Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 534) (1915 12 24)

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— TIPPED BY THE TICKER; DR, AN-AMBITIOUS BOY IN WALL OTREET. | by WEL Mla UN. Yino O THER S TORIES ~— N y M1 ee Fe Tad Giigse a ‘ he = .: See _— Se 3 ; ie ‘Phil dashed into the private office with a section of the tape in his fingers. “Look, sir!” he cried, laying one hand on his employer's arm. “Louisville Southern has taken a slump.” The wily brokers were thoroughly taken aback.

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Fame and Fortune Weekly STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY Issued Weekly—By Retentiotion $2.50 per year. y Frank No. 534. Nntered at the New York, N. Y., ‘ousey, Publisher, 168 West 23d Street, New York. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 24, 1915. : “Post Office as Second-Class Mattes. Price 5_ Cents. TIPPED BY THE TICKER Ae a A AN AMBITIOUS BOY IN WALL’ STREET By A SELF-MADE MAN CHAPTER I. PHIL BRISTOW AND THE OFFICE STENOGRAPHER. “Got any money, Ethel?” asked Hewes Bros.’ messenger boy, an uncommonly bright-looking lad, as he paused by the Stenographer’s desk. “Well, if you haven't got a cheek, Phil Bristow,” laughed Miss Carpenter, who was a pretty brunette of seventeen years. “Sure I have—two of them,” chuckled Phil. serious just now. I've got a tip.” “A tip!” exclaimed the girl, with an interested look. Yes. the money to back it; but to me, with only fifty cases or so in the savings bank, it won't cut much ice, which is hard Tuck, for tips don't spring wp every day in my path.” ~“Tell me about it. will you, Phil?” .“Couldn’t do it, Ethel, unless——” “Unless what?” “You will go in with me on it—partners, you know. Give me your promise to match my fifty with a similar amount and I'll tell you all about it.” “But I don’t want to promise until I know what the tip is, Phil,” said the girl, seriously. “That’s just like a girl. Where’s your sporting blood, Ethel?” _“But fifty dollars is an awful lot of money to risk on an uncertainty,” protested the stenographer. ~ “Sure it is. But there isn’t’any uncertainty about this tip. “It's a sure winuer.” _ “How do you know it is?” “How do I know? Well, I'll tell you how I know. I got it. straight from the lips of one of the biggest brokers on the “But ['m dead Sou did?” exclaimed the girl, in surprise. “I did,” he replied, with solemn earnestness. “Who was the broker?” “Tom Jardine.” . > » “And he told you——”. “TJ didn’t say he told me anything.” “Yes, you did. You said you got it from:his lips.” So I did; but he didn’t tell me. He told it in confidence > a friend of his, a man named Wetmore, and I accidentally had just been formed to one of the brokers rae We . / fully. “What was the name of the stock?” “Say you'll go in with me and I'll tell you.” The girl hesitated. “Fifty dollars is——” “A lot of money. You said that before.” “T wasn't going to say that.” “Well, what were you going to say?” “I was going to say that fifty dollars is nearly all I have in the world.” “Then go in with me and you'll soon have a hundred.” “I don't know about that,” replied Miss Carpenter, doubt- “Tt is awfully easy to lose money in stocks.” “Bet your life it is. Easier than anything I know of, un- A pointer worth—well, a millien to a person with | jess you are operating on a Sure thing.” “I have very little confidence in Wall Street speculation jfor those who are not on the inside.” “I agree with you; but in this little venture you and I will be on the inside with the knowing ones.” “You seem very confident of that.” “T am or I wouldn't ask you to risk your money, nor I wouldn't think of risking mine, either. This is where we go in on the ground floor and come out at the roof.” “Supposing before we got off the roof it fell in and lande2 us in the cellar, where would our money be?” “In the pocket of some broker. I think I am smart enough to get off the roof before it gives way. I’ve not been in Wall Street a couple of ‘years for nothing. if I haven't specu- lated yet, it isn’t because I don’t know how to do it, but be- cause I was too poor and too foxy to jump in before I knew where L’was at. Now I see the chance to make a start with searcely any risk. I call ita cinch. If I had a thousand dol- lars I'll bet I could make two with it.” ; “Would you really invest a thousand dollars on the strength — of that tip?” } i “T certainly would.” “If it was all the money you had in the world, too?” “That wouldn't make any difference.” : at a “How many shares can you get with one hundred dollars, — Phil?” i “sy “he stock is ruling now et 49. IT can get 20 shares on margin. If it. goes up ten points’ we'll make nearly one bert or six we'll double ck of this:

