nies Farnham hipeatiom! learned aes + yaenb it. 1g Taking off the wrapper he found a dainty little envelope addressed to him in a female hand, and under it a sm box with the imprint « of Tiffany, jeweler. poe Opening the envelope Sid pulled out a card with i afharnont ‘after you are off for the day. Fetch Arlington’s name and address engraved on it. : », to ‘my office. Tl wait for you and we'll talk the} On the back of it was written the following: over, and decide what we'll do about it,” said Sid. | consider it just as good a tip as Sam’s,” said Fred. pe it will prove so. | Good- bye ‘ti later. nf ur o'clock the four young speculators were. as- n Mr. Morton’ 8 offies chock full of confidence i in . “Dear Mr. Sands: Please accept the spied w charm aga slight token of my appreciation. of your serviee to. me in recovering my bag. ‘Youm sents
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FOUR OF A KIND. ¢ was a very handsome ornament, and Sid was delighted]. “Because ’m shy. just the mesely. sum of 8375 of being with it. worth $50,000,” replied Sid. e immediately: attached it to his watch chain. “What's the difference? You'll make that $395 oun his looks swell,” he said: “It was very kind of Miss | other time, and more, too: You’ve been pulling in most of _ Arlington to send me this. So her name is Grace? . That’s| the profit right along because you had more ae to -. a pretty name, and she’s a mighty pretty girl.” put up.” Béfore going to lunch he wrote the fair donor a letter] “That’s all right, but I took a larger es nee yon ‘chaps. sf ; of thanks for her handsome present, assuring her that he|'This time I had $17,000 at stake, while you had Bye 2, ‘woul always wear it in remembrance of her. $5,000.” ; Addressing the note “Miss Grace Arlington,” he posted} “My $5,000 meant as much to me as your stake did o vi it on his way to the restaurant. you.- Well, we’ve won out and we have enough dough to When the boys came together again. ‘that afternoon Sam | go into business with. Let it be soon, and the sooner the — piped ‘the charm off at once. better. How shall we gol in? We three will put up $10, 900° _ “That’s a peach,” he said. “Been investing in jewelry?” | each, and you?” Z «No, it’s a present from the young lady whose bag: af oe SAU put in either $20, 000. or $30,000. If the latter, “Tecovered.” half of the profits will come to me and the other half will “That so? It’s all to the niudhard. I guess you deserved | be divided among you three. If the former, I’ll take two- t, all’ right.” fifths of the profits, and you fellows one-fifth each. What- he three boys admired it greatly, and then began to|ever you say goes. We have a couple of months ahead ‘of Ms it Sid about the girl, asking whether she was pretty, us to make our arrangements.” 3 d numerous other questions about her. “Tf we have losses instead of profits youll come in - ss When they got- tired of that they began to talk about | the small end of the horn instead of the big end as you % rospects of 0. & Nv have just figured,” said Ed. ext morning Sid devoted his attention to the quota-| -“Yes, Vl be either the largest gainer or the largest: ions of O. & N., sitting beside the ticker and reading them | loser, according to how the cat jumps,” said Bids 97 ew ti as’ they appeared on the tape. The three turned their money over to Sid to put away During the next three days the price of the stock stead-| in his safe deposit, and he wrote the new amounts on their’ ly declined to 81, and Sid refrained from buying it. enyelopes. _ Then it began going up slowly. The total amount contained in the four envelopes footed When it reached Pe Sid Araged he had better buy, and | up $86,475. ; ae lid so, “Who'd have thought we’d ever be worth so much ?” can Tae ‘That afternoon he notified his associates that he had put | Ed. “Why, when we captured those two' crooks about four ~~ lie deal through. months ago I was only worth $150, now I can lay claim iE ereafter Sam, Ed and Fred began to fale great inter-| to $11,000 more than that.” i in: their office indicators, and in the blackboard of the} “And I’ve made $49,000 since then,” sai Sid, comple He kar tock Exchange every fine’ they carried a message. there. cently. a Tn the’ course of a week O. & N. was up to 90, «TE you Keep on at that - at yowll be worth a million 3. the f following week it rose to 98, and a big scramble | before you're twenty-one,” remarked Fred. ey hey ed on the part of all ee oe to get hold of some; “I hope we'll all be millionaires one of these days,” said Sam.. “What would you db with a million if you ‘had it, Sam? ” sth said Sid. “Use it ae make . another million,” vei Sam, prompt. | @: bath hee" 000 ahead, and they were so tickled that they nearly i themselves Mey: ith: ly. eae fags a million, I’d retire Hae business, ‘buy an 3 automobile and tour the country,” said Bae ss “After you had ‘toured the country, what then ? a said Sid. Oe | “Id go to Europe mk ‘aprend myself? Vege abe a : “And after that ?? Keke i Biecge “Oh, I'd have to consider,” grinned Ed. _ Next day was Saturday and Sid was sitting in his of fice waiting for twelve o’clock to come around, | at. which hour he was due at Lawyer Snow’s sess when a tne ~ | tap came on the door. . > : _ | -“Come in,” said the boy, and { in’ oath Gntoe pene : ad that we: ‘didn’t fale a ae more dollars ton, arrayed in a mihoked gown and hat, and looking re’ said Sid a few days afterward, when he had} tier than ever. ‘ On’ ‘Monday Sia « came to the aartesantons that the boom pi showing: signs of ca a $0. He sold owt at 101%. ce 8 amount $i “$28, 495: ‘Sam’ 8, $8,375: Ee? ‘s and Fred’s, $6,700 éach. at raised their combined eaneee to. $86, 000. _ CHAPTER x.
