Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 458) (1914 07 10)
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JULY 10TH I9SI4 Ne+58 \% AME 5(enls PORTUNE WEEKLY. Quick as a wink the man who posed as the ambulance surgeon seized little Dan Tucker in his arms and lifted him, struggling, into the vehicle. The bystanders looked on with aston- ishment, while the two brokers stood ready to prevent interference.
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STORIES OF BOYS Washington, D of Congress, Lio eaten of the Mew York, No. 458. CHAPTER L LITTLE DAN TUCKER, Dan,” said Broker Carson, coming out of his private room. “Yes, sir,” said the office boy, springing from his chair. “one this note to Mr. Green, Johnstone Building.” ; “And get an answer. . “AIL right, sir.” '_ *Be sure and see Green himself.” “Ir he isn’t in, I'll feteh it back, sir?” _“Find’ out where he is in that case and hunt him up, This ote is important.” “Il do it.” ws peaestle. ” And the boss returned into his room. Dan, who was undersized for his age and freckle-faced, bbed his hat and was off like a shot. ies other name was Tucker, and the boys of the financial t called him little Dan Tucker. A ‘mighty, clever lad was Dan, with a shrewd look in his “He was fast on his pins and never lagged when sent on an and. ker Carson said he was the smartest boy in tht Street worth his weight In gold as a messenger, because he ‘n't in the habit of making mistakes and could be relied n to do the right thing in an emergency. That was an excellent reputation for a boy to have, and . deserved it. lived with his mother in a big double-decker tenement East Side. Tucker, whose front name was Norah, was an enter- Trish woman, with a distinctive brogue which she had arted with, although she had been in she country some- over twenty years. er husband, who had been a truck fatter: was dead a aber of years. ‘unexpected demise left her et stranded with a small wit, Dan. hove her late lege ang who, by the few her wits to work NEW YORK, JULY 10, 1914. LITTLE DAN TUCKE OK WILL BE TAKEN: BAC AT A REASONABLE FIGURE, REET © page S 1 TREY): yea MAKING BIG MONEY IN WALL S By A SELF-MADE MAN ae who was at-) ame and Fortune Weekly WHO MAKE MONEY Iseued bes 9 Subscription $2.50 per year. are according to Act of Congress, in the year 1914, in ‘the offica of the my oy Fran k Tousey, Publisher, 168 West 23d Strect, New York. . Post Office as Second- Class Matter. Price 5 Cents, THIS BO Sth. & 10th | EAST SIDE OF AVE, er She equipped herself with a portable table, the legs of which | could be folded up, made for her by a neighboring carpenter, a camp-stool and a capacious basket; and to this paraphernalia she added a large, weather-beaten, yellow umbrella, bearing thé legend in black letters, “Get your Shoes at Bixby’s,” presented to her by a friendly truck driver; who had acted as master - the ceremonies at her husband's wake. She purchased a supply of apples and peanuts, and forth.» with set up shop at the corner of Broadway and Vesey street, against the tall, iron railing surrounding St. Paul’s church- yard. She was practically a squatter on forbidden ground, but that fact did not worry her. ‘O'Reilly, the cop on the beat, when he came along, asked her for her permit. She had none, of course, ‘so he told her he’d have to dis- possess her. She had declined to move, declaring this was a free coun- try and she had a perfect right to make a living anywhere on the public thoroughfare. Her argument, however, wouldn’t hold water, and the cop declared if she would not move he’d have to close up her shop forthwith. Her protests drew a crowd, and among others a politician high in authority at the City Hall. He inquired into the cause of the disturbance and learned the facts. -- 4 “ i % * He also learned that the defendant in the case was a widow © in strenuous circumstances and hailed from the same town in Ireland that had the honor of introducing him into the world. So he took the cop aside and said a few things to him. a Thereupon the officer walked oe, leaving the woman in pos- session. The crowd felt like cheering because the widow had come out on top, but, instead, their enthusiasm took a more prac- tical shape, and they invested all around in apples and pea- nuts, to Mrs. Tucker’s great satisfaction. Next day the politician came that way again and handed — the woman a license entitling her to stay on the corner till a year had expired. ome This privilege cost her nothing under the circumstances. : A couple of weeks later a man in the service of the parish _ found her in possession of the corner and ordered her to wy, She showad her license. ; a .- Se" as
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~ OReilly declined to interfere, and the man said he'd report ~The cop then eagle the woman to secure the necessary __ Permission. The upshot of the matter was that O’Reilly was haled be- . fore the police commissioner. ‘He explained the circumstances of the case. The commissioner called up the politician who befriended the lady on the phone. The politician saw the parish authorities, and the case was amicably settled. Mrs. Tucker stayed on the corner, and for eight years, up to the opening of our story, she could be found there almost every day, rain or shine, and was likely to continue boss of - the corner as long as she chose. During the summer Mrs. Tucker added pink lemonade to her ¥ stock, as well as peanut brittle candy, and did a rushing trade in those articles with the passing telegraph messenger boys, with whom she was a popular character. 1 So much for Mrs. Tucker, who now had a comfortable bal- ance in the Hibernia Bank and felt as independent as the head of Tammany Hall. Dan thought as much of his mother as any boy in the world and treated her with more respect than many boys do their _ MInothers. He had been brought up that way, for Mrs. Tucker wasn’t ‘the kind of woman wlio took nonsense from anybody, and Dan _ had to walk a chalk-line from the hour he was old enough to 4) take notice of things. Her method of bringing up her only son and heir was of aiftantaze to him, and as a consequence he was a pretty good hoy, otherwise he wasn’t a whole lot different from the average ‘> Not many boys of his humble origin find their way into a : Wall street broker's office, but Dan was lucky in many ways, and soon after graduating from the public school he answered Broker ‘Carson’s advertisement, and was taken on in prefér- ence to a bunch of apparently more desirable applicants, be- cause the broker sized him up as the kind of boy he wanted, and he wasn’t disappointed. _ Dan bad now been three years in Wall street and had given perfect satisfaction. _ .Byery Saturday at about one o'clock he made straight for the corner of Broadway and Vesey street and handed over his -' pay enyelope to his mother, receiving in return a quarter, usually in small change, and permission to get off and aniuse in any way he saw fit, provided he turned up around Seven at the tenement for supper, or had a good reason for _ hot doing so. ; To return to Dan and his errand to Broker Green, of Green es ‘Haroke, in the Johnstone Building. _ He ‘soon reached his destination and asked for the trader. Not. in,” said the cashier. “tou may leave your message with me.” “My orders are to hand it to Mr. ‘Gredn personally,” replied . “Where will I find him?’ “I couldn't tell you, but as I expect him back any minute ‘you had better wait.” There was a bunch of people in the room, and the two or _ three chairs were occupied. _ To make sure that*he would see the broker just as soon as he came in, Dan decided to walk into his private room and wait there. 4 A big easy-chair on the other side of the broker's private ‘ safe took Dan’s eye, and he sat down in it to try it. : It felt so-comfortable that he concluded to remain there, and to. the time he picked up a copy of an afternoon news- Paper, a blanket sheet, aud proceeded to read the news. _ Although it was a cool, spring day, the room was unusually warm, because the radiator was sending off an extra quantity | of heat, and Dan, being close to it, got the full benefit of it. He could easily have pulled the chair away from the radia- tor, but the idea did not occur to him. Dan wasn’t accustomed to being alone for any length of time, a as the only sounds that reached him were the foot- of passers-by. in the COnIGOr; he soon began to nod. over ad in the. paper. pawned ‘once or twice fia he ae back in the chair, iia 3 eyes pee Spe ng about a stock as interested 1 eee aida sean ™ ‘the. a LITTLE DAN }be sacrificed for the benefit of our ereditors, and with TUCKER. This he had put up as marginal security for five shares of some stock he noticed going up. It gradually went up ten points, and then, while Dan was debating whether he ought to sel! or not, it went up another ten, and then five more on top of that. a! Then he sold and cleared $125, which looked like a lot of money to him, plus his original $50. His success induced him to venture into another dea. which was also successful and netted him another $125 p iton. ten. “5% shares of A. & B. 1 tee. | th Otber small deals followed during ‘the winter, with, : sult that Dan accumulated the sum of $1,200. 3 He had the greater part of this up now on 100. share Lb &M. : ‘ The stock had already advanced eight points, ane Dan con: : fidently expected to add another $1,000 to his capital. : He was figuring on this pleasing prospect, as he s&t in cozy armchair, and while he was thinking what.a gies” would be to his mother if she found ont he was worth $24 in real money—a surprise he meant to defer for e eB, as he knew in that case what would happen to the. peek fell asleep, almost completely hidden under thes¢ojag,o of the big newspaper. f CHAPTER IT. LITTLE DAN OVERHEARS SOMETHING NOT INTENDED FOR HIS EARS, How long little Dan slept serenely in the comfortable arm- chair is a matter of no importance; it is enough to know that — he awoke suddenly and heard. voices in the room. — Broker Green was at his desk, and his partner sat between , him and the safe, with his back to it. . The easy-chair was, as we have already mentioned, on the — other side of the safe, though not wholly hidden by it. J A easual glanee at the chair would have impressed a per- , son that it was occupied only by a large, open newspaper carelessly thrown over it. : The newspaper, however, as the reader knows, hid the major. $3 part of little Dan Tucker, leaving only one leg partly exposed. — As neither Mr. Green nor his partner looked in that direc- — tion when they ¢ame into the room, the lez was not noticed, — ‘sg consequently the owner of it remained undisturbed. Dan was about to throw off the newspaper and announce his presence in the room when he heard a voice say: “We've only one course before us, Green, if we are to save ourselves from going to the wall—we've got to use those se- curities belonging to young Harry Hilton.” “I don’t see how we can touch them, Hawke. The boy will be of age in a week or two, and he will expect us to turn them over to him,” replied Green. “What he expects and what we will do are two very difter- ent things.” “But he will have the right to demand the bonds on the day. he comes of age, and I haye no doubt he will be on hand nate and early after his property.” “We must put him off. I fancy it will not be so difficult. bes invent some excuse to cover the ground.” “What excuse can we invent? The bonds were placed Pe our care with the understanding that they were to be de livered to him on his twenty-first birthday. He knows that as well as we do. We have collected the interest regularly and sent it to him, less our small commission. The bonds are in our safe deposit box, and we can have no valid reason withholding them when he calls and asks for them. S “Do you know where we can raise the money to meet obligations without borrowing those bonds?’ said Hawke. “T admit I do not. We have already hypothecated ab everything of value belonging to us. It was most unfor that we went into that Iron Mountain deal. The une Dm slump of the market has caught us badly.” ' “So badly that unless something is done we will bave announce our failure. Our seat in the exchange will have to - still Ps ba heavy balance against us we cannot hope to resume b You may view all this from a philosophical standpoint, | Du can’t. Some people can accept reverses and make the b of the situation. Yon may be one of those individuals. b am not. Furthermore, I won't, when I See the chines skinning ont of a bad predicament.”* “We might interview the young man, ‘pian the position, we are in, and ask him: to,.defer——?.- 7 Don't he a fool, Green.” said Hawke, im you. a gia young: Hilton would use h were in a ho
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LITTLE DAN TUCKER. 3 a eS ae ee TT ATT = ——<$—— “But if we use his securities without his permission how | ber of the Carson clique. This list is full of earmarks that are we going to justify the action? He could have us ar-|show the hand of Carson in our downfall,” said Hawke, re Tested for appropriating property which did not belong to|turning it to his partner. “J would risk a life sentence In ig Sing Sing sooner than that bunch should wipe us off the “Leave that to me, Green. I will see that he does not} Wall Street map.” Make any trouble for us.” “I am looking for the customary communications from all “How will you?” these people this afternoon. I am surprised that none have _ “I have a particular friend named Shabner who will strain | reached me yet. and it is close on to three now,” said Green. @ point to oblige me. He will see to it that young Hilton is Little Dan, the concealed listener, gave a gasp when he Quietly. removed to a place where the bonds will be of no| heard the time mentioned. use to. him.” He left his office at a «uarter past one. _ “What do you mean. Hawke?” Both the boss and the cashier were doubtless wondering a “It isn’t necessary to go into particulars. You needn’t} what had become of him. ~~ know anything about the matter at all. All I want is your His long absence must have inconvenienced them, for bus!- consent to make use of the bonds. I will see to it that if|ness was humming.’ young Hilton makes any fuss on his twenty-first birthday Well, he couldn’t help it. - With respect to our course of action, he is choked off in an Herwould have to invent some kind of an excuse to cover effective way without any reflections upon our firm. Wej|his delinquency. _ will be saved from impending ruin, and Green & Hawke will And it was the first time he had ever been driven into such _ ¢ontinue to do business at the old stand.” 2 corner, There was silence for a few moments in the room. “You'll hear from them, don’t worry,” snapped Hawke, get- slowly. and turn them into cash so we'll be ready to effect a settle- “What do you care as long as you have nothing to do with | ment on the best terms we can get.” it, and are the gainer by whatever I see fit to do?” said Hawke turned around and his eye caught sight of Dan’s - a . exposed leg. _ “ft am not a stone, Hawke. I have some feeling.” He uttered an imprecation, which attracted his partner’s _ *There should be no sentiment in business. Charity al-| attention, strode to the armchair and snatched away the news- Ways begins at home. We have reached a crisis in our affairs | paper. ‘ cus, We must act to save ourselves. What is Hilton to us?} Little Dan sat revealed to both men. t Nothing. He is not even a prospective customer. If he takes Hawke's oath had warned him that his presence was dis- those bonds away that is the last we shall see of him. We|covered, and the shrewd lad closed his eyes and simulated need money. We have simply got to have it to square our-| profound repose. Selves with our creditors. ‘Those bonds are in our reach. “By Jove!” cried Hawke, “what do you think of that? od we need do is to make use of them.” And it's Carson’s boy, too. If he has heard our conversa- “You mean hypothecate them, I suppose?” tion “We can raise about seventy per cent. of thefr value that Gtaie: stared and then sprang from his chair in great trep!l- wy. for they are gilt-edged: but I am not sure that would dation. ight."~ “How should I know? It is evident he wes here n we How would we be able to return them to Hilton, in that;came in and has been here ever since. I take it t he se, supposing we succeeded in putting him off? He has a brought a letter from Carson, but messenger boys don’t per containing the numbers.” usually fall asleep in people’s offices. Besides, he has no “What difference does the numbers amount to if we ul- right to be in your private room. If the office boy let him in mately were in a position to hand him an exact equivalent| he ought to be fired. If he didn’t, then this chap had a great the bonds?” nerve to walk in himself without permission, and remain here “True. We might be table to pufchase similar bonds in six| when he saw the room was unoceupied. He seems te he onths. I would not appose your plans if I thought Hilton} asleep, but I would like to be certain on that point. If he ond give us no trouble.” heard our talk about Hilton’s bonds we’d be In a hole. We . *Don’ t worry. -I will see the young man and fix it up With| would have to bribe him to keep his mouth shut. But I can- m.” not understand how he fell asleep. It doesn’t seem——” _ “Yon seem confident of being able to persuade him to——” “Perhaps he was to a party last mght and didn’t get home Er have no doubt about it. The matter is settled then?| until late?” said Green. “Then it's pretty close in this room. Ve will use the bonds to pull ourselves out of our hole? That/| There appears to be an extra ape of steam in the pipes understood, is it?” this afternoon. I must open the window and air the place. “T suppose so.” replied Green, in a hesitating tone. Wake him up and see what he has to say for himself.” “There must be no supposition about it,” said Hawke, “Here, wake up, young man,” sald Hawke, shaking Dan ply. “You must say Yes or No flatly, The situation ad-| by the arm, and watehing the effect closely. of no dillydallying. It has got to be met, and you| Little Dan was not only shrewd, but a good actor in his now it.” way. *¥ory well. I leave this thing in your hands}” said the After what he had overheard he knew {it would not do to or partner, yielding, as he always felt compelled to do, to} let om that he had been awake at any stage of the game. e arguments of his business associate. He opened his ib ri with a slight snort, and otared at “That's the way to talk, Green,” said Hawke, slapping his| Hawke. rtner on the knee. “The only fault I find with you !s your; Then he looked at Grae ee: -6f sand in an emergency. If you did not have me at} He sprang out of the chair, in apparent confusion, and put- ur elbow to stiffen your backbone I’m thinking you'd soon| ting his hand into his pocket drew out Mr. Carson’s note. ‘down and out. Now that we have settled this matter let} “I brought this note for you, Mr. Green,” he said, holding ; how we stand. Who is the largest ereditor—Carson, it out. ite” “Hum!” said Green; taking it. “Will you explain why you Yes, here is the list of oun indebtedness.” came In here when I was not in the room?” fell have to settle with him in full for cash. He won’t “The cashier told me he expected you back any minute ‘any compromise in the way of a note. He is sore| and told me to wait. As the room was full outside, and 1 us since that Erie deal last spring, when we caught him| wanted to deliver that note right off the reel, I thought I'd trap and made him come down on the nail. It is my| come in here. I picked up a paper to read, and I guess r mu that he has been laying for us ever since, and that) fell asleep for a couple of minutes, for I was ‘kind of sleepy.” he saw we were in Iron Mountain up to our neck he| “A couple of minutes!” said Green. “Do you recollect when. around among his rich friends and engineered the job/ you came in?” has left us where we are.” “Yes, sir. It was twenty-five minutes past one hy ie : A office clock outside.” get him yet where the shoe} “And what time do you suppose it is now?” 243) “Half-past one or maybe a little later.” 5 : Be watch, looked at ' “I'm afraid you mean harm to young Hilton,” said Green, /|ting up. “I'll go to the safe deposit vault, get out those bonds . enough to see us through. We might have to sell them “He seems to be asleep,” he said. “How came he in here?” i
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Dan's eyes stuck out with simulated astonishment. “It can’t be that late,” he said. “A quarter to three!” , “Thai's the time,” said Green. “Heavens! I'll catch all-kinds of fits. for the boss told -m™e to hustle. What the dickens will I tell him when I get back? He fald me to find you if you, were not in your ofiice. / Maybe he'll believe I’ve been chasing around looking for you. He’s sure to ask me if it took me an hour and a half to find you, and I don’t like to lie about it. Guess Ill have to face the music. Please read the note and let me have an answer so I can get back.” Green opened the note and feund not only what he ex- “pected.. but something more. i He passed the note to his partner. Hawke read it and passed \it back with a frown. “Tell him we'll settle in full in twenty-four hours,” he said. So Green went to his desk, wrote the reply, put it in an envelope and handed it to Dan, who hurried off with it. *T guess there is no doubt that he slept all through our interview,” said Green, apparently much relieved at the thought. “TI hope so,” answered Hawke, who was still suspicious. Then Green returned to his desk and his partner left the room. CHAPTER TIL. DAN BUTYS IN. Little Dan Tucker turned up at his office at three o’clock. “Where have you been all this time, young man?” said Cashier Jones. “Mr. Carson has been looking for you. He went to the Exchange at two and has telephoned three times to know if yow had got back. Did it take you all this time to reach Mr. Green?” '“] @idn’t see him till fifteen minutes ago,” replied Dan, quite truthfully. “You got the answer you were sent for, I suppose?” “Yes, sir.” “Weil. as the Exchange has just closed for the day there is no use of you taking the note over there. I guess Mr. Carson will be back soon. Keep it and hand it to him when he comes in.” Dan took his seat by the window. He generally took the day’s deposits to the bank just be- fore three, but the junior clerk performed that duty when he was not on_ hand. That/yonng nian was now at the bank. For the time being Dan had nothing to do. so his thoughts ested to the conversation. he had overbgara between Green » and his partner in their office. “So they're going to make free, with the bonds belonging to a young fellow named Harry Hilton, who comes of,age in a Week or two, in order to save themselves from going to the -wall, and if Hilton puts up any squeal Mr. Hawke is going ‘to fix him somehow. That’s nice business for a respectable brokerage firm to be guilty of. But, of eourse, they’re in a pretty bad fix, and I guess a good many brokers would take some chances to keep from busting up. Still Green & Hawke _ have no right to work any crooked game to save themselves. If caught at it they wonld stand a nice chance of going to , jail. and then they would be in a‘worse fix than ever. It is lucky for me that they don't suspect I heard their talk, Yet} what could they do to me? Show me up.as a listener is about \all, which wouldu’t look well for me. But would they dare under the circumstances? I don't think they would. Well, I ' don’t know that it’s any of my business anyway. I haven't . § the least idea who Hilton is. and I’m not likely to find out, - yet I think he ought to be warned about what is on the hocks However, I don’t suppose they really mean to reb. him—ver- 2 His *, tainly Green talked as though he was not in favor of Hawke’s _ plan. They merely, want to use his property until they ean ‘. turn themselves.. Lots of people in financial difficulty, would Vike to do the same thing if the chance came their wuy, and _ the majority of persers in Hilton’s place would object to y 4 ear themselves a convenience for the benefit of others. I I would,” thonght Dan, looking cut of the windew, and: geting vothing in particular. dig looked at the clock and wond dered when the boss would ‘So. Mr Carson has put Green & Hawke in a hole? . Seems je brokers are trying to do th t to one another every m4 reek. Hawke said that his firm got sue oulge ere spring in Pe the tight ‘ted to squeeze him. LITTLE “DAN TUCKER. appears to have done it. I guess that note was a demand for — an immediate settlement, and the answer is that they'll set- tle in full to-morrow—with Harry Hilton's help, but Without his permission. I, wonder what Hilton will do when the — bonds are not forthcoming at the time he is entitled to them? He might hire a lawyer and——” The entrance-of Broker Carson cut short Dan's soliloquy. He jumped up and handed Green’s note over to his em-_ plover. tet gentleman tore it open and read it. then he turned to the boy. ? iy seem to have had quite a time finding Mr. Green?” pare: he said. Dan might have said “Yes, sir,” and have got off with thates But that would have been a He, and Dan had been brought tt up to tell the truth. : “Not particular, sir. him to come in.” “Couldn’t you find out where you could find him?” “The cashier didn’t know. He said he expected Mr. Green is in any minute and told me to wait.” a Mr. Carson was about to say something else when a friend ; of his came in, and Dan, much to his satisfaction, escaped further questions. He was sent out again presently, and kept busy until nearly four. Nothing further being wanted of him he left for the days 4 x 1 went to his office and waited for — KI Before going, however, he looked over the final quotations on the ticker tape and found that the stock in which he war: interested had gone up another point, Dan walked up to Broadway and thence up that thoronalieal fare Vesey street to see if his mother had any orders to — give him. a During the first six months of his career in Wall Street he _ used to help his mother by carrying her paraphernalia from _ the house to the corner mornings, and back again about dusk. As Mrs. Tucker grew prosperous sbe hired a stout boy, who _ c “ga lived in the tenement. to perform tbat labor for her, thus re-— fevying Dan of the duty. Since that time Dan was expected \to have supper under — way at home against her return. Mrs. Tucker was reading one of the afternoon papers when Dan came up. “How’s business to-day, mother?” he asked, “Faith, I can't complain. Me takin’s have been about the same as usual,” she replied. “I suppose there is nothin" new in Wall Street to-day?” HD “There’s a new boy next door to us they’ re breaking inte ng the business, and our junior clerk sported a new tie todas ta grinned Dan. “Get along wid yer jokin’. Do yez sit down her now Eee tbe stand while I go down the block’ to streteh et < egs.” His mother got up and walked away, leaving him in charge. Pretty soon along came a Wall Street messenger he knew. ,“Hello, Dan,” said the boy, stopping. “What. are you. oe here?” ; “Ténding shop. Want to buy an apple?” “No. What are you doing it for?” said the lad, who did not know that Dan’s mother ran the. business, as Dan Kept be pth fact a secuet from his assvuciates in the financial district. “I’m doing it to oblige the owner of the stand.” “Why don’t you buy an interest in the business and run after office hours?” grinned the youth. “T will if you'll go in partnership with me,” “Ho! Vd see myself tending a peanut stand. What you think I am?” “You might do worse,” replied Dan. At that moment an’ A. D. 7.’ messenger stopped. wy here's the old woman?” he asked. “She's gone around the block to’ see pow the weather be to-morrow.” said Dan. | its se a “IT suppose you think that's haiiracgin Give ane pas IPP for a cent.” ° “The apples are fresh and haven't any: aceuitl You'll all you want of that at the drugstore across the street,” ting back at the messenger, for the chenpest apples on. stand were ticketed at two cents, or. three for a “Aw, vats!” cried the messenger, in disgust, and p -an apple and handing Tom two cents, he walked off, Dan ptt the money on the corner of: the stand ‘and 3 up the ate for his Wall Street Lee had wet nic
