Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 370) (1912 11 01)
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Ne 370~ - Nov. ac 1912 ‘STORIES © : YOUNG COPPER KING © E BOY WHO WENT THE LIMIT OF WALL STREET) 1) RRL RTS f Y SRAAMOSURARRABAE NM tH With an exclamation of anger, Jackson suddenly snatched up one of the copper specimens and let it fly at Nick. The boy threw up his arm and dodged. The rock struck ' the window behind him with a crash, splintering it. ae i
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ey Fame and Fortune Weekly STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY Page according to Act of Congress, in the year 1912, in the office of the Frank Tousey, Publisher, 168 West 23d St., New York. —— Price 5 Cents. < Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.60 per eat. Pg Librarian of Congress Washington, D Sab om Entered at the New Yori, oe, Post Office as Second-Class Matter. No. 870, NEW eet NOVEMBER 1, 1912. THE YOUNG COPPER KING THE BOY WHO WENT THE LIMIT (A STORY OF WALL STREET) CHAPTER I. NICK EXPRESSES HIS OPINION. “Nick—Nick Brown!” cried Broker Tuckerman, standing at _ the door of his privateroffice, and looking across the untenanted reception-room into the counting-room. “Where in thunder ‘is that boy?” : “Gone out, sir," said Cashier Jenkins from his desk. ; “He's always out when I particularly want him. Where has he gone?” » “Took a note to Smart & Co. You remember———” : “Yes, yes, that’s all right. es “Twenty minutes or so.” - “Tt's time he was back.” “T think it is. He may have been detained at Smart & Co.'s.” “Send him in to me as soon as he gets back. ” “Ves, sir,” es “By the way, Mr. Jenkins, did you make a call on “Havens i for more margin on his copper stock?” It was about Ventura Copper. How long has he been out?” omar <4 *“Yes, sir. “ Has he responded?” “Not yet, sir. The price went up a point this morning, I ws herd you say, and that this bear raid had probably touched - bottom, and so I suppose———” “Never mind what you heard me say, nor what you suppose. ‘Make an entry of a transaction as having occurred yesterday and report him closed out at 23.” “Yes, sir,” answered Mr. Jenkins. . “And, Mr, Jenkins——” . “Yes, sir?” _ “Jf Havens calls I’m tco busy to see him. track him. You understand?” i “Yes, sir.” roe Mr, Tuckerman re-entered his room and closed the door. _. He was a stout and pompous man of five and fifty, who wore _ fine clothes as befitted a successful stock broker. On the little finger of his left hand glittered a large dia- mond, in his handsome tie another, and across his expensive yest a heavy gold chain, from pocket to pocket, with a large “emblem depending therefrom. He was known to be wealthy; and this, with his spotless linen and general air of financial responsibility, conveyed the impression that he was an eminently respectable gentleman. _ He had a partner twenty years his junior, who had a third interest in the firm. : - - ‘The junior partner’s name was Craig. f Mr. Tuckerman was the capitalist and Manager, while Mr. ‘Craig executed the orders of the firm and did it with energy, ‘shrewdness and tact. Tell Nick to side- | dealers, ape substantial- hoging senior Parner had hardly seated a" By A SELF-MADE MAN himself at his desk beside the window overlooking Wall Street when Nick Brown, the office boy and messenger, a | bright, active and healthy boy, bounced into the office and handed an envelope to Cashier Jenkins. “Mr. Tuckerman wants to see you, Brown,” ier. Nick knocked at theedoor of the private room and was told to enter. “You wanted me, Mr. Tuckerman?” he asked, respectfully. “Take this note to Mr. Craig at the xchange,” said the broker, “Yes, sir,” replied Nick, starting for the door, “Wold on!” said Mr. Tuckerman, sharply. Nick returned to the desk. “Leave this letter at Duncan & Co., on Beaver nner ® “Is that all?” “Yes, One moment. If Havens calls when you're at eer post bags ee remember I’m busy. Can’t see him. Under- stand?” A GS7 060), ” back again. He stepped up to the cashier’s window. “I’ve got a note to deliver at the Exchange, and then I’ve got to go to Beaver street.” The cashier nodded and Nick left the office. Coming in at the door he came face to face with’a pretty, modest-looking girl. Her face so greatly resembled that of Harry Havens, the Young customer of the firm whom Mr. Tuckerman had de- said the cash- — and Nick made his exit without, being called | cided not to see any more, if he could help it, that. Nick stopped and stared at her. “T beg your pardon, miss, but are you any Harry Havens, a customer of ours?” he asked. “Tam his sister,” she replied, nervously. “You are con- nected with the firm of Tuckerman & Craig?” “Yes, Miss Havens.” “Is either of those gentlemen in?” “Mr. Tuckerman is.” Pp “Could I see him?” “I guess so, Speak to the cashier at that window yonder. - He will send your name and request in to Mr. Tuckerman,” relation of ~ He held the door open politely, and closing it after the girl started for the elevator. Going to the Exchange, he delivered the note addressed to. eae z the junior partner. - Craig read it and dismissed him, wheretipon he started for Beaver street. He had been to Duncan & Co. and knew they were liquor The firm Senate the - serous, floor. and cellar. -
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rae bis The office was at fhe back and Nick proceeded there. Entering the counting-room he handed the note to the head; he give mea chance to make something? Anyhow, there was bookkeeper, That individual opened it and said all right. As Nick started for the door he found his path blocked by B large barrel that was being rolled toward him by a couple of stout porters. He stepped into a narrow alley between two rows of bar-| out your Idaho Copper. you've made a mistake, besides losing Tels, to wait until the barrel was out of his way. He heard the voice of a man in the next alley. “Ifyou want to get in on a good thing, Duncan, buy Idaho, ment showing that my deal was closed out at the loss of all. Copper. It’s down to bed-rock now, and I have it from those | my margin; and leaving me owing the firm a matter of $50 You | commission, ” said Havens. Thaj will give you a.profit of $10 al . ‘Who are in a position to know that it will go-up to 35. ean buy it now for 25. share. It might go even higher if conditions are favorable. I’ve promised you a tip, so now you have it.” “Much obliged, } buy goine of it,” said the liquor importer. ‘ “Do so and you won't regret it. par iieular. a |The gentlemen walked away and Nick heard no more, but the little he had heard was enough to give him a pointer on, -\ Idaho Copper. * Ke was always on the lookout for a tip on the stock mar- ket, for he was a born speculator, and had been taking chances | ' on stocks for the past eighteen months on the quiet with varying results, mostly, however, in his favor, so that-he had accumulated quite a little rol) of the long green. ~~ Nick lived in New Rochelle, and came to the city every busi- hess morning on the New York, New’ Haven & Hartford Rail- road, which ‘landed him at the Grand Central station on 42d! street, and the subway, which was a new institutions in those days, carried him downtown. oo Bis father carried on a real estate business in New Rochelle, | and was agent for several fire insurance companies, and also * secured loans on real estate in Westchester County on com- _ _ mission. The family lived in a small cottage ov one of the residential __, Streets, and while Mr. Brown owned .his house he was not ~ overburdened with ready, money, . . Nick, finding bis way ‘now clear to the door, was soon c@ _ his way back to the office, with the fixed purpose in his mind of getting in‘on Idaho Copper and. making the $10 a share profit that tha hroker had declared was in sight. “ When he entered the reception-room he found Harry Havens there talking to the cashicr. — The young man, who was hardly more than a boy, was insistent on seeing Mr. Tuckernian, but Jenkins, having his orders, told him that the broker was engaged with some big bank director and couldn’t see any visitor,’ Havens held the statement in, his hand that the veaher ‘had passed out to him. This statement showed him that his deal in Idaho. Copper ‘had been closed out, for lack of additional margin, and that as stood indebted to the house in the sum of something like = $50. ‘ The discovery that his account was. closed had. quite over- come the bright-faced boy. : “1 don’t see how you could have wank me out, ” protested ‘Havens, with a troubled look. "We called on you for additional margin and you failed to af, respond, * answered Jenkins. “But it’s quoted on the ticker at 25 at this moment,” said the youth. “That, leaves moa small margin of safety.” .. “It dropped to 83 yesterday, ten’ points below what you Ybought it for, and consequently———” ~ “But it only totched 23 and almost-immediately went to. 24. . There was no reason why I should have been sold out. It’s taking an unfair advantage of a fellow. If you stand by that tatement it means ruin to me,” and the boy’s voice broke. I’m sorry, Havens, but you ought not to have gone into mertock market nless you could afford to lose your money,” the cashier, ho really sympathized with the boy, par- y ‘because he was in the habit of doing so when he : mted to get rid of certain speculators who had ceased to be erere ae L know I was a. fool,” sald ‘Havens, bitterly. < ers sald paid that al va 3 “But the copper. was ‘going ‘up, and everybody I spoke to Le copper Eick worth anythi Ribas Sure to it Has a A AG ct NS RT a ic LS LTE, INEM GD a OU, Mak ta SG MERE spore Sn. SON ST? E YOUNG COPPER KING, { I'll take advantage of your pointer and it believed it would go to 40. ~.) it down,/day by day, till yesterday morning it was around: 24 I don't know of anything and a fraction. _ better than copper these days, though it is true that all con-; margin. per stocks lately got a sethack. You can’t keep a good thing! watch the stock and hope for the best. down, however, and they're bound to have a boom—-Idaho in! about three o’elock and closed at 233-8. Now I am reported | added, Starting for the private room, few igtiiea margin. “Mr: Be eating is rich, Why contre no reason for him to have me sold out on the spur of the minute. It’s a shame!” ; Jenkins turned to his books and left the boy standing there. Nick walked up to him. “What's the trouble, Havens?” he asked. “If you’ve sold your money.” “I didn’t gell it, but Mr. Tuckerman did. Here is my state- “You don’t mean it!” said Nick. you able to protect your deal?” 3 “T bought it at 38. At that time Mr. Tuckerman said he "Instead of that & bear raid sent “Gee! that’s rough, Wasn't Then I got a notice calling on me for more I had no more to put up, and all I: could do was to — It touched 23 along — so]d out at 23. I don’t believe Mr. Tuckerman sold the stock, : I believe he just took advantage of the quotation to: rob me ; out of my little money. .Why, the stock. opened this morning’ at 235-8 and is now 25. I think it’s an outrage,” Nick had been watching copper himself since it slumped looking to see it recover; and he knew that, according to the tape that only one transaction appeared on it at 23. é That, however, was no evidence that a dozen private sales” at the same figure had not taken place outside of the pe change, Vis experience in Wail Street made him wise to many little. kinks worked by the brokers among themselves, many 0 which were of the “wash sale” order. He knew that Tuckerman & Craig were not above es things, if they saw some advantage to be gained thereby. ( “The firm never overlooked a chance to make money, even at the expense of a customer, but they always did it in a legal way, though sometimes their methods might be questioned. — Mr. Tuckerman’s orders to sidetrack Havens when he called made Nick suspicious that the firm had taken advantage of the drop of ihe copper stock to 23 to exercise the absolute right they had to protect themselves, The fact that the price: recovered almost immediately enough | to secure them their commission made it look bad, for me steal, if such it could be called, was small. : Nick at once surmised that it was a scheme to get rid of small customer, and as he had taken a great liking to Harry Havens, whose ways were frank, ingenious and ‘winning, he felt indignant, “I agree with you. I think Mr, Tuckerman didn’t treat you fairly. Probably Mr. Craig made a wash ‘sale of your 200 — shares, and the stock has been transferred to the firm, who- will make the profit out of the rise that honestly belongs to you.” ; Nick wouldn't have been guite so frank in his remarks ga he known that Mr. Tuckerman was standing at the door o hig room at that moment within earshot. ; The broker had come out to see the cashier about some-— thing, but observing the presence of Havens had paused, ; me heard what his young customer said. and then Nick's reply. Instantly his eyes blazed with anger. “Brown,” he said, sharply, “I'd like to.see you in my Toon,” Then he went back to his desk. “My!” thought Nick, “I wonder if he heard what I said? aah bays he did there'll be something doing. Excuse, me, Havens,” he CHAPTER I, NICK IS DISCHARGED, | | When Nick looked at the senior partner he felt that his suspicions were true, for Mr. Tuckerman looked sour and threatening. ‘Furthermore, the fact that the broker called him. Brow Was a bad sign. “I overheard what you said to yobnc Havens jus no sald Mr. Tuckerman, in 2 disagreeable tone, “and IT don’t - it, do you ‘understand? Who gave you the Reais to crit cize my actions or those of aa ENE
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THE YOUNG COPPER KING. 3 “Havens was complaining that he had been unfairly sold out——.” “And it’s your opinion that he was, eh?” interrupted the broker, with a black look. “From the way he put it it looked that. way.” “Very well; if that’s the way you look at it I have no fur- ther use for you in this office. Collect your week’s wages from the cashier and get out.” “I’m discharged, then?” “Yes. I don’t want you around here any longer,” “AN right, Mr. Tuckerman. You don’t have to keep me. I’ve been with you three years, and have always done my duty. - I’m. perfectly willing to give somebody else the chance to run your errands.” “You needn’t expect any recommendation, for I won't give you one,” said Tuckerman, “T guess I don’t need any recommendation. with the messenger business. signing, anyway.” _ “That's why you’re so independent. Well, if you get an- other position in Wall Street. I’ll see that you don’t keep it.” “That is very kind of you; Mr, Tuckerman,” said Nick, sar- eastically. “It is about on a par with the methods you have pursued toward Havens.” f _ “What's that? How dare you talk that way to me? - out of my office, or I'll have you thrown out!” ae “Goad- afternoon, sir!” and Nick walked out and went to the cashier’s. indow. “ll take my week’s wages, ‘Mr. Jenkins, if you please,” he ‘said. “*@h? Your week's wages! . Jenkins, in surprise. “Mr. Tuckerman told me to ask you for the money.” “What for? Where are you going?” “Going to leave the office. The senior boss and I have had @ run-in, and he said he could, get alone without my valu- able services hereafter.” “Do you mean to say you have. pees discharged?” said the astonished cashier. “That's about the size of it. out, ie What was the trouble?” “I expressed an opinion about his methods that he didn’t like. He hauled me over the coals for it, and as I failed to : make a humble apology he fired me.” “Why did you express an opinion about the methods of the house? Don’t you. know that you have no right to do such @a, thing?” Y’m through I’ve had some thoughts of re- Get What do you mean?” said Mr, pieuarntod told me to get _ tended for the boss’ ears. He happened to come to the door and overheard it, hence the row.” ’ +» *Who did you express the opinion to?”: “Harry Havens. He said he had not been squarely treated Z; ‘dn respect to his deal, and I agreed with him,” “What do you know about it?” _ *“ Well, I have a strong notion that he was not really sold out. That the thing was worked to get rid of him as a customer. ‘It has been done before more than once since I’ve been con- “hected’ with the office.” “Supposing such a thing to be true, what business is it of yours?” '_-“Havens is one of the nicest fellows in the world, and I hate to see him victimized.” “You'd better be careful and not spread such’ an impression or you'll get into trouble.” » “Mr, Tuckerman would sue me for libel, eh?” _. “#te could have you arrested on the ground you were try- me ing to injure the reputation of the firm. In any case, you'd _ find it hard to get another position, or hold it if you got it.” "Pm not looking for another position. But you needn’t _+ worry about me saying anything about the firm that isn’t ‘straight. More than one broker does what this firm occa- sionally does that is not exactly charitable towards a cus- tomer, Such methods are considered quite regular in the Street. It wouldn’t do any good to speak about them. Well, Joh ‘you'll hand me my wages I’ll take my departure," “Pm sorry you have to leave, Brown, for I consider you the pest’ messenger we ever, bad, Maybe the bogs will. relent be- tween this and Monday and send for you,” . “7 don’t imagine he will, “pack.” , “Oh, I guess you would cashier. } Nick “put his wages in ‘his pocket and walked out, arry ses bap feist boty FOR: Bue “The opinion was expressed to a third party and not in- df he did I don’t think Yd gating } ‘Here’s your “money,” said, the much broken in spirit, 38 and utterly unable to summon up resolution to go home and tell his mother the bad tidings. He was not aware that his sister had visited the office and there learned the truth, which, by that time, she had com- municated to their mother. It wasn’t the fear of a talking-to that deterred him, The little family lived on terms of the greatest amity, and whenever the little mother, who was a widow of several years’ standing, felt called on to scold one of her two children for anything they had been guilty of it was always of the mildest character—a heart-to-heart talk between mother and child. from the bank to put up on Idaho Copper, but it was the thought that he had Jost $1,000 of his mother’s money, which she could ill afford to part with that made Harry sick at heart, He was indignant over the sharp treatment he had re- celved at the hands\of a wealthy and respectable brokerage rm, which might easily have carried his deal on its books when it was seen that the price of the stock was recovering, but that was as nothing compared with the ordeal of having to confess his ili luck to his mocher. She had trusted to his judgment and it had been found want- ing, Feeling as' if he’d like to drown himself he waiked aimlessly down Broad street, up Beaver and over to the little Bowling Green park. There he sat’ down, feeling at that moment that the world was very dark indeed. In the meanwhile Nick walked down Broad street as far as the quick-luuch house he was in the habit of patronizing, and ordered a méat stew, a cup of coffee and a slice of pio, It was bad enough to lose his own 1,000, which he had taken . The loss of his job did not seem to affect his appetite, nor were there any visible evidences of woe in his. good-looking and manly face. A messenger friend named Dick Davenport came in and mounted the stool beside him, “Hello, Nick, how’s things?” ; E ae “That depends.” “On what?” “What kind of things you. refer to.” “You know what I mean.’ “Well, I’ve picked up a tip for one thing.” “That's good.” “And I’ve lost my job for another.” “You've what—lost your job? Go on, you’re kidding me.” “Not a bit of it. I’ve parted company with. Tuckerman x Craig. eae “What “for?” “Reasons which the senior partner thought, good anil suffl- Gient.? 2 “You're fired, then?” “Short and quick.” “Well, I’m surprised. What was the trouble?” “That's private matter between moe and Mr. Tuckerman,” “He’s lost a good messenger, catching on somewhere else.” “I’m not in a hurty to work for somebody else.” “You're going to lay off a while, then? afford to.” “{ think I can make more money paddling my own. canoe,” ad what? ” } “Ym not giving out any advance information. As I have somé business to attend to before three I’ll leave you to ans ish your lunch by yourself,” Nick paid his cheek and took his way back to Wall Street, ie, : where he visited a certain safé-deposit vault where he kept his money. He had $3,500 in good money in his box, and no one knew it but himself. He took out $3, 000 and going to the office of a Curb broker. I wish I could You'll have no trouble in fs he was on good terms with, George Hartley by name, he put it Lace up as margin on 300 shares of Idaho Copper, at 25: “T don’t know that I ought to encourage you in your specu- ie lations,” said Hartley, when Nick made known his business,’ “It’s against the unwritten regulations of the Street for em- a ployees to have dealings with the market.” , “The little bank on Nassau street never offers any objection y on such a ground,” said Nick, will do anything.” “In this case you're not taking an order from an employee. “Why not? You work for Tuckerman & Oraig, and | {ener of those See eee Jearned I took this onder from should , ss “Because it’s practically a bueketshop, and. a bucketshop
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3 ‘THE YOUNG COPPER KING. ~“Tam not working for Tuckerman & Craig now.” ~ “Your mother’s!” “No? When did you quit? It tmust have been within a “I was so sure of winning that I persuaded her to let me tay or two. _ | have the money to invest. It’s gone and she can’t afford to “Say an hour or two and you'll hit it nearer.’ lose it. I haven’t the heart to go home and tell her. “s “Indeed! What was the trouble?” “IT guess she knows all about it.” “I had a run-in with Mr. Tuckerman.” : “No, she won't know till I tell her.” “Did he haul you over the coals for speculating?” “Your sister has told her, I guess.” “No. -He never found that out. It was a different matter “My sister! How could she when she doesn’t know about it— altogether. ¢ 5 herself?” “So you're out of their employ?” y “You didn’t hear, then, that your sister was at the office “Tam.” : . to-day?” “Going to look for another position, I suppose?” “What! How do you know that?” ; “No. I’m going to put in my time as a speculator.” “When I went out on the last errand I executed for the — “You couldn’t embark in a more risky business.” firm I met a young lady coming in at the door. She looked ~ “{ don't know. I'd rather take chances on the market than} so like you that I couldn’t help speaking to her and asking work in a powder factory,” grinned Nick. | her if she was related to you. She said she was your sister. “Well, as long-as you are your own master at present I’ll take your order. You might dq worse than get in on copper. Idaho is down below its norm price and ought to go up.” “That’s what I'm banking on. I expect to see it go to 35.” She wanted to see one of the firm, and I suppose Mr. Tucker- man gaw her. I don’t know why she ealled, but I think it is likely it’ was to ask about your speculation, in which event Mr. Tuckerman doubtless told her you had been sold out,” “It might. Jt was up to that a week ago before the slump.” | “My sister cbjected to my going into the market, but when Nick got his memorandum of the deal and left. | she saw I was bent on it she made no further protest, but I’m») Hartley went out and bought the stock just before three. . | afraid she got so anxious and nervous over it that she came Thus Nick began a new career that was to lead to fortune.| down to make ipquiries. I know it was a great shock to: ! her to learn the truth, just as it must have been a shock to my } mother. Oh, I have been a weak fool! Jessie and mother have looked up to me as the man of the house, and believed ; NICK’S FIRST SUCCESS IN COPPER that whatever I did was right. Now they see that I am——” As it was early yet, too early to start for hone Nick de- | He choked up and Nick saw the tears in his eyes. cided to stroll down to the Battery. | “Cheer up, old fellow! Don’t be downhearted,” said Nick, CHAPTER, ITI, Looking in at Bowling Green Park, as he circled about it, he| laying his hand 6n his shoulder. “You have made a mis- | was surprised to see Harry Havens seated’ there, take—a costly blunder—but you did it for the best, and your - He went in and sat down beside him. mother and sister will understand that. I feel dead sorry . ““Hello, Havens! What are you doing here?” he said, slap-| for you, old chap, and if I can sity you ‘in any. way let me er ping him on the shoulder. know.” Ny “That you, Brown?” said the young fellow, with a faint; “You are kind to say so. @f appreciate it,” : ‘smile. “Bound on an errand this way?” “T’l) tell you what I'll do. After this deal of mine pang : “No. I’m just taking a stroll.” out I'll lend you $500 to make an attempt to recover what ~— “You get off early. It’s only three o'clock, a you’ve lost. but you must work under my advice; J have — “Off for good! What do you mean?” follow my lead,” said Nick. “T’m off for good,” said Nick. been lucky in stocks, so far, and maybe ee be, ‘too, if you “I'm out of Tuckerman & Craig’s.” | “It is generotis of you to offer to help me, but it is not fair “Have you left them?” for me to take advantage of your offer. ‘Tt I should lose your. “Not exactly. Mr. Tuckernian bounced me about five min-; money——” ee utes after you left the office.” “Don’t worry about that, Havens. If 1 double my money - | ‘*Bounced you! How came he to do that?” in this Idaho deal I’ll be worth between $6,000 and $7,000. ! i “He heard what I said to you about the way you claimed to| can then afford to extend a helping hand to you—give you a have been treated by the firm, and he called me down about] chance to at least recover the money you have lost’ through © 9 it. As I wouldn’t take it back he fired me.” Tuckerman & Craig.” : ** “Tim sorry,” said Harry, with a look of sympathy. : sisis| “And you are willing to do this for 6ne who is be a “ seems to be my unlucky day. I have not only been sold out} stranger to you?” ; on my deal, but J have caused your discharge. 1 ought not to “We are not strangers now, old man... Let us consider our- > - have said a word to yow about my misfortune and then this| selves comrades. 1 liked you at first sight, and that impres. _ -wouldn’t have happened. I seem fated ‘to make those I like| sion has’ grown upon me. Let us be ens friends from this ~ miserable.” moment. There is my hand on it.” ; - . “Nonserise! You haven’t made me miserable. On the “And there is mine, You are a splendid feliow, and T eqgn- | whole, I’m glad to cut loose from that job.” sider it a honor to know you. eee “Are you?” said Havens, wonderingly. “Pooh! There’s nothing extraordinary about me. By the ~ “Yes. I never was stuck on either Tuckerman or Craig, but| way, you’re out of a job at present, I take it?” fs I got along well enough with them. JI am satisfied they treated “Yes, After I left school | went to work in the office of a “Sou shabbily. They cut you out of a sure thing, Idaho Cop-| wholesale house on Worth street. I was with the firm three _ per will go back to the figure you bought, it at in a few days| years. A month ago the house failed, and the receiver ré. — and pérhaps higher. You made a mistaké in buying it when; duced the working force to save money. J was one of those “it was up. It Was sent up to catch people like you. When a| Who had to go. Since then { have not been able to get an- person goes into stocks he should study the market care-| other position,” , fully and buy only when prices are low,\then he has a chance “Well, ivs going on to four, so I’m going to start for home, i to win when they go up. If they don’t go up he'll be out in I live in New Stig and ‘have to get up to 42d ‘street to ey commission and interest charges. If they go down still more| connect with a train. I ride on a commiuter’s monthiy ticket; he’s liable to get stuck anyhow. ve a game of chance, no| If you have nothing on the ecards in the morning I’!) meet you ‘matter how you figure on it.” * at the little bank on Nassau street. Do you know where it is?” $2 : “ What are you going to do now?” “No.” ° x “Make the money you've lost.” “Then let’s walk up there and I’}1 show you.” a “ "ow do you mean?” * Harry Havens Jeft the little park in better ane than he. pe “Well, you see, I had enough money to bu¥ 300 shares of | entered it. é ai “Idaho Copper, and I bought the stock. I picked up a tip|. He felt very grateful to Nick for nis sympathy and kindly . to-day that points to a rise of ten points in stock, and I hope} offer to help him out of nis trouble. A - to clean up a profit of $8,000.” | “Tell your. folks when you go home that»you think you ~ 2 ~- “You'll be fortunate if you make so much,” said Havens,| see your way to get your lost money back,” said Nick. “You aie ; wistiully, thinking of his own lost opportunity. can incidentally say that you met a new friend who is going tag ip instead of buying Idaho Copper at 35 you had waited} to give you a litt. Phat will encourage thera} and: Ay the you'd beable to buy it at 25 to-day, ‘and then you'd be in line} gloomy effects of your reeent bad luck. 2 to make a couple ‘of thousand, Now you've lost’ that much, |. “You must let'me introduce you to my mother and | sister “T suppose ycu’re cleaned out?” They will be glad to know you.’ as “Yes. I lost $1,000 of any? own ae and gh 000 of my| “All right,” said Nick, thinking of | the sweet face or his — noth ther’s.” aC new tri¢nd’ssister, “Any time wey, fay. yi Si - wisi