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FOUR OF A KIND. Sid’ got his first knowledge of the rise from his office if ticker. | The price was rising a point at a time. “Too bad that we chaps aren’t in on this,” he said to himself. “We could make something out of it tho h, IT. 3 should think, if we acted right away. There’s little chance of my seeing them before business is over for the day so 1. suppose I'll have to play a lone hand this time.” i At that moment the door banged open and Ed ashed in. : Z “Say, Sid, I’ve only got a moment to stay. Have you. : heard about the rise in L. & M.?” “ ’ “Tyo you think that would escape me with a ticker at my elbow?” replied Sid. ; “Don’t you think we’d better get in on it?” “Yes, I was just going out to some shares, for. self.” “Why not for the bunch ?” “T have no authority to touch the other chai “Oh, it would be all right.” 3 I should win, of course; but if I lost “None of us would blame you. I wouldn’t, anyw “That’s all right, but it isn’t business. I don’t to use any of the fellows’ money without orders,” “Well, I give you leave to use mine—any part 0 ‘Sid drew a pad toward him, wrote something on it told Ed to sign it, cs ; He did so. “Now youre in this with me, and have got to foie your chances,” said Sid. He and Id left the office together. L. & M. was then going at 91 and a fraction. Sid went to the safe deposit vault and drew $10, 000° Kid’s money and $20,000 of his own. He went to Mr. Arlington’s office, but the broker at the xchange. Te gave the cashier an order to buy 3, 000 L. & M. fe him at the market. ' The order was quickly executed, but the stock 92. He rushed back to his office and gene his. stent | the ticker. The price kept on adconees till at half sa two it up to 102%... Sid decided that was high siete for him, 80 | over to the broker’s and ordered the shares sold. ' The order was transmitted to Mr. a and the stock in a few minutes. ~ At quarter past four Sam, iid sa Pred came ah See to all, ye you 1 kno, * she on, smilin gly, “and T always keep my word.” eeeey: appreciate the honor you have paid me,” he replied. » “Do you? It’s very nice of you to say so.” Well, it’s an honor to have a charming young lady call : upon you.” _ “Dear me, how complimentary you are.” _ “Tf it’s a compliment, you certainly deserve it.” Grace smiled and blushed a little, j “So this is your office? Jt’s a very nice one.” “It’s Mr. Morton’s orice, but J expect to have one of my own shortly.” “Are you thinking of going into business for yourself?” -.. “Y.and three friends, who style ourselves Four of a ~ Kind, will open up on our own hook in the eourse of three ‘months, when Mr. Morton returns from Europe.” “Tndeed! That will be nice. I wish you success.” “Thank you, Miss Arlington. We hope to do~ well. Four months ago the four of us were worth just $1,100, now we are worth over $80,000.” » #Tg it possible?” she exclaimed in surprise. And what's more, we made every cent of it through lucky speciilations in the market. ae ehes ok Ol and your friends must be awfully smart,” she said. “Say rather that we're awfully lucky.” _ “But Pm sure you’re smart, too.” “Tt’s to be hoped we are, for we need to be up to snuff to follow the business successfully.” ‘Sid and Miss Arlington enjoyed quite a tete-a-tete, and when the clock pointed to five minutes of twelve Grace said she’d have to return to her father’s office bas go home with him. Sid bade her good-bye, invited her to call again, and ey th en locked mg and went up to Broadway to call on Lawyer ... Snow. : Tt was stiotle Miss time that the trial of the two cpsulee who had almost succeeded in ‘robbing Mr. Farley’s safe -. came on, and Sid and his three friends were subpoenaed to “appear as witnesses against them. ‘The case was quickly disposed of, for not the slightest Z s “doubt of the men’s guilt was in the jury’s minds after _ the various witnesses had testified, and. they ie Sac in a verdict of “Guilty.” “The then were seritenced to several years*in Sing Sing. A few days afterward Sid was summoned before the grand jury to testify against the man and woman impli- cated in the robbery of Miss Arlington’s bag. _ When he. got there he, found aa ae pone other wit- nesses. present, _ After hearing what Sid and. Miss Kinikiptant had, to say : the grand jury, though pretty well satisfied that the woman ne Sid's office, * : M. ; was guilty, refused to hand down an indictment against| “Say, Sid, is it true you've Sonate & for ~- her on the ground that the testimony would herdly con- self and Ed and not for me and Fred?” asked Sam viet her, as it was uncorroborated. The man also escaped because,: though Sid swore he} 1k the bag from him, and had seen him receive it from the hese his Sianemenb cowie not be Ape ves tone. 5 01 ne “Didn't ee you why?” BAL Fh eG | "Yes, but that’s n sent we expected p lessly. 3 It’s. hh? as the pe ei Bees ‘Sid.
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ain I cant sure it was a good thing when I tackled was willing to take the chances for myself, and for M. is up to 1038 now. | ich did you buy?” kat “One thousand shares for Ed and 2,000 for myself.” “You have made over $11 a share so far, and may make more,” “No. I gold out at 102 and a fraction; Ed will clear $10,000 and I’ll make double that.” “While Fred and I are left,” replied Sam, with a growl. “That's your luck. If the stock had gone up five or six ints and then went on a slump, as it was liable to do, [and I would have been losers while you chaps would een all to the good.” ca however, felt that he had heen ill used and looked chy, | his opinion he had Jost $10,000. red, however, took the matter good naturedly. rote out an order authorizing Sid to use his money any he saw ‘Proper to do’ so, and ‘Fred signed a similar der rid ; : » CHAPTER XI. _ SIDNEY SANDS & 00., STOCKS AND BONDS. The: four young speculators were now worth 8117, 000 {ween them, of which Sid owned the far larger BAEC) 70,000. - Mr. Arlington’s echicy cael him in a shea ade out to Sid’s order for something over $60,000 he was d-and ‘asked his employee about the deal, tained the check and carried it over to Sid’s office ally that afternoon, the one following the deal. lad to see you, Mr. Arlington, ” said Sid. “Sit down.” rou made quite a big deal in my office,” said the bro- f Tr congratulate you on doubling your money.” third of that check helongs to one of my. friends, in with me.” rell, you made $20, 000, at any rate. a That’s right.” : * nt for all that I would advise you to be very cau- Hac dL. & M. taken’ on a slump you might have lost oréater J part of your margin,” - hat’s the chance a chap has to take who speculates on ngerous game, eng ict, deny it, but it?s an exciting one? intend to follow this thingrap? ae ch is my intention.” roker shook his head disapprovin _FOUR OF A KIND. : That’s what it closed at. | In the end Sam tecovered his good humor again, and | eem to possess ‘the iaok ot speculating auicoeee-’ “T think you ee to put the money a have won into” something stable—something that will turn you ina steady income.” “Your advice is good, Mr, Arlington, but I’m afraid. T y, | wouldn’t feel satisfied to do that, at least not yet,awhile.” % The broker saw there was no use in continuing the argu- ment so he turned the conversation in another direction. “Mrs. Arlington, my daughter and myself would be. glad to have you call on us some evening when you are not . GGarwise engaged.” “T will be pleased to do so. If you will set an evening r will consider it an engagement.” .. “Suppose you come up next Thursday on “All right. Next Thursday suits me as well as any. other.” After some further talk the broker went away. | When Thursday evening came Sid: put on his best clothes - ; and made his appearance at Mr. Arlington’ 8 home on Wet Seventy-second Street. He received a warm greeting ana spent an enjoyable NY evening, the larger part in Grace’s company. The young lady laid herself out to entertain him, and Sid ~ was more than ever impressed by her beauty and vivacity. — She invited him to call again soon, and he said he would. During the next two months he called several times, and the young people became boat much, interested in each other. During that time Sid and his friends