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He started for the tenement house on Cannon street, go- mg up Park Row, and thence into Hast Broadway. - __ He stopped at a butcher’s shop, and then at a grocery, and finally reached the tenement with several packages. Everybody in the neighborhood knew Dan either by sight or to speak to. Jal He was the best dressed boy in the block, but this fact had ceased to occasion any remark, for every one knew he worked in Wall Street and had to look well. The streét was alive with kids cf all ages and sizes. %, a Ss ity, and they did not lack for custom, particularly after the a shades of night had fallen, and their gas-jets were Nghted. _. They were the curse of the neighborhood, because men ' spent more money over their bars than they could afford, and in many cases their families were half-starved and {ll- clothed in consequence, _ One of the small stores, with living rooms in the rear, of the tenement in whieh Dan lived, was rented by a cobbler of surly aspect. : os When he wasn’t pounding away at a shoe across his knees ore was licking his wife, or by way of yariety his twelve- year-old step-daughter. ze seemed determined to let his neighbors know he was alive - He kept a stone jug containing liquid stimulant within Teach, to which he frequently applied himself. He always scowled at Dan when he saw him. He hated the boy hecause he looked prosperous, and every- body spoke well of him. _ As Dan wes entering the doorway with his bundles he no- ticed a sudden commotion in the cobbler’s shop. He heard the cobbler's strident voice raised in anger, and mingled with it were the girlish tones of his step-daughter ut- ered in protest. Then came a heavy slap, as if the man’s leather strap had escended ou the girl’s back, which brought a shrill scream from the lips of the sufferer. As the rumpus increased the children in the immediate vicin- were attracted to the doorway, and stood around it in a mi-circle looking into the shop. “The old villain is laying it,on to Jess again,” said Dan, opping where he was. “He's a brute and ought to be ar- rested and-sent to the Island.” The girl’s screams increased as the strap continued to “descend” upon her back and shoulders, bardly protected by the thin calico gown she wore. - Dan felt that he couldn’t stand by and know that the girl as being half murdered by her step-father; but to inter- * re meant trouble, for Cris Bocker was a Gengerous man monkey with. “ere, Tim. hold my packages, will you?” said Dan. He shoved his bundles on the boy, pushed through the mob und the door and’ entered the shop. ‘Help, help!” ‘screamed Jessie Bocker. “Don’t hit me any here, you're killing me!” added the girl, piteously. Bocker'’s eyes were flerce and bloodshot, and he seemed to e Jost al! command over himself. ‘He was clearly under the influence of the rotgut spirits he imbibed from the jug. ‘tT don’t care if I‘do kill you, you little jade!” he hissed. At that moment Don caught his descending arm and ar- mi the blow half-way. ere, you big coward, cut this out!” cried the boy, with shing eye. “You've gone far enough, Drop that strap!” Backer turned his inflamed eyes upon Dan. an he snw who. it was..he uttered a howl of rage, re- his step-daughter and tried to tear his arm frée with ntention of hitting the plucky lad. ; .zaye his wrist a smart twist. ‘cobbler uttered a-yell of pain and dropped the strap. with a howl of wrath he made a dive for his bench, his short, curved knife, with its razor edge, that Tor cassie, leather, and a a. lunge at the boy at ; Se haaae fh doubt that | ny doubt intention was to kill Dan. the boy was too quick for hi LITTLE DAN TUCKER. - 5 ' There were half a dozen grogshops, in the immediate vicin- |: “hits eyes ae “that moment, and there knew -_———— CHAPTER Iv. DAN WINS OUT. Jessie Bocker watched the conflict with frightened and dis+ tended eyes. The children, and the two or three men who had joined them, watched it also. from outside. The latter. though able-bodied fellows,-made no attempt to interfere to prevent a possible tragedy. Everybody was afraid of the cobbler. Crash! Dan and Bocker tripped over the bench, upsetting It and going down in a heap, the boy on top. The struggle went on amid the wreck of tools, pieces of leather and bunches of old shoes. 'Bocker kicked the boy in the side with his knee.’ Dan felt that it was high time to bring matters to a con- clusion. He tore his right arm from the cobbler’s grasp, and before that individual could secure another hold Dan smashed his fist in his face. Quick as a wink he repeated the blow on the end of the man’s jaw and Bocker lay back dazed. Before he could recover his wits, Dan got the knife out of his hand and fiang it under the wide window shelf on which were exhibited mended shoes, pots of blacking, and various other things connected with Bocker’s business, Then he got up and looked at the dazed cobbler. ; “Run, run!” cried Jessie, laying her hand on his arm. “He'll murder you when he comes to.” “No, he won't. He's tried that already. You'd better get out of the way yourself or he might take the strap to you again after I am out of the way.” “It was so kind of you to save me from him,” said the girl, shaking all over. “I am very grateful to you. indeed T am.” “That’s all right. You're welcome. Now go back into your rooms.” “But you must go at once,” “Sure. in a minute.” At that juncture a policeman, attracted by the crowd and excitement, came along. He soon learned what the trouble was and pushed his way into the shop. He knew what kind of a man Cris Bocker was, and wouldn’t have been surprised had he heard be had murdered his wife, or his ‘step-daughter, or both of them. He had arrested thé man several times. but could not. get Mrs. Becker to appear against) him, so the mugistrate. was ~ forced to discharge him, except on one occasion when: the — policeman happened to be an eye-witness, and then he gave him ten days in the city prison. From the little the cop picked up concerning the present he troubley he guessed a case could be made out against the scoundrel. Bocker was coming to whén he marched into the nude! “What's the trouble?” he asked Dan. The boy told him in:a few words. “So he tried to stab you with his cobbler’s knife?” sald the cop. “Yes,” nodded Dan. “I'll teke him in for that and you will have to press ve case against him. Where's the knife?” “I threw it under that shelf.” pt “Fish it ont. then. You were present during ‘the whole trouble, wasn't you?” the officer asked the girl. s “Yes,” replied Jessie. ity “Then you can swear that your step- eee tried to stab ve this boy?” The girl hesitated. : She regarded it as much as her life was worth, to swear to anything against her step-father. : ¥ The rvffan had her and her mother completely terrorized, \ The cop understood the case with her. “I'll have you summoned as a witness anyway, ie ia By that time Dan had recovered the knife and handed ce to the officer. — : The policeman took a look at the crowd in ine and noted down in his book the names of several men» she said, earnestly. He also took down the names of the larger children. \“Now then, Bocker, put on your coat and come with He Maha ind vahant oppteatal ke inst hi pena vidual protested against taartest bet ee .OA
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= “The crowd melted away, the men hoping that the cob- bler would get what he deserved, without having any sus- picion that they would be called upon to assist in the good work. ' *Are you going to appear.in court against my step-father, SS Dan?” asked Jessie. apprehensively. E “Yll have to. So will you: And I guess several in the Z| erowd who saw the scrap will be summoned, too,” said Dan. “But if you tell everything, and he is sent to the Island, he will kill you when he gets free.” “Tf he’s convicted, as I guess he will be, he won’t go to the Island, but to Sing Sing. Assaulting me with his knife is a whole lot more’ serious than beating you and your mother with his strap or fists. It comes under the charge of murderous assault. It might get from five to ten years. I hope he does. You and your mother will be well rid of him. If you are smart both of you will keep out of his way when hie leaves prison. Such a scoundrel doesn’t deserve to have 2 decent wife and daughter. Where is your mother? She didn’t show up-during the disturbance.” “She went uptown to see her sister. 5 soon.” iy - “You can tell her about the trouble, and also that Bocker 3 is likely this time to get all that’s coming to him.” -With those werds Dan walked out of the shop, recovered his packages and went upstairs, where he began preparations for supper. The incident soon circulated all over the block. ‘ The women canvassed the arrest of the cobbler among ys themselves, from window to window, or in little groups in - the hallways. Dan was a general favorite in that neighborhood and they shook their heads over the ultimate result of Bocker’s in- earceration. fer the man was generally feared. “Sure he’ll kill the b'y whin he gets out,” said one woman, “and thin what will Mrs. Tucker do without her Danny?” “I think it’s our duty, faith, to advise her to be after movin’ at wanst before the old villain returns to his shop,” said another. “That will be the safest way, don’t yez think?” “If he gets a year on the Island for tryin’ to stab the boy, as I heard he did, \sure she cah take her own time about movin’,” put in a third. “But will he get a year? Faith, I doubt it,” said the first ker. . “That depinds on the evidence in coort, Mrs. Hennessy. His daughter was presint and if she backs up Dan’s tisti- mony, sure he’ll get it all right.” “She wouldn’t dare say a word ag’in him. He’d cut her - Into pieces whin he got out, do yez mind.” = “Sure, he would that. Me husband saw the whole thing, and I cautioned him to forgit it, so I did. I have no desire ' to be left a widder.” She ought to be back o yez think the cop will supeny any of the children? Me staty Ellen was in the dureway and saw it all. It’s'nervous I am about what might happen to her if she had to give her evidence before the magistrate.” “Don’t worry, Mrs. McFadden. There was a bunch of thim about the dure and the cop would have to supeny the crowd to get her, and how would he know who they were, ; sure? Anyway yez had better tell her to be sparin’ of her “ak _gab about the affair, thin no wan will find out she knows a ‘anythin’ at all at all.” 3 “But Mary Ellen towld me she saw the cop lookin’ at the ple in the dureway and writin’ down their names maybe shh book,” / = “It was probably the men be was takin’ down. It's glad I Rae me man Wer not home from wurruk to to be wan of im The itionbte meated quite a breeze of excitement all through _ the bleck, and while sentiment was strong against the cob- _ pler, no one believed he would receive more than a nominal Sina Pesishinent for his attack on little Dan Tucker. An hour later Mrs. Tucker's well-known expansive figure, followed by the boy with the greater part of her shop fixings and stock, came down the block, — rheee.9 bunch of women, canvassing the recent episode. around - one of the tenement doorways waylald her, and told her the whole story. 3 _ {In their opinion her son had had a fortunate esea no in the morgue,’ but nevertheless they fonts ¥ pe a ee from what .they would be arrested for contempt of ‘court. nected. Fishes the case already th LITTLE DAN TUCKER All she would say was that she guessed Danny could take care of himself, and further that she would feel very sorry for the cobbler, as big a ruffian as he was, if he hurt her son. These few words were accompanied by an aggressive squar- ing of her jaws, and a fiash in her eyes. which confirmed the impression that prevailed already that the Tuckers, at least, were not afraid of Cris Bocker. When the boy had deposited his load inside the Tucker quarters and departed Mrs. Tucker removed her hat and turning to little Dan, who was busy at the stove. said: “What's this I hear about yez buttin’ into the cobbler’s domestic affairs on your*way home? I want the story now without any filigree work, do yez moind, for it luks to me ~ as if yez had put yer fut in it.” } Dan gave it to her straight. : . She listened without interrupting him. “So thim are the facts?” she said. ! “Yes, mother.” 2 “I belave yez, and I have no fault to find wid ye under the circumstances, though it’s me opinion that ye can’t luk for — trouble easier than to butt in where yez are not wanted. So the villain tried to stab ye, did he? And ye got him pinched for it? Be me sowl it’s high time, so it is, that he was put through for wanst. Ye have me permission to see it through, be the consequences what they may. The girl will have to tell her story and back yez up. I'll make it me busi- ness after supper to call on her and put some backbone into her. She’ll go to coort if I have to carry her there, bedad, and she’ll spake up wnhin she gets there if I have anythin’ to say about it. I’m goin’ to see that Cris Bocker gets tin years in the penitentiary. He deseryes ivery day av it. It will be a charity to his wife and step-daughter to have him sint away for a good spell. Now what other witesses were there? I hear that Mary Hilen McFadden was wan of thim, and Patrick Hinnessy another.” “Yes. The cop took down their names and several others.” “Glory be, it’s a funk they’ll be in whin they are supenied to appear. They are all afraid of the cobbler, Well, here’s their chance to get rid av him for some time to come, and it’s fools they’d be not to take advantage of the chance. It’s meself that'll see that they don’t sneak out of their juty.” Mrs. Tucker was clearly a woman who meant business — 4 when she got going. ; oa Everybody in the block was aware of that fact. 3 And she was respe¢ted accordingly. ee : aarr supper Mrs.-Tucker called upon Mrs. Bocker and essie. She congratulated Mrs. Bocker on the prospect of her worth- : less husband getting what he deserved. a Then she opened on Jessie and laid the law down to Be . good and strong. “Ye’ll back up me Danny in coort or V’ll know why yez won't. It’s for your own good and yer mother’s, anyway. Me Danny tuk his loife in his hands to serve yez, &nd so it’s yer juty to do the right thing. Ye’ll be supenied anyway, and I’m goin’ to be in the coort to see that yez tell the truth, mdind that. Your a good girl, I know, but ye are afraid to death of that man. Please the pigs, we "ll put him where he won’t do no harm for a while to come,” she said. é Jessie tearfully promised to corroborate Dan in court, and Mrs. Tucker retired satisfied that she would. CHAPTER V. ‘ DAN SAVES A YOUNG LADY. ‘Dan was notified that Bocker would have a preliminary > hearing at the Tombs Police Court next day at eleven o'clock, and he was instructed to be on hand. The policeman who made the arrest went around early next morning and notified Jessie Bocker and five other witnes that they must appear in court at the designated hour lestify in the case. $2 Great was the consternation in the homes of the five. Three were men and two were large. children, Mary ‘Ellen McFadden being one of the latter, The officer told'them that if they were not present” on ti Dan went to his office at the usual time; and when Carson came in he showed him the court order he ha ceived, and told him the circumstances of the case, He received ‘permission to comply with the order. When he reached the police court he ae pated et
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LITTLE “DAN “TUCKER. » Mrs.. Tucker was also on hand, prepared to see that the witnesses did their duty. The cobbler was called to the bar and pleaded not guilty. He was sober now, but just as rascally looking. _ Little Tucker told his story, which was corroborated by Jessie in a frightened way, and by the five witnesses _ unwillingly. - The magistrate held Bocker for the action of the Grand Jury, and placed his bond at $2,500, Had it been much less, no one would have come forward _ to qualify as security, so he was remanded to the Tombs. Dan then returned to Wall Street, reaching the office at _ about half-past one. ; On his first trip out he got a sight of the market quotations on the blackboard at the Exchange, and found that up to _ 938, a rise of four points since the day previous. _-That made him feel extra good, and he began to think about selling his shures. He had no chance to go near the little bank, anyway, as 2 he was kept very busy, and when the Exchange closed his _ stock was one point higher. Green & Hawke settled in full with Broker Carson, which 3 ‘included not only his own account, but that of his friends. ‘From their other ereditors they secured part time, and in - this way just pulled through. They used the $100,000 worth of bonds belonging to Harry Hilton, Hawke having sold them at their market price. 7 The sale was perfectly legal, Green & Hawke being re- a sponsible for it. _ The purchasers got a clear title to the bonds under the _ Wall Street rules. ‘Hilton would have to look to Green & Hawke for his money. If they did not settle with him on demand:he could pro- hes against the firm in a civil action for recovery, and against the brokers individually criminally. _ If he consented to give them+time to make good and they failed to do so, he then could only. sue the firm for the value of bonds with interest. Green & Hawke knew they had placed themselves in a deli- - ate situation. Rawke had his plans laid and had no doubt of pulling Pats ~ His first move was to see Hilton when the young man : ed for his property, state the case and make him a proposition. If Hilton accepted it, Green & Hawke would be safe from rosecution for using the bonds without authority, but Hawke hot much confidence in the result. _ He therefore called on his friend, Moe Shabner, to help him ener er was principal proprietor of a gambling establish- ment frequented by men about town and others of means. Ss Place occupied a large five-story brown stone front on side street off Fifth avenue uptown. It was well known to the police department, but for reasons enjoyed immunity in a general way, but just the same Shab- ner took no chances that he could help. : ' Incidentally Shabner was a power in the underworld and / Owned: another place on the middle East Side. This establishment was also protected, but was mhiget to ae raid from the police at any time, though word always ed Shabner’s manager in advance, so that nothing came ~ of the raids. pet was frequented altogether by crooks, who usually lost all their ill-gotten games there on a game that was in great vor with them. As men wanted by the authorities for et crimes were here almost every night, secret passages leading from the cellar to side and back streets furnished | them with oppor- nities for a quick getaway. _ There were other appendages to the ae which could be - ed into use when necessary, and the crowd could always SS pended on to assist in case their services were needed. ; bner, who felt under a certain obligation to Hawke for yall Street tips, willingly agreed to help the broker out, and A matter rested for the present. ; following day L. & M. ‘went with a rush to par, and d Lick ag Hig $2,000 me os deal: 9 days later he collected ig cae ke df she en was worth over she'd do. . She’d would end my Wall abou i it. What she doesn’t know won’t trouble her, and as I’ve made the money I have the right to keep it, and I intend to, for she doesn’t need’ any of it. I’d be glad to give up halt of it if she would quit business, but that I’m afraid she won't do in a hurry. She wouldn’t be contented to stay away from Broadway and Vesey street. She ought to have been a man, for she’s got the business instinct. My father never looked beyond the truck he drove. I certainly don’t take after him. I hope to amount to something some day, and it won't be my fault if I don’t.” ‘As Dan believed in keeping his money at work, he kept his eyes open for another chance in the market. It came along in a few days, for business was good in Wall Street in those days, and he put $2,000 up on 206°shares of O. & G., which was advancing. He bought the stock at 88 and then kept his eyes on the daily quotations. Although ten days had elapsed since he overheard the con- versation between Broker Green and his partner, the matter had not slipped his mind. His sympathies were with young Hilton, but he did not see that he could do anything to help that young fellow, with whose identity he was unacquainted. On the following Saturday afternoon Dan, as usual, brought his pay envelope to his mother at her stand. “Now, Dan,” she said, “I want yez to go uptown for me.” “All right, mother,” he replied. “Do yez see this advertisement?” she continued, holding up a cutting from one of the dailies. “It's Berne’s on Twintr- third strate. Get wan avy thim things. The price yez see is forty-nine cints, reduced from sivinty-five. Here’s the money, wid tin cints for carfare, and the quarter ye always get.” “Isn’t it about time you raised me tovhalf a dollar?” grinned Dan. “Half a dollar, is it? Don’t I give yez all the money ye want? Ye get fifteen cints ivery mornin’ for your locnch, and extry money if yez want to go to some show durin’ the wake. And I pay for your clothes. What more do yez want?” “I was only fooling, mother,” said Dan. “You want one of these articles in this advertisement? All right. You'll find it at home when you get there.” “Run along now, so yez may have toime to go somewhere ~ before ye nade be at home to start the fire in the stove.” Dan boarded a Broadway car and rode up to Twenty-third street. A pretty and well-dressed young lady got off the car ahead of him. As she started for the sidewalk a cab came down on that side of the car, and the vehicle would have knocked her down and run over her but for quick action on the part of Dan, who was close behind her. In spite of his stunted Size, Dan’s arms were equipped with muscles of steel. He grabbed the girl, whose age was apparently fifteen, and swung her out of the way as easily as though she was in the grip of a moving derrick. The cab shot by, its wheels brushing the skirts of her gown, then Dan gently let her down on the crossing. “There yon are, miss. I'll take you to the sidewalk,” said Dan, taking hold of the frightened girl’s arm and leading her along. He was about to pass on, after raising his hat politely, when the gir) caught him by the arm. “You saved my life,” she fluttered. enough? ” 3 ; “Don’t mention it, miss. You're welcome,” returned .Dan. “But I want you to know how much I appreciate the service you have done for me.” oe all right. Any one saqrenntan a favor of ‘that n ” “I want to know. your name and ‘address, My brother will wish to thank you,” she said. ; “My name is Dan cker, I work for Broker Carson, at No. — Wall Street. Here is one of his business cards.” - “Oh, you are employed in Wall Street? My name is Miss Hilton. My brother and I live at the St. Lucas, an apartment house in West Forty-fifth street. I will give yon one of my cards. Won’t you call and see us to-morrow evening? Ma. brother will. be delighted to pean you.” Ys “T can’t promise, Miss Hilton, but I might/come.” While speaking. they were: Erinn oe t “How can I thank you — cs ¥ ea V