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2 TIPPED BY THE -TIGKER. > ee oooo————ESS eee The girl thought for several moments before she spoke} Phil, however, looked him placidly in the eye, and then again, and Phil waited patiently for her decision. went on to the wash-room. “Well, Phil,” she said at last, “I'll risk it. I'll go in with| When he got back to ‘the stenographer’s desk the cashier | you. What is the name of the stock?” was gone. | “Great Western,” he whispered in her ear. “Here’s the| “I’m glad you brought him that message, Phil,” she said. last quotation on the ticker, ‘1,200 G. W. 49 1-8.” “Why?” “When do you want the money, Phil?” “Because his company was not agreeable to me.” “To-morrow morning.” “You ought to have thrown out a hint that you were very “T'll bring it over with me.” busy.” . ; ; “All right, pard. You'll be wearing a new gown and hat| “I doubt if he would have taken it. I gave him no en- on the profits in a couple of weeks.” couragement to talk to me. but he persisted in doing so.” “T hope so,” she laughed. “I need both.” “Did he give you those flowers?” : _ “Here comes Mr. Briggs, the cashier, This is where I sneak} “He did, but I refused them, Please put them on his back to my chair in the other office. He’s sore on me.” desk.” > “Why?” - “Certainly,” and Phil carried the bouquet to the cashier’s ' “Because he wants to be th ys en. , “The idea! Just as if I Se gee ation = _— As he turned toward the counting-room door he came face _“That’s just “it. He’s sour on me because I the smiles |to face with Mr. Briggs. fam 700 4 Be oe ty See et “What were you doing at my desk?” asked the cashier, Phil bobbed his head to her and darted away. sharply. . wo _-#¥fe's_ the nicest boy in New-York,” thought Ethel Car-| “Placing those flowers on it,” ; penter as she watched the good-looking messenger vanish Who told you to do that?” Mr. Briggs asked, with a through the brass gate of the counting-room. © . scowl. . Phil, t __ The cashier hung up his hat and overcoat, went to his ot Caaee, ”: Meret perso etude ‘desk, and after a moment or two approached the stenogra- pher's table with a paper in his hand. > “Please make three manifold copies of this, Miss Car- f penter,” he said. ; CHAPTER Il. SO Ge ve War Eocene ee ee THE DEAL IN GREAT WESTERN. He hesitated as if he had something more to say, but the ete ing ag r was not very encouraging in the sense he was Phil Bristow was a smart boy een ae SOF. ; Mr. Geo | ‘ a , Mr. rge Hewes, his employer, who was a stock broker tae Canis ae Ss A Lety waist you have on to-day, | o¢ come repute, doing business under the firm name of Hewes riage is ed ne comaplimerit, Mr. Briggs,” she replied, ue offices at No. — Wall Street, had said so more calmly, and without removing her eyes from her machine. * “And the nea in your hair becomes you greatly,” he added. ao bap he Peis: Mone knew the boy thought so, if they : f made no reply to this. , 80. 7 : : : Mrs. Ho & boarding-house in West 28th i aad ecchgy a andl vexation, Tos be ssw) Me was stot street, where Phil lived, Sala. so Sonik renin: caret the other rot ens cg : boarders, especially the young ladies, agreed with her. “I think a small corsage bouquet of your favorite flowers! Miss Ethel Carpenter, the office stenographer, was sure of would complete the ensemble,” he said. “Would you permit)the fact, while the rest of the employees, barring Mr. Murray me _to present you with this one? Briggs, the cashier, were non-committal on the subject, but The cashier brought into view the hand he had till now|their friendly attitude toward the young messenger was Un- ‘> i ge his back, and laid the small bouquet on her table | mistakable. beside machine. eS , Mr. Briggs, who showed no disposition to conceal his dis- = Por “You are very kind, Mr. Briggs, but I'd rather not take like for Phil, seemed to be about the only one who refused to 3 as 78 t that the boy was smart. s, ‘ on ow, as t rity always rules, ma e taken for __ “Because I don’t care to accept presents from gentlemen in | granted pth Ag aired ts ge Pa A ie y TN Gey Aamo He was born in the city of Philadel is “ phia, and had been left 1 Pate mg a a Reng wee Fd! you accept a che@P/an orphan at the age of fourteen. That was a little over re any tu 7 eday morning. three years before the opening of this story. ; “phil is only a boy; and, besides, we are great friends.” When he started out to hoe his own row in life he had at- “Phat is as much as to say you do not consider me @|tracted the favorable notice of a gentleman who personally friend.” eid : recommended him to Mr. Hewes, and the broker, being in _ “Well, hardly in the same sense as Phil.” want of an office boy at the time, hired Phil, and had never - “I think he is an impertinent young cub,” said the cashier, | felt any regret for doing so. erily. On the morning following the conversation related in the “¥ stenographer was silent. io preceding chapter, Ethel Carpenter brought the $50, which _“He puts in altogether too much time around your desk.