did not get in on any other stock deal, so their money remained safe in the deposit vault. . At the end of the second month Mr. Morton returned, fully recovered in health, and after a talk with Sid, wanted him to remain with him, as he had some hata of en- larging the scope of his business. ' _ Sid, however, said he was going into business on his own hook with three of his friends, and so the mining man had — to look around for some other assistant. x A few days later the four boys met at Mr. Morton’s office re after hours, with that, gentleman’s permission, and sete ranged their partnership agreement. The capital of the new firm was to be #20, 000, contrib- uted as follows: Sid, $40,000; Bd, $20, 000, and Sam and Fred $10, 000 ey. each. ! Their interest i in either profits or losses was to be i in pro x | portion to their investments: ‘The firm was to be known as Siatnes! Sands & Co., and 4 its business was to deal in stocks and bonds on ‘commission, ‘and speculate when a good chance’ offered. Sid found two rooms—a small one and a good-sized one, “ in the Norcross Building on Wall Street, and he rented it, giying Mr. Arlington as his reference. . furnished it up in proper style for eek pe sb in | partners were working out their last week with base bosses, On the following Monday morning the boys | sider. their one as tle for that day. all came Spe | down at half past nine, and gathered at Sid’s desk to con=, x
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FOUR, OF . “there. aE wall walk around. among the brokers and see what segs can ‘learn. That will be the program for the day.” - * Sid being the head = the firm and manager, whatever he said went. _ their partnership. “Now, chappies, we've’ got to make a reputation for our- selves in the Street. We are four of a kind and the combi- nation ought to make Wall Street hum, even if we are only _ boys. It’s young blood that tells in these up-to-date days. - Paste that fact in your hats and see that you don’t forget it. If we don’t show the old fogies some new kinks I shall be much disappointed. This is our first day in business. Tet us try and make it a red-letter one in our calendar by doing something.” : “Thats the talk,” said Sam, enthusiastically. “Bet your boots,” said Hd. “There won’t be any flies t ‘on us.” Me : ‘il hope Lid: Now then it’s five minutes of ten. Get, _ a move on Sam, and you too, Fred. The exchanges will be “open by the time you get on the ground,” said Sid. ~~ Sam and Fred put on their hats and departed. Sid was about to follow suit when the door opened and -. @ bearded man walked in, “Ts Mr. Sands in??? he inquired. ~. “Tam Mr. Sands,” teplied Sid. “T mean Mr. Sidney Sands.” “That's my name.” , - *You can’t be the head of the firm here?” Fide “Why not?” © “Why I should say that you are rather too young look ; ing. Bt eT be older one of these days if I live. What can I a6 ‘for you Mr. Pee oy The visitor Ee to be rather undecided what to say. ‘ _ “So you are the head af = im eh?” said the gentle- ae “man at length. : Sit)! OV ea iain, php “Ts that young man your partner ae “One of them.” “How many have you?” “There are four of us.” ; “Four !” fixe Bharti ; vYes.: of a kind.” aah ees ¥ “What do you mean by that?” — _ “That we are of one mind in whatever we ao. Cy “Oh, I see. This is a boy — of brokers, I fudge.” 4 iret Wrerre rl men as yet, But you haven't tle me your - name, or how I can serve ‘you. #4 2 __on this floor. any business’ ‘with boys. on tesponsible. Being under age you are hardly |. ‘ ist make tb pay eh 0% ne that’s our funeral, Mr. jes, We are starting out eal ig then it as the: ed bird that ha the ; That had’ been ecided: on at the time they entered into | ee and presently took his departure. gets, ya j.4 F7 tase ene spoala, “My name is Jenkins. I’m a broker and haye an office | As to serving me, I don’t know as I can do} pen You must have funds to hire and. fit up such } an. office as this, but: I don’t see ‘how you. are going to: A. KIND. don’t do any business with you: Some day when we are a firm of some consequence in the Strect you will, if you’re alive, no doubt look back with pleasure to the fact ‘that your name heads the list on our books.” ~“Upon my word you’ re a good talker, and you have no lack of nerve to Start out as a broker.” nf “Nerve is a good thing to have, especially if you have ey money to back it up aay ie ” “Are you doing anything in the speculative line? o” asked the visitor after a momentary pause. ‘ “We are open to consider any proposition that promises to pan out.” “Then I think I could put something in your way.” “What is it?” “T have a few thousand shares of Powhattan Consol- idated, a mining stock of great promise, in my safe. If you'd. like to buy the block I'll let you have it cheap i as need the money.” “How long have you had it in your safe?” asked who knew through his experience in Mr. Morton’s off that Powhattan “Consolidated was a scaly Nevada mi which had started with a flourish of trumpets and dropped almost out of sight, owing to the poor amaliy its ore assays. i Not long. It’s a good mine, a . “Good for nothing you mean,” replied Sid, Pe “Why do you say that?” asked the broker, looking ” him keenly. , % “Just what I said. I wouldn’t give a cent a share for all the Powhattan Consolidated on the market.” “Tm thinking, young nian, that you are not very acquainted with mining stocks.” Hy : ge Rage not, but I had an idea I was for T’ve, Oa the truth about the majority of them.” Broker Jenkins was rather taken aback. He saw that Sid appeared far from being an easy He had nothing more to say about Powhattan. C ace who were more or fess astonished at oe OHAPTER 2 Bal ts sip GETS HOLD sal A TIP AND MAKES AN orion ing. 4 ‘ As he leaned ss a big sound il wig t i :
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_ FOUR OF A. KIND. t if there was any doubt about the matter,’? answered the other gentleman. “D. & H. is going at 85 now, and any- body. who gets it at that, or near that figure, and ‘holds on to it, will make a profit of anywhere from $15 to $20 a share. It will be just like finding money. I want you to go in with me and we'll buy as nel as we can afford on’ margin, and then we'll stand to make a small barrel of _ money.” “All right. [’m with you. TI can put up $50,000.” ai TY have that much, too, by the morning. Drop in at nny office by half past nine with a certified check, and T’ll Le guarantee we'll divide $150,000 between us.” They talked the subject’ over till the rain let up and then _ they left the building. ' Sid, who had heard every word, followed the geutlenten who. had received the tip and learned that ‘he was the New. York representative of a big Western car-wheel works. . Before returning to his office Sid had his lunch, and got ek to the office in time to let Bd go to his. “I’ve captured # fine pointer,” he said to Ed, as his jartner reached for:his hat. ~ “Good. What is it?” - “Tt will keep till you get back. If you see Fred down at e Curb send him up. And drop in at the Exchange gal- y and tell Sam to come back. As this promises to be a : thing I want to hold a consultation before I do any- thing,” said Sid. . “All right,’&said Ed,‘and he went out, A short time after Rd’s departure Sid had his second yis+ tor of the day. ‘ Ib oe th was a ie of t boy traders who ee started out to vhat they oy do in the San: line. I thought Pi t’s i ae He was in*here himself frrtedticagtas? the firm and incidentally trying to unload on us a bunch ies yhattan Consolidated mining shares.” 