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THE YOUNG COPPER KING. They walked up Broadway to Wall Street, and down that narrow thoroughfare one block to Nassau street. Nick pointed out the little bank, which brokers generally regarded as a bucket-shop in disguise, and Havens promised _to meet him there at ten o’clock on the following morning. The two then went to the Brooklyn Bridge and mounted to the City Hall station of the Third avenue elevated railroad, They took an uptown train together. Nick said good-by at the 42d street station, and took the shuttle train to the Grand Central station and was soon on his way home. When he got to his house he said nothing about having parted company with Tuckerman & Craig. What his folks didn’t know wouldn’t trouble them, and Nick figured that as long as he was able to turn in his pay every Saturday, as usual, there was no special reason why his folks pace know that things had changed with him in Wall treet He tock his regular train next morning for the city and ‘reached the financial district at about his usual time. After strolling around for half an hour he went to the little bank where he found the large waiting-room filling up with customers and loungers. The room was full of chairs facing a big, long blackboard on which the daily stock quotations of the principal stocks of _ the seyeral exchanges were displayed as fast as they came over the wire. Nick took, a seat well forward on the center isle and waited. ; ae wens his hat on the next chair to reserve it for his new rien As ten o’clock approached a small ‘boy appeared at the cor- ner of the platform where the blackboard stood. He was the person who chalked up.the figures. The previous day’s quotations were’still on the board, but the youth eleaned them off with a damp sponge. It wanted a minute of ten when Harry Havens appeared in the room and, locating Nick, came up to him. “Good-morning, Havens! Take this seat,” said Nick. did things go off when you got home?” “Nothing was said to me till I opened the subject. My sis- ter then told me she had called at Tuckerman & Craig’s, and . that Mr, Tuckerman had received her and explained that an unexpected slump in the market had wiped my account with the firm out, leaving me in debt to them for their commission . He said that under the circumstances he would let the commis- sion go, but with the understanding I was not to call there ‘any more. He said stock gambling was bad business for peo- ple with small capital, Had I been able to put up the ad- ditional margin called for I, would haye saved myself. He -Was very sorry I had been on the losing side. The firm. pre- ferred that their customers should win for it made more busi- ness for them.. He hoped the lesson would keep me away from Wall Street, which, he said, was strewn with financial wreck- ase, My sister said that Mr. Tuckerman spoke like a man who was full of the milk of human kindness, and assured her | that the firm was in no way responsibie for the loss I had sus- tained, ”* said Havens. : “Yes, Mr. Tuckerman can put on angel’s wings sometimes, M said Nick. The young fellow remained in the little bank until half-past twelve, when Nick invited Havens to take Junch with him, They walked around to the Curb and watched operations _ there for half an hour. They returned tothe little bank at two and stayed till the Exchange closed at three. ; ‘Idaho Copper closed: at.25 1-2. « Next day was Saturday and the copper stock went up an- ‘other half point during the morning session. Havens didn’t come downtown and Nick took the one o’clock _ train home. | Durizg the following week Idaho Copper advanced to 32. While Nick kept an eye. on his stock Harry Havens was leoking for a job.~ On the succeeding Monday there wag a general boom in cop- -per-and ldako-went to 36... Niek thought the prospects looked so good that he held on, ‘and next day the price went to 40, “How "The Curb, was the scene of great excitement and Nick put in hig time there. ish Several times he was on the point of ordering his shares ' gold, but the general upward tendency deterred him. On Wednesday the boom #ontinued, and people went wild over the copper advance. . ' At one o'clock, when Nick got Back to the Curb, from lunch, “Idaho had reached 45, ae “1 a7 “sented to her. “That’s good enough for me,” said Nick to himself. believe it’ll go much higher, anyhow.” He saw Broker Hartley in the crowd. He rushed up to him and told him to sell his 300 shares. 3 The broker offered it right away and got rid of it in no time. Nick figured that he had won a profit of about $6,000, which was twice as much as he had expected to make. His discharge from Tuckerman & Craig’s was therefore of great advantage to him from a financial standpoint. i fs his job. “y don’t Altogether, he had no cause to regret the loss of CHAPTER IV. NICK GOES THE LIMIT S4GAIN AND WINS. Believing that a slump was bound to come in copper, as all stocks looked topheavy, Nick arranged with Broker Hartley to sell 900 shares of Idaho Copper for his account, and hold what was coming to him as marginal security. : “You're getting to be a regular speculator, Brown,” Hartley. “Are you going to follow the game np?” “Until I make a fortune or go busted,” replied Nick. “You evidently believe that there Wil] be an immediate de- cline in copper?” “Tt looks that way to me. Idaho never was so high before.” “7 know, but the copper kings may intend to keep the price up. They can do it for they control the market.” . “Maybe they do, but I’ve noticed that a great deal of Idaho — has been sold in the last few days, and it is just possible that the insiders have been and still are unloading at high figures, — Then they could force a slump and buy it back again at a much lower prite, which would put a lot of money in their — pockets. That’s being done-all the time in Wall Street by the big operators. They play the organ and the public dance to the music,” said Nick. : “There’s more truth than fiction in that.” said Hartley, who then begam offering Idaho Copper at 45 till he had sold 900 shares. Nick was selling short—that is, disposing of what: he didn’t have. It would be up to him to buy those 900 shares in order to / deliver them to the persons who had bought of him. If the stock containued to go up he would lose by thé opera-— tion, If, on the contrary, it went down he would make the differ- ence. S It was simply a gamble with. him, for he could not really — tell which way the price would go. : Nick believed it would go down, and he had the courege to back his convictions to the limit. ~ Dame Fortune seems to admire the people with nerve. At any rate, she stood in with Nick on this oceasion. The Curb had hardly opened for business next morning ~ before there was a break in copper. The break caused a slump and copper dropped ten points — by two o’elock. Then Nick ordered Hartley to buy in 900 shares at 35. This was done and the shares were duly delivered and paid | for, Nick clearing $9,000 profit. “You're all right, Brown,” said Hartley, when Nick called — : for his money. “In less than three weeks you have made = $15,000 in copper. You must have been born fortunate.” f “A fellow needs a good crop of luck to save his scalp dows’) 4 here, * laughed the boy as he took his check. “What are you going to do next?” - é “Relieve you of my presence as I guess you’re busy.” “I mean, what are you going to buy or sell next?” eek haven’t anything in view yet, but I may follow copper.” “Tt’s a good thing to make money out of if you Heep on the right side.” , r “ Nick nodded, got. up and took his leave. When he got home that day he found a letter for him bibsie E as Havens. He had secured a position in a wholesale house in Frankl street and he wrote to inform Nick of the fact, alsa to invite. him to.his house on the following Sunday afternoon. Nick sent him word that he would call and congratulat him'on securing a job. Accordingly, on Sunday afternoon Nick came to New York and called at the flat where the Havens family lived. Havens met him at the door and took him into the parlo’ which was plainly but neatly furnished. In a little while Jessie Havens came in and Nick was said 3 te ae ay a
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. THE YOUNG COPPER KING. pommaseinne =) “She was a lovely girl and Nick was more taken than ever | office. “It is so kind of you to offer me the chance of. trying with. her. | to build up a business for myself.” ; Presently the little mother ayveared and Nick was intro- “Don’t mention it, Miss Havens. I’m glad to be of service duced to her. to you,” said Nick. She told the Wall Street boy how glad she was that her son; That afternoon he got two customers for her on that floor, had made his acquaintance, as/he had few associates he could | and with these as a beginning she started in next morning. ‘really call friends. After the decline the copper situation remained quiet for a . “Well, how. have you been doing in the market?” said Harry. | weelt, and then it began-to look up again. *“T have followed the Curb quotations and I saw that ape DS | Nick decided that Montana Copper looked pretty good, so he Copper went up to 45. How much did you make out of the | bought 1,000 shares of it at 50. rise?” In a few days it went to 55 and Nick sold out, adding $5,000 | “Six thousand dollars, and I made $9, 000 more out of the de-| to his capital: cline, so I’m $15,000 ahead since I quit working for Tucker= He was returning to hig office after making the sale when ‘man & Craig.” he met Mr, Tuckerman on the street. “You're. awfully fortunate,” said Havens. ‘|. ‘Phe broker frowned and passed him by without recognition. He. made no reference to his own bard luck, as the matter} ‘Nick took advantage of his absence from the office to make had been dropped. a call there and see his former friends in. the place. Nick said that if luck continued to come his way he was| “How do you do, Mr, Jenkins?” he said through the win- going to rent an office for his headquarters. dow. He passed a pleasant afternoon and took tea with the Havens “Why, hello, Brown! Glad. to see you! Where are you family. wotiine? . He easily saw that the relationship between mother, son and| “1 have an office in the Carter Building, Room 1145.” daughter was closer than exists in most families, “You have an office? What do you mean by that? He found that Jessie had beon taking stenographic and type- I'm using it as my headquarters, when I can receive mail writing lessons with the view of helping out the family re-| and be seen by my friends when I’m in.’ pt suppose that is one of your jokes?” “sources, ~ “Do you think you could find a chance for my sister in Wall} “No, here’s one of my cards.” / - Street?” said Harry. “What kind of business are ‘you carrying .on there?” “T'll make inquiries, but brokers require ah expert ond ex-| “I’m a copper speculator.” perienced person,” replied Nick. A copper speculator! That’s pretty good.” _. #The head of the school she has been attending will recom- |” Yes, it's pretty good for a boy of my side.” = mend her as being fully competent to fill all requirements.” | “Where did you get your money to specualte in copper? “Qnch a recommendation will be of great service to her.” “Oh, I made it out of the market while I was working here. “She will work for moderate wages at first if she could get a|1 don’t mind admitting that now since I’m out of the office.” ' inice piace.” “You'd better come inside and tell the clerks and see See es “op ” ie they'll believe you. 3 Pll do all 1 can to find her a first-class place,” sald Nick. “Tt won’t worry me:any if they don’t believe me, I’m mines . “I knew you would do as much for her as you would for ; me. You’re a good fellow, and } consider myself fortunate ta | Betta wae _ nat minutes 4s my own boss than I got out ‘shaving you for a friend.” é “The feeling is mutual, I assure you, Harry. Now that you! Jenkins smiled, unbelievingly, and Nick went inside to see the others, - “have a position I suppose you can’t take advantage of my ek 9 All the clerks wanted to know what he was doing, and he : ute yee ise ee ee pars gave them the same story he told to the cashier; bea ae ee es iy ire I’m me ey Sry ny you. tas tees They received it with the same incredulity. ay, the idea just occurred to me tha your sister wen “So you chaps don’t believe me?” he said. into business on her own hook as a public stenographer that; «yej), hardly,” grinned the margin clerk. “It's a little too . she would ultimately do a great deal better than if she took ee ” Hans Serene = - ee, 2 an office position,” “The proof of the pudding is in the eating, isn’t it?” said _ “She'd have to have an office and advertise herself, and 1! wick. z hardly think we can afford that expense.” ~ “So they gay.” f “Pil provide a hia ee Pe a her ni get work, and| «'There’s my. card. Come ip and eee’ me some time.” f ‘she can pay me by looking after the place while I’m out. Hl t before th Daina inated ecard aa iS “That would be fine, but the advantage would ail be on her! Ment hon pbmenails eitiatd phage debe cad yaaa os side, and it wouldn’t be o fair deal for you,” ‘At the door he met Mr, Tuckerman returning, , “Don’t you worry. I’m ready to give her a start if she is| “What are you doing here?” demanded the broker, sourly. willing to accept my offer. I’m well enough off to do that} “7 called to see my old acquaintances, Got any objection?” much for you people. Just talk it over with her and your| “wh!” ejaculated the broker, passing on.to his room, mother and let me know. If your sister is in my office you Nick chuckled and went on to his own office. will know that she is perfectly safe and will be treated like a aes ' si lady. ” : i “4 Nick outlined the chances that a public stenographer had CHAPTER V. ito make good mougts and soon afterward took his leave of the | NICK BUYS THE MARATHON MINE FOR A’ SONG, family. When Nick/reached his office he found that Jessie Havens « Next day, helioy g that hig offer would be accepted by Miss i had secured a third customer—a man who had’ an office on ; Havens, he began looking about for an office in the big Wall the floor above, ‘and whose business did not warrant his keep- » Street buildings. ing a regular stenographer. , He found a medium-sized room on the eleventh floor, of the bo re doing fine!” said Nick, “How did he find ch about. Carter Building and rented it. , you?” ‘Then he went around and bought the necessary furniture, “He saw ithe advertisement you put in the Wall ‘Street including a secondhand safe. Argus for me. Really, you are awfully good Before having a painter put his name on the dogs he waited | TU be able to get on seat nicely now,” eke aaa, ea pike to hear from Miss Havens, : “Pm glad to hear it,” nies ‘He had written her brother that he had picked out a room} “I wish you had some work for me to do. You are furnish- and was. having it furnished to suit himself. | ike me with office room, free of charge, and helping me so 'He- ‘got a reply from Harry ‘that hig sister had decided to | much, that I don’t see how I am ever going to repay you,” 4 pale up with hig offér for which she was very grateful, 5 “Don't Tet that: worry you, Miss Havens. I may startup a 16% ‘Nick wrote back saying that he would have her name put | business here yet. Just at present I am doing well enough in on his door in small letters, and would insert a standing ad-'the speculating line. I've Just made $5,000 off of, Montana ; -yertisement in one of the papers stating that she was pre-| Copper stock.” soy ps red to: do ha hinds of typewriting and take dictation at a} “I am delighted to hear you are making: 60 much | money, Sis ; You certainly deserve all you make,” i “reuted a typewriter for her and had everything ready | “Yes, I think I do, for I take a considerable risk to earn ite ghi 16 came down with her mother to seo the office, . —- | I ran the chance of losing $10,000 on that deal, though ag cop b thank you enough, Mr, Brown,” sald Jessie, | per is: strong just now I did not Gerda Si hae out at t! d her mses. pea commented. sige led on the short, end.” i:
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THE YOUNG He took up a “Wall Street paper and spent the next hour reading it, together with a Western mining paper, while the girl worked away at her typewriter. Then the door cpened and Fred Merritt, Tuckerman & Craig’s margin clerk, walked in. “TWello, Brown! I see you reaily have an office,” he said, looking curiously, at Miss Havens, who was very busy. “Sure! Take @ seat,” said Nick. “You’ve got a stenographer, too. What kind-of business are you doing, anyway? Your door doesn’t state, neither does: your card.” “Dm doing a big Buetness in-a quiet way.” “But what's the nature of the business? I don’t soe how you could drop into a money-making business in the short time You've been out-of our’ place.” "Well, if you. want to know, I’m at present an operator in copper.” “An operator in copper! “Yes.” “But that takes money.” a “Tt certainly does.” “Where in thunder did you get hold of it?” . “Ym not saying where I got my money. If you. suddenly ‘started:up in business I wouldn’t ask you where you got your capital. I would take it for granted that you had enough to operate with or you would not open up.” © “It looks strange for a messenger boy to be able to hire an expensive office and set himself up as his own. boss.” “Strange things are happening all the time.” “Are you speculating for yourself, or for other people?” “For myself.” “But you must. be doing something else to keep a stenog- rapher busy.” “She isn’t working for me,” y “No?” of “Didn't you notice her name in small letters on the doot as: -@ public stenographer?” . *}T didn’t take notice of it. All that attracted my attention Was your name, and then I walked in.’ “.“Then look again when you walk out.” “How long have you been here? Ever since you ‘ett us?” “No’ only a few days.” | “Do you expect to make’ things pan out?” * Aes hope 80, I made $5,000 to-day. That's’ doing ‘protty wel : ; - “Wive thousand! Oh, come now, draw it mild!” , “You doubt my statement, do you?” . “Why, that’s three times as much as J earn in a year.” “TI can’t help thet. I’m in the game to make all I can. I’ve made $20,000 since I cut loose from the office a month ago.” “On, come off! You'd have to have a capital of $100,000 to make such money.” f _ “How do you know but I have a million?’ “Tali sense, Brown.” Speculating, you mean?” “T11 quit talking at all, I guess, and Jeaye you to form your| own conelusions. You see I have an office, for my name is on _ the door. You see I have a desk, for I'm seated at it. You see I have a safe, for my name is on that, too. You see sundry other things and may assume that I bought and paid for them. or they would hardly be’ here, All these things indicate that) I’m doing something, and common-sense will tell you that I’m not here for the fun of the thing, since it costs something for the pr vilege of occupying floor space in this building,” “That's right,” nodded Merritt, “but that’s no evidence that ‘you've Made all the money you say you have in such a short ‘time, Why, that’s a the rate of mene a quarter of a. million a year.” iy at doesn't follow that I will make so much in the next ya month, In fact, I might lose the $20,000 and more on top of it,” said (Nick. _ “You say you are speculating in copper stocks?” “That is what I’m interested in at present.” “Well, 7 you must be a hummer if you have done as well as ‘ 1 claim,” said Merritt, getting up and saying he must go to mch and get back to the office. ~ ‘he returned to the office and made his report the ‘ee clerks told him that Nick had been fooling him, “How could he make $20,000 in a month?” said the second ‘bookkeeper. “It is simply ridiculous.” - nee way it struck eee ‘teplied Merritt, 4 re) » X ‘ 7 Ele was stringing: pat x! but he ts don't believe. he. is making his COPPER KING % ae young lady pays half of the rent. He’s just throwing a blu : : And such was the general opinion in the office. Nick concluded as he had an office he might as well make as much use of it as he could, so he put a standing advertise- ment in several Wall Street papers-to the effect that he bought — and sold copper and other mining stocks on commission.) A few days later a woman called and asked for Mr. Brown, “That's my name, ma’ am, ” said Nick, who happened to be in at the time. “Do you buy copper stock?” she asked. “I buy it for customers on commission and I ‘sell shares the same way.” y “T’ve just come from the West. My name is Mrs. Jackson, I haye come to New York to dispose of the controlling interest | in the Marathon Copper Mine, of Idaho, which my husband has given to me. It comprises 50,100 shares.” : Nick had recently read a long account about the Marathon Mine in a Western paper. According to the story, the mine had iproved a failure and was on the market. "* The company had beén organized as a close corporation, none of its 100,000 shares having been offer ‘ed to the public. © It was in the hands of three men, whose names were printed, and Nick remembered that Jackson was one of them, and the principal owner. a “Tm afraid, Mrs, Jackson, that you won’t be able to sell tia stock, for the yiine has been pronounced a failure, and conse- quently it will be difficult to find any one with money. who would care to sink it in such a proposition.” “T will sell it cheap.” “If the mine is a failure I don’t see what goed the stock js at any price,” oe “The stock has a par value of $10. I will sell’ it tor fitty. # cents a share ue “I don’t believe you, could get ton cents a share for it. if you doubt my statement visit some big mining broker and ask his opinion” is Mrs. Jackson had visited a dozen of the best mining brok- ers in Wall Street and all of them had given her the same ancw er—that it wasn’t worth a, nickel. “Wouldn’t you try to sell it?” “What’s the use; ma’am, I em sure I.could not interest anybody in it.” After some further talk, Mrs. Jackson went, away, leaving her address, Two days afterward a man came in and asked for Nick. The young speculator was out at the time and Miss Havens: said she didn’t know when he would be in. The man said he’d call again and got nearly to the oor Man? Nick came in. “There’s Mr. Brown: now, ” said the stenographer. “Do.you want to see me, sir?” asked Nick, ap “Yes, You buy and sell copper and other stock I believe?” “J do, oof a commission basis.” “My name is Lansing. I have a. quarter antorest,’ 24,950. shares, in an Idaho ‘copper mine called the Mar athen, Td like to sell it for the best price I can get.” “There’s no market in New York for such a mine as the Marathon,” replied Nick. j ai “Why not?” se ae “Because it’s a dead proposition.” as pay t dead, it is only in the es for lack of- “money to. wor =! “If you chn prove that you ought to be able te find som. capitalist out West to take an interest. in it.” ‘ “That was my idea, but Jackson, who owns the’ controlling. interest, has thrown up his hands and got ont.” “His wife called on me yesterday to try and get me ‘to sell his interest in the mine, but I told her I didn’t think 1 coul find a customer. Did she send you here?” : “I'll admit she did.’ She’s just had a lega} separation. from i her husband and he turned over to her his interest in the mine. It was about all he had to turn over.” “Mrs. Jackson. said she got the stock from her husband. Tm afraid she never Wil] realize a cent out of it,” Ser : “At that rate I don’t stand much show myself.” 9 “Very little.” ONG “T put $2,500 cash into ths mine. ¥ ; “Then your stock only cost you ten cents a share,” The visitor looked as it he was, Senay. he had mentione | loss. “ "So you ‘don't taihk you ould sell i827 gw