|represented the bulk of her savings, to the office and handed ie -eelne te apesk te Mr. Hewes about it. You'd better|the money to Phil. Seal re thet p to keep away if you don’t want to| jf, since she had passed her word to go in with the boy mane Sipe Aapeh ares: on the deal in Great Western, she had experienced any doubts ”~ * _ Miss Carpenter flushed up, but did not say a word. as to the ultimate fate of that $50, she did not show it by _ “Tf you were a little more sociable with me, Miss Car-|her manner when she handed him tue bills. i nter, you might find it to your advantage,” continued the| She was not a girl to show the white feather, no matter i Gas ae be ce 3 what results might be. 7 “I don’t understand you, Mr. Briggs,” replied the girl,| “Thanks, Ethel,” said Phil, sticking her little roll a . - pipeel ‘vest pocket. “I am going to buy the shares at the ae you will permit me to see you to the bridge cars this | chance I get to do so this morning.” : : 100n I will have more time to explain,” The first chance came about eleven o'clock, when he was : ; oe , sir; I couldn't think of it.” ; é sent to a stationery store and printing house on Nassau — , have seen you walk there with Phil Bristow.” street. = 3 wasn't aware before that you’ such interest in my| On his way he passed a small bank that was noted for Mr. Briggs,” she answ with just the least deals for small speculators. q mS oe ese s place for the first time in his life. The reception-room, was crowded with customers wa | the quotations that were put up on a ‘kboard at one tt mo-|of the room by a small boy. : eat ‘a desk facing a wind . aareir v

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TIPPED BY 7 business that came through that window. When an order was received to buy or sell stock the order was telephoned to the bank's representative on the floor of the Stock Exchange, who immediately executed the com- mission. Presumably the commissions were divided between himself and the bank. Phil stepped up to the window and gave in the money and the order for twenty shares of Great Western at the market price. He received back a memorandum of the transaction and some change. Then he went on to the stationer’s, transacted his busi- ness, and was soon back at the office. - At the first opportunity he showed the memorandum to the stenoxrapher. As he passed the cashier's desk he got a black look from Mr. Briggs, whose saturnine features plainly showed the dis- like he bore the boy. Phil, however, didn’t care a rap for that gentleman’s senti- ments. He took care, though, te accord him the outward respect his position in the office called for, and bis dipiqmacy pre- vented an open rupture between them. Will Ashley, one of the clerks, who was particularly friendly “with Bristow, beckoned him over to his desk. “What is Briggs so sore on you about?” he asked Phil, in a lew tone. “I evess it’s because Miss Carpenter and I are too friendly,” replied the young messenger. “What difference can that make to him?” “He wants to monopolize her himself.” “I thonght he was a bit sweet on fier. She’s a deuced pretty girl. all right. I don’t believe she wastes much thought on him, even if he is the great mogul when the boss isn’t here.” “She doesn’t. He isn’t quite her style, and he can’t help secing it; and it makes him grouchy.” Ashley chuckled. ; “I'm gind of it,” he said. “Miss Carpenter is too nice a girl for him. He’s a man I don’t fancy, for lots of reasons. I don’t belieye he’s to be trusted. If I was the boss I'd have a new cashier.” i “You speak as if you knew somudening, about him.” “I do—a heap; but I'm not telling all I know. It isn’t good policy. Some day I may tell you, if I think it will do > You any good to know, but not now. Better ~~ peek now— he’s locking at us,” and the speaker turned to his Pig took the hint and returned to his post in the waiting- ae had taken his seat when Mr. Hewes rang for him to take a message to the Va Building, in Ex- change Place, and from that time until three o’clock he didn’t dare many spare moments, ~~ i When Phil put on his hat and coat to go home, about four o'clock, he stepped into the.counting-room to tell the stenog- repher that Great Weaters had not made any upward move- ~ ment as yet. On his way up Wall ‘Street he met a messenger acquain- — to whom i had loaned a dollar some time back.” “Hello, Phil! You're just the fellow I wanted to see,” said “the other lad, whose name was Bob Davis. a “Well, you see me now, don’t you,” said Phil. “Sure. — *y want to pay you that dollar I borrowed,” said Davis. Bristow. “Come into this cafe. I want to get a fiver changed.” » . = Ie entered the place. s "habs ied the way toa table in the rear of the room which was partially concealed by some drapery. ther boss comes in here quite often,” he explained, ae =, n't have him see me_here, as he might mis- you want to sit are one oe. Phil. .