5 perelty ae stock, ” ‘said sas ee with a solemn Mo sell ify you can find a pubes,” replied Sid. ey buy as an. investment, for mes sure to go up.” ‘Up Salt Creek, you mean.” ne Deas Why. do you think that, young man 1 . ality that it hasn’t paid the cost of mining.” ee nes from the bad what use would. it be startin, oganae a specialty tea m ‘are ready to deal in just as yo had cireulated a report around the Street to the effect that “la big bear pool had been formed to push the stock dow the syndicate’ $ brokers could bie in the stock. as cheap as “Because I know what the mine is. Tts ore is of 80 poor | possible. ‘| Sid was rather puaaled that Rutgers, who was pragtcllly im! You seem to be in touch with mining ‘matters, | s my business to be. If I didn’t knqw the good t pointer. — ct ea Mr. Rutgers.” “Pleased to make your acquaintance, | ies all aon in anne: eats: “I understand there are four of you, firm.” “You understand right.” “T suppose you’ve all picked up your scrolates < ot stocks in Wall Street 2” “Yes, sir.” a “Tt takes coastienible capital to-do anything in Pike bro : kerage line,” : Sid nodded and looked hard. at his elie It struck him that Rutgers was trying to Poe Sue Tet this costs money in this neighborhood,” said the callers “Yes, rents are steep in Wall Street and vicinity.” “You'll have to do business to pay your ‘geal yams “Naturally.” ih “Tt may be some time before: you do anything.” Well 9 ‘es “T hope you have capital enough to carry yon over. ” “We're not worrying about that.” Let “Then you have the necessary capital, eh?” BE “We didn’t start in on wind.” “Hum! Perhaps I could pué you on £0 something # that would give you a little lift.” “You are very kind to suggest, it,” replied Sid, “Not at all. I have always taken a great interest in young people who are trying to get on in the world. It’s a weak-— ness I have.” xs ‘Mr. Rutgers at that moment looked as if the milk of ie im man kindness was bubbling over in his breast. a Sid made no reply. yeahs He was satisfied that his Hskon was trying to he some Ae trap for the new firm. ea ' “JT would sugg gest that you buy: D. & H.” Ratgers, with a benevolent: smile. . nie _ Sid gave a start of surprise. E - Tt was the’ very stock he had the tee on, and wil he <a was satisfied was a good thing, ; ees yh eee ee “Why D. & H.?” he asked. Be Cae ea “Because it is almost certain to go up. soon,’ es “How do you know that?” ; -“T got the tip on the quiet.” Bi The truth was Rutgers had heard that D. & H. was kee eo ly to go down, and He thought he would. oy and Sell: 500) : shares that he had to the boy firm. ee ~The syndicate which had started in to corner aie. stable \i The object of this was to bring. about a decline so that a stranger ‘to him, should, ope page aes out neal ata you think ye & H. ik a good thing ooh ‘5 have loaded. ‘up on mind lettit ed ‘the money. t hing walter. ck is fie saree: q don’t
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FOUR OF A KIND.. but if things go right hell — find out his mistake,” said. “Now, you chaps can hang around the office or go" @tit, as you choose. I’m going over to Broker Arlington to buy’ 5,000 shares of D. & H. I don’t think it will go much lower—at any rate not ten points,”’ , s Sid put on his hat and departed. : He stopped in at the safe deposit vault and took’ out | $50,000. With this in his pet he entered Mr. Axlington’ 8 of- fice. The broker was j in and welcomed him i in a very friendly way. Ly “Tye brought you an pales, Mr, Arlington, from the {new firm.” Cte “Much obliged. Ill try to reciprocate some time.” “We want you to buy for us 5,000 shares of D, & H. at the market on the usual margin,” continued Sid. “ There is $50,000 to cover the depdsit.” Mr. Arlington took the order and Sid took his leave. That afternoon D. & H. closed at 78. Broker Rutgers shook hands with himself; and regarded the $8,000 deposit he had received from the ‘boy. fa : good as so much profit. He told Jenkins about the deal he nad made with young broker,’and that trader felt jealous of his succe: So much so that he made a call at the office of Sid Sa : ae as he poke another ctor came out at 832, and “Rutgers thinks we are €@ sil another at 832. - He saw that the stock was going down. _ “The latest price is 834,” he said to the broker. As Rutgers had noticed that the price was 85 when he left his own office he saw that he must do business quick ‘if he expected to’make anything. “Well, Pl let you have 500 at that,” he said. ‘Sid had no intention of buying D. & H. outright. There was no money in it-for the firm, as they did not have capital enough to operate on-that safe and sane prin- ciple. — Five hundred shares at 834 would cost $41,562.50, and that was half of their capital, while 500, bought on margin, would take only $5,000. Of course, in the latter case there was the risk as well s the interest on a matter of $36,000 to be considered, but hat was a part of the game. “Ym much obliged to you, Mr. Rutgers, but I don’t care 0 we such a heavy investment. If ‘you'll sell me an op= on on that 500 ‘shares, or even on a thousand or two, I Light consider the matter.” _,*An option, eh? Why that way would cost you more ‘money. i . “Tn the end, yes; but if the vibe is going up, as you say, we could afford to pay for the’ patie ime ” replied | - Sid, with an innocent expression. “Well, Vl sell you a five-day option at 83 on 1,000 or 2,000 shares if you want to take it that way. You'll have - to put up a deposit of five per cent. on the current value of tbe shares,” “Five days is too short. Make it ten and ray go you,” said. Sid. fe siys eee eae sd “You'll have to give 85.” “Couldn’t think of it. That’s an advance of four points,” _ “T+’s likely to be up ten points in ten days,” said the “i broker. ‘Sid believed him and wondered why he was willing to *. gell the option when he professed to" have a tip that the stock | wwas going up. He immediately jumped to the conclusion that Mr. Rut- | gers had no knowledge of what was in peepee? but was. figuring on the present decline. © ‘ “He looked at the tape. . - *1D). & H. has declined to 803. rl give you 93 for ap op flor Loe Fu a “Tl give it to you for 84. That’s the’ best I can do.” | ze _ Sid finally’ ‘accepted, and the broker sat down at his desk : and wrote out a ten-day option: on '2,000 shares of D: & H. at 84, the deposit to be five per cent. of the current yale vin, 804, which amounted to $8,050. . Sid handed him that tases and he act tipi Rutgers told me it was going up. ” “Tt won't stay down any length of time.” » “Will you sell me a ten-day oo fe 80 on 23000, | shares ?” ; the ieney ” Sid went to his safe and got it. : Jenkins handed him the option and he handed | the money. On the aie day it went up to 5, There it stopped for two days. On the fifth day of the options it went to 164. - The nove watched it, with deep interest, which - wi ratal, > The options have five more days to run. hope it will be well up in the 80s,” said nie dt PRON ag “CHAPTER XIII. ! v. & H. PROVES A BIG WINNER, jon us” a “Bet your life,” relia wa. “ra rather dot : hit i a few minutes Sam, Hd and Fred came in together, 4 d Sid éalled ‘them into the private room, leaving the door nm $0 they could see if. any one entered the main office. | ea
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FOUR OF A KIND. “1 wonder weak he Ww ants 2 Sai Sid-left his desk and went ame : “Hello, Ruggles, what can Ido for you?” he said. “Nothing. I just came around to see if it was true that you had gone into business for yourself.” “Well, you see it’s true.” “T suppose you os to make money?” “That’s what’ we’re in business fer.” “Business ! Healthy lot of business you chaps will ever + ‘do. oP ae - “Took here, Ruggles, did you eat something for your - lunch to-day that disagreed with you?” “No, I didn’t,” snorted the clerk. “I’m going now. TPIl be up here to attend your funeral when it comes off,” he ded with an unpleasant grin. “Thank you. We'll let you know when it’s to come off. -Good-day.” f Next day D. & H. continued ie go up and closed at 78. .79, and Broker Jenkins began to fear that the good thing e thought he had wasn’t so good after all. He hadn’t bought the stock to cover his own option, king it wouldn’t be necessary. [e decided he had better do it now. When he tried to do it he found that it was scarcer than te ee a lot of trouble in getting hold of 2,000 shares, id was forced,to give 81 for it. His deal, therefore, stood him in a loss of $2, 000, and e was as mad as a@ hatter to think Sid had got so much e better of him. sent word around to the boys’ “office to know if they nad to. call for aL. ‘Rutgers hadn’t bonght the 1,500 shares he needed to over his option, and made no effort to do so, as he be- ed the rise would not reach 84, Pip that the stock would np at any moment. 