Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 363) (1912 09 13)
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4 Sle Maca ' “See,” cried the foxy cashier, holding out a bunch Ofjehecks and money toward Mr. Bond, which he had apparently taken from Bob’s pockét, “your trusted cash-boy has been robbing you. I caught him in the act.” the a
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- STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY : S; Issued IW eekly —By Subscription $2.50 per year. = Librarian of Congress Washington, D. C., Ws Entered at the New York, N. ¥., NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 13, 1912. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1912, in the office of the ; by frank Tousey, Publisher, 108 West 23d St., New York. Pig et Sat Post Office as Second-Class Matter. t 4 : Price 5 Ce ts. ~ OR, FROM CASH BOY TO PARTNER CHAPTER T. Fone WHICH INTRODUCES OUR HERO. \“Mother, I don’t like the “Way things are going in the! unting-room, » said Bob Brett, one evening at the supper- le. “It is my opinion the cashier is stealing money on “fhe quiet right along.” © gs ‘What. reason have you to suspect that he’ is doing such a thin; ?” said his mother, with a grave face. From what has come under my observation lately. For ANCE: To-day he sent me out to buy a bottle of mucilage handed me.a $5 bill. When I got back I returned him venty cents in change and four dollars in bilis. Later on } noticed that he had charged the whole five. dollars to ex- Se account, putting down mucilage, postage stamps and a of other things which I did not get.” “But he might have bought the stamps and the other things nimigelf, ae “No, it isn’t likely, for he sends me out to get everything hat is required in the office. Yesterday he did the same thing, | bought sixty cents worth of pens, and he charged the office th three dollars. The day before I got a whisk-broom for a vier and he charged two dollars. And so it has been for onth back. I’ve been taking a auiet note of his methods. élieve that he is confining himself to small stealings, hose kind of chaps never do, They keep'on taking more till they get caught.” sort of a man is the cashier? Is he married? Maybe extravagant wife, and his salary isn’t sufficient to lemands made on his purse.” > bout thirty-five, has a emooth face and wears _ suppose he’s married, but ve never heard him bout his wife.” ell, Robert, I don’t know what to say about the matter, e is really stealing from the store I don’t see how he can ‘ a such a practice long without Mr. Bond finding it out.” “He can hoodwink the boss by doctoring the books.. That's done hundreds of times by dishonest people.” “B t in the end they are found out and disgraced.” ,i"T dare: ay there are many, who are never found out. Mr. a ond has the fullest ‘confidence in Mr. Scott, and the cashier : a vantage of it. He ou ett to get a hint of what is \gShe did not want to encourage her son to be the one to ‘ve the hint, for he was only the cash-boy in the store, and tly under the cashier's authority. _ does ter who bei ine d By A SELF-MADE MAN. as a stenographer—were in very moderate circumstances san lived in a cottage owned by Mrs. Brett, on which there a mortgage, and Bob’s $5 a week was a very necessary it in the family’s resources. It was something of a-struggle for the little widow to m ends meet. ; _Provisions were high, and Always seemed to “pe on tl = vance, and though she had no rent to pay she had the annual interest on the mortgage to meet with unfailing Ge larity, The mortgage was held by a large trust company, and corporation made no exceptions in’ cases where the: es was financially embarrassed, — party had only thirty days’ in which to make sont, in defa of which the mortgage would be foreclosed. Mrs. Brett, knowing’ this, made every possibl have the money ready at the right time, Bae so far she managed to do so, ‘She was worried, however, by ‘the inowledess t oat ithe mortgage, which was for the customary three years, “would” expire on the next interest day. While the chances were that it would be renewed, ind she had been assured that it would be, still there were certs expenses connected with the renewal that had to be paid rig down on the spot, and. she was making a great omer ia that sum aside. : If by apy means Bob or his sister lost their positions, e for a short time, if would put them in a desperate post From motives of policy, she would have advised her son shut his eyes to the irregularities of the cashier, but as had brought Bob ap with strict principles of right and wrong, she felt embarrassed what, to say. é ; Nellie Brett was not present at the table on this occasion as she - had gone to the country for See two-weeks' vacation, office and peter a complete rest. Bob went on with his supper and did not ject. When he got through he told his mother that he was. gol! out to visit one of his friends some blocks away. The place where the Bretts lived was a small ci Chester. ‘ it had one chief business street, on which Mr. goods and notions store was located, near the po; it had several other lesser business streets runnin with Main street, and also at right angles with it t was ee in hart oe to other ‘cities the Wast. = Ee boatinue the -sub-
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é a “DOLLARS AND CENTS. ~he worked in a printing office on Fourth stret, which cut | Bob nodded and then ae began talking about otfier. mat- . - across Main street. ters. ety . He was not in when Bob reached his house. : Most foremen would have objected an outsider hanging : His sister said he had come home to hig Rapper, and na around the composing department, but as Bob was careful or: went right back to the shop to work overtime. Ito keep out of the men’s way, O'Grady, who had charge of aa If Bob was anxious to see him he could go to the onice, she ; Tucker & Tinker’s workroom, said nothing to him. te said. | Individual time-sNps were bot regarded ag necessary in the fs - Bob wasn’t particularly anxious to see him, shies having ! office. a ‘nothing else on hand he decided to go to the printing office.| Every job; was/accompanied by a long, printed ticket, which He had been there before and he liked to watch the presses—— | recorded the history of the job from the time: it left the — three jobbers and a drum cylinder—in action. counting-room till it got back there again, ready for deliv- ‘The drum cylinder was an old- timer, and when in motion ery to the customer. it made,so much noise that one could hear its rumble and jar| Every person through whose hands the job passed in pro- Hat as they scended the stairs. cess of execution put his name and time down, and that, in — Bob {ons it going when he went up that evening, and it! conjunction with the foreman’s eagle eye, kept. tab on. the - sounded particularly loud at night, when the neighborhood Was quiet. Bob was very much interested in the method, as he was in fe, walked in at the employees’ entrance and found’ himself! other matters connected with a printing office. the printery. When Tom finished ‘setting the straight matter he turned A working force, The presses were at one end, overlooking an alley, the stands | it over to the jobber, put his name and time on pie ticket - on which the body type was laid out were ranged along at the} and was ready for something else, { side windows, while the other spaces were taken up with a! At that juncture somebody knocked at the door. i ple of imposin ones, oplane = Ofgtype, a paper-cutter and! The foreman went to see who it was. ‘ rth. After talking to the party a moment he invited him to he presses were run by a gas-engine which prapelled the’ step in. “ n shaft, while the pulleys ‘on the counter-shafts were op-| Bob was leaning on the case.just vacated by Tom, with his i erated by belting from pulleys attached to the main shaft. - face towards the door. i The presses were connected by belting with the counter- He was surprised to see Ronald Scott, the cashier of the fi shafts.’ store where he worked, walk into the printing office. 2 Bach press was supplied with two pulleys—a tight and a The foreman took him to his elevated desk and there they ~ ~ Joose one. were engaged for several minutes, after which the cashier went ig -. When a press was not in motion its belting ran on the loose | atvay without noticing Bob. at pulley. The cash-boy was interested in the object of his eee 3 - Tom Downey was not a full-fledged printer, but he had beer! At the first chance he spoke to Tom. Este il Jong enough at the business to have expansive ideas of his “You saw the man who was just in here?” be gaid. nowledge as an all-around workman, and was looking for a| “Sure,” said Tom. ° ee ise, which eame too slow to meet his views. “That's the cashier at our store—the chap I was pene | you He didn’t get a week’s vacation with pay, like Bob, nor.a| about.” esent at Christmas, like his friend, though when he ‘started “You don’t mean it!” n as the “deyil” the hands always cohtributed a small Christ- au do. J wonder what brought him here?” a box, that amounted to about $2. 1. sett: a gob, ‘I think.” int Tucker & Tinier’s printery was not a union shop. “We don’t have our printing done here.” a Tucker was opposed to combinations of labor, and Tne | i know you don't.” That is probably a private job. of ‘his - always pulled with his partner. 5) ; co Sadiethe there was no regular scale of wages paid the cael “Why wouldn't he take it to the printer me does our en the firm needed a new man he was hired”at the a work?” ays auton he would accept, with the promise of a raise. “Our prices are cheaper, I guess.” — ¥ ta rigs - When’ Bob ‘walked into the room Tom was locking up a} The foreman called Tom to his desk. ; small card form for one of the job presses. | When, he rejoined Bob he had a ticket bearing the. name “Hello, Bob, I suppose you were over at the house: looking | “Scott,” and, jthe reprint copy for a statement he had been’ for me and they sent you here,” said Tom. “We had a rush} given to set. of work to-day that had to be got. out 4 ina etek sO saat of| “That’s the wholesale house where we get a. lot of. ‘our the hands. ad to come back.” goods,” said Bob,,when he saw it. “T wonder why the cash- — “How long are you going to Socialis! Bob.» mats ier brought it here to. have it printed?” ~~ oe “Ten o'clock,” said ai seizing tho mallet a alae and| “I couldn’t tell you. He has only ordered fitty copies printed 1 pping the face of the type to a up the surface. in fac-simile. He is coming back at ten for them, so. I've got ' Then he took the T-shayed fron key and tighted the quoins. | to; hustle.” Ws He lifted the chase and cal anh it to a job pressman, who} Bob retired to a seat on a bundle of paper ‘and for the wis ee ed it on the machine, ith a bang, where’ it was au-| hour watched the work go on in the shop, atically held te the’ per Gialentar bed, and then seizing he “monthly statement” was put in type, locked up and andle of the upright bar which controlled the belting | put on the press, after the foreman had read se proot ate ning up to the counter-shaft, pulled it over and shoved it |Tom had corrected it. 5 came |. Sixty copies for good measure were worked off ha Te platten moved against the type, over which the ink roll-| wrapped them up just ag time was called and. the hands quit’ ers had passed twice, a took an impression of the form. for the night. A Leaving the pressman - attend to his business, Tom went} As Bob and Tom were going nee to the deor in the dark wet ( he foreman for another job. | | they saw the cashier enter and start upstairs. t ] ( He passed the boys on the stairs, supposing that both worked in the printing office. : “Here’s one of the statements,” said Tom, when th ; outside. “It might interest you.” Bob put it in his poeket, and when he got home he looked us 6 over, wondering what use Cashier Scott could have for them, “Why dion’ t you tip the boss off to it?. You’d get a rafse in|. The firm dealt in notions, and Bob Roticed that the § ha: “wages,” said Tom.’ “That geezer ought to be shown up.” | been accidentally left out. ‘ ld be rather hard for me to prove what 1 have no-|, The blunder was Tom’s, and the foreman, reading at itt replied Bob. “Tm going to keep close watch on him/|hurry, had skipped the omission. ) it. appearing to do. so, and if I discover evidence that| Otherwise the job was a fac-simile ‘of the original copy, eee veight 1’l) tell Mr. Bond.” The error might not be detected by one person ina ihundre ; that’s the best way. It wouldn't do for you to go} but it was- fated to lead to siren yale, ween, f eked. If you failed to convince your boss: that. hs stealing his, money, and that individual lear: eported. his methods, he’d be down on ears a ey ‘help a jobber. | ne hin at work setting a sticktul of out the atier's eeiaae at the office.
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hee DOLLARS AND CENTS. wae these had already arrived and were getting ready for the 5 duties of the day. ‘The cashier seldom appeared before half-past eight or a “quarter. of nine. ; He had one assistant who helped him keep the books, and he arrived at a quarter past eight. Mr. Bond came himself pétween nine and ten and went into _his private room behind the counting-room: Bob was expected to go over the counting-room with a small feather duster, fill the ink-stands and attend to other small matters. . His chief duty was to sit at a window inside the counting- Toom and take the money and the sales slips from the cash- _ girls, of whom there were three, and make change. The slips were delivered to him in duplitate, and one of them, after stamping it, he handed back to the cash-girl with the change, if any. The other he stamped and stuck on a file. _ He was so accurate that the cashier never found any differ- enee between the sum total of the slips and the amount of _ cash in his drawer at the close of the day’s business, 5 Sometimes, during a lull in business, the cashier sent hin, “a out on an errand and looked adter the cash receipts until he By got back. ‘Mr. Bond had noted how well the boy attended to his duties, and he intended to raise his wages a dollar on the first of the month. That added dollar would mean a whole lot to Bob’s mother, _ but as yet her son had no idea that he was going to get it. ' Business went on as usual that day, except that Bob was _ kept busier .than ordinarily, for Mr. Bond had adyertised - something new in the notion line, and there was a rush of customers in consequence, Though there were times when he had to hustle to keep ‘the three cash-girls thoving, he made no mistakes, and his cash receipts balanced ag usual with the sum total of the sales slips at closing time. Next day was Saturday and the store remained open until. half-past ten in the evening, for which additional work no- body in the establishment got any extra pay. ~ . Neither did they get extra pay for the two weeks before ‘Christmas, when the store was open every night, but Mr, Bond made that up, in a measure, by giving all hands a Christ- mas present of from $5 up. “Ag Saturday was the last day of the month, the cashier told him when he handed him his pay-envelope that hereafter he would get $6 a week, by Mr. Bond’s, orders. That made Bob very happy,, for he &new his mother enuld: be overjoyed at the news of his raise, . _ - _ One extra dollar a eek meant $52 additional a year in the family exchedter, That would nearly pay six months’ interest on the $2,000 mortgage, es He went home in a happy frame of mith: end his mother _ was as pleased as he expected she would be when he told her the news, © *T-may venture | to borrow the money I need to renew the mortgage,” she said. _ “You'd have to borrow it anyway, mother, whether I got the raise or not, for the mortgage has got to be renewed, since you can’t pay it off,” said Bob. Bo 8 know that, put it was paying the loan: baci: within a pamaonne time that worried me, Now: . see eis way. clear to do ed think I’m worth every penny. of the alan! My daily cash account is always correct, and the cashier himself couldn’t do, any better if he had to attend to it himeelf, which, of: a course, he basn’t the time to.” Basta raise ds always:a sign that your employer i is pleased with. your efforts,” said his mother, regarding him with parsons: ble pride, ~ He was the man of.the house, though his, sister was eighteen nths his senior, { i ¥; Jarge lake, There, were several islands on this lake which dotted its urface like gigantic emeralds, though in the winter they ‘oked brown and faded. here was a big hotel for summer visitors on hie Las geat, lich was open “for about, three months, and a small steamer ade four get’ round seed between the. ety wharf ‘and the} ented ‘by. plentekers, ani] freshment-ha fin the Civil War under Farragut, and drew a pension from Chester had a water frontage, for it atood: on the shore of al Nearer the shore were two smailer islands which were sel- dom visited. Bob and Tom, who were pretty good boatmen, often hired ees on Sunday afternoon and spent their time on- the: AK. On the day following his raise of salary, Bob met Tom sitter, dinner at the home of the latter and they walked down to. the - wharf where sail and rowboats weré on hire. There was a fine breeze blowing and the boys expected to have a good time, Several boatmen divided the trade of hiring out craft, but the two boys always patronized one old chap Who had been 4 sailor the Government in consequence, though this was a ‘Poor, re-- "AN turn for the leg he lost at the Battle of Mobile ‘Bay. His name was Dan Bryant, and he ni originally from Treland. As summer was close at hand, and noats were now in ee: e mand, the boys found it necessary to make their arrangem at least a day in advance to make sure of Berne, 3 ha aid boat on Sunday afternoon. He had it all ready for them when they arilived: ahd told them that he had been obliged to turn down two other oe eants. He had a second sailboat, but that had been out since: early He in the forenoon. He also owned several rowboats, out of the rent ot which he made a good income, “shi “Tt’'s @ bang- up afternoon, isn’t it, Dan?” said Tom. ’ “Sure it‘is that. I hope ye’ll enj’y yourselves, ” replied the boatman. “We generally do that if we have half a ‘chanee,” ealt, B ait ' The boys put off and made. direct for the largest is Me where the first of the hotel help had arrived and were pUvElae ; the house in shape for the apening of the season, ; They went ashore there, had a talk with the steward, w om = they knew, walked over the island and then re-embarked. eS Pm The wind had grown much stronger, and as the sky h a 2 clouded up and gave indications of rain, they decided to | turn to the wharf. “Thig is some sailing,” said Tom, as a flaw heeled th bi f almost on her side and might have capsized her had n who was steering, eased her up at.the right moment, the weight of the wind out of the sail, whereupon shi tially righted and flew onward, like a frightened seagull ch ie to the water. Several of these flaws caught her and ana: ag she was passing one of the small islands, a sudden squall, accompanie by rain, pounced down on them. er The gaff snapped like a pipe-stem, the sail sagged and boat, unable to right, was driven, almost on her beam’ en, By right on to the island. “This ig a nice kettle of fish!” said Tom, as he sat perched on the weather side, holding on for dear life, while Bob praced against the lee side, with bis feet in the water that had. come over the side, holding the rudder jammed agains ‘chest ina futile effort to bring the boat’s head around. The force of the squall passed off and the rain went wit Then the boat righted considerably and answered her phe came around, but as matters stood it was dang for them to continue their trip to the shore, : “Welt have to. put into yonder cove and repair the gal somehow,” said Bob. “That's what we'll have to do,” agreed Tom, who had on to the seat again. “We must hunt up a strong weod-—-a stout tree branch will do-—and bind the tw of the gaff to it. Dan will have a fit when he sees it, b tit wasn’t our fault.. The gaff had a defect \in it, or else it wasn’t strong enough to stand the strain brought upon it by ‘squall.” : SOh; Dan will understand and, he won't make any! ick, said. Bob. “He'll get a new gaff. and then. the boat will right again,” ‘ While speaking he ‘Ianenyered the boat with ie eulty into the little cove, a As soon as the little craft pinapat: awatdat the vats zi sprang out and made her fast with te mooring: ope | convenient tree. ; . Then they lost no time in looiring for a stout that would serve. their purpose. , - What they found on the ey ound was efter’ tonite strong enough. | eee “You go that way and Tl go this way,” ‘said fins something a you think will .