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8 THE YOUNG COPPER KING. | and some day it might turn ont‘a winner. I'll let you have my tae Freezeout, the nearest town to the property, for the hoeke shares for $500, and vou can buy Mrs. Jackson out for $1,000. | and other property belonging to the company. You can send "That will give you a three-quarter interest. in the. mine for) it out by Wells Fargo & Co. express and have them brought $i, 500." on,” “But if. the mine has no value, why Should I sink $1,500 | And thus Nick became practical owner of the property that in it?” Was to make him a young“copper king, “It’s, worth that to take a gambler’s chance.” - . “1 dontt kuow about that. Who is the man that owns the rest of the stock?” | mA tel ase sa ava, ) CHAPTER. VI. fellow named Jack Smith, a practica miner, te’s hang- ‘ 5oeke TD hae ing around the property now, dead broke.” | THIEVES NOTH Ry SIGHT. “Which is a sign that he can’t sell his interest at any price.” Nick took. Lansing’s advice about sending to the pranristor “He doesn't want to sell it. He believes it is a good thing.” | of the Bald Eagle Houre at Freezcout, Tdaho, for the hooks “Nobody elee appears to believe it, though.” and other property belonging to the practically defunct Mara- “Then you won't buy, eh?” thon Copper Mining Co., via the Wells Fargo & Co. express. “If Mrs. Jackson will sell her stock for a cent a share and He also wrote to Smith, whose first name was Jack, inform- * you will do the same, I'll take a chance on it.” ing him that he had purchased all the interest in the Mara- “Tg that the best you will do?” thon Copper Mining Co., except what he held. ere) a ; He asked Mr. Smith to forward full partiewars concerning “T will see her about it, and if she’s willing todo it 'll bring | the mine, and whether bé thought it was worth developing her down here, It’s like giving it away. further. “Why don’t you go around among the Curb brokers and see He put the Marathon certificates in his sate, where they if you can get more than that?” janede a goodly pile. Lansing had been around and no broker would buy his stock | His purpose to frame one of them he decided to defer for at_any figure. la while. ‘He said nothing to that effect, but took his leave. |. Next morning he noticed that copper was looking up again on the Curb, so he called on Hartley and gave him an order After he had gone away, Nick began to think he had been to buy. 2,000 shares of Hurricane. [sland Copper, a promising a fool to make an offer of even such a small sum.as $750 for a! - three-quarters interest in a dead copper mine. mine, at the market price of 20, on margin, thereby going the It was certain he could not buy, the tenth part of a ‘tie aoke once more. that had any prospects at all for such a beggerly sum. it seemed ag if Hur ricane Island had only been waiting. for He put on his’ bat and went to Broker Hartley's office. him to buy, for it commenced to go up at once. THat, gentleman was in and Nick told him abont the visits {t went to 25 that day, to 27 the next and 30 on the third he had had from the two people who owned most of the cap-| day. ital stock in the Marathon Copper Mine. There it halted and Nick lost no time in selling out. _ Hartloy laughed. This short deal netted him $20,000 profit, as much as he / “Why, they've been all over ‘the Street trying to sell that {had made during the previous five weeks. stock,” he Said, “Tt isn’t worth the price of the paper it’s Copper appeared to be his lucky card, for every time he printed on. touched it he made money. “Which means that the mine is regarded as being abso- He therefore determined to stick to copper. lutely worthless?” ; Ten days after he bought the Marathon stock he received ! “That's it exactly.’ ‘ all the movable property belonging to the Marathon com- “I was offeréd the.75,000 shares for $1,500.” pany, charges ©, O. D. “That's $2 a certificate. Pretty high price for the paper.” He also received a rudely written letter from Jack Smith. * “Isn't the ground, as land, worth half of that?” Mr, Smith began by apologizing for pothcoks, explaining ““T doubt it. Land is only worth what it will bring at a sale.| that he was better able to sling a pick and a shovel than a pen, acd out in the wilds of Idaho, outside the farming belt. isn’'ti He said he was the man who discovered that there was .- worth much unless covered with timber, and you can gamble} copper in the. neighborhood of Freezeout, and had induced: on it if the Marathon property was worth anything as real| Ephraim Jackson and Sid Lansing to go in with him, form a estate the owners of the alleged mine would sell it in prefer-| company and develcp. the property. s ence to coming on here to try and sell worthless stock for next They had put ip $7,500 and. he put in nothing because he had to nothing-—-unless they were plumb crazy.” nothing to put, in. j Nick called on one of the biggest mining brokers in the The money had bean spent ‘in work, but the copper had failed ' $treet and received substantially the same information. to materialize to any alarming extent, with a big bundle of Marathon certificates and said they were | when it started it had attracted so much attention that several : 3 sald to take up with Nick’s offer. other mines were begun in the immediate vicinity. -\ “Ym sorry I made the offer,” said the Wall Street boy to They all suffered the same fate as Marathon. them, “for I’ve consulted authorities on the subject and have Nevertheless, it was his opinion that Marathon, as well as heen informed that the Marathon mine is generally looked | the country around, was more-or less full of copper, and the upon as a worthless proposition. However, as I made the. offer | fact would some day be fully demonstrated. Tl stick to it and will pay you the money. J shall frame one He was flat broke, but for all that no one could buy his of the certificates and hang it up in the office as an object les- | 24,950 shares of the Marathon company from him-—-no, not if on for me to be more careful in the future,” he was offered $1 a share, i “{ disagree with you, sir,” said Mrs. Jackson, “ft think| He was glad to hear that Mr. Nicholas Brown: had bought “you are getting a good thing for nothing. If I didn't need | out the Jackson and Lansing interests, for maybe Mr, Brown the money badly I wouldn't sel] that stock at any such price. | Was sport enough to advance some money for the purpose of My husband put $5,000 into the mine, and this stock [ am pushing the interrupted work further. selling you for 3500 represents that money, Rome day that; He was ready to take all the monhey-that Mr, Brown sent mine will pay.” | to him and put it to the best use, and he would guarantee “Tf it ever does, and I hold your shares, I'll. make you &@ ; that sooner or Jater the money would return many times over present of $1,000 if I can find you. Have the shares been trans- to Mr. Brown,’and that he himself would profit also in pro- ferred to you?” j y portion to his holdings. “Yes. The certificates have ‘heen made out in my name.” He gave all the information about the property aud the Nick produced the proper sale slips for his visitors to sign, | neighborhood that he could crowd into the letter, and Nick, which transferred their interest in the mine to him, and then | after reading it, felt that he had been much instructead. aid them the money, “Ty hope,” said Lansing, “that you will do as well by. me in | of copper, he thought he could afford to put some of it into ease the mine ever pans out as you promised to do by Mrs.; the Marathon Mine, on the chance that developments might ie acison. “i _ | happen. ole “AS you control the company and mine now you'd better | sition. wr rite to Smith and tell him, Maybe you can buy him out, too, He was ready to pay Smith's expenses and a little over if an a written Sager, < on the a PROBE OR, of the “re Eagle seit ait ‘the mine, On the following day Lansing and Mrs, Jackson appeared| The enterprise, he admitted, had proved a failure, Hibich ; As he was now worth something over $40,000, all made out. You shall have $500 in that event.” i Accordingly, he wrote to Jack Smith, making him a propo- id a rien o whole shooting-match. Mrs. Jackson will give | ; he would tackle the job of PREPARE a gen Bei of —
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* THE YOUNG COPPER KING. | 9 If Smith needed help he would pay for the services of one: man. = would do better later if the prospects warranted a larger , outlay. That's the way Nick put it to Smith, ‘and having mailed the | letter he waited for the reply. Decoration Day being at hand, Nick and Harry Havens ar- ranged to take a trip down the New Jersey coast as far as Barnegat, going by rail on the afternoon of the day previous. They reached the inn about dark and were lucky to find} one room at their disposal, for there were many visitors from. | the city putting up there, Nearly all of them were New York brokers who had gone! down to fish for a day or two. They formed quite a jolly company, and as they gathered | cock it they seized me and got the weapon away. i volver.on them they prov ed too quick for me. Before I eould Then they gagged me, pulled me out of bed and tied me to this chair. * | How happens it that you came to my relief? You sleep in the © main part of the house. This is” the back wing. Were you aroused by those men?” | “Yes; they were in my room and took all my money and ~ valuables, as well as those belonging to my friend, who sae not wake up. Seeing that one'of the men had a revolver, I pretended to be asleep and let them have full swing, When ~ they left our room and went in next door I dressed and started to hunt for your room to let you know what was going on. I hit the right room by accident. The door was locked and the key was outside. Thinking no one was in here, I was going on to the next room when I heard the noise you made, around the fire that evening they welcomed the boys on the; and that caused me to look in and then I saw you, though not hail-fellow-well-met principle. Nick gidn’t give out that he wag connected with Wall Street as the brokers were strangers to him, though he believed he had seen several of them at the Dxchange. The boys were the first to retire to their room for the night, which they did about ten o’clock, and baad turned in at once. very distinctly, in this chair.” “While Nick was making his hintdaatten he was relieving the landlord of the light rope which held him a prisoner. a Relieved of the last strand, the landlord, whose name was - Thompson, stood up. “Tll get into my clothes,” he said, “and then I’ll see what can be done about catching those rascals. In the meanwhile, Harry fell asleep almost at once, but half an hour passed | I wish you’d go to the end door on this side of the corridor and before Nick followed suit. Along about one o’clock in the morning Nick was ewekendd as possible, . by the flashing of a light across his face. “Only a couple of boys,” he heard a voice say. hardly worth plucking.” “They're bound to have some money about them to pay their way, so. we might as well help ourselves to it,” said his) companion, in a low tone, Nick was going to spring up and entér a strenuous objec- tion to being robbed, when he saw that one of the intruders had a revolver in his hand. He concluded that it would be wise for him to keep quiet and pretend that he was still asleep. One of the men went through his clothes and the garments of Havens, transferring their funds and Nick’s watch to his ‘pocket. Again the lantern, a dark one, was flashed across the faces of the two boys, and the two rascals slipped over to the door and into the corridor outside. Nick at once jumped out of bed, ran to the door and peeked out. ¢ “The men Were operating on the door of the adjoining room with a skeleton ‘key. : They soon got in and closed the door after them: Nick decided that it was hig duty to hunt up the landlord’s room, awaken him and let him know what was going on, He hustled on his clothes and taking his slioes in his. hand he left the recom and went downstairs. As he expected, the house was closed up and the “public room Was deserted. He had not the remotest idea where the landlord’s room was, ‘but believed it was in the wing at the back of the inn. He opened a door and, striking a match, saw a staircase before him. He mounted this and found himself in a different corridor to the one on which his own room was. It was-shut off from the rest of the house by a door, The door nearest to him was locked and ‘the boy was on the point of knocking in order to arouse, the inmate, whoever he or she might be, when he noticed that the key stood in the ‘Jock. ; From that fact he judged that no one was in the room, as a person could not very well lock themselves in and leave the key on the outside. He was about to pass on to the next door when he thought he heard a noise inside. That induced him to unlock the door and look in, The room was dark, but his eyes being accustomed to the gloom he made out the form of a man in a chair.~ - . Hé heard a gurgling sound and saw the figure shuffie his bare feet on the carpet. ~ ‘Such a singular circumstance induced him to go forward: and see what was the matter with the person. ~ To his surprise he found it was the landlord, bound tightly to the heavy chair and gagged with a@ towel. This Was, of course, the work of the robbers, and Nick has- tened to free the proprietor of the inn. He first tore off the handkerchief. “They’re “How did you get in this fix?” Nick ‘asked him, thougk he had a pretty good idea about it. “Two: rascals eurprised me in hed, and when 1 drew, my re- ‘= Make as little noise ‘Tell him to dress and come here. You can tell him there are thieves in the house.” ~ ; Leaving Thompson to dress, Nitk hurried ig the room’ fei r question and knocked on the door, He had to’ repeat the knocking several times before he awakened the man inside, “Hello! Who's there?” asked a voice at last. Rs “Open the door,” said Nick. hes oe The man jumped out of bed and opened the door. “Who are you?” ne asked, not recognizing the boy in the dark. “I’m one of the guests here, There are thieves in the inn and My. Thompson told me to get you up. Put on your clothes, quick, and come to his room,” yh ee ” said the man, clearly surprised at the informa- FF | arouse my chief helper who sleeps there. aS ear. Pee.) a NY tio Yes. Get a hustle on,” said Nick, leaying him and return- € ing to the landlord’s room, where he found ‘Thompson piss : ready for action. ; “Open yonder closet door and get my shotgun,” said the boniface, Nick did ‘so, “You'll find some loaded cariridges © on the shelf,” said E Thompson. “Shove a couple into the gun. It opens side- ways by pressing the finger-piece between the triggers. You'll n 5 find a club in there which you had better take yourself.” ; By the time they were ready to leave the. room the hired va man appeared. “Bring your revolver, Jones?” “Weg:” , “Then, we'll start for the front of the house shane the thieves are. They’ve been here, for they’ve robbed me of my: money and my revolver, and tied me ta that chair, Only this Yad came and released me I'd be there yet,” said Thompson. The party proceeded cautiously toward the Srey of the house, Suddenly a racket arose, indicating that the tnteves had aroused some guest who could not be silenced. “Come on!” cried the landlord, opening the. door between C the two corridors. o Two men came rushing towards them from the front: ’ A collision and mix-up followed, everybody going down on the floor, One barrel of Thompson’s gun went off in the melee, but, the hired man dropped his revolver. It fell into Nick’s lap and the boy seized it and fired atter the fleeing thieves, who were veuishing down the isha we a CHa ar Vil. NICK’S NIGHT ADVENTURE. Nick was the first to get on his feet and he rushed the two crooks. — . By the time he found his way into the kitchen, which the road taken by the rascals, they had fied through | into the yard, and Nick saw them disappearing
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'. -ywood. THE YOUNG COPPER KING. - fence into a field that lay between the house and a patch of Nick followed them, but could see nothing of the fellows in ; ‘ tke darkness of the night. He could see the dark patch of woods against the sky, and he judged that was where they were bound for. He got over the fence and went in that direction, figuring that if they looked back they would hardly notice him in:the ‘gloom, He reached the wood without seeing anything of them and stopped to consider whether he should return to the inn or low around a bit. He decided to do the latter, and pushed forward. He had proceeded several hundred feet straight ahead, and ~ ‘was beginning to think le was on the wrong tack, when he heard voices ahead. “Mhere they are now,” he said to himself, pushing cautiously forward. The yoices receded before him and he followed with the re- -volyer in his hand. The woods extended for some distance and finally ended at a creek, connecting with the long and narrow inlet known Phi Bee Barnegat Bay. The men followed the creek in the direction of the inlet, and Nick followed them at a safe distance.’ In this way they went on for perhaps half a mile, when. an old abandoned fisherman’s habitation, gone to delay, loomed ‘up ahead. The men entered this. Nick glided up to the house and looked through the window, where he saw the dim gleam of a candle they had lighted. The rascals were dumping the contents of their pockets out Z on the old rickety table. = , ¢ es They had wads of bilis to burn, several watches and chains, ' diamond pins, cuff-buttons, charms and other articles of value they had stolen from the rooms of the brokers. The purpose evidentiy was to divide the plunder between them evenly, One of them counted cut the bills in two piles, while the ‘other arranged the watches and other articles of jewelry on his side of the table for inspection and selection. » Nick watched thera for a while. . He judged that as soon as they had divided the plunder they i would depart from the house, and he determined to follow » them to see if he could find out where they intended to put - up for the rest of the night, if anywhere. ~“We'll have over $400 apiece in money,” said the chap who was counting out the bills. -“That’s good. Those brokers are always well heeled. We've got five watches, three diamond pins, seven pair of cuff- buttons—one of them set with dlamonds, two valuable charms, a gold *pencil-case and several small articles, No usé of di- viding this stuff. I’ dump it into a bag after you’ye looked it over and we'll sell it in New York and divide what we get for it? said the other. AN Tight,” answered his companion. $416. Stuff it in your pocket.” _“Phis would be a good place to stay till morning, only it’s rather close tothe inn, They’ll scour ,the whole neighbor- hood after us, and if they found us heré it would be all up with us,” “Where shall we'go? Keep on walling?” “There's a boat down near the mouth of the creek: You iw her when we came along. We'll go aboard of her, sail up e bay to the edge of the marsh, drop anchor there aud turn] . "Weill be-safe there. We can afterwards escape up the eek in her.” . “hat will be just the thing,” said the other, | “When Ni¢k heard that arrangement made he decided to get to ‘the boat first. If there was any place aboard of her he could hide in he “There’s your bocdle, ast anchor at the marsh and went to sleep. n the creek. re are have to go far before he saw the boat the crook ies ¢ _Teferred to. 2 was a large sailboat, with a trunk cabin, and Was at-;the boat to one of the landings on the bey, where he could a “Agus to the ane by her mooring-ropé, which was tied to an from the epee to her. deck, fore of sae _ that the robbers would not let a little thing like that stand in the way of getiing into the place. Going forward, Nick found what he expected—a scuttle- cover, held by a hasp and staple. It was an easy matter to open it, and Nick let himself down into, a stall hole fitted’ up as a kitchen, with a small stove set in a shallow box of sand, and various pots and pans hang- ing around—some against tho cabin bulkhead and some around the stove. He shut the cover partly down and kept watch for the com- ing of the men. They appeared in about ten minutes. One went on board, took the stops off the mainsail and then called to his companion to cast off and come and help him. As the’sloop floated away the board fell into the water and the two men hoisted the sail. The craft also had a small jib, but they made no attempt £0. >" raise it, for they were only going about a mile, and ft wasn’t © necessary. The vessel slipped down the creek into the bay, and one of the men, taking the helm, tucued her head in the direction of the big swamp. The wind was light so that it required little seamanship to work the boat. She glided along close inshore, like a phantom in the night. The crooks sat in the cockpit and talked together. Nick could only see about half of one of them, as the sail stoed in, the way. “They don’t dream that they are carrying a passenger dan- gerous to their interests,” he chuckled, down and seating himself on the floor of the kitchen to awalt the issue of the adventure. : The boat continued to glide along till it reached the edge of the swamp. For greater safety the rascals worked the craft out of the bay into a reedy waterway, where, with the sail down, it would be hard for anybody who came that way to distinguish the mast from-one of the tree-trunks that grew here and there in the marsh: When they reached a spot that suited them, one of the crooks walked forward, let the gel down, and threw the little anchor overboard, - The depth of the water then was about four feet, and the’ anchor landed among the marsh grass. Having effected their purpose the men broke open the cain door and entered the little cabin, which was equipped with. two berths, laid on top of lockers, one on either side. Flashing a match, a reflector lamp was made out’ attached to the forward bulkhead, This was lighted and threw a good illumination about the. eabin. There was a sliding panel in the bulkhead through which dishes were passed from the kitchen into the cabin, and the reverse, Not béing closed tight a streak of light came through into the place’ when Niek sat curled up. Tt.attracted hig attention and getting up cautiously he . peered through the crack. The crooks were peeling off a part of their garments) pre- si paratory to turning in on the bunks, One of them shut the cabin sliding-door ‘about two-thirds, and then turned out the lamp. Both got into their respective berths and, for a Matter of ten minutes, talked across to each other, Then ‘they quit and shortly beet breathing told| Nick that. : they were asleep. ; ‘After waiting a while to give fica time to get into: a deep sleep, Nick took’ off his shoes, opened the scuttle and goton — deck. He slipped lightly aft and. got down into the cocks 2 letting’ the seuttle Softly closing the sliding-door entirely he looked at t ag thought he might be able to. capture the rascals after they | rastoning. & - pet tae he ; The stout hasp had been - wrenched out eptErely splitting that object in view Nick left the hovel and continued ‘the wood that had heid it, It hung down, held by the padlock. Niek’s idea was to make prisoners of the ee yy rs xs them up in the cabin, which would give him the-chance to sai] get help to secure the rascals. \ ‘The question was how could he fasten ‘he door 30 the sen pe could: not force it wher wis woke wp to the situation ?, ee
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THE YOUNG 11. COPPER KING. He returned to the kitchen, | struck a match and Isoked around the place, There was a piece of wood. standing in one corner that would answer if it were shorter. f He wondered if he could cut it around with his knife enough to enable him to break it off. It looked like a long job and might not succeed in the end. aa his eyes alighted on a\small saw hanging against the wa “That will do the trick in a'few minutes,” he said, reaching for the implement. He carried the saw and the piece of wood on the bows, He had to return to the cockyit to measure the exact length: necessary. _ Going back to the bows he laid the wood across the jib can- vas and sawed away as softly as possible. It took him about five minutes to do the work. , Having accomplished it he went to’ the cockpit and soon _ had the door braced so securely that a giant inside could not have budged the door. Regaining the bows, he pulled up the anchor, which was not: ~ a heavy one, and by pulling on the reeds he gave the sloop start down the waterway. -.. She went slowly, stern first, as the tide was slack, and there 4 mae no current in the marsh. Nick helped her along with an occasional tug at the reeds stk tall grass. At length she floated into the bay and clear of the marsh. . As Nick had never been at Barnegat before, he had abso- : ‘Jutely no knowledge of the bay, or where he would find a landing. : He could see the gleam of the light fren the lantern of the .. lighthouse’on the narrow stretch of ocean shore, which forms a breakwater between the bay and the broad Atlantic for its entire length, save where a narrow inlet cuts it in two parts. ' He knew there were many places not far away where he could land and find people to help him, though it was prob- able such help would not he forthcoming till daylight. “He did not dare attempt to hoist the mainsail, for the noise * of the rope running heavily through the blocks might arouse £3) ue ‘prisoners and lead to complications. Instead, he loosened the jib and ran that up Tt furnished but a small! spread of sail, but ‘enough with the - headway. ; Keeping elose into the ‘shore he worked his way up the bay and in twenty minutes he made out one of the many landings. ~He ran the boat in and made fast to the small wharf. ‘ ~ He judged that he was about a mile from the inn, which was in Barnegat village. He had not the slightest idea of the time of night, or rather morning, but he believed that it must be’around four; He would have set out for’ the inn at once if he had known thes certain that: the road he saw led to it. or he stood a chance 5, of meeting somebody to direct him aright, Although there were many houses close by he could not -make them out in the! darkness, and the locality wearing a pake lonesome look at that hour, he concluded to stay by the boa ie Descending into the kitchen he braced himself against the - bulkhead to wait for daylicht, As he had slept only three hours that night, and the exer- tion he had been put to. had tired | him out, he soon began to nod, and inside of ten minutes was: as fast asleep as the two as _erooks in) the acts r CHAPTER VIIL ‘THE THIEVES, SHE THEIR FINISH. It was broad daylight when Nick awoke with a start. A&A loud thumping was going on at the cabin door, proving conclusively that the crooks cS had discovered they were locked in Ss Nick felt that no amie was to be lost now, so he hustled out of the kitchen, fastened the scuttle as he had found it and looked around. “He saw two roughly dressed men not far away looking in Wogee direction of the sloop, their attention having been at- if racted ae the: pounding which ‘proceeded from her. breeze, which had freshened somewhat to give the sloop easy | | menced to batter on the door again, one of the presegiac? using ‘the vehicle when it stopped and the bunch got out, ' “T’ve got two thieves locked up in the cabin of that sloop,” went on Dick. : “Two thieves!” praniiated one of the men, both looking their surprise. “Yes, they are making an effort to break out. You hear tho — racket they are putting up. They entered the Barnegat Inn last night. late, after everybody had gone to bed aud were { asleep, and stole over a ‘thousand dollars’ worth of money and yaluables from the guests, mostly New York brokers. . They stole my watch and money with the rest, and I spent a couple of hours or more on their track, and finally suceeeded in cap- Blea them, Now, how far is it to the Barnegat Inn from: ere?” “About a mile,” said one of the men. “Can I get a Messenger to go there and notify, Mr. dain 5 son, the proprietor, that the thieves have been caught?” ees “My son will go if’ you'll give him a dime.” “T doubt if I’ve got a cent in my clothes. I'll tell the land lord in my note to pay him a quarter for taking the message,” © “All right,” said the man. ‘Wick took out his memorandum book and tearing out a Ties wrote the following: ‘ : “Mr. THOMPSON: WS ae “You inissed me after the thieves got away. I followed the — rascals; have got them cornered in the cabin of a sloop where. they can't get away. Send several men with the bearer of this. - note to take charge of the rascals: Hand the bearer a’ ‘quarter for his trouble in bringing you’ this note. sere “Nick Brown.” > Nick folded the paper, addressed it to Mr. Thompson and handed it to the-man, “Rush this to the inn by your son,” he said. “Tell him to make the best time he can and he'll get a quarter for it.” As the man-moved off, Nick asked the other to go with him — to the sloop to help keep the two crooks in subjection in case they succeeded in breaking open the cabin door. They went to the boat and boarded her. eZ Hello, in there! What are you Ne all. that. noise about?” asked Nick. — ~ “Who are you?” returned one of the ioakat : “Ym a good-sized boy. You seem to be locked in.” “Let us out, will you?” “Pq rather. not, for I’m afraid you are desperate Siavachoiee. “Nonsense!. We won't hurt you. How came you on board ‘of the sloop. Did you see her in the marsh?” : Lait “I was aboard of her when you! took possession ‘UD, the cr eek. e "You were? Whereabouts were you? anywhere about.” >’ ‘In the hole forward under the scuttle, You sailed the poate, into the marsh, anchored her there and went to sleep. While you slept I took the liberty of making prisoners of you oth. You're not in the marsh now, but alongside:a wharf.” This information carried consternation to the crooks. ~~ After a hurried consultation they made another request: a be Jet out, : “Not much, You'll stay in there till the police come after . you,” said Nick, j j A. chorus of imprecations was thrown at him and they com: We- didn’t seo yout oe the butt of Thompson’s: revolver. The sliding-door happened to be made of ptiones wood woke otis ter all their efforts and so they made little ee. o “Keep it up if it amuses you!” cried Nick. -They stopped for awhile: and then began again, but with: no -| better siiecess. ; Time passed and by and by a light wagon came ‘dashing down the road from Barnegat-village. . > 4 Half a dozen men besides the driver were in it, and pI ma. inent among them was Landlord Thompson, é HA “Hello, Mr. Thompson!” said Nick, going forward to. me “So you’ve got the rascals, have you, Brown?” said Thom . son, “I don’t see how you managed to capture them.” “Never mind that now. I'll tell you all about it later, *Phé men, with all their plunder, are in the cabin of that sloop. As one of them is armed, and perhaps both, you'll have t be careful in securing them. I’ve got your hired man's. gu Ili help you intimidate them,” said. Nick, ee The Wall Street boy stepped on the roo of the olver in hand, two of the men with revolvers < Sager da ~ The piece of mat was: removed and the door |