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8 LITTLE DAN TUCKER. Dan thought she looked twice as pretty as the afternoon before, and he was quite overpowered by the great difference between her and the stenographer girls he saw every day on - his way downtown to work. She was clearly a superior being, and Danny hardly knew how to deport himself in her presence. - The young lady, with quick perception, saw that he acted bashful, so she tried to put him at his ease. She led Dan along the private hall to the parlor, and point- ing to a sofa sat down beside him. In the course of fifteen minutes Dan, though somewhat awed by the style around him, began to. feel on quite an easy footing with the young lady. Then she excused herself and left the room. In a few minutes she returned with a good-looking fellow of about twenty-one, whom she introduced to Dan as her rother. “Glad to know you, Mr. Tucker, "sald Hilton. “Allow me to thank you for saving my sister from being run over yes- terday afternoon. I assure’ you neither of us will ever forget the obligation.” Dan told him that he was glad to have been of service to his sister. us understand that you are employed in Wall Street,” said ilton. “That’s right,” nodded Dan. “What do you do, generally speaking?” j Dan explained his duties. . . “Know a firm called Green & Hawke?” > Phong well,” replied Dan, now certain that this was Harry ton. “They did business for my father, who was a successful speculator on the market, or rather Mr. Green did, for Hawke only became his partner a short time before my ‘tather died. I understand that the firm is thoroughly reliable?” “That is their reputation, I guess; but they were hit hard in the recent slump in Iron Mountain, in which they were heavily interested.” “Indeed,” said Hilton, with a look of concern, while his — sister suddenly became grave. “You are sure of that?” “a “Yes, because my boss, Mr. Carson, made a lot of money out of them. I believe they had to sell all their securities in } 2 order to save themselves from going to the wall.” “Their own securities, of course, you mean?” “T have an idea, though I am not sure, that they sold $100,000 worth of bonds belonging to a young man who was soon coming of age and which had been left with them in trust to collect the interest on.” “Oh!” cried Miss Hilton, turning white, and looking as if she was going to faint, while Hilton himself uttered an ejacu- lation of consternation. ; “Where did you get this information from?” he said, anxiously. 3 “Ts your name Harry Hilton?” “Tt ia.” : pe " “Are you almost twenty-one?” ’ “I will be to-morrow.” ; “Then I guess those bonds belonged to you.” “You haven’t answered my question.” “T will do so now. I wanted to make sure of your identity. I got the information in a way you will probably not approve of, for I got it by listening to a private conversation between Mr. Green and his partner in their own office. It oame about | by accident, and I wouldn’t have been guilty of such a br : thing were it not for the crooked nature of the talk. I dee it my duty to find out what their game was, for I thought might be able to find out who Harry Hilton was and wait him of what was on the books. I’m afraid as far as that goes I am too late now. The bonds have probably been sold. However, I dare say the firm will make it all right with you when they get on their feet again, only you'll have to wait.” — Dan then told the brother and sister everything that hap- pened to him in the office of Green & Hawke the day he fell — asleep there in the easy chair. ig “I don’t know what you think of me for acting the a listener, but I meant well, and had I been able to you at the time I would have put you wise to the sc Mr. Green was not in favor of it, but Mr. Hawke in tting it through, for he said it was the Caly ehance poe Be ta sundry articles in gold and silver plate were also sold. “Now hs don’t fail to call if you possibly ¢an. We will look for you,” Thus speaking, she offered him her gloved hand, smiled, sweetly and entered the store. ie CHAPTER VI. ; DAN MAKES THE Rita tne OF HARRY HILTON. Dan went on his way. Hilton, he said, with another bok at the card. “She said she and her brother live at the St. Lucas apartment house on West Forty-fifth street. I wonder if her brother could be the Harry Hilton who owns those bonds that Green & Hawke have probably made free with? I ought to have asked her if his name was Harry, and if he had business dealings with Green & Hawke. She’s nicely dressed, and very ladylike. She has fine solitaire diamond earrings, and a ring with a cluster of diamonds. She certainly looks as if she were connected with arich family. Well, I can learn all I want to know by calling | to-morrow night. She’s a mighty pretty girl, and I wouldn’t ty mind calling on her. I guess I will.” By that time he was abreast of Berne’s department store and he went in. Showing the advertisement to a floorwalker, he was directed to the basement. ‘There he found the article his mother wanted which had been on special sale all the week. 4 He bought it and started for Cannon street. ' rit On the way he thought a good deal about the fair Miss Hilton, whose other name was Clara, as indicated by the card, He was almost confident that her brother was the owner of the bonds. '“Well, if he is I’m going to put htm wise to Green & Hawke, if he hasn’t already found out. But, of course, he’ll have to regard the disclosure as confidential, for I don’t want to get into trouble over it,” thought Dan. After carrying his purchase upstairs to his mother’s rooms he went out to find one or more of his acquaintances, He stopped in a few moments to see Jessie Bocker, Her mother had hired a cobbler to carry on her husband’s business, as he had quite an extensive trade in the neighbor- _ hood, for whatever his failings were there was no question pbout his ability to sole, heel and patch shoes in a first-class manner. Mrs. Bocker hoped to retain her husband’s customers, and: ar) the chances were she would, for she had the sympathy of the neighborhood. . _/ At Mrs. Tucker’s suggestion she added candy and apples v ee. . Ae. = as a side line to the regular business, and she soon found that in her case the suggestion was a good one, for the chil- _ dren were told by their mothers to trade with her. - Dan got back in time to make the fire and get supper under A way, as his mother came home earlier on Saturday. - He thought over the question of calling on the Hiltons, and finally decided that he would do it. Miss Hilton being a very charming girl, he wanted to see _her again. So telling his mother that he had received an invitation to ; call on a young lady, whom he had saved from being run over by a cab, and her brother, at their apartments on West Forty-fifth street, he put on a few extra frills the following evening and took a Third avenue train up to Bast | Forty- ‘second street. The shuttle train took him up Forty-second street as far as the Grand Central depot, and he walked the rest of the CA ey heat os a ‘ » as ae way. : ~The St. Lucas was a first-class apartment house, with an elevator and a hallboy in uniform. _- The boy, who was colored, ran the elevator whenever way- dy wanted to go up or come down. Dan being a stranger to the hallboy, he asked him who he to see.) “Miss Hilton,” replied Dan. : - “Phird floor,” said the boy; “get in the dddegten'” eee in-and was Speedily carried up to ‘the floor in n. _ The boy Monte the button. at the only door and | waited to dh ito tor was admitted. . Hilton was looking for Dan. rae Perens tie’ was on a fow extra frills: her- | ha save themselves,” said.
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to one-third of the value of the bonds in which our father invested most of his money shortly before his unexpected death. My father had a great deal of confidence in Mr. Green. He left the bonds with his firm as a sort of trust fund for _ my sister and myself, the same to be turned over to me on _ ™my twenty-first birthday. I then become a trustee of my sister’s share, and her guardians till her eighteenth birthday, though I am not bound to turn her share over to her until she is twenty-one. If Green & Hawke have sold the bonds, on their own responsibility, they are not only liable to a civil ' suit, but to criminal proceedings for having appropriated what : did not belong to them. I shall call on the firm to-morrow a Morning, which was my. intention, anyway, and ask for the bonds. If they try to put mo off I shall understand the reason a and proceed accordingly. I thank you for having told me _ the truth, and will regard your revelation as confidential.” £ “I hope you will, for I don’t want to get into trouble over * it,” said Dan. “ail “Your name will be kept out of the matter, I promise you. _ Green & Hawke will have to make good, or furnish some as- ‘surance that they will do so w'‘thin a reasonable time. I shall stand no nonsense, The amount at stake is too large.” That was the end of the subject, but Clara Hilton and her brother was rather sober during the rest of the evening, though they did their best to appear cheerful and entertain their guest. When Dan rose to go he was cordially invited to call again s00n, Which he promised to do. CHAPTER VII. ABDUCTED FROM WALL STREET. Harry Hilton called on Green & Hawke next morning, and he was in a very determined mood. i. The mere suspicion of crookedness on the part of the firm which he had regarded as thoroughly reliable made him mad. He was expected and was shown into Mr, Hawke’s private room, Mr. Green being away at the Exchange. ae wanted to see Mr. Green, but he found he couldn’t en. Rather than delay the matter he decided to have it out with Mr. Hawke first. : Hawke received him in a cordial way, and after a brief talk Mee foreign things said that he presumed Hilton came after his ds. _ The young man said he did. ; | Hawke then told him that owing to a sudden crisis in the ' affairs of the firm that they had taken the liberty to use the - bonds, but’ it would be all right. : a “We are responsible, Hilton, so you need not be worried __ over the matter. Give us a little time and you shall have -_- your bonds, with full interest,” he said. “That’s all right,” said Hilton, “but you had no right to dispose of the bonds without consulting with me.” “We had to act on the spur of the moment.” j “Then you would have failed if you had not appropriated ' my property?” “Hum! I admit we would have been in danger of it.” = “Your critical financial condition had nothing to do with oe “Of course not, but Mr. Green thought that, considering the confidence your father had in him, you would not make a fuss, but be willing to help us out.” | “But I understand Mr. Green was not in favor of using the bonds, but yielded to your insistence?” - “What's that?” said Hawke, quickly. Green?” “T have not.” ' Then on what ground do you make that statement?” » Hilton saw he had said too much and proceeded to hedge, ) but Hawke was sharp enough to see that he had received some information, and he wondered where he got it. _ He tried to find out, but Hilton was on his guard and par- ried his questions. ; “What are you going to do about those bonds, Mr. Hawke?” said the young man. = 3 ion = aris “Have you seen Mr. is note, without a el eh fl Sek tar'See ish The young ‘was quic see proceedings, Pag LITTLE DAN TUCKER. oy to concede the point if Green & Hawke would give him a note with two responsible endorsers. That would make the note reasonably safe and practicall” assure him of his financial rights. It was the only kind of a note that a sensible person wo!” take, since the firm itself was not to be relied upon. As Green & Hawke were known to have lost heavily in Iron Mountain slump, and the Street believed they weathered the crisis with difficulty, they could not secure 1 dorsers to such a large note. So Hawke explained that the young man would have t@¢ he content with the firm’s note unsecured. . This Hilton declined to accept. “Then what you going to do?” said Hawke. “See a lawyer about the matter,” said Hilton, flatly. Hawke saw he meant business so he shrugged his shoulders. “Give us a few days, at any rate, to see if we can make a more satisfactory arrangement,” he said. “You will not get your money any quicker by pushing us to the wall. in fact, as the case stands, if you expose us, and force us into liquida- tion, you won’t get ten cents on the dollar.” “Perhaps not, but you gentlemen will both go to Sing Sing.” “That might afford you some satisfaction,” said Hawke, coolly; “but) the pleasure would cost you a high price. [ should fancy that a fair compromise would be the most ad- visable course for you to pursue.” “The compromise you offer robs me of the club I have over you, and does not make an ultimate settlement any more certain,” said Hilton. “I differ with you on the second part of your remark, If you sign this paper I have prepared you will ultimately get all your money back.” “T have only your word for that.” “You have the word of the firm.” “But the firm is no longer stable. If I sign that paper, and you fail to-morrow, I will simply come in with the other cred- itors, and take my chances of getting anything at all.” “No fear of the firm failing, young man. We used your bonds to prevent that. In six months you will get your money, or the greater part of it.” “If you are so confident you ought to be able to furnish me @ guarantee.” ’. “You will have to be satisfied with our word.” “Well, there is no use of us continuing this discussion. I shall seek legal advice and act upon it.” “But I have asked you to hold off for a week. Perhaps we may be able to come to a better understanding.” “TI shall see a lawyer at once unless you can show me that you will be able to do something in a week.” “Come in Wednesday and probably I will be able to supply the guarantee you insist on. If I fail you can then consult a lawyer. I don’t wish the facts to get into the possession of a third party if I can help it.” “Very well, I will postpone any action until Wednesday,” said Hilton, getting up and taking his hat. . A glint of satisfaction flashed from Hawke’s eyes, “Good-morning,” said Hilton, taking his leave. The broker watched him go. “You will not be here Wednesday,” said Hawke to himself. “Shabner will attend to your case. You will be lucky if you ever see Wall Street again.” With those words he went on with the business he'had in hand. When he had finished it he sat back in his chair and began to think. “He said Green was not in favor of the firm using his bonds,” mused Hawke. “But yielded at my insistence. How could he know that unless somebody who overheard our talk told him? Who could have overheard us? Nobody except that young kid of Carson’s we discovered asleep, or playing pos- sum, in the arm-chair. I suspected he knew more than we could get him to admit; now I am sure of it.. When Hilton came in his manner impressed me with the conviction that he bere wholly ignorant about what he had done with the onds. to cover up the slip. I am satisfied that the kid heard the whole conversation. That makes him ». menace to us. I think Shabner will have to attend to his case, too.” the Kank When Green came in around noon, Hawke told him that his) 33 interview with Hilton had not been satisfactory, but that the young man had consented to hold off for a few days. a, will sign the paper if we can furnish a guarantee,” he “I am afraid it will be impossible for us to do that.” “Well, don’t worry. I may get around it. In the meanwhile Ae s ny £ : Puede bay ¥ 4 ain | At any rate, he gave himself away, and then tried
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* t we have a week to do something,” : changed the subject. 4 He said nothing to hig partner about young Dan Tucker, - or about his intentions toward Hilton. a He felt that where crooked work was concerned, the less Green knew the better. : His partner was too squeamish to be iaken into his confi- : dence in any kind of shady work. * In the meanwhile Dan Tucker was attending to his business 4 as usual. pe} Several times that day he thought about the interview Hilton had told him he was going to have with Green & Hawke that morning, and he wondered how it came out. He was curious to learn if Hawke had really sold the young ™Man’s bonds. He would have to wait for the information until he saw Hilton again. That day his O, & G. stock advanced three points. On the following day it went up two more. That was fine in two days. He was figuring on landing another $2,000 profit when he overheard two well-known brokers talking about the stock. What they said indicated a speedy drop instead of a further advance. Dan decided that they ought to know what they were talk- ing about, so he hurried to the little bank and ordered his fe deal closed out at the market. 4 It was a lucky move on his part, for next day the price dropped six points. = Dan, however, figured that he had made $1,000 by taking time by the forelock. Ss He had hardly got his money back in the safe deposit box ; where he kept it than he overheard a big copper speculator tell Mr. Carson that a raise in copper was coming in a few days, and he couldn’t do better than buy North Dakota at the present anarket and hold it till it touched 20, with a probability that it would go to 25 or even higher. Dan looked up North Dakota Copper and found it was ruling at $4, a very low figure for the stock, which usually sold around $7. ei He lost no time in going to the little bank and leaving an _ order for 1,000 shares, which he bought outright. That afternoon when he left the office enroute for home about four o’clock, he saw an ambulance wagon standing in . front of the building. biasing at the doorway talking were brokers Green and wke The latter turned and motioned to a man in cap and undress uniform, at the same time pointing at Little Dan. uick as a wink the man who posed as the ambulance sur- seized little Dan Tucker in his arms and lifted him, struggling, into the vehicle. ‘The bystanders looked on with astonishment, while the two _ brokers stood ready to prevent interference, ‘ The ambulance immediately drove up Wall Street, with bell clanging, and the driver urging the horse at a good gait. “What's the trouble with the boy?” a spectator asked Hawke, “He’s crazy. Escaped from the Bellevue inspection ward this morning, and has been running loose ever since,” replied : aa broker, starting for his office, where Green had mlpeady gone. The said Hawke, who then ambulance rattled up Broadway, . at it us wondered what unfortunate was in it bound for the is _ hospital “Sure, it must be a serious case from the eases they’re in,” a” she said a] tg ay ssi. have ‘vaiaed. Inside the vehicle, stretched out motionless on the board, _ little Den lay dead to the world for the time being, for he had been quickly drugged. _ At Chambers street the ambulance turned te the Tight till it Teached Park Row, up which narrow thoroughfare it turned for the Gridiron, Shabner’s notorious East Side resort. ‘CHAPTER VIII. - A BREAK FOR FREEDOM, n Dan came to his peQees he found himself ina dark, @ remembered at once what had happened, to him, put pat accon we: Bods evar: sears meee off on LITTLE DAN TUCKER. _. As it passed the corner of Vesey street, Mrs. Tucker looked |. > 3 sAh, if she had known the truth, what a scene she would | b That was ae last rome the worricd ‘mother. ; a was a daring piece of rascality, but he could see no sense n it. He guessed some mistake had been made in his identity. He was satisfied that he had not been taken to a hospital, notwithstanding that a real ambulance had*been used to ab- duct him in, He was curious to learn the meaning of it ail. He was not bound and was lying on a pile of gunny sacks. Getting up, he started to examine the place he was in. — taking two steps he felt his progress suddenly ar- rested. He soon ascertained that a stout leather belt encircled his Waist to which was attached behind a light but stout chain. The chain was riveted to a piece of iron in the stone wall. That settled the question of his being a prisoner. Matters looked decidedly sericus to the Wall Street boy. rag ape in his pockets he found his matchsafe and struck a light The glow of the match disclosed to him the size and general character of the place he was in. : It was a roomy stone cell, the floor and ceiling of which were of wood, There was absolutely nothing in it but the pile of gunny sacks, a plate of meat sandwiches and a cracked jug of water. The door looked to be of iron, but it wasn’t. P It was a stout wooden one, covered on both sides with sheet — ron. It had a handle, but the inner knob was missing. : The place was dirty, for it had not been cleaned out for years, and the smell was by no means pleasant; but Dan was accustomed to many unpleasant tenement-house smells, and did not mind this particular combination of odors as much as a person used to the best sanitary conditions. The prisoner could either sit or lie down on the bags, or walk around a limited area. As for escape, the chances did not look very bright. How long he had been unconscious Dan could not even guess. All he knew was that he had left the office at ten minutes of four, and that five minutes later he was captured in nt of the building. He had been under the influence of the drug six hours, for it was now ten o’clock in the évening. His mother was in a great sweat over his unexplained ab- sence, When she got home she found the place dark; the stove with- out a glimmer of fire in it, and no indications that her son had been there since he went away that morning. This was something unusual, and Mrs. Tucker didn’t know what to make out of it. She felt that an explanation was due from Dan, though she did not doubt that it would be satisfactory. : The boy was too well broken to harness to do piven that wasn’t regular, The conclusion she reached was that he had been sent by /his employer on some particular errand after office hours, so she started in to make supper, expecting he would pop in at any moment, but time passed and he didn’t come, and finally she began to worry over him, Her next door neighbor came in for a cha what was troubling her, / , She remained an hour, and when she went away at ten o'clock Dan was still unaccounted for, ; Midnight came without a sign from the boy, and ‘Mrs. ss Tucker couldn’t go to bed, She finally tell asleep in her chair and slept till daylight. The clock uated at six, and morning was on, but Dan had not come. Mrs. Tucker couldn't stand the suspense any longer, so she started for the police station, where she told her trouble to the man at the desk. He asked her some questions, took her statement down in : the book, and promised her the :police wouid inet into. ee matter. So many persons are dafly reported as missing; most of whom turn up all right shortly afterward, that the police take little interest in such things until they become apron td Therefore nothing was done about Little Dan. Mrs. Tucker didn't go to her. eae eg that morning, and. a. ‘, and soon learned- ¥ was missed by her customers. At half-past, nine she got the gesk of a drugstore to ook” up the call of: Langton Carson and ‘phone ‘the omnes “Se at the cause ot. his absen: ce.