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So they went off in different directions to hunt the ground | as well as the bosses. over. Bob was unsuccessful in his search, and presently came suddenly on a small shanty. “T ought to find a piece of wood there,” he thought. te As he approached the partly open door he heard voices in- . side—the voices of two men, and they sounded familiar to ' him. “Look here, Castle, there isn’t a bit of risk in this to you,” said one of the voices, 5 ea was the name of the assistant pookkeeper at the - store y “I don’t know about that, Scott,” returned the other, in a ~ _doubttul tone, That was enough for Bob. : The cashier and his helper were in the hut, and judging - from those few words, and what he already knew about Scott, he was satisfied that something not strictly regular was in e wind. _. And he did not doubt but it was connected with the store. mp Believing it to be his duty to find out what was on the ‘ tapis he crept close to the door and listened. “Oh, pshaw! You’re too timorous’ by half. Kirby & Jack- son’s monthly statement wil] arrive in the morning’s mail. They're always prompt in sending them out.” “T know,” nodded Castle. ne “As soon as you get it I want you to copy it on one of the - fac-simile statements I had printed, and then add these items to it. That will make fheir bill appear to be $100 larger _. than it really is. Ill then draw a check for the amount of the copied statement, Mr. Bond will sign it with other checks, and there you are. I’ll take it over to Kirby & Jackson myself, with the original statement, and as I amvabout to hand it to _ their cashier I'll pretend to discover that I made the check $100 in excess of the right amount. I’ll tell the cashier that to save me the trouble of making out a new check he can pay “me $100 and that will make it all right, see? When I get back you can receipt the copied statement in imitation of the _ original and enter that in the ledger. Then I’ll give you $25. How does that suit you?” _ “I don’t know,” said Castle, still doubtfully. “But I do,” said Seott, “A week ago I caught you taking a $20 bili from Brett’s drawer and putting a bad counterfeit _ in its place. If you don’t stand in with me I'll report the fact a6 Rh Bond and you'll get bounced.” ou promised not to give me away,” said the bookkeeper, in a shaky tone. “My wife was sick and I didn’t have money ehough to meet the bills I had to pay, that’s ial I did it.” “No matter why you did it, I caught you. Now I hold the whip-hand over you. Stand in with me or out you'll go with- out a recommendation.” “If I should get caught at this I’ll go to jail.” of “No quicker than I would, and you can make your mind easy that I don’t.intend to go there.” “I suppose I’ll have to agree, but I don’t like the idea,” said Castle, with evident reluctance. » “Nonsense! You'll be $25 in pocket, and. that ought to be an inducement to you. It’s just like finding money.” - The bookkeeper made no reply. “You'll make a lot more than that by standing in with me,” said Scott. “I'll put you in the way of making twice that amount every month. There are a dozen or more schemes we “ean work together at the store, and all of them perfectly safe. “The boss has perfect confidence in me. Whatever I say goes “with him. All we have to do is to work hand- ~in-glove and "we'll both live in clover,” + “Y don't think I could rob a man that trusted me,” said _ “Those are the only kind of men you can rob with safety,” eegereas Scott. “But it’s a mean thing to do.” “Mean! ot at all. Hyerybody who can do it is dotting his : ~ work in these days. The cost of living is going up, but salaries i are not keeping pace with conditions. We chaps who dre - married have got to make the riffle somehow, and when one hits an easy mark he’d be a fool not to take advantage of Tt: % “Do you call Mr, Bond an easy mark?” “Yes, he’s pretty easy as bosses go.” ie “He's a nice man to work for, that’s why I hate to do him, bs My motto is—do 1ers or they'll do you. The boss is making plenty of money of ' money, 1 too?’ Not on your life. We are. getting what the he atric: people call ‘low but sure.’ If all of us got what we e ied to, we eyuia ihe automobiles and our 0 own eo DOLLARS AND CENTS. it of the store. Are we, who help him do it, making plenty Mr. Bond sits in his private room and lets his capital work for him. He’s only a small example of the big capitalists who make a hundred times what he makes, with less trouble, even. Is that fair? I should say not. ; Every man should work alike and profit alike. H that was in < force we'd all get fine pay and work no more than half a day. 2 The rest of the day we could spend in amusing ourselves.” Paes “That would be fine,” said the bookkeeper. ce “Sure it would, and. everybody would have a steady job as a long as he lived. Now, when a capitalist gets old it makes — no difference with him, for his money keeps on working for | him; but when you and I get old our wages will be reduced, because we can’t work so fast.as we did before, and then, in a Sy little while, we'll get thrown out altogether and younger men hired in our places. You know that’s true, don’t you?” . “It seems so.” ax “It is so. That’s why you and I should take advantage of the chance to make all the extra money we can. Then maybe. we'll become capitalists ourselves. If not, we won’t go to the poorhouse.” Scott’s argumenis had some effect on Castle, who saw very little prospect ahead on the smaijl wages he was getting. - His scruples grew weaker and weaker, and finally he agreed — to. stand in with his tempter and see the game through. “That’s the way to talk,” said the cashier. “Now let’s see how the weather is outside, and whether it will be safe for us to put back in our boat.” . Re As Scott spoke, Bob decided it was time for him to get out of the way, for he knew that things would happen if he was discovered so near the hut. eet CHAPTER III. GETTING A RASCAL IN THE TOILS. Bob ran around to the back of the shanty and darted into the thick copse of trees without his presence heing discovered. Scott and Castle came around the hut, too, and walked — through the trees down to the shore, passing” close to the spot - where the boy crouched in the bushes. i As soon as they were out of sight, Bob entered the hut and ~~ found a piece of hard wood lying on the floor. — ae He carried it down to the cove, where he found Tom wait ing for him with half a dozen good branches of various lengths, “You were gone long enough,” said Tom. “T was several times tempted to go after you to see if you had fallen into the lake.” “I’m glad you didn’t.” “Why Qo” ks “You'd probably haye interrupted a very interesting con- versation I was listening to.” “Between whom?” asked Tom, in some surorise. : Fie ah ni the cashier and the assistant bookkeeper of our as store.” ie “Are they on the “eeraeate “They are.” “What brought them here?” “A boat, for one thing, and to talk over a bit of raseality for another.” : “Rascality! What do you mean?” : “Wait till you hear what I heard them talking about, and : then you'll know.” oe ca Whereupon Bob told him the main facts of Scott's scheme ae to rob Mr, Bond. ia “Gee! they are lulus, at least the cashier is one, Wenopet hearing what you have, you ought to be able to put a BpOke, : in their wheels,” said Tom. “J surely will. When I come to think of it I’m sorry yo were not with me, so that you could back me up,” said Bo “It would have been better, but it can’t be helped. Ne on, now, and let us fix the gaff. ‘» ‘ ; They set at work upon it and made a pretiy good job of the. Wes repairing, putting four sticks around the broken parts an lashing the whole firmly together. “It will take considerable of a blow to pull that to pieces, ; said Tom, sailed "BS pe ta teeta aie a “If, it doesn’t hold we stand a chance of be: ca. siz = before’ we can reach the wharf,” said Bob. ine om a They waited awhile to see if the wind gave signs” i) dropping any, but at the end of an hour there was no pel ceptible difference in it. 8 Sh “T guess we’ll have to chance it,” said Tom. ; They hoisted the sail and put off. r As the wind caught the sail squarely and the over they cast their eyes anxiously aloft at the It held, aha atid ae ae the 1 —to7 BEN z
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DOLLARS AND CENTS. ey OY al ae Old Dan couldn’t help notcing the repaired gaff, for it | -. looked like a crippled limb in splints. “What happened to it?” he asked. Bob explained, and told him if he thought they ought to pay for the replacing of the broken gaff they would do so, but that it really wasn’t any fault of theirs. “Sure I wouldn’t charge ye for such an accident,” he said. “Tt won’t cost me much, anyway. Ye are good boatmen, and sich a thing as that is liable to happen to meself. Sure, - anybody else might have lost their lives and me boat as well. ; It’s pleased I am that things are no worse.” j . Saying that they would probably want the boat again on ~ the following Sunday, the boys went home. On the way they talked over the crooked scheme contrived by Cashier Scott and which he expected to put through with the help of his tool, the bookkeeper, and Bob said he intended to tell Mr. Bond at the first chance next day. He said nothing about the matter to his mother, and after supper went to his room and got out the printed sample of 3 ety & Jackson’s monthly statement, which Tom had given ~ him. : “It will be easy to prove that the cashier got fifty copies of these printed at Tucker & Tinker’s, and he’ll find it hard explaining why he did that,” thought Bob. “It was lucky™I happened to be in the printing office when he came there and gave the order, and I’m glad Tom set it up. On second thought, I won’t say anything about the business to the boss to-morrow. It would be better to let the cashier put the steal through first, otherwise he might be able to’ wiggle out ‘of it and perhaps make things warm for me, for he has Mr. Bond’s confidence.” ; Accordingly, Bob kept his own counsel next day, and for several days thereafter. What he would like to get hold of was the original state- ment sent in by the cashier of Kirby & Jackson, but he saw _ no chance of such a thing, ’ ‘Usually, either Scott or Castle was in the office all the time, one of them only going to lunch at a time. - Bob generally left Scott in the office when he went to lunch }, at half-past twelve. » ‘When he got back the cashier would go out himself. fet , Things worked that way on Wednesday. Seott wag out longer than usual, and when he got back he handed a paper to the assistant bookkeeper and talked con- fidentially with him for a few minutes. ‘Bob's bright brain at once suggested the conclusion that Scott had visited Kirby & Jackson and paid the right state- ~ ment. i Not being busy at the moment, he passed softly behind the _ two men andslooked over their shoulders. - _. Lying in front of the bookkeeper he saw two statements bearing the firm name of Kirky & Jackson. : He judged that one of them was the genuine and the other : the copy with the $100 of fake items on it. i From what he had overheard on the island he knew that Scott's plan was to have the false one receipted by Castle in imitation of the original, the amount charged up against the ‘house and the statement put on file. te \ It still wanted six or seven minutes of eight and Bo 5 - 7 bt oa that rate, Well, — I'll go in and ow bw when Scott walked in. cay “Good-morning, Mr. Scott!” he said, plesantly. “You here early to-day.” Ve) Tote ae “Morning!” replied Scott. “Will you run around to the po office and get a dollar's worth of stamps?” 7 : “The window doesn’t open till eight,” said Bob, > “It’s five minutes of eight now. The window will be op by the time you get there,” said the cashier, opening the 's and handing him a dollar bill. Ba ; of the way “ pe rs Bob suspected that Seott wanted to get him out for a few minutes. ere A “That didn’t worry him any as*he had secured what wanted. ea, “eng He took his time and got back at ten minutes after eig) The clerks had arrived, but the assistant bookkeeper was) there yet. ; ( He came in at half-past eight. As soon as he did Scott took him in a corner an to him. ites Bob could hear Castle protestitig that he hadn’t ever the cashier was charging him with. é : Then the two men got down to business and things we on as usual that day. : ere a That evening, with the assistance of the copy of the sta ment he had made that morning, Bob completed the resto tion of the original statement. ene Uiphee He also had a list of the fake items, amounting to ‘hous = et PS done Y
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Bob thought that Scott’s scheme was one easy to be dis- -eovered, and wondered he’ would put it in practice. iy Doubtless,’ he placed his dependence on. the confidence * Mr. Bond had in him, The points that Scott seemed to have overlooked, or ig- 'nored, were: . First, that all goods delivered at the receiving and shipping room were accompanied by memorandum pills, either on ordinary billheads or special billheads used for that purpose by the firm that sont tbe goods. ‘Second, the items on these billheads were repeated in. a ~ small’ shipping-book, which the carter or expressman pre- sented for “the receiving, clerk’s signature, and it was the * clerk’s duty to see that he got the goods shown in the pill- ' head and shipping receipt before he signed the latter, which ‘went back to the house that sold the goods and was retained on file. Third, all goods ordered by Mr. Bond, through his buyer or authorized clerk at the store, were ordered in’ writing and order was kept by the selling house as a voucher. f these three: items the only one that reached the count- -room was the billhead carrying the @ K of the receiving clerk. ‘This went to the assistant bookkeeper, whose duty it was mter it in the ledger, file it, and when the monthly state- -he compared the items on all the billheads with ithe items on the statements, and if he tally, as he usually did, he O K’d. the state- ed them on. to the cashier, who compared the the totals in the ledger and, finding them right, made ‘out the checks and got Mr. Bond to sign them, when they were sent, with the statements, to the selling houses. b, being an observant boy, had got on to this and other ness details of the house, and now he. saw that when he hat the $100 worth of alleged goods had never been nor delivered, for no evidence that they had could produced. : Hividently the cashier banked on the fact that once the itement ‘had been paid that would be the end of the matter, As a matter of fact, he was-right, inasmuch) as: Mr. Bond cok hig O K on a statement as evidence that the goods in- ‘Heated. on it had been ordered and received. ‘There was hiways a chance, however, if the cashier had been e to keep this crooked scheme up, that\Mr. Bond would “some goods on a statement that he did not think sal- nd, without suspecting any crooked work, would call m his regular buyer, or the purchasing ‘clerk in the store, for explanation. ‘would lead to an investigation that would’ end in Hie ng-reom and then it would be up to Scott. ery thief takes chances of detection; that’s why the game pays in the long run, but still as long as the world here are likely to be thieves., CHAPTER Iv. “ACOUSED OF THEFT. , | Bob went to the store next morning he vise the d original monthly ple of Kirby & Jackson in ket. itended to get the ball in motion that day, as soon as nd arrived. id not dream that he was in for trouble himself. \ ay ‘disappearance of the torn statement from his pocket. © ing he had put the scraps in his street coat he could sown cord, > body must have taken them, and every scrap at that, uspected his confederate at first, but Castle protested: e had not the faintest idea where they had gone. é even asserted that he did not know that Scott had put ; gments.in the pocket of his coat. t had been him he would have thrown them in the waste- t, he said. tt was not thoroughly satisfied with Castle's statement, rhe could not see what interest it would be to the cash- to, take them and, besides, he did not see. what chance 1d to get at. his pocket unobserved. emarked on» that to his confederate, when Castle ttention — e fact that Bob had been alone in ‘ing traits himself. what worried about | a fe had been greatly puzzled and some ed about | Sides cna Lene rstand how they could have got out of his pocket of ‘bookkeeper had gone to lunch and when Bob. went, ‘too. dinner when the boss arrived. NR | vhad never done that before, havi -prietor. ‘the boy by the arm. | ae ake ; a) 4 - . 2! | eel DOLLARS AND CENTS. ‘, at may be, but he had the chance to go through’ your Rs oa ; “Why should he do it and take those scraps?” ‘ “Tm not a mind-reader, so I can’t answer your question, be but if he did take the scraps he must be on to your crooked @ame and he intends to use them against you. ia : “J. see no reason why he should know anything about our, end of the counting-room. He’s only the cash-boy.” , “He's a pretty smart boy, just the same—smarter maybe than we have any idea of. I have noticed him watching you pretty close.” Y “Watching me?” 3 pei a “Yes.” “IT never noticed that.” “ET see everything that’s going on in here.” “Oh, you do?” said Scott, suspiciously. “Tam naturally very obser ving. Some people are born that way -Oothers just the opposite.” fo yeu’ve observed Brett watching me?” “I have. Jf you intend to work this game you’ ve started right along I think it would be 2 good idea if we had a new { cagh-boy.” “But Mr. Bond likes him. Just raised his pay a dollar a. week. It wouldn’t do.for me to suggest that he be changed.” “T thought what you said here went with the boss?” © “It does, as a rule, but there’s exceptions to one rule,” “Then put up a job on him.” He “Have you anything to suggest in that line?” # “Vve got that counterfeit twenty yet. Put it in his. dissaee : when he’s out to lunch some time when he has a genuine twenty there. We'll divide the good money and you can report to the boss that he took in a rank forged bill and that — the house is out that much, That will do as.a starter. Then you can follow it up with something else—some mistake in | his cash.’ Five dollars short some night, for instance. ‘Wel fl: divide the fiver.” Neh Hividently the assistant bookkeeper was developing began : “T'll cotisider it,” said Scott. f The. foregoing conversation took place on “Thursday. ‘tier: the store had closed, white the two anon were walking ito ward their homes together, ; After they parted Scott began to Teflect: on: what Castle had said about Bob watching him, " “{T wonder if he really is, and why?” he asked imself, “If I was sure of it I’d get him out of the office omekow. WIS wonder if it was he who took those scraps out of my pocket? Tf he’s watching me no doubt he saw me tear that statement — up and instead of throwing the pieces in the basket noticed that I put them in my pocket. Maybe that made him curious | to. see what I was so careful with, and when he was alone in the office fer a few minutes he took them out. THat was two ef nights ago. I suppose when he found out what the scraps were © he threw them away.’ But suppose he pieced the scraps: tos gether and saw that it was a receipted statement?: If he’s — done, that aud showed it to the boss ne would have asked me about, it. Well, I don’t fancy having that boy bb ds me. I must get him out somehow.” EL Veet ‘On the following morning, which was Friday, Bob went to the office with the pieced original statement in his pera as we said before. ; ia He was on his cash job when the cashier arrived. The assistant bookkeeper was already there. ps eo The morning passed away and Mr. ane did net canine es é Bob wondered if he would show up at all that day, a : He came in at half-past twelve, just. after the assistant In fact, the boy was getting his hat to ‘go home for his. i AS inno: The moment Bob saw him he started to follow him into his ; room. | sare The cashier thought. that sw eno on. his part, fot g no business with, the pro-. “Hold on there! Where are: you going?” he said, ‘stabbing Br “Tm going in to age Mr. Bond, % > replied Bob. “What for? é “1 want to see im.” “What nt to see. him » seat” “A cae ‘ a n't believe ous ete I i
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_ “What do you mean, Mr. Scott?” demanded Bob, in as- -. tonished indignation. . “J mean you are stealing that money.” _ “Are you crazy to accuse me of such a ridiculous thing?” ~ . “Come, let me see what you have in your pockets,” : “Pll do nothing of the kind,” said Bob, resisting - ‘the cash- er, “You won't, eh? I'll see about that.” ‘With a sudden blow Scott knocked Bob senseless on the . flecr. He hurriedly felt in the boy’s pockets, but did not find what he was looking for, as Bob had taken the preeaution to place _ the statement in the inside pocket of his vest. “I guess I’ye made a mistake,” he muttered. “When he | comes to his senses he will report me to Mr. Bond.. I must block that. Now is as good as any time to put up a job on him and get him fired.” -He opened the boy’s cash-drawer and seized some of its contents. Then he uttered an outery that not only brought some of the clerks on the scere but also the proprietor. ; “See!” cried the foxy cashier, holding out a bunch of checks + and money toward Mr, Bond, which he had apparently taken ‘from Bob’s pocket, “your trusted cash-boy has been rob? bing you. I caught him in the act.” His accusation canged general astonishment, for Bob was a great favorite in the store and every one but the pookkeeper ‘and cashier liked him. ~ “Surely you don’t mean that, Mr. Scott,” said the head of the house, in astonished surprise. ~ “7 do mean it, sir. Here is the evidence on him. Three $5 bills and two ehecks that caine in this morning from cash customers,” said the cashier. “What could he do with those checks?” said the proprietor. “J don’t know. All I know is I saw him take the checks and money from his drawer, put them in his pocket, grab his hat and start to go out. I called him back, accused him of the theft and then he struck at me. I threw out my arm to ward “his, blow off and my fist hit him and he fell senseless, ‘ou see. Then 1 cried. pugs 4 raga the boy into my room,” said .Mr. Bond, calling up f the ‘clerks. * ey. ‘lifted Bob and bore him inne the boss’ private rdom ate Be him on the lounge there. - Bond followed and shut the door. j He dashed some water in Bob's face and the hoy ‘regained his -SeDSes, - ‘The cash-boy looked around hn in surprise. “How came I here?” he asked, in a puzzled tone. si had you brought in hére,” said Mr. Bond. 4] remember now, he knocked ‘me down after accusing me of stealing some money from my drawer,” said. Bob. PH has accused you of taking three $5 bills and two checks: Can it be possible you did that?” ” “No, sir, I wouldn't think of doing that.” “But I saw him take the checks: and the money‘from your inside pocket,” 51°: “IF you did, then he put them there beforehand while I “Was senseless.” “Why should he do such a thing?” said Mr. Bond, with a “frown. ~ eg couldn't tell you, sir, unless his “object ay to get me dis- charged.” a i uM see “why he should want to ieee you discharged. You have been giving perfect satisfaction.” ee I ‘gy you how he is robbing you you will see ¥ me! ” -and I can ‘prove it. - Mr. ‘Bond regarded Bob as " he thought he had suddenly — become. crazy. a Pe here, Boney are you aware of what you are saying?” et me tell you what I know? Then you can’ e ig any truth init or not,” y fullest confidence.” Ss emitetias a? yell in you.” “DOLLARS AND CENTS, letter-cabinet bearing the imitated ‘signature of Kixby & - cf hate SHAE SIRE A as CL er: A ee ings are. What I do charge him with is : debbing you of $100 through a false statement suppoged to have come from Kirby. & Jackson, dealers in notions.” Bob then told his stery—how his suspicions had Heon raised. ps by seeing the cashier get fifty statements printed at Tucker,& ~— 'Tinker’s printing office one evening during the previous week. Then he related in substance the conversation he. had over-* heard on the island between Scott and Castle. . Mr; Bond listened in great surprise. Bob then produced the. restored criginal ‘statement ‘feon Kirby & Jackson, bearing the. cashier’s signature, and told him how the pieces which he had pasted on the sheet had come into his possession. “That is the correct statement of the amount you owed that. firm, and it's just $100 less than’ the bogus statement in the Jacksen’s cashier,” went on Bob. “The, whole of that fake paper, made out on one of the statements Scott had pri was executed by Castle, who. is standing in with the eas in his, crooked work. Now yeu have my. story. I don’t as you to take my word alone, but investigate the case. Here is a list of the $100 worth of goods charged on the duplicate’ statement and which you will not find on the original here. Those gcods were never ordered nor delivered. That ought. to be. easy for you to find out. Investigate my charge, that i jall Task: You will discover that. my statements, ‘are. true.” > Mr. Bond jwas, silent. He was absolutely staggered to think that his trusted cashie could be actually robbing him. , “I ean prove that Scott had fifty statements ‘printed, bringing my friend Tom Downey here,” went on Bob. set the job up in type and both of us saw Scott in the prin office. If you want further evidence you can get. it at Tucel & Tinker’s.. Besides, when you compare the fake statem with this you will see that, owing to.a printer’s.error © is omitted in.the word .‘Notions.’ It is not emitted int pasted statement, because this is the one that came a Kirby. & Jackson's: office. That's all. I leave the matter in your hands to look into. As to. Scott’s charge that T money and checks from my cash-drawer, I think, my re since I came to work here will go far to dispr ove it.” “You have astonished me, Robert, but you have stated ak matter in such a straightforward way, and it is so serious; th I feel it. will have to be investigated. In the meantime nothing about it to any one. Go to your dinner now and 3 sume your duties when you return. I will tell Mr. Seott you have denied his charge in every par tieular and. that. i some evidence of your alleged delinquency. 3 Satisfied that maiters: would go the right. way, private reom and went home to his dinner. — . CHAPTER V. | « SCOTT AND CASTLE SEB THEIR FINISH. The clerks locked at him ag he passed out, believing been discharged, and they all felt sorry for him an prised to think he could have been guilty of stealing from his drawer. ‘ Scott, who was filling his position at the eash-windo : | watched: his exit, and so did the assistant bookkeeper, the cashier had told, about the situation when he came — from his lunch during the time Bob was closeted wit Bond, both hoping he had been fired. : hey were disappointed, however, when the proprietor out of his room and told Scott that after listening to the 1 defence, he was not fully satisfied that Boh had & money and ehecks with intent to steal, “I think you acted too hastily, Mr. Scott,” he said “You should have waited till you had conclusive evi against the boy.” ey “When he put the money and checis in his pocket: afte ing warily around, I thought that was proot enough aes tentions, sir,” said Scott. ) 5 d “Possibly ‘you may be right, but not having een the actions with your eyes, and finding his explanatio i able, I cannot take. any action at present.” his charge you Lb making against the cashier, Ragas what t see “going on when I indi é : “What explanation did he maké?” asked the ( i us. to learn what Bob had said to the boss. . os “He denied that he had taken the money and hecks at eclared that he did not know how the; _|poeket, In ponaa he accused’ Yee < of pursing | Abn in trouble.” :