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12 ~_ ‘THE YOUNG COPPER KING. “Come out, you chaps!” cried one of the men, flourishing | his weapon. The crooks refused to come out, and swore they'd shoot the first person that stepped inside to take them. Seeing matters were at a deadlock, Nick got an idea and proceeded to carry it out. He went forward, descended into the kitchen, pulled the panel back aud covered the rascals: with his revolver. “You’d better give up,” he said. They turned around on hearing his voice and were stag- gered to see a pointed revolver, ~The men in the cockpit took advantage of the chance to rush in and overpower them. The prisoners were put into the wagon, and with Nick added to the party, the wagon dashed back toward Barnegat village. The rig stopped at the inn to let Nick get out and then went on to the station-house, where the crooks were locked up on the charge of burglary. The money and other articles of value stolen from the guests sof the inn were found on their person, and the authorities took charge of the property. -In the meanwhile, Nick entered the inn and was immediately surrounded by the brokers, with his friend Harry in the back- ground. He told the story of his night’s adventure which had re- sulted in the capture of the thieves, and his audience, to a man, declared that he was a fine, plucky chap. They all knew now that-he was connected with Wall Street, for Havens had told them so and that he was in business for himself in the Carter Building. By the time Nick had finished his story breakfast was an- nounced, and all hands went into the dining-room to partake of if, : By the time they were through with the meal Thompson re- - turned and told them that the thieves had been locked up _ and would be brought before the magistrate that morning at eleven. He said that all who had been robbed should appear in “court to clinch the charge against the rascals. “Say, Nick,” said Harry, when they had a chance for a quiet tal together, “do you know I didn’t learn anything about the. robbery until I got up this morning. Finding you up and out of the room, I judged that you had arisen early and I started to look you up. Then I found out what had happened during |. the night, and learned from the landlord that you had not ' been seen since the thieves escaped.” “You missed an exciting time, then,” said Nick. “Yes, but not half so exciting as the time you had chasing the rascals. You had a great nerve to follow them, and the _ Way you caught them was mighty clever.” The guests of the inn were all in the little court at eleven o'clock. The prisoners were brought in and pleaded “Not guilty.” : The landlord then told his story, Nick told him, and the broker who had given the crooks the first fight told his, _ The other brokerg detailed about the sum they had lost in money, and all the watches and jewelry were recognized by » their owners. . The magistrate considered the case a clear one against the _ prisoners, and he remanded them to the county town to stand trial for their crime. The police said they would have to retain the stolen articles to be used ag evidence at the trial, but the money they handed over to the landlord to be returned to his guests. On going backe to the fnn Thompson proceeded to get a statement from his guests as to the amount they had lost. No one but the two boys could give the exact sum he had lost, so after Nick and Havens got what was coming to them the rest was divided as near as possible among the brokers. Those gentlemen held a pow-wow at once and made up a purse of $500 which one of them presented to Nick, with a neat 4 paperh, stating that he well deserved that small evidence of heir appreciation. Although $500 cut very little ice’with the young copper speculator, now that he was worth $42,000 in cash, he ac- _ cepted it in the spirit in which it was offered to him and _ thanked the donors. Nick and Harry spent the day getting acquainted with the neighborhood, and after an early supper took leaye of the other guests: and started by train for Jersey City. Nick reached the Grand Central depot in time to catch the theater train for New Rochelle, which left at half-past eleven, and an hour later he was home, CHAPTER IX. : NICK. STILL SUCCESSFUL IN COPPER. On the following day Consolidated Copper began going up and Nick, thinking he saw a good chance to make another ad- dition to his capital, called upon Hartley and ordered 2,000 shares bought at 24, on the usual margin. Consolidated went up a point that day, and there was a great deal of business done in it. It went up two points next day and the Curb brokers wera overwhelmed with buying orders, That gave the price a further boost of a point, and it looked as if there was a boom on, Big holders began dumping large amounts of stock on the market, which caused a reaction. Nick hung around the Curb watching matters with an eagle eye. As soon as he saw that a lot of stock was palin offered he rushed up to Hartley and told him to sell his stock. His prompt action enabled him to get out at the right mo- ment, for the stock began to decline at a steady rate, — The army of small buyers then took alarm and rushed in their selling orders. The result was a slump. The price dropped down to, 20 ines of an hour, and dsasiy all the speculators lost more or less money. : Nick sat in his office complacently regarding the fact that he was now worth $50,000, when the door opened and a bunch of brokers entered, They were some of the gentlemen who had been down at Barnegat over Decoration Day, and who owed the recovery of their stolen property to the young copper speculator. They were interested in the fact that their young friend had an office in Wall Street, as they knew he wasn’t a broker, so they wanted to find out what he was doing to make a living. “Hello, Brown!” said Fish, who led the procession. “We thought we'd give you a call. I hope we are not intruding.” “Not at all, Mr. Fish,” said Nick, “Glad to see you, gentle- men. Make ‘yourselves at home.” The bunch cast admiring glances at Jessie Havens, who was just finishing her work for the day. “You've got a nice little office here, Brown,” said, Fish. “What's your line of business?” ; “Oh, I’m an operator in copper.” : “an operator in copper!” exclaimed Fish, in some surprise, “T’m also interested in a copper mine.” “You don’t say! What's the name of the mine?” ' “It’s not on the market as yet. It is practically only a pros- pest. If it'pans out you will hear about it.” “Have you much interest inthis prospective mine?” “T own a three-quarter interest in it.” yh ‘Where ~ “Well, well, you may be a Lae copper king yet. is the property situated?” : “Tn Idaho,” . ¢ “There is copper out there—several fields of It. It you're within the belt you may have a good thing, How came you to get hold of it?” “The people who had control of it sunk all their funds try- ing to make it pay, and having reached their tether, and be- lieving the ground nover would pan out, they offered their holdings cheap. I bought ‘them out as I would take a chance at a grab-bag, and I am going to develop the property. If I don’t make a strike I’ll lose my money; if I do then Tm bea. winner. It’s a sort of gamble, anyway.” “Why don’t you form a company, advertise the seek for sale and get the public to take part of the risk off your hands?” “Because I think I’ve got enough money to go it alone. I've made a good bunch of money on the copper market and can — afford to operate a fad. Copper has made a number of men millionaires several times over. I’d like to be a copper mag- _ nate myself and stand in with the bunch. At any rate, there | is always a steady demand for copper, and the demand i3 ~ growing all the time. The man with a’ copper mine at his back is not likely to be bothered much over the high cost of - living.” At that point Miss Havens finished up, put on her things, said good-afternoon to Nick snd departed. “That's a fine little girl you have,” said Broker Warren, _ “Yes. I am acquainted with her family, and I'm bound to say they are the nicest people I’ve ever met,” replied Nick. «1 wish my stenegrapher were like her,” said Warren. “The ‘young lady who honors me with her services is almost too good-looking to work in an, office, She has such a high opin- eae
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-it does a boy any good to smoke, particularly cigarettes, THE ion of her self that one has- te handle her with gloves. I put | up with her frills because she is smart and does her work in fine style, but sometimes you'd think she owned the office.” “Now that my young lady has departed I'll ask you to have a cigar, gentlemen,” and Nick pulled a box of prime smokes out of a drawer and passed it around, All hands accepted a weed and the office was soon filled with smoke. “Don’t you smoke yourself?” asked Fish. “No,” replied Nick; “I’m only a boy yet and I don't ae e latter I consider a bad habit, for to properly enjoy such a smal] article as a cigarette I understand you have to inhale the smoke, Now, one’s lungs were not made to take in any- thing but pure air. All tobacco smoke has a bluish tinge, due to the presence of nicotine. You draw that in and blow out a light-gray color. The nicotine remains either in your mouth or your lungs, or both. Jn the course of time your lungs get poisoned. The membrane of the throat is also in- jured. It is also bad for the eyes, oculists say. So you see that j ; ch oad is a bad thing all around.” / . brokers. “Yes, I suppose so,” nodded Fish, just the same.” ' “but people will nee “And they will drink, too, in spite of the fact that it is an- other bad practice and sends thousands annually to their graves before their time, not to speak about wrecking their prospects in life.” “From which I conclude you do not drink, either?” “I do net, and mean to avoid it. I had an uncle who was a very brilliant man. He was in politics and held many re- ; sponsible positions, but he ~was cut off by over-indulgence in drink. Had he lived he stood a chance of being nominated for Governor of his State. He was a splendid speaker, and had hosts of friends, career.” “You hear that, Duncan?” said Fish, looking at one of the “You'd better cut out your mint juleps or you may see your finish.” “Oh, there are others!” responded Duncan, carelessly. Nick thought enough had been said on the subject, so he switched the conversation around to stocks, and he picked Up | ‘considerable information about the market. The brokers remained an hour in his office and then went |, away. + A week passed and Nick saw no chance to do anything worth | while, so he lay on his oars and watched the course of the market. About this time he received an answer from Jack Smith. That party said he would take up with Nick’s offer and carry on the development of the mine as cheaply as possible. He said it was to his interest to do the right thing, for as matters stood his share in the property would stand him in nothing, but if an ore vein was discovered he stood to make money, om: He real that he couldn’t guarantee that results would’ come. of the kind, even if he had of his labor on the property, but he believed they would. If he owned a controlling interest in the property and had $10, 000» cash, he would put every cent of it, if necessary, into an effort to develop the mine, since a lucky strike meant a fortune, and no man can hope to get hold of a good thing - without taking more or less risk. He thought if Nick took a trip out to Freezeout ne saw the | fal country and made his personal acquaintance that it ha be an advantage to both. - | Smith evidently supposed he was talking to a man, for he} did not dream that a boy would go into a copper proposition | oney. He didn’t know what Nick had paid for Mra. Jackson’s and Lansing’s interest in the property, but supposed they had re-; ceived a great deal more than what the young copper specu- | lator had paid them. Nick liked the tone of Smith’s letter as a whole, and sent him $100 by express, with the promise to continue the same until further notice. ' A day or two afterward Fred Merritt, of Tuckerman & Craig, | dropped in again to see if he was still at the satne place, and | sa found he was. ; “Making any more big stakes?” grinned Merritt. “Yes. i made $20,000 at a clip a while ago,” replied Nick. Ces “Say, you must be worth a quarter of a million by this time.” “Oh, no; [ma long way from that figure yet. However, I it expect to make a million or two ovt of a copper mine I amj interested. in. _“A copper mine!” YOUNG COPPER Drink wrecked him at the height of his | KING. & “T have a three-quarter interest in one out in Idaho.” “You certainly tell things well, old man. Six months ago you were a messenger in our office and now you own a copper mine and make $20,000 at a clip. You are a.cuckoo for fair.” “Iam sorry if you think I’m telling you things that are not true, but I assure you that I have stated nothing but facts,” “Well, your facts sound ridiculous to me. about you. you and written you up.” “Doubtless they will if the mine ever turns out a winner.” “Then you don’t claiin it’s a winner already?” “Certainly not. I couldn’t get $100 for it at this moment, though it’s cost me about ten times that.” “What's the name of this mine, or has it got one?” “Yes, it’s got one, but I’m not saying what it is.” , “It’s @ mine of great expectations, but no results—is that tt? “Perhaps so. Had your lunch yet?” “No. I’m going to it now,” said Merritt, rising. “Then lunch with me.” “Sure. I’m always ready to eat at anybody’s expense,’ Nick put on his hat and they went out together. ~~ CHAPTHR X. NICK GOES WEST.’ When Nick got back from his lunch he. sat down to read a Western mining paper. Presently the door opened and Mr, Craig walked in. Nick was rather astonished to see him, but he jumped up and said, “How do you do, Mr. Craig? Giad to see you. a seat.” “Good-afternoon, Brown!” said the junior partner of Tucker- man & Craig. “I’ve heard you were in business for yourself, but I couldn’t believe it, so I came here to see if the statement. is really a fact.” “It’s a fact, all right.” “Tt appears to be. in? You have no sign on your door except your name.” “T am speculating in copper, and I am also‘interested in a .— edpper mine,” “How are you interested in a mine?” “T bought a large interest in a copper mining proper ty out, in Idaho, which I am trying to develop into a reat mine.’ Nick talked like a capitalist: alld Craig did. not know what to make 6f his statements. It was only a short while since that the boy was the messen- ~~ ger for his firm. and now the boy talked like a Tan of large business interests. “Upon my word. young man, I don’t quite get you. I @n understand that you might be ‘speculating in a small way itn copper, but you wouldn’t need an Office to carry on that busi- ness. I can’t understand where you would get the money to pay the cost of developing a mining property. Have vou come into a considerable legacy?” f : “No. I’ve made. all my mozey out of the recent rise and fall in copper. I had only a smail capital when I left your ffice, but I went the limit with it and have been fortunate I made $20,000 alone on the ten-- point rise in Hurricane Island Copper, and altogether I've enough to win every ‘time. done mighty well since I parted from the sueaeeieer buiainess. * Craig fairly gasped at his statement. a1 don’t see how you could have been so succesefui,” he said. “¥ou would if I went into particulars, but there is no oc- casion for that,” ; “Wou appear to be a wonder.” “No, I’m not a wonder. chances that come their way.” “You astonish me, at any rate. - lieve me when I tell him.” d “T suppose not, but that isn’t worrying me.” “[ suppose you're sore on him for discharging ron?” “Considering I was with your firm three years and always gave satisfaction, J think he didn’t treat me first-rate,” ’ “You criticized the metheds of the firm toward a customer, and it was~hardly your place to do that." © “T admit that, Mr. Craig, but my remark was only’ addressed to the customer himself, and would not ‘have gone any fur- kher. It was drawn from me ede ay bags thee yen 13 From messenger to mine owner would be a good title for a newspaper story, It’s a wonder the reporters haven’t discovered | mS ‘Take. ~ What kind of business are you engaged I’m only unusually lucky, Uke suns dry other people who know how to take advantage’. of the. a Mr. Tuckerman won't ba- >
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14 THE YOUNG | COPPER KING. fellow’s hard luck. I would have apologized had Mr. Tucker- man not Jumped on me the way he did.” “AN right. We don’t discuss the matter. Iam glad to hear you are doing well enough to support an office of this kind. You couldn’t do it unless you were making money. Good-by.” “Good-afternoon, Mr. Craig,” said Nick, politely. Next day Nick noticed that United Copper was advancing Fate. bought 3,000 shares outright, at $12, which cost him He got it, as usual, through Broker Hartley. In the course of three days it went to 15 3-4, and as that was a good price for it, Nick sold out and added ha 500 to his winnings. shag see was now pe Pnanits on and the atoeks market got slow Nick judged that there would be little doing for the next two months, go he theught he would take a trip out to Idaho and make the acquaintance of Jack Smith, and see what sort _of property the Marathon was, anyway. With that object in view he proceeded to astonish his father and mother with the intelligence that he had been out of the employ of Tuckerman & Craig for over seven months and in business on his own hook. When he ‘stated that he was worth $60,000 and had a big interest in a copper property, his folks nearly fell off their chairs! with amazement. As a matter of fact, it took some strong talk on Nick’s part to induce them to give the fact credence. “How could you'make $60,000 in such a short time?” asked | his father. “Through speculation, For the past two years I’ve been taking chances in the market on the quiet. I’ had to do it on the quiet while I was working for Tuckerman & Craig, for em- ployees are not supposed to speculate in stocks. I began with a yenture of $50, and when J had’ the run-in with the senior boss 1 had made $3,500. As soon ag I became my own boss luck came in big chunks. I began by making $6,000 by a rise : in Idaho Copper, and then I. made $9,009 more on the slump that followed. A. quick deal in Montana Copper netted/ me $5,000. Hurricane Island Copper turned me in $20,000, and my last two deals, $18,000. There you are.” “Where do you keep this money? In your office safe?* “No; in my safe-deposit box. There’s nothing in my safe but. the stock certificates reprasenting my three-quarter in- ae in the Marathon Copper Co., of Idaho. They cost me 750.” “Do you mean to say that you bought a copper mine for that price?”, ; ACK bought a three-quarter interest in the company which owns the property for that sum, but the miné is simply a pros- pect. It may pan out some time and it may never be worth its salt. I’m going to see what the thing amounts to.” -. He told his folks the particulars of his purchase of the stock, and it was his father’s opinion that he had thrown his money..away. " Nick didn't agree with him, though he had to admit that he ae very stable grounds on which to base a different con- clusion A week later he started for the northwest, leaving his office ay an charge of Jessie Havens, who was doing very well now in . her business. In due time he got off the train at the nearest’ point to ‘Freezeout, which was some distance to the north, and fin- ished his journey by a stagecoach. Fs He found .Freezeout a rough-looking village of scattered - houses and learned from the driver of the stage that there was a productive copper mine within a mile of the place. ‘The coach stopped at the Bald Hagle House and Nick alighted from it. \ The matl-bag was thrown off and then the vehicle went on ts way. . ‘Phe young eopper speculator from New York asked the pro- x prietor of the cheap-looking hotel if he could be accommodated with room and board for a few days. | } ea ab allow you kin,. pards ‘Are you from the East?” “Yes.’ “What part of the East?” “New York City.” Waal, you can’t get no Seg hotel silcoticualia tous square meals a day. Tho damago will be $2 a day, payable every night AE; you hain’ t got no trunk, or $10 a week in ad- £ y you for. ond: week. APNE stay longer Vil arrange the: balance,” es ‘said Nick, taken yaad him: a Puta cigs 4, said Weed. here. I kin give you a small room with a bed in it and three’ “AN nett, stranger. You kin stay as long as you like if you’ve got the mazuma. It’s money that makes the mare go. Put your name down in the book.” Nick put his name in the large, black book that did duty. for a'register, and then asked the proprietor if he knew a man named Jack Smith, “Yl allow I do. He boards here.” “Where is he now?” “T reckon he’s over at the Marathon mine.” “Whereabouts ig that property?” “About two miles over yonder, near the river,” “It's a copper prospect, isn’t it?” “Ves; more prospect than copper, though Smith claims it. will turn up a winner yet.” “What do you think about it?” ; “Wall, there hain’t been no copper foutid on that side of t the valley yet.” “But there is a producing copper mine near here.” “Yes, but it’s on this side of the valley. You kin see the works from the door, about a mile over yonder,” and the landlord waved his arm. - “I suppose I can get somebody to show me over to the Mara- thon property?” “My boy’ll do it, but if it's Smith vou want to see you kin just as well wait here. He'll be over to dinner in about an hour.” ’ i “T’ll wait, then, I am not personally acquainted with him, so. when he comes I want you to point him out to me,” ' ia do it, Are you ncaa of—let me see, your name eke landlord, whose name was Jake Weed, turned to soe: at the book, but the boy saved him the trouble by giving his: name. : j “Nick Brown,” said Weed. “Why, ‘you’re the chap that hought out Mrs. Jackson and Sid Lansing, hain’t you? You: i Sent for'the company’s property and I sent it on to you.” © “You've got it right. I own three-quarters of the Marathon | property.” “Waal, I hope you didn’t give no fancy price sin the “stock, for if you did I reckon you'll be kind of disappointed in what ‘Fyou bought,” “T bought the stock cheap on a chance, I don’t believe any- body else in New York would have bought it but mie, There ig no market there for mines considered worthless,” f “Jest. so. Smith’ll tell! you that you made no mistake, but - if it was offered to me I dunno as I'd buy it at any price,” “Now, if it was on this ‘Side of the valley there'd be some chance of finding copper.” “J don’t see why there shouldn’t be copper all over the — valley as long as it has turned up in one part of it.” “Waal, people have hunted for it: over there, but J hain’t x ; heard any Aas been found,” ' *Then why was the Marathon ‘located on that side?” 5 “Because Smith,, who’s a practical ‘prospector, claimed that the indications pointed to copper, and he induced Jackson and | peat to put money up and form a company to take over his claims.” “J should think they would bivle accomplished something with an outlay of $7,500." " “They didn’t spend no such money on it.” “Lansing told me they did.” “Then he said more than his prayers. put in more’n $1,500 altogether,” “Ig that so? Mrs. Jackson wanted to get fifty cents a share for her stock at first, which would be $25,000.” “Waal, if that doesn’t beat the deck,” laughed the landlord. - “pwenty- five thousand for a halt interest ina mine worth hothing. That’s pretty good. Haw! haw!” ; A couple of men came in for a drink at'the bar and they looked curiously at Nick, wondering who he was. = While waiting on them, Weed told them the young stranger was the chap who had bought a large interest in the Mara- thon. ‘ The men laughed, for the Marathon was a standing joke in 7 the neighborhood, in The copper belt was not presumed to extend on that side of the valley, and the fact that nothing bad turned up in the — alleged mine 80 far appeared to clinch the impression, 9 = The ground had been roughly prospected, but nobody saya Jack Smith had confidence enough in the shi pina to make a resolute effort to find copper near the river. a Nick took a seat outside the door to await the coming of i sbusiness partner in the Marathon enterprise, and amused him- self By PARE, the rough omeny mount wi Saat as I don’t believe they —