“Can't "diate sesame it. wit thout al 30H His two assistants generally had their hands full with the - “Small fayors are always thankfully received, Bob,” re-| THE TICKER. 3 or ginger ale for you. Or you can have cider, like myself. Which shall it be?” : “You can make it a soda, since you insist I shall drink with you.” “All right,” and.he gave the waiter the order. At that moment three gentlemen entered the cafe and took the table just in advance of them. Phil recognized one of them, to his great disgust, as Mur- ray Briggs, the cashier. “How unfortunate that he should come in here just at this particular time. If he sees me hel put a bad construction on my presence here, and will probably report the circum- stances to Mr. Hewes, making it out as bad as he can. [I ~ wish I hadn't come in here.” He had reason to change his mind after a few minutes. CHAPTER IIL MR. BRIGGS IS BROUGHT TO BAY. “T am very sorry, Mr. Briggs, to have to press you about that money you owe us,” said one of the gentlemen, after 3 they had given their orders to the waiter, “but it has been’ hanging fire so long that we feel it is high time that the © matter was settled. What cau you do about it?” “Nothing at present,” replied Briggs, a bit sulkily. “That's the answer you've been giving us right along,” re- plied the other, sharply, “and Salter and I are tired of hear- ing it.” > “What are you going to do about it, then?” asked the — eashier, almost defiantly. ’ MES shall have to bring the matter to Mr. Hewes’ atten- tion.” re “If you did that you would ruin me!” exclaimed Briggs, oe thoroughly startled at the man’s suggestion. | “That's: your lookout, Mr. Briggs,” replied the other, with a shrug of his shoulders. “If you will make good half of | you indebtedness to us to-morrow, and furnish a reasonable guarantee that the balance will be paid on the first of the month, why we'll hold off. But that’s our ulthnatiie, isn’t it, Salter?” turning to his partner. Wing tg “That's what it is, Cutler,” replied Mr. Salter. ; “It is’ impossible for me to comply with your demand,” protested Briggs. “It is out of the question for me to raise | $2,500 by to-morrow. ‘ono “You've already had three months to get the gen ca might haye materially reduced your debt in that tim a thus have prevented us from seeing the necessity of turning ray the screws on you,” : ‘C “Why don’t’ you drink your soda, Phil?” asked Bob Davis, _ at this juncture. F “Hush!” replied Phil, holding up his hand for silence. he Bob looked surprised, but nevertheless complied. " “Well, the fact of the matter is I have been trying to win a the money at cards, for ’'m an expert with the paste } but luck has been against me,” growled Briggs. “I was cleaned out completely the other night, and had to borrow, encugh to see me through fill salary day.” ; “Then you admit that you haven't any money at all?” sai said, ‘ that I can call my owe.” Mr. Cutler, ter?” : bis associate, “I haven't a dollar to my Cutler,” “You hear what he says, “My hearing is very good, “What are we going to do about it, Salter?” , ee “I'm afraid we'll have to call on Mr. Hewes, Cutler.” ie! “And show him that little note of band with bis ment to it, ei?” “Precisely,” nodded Mr. Salter. “You mustn't do it,” ejaculated the cashier, with 4 . note fear in his voice. : “Mustn’t, eh?” retorted Mr. Cutler, with a dry ie pay the note, or at least make some showing? You've done neith ri tention to it yon put us tale he we aS RS. s ore