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ES DOLLARS AND CENTS. d “Of course, I had no reason to do such a “thine,” said Scott, _ with a look of virtuous indignation. “I didn’t have anything against him. He lied to. you to try and save himself. I should, think that would be enough to convince you that he Was guilty. At any rate, you saw with your own eyes that I took his stealings out of his pocket.” ) - “Well, I shall allow him to remain until to-morrow night, at any rate. That will be the end of the week. By that time ~ f will have made up my mind on the subject.” Mr. Bond returned to his room and Scott and Castle con- sulted. “TIT guess he’ll be bounced,” said the former. “Mr. Bond “was inclined to waiver until I had my say just now and showed him that the boy’ was guilty and had lied to him in his ex- planation.” “J hope he goes, for I consider him dangerous to our in- _ terests,” said Castle. The cashier had been nervous while Bob was in the private room, thinking that the boy might have learned something - about the original statement of Kirby & Jackson’s, though - he was partly reassured when he had found nothing against himself when he hastily searched Bob’s pockets before giving _ the alarm, but as Mr. Bond said nothing on the subject to him he judged that he was safe. - When Bob got back from his dinner, Scott put on his hat and coat and went out to a:late lunch. Castle, pretending sympathy for Bob, asked him about the E trouble, which he said the cashier had told him about. ' The boy, knowing that the assistant bookkeeper had no friendship for him, told him he had nothing to say on the subject, and turned his attention to his duties. While the cashier was out, Mr. Bond called Castle into his room to ask him some unimportant question. This wag to enable Bob to get the fake statement out of the va cabinet without the fact becoming known to the t bookkeeper for him to communicate to the cashier when that man got back. ; When Castle came back he told Bob that the boss wanted : see him. Bob entered the private room and handed the statement ~ to Mr. Bond, The ‘merchant, on comparing! the two statements, saw at a lance that the copied one did not bear the stamp “Paid,” nor the date, which the other one did, and he was now satisfied that the boy’s story was true.’ _ Sending Bob back to his window, he went into the shipping receiving department and asked the clerk if he remem- ered receiving the $100. worth of goods down on the fake ; statement. ping receipts ‘it the goods had been’ sent in. nstead of sending, he called at Kirby & Jackson’s himself. He saw Mr. Kirby and showed him the statement. “That doesn’t look like my cashier’s handwriting,” he said. your cashier receipt that?” he asked. “If he did he omitted to stamp it with the date, which is istomary with us, Anything the matter with it?” shave an idea there" is. Will you call your cashier in er. ertainly,” said the senior partner of the firm, who went he door and called the man in. ou received that statement, I suppose, with my check, rough the mail, receipted it as shown and returned it to y place of business?” said Mra Bond. The cashier looked at the statement. ‘Why, that isn’t the statement we sent you,” he said, in ome surprise, “though it is on one of our printed bills. The tatement I sent to you wag brought here by your cashier in on, who paid me with your check and I receipted it and ed it back to him. I recollect now there was a mistake out the check.” “A mistake! ” said the merchant. “Yes. Your cashier told me that he had made it out for $x 00 more than the sum of the bill, had you sign it, and he ot notice his error till he was giving it to me. To save trouble of going back to the store and making out a new %k he said I could hand him the excess in money, which I 5 took the check. that’s how it fiat ‘sir. But how came you to get this dtatement? ight one, and that isn’t my signature. ar our stamp. There is something funny about it.” the il pet agantagh asked Mr. ‘Bond, sneiineine: ed 0 It the merchant. Besiges, it The cashier looked at it. - “It has been torn up and then put together again. compare the items with your ledger account.” “Do so,” said the merchant. The cashier carried off both statements with him. Mr. Kirby thought there was something very singular in the fact that two different statements, both receipted, relating to the previous month should be in his customer’s possession, but he waited to see how the matter would turn out. : He asked Mr. Bond how business was and was told it was very fair indeed. . ; Then the cashier came. back. “This torn statement is the correct one,” he said. “My second bookkeeper made it out from your ledger account. It was paid, as I said before, with a check $100 in excess of the amount, and which $100 it personally handed to your cashier. The second statement is a mystery to me. It carries all the original items and others not charged against you, to the amount of $100. I am having the matter looked up. Our shipping receipts will show if there has been any error on our part.” : “IT think the trouble originated in my store. I am of the opinion that you will find no evidence of having received from . me orders for those five extra items, and without the orders you cannot have shipping receipts,” said Mr. Bond. “That's right, sir,” nodded the cashier. “You suspect some irregularity on the part of an aniyes of yours?” hazarded Mr. Kirby. “T had rather not say whether I do or not.” Kirby understood the situation from his reply, and made no further remark on the matter. It was Mr. Bond’s business, not his. ; In a few minutes the cashier came back again with the fake statement, . “We have no orders nor shipping receipts representing those goods, Mr. Bond. The torn statement is your account in full to the first of this month, and it has been paid. The second — statement never came from our place. On examining the printed head I notice there is a printer’s error in it which does not appear in our regular statements, from which I con- clude that some person has had some of our statements printed, tA for some purpose of his own.” The cashier pointed out the typographical error to Mr. ares Bond and Mr. Kirby and showed that the error was not in the torn statee1ent. : “That error has already been called to my attention,” said “That is all, Mr. Kirby. I am fully satisfied now as to how matters stand. -Good-day.” - The merchant then went directly to Tucker & Tinker’s printing office. ‘ Mr. Tinker was there. aber “Can you tell me who the person was who ordered fifty of those statements printed here one evening. last week?” asked ~ Mr. Bond. Tinker called ‘his bookkeeper and asked him to look up the ticket of the job. “It came in on Thursday evening—the night the office was a, open,” he said. - nae The ticket was produced and it bore the name “Scott.” “You have a boy working here named Tom Downey?” said Mr, Bond, i Tinker nodded. Wer “Have you any objection to calling him in here?” te Tom was sent for and presently appeared. - 7 sh sah “Your name is Tom Downey?” said the merchant. ye “Yes, sir,” replied Tom, wonderingly. aie “You and Robert Brett are friends, I believe?” ; “Yes, sir.” “Did zie call here to see you on Thursday evening?” . “He di ” “While he was in the printing office did a man call ands leave an order for fifty of those statements?” “Yes, sir. The foreman took the order and I set it up. It was a rush order, to be delivered at ten o’clock, the hour we shut down. The man, who said his name was Scott, returned — and got the printed statements and paid for them, I sup-, pose,” “Describe the man as well as you ean.” ‘Tom gave a good description of Scott—good enongh for une Mr. Bond to see that it was his cashier. po ~ “You and Brett went out sailing on Sunday afternoon, $5 believe?” j ay F S¥es, Sire A j ‘ > “and owing to an accident to the sail you put. aes sicike be INS the. a elanis repair it?” ena eee cat nee : I must fone
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DOLLARS AND CENTS, “Do you know if there were any other persons onthe island besides. yourselves?” “There were two men. I didn’t see them, but Bob did and overheard a conyersation between them about some crooked game they were going to work.” : : “In which one of the fifty statements printed here was to gure?” ; “Yes, sir, I suppose Bob has told you all about it. You are Mr. Bond, i guess.’ “T am Mr. Bend, and I am investigating the case. That is all.. @blige me by saying nothing about this conversation to any one.” “All right, sir,” and Tom returned to the printery. “What's the trouble, sir?” asked Tinker. “It’s a private matter.” “Tf there is anything crooked about the case 1 hope you won't hold us responsible for printing those statements. We executed the order in good faith,” said Tinker. “There is no reason for you to worry, sir. You probably will hear nothing more about the matter. Good-day.” Mr. Bond had secured all the evidence he needed to in- criminate his cashier, and the man’s faithlessness was a great shock to. him. He saw that but for Bob he might have become the victim of a systematic robbery, extending over months. He had always had an excellent opinion of his eash-boy, and now it was greatly increased. He went to one of the two daily papers and advertised for a competent cashier and also for an assistant bookkeeper, ‘answers to be left at the newspaper office. Then he went to a restaurant and had his lunch, after which he returned to the store. He said nothing to Scott that afternoon, and that rascal went on with his work unconscious of what was hanging over _» his head. f The merchant, however, told him that he would like to have the usual monthly balance sheet submitted next day. In order to get it out Scott had to remain that evening till eleven o'clock, and he kept Castle to help him. When he came to the store next morning Mr. Bond called -at the newspaper office and received several replies to his advertisement. He sized them up sin his room and sent replies to most of iy them, asking them to call on Monday morning at half-past AB eight. - Mr. Bond usually went home early on Saturday, but on this occasion he remained till five o’clock. By that time Scott had his pay envelopes ready, though he didn’t pass them out until ten o'clock, when the store closed. He called Scott into his private room and shut the door. . They were closeted together for three-quarters of an hour, and when the cashier came out his face was white and his hands shook. - He went directly up. to Bob. Ps “You've pickled me, you young monkey, but remember, rl get square with you if Pm hanged for it!” he hissed. Mr. Bond followed him into the counting-room. “Mr, Castle,” he said, “your services are no longer required at this store. Get your wages and go now.” The assistant bookkeeper turned white himself. “What's the matter, Mr. Bond,” he faltered. “I’ve tried to do——” “Yes, I know; you've tried to do me. In fact, you’ve helped Mr. Scott do me out of $100. This was your starter, but it has proved your finish as well.. Answer me, sir, is not this false statement in your handwriting?” ' Castle looked at ihe paper. j “T am guilty,” he said, in shaky tones, “That’s enough. Here is your envelope, and ae is yours, Mr. Scott.” |» The two discomfited schemers slunk out of the store—dis- secharged men. “Robert, as an evidence of my appreciation of your services in this unpleasant affair I will present you with this $100,” ‘gaid the merchant, handing him some bills. “Pd mather not be rewarded for what I did,- ‘sir. only my duty,” said Bob. “Take. the money and carry it home with you He you go to supper. I think you had better go right away and get back aS soon as you can.” I will remain till you return. sie ansteat of $6 your pay hereafter will be $7 a week.” , you, sir. I will try to deserve your liberality. ? ou have proved that you deserve it. Go now.” put on his hat and left the store, the proprietor, to the ry ) It was Ss place @ cg the Whee PNB TIS (a a gS A SS) ALT aa SR AL RNS Na 2 DR I ENE SEE EE Seen ae rprise of the cash-giris and sages as to the’ clerks, bea ee to fat there to pay off. CHAPTER VI, : DOWNED IN THE DARK, ¥ SE X. To say that Bob was delighted beyond measure at ‘tke res ceipt of $100,-as well as another dollar raise in his wages, would give only a faint idea of his feelings as he hastened homeward, ; “The $100 will put mother on Hasy Street with respect to. the expense attending the renewal of ous mortgage. It will make her as happy as a queen. And the extra dollar on top of it will be a regular windfall,” he said to himself. “I’m — rolling in luck, ‘and all because T’'ve simply done my duty — by the boss. It feels encouraging to have one’s efforts appre- ciated. Mr. Bond is certainly a fine boss. It was one of my lucky days when I went.to work for him.” Rigs . : Bob dashed into the house with a whoop. “Why, Bob, you’re home early to-night for your supper: isn’t quite ready yet,” said his mother. “Never mind, give me anything you can dish up, I’m in” a $ hurry to get back to the store,” he said. “Whoop!” 7 “What's the matter with you? You seem to be excited.” a “T am excited, and so you’ll be when you hear what I have — to tell. But don’t stand there looking at me. Remember, I’ve he only got a few minutes to eat.” am “Haven’t you got your usual time?” “No. The boss is uiling my job while I’m b shee se, “How is that?” “Because there’s nobody else to do it. The cashier and ee helper have both been bounced this afternoon.” “Did you report what you told me,to Mr. Bond?” é “No, but I reported something a great deal more importan which I discovered last Sunday and have been working up the proofs ever since.” eke? i “Is it possible?” “Yes, ['ll tell you all about it when I get home anee ins you’re ‘not asleep.” ‘ “So the cashier has been discharged?” = gh “Yes, and the assistant bookkeeper with him, He was with Scott. %. 5 “Well, well!” “And ‘here is a os that Mr. Bond gave me for exposing the scheme,” Bob tossed the ich of bills to his mother. “My gracious!” she exclaimed. “How much is there here! “One hundred dollars.” ; “As much as that?” she ejaculated, in wonder. “Yes, mother, as much as that and, furthermore, instead the $1 raise I have got a'$2 one. My wages are now $ week.” The little widow. was. quite overpowered by such Boad ‘for BTS tune. Sager She could hardly believe her eyes when she counted th bills and found that thé roll actually amounted to $100. During the foregoing Bob was setting the table and butter; eZ a slice of bread. to begin on. < In a few minutes Mrs. Brett had fried a aaaple of eggs and made the tea. Bob made his supper off those, with bread and butter a slice of pie. Then he rushed back to the store to relieve Mr, Bond. | “I will put the bulk of the day’s receipts in the safe, Rove said Mr. Bond. “The rest you can lock up in that draw which contains the pay envelopes. Here is the key. At cl ing-time you will pay the force off and see that the store : locked up.” fare “All right, sir,” said Bob, feeling of unusual importane ‘ Tnen ihe merchant went home. : “Where’s the cashier and bookkeeper to-night?” ous: us ficorwalker, poking his head in at Bob’s window. she: é “They've gone away.” “How about the trouble you had to- — cashier’s part, wasn’t it?” ” Yes. ” “T thought so. Nobody in the store believes you woul at a dollar.” “Tam much obliged to the clerks and others for their go opinion. Mr. Bond appears to have the same confide me. ” ay “Who's going to pay off to-night?” : Maier “Iam. I’ve got charge of the store for ‘conte ie The floorwalker went away, and before long ever, the store knew that the cashier and the assistant book! were away, and they wondered that both should g Saturday night, particularly the cashier, whose b si) Mistake
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DOLLARS AND CENTS. The fact that this duty had been delegated to Bob Brett -showed that the cashier’s charge against him was unfounded, and all were picased to know that. fs ‘Business was generally gocd on Saturday evening, and this Saturday was no exception to the rule. f Finally ten o’clock came around and Bob took his place at _ the cashier's window where the employees’ line formed to. re- “@eive their pay. _ Bob paid no attention to the line, as ‘he would ‘have to lose a lot of time looking over the envelopes for the right one, so he announced that he would eal! the people by name and then they could come up to the window. . a Tn this way he cleared the pay-roll up quickly and the em- : _ ployées left as soon as they got their money. The night watchman then locked the store up and Bob went home. ' He found Tom Downey outside waiting for him. “Your boss was at our shop to-day investigating that state- Ment order,” was the first thing he said. “I guess it’s good- night to your cashier, and perhaps the other chap, too,” me were both fired this afternoon about five,” replied {0} “That so? It isn’t more than they deserve. I suppose the boss complimented you for making him wise to the crooked / business?” “He thanked me and raised my pay another dollar,” ; “Another, eh? That makes seven.” + “I’m only getting $7 myself. I ought to get nine.” That do the regular hands get?” ost of them $12. One of them gets $14, but he’s extra od. I’m referring to the comps.” is that the regular pay of printers?” ke ae cain say not. That’s less than two-thirds of the Union if is? Why do the men work for that price, then?” “Because | ‘they are chumps, and because there is only one m job office in the city, The two newspaper offices get Mion scale, on a five-year agreement, I’ve heard. The men don’t get the same price as is paid in big cities, but they get good money. They went on strike a year ago and the question was arbitrated by some chap who came from In- 4 anapolis where the boss Union is. He ought to come again and get the job printers in scab offices like ours to strike for ~Mecent pay; then maybe we'd get it. I guess I’d get $12 in at vase.” ..\ ott knows I was the cause of getting him and Castle dis-. ‘ged and he told me, just before he left, that he'd get wre with me if he got hanged for it.” 18° & pretty strong threat. You'd better Took out for : cnow, Y: you want to watch out, just the same,” What can He do?” n't walk with my eyes shut.” © they iN to get you ead *d hide in some doorway: ) had es piace further to go, and at that hour the “his neighborhood were almost deserted, and avers i er, not extra well lighted. "hey were plentifully sprinkled with big trees, too, behind yhich a person could screen himself from observation, . ib es along without meeting a soul, until he reached his wned hn before he knew what had happened, got him,” said one, whose voice sounded like Get hold of him and we'll ce him down to the better tie his, handkerchief across, his mouth,” said , one liable to get back his senses in a few at it: didn’t do pind any good, Il you,” said the second chap, who we may as Castle, the other being Scott. —- : route the Woy would take. ‘}we can fix him, Nobody ever goes there, so he’ll be ‘old decayed mill, which had once upon a time ground meal fo ‘the darkness and’ solitude to pass the night as best he isp wae and Castle might lay for you some Saturday night and road ‘track where the express would run over me. e | dently meant the threat he uttered to me after he was bounced, ‘)They intend to-come back in the morning and pickle me in | effort to release himself from his bonds. service of fifty years had been attacked by dry rot. Fmuch punk. .| likely to give way. lon his face. ; A part of the upright clung to his back, held there by th repe, but Bob soon got rid ‘of it,’ ; The railroad was reached at. last—a lonesome stretch along a pocket of the lake, near a culvert. Ke “We'll tie him down to this track,” said Scott. “The ex- press will be along in the course of fifteen minutes, and after it has passed there won’t be enough lett of him to’ make a decent funeral.” “Hold on. I didn’t agree to Beg a oe like that. der!” said Castle. Be “What if it is? He’s the cause of our being without a jeb, and I’ve sworn to do him up,” said Scott, fiercely. : “Don’t be foolish. .The arrangement was to put him in a. freight-car and ship him out of the place.” “Do you see any freight-car about here?” “No, But we can carry him down to the yard, watch our” chance and lock him in an empty car going west.” “Do you suppose I’m going to take all that trouble and run the chance of getting caught? Not much.” “Well, I won’t have any hand in killing him.” “Bah! You’re too squeamish,” “Look yonder, there’s an old covered dug-out. We can put him on board of that and after poling the boat into the river let it go where it will.” ~ “That's a magnificent idea of yours,” said Scott, sneeringly. “Why, he’d be back in the city before Monday and we’d have had all our trouble for nothing. No, (’m for tying him down on the express track and getting rid of him at once.” “Do it yourself if you want to, I’m out of it.” . “Confound you! I thought you gaid you'd stand in with me?” “So J will, in anything short of murder. I draw the line at that.” | “Your dug-out plan is rotten. If you won't help me do what F IT want We can’t do anything with him to-night.” ¥ “Are you going to let him. go, then?” i “Not much. We'll carry him over to the old mill yonder . and tie him up in the cellar until we decide what other way en? It’s murs Oey enough.” “All right,” said Castle. we So Bob was lifted again and cared: half a ratte ie the farmers round about when Chester was a very small town | and the country was thinly settled. iste The cellar was a dark and dismal place at any ‘time, ‘but particularly so at night, when no sounds but the bullfrogs tie katydids broke the silence of the locality, except when tl night expresses’ flashed past, or the night freight rum mbled on its cumbersome way westward. — The place was full of debris, and Scott went forward first with lighted matches to get the lay of things, | Poor Bob was finally tightly bound to a post and left in CHAPTER VII. Wp Gasman. BoB's DISCOVERY: 5 When the two men went away, intending to return next, day, re Bob was fully conscious and aware of the identity of his Be 4 gressors. Ne “JT didn’t expect they would £0 for me s0 soon,” he muttered, “nor did I look to be held up so ciosé to my house. My, ‘but ay Scett is a bad chap! He wanted to tie me down to the rail- He evi- some way, though my life is safe as long as Castle has =a anything to say.” : Not relishing the thought of being pickled, Bob began an mae would never have suceceeded, for Scott had taken caret to seo that he was well secured, had the UprieRt to. which he # was tied been of ordinary strength. It was one of the supports of the building, and. ator a It looked solid enough outside, but. inside: it was: like 80 oe Bob felt it creak, but did not have any ‘taea, that it Ww. ai But that is what it suddenly did, and the hoy: fen. f ward - bean AY a ie rope as we shting a mate e s Y NS oat h
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His first thought was that Scott and Castle had returned. _ He picked up a stout“piece of wood and’ prepared to sur- prise them when they came into. the cellar, - The steps and voices approached the cellar stairs. Bob now noticed that the latter sounded in no way like the tones of his two enemies,. - Apparently, two other men had come to the old mil! for some ‘purpose. - They descended the stairs, assisted by a short piece of lighted candle, Bob retired to the space under the stairs, where he stood oe chance of escaping | observation, and awaited develop- ments, jf He wanted to be sure of the character of the BOM CRSR ERE ' before venturing to show himself. “T guess nobody has been here lately,” said the man with the candle. “The only thing that would draw people to this old place - would be the report that a murder had just cs eommitied here,” said the other. “Or if the place accidentally took fire Sea "Wiched down quite a bunch probably would come out to see the ruins,” said the first speaker. “The things we buried here are safe enough, I guess.” “7 judge they are, but [ want to make sure. "The police might have been here nosing around.” — Those words convinced Bob that the two men were shady characters. F _ “Hello!” ejaculated the other. “Somebody has been down in _ this cellar since we were here. Look at that, broken upright. It was not brcken. when we buried the swag.” “tT guess that’s the work of boys. Some kids were probably playing in the building to-day.” ‘The men moved over to a certain spot, pulled some of the rig aside Wnd one of them looked under the pile of rub- “The bags are jthere all right,” he said. 4 Z ‘hen we'd better carry them off with us.*- “think it would be safer to leave’ them here a “month. till ‘police have grown tired of hunting for us... You see, there’s uite a jot of the plunder, and if we were seen walking alons the read or across the field with those bags. on our s 2 ers people would suspect something, and the first thing @ know the police would be down upon us. If we didn’t the bags and were pulled in. as suspicious characters, ng could be proved against us, and we'd get off, A th from now, when people have forgotten about the robs ‘a nae and walk off with the bags without at- Atay farmer name wagons, icy) ee 0 to get the jobs. Whereabouts is fl an fot of importance, Wages are $10 a month and keh: a is ee He thought I was looking for work.” “We'll ek on ae farmer in the. mor. ee ) cellar, Il bet those are the men who burslerized the Datton house aa ni ago. The papers were full of the story next day. The loss was placed at $15,000, mostly in jewelry and silver- é. The burglars didn’t set a dollar of money. Mr, Dut- has oer a moward of $1,000+-for the Boe ‘of; his ought af thaking $1,000 greatly excited. Bob. / eae a match and went to the spot where. the two bags le py side under the debris. : y he pulled one of them out and ‘lightea to bale at it. 4 stuffed into it and’ tested, its’ pr ae the dark, thintat felt ets a-piteher. DOLLARS AND CENTS. anda he heard the sounds of footsteps and voices above. | silver pitcher, and a glance into the Dee. showed that it was : We Fe A farmhand ft ar re a anlogn told: me Sat them. f 1| dering who he was and what he wanted. banker was reading a newspaper. he mabbish aside he saw: two good-sized | ‘took a ‘considerable amount of valuab loth bag, fully distended: by ‘a lot of hard filled with plate. “I guess this is part of Mr, Dutton’s property, for he te-" ported that among other things the thieves took a valuable set of silverware. As those rascals probably won't returm to-night, at any rate, I'll re-cover this bag and the first thing in the morning I'll calj-at Mr. Dutton’s house and tell him — j about my discovery. He'll come here with me, and if he recog- nizes his property, why, I ought to get the reward; or a pee Ae of it, at any rate,” theught Bob. He pushed the bag back, re-covered it as before and lett the 0 d mill. He got home about midnight and found his mother very. anxious because he had failed to show up at his usual time. He explained what had happened to him and said that his’ aggressors had taken his. pay envelope containing his $T wages away from him: His mother was greatly concerned about the attack whch had been made on him, and about the loss .of the $7, which avery serious matter, though not so serious after the receipt of the $100. “It’s a good thing I didn’t have the $100 with me, too, or- I’d have lost that. But never mind, mother, I think I’m going to make more than $100 through this night’s adventure.” ©. “What do you mean?” she asked. Then he told her about the two men who had visited the: cellar of the old mill, and the two bags of stolen: property that were hidden there. “Tam satistied it is the stuff that was stolen the other night from the home of Mr, Dutton. He has offered a reward of $1,000 for its recovery. Now it Jooks as if I stood a good show of earning that reward,” said Bob. : “A thousand dollars!’ My goodness!” exclaimed his mother, “Sounds big, doesn’t it?” laughed: the boy. “You could pay. - off half of the mortgage with it, and then all your financial: worries would come to an end. ° Mrs. Brett thought such a condition of affairs was too good to ever come true, or at least for quite awhile. 3 Mother and son retired to bed, but Bob was so. excited at. 5 prospect of making even a part of the reward offered by the banker that 4t was some time before he got to sleep. ‘ He was out of bed early, but he could do nothing until after breakfast, which was over at half-past eight, and then he started for the residence of Mr. Dutton, which was one of the best houses in the residential section of Chester. . It stood in its own extensive grounds and backed on an arm of the lake, where the banker had a private wharf and his son Frank as a sloop|yacht in which he went out with the boys and girls of his own set, A thick hedge surrounded the property on bes side 8. There was a tall carriage gate in front, through which driveway led up to an arched porch, and a small, yee Bate < where visitors on foot went in. 3 ; “At cne end were similar gates for the admission x) men. orch. Dutton, the banker’s OnE on. he end of the | This was Lulu She regarded Bob’s appearance with some gia lat Beb stepped on the porch and locked at her, — ~ ‘ “Well?” said Miss Lulu, inquiringly. aes *“] called to see Mr; Dutton, *- said the visitor. “Ring the bell and the girl will take your name an ness,” she said. Bob rang the bell. In a few minutes a maid appeared. 5 im would like to see Mr. Dutton on important business, ob. “JT will take your name in to him,” she said. Bob gave his name and the maid went away. She returned presently and told Bob to follow her. He was ushered into the library, in a stone Wing, where tl a Dust v= einting to a chair, Mr. Dutton asked him how serve him: “Your house: was entered by two ing to the account I read in. the Deil The ‘banker nodded, eyein