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LITTLE DAN TUCKER. _ She was sure something had happened to her Dan. “Hold out your hands,” said the first speaker to Dan. The clerk suggested that she telephone or visit Police Head-, “What are you going to do?” said the boy. | “Never mind. Out with yer hands and hold your wrists to- She decided to go personally, and did. . ' gether.” She was told that an effort would be made to find her son,; Dan was thinking rapidly with his eye cocked on the partly who might have met with an accident and been taken to some open door. $ hospital. ; Suddenly he swung his ‘right arm forward and let the cup = He soon realized that escape was not possible in that direc- PON Certainty heartenin ~ Flashing the light upon the person, who had started up at & 2 . AY aie baie to. cheek it ore ; his coming, Dan was amazed to recognize Harry Bilan. (eas hour passed and then the door was opened and two| “Is this you, Hilton?” he asked. 1 5 appeared, one of them holding a candle. “What! you, Tucker!” cried the young man, equily estos on » heard the bolt shooting back, Dan grabbed the’| ished, as the light of the candle revealed Dan’s identity to nim ot it behind him, at the same time shoving the; “Yes. How did you come here?” 5 : en end of the chain between the belt and his jacket. | “I was attacked on the street two nights ago as I was re : feller, stand up,” said one of the visitors. | turning to the apartment house, forced into a cab and drugged. at for?” asked Dan. | When I recovered my senses - -I found myself here. Did Foe er mind. Get noth a aT , ; ¢ come here hunting for me?” * rose to his feet. Oy 2 ¥ } | *No. ‘ Lowas abducted myself right in ree Street yesterday, far as the chatri will 1 Tet art a » said-'the eis, ‘afternoon and brought here, after having been drugged I have just escaped from the cell, simflar to this, I was put Key out of his pocket, the purpose of which was to tee Lo andcufts ready?” ad ake hi ome Th will tell you all about it poate Bs cd pd bound ,to ‘the Bees > <age * i pce ‘ with a Fe age ng OS
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12 them to my rescue.” ‘* Wait till I see if the key I have will release you.” 2 Dan tried it'on Hilton’s belt, found it fitted the small lock, ty and set the young man free. “Good! Now to reach the street and escape,” said Hilton. When-he and Dan left the cell, the boy bolted the door as is before. os They presently found the stairs leading to the floor above. £- Ascending them, they came to a door whith Dan cautiously 3 opencd a little. LITTLE DAN TUCKER. for you to save me, 80 you must hurry to the police and bring | keep a watch out for one Harry Hilton, reported missing, whose description was furnished. The captain called up a squad of detectives and sent them to the building from which Dan and Hilton had finally es- caped, with orders to arrest Hawke and the man he was with. Dan and his companion were temporarily detained, but the latter was allowed to go to a nearby drugstore to telephone his sister. The officers did not find the door open as Dan and Hilton left it, and no attention was paid to their demands for admit- tance until the cops started to break in, then the door was The room beyond held a score of young crooks and toughs, | opened and they got in, but by that time their birds had flown, drinking, smoking and gambling. Most of them were seated at tables, playing cards, but near +: the door Dan peered through were two who were using an ihe imported bagateile table. “ As there was no escape in that direction, Dan shut the door. They went to the end of the passage, and Dan tried a door there. Tt led into the house fronting on the next street. ei ‘But first they had to pass through a dimly lighted covered way, which crossed the yard. They came to a door. This was secured by three bolts and a chain. Dan let down the chair and drew the bolts. Then the door opened and they passed through into a car- peted passage which was well lighted. Several dcors opened off this passage. as All but one had dark fanlights; that one was lighted up, and ; ‘they heard voices inside, , Dan had a curiosity to peek through the keyhole. F He saw a well-furnished small room, with a table at which A two well-dressed men were seated drinking and smoking. One of them the bey recognized as Broker Hawke, the other he did not know, but we will introduce him as Moe Shabner. In an instant it occurred to Dan that he and Hilton owed their abduction to Hawke. “Look through the keyhole and you will see ‘a man you know,” he whispered to his companion. Hilton looked and was somewhat staggered when he saw the broker. He put his ear to the keyhole and listened a few minutes. 4 He heard enough to convince him that Hawke was at the : bottom of his trouble and Dan’s as well. / ey} Hawke was arranging with Shabner to have him and Dan 1 shanghaied aboard some vesse] bound for a foreign port. i His purpose was to revenge himself on the boy, whom he was convinced had warned Hilton, and to get Hilton himself both at sea in some apparently accidental manner, for which + accommodation he was willing to pay well. Hilton would have liked to have heard more, but time was precious, and he and Dan were eager to effect their escape, which might be frustrated at any moment by the appearance of employees of the house on the scene. Ps They reached the street door at last, but were suddenly - confronted by the man in e of the door. _ . “Who are you?” he asked, not recognizing them. “Where did _ You come from?” = fi “From the other building. We were told to go out this way,” ' said Dan. > “Who told you?” ‘ That was a sticker for the escaping pair, and the man, being _ far from satisfied, reached for a push-bution. : Before he could touch it Dan struck him in the face and ‘knocked him aside. __ Hilton pitched in, and they soon had the fellow gagged and his hands bound. Then Dan undid the chain, unbolted the door, and they stepped out on a low stoop, three steps higher. rf Severel tough-looking men in the Immediate vicinity saw | them come out, but-as they wisely took ‘things easy, they ex- cited no particular suspicion. They walked to the nearest corner, dea turned up the street, : the name of which was on the lamp-post, and Dan saw they 5 e not far from Hast Fourteenth street. — _ {n-a few minutes they came out on First avenue. Le knéw there was a police station below Seventh street; 80 urned down that way. ‘ates walking a few blocks they saw the green light over the entrance, and went in. They told their stories to the man at the desk. The’ cap ala sage Pata od cg Mees and they were out of the way, for his plan embraced the disappearance of aerncon word ta come there from Headquarters to grieten preset ert ee: and the expedition amounted to nothing. Later, however, Hawke was arrested at his bachelor aparte ments, and spent the night in a cell. Dan got home around midnight and found his mother in great distress over his disappearance: She welcomed him as one almost back from the dead. “For the love hiven where have yez been, Danny? Sure, it’s mesilf that has been worrited to death over ye. I know some- thin’ happened to yez, for whin I telyphoned yer office not a soul there knew wan thing about ye. Now tell yer mother all about it, for it’s dyin’ wid curiosity 1 am to know the mys. tery of it,” said Mrs. Tucker. “Well, to begin with, I was abducted from Wall Street yes- terday afternoon in broad daylight, when I left the ors for; home at four o’clock in the afternoon,” began Dan. f * Abdoocted, is it? For hivin’s sake, is that a fact?” “Yes. I was carried off in an ambulance.” “An ambulance! I saw one driven up Broadway like mad yesterday afternoon about four, and I wondered who had met wid an accident. Were yez in that?” “I don’t know, mother. I have no idea what direction the vehicle went in, for I was held down and drugged with some kind of a preparation in a handkerchief which had the smell a of over-ripe fruit. When I came to my senses I found myself in a small stone cell, fastened to one of the walls by a belt around my waist and a small iron chain.” Mrs. Tucker held up her hands. F “Why were yez carried off and put in that place? .Was it sone frinds of Cris Bocker that done it to make yez let up on im?” “No, mother, some other motive was at the back of the business. pe “What other motive, faith?” a “That will be shown up in court if the police get the men.” “Well, go on wid yer story.” Dan told his mother all about nik experience, and also how he had rescued Harry Hilton from a similar predicament. “Hilton and his sister were the people I called on last Sun- f day evening uptown,” explained Dan. “And how came he to be in trouble, too?” “It’s something of a story. You see he’s worth $100,000 or “Bi more.” ‘ “A hundred thousand! It’s wealthy he ts.” “Part of that money is coming to his sister when she be- comes of age. It was left to them by their father, who made it speculating in Wall Street stocks. It was invested in gilt- edge bonds, that were desposited with the brokerage firm of Green & Hawke, te hold and collect the semi-annual interest on till Hilton became of age, which he did on Monday.” Dan then went on to tell his mother how Green & Hawke, being caught in a sudden slump of Iron Mountain stock, in which they were heavily interested, uneg Hilton's bonds to ~ save themselves from failing. “They had no right to take his property ‘end sell it wit fvbute his permission,” said Dan. iy “I should think not,” responded his mother. “What did he a: do about it?” seh q “He made a row and threatened to prosecute them if they did not make a satisfactory settlement. To prevent him from. .. carrying out his purpose Hawke had him abducted and hid down in that cell, intending to have him gent to sea and done. away with.” “What a villain’that Hawke must be!” “Now, mother, I'll tell you why I was abducted, too. Gewtel ; meant to send me to sea with Hilton, and had he woccsntea you might never have learned what became of me.” “Wurra, wurra! Is that ‘so? What did yez do to Hawke: that made him think of tratin’ yez that way?” | ee Dan told her about wet he heard in Green & Hawke's ofhee: the day our story ope “And ye niver told om about that ‘betore,” said his mother “I thought it best to keep it to myselt. Hawke fig wo g “Fewt il 1
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LITTLE DAN TUCKER. : out something at his interview with Hawke which put that | seems to me that a.compromise had better be effected by the; | - gentleman wise. At any rate, he considered md dangerous to} younz man.” I the interests of the firm. and included me in‘his scheme to “That's what he is after, but the proposal offered by. Hawke A h up their piece of rascality. Now you have the whole] was not satisfactory to him. If the firm will furnish a guaran- . nt and I guess we'd better go to bed, for it’s after one| tec, Hilton will not prosecute. He’s not going to push the C abduction charge. Tho pelice made thet on the strength of . ome have yez had that Hawke arristed?” asked his mother.| cur storics. He is going to see a Jawyer this morning and “The police are after him. They failed to get him at the! open negotiations toward a satisfactory agreement about the Ouse Hilton and I escaped from, but they’ll get him at his! value of the bonds.” apartments, if he goes there.” “That’s a good idea. You are not going to court yourself, “TI hope ye two will put him through.” then?” “I won't be able to prove anything against him, nor do I “No. We can’t make a case against Hawke, so what’s the think Hilton can show that he caused him to be abducted; | use?” but Hilton has the whip hand over him and his partner just the Mr. Carson nodded and Dan left: the room. Same on account of their unwarranted appropriation of the Green was at the court with a lawyer when his partner was _ bonds. He can send them both to Sing Sing on that count.”| called to the bar, but as neither Hilten nor Dan were present to’ - ; “And will he get his money back?” prosecute, he was discharged from custedy and he and Green : ~ “I couldn't tell you, mother. That’s a matter for the law to| returned to their offices. Vie Settle. Now let’s turn in,” and they did. When his business associates asked him about his arrest, seair® and wanted to know who he had abducted. if it was a single young lady or a marricd woman, he treated the matter as a : } joke, and assured them there was nothing in it. % CHAPTER Xi During the afternoon Hilton and a prominent lawyer called 4 on Green & Hawke,, ‘ GREEN & HAWKE MAKE A SETTLEMENT. Hawke received them, but at the lawyer’s recuest Green was 7 sent for. 4 Dan appeared on time at the office’ next morning and told When Green arrived the lawyer stated the facts of the case- “the cashier, when he came in, thet he would explain the reason/ as he understood them, and asked that the bonds be produced. of his absence, which was unavcidable and due to a cause over} The brokers confessed that they could hot produce them, _ which he had had no control, to Mr. Carson when that gentle- “Am I to understand that you have made use of them for peared. your own benefit, without my client's sanction?” said the ‘As Dan stood high in the officer the cashier let it go at that.| lawyer. The morning papers had noticed the arrest of Howard The firm reluctantly admitted they had, and explained the ; wke, a stock-broker, of the firm of Green & Hawke, on the reason. . Pancced eharge of abduction, the facts: whereof had not been “The reason ‘has. no bearing on the case at all. You have given to the press. sold the bonds without authorization, which of itself makes _.. My. Hawke, not being able to reach his lawyer, or his. part-| you legally responsible for the value of the bonds at their " ner, had been obliged to remain all night in a:cell, and would| highest market value. By using the money which did not be- Be brovght up that morning in the Tombs Police Court for a| long to you you fave individually laid yourselves liable to ‘liminary hearing. criminal proceedings. My client.is willing to waive that qites- ~~ When Broker Carson reached the office, Dan went in to see| tion if you will furnish satisfactory assurance that you will : repay him the full sum with interest within a reasonable time. Le His proposition is $10,000 in cash at once; $15.000 in three months, and the balance, to run a year, if necessary, on a sé- eured note, at six per cent. interest.” “The alternative is prosecution, I suppose?” said Hawke. Mr. Carson expressed his surprise at the happening, and | “In which case your clicnt can expect to receive, little else than e@sked Dan if he had any idea why he had been carried off. satisfaction.” j a Dan told him the full story of what he had overheard that} “I-should like to have your answer,” said the lawyer. ; day he was sent with a rush message to the office of Green & “You will permit my partner and myself to talk it over for: wke, and had not turned up for a matter of two hours. a few minutes in his recom?” said Hawke, Site : _ He said the facts were borne out by a subsequent interview| “Certainly.” a ‘had had with Harry Hilton at his apartments, where he The two brokers adjourned to the other room to consider the atled at the request of the young man’s sister, whose life he } situation. YF c had saved from a cab at the corner of Broadway and Twenty-| “In ten minutes they returned, Ae street, the day previous. | “We agree to the proposition, with this exception; it will bé st Mr. on was still more surpriscd on learning this al- impossible for us just now to furnish a secured note for $75, ged crookedness on tne part of Green & Hawke. 000,” said Hawke. © was inclined to believe that it was true, for he never An unsecured note is of no value in your present ee ioned Dan's veracity, and the after facts appeared to| °°? ition,” replied the lawyer. him out. rue, it is not werth much, but we honestly expect to make “You believe that Hawke abducted both Hilton and yourself, good. nd intended to send you off to sea?” “Your reliability is subject to suspicion in.the light of the “I saw Hawke and another man talking in a little room off| rascally acts alleged to have been committed by 798 against - = hall in the house we escaped through, but I did not hear/| my clicnt and an office boy named Dan Tucker. I refer to : it they said. Hilton locked through the keyhole after me, | their abduction and detection in the cellar of the Gridiron.”+ — tt his ear to it and afterward told me that Hawke was plan-| “We deny any complicity in that affair,” said Hawke, coolly. I to send us both to sea and have us done away with by “I know you are guilty, Mr. Hawke,” burst out Hilton, “for Lote eat Dan. I overheard a part of your talk with another man in the house a acai a such a piece of rascality on his part,”| at the rear of the Gridiron last night.” ents it must be true if young Hilton heard “If you can prove your statement, why didn’t you press the his lips. On that assumption Hawke, of | charge in court this morning?” # ec. was : behind the abduction of both of you. The question} “Unfortunately I can’t prove it, but it is a fact, pevdekbelden tt ow are you going to prove it?’ As leng as you did net hear “There is no use of discussing the matter,” interposed the ii t Hilton says he did, his testimony will lack corroboration, | lawyer. “We are not dealing with the matter asa fact, but as whl: hardly. amount to anything in court. Hé has been|an inference. It is possible that if a detective were put on the. ed on the. charge of abduction, I see, He is bound to be| case he might develop evidence. We did not call about that © Een ealows: the soatios ei» him with the case. | business, but about the matter erieatt ehie ee a vi th an He told the facts concerning his abduction in the ambulance, and concerning his stay in the stone cell in the building on -—— street, which the captain of the police station had told was @ notorious resort for crooks, ie should have charged him with unlawful appropriation offer no defence that I can see if brought to book. My client’s — d@ have included Green in the charge. This I/ claim must be secured in, some: reasonable way. That's oa “he will do as soon as he has consulted with a lawyer.| business and common sense.” & Hawke have actually sold those bonds, and can’t|) “If we are allowed to go on, without any suspicion of 1 rity dor the -acts, they epee held - nough, | business methods being attached to the firm, I venture t icteds if trial, Th will | that insi Sgr est we will be able to pay half then and egies tant a aa Atr