1¢ eighth day D. & H. got a move on and went to some excitement in the board room. rs had a fit when’ he saw the advance, rae com- day. i ‘of going down it went up to 95 with a rush. mendous demand for it ensued, and Rutgers, who that an ee boom was on, hustled .to Sa in ut the aback ao ioe (| et e was $16,000 out on his option deal, ‘and was in mighty bad humor. ay. was the Ba of the run of the two. area the deals and asked him to ae the ‘| said. .| ferred to him the options. On the following day, the seventh of the options, it went |. self with: the es that D. & H. would go |. ing ey the sti, which he ger the firm apital to pay for, he called on Mr. _Arling- | ‘tinued ‘the caller. — Sparel for se att ae the Boe aa under Sid offered the options to Mr. Arlington for $65,000. “J won't take any advantage of you, Sands,” the ee Ee “Tl give You $67,000, and keep the $850. Dee eta eee “All right, sir. Much obliged: ae per ke The broker drew his check for the sum and Sid trans- Mr. Arlington immediately sent a élerk te J enkins with his check and the option that broker had miguea and m demand for the stock. : ; Jenkins turned it over. . ree The clerk then paid .a similar visit to Rutgers and got — his 2,000. shares. © By that time D. & H. was up to 974, and Broker Arling- ; ton sold the 4,000 on the floor for that price, making a profit of $6,000. When the price reached 98 Sid sent word to Mr. asling- ton to sell the 5,000 shares he held for the boy firm on mar- gin and he did so. ; The result of the D. & H. deals was that the young : pe cleared $90,000 on the 5,000 shares and $67,000 on . the twe options, $157,000 altogether, which raised their capi- fal to $237,000, or over a quarter of a million. ts CHAPTER XIV. RUGGLES GEIS IT IN THE NEOK. “T guess we are the people, after all,” said Sam, trium- phantly on the day that Sid received his check from Mr. Arlington in settlement of the option deal. Ce “No othing surer,” chuckled Ed. xy “You and I have a $30,000 interest in the ‘firm now, in-) stead of $10,000,” said Sam to Fred. “Doesn’t that make you feel good ?” “T should. say it does,” replied Fred. small capitalist.” - “Better than running errands, eh?” said Ed. mh Phe “Well, I guess,” responded Sam. “Sid is in great luck. He has over $100,000 in the firm.” “And T have nearly $60, 000, » said Ed, comadiaantly. “We'll all be millionaires some day,” said Sam. “Hello! Here’s a lady visitor,” said Ed. “10 see what is she wants.” “ A closer inspection ‘of the riaih showed that she wore a thick veil, and her figure was not exactly sylph-like. ©) | “Is Mr. Sands in?” she aga hil in a voice that sounded ‘ somewhat masculine. “No, madam,” replied Fa. “He is over at—oh, nee he is,” as Sid unexpectedly walked in. iy Sat NS “Are you Mr, Sands?” asked the visitor. ‘yi “Yes, madam. What can I do for you?” asked Sid. “Why, you’re only a little oy.” Sid looked disconcerted while his partners chuckled. a “Do you pretend to be a broker? “Why, the idea!” con- — & “J would be afraid to do business with you. Are these your partners? Dear me, this must be a “3 eee like ‘a
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he Pi er et pOUR or. a IND. ce with a nickel. ' It’s an imposition on the public to permit “That will do, Release him,” said Sid, “but don’t let Pi little boys to pose as.real brokers,” i | hitn go.” Be “Madam, T think you'd better go,” said Sid, decidedly | They released Ruggles from his nudionified position and disgusted with the caller. then held him firinly by the arms. } “Go! Is that the way you address a lady?” cried the] Sid walked to the: door. He _ visitor, angtily. “TI shall have to teach you a lesson.” “Sam, you’re the strongest. Grab him by the collar and 2 . As the angry one raised ‘an umbrella to strike Sid, Sam} the seat of his pants and run him down to the elevator. a ‘and Fred interfered. Got a good hold?” . The former’s hand accidentally collided with the alleged} “Bet your life I have.” - tady’ s hat. “Start, then,” and he opened the door. ___ A surprising thing happened. ; Sam gave Ruggles a push and made him “walk Spanish? a _ Off came hat and hair and the visitor stood ihe ox a as| in great shape. “@ man. Through the doorway they shot and down the conse : Not only that but Sid and his partners aed the] Sam shoved the demoralized clerk in his wornanly attire. man as Ralph Ruggles. Reaching the elevators Sam tripped Ruggles up and a So it’s you, is it?” said Sid, surveying the diseomfited the clerk fell with a bang on the marble flooring. — * clerk. with a stern look. “Thought you'd "play a nice little] Then Sam walked back to the office. joke on us. What have you got to say for yourself?” Ruggles picked himself up and hastened to get Pites “Nothing,” replied Ruggles, doggedly, for he realized| sight where he could divest himself of his female app how that he was discovered, that the joke was peice on| He was furious against the four boy brokers, and sw ; him. ‘he would be rev. enged on them, but his thieats amount rici<then T think it’s our turn to have something to say.| nothing, for he didn’t have the nerve to tackle t -You’ve come in our office and under the protecting guise again after the strenuous lesson he had received. of womanly attire, deliberately insulted us. What ought| I their office the four traders i a sania me to be done with him, fellows?” over the affair. . “Make him get down « on our knees and beg our pardon,”| . “1 hope it will prove a lesson to him,” said Sid. “ihre q suggested Fred. ‘ that hat and veil into the closet and then come into, ‘thes “Fire him out into the corridor on his Sas aid Sam, private office, I want to talk business.” 4 - starting to roll up his sleeves. Five minutes later the four were holding a serious Pp Wie “Tie him across the railing and paddle him,” proposed| Wow in the inner room. 7 Ea. son ee i ‘“We'll do all three,” said Sid. “He’s a beastly little CHAPTER: XV.° 50 i. sneak, and deserves a good taking down. Down on your] CONCLUSION. He _ marrow bones and beg our. pardon, you lobster, or we won’t do a thing to you.” “What.do you take me for?” replied Ruggles, defiantly. Sam and the other two seized Ruggles, and despite a Dieaatie ‘desperate resistance on his part oma him upon his knees and held him there. z « “Now. beg our pardon,” said Sid. i, _ Ruggles wouldn’t, and swore he’d- get square with them. “Get square with us; will you, you sneak!” cried Sid. * “You hayen’t cause enough yet so we'll have to give it to} Pee: fae . Sid went to the gent and fetched out a rope. aN ow, peapplees lay aia ‘across the replies with ca head down. apie His three aes did so, ‘though Rugeles waked eal ‘squirmed to prevent them, | While they held him Sid bound him tight. ie be Bor ok appoint you executioner No. One,” said Sid. Get that piece of board in the closet and ake a, mene Jat ‘Mr. Sneak, O45 ieee _ Sam was on the job and. fhe Jaid it on to Rage: in a Ww y that brought a roar from the clerk. na “Now it’s 8 your turn, Bd. : Oh Foie The early days of summer were now coming on. a 3 the four boy speculators took things easy as they ld well afford to do with the big¢bunch of money they ha stowed away in Sid’s safe deposit box. Tn the latter part of June Mrs.-Arlington and her ter went to their es. one er for 4 season ee pail stay. over till Monday cunt Ryery ‘other Saturday he went, there and ase self greatly with Miss Arlington. . 2 aa - He and Grace were now very warm friends ‘and couldn’t see too much of each other. Fa Re At length summer passed away and Wall Stre | its wonted aspect. t ‘Now that the Arlingtons were back gia vse every Wednesday evening regularly, : partners thought her a perfect ‘poach.! eke 5 Tt was along about the middle of October that jon the young lady for the second time that w ‘sponse to a note he had received from her. ms “Last evening there were several gentlemen | ere te father,” she said in explaining why she had ask ut. when they. came ‘ar