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DOLLARS AND CENTS for its recovery. If you know where it is, and I get it all back, fou shall have the money.” “I will tell you my story, but to make it intelligible I Must add a few things which will not particularly interest ~ you,” said Bob. He then stated that he was the cash-boy at Mr. Bond’s dry - goods and notions store on Main street. : He explained how he discovered that the cashier and his assistant were working a scheme to steal money from the pro- prietor. ; if “I exposed the game to Mr. Bond and the two men were dis- charged late yesterday,” continued Bob. “The cashier told me before he left that he would get square with me for bring- ving about the exposure. I paid little attention to him. We “work on Saturday evenings till ten o’clock, and it was close on to eleven when I reached the block in which I live.” Bob then told how he was suddenly assaulted in the dark _ by the cashier and his confederate, who were laying for him, '. earried down to:the railroad, where the cashier proposed to tie him to the track over which the night express, almost due, ran westward. “Castle objected to taking a hand in murder, so, after some discussion, they carried me to the old mill, took me into the cellar, bound me to a post and left me,” went.on Bob. “As I _ didn’t care to stay there I put up a struggle to get free. This - probably would not have been a success and I would be there yet, but that the post gave way. Now I come to the part that I believe concerns you, sir, ~ was leaving the cellar when ‘two men appeared. Not. caring to show myself after my re- cent experience until I found out whether the men were “hon- - est or not, I hid under the stairs. From their conversation ea learned they had robbed a house, and it’scon turned out that z their booty was hidden under a pile of refuse. After they went away. I looked under the debris and saw two bags full of some- thing. I opened one and discovered that it contained silver- ware, and it seemed to be real silver. I remembered that you had’ been robbed of a set of silverware among other things, so ~ covering the bags up again I went home and now I have come here to tell you about it.” - pane banker jumped up. “L will get out my auto and we will go to the old mill. If the contain my stolen property the reward shall be yours vithout question,” he said. ‘Fifte een minutes later they were rolling out of the big gate. x ‘ CHAPTER VIII. BOB ayIns THE REWARD. walt didn’t take the auto very long to cover the distance to the old mill, The county road ran close to the ancient building, which ; stood back perhaps a hundred yards. A lane, almost obliterated by tangled vegetation, took the car right up to the door of the mill. Provided with a candle, they entered the cellar and Bob uncovered the two bags. ‘Opening the one he had looked into he took out the pitcher. The banker declared it belonged to him, pointing to his onogram engraved on it. __ Bob ee out several articles and Mr, Daitton recognized | a Nas seems to be no doubt that these bags contain what was taken from my house and I am delighted to recover it. will put the. bags in the auto and.take them to the house. Your strenuous adventure last night seems to have earned you usand | dollars, which will rather surprise your enemies hey hear about it. You had better put the police on m without delay.” ; he two bags were removed to the car and they began oir return trip. Si] During it Bob told the banker that the burglars talked out getting a job with a farmer named Jones, who lived Phoenix. e police went to the farm to-day they might catch the 8,” he said. Dutton said he would communicate with the authorities subject and also notify them that he had recovered his roperty, «> was great joy at the Dutton house when the bags of re.and other ‘stolen | property Were emptied out in, the a and a contents found to correspond with what ; ; family as a sort of hero, and a2 on excellent terms with Frank fs, When ‘he left the house it was with the knowledge that a $1,000 check was coming his way next day. had been attacked by Scott and Wastle and confined by them — in the cellar of the old mill. : He swore out a warrant against them and told the police that the addresses of the rascals would be found in the di-_ rectory. Two officers were detailed to arrest the men, but neither was caught. They had visited the mill that morning soon after Bob and the banker were there, and finding that the boy had made his paripe they concluded that they had better leave the city for a while. Officers visited the Jones farm and learned that two men answering Bob's description, which was somewhat vague, as he did not get a very good look at them in the dark cellar, had been there that morning looking for a job which they did not get. What direction they had gone on leaving the farmer could not say. The officers went on to Phoenix and made inquiries there, but nobody had seen the men, so they returned to Chester and reported thelr non-success. Two other officers were sent to the mill to lie in wait there; on: the chance that they might, come there after their. plunder. Next morning’s Daily News had the stery of the recovery of the banker’s stolen property through the efforts’ of Bob Brett. It gave the particulars of the attack made on Bob the night before by the two men discharged from the Bond store through | hig means, Most of the clerks’ in the store read’ the News before they: arrived there, and consequently now understood, why the cash- jer and assistant bookkeeper were not attending to their duties: in the counting-room on Saturday evening. . As the paper stated that the $1,000 rewar banker would be paid to Bob he found himsel considerable importance that morning, He was. the subject of all the conversations between the clerks, and the little cash-girls looked at him with mide-cpens eyes. a personage of and he was not a little astonished. ‘a He had not intended to tell any one about the cause which led to the disappearance from his’ office of Scott and Castle, but Bob had given euoush away to make the matter aire clear. He was not put out because his cash-boy had given out. the: informatiou, because he had been obliged to do it in order to explain the cause of the attack made upon him by the two rascals. By their act they had brought the public exposure upon themselves, and therefore Mr. Bond felt relieved of any re- sponsibility in the matter. He was glad that Bob had won the reward, for he believed - the boy fully dpaered it, and would use the money to ae advantage. When he reached ee store he had a short talk with Bob at his window, and congratulated him on his good fortune. A new cashier and an assistant bookkeeper were hired ere day and Mr. Bond spent some time in explaining things to the former. His name was Walter Peck, and the new bookkeeper’s name was Fred Carter. A messenger from the bank brought Bob the promised check and he carried it home to his mother, who got it cashed and put it in the bank with her other money. It was agreed that the mortgage should be renewed for $1,000. The burglars must haye read what was printed in the. Daily News, for they did not go near the old mill aie and — the police had to give their capture up as a bad job. Tom Downey was quite staggered when he read the ‘Nows. that morning. Bob and he had not gone sailing the day before, nor ha they come together, which was unusual, ‘ Tom called twice at Bob’s house, but on both “occasion: Nellie Brett, who had got back from her vacation, told him that her brother was out and she did not know when he would get back, so Tom went out sailing with another frtend of his _ Tom couldn't get to Bob's house any too quick on Monday evening. Bob was just! finishing his supper when he arrived. “Say, is that all true about you I saw in the paper, hi ee and Ae ee afternoon edition, too?” asked Tom, Tt A uel ‘returned Bob. He went to the station-house and told his story of how he | - offered by the i Mr. Bond, of course, read what was printed in iis News, hs 7 i Ek 4 Ut
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. “Great Scott! - $1,000.” “Yes, I’ve got the caeck in the house. Wantito see it?” . Tom said he guessed he’d like to see a check for such a sum, so Mrs, Brett let him look at it. + “My! that’s a lot of money,” he said. -“What going to do with it, Bob?” “T’ve given it to my mother.” “What, all of it?” -“Byvery cent,” “How about the $100 you got Saturday?” “Pye given her that, too.” _ “Well, I wasn’t wrong when I told you those chaps would try to take you by surprise.” “They did take me by surprise. ‘go for me so soon.” - “Did you have them arrested?” “The officers went after them, but I haven’t heard that they _ have been caught.” “ “They might have skipped out of the city.” - “So much the better, provided they do not come back.” “The police are looking for the burglars, the paper said.” “i “Probably they will be arrested in a day or two.” ae “Say, there was a man called an organizer around at our Office at noon to-day talking with the men.” “What about?” “He wants to make a Union shop of it with others that he is working up. The foreman told him there was no chance of such a thing, as the bosses were opposed to organized labor. After he went away the comps got talking the matter over themselves. it would mean a big boost in their wages.. However, there isn’t the least chance that Tucker & Tinker will agree. They couldn’t take work near so cheap as they do now if they had to pay Union wages.” ““Couldntt they get the work if they charged more?” ' “They work for customers who look for cheap prices.” ait by all the job printing offices went into the Union and charged: higher rates their customers would have to pay them, wouldn’t they?” What luck you tumbled into! You’ve made are you I didn’t expect they Would “Then the offices ought to go into the Union and pay decent ~ wagés’ all around.” - “Sure they ought, but they won't.” bowel, , the printer who does our work pays Union wages, or at least a scale that the Union has accepted, and he gets along all right. It’s the best and biggest office in the city. If he can make it pay I don’t see why the others can’t.” {Too much competition and cutting of prices.” But our printer gets lots of work at good prices.” “He does the best work, I guess.” P - “Because he employs Union printers?” '“T guess so. As he pays good wages he can get the best men. Tucker & Tinker pays any old price and they get printers who are willing to work for low wages. None of them stay long— that is, ho good comp does. We sometimes catch a real good chap who is on his uppers and has to work or starve. If he - hasn’t a card he can’t get on.at your printer’s, so he has to “work where he can.” ’ “Did that organizer talk to your bosses?” aes “No, bet he probably will.” “Do you think he’ll do anything in this place?” ; “He talked as if he was wound up for business. It wouldn’t _ Surprise me if he brought about a‘ strike in all the offices.” _ “Including yours?” “J don’t know about our place. I don’t believe that ha t our - comps are tse enough to hold a job in a Union office if they h there are phites to be got everywhere, and those are the thi Lb DOLLARS AND CENTS. They liked the idea, because if it went through |: “They surely would if they wanted to get the work done,” / | dren. to be a good one, just the same, fe world is too rapid for the slow ‘man to-day, | be aaa f Dee he in Mere high. You may not Pp 13 “Then I guess I’ll aim to be the foreman of a shop,” said Tom. Then he picked up his hat and said it was fiite for him to. ; get home for he had to be up at half-past six. ea The following afternoon’s paper announced that the printers at Tucker & Tinker’s had es ruck at noon that day for highs wages. : i CHAPTER TX ; ei BOB'S PERSEVERANCE IS REWARDED Bob found the new. cashier and the new agincaerh boaks keeper very nice persons. - They seemed to understand that he stood high in the pro- - prietor’s estimation, although he was only a cash-boy. Doubtless they had read in the papers how he had brought about the discharge of their predecessors by getting on to. their crooked. business, and this fact probably made them entertain considerable respect for him. At any rate, they treated him very nicely and he copia in kind. 3 When Bob left the store at six he found Tom outside wait- ing for him. “ “Fleard the news?” Tom asked: “What news?” .. Its in the evening paper. All hands quit the shop at noon, — to-day.” aE ages “What for?” asked Bob, in some surprise. | €: “For more money. We want higher wages.” Nee “T hope you'll get it. In the meantime you're out of work.” — “Yes.” : “Tl speak to Mr. Bond in. the merning and see if he’ll try and get you a place at our printer’s. You can join the Union | as an apprentice, can't you?” rae Se “Yes.” n= “All right., I'll do the best I can for you.” e Bob kept his word and asked Mr. Bond to ganenks to nis re printer. The merchant agreed to write a letter pata giliens Bob's friend. + The result of the matter was that Tom was taken on a <ge Casion’s printing office and was immediately made a mae ; of the Union. . The strike at Tucker ‘& Tinkor’s was compromised, the men getting a small raise. Two weeks later there was a general strike of all the job. offices, except Caslon’s. That office got a lot of work in consequence that wouldn’t. have otherwise come there, and the shop had to work overtime many nights. In the end the Union gained all the offices except Tucker & Tinker’s, and two or three other small ones. Business was not slow at Bob’s place that summer. | : The city took on a boom and many new people came ‘there : to live. ra On the first of September Mr, Bond rented the store ‘next ? door and connected the two stores with an arched doorway. ._ He moved his notions department into the next ‘store ane a added extensively to his dry goods business. He added a shoe department next door for ladies and chile. He also made other additions, ‘This made a lot more work for his. office and conning room. He did away with Bob’s job as cash-boy, and in his place put a girl cashier in each department. Bob was made second assistant hookkeaper, under the. first. assistant, and his wages raised to $9. : As he had very little knowledge of bookkeeping, Bob started =: to attend the night session of a commercial college ; ; He made rapid progress, for he was anxious to. get ahead and being helped along by the assistant bookkeeper - his WeR, gave perfect satisfaction. Bob had many chances to get acquainted with the gene! details of the business, and he took advantage of them. — He picked up a lot more than was expected of him. Gs His object was to get higher than the counting-reom. He really didn’t care te be a bog ees sage he wanted second bookkeeper that the boss was going to hire a man t lp him attend to the details of the store. ( ‘he re nothing alow. sae bee as his friend T a Econ om ha
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abt: - sistant manager. - m4 settle DOLLARS AND CENTS ee Se sawed EEE OG He stated that he had overheard the cashier say he was going to get a man to help him run the store. “Now, sir, as my ambition lies in that direction, and not in the routine of a counting-rcom, perhaps you “might see POM Way to giving me the job,” said Bob. The merchant smiled. 8Pq be glad to do so, Robert, but I’m afraid you haven't had enough experience to qualify you for the duties of an as- It’s only three months ago that you gradu- ated from cash-boy to an assistant bookkeeper. 1 “I know that, sir, but I’ve learned a whole lot in those three months. I knew from the. way business has been increasing that you’d soon have to get a person to help you, and I’ve been doing my best to pick up a knowledge in that. direction. If you would take me right under your eye and give’me a trial I feel sure I'll make good—as good as anybody you could hire. | It will take some of your taue, of course, but I think that in the long run you'll find t¥e investment will pay. I know, but you'll never find an assistant who will devote more time and attention to your interests than I will, Me for a week and see how I pan out. If I fail to give you every satisfaction I am willing to go back to my present duties | sent it to him and what it contained. and await another chance.” Thus spoke Bob, and the earnest and energetic way he ad-| wax. vanced his claims were not lost on the merchant. 7 Instead of smiling again at the boy’s pretensions he started in to find out how much the lad really did know about the details of the store, * Bob’s knowledge surprised him. How did you learn so much?” y keeping my eyes and’ears well employed and giving all ‘tention to your business. I never told you that it was ry for larger sums when the chance offers. nainly an accident that betrayed Scott’s o me, still ’'d have caught him at it sooner or later, for I was watching him closely,” said Bob, ‘You seem to have the power of observation, and that’s a While it was Bond. ter a long talk with the boy he came to the conclusion ral assistant in the store. n in whom he could have perfect confidence. He was satisfied he could depend on Bob, and when he had scision in a day or two. well he would begin the training process at once. nd- Bs a assistant to the bookkeeper hired for the time eing. : tackled his new duties lie a house afire. was dead anxious to hold on to his new line of action, ‘for it was thoroughly in accord with his ambition. the result of the experiment. 0. ‘far. 7'| ed that the merchant felt he had made no mistake in ig the boy the chance he had asked for. : Two weeks before Christmas the store began to keep open very night and Bob was put in complete charge at /night. em according to his best judgment, and next day orte what he had done to Mr. Bond. attitude. toward the old help, whem he knew. so’ well, nged completely. h , dignified and polite to them. ‘ Iways with the employees, and he gave). iced | he and: cagsea ey ae tr The fact/small, important-looking package, addressed to Robert Brett, that I may seem too young for such a position is against me,|Esq., was delivered at the counting-room, charges paid. by using my eyes that I first began to suspect Scott of petty that trouble,” said the boy, as he started to remove the nae ‘gtealings. A man who will pilfer a nickel ig quite likely to| tims: statement scheme | white wood, came-to light. e qualification for the: position you are aspiring to,” said |of the cover to slide it off when the office boy appeared and it might be to his interest to train the bey up as hisjof t t was a responsible position and he wanted to get a per-| handed the cashier three or four typewritten letters, with e een trained he would be just the assistant that he wanted.| containing the names of all the post-offices ‘in the country, a e told Bob he would think it over and let him know his | phabetically arranged by States. : e decided to give Bob a trial in certain. duties, and if he|a shelf above the copying-press. Seen wed ¢ gh Ss temporarily removed from the counting-room| reached for the book. r. Bond kept close tab on him, for he was interested him-|had come to Bob by express. he end of the first week he was pleased with the result followed. the end of the second week Bob’s improvement. was so|in a heap close to the cashier. ings arose that required adjustment, and Bob hadj for a moment customers and salespeople were panic-stricke: ore. began to wake up to the fact that the late cash-| thin cloud of dark smoke could: be seen rising” above the hice oy was developing into the assistant manager of the store.|of the glass ‘partition, no longer hail-fcllow-well-met with them, but was | with a rush to see what had sp once: in, awhile a clerk or galesgirl was reported for} from the fleor. to} rt omring, real or imagined, and the:case always came} t, but when they really” were in ‘Allen was standing in. the act of getting down. the. poste : Beira ite it, but in a way that won| guide,” replied the cashier. + “She: fell to oe. a wit friend, but at P the. same time that he required the went deoriaa they could render, { Owing to his youth the new salesppoule rather resented a eall-down from him. oa Some of the:girls got huffed, while the men showed an in- dependent spirit. Bob’s firm and courteous way of handling them soon brought — them to their senses, and he made friends where some persons would have. created enemies. Thus matters went on to the first of the year, and then Bob ~— was Officially announced as the assistant manager of the store — and his wages placed at $20 a week, # CHAPTER X. WHAT CAME TO BOB BY EXPRESS, One morning an express wagon stopped at the store and a The cashier handed it to Bob when he came in there half an Try | hour afterward. Beb looked at it curiously and wondered who could have It was tightly corded up and sealed on the back with red Wrom the shape and feel it appeared to be a wooden box. 5) It was not heavy. : “T can’t imagine who could have sent me this,” he said, “There is nothing on the wrapper indicating the sender,” “Probably you'll find a letter inside,” said the cashier. Bob cut the cord with a scissors and pulled off the wrapper. That exposed a double layer of cotton-batting. ; “Tt must be something fragile for the sender to take all Then an oblong box, with a sliding cover made oie of thin, There was no letter, or even a slip of paper, from tha sender, Bob was about to insert his finger-nail in the indentation told-him that Mr, Bond wanted to see him in his room. — The young assistant manager, put the box down on the edge e copying-press table and went to see the proprietor. hile he was away the effice stencgrapher came in and velopes to mateh, for him: to look over and sign. . ‘She asked for the postal guide—a thick, paper-covered boc It stood in its place among a ‘collection of other books ‘on The cashier pointed to the shelf and the sirk went over and Being short of stature, she was just able to get it by stand- ing on her toes. small, heavy, cloth-covered beok rested partly on top Roe the guide, and when she pulled the guide out the other book was displaced and fell square upon ‘the thin, wooden: box whiel Its weight crushed in the box and a flash and loud repor The girl uttered a shrill shriek and, staggering back, ee In a moment the whole’ store was the scene of great creck ~ 'ment. ng ‘The report and the scream from the connting-room gave the impression that somebody had shot one of the girls, and Many of the former started for the street, while others turned pale and looked in the direction of the office, where a The report and the scream were naturally heard quite | plain ; in the private room Office, and, brought Mr. Bond and Bob hase: happened. : They ‘saw the cashier hiitiog | the motionless stenographer “Great heavens! what ‘has happened?” ejaculated the chant. “There was an explosion os the copying-press where “Miss eam, That's all I know about: ka Ai An explosion! 1 thought it was mell of some po owerful pi as apse s