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4 TIPPED BY —_—_— — “Therefore. to-morrow we'll make it our business to inter- view Mr. Hewes. If it will make it any easier for you, Mr. Briggs, you had hetter let him know what our inten- tions are.” A worried, hunted look flashed from the cashier’s eyes. It was clear that the plan of action outlined by .the two gentlemen concerned him not a little. “Isn’t there any inducement I can offer you to defer your visit to Mr. Hewes?” “I mentioned the alternative when we first sat down at this table; but, according to-your statement, it seems to be im- possible for you to meet it,” said Cutler. “You mean that if half the money be’ paid to-mor- - row——” “With a suitable guarantee that the balance shall be forth- coming on the first of the month, we'll hold off,” interrupted Mr. Cutler, briskly. u “Give me until this time to-morrow to try and meet your demand.” “I think we may do that. What do you say, Salter?” “Whatever you say goes, Cutler,” nodded Salter. “Very good. You heard what Mr. Salter said, Briggs? We ‘will meet you here this time to-morrow; that is,” consulting his watch, “half-past four. If you make good, that will sat- isfy us; if not. we'll have to call on Mr. Hewes the day after. That's fair enough, isn’t it, Briggs?” “Tt is as much as I can expect, I suppose,” he replied, with- out any enthusiasm. ; “Precisely,” replied Mr. Cutler. “As much as you are en- _ titled to expect after the unbusiness-like way you have treated us, Have another drink, gentlemen.” The waiter was summoned and another round ordered. While they were waiting for the liquid refreshment the three men were silent, the cashier seemingly lost in thought. “In case I should find it impossible to get the money to- morrow, would you take five $1,000 railroad bonds as se- eurity for this debt?” asked Briggs, at length. 5 “Five $1,000 railroad bonds. eh? What is the name of the road, and what is their market value?” “Tllinois Western. Market value $1,100.” “I thought you said you didn’t have a dollar you could eall your own?” replied Mr. Cutler, suspiciously. “I haven't, but I could borrow the securities for a while.” “Oh, that’s it, eh? Well, I don’t fancy that arrangement at all. Do you, Salter?” “Hardly, unless——” “Unless what, Salter?” “We can acquire the right to séll the bonds on the first of the month if Mr. Briggs failed to redeem them on that . date.” . “Hum! I am afraid Mr. Briggs could not meet that re- F quirement.” ; “Instead of selling them, couldn't you hypothecate them for the $5,000 on the first, and give me, say, three months longer in which to redeem them?” asked Mr. Briggs, eagerly. ; Mr, Cutler looked at his partner in a peculiar way, and ‘Mr. Salter seemed to understand the look. : eG, agnor here, Briggs,” said Mr. Cutler, sharply, “do you in- tend to in your office?” _ The cashier started and looked guilty. “I hope you don’t mean to insinuate,” began Briggs. “That you intend to appropriate bonds belonging to Mr. Hewes? Oh, of course not,” sarcastically. “We wouldn't think of such a thing, would we, Salter?” Net in the least,” replied Mr. Salter, with an intelligent / wink. _ “I might also remark, while we're on the subject,” con- tinued Mr. Cutler, “that we did not even suspect that Mr. _ Hewes’ indorsement on Mr. Briggs’ note might not be genu- ine, either. Did we, Salter?” Of course not. Why should we? Mr, Briggs wouldn’t » foolish as to give us a note with a forged indorsement, Exactly. Well, Salter, I think take the bon ow | borrow those Iltinois Western bonds from the safe | and/to suspect Mr. Briggs of having THE TICKER. a eee “Tll agree tothe conditions,” replied Mr, Briggs. “Very well. I think that concludes the matter for the -pres- ent,” said Mr. Cutler. “What do you think, Salter?” “TI agree with you,” answered his partner. The three men rose and walked out of the cafe. “ “Well,” asked Bob Davis of Phil, “what did you learn? “That a certain person is a bigger rascal than I took him to be.” “Is that all? market.” “No. Come. Are you going?” “Sure,” replied Bob Davis, and they leftethe cafe and walked up to Broadway, where they parted, Davis taking the subway, while Phil boarded a Broadway surface car. I thought you were picking up a tip on the CHAPTER IV. PHIL BRISTOW IS ACCUSED OF THEFT. On his way uptown in the car Phil pondered over what he had heard in the cafe. One thing seemed clear to him—that Mr. Briggs owed Messrs. Cutler & Salter the sum of five thousand dollars, and that they were trying to make him ante up. Who were Cutler and Salter? And how came Mr, Hewes’ cashier to owe them five thou- sand dollars? They might be stock brokers, but Phil did not believe they were. He could not imagine how Mr. Briggs got into their debt for such a large sum. Phil had learned another thing—that the cashier played ecards for money. That fact did not particularly surprise him. It was in line with Mr. Briggs’ character as he had summed it up. What really interested him was the cashier's offer to put up the five one thousand dollar Illinois Western bonds as se- curity for the money he owed Cutler and Salter, after mak- ing the admission that he was not worth a cent he could call his own. Of whom was he going to borrow those bonds? What good friend did