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FOUR OF A seas Wicstesrcy cle. Given Away Free: o- REGULAR SELLING PRICE $200. ca = OUR GRAND PREMIUM CONTEST BEGAN [IN “HAPPY DAYS,” No. 737 OUT OCTOBER 29 OUT OCTOBER 29 The ae readers who send us the largest number of coupons cut from HupREy Days,”’ beginning with ‘No. vied and ending ei with No. 798, will each get an per hour. BEGIN Wows ? when to send’them to us. they pend in. THIS 1S A FAIR AND SQUARE CONTEST Get the Coupons: called M. & O., and they were going to begin at once to buy the shares on the quiet. iey could find they intended to boom the stack and make rge amount’ of money. They expected it would go up east fifteen points, and maybe twenty. Thinking this nation would be of use to you I sent for you to tell N t morning Sid told his partners that he had got vf another,fine tip, and told them what Miss Arling- said about a corner in M. & O,.. - am and Fred agreed that the new tip had all the ear- ks of a winner, and so Sid eeeisen he would push the ing along. » . & & was going we 72, which was enly low as ‘Si went. to a big ookevaie. Hanes ‘near the Biouiies laced an order for 10,000 shares of the stock. ht at 72. 000 more shares which cost the firm 74, 0 shares at 76. When they had secured all d now you know why I Beh it you here to-|- | 16,000 shares. On the following day he received. word that it had #5 | ‘ Bet waited a few days and then put. in another order te the stock continued to go up play. he. bought an-} yom now had 200, 000 ,investea, aud they sa back ‘ M. M. MOTORCYCLE gq ABSoLUTELY FREE? It is a high-grade machine, guaranteed by the manufacturer to be of 31¢ horse-power, and capable of a speed ‘of 45 nie SEE CURRENT NUMBERS OF “HAPPY DAYS” FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION. Don’t miss this chance to ae ‘motorcycle for nothing. ANYBODY CAN ENTER THIS GREAT CONTEST. ~ Then we will notify you in ‘*Happy Days’? The names and addresses of the winners will be published in the paper, with the number of coupons — ss 74h 3 BEGIN WOW?! 3 Get as many coupons as you can and save them until the contest closes. EVERYBODY HAS AN EQUAL CHANGE TO WIN Get the Coupons! | TRY TO WIN A MOTORCYCLE On his next visit to Grace, Sid discovered that the pres- ence of the brokers that night in her house was to get : her father to go in with them and help do the buying. ioe Ni As Mr. Arlington was rather afraid of blind pools he X ie declined, and consequently he did not learn the name oF the stock to be cornered. He found it out from his daughter, ieee and he took advantage of the information to go in himself i in the’ same way as Sid and his partners. - Sid learned through Mie eat her father ie ibe i He told his partners. es “With 30,000 shares oué against them at toast the | syn- dicate is liable to be up against trouble as soon as the boom, is well under way,” said Sid in the office on the ‘morhing” ee after he last called on Miss Arlington. Hf “Tf they were suddenly thrown on the market it igh é burst up the boomers,” remarked Sam. “Tf Higgins busted up we could offer Rasgled the posi- tion of messenger and office, boy here,” laughed Hd. \. “That would break his heart, ” said Fred. “Ply, bet he hasn’t got: over that laying out we gave him.” — _ te He swore he’d get back at us, but it’s some months now . since the affair happened - and he hasn’t made a move e. ‘do it,” said Sid. “Ho! He hasn’t got the spunk of a mouse,” said Ea. ‘f ge never mind him. Take ae at. me Seco and eh ng thi i ;
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FOUR OF A KIND. Out came the last bunch, 10,000 shares, of the boys’ holdings. That was the last straw and the pyndiate couldn’t take “Say, we're - making money § so hast it makes my mee swim,” said Sam. | ~The boys hung around the ticker all day, talking ne watching the quotations. af Be, MS & 0. advanced slowly, but it got up to 80 by the time |, _ the Exchange closed, and the boys went home feeling they had made $40,000 that day. _ By this time the stock had begun to attract attention in the board room, and many brokers were hustling around trying to get some of it. The newspapers spoke about the probability of a boom in it, and that started the lambs down town on a tour of inyestigation, Next day the activity in the stock caused it to go HD wo points more. Outsiders began to take a hand in the dant, which was vhat the members of the syndicate were looking for, as they xpected to make the larger part of their profit out a the | general public. The brokers always welcome the public, because no eee 2 ter whether their customers win or lose they are sure of their commissions and interest charges. ’ The boy firm, by the way, were up against a pretty stiff - interest charge, for the 20,000 shares of M. & O. repre- sented a purchase price of a million and a quarter dollars. Deducting the $200,000 they had put up as security, they were charged ‘vith the interest on a little over a mil- a On: oe “They didn’t mind that, however, with the price ad- vancing steadily, every point representing a profit of $28; - 000. Ten days after they got in on the deal M. & O. was . going at 85, and the bulls were consying things with a high’ hand at the Exchange. © Then the head broker of the sxfidicate appeared on the floor and: began to bid the stock up at a rate that put the me Exchange i in a whirlwind of excitement. It went to 90 in a jiffy and then rapidly siaemc 8 toward “par. . Sid ae over i the xchange satis and watched things - from that point. | he bears had been lying back ¢ on their oars and appar- To this day many prokers cinch the raed s ently not in it. | of the boy brokerage firm, and how it Same them th A big bear pool, however, had been quietly forming, and|start in the business. 3 it suddenly attacked M. & O. by selling short in huge blocks. Sid, Sami, Ed and Fred are still in vane The syndicate began to waver a little, for the members ] the original firm name, and though married and mew that they had failed to establish a ‘corner, and they | down are still regarded as four of a kind, and bie ould not tell how much of the a they would have to | nation that made Wall Street hum, fo eae + take in and pay for. Rg detaeiaiy es _ When Sid saw how things w were going he decided to sell : THE END. fey te in a hurry, and rushing around to the broker who had ' bought the stock for the boy Aa, ordered the shares sold at once. Just as the. broker received the atlas on ibe floor Mr. ,, Hiltagion offered his’ 10,000 shares to the syndicate. The pool’s representative took it in at 98. B63 (er Ae boys’ broker 1 now nished. be and offered 5, 000 shares ; at 98. eh Tt was accepted. it. The broker threw * on the market, and broke the price. The bulls made frantic efforts to sustain the market, but despite their best efforts stocks began falling, M. & O. lead- ing in the van. j A big panic set in, during which the ee managed to. get rid “Of the shares belonging to the boy firm at an aver- age price of 95. e Hundreds of speculators and many traders lost money that afternoon, but after the smoke of battle had cleared away Sidney Sands & Co. found they had made a clear’ profit over all expenses: of ee 000 raising their ‘capltas ‘almost to $700,000. 38 In a few days the news takes out that the four brokers in the Norcross Building had broken the mark and busted up the syndicate which had tried to. corn M. & O. and failed to do it. The news created. a sensation, and could hardly be ¢ ited. The breaking of the syndicate ruined Broker Higg and he had ‘to go out of business, consequently that Ralph Ruggles out of a job. Care Reporters 3, afier investigating the matter, learned the boy firm had indeed made things hum in Wall St and there was a great deal printed about them in fhe eTs. i: This gave them a big reputation, and brought eust ane to them, so that they had to hire an experienced head hook- keeper, a couple of clerks and a” ea to dle their growing business. * J They were the talk of Wall Street for some tthe : that. two years to be 2 cligible to piaeres pane Soon after that great event Sid became engage d Arlington, her parents regarding him as a might eateh. Read “BOB. BRANDON, CONTRACTOR: ( i TREASURE THAT LED TO FAME,” which will