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. fome smoke. What could have been near the press to ex-- ~ plodé? Is the girl badly hurt? Telephone for a doctor, Robert.” Bob hastened to do so, full of wonder at the occurrence. When be got back he found a, crowd of employees around the, ‘The stenographer was in the hands of two of the girls and} had come to, i Apparently she was suffering mainly from the shock, ae there were cuts on one of her arnis, as from flying missiles, | io and her dress was not only torn in several places, but pieces; of metal were adheri ng to it. , ide _ An examination of the copying-press and table showed it! to be eut up, and the woodwork behind it was stuck full of } -. pits of metal and large tacks. The book which had caused the trouble Jay on the floor _ beside the press and one of the covers was badly cut up, sev- - eral tacks and simall pieces of metal sticking right through it into the printed pages. In the excitement, Bob forgot all about the box he had laid on the press until his eyes rested on the wrapper and cotton ‘in the waste-paper basket. Then his attention was drawn to splinters of white wood oy oe ie lying around the end of the room,’ Quick as a flash the truth occurred to him. The box sent to him by express had contained some kind of an infernal machine, intended to explode in the hands when he removed, or tried to remove, the sliding cover. He had read in’ the papers about such a contrivance which | had blinded a man in a big city and otherwise maimed him. | He shuddered as he thought of his narrow escape. - He at once called the attention of the mystified proprietor to the box, now no more, which had been delivered by an expressman, addressed to him, only a short time before. “Tbh was evidently sent by some enemy and had you not sent for me whenwyou did I'd have got the full benefit of the explosion and it might have finished me,” he said. | ~The cashier and his assistant corroborated Boh’s story | f the arrival of the box, and producing the wrapper and the | ‘cotton-batting, with the cord, showed how. bls Wy it had | if n done up to prevent any accident happening en route. Pes Who could have sent that to you?” asked Mr. Bond, with >. a serious expression, ae couldn’t tell you, sir. I don’t. like to think that Scott, ur @X-cashier, aid it. He is the only person. who is down . a me enough to attempt such a thing.” “You know of no ‘other enemy, I suppose?” “No, sir.” Then it must haye been that rascal. Wotlbtioris. for the - police to send an officer here to make an investigation. You, rs r. Peck, have this room carefully gone over for all the 5 scraps and put them together, with the wrapper and cotton . Mning. This is a most astounding outrage. That poor girl ; might have been killed or injured for life, It ig providential that she escaped with the shock and a few scratches. She t go home for. tae rest ‘of the day,” said Mr, Bond. ea » te ete and caused a considerable crowd to gather around both entrances. _ This drew a policeman to the scene, who was tola by several in the crowd that a girl had been shot in the store, » He entered to find out whether that was the case or not. e was met by Bob, who gave him the true facts of the hile they were talking a detective from. the station-house, | in esponse yo ee boy’s ‘phone request, came Anat: a) ae on the evening staff was sent to “inyestigat os reper rived while the detective was gathering points, aE tee from the floorwalker most of the true facts and I oh - copying-press le ges he was out of sae room, e ee he author here was I id | was Donald Scott, the store’s former cashier, who had threat- ened to get square with him. : office. © baa a man. it off.” came up to the cashier’s window for further information. |and the box, fortunately for her, oh ie was: referred to Bob, who admitted the receipt of an} sav infernal machine, which had exploded. while standing — on. the suffered no material injury.” ae a oe 80. sr » The Epics ME mac 4 ' ond also the boy’s statement that the only person he suspected — ees express company was applied to for facts regarding the shipper. The company reported that the package was sent from Buf- falo, but there was no trace of the sender at its office there. The Buffalo police was put on the job, but without result.’ If Scott was the guilty one he had taken care to cover UD his tracks, So nothing came of the investigation, which took some time, Bob was very thankful for kis narrow escape. and Mr, Bond was just as thankful that neither his young manager nor the stenographer suffered from the dastardly outrage worked by an enemy in the dark. CHAPTER XI THE STAG PARTY, On the morning after the story was printed in the after noc Bigts edition of the News, Bob received a letter from Banker Dut- ton congratulating him on hig escape from the infernal ma- ehine. : Miss Lulu Dutton and her mother dropped in at die store that day and after making some purchases asked for ‘Bob. He appeared in his neat business suit, and they thought he — ooked ever so mnttch improved over the first time they had ; met him when he was instrumental in restoring their stolen ‘property. They were greatly surprised to learn that he had become the assistant manager of the store, “You must be a very smart boy,” jemiatien Mrs. Dutton, Bob smiled ahd blushed some, 4 He believed that he was smart—his rise in the store justity ing his belief. Miss Lulu regarded him in a differént light to what she had done before and showed it in her manner toward him. Next day Frank Dutton came around, congratulated him on his escape and invited him to call on him at his sch ae any time it would be convenient for him to do so. Bob said he would be glad to do so some evening. Of course, Tom got around to Beb’s house as soon as he ae in the Evening News the particulars of the infernal mach NG,” or which he did on his way home from Caslon’s priuting office. “Gee! You had a hot time at the store as cae he said when he came in. “You've read about it; I suppose?” : “How else would I have heard of it? Who sent you 1 that bomb—Scott?” ; “T have no evidence that he did.” : “But you suspect him, don’t you? The moment I read the story I said to myself ‘that’s the work of Scott.’ ” aoe “Well, he’s the only person I know of who holds a eruds as against me,” admitted the young manager. ““You forgot those two crooks who lost their plunder tonite. you. Maybe they sent the bomb to get square.” “I forgot about them, It is possible.” to the railroad track that night.” i ; “Somebody sent it, at_ any rate.” a a a “Nothing surer, for it couldn't have sent itself, and som bedy had to make it. The paper said it was full of tacks’ and” pieces of metal, and some kind of an explosive chemical, ‘the: nature of which had not been determined, x “That's ee BGS eccbiind MC apide were) mattes inside, “Yes. The ere -press stood between the si her. As it» was, she did not ane me pe, Shier ae Where did the box come from? F Oh, yes,
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DOLLARS AND CENTS. -»-In the end the sender-of the bomb remained a mystery. Of course, the rascal learned through the papers that the attempt on Bob’s life had failed. Several weeks passed away, during which Bob got on very “sical terms with the Dutton family, particularly Frank and au. _.* His social standing was hardly good enough for him to. be O; Saige into their set, but they accepted him as a friend them- . Selves, The banker was satisfied that Bob was an unusual kind of a “boy, who was making his mark early, and was pretty certain to turn out a successful business man. . In’ his opinion, such a boydeserved every consideration. Spring was well advanced and Bob and Tom had resumed their boating on the dake. It was about this time that Bob received an invitation from , Frank Dutton to go out in his sloop-yacht with a stag party of ‘his friends on Friday evening. The party met at the Dutton home and had a special supper together. Bob. was introduced as the assistant manager of the Bond Department Store, and such ‘an important position caus¢d the ; Maat of the boys to regard him with favor, though they knew “that he was not socially their equal. Among boys out on a pleasure jaunt the social line was not drawn very tight. . Bob looked and acted as a good fellow and he was accepted ~ as such. ‘The party embarked and started for the island where the pic- » nics were held. It was a bright night, and the moon would be up later-on. The wind was not very strong, but the yacht was fast on a light breeze. - There was good fishing all over the lake, but particularly in the neighborhood of the picnic island. ~ The yacht lay close to the island and fishing tackle was got out and the sport began. The fish took to the bait offered and by the time the moon rose the party had taken on board all they wanted. _ They then ran in to the island and went ashore. After holding a sort of high jinks in and about the empty building until eleven o’clock, they returned to the shore and started to prepare a fish supper. hy While the party was thus employed, two men came loung- on the scene. ; “Hello, young gents!” said one, “I see you're cooking some- : ~ thing. ‘P’raps you wouldn't mind dividiug a bit with a couple of half-starved gents about our size?” “How came you to be half-starved?” asked Frank Dutton, “Well, you see, we came out here yesterday to take a look ground; our boat got away from us and we’ve been here ever Sap without a mouthful, That’s why those fish you’ve got ‘on the fire look. mighty good to us,” said the man. * Bob, who was lying on the ground in the shadow of the “trees: and shrubbery that lined the shore, regarded the two "angers with some curiosity. hey looked familiar to him, and the voice of the chap who s doing the talking seemed familiar, too. At first he was a bit puzzled to think where he had run across them, but in a few minutes it suddenly struck him that hey were the two burglars he had seen in the cellar of the old mil. | . Frank Dutton promised the man that he and his companion should share in their repast and also promised to carry them back to the city. aaa ‘re a trump, young gent. What might be your name?’ “Tt might be Smith, or Jones, but it isn’t,” laughed Frank. t happens to be Dutton.” The man exchanged a look with his companion and they it and sat down a short distance away. Then Bob called Frank over and told him who he suspected the men were, ‘Are you sure of it?” said Frank, a bit beirtlad. + *T couldn’t swear to it, but I'd be willing to make a small yet on it.” “And I’ve promised to feed them,” said Frank. “That won't matter. They can’t do us any harm for there I wish you hadn’t for then we could send the police over here estigate them. I guess they’ve been hanging out here tie aeiees esas Aire on some job to raise the wind. iH ‘gained by doing so. Specs, see nee Su oe oR SP a Se Se oe Pay) AN bee Ayton ee Ghar Se Lae ig MM Pe at brought them here. If they mean to return they'll steal an Other.. They ought to be watched.” ; “I'll telephone the police about them from the house.” “But you won't know where they will go after you have landed them.” “Tt. will be up, to the police to eatch them.” “The police failed to land them before, supposing, of course, they’re the same.” “IT don’t see that we can do anything to hold them.” Their conversation was carried on in a low tone, and at this point the boys who were acting as cooks announced that . supper was. ready. ‘wo loaves of bread were brought from the athe, with tin plates, cups, cheap knives and forks and other articles Frank had provided and kept aboard for the outings he was accus- tomed to go on from time to time. A plate of fish, with bread and butter and coffee, was handed — to each of the strangers and they proceeded to eat it like — hungry men. ; The boys enjoyed their own repast hugely and paid no fur- ther attention to the men, who kept their distance. At the end of the meal a kettle of water was heated and ; the dishes washed and returned on board the yacht. ; Then»a foot-race in the moonlight was proposed by one and the others fell in with the idea. eB Frank had temporarily forgotten the strangers and he eag- erly entered the race. : Before Bob knew what was on the tapis the punch were off across the grass. Bob had not forgotten the strangers and, as he did not trust them, he walked down to the yacht and stepped on board. The strangers got up and followed him. “T s’pose we can come aboard now,” said the spokesman. — : “We've been promised a passage across to the city.” “You'll have to wait till the fellows get back. They won't rie be gone more than a few minutes,” replied Bob. 2 “We'd prefer to come aboard now,” said the stranger, in| somewhat aggressive tone. yi “Keep back!” cried Bob, as the man lifted his foot to step ) in. “Don’t waste your breath, young fellow. We're coming aboard.” ° oo Bob sprang on the roof of the trunk cabin and pieked up the boat-hook. 2 While he was doing that both men stepped into the cockpit. “Put that toothpick down!” said the first man, drawing a revolyer and covering the boy. “Drop it quick, or Pl ane you!” Seeing that the rascal could shoot him before be could, swung the boat-hook, he dropped it. “That's right, sonny. I like to see.a chap act sensible, ‘Nehek Switzer, get out on shore and slip the for’ard moorings, and then’ the aft one. Then we'll hoist sails and be off.” The man called Switzer lost no time in carrying out. direc tions, and just as the crowd of racers were returning to— ‘the eae shore they were astonished to see sail hoisted on the yacht a the little craft glide out on tho iake. A CHAPTER XII. ROB TAKES A TUMBLE AND FINDS SOMETHING. “Here, what you fellows doing?” cried Frank, ip teAing down in to the water’s edge. He recognized the two strangers in charge of his boat, and he was much astonished to see Bob standing forward, close to the mast. { “We're just going for a little sail, young gent,” grinne the man. “We'll be back one of these days and let you ha your boat.” “What does this mean, Bob?” shouted Frank. “These fellows have captured your boat and I haven't an thing to say about it,” returned the young manager, . “Right you are!” said the man. “Now’sit down and keep — quiet, or I’ll blow your roof off!” g Bob had half a mind to jump overboard and swim back, bw he coneluded not to, The water was cold, the night chilly, and nothing would) out Qn the contrary, if the men only wanted the boat to escap from the island, he would be able to sail her back and tak the party off, ine: yas of aiming for the city wharves,
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‘In a few minutes the picnic island and the discomfited stag party were left behind. “Now, Switzer, you can fetch that young chap aft,” said ‘the rascal who had assumed the lead. Pe Switzer, who had finished setting the jib, caught Bob by the shouldér and told him to get a move on. _ “Vd rather stay where I am. I don’t care for your com- pany,” said Bob. “So! Vell, you vill do as ve vish or somedings Vill happen to you. Maybe you fall overboard. Such dings happen some- times vhen you ain't looking for it,” As the man spoke significantly, Bob decided to go aft. ‘ “Well, sonny, can you sail a boat—this one, for instance?” ‘said the other chap. “Maybe I can,” answered Bob. i HOW: do you like taking a sail with a couple of real gents re us?” “I don’t like it,” said the boy, frankly. “This here is only a lark on our part, ain’t it, Switzer?” Switzer agreed with him. The fellow chuckled. “What's your name, sonny?” “Yom Jones.” “Well, Tom Jones, do you know a boy in Chester named Bob Brett?” “Yess” “Good! He wasn’t in that crowd on rate island, was he?” “He was.” “Hear that, Switzer? If we only had known that before.” “What do you want with Bob Brett?” “We'd like to see him alone for a few eases: wouldn’t We, Switzer?” 2 ‘His companion uttered a growl like a surly Reakt. “If we had him here instead of you we'd like it first rate.” ! “Why aad be That's our business, sonny. We've got a few things to aay yto him,” ow “Maybe he wouldn’t care to listen to you.” “Oh, he’d listen to us all right, wouldn’t he, Switzer?” ¥ Switzer intimated that he thought he would. _. . Although the man who appeared to be running things spoke ina kind of jesting tone, Bob understood the significance that 9 lay underneath it. If he had disclosed his identity he was satisfied that the - two rasealS would get back at him for having done them out 4 of, the Dutton loot. pee rush. go so far as to toss him into the bay with his s tied = this beet they were close to the island where the hotel stoi : They ran Ais yacht, aloweside of the steamboat wharf and ‘made her fast. -*Now, sonny, we're going ashore awhile to inspect the rooms “we ‘expect to occupy at the hotel this summer,” chuckled the -steersman. “We're going to leave you aboard. As you might es take a sudden notion to sail off and leave us here we will tie vou to the mast in the cabin. That will keep you out of mischief. Hetch a piece of line with you.” "Phe first rascal marched the boy into the cabin and, with - Switzer’s help, bound him securely to the mast. “Ve vill gag him, yes?” said Switzer, “What's the use? There’s no one around here to hear him af he should shout murder. Come on.” “They left the cabin and the yacht, and Bob heard their foot- i steps. dic away up the wharf. de, Then complete silence reigned around him, Bob couldn’t see what object the pair of rascals had in visit- ing that island. -- ®verything of real value to the hotel had been locked up all winter, ever since the previous season closed. ~The watchman was in charge mainly to protect the property against vandals, Petty thieves would steal some parts of the plumbing if _ they got the chance, and carry off many other articles. f robably the men thought they might find Biss cae that would pay them. Bob hoped the watchman wouls put a ball into one or both a Sra neang how he had “escaped from the cellar .of the feet, the young manager made an effort to free himself of the > with which he was bound. e tugged at his bonds, but hig efforts were unavailing. : An hour passed and then his” iat ta neni tat carrying. a lot of stuff with them, 4 hey threw their ip eaeedler.¢ on one of the lockers, “aad oe ne 498 DOLLARS cate CENTS. ‘TalpHe of his’ fees he Started: ate fee’ his way no attention to their se eh they put off from the ivatgl and sailed away. Their course took them past the small island mentioned in : the first part of this story, and they put in there. After securing the yacht by the mooring-rope they en- tered the cabin, released Bob and marched him ashore. ; “As we don’t want you any longer, young fellow, we’re going to leave you here,” said the chief rascal. “In the morning you can hail the first boat you see and ask to be taken .off. — By that time we’ll be on our way elsewhere.” ; The men then cast off and made for the shore, leaving Bob marooned on the island. As there was no chance of ‘his..getting off that night, he philosephically decided to make the best of an unpleasant situation, He made his way to the shanty where he had overheard the conversation between Scott and Castle and entered the place. — There was nothing in it but dust and a few bits of debris. This. mach’ Bob saw with the aid of a match. Not liking the idea of lying down on the dirty. floor, Bob. went outside to get some grass to brush up a clean space. When he had done this he felt that he must have a pillow of some kind to rest his head on. “T’ll get a big bunch of grass and spread my jacket over 1G iS he thought. 4 As the grass around the shanty was quite wet, he went in : among the trees to get it, where it was comparatively dyes While he was thus engaged he backed against a small gully — in the darkness, lost his balance and fell backward into it. This would have amounted to nothing, as the ground > was soft, but something else happened. ‘i The earth gave away under him and@ down he went into a i deep hole under a thick copse of bushes. There he stayed, for his head struck a stone or other hard substance and his senses drifted away from him. It was nearly two o’clock when he fell into the place, and — daylight came upon the face of Nature before he recovered _ consciousness. Daylight, however, did not penetrate, into the hole where ‘eS he lay in a confused heap, with one leg pointing at an acute angle upward and the other lying out horizontally. : At first his mind was in a state of great confusion, — tere 3 He imagined that he was at home in bed and that it was night. : bs started to roll oyer and that brought his leg down with a § rus He put out his ‘hands and felt the loose earth around him | and one of the walls of the hole. “Where in thunder am I? This isn’t a bed.” Then his mind began to clear and he remembered the events. of the preceding night, one after another, until they culminated — in his. fall. ; : He felt in his pocket for a match and lit it to get a tine ‘ on the place he was in, and the way out. ee Above his head hung the roots of numerous bushes im-— bedded ina ee of earth, Behind and on either side were walls of earth smelling ot i partly decayed vegetation. Around and ahead of him was earth in heaps that had fallen in, all roofed over with bushes or their roots. It looked as if-it would be something of a job to regai the surface. He would have to dig his toes and fingers into the earth at and scramble out somehow. The expiring match fell on something dull and hava He supposed it was a large stone, and that he had hit his head on it, for he was conscious of a soreness on his skull. ~ He put his hand to the gore spot and found a cut there about which the blood had clotted. He rested his hand on the supposed stone to raise himself, Then he discovered that the object was not a stone, Buy metal box. Getting on his knees he lit another match and looked at | It was a rusty japanned box, seven inches by twelve, a about eight inches thick. He brushed the dirt away from it and tried to lift it, ” found it very heavy for its size. He now discovered that a strong piece of cord was attached to the handle. After some effort he pulléd it out of its fied. u “I must get out of this hole and take the box with Tm going to have some work doing-it, but I can’t help He lighted another match and carefully examined that p of the roof where the bushes arched over it. / He lugged the box under it and tying the end of the cord pw: 7
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418 DOLLARS AND CENTS, a Tt proved to be a tough job, for as fast as he got up a foot the earth gave way and he slid back. At last he got a grip on the bustes and as they were tough and well imbedded in the side of the gully, he gradually - got his head up through them and, to his surprise, saw the . daylight through the wood, which told him that he had been os unconscious for many hours. : At last he crawled out on the solid ground and then he _ started to lift the box out. He hauled it up with both hands as far as the bushes, but fs he couldn’t pull it through the dense mass, try as he would. He looked down into the gully and saw that it was thickly . grown with the same kind of tough bushes. _ * He judged that he could have made his escape from the hole - in a quarter of the time it had taken him to climb out had he “ pushed his way through the gully, which he didn’t observe in ‘the darkness, He guéssed he could get the box out that way. H Accordingly, he jumped into the gully and forced his way back into the hole. _ Picking up the box he forced his way out again and followed e the gully ail the way to the shore. ‘ it was broad daylight, and he figured that it was all of six o'clock, or even later. _ His chances of reaching the store that morning were rather ‘doubtful, for he did not see a boat anywhere around, and the ‘city front was all of a mile away. : He walked around the shore to a point which gaye him a view of the picnic island, half a mile away. He thought he saw the stag party standing on the beach Jooking shoreward. He sat down to await rescue, for he could do nothing him- self toward getting off the little island. i CHAPTER XIII, ; CONCLUSION, Time passed slowly enough with him. - About nine Oelock in the forenoon a sailboat approached e island. Bob took off his jacket, waved it in the air and hailed the oatman who was steering. e had two gentlemen on board for a sail around the lake. ‘The singular spectacle of a shouting boy and a waving eat caused the boatman to put in toward the island. “What's the matter?” he asked, when the boat came near. marooned. I want to be taken off,’ replied Bob. boatman spoke to the gentlemen, and they consented the boy coming aboard. ee lugged the rusty box with him. ow came you to be on that island without a boat?” asked e boatman, “Did'your boat float away?” “No. I’m not the only person marooned out here,” “Are there more on the island?” ‘No, but there are ten fellows om Picnic Island who can’t ore because a couple of rascals ran off with their t. I was one of the party, and the meh carried me over to é small island and put me ashore there. That’s how 1 “happened to be there.” ‘When did this happen?” aS night. You know the Dutton ‘yacht, don’t you?” res.” le of hours and then went ashore to stretch our eke and ook the fish for a night supper. We found two men there who d us their boat had floated away and left them there. § probably a lie, At any rate, after we treated them 4 gets they took advantage of the temporary absence of the crowd, myself excepted, and took possession of the boat.” Bob ‘then told how they had sailed to the island where the hotel was, tied him to the mast in the cabin and went ashore. Peete hey came back in an hour or so with some stuff that they ® e stolen from the hotel. Then they carried me to the 1 and and got rid of me, after which they laid their or the eity front, and that’s the last I saw of them,” “'There’s the boys now on Picnic Island. See them their hats¢” boatman saw the crowd and so did the Betiletnen, sailboat put. in, but there was no chance of taking the ried s the little, ‘poat now had ‘all she could. carry com- Pi Honted. Bob. “Don't you know where the men left it? You were aboard.” “They put me ashore on the small island yonder and i. ae there all night.” iG “Oh!” said Frank. “Well, we ean’t get ashore in that boat.” % ie “Tt know you can’t, You'll have to wait till the boatman — takes me to the city, if he’s willing to do that now, other wise T’ll have to come ashore and stay with you.” ve After a consultation the gentleman agreed that under. ee hed circumstances the boatman had better turn back. : Beb agreed to pay him for his tine. It was also decided to carry Frank over to hunt up his boat. So in due time Frank and Bob reached the city wharves and saw the yacht tied up at one of them. “Where did you get that old tin box?” asked Frank, as they stepped on pee after thanking the boatman and the gentle-). ~ men for the favor, “You carry it as if it was heavy.” “It is heavy. T ‘found it on the little island.” “What's in it?” “I'll tell you by and by.” They took possession of the yacht and sane that the two rascals had been through the lockers and closets, but had only taken Frank’s yachting suit, which was worth about $25. Setting sail, they went to Pienie Island, took their friends off and brought them back to the Dutton private wharf, where they dispersed to their homes. Bob started for his home with the tin box, and his mother was surprised to see him at that hour. if She supposed he had slept at the Dutton house and. had gone Ss from there to the store. yee She was more surprised when he related his night’s adven- a tures. ae “And you think that’old box contains money?” she said, with. open eyes. “lll find out in two shakes ‘of a lamb’s tail what is in it, an He got a hammer and knotiked the rusty cover off. Removing a folded piece of paper which bore a date of forty years before, Bob disclosed the contents of the box, whith consisted of old American gold coins of different de nemination. It was a great find, for when Bob had counted its he found that there was about $25,000 in ‘the box. “It must go to the bank at once, mother,” he said. ie never would do to keep all that money in the house.” The. money was dumped into a stout bag and, slinging 4 oyer his shoulder, Bob carried it to the Chester ari oem asked for President Dutton, : tis He was cha into his private office. he came by. jt and asked Mr. Dutton if it wasn’t his bY: righ of discovery. The banker said there seemed to be no doubt about the fact, at Bob placed it with the bank on a special time deposit, at‘four per cent, interest, which meant an annual i ies to him of $1,090. ; He then. went to the store and reported the ayia of his absence to Mr. Bond, but‘ made no! mention of the finding of the money. Nor did he tell any one except Mr. Dabions, and the only other persons who knew were his mother and sister. : A few days afterward Bob read a paragra yh in the Daily News, reprinted from. a Chicago papsr, that Ronald Scot had shot and killed Castle after a row with him, and th committed suicide. é On the following day the two burglars were caught robbi a house in a nearby town. They were identified as the men who had plundered Banke Dutton’s home, They were duly tried, convicted and sont to the State al As time passed Mr. Bond's small department store grow be a big one, taking in four stores, and the second flo the same, Bob grew with it, both in years and. importance, until became the real manager, when Mr. Bond went on an ext nde trip to Hurope, y When he got back Bob told him about his $25, 000 fine offered to take an interest in the busi ness. ; Mr. Bond agreed to give him a half interest for the 1 though he valued his business at over $60,000. Thus Bob Brett rose from cash-boy to partner, Next weck’s issue will ¢ ntain “JIMMY, THE OF ‘a : OR, A PLUCKY WALL TREET PLONGER. De nea