he have who would be so obliging as to loan him the use of five [lionois Western securities whose market value was five thousand five hundred dollars all told? : To say the truth, the ironical remarks made by Mr. Cutler gave Phil a strong suspicion that Mr. Briggs really meant to get those particular bonds from the office safe. Probably he knew they would not be called for until in- terest day came around again; or, at any rate, he was will- ing to take chances that they would not be wanted within three months. As for the note he had given Cutler and Salter bearing Mr. Hewes’ indorsement, he was inclined to believe that the indorsement was a forgery. Well, after all, it was none of his business that Mr. Briggs owed Cutler and Salter money, and it was the cashier's own funeral if he had given his two creditors a note with a forged indorsement. But if Mr, Briggs intended to take five bonds belonging to Mr. Hewes from the safe and practically hypothecate them, without his employer's knowledge or permission, for the: purpose of canceling or securing his debt, that was another matter entirely, ' ‘Was it not Phil’s duty to give Mr. Hewes an inkling of the situation? ; “I think I ought to.” he mused, “but it's:rather a deli- cate job to get around. What evidence have I to offer to substantiate such a serious charge against the trusted cashier of our office? Not a particle. Myr, Briggs’ denial would go further than my statement. It would be better to wait until the cashier had presumably abstracted the bonds from the safe. Then I could tell Mr. Hewes in contidence what I overheard in the cafe. If on investigation the bonds were found to be missing there would appear to be some ground en them for the purpose indicated. By hunting up Cutler and Salter the matter 'l|eould doubtless be brought home to the cashier. That will ‘be the better way. I am beginning to think that I see Mr. riggs’ finish.” (ie M[MNext day Phil took great fnterdst ta the tleker when - P Se Fe fee Be ny ns Le — Rac = ; = y - Wa

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TIPPED BY THE TICKER. 5 ever he got a chance to look at it, ‘but he was rather disap-| skip to find no change yet for the better in Great Western stock. There were only two or three quotations of the stock on the tape all day for comparatively insignificant blocks of shares, from which Phil concluded that the syndicate brokers had not yet started in to buy. He reported the fact to the stenographer, and said he hoped that there would be some indication of life in the stock on the following day. He had some idea of going up to the cafe around four o'clock, with ‘the object of witnessing, if possible, the second interview between Mr. Briggs and his two creditors, but he was prevented from doing so by Mr. Hewes sending him up- town on an errand. Soon after ten next morning Phil noticed a number of} sales of Great Western recorded on the tape. “I believe the stock is getting busy at last,” he said, in a tone. of great satisfaction. He immediately ran into the counting-room and told Miss Carpenter. “It’s gone up about half a point already, which looks en- couraging.” he said to her. ‘ She smiled, but. as she was very busy, they could not con- verse on the subject. During the rest of the day Phil kept his eye on the tape whenever the opportunity offered, and when the Exchange closed for the day Great Western .was up to 50 1-2. A great many shares of the stock had changed hands during the seven-hour session, and Phil was satisfied that the boom - in which his and Miss Carpenter’s hopes were centered was really on. _ When Mr. Hewes was putting on his hat and coat to go home that afternoon Phil entered his private room. “Can I speak to you a few moments, sir?” he asked. “Certainly, Phil. What is it?” The boy at once told him the particulars of the interview he had witnessed in the cafe between Mr. Briggs and Messrs. Cutler and Salter. “You will understand, I hope, sir, that I am bringing no charge against Mr. Briggs. After thinking the matter over I concluded that it was my duty to let you know about it. I don’t even know that you have any Illinois Western bonds in your safe, sir.” “I haven't,” replied Mr. Hewes.: “A week ago I received ten Illinois Western bonds from a customer as security for a loan. I handed them to Mr. Briggs to put im the safe overnight. Next day I took them to my safe deposit box in the Washing- ton yaults, where they are now.” * “Then I suppose it could not have been five of those particu- lar bonds that Mr. Briggs referred to when he told Mr. Cutler that he intended to borrow them from a friend?” “Hardly,” replied the broker, with a smile. “There is one other