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14 _. are under a cloud because the Street is aware that we have lost heavily on Iron Mountain, and we could not find any one who would run the risk of indorsing a note of us for any large sum,” said Hawke. “Mr. Green, I helleye you own your home on Seventy-second street?” said the lawyer. “Yes.” “As far as I have been able to find out on short notice it is unincumbered. It is worth, I should judge, $50,000 to $60,000. If you will individually transfer that property to my client, as security for the note of $75,000, and the firm will fulfil the other terms of our proposition, we will consent to a settlement on that basis.” “T agree,” said Green, before his partner could speak. _ “Very well. I have the paper with me already prepared for your signature. Cali in your cashier and sign it in his pres- | ence as a witness.” The lawyer had clearly prepared himself to meet all emer- gencies, He gave the brokers no time to recede, if they wished to afterwards. The paper was signed and witnessed by the cashier, and siso by Hawke. The note for $75,000 had also been prepared in advance, and Green signed it in the firm name. - A second note for $15,000, payable in ninety days, was also signed by Green. A check for $10,000, sent out for certification, was then handed to the lawyer. That settled the proceedings, and Hilton and his lawyer took their leave, A quarter of four that afternoon Hilton called on Dan, who was waiting for him according to arrangement. “TY have effected a settlement with Green & Hawke,” said Hilton, “and I guess there will be no further trouble.” : - “That's fine,” said Dan. “I was afraid you would have to prosecute them. In that case you would have stood the chance of losing nearly all your money.” “T have received $10,000 in cash; an unsecured three months’ note for $15,000 and a note running twelve months for the bal- ance, secured by property estimated to be worth between fifty and sixty thousand. I have done better than I expected.” “1. congratulate you,” said Dan, “and I think Green & Hawke got off easy.” “Green is all right, but I didn’t trust Hawke for a cent. His scoundrelly attempt to do us both up deserves punishment, but he is likely to escape. However, I have hired the Pinker- - ton Agency to find out, if possible, evidence against him. I think it advisable to have a club over him in case of a possible - emergency.” “That's a good idea,” nodded Dan, ' ..“Now, Tucker, I haven't expressed the gratitude I feel to- ar} wards you for saving me from the scheme of that rascal, but I do so now, My sister knows what you did for me, and she is : 7 as grateful to you as I am. I sha’n’t forget the service. Some _* day I hope to do you a favor that will partially cance! the = obligation.” “You are welcome to all I did. I only discovered your pres- ty _ence in that cellar by accident, and then it became my duty to save you. All I ask in return is the friendship of pene and your sister.” ‘ “Tt is yours, my dear fellow. Come up and see us as soon as you can. When shall we expect you?” “How will next Sunday evening do?” re none rate. I will tell my sister that she may look for you » “By that time they had reached City Hall Park, and there a they parted, Hilton going over to Broadway for a car, and fh ‘Ban going on up Park Row, his usual route. ———— pened XI. _ DAN MAKES A BIG HAUL IN COPPER. © : Nothing happened in North Dakota Copper till Saturday, - when the stock ro’e a point under heavy buying. Ou Sunday evening Dan called on the Hiltons and received a welcome. tain him. orts in that direction made a hit with much pleasanter evening t LITTLE DAN TUCKER. Ta was particularly nice. to BBs and laid berselt out to|- a piano, and as she. could. sing and play beauti- ceding ‘came to the door and atti Sunday, when his hosts had been worrled over the fate of the $100,000 worth of bonds, During the ensuing week North Dakota Copper kept on ad- vancing every day, and when Saturday came around again it had reached $8. Dan could have cleared $4,000 if he had sold then, but being confident that it would go higher he held on. As he had bought the shares outright, the stock was regis- — tered in his name on the company’s books. It made him feel quite important to know that he owned 1,000 shares of the stock of a good copper mining company. It was only a temporary satisfaction, for he did not ate to keep it. Dan visited the Hiltons on Sunday again. In the course of the evening Hilton told him that the Pin- kerton detective had secured evidence which fully connected Broker Hawke with both of the abduction cases. “TI have got all the facts and a couple of affidavits made by two of the crooks who took part in the business,” said the young man. “I don’t intend to use my advantage unless I should find it necessary to bring Hawke to the realization that he is in my power. I believe he and Green mean to carry out their agreement without giving me any further trouble. Still Hawke is a shifty sort of man, so it is well to keep an anchor to the windward with such a kind of man.” Dan agreed with him. Next morning about eleven o’clock, Broker Carson returned from the Exchange to meet a visitor with whom he was closeted for half an hour. Just as the gentleman left another party called and asked Dan, who had just come in from an errand, if Mr. Carson was in. “He is. Want to see him?” “Yes.” “What's your name?” “Thomas Norton.” “I don’t remember having seen you before. Are you ac- quainted with Mr. Carson?” “T can’t say that I am.” “Then he will want to know your business, for he has no time to waste this morning. He is very busy.” “Just tell him that my business is very important and con- fidential, and that I won’t detain him but a few minutes.” Dan didn’t fancy the man’s looks, but he saw no reason for not announcing his presence to the boss, so he told the caller to take a seat, and then went in and told Mr. Carson that a man named Thomas Norton wished to see him on im- portant business. “T don’t know. the man, but you can show him in.” Dan told the visitor to go inside, and he went. Five minutes later Dan’s buzzer went off three times. ; That was a special signal to him, and the boy knew what t meant. He turned up his chair, pulled out a short club made of hard wood and rushed into the private room. His boss was sitting back in his chair, and the man was e bending over toward him menacing him with a short bulitog, revolver. ; “Write me out an order on your cashier for $1, 000— in cash or I will shoot you dead and take my chances of getting away,” Dan heard the man say, in a deliberate tone. “I haven’t a cent in the world, and don’t know where I'll get — my next meal. I am desperate, and I don’t care much if I take it in the station-house. I’ve got to live, and I guess you can afford to——” That was as far as he got. f He did not notice Dan’s entrance, and the boy brought the é club down on his head with a whack that put him to sleep good and proper, and without any unnecessary noise or fuss. He fell on the floor with the revolver still held in his ~ fingers. “Don’t touch him. Let him lie there,” pulling his desk ‘phone toward him. “Hadn't I better take the revolver out of. his hand, sir?” “No. Just keep your eye on him and your club. ready case he revives.” .The broker then rang up Police Headquarters, made a. brie statement of the facts, and asked that an officer be sent to take the man into custody. business, leaving Dan to stand ~~ over the: juneor stranger, Inside of twenty minutes a policeman arn I have nothing against you, but = Mr. Carson then turned to his desk and went on owith some = " i *» at a : sald Mr. Carson, & = a
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LITTLE DAN TUCKER. \ aay «Bee who is, there, Dan,” said Broker Carson. Feeling that he had $16,000 profit at stake, he determined *Dan opened the door a little and saw the clerk. to stay till he got his order in, for he feared that a break a ““There’s a policeman here who says he was sent to——” in the boom was liable to come at any moment. a ~ “Send him in here,” said Dan. It was lucky, on the whole, that he stayed. ie ““What’s the trouble?” asked the clerk. He had no right to do it, for his time belonged to Mr. Car- 4 “You'll have to ask Mr. Carson if you want to know. Tell) son, and the office was busy. 2 the officer to walk in.” It always was, in fact, except when the market was de = The policeman responded. pressed to a considerable extent. ita ae Dan admitted him and shut the door. ; But who won’t strain a point with $16,000 at stake? Pe - he broker pointed at the senseless man. The sum represented four times the amount Dan was worth > -- “Take him away. The charge is attempted robbery. He! when he went into the deal. : 3 “tfied to intimidate me withthe revolver you see clutched in} Such luck, he argued, he was not likely to strike again. _his fingers. My boy here canie to my aid’ and tapped him on Well, he took his place at the end of the line, which there- the head with the club. I will push the case,” he said. after seemed to advance toward the window at such a snail : & --©There is another officer in the hall. I will call him in, %| pace that the excited boy believed three o’clock would come $ a said the cop. | around before he was half way up, and then much might __ *Open that door, Dan,” pointing to his private exit. happen overnight to condense the profits he was counting on, ' As the key stood in the lock all Dan had to do was to turn He could see the blackbeard from his place in the line, and _ ey it and open the door. he kept his eyes ghied to the North Dakota column. “¥ -\- The policeman called in his brother officer. It was still going up, a little at a time. & +The weapon was taken from the stranger’s hand, and the; At half-past two, when he reached the window at last, his __ two policemen hoisted up the prisoner between them and car- stock was ruling at $21 and a fraction. & ‘ "ried him to the elevator. He signed the selling order, shoved it in to the margin “4 "-* "They had come in a patrol wagon, and the man was carried | clerk, and then made a break for the door, and a run for _ away in it. his office. ms The presence of the policem He had been ont a long time on his last errand. , pieatad some exatteont te ee ate ie RL Ae The cashier remarked that he had, but did not ask him the _ People stopped and looked, and wondéred what was up. reason, for he did not suspect Dan of a real lapse of duty. ") when the unconscious man was borne out of the building} Dan's reputa‘ion stood by him, and so he escaped a call ) and loaded on the wagon, the bystanders tried to. find out} dow, and was chased out on another errand, which he exe- :: ‘what he had done. cuted in record time. _ = he officers wouldn’t give ut any information, and so pub- In fact, for the rest of the afternoon he tried his best to “lie curiosity was left unsatisfidd recover the time he had lost by breakneck speed. ~ Shortly afterward Mr. Carson returned to the Exchange. When the Curk Exchange closed down for the day, North ‘The office force then tried to learn from Dan what had| Pakota was going at 23, so Dan felt that he had won out, happened, but his anese was they must apply for news to and he estimated his profit at $17,000, which proved to be the boss as he wasn’t saying anything. pretty close to the mark when he received his statement and afternoon he aie . Carson went to the police court| bis check from the little bank a couple of days later. end testified against the man, who gave his name as Richard mith instead of Thomas Norton, ‘His defense was that, rendered desperate by want of food, he had tried to make a forced loan in order to supply his needs. - When the magistrate reminded him that $1,000 was more Money than his condition called for, he said he did not know -what sum he had demanded. * “I was not in my right mind,” he said. “I might have asked for a million as well as any, other sum.” He was held for the action of the Grand Jury, and eyvyent- Mand he was tried, convicted and sent to Sing Sing for two CHAPTER XII. THE ANGRY BROKER. Next morning copper began to wobble, as the whole Hst had gone so high as to become topheavy, and the small speculators took alarm; and to a man almost began loading up their brokers with selling orders. Such a unanimity of action was bound to have a bad efféct - on the copper part of the market. ‘ When everybody almost is selling, buyers, naturally, are searee. The supply far overreaching the demand, the price began to sag, Big holders took the cue and, after a vain attempt to stem the tide, threw out their holdings. The price dropped like a bal! bouncing downstairs. y By noon a small panic was in progress, and the copper boom was completely routed. -' Dan soon found ovt what was transpiring on the Curb, and he shook hands with himself over his luck in getting out in time. “When he called cn the Hiltons the following Sunday even- x ing, he told them, in confidence, of his run of luck in the stock xf put in his order. Next morning he was there at a quarter of nine, and found 2 before him. the window wouldn’t be open till nine he was sure to be an hour late at the office, so he did not wait. * ng from the Exchange, Dan r up to the ttle ; Tertigghe Has Bm Se ne Vee oe. ES Bek oo market. Both Clara and her brother were astonished. a Harry was particularly so, because he had a pretty fair idea ad of the risks of Wall Street speculation. M He knew that the chances against the average speculator were about ten to one, and the fact that Dan had made $20,000 in three consecutive deals looked to him like pig luck, and we won’t say but what it was, since such things haven’t happened very often to small speculators during the palmiest ‘days of Wall Street. eed “So you have really won all that money?” said Hilton, © with a slight ring of incredulity in his tone. =? “I think I can prove it,” said Dan, pulling out the little bank’s statement of his copper deal and handing it to the young men. ; The statement was conclusive evidence. of Dan's veracity, “Let me congratulate you, Tucker,” said Hilton. . “You must-have been born lucky.” - “T guess I was. It’s better te be born lucky than rich,” he laughed. 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LITTLE DAN TUCKER. Sa a EE A ES oe Not but they thought a whole lot of him before, but success | holding out for a higher figure, told him to get out at once, and a little money is bound to enhance one’s importance in the eyes of others. Dan passed an unusually pleasant evening, and promised to be on hand the following Sunday again. During the following week a boom started in a railroad stock known as A. & B. It was rumored that, a syndicate was behind it, but who the members of the syndicate were no one on the outside seemed to know, though all kinds of guesses were made. Dan heard his boss tell one of his customers that he couldn’t do better than get in on it, and hold on for a tenpoint raise. That was enough encouragement for the boy to. buy 1,000 shares on margin at the little bank at the market figure of 5. ‘Next day A. & B. touched 76. On Saturday morning it opened at 79, then an unexpected bear-raid was developed, and the price was driven down to 74, at which point it closed at noon. That left Dan $1,000 behind on his deal, but he did not worry about that, for he was sure the stock would go up again on the following week, When he called on the Hiltons Sunday he told them about his new deal and why he had gone into it. “It’s a point lower than I bought it at, but it will recover in a day or two. If you want to make a stake, Mr. Hilton, I advise you to buy a couple of hundred shares on margin : before it starts upward again,” he said, 4 “I might do that,” said Hilton, reflectively. _--—- you are mixed up in ought to come out ahead. following a lucky person’s lead.” a He thought it over during the night and next morning he - @ppeared at the little bank and bought 250 shares of A. & B. ar “This was his first experience in Wall Street speculation. A Heretofore he had held aloof from the big game of chance, - +mnotwithstanding the fact that his father had been very suc- on cessful at it. f But then his father had learned all the ins and outs of the ‘game, and had probably been lucky in selecting his deals. ie He himself knew very little about Wall Street, from a 4 business standpoint, and had very sensibly kept out of the bs whirlpool. ‘But if a boy like Dan could pull out a bunch of money ; with refreshing regularity, and had a tip on A. & B. indicating yy “Anything I believe in ve it as a prospective winner, he thought he could afford to take a chance. ga At any rate, if he lost the greater part of his money he * eonld stand it. M Harry Hilton got in at 74, and on Wednesday the stock Was down to 70. i That didn’t look encouraging, and he dropped in to see Dan to learn how he was taking the drop. ots Dan presented his customary cheerful front. - $ “I’m out $5,000 up to this point,” he said, “but I’m not " worrying. If it should go below my margin of safety, I can --put up another $10;000 to secure myself.” Ey - “And if it should go below that?” said Hilton. a “That would be a drop of 20 points, and I am not looking _ for such a thing to happen.” aa ' “But it is the unexpected which generally happens in Wall __ Street.” “That's right enough. If that should happen this time I’ll be cleaned out and have to begin all over again.” “You take it pretty coolly,” smiled Hilton, “T can afford to at this stage of the game, but if the PAE should happen, I don’t see that I would gain anything by Bag he a howl.” _ Harry Hilton went home feeling somewhat encouraged. The price went down to 67 and then began to climb back. Se: a week later A’ & B. was sailing along at 77. bel | “In another week it hit 85, and Dan promptly sold. It might go higher—in fact, all signs pointed that way— et he was satisfied to let well enough rule his course of action. Oe it any rate, he was $10,000 ahead. ton sold out, too, at an advance of ten points, on Dan’s vice, and made $2,500. ~ as confirmed in his. aptiipa that it was pretty safe to low the lead of a lucky 2 he man or boy,’ ed in the stock from a speculative point of view. — pen pevannese in Anke B. - he pers as; as! room as the price was likely to drop any moment. That was the day after Dan had closed out his holdings. Carson started to do it. Before he got far, the price began to sag, and he unloaded what he held in blocks of 5,000. He got rid of it at decreasing figures, the final lot upsetting the market and precipitating a rapid slump. The result of this was that, while he saved himself, he put several other brokers in a bad hole. One of them lost his head over his losses and later rushed into Carson’s office to call him to account for dumping all his holdings on the market in rapid succession. A clerk admitted him to the private room, Dan was in there himself going over the letter-file cabinet to find a letter that his boss wanted. | The broker, whose name was Sexton, opened on Carson at once, - “Look here, Carson, why did you throw all your stock on the market when it was wobbling? Don’t you know better than to do that?” “What do you care, Sexton?” replied Carson. “What do I care? The slump you brought about has cost me $100,000. Do you understand that?” cried Sexton, ex- citedly. j “I am sorry if it has, but you know that everybody has to look out for himself, Why didn’t you dump your own stock J in time to pull out a winner? ” t “Because I don’t believe in starting a panic and ruining a bunch of speculators.” Bs: “If I recollect right, six months ago, when the Southern — Railway boom was beginning to look shady, you threw all — your holdings on the market and started the slump that en- perk ” replied Carson. “You made money, but a lot of others — got very badly caught. Now you rave at me because I imi- tated your example.” iq “I deny that I did anything of the kind,” said Sexton, hotly. — “I won’t argue the matter, Neither have I any time now to defend my action in the board-room to-day. If you have lost — a pot of money you have my sympathy.” it “I don’t want your sympathy,” roared Sexton, hot under the collar. : i gif ° “What do you want then?” ; ue “I want you to make good half my losses.” ‘7 “For pure unadulterated nerve I think you take the cake, % Sexton.” * “You refuse to do it? ” ’ oe “Certainly I refuse. Do you take me for a fool?” 2 “I will show you up before the Exchange.” ‘ “Well, if that will make you feel any better go on and do it. I guess I can stand it.” Ee The cool way that Carson took him infuriated Sexton. ; He glared like a madman iat the gentleman whom he blamed — for his losses, and brought his fist down on the top of ee desk with a force that’ made everything on it dance, “Here, hold on, Sexton, don’t be so demonstrative, please,” But Sexton had lost control of himself. He picked up a heavy bronze figure that stood on the a within his reach, and would have thrown it at Carson’s head, with possibly fatal results, but for Dan, who had come ye “g ward with the letter, a The boy seized Sexton’s arm by ‘the wrist at the erttical a moment, and thus saved his boss, who was uaprepennt such an assault on the part of his visitor, ay With a howl of rage, Sexton turned on Dan and bore aim 3 to the floor, He was a powerful man, and Dan found himself Whe a a in his grasp. Carson pushed his electric button several times wa te jumped to the boy’s ald. 4 Sexton’s rage seemed to increase his strength, and with one arm he threw the broker off. er ga Then he raised his heavy fist to smash Dan in the face. — Carson caught the descending arm, and tried again to mee ter the man. He found that impossible, but succeeded in Grewring, attention once more to himself. d The two men grappled, with the advantage in Sexton’ Dan wriggled free and hit Sexton behind his ear. The blow produced not the slightest effect on the Bere Dan grabbed 7 heavy book and teoudht, head. Sexton fell aap dazed just as one oft ae apart: fo atin) Manal.: ..