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NYLANDER, Secretary GOOD STORIES Every industrial country in the world save one has now a roviso in its patent laws that a patent May be revoked if not worked in the country granting it. The one exception is the > United States of America. Sincuamm Tovsey, President ; Rabbits are not fond of water, yet they can aati under ompulsion. They look very odd when swimming. They creep “their heads and tails above the water, while the fore art of their bodies is deeply submerged. _ Three highwaymen in Chicago held up a pedestrian at the point of @ pistol, and found in his pockets just forty-six cents, udge Kersten sentenced the three to life imprisonment. This ere sentence is legal according to a law passed two years d of a highwayman, life imprisonment is the penalty. rhe taxicab is pushing the horse out of ‘business, and the telegraph is crowding out the carrier pigeon,. As a ‘the important warships of France has now wireless a ypara 1s, there is no longer any use for the pigeons. The "French Minister of Marine has intimated that after next New “Year's: Day the maritime dovecote at Rochefort will not be intained, ; es Marteina Kramers, of Rotterdam, has a wonderful command f language, and ranks among the first of women linguists. e can read and speak thirteen languages, and there are few in the world who can equal that record. Besides, she ficient knowledge of seven other languages to converse them, and she has ‘planned to add a new language to her “¢ the island of Minora, one of thes Philippines, the hum- ing- Ss are pugnacious ‘little creatures. An American rty had a novel experience with them. One of the. nismen wandered off from. his comrades, but soon his Screams were heard. Thousands of the humming-birds had ed him, and wounded him in hundreds of spots on. his| and neck, _ When rescued he was Reaping with . blood. | | balky mule. traveler. | declaring that when a pistol is displayed to enforce the: lars two feet square and two feet high. Flues were laid be- Pies neath to-carry the hot air from the furnace, and these have ree been found in an excellent state of preservation. Outside the as huge rampart of clay the workmen have come across trenches which surrounded the camp. The. granary has been opened — up for its whole length and measures 93% feet. This building was strongly built and was roofed with slabs of stone. A new process of keeping eggs consists in placing them first’ in compressed carbon dioxide, which almost completely steri- — lizes them, and then in a mixture of carbon dioxide and an ~ inert gas (nitrogen and hydrogen) at a temperature near the freezing point. In these conditions the micro-organisms which have not been destroyed cannot develop. The addition of the inert gas is necessary in order to prevent the liquefac- tion of the albimen, which would certainly occur in an. atmos- phere of pure carbon dioxide. Hggs thus treated can be” kept” ten months without losing any of their qualities. *The treat. ment costs about 38 cents per thousand eggs, while cold stor- age costs 13 cents per thousand per month; hence if the eggs — are kept nine or ten months, the former process will be much cheaper than the other. JOKES AND JESTS. First Actor—What kind of a part has Ragedy in the new play? Second Actor—It is an emotional role for him. Ine : one act he has to refuse to drink. ‘ “ ote “Tsn’t there a great deal of water in the cellar?” asked the prospective tenant. “Yes,” answered the agent, proudly. “We really ought to call it a natatorium and charge extra rent for it,” Visitor—Why are you naughty so much of the time? Bobby —Mamma gives me a nickel every time I promise to be good. My And she ever wants me to promise to be good unless Tm ; E naughty. i : ? a é ; i Mrs. Galey (timidly)—George, what did you do with the 5, dressmaker’s bill I handed you a week ago? Galey (warmly) a —Vetoed it! It's got to undergo a substantial downward .te-. 4 vision before it passes me! . be I'm thinking seriously, Joey,” aid “wei: Henpeck, during e 4 aa ae a repentant moment resulting from a slight cold, “of setting ee made a phonograph record of my voice—something for you to remember me by when I’m gone, you know.” “Tt isn’t at all necessary, my dear,” declared Mr. Henpeck; “that’s one thing b about you I could never pgacat ee ; H “What shall we do with the boy?” tiles? asked the woman. - : “Let him finish high school and then go to college, or put him in business now?” “I’d let him go to college,” she said, “put PS make them give him a course in janitoring while he's ‘there. © We've just got rid of a Harvard graduate because he was no, earthly good as a janitor. He couldn’t tun the nee mage or: the. pa water ‘boiler or anything.” ; pet) a ss Probie: iia - traveler met an old eolened man with a “What's: the ‘matter with him, uncle?” asked the “Full of pure cussedness, sah, He'll stay right i t t } ;
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JOHN W. MARSH & CO. By Paul Braddon. A curious case of counterfeiting will soon be brought before \ the United States courts in New York, the particulars of which are given in the following sketch, which is, in reality, a re- sume of the experiences of a United States Treasury detective, “taken from his notebook, which will before long become/pub-| lic in an official form. The writer hasn’t permission to give the exact localities ‘s now, but that does not matter so much, since the whole ob Siness ‘will be before the world before the remembrance of (7 the story > will become cold or lost in ne various other sen- gations ‘of the day. ST seek a year ago an old mill situated upon the borders of Connecticut, upon one of the many tributaries of the “New England, Mississippi,” and which had stood idle for five or six e years preceding, was hired by some parties, and the story Fe soon got afloat in the little village that the old-time prosperity was again to return to them. ' It was some time before the villagers could find out what _ sort of business was to be carried on in the old mill; but - the firm of John W. Marsh & Co. let it be understood that a ate ‘ patented article was to. be manufactured there, and that no admission to the mill after it was got into working order would be allowed under any circumstances, which, of course, excited much comment and speculation as 0 what that ipat- ented article was. + Some said it was one thing and some another; but those! oy speculating villagers. who read this sketch will learn for the first time what that patented article was. Quite a large amount of curious-looking machinery “was shipped from New York, and a large force of men was em- ployed in setting it up and repairing the water-wheel that had gone somewhat to the bad on account of remaining idle * so long. f 4 - But finally everything was got into working delice and busi- Sy ypimess begane) 0.5 y yA sign, painted in Jarge letters, Massed all those not con- ' eetea with the establishment that they would not be allowed inside on any consideration, and so phe wonder in the village Gia, ‘grew. Bute whatever it was that was manufactured there, there : “was evidently a good sale for it, for large shipments were “made nearly every day in boxes, marked “John W. Marsh & Co., No. — Canal Street, New York.” | _ And what ‘might haye been (and what proved afterward to be) the ‘same boxes came to the factory at short intervals, the old address planed. off, and “John W. Marsh & Co.,” to “such a station, put on in its place. ; This made business look lively, although the village ecuis derived very little: benefit from it, save in the matter of a rie dollars which the dozen or so’ workmen. paid for board. be And their ‘mouths were shut provokingly close, for not a soars information would they give regarding, the business of the. ‘concern, further than what had been ‘given at first, / ae t ere wen a patented ers manufactured tees Nate wee > FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. eautious. of them, as there appeared to be something’ strange*a’ | city banks, and at once arrested him, men, so far as they could see, but altogether different from the class of men who might be expected to work much with their hands. But still the waters ran, the old mill wheel turned, and — the machinery rattled and thundered every day, and laborers and teamsters were busy all the while shipping goods and receiving material. Finally the people-living around came to the conclusion that it was none of their business, and gave the place the name : of the Queer Mill, but without knowing how nearly they ~ hit the nail on the head. Hy The head of the firm of John W. Marsh & Co. was a man — about sixty years of age, tall and rather fine-looking. But after