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THE YOUNG x f CHAPTER XI. THE NEWS THAT JACK SMITH HAD TO TELL, When noontime came about twenty boarders came trooping to the Bald Hagle House to get their dinner. : They were all at the table when a bearded and tanned in- dividual rode up from the direction of the river. Nick guessed this was Smith. As soon as he dismounted and tied his horse for the stable boy to'take charge of the young New Yorker went up to him. “Are you Jack Smith?” he asked. | “That's ny name. Who might you be?” 3 “I am Nick Brown.” ; “You are who?” ejaculated Smith, staring’ at the copper speculator, “Nick Brown, with,” “Why, you're only a boy.” “That isn’t my fault. Tam the majority owner of the Mara- IT am the party you’ve been corresponding t thon. ie 3 “Are you the party who sent me the $100?” bs “Tam, and I’ve brought you another hundred. Having a _ little time at my disposal I came out to see the property and : the neighborhood, as you suggested I should do.” “Well, I’m glad to know you, Brown. I thought you were a Wall’ Street broker, of something of that kind.” “lm a copper operator and have an office in Wall Street, as my letter-head showed you. The fact that I’m a boy has ‘nothing to do with business. I’ve got the money to push _ Marathon if there’s anything in it, and that’s all you care for, { guess.” cSt Smith shook hands with him and told him it didn’t make any difference whether he was a boy or not,'as long as he was built of the right stuff. "You've come just in time,” he said. “Come in to dinner, After we get through I'll take you over to the property.” : They went in to the dining-room together, and Nick was piped off by every one present, as strangers always are. Besides, the renort was being circulated around the room that he had bought out the Jackson and Lansing interests in the Marathon property and had come to Freezeout to view his purchase, | He was, in consequence, the butt of many jokes, for it was the general opinion that he had been well soaked, financially. Smith greeted the men at his table and introduced Nick to several of them. } Two girl waiters, officiated, and the young copper specula- tor found the meal plain but substantial. As the landlord had told-him, there were lo frills put on ' at his house, |. The guests were not obliged to wear their jackets, or shirt- collars ‘it they didn’t care to do so, which generally they didn’t. you chose, Without drawing any attention to yourselt. No liquor wag served at the table.. If you wanted it you had to go to the bar, drink there and’ have the price charged up against your account for the week. _: The bill-of-fare that day consisted of roast beef, baked po- * tatces, a couple of other vegetables, with pickles and beets for ‘ side-dishes, the whole topped off with rice pudding and coffee. 4 Those who finished first filed outside, lit their pipes or a ‘ cheap cigar and hung around the door for a short time, after which they started for their work. > Nick “and Smith finished about the same time, and left ‘thé table together. Re “fave a cigar?” asked Smith, as they entered the public — room where the bar was. “No, I don’t smoke,” replied Nick. “Smith pought a couple of cigars for himself and then asked _ Nick if he could ride horseback. _ “Yes, pretty good.” E Smith ordered a horse Saddled for his companion and charged up to him, va When. the two animals were led outside they mounted them and started by a path that led down to the river. had gone a Couple of hundred yards on their way. - “1 yemember you did,” auswered Nick, “Have you made Sa eialagar aa yet?” . “1 have. ‘Tye hit a ledge of ore that would set the whole place wild if I let the news out.” ~ 4 ou really have?” cried Nick, ‘bibbrty' You could eat with your knife, or hold your fork any way, “F said you had just come in time,” said Smith, after they) 48 Grills and an engine to furnish the steam. The hoist w ibe neaane fanowene it, bi several days and I feel COPPER KING. 15 certain it runs all the way through our property and right . into the adjoining claims taken up here some months ago and then deserted. We must buy some more of the land running along the river, and we may end by.becoming millionaires,” “I daresay it can be bought cheap.” “You can get all you want of it for a song, for nobody be- lieves there is any copper over here. If I hadn’t stuck it out that ledge’ would still be there, unknown. This opportunity. we have for striking it rich is a chance in a Hfetime. If you have money enough to open things up in shape we stand to earn money almost from the start. The river will carry the ore down to Phoenix, where there are several smelters, and it can then be shipped Bast over the railroad. One of us, which would be you, would have to attend to the Phoenix end until - you hired a responsible man to lcok after the business, for I suppose you have business in New York that requires consid-. erable of your attention.” “If the Marathon Mine is turning out a winner I shall giveit ae my attention, Mr. Smith, you may depend on that,” seid > ick, They soon reached the Marathon property, the boundary lines of which Smith pointed out to Nick while they tied their horses to a tree. “The ledge runs that way,” and the copper prospector in- dicated the direction with a wave cf his hand, “We must buy . up a good bit of the land before we let out a hint of our dis- covery, becauge the moment the news gets around there'll be a rush to take up property on this side of the valley. It will ‘ be easy for you to get it cheap, as I said before. Nobody \ wants it, and you're just the person to buy it without arousing suspicion. The men around here think’ you’ve been taken in by Lansing and Mrs. Jackson, and that you’ve paid a good price for a worthless property. 1m give out that you are im- pressed by my idea that there is copper over here and. you are going to buy some more property around the Marathon. That will bring the owners of the claims to you, and you can offer them about half of what they ask. They will take you - up: When we have secured as much ground as we think is. necessary then we can give the news of the discovery out - whenever we think best.” ¢ Smith took Nick down into the mine and showed him the work that had been done with the help of the money put in ' by Jackson and Lansing. Then. he took him info the new tunnel which he had ex- cavated himself for a short distance to the point where he struck the copper. ; “This ore probably runs a good distance down into’ the. tine, You see, I’ye uncovered it for @fteen feet. There is no, telling how thick it is. It runs, as I told you, on a line with the river as far as I’ve investigated. I think it is likely - to continue on for some distance, that’s why we ought to buy- up the ground at this end of our property, and it will also be well to buy 2 claim at the other end, too, perhaps a couple of them, Now is the time when we want to make sure of what ; we ought to do, for after the news gets out our sees will = be gone.” ; , Peat eole “T agree with you,” said Nick. eecte “How much money have you to start opécrations with? | it Eke you haven’t much to spare we’ll go slow at first, or we can re- organize the company, issue more stock and sell it, but that ~~ would be letting outsiders into a good thing which we ought % to keep to ourselves, if possible,” te, “We'll keep it to ourselves. I’ve got $60,000 I can put into the work, if that is needed. I am game to go the limit when i am) satisfied there is big money at the other end,” said Nick... , Beate thousand dollars!” ee Smith. it ve you mean that?” - I do. ” “Thén we can do things up brown and hold on to the ‘tae ourselves. If there is as much copper in the ground over ‘here is as I believe there is, both our fortunes are made, Your three-. aes quarter interest ought to land you a millionaire.” sb i “T have no objections to that, Mr. Smith.” a aie ok “Don't call me mister. I’m Jaek Smith, and we are pards ; in this mine. In a few days you can open negotiations for the extra ground.” “Tl have to send to New York for the money Tl need to pay eae py Eves 5 ; “Telegraph for it from Phoenix and have it sent b by. expres ere That will save time.” SRT ewer. il do that “After tho/land shal heve heen bought 7 haye to get the machinery you'll need to begin with.” © “We won’t require a big outlay at first. Half a dozen ae will fesal ee we are Mec! the new dri drills we can ’
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* ig / THE ENS COPPER ‘RING. a. hich to store the prodtict of his smelter. the same time he ordered several thousand bags.. So the work in the mine and smelter went on without inter- ruption, but not a pound of ore found its way to market. As week after week went by the stock of the smelted ore in- creased and Nick’s private bank account decreased, for he was financing the company, “Yl go the limit before I shut down the mine,” he told Smith, “Yowre a fighter, and just the kind of person to buck Peer the syndicate,” said Smith. “We'll win out in the end,” While matters were in this state, Nick began a newspaper campaign against the copper trust. This cost money, but he didn’t care, for he already had a smal] fortune in copper awaiting shipment. The syndicate, seeing that Mick was holding out strong, sent an agent to him with a mu etter offer for the property. “We're not selling to any@@dy,” was the boy’s resolute an- swer. “I’ll hold my coppe the. ground for the next ten years if necessary, but ’ll ell.” Soon afterward he received word from the railroad com- pany that he could have cars to ship his product, but the freight rate was higher than that quoted some time before. Nick kicked and was told that the company had’ raised its rate on copper. . An investigation on his part showed that the mine owners on the other side of the valley were not kicking, though it t them more to get their ore to Phoenix, both because it : ‘ returned to Freezout and gave orders to build a big shed n A He coulan't 4 ‘prove it, and so ‘cottld do nothing. He notified the railroad company that he wouldn’t ship the ore at the rate it demanded. So the Marathon’s produce continued to increase until thou- sands of bags of copper were stored on the ground. Many more weeks passed away and Nick’s $60,000 cash was! dwindling down. But he was as resolute as ever and determined to go the limit of his resources rather than give in. The story of the case was published in one of the big maga- zines and a million people heard about the deadlock between the Marathon Mine and the copper barons. ‘The syndicate was denounced, but the memberg didn’t care for that. ' Whey had millions at their back where Nick-only had a few _ thousands. ‘In the meantime, there came a demen’ for more copper than _ the syndicated mines were able to furnish, and this caused a . ‘Taise in the price by which the combine gained greatly. At this ‘stage of the game Nick went before the Railroad PS ae aga and charged the railroad company with favorit- sm. An investigation followed, but there was so much red tape and delay about it that the young copper magnate gained nothing by the move. “Y’m afraid we’ll either have to quit mining or pay the rate,” Nick said to Smith one day. “Well, the copper won’t mélt, nor the mine won’t run away, “80° I vote to sHut down rather than give in,” said Smith. “What you say goes with me,” said Nick. “I’ve gone the - limit almost. I have advanced nearly every dollar I own to the company., You’d better serve a notice on the men that work will shut down two weeks hence unless some change takes place,” o change took place and the mine and smelter closed down, for Nick had gone-his limit and could make no more advances, ‘The news was received by the syndicate with satisfaction. They expected Nick to surrender now, but they did not know, - mor correctly estimate his powers of resistance, Copper, not being of'a perishable nature, did not Jase any of its value because it was not shipped. The company was losing its rightful income, that was all. Being @ close family sort of corporation, the shareholders ould stand it as long as they chose to hold out, ‘The syndicate, discovering how matters were going, made a higher offer for the Marathon Mine, but without success. Nick told the agent that the. syndicate didn’t have money enough to beat him, “Wh a hasten already to. a standstill, » said the gentte-. PS oe so bad that I can be Aufemarled to sell out, I intend to . ee ee SEND POSTAL FOR OUR FREE cvTALOG hold out indefinitely.” Next day Nick went to Washington and saw the ‘President about the situation. As the members of the syndicate had contributed campaign — funds to help elect him, he expressed the regret that he could do nothing except refer the matter to the consideration of the attorney-general. Nick knew he would get no help from that quarter, so he returned to New York. He then called on representatives of the copper trade and told them he had thousands and thousands of pounds of ° smelted copper ready for the market, which he would sell for a certain price as it stood. ~ The copper people said they would be glad to buy it and pay the carriage charges, but it wouldn’t do for them to get in bad with the copper syndicate. The trust could cut off supplies ftself and cause a famine in © copper in their quarter, “Well, don’t you think this business is an outrage?” said» Nick. They thought it was, but that was one of the evils of trusts. ” A big weekly, with a million circulation, printed a three-— a page article about the Marathon fight against the copper trust, | and showed the syndicate up badly. The public was interested and privately abused the trust, but : that’s all it amounted to. Then Nick changed front suddenly, He called for fifty freight cars, got them, and shipped 100, 000 pounds of copper East, at the railroad terms. He contracted with several steamship companies and Sant the whole lot to Europe to parties with whom. he had val s beforehand. The syndicate was|taken by surprise, but the damage was done, However, the big magnates gave the steamship men to un-. derstand they were to carry no more copper for Nick. The young Wall Street boy didn’t care. Thirty odd thousand dollars was coming in and that meant more sinews of war to fight the trust. A second 100,000 pounds of copper was shipped to Néw York and disposed of to the dealers on the quiet, at a price under the prevailing rate. The mine and smelter resumed operations, and now Nick shipped copper at the high rate, and offered it under the syn- dicate’s market price in the Hast. ; It was quickly bought up. When a fourth shipment was ready a shortage of cars de- veloped once more. Nick grinned. He figured out that by’ Oe: the copper down the’ river to its mouth, and so on to a certain town where he could con- nect with a rival railroad system, he could gain another tem- — porary advantage. In this way he got 200,000 pounds, more copper Bast and sold it under price, The trust started to block this move. : Then the Interstate Railroad Conimission, after a tone de- lay, decided that the railroad was giving’ preferential rates — against the Marathon. Nick at once entered a suit against the railroad for excess es charges and fought it vigorously, gaining a yerdict, which was held up by the company’s appeal. Three months later the higher court decided against the railroad, and they carried the case to eat Supreme Court at ‘ Washington, Nick's lawyers finally won a décision fii and the vailroad Pes) company had to -pay up and carry the Marathon copper atthe . — old rates. The copper syndicate then gave up’ the fight, for thay found ‘they had the most determined opponent they. had ever, met. against them. ‘After that it was plain sailing for the Marathon company, fe and the profits began to roll in. On his twenty-third birthday Nick married Jessie Havens, The New York papers printed his picture with that of his — beautiful young bride, under the caption of “The Young Cot per King Married,” and with that ends the story of the. boy who went the limit. Next week's issue will contain “RALPH, THE REPORTER; OR, THE MYSTERY OF ASSIGNMENT NO, 10%" ¥ oe ee
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é ge f / Walter Pomeroy, of the San Francisco Olympic Club, established a new swimming record across San Francisco Bay Sept. 30, covering the dichituon of about four and a half miles in 1 hour, 51 minutes and 13 seconds. ‘The former record of 2 hours and 1 minute was made by Rob- et Beck on September 15. _ William Courtney, an Adirondack guide, fired a gun at his camp near Lake Piseco, New York, the other morning as a signal to a party of New York deer hunters to return for breakfast. The gun exploded, tearing his left hand. He was taken to a ‘hospital and will probably lose his hand. This is the inet accident of the ee hunting season. _. The New York State Canal Terminal Commission has ig adopted plans for-an extensive system of docks, piers and _ warehouses along the State Barge Canal, the total cost of ~ which will be about $20,000,000. At New York it. is pro- - posed to have terminals connected with the projected ele- vated freight railroads along the Hudson ‘River, Manhat- | tan Island, which is advocated d by the present Dock Com- _ missioner. : Copies of the Bible will soon be placed in each cell at the Venice, Cal., police station. lingo considers the plan a good one... “When a man or -- woman is arrested,” said Chief Lingo, “and placed in a fluences. When a person aw akes in the morning to find * himself in a eell he is; nine times out of ten, thoroughly es disgusted with himself. Ifa Bible is within easy. reach it is oe probable that he will: ‘lose no'time in reading ite? ee the seat of an aeroplane ‘James Bryee, British _ Ambassador to the United States, obtained a bird’s eve view, of the Massachusetts north shore recently. — The those who called) to pay their respects ‘was W, Starling ' Burgess. who swooped down in his biplane. Mr, Bryce “expressed a desire to make a flight. The aviator thereupon ~ invited the Ambassador to accompany him on an aerial excursion and the invitation was accepted,’ ‘Mr: Bryee was in the air twenty-five minutes. Upon aie: he. ex- A pressed his RES over his Sea ‘ty eigen se 5 | if William Rose, Hind; and Harty Savine, thirteen, both of Corona, L. I., played “William Tell” with a shotgun the | other day, and Ross, who play ‘ed the part of the son, is at his home, No. 65 Rapelye avenue, dangerously waneaed, Harry says he did not know the gun was loaded. “S’pose| we play William Tell with the gun,” suggested one of the youngsters, after finding a vacant lot. Harry aimed at n imaginary apple on Willie’s head. When he pulled the ; rigger his companion dropped. Over twenty pellets of . nalll birdshot: entered his ‘body. The police are Se y to await the result of Willie's i as Tejas } Chief of Police G. M.| diplomat is visiting friends at Manchester, and among | FAME ‘AND « FORTUNE WEEKLY. “CURRENT. NEWS. = . | | | | 4 18 Grown chickens and young pullets have been known to eat almost anything that crossed their-path when hungry, but it was supposed that snakes were not included in their’ dainties, until a few days ago when a pullet of Clay City, Ind., topped off a hearty breakfast by swallowing a long - garter snake while it was alive. The snake appeared in the chieken yard while the fowls were being fed. Several chickens pecked the snake and. it started back to the bushes, when the pullet left its meal of corn and ehased it. The reptile attempted to fight the pullet but the pul- let'soon put a stop to the fight by swallowing ans snake. ~ A representative of a glove fac tory ‘at Gloversville, — — N. Y., has found. a practical use for praitie dogs. The hides trom half a:dozen were shipped to the facbory, where they.-were made up. The result was a glove soft and pliable as kid, waterproof and never cracking or roughing up. The company has secured 100 dogs, which it has lib- erated in a nearby field, with a woven ‘wire fence around, and it figures that it can raise enough dogs in time to bis supply skins for the factory. .It is believed that the dogs can be raised to maturity for 5 cents. (Four skins will be — necessary for a pair of aie which will sell for $1.50 at ‘retail. : Germans are copying the English style of dress to.an extent never known before, and the ulira-imperialistic - cell for the night, they are more easily susceptible to in-| M°WSpapers feat that iyke paurlobai-a the: Tavbaraay <a is being undermined. It is King George who has caused. ~ the heartburnings among the ultrapatriotic in Germany. Iiyerywhere in the shops one finds goods described as worn ” or used by “Der Englische Konig, George V.” And at lany rate for the moment the sole arbiter. of clothes and a fashionable accessories is the British monarch. The newspapers contain advertisements of “English smokings,” which ig German for English dinner jackets. After all, Germany is only following the example of France, only the young French bloods go still further and get paises ¥ clothes over from London itself. Four masked men held up and kobbed: notth-bounid: es Kansas City Southern passenger train 4, three miles north. ‘ east of Poteau, Okla., recently. After opening two safes in the express car with nitroglycerine they eseaped.” The train was brought to a halt near Poteau by application of — the air brakes. Simultaneously two of the robbers made their appearance in the express and baggage car, forced the. » express Messenger, baggageman and. conductor behind a — pile of trunks and applied the explosive to. the safes, while the third bandit stood, guard outside the car. When © entrance was forced to the safes the men gathered valuables in a sack, poy after even D the: ler loot. They aie’ to es mountains, - were not molested. The robbers are said } B45 cad some se ane letters as
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20 FAME AND EORTUNE WEEKLY. BOB BAXTER THE YOUNG STAMP COLLECTER OR, A THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM ONE By GASTON GARNE (A SERIAL STORY) CHAPTER VII. (Continued) | And wild as such an idea would have appeared to an Now with nine boys out of ten this would have been the older person, it’suggested itself very favorably to our hero finish of the whole business, but Bob Baxter was not that just then. sort of boy. ; He stole down the steps, and cros sing the street, took a He was taging mad now. | good look at the premises. The red-bearded man had not only got the best of him, There was a light burning in the front window of the ioe but he had got the album, and Bob had no notion of letting |second story, and ‘behind a dimly drawn curtain Boh could — poor Mattie Jing’s inheritance go without a struggle. Thus see tivo shadows moving. That one was the shige of the — when he saw the hack rolling away he never even Vhought | | stamp thief he felt sure. fs of giving up the chase. It, was getting, muate late now- —almost eleven o'clock, in » “The miserable wretch! Fe’s got to give that book up!’ g this # grocer’s boy with a basket he muttered, and he ran along Twentieth street after the over his shoulder ¢ came he rrying by. hack at the top of his speed. Say, who lives in that house over there?” asked Bab, Fortunately for Bob he had put his hat on before he pointing. ( left the house, and as he was blest with an excellent pair of; Mr. We aling.” replied the boy, stopping to stare at'Boh, legs, he rant himself in good shape for the task. ee alling !’ exclaimed Beb, for the recollection of the E The hack continued along Twentieth street as far ag {generous (1) dry goods merchant, of course, occurred bee Broadway, and there turning, moyed on up-town. him at once. , It was a big contract which Bob Baxter had undertaken. But, equally, of course, it could not he the same person, ee / Not one boy.in a thousand could have done it. for the man who‘had hestowed the dotlar upon him lived at? Of course it was quite impossible to overtake the hack, ithe St, Nicholas Hotel. % but thanks to the fact that the horses were not only in-| | “What kind of a fellow is he?” asked Bob of the grocer’s ; ‘different but jaded, Bob had managed so far to keep it in: boy. * sight. | “ola erank. icepr spoke to him myself, but that’s what i: Crossing ‘I'wenty-third street the vehicle rolled into Fifth | folks say. i -ayenue and presently’ turned into Twenty-cightl» street, “What's the matter with him? stopping about midway in the block between Fourth avenue | “Regular miser,” replied the boy; “never spends noth- and Fifth. ling, he lives all alone with his son and the old woman — ~~ Fast about this time Boh had begun to fear that he had | cook. Mean as mud. Why, he trades with me, and his — lost it; but no, when he came panting round the corner he | bil} hain’t more’n five dollars a week, which ain’t nothing _- saw Mr. Jenkins ascending the steps of a Jarge brown stone ; lat all fora big house like that.” house, still carrying the album under his arm. Pereeiving that he had got all out of the grocer’s hoy , By the time he reached the house the hack was gone, and | ‘that there was to get, Bob now tuned away. late Jenkins ditto. He had vanished behind the door. | He was tremendously perplexed to know what to do, yet. Here again “was a chance for Bob to give up the chase , |something seemed urging him: on to try and secretly enter “but he did not avail himself of it. ' | the house, ie Pausing for.a moment. to recover his breath, he ran| “If I could only once get my hands on the Dog: ‘id boldly up the steps and was about to ring the bell, when | defy the lot of ’em,” he muttered. “I know I’m good for © all at once, it occurred to him that. this might not be the | Jenkins any day, and if there’s only an old man there, ie _ wisest thing to do after all. too, what is there to be a-scared of? Most likely the son — ‘How could he tell who lived there? is off somewheres. If I speak to a cop he'll only laugh” at 9 ‘The brown stone front ‘might conceal thieves quite as bad|me and like as not take me in into the bargain-—no; rie ‘ as Mr. Jenkins. there’s anything to be done, I’ve got to do it myself.” Fede I could only manage to slip in somehow without be He had previously observed next door to Mr ‘Walling’s ing seen, I might get hold of the ‘book and cut away with |house a new dwelling in course of construction, bt thought po ak ci Thinking that he — discover pune: ss gottine
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FAME AND | FORTUNE WEEKLY. . “rear view of the house, Bob atatod the new building, crept ‘cautiously over the beams and gained the yard behind, Here a discovery was made which seemed to ‘dovetail |i “perfeetly with his bold idea, The fence between Mr, Walling’s yard and that of ‘the new building was down, and Bob found himself, almost before he knew it, standing in front of the back basement door. He tried the knob and to his surprise, found the door unlocked. < Bob’s heart now began to beat wildly. _ Suppose he was caught? Would he not be sure to be arrested for burglary? “Don’t care. Pm going to risk it anyhow,” he mut- ‘tered. “Only let me once see the album and itll take more than those two fellers to keep it out of my hands.” - There was no light visible in the kitchen, but there was ‘one burning behind the back parlor blinds. | '. Feeling very much Jike’a thief, but never thinking of fear, Bob Baxter turned the knob softly, and entering into the basement hall, crept along towatd the stairs, leaving the door open behind him in case it became necessary to heat: a et retreat. CHAPTER VIII. BOB OVERHEARS A PLOT, - It is no pleasant position to go creeping through the halls | of a strange house in the dark, expecting at every moment | _ to have some one fly at your throat. _ Bob Baxter, however, had but little time allowed him to ' worry over the situation, for he had scarcely gained the top of the basement stairs, when he heard yoices talking behind the partly-closed door of the back parlor, and to ee amaze- nent he heard some one exclaim: © “Well, here you go! Here’s to the health of “Mattie Jing!” ~ - Then followed the clinking of glasses and a moment of silence, after which the talking began again. ~-- “11s a bargain, then,” said one voice. * “Sure,” replied another, thickly. “Mat’s a ae git and now the old man’s dead Vd like ter see her well mar- ried. Orter, yer know. She ain’t. got nobody else to look after her, and it’s my duty—always do my duty, that is always when-it pays.” ig “Ha, ha, ha! Pretty good that!” cried the other voice, _ snecringly. “Always when it pays. I like that. Its a bargain. You're to fix it so that Mattie will enter the car- _riage—that’s all I ask. Once I have her there I’ll look . after the rest.” — “But I’m going to the steamer. I must see you married, of course. Remember she’s my sister. i — “OF course, of course. That'll be all right. Here’ 8 the : Now you'd better skip. The old man’s company may #0 any time, and then he'll take to prowling round the house, as he always does and be sure to lock the back door. After 3 ‘Bob hearing the speakers begin to move tabeae: behind the ors came A een conclusion that it was a° good: time toy ri pe Vsirt: Stealing away from the parlor door, he now crept up the : main. staircase, the sound of his footsteps being drawned in the’soft carpet, and gamed the landing above just in time to lean over the banister and see Mr. Bill Jing come out of the back parlor, followed by a young man of. decidedly rakish appearance, which he immediately concluded must be the son alluded to by the grocer’s hoy. Tfere was a great surprise. It seemed to’ Bob almost Providential that he should happen to be there to overhear this vile plot. His blood was fairly boiling. He longed to dash downstairs and pitch right into Mr. Bill Jing then and there. _ “The “miserable wretch 1” thought Bob. “Selling his own sister! It’s horrible! With'his own father lying dead in the house, too! But I'll balk his little game !” “Ha, ha, ha! Good—very good!” laughed a roice behind him... “Five thousand dollars! My dear sir, you must. either be joking, or take me for an ass! Why, that col- lection is worth twenty thousand of anybody's money, but. if ypu pay cash down this moment you shall have it for : ten.” Now you’d better believe that Bob turned round in a hurfy. a He really expected to see Mr. Jenkins standing right. behind him, for he had recognized the voice of the speaker. . But no; greatly to his relief he found that between Mr. Jenkins and himself was a door standing slightly ajar. Bob glided past the door, and took his station near ~ another, which seemed to conceal a closet. “Ten. thousand. dollars! Nonsense!’ he heard a harsh, disagreeable voice reply. “Redmond, you must be crazy... Do you think any one is going to give ten thousand for that? Why, of course, it’s stolen, either by yourself or old Jing’s serapegrace, son.” Stolen! Mr. Walling, this is an KEI Fe sir!” cried the voice of Redmond—we propose to drop the “Jenkins,” now that we know the red-bearded man’s true name. “Stolen! . Bless me, how can you think of such a thing? Do you — stippose I’d dare to bring a stolen stamp collection to you, . Never! J * bs “Oh, yes, you would, Redmond,” sneered the voice of ~ Mr. Walling. » “I’m the. very man you would bring it to,.. and you know it. You knew that I would recognize the . album at a glance. You knew, also; that I would buy, — stolen or not stolen, at a price. ‘That’s the reason you came here as you did, and you shall not be disappointed,. . — only you must not set your price too high.” Seen “Ten thousand 3 is my price, Mr. ee and it’s dog a cheap.” “Vl give you five.” “Nine, then. Ill make it nine, sure.” “T gaid five, and I shall stick to it.” ; “Come, Mr. Walling, don’t be so hard. ant ve been all’, over the album. You know what it contains. . the rare Hawaians, the Mauritius and the, Reunion Isles; |the one penny black, a whole lot of rare revenues, to say nothing of the U. 8. Locals. Why it’s the best collection of those in existence. -There’s a Brattlehoro, a New Saicas ie anda PLap ele set of the St. Louis Locals.” rk (To be eee, _ That -will ak oe a, be a eee ‘There ere. .