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. a While: shooting a rapid in the Severn River, two miles _ below Sparrow Lake, Mr, and Mrs. G. R. Jones, of To- ‘ “ ronto, Can., were drosaiee when the motor launch over- turned. Six others had narrow escapes from pare The’ War Department telegraphed $3,000 recently to Colonel Steever, acting commander of the Department of Texas, to be expended 1 in rations for the Mormon refugees from Mexico. This will be supplemented by additional amounts as they are required. ‘The Hungarian Government, it is reported, intends to introduce a bill in Parliament for the enfranchisement of 80,000 women. These are to include owners of property, proprietors of business and holders of the title of doctor. ng h the coming of her twenty-first birthday and her share of the millions left by her father, David Iseman, oil an and banker, Miss Florence Elizabeth Iseman was mar- vat Washington the other night to a poor young man choice, Warren C. Burchinal, a stphomore at Wash- cand J offerson College, and the football cheer leader. y: hty-three- -year-old Fath Morris, the oldest inhabitant Trimble County, Kentucky, was baptized the other eve- ngiin the Ohio River. He had acknowledged conver- on few hours previously and had asked that the cere- ‘take plave right away. THe was taken to the levee eee patie) my was so feeble that two men ag no more prize ‘idhting in New Mexico, and that ing contests would. be stopped ‘at the end of ten rounds fter, Governor McDonald 1as now closed the door to ttles in the future in: ‘that State, He said that if the have been bagged, as well. as 12,250 sables, 200,000 CURRENT NEWS ermines, 100,000 blue foxes, 15,500 brown bears, pean skunks, and 16,500 gray wolves. Following this report, it~ is stated here that furs will be extraordinarily cheap next . season. ¥: While looking toward New York from Eagle Rock ee ‘ other afternoon, Miss Margaret Whitford, of Orange, Nos J., was seized with a peculiar illness of hers which sends her into a profound sleep without warning. She toppled’ 5 off the edge of the tock and plunged eighty feet down to the road. The fall was broken by the growth through which she tumbled and Miss Margaret Whitford escaped — with a eut knee, which was sewed up at the Orange Mem- — orial Hospital: Miss Whitford’s malady has puzzled doc- Tors, who have tried in vain to cure her. She is apt to fall into a sleep while talking or while at work, . ¥ Detectives in overalls and rubber boots: have been work- ing as laborers on city contracts for nearly a year past, te furnish exact data on the manner in which the jobs were carried out, according to the latest developments of the — fight being made to rid Atlantic City, N. J., of graft every description. The Burns men were, whenever | sible, placed in gangs of workmen employed under the pervision of “inspectors” appointed through or by. politi- cians, and intricate figures, showing the exact amount pis materials used, are heing compared with the specifications, Some of the men who wielded picks and shovels, or oe in ditches being dug for drainage purposes, were expert. gineers under “high pay, and their figures are eons authoritative. The richest: fgaa in ie peed and one ‘of the ric es landowners in Texas, coming from the. recently develo Rio Grande Valley, was in Kansas City the other day. is Lon Hill, of Harlingen, Tex., 2 town of 2, 500 inh sple wanted prize fighting, the next Legislature, which ts in January, could pass a fight bill by a two-thirds which was an intimation that he would use his veto. rs was recently erected several Moussa feet ea level, The engine did not ‘give the power ex- , and it was concluded that. the loss was due to the de'of the station. Upon jnvestigation of the theoreti- |: nd practical considerations involved, it was found for each 1,000 feet of increase in elevation. ais ‘a, al ratio of Seas one is slightly less ere is a loss of about 1 per cent. of the indicated ants 25 niles from Brownsville, He called on J. %. M. ore vice-president of the Commerce Trust Company. J Miller was in his father’s store at Belton, Tex., away be there in the'pionecr days when the combors. drove: the that way to the pastures of Indian Territory. The canie friends then, Lon Hill in the last two months base — $2,000, 000, eae the Kansas eee es a 2 thing to say ‘about’ ‘an dae vars at is true, ayehie 36 that he blazed the trail for civilization am: developr ! through the Rio Grande Valley that was infested with tle thieves, bandits, and Mexican. desperadoes. refuses to talk about: those early ays, and ita i pec and admirers to. recite the sto ati g
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22 FAME AND FORTUNE. WEEKLY. FACTS WORTH READING = oo A RAILROAD TIE HEADSTONE. In Woodbrook Cemetery, at Woburn, Mass., may be seen one of the most unusual headstones ever erected. It is a railroad tie above the grave of Waterman Brown, who helped build the Boston and Lowell line. ‘he tie is of granite, no wooden ties having been used in the construc- tion of the road, which was the first in the State to be chartered. A portion of the tie was smoothed off for the inseription it now bears, At the time the road was built - it connected Boston with the north country. BIG NEW SHIP LAUNCHED. At noon, August 17, to the accompaniment of many whistled of harbor eraft, ringing of bells and the chopping of blocks by the stromg-armed axe men of the shipyard, the giant steel hull of the new Clyde Line steamship un- der fepmstyaeHon at the yards of the Newport News Ship- building and Dry Dock Company, started down the ways _ and took its first dip in the water, ‘Miss Margaret Stone, of Marion, Mass., daughter of Galen J. Stone, one of the owners and directors of the Clyde Steamship Company, christened the ship Lenape, _ following the custom of the Clyde Steamship Company in naming its ships after Indian tribes. _ The Lenape will have dimensions of an even 400 feet in length, with a 50-foot beam and depth of 30 feet, and un- ~ der the American bureau of shipping will be in the A No. 1 _ élass; of steel construction throughout, with a freight car- Tying capacity of about 5,000 tons, and a displacement of y rade tons. ee BRIDGE OVER THE GANGES. Phe task of bridging the Ganges, the great river of ‘northern India which issues from an ice cave at the foot of the Himalayan snow bed, has been assigned to a Bronp of English engineers. ’ This bridge, which is over a mile in length, is to carry the Eastern Bengal State Railway over the, Ganges from -Damukelia to Sara Ghat, the place of pilgrimage, to * “which hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus repair Jorigs a year to wash away their sins in the sacred river. Spanning the river, the bridge will be carried‘on steel ie trestles, which in turn will be supported on massive steel grilles i in granite piers. The contract consists of fifteen _ main spans, each 359 feet long and fifty-two Hees high, and weighing 1,300 tons. ‘The Ganges is essentially a river of iat nities Cal- “eutta, Patna, Benares, Allahabad all lie on its course, and the ancient. capitals of Agra and Delhi are on the J wna, é the river bed of the Ganges, which considerably alter the fa ot Be eam Extensive islands are then thrown al cost about | 6,000, 000 to build. higher 1 up. Great changes take place from time to time in|. A PHYSICIAN’S START. How do physicians and lawyers get a start? a “When I first received my license to practise medicine — T was employed as house physician in a hospital in a fine residence district,” said a widely known practitioner — the other day. “One day a little boy came in and gaid — that he wanted to be vaccinated. I performed the task — with extreme care to avoid any possibility of infection, — bandaged the arm up neatly and sent the boy away. “The next day I received a call from a family residing — two blocks from the hospital and there performed an — operation which netted me a handsome fee. It turned — out to be the family of the boy who had been vaccinated — the day before, and the parents, who had lost a son through a careless vaccination, had been so pleased with the work that they had sent for me to perform the oper- ation necessary the following day. The family was | large one and well-to-do and I received more than $2, 00 a year from it in fees for the next three years. Through 5 these satisfied patients my practice began to grow until, to-day my income is quite large. I date my success, how- ever, from the day that little boy walked in the hospi door.” FROM HARDWARE SALESMAN TO. PIECHRR, From a hardware salesman to a pitcher in the Te exas league, with a jump from San. Antonio. to Chicago. and back to Dallas mixed in, all within a few days, is some record, but & young man by the name of Englehart ae just put it over. Some time ago in San Natonio Bobbie Wallace, San Antonio’s nifty little shortstop, recognized a spectator in the stands as a former teammate of his on a fast Chie: ‘ semi-professional team. The spectator was Engleha who was visiting San Antonio as a hardware drummer and the two chatted together for a while, -Wallicn fouad out that Englehart was in the mood still to play ball, is a pitcher. As San Antonio was needing pitchers, Ws lace told Manager Leidy about Englehart. “Trot him out.” aa A uniform was dug up for the hardware salesman, 1 he warmed up before the broncho boss. Leidy was ve Me much impressed with the young man’ 8 looks. 1 ; He, too, looked upon the young man with favor, Tt es BS decided to make him an offer. The offer seemed tou hihi’. Englehart in the right spot. ; “Will you join the team now?” asked Leidy, “Well, I must give up my job first,” ag ae “Where will’ you be Monday?” “We'll be in Dallas,” answered Leidy. Pad 7a “T’ll join you there, then,” said the dru ; Englehart, then hopped on a train for Chicago, uit job and returned to Dallas the other ‘Monday night changes in the river bed in ancient | announced himself ready for work. He. paid his own fare | to cay and isa . bch rad
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_ FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. os eee IN THE KLONDIKE A BRAVE FIGHT FOR GOLD AND FAME By ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG (A SERIAL STORY) CHAPTER VIII. “You will have nothing whatever to say in the matter, Madame Delphine,” he interrupted, coolly. “The girl — don’t belong to you, and if you want to save yourself and 3 ne De Toures stared at Rex Bouton as he uttered} that ill-favored better half of yours you'll listen to me, 108e words, not understanding what he meant. He did|and obey me, or,” with a wicked grin and a shrug of his — leave her long in doubt, for before she had time to| shoulders, “I'll turn good along with Vallera, and tell of him to explain, he burst forth excitedly: several little affairs that have taken place within the re- on’t you see what I mean?. She will betray every- spectable walls of the Delphine. My story would result 1e of us now, kuowing that she is nothing to us. When|in giving free lodging to yourself and husband for several sh elieved herself to be your child—although she never | yeav's in some nice, quiet, stone building, where they are med to have any too much love for either you or her| so careful of their choice tenants, that they look them up.” sed father—it was her duty—so she thought—to| “Traitor!” she panted, hoarseiy, and with a panther- = rotec your very crimes. She is one of those girls you like leap she was.at his throat, something bright gleaming | novels, you know—one of the kind to suffer in| in one hand. That something was a keen- -edged dagger nd all that nonsense! I am sure of one thing,| drawn like a flash from the bosom of her silken gown. But. . is, she told the truth to-night. If De Toures| her comrade in crime was too quick for her, and the next — wai sd, and not left that nasty French-Canadian | instant the weapon was wrested from her grasp, and Be ay et the better of him, she would have told him| forced into a chair where he held her. ig ee e whole story. Now he would haye to kill her before} “None of that, you French fiend,” he said. None fi ¢ Id open her lips. She w ould lose her life before that kind of business or you’ll be sorry. Hang you, but - ‘2 él ld 1 Why couldn’t he wait?” yowre a dangerous customer to handle. T might have: a ause ane is one fool!” the woman hissed furiously. known what to expect from yous though. Now, listen to’ nh But for his|me, as your husband over there is too drunk to know me i? Bee we ee, some ais Abi paid m more money for from one of his victims. I’ve got the winning hand this — than he’d ever make in this hole! Heavens!| time and I’m going to hold it. In the first place you aa say that the women talk, talk, talk, and ruin don’t want me to squeal, and I don’t hanker after the job _ siness, but they are thot such’ foole as the men| myself. Not if you use me white. But make an attempt — ie wine is in. Then the wit is out. I'll eut his to play any dirty tricks on me, and I’ll cook your goose — out if be will not keep: quiet! Now, all is lost!” | up pretty brown. In fact, Pll isha it to a crisp. ‘To-mor- s wringing her hands and muttering fiercely in} Tow ’m going to make Valera my wife. Don’t look sw so fast and ineoherently, that Bouton could not | prised, for I “have intended to marty her ever since the ut what she was saying. All he could hear was) first time I saw her. If you know when you are well of st every other word. you will use your influence with her. Make her thin the girl comes from rich people, eh?” he suddenly that she is foreyer disgraced by |being seen in publi e ‘hat is why you have kept her so long, when | your daughter, and that’ no other man, Would ever 7 heart and soul you hated her. For the sake of of marrying her. You.know how to work up the se she was to some day bring you? I might haye/at least you ought to with the points you get from . You would sell your soul for money, I do be- Give her to understand that her singing in The | Delphine Concert Hall” is enough to make of any young - social outcast. Make her grateful to me for w give her my name. You can do it and then—you safe and so will I. She could not give ean ¢| her husband.» Is it a go?” ee - “T will do all I can with her,” ste “ay Ass tell ae all the things you bid ot blame me. — THE MEETING BY MOONLIGHT. ld I have any love for her?” she sereanied, g a dull red, even beneath its thick coat- “She had no ‘love for me. She would look She is one little cat: and some - day ul She shall not go away, for she ne
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a4. _ FAME ‘AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. » - the rich handsome young man—the one you call the sickly -dude—the tne with all the money—and he loves her in return. Once to-night—ano, last night—for see! the morn is already beginning to dawn—when I went to awaken her, she talked in her sleep and called him by all the sweet love names that would sound so silly if meant for you, because you are so big, so heavy, and—pardon, ma amie— ' 80 ungainly, so ugly! It is only to the lovely women, the handsome men, they shculd be applied.- Heavens! how she loves ee hoa she loves, him !” “Why didn’t you tell me of this infernal nonsense be- fore?” he growled, his face darkening like a thunder ~~ eloud. “By Heaven, if he interferes with her, Ill break ~. eyery bone in his body! Never mind, he would never marry her. That uncle of his wouldn’t let him. Well, our bargain is made, and I’m’ tired. Tl snatch a few hours’ sleep, and right after breakfast you go and see her and have a talk. Don’t try any fool business, either. You had better get him to bed, too, before he wakes up and "wants more wine. Pleasant dreams, my fair friend, Del- phine. Remember—this is a straight game.” With a shrug of her plump shoulders, she watched him leave the room. She listened until the sound of his foot- ‘steps had died away, then she arose, and going to a cup- board in the corner, poured out a glass of wine, which she - drained at a single draught. _ “Puries!” she muttered between her teeth, “how I hate him—how I hate her! Let him have her if he can foree her to marry him. He will find in her one tigress. tow she will fight him! Ah, the tongue of that drunken fool has done it all! Let him lie there on the hard floor! It is plenty soft enough for a man who does not know when he has ‘the good soft thing,’ as they say here. Heavens! how I wish T was back in my own dear France again. It - is the only place I love in all the hig, beautiful world— the only thing I love!’ My only love—my sweetheart - France! I hate this cold country! I hate the men and women of the country, with their colder hearts and prim, stiff ways. Like a set of bloodless statues are they, no life, no nothing, as we have in dear beloved France. Some _ day, ma amie,” looking dowh upon the man lying on the ~ floor in his drunken stupor with an expression of contempt - eurling her painted lips, “I shall leave you alone with the brandy you love more than you do me. And with me ~ goes the money—the shining § gold we have earned by. Bah! what of it? In France they will not know how I came by it, and unlike the Americans, they will not ask me. Lie there, fool, and dream of the silly tongue that _ will some day be the ruin of you!” Scorning to touch the prostrate form of her husband, with even the toe of her slippered foot, she passed him by, going to her sleeping-room for a few hours’ rest. That _ night’s work was another huge failure, and from the out- look the future of the Delphine’ s jaunty proprietor and wife, (vas not entirely cloudless. The sword hanging so long above their heads was beginning: to tremble, and the écemingly strong foundation has which they had builded, was tottering. But what cf Vallera? What was she doing alone in her ‘oom oe the aie of vale life. ron teed at Pade. How / words to her by Henri De Toures. i , &» eyes close in peaceful sleep now that the burdened hea was set at rest?; Or was she too happy to sleep? Sleep? Why it seemed as if she never could sleep aga Her eyes were shining like twin Blars, and her heart as light as the foam on the ocean’s wave when tossed by the soft summer wind, A great and mighty peace hovered” over the bruised and heretofore troubled soul. No long need she blush for shame because her father kept the worst den of infamy in that part of the West, for Hea be praised, he was not her father, not a single drop of sin-tainted blood flowed through her veins. And woman who had told her she was flesh of her flesh, bl of her blood, bone of her bone, she, too, was no kin of h She remembered how her cheeks used to burn with sh and dismay when Madame De Toures used to force her accompany her on the streets of Silvertown. How sh shrank from the gaze of other young girls and the kin faced, refined women whom she recognized ag their m ers, ‘And the men who smirked and smiled so knowl: at the French woman as she passed them by. _ paces awful. of ee past. The shadow of ev ree lisence had lifted from her life, as if by angel hands. Some day- that day was not far away—she would leave the shelte this detested roof, under which she had known nat save suffering, and enter. upon a new and happier tence. Poor child, poor little girl, she did not d the troubles that beset an innocent, unsuspecting, minded maiden of her age alone in the world. It w enough to be forced to live beneath the roof of place as the Delphine, but there, were times when i better than to be sales cast adrift, with no ee in to rest her weary head. - Not once- during the coakiade: of the nigh girl sleep.’ She sat by her window waiting fo dawn to appear and change into the rose and gol early ‘morn, too happy to close her eyes. In the sud change that had come into her life she forgot She was destine member them in a different way, for when day da and she arose from her seat, intending to bathe her. in cool water and brush her hair, her arms were and sore, her shoulders so lame, that she could n them without such pain that she had all she coul keep from screaming alond. ee She was in that “condition when Madame De 7 a up to By room to see what had detained her. | was obliged to remain in ek bed all day. She was feverish and restless, the pillows hot, ° he close, and when night fell, she longed for a breath fresh air. It was so lonely, so dreary there, to made her really ill. One hour alone in some qu nook would cure her. When could she go? an go, would she be followed? No, for they Hee ill to leave the room. — Waiting until the music foun below a the concert was under, way, she erept out of bed, on a white gown, and throwing the dark | sipped pat of the house Tt being dis
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On a judgment for $25,000 rendered in the United States Court of Appeals, at Sioux Falls, 8. Dak., Miss Ella ay of Menominee, Mich., received a check for $28,828.52, which includes interest since the verdict was returned in “her favor in the fall of 1910 in her suit against James 8. Sanborn, Puckwana, 8. Dak., for breach, of promise. The “case was peculiar as one of the few in which actual finan- ial damage was proved. The woman worked as secretary lumber concern at Menominee, Mich., at a salary of 00 yearly and resigned on Sanborn’s request to marry. ails of the recent terrible earthquake have been n by«a doctor who has returned to Constantinople n the affected region, where he has been engaged in ef work. He states that at Myriophitos, Chora and slitza, 3,000 people were killed and many thousands destitute. There was no shelter for the survivors and ‘little food that men were fighting with knives for the eagre supplies. “At Gano a great crater was formed anil ire villages swallowed up. On both sides of the Dar- les villages were destroyed.. The doctor estimated otal number at fifty. 9 nat the entire family of the Rev. Gustav Latzke, pas- of the local German Lutheran Church of Rocky Ford, was deliberately poisoned is the belief of Dr. T. B. ‘ilson, coroner, who is investigating the sudden death of nd Mrs. Latzke and their two children, a daughter | ars old and a son of twelve. A’ baby is the sole , In substantiation of his belief that the deceased re the victims of some one who hates clergymen, Coroner Filson points to the sudden death of the Rev. Mr. Hutto’s ife and two children by poison two years ago, when the. was on the way to Idaho after Mr. Hutto had given pastorate of the German Lutheran Chureh here. nthe journey Mrs. Hutto and her children partook of od that had been presented to them just before they left BY The youngest monopolist in the world lives in Dayton, @ is Beatrice Howell, daughter of Frank Howell, attorney, and is only eight years old. . She con- ges and other organizations which must haye FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ‘FROM ALL POINTS ‘the guinea pig market. State boards of health, medi~ a pigs for laboratory experimental purposes are at nerey. Beatrice actually is the head of America’s guinea pig farm at her father’s magnificent country outside of Dayton, near the National Soldier’s wo Although you may net have had to take any quinine, ~ you must have heard of it as a cure for fevers. Quinine 3 and Peruvian bark come from the cinchona tree. The value of this Peruvian bark as a cure for fevers was dis- covered in a peculiar way. ‘Uhe natives of the country where it grew knew nothing of its virtues, although they suffered terribly from fevers. A tribe who was in the habit of drinking the water from a neighboring pool discovered one day that it had all turned bitter and was unfit for use through a storm having blown down some cinchona trees that had fallen into the lake, so they had to go some dis- tance for water. Not long after two of the tribe fell ill of fever, and as they were too weak to go so far for water they drank out of the old pool and were astonished to find that the’fever soon began to get better. ; Panama hats are made from a palm of the “chandelier- | tree” family, which grows wild in enormous quantities in the northern parts of South America and in Central America. The greater number of highest grade Panamas are made in Ecuador, with Peru a géod second. The best of these sell for $150 each. The young, tender leaves of the plant are gathered before they unfold; all the ribs and coarse veins are removed, and the rest is reduced to shreds without being separated from the stem. The shredded _ leaves are placed in large earthenware jars filled with water and the juice of lemons and left to soak for from six to ten days. After this they are spread out to dry and bleach in the sun. The fibers are woven upon a block held upon the knees. The coarse hats are finished in two or three days; the finest take as many months. The best © — times for weaving are in the early morning and in the rainy season, when the air is moist. In the middle of thet’, day and in the dry season the fiber is apt to break, ; need A tragic story of an old man’s devotion to his insane ‘daughter and of a life spent in terror of death at her hands was revealed by the police of St. Louis recently. Patrolman John King; answering a feeble call for help, found John Pollock, eighty years old, in a second story — room of the house at No. 1106 Locust street securely oe 2 to. a chair by an iron chain. His daughter, Laviolla Pol- — lock, had overpowered her father and, forcing him into a chair, had wrapped the iron chain about his body. we : other. end of the chain was so securely attached to the gitl’s waist that it was with difficulty it was removed. — When King entered the room the girl sprang at him and caught him about the neck. For five minutes he struggled _ with her. Several times she almost overpowered th officer. The patrolman, still in the ingane woman's grasp, finally struggled to a window and threw his actohens to a passerby, who ran to the box and sent a. call for the central station. Police were rushed to the scene.’ man was overpowered, and, still entangled in th -was taken to the observatio ward in the City Hospi) iia cielo te ttn 0 ae gee. i ere Be