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CHAPTER XIII. DAN’s SMART MOVE. _“Take this man outside and revive him.” said Carson to the elerk. “Dan will help you. If he starts any more rough- se threaten to call an officer.” Dan and the clerk had something of a job getting Sexton the washroom in the corridor, for he was a heavyweight d quite helpless. “What happened to him?” asked the clerk. knocked him over with a book,” replied Dan. ‘7 ou did? What for?” . ’ “Oh, he attacked Mr. Carson.” “What did he do that for?” “Say, Jenkins, you're as bad as a little kid at asking ques- tions. He was mad because he was mad.” ' “But he had some reason for being mad,” said Jenkins, throwing some water in Sexton’s face. ‘Ask him and maybe he’ll tell you.” =: on came around quickly and wanted to know what iad happened to him. -. “You had a fit,” replied Dan. “A rush of blood to the 5 lead. You had better get back to your office right away and take a rest. I'll go with you if you want me to.” _ - Then Sexton began to remember what had happened. » “You are a little Nar!” he said, angrily. “I didn’t have a fit I am not subject to such things. You hit me with mething. I'll have you arrested for assault.” | “You ought to thank me for saving you from committing murder,” said Dan. '“What do you mean?” . “You were going to throw a heavy metallic statuette at Mr. on when he was off his guard. You couldn’t have missed : at such short range, so the consequences would have en serious for both of you if I hadn’t stopped you. Then jum on me, and when Mr. Carson came to my aid n tackled him in such a furious way that I had to do some- to stop. you, so I tapped you over the head with a book. re, you’re all right now. I'll get your hat for you.” m returned to the private room, got Sexton’s hat and / returned it to him. _ The broker was cool enough now to realize that be had Made a fool of himself. _ Without a word he took his hat and walked. off. ; wasn't the only trader who resented Carson’s action he Exchange. They waited till they met Carson on the floor of the board- next day, and then they told him what they thought In the meanwhile A. & B. recovered somewhat, so that fon and the others managed to extricate themselves at a iderable less loss than they had first figured on, so the affai pig “od without rer trouble. 3 On a an was sent over to Jersey wi ohee 4 y ; er y with a message to a On his way back he struck a train boat which was on the int of leaving the slip for Cortlandt street. here was a big crowd of passengers aboard, and a pile of eles, several of them automobiles, the boat left Dan started forward, but instead of. going = the men’s cabin, he pushed through the space crowded the vehicles. ¢ were two gentlemen talking in one of the autos, and Dan got that far he found his progress barred, and he around to see how he would get on. moment the conversation of the men reached his and something they said interested him, so he listened. appeared to be big Wall Street operators who were in securing control of a-certain independent street : = Bacar the traction trust was also after, with the f unloading on the trust at a good profit. gid had already captured almost enough of the stock to LITTLE DAN TUCKER. |] more than par for the other shares they held. although the stock was quoted at 97, and they were highly pleased over the fact that the widow had stated her willingness to sell at par. By the time Dan had heard the whole conversation the boat was running into her slip on the New York side of the river, and he judged that he had better back out the way he came, than attempt to find an opening among the vehicles that were soon to get into motion, and ‘might make things embarrassing for him. Dan hurried back to the office with his reply. On the way he thought over what he had heard. He was 2 boy of quick wit and decision. It struck him that it would be a great thing if he could. play a march on the two operators by visiting the Widow Brown ahead of them and buying the stock. : He had just enough money in bis safe deposit box to buy the 310 shares of stock at par. He decided to take a chance at it. : The safe deposit vaults closed at four and he had ten min- utes to get there after leaving the office. He easily made it, and shortly afterward’ was on a Third avenue elevated train enroute for the Bronx. ; It was half-past five when he rang the bell at 119 Blank street. “Is Mrs. Brown at home?” Dan asked the servant who answered his ring. “Yes. What name shall I say?” “I'm a stranger to her. Tell her I’m from Wall street. My name is Tucker.” He was invited into a small parlor, and afterward taken upstairs to a sitting-room where the lady received her friends. Mrs. Brown was a pleasant-faced elderly widow and she re ceived Dan with a smile, which was habitual with her, “I have called with respect to some streetcar stock which you haye agreed to sell at par, though its market value is a little lower.” ; “Yes, I am willing to dispose of it for $31,000. There are 310 shares In my possession. I suppose you have been sent by the gentlemen I heard were after it. I expected a call from them this evening and had the stock brought from my safe deposit box in the Bronx Bank,” said the widow. “Then we can settle the business in a few minutes. I have brought the money in cash, which sults you even better than a certified check.” ‘ “Yes, I think I would rather have the money, though a certified check !s all right, of course.” Dan’ pulled out his roll of large bills and the lady went into another room to get the certificates of stock. When she returned with them Dan handed her the money and told her to count It. t She did and declared the amount was all right, “Now kindly give me a paper stating that you have sold the stock to Dan Tucker for the sum of $31,000, the receipt whereof is herewith acknowledged.” The lady made out the paper and handed it to the boy. CHAPTER XIV. CONCLUSION. ; About eleven o’clock next morning, while Dan was out om an errand, two finely dressed gentlemen called at the office and asked for Dan Tucker. ; “He's out at present,” replied the cashier, to whom they had addressed their inquiry. “I expect him in “We will wait,” said one of the visitors. go into his private office?” “Why, he’s our office boy.” “Your office boy!” cried the one who had done the talking. “Yes, sir. How came you to suppose he was a man and had a private room here?” : “Is Mr. Carson in?” “I believe he is. Do you wish to see him?” “If you please.” . tj -“Let me have your names and I will send them In,” “My name is Hatfield. This gentleman is Mr. Long.” A clerk took their names In to the broker who recognized the names as belonging to two big operators whom he was not acquainted with. ; ; “Show — a he said. i sitar : “May I you shares the Dyke Street Railway last evening peas rah George Brown, office boy, Dan Tucker?” asked Hatfield. ; “Not that I’m aware of, sir,” replied the broker. Bé : * ete through your
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a a) ae “ “Well,.it’s very singular, but the young man who bought the stock of the widow left that card with her, saying that! either the Traction people or the opposition syndicate the co: his name was on the back of it.” “That it certainly my business card, and that is the name of my office boy on the back. He is out on an errand, but if you will wait a few minutes unt:! he gets back I will have him in here and you cun speak to him. I think there must be some mistake, for it is hardly likely that my boy had any ‘connection with the purchase of that stock. I didn't send him to buy it, and I am not aware that he is acting for anyone ‘else after his régular office hours.” : Inside of ten minutes Dan came into the room and handed his employer a note he had brought back. * Mr. Carson read it and then said to the boy: “Dan, do you know anything abont this card? It has your Mame on the back.” “Yes, sir. I left that with a lady named Mrs. George -Brown. who lives at No. 119 Blank street, in the Bronx, late yesterday afternoon,” replied Dan. “Did yon make a purchase of her of 310 shares of the Dyke ‘Street Railway stock yesterday afternoon?” “Yes, sir.” ~ “Will you tell me whom you acted for?” . “Yes, sir. Myself.” “You amaze me. Why, 310 stares at par represents $31,000. Who gave you the money to pay for it, for-the transaction ap- pears to have been a cash one?” “No one. That was my money.” = thought you were a poor boy, and that your mother 80. =f ““T beg your pardon. sir, but it isn’t necessary to bring my mother into this. I have been a poor boy until within the past year. How I acquired the $31.000 I will tell you later. tT Gidn't steal it. I bought that stock for speculative pur- ' “May I ask you how you Jearned that Mrs. Brown had that stock?” said one of the gentlemen, who, with his companion, had his doubts about the truthfulness of Dan’s statement to his employer. is ¥ ' “T decline to answer that question.” ' “You say you bought that stock for speculative purposes?” said the gentleman who did the talking. “Yes, sir.” “What are you asking for the stock this morning?” : “I am not naming a price. I am going to see what the _ United Traction Co. will pay for it. I understand that com- pany is looking for some of the stock to complete its control ‘of the road. I think those shares of mine will just fill the bill. That company should be willing to pay more than any -else.” : “We will pay you $105 for your stock. points above the market.” + -“T expect to get more than that.” “How much more?” | : ; : Nae couldn't say till I have asked the Traction people for a _ “How do you know but we represent the Traction inter- ests?” f “IT have an idea you do not.” a + “We will give you $110" That will - @n your transaction.” ¢ _. “No, sir. I expect to get at least $200 2 share for that ed stock.” i . - “You are erazy, young man:” ¢ _. “I think not. The stock itself is easily worth $97 a share _ $n the ordinary way. When it appears that the small amount -. Town represents the key to the control of the road I think it 1s worth twice as much for that reason. It is my opinicn | you represent the syndicate which is buying up the : to beat the Traction people out. If you are I won't an offer from you under $200 for the stock.” tend to offer it to the Traction people for that?” ae intend to ask them how much more fhan that they are willing to give.” — ; .,Carson listened to his office bey in mute astonishment. He knew something about the rivalry between the Traction trust and a syndicate of capitalists to secure the control of . railway. \ oa ae "To discover that Dan held the key to the situation quite 0 | his brea : i i os clear to him that his visitors represented the syn- ‘ That is eight give you $3,100 profit * LITTLE DAN TUCKER. | NESS; OR, BEATING A BAD START. messenger in Wall Street, really owns stock that will give trol of the street car line. Under such circumstances 4 think he is justified in selling it to the highest bidder. AS” his employer I should advise him to do nothing until he ha heard from the Traction Trust.” ae “We will make a bid of $200 for the stock.” said Hatfield. “If any one bids higher we should like the chance of m ing $t.” este: “Leave your address, and E will see you are notified,” Carson, wer: With that assurance the gentlemen went away. _~ As there were several gentlemen waiting to see the br he had to defer further talk with Dan for the present, — In the meanwhile Dan called up the office of the : Trust. He told the party who answered him that Carson. broke had 310 shares of the Dyke Street Railway for sale to highest bidder making an offer of oyer $200. Pe. If the Traction people wanted the stock they could submit: a bid; if they did not the stock would be solid to the syn- dicate. : ; Dan was told to hold the wire. Co tive would In a few minutes he was toid that a representa call and make an offer. so “ Before he arrived Dan told Mr. Carson to sell the jae i for him at the best price he conld get. af Carson said he would, and the upshot of the matter was that the two rivals bid against each other so hotly that Dan in the end received $250.2 share for the stock from one of them. and so cleared $46,500 on' his clever deal = Broker Carson was not a little dyumfounded when Dan co fessed to him how he had come by his $31.000. 5 = “TI don’t approve of your actions. of course, but I’m bound to say that you are cleverer than I suppose. This final | of yours is 2s smart a piece of busipess as any man in Wall Street could pull off. You are worth now nearly “$78,000 That ought to satisfy yonr present financial ambitions, “Let me put the money info first-class securities for you that wil pay you’about five per cent. on your investment. The terest will amount to nearly $4.000 a year. which you can ut into more bends when you get it. In this way by the time - you are of age you should be worth nearly $100,000—as mua ns your friend Henry Hilton and his sister are how wor ; What do vou say?” . te * 943 eed Dan felt hound te agree, for now that his boss knew about — his specnlative tendencies, he did not see that he could con. tinue them. , 10 tT he quit work and devoted his attention wholly to specr lation, his luck might desert him, in which ease he might lose all he had gained. aaah *s money, So Mr. Carson bought bonds with his office boy and agreed to collect the interest for him without charge. Dan then told his mother about his luck and she nearly had a fit over it. : eas Pp She agreed, after an interview with Carson. on whom she enlled to assure herself that her Dan had told her no “gho story,” to let the bonds remain with the broker until D came of age, or circumstances necessitated a change. About this time Cris Bocker was tried for his murder assanlt on Dan in his cobbler shop. and was convicte' the evidence of half a dozen witnesses. is i He got ten years at Sing Sing, and long before he got ow his wife and step-daughter were provided with means Dan to go to San Francisco on the quiet. SS Zs Den kept up his intimacy with the Hiltons. who got thef money from Green & Hawke in accordance with the term: of the agreement, and when he reached twenty-one he Harry went into business on the Curb. and did well. — Shortly afterward Dan and Clara Tilton were mar and the most conspicuous person at their wedding w Dan Tucker, attired in gorgeous raiment. _ =e Mrs..Dan had long since given up the stand at the of Broadway and Vesey street. and now rode in her automobile every pleasant afternoon through the p tk, a had servants to wait on her, and proud she was of little who had made big money in Wall Street. Bee re Next week’s issue will contain “FIGHTING a > a
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FAME ‘AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. , , Sal SS ee eh eT era. N. J., in patent No. 1,094,226 provides an imple- which can be extended so as to bring it into the 1 of a vehicle. The spurs on the implement will punc- the pneumatic tires, thus bringing the vehicle to a ith the first cargo ever put through the Panama anal, the Oregonian, of the American-Hawaiian Line, d at the Reed street wharf, Philadelphia, June 13. argo consisted of 500 tons of sugar, consigned from Wwaii to the Franklin Refining Company, of this city. he Oregonian did not pass through the canal. She re- the cargo from barges towed through the canal Balboa. “She left Colon for Philadelphia on June 5. company saved sixty-five days by the transfer through perexrey over the route around the Horn, Cock-a-doodle-do! Cock-a-doodle-do!”’ “Great fa- rd ’s_ ghost !” said the stalwart porter in the mail dis- ing department of the Pittsburgh postoffice as he be- . ) investigate where the clear tones of the chanticleer coming from. Hidden away in a pile of parcel post} m ges was one wrapped in cheesecloth, and a peek in- evealed three roosters of the Plymouth Rock breed, king more or less withered because of the warm r. They had been shipped in “by some rube post- ” was the way one of the attaches put it, contend- “accept livestock in violation of the government = . clock that belonged to Marie Antoinette, which for e than a century had lain in some forgotten corner “many more artistic State treasures, has once more n the light of day, thanks to M. de Nolhac, the curator ‘Versailles Palace. Its public reappearance was on the sion of the visit to the palace of the International 7 of ‘Musie, which has been sitting here during The clock is a beautifully gilded piece of On one side of the pedestal stands the draped a woman; on the other a nude cupid is examin- stars through a telescope. Over the dial, which yetween the two figures, is seated another cupid. e most remarkable feature is a beautifully modu: a chime i in the pedestal, which plays the favorite | e gonservatoire, has. ‘identified those pieces which joved and which. were ate Hm a for 1769 anc tomobiles do not always stop when ordered by consta-\| or other law officers, and Constant Le Duc of Chats- | doing some practical work in the way of illustrating to CURRENT NEWS The postmaster of Washington, D. C., Otto Praeger, is city dwellers the possibilities of the parcel pest. He has put into local operation a plan first-suggested by Postmas- ter General Burleson for eliminating the middieman in the handling of vegetables and other products of the farm. Hundreds of Washington housekeepers have learned to "|take advantage of the opportunity to obtain fresh vegeta- bles, poultry, fruits, ejc., from theirural districts at mod- erate cost. Postmaster Praeger has published a list of farmers, truckers, etc., residing within practical distance of the national capital for shipping. Opposite these names are set forth the products they have for sale by parcel post. The list is calculated to encourage seller and buyer to get together. In Virginia and Maryland are hundreds of producers’ in out-of-the-way places who want to send their goods direct to the family table instead of the com- mission merchant. One may get anything from soup to nuts, including oysters and clams, bread, home-made candy, lemon peel, roses, rose bags, old Virginia cornmeal, ; eggs, home-made preserves, and even unfermented grape juice. Flowers to adorn the table are also available. Al- though the Washington postmaster started the plan pri- marily for the benefit of producers in nearby places, the list of names he published included addresses in many States, some as far away as Iowa and the Dakotas. The dream of wireless telephony—that a person will be. able to carry in his pocket a telephone instrument and at any time or place call up a number and have a conversa- tion—has actually become true in a limited way. Such. ” But there was only one thing to do, and that was) pocket wireless, telephones are in daily use in’some Euro- pean mines for communication with the surface and with other places in the mine. Wireless telephony has been a complete success for some time for short distances of! transmission, and in the short distances needed for use in one mine wireless’ telephony is as practical as wireless telegraphy. Instruments are located at convenient places’ in the mine, with wires already attached to pipes, rails or some other means of getting a good electrical connection with the ground, and it is these stationary instruments that are depended on for most uses. In addition, however, portable instruments are used frequently. These weigh too much to be carried in one’s pocket and so are carried like a handbag. Besides these portable instruments there are provided for the officials pocket instruments that can ; send, but cannot receive messages. When a message is sent all the stations in the system receive it, but in ‘prac- tice it has been found to work much like a party line téle- phone, giving little trouble to the stations for whieh’ 1 message is not intended. Pocket. receiving instruments | Wireless telegraphy are— ‘also appearing now. They are useful, of course, to only a limited degree, for they a || only receive and not pes and they receive only” strong d9hlse such Piety Lapa * or ais 1 Axcess wh eae
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an) | aul aes FAME AND FORTUNE thicccnernat LOST FOR “ADRIFT ON A Nae tee SHIP By ED. KING (A SERIAL STORY) CHAPTER XT (continued) ' Hal and Lew were elated. So the island was inhabited, after all! And their companions were safe and sound on its shores! _ ; _ |. “How many did you say were looking for us?” inquired W, _ “Four—three men and a boy.” _. “That’s our crowd, all right, ” nodded Hal: “Cer- | tiny we will be only too glad to help you drive the Did you hear our friends say what happened to Lae two villains who came so near killing ns ?”” ; _, “They left ’em aboard the ship.” _ “Is the ship lying out there yet?” “Not munch! Last night’s storm. blew her out to sea, and she must have gone down Jong before this. You are on this island to stay a while, boys. You might as well qeeke up your minds to ‘that.’ ‘ « The two boys asked no further questions. They were : : anxious to meet their friends, and they at once proceeded _ to assist the men in corralling the herd of goats, 4 They soon got them going the right way, and after a walk of about a quarter of a mile they rounded a bend of the high, rocky wall that shut off the view of the sea, aud came upon a rudely built house with a series of out- buildings near it. Here’ where I live,” said the man. “Your friends inside, or else they have gone ‘to the beach with my brother to hunt for you.’ j _ The latter proved to be correct, as they found a mo- Rilatke. notherly-looking woman came to the door, and after hard at the boys, turned to. al Watkins and I : have gone to the beach. canes ¥, make the breakfast for two’ meto—penty of n and eggs will suit them, I guess.” to Hal and Lew he added: mere pelea and hunt them up”, 5 > from the house thete was a eeu yah the sea was be s looked ont to the place sribkestlier: had tast | Mido | any one who likes sport and adventure, ig T do : led. waned antl the Tocky wall, eae as ‘they | ‘rot there. © As. John Wat-| brown earthen. pla ta ew ) ete ae, eee” a tS eo ON E YEAR his eyes rested upon five human beings about a mile off. 3 They were his brother and our four friends who bh; accepted the pospialiey offered them the night before. | Watkins placed his fingers to his mouth and let ow such a loud and shrill whistle that it fairly rere ears of the boys. hoa ds and they turned pe he next minute the two parties were hastening to each other. When they met, the greeting Hal and Lew received was a warm one. They were hugged in turn by their four ad companions, who had about given them up for dead. ~ »“T am perfectly satisfied with our lot now,” said. professor, and the old man showed his delight by da ing a few steps of a, jig on the hard, smooth sand, ; pH is is.a very barren looking island we have la on,” said the doctor, as all hands started for the of the Watkinses, “but from all accounts sit is th wonderful one on the face of the globe.” “What do you mean?” asked Lew. bee “Tt js all right,” interrupted Archie Denton, © will find enough te keep us busy till’a ship comes 4 ni ane takes us ptt it know trons what Mr. Wat stones; wild men and a tittle ake made up | of escay convicts on this island, and if that ain’t enough | what I am pie’ about.” m en. H AG ‘bie fable, which. was wi ms and fo
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é made from that which ourefriends had. brought, e ship, was brought /to it by the woman, who sister Of the men, our. friends did not wait for a invitation to sit down and eat. Ukfast on this morning tasted better to them than al they remembered ‘of eating before, and they did stice to it. vew Retind bound for California: The captain was i but an honest man, and he allowed a dozen or in the hold. were a score of passengers aboard, m were females, and Jolin and Sam W Yhen they were about fire ie out to sea the con- revolted against the captain and crew, and in the t that followed secured control of the ship, after kill- whe did not giye in to their mode of doing busi- The, passengers took no side in the affair, but ‘to luck to get out of their scrape all right. Secbet a this island and became beached. This was ‘Years ago, and-in that time many stirring things | ZeASPTER XI. \ WHAT HEAPPENED TO WIGG AND GEESE. was’ a rather queer thunder storm that came up light. While it gave ample ‘warning, when it did there were times when the wind seemed to blow évery-direction at one time.. villains, Wigg and Geese, had just about regained full freedom when it struck the schooner. ough the vessel was hard aground at her bows, it ‘not more than five mirutes before the men felt her g seaward. aie View” roared Geese in a terrified voice, “we are eners! As soon as we git inter deep water ther water- hull will sink!” don’t know,” was the mate’s reply. ‘our chances.” Let's: git down i in ther cabin, then.” @ might as well, as we can’t do anything. ilar on haye got to die, why it ain’t any/more than to do some time. let’s hunt up some rum.’ E ‘hearted, man led the way.down the companion- ss er Was now rolling heavily,.and it was alty that they made their way over the deck. got below after a bit, and the rum was soon ht to light. Our friends had not bothered the stuft| had: merely tAken a Wer bottles of prandy with FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. -You'\ain’t gittin’ ehicken-hearted, or it was over and Sam Watkins aa Sees pipes | Y “We have got | Ae. os ee 8 “ ae. t-te & Do eT a _—_ oa... oT “Fill up your glass again. are you?” Both villains now began plying the liquor into them. They knew the vessel was being swept along by the storm, but Wigg had heard some one say she would not sink, because her cargo of light wood would not permit her. Therefore he was not afraid of being drowned just et. | The water-logged hull was too far down dn the water to be buffeted about to any great extent, but the rolling was something fearful. By the time an hour had passed both men were so much under the influence of the liquor they had imbibed that they were oblivious to what was taking place. In that time the course of the tempest had changed somewhat, and they were being blown back toward the island at a point several miles farther to the west. In fact, the vessel had begun to describe a circle after she had blown about six miles from the shore. She had not sunk a particle lower into the water, and there was no danger of her going down at all as long as the white _| pine frames were in her hold. Tt must have been about an hour before daybreak the next morning that the sleeping villains were awakened by a heavy shock which sent them in a heap on the floor, Dazed by the effect of the liquor, they were some min- utes’ in realizing where’ they were; but when they did they scrambled to their feet and made for the deck. The schooner was lying on her beam ends and the sea was washing over her stern with great ‘force. “Geese,” said the mate, in a voice that showed signs of uneasiness, “we are aground again.” “That’s what,” was the. reply.' “We have been blowed to some other island.” “T guess so.’ “T kin make out the outlines of the bhies over there.” “So kin I.” : “An’ ther old hulk sticks together yet.” “But we don’t know how long she will.” “Bosh!” roared the mate: 4 “She’s good stuff all right. Ther wind is goin’ down, - an’ it ain’t rainin’ as hard as it was. It'll stop in a few minutes, see if it don’ ro He was right. The storm did cease a few minutes later, and the force of the seas began to gradually lessen. Aa soon as it became light enough to see, the two scoun- drels could scarcely believe their senses at the sight they: beheld. — ; eS The schooner had been forced into a sort of inlet, ake fi *|there was bleak looking land on either side of them and directly before them, ee The nearest point was leas. ign: fifty vada away, and it was wonderful to see how the spirits of Geese arose. ve , “Wigz,” he said, “we are all right, after all.” ty “That’s what we are. I told you not to git pee er hearted.’ Us fellers was not born to be drowned, even if we do foller ‘ther sea. We'll go ashore as soon as it gits a little lighter an’.see'what kind of a country this is. pt ee: we have struck, a hi Pegi fe eae: ne shah