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22 BULGARIANS HERE CALLED. _ A cable message calling upon Bulgarians and Mace- donians in this country to return home, was received the other day by -Lucas Kableskaff, acting secretary of the Macedonian-Bulgarian Organization at 5 Morris street, New York. The message was from the president of the Central Committee at Sofia, and read as follows: “Send all Bulgarians and Macedonians to Bulgaria.” It was said that there were only about 2,000 Bulgarians and Macedonians in New York, by far the larger number having settled in East St. Louis, South Chicago, Pitts- burg and, other industrial centres, where there are col- - onies inhabited almost exclusively by people of their own nationality. Many of these are;in ‘the first or second reserve, having served their time in. the army. Tele- grams were sent yesterday to the organizations in the cities mentioned, and word was cabled to Sofia asking for further particulars. A meeting of the organization will probably be called this afternoon or to-mérrow afternoon, when the matter. will ‘be before the members. Lucas Kableskaff, the act- ing secretary, is an ex-lleutenant i in the Bulgarian army. OUTRAGES IN NICARAGUA. -Outrages and depredations are still being perpetrated by _ rebels in Nicaragua, especially in the vicinity of Chinan- -dega and Jinotepe, but the Department of State predicts _ that the present trade Houle: will be at an end within two weeks, While it is believed that the rebellion proper has col- lapsed, it is the opinion of officials of the State Depart- ment that there ig danger from lawless bands and indi- viduals who are operating under the guise of revolution- ists. It is significantly announced by the State Depart- ment that until the defeat of General Zeledon, the titular revolutionary leader at Barranca, communication with Jinotepe will be uncertain. Messages to the State Department showed that a num- ber of Americans have been vietims of the rebels. One of the victims is Henry Caldera, former United States - yice-consul, who has been imprisoned at Jinotepe. Fear is felt for the safety of himself and family. - Another complaint has come from Henry Jacoby, an -. American, who reports that his home at Mashasa has “been sacked and his family threatened, and that property neat Jinotepe belonging to him has been raided. He re- ports that his family is suffering from the want of food. a FOURTEEN-INCH APPEN DIX. The entire medical profession is watching with great interest the case of Charles Titley, a leborer, who had . eleven inches of a fourteen-inch appendix removed at the Sydenham Hospital, New York, a week ago. Accord- ng to the surgeons at the hospital, the patient is pro- ‘gressing rapidly, and will recover.’ ~The other night ‘Titley, suffering great pain, walked in fol office of ain sa ei yneay at No. 74 uae: 2 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. FACTS WORTH READING wood avenue, the Bronx, Ss had him removed at once — to the hospital, where, assisted by. Drs. Sonnenschein and Amster of the house staff, ‘he performed the operation. ,— After the first incision they realized that it was an — unusual case. The average appendix is about three inches ~ in length. In trying to get at the end of this ome, they — made cut after cut. Finally, after tracing it for fourteen inches, they came to the end. It had grown upward into — the region of the kidneys. It was decided that because ofa its unusual length it might prove fatal to the patient to. af remove it entirely, so only eleyen inches of it was taken s, out, es Up to the discovery of. this one, nine ‘inches wag the } record, : CANAL TO BE IMPREGNABLE. Army engineers are satisfied that the Panama Canal 4vill be made impregnable notwithstanding adverse Buro- pean comment on the sufficiency of the defence unde construction. The fortifications on the. Pacific side were planned by the ablest minds in the army and navy. The joint boar composed of a half dozen of the ranking officers of both services, first made a careful study of the military and naval problems involved nearly five years ago. The tent tive plans then laid were placed in the hands of experts, — including General Crozier, chief of army ordnance; Colo- << nel Goethals, the canal builder, and an army engincer; — Major-General Arthur Murray, then chief of the coast artillery, and several able subordinate officers. It ig he lieved at the War Department that their work embodies, all that human foresight can produce at this stage. Theodore Roosevelt, President Taft, and the Secreta of War and Secretary of the Navy in office since the can project was undertaken, are all on record as declaring . that the waterway would double the efficiency of - the a American navy by enabling it to pass ‘freely from. one, side of the continent to the other in time of war. It is. true that a small minority of naval officers felt that the ‘waterway might also be a menace if it should fall into.the hands of an enemy, but the great es al of sat opinion remains unchanged. Fue as There is no fear that the Panama dethaces could. ie attacked successfully from any of/the islands outside of | the present zone. A distinctivel y American device, the : disappearing coast defence mortars, unknown in practice to European critics, will be so placed as to rain a fire of 12-inch shells on the decks of any fleet that seeks. shelt behind the outlying islands. Even if that were not sufficient, the, United States al- ready has power, under the treaty with Panama, to t possession of and fortify Taboga and Taboguilla Giese if they shall become a menace to the existing fortiiea tions. Article 2 of the treaty, in exact terms, eo upon the United States the control “of any other uae and water outside of the zone - fs 3 which pees neces- nary and convenient for the . 2 - sa te Ped
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. IN THE KLONDIKE A BRAVE FIGHT FOR GOLD AND FAME By ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG (A SERIAL STORY) CHAPTER XIv. (Continued.) “y agree with you, Uncle James,” the quiet, smooth- oiced Basil answered. “And I am ready to give my me to Allie whenever he ;wishes to begin. I have no other object save his health and happiness in view.” - “Twill begin to-day,” Alain said, briskly, the hope of ie regaining his strength and health making him strong for he moment. And with a heart lighter than it had been or many a day, he moved about, wrapping himself up well from the sharp air. There was no one to warn him hat he wads going to a terrible fate, no one to tell him at his life lay in the hands of an enemy, so with g smile wreathing his lips, and hope shining forth from his eyes, he dressed in warm furs, while the Judas stood silently : oe for him. — : CHAPTER XY. “Alain pobucned from. the first ‘walk so much aired strength and spirits that his friends were amazed. His eyes sparkled like a pair of twin azure stars, while’ the heeks glowed with color. \His appetite was good, and ate a hearty dinner, saying that at the end of the week going to work in the mine. Judge Darrel] was ‘ee ted, “but. Basil inrned away his head 4 hide the ey ht in his glittering black eyes. » The « one who was silent aid canoer sad that night the sl Hildred. aie had nee very gay” when Alain her waist. “Tell me what troubles you? You used to tell me everything, but of late’ you seem to avoid me.” “T did not know whether you cared to know or not,” she replied in rather a sulky voice. “Since your mine has turned out so well, you seem to have no thought for any- thing else.” ‘ “Why, my dear child, the new mine’s good luck means just as ine for you as it does for met he exclaimed, loolsing at her in surprise. “Hildred, can you not see that my fortune is yours also? Good luck for me means good luck for you, ‘and should I lose my fortune you. would suffer, too, Heaven knows I have but ‘dittle need for money alone in the world. I can earn my shelter and food when I am well, and that is all any fellow gets or expects in this world. With you and the other friends it is differ- ent, and for your sake and theirs 1 am glad that I am well off. Now, remembog this, cousin—what is mine is yours, Never give the matter another thought, but go on and do as you like, To be sure you cannot Shane much of a time here, no matter how much money we have, but wait until we are back in dear old New York. Then will be the time to show what you can do, Neyer let me find you jealous of the mine again, little girl, or something may happen. Jealousy is not becoming to your pretty face. Leave that for the less fortunate damsels who have not been blessed by nature.” Bending Jow his dark, graceful head, he kissed her 1| lightly wpon the brow as one would kiss a dear sister, and she noticed the coolness, the lack of lover-like w armath, for her face flushed hotly, her eyes snapped. Lost in his own though s he did not see the sudden change in her man- ; ner, and when he turned back to his chair and book she h, she Tae that it: icuics be a tpudh': more e difiontt | stilt remained by the window. ok han she ae imagined, to keep him = her ee cee i ane says his for tune is mine also,” she murmured ue And surely wuothing could be plainer than he was ane actually engaged "to her: wealthy cousin, hat, Oh, how thankful I am that she is out of my way, an “understanding” to pe effet nage! poets een oe for if she were oS 3 W. home have ‘no chance See wala No, ae the young edge ued hice they héuld Reet tr ust you out of sight were s Si eve to come ‘Gabtesn nea ed the proper age, and the young lady was deter-| Once I am your wife to have that dream realized, | wretched mine. Oh; it was an a to me to name it 2 That has come over your bright spirits, fair cousin?” after her. 1 will show you, sir, that your cousin, Hildred ae, n asked her that same- evening when he found her! Darrell, ‘Was a Inmuch milder person. ‘than your wife, ‘Mrs. y the window, gazing out into the chill darkness Alain Claire.” tumn night. won't I change the name of that nae unconscious ot hex ec ares Alain sat reading be- ; oe. ou are so Ee ‘80. ‘sad, and only
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Basil. 24 FAME AND FORTUNE W ERKLY, eyes as he thought of her lying dead at the bottom of the fain, with the queer-looking summit. river, or being tossed hither and thither by the cold waves. Many a night he had wept like a child as he lay upon his pillow, but he was too proud to let any one see him with tears in his eyes. He might live to be an old, old man, yet he could never forget Vallera, the beautiful girl to whom he had given his first true love. Once Hildred turned to look at him, and saw the tears upon his cheek. The sight angered her, and she bit her under lip fiercely. ; “Thinking of her, of course,” she muttered. “Oh, will he never forget that wretched girl? If I were lying at - the bottom of the river, would he shed tears over me? I as it. But wait a little while, and see what sel eee then. Ricditeade Alain threw down the book he was reading aud said, with a sigh: “TY cannot get interested in the best tise in the world. There was a time when I could read from morning until night, but now 1 find it a bore: ‘There is something wrong.” A silence followed his words, and he sat staring dream- ily into the fire, the ticking of the clock being the only sound to break the intense stillness. Basil entered the room and sat opposite Alain, who regarded him with grave, questioning eyes. : ““Do you know, there seems to be a shadow hovering over me all the time, Basil,” he remarked, thoughtfully. “T seem to be under a cloud—a deep weight—waiting all the time for something to happen. I do not know what it is, but the sensation is not agreeable. Last night I had such a horrible dream. I was falling, falling, falling through space—never seeming to roacl the bottom or _ touch the ground, but down, down, down through mid- night darkness so thick, so vast, so awful, that the mere “memory of it makes me sick. J wonder if there is any warning in a dream?” While he was talking, Basil’s face had grown ghastly, and his hand trembled so that he could not hold the paper he had picked up, and was forced to lay it down upon the table again. He tried to smile, but the effort was a fail- ure, and the expression of his “face, with dry lips drawn back from white teeth, resembled nothing quite so much as a hyena grinning. His handsome face was repulsive. “Why, Basil, what is the matter??? Alain asked in sur- prise. “ Are you ill? Are you in pain? “II had a sudden sharp pain in my side, the first one T shave had in.a long time,” Basil stammered, his voice harsh and dry. “Ah, how it takes the life out of a fel- low, don’t it? I think I'll take a nip of your wine, Allie, it will brace me up maybe.? His hand trembled as he poured out the wine and dratile it, and when he turned to face Alain again he looked more ike himself, though the big drops still stood out upon his brow like beads. ' “Tt must have been a pretty strong pain to make you look so white,” Alain remarked, looking at him thought- fully.” “You look as if you had been sick for a month, You had better do something for that pain, for it oa poor poliey to neglect such things, they often prove serious. I say now, old man, don’t go and get sick just at the very _ when we are about to ged Se moun- next morning the boys set out upon their trip to the peak (it, wound around the mountain, gradually rising high low, choked aN, burst from the parted'lips. I am determined t see what is at the very top. of ity but if you get sick, then good-by to all our plans.” : < No; I shall not get sick,” Basil Sesed in a hoarse husky voice.. “It is only a mere trifle, a pain caused n doubt by indigestion. To-morrow I shall have forgotten all about it, but you, Allie! Are you well enough to at tempt such a climb? Remember it is a big risk for a well person. and you are not entirely well yet. Somehow or: other I alinost wish you would give it up and wait a few. days longer.” “T feel splendid,” Alain said brightly. “I never felt better in my life, and that ig the truth. Only that gloont} that seems to hang over me., Perhaps if I climb to th peak I shall he satisfied, and the shadow will then van ich, I must do something to forget.” Nothing more was said about Alain’s dream, and ihe that towered up small and square, the summit being ey and level. Alain had long wished to know what. gr there on the bare rock, for he was sure it was nothi but bare rock. The road, or rather, pathway that led and higher until within a short: distance of the “sumnit,, where it ended. How they were to accomplish the last part of the journey was by cutting the spaces in the rocky wall for their feet. It was a somewhat difficult and d gerous feat, and the trail itself was a narrow path of slipe pery rock, just wide enough in some places for two to w side. by side, in others there being room for but one yp son, and that oné must use the utmost caution, else single misstep would hurl him thousands of feet down a horrible death below. “Now, we are in about the worst Saale T should jud Basil,” Alain called out cheerfully, “and we must be ca ful. Ul go on ahead, and if I grow dizzy you can ‘catch me. Careful, old man, for neither of us are any too anx-. ious to leave the Klondike for another world, and——-” The sentence was never finished, for a pair of strong arms seized his shoulders, he was pushed forward, wh a voice hissed in his ear: “You will leave for another world, you fool, and i am the one to send you there! Die, blame you, die!” CHAPTER XVI. 4 RELURN HOMB WITH THE SLORY OF THE ‘TERRIB ACCIDENT. There was a moment of wildest terror, a inane sudd pang of fear, both strugeling for mastery over the du numb sense of agony, and then Alain felt himself Jyei forced backward over the edge 6f the steep. cliff. Th and only then, at that awful. instant when: certain death) stared him in the face, did his dazed brain realize the 1 that had overtaken him—the Judas treachery of his kins- man. The handsome, boyish face—handsome eyen in distorted anguisl——was for one brief instant raised to t dark, rage-conyulsed one of the boy with whom he grown to young manhood—whom he had loved as pester Ww bose yeins flowed the same blood. ‘The. open blue eyes met the sullen, bloodshot black ones, a BASIL’S (To be Birger a 8
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FROM ALL POINTS —_— | The Lake submarine, built for the United States Navy,|_ The Chinese are the greatest consumers of old news- has reeently undergone successful trials, in which she ex-| papers in the world. . The official returns of the Custom ceeded every contract requirement: Her surface speed | House at Newchwang state that that port alone in 1911. Was 14.7 knots, and submerged, just under 11 knots, She} received 1918 tons of old European newspapers, valued Was run over the mile course at a predetermined depth} at $72,500. The fact is the middle class Chinese prefer from which she did not vary two feet. This, ¥easel holds} newspapers to the native variety.as a covering for their the record for deep submergence, having reached a depth| walls. It has a greater power of resistance and affords a f 266 feet with her crew aboard. - more effective barrier to the invasions of the. vermin eeW ae eS that plague Chinese houses. Moreover, the natives are ered by Creamelle Vale, a ae te Holstein, sey en| they wear next to the skin. _These paper waistcoats are years old, of the Deutschland farm of F. F. Field and Karl said to be the best ls dad protection against a sudden ton at Brockton, Mass., after ae eleven months’ | cold snap. The cow has given 26,930 pounds of milk, the livalent to 13,000 quarts, with a monetary value of} During the paste few weeks at the Government rifle woximately $1,300 since November’ 15, 1911. An/range at Dogtown Common, Mass., Miss Helen Taft and rage gives, according to the Department of Agricul: | Miss Blizabeth Hammond and a party of friends have re statistics, about 8,000 pounds of milk a_vear. Cream-| been handling the regulation Springfield rifles such as elle = ale in one month has given 3,200 pounds, used by soldiers to tell the effect on the targets at the: 200 Excimer a ' and 500 yard ranges. The other day thé party motored to The ae destroyer Norick, according: to Sngineer: the range, and it being the last day of shooting, the party ee al ederk to haves exceeded 3 36 knots on hae official spent considerable time in sending the steel covered bul- lets at the small targets. Miss Taft on the first few foot 6 inches beam; is: of 1,280 forte heed, sai shots missed, and when a gun was handed her by which A. E. G., turbines and oil-fired eae heing supplied Bye tee oe ot, BEORE of #9 out of 5 0, the first shot being a four Toe ‘eat Company of Stettin. The decatied speod:was and the next nine shots striking the bullseye. knots with 36,000 shaft horse power, but both a eon Spacbeenits exceeded, ‘This: vessel. should the re- tt be correct, 1s the swiftest destfover afloat, exceeding the speed of ihe ‘British destroyer Swift... J. ¥. Sappington of Centralia, Mo.,' will be protected lp dog Buck. The eoat which Sappimgton was wearing was made from the skins of thirty of the 132 of the ring- tailed speeies which he and bis canine have captured in | the last three years: Sappington sent the skins to a fur- rier with instructions to: use only the best’ part of: the hides. ‘The consequence is his coat is the best and finest | that can be made and differs from the coonskin garments of this kind usually seen. Three vears ago Sappington bagged fifty-two ccons. Two vears ago he captured forty- oe, last year but sixteen and so far this year he has cap- tured sixteon. hon ‘ottelubes Here oie gaming laws, Prince Ludovic atelli of Aragon has been, expelled from France,,and | “Paris Sept. 28 for Havre, whet he will embark for | Ve ate The expulsion decree’ was weed an August, . but was only served very révently. The Prince ee suicide a few months ago in Paris, owing, it was ported, to disappointment in a ioe e affair with an Amer- Prince Tadovic Pignaichi Aragon was cour cuous “Wage seazon at the Fiorse Show baba other social nts, and WAS Sev ee tim es s reported engaged to society Conscience stricken after twenty-five years, some one a te cr ne ‘ he one dttleainn authorized by Congress will he con-|Conmmissioner, New York,.a pair of gold opera: giasses iderably larger even than our latest ships. Her displace : ent will probah Jy work out at between 30.000 and 31,090 | left on a ferry boat of the South Ferry line one night : Dispa tehes from Washington state that the. iangth when Mr. Howe and his fiancee were on their way from 1¢ ship over all will be considerably over 600 feet, the| Brooklyn to/a theatre in’ Manhattan. He advertised for beam about 98 feet. She is to carry twelve 14-inch gnns|them and offered a reward, without avail. The glasses -o more than the Oklahoma and Nevada. The armor | were delivered to his wife at their sammer home in White 1 Pennaylyania, as she will be named, will probably| Plains. The package had been mailed at a Brooklyn ‘ot less than 16 inches on the beit, turrets: and bar-| sub-station. Mr. Howe said the glasses were his last gift er side armor sats be lok in ret aga to his fiancee before their marriage. He says he is will- .|ing to make good his offer of a reward if the person who sent back the. gee. will communicate with him, = re aes tae Bee FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ; 25. “All reeords for milk and butter tests have been shat- experts at cutting out of the newspapers waistcoats which _ : built at St. Petersburg, the machinery consisting of | °° of the officers of the ship had qualified, Miss Taft) . from the cold this winter by a coonskin overcoat made from hides of coons which he caught with his famous coon — ae returned the other day to Robert i. T,. Howe, Deputy Tax inlaid with pearl and valued at $200. The glasses were”
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are and Fortune Weekly _NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 1, 1912. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Single Coples.. ccc ccs vce ween es seecceeseeeaeeeeseneeeneee seas .05 Cents One Copy Three Montins........cceseecerersceceenenmenneee +63 Cents One Copy Six Montys,.... 2c. ic cceese steed eres ceeeeeeecees $1.25 e One Copy One Year... ..cccceeccccesseeeeeneswonecacees $2.50 Postage Free. HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P.O, Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances in any other way are at your risk We accept Postage Stamps the same es cash, When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envel- ope. Write your name and address pivinly, Address letters to Biren, oa ‘Towaex, Prenat ITEMS OF CURRENT NEWS _ OMAR, ry Trvdnpns, deoretary Frank Tousey, Publisher 168 West 23d St. N. Y. Lightning makes trees explode like overcharged boilers, The flame of the lightning does not burn them up, nor does the electric flash split them like an ax.. It flashes through into all the damp interstices of the trunk, and into the hollows under its bark. All the moisture at once | is turned into steam, which, by its immediate explosion, ty _ Tips open the tree. 4 Venice is not the only city built on islands, Amster- dam and Ghent are both built on small islands, Amster- - dam coming the nearest to Venice in the number of islands and bridges. Venice is built on 118 small islands, con- nected by 378 bridges; Amsterdam on nearly 100 islands, connected by almost 300 bridges; Ghent stands on. 26 islands, joined by 270 bridges. Paul Dildine, of Orarigeville; Pa., makes good use of his automobile in his business, using the machine for turn- ing iee cream freezers as well as for delivering the cream. Mr. Dildine jacks the rear wheels and fastetns the handle - of the freezer to the spoke of one of the wheels, and then, throwing on the clutch of the engine, he regulates the speed as he would when driving over the road. ~ Perambulating barbers flourish in Paris. They carry a little box/containing the usual outfit of the tonsorial artist, and laboring men are their chief patrons. They take ‘their customers usually to the banks of the Seine, or some other place aside from the multitude, seat. them on the ground, cover their knees with a new spaper, and for a sou—about a cent—will shave a man, cut his hair, and 4 aie a generally smart ocak ¥ ~The Panama Canal will effect a vast reduction in the distance’ between New York and the American Pacific _ ports north and west of Panama. It is estimated that . there will be from New York to all American Pacific ports north of Panama a uniform reduction of 8,415 miles, and : to such ‘ports south of Panama a uniform reduction of about 5,000 miles, Between New York and Yokohama the nm will be 3,729 cae and that Japanese city will nearé) to olga en ee Li 7 need by: 1, i ; biheaget AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. === less than the distance between Sydney. and Liverpool. | oe and the distance between them will be 2,759 miles” pe | / | is | OE a Ta SR ECS RUE Be TERRE PRY SSIES Ps NE ERIE EELS So REE. TMS - miles, Shanghai will be 1,629. miles nearer New York. | , Sy dney, Australia, will be 3 ;800 miles nearer New York, | land the distance between the two cities will be 2,382 miles | Wellington, New Zealand, will be 2,542 miles nearer New jless than between Wellington and Liverpool. Between | iNew Zealand and ‘Europe there will be an average saving of 1,600 miles. British ships which now pass through the | | Stiez Canal on their way to China and Japan, and thence ito Vancouver, Seattle, and San Francisco, will return to. their home ports by way of the Panama Canal when return | cargoes can be obtained in those cities. ‘Ships from | 1S: apan, China, Australia, New Zealand, and from Paci ot | ports of South America, will sail to New York via the | inew waterway. ‘ JOKES AND JESTS He—I would like to look at a flat, my dear. She—Wh f ‘don’t you? There’s the looking-glass in front of, you “Do you find any trouble writing, stories, Dawal None whatever: But Pd pay a man well that ie ok 5 them for me.’ : “Papa, what is the difference between the ee and the dead?” “The quick, my child, are those who hop out of the road in time. 4 Freddie—Say, dad, what’s morbid curiosity?’ Cobwigger™ —That’s what the fellow has who- butts in ahead ace rou and keeps you from anything. — New York Uncle—Come over here, Tommy, and. Yu show you my new knife. It has six bladés and a cork- screw. Kentucky boy—What are the blades for? ‘Mx. Gotham (looking over the market reports) — paper says there was quite a ‘flurry in beef yesterday Mrs. Gotham—Gracious: mel Did some more steers bres loose? Modest Suitor—I am going ‘to marry your States lie, but I know I am not good enough for her. ‘Candi ( Little Brother—-That’s what sis says, but, ma’s been ell. ing her she can't do any better. A little Scotch boy's grandinother was ae lunch for him to take to school -one morning. up into the old lady’ s face, the boy asked: “ Granamoth i does yer specs magnify?” “A little, my child, at she | swered. “Aweel, then,” said the boy, “I wud just li it if ye wad tak’ them off when ye're packin’ Thy. Paes ness wots Bh EEE! Miri lished as family autocrat, was sant ont to on th taas turkey, She returned with two fine, plum “Why, Mary,” her mistress remonstrated, ms get a turkey, not chickens.” “I know, ma “but L don't like turkey. ae