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TAME AND “FORTUNE WEEKLY, t Fame and Fortu: ne Weekly — aithfulness has won for Minnie Prohin A servant, of NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 13, 1912. eres mem tacit Aaghgcns hS TERMS TO SUBS RIEERS. Single Copies.. ain tahree One Copy Three Months... One Copy Six Months,...........+ One Copy One Year Postage Free. How TO SEND MONSY—At our risk send P: O. Money Order, Check, or Register es euee remittances in any other way are at your risk. “We accept Stampa the same as cash. . When sending silver wrap the Coin i in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envel- ope, Write your name and ress plainly. Address letters to Sxxor..1n Tousnr, President Frank Tousey, Publishes Hasrinas, Tronsurer / O@an, S. Nyxtawona, Socretary 168 West 23d St, N. Y¥.° ITEMS OF CURRENT NEWS Forest Westoff, ten years ola, and his younger Sic: Richard, were playing in an Ravater wheat bin, at Krie, Kan., when the elevator operator, ignorant of their pres- ence, opened the chute, burying the boys with wheat. | - Forest, with a great effort, lifted “his brother to safety, but ne himself died under eight feet of the grain. . Put’s Hill, near Greenwich, Conn., made famous by the ee ride. ‘down its stone steps by Israel Putnam, the Revolutionary general, is to be sacrificed to the thessenes ; of automobilists who pass through the Boston Post Road. _ The warden and burgesses had legal notification recently ee of condemnation heating to sectire a triangular piece of | the hill now part of the estate of Henry L, Cammann, a New York importer. Efforts to induce Mr. Cammann to, Ss Bre the land have failed. - Nelson Gay and his brother-in-law, D. W. Taylor, of - Portland, Oregon, have squatted on a barren island on the south shore of the Columbia River. Their filings have oi ‘been sent to Washington. Whether the department will |. “uphold their claim to the ten acres which comprise the! island remains to be seen. A bungalow has been built on the strip, and the men and their wives have moved in. This is the second case on record in this seetion where Jand formed by currents of the river has been located and | ss hed as private property. ~. When Anton Kardos, an Austrian: insurance agent, of Washington, Pa,, sent all his savings of years to an aunt Austria-Hungary, who had reared him since the death of his parents in infancy, to tide her over financial diffi- culties four years ago, he acted without hope of reward. He: received his recompense lately when a letter from the | llage of Zoromezzo, in Austria, informed. him that the aunt, Mrs. Susanna Kardos, had recently died and left him or exitire fortune, estimated to be a quarter of a million. ollars, Kardos” “good fortune comes at a period of low ebb > in his ear er, as he is now serving a sentence of three C pe ';several of the prisoners objected on the ground that | onthe i cies on a Renae of embezzling insurance society i oomington, Ill., a reward of $50,000. When the will of | Miss Susan Hh. Tieeke an- eccentric maiden woman, wa: | admitted to probate it read: “In testimony to the lo ‘faithful services of Minnie Prehm rendered me, I wi that she be provided-for so that she will have it easier the remainder of her days on earth. Minnie was taken by: my mother to be raised when a child of five and a half years and when mother passed away Minnie came to me and has been with me since. No one could have been more faithful to another than she has been to me. Minnie has devoted about forty-five years to caring for mother and § and she has done all without wages or compensation: and without hope of reward. ’ ——_—_e-. ‘ ic ais AND JESTS. “When does your ‘eadliand find time to do all his sa i ing r? “Tsually when I want to tell him something. i portant.” ] “Doesn’t your choir sing at the prison any more?” wasn’t included in their sentences.” The report that German women have volunteere fight in case of war only goes to show that women of nationalities like to have arms about them. ve “We countrymen have the best of it. When all else we can eat the forest preserves.” “I don’t know that yo have the best'of it,” retorted the a fellow. “We have o subway jam.” ae Rumm—What ihe Dickens does Congress mea: authorizing the coining of a half-cent piece? Du “Why, it will enable married women to have a little te now and then. aeeea “Do you,” said the counsel, “swear that you. wi ‘truth, the whole truth, and——” “Oh, how lovely! fair witness interrupted: “Shall rT be allowed to ta the afternoon if 1 want to?” “My dear, would you have time to sew a Seite me before you go?” “I’ve told you before, cin will do it for you. Please remember you married : writer, not a sewing ates ; “Well, Hiram, your summer boarders seem. to h e everything they want.” “They're fairly content overlooked one point. Forgot to provide any pos such points of interest as the hen house and the } “Why aid ite eciee ee you feces om spoke sternly to his son. “Well, she wanted f ‘set of books, which one of the fellows I kn Ae term, and ¥, wouldn’t ir ae because _ thei y
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ay A TIMELY ATTACK. : 1 By D. W. igh me a Although Commodore Porter with his West India eae. yn for the suppression of piracy was meeting with every weess in breaking up the haunts of the outlaws in the 3 ion of Mantanzas,\ on the coast of Cuba, yet, further to th westward there was one freebooter who still continued his depredations. In a swift schooner, as sharp as a sword-fish, he would suddenly emerge from one of the rugged coast bays and nce upon any merchant craft that he saw passing in his cinity. No quarter would he give to his Topciaes victims. | hen, after the captured craft was plundered, she would é burned to the water’s edge, thus maniacs as the funeral pyre her slain occupants. ‘ m a pirate prisoner, who, in the hope of being par- on had turned informer, did the commodore hear much outlaw of the west coast. jearned that, among his men, this pirate chief was wn by the name of Captain Cain—that he was a big, bearded, villainous-looking person of thirty- -five, was pos- sed by rs te ua and had sworn that he would must, if possible, not only ied the winoonee st also ane ig ee Be and be sure you use pmen—a ‘fine- Repkic, ae youth of nineteen, he had put. in command of a small gun-brig, the formidable outlaw. ay, sit,” answered Gray. ith. your. wishes.” ar from the flag-ship. air wind, he made good progress on his course. tut to sea the atmosphere was clear, s nearing a lofty, far-extending headland, brig y se shadow blending with the mist was almost as dark of night, when the sound of a gun was heard on ‘Ka falling of a nabs sel « emerge 1 levation, to ae soon after q with four , gans and a crew of sixty men, to eruise | , “I will use every effort to received a ‘few more diveutiens: the youth entered er arid was rowed back to the brig, which lay not The young officer speedily got up anchor, and, having a days later the Spitfire, close-hauled in a light breeze, ding along within a stone’s throw of the west coast as fog-cloud extending parallel with the shore, ‘Then there was a ept off, and, as she glided on in the deep f the Roadtands her ’ pecupants suddenly beheld a view, round the extremity of the project- est ms another in pur d| her. rapidly. — ; re Mc is the pirate,” said Roland to Mr. lie ae his acting ais yp same : “AY, ay, sir,” replied Sanders, “and better than all, she does not suspect our being in her vicinity.” The pirate had probably shot suddenly out of one of the coast bays, and was now less than a quarter of a mile - beyond the edge of the fog-bank, darting like some fierce shark ‘toward the bark. The smoke still was faintly visible about his bales tite ing that the gun which had been heard was his bow-chaser, and the ragged stump of the bark’s mizzen-mast, with the wreckage alongside, which last was being cleared away, indi- cated the accuracy of his aim. Shrouded by the fog-bank and the shadow of the head- land, which completely hid her from the gaze of the people aboard the ee a and the pursued, the brig kept on her way. On the private’s deck stood a tall, villainous-looking, heavily-bearded man, wearing a sort of embroidered vest, slashed trousers with buttons at the sides, and high boots, while in a sash about his waist were a long knife ae: a pistol., “That must be—the pirate chiet—Captain Cain,” re- marked Roland to his lieutenant, in a voice scarcely ae a whisper. : “Ay, ay, sir, and a forbidding-looking fiend he is,” was, ‘| the reply. ‘Meanwhile the bark was now heading diagonally towasl the shore, as if her captain had some faint hope that by entering the fog-bank he might elude his pursuer. , On her quarter-deck stood a girl clinging to an elderly man, as Roland could see through his glass. The two were evidenly father and ses, kat and tebute ally the girl was much terrified. oa To head off the bark the pirate now debit changed his “Ae course, running along parallel with the fog-bank. E 4 Roland waited until the’ schooner was less than iifty fathoms from the brig, when iis clear voice rang hrongh the vessel : re A “Square the yards, there! Up helm!” ~The men quickly obeyed, and suddenly the Spitfire, emerging from the shadow and_ the fog-bank, headed straight for the pirate. At this unexpected sight there was a wild ery from thats lawless crew, who, wearing low red caps and dark shirts, with sashes br istling with knives and pistols, nas Doe eol- leated about the low ii eeatles of the schooner. _ wee Then the voice of Captain Cain came rolling like thon der over the sea, as he shouted: “Tacks and sheets there! Ready for wearing around!” As lightly as a sea bird the schooner spun round upon — her keel, but even as she did so the engine yoice of Boleng Gray was heard: os ie FP Bitey ts 53 : : reap The whizzing sound of the’ shat’ followed, then, ute ling and snapping, the schoouer’s mainmast slowly tot tered, until with a erash it fell, top-hammier and ee pone side. ~The schooner being thas disabled, the bri ig gained upo LS “Now, beys, stand by for boarding ” said. Rola
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28 The lieutenant repeated the order, and the nimble crew. ran out on the booms and sprang into the rigging, where they stood ready to leap upon the deck of ‘the foe. With a thud the brig struck the schooner’s quarter, her booms projecting over her, and, as she moved on, grating alongside, the young captain again shouted: “Make fast! Away there, you boarders—away !” Then, while a few of the men made the brig fast to the ‘schooner with lashings, the others, with their young cap- tain, sprang upon the pirate’s deck. A desperate combat ensued. “Give it to, them, boys, but spare. the pirate captain!” shouted Roland. “We are to take him alive and capture his vessel as a prize.” dees “Blame you, you shall never live to do that!” roared > Cain. : He leveled a fresh pistol he had snatched from a fallen man at Roland’s head as he spoke. ~ But as he was about to pull trigger, one of the brig’s seamen knocked the weapon from his grasp with a blow from his cutlass. A gigantic pirate rushed upon the sailor, who was soon © engaged with him hand to hand, while Roland closed with the captain in a sword combat. - he pirate, thinking he saw an unguarded movement ~ on Roland’s part, aimed a savage thrust at his heart. ‘This |. was the young captain’s opportunity. With a quick bend of his body he avoided the keen steel, and then by a swift, backhanded stroke, he broke off Cain’s ~*~ plade at the hilt. Fane | Seeing their chief disarmed, and as their numbers were © being still more reduced, while only eight of their op- ponents had been killed and wounded, some of them pres- ently threw down their arms and sullenly surrendered, - © ‘when the others were compelled to follow their example. -.. *¥dols—cowards !” wrathfully roared Cain. “AI shall ~ suffer for this !””-' He \ With a backward leap, he drew himself several feet away from Roland’s sword, and ere he could be seized, sprang through the companionway and down into the cabin. “Follow me, lads, some of you, and capture him |” cried - Roland, as he snatched from the deck the pistol which had been knocked from the pirate’s grasp and which had fallen ~ ‘on a coil of rope. _ He-saw Cain enter a room and heard him close and lock - ‘the door. ©. ; _ Roland ordered the men ‘with him to break it open. The men threw themselves against the door, the lock gave way and it swung open. ; ' As the sailors entered, they saw Cain kneeling by a long hatchway, the hatch of which had been raised on its. side, sb veyealing the run below, in which was the powder magazine. In his left hand he held a gun-match or lin-stock, taken ~~ from one of several match-tubs in the room, which contained other implements of warfare. eae ae He had already lighted the gun-match, and was about to : it into the magazine, when a nimble sailor sprang rd to prevent him. ae ate th an oath the pirate discharged his pistol at the man, the bullet through his body. The sailor fell upon ack, in his owt ee he poe FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. '|that purpose, near the public prison. dying agony clutching the side of the raised | for Again Cain was about to throw the match into the poy magazine, when another seaman, with a blow of his cutlass,. inflicted a deep gash on his wrist, rendering the hand powerless. fe: The next moment the pirate was a captive in the gras of several of the men. A ees, He was taken aboard the brig, and as soon as his woun wrist had been attended to by the vessel’s doctor, he confined with the other captives in the steerage. ; Roland now had the schooner’s deck cleared, and, 1 ning her with a detail, who rigged a jury-mast forw d, he prepared to sail to rejoin the squadron. Y Before sailing, however, he was rowed to the merchant bark which had been saved by his timely attack on thi a pirate. fied as The bark proved to be the St. Malo, a Spanish ves bound from Brazil for Havana. Te The girl and elderly man, the passengers aboard the ve sel whom he had previous seen, were an American merch: named Edward Warren and his daughter, Charlotte latter was a beautiful maiden of seventeen, and wh ; merchant cordially invited Roland to visit him on the first opportunity after his arrival at Havana, it is nee o say that the youth accepted the invitation. (tt a A jury-mast was rigged aboard the bark, and in company with the brig and captured schooner she sailed for h destination. She safely arrived there, and a day later Roland rejoined the squadron and made his report to the dore, who was much pleased and who promised top him. ots Cain and the survivors of his crew were tried a tenced at Havana by a special court, with some of th ican naval officers—among whom was Roland Gra’ siding at the trial, The pirate’s men, to save tim shot dead, but their chief was hung to a gallows ere = ft A i s: -- His remains were deposited under a black rock lonely part of the seashore, about two miles from the This gloomy landmark remained in sight for som when it was buried by the encroaching waters of His presence at the trial in Havana had afforded Re an opportunity to visit the merchant who had invi his Charlotte and he were mutually attracted, and, as_ be imagined, he saw her as often as he could obtain lea absence from the commodore’for that purpose. - A few years later, at which time Roland had be moted first lieutenant, arid was then aboard the sloop-of- Eagle, at anchar in the port of Havana, the yo off and the beautiful girl were made man and wife at the of the bride’s father. = Fd pig a They proved to be a congenial couple. Charlotte accompanied her husband on his cra finally at her request-he gave up his sea life to ac position in the Board of Navy Commissioners at ington.
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“Tim” Sullivan, 112 years old, will be one.of the énter- ~ tainers at the international demonstration of the United Celtic-American Societies in Chicago on September 8. ‘He will jig against a man of sixty-three years and will _ perform other terpsi-chorean feats. Sullivan lives at Wis- consin Bay, Wis. He came to America in 1848 and served through the Civil War. He is the oldest living Ivish- “American. : The largest ranch in Australia belongs to Sydney Kid- — Man, and is 50,000 square miles in area, or slightly larger ~ than New York State. Mr. Kidman was born in Adelaide : he left home at thirteen and beeame a shepherd. He was ‘successively carter, horse dealer and, transportation con- tractor. ‘Then he went to Queensland and has, since de- oted himself to stock raising. é : A ten-year-old son of Charles Wiley, of Mount Carmel, ‘Tl., near Princeton, Ind., was attacked by a cat be- - lieved to have had hydrophobia. The cat fastened its teeth in the bay’s hand, and despite the mother’s frantic efforts to pry the jaws open with scissors it was not until alf hour later that the cat was killed and its teeth re- leased from the boy’s hand. Its head has been sent to icago for examination. ‘To the freak of fate that guided his bullet to the trig- of a burglar’s gun in the rear of his post-office shortly ore midnight, the other day, rendering the weapon usc- ess, Postmaster Charles Leonard of Thomas, nineteen miles sputh of Seattle, undoubtedly owes his life. The “man who robbed the post-office and who gave his name as James Webster now lies on a cot in the county jail suffer- from a bullet hole through his left groin and two shat- ered fingers. ; There were all sorts of excitement at Paulsboro, N. J., e other afternoon, when the Rev. C. M. Emery, pastor the local negro Baptist chureh, and Lewis Johnson, a “convert, narrowly escaped drowning’ during a baptismal service in the Mantu river. The clergyman had baptized _- several converts, and Johngon was the last. He went down into the water with his mouth open, and swallowing’ sey- 1 quarts, became wildly excited. Seizing the minister out the neck, he pulled him under, and both went out into deep water in the channel of the stream. “William mnson, father of the young convert, though fully éd, dove into the water and dragged the two men hore. . loving pictures are soon to tell the story of Mormon- . from its inception to the present day and will be shown throughout the East, according to Lawrence W. ehards, presiding elder of the Massachusetts conference FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. : 29 GOOD READING in Boston, for the Hub has eyer been one of the best . fields for Mormon missionaries.” It is the plan of the leaders of the church by showing films to offset other mo-. ‘ tion pictures which portray Mormonism and its leaders, from Brigham Young down, in an unfayorable light. The Secretary of the Navy has just awarded the con- struction of the-new gunboat Monocaey, designed for use _ in the shallow rivers of China, to the Mare Island Navy . Yard, Cal., whose bid was $141,000, as against $212,500. by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company. The limit of cost set by Congress was $215,000. All ship- yards of the country were asked to tender, but the Seattle bid was the only private bid received. The Monocacy is to be knocked down and shipped to China and put to- gether’ there. The Monocacy will have the following gen- eral features and dimensions: Length over all, 160 fect; speed 134 knots; beam, 24 feet 6 inches; displacement, 190 tons; battery, two six-pounders, two three-inch field) guns, six .30 machine guns. pe: ee Ty Cobb, the great ballplayer, entered business recently, in Detroit on a large seale., He purchased a block of stoale s inthe W. B, Garvis Company, a $300,000 corporation, with large stores in Detroit and Grand Rapids, doing a whole-| sale and ‘retail sporting goods business. Cobb will be ‘, elected a director immediately, and will assume an active part in the business. “TI desire to have a good business po- sition awaiting me when I get through with baseball,” said Ty. “I have intended for some time to make Detroit my _ permanent home, and have been on the lookout for somes thing good here. I picked this because it is right in i eee line, and I can make good in it easier than in some other | field.” Cobb’s business house is the largest of its kind in Michigan. With the exception of big department stores, it {has the finest store of any kind in Detroit. Cobb paid spot *t ; cash for his block of stock, giving his personal check. TE The highest price for a calf less than a year old was paid the other day for the highly bred Holstein-Frisian bull calf “Dutchland Changeling Lad,” one of the blue- bloods of the Dutchland Farms, near Brockton, Mass, Henry §. Hale af Colebrook, N. H., who owns a half — million dollar dairy farm there, was inspecting the stock farm when he spied Changeling Lad. He remarked to Supt. E. D, Upton that the calf was a fancy-looking little fellow, and expressed a desire to buy him. Manager Up. ton informed him that the calf’s sire and dam were world champions. Mr. Hale inquired the price and Manager — Upton replied about a thousand dollars. Mr. Hale promptly wrote a check for that amount and made ar- rangements for shipping the calf to his farm. The calf is related to Creamella Vale, the cow that is smashing all records for milk production at thé present time, and to DeKol Creamella, the former world’s champion. x other side is Colantha Johanna Lad, the head of - lion dollar herd. |
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{ CHARGED WITH ARSON. _ Bernard C. Murray, son ofa former fire commissioner of Hartford, Conn., confessed the other night that he had set. thirty fires i in hotels and public luildings in Connecti- cuit and western Massachusetts within the past four months. _ Murray, who is twenty-four, said: “TI could not resist the impulse to do it, although I realized the consequences. I liked to. see things btirt. The lives of hundreds of hotel -guests were jeopardized and the total property loss was + about $250,000. Murray said he would go to the second or ' third floor of a hotel, open a closet and light anything in- . flammable inside, such as a mop, a dust rag, broom or bed linen? After closing the door he would generally go to another hotel or building across the street or nearby and Bit the same thing. A SWIMMER SINKS IN A RAC "(Frank Rademacher was almost drowned seventy while swimming a race with Alfred Brown from the Battery to Coney Island, . Rademacher had given evidence that he ‘was tiring, but his handlerg were taken by surprise when he suddenly sank from yiew aes oe street, Bay Ridge. _» One of the men in the soatee accompanying him dived overboard and succeeded in bringing him to the surface. “He was taken to a launch, which was following the race, and was soon revived. He said that he had heen seized by | « : aod Brown was able to get to Norton’s Point, when he found himeelf unable to contend with the strong turning tide. tademacher had gone. five miles, and Brown had swam : in a mile and a half of the goal. ii Both contestants in the race are members of the Ameri- can 1 Lifesaving Society and are record long distance swim- a6 mers. Brown has charge of the lifesaving society’s work in Flushing Bay. He won the championship on September 1907, when he swam from the Battery to Coney Island four hours and forty-five minutes. He ig also the holder of a record for swimming through Hell Gate. Rade- her is interested in lifesaving work, and has charge of e bai s Hackensack River division. ” CHARMING PEOPLE OF PREZ. The ee of Pez are charming. During. one’s walks or rides through the town it is quite the exception to be ‘sp: raed as is often the case in other ultra-Mohammedan $ and the crowd is, on the whole, merely smiling and ive, like a crowd i in Naples « or any giher, South Ital- 1 then some ‘tamales gpactaliy an epileptic— Le a disturbance and will be gently Te- friends; {he Mapes are eek itself in, the | ARTICLES OF ALL KINDS -jfew casual curses from.the old and soured, the Chris tie and the pungent smell of the mint of which the Moors -/sportsmen and naturalists have highly resolved t at the {national government to be perpetually ma dog may pursue his way in comparative peace, provi ed he dues not attempt to enter a mosque or pass the barriers placed in front-of those streets leading up to the tom Moulai Idris, the founder and patron saint of. # eZ, whom all good Fezzites swear. Curiously enough in Fez the camera causes much le alarm than in Tangier and a great deal of interes whereas in Tangier the people cower away and hide faces in fear of ‘the evil eye, in ez they flock around so assiduously that the taking of pictures is often difficult. : Perhaps one of the most astonishing things af ing seen the state of the other more “civilized” the cleanliness of the “new” town. Compared tt Tangier, which is supposed to be scavenged by the grea Powe } it,is sweet; instead of the aati t decaying produce’ others too mysterious to fathom, one is agreeably ass on all sides by the scent of the orange blossom and pin! rose: petals piled up in the shops and sold for distillation go fond. Beyond thé town, sad to relate, the state o affairs is terrifying. jes ba PRESERVING WILD LIFE. It has been estimated that 90 per cent. ba thi the whites came, , The, wild pigeons, aa we the sands of the’ seashore for multitude, are pri extinct, and the passing of the buffalo is one.o! monplaces of regretful: reminiscence. A few decimation shall go no farther, but that, on the hand, efiective steps shall be taken for the preservation such games as still exists. | From New Orleans “ 1 announcement that a public-spirited citizen has just purchased Marsh Island, containing 7 lying off the coast, and that it will be. added to 13, acres deeded to the a ea months ago ag for the migratory game birds. Behind this purcha a story of earnest and ti fe ‘endeavor which is wort! of the support its aig ites ask. = is prope Canada to Mexico. The MCcadien deviants ready created forest and game preserves of g¢ most important of which is the Nepigon forest r covering an area of some 4, 000,000 acres. For private. individuals haye been’ acquiring and for land on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, a area is to be deeded to the State and fowl refuges. The same system will he Atlantic ae Hagis Hee and.