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making it, nodded his head to intimate that he admitted the fact. _ “They’re crazy,” he said to himself, looking after them. “Pop’s just as likely to kill himself as do that.” - For once Joe was wrong, as he found out when ‘he reached home, for Winnie had exerted herself to such pur- ' pose that she had talked over both her father and her mother, and they had given their consent to her going slong with her brother, as they saw no danger for her in doing so. Winnie took the news around to her bosom friend, Sadie Brooke, and in the end Sadie’s uncle, with whom she lived, told her she might go, too. “Where is the first stop, Joe?” asked Sadie. “At North Adams.” “Then we must go right along now, mustn’t we?” * “No, we can wait till the morning and see the start. Recollect, we go by train, girls, and they haven’t managed yet to send wheels along as fast as trains. We shall arrive at North Adams long before any of the competitors.” The next morning it seemed as if the whole of the town of Lynn had collected in the neighborhood of the club- house belonging to the Lightning League, from whence the start was to be made, and Mr. Hudson, who was to act as starter, was there early, as were all the competitors except Leslie Ware. It was within ten minutes of the time fixed for the start when he arrived on the scene. The first thing he did was to walk right over to where Winnie King was standing. ~~ “Good morning, Miss: King!” he said. to ask of you.” - “A favor? Why, what is that?” TI don’t like to go off on this race without feeling that Ihave some one’s good wishes behind me! I want you to ‘say that you hope I will win.” ~ “T can’t say that,” said Winnie, in some confusion. “And why not?” demanded Ware, looking hard at her. “And why not, may I ask?” . “Because it wouldn’t be honest on my ogc _ “And how is that, Miss King?” . “T have already told Ned Wood that I hope’ he will win the Silver Wheel, and therefore I can’t say the same thing “T have a favor to you.” “Oh, yes you can,” Jaughed Ware. “There’s no harm in deceiving W Wood.” 3 \.“But P’m not deceiving hint cried Winnie angrily. a! oe oe mean it!” “Then let me tell you,” Abs Ware, lasting as black as ae ‘thunder, “that your wishes won’t do Wood any good. He has no chance.” And without even troubling to bid her good-by, he es away, and the aes ran over to Ned at once. wg to me, and. when?” paerine the race, Ned, I earth you ‘paiteenleiiy to Leslie Ware. I know he doesn’t like you, and if hedeng nce an ee ges se aye racks for my ‘FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ° road was good he found himself making excellent A pie mest with sts accident “Why, what can have put such an idea into Winni head? He doesn’t like me, it’ 8 true, but between dislik- ing a fellow and doing him an injury, there’s a great di ference. However, it was good of her to think ‘of me she did, and I shan’t forget Tt” Ned looked the very picture of a wheelman as he 7 waiting for the word to go, with his fingers grasping ‘% bar of: his machine. He was nearly seventeen, of good — average height, well made and active, and, as he brushed back the golden curls from his forehead, he looked | handsdme that it was Siok wonderful that he should such a favorite. And now Mr. Hudson had all the competitors in li and without any delay he fired the pistol, and in a m ment the nine starters; were in their saddles. Their struck the pedals, and, amid a terrific shout, they sta on their long ride to San Francisco. Most of the club members accompanied them as far Beverly Grange, which was about fifteen miles from Lyn and on the route, and there those members got off the wheels, and lining the road on each side, gave the nine a parting cheer. Up to this point all the competitors had kept toge not really racing until they were alone. But as soon their fellow members had ridden away all was chang in an instant, and Leslie Ware, pedaling as hard as possi- ble, was soon in the lead, and as he rode with all his — eneray, he soon took such a good lead ‘that he entirely a appeared from view. f Naturally the others were quite unconcerned at this p ceeding on Ware’s part, for what happened on the day of a three thonsand mile race across the Ameri Continent was not important. Many changes in thé. rel tive positions of the competitors would take place befo San Francisco was reached, and it was likely as not tha the wheelman who was now last would be the first to a rive at the winning post. When North Adams was reached eight men were ri close together. The ninth man was Leslic. Ware, they found on making inquiries that he must have main=— tained a great pace ever since he had left them, for they — heard that he was more than half an hour ahead of ther Leaving North Adams they started for Sayville small place in New York State which was the next s ping point, and it was certain that this would not reached until long after dark. Ned Wood now resolved to make up for lost tise “Tl catch up to Leslie Ware,” he said to him “and when I do I'll ride alongside of him and try to out how good he is, and whether he has any. g powers.” So Ned went right away from the others, tel rolling off mile after mile and flattering himself ; on Ware at every turn of the wheel. came dark he still continued to travel at the same } sa loug. othe pond nats a allt ri became bad he had to slacken down, fes
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? FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. WE WANT YOU ita READ . Magazine devoted to Photoplays and Players Abselutely the finest little publication on the news-stands BS PRICE 5 CENTS A COPY Bz ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY : s THIRTY-TWO PAGES BEAUTIFUL COLORED COVER DESIGNS nen FINE HALF-TONE FRONTISPIECES New portraits of actors and actresses every week - Geta copy ofthis weekly magazine and see what itis f EVERY NUMBER CONTAINS 5 eohosrn his and Biographies of the most celebrated Photoplay actors and actresses. Special Articles relating to Moving Pictures, written by the greatest authorities in the film business. _ News Notes from the studios about the doings of everybody of prominence connected with the Photoplays. ‘Scenario Hints and the names of all the companies who may buy the plays you write. . A Poems,. Jingles, Jests and évery bright feature calculated to interest both young and old. GET. A COPY NOW from your newsdealer, or send us 5 cents in money or postage stamps, and we will mail 1 a you the latest number issued. : FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher Ss 168 West 23d Street New York uncommon interest and importance is a discovery re-| used to estimate that the Federals wasted seventy per rted to the Secretary of the Navy by Rear Admiral | cent. more cartridges than the rebels. The Mexican tem- uss, chief of ordnance of the navy, following experi-|perament enters into this also. If a Mexican is making s at the Naval Proving Grounds, to find some way|a whole lot of noise, so much that he sounds to himself vercoming the invisibility of smokeless powder. The | like a whole battle, he thinks that he is safe and repylaing, rs and marines who went ashore at Vera Cruz found |the enemy, and most times he is, too.” difficult to locate the fire of the snipers, who used smoke- powder. It was known to experts that smokeless “aie , P der gives off a greater amount of gas than the old The rapidity with which watches are nowadays manus wn powder, and it was believed that in some way this factured has_been made possible by the ingenious ma- e rendered yisible. Rear Admiral Strauss has chinery designed within recent years for the making of all that by the aid of a glass of a certain color it is| Parts of a watch. The speed with which these various @ to. ‘see “smokeless” powder. Steps will be taken parts are turned out is little short of marvelous. Great uire these glasses. * They will be worn by afew | Sheets of brass and steel are cut and rolled into ribbons /hose duty it will be to indicate the location of fire. and punched out into wheels at the rate of 10,000 a day — from each punching mschine. Workers drill the thirty- — ‘ibing is recent experiences in Mexico, where he}one holes in the roof of the watch as fast as they can « Reateadank of an oil company at Tampico, said: 'the length of a part, turns it, puts a screw thread on each ere is one very good reason why the rebels are licking | end and actually screws it in at the rate of 2,000 a day. Federals: they are better-shots. Most of the Sahels The screws are of such tiny size that fifty gross of them - the solid steal, ground down, worked up and drilled with their twenty-five screw héles apiece at the rate of. tesa ss a day Lines each wets Wheels have their ple: of those states are all hunters. The rely ae and most” of Then: wish # — a 4 sided for seventeen years, M. H. Carpenter, former | count. ‘Brass wire glides into a machine that measures off v0 fmntéers fighting for a purpose, and their heart is may be put in a woman’s thimble, while of others there oir ain. They are mostly, from the northern states, |}are a thousand gross to the pound. Balances are cut from _
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Fame Asie Fortune Weekly ~NEW YORK; JULY 10, 1914. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Single Coples. ats Copy Three Mont! One cone Six onthe _ One Copy Postage Free. TO SEND MONEY—At onr risk send P.O. Money Order, Check ermistered Letter; remittances iu any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stamps the same as cash. When sendiag silver wrap the Coin in a soparate pieco of paper to avoid cutting the envel- ope. Write your name and address plain'y. Address letters to Sixciam. Tous, President Frank Tousey, Publisher 168 West 23d St., N. Y. = BUT POINTED ITEMS Under conditions probably more unusual than> any- where else in the world-is baseball played at Ketchikan, Alaska, where the only. level stretch of land suitable for grounds is along the ocean edge, Consequently the games ~miust be played at low tide, for nearly twenty feet of water cover the home plate when the tide is at flood. An entry and circulation tax upon aviators in Germany _. 4s-not likely to be favored in aeronautic circles. It is now being considered by the Foreign Office, and applies to all outside aeroplane pilots with their machines, somewhat like the rules which exist in Alsace-Lorraine as concerns automobiles. The tax will be $12.50 and even $25 per pilot, regardless of. mnetlies he enters by railroad or by actual flight. ‘When is “Jim” Sturgill going to stop growing? That is the question that is worrying the parents of the big boy ' of the Cumberland River. “Jim” is sixteen years old and weighs 409 pounds, and his parents now find great diffi- oulty in buying clothes that he can wear. When five ‘years old “Jim” was what his neighbors called “an unusually large boy.” But, che diibiiind to grow and when he went to the village school at Holia, on the Cumberland River, he was the biggest and jolliest pupil there. Nothing wor- vied itim and the world was always a very beautiful thing to “Jim.” Many offers have been received by “Jim’s” - parents from theatrical agencies who want the big boy for exhibition purposes, but they have all been rejected, and: in ‘the hills of the Cumberland River country “Jim” is satisfied and happy. “We do not want Jim’ to biciing foie man,” his mother “said. “He will stay at home| rm with us until he is aman.” To her “Jim” is still a little , despite the fact that he is five feet and eleven inches band nee one-fifth of a se ; er of the Zeppelin Sepa of the Puneet —was badly: wrecked near Diedenhofen, Tie 13, While trying to effect an emergency air-eruiser aeoke: at right angles behind the ti d. . The FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. | storm in the North Sea.and fell into the water, with a es Panne is going to. marry. a ow methin - make ; “Z 1,” with a military crew on board, ran into a rainsto and the bemaiveea der decided to descend. When the brertioa’ gust of wind forced it violently to earth and it broke virtually in two. The airship will have to be en- tirely dismembered .for repairs. This accident to the “Z 1” is the eighth disaster to a Zeppelin airship by wreck, fire or explosion. Zeppelin I, II and VI, Deutsch-_ lands I and II and “Ly 1” and “L, 2” all had been pre- — viously destroyed on some occasions, with heavy loss of © life. In the case of the “Li 2” the entire crew of twenty- eight officers and men were killed when the airship w burned in midair during its trial flight at Berlin. The — “I, 1,” her sister ship, had previously been caught in a — loss of fifteen of her crew of twenty-two. JOKES AND JESTS. Crawford—The man who can look happy when he isn’t makes a good companion. Crabshaw-——But you’d better not sit in a poker game with him. oe The Clergyman—‘I had no ides ‘profanity was so preva- lent till I began to drive a car.” His Wife—“Do you — hear much of it on the road?” ‘The ae nearly every one I bump into swears frightfully.” Mother—“Is Mr. Kissem in the parlor yet?” Litt Son—‘Yes.” “What are they doing?” “They are sit- ting a good distance apart, and talking; but sister has taken off her ee 8 ruff.” “Very well, I'll go do at once.” - Grumpy Straphanger (loudly) —“I wish you’d mov those confounded valises out of the aisle.” Indignant Sitter—“Those ain’t valises—those are my feet.” Grum- py Straphanger (more, cheerfully) —“Well, you might | least pile one on top o’ t’other.” . jee “What a beautiful luncheon!” said the guest. “Yes,” answered Mr. Cumrox, “mother and the girls say it is all right.” “But you aren’t enjoying it.” “No; I'm a little embarrassed. I’ve been standing over here trying to figure out which are the edibles and which are t decorations.” Mother—“Johnny, you said Re been to Sun pean ” Johnny (with a fat-away look)—“Yes, * Mother—“How does it happen that your naa of fish?” Johnny—“I carried home the Su school magazine, an’ the outside page is all” about Jo and the whale.” the family said to the old Be
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THE SILENT WITNESS. By Col. Ralph Fenton ected citizens, a ain of wealth, was fi stabbed last ening in his room at the City Hotel, by a former clerk his employ, Paul Brenton by name. The assassin es- ped for the time, but great excitement prevails; officers on the murderer’s track, and he will surely be cap- ed.” It was evening, and the. widow Deane sat knitting by cheerful grate fire, when a heavy fall in the little oom adjoining startled the good lady not a trifle. She sprang up and pushed open the door, ora, her daughter, had passed into the bedroom with . Horton “News” in her hand not ten minutes before. The little bedchamber was dimly lighted by a candle a small table. A thrill of alarm passed to the heart of the widow when ie saw the form of her daughter prostrate on the floor, h one hand outstretched, while the other clutched the er tightly, as it lay outspread under her head. She lifted the prostrate girl and placed her on the bed, which she picked up the paper and read the para- “wlready given to the reader. : Cioosge Weymouth murdered !” she muttered, “and by Paul Brenton! Can it be possible?” Paul was Nora’s affianced husband, but he was too poor > think of marriage for some time yet. eared to Nora with the news that he had quarreled h his employer, George Weymouth, and the merchant turned him from his employ. In the-course of half an hour Nora opened her eyes and tes up. sy! “There may be some mistake,” suggested Mrs. Deane. 23 At that moment an awful fear clutched the widow’s heart. Before she could speak further, however, a step ed on the walk without, and a gentle rap fell on the door. Quickly Mrs. Deane oat her way to the door. “Where is Nora? Has she heard?” demanded the ing man, in a shaky voice. — *Yes, This is terrible, Paul.” _ Awful!” was his answer. . - 4 e next moment Mrs. Deane led him to the presence ; ter, who sat on a chair, with parted lips and ed eyes, as her lover crossed the threshold and strode e ~ do not touch me—until I knew the truth.” e demanded, quickly. 4 rge is dead. THe was cruelly murdered. at \ you know of-this?” iow of it. Iam cane in fos ode “5 he answered, n emt ‘Voice t ' FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. Only a week before the opening of our story he had | tion,” - | mitted the crime?” Teal crave gon te ape ee Oe ete ae a ee eed a So ee te Le * - v* Nora’s blue eyes grew suddenly moist. “Paul, you are innocent—tell me that you are?” ~ “It would be mockery for me to make denial of so horrible a crime,” he articulated. “If your heart does not tell you what to believe, no words of mine can.” At the end of half an hour peaceful calva reigned, and Paul Brenton was able to give an account of the mur- der. He told all he knew as briefly as possible. ’ boarded at the City Hotel after your uncle discharged me,” said young Brenton. “TI was still out of work when I met Weymouth last evening. He was a hard, grasping man, as you well know, Nora, and I never liked him. I think he became more tyrannical and overbearing after he learned of our engagement. At any rate, we quar- reled, and my temper got the better of my discretion. Your uncle has not used you right, Nora, neither ate nor your mother——” “Paul, hush!” interrupted the girl. the dead: e “T will not. I will speak of what happened last even- ing alone. It was early in the evening, as I was passing to my room, that I met Mr. Weymouth in the hall. A smile was on his face. He touched my arm and requested me to go to his room, as he had something of importance to communicate. I complied, and we had an angry inter- view, I tell you. What do you think the old man wanted ?” He paused for a reply, but Nora did not speak, and. Paul proceeded : “He asked me to give you up, Nora. He said that your mother, his sister, had married against the wishes of her friends, that your grandfather disinherited her on this account, and that he, George, would not countenance any of the Deane spawn—his exact words, dearest. Again my temper got the upper hand, and we quarreled. “As I turned to leave the room, the light was suddenly “Speak not ill of extinguished, a ery of murder filled my ears. I heard the fall of a body, and bent quickly, to find Weymouth down with a dagger in his heart. That was an awful moment. I was dumb with horror for the time. Again a light flashed upon the scene. Men and women clustered near, and, as I turned with the bloody dagger in my hand, a man pointed at me and said: “ ‘Seize the murderer!’ “Instantly I realized the situation. Prison walls loomed - blackly before me. I thought of you, and, with a cry of — defiance, I sprang to the open window and gained the — piazza; from this ] made my way to the woods, where I have been in hiding during the day. To-night I sentteth here to see you, Nora.” “T believe you, Paul, but you are in a terrible. dian murmured Nora. “Not the slightest.” , ; NE ihe “Uncle had numerous enemies.” : ¥ “Yes, a man of his morose disposition is apt to have; - but the meshes of cireumstances point directly toward me. 1 would give myself up, but that would only make doom more certain. - wish to be Sin fe fet isi “Have you no idea who com- —
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ae a Lied or oe rey s eee “eis a= gee 2 ast aaa ee raed i a Corrs AE} a Be Re e's 1? Pre SE ee aa FAME “AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. = 06 _ seer Yam emer jee, nabemeiss rt eee _ “T have, but-——” ‘Let me to the front. I have evidence that will exe “Give it me, please.” pate the prisoner.” ; = Paul produced the weapon, a tiny Spanish blade.} Two persons pushed their” way forward, a keen-ey Scarcely had the girl taken the weapon in hand when] man, a slender, veiled young girl. The handsome wom an < the sound of steps ‘without startled the inmates of the| near the dock cast ker black eyes upon the neweome -widow’s cottage. an insolent stare. 4 The door was pushed open without ceremony, and sev-} \«] gm here,” said the keen-eyed man, “vith proof - eral men crossed the threshold and confronted the trio in| gcient to convict the assassin of George Weymouth. _ the little hedroom. we eS hold here in my band the silent witness of the murde 0 pe uate is the murderer! Seize him! work,” holding up a gleaming dagger. “This was th Halt! weapon that found the heart of the om merchant,. Low and stern came the command, and the man-bunters) jt yas wielded by the hand of a woman! ; ' -eame to a stand with Nora Deane confronting them, with | ' Jheaying bosom and gleaming eyes. In her outstretched hand she held a revolver, one that she had snatched from ‘a shelf near. A visible commotion followed. The woman behind veil, whose black ‘eyes hat so transfixed the _ started at the bold announcement. 2 “George Weymouth married, once, a beautiful, passi « 3 7 We want the muirderet, ‘of George ‘Weymionthe ate woman. She proved the bane of his existence, a ( « 2? ee Aes pas sin tan ee PRR aE: WHO made him ofttimes insanely jealous. Six years ago, (| ephe | ganas ON aimed ak Ob the en: Hore granted Mr. Weymouth. His wife, howev it take refage behi bd a x womiantipolticnste? ¥ sought, to extort money from him, and at one time a Phiy: wae: too mitish40¥ the! hot-tehiperedl ‘Paul: | proached the merchant’s clerk, Paul Brenton. The la “He quickly pushed his way to the front, and dealt the refused to prove treacherous to his employer, and in ia pt ¢o Blow: “het sent bint: teeling @iatuct dhe tall: sequence he is here now, accused of that employer's | This was the signal for a general melee. Shots were fired, — - and a desperate struggle ES Ne ‘The divorced wife, Aicernised as a man, crouched under ~ the oper. window and heard the quarrel between \ oC or et t last o wered and oud ffed. en ts _g heap da RaBity te ’s eye caught ra glitter ofan Brenton and Mr. ‘Weymouth on that fatal evening. ect on the It was the dagger that had dealt th gust of wind extinguished the light, and on the inst s Sad eae aetuite at it-es if Hea ay ; the: woman passed in, dealt the murderous blow, and ¢ . “Mother, where have I seen this weapon before to-{¢aped before a light was procured. This is the faet. : “night” questioned Nora, at length, turning to Mrs. do I know it? The dagger gave the ¢lew, and I, with ; Be: Deane a white and questioning face. The widow took the assistance of as noble a girl as ever lived, have gt : : es ae and examined it closely. that clew to a finality. “Qn the evening of the murder. this dagger was ~ “Mother, what is it?” § 2 “phat I by Martelle ‘in the tragedy scene at the theater. Ther ecm hae Ayingascantiyn tes rg og is not another like it in America, and it bears in mon oes when you: picked’ up this onthe set Te wee then = the letters N.C. W. on a pear! cross imbedded s claimed by the actress Martelle.” ; ; the handle. Naomi Charles Weymouth, alias Martelle * 5 ile ogg te Fan WN ee pone sas letters, tragedy queen. Every one in Horton knows that N peers ay Senonsly mae, neue fro. - ca choad was once the wife of George Weymouth. I have witn SOS b ? (sae ae particular.” who will swear that this dagger was. used by M : ” What do you make them ak ts he, aiaiis atte but a short time before the murder, and—— “oN C,W” “FS 4 i. The os adhe igs sar Ye 3 tall form rose suddenly before the cboctive. ” : Leeann w the aiaab-o8 Nom san was cast aside now, and the queen of tragedy f her accuser, white’ with baffled rage. he} ate The seene that followed baffles _deseription. ; * dramatic in the extreme, * % In the-end, Martelle was borne from the 8 Realizing that her scheme. of vengeance had | ed upon him, bufning their way into his very soul. divoreed wife raved like one mad, and betrayed I ‘ cen ie head and Yooked. sat fee face ret terest in the success of the prosecution most unmista ; smile of seinheel rhea a Fa | Brenton was not released until ‘the following * ya rnin ee | Naomi Haecrisiongs on “her. eee Hed, sone ‘ tied vie, Bede ) She ‘She held the knife aloft and cried: < This silent witness shall save my, Paul.” Es yt Roane Sc rp see veh od le _ * oe +. * “Quilty aeorte Yi x the armotinésinent a low murmur filed 166 Yeon ‘eaught the fixed, intent glow of a pair of black
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* According to the estimates of the Census Bureau the opulation of the United Stacs has increased seven mil- since the census of 1910, and by July 1, 1914, will hin a million of a round one hundred millions. York city has added.566,654 to its population within last four years and has within the metropolitan area, h includes the suburbs dependent upon New York for population, 6,500,000 to London’s 7,250,000. i<¢ 2 other historical treasure will soon leave France for ew world. The committee charged with the erection ¢ monument to Jeanne d’Are in New York has writ- to Rouen to the owners of the plot of land on which walls of part of a ruined tower made famous by the ior virgin were recently unearthed offering to buy the n bloc. It asked that the ruins be taken apart and the stones be forwarded to America so as to form the stal of the’ proposed monument. The offer has béen ecepted, and the ruins of the old castle of Rouen will F soon be on their way to America. e native hee of Cuba, unlike the American honey bee, no stinger and can be handled without fear. An ican apiarist in a Pinar del Rio town imported some ican bees recently, says Tlie Times of Cuba, and, he- 2 of their superior armament, they soon became mas- “ters of the surrounding sweetness, much to the disgruntle- ‘ment of the- native honey raiser. The American bees stung their rivals to death, carrying off the stored honey triumph. “What chance has.a Cuban got against the vericans!” exclaimed one owner of vanquished honey 2 “They even arm their bees.” “Three years ago Patrick J. Kerrigan was riding over “homestead, near Deer Tail, Colo.,,when he came upon ame woman who had encouhtered a ratilesnake. Ker- ' dismounted from his horsa and Killed the snake. “young lady thanked him and went to her cabin, ad- his homestead. Later the same year Kerrigan number of coyotes engaged in the slaughter of “woman’s stock. Méain she thanked him and » rode away,, Thus their romance began. Finally roposed’ and Mary Dougherty accepted. The ! the romance reached: its climax when the pair married at St, Patrick’s Chureb, North Denver. +a ae sete fe ") 2 if ker eelipse expedition of the University of has’ started for Kiev, Russia, to observe the ' the sun. The expedition is in eharge ‘WY. Campbell, of Lick Observatory, and astronomer, ‘The moon, passing between rth, will cast a shadow upon the earth FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 7 GOOD READING ’ y rona on a large scale with a camera forty feet in focal length and on a small scale with a camera of seventy inches focus. It is now possible for a blind man to read by the ear, owing to the improvements in an electrical instrument which was shown by Fournier d’Albe at last year’s British Association meeting. The instrument has as its basic principle the peculiar property of selenium, by which the strength of an electric current passing through it varies with the Amount of light. It is connected with a. tele- phone receiver, and, according as more or less light falls, on the selenium, so does the electric current passing through the receiver vary, and consequently the sounds heard in the receiver vary._ By throwing a powerful light on ordinary printed letterpress, it is possible to differen- tiate between letters by different sounds in the receiver, An ordinary newspaper can thus be read by the “type- reading octophone.” \ In a bulletin issued recently by the Census and Statisties Office preliminary estimates are given of the areas sown to the principal grain crops in Canada ‘and reports. on ~ their condition on June 1. The total area'under wheat is provisionally estimated at 11,203,800 acres, or 188,800 acres more than in 1913. The area under spring wheat is reported. as '10;230,500 acres, or 185,500 acres more \ ~ than in 1913, and the area expected to be harvested of fall wheat is 973,300 acres or 3.300 acres more than last year. The aéveage of oats is placed at 10,811,000. acres “ as compared with 10,434,000 acres last year, an increase of 377,009 acres. Barley oecupies 1,604,000 acres, or 9,000 acres less than last year, and rye 111,070 acres, ag compared with 119,300 acres last’ year. The estimated area under hay and clover is 8,206,000 acres as compared H im with $;169,000 acres in 1913. : a4 After five years of experiment, electric cap lamps for Ap miners have been perfected and are in use in a number _ of mines of this country and in-many European mines, ie The principal advantage of this kind of lamp is safety, ag the electric light greatly decreases the danger of fire and * explosion. ‘Those advocating its adoption believe that its higher degree of safety can be demonstrated so satisface ral ] & torily as to bring about the supplanting of the ordi safety lamp. Portable electric lamps have been un- der investigation by the United States burean of mines for some time. It has been shown in tests that the lowing filaments of these lamps are capable of igniting 42 bat that sparks from lamp equipments of not more.