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 27 night we left another, but the lion passed it by, went down to “the plain and killed an ox, and on his way back to | his den, about. daylight, stopped and killed the sheep and Foaascd: on... He did likewise on the third night, seeming _ Last year at this time I estimated that the menageries ; ito have lost his taste for mutton, but stopping to kill for - and zoological gardens of France, England, Germany and | j the pleasure of it. ‘America contained upward of 500 animals and serpents; We furnished a fourth and fifth, and each was killed in which I had helped to capture, jrotation.. It was easy to imagine the scene. The sheep For seven years I was employed by a dealer on menage- ee tied to a small tree beside the path, about twenty feet bis stock at Amsterdam to look for and seek to capture |from the pool, and the lion must pass him to get to the jany living thing in the curiosity line for which there was , Water. He issued from his lair at sunset, as we knew by a demand, and I doubt if you can find a zoological garden | his. roaring, and with head high in air, and stately tread, ‘in the world which does not contain some specimen of my took his way down the path, The poor sheep heard and handiwork. Sometimes I was with a party of fifteen or | scented him, and after a vain struggle to get away, became ‘twenty people, employees and natives, and again there | terror-stricken, and could only use its eyes. were only two or three of us in company. It depended, | The lion came slowly down the path, growling, and lash- of course, on what sort of game we were after. jing his tail, and, when fifteen feet away, halted, and ut- The largest lion ever seen in captivity was trapped near | tered a roar which’ shook the hills. The sheep was frozen ie village of Wadi Halfa, on the White Nile, Egypt. Of | W ith fear. A man, tied and helpless, would have: fainted all the sportsmen and natives who saw him, none had ever away. beheld such a magnificent specimen. The lion enjoyed the terror of his puny victim. A _ A band of five of us had made our headquarters at this sheep was but small potatoes to a beast that could kill an Pillage for a fortnight, looking after this very beast, who 800-pound ox with one blow of his mighty paw, but en ties was known to the people along the Nile for a “nondsed | was an occasion not to be neglected. m les, and whose depredations had broken up many herds- | men. He had been ravaging the country for over wo | ing to burn into the head of the victim, the lion came on, years and some wonderful stories were told of his cun=| and by and by stood over the sheep. ming, strength and ferocity. |, Several hunting parties had been organized to pursue | mid kill the monster, but in each instance the lion killed’ two or three of the hunters and escaped without a scratch. The only: time he had even been wounded was by a spear in deaths before the big beast returned to finish him. he hands of a woman. :: We dug. our pit early in the forenoon, when we knew | The big lion had leaped the stockade of a herdaman and | the lion aise - Bes and about fifteen feet above the seized a calf, and as he was preparing to spring out again g 1e woman ran at him and gave him a wound just above eek rae esa per eats io RE Se eel he eyes. This left a scar which added greatly to the Bis: Cropvalion. aig: 2988 207) Gest weet earns beast’s ferocious aspect, and also served to identify him. apa font teen denisatiiae GR eens Gn een ae tee )~In the six months previous to our arrival at Wadi Halfa, pat -ywlestaetg Wisner neve ee ee te ee ta the big beast had killed and eaten fifty natives, and hard! a nigh passed that he did not SaaS a howe: an. B4 In addition to the sheep, we sprinkled some fresh ¢ ox or ‘a sheep. He had driven all the other lions away, and blood on the path, and below the victim we put several had the field to himself, and so great was the terror he pieces of fresh meat. had inspired that travel over certain roads and paths to| Just before night three of us took our stand in a tree - the west of the village had. been entirely suspended, even |about a quarter of a mile from the pit, and to windward et n the day time. of the lion, and the sun had not yet entirely disappeared Five miles west of the village was a broken; wooded | When we heard the beast mutter. Nsinict; fifteen miles long by several miles broad, and in| Pretty soon his mutterings changed to a roar, and then this range the lion was safe. He was heard of as tases down | we knew that he had started down the path. We could © : Sioot, one hundred and fifty miles north, and as far up hear the sheep bleat in terror, and our own hearts beat Old Dongola, one hundred miles south, but the greater | faster as we wondered if our trap would be a success. I ortion of his time was spent near Wadi Halta. For a few moments all was still as death, and then we Fi “Had ‘we desired the death of the lion, we should have} knew by the smothered roars that he had fallen into the gone out with our guns and popped at him, but he was no| Pit. His astonishment passed away in a few Egiieian. and good to us unless we bcs him alive and without seri-| then his rage was something awful. us injury. While we knew that he could not leap os of the pit,» _ CATCHING A LION AND A TIGER. By Horace Appleton. With slow step, and with those great yellow eyes seem- The poor thing shivered and sank down, and for two or _ ; three minutes the lion sniffed and snuffed, and playfully ; touched it with his paw. ‘Then: he passed on, and the’ sheep was left to struggle and shiver, and die a dozen P ed to try the simplest plan first, neat him in the darkness. ae of water in the Lae that he a beaten it‘and taking a cage and bey setae we. made our ae to here we tied a ene phe seene. nett two days iboitog the ground over, and then | having no room to gather for a spring,.we dared not. go cee Ve selected a path which he had used so often to come} Next morning, accompanied by about a hundred natives, a Sak
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28 RS enews heard us coming, and all the rage in his royal - east began to boil. Had the pit lacked a foot of its depth, he would cer- tainly have escaped.. Cramped as he was in the space, he had leaped up until his paws had almost touched the » surface. Twice he leaped so high that the natives had to use their poles over his:head'‘to beat him back. © The sear was plainly to be seen, and the rejoicing over his capture wag intense. By means of slipnooses, which were finally worked over his head and legs, we hauled him up into the cage, and later on he found his way to Amsterdam and Paris. Natu- ralists judged him to be about twenty years old, and last year, when I heard direct from him, he was one of the attractions in a menagerie traveling in Prussia. No lion of any age or experience will walk trap built and baited to catch him, but the wisest tiger will. All our tigers were captured between the Gisgee River and the mountains to the north. This sparsely settled dis- trict had not then been penetrated by sportsmen, and the natives felt themselves helpless against the man-eaters. ' Between Benares and the mountains half a dozen vil- lages were abandoned ‘inside of three months, owing to the presence of tigers, and there was a district forty miles long by ten broad which two man-eaters had actually reduced to a wilderness. A lion may roam over a district fifty or a hundred miles in extent, and may travel twenty-five or thirty miles in a single night, but a tiger hangs to one locality as long as he can get a living, and unless in the dry season, when water is scarce, he will not travel fyrther than ey to find his food. |The natives dig pits for them, and once in a while one .. ig thus captured: but a tiger in his prime has all the suppleness of a cat. He can gather and spring away even as he feels the ground giving way under his feet, and thus any victim is sure to be old and stiff, and of no value to a menagerie. T saw one at Benares which had been caught in a pit, and he was near- de and almost toothless from old age, - He might have Pcliad aman down with his paw, but -. ‘I doubt if he could have eaten him. When we caught the particular tiger 1 am now aout to write of we were recommended to go from the small vil- . lage of Woopur, on the Ganges, north to the village of|' _ Khokda, a distance of about thirty miles, where a man- . eater of tremendous size had sae terror all over the district. This one beast had driven three Giovani natives “ett of the district and broken up five villages. He had in two years killed three hundred people, and had knocked over oxen and sheep by the hundred. To prove his strength, a head man told us that the - tiger bad one evening sprang upon a large ox fastened to a tree in the outskirts of the village. “The weight of ae a log oldest and the ox was given at nine hundred pounds, but the tiger ‘knocked him down with one blow, tore him loose from ae i ven spe sie a sey stout imine ee in 80 pa a FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. a if we were to. rid the, district of the beast we must him into a ivap. The body was carried there, seated” ee en i ee enna no native could have made his way with twenties five pounds } of corn on hig back. We reached the yillage to find that many of the people had fled in terror, a woman haying been killed and eaten two days before, and our appearance was hailed with joy. | When they learned that we proposed to capture him alive” the natives were in despair. i That night we had a sample of the tiger's character, Several fires had been built in the centre of the village, : and while nearly everybody had gathered around, the. man-eater entered the village, walked into a hut, ang seized an old man who was lying ill. This hut was nop over one hundred feet from our “eitele: and all of us sav the tiger as he came out with his burden. He had seized the man by the right arm, near the elbo and’had given him a twist “which flung hi over lis bai As we started wp at the shrieks of the victim, the tig trotted off as coolly as you please, growling a little over the firebrands thrown at him, but evidently hay mg n the least fear of the crowd. : z We were astir at an early hour next morning, Tl tiger’s lair was inva piece of woods to the west of the v fabe! and very likely in a rocky ravine in the center of t fore We soon found that he used one path in approachi the village, and as he had eaten nothing but human fle for sey eral months, he might be expected to come and | by this path as long as any one was left in the village, ~~ Midway between a den ‘and the village we built a ston: log pen just to one side of the path, and when it was co mleted the door was held up by a cord running inside a spindle on which the.bait was to be attached. We had everything ready by afternoon, and then @ the question of bait. Nothing but human flesh would do, but that aid worry the natives a bit. I think the head man would ha ordered a sacrifice but for the fact that an old woman di about noon and we obtained permission to make u body as we desired, Itseemed a horrible thing to ati an upright position behind the spindle, and lashed to and then a dog was tied up.in a corner of the pen, + A second dog was killed and his blood scattered over | leaves and earth about the pen, and just before dark. returned to the village. ‘It was about ten o’clock when we Heard fits the ma eater, Phere was)a-yell from the dog and a howl fro the tiger in one breath, and we.felt sure we had. Bes! him. Soon after davlight a couple of Lee ent ona seou and in the course of half an hour they came running ha with the news that the man-eater was éafe in the pene zm After breakfast the cage was carried up, ae wi little difficulty in transferri ing the beast. He was the longest, heaviest and tallest eee i of us had ever seen, and this was also the verdic of others who got a peep at him. 4 He was sold to an English Showman at a big pri e, al resold lo lide Roy Mises Gg assy on account
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rayne AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. * A dangling rope from a balloon caught the leg of Lo- Poe TeNZ0 Hol land, fifteen years old, as it ascended, “mhanned f. by H.C. Petty, wl - was niaking his first flight at Tus- » cumbia, Ala., Oct. 8. The boy hung on until 500 feet up, -when both fell to ab death with an unopened parachute. Directors of the Indiana Harbor National Bank were | in session at Hammond, Ind., when Mary Dopa, who } weighs 235 pounds, fell through the skylight and landed ~ in a sitting position on the Jong table among them. ‘he directors scattered in panic, thinking a bomb had heen exploded. Miss Dopa was hot hurt. She had been hang- ‘Ing out clothes on the roof of an adjoining building and | had tripped and fallen through the bank skylight. -—— - if Leofric Temple, seventeen years old. doesn’t salute L , the flag and take the pledge of allegiance in the Cedar | _ Grove, N. J., High School hereafter, he will be expelled. : oung Temple has refused steadily to do this. Recently | he principal, Sealey Hutchinson, took the maiter up with, he Cedar Grove Board of Education, and was given per- | Recderick Pompe; the hop s > father id he hae spon the young man his instructions. He id when he was made first lieutenant of the Fifth Can- adian. artillery he swore allegiance to the British flag, nd he expected his boy to do likewis se." 1 1 | > Tt has just been learned hag several conferences were - “held in London lately among the directors of the Ham- burg-American Line and Joseph Digiorior, president ofa he aes Fruit Mehaenre fs i discuss means of extend- | ° ‘The Ham- | fa ppanricay ae is tarsaiy ‘itepeltad® in “Ake Atlantic | Pruit Company. -and Director Ballin and William G. | Sickel, general freight agent, of the Hamburg-American | ‘Line in Reg York, “took a prominent part in the confer- fruit business to Europe. Mr. Sickel sailed £ 0 September 27 on the Victoria Louise, | : Sarees ae Lae ~ Frank Basseil, of Chappauca, N. Y., was hated before | as Jadge Platt at White Piding on an assatlt char ae | the other sat? after demolishing his tiancee’s piano with an ‘ax because he did not like the music his riva! payed on it. Basell and Miss Annie Page were engaged io be married ; ‘and he gaye her $400, part of which ‘she spent on a new | piano. ater Miss Page tired: 0% Basel!, but not) of the | Jano. When he called aud found her entertaining William | vancis he took an ax and began chopping up the piano. foi New York Rs Ewer z tirade a-charge of assault against Basell, who was re- | b ked. by id adge Plait and let aif on suspended sentence. Lientenant He Cy Rockwell's “was vexponsible for 1 September ca ip io! - ; t W whieh the: liew ‘have been damaged. “with the exception jf the slight shock it suifered, Neteaiiee2 one probably | persons sought out Capt Walken Clark of. the Charle the aeri oplane Ae cident at the army eiecet wecdin and aes tees ee Witt, for. GOOD READING who was flying the aeroplane, and Corporal F. 8. Scott were killed. The army investigating board reported to- day, expressing the opinion that “the accident was caused by the aviator misjudging his height from the ground and his failure to bring the machine out of the glide in suffi-. jcient time to clear the ground.” Many of Lieutenant Rockwell’s friends have recalled he was subject to sud- den spells of blurred vision. It is not unlikely that in the jfuture all army aviators will have to pass a more rigid. ocular test. Ella C. Wolcott of Sheffield, Mass., met Eyerett ©, Mundy at Elmhurst, N. Y., in the summer vacation months.. She is a bright, vivacious girl and comes from an excellent Sheffield family. Mundy is a printer and works in Doyer, Del. He proposed, was accepted and the wedding was set for September 26. Invitations were sent out, ‘and on the date set all was ready for the wedding, but the | bridegroom came out. Later there came a telegram saying that he could not come. He said he had missed the train und suggested that the bride-to-be advise him what to do. She wired him that he had better stay where he was.’ He wired back that he could come on Saturday, but Miss Wol- cott replied that Saturday would not do and declared the wedding off. ee ‘ Vandals have : eae injured another public fountain in New York City. This time it is the fountain which was ;crected at Riverside Drive and 116th street by the Woman’s Health Protective Association. In recent months the Timothy P. Sullivan and the Lowell fountains have been badly treated by vandals, and a number of park statues Park Commissioner Stover is not sure - whether thieves or mischievous boys had removed parts of the ornamental bronze fixtures on the Woman’s Health Fe rotectiye Association Yountain. uncovered because a thick ledge formed a background. A! “strong box’? will hereafter inclosé such fixtures, as vandals had tampered with the unprotected appliances. et ae cheeses vith one hand on the front platform bar of an Bighth “ street New York crosstown street car Patrolman John DeWitt of the, Charles street station swung his body far around in front of the car as it shot rapidlyoalong’ West Tenth street, between. West Fourth and Bleecker streets, at G o'clock the other night, and snatched two-year-old’ James Jones, 218,West Lenth street, out of the middle of the track just as the car bumped the ehild. jee « AT WAS, stopped. Dr, Shaw of St. Vincent's Hfoepttat lWwas summoned and found. that the “child was unharmed — Many ~ Some of the plumbing ences. Plans, it ig learned, have heen rhade to extend the | ‘fixtures in the rear of the fountain were originally: left With an Vir. Page interfered and in the seuffie was hit with the as. etfort he held the boy free from danger with enc hand until _ ¥ ¥ bs
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY, ARTICLES OF ALL KINDS ROBERTS 80 YEARS: OLD. Field Marshal Earl Roberts celebrated his 80th birth; day September 30. The stanch old veteran is .as active in oad and body aS thany a man twenty years his junior. It is character- istic of him that in the evening of his life he is devoting all his energies to the task of awakening the country to a sense of its military peril. Hundreds of congratulatory messages poured in to the old soldier at his beautiful home at Ascot. ‘The newspa- papers all refer to the day as “Roberts Day,” and urge that: it be so marked in future calendars. CENTURY OLD FROG. “The a frog of Calaveras,” made imimortal by the pen of Mark Twain, has been shoved rudely from its, pedestal in the hall of ‘fame by an unnamed member of the genius amphibia which workmen engaged in clearing and iblasting rock on the L. D. Loomis property in Santa Monica canyon, @al., found imbedded in limestone three feet beneath the surface, The frog must have been immured for several hadzed years. though lumpy rock, the frog was taken by an astonished workman and laid upon a me where in a few seconds it showed signs of life, After several minutes it blinked confusedly, drew a long breath and rolled to the ground, where, in long leaps, it éludéd the best efforts of “the workmen to recapture it. GIVES SKIN J FOR BROTHER, _ Surgeons at Bellevue Hospital, New York, grafted five -* square inches of skin from the back of twelve-year-old Alice Schulboff yesterday so that her brother, Wilfred, four years old, might recover from burns he received when he fell into a bonfire on August 23. At the end of the operation Dr. Camp said the grafting was a suc- ess, and that both children would, leave the hogpital in a few days. . ‘Wilfred had been in the hospital for several weeks with burns that would not heal, and the surgeons decided that the only way he could be cured was by grafting skin from the body of a healthy person. The other night the little gitl came to the hospital and announced that she wished to part with some of her we so’ that her little -. brother might live. ‘When told of the suecess of the operation Alice laughed de and said that she would be glad to have given more to - Wilfred. Physicians at the hospital say this’ is the first case in their recollection where skin has been eve from 80 young a person. : Apparently a ified and incased in the Tibia AR UR Ste fetes) PB aly a ie et Harry Ackerland of Pittsburg. Chance refused to name — the price, but declared that he did not lose any money. Chance could not well lose on the deal, as the dividends — on his stock the first year paid for it all except $50, and that sum was made up to him by Charley Murphy. His — holding of the stock amounted to about 10 per cent. of the total, ind Chance has said that he considered the securi- _ ties worth $80,000. zy: Chance denied that he intended to sever his connection | a with the Cubs. “T expect. to stay right here and manage the team,” ma said. “I’m still manager of the Cubs, and I haye satis- . factory reasons for ‘beliéving that I am to be retained in that position.” ae Chance said, however, that if he did not manage the at Cubs he would manage some other ball club. He added that he had had no meeting with President Murphy and | had no meeting definitely in view. When Murphy was asked what negotiations, if any, ‘bed « }taken place between him and his manager, he jee that af he had nothing to say. FALLS 125 FEET DOWN A STACK. ‘Ben Peasely, a 24-year-old steeplejack of many stccess- ‘ful ascensions, was sent at noon the other day to the top of — ‘one of the 125-foot smokestacks of the Standard Oil Com: _ pany in Bayonne, N. J., to repair the interior framework — which gives the fatnel stability. It was a task he had’ often accomplished before, and he’ thought nothing of — climbing through the soot of the interior with a: 25-pound joist tucked under his left arm. Some workmen lounging in the yards during the. lunch hour saw Peasely’s head and shoulders appear above the rim of the smokestack while he sat pn a crossbeam, and then suddenly, in a gust of wind, it appeared ag though he had lost his balance and fallen over edgewise in the stack. . The men ran to the furnace room, ae they st f Peas sely’s body huddled in a pile of soot. Presumably he - had struck every one of the ninety crosspieces in hig “fall, is but be still. clutehed in his hands the joist which he had _ earried up with him, When they pulled him out of Be debris he was still conscious. “Gee, but that was some fall,” he pee By a ee “ et steeplejack; “some fall, and an awful hard floor At the Bayonne Hospital, where Peasely was taken, it was said that all his ribs, both legs and his left arm were ‘broken, and that he could not last through the nigh though he seemed possessed of wonderful vitality, » Bea ita