thing: Mr. Briggs gave the two men a -note for five thousand dollars indorsed by you-—” “What's that?” asked Mr. Hewes, quickly; “a note indorsed by me! Impossible! I have made it a rule since I went into business—twenty-five years ago—never to indorse a note under any circumstances. It is a fatal practise.” now to find that he ht be guilty of such a jiece of trickery as that was eet ae we the aoe 8 contemplate. - He paced a minute or two a corrugated Phil waited patiently to be either examined further on or dismissed. | Be eo ‘ Mr. Hewes paused before-him. i rs have said nothing about this to any one, ‘ anxiously. oo mot, sir. «' : That be all now.” ; When he examined it he discovered that six of the bonds were missing, and their places supplied with folded sheets of thick blank puper.sso arranged as to match the genuine bonds. This discovery gave the broker a great shock—not so much on account of the money involved, but because here was almost indisputable proof. when taken in connection with Phil's story, that his cashier was false to his trust. “It seems evident that he substituted the paper for the six bonds during the short interval that the securities were in his charge,” said Mr. Hewes to himself. “Being pressed for the payment of a debt he could not settle honestly, he yielded to temptation and embezzled the bonds. It maybe that he eventually intended to return the bonds to me before the six months expired when the loan, on which these bonds were deposited as security, becarme due and payable; but such a pur- pose does not excuse his unwarrantable act, nor does the fact that he hoped to take up his own note in the course of time justify the forging of my name to it as an indorser.” Mr. Hewes decided. that before he demanded an explanation of his cashier he would hunt up Messrs. Cutler & Salter, who, to his certain knowledge, were not Wall Street brokers. However, it appeared that they were tonducting some kind of business in the financial district, and next morning he in- stituted inquiries among his acquaintances. At the Exchange he met a broker who knew both Cutler and Salter, “They are the managers of the Manhattan Brokerage Com- pany, No. ——- Broadway,” said the broker to Mr. Hewes. “That is a bucket-siop,” said Mr. Hewes. “Exactly. One of the notorious Clifford string of similar shops that fleece the unwary largely through the mail. Their advertisements can be seen regularly in all the financial pa- pers, and in the Sunday editions of the big New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other city dailies.” “Thank you, Mr. Pratt,” replied Mr. Hewes; “that is all I want to know.” , He immediately went to the office of the Manhattan Broker- age Company, but neither Mr. Cutler nor Mr. Salter was visible. ~ When he returned to his office, about eleven. o’clock, Phil had just gone into the counting-room to inform Miss Carpen- ter that Great Western shares had gone up to 51—an advance of two points above what they had paid for stock. _ Hardly had he removed his overcoat before Mr. Briggs pre- sented himself in the private office. “I regret, Mr. Hewes,” he began, “that I have to report to you a discovery I have made. I found a thousand dollars missing from the safe this morning—ten one-hundred-dollar bills that I placed there myself yesterday afternoon.” “Indeed, Mr. Briggs?” replied the broker, hardly manifest- ing the surprise that the cashier expected him to show. “How do you account for its loss?” “T am sorry to say that I suspect your messenger, Phil Bris- tow, of the theft.” “That is a serious accusation, m ty : = t after opening the safe I went to the washroom. On my return I found the boy coming away from my desk.” “Had he any business to be at your your desk, Mr. td “Well, yes; he brought a typewritten statement from the stenographer and laid it on my blotter.” “And is hak of a crime?” “He had the opportunity to take the money, and I am not at all pleased wifh his general conduct in the office.” On what grounds do you “You have complained of Bristow once or twice before, if I < tly remember, but I could not find that the boy deserved pon ps ae However, this is a matter that, in justice to himself, he will have to refute in your presence.” i appeared The broker rang his bell, and Phil “phil,” said Mr. Hewes, “Mr. Briggs says you were at his desk thig morning at a time when he was absent in the lava- tory.”- : ; “Yes, sir,” replied the boy, in surprise. “Miss Carpenter asked me to carry a typewritten paper to him. As he was ot in his ce, I laid it on his desk and came eT he sein was open at the time, I believe?” been Sanaa “Does he away.” all the grounds you have for suspecting him.