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DOGS OF THE FRENCH ARMY HOSPITAL CORPS. An all parts of Europe, and notably in such countries as Fratice, Switzerland, Belgium and Holland, dogs are com- pelled to take life much more seriously than in the United States. This is due to the fact that in the old world the natural function of the dog is that of a draft mind rather then a playfellow for young people. The French people have long been employing them to draw carts and small wagons. Now they have gone a step farther and have actually put dogs to work in their army. Real “dogs of war” they call the picked animals which have entered upon a military career. These four-footed soldiers have been enrolled in the hospital corps of the French army, and their work will be to assist the doctors and the Red Cross nurses in camp and on the battlefield. It.is suspected that the always ingenious’ French got the idea from the famous dogs of St. Bernard, whose work in carrying succor to storm-bound travelers in the _ . Alps is-known to every reader. At any rate, the newly enlisted Red Cross dogs of the French army are being trained to carry stimulants to the wounded, to search out “J injured soldiers and lead doctors or nurses to the scene E and perform other services requiring more or less resouree, as» well as to act as messengers for the surgeons and to . fetch and carry bandages, medicines, etc., in time of = emergency, just as a well-trained American dog brings his ng aseidags mail or new ee Be , _ FOUR-LEAF CLOVER SWINDLER. _ What was probably the most profitable deal in clover ever brought off in California was wound up at Los An- _ geles recently when a clever swindler left the city with 3 about &, 000 derived from the a of four-leaf clover weed. Bae ~ tae to die city a beggar, one ‘Wilson (the name is - known to be an alias), acquired a scanty capital and a plentiful supply of clover plants of the common or garden ety, tvok a small office, and began operations. He lc “everybody he could induce to listen to him) that he : | put his patrons in the way of supplying the great for the traditional Iucky four-leaved clover, as he ‘the seed of a variety which produced nothing but e emblems of good fortune. In proof of his assertions showed a reat box of growing clover, each of which ad four divisions. enlarged upon the profits to be derived from the the Jeavez, vw “ij he said, more than justified the prices he uae outiged to charge for the seed which d in stock. ‘l'o all who were*doubtful of the possi- the project,he offered to buy all their matyrei| p FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ARTICLES OF ALL KINDS j at Rome and is to be lighted just once every twelve- % cents vach, eee he said, was & core tain threats led Mrs. Petrosi MP 6. eri, te # ee ot he ere peer, See Ps a ee dreds of Angelenos became clover farmers on a small in the back yards, Just about the time when the first sown plants ought to be peeping above the ground | the oftice was closed. When the landlord took ‘possession he | found the sample box.of plants and discovered, on close examination, that each of the leaves was of the ordinary trefoil variety, but that a fourth division had been neatly added by means of a thin strip of green court-plaster. Then the clover farmers understood why none of their ex~ pensive seed had developed quatrefoils. * BIG CANDLES. Y The J. P. Morgan candle ‘is fashioned of the p est sweet smelling white Italian beeswax. It weit 400 pounds, is sixteen feet high, and tapers gradually from a_ base One and one-half feet in diameter to six inche the tip. Sixty inches from the bottom is a portrait” Mr. Morgan in oil, the work of the artist Paula Res 1 and lilies of the valley and American Beauty roses, Morgan’s favorite flowers, are conspicuous among the dec- abaticne: More than $300 worth of gold leaf has been used to cover the ornaraents in, relief. The decorating | 3 of the candle alone took three and a half months, whil the taper itself was four weeks in the making. ‘abe = This giant memorial candle is to stand in the Vatican — month, on All Souls’ day. Even if bummed continuously © it would endure for more than nine years, but under the — circumstances it is large enough td last over three thou- sand years. This is assuming that it will be left to. shed its light throughout the twelve hours of the day. : z Another memorial candle having special. interest for — New Yorkers stands in the little Church of St. Michael, — Padua, Italy: It is a tribute to Detective . Sexgeane Petrosino, who ‘was murdered at Palermo, Sicily, while — getting evidence for use against the Black Hand, the Mafia — and other associations of criminals. This -candle burns :- every Candlemas day, and.at that rate should last f more than eighieen centuries. = There is rather.a sad story connected with this offering —the result of a jest that went astray. Petrosino ar ; Ajello Bros., the candjemakers, were very good frie On. one. occasion, while a votive candle for a rather. not rious murderer was being completed, the former lai ingly asked what kind of candle Antonino Ajello would — 5 make for him. “Joe, you shall have the finest ever pro- duced,” was the answer given’ Petrosino after a good deal is of banter. Bat two months later, over the ‘telephone, -news- ‘came to Mr. Ajello of Petrosino’ g tragic death, and made only in a spirit of fun’ was ‘thus to’ be f First intended for the pro-cathedral © on Mott stree and the donors to send emoria light’ to. adula, where ig 3 ot nine and a half foot memo
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Cc PUSH BUTy IN.—The base is mace of maple, and the center piece ot black w jnut, the whole thing abou, 1% inches in diameter, with a metal hook op the back #o that it may be slipped over edge of the vest pocket. Expose to view your New Electric Bell, when your friend will the button expecting to hear it ring. soon as he touches !t, you will see some of “ Hyeliest dancing you ever witnessed. The Button is heavily charged and wiil _ give a smart shock when the button is pushed Price 10c., by mail, postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. ¥. SHE MAGIC DAGGER. A wonderful illusfon. To all is an ordinary dagger which you can flourish around in your hand ee suddenly state that you think you have @d long enough and had better commit Buicide, at the same time plunging the dagger up ¢ —_ preterd to stab a friend or acquaintance. This is the latest and a very ‘“‘impressi trick. It can be opened easily by anyone .
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VANISHING CIGAR. This cigar is made in exact imitation of a good one. It is held by a rub- ber cord which, with the attached safety pin, is festened on the inside of to & friend, as it is ab. b Pode i will " S about to be taken, it w instantly disappear. Price, 10e. each by mail, postpaié C. BEHR, 150 W. 62d S8t.. New York City THE JUMPING FROG. This little novelty creates a world of laughter. Its chief attractiveness is that it tekes a few seconds he- fore leaping high in the air, so that when set, very inno- cently along side of an unsuspecting person, — the sleeve. he is suddenly, startied by the wonderful activity of this frog. Price, i5c. exch by mail postpaid. H, F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. ¥. MANY TOOL KEY RING: The wonder of the age. The grent- est small tool in the world. In this litt!e instrument you have in combina- tion seven useful tools embracing Key Ring, Pencil Sharpener, Nail Cutter and Cleaner, Watch Opener, Clipper, Letter Opener and Screw Driver. It is not a toy, but a useful article, made of cutlery steol, tem-~ pered and highly nickeled. Therefore will carry an edge the same as any —— of cutlery, As a useful tool, nothing ever been offered to the public to equal it. Price, l5c., mailed, postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY CUv., 29 W. 26th St., N. ¥. THE PEG JUMPER. A pocket trick, easily to be performed by any one. A miniature tral holes are drilled through it. A wooder. g is inside of the upper hole. Showing now th sides of the paddle, the performer causes, Za very effective paddle is shown. Cen- by simply breathing upon it, the peg to leave the upper hole, and appear in the middle one. | Then it jumps to the lower hole, back to the fiddle one, and lastly to the upper hole, Both sides of the paddle are repeatedly shown. “ Price by mail, 15e- C. BEHR, 150 W. 62d St., New York City. Cigar | THE FIGHTING ROOSTERS: A full blooded pair of fighting game _ cocks. These Miputian fighters have real feathers, yellow legs and fiery red combs, their movements when fighting are perfertly nat- . ural and Hfelike, and the secret of their movements is known only to the operator, who can cause them to battle with each other as often and as long as desired. Independent of their fighting proclivities they make very preity mantel ornaments, Price for the pair in a strong box, 10c.; 3 pairs for 25c. by mail, ostpaid. VOLE NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. ¥. LIGHTNING TRICK BOX. A startling and pleasing fllu- sion! “The ways of the world are devious,”” says Maithew Arnold, but the ways of the Lightning Trick Box when properly handled uncertain, You take off the and show your friends that it is full of nice candy. Replace the box in their presence without open!og it; and | taking off the lid again, sure enough the candy has disappeared. Or you can change the | candy into a piece of money by following the directions sent with each box. This is the negtest and best cheap trick ever invented. rice, only 10c.; 3 for 25¢., mailed, postpaid, M. V. GALLIGAN, 419 W. 56th St., N. ¥. NEW TEN-CENT FOUNTAIN PEN, One of the most peculiar and mystifying pens on the market. It requires no ink. " All you have to do is te dip it in water, and it will write for an indefinite period. The secret can only be learned by procuring one, and you can make it = source of both pleasure and Qmusement by claiming to your friends what iit can do and then demonstrating the fact. | Moreover, it is a good pen, fit for practical use, and will never leak ink into your pocket, as a defective fountain pen might do. Look! A GRAND PREMIUM are admitted to be puzzling and lid | Md, when you can solemnly assure | P&ring for the fatal spring upon Its victim, | your friends that you can instantly empty the | while another will stretch out lazily, appare #7 efi. GOOD LUCK BANKS, —— Ornamental as well as use. ful. Made of highly nickeled — brags. It hclds just One Dol- — lar. When filled it opens it- self. Remains locked until — refilled. Can be used as @ watchcharm. Money refund- — ed if not satisfied. Price, 10c. by mall. oe LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’kiyn, N. XY. _ a. ¥. — EGGS OF PWARAOH’S SERPENTS. 4. wonderful and startling - novelty! “Pharach’s Serpents” | are produced from a small egg, _ no larger than a pea. Place one — of them on a plate, touch fire — to it with a common match, and — instantly a large serpent, a yard” — or more in length, slowly un-=- | coils itself from the burning egg. Each serpent assumes a different — position. One will appear to be ~ ‘ gliding over the ground, with — head erect, as though spying danger; another will coll itself up, ag if pre- entiy enjoying its usual noonday° nap. Im- | mediately after the egg stops burning, the |} as an amusing curiosity. pe $ serpent hardens, and may afterward be be mh, They are put up in” ~ wooden boxes, twelve eges in a box. Price, — 8c., 3 boxes for 20c.; 1 dozen boxes for 60c,, | sent by mail, postpaid. t WOLFF NOVELTY ©O.. 29 W. 26th St.. N. ¥. DEAD SHOT SQUIRT PISTOL. iy If you shoot a man with this “gun” he will ~ be too mad to accept the ancient excuse—“T didn't know it was loaded,” It loads easify — with a full charge of: water, and taking aim, press the rubber bulb at the butt of the Pistol, when a smali stream of water is squirted into his face. The best — thing to do then is to pocket your gun eng run. There are ‘joads of fun” in this wicked little joker, which looks lke @ real revolver, trigger, cock, chambers, barrel and all. ice only 26.5 4 for 25¢.; one dozen 60c, by mail tpaid. ; F, LANG, 1815 Centre St., B'kiyn, N. ¥. —j eee ‘ Look! One of these fine watches FREE to anyone sending us One—1] year’s subscription at. . . Two—6 months’ subscriptions at . . Four—3 months’ subscriptions at . For either of the following: “Moving Picture Stories,’ $2.50 1.25 each 0.65 each ? “Happy Days,” “Wild West Weekly,” “Fame and For- tune Weekly,” “The Liberty Boys of ’76,” “Secret _ Service,” “Work and Win,” or “Pluck and Luck.” There is only one condition—send us the money ($2.60) and we will send you the watch, and any one of the above publications for the period subscribed for. DAGO. 20 ccccsccces. Description of the Watch It is American-made, open face, stem wind and set, and will run from 30 to 36 hours with one winding. The movement is the same size as an expensive railroad timepiece, ‘This coupon when properly filled out and forwarded with F tien rice en- titles the ho’ to Pre- Address ieee eee eee eT | eet enareedeh- ARNE. vad ine sent 4 ora xs on - a A x absolutely accurate, and each one is guaranteed. The cases are made in Gold Plate, Polished Nickel, Gun-metal with Gilt center and plain Gun-metal., The design on the back case Is a fancy engraved scroll. Send in Your Subscriptions Now to FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher owe 168 West 23d St., N. Y. Cit ,
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ie —LATEST ISSUES— ore ———_ os The Boy Who Built a Busin \. : 36 Barry 0., nkers and B: ; or, 411 Full of Business; or, The Young Traveler for the Firm. Wall Street. Bo ee 3 ee m 412 — - Brokers; or, The Boy With the Iron Nerve. (A Wall 487 On the Fast Mail; or, From Clerk to Postmas . reet Story.) 38 His er ity ; : 413 After a Square Deal; or, The Richest Claim in the West. a5e~ Ee cast abatice; or, The Boy Who Made Mon 414 Buyer Dollar. Sam; or, The Coin that Brought Him Luck. (A Story | bis remy te Bare De ee orteeers E pbs hie! ghee 441 In the Film Game; or, The Boy Who Made 415 Bound to Make His Mark: or, Running a Moving Picture Show. 442 A Smart New York Boy; or, From the Tenen 416 Ed, the Office Boy; or, The Lad Behind the Deals. 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Old Kitson’s Kid; or, The Best Tip in Wall Street. for sale by all newsdealers, or will be sent to any address on receipt of price, 5 cents per copy, In money or po FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, - - : - - : : oie - 168 West 23d & IF YOU WANT ANY BACK NUMBERS of our weeklies and cannot procure them from newsdealers, they can be obtained from this office direct. fill in your Order and send it to us with the price of the weeklies you want and we will send them to you POSTAGE STAMPS TAKEN THE SAME AS MONEY. FRANK TOUSEY, Publishe:, 168 West 23d ouR TEN-CENT HAWD BOO: BERS.—Showing many figures ond the magic of numbe derson. Fully tlustrated. — No. 74. HOW TO WRITE LE RECTLY.—Containing full instru | With a full description ef everything an en- gineer should know. No. 6. HOW TO BECOME A PHUTOGRaA- PHER.—Containing useful infermatien re- garding the Camera and how te work it; also No. 46. 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HOW TO BECOME AN EN- NEER.— taining full in: ctions how to come a locomotive engineer; also directions rf building a el locomotive; together _ For sale by all newsdealers, or will be sent to auy | 7 : FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 2 MILITARY CADET.—Explains how to gain admittance, course of Study, Examinations, Duties, Staff of Officers, Post Guard, Poli - Regulations, Fire Department, and all a boy should know tc be a cadet. By Lu Senarens No. 63. HOW TO BECOME A NAVAL CADET.—Complete instructions of how to gain admission to the Annapolis Naval Acad- emy. Also containing the course of instris- tion, description of grounds and buildings, historical sketch, and everything a boy should know to become an officer in the United States Navy. By Lu Senarens. No. 64. HOW TO MAKE ELECTRICAL MACHINES.—Containing full directions for making. electrical machines, induction colilz, dynamos, and many nove! toys to be worked by electricity. By R. A. R. Bennett. Fully tl- lustrated. Neo. 65. MULDOON’S JOKES.—The most 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.—Contain- ing over three hundred interesting puzzles and conundrums, with key to same. A complete book. Fully illustrated. No. 67. HOW TO DO ELECTRICAL TRICKS.—Containing a large collection of in- structive and highly amusing electrical tricks. together with fllustrations. 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 fllustrated. 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. 70. HOW TO MAKE MAGIC TOYS.— Containing full directions for making Magic tS A Ne devices of many kinds. Fully illus- trated. No. 71 HOW TO DO MECHANICAL TRICKS.—Containing complete instructions for performing over sixty Mechanical Tricks. Fully illustrated. No, 72. HOW TO DO SIXTY TRICKS WITH CARDS.—Embracing al! of the latest and most deceptive card tricks, with filus- trations. Bias No. 73. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH NUM- - - oF * - - o - address on receipt vfprice, 10 cts per copy, or 3 for 25 cts. —Containing .tricks No. 76. THE the secret of palmistry, Also the sec telling future events ty aid of mole. scars, etc. Illustrated. = No. 77. HOW TO DO FORTY TRIC WITH CARDS.—Containing deceptive C: Tricks as performed by leading conjurers masicians. No. 78. HOW TO DO THE ‘BLACK : - Containing a complete description of the mys- and Anderson. No. 792. HOW TO BECOME “ Containing complete instructio ow up for various characters on e gether with the duties of the Stage Prompter. Scenic Artist erty JOKE B and No. 80 GUS WILLIAMS’ Containing the latest jokes, — funny stories of this world- comedian. Sixty-four pages: dsom ored cover containing a half-tone pho the author. ; No. 81. HOW TO MESMERIZE ing the most approved methods of 1 also how to cure all kinds of di animal magnetism. or magnetic he Prof. Leo Hugo Koch, A.C.S.. author to Hypnotize,” etc. No. 82. HOW TO DO PALM taining the most approved meth: ing the lines on the hand, together wi! explanation of their meaning. | Also ing phrenology, and the key for t acter by the bumps on the head. Hugo Koch. A.C.S. Fully illustra Neo. 838. HOW TO HYPNOTIZE valuable and instructive inform ing the science of hypnotism. ing the most approved metho employed by the leading hyp world. By Leo Hugo Koch, A. No. 8%. HOW TO BECO —Containing information regi subjects, the use of words preparing and submitting containing valuable informati neatness. legibility and general DO manuscript. < ee 'n money or yostage st + 168 West 23d St., BS