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ELECTRIC PUSH BUT- TON.—The base is made of maple, and the center piece of black walnut, the whole thing about 1% inches in diameter, with a metal hook on the back so that it may be slipped over edge of the vest pocket. Expose to view your New Blectric i Bell, when your friend will push the button expecting to hear it ring. As soon a6 he touches it, you will see some of the liveliest dancing you ever witnessed. The Hlectric Button is heavily charged and will give @ smart shock when tho button is pushed. ‘ Price i0c.,.by mail, postpaid. WOLET NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. ¥ MYSTHRIOUS PLATH LIFTER. Made of fine rubber, with bulb on one end and inflator at other. Place it under a table cover, under plate or yg siass, and bulb is pressed ‘ = nee underneath, object rises mysteriously; 40 ins. long. Price, 25c., postpaid. J. KENNEDY, 56 Sedgwick Av., Yonkers, N. ¥. * THE GHRMAN OCARINO, A handsome metal instru~ Pygiment, made in Germany, from which peculiar but i sweet music can be produced, r Its odd shape, which resem- -. bles a torpedo boat, will attract much atten- tion, We send instructions with each instru- ment, by the aid of which anyone can in @ phort ‘time play any tune and produce very “sweet: music on this odd-looking instrument, d Price, 106. by mail, postpaid, WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 2Cth St., N. X, a CASE DS LESS AEE eons ee et eee - THE GRLAT FIRE PATER. A great Sensational Trick of the Day! With ‘the Fire Hater in his possession any person can’ become a perfect salamander, ap- ¢ parently breathing fire and eject- », ing thousands of brilliant sparks, .from his mouth, to the horror and consternation of all beholtd- ers. Htarmless fun for all times, ‘ seasons and places. If you wish 4o produce w decided sensation in your neigh-. Eamon don’t fatl to procure one. We ‘send > the Fire Hater with all the materials, in a handsome box, the cover of which is highly ornamented with iNustrations in various col- ors. Price of all complete only i5de., or 4 - hoxes for 50c., mailed postpaid; ome dozen by express $1.20. , } _. N. B.—Full printed instructions for per- forming the trick accompany each box, which -also contains sufficient material for giving everal exhibitions, H. F. CANG,. 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. ¥. Gee whiz! Whats fun ~ you can haye 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 gpeck down his back, In a minute he will feel as if he had tho ; ; seven years’ itch, it will make him seratch, roar, squirm and make faces. But it is perfectly harmless, ay {t is made from the seeds of wild roses. The horrible itch stops in a few minutes, or can be checked imimediately by rubbing the spot wine @ wet cloth. While it is working, you will be apt to laugh your suspender buttons ff. The best joke of all, Price 10 cents a ‘box, by mail, postpaid. ‘ WOLEF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St. N. ¥.. cary matt 2 SS SNAKES IN THE GRASS Something entirely new, consisting of six | large cones, each one} nearly one inch | height. Upon light- . ing one of these cones ~ with a match, you se@ Something similar to a 4th of July eairec: | ! 1 ton of fireworks. Sparks fly in every direc- ‘tion, and as the cone burns down it throws out and ig surrounded with) what appears to “be grass; at the same tlme a largo snake ‘uncolls himgel! from the burning cone and j Yazily stretches out in the grass, which at - last burns to ashes but the snake remains as” a curiosity unharmed. They are not at all angerous and can be set off in the parler if placed on some metal surface that will not wim, An ordinary dust pan answers the pur- pose nicely. Price of the six cones, packed in sawdust, In a strong wooden box, only 19¢., mail postpaid, M. O'NEALL, 426 W. a 56th St. Ne Ke Ps t: '8 boxes for 2ie., 1 dozen boxes Oo. sent: by / nickel-plated. Price, ide., or 3 for A0e. ‘by i and create more fun than an actor Sure Fire Accuracy Penetration The World’s Record Holders Remington-UMC .22 cal. cartridges have broken two records in two years. : The present world’s 160-shot gallery record, 2484 ex 2500, held by Arthur Hubalek was made with these hard hitting .22’s. They will help you, too, to break your best shooting records. Remington-UMC .22's are made, too, with hollow point’ bullets. This increases their shocking and killing power. _ The Remington-URC cubs make o find Remington- UMC—the perfect shooting combination REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. es ANY oe st i. 209 Broadwar New York City iy Ms 1 Pte AGT Wat “ ? \ 3 AEA RL a a EERE LY RT = BOY $|\Give Shows! ase GIRLS ||Make Money! '=6 We Cine ene) =, egies, Sc che eee F OS T=V OUT =A . ci} ~~ Pi) Order tacoy—extra prise for quick work Big cagh -i—4 commission if you prefer oo} Earn All Thess Presents (9 0 Faw Baia. WAVERLY SUPPLY COMPANY, Bax 456 Monengatele, Paa— es EA new SER NG 1 Voice Thrower (Hell unseen » the A his 18¢ mouth; fools em mii) 1 How to Iniltade Animals and Birds, 11m. Gold Tooth 1 Mysterious Envelope Trick, 1 Instruction sheet, 1 Punch and. vetl “all PD PICTURE POSTALS, TROY consist of Jungle sets, Map and Seal. of States, Good Jack cards, Comics, f with witty sayings and funny H pictures, cards showing cele- brated person’ buildings, etc. In fact, there is such a great variety that it is not possi- ‘ble to describé them here. They are beautifully emboss- ed in exquisite colors, some with glazed surfaces, and Show Instrument, and our Great Catalog ALL sent to YOU: others in matt. Absolutely the handsomest cards issued, & only a Sliver Dime, THEM. 1. MoKINLEY CO., WINONA, Price 15¢, for 25 cards by mail. WOLEF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. ¥ . Almost snyone can learn it at bows: Smal cont on Mek Sue for eth es Bizelow Sti Peoria, die ee LOTS OF FUN FO AD f £%, Ventriloquists Double Throat fishers Dl i} te Astonizh nad mystify your friends. Nolgh'ikes ho;sa; whine Duppy; elng liko & canary ond imitate irae and cried of fel: ane THE AUTOPHONE. . A small musical instrus ment that produces very sweet musical notes placing it between the livs with the tongue over the edge, and blowing gently into the instrument. The notes produced. are. not unlike those of the fife and flute. We send full printed instructiong DGUBLE THACAT CO, DEPT. K PASNOHTOWN, Nb eee Use Aerie Ot. D £7.75 paid for RARE date 18h quarters. $20.00for #614. We pay 2 CASH premium on hundreds of | coins; keep all money dated before 1884 and send "TEN centa at once for our New Mlustrated Coin Value TARKE & 60 Ty May mean your fortune, . CLAR' What LxROY, ‘NEW ~~SHE BAD MOTHER-IN-LAW. CO NE Eee ~ | Whereby anyone can play anything they can hum, whistle or sing, with very little practice, mailed, postpaid. d. KENNEDY, 56 Sedgwick Av., Yonkers, N, ¥. SNR eet : RAPID CIGARETTE MARU. This little article should be in the pocket of every smoker, With it a perfect cigarette can be made in ten seconds. You will find. them ‘equal in | ‘ 7 appearance and far su- perior in quality to: commercial ones, at less than a quarter of the cost, With our’ cigar- ette maker in your possession, you can smoke a pipe.or cigarette at pleasure, as it’s Just: as easy to roll a cigarette as to fill 4 pipe. Every part of the cigarette maker is handsomely Price, 10¢.; S for. 25c., and hair to make’ up a fin hand. es the medium. | box containing them has’ full directions for making up the comical old mug. Then quism by merely altering the tones of your voice to make the funny figure appear to talk. Any child. can use. mail, postpaid, furl by > | atage. . .. _ Price, 8e. each, ; ipa WOLFE NOVELTY 00. 29 W, 26th Stu N, XY. | J. KENNEDY, 56 Sedgwick Av, Yonkers, N. Xy_ Torent. ty © Wonderful itlon, ads oi PES Oh at a a6 esnte bes aS aesey 5 COINS It consists of the eyes, nose_ old woman's face, using eae. : The use it as a subject for venteloe * it the — te ! c lors; 3 a ars tn 4
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MOTATION GOLD TEETH, Gola plated tooth, shape mads so that it will fit any tooth. Price, 5c., postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. Ye MICROSCOPE. By uso of this wonderful little mi- eroscope you can magnify a drop of stagnant water until you see dozens of crawling insects; is also useful for .inspecting grain, pork, linen, and numerous other articles. This little Instrument does equally as good work as the best microscopes and {6 invaluable to the. household. Is made of best finished brass; sizo when closed 1x2% inches. Price, 30c. Clicks Itke @® tele- graph sounder The Games, Meetings, and Sport- ing Jovents. Just the thing to make a big noise. PO. Sete ig oa it in your vest pocket, bu 5 as oie i arate band, made of lacquered metal, and stamped to look exactly like 2&@ Baseball as it is useful. locust. It is as ornamental Suitable for young and old. Price, 12c, each, by mail. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre &t., B'kiyn, N.Y. THE JOKER'S CIGAR. The biggest sell of the sea- son. <A real cigar made of tobacco, but secreted in the * center of cigar about one-half “inch from end is & fountain Ede of sparklets. The moment wwwede* the fire reaches this fountain ** hundreds of sparks of fire } burst forth in every direction, to the astonishment of the smoker. The fire is stage fire, and will not burn the skin or clothing. After the fireworks the victim can continue smoking the cigar to the end. Price, 40c.; 3 for 26c; 1 dozen, 90¢., moiled, post- _peld, WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. ¥. ‘THE CAMERA CIGAR HOLDER, A beautiful ebonized eigar holder that takes ‘ pictures. Every smoker 4 " zoe who loves fun will want y one toentertain his friends. We furnish with each holder ma- terial, all prepared, for making six different photographs, and guarantes every paper to produce a completely finished photograph if _ directions are followed. Dtrections—-Take holder apart at the joints, roil up one of the small blank papers (six furnished with each holder) and insert it in the holder. Put the holder together and smoke a cigar for one ‘minute. A beautiful finished photograph wil appear on the paper, which can be taken ou and preserved for years. Price of holder, with six blank pictures, 10¢.; 3 for 25e. by mall, postpaid; extra blanks, Se. per dozen. J. KENNEDY, 56 Scdgwick Av., Yonkers, N. Y. KANGAROO PADLOCK, A’ handsome padlock stampea out of polished steel. It locks it- self when the hasp is pressed down into the lock, but the puzzle js to unlock it. You can instantly unlock it with the key, but no one not in the secret can unlock it. You can slip the hasp through @ friend’s buttonhole and force him to wear it until you. release it, although he may have ths key to the lock; or 2 boy and girl can he locked together by siipping the hasp through a buttonhole of their clothing. “Many other innocent and amusing jokes can be perpetrated with it upon your friends and acquaintances. It is not only a strong, useful padlock, but one of the best puzzles ever invented., Full printed Instructions sent with each lock. They are a bonanza for agents, as they can be readily sold for 25 cents each. Our price, 16e.; 2 for 25e.; one dozen, $1.20, sent by mail, postpaid. WOLKF NOVELTY CO., 29 W, 26th 8t., N. ¥. FALSE NOSES. Change your face! Have 2 barrel of fun! Théy are life- like reproductions of funny noses, made of shaped cloth, waxed, and _ colored. When Placed over your nose, they re- main on securely, and only a close inspection reveals their “false character. Ail. shapes, such as pugs, hooks, short-~horn lemons, and rum blossoms. Bet- ter than a false face. Can be : carried in the vest pocket. Remtires (© _ Price, by mail, 18c. each. LANG, 1815 Centre St., Belyn, Now. best rooter made, for : SURPRISE KINEMATOGRAPH, The greatest hit of the season! It consists of 2 small metal, nickeled tube, with a lens eye view, which shows a pretty hbal- let girl in tights. Hand it to a friend, who will be delighted with the first pic- ; ) ture; tell him to turn the screw in center of instru- ment to change tho views, when a stream of water squirts into his face, much to his dis- gust. Anyone who has not seen this kinema- tograph in ‘operation is sure to be caught every time. The {nstrument can be refilled with water in an instant, ready for the next customer, Price 25¢e. by mail, postpaid. WOLFE NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th 5t., N. ¥. i ‘CHINESE RING PUZZLE. ae Here is a genuine “corker."' to remove the handle from the rings. Made of polished brass and each one in a box. The / bar can be taken out and replaced in less than flve minutes without bending the rings or bar, when you know how to do the trick. . Price by mail, postpaid, 10¢.; 3 for 25e. J. KENNEDY, 56 Sedgwick Ay., Yonkers, N. Y. ~ DEVILINE’S WHISTLE. Nickel plated and polished; it pro- duces a near-plerc- ing sound; large seller; iilustration actual size. Price, c 12¢c. by mail. WOLFF NOVELTY CO. 29 W: 26th St., N. T, HAPPY HOOLIGAN JOKER, With this joker in the lapel of your coat, you can make a dead shot every time. Complete with rub- ber ball and tubing. Price, 15¢c. by mail, postpaid. J. KENNEDY, 56 Sedgwick Av., Yonkers, THROUGH THE HAT TRICK With this trick you bar- row a hat, and appar- ently shove a card up NOY, through the crown, without injuring the card or hat. The oper- ation can be reversed, the performer seemingly ™ Pushing the card down through the crown into she ee eee It is a rick which will puzzle and interest the closest observer and detention is almost impossible. It is so simple that a ehild can learn how to perform it in a few mutes, Price 10 cents each, by mail, post-paid M. O'NEILL, 425 W. 56th St., N. ¥, nak: GOOD LUCK BANKS. Ornamental aa well as useful. Made of highly nickeled brass. It holds just One Dollar. When filled it opens itself. Remains locked until refilled. Can be used at a watchcharm. Money refund- ed if not satisfied. Price, 10c. by mail, LAUGHING CAMERA, Eiverybody grotesquely photographed; stout peo- ple look thin, and vice versa. Price, 2he. postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY Co., 29 W. 20th St. N, ¥. THE NELLO PUZZLE Can you get therring of7 This puzzle is the jatest cre- \. ation ‘of Yankee ingenuity. Apparently it im the easiest thing in the world to remove the ring from the block, but it takes hours of study to Qiscover the trick, unless you know how it is fone. Price by mail, postpaid, 1fe.: 3 for 25e, H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., Bkilyn, N. Y. FALSE MUSTACHE AND BEARD, This is a novelty whereby you can make a great number of chang in fact, you can so disguise yours \ that your best friend won't know ' you. This mustache and beard are . 80 made that you can fix the samo to your face and they will stay on. _ They are a very valuable acquisi- tion to your make-up when you mask or when. you take part in some amateur theatrical. Price by mail, postpaid, 10c. a set; 3 for 2c. WOLFE NOVELTY CO. 29'W. 26th St, N. YY. | WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., i“ ; 2 The object ja’ } | H 4 {presence of a person who dislikes ths odor — SNEEZING POWDER. ~ The createst fun-maker of. chem all. A small amount of this powder, when blown in a room, will cause everyone to sneeze without anyone knowing’ where it comes from. It is very light, will float in the air for some time, and penetrate every. nook and corner of a room. It is perfecttly harm- less, Cachoo is put up in bettles, and one boris contains enough to be used from 10 to times. WOLKF NOVELTY O0., 29 W. 26th St., N.Y. “PRICK PUZZLE PURSE, The first attempt usually made to open it, is to press down the little knob in the center of the purse, when @ small needle runs out and stabs them itn the fin- oe ger, but does not open it. You open it before their eyes and still they be unable to open it. Price, 25¢, each by mail, postpaid. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., Bkiyn, N, Y. SURPRISE LETTER DRUM. Stung!. That was one on you! The joke? You senda friend a letter. He opens it, and that releases the drum. Instantly the sheet of note paper begins to bang and thump furiously, with a rip- ping, tearfng sound. Guar- anteed to make a man with iron nerves al- most jump out of his skin. You can catch the sharpest wisenheimer with this one. miss getting a few. Prico, Ge. each by mail, WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 VW. 26th St., N. ¥. THE SURPRISE BOUQUDT. The best practical joke of the season. This. beautiful buttonhole \bouquet is made of artificial flowers and leaves which so closely resemble Natural flowers that not one person in a thousand would detect the difference. After placing the bonquet In_ your huttonhole you ¢all the attention of a friend to its beauty and fragrance. He will very naturally step forward and smell of it, when, to his utter astonishment, water will be thrown into hia face. Where the water comes from is a mystery, as you can have your hands at your side or behind you, and not touch the bouquet jn any manner, You can give one dozen or more persons a shower, bath without removing the bouquet from your buttonhole, and after the water is exhausted it can be immediately refilled with- out removing it from your coat. Cologne can be used in place of water when desired. We have many funny things in our stock, bct nothing that excels this. Price, cemplete in a beautiful box, with full printed instructions, - 25e., or 3 for 60c. by mail, postpaid. vw. KENNEDY, 56 Sedgewick Av., Yonkers, N.Y. MANY TOOL KEY RING. The wonder of the age. The great-_ est small tool in the world. In tiis- little instrument you have in combina- tion. seven useful tools embracing Key Ring, Pencil Sharpener, Nail Cutter and Cleaner, Wateh Opener, Cigar Clipper, Letter Opener and Screw Driver. It Is not a toy, but a useful article, made of cutlery steel, tem~ pered and highly nickeled.’ Therefore | will carry an edge the same as any cutlery. As a useful tool, nothing ™ OACHOO Ox he a ies piece of has ever been offered to the public to equal it. Price, 15c., mailed, postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 20 W. 26th St., ROUGH AND READY TUMBLERS. These lively acrobats are handsomely deca-— rated with the U. & flag and with gold and y Silver stars and hearts. eRe ; Upon placing them up-_ on any flat surface and tilting it they at once begin a most wonderful performance, climbing and tumibling over each other and ‘chasin each other tn avery direction, as if the’ ey spirit was after them, causing roars of laugh- ter from the spectators. They actually ap- pear imbued with life. What causes them to eut up such antics is a secret that may not be known even to the owner of the unruly © subjects. Iv yon want some genuine fun send for a set of our tumblers. i Price per set, 10, maited, postpaid, A.A. WARFORD, 16 Mart St, Brooklyn, N.¥, er | THE BUCULO. CIGAR. rape The most remarkable trick-cigar in the world. I gets smafler. Avyone can have a world of Price, by mail, 10c,/each; 3 for 25e, _ Don't « smokes without tobacco, and neyer | — ee oe) a fine stream of . fun with it, especially if you smoke it in the” 1 of tobacco. It looks exactly like a fine per- fecto, and the smoke is s0 real that it. is bound to decelve the closest observer. Price, 12¢, each, postpaid. te, ’ Ne be :
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Ne. 1. NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM AND DREAM BOOK.—Containing the great oracle of human destiny; also the true meaning of Glmost any kind of dreams, together with charms, ceremonies, and curious games of cards. t No. 2. HOW TO DO TRICKS.—The great book of magic and card tricks, containing full instruction on al] the leading card tricks of the day, also the most popular magical illu- sions 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 little 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. E 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, No. 5. HOW TO MAKE LOVE.—A com- plete guide to love, courtship and marriage, giving sensible advice, rules and etiquette to be observed. No. 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 illustrations. No. 7%. HOW TO KEEP BIRDS.—Hand- somely illustrated and containing full instruc- tions for the management and training of the canary, mockingbird, bobolink, blackbird, par- oquet, Rite o. 9. TO BECOME A VENTRILO- QUIST.—By Harry Kennedy, Every intelli- gent boy reading this book of instructions can master the art, and create any amount of fun for himself and friends. No. 10. HOW TO BOX.—The art of self- detense made easy. Containing over thirty illustrations of guards, blows, and the differ- ent positions of a good boxer. Every boy should obtain one of these useful and instruc- tive books, as it will teach you how to box without an_ instructor, No. 11. HOW TO WRITE LOVE-LETTERS. -—A most complete little book, containing full directions for writing love-letters, and when to use them, giving specimen letters for young and old. No. 12. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS TO LADIES.—Giving complete instructions for writing letters to ladies on all subjects; also letters as San oO ce and requests. o. F IT; OR, BOOK OF ETIQUETTE.—It is a great life secret, and one that every young man desires to know all about. There's happiness in it. No. 14. HOW TO MAKE CANDY.—A com- plete hand-book for making all kinds of candy, ice-cream, syrups, essences, etc., etc. No, 18. HOW TO BECOME BEAUTIFUL. —One of the brightest and most valuable little books ever given to the world. Every- body wishes to know how to become beauti- ful, both male and female. The secret is simple, and almost costless. No. 20. HOW TO ENTERTAIN AN EVEN- ING PARTY.—A complete compendium of games, sports, card diversions, comic recita- tions, etc., suitable for parlor or drawing- room entertainment. No 21. HOW TO HUNT AND FISH.—The most complete hunting and fishing guide ever published. {t contains full instructions about guns, hunting dogs, traps, trapping and fish- ral together with description of game and r) lo. 22. HOW TO DO SECOND SIGHT.— Heller’s second sight explained by his former assistant, Fred Hunt, Jr. Explaining how the wecret dialogues were carried on between the magician and the boy on the stage; also giv- ing all the codes and signals. : No. 28. HOW TO EXPLAIN DREAMS.— This little book gives the explanation to all kinds of dreams, together with lucky and unlucky days. " oO. . HOW TO WRITE LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN.—Cotaining full directions for writing to gentlemen on all subjects. — No. 25. HOW TO BECOME A GYMNAST.— Containing full instructions for all kinds of mnastie sports and athletic exercises. Em- bracing thirty-five illustrations. No. 26, HOW TO ROW, SAIL AND BUILD A BOAT.—Fully illustrated. Full instructions are given in this little book, together with in- structions on swimming and riding, companion _sports to, boating. No. 27.. RECITATIONS.—Containing the most popular selections in use, comprising Dutch dialect, French dialect. Yankee and Irish dialect pleces, together with many standard readings. No. 28, HOW TO TELL FORTUNES. Bveryone is desirous of knowing what future life will bring forth, whether happiness or misery, wealth or poverty, You can tell by a glance at this little book. = No. 29. HOW T ECOME AN INVENTOR, r boy should know how inventions orig- This book explains them all, giving es in electricity, hydraulics, magnet- cs, pneumatics, mechanics, etc, TOUSEY, Publisher, HOW TO RECITE AND BOOK OF | 1 newsdea ers, or will be sent to any address on receipt of price, 10 cts. per co; Ws No. 30. I “OOK.—Me of the most instructive b< “cooking sver published. It contains : _. tor cooking meats, fish, game, and oysters; alsc) pies, piddings, cakes and all kinds of pastry’, and a grand collec- tion of recipes. No. 31. HOW TO BEZCOME 4 SPEAKER. —Containing fourteen ilijustratiois, giving the different positions requisdte to bicome a good speaker, reader and elo‘cutionis Also con- taining gems from all the populsr authors of prose and poetry. No. 32, HOW TO BIZEHAVE.—Containing the rules and etiquette of good society and 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 bowk, coniaining the rules and regulations of billiards bagatelle, backgammon, croquet, dominoes, ec. No. 36. HOW TO SOLVIS CONUNDRUMS. —Containing all the leading conuidrums 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 ailmjents common to every family. Abounding in uiseful and effec- tive recipes for general comp iaints, 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 latest jokes used by th? most famous end men. No amateur minsirels 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 illusions ever placed before the public. Also tricks with cards, incantations, etc. No. 44, HOW TO WRITE IN AN AL- BUM.—A grand coliection of Album Verses suitable for any time and occasion; embrac- ing Lines of 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. No. 46. HOW TO MAKE AND USE ELEC- TRICITY.—A _ description of the wonderful uses of electricity and electro magnetism; to- gether with full instructions for making Elec- ome tric Toys, Batteries, etc. By George Trebel, A.M., M.D. Containing over fifty illustra- tions. 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. 2 No. 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. 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, ete. Fully explained by twenty-eight {llus- trations. ‘ - No. 55. HOW TO COLLECT STAMPS AND 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. Love, Affection, Sentiment, Hu- | subjects, the use of words and the mann py, or 3 for 25 cts., In money or postage. No. 168 West 23d St., N No. 39. HOW TO BECOME A PHOTOGRA- PAER.—Containing useful information re- garding the Camera and how to work it; also how to make Photographic Magic Lantern Slides and other Transparencies. Handsomely peated INT 6, 62. HOW TO BECOME A WEST PO MILITARY CADEY.—Explains how to gain admittance, course of Study, BHxaminations, Duties, Staff of Officers, Post Guard, Police Regulations, Fire Department, and all a boy should know to be a cadet. oN Lu Senarens. _ No. 63. HOW TO BECOME A NAVAL CADET.—Complete instructions of how to gain admission to the Annapolis Naval Acad- emy. Ajso containing the course of instruc- tion, description of grounds and buildings, historical sketch, and everything a boy should know to become an officer in the United Stat © Navy. By Lu. Senarens, No. 64. HOW TO MAKE ELECTRICAL MACHINES.—Containing full directions for making electrical machines, induction coils, dynamos, and many novel toys to be worked by electricity. By R. A. R. Bennett. Fully \ lustrated, No. 65. MULDOON’S JOKES.—The ost original joke book ever published, and it is brimful of wit and humor, It contains a large collection of songs, jokes, conundrums, etc,, of Terrence Muldoon, the great wit, hu- morist, and practical joker of the day. No. 66. HOW TO DO PUZZLES.—Contal ing over three hundred interesting puzzles and conundrums, with key to same. A complete book. Fully illustrated. , i gi py. No. 67. HOW TO DO ELECTRICAL — TRICKS.—Containing a large collection of in-— structive and highly amusing electrical tricks, — together with illustrations, By A. Anderson. No. 68. HOW TO DO CHEMICAL TRICKS. — —Containing over one hundred highly amus- — ing and instructive tricks with chemicals. By A. Anderson. Handsomely illustrated. — No. 69. HOW TO DO SLEIGHT-OF-HAND, —Containing over fifty of the latest and best tricks used by magicians. Also containing the secret of second sight. Fully illustrated. — No. 71. CAL Ve HOW TO DO MECHANT TRICKS.—Containing complete instructions for ‘Tricks. performing over sixty Mechanical Fully illustrated. a No. 72. HO TO DO SIXTY TRICKS WITH CARDS.—Embracing all of the latest — and most deceptive card tricks, with illus- — trations. Sc iadf No. 73. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH NUM- BERS.—Showing many curious tricks with figures and the magic of numbers. By A. An- derson. Fully illustrated. : ‘ No. 74. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS COR- RECTLY.—Containing full instructions for writing letters on almost any subject; also rules for punctuation and composition, with specimen letters. er No. 75. HOW TO BECOME A CONSUEDE: : —Containing tricks with Dominoes, Dice, Cups and Balls, Hats, etc. Embracing thirty- — six illustrations. By A, Anderson. 8 2 No. 76. HOW TO TELL FORTUNES BY THE HAND.—Containing rules for telling fortunes by the aid of lines of the hand, or the secret of palmistry. Also the secret of telling pein events ey, aid of mole, marks, sears, etc. lustrated. i No. 77. HOW TO DO FORTY TRICKS WITH CARDS.—Containing deceptive Card Tricks as performed by leading conjurers and _ magicians, 4 7 No. 78. HOW TO DO THE BLACK ART.— Containing a complete description of the mys- teries of Magic and Sleight-of-Hand, together with many wonderful experiments, By A. Anderson. Illustrated. No. 19. HOW TO BECOME AN ACTOR.— Containing complete instructions: how to make up for various characters on the stage; to- gether with the duties of the Stage Manager, Prompter, Scenic Artist and Property Man. No. 80. GUS WILLIAMS’ JOKE BOOK.— latest jokes, anecdotes and funny stories of this world-renowned German ‘ the author. ee No. 81. HOW TO MESMERIZE.—Contain- ing the most approved methods of mesmerism; also how to cure all kinds of diseases by animal magnetism, or magnetic healing. By Prof. Leo Hugo Koch, A.C.S., author of “How to Hypnotize,” etc. . he No. 82. HOW TO DO PALMISTRY.—Con- ‘aming the most approved methods of read- ing the lines on the hand, together with a full explanation of their meaning. Also explain-— jng phrenology, and the key for sone char- veter by the bumps on the head. By Leo Yugo Koch, A.C.S. Fully illustrated. No. 83. HOW TO HYPNOTIZE.—Containing yaluable and instructive information regard- ing the science of hypnotism. Also e: Jains ing the most approved methods which are employed Uy the leading hypnotists of the world. By Leo Hugo Koch, A.C.S. . Pie No. 84. HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR, —Containing information regarding choice UE preparing and submitting manuscript. — containing valuable information as to neatness, legibility and general compositio manuscript. wile