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’ Gee whiz! What fun | you can have with this stuff. Moisten the | )tip of your finger, tap | it on the contents of the box, and a little | bit Will stick, . Then shake hands with your friend, or drop a speck down his back. In a minute he will ONY ANER feel as if he had the Mees ayes a PG : ra Solid-breech ee). eeven penee items te Hammerless : z i eed ‘make faces, But it is perfectly harmless, as ; ae : ‘ it is made from the seeds of wild roses. The oi aS orrible:itech stops in a few minutes, or can est Z * _ be checked immediately by rubbing the spot : A 5 ®@ with a wet cloth. While it is working, you : : SOLID-BREECH HAMMERLESS | SIDE-EJECTING jli be apt to laugh your suspender buttons ' Sure Safe Shooting for Man or Boy—And a Simple Rifle to Care For of. The Lads un ae all. Price 10 cents a | Wonk NOVELTY CO. 29 W. 26th St. N.Y. GOOP = bere gene: deen The Remington-UMC .22 Repeater is rifled, sighted and tested for ee niehty Tickslew. Hees accuracy by expert gunsmiths. it shoots as you hold. The simple, im- It holds just oe DOME waite proved safety device on every Remungtor- UMC .22 repeater never fails 7 ~ ae 4 Sinai, entiea ceca Na used to work. Accidental discharge is impossible, ‘as a watchcharm. Money refund- The Remington- UMC .22 Repeater is easily; cared for. In taking ed if not satisfied. Price; 10c. down, your fingers are your only tools. The breech block, firing pin and extractor, come out in one piece —permitting the barrel to be eleaned from the breech. 53 f ie he The action handles .22 short, .22 long or .22 long rifle cartridgas—any 4 or all at the same time without adjustment. Remington-UMC—the perfect shooting combination by mail. REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299 Broedway, New York City $47 Winthrop St., Brooklyn, N. ¥. ACHOO O&% SNEEZING POWDER. a The greatest fun-maker ot mae hi 3 them all. A small amount of this powder, when blown in a room, will cause everyone to sneeze without oe anyone knowing where it es from. It is very Hght, will feat in the for some time, and penetrate every nook orner of a room. It is perfecttly harm- Si . Gachoo is put!iup in bottles, and one - Dottie contains enough to be used from 10 to 46 times. Price, by mail, 1c. each; 8 for 25e, OLE NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St.. N. ¥. L. SENARENS, i com! gi SKULL RING. : ¥ FIFTEEN CENTS, ve ‘We have be a hande Ue some up to date ey 3 = =~for sporting aay ; ~Frepredents ag an Ss TOSS. Lng ded scars SNAKES IN THE GRASS Something entirely new, consisting of six large cones, each one ; nearly one inch in; height. Upon ilight- * tae ee of Bilesbe cones. i : & 3 ow a& mateh, you sea; Stonenin eves “Sun thé timid. Sample by “ve something similar to), oiaized silwer-finish aS nail Fifteen Cente. & 4th of duly exhibi- | tion of fireworks. Sparks fly in every direc-j Acme R. House 441 Chestnut St., Milwaukee, Wis, tion, and, asthe cone purns down it throws . Piet re Me TT eT ee ao out and is surrounded with what appears to LOTs GF FUN FOR A, DIME |be grass; at the same time a large snake| Ventriloquists Double Throat fiiisccutuiees | wncoils himself from the burning cone ang) — Astonish and myatify your friends. Neigh likes berse; whinelites | lazily stretches out in the grass, which at a puppy; alng Ike cenary and imitage birds and bersts of fleld und last burns to ashes but the snake remains ee forsite LOADS. OF, EU Nag ratte teresting. Thou a curiosity unharmed. They are not at alli 2 ? dangerous and can be set off in the parlor| if placed on some metal surface that will not. ‘burn. An ordinary dust pan answers the pur-| -pose nicely. Price of the six cones, packed in sawdust, in a strong wooden box, only 10ce, — 3 boxes for 25e,, 1 dozen boxes 75e., sent by mail postpaid. M. O'NEILL, 425 W. 56th St., N. ¥. { X-RAY WONDER This is a wonderful lttle optical illusion. Im use, you apparently see the bones in = your hand, the hole in a = pipe-stem, the lead’in a pen- = cil, ete, The principle on “4 = mata it ae Soe eRe. ae “di sed here, but it will afford no end of ee nareon who has one. (Price, 15 nts each, by mail, postpaid. ANG, 215 Walworth St. (THE SWIMMING FIsH Cee ile Here is a fine mechanical toy. It is an imitation gold-} fish, about 44 inches long, | 7 and contains a water-tight ; compartment which will not ! Wizard Repeating eummars LIQUID PISTO, Will stop the most view fous dog (or man) with oul permanent injury. SF Perfectly safe tocarry without danger Oflenkage, Fires ana recharges py polling the trigger. Loads from any Iiquid. No cartridges required. Over six shots inone Joading, | All dealers, or by mail, Ge. Pistol with rubber cov- ered holster, 55e. Holsters separate, 1@c. _ Money order or U. 8.stamps, No coing, ; : "PARKER, STEARNS & C0.. 273 GEORGIA AVE., BROOKLY, H._Y, : ee .. GLASS PEN.—Patent glass pen, with nice dip, writes Jike any ordinary pen; each put up in wooden box. Price, l0c., postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 22 W. 26th St, N. IMITATION GIANT DIAMONDS. Diamond rings or studs of half-inch and’ one inch in diameter -aré heard of in stories only. We have them imitated by prodigious spark- ling stones which will deceive the glance of any spectator. | “Nickel-platoy 6 in. long, i Pata. B’kiyn., N. ¥. WIRELESS TELEGRAPH _ ; am A useful, instructive and Y. amusing outfit. It consista | of two telegraph instru- | ments, one for each sta-| tion, The stations must be| within hearing distance of, each other. A Morse code| or alphabet goes with éach, set, and, once it is mag-' tered, you can operate any telegraph Instru- ment, and command a good salary. With our — system: you can send messages to your friend at quite a distance, and recelve his reply. Price, 15 cents by mail, postpaid. ; ‘ J. KENNEDY, 303 West 127th St, N.Y. t LAUGHABLE EGG TRICK % This is the funnifest “// _ W@W trick ever exhibited and” always produces roars of laughter. The perform- THE MAGIC WALLET ss Lots of fun can be had with it, puzzling Decne: 2 w'jlle being used in a practical way to carry ie bank bills, letters, invoices, ete. Open with the straight bands on — p the left, lay a bill on top of. bands, close wallet; open to the left, and the bill will be found 1 under the crossed bands. Close ca wallet, open to the right, ae the bill will be found under straight bands. How @id it get there? That’s the question,’ Price, 12 cents each, postpaid. fee / J, KENNEDY, 303 West 127th St., Ni ¥. ‘ Price by mail, postpaid, ‘s size, 25e. each; large size, 35e. Sick. vay H, F, LANG, 215 Walworth St., B’klyn., N. Y, lon 5 mail, postpaid: f: 215 Walworth St., B’klyn., N. x LOOK BACKWARD. The greatest novelty out, Enjoy yourself! Own one! - When placed to the eye, you can see what is tak- ing place in back and front of you at the same time. No need to wish for. eyes in the back of your head, I . vas with this article you noses. In a few min- ean observe all that occurs in that direction utes the smell will dis-| without even turning your head. How often appear. Perfectly harm-| are you anxious to see faces in back of you or wt effect, The only | obserye who is following without attracting ay make you smell | attention by turning around. -This instrument. f, if, they catch you. | qoes the trick for you, Lots of fun in owning 8 for 25c., by mail, a Sesback Scope. Price, 1ée. each, in money toy ge ‘ or postage stamps. ie VE Tusk ead 26th St. N. ¥.] WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St. N.Y. T BOMBS. - They are small glass vials, and contain )a liquid chemical tnat TOP Gs a horrible odor. Then dropped in a room, they will make} _ - every person present |. rush Out, holding their /ANARCHIS HINDOO FLOWER-POT TRICK With this trick you can make a plant » grow right up in a flower-pot, before , the eyes. of your audience, | One ordinary empty earthen flower-pot handed t the spectators for examination. __ kh handkerchief is then placed over it, and you repeat a, few magic words, and’. wave your wand over { When the, “> handkerchief is removed there is ga! ‘beautiful plant, apparently in fuk bloom, in rae ate Be ee with | each outfit. Price, 15 cents by postpaid.
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VIET. Also known as & Japanese butterfly. A pleasing novelty en- closed in an enyelope. When the envelope is opened Fifi will fiy out through the air for several yards. y Made of colored paper y to represent a butter- fiy six inches wide. Price, 10¢, M, O’NEILL, 425 W. 56th St., N. ¥. VANISHING CIGAR. This cigar is made in exact imitation of a good one. It is held by a rub- ber cord which, with the attached safety pin, is fastened on the inside of the sleeve. When offered to a friend, as it is about to be taken, it will instantly disappear. Price, 10c. each by mall, postpaid. WW. F. LANG, 215 Walworth 8t., B'klyn., N. at JAPANESE TWIRLER. A wonderful imported paper novelty. By a simple manipu- lation of the wooden handles a number of beautiful figures can be produced. It takes on several combinations of magnificent colors. Price, 10c., postpaid, WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St. N. ¥. SPRING TOPS Something new for the boys. A top you can gpin without a string. This is a decided nov- elty. It is of large size, made of brass, and has a heavy balance rim. The shank con- tains a powerful spring and has an outer casing. The top of the shank has a milled edge for winding it up. When wound, you merely lift the outer cas- ling, and the top spins at such a rapid speed that the balance rim keeps it going a long time. Without doubt the handsomest and best top on the market, tf Price 12 cents each, by mail, post-paid HT. LANG, 215 Walworth St., B’klyn., N. ¥. LITTLE ACCORDEONS The smallest, cheapest, and best sounding mus- ical instrument for the price. This perfect lit- tle accordeon has four keys and eight notes, a complete scale, upon which you can play al- 2 most any tune. It is » about 5 x 2% inches in size, and is not a toy, but a practical and serviceable accordeon in every respect; with ordinary care it will last - for years, and produces sweet music and per- fect harmony. Anyone can learn .to play it with ve little practice. at a ‘Price 12 cents each, by mail, post-paid : WOLET NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th 8t., N. ¥. THE NEW FROG JOKER, Bushels of fun! “Froggy” has got a yery croaking and rasping voice, and when held in the hol- low of the hand and made to one instinctively looks An amus- _ steam callope than a watch, and you can keep winding indefinitely. The possessor of one of these Frog Jokers can have any ount of fun with it. It is made of bronze metal and will never wear out. Do not fail to send for one. Price, 10c.,.8 for 2be. by mail, post- yaid; one dozen by express, ,75c. " LANG, 215 a. F, a Te, A alworth St. B’klyn., N. ¥.) ater.Wings Learn to;swim by one. trial, Price 25 cents, Postpaid These water-wings take up nO more room than & pocket-hankerchief. They weigh 3 ounces and sup- ort from 40:to 260 pounds. With a pairanyong can earn to swim or float. Hor use, you have Ouly to wet them, blow them up, and press together the two ring marks nnder the mouthpiece, H, F. LANG, 215 Walworth 8t., B’klyn., N. ms HUMANATONE. The improved Hu- manatone. This flute will be found to be the most enjoyable article ever offered; nickel plated, finely polished; each put up in a box wit instruction how to use them. Price, 18¢., postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St. N. ¥. LITTLE CHECKER BOARDS. each by mali, They: are made aboard, fold to the size are so handy in_ size Price 7 cents of durable colored car of 614 x 3% inches, and that they can be carried in the pocket, contain 24 red and black checkers, and are just as serviceable as the most expensive boards made. The box and lid can be fastened together in a moment by means of patent joints in ‘the ends. Full directions printed on each box. WW, . LANG, 215 Walworth St., B’klyn.. N. ¥. DOUBLY CLAPPERS are handsomely made of white wood, with carefully rounded edges. On each side a steel spring is secured, with flat leaden dises at the ends. ‘They produce a tremendous clatter, and yet they can be played even better than the most expensive hones used by minstrels. The. finest article of its kind on the market. Price Y cents a pair, postpaid. M. O'NEILL, 425 W. 56th St., N. Xe CARTER AEROPLANE No. 1. Will fly on a horizontal line 150 feet! Can be flown in the house, and will not injure itself nor anything in the room. The most per- fect ttle aeroplane made. The motive power is fur- nished by. twisted rubber bands contained within the body of the ma- chine, It is actuated by at each end revolving in opposite Variation in height may be ob- g the planes and the balance weight. It can be made to fly ‘either to the right or the left by moving the balance side- wise before it is released for flight. Price, $6c. each, delivered. i N.Y. L. Senarens, 347 Winthrop St., Brooklyn, nn LIGHTNING TRICK’ BOX. A startling and pleasing illu- sion! ‘The ways of the world are devious,” says Matthew Arnold, but the ways of the Lightning Trick Box when properly handled They 6 inches Jong, La a propeller directions. tained by_ movin ¢ uncertain. You take off the Hd and show your, friends that it is full of nice candy. Replace the lid, when you can solemnly assure your friends that you can instantly empty the box in their presence without opening it; and taking off the lid again, sure enough the candy has disappeared. Or you can change the eandy into a piece of money by following the directions sent with each box. This is the neatest and best cheap trick ever invented. w Price, only 10¢.; 3 for 25e., mailed, postpaid. | M. O'NEILL, 425 W. 56th St., N. X, “a 47 h full ; They | are admitted to be puzzling and | ro n each sep there ~ ten’ pins and two * TEN-PINS. ing bails, packed * beautifully ornam box. With one of, miniature sets you play ten-pins ony,» dining-room table j well as. the ’ fa, . ~~ ‘postpaid. H. F. LANG, 215 Walworth St., B’kiyn., N. + FIGHTERS. n _A brand new tao for amusement. The consist of small care board figures of 30 diers, Indians, swor men, ete, an mounted on wires. moment you twis: wires between th. tle figures, they Instantly become anim and charge at each other in the most & ishing manner. No end of fun with toys. Price, ic. by mail, postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th StF BUBBLE BLOWER. With this devi continuous seri. bubbles can be bl It is a wooden, ci- shaped blower, en ing a small vial, © which there is a1 t of soap. The via filled with water, and a peculiarly perfor cork is insérted. When you blow in to mouthpiece, it sets up @ hydraulic .pres through the cork perforations and ca bubble after bubble to come out. No needa dipping. into water once the little bottle filled. Price, 10c, each by mail, postpaid. J. KENNEDY, 303 W. i27th St., N. X. HALF MASKS. a. mi False-faces beaten id There are 7 in a set and represer an Indian, a Japanese girl, elown, Foxy Grandpa, an HEnglis — Johnny Atkins and an Automo bilist. Beautifully lithosraphe in handsome colors on a durab’ quality of cardboard, They hav n— eyeholes and string perforation: « Price, 6¢. each, or the full set-« 74 for 25¢., postpaid. M. O'NEILL, | 425 W. 56th St. No ¥, MYSTIC PUZZLE . : j The newest and mor | novel puzzle on th — market. It consists « a. flat piece of woo 1% x8. Imches, neatl covered with imita tion _ leather, Ts Tee axa = cross-bar and ring h the hole are nickel-plated. The object is t( get the small ring, off the bar. It absolutel? cannot be done by anyone not in the secret Jfore fun to be had with it than with any other puzzle made. It is not breakdble anc can be carried in the vest pocket, ee Price 10 cents each by mail, post-paid H. F. LANG, 215 Walworth 8t., Bikiyn., N. etc TABLE RAISING TRICK 4 ' : The most mystifying trick ever done by @ magician. The — purr former shows 2 1 light table, He pi his hand flat upon ; top. The table clis- to his hand as if glued there. He may sw: it in the air, but the table will not leave | hand until he sets it on the floor again. table can be inspected to show that there a > no strings or wires attached. Price 12 cents each, by mail, post-paid M. O’NEILE, 425 W. 56th St, N. ¥, . % MUSICAL SEAT The — best Fou “joke out. your v and aston
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Ne. 1. NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM D . BOOK.—Containing the great o1 _human destiny; also the true meaning of oF ost any kind of dreams, together with harms, ceremonies, and curious games of para: ; No 2% HOW TO DO TRICKS.—The great book of magic and card tricks, containing full Instruction on all the leading card tricks of the day, also the most popular magical illu- ons as performed by our leading magicians; every boy should obtain a copy of this book. _No. 3. HOW TO FLIRT.—The arts and wiles of flirtation are fully explained by this Wttle book. Besides the various methods of handkerchief, fan, glove, parasol, window and hat flirtation, it contains a full list of the language and sentiment of flowers. No. 4. HOW TO DANCE is the title of this little book. It contains full instructions in the art of dancing, etiquette in the ball- room and at parties, how to dress, and full ‘directions for calling off in all popular square dances. A . io. 5. HOW TO MAKE LOVE.—A com- plete guide to love, courtship and marriage, | ‘iving sensible advice, rules and etiquette to be observed. ! o. 6 HOW TO BECOME AN ATHLETE. _ —Giving full instruction for the use of dumb-* bells, Indian clubs, parallel bars, horizontal bars and various other methods of developing @ good, healthy muscle; containing over sixty Mustrations. o % HOW TO KEEP BIRDS.—Hand- _gomely illustrated and containing full instruc- eee for the management and training of the canary, mockingbird, bobolink, bldckbird, par- parrot, ete, sont. Y Sta ter oe and when giving specimen letters for troduction, W TO DO IT; OR, BOOK OF -It is a great life secret, and very young man desires to know all ‘s happiness in it. WwW TO MAKE CANDY.—A com- nd-book for making all kinds of andy, ice-cream, syrups, essences, etc., etc. No. 18. HOW TO BECOME BEAUTIFUL. “—One of the brightest and most valuable Httle books ever given to the world. Bvery- body wishes to know how to become beauti- tul, both male and female. The secret is simple, and almost costless. 4 20. HOW TO ENTERTAIN AN EVEN- ARTY.—A complete compendium of ay sports, ecard diversions, comic recita- e suitable for parlor or drawing- n entertainment. ie . HOW TO HUNT AND FISH.—The “most complete hunting and fishing guide ever hed. It contains full instructions about hunting dogs, traps, trapping and fish- 1g, together with description of game and % HOW TO DO SECOND SIGHT.— er’s second sight explained by his former assistant, Fred Hunt, Jr. Explaining how the cret dialogues were carried on between the n and the boy on the stage; also giv- the codes and signals, . HOW TO EXPLAIN DREAMS.— tle book gives the explanation to all ' dreams, together with lucky and HOW TO WRITE LETTERS TO MEN.—Cotaining full directions for to gentlemen on all subjects. wae “a HOW TO BECOME A AST.— ontaining full instructions for kinds of ymnastic sports and athletic exercises. Em- bracing thirty-five illustrations. TO ROW, SAIL AND BUILD llustrated. Full instructions ECOME AN INVENTOR. know how inventions orig- r OF —Containing fourteen illustrations, givin different positions requisite to become a Speaker, reader and elocutionist. Also con- taining gems from all the popular authors of prose and poetry. No. 32. HOW TO BEHAVE.—Containing the rules and etiquette of good society ana the easiest and most approved methods of appearing to good advantage at parties, balls, the theatre, church, and in the drawing-room. No. 35. HOW TO PLAY GAMES.—A com- | plete and useful little book, containing the rules and regulations of billiards, -bagatelle, backgammon, croquet, dominoes, etc. No. 36. HOW TO SOLVE CONUNDRUMS. —Containing all the leading conundrums of the day, amusing riddles, curious catches and witty sayings. No. 38. HOW TO BECOME YOUR OWN DOCTOR.—A wonderful book, containing use- ful and practical information in the treatment of ordinary diseases and ailments common to every family. Abounding in useful and effec- tive recipes for general complaints, No. 39. HOW TO RAISE DOGS, POUL- TRY, PIGEONS AND RABBITS.—A useful and instructive book. Handsomely illustarted. No. 40. HOW TO MAKE AND SET TRAPS. —Including hints on how to catch moles, weasels, otter, rats, squirrels and birds. Also how to cure skins. Copiously illustrated. No. 41. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK END MEN’S JOKE BOOK.—Containing a great va- riety.of the latést jokes used by the most famous end men. No amateur minstrels is complete Without this wonderful little book. No. 42. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK STUMP SPEAKER.—Containing a varied as- sortment of stump speeches, Negro, Dutch and Irish. Also end men’s jokes. No. 43. HOW TO BECOME A MAGICIAN. —Containing the grandest assortment of mag- ical iliusions ever placed before the public. Also tricks with cards, incantations, etc, No. 44. HOW TO WRITE IN AN _ AL- BUM.—A grand collection of Album Verses suitable for any time and occasion; embrac- ing Lines of Love, Affection, Sentiment, Hu- mor, Respect, and Condolence; also Verses Suitable for Valentines and Weddings, No. 45. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK MIN- STREL GUIDE AND JOKE BOOK.—Some- thing new and very instructive. Every boy should obtain this book, as it contains full instructions for organizing an amateur min- strel troupe. i 4 - No. 46. HOW TO MAKE TRICITY.—A_ description of tl a uses of electricity and electro magnetism; to~ gether with full instructions for making Elec- tric Toys, Batteries, etc. By George Trebel, M.D. Containing over fifty illustra- No. 48. HOW TO BUILD AND SAIL CANOES.—A handy book for boys, containing full directions for constructing canoes and the most popular manner of sailing them. Fully illustrated. — ‘ No. 49. HOW TO DEBATE.—Giving rules for conducting debates, outlines for debates, questions for discussion, and the best sources for procuring information on the questions iven. NENOl 50. HOW TO STUFF BIRDS AND ANIMALS.—A valuable book, giving instruc- tions in collecting, preparing, mounting and preserving birds, animals and insects. No. 51. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH CARDS.—Containing explanations of the gen- eral principles of sleight-of-hand applicable to card tricks; of card tricks with ordinary cards, and’ not requiring sleight-of-hand; of tricks involving sleight-of-hand, or the use of specially prepared cards. Illustrated. No. 52. HOW TO PLAY CARDS.—Giving the rules and full directions for playing Buchre, Cribbage, Casino, Forty-five, Rounce, Pedro Sancho, Draw Poker, Auction Pitch, All Fours, and many other popular games of cards. a No. 53. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS.—A wonderful little book, telling you how to write to your sweetheart, your father, mother, sister, brother, employer; and, in fact, every- body and anybody you wish to write to. No. 54. HOW TO KEEP AND MANAGE PETS.—Giving complete information as to the manner and method of raising, keeping, tam- ing, breeding, and managing all kinds of pets; also giving fuli instructions for making cages, etc. Fully explained by twenty-eight illus- trations. No. 55. COINS.—Containing valuable information re- garding the collecting and arranging of stamps and coins. Handsomely illustrated. No. 56. HOW TO BECOME AN _ EN- GINEER.—Containing full instructions how to become a locomotive engineer; also directions for building a model locomotive; together with a full description of everything an en- gineer should know. HOW TO COLLECT STAMPS AND | Duties, Staff of Officers, ¢ Regutations, Fire Department, and ai should know to be a cadet. By Lu Sé No. 638, HOW TO ‘BECOME A NAV instructions of how emy. tion, description of grounds and -build historical sketch, and everything a boy should : know to become an officer in the United States. Navy. By Lu Senarens. ja yeaa No. 64. HOW TO MAKE ELECTRICAL ‘HINES.—Containing full directions f making electrical machines, Induction « dynamos, and many novel toys to bear k by electricity. By R. A. R, Bennett. ully | lustrated. ‘ No. 65, MULDOON’S JOKES.—The original joke book ever published, and brimful of wit and humor, It contaii large collection of songs, jokes, conundru) ete., of Terrence Muldoon, the great wit, hu- morist, and practical joker of the day. No. 66. HOW TO DO PUZZLES,—Co: ing over three hundred interesting puzzle conundrums, with key to same. A book. Fully illustrated. No. 67% HOW TO DO ELE TRICKS.—Containing a large collect structive and highly amusing electrica together with illustrations. By A, No. 68. HOW TO DO CHEMICA —Containing over one hundred highly ing and instructive tricks with chemic A. Anderson. Handsomely illustrated No, 69. HOW TO DO SLEIGHT-OF —Containing over fifty of the latest tricks used by megicians, Also cont secret of second sight. Fully ill No. 71, HOW TO 1O TRICKS.—Containing complete performing over sixty Mec Fully illustrated. 2 ¥ : H HOW TO 80 o, A DO WITH CARDS.—Embracing all of the and most deceptive card tricks, trations. z. No, 73. HOW TO DO TRICKS BERS.—Showing many curious figures rh a Of ao : derson. ‘ully ustrated. we No. 74. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS > RECTLY.—Containing full instructions for. writing letters on almost ony subject; also_ rules for punctuation and composition, with) specimen letters. _ fi Pitas aay PNo. 15. HOW TO SCOME A © —Containing trick linoe Cups and Balls, Hats, “c. Embracing thi six illustratio: By: Anderson. No. 76. HO TO .£LL FOR’ THE HAND.—Containing rae fortunes by the aid of lines o the secret of palmistry. <A’so the telling future events by aid ef mol sears, etc. Illustrated. a No. 71. HOW TO DO FORTY WITH CARDS.—Containing decepth Tricks as performed by leading conjure ms. he e secret of arog’ 8 teries of Magic sro eight-of-Hand, with many wonde “i experiments, B ‘ Anderson. Illustrated. ee No. 79. HOW TO BECOME AN ACTOI — Containing complete instructions how to_ ae up for various aracters on the stage; to» gether with the duties of the Stage Manager,: Prompter, Scenic Artist and, Property M No. 80. GUS WILLIAMS BA Containing the latest jokes, anecdote: funny stories of this world-renowned Ger: comedian. Sixty-four pages; handsome | ored cover containing a half-tone phot the author. ce RLY i No. 81. HOW TO MESMERIZE.—conta ing the most approved methods of mesm also how to cure all kinde. of dise: animal magnetism, or magnetic healing: Prof. Leo Bure zpe8, A.C.S., autho to Hypnotize,” etc. e- i No. 82, HOW TO DO PALMIS’ RY. taining the most approved method ing the lines on the hand, together ™ explanation of their meaning. ing phrenology, and the key f acter by the bumps on the he Koch, A.C.S. Fully illust: No. 88. HOW TO HYPNOTIZE.— valuable and instructive informati ing the science of hypnotis Also the most approved met | by the leading hypnotists By Leo Hugo Koch, A.C.S. | No. 84. HOW TO BECOME AN |} —Containing information regard subjects, the use of words and preparing and submitting ma: containing valuable informati neatness, legibility and general « manuscript. +