the factory had got to working he was seen there only at intervals, and even then had little or nothing to say to anybody outside of the workmen in the factory. In fact, it came to be said that he was as queer and as unapproselablp as his factory was. ‘ Some three months after his factory pa to working the Southern and Western States began to be flooded. with coun feit Government bills, but of such rare workmanship in ev respect as to deceive experts almost. Indeed, thousands | them went through the banks without arousing suspicion. The Government Secret Service detectives were at once to work to trace out the source of the spurious currency,” went to various parts of the South and West, expecting find 'thatea gang of counterfeiters were located somewl about the lines of the Mississippi Valley. But after weeks of investigation, they seemed no near to the fountain-head of the mischief than ever, although the arrested several “shovers,” who refused to squeal, but which did not stop the illegal issue and circulation. Then the counterfeiters suddenly appeared in the. abtaen t, States and created much trouble and anxiety, at whic one of the detectives came North and began hunting up the sour of the trouble. Never ‘before had so successful and ioleiednitaees loots existed in the currency of the United States, and the Trea: ury Department was very much exercised on account: of at. But this Detective Drummond was no amateur at the b ness he had set himself about. He thought ‘he knew. ey counterfeiter and nearly all of the shovers in the coum but this wholesale business puzzled him for a while. He located every “stamper” in New York, and $00: i that the most they had to do with it, if anything at all shoving the stuff. Not one of the experts seemed to e gaged in it, but still it continued to come. ign ' Finally he disguised himself one day, and followed a for two or three hours. He was evidently ont of the and wanted to get loaded up again, Me ca yet was exce He traced himtoa house on Canal Street, into which appeared, and Drummond quietly walked along to pipe off, 3 Just then a dray drove; up with several boxes marked “James W. Marsh & Co.,” and he concluded to know all place, although the drayman, when spoken to on the su said he believed the firm dealt in some sort of felt goods. Drummond watched the shover, and saw him cot and go away. He also saw that the firm wag doing a: business by mail. ‘Following the shover, he caught hi act ‘of passing a counterfeit ten dollar bill on one
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wat FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. | ‘ ee tk Se yr 7 J “ He watched the place closely, and one ‘day ventured in, disguised as a country merchant. “T want to find S. W. Low & Co.” said he, as Pash lost: in his search. “Are they in this building?” ““No, sir, I think not,” said the head of the house of iti W. Marsh & Co., quietly. “I'm a country merchant, and—vwell, what is your line of business?” he asked, looking around. _ “Felt goods, used in the manufacture of skirts,” he replied, . busy writing, but not as though anxious to sell the stranger at all. _ “Oh!” said Drummond, and after gawking around a mo- - ment, he went downstairs, where he saw a porter assisting a = carman in loading some boxes marked to John W. Marsh & Co., at the village in which the mill was located. “That seems all straight enough, only I have seen that man somewhere,” he mused, thinking of the head of the house. ; Where is it that I have seen him—and is he crooked? He isiolder than any crook that I know who is a stamper. But may as well find out about this thing first as last,” he added, nd in two hours from that time, still disguised, he arrived at the village. Nothing could be found out from the villagers that has not Iready been spoken of, but the idea of there being any patent ‘or any secrecy attending the manufacture of felt was prepos- # rous, and he resolved to see the inside of that mill. He telegraphed for six good Government detectives in New Tork. He waited around the village tavern two days and arranged his men so that they would be ready at a moment’s notice. One night when the workmen came out he watched Pe dress, and one of them he knew very well, an old stamper. e watched them closely, and found that they had been aid off that night, and that without doubt the man who had een driven to the mill that afternoon was the head of the n, and the man he had seen on Canal Street. by fair means or foul, and after everything was quiet ai and his men went by different routes and met at “old mill door; ve it must be understood that every- body eonnected with the mill in any capacity was a crook. oming stiddenly upon him, Drummond seized him by the as and his men coming promptly to his assistance, the s00n fgg shou, to fully convince him that it was Ms men there ee arrest the workmen when they pore printing establishment, and the. most complete |. “whole night was spent in eae /over the place; and} | durance, on the part of the hunter. These: animals | large as a ‘mastiff and are of ineredible cadaee of ; organized this band, established this mill, country with! millions of spurious bills. It was early yet, and all was quiet. The detective had. no- ticed on’ his first visit that the place was elegantly fitted ‘up, so far as the offices were concerned outside of what appeared and flooded the ‘to be the main salesroom, and also that the head of the house attended to all the sales himself, the porter being the only other person about the place, and a sort of outer guard who could communicate with him by means of a signal bell. The outer guard being removed, and in the entire absence of any signal, Drummond had no trouble in reaching the “salesroom.” There was no one there; it was too early for business to commence, but the head of the “house” was there in his private and luxuriously fitted up office, counting over — his ill-gotten gains in good money, while the center-table was covered with thousands of dollars in spurious bills, ee Cautiously approaching the door leading into this private ; room, Drummond listened, and then peering around the “edge. of the lintel, caught sight of the whole business. ‘ He heard the old man speaking to himself, and listened. ‘He hays stood with his hands on the table, and seemed very exultant. - : “Yes, this settles the business,” he heard him say. “I have succeeded in making the million I set out to make, and now I will away to Europe and leave the whole thing to Jerry. The authorities are on the scent, and——” | “You are right, Tom Bowlan; they are on the scent,” said Drummond, marching into the room with a cocked revolver in his hand. “Drummond!” gasped the old man, starting back with as- tonishment. f “Yes, Drummond.” heyy “What do you want?” “You, the head of the firm of ‘John W. Marsh & Co.,’ olihee : wise known as Tom Bowlan.” 4 “Tt is false!” he cried, “Tt is true, Tom. The game is up, but 1 caught you just in time. I have been out to your ‘felt mill? where you manu- factured a patented article, and your plates are all in our possession, and your skilled workmen as well. ; “Great! God!” he exclaimed. 4 Lan “Dor’t call on strangers, Tom, but hold out your hands |for the ruffles that have been awaiting you these many Rene said he, producing a pair of handcuffs. Fi “Bill!” he called to the porter, for he had an idea that they could overpower the detective. “Bill is here,” said Drummond, as the officer came in of’ quickly removed his disguise. i cyt “Lost!” exclaimed the King of Queer, as he acces back into. his chair, “Yes, and this is bie last of ae house 3 ‘John W. ‘Marsh : & Co,” the felt manufacturers,” said Drummond, laughing. ~ “Northwestern Canada still is full of big game,” said Louis Raymond, of Montreal, woods are full of moose and timber wolves. I have seen moose | killed in that country that were as large as a big horse, with, a a spread of horns more than seven feet. A wounded moose can travel all day at. a breakneck pace, and when pas will fearlessly charge the hunter, Hunting the big gray | ber wolves is tamer sport, but requires more strategy and ¢ en: TOW as. > * “In Alberta and other provinces. the | a
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