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6 TIPPED BY THE TICKER. “So far there is no evidence that I can see that Bristow took either the bond or the money from the safe,” said the broker; “but I regret to say there is some evidence pointing to the conclusion that you yourself may have taken not only the money in question, but six of the Illinois Western bonds that were in that package which I gave you to put in the safe overnight.” “Sir!” exclaimed the cashier, in the utmost consternation. “Do you deny the accusation, Mr. Briggs?” asked Mr. Hewes, sternly. “Deny it!” gasped the cashier. “Why, of course I deny it. It is perfectly outrageous, as well as ridiculous, to——” “You have no objection, then, to have the matter gone into?” “Of course [I haven’t; but I think it is utterly preposterous to——” ; “Say no more, Mr. Briggs, until you have heard the ground on which I base my suspicions. Phil, state for Mr. Briggs’ benefit what you saw and overheard in the Broad Street Cafe the other afternoon.” : At the mention of the Broad Street Cafe Mr. Briggs gave a gasp of surprise and alarm, Phil lost no time in detailing the conversation as he had overheard it, and in about the same words he had already re- peated it to his employer. Briggs listened to the disclosure like a man wrestling with some uncomfortable dream. When Phil had concluded, Mr. Hewes turned to his cashier and said: s “Do you deny or admit the truthfulness of Bristow’s story?” “Tt’s an infernal lie from beginning to end,” replied Briggs, hotly. “Then you were not in the cafe with Cutler and Salter, the managers of the Manhattan Brokerage Company, the offices of which are on Broadway, on the afternoon referred to?” “I was there with them, it is true, but no such conversation occurred as this young man states.” “You deny that the subject of the conversation was a debt of five thousand dollars assumed to be owing by you to the gentleman in question?” “I don’t deny that I owe them a sum of money.” “Did you give them a note to cover that indebtedness, bear- ing an indorsement purporting to be my signature?” 7 “I did not.” “And you did not hand them on the following afternoon five of the Illinois Western bonds, taken from the package I left with you to put in the safe, nor did you give them in addition the ten $100 bills you have practically accused Bristow of taking from the safe this morning?” “TI did not.” “Very well, Mr. Briggs. I hope you have told the truth, for I shall put a detective on this case at once. I have found that six of the bonds in question are missing from the package. This one I found in Bristow’s overcoat appears to be one of them. “Then it is more than likely he has disposed of the other™ five,” said the cashier, with a vindictive gleam in his eye. “I am sure now that he took the ten Dills. The evidence that one bond was in his possession ought to be enough to show you what kind of a boy he is. I should think that my word ought to go further than his with you. I have been in your employ for nine years——” “We won't discuss the matter further, Mr. Briggs, but let the detectives ferret out the truth. If I am doing you any in- justice you shall have ampie amends. You may return to your desk, and you, Phil, to your post!” ; Mr. Hewes put on his hat and coat again and went out. “Why should you suspect that it is? You handed me the| He went straight to the Manhattan Brokerage Company, _ package of bonds apparently in the same condition that I left |and was so fortunate as to find Mr. Cutler in his private of- n your care. Had you thought it had been ed with, | fice. Lae Series: >| We will not dwell upon the interview that took place be- you would.have called my attention to the fact, wouldn't you?” ! eCortaimly mer? : * tween them. It is enough to say that Mr. Hewes learned suf- “Then you had no reason to imagine that the had | ficient to convince him that his cashier was guilty om all eer in your hands?” e mack counts, and that it was not necessary to call in a detective to “ug probe the mystery. , a. Mr. Cutler protuced the five other n : vg a Ps admitted having received from Mr. Briggs, an nds over to Mr. Hewes when he demanded them of him, taking a receipt for them. . |. While he admitted also the receipt of $1,000 in cash from the cashier, he refused to give it up, and the broker did not ~ “Merely the fact that you were in a position to get at the safe without his knowledge.” “I think Mr. Briggs has some motive in bringing this charge against me,” said Phil, angrily. “He is down on me, anyway, and would like to get me discharged from the office. I don't think he will succeed, though. Probably you had better search me, if you have any doubt as to my honesty.” “If he teok the bills, it isn’t probable he has them about him ‘at the present moment, or he would not suggest that his pockets be searched,” interposed the cashier, with a sneer. “He could easily have hidden them somewhere.” “I dare say you could tell, if-you wanted to, where those notes are,” said Phil, looking the cashier in the eye. “What do you mean, you young monkey?” demanded the man, flushing up. ‘ “I mean that if they're missing you took them yourself.” The cashier started back aghast. CHAPTER V. THE FJNISH OF CASHIER BRIGGS. “You young puppy!” roared Briggs, starting forward as if ‘he meant to strike the boy; but Mr. Hewes interfered. _. “Don’t lose your temper, Mr. Briggs,” he said. “You had _ better look over the safe again. Perhaps you placed the money in an inner drawer and forgot the circumstance.” Sf “No, sir; I left the money in my cash-box. I noticed that it was there last night when I closed the safe.” : “You are quite positive of that, Mr. Briggs?” asked the broker. , “Iam. You ought to have the office searched. It is not im- _ (probable that he has the money in his overcoat outside.” o “Til get my overcoat and let Mr. Hewes look through it himself,” said Phil, “If the money is found in it, I'll know who put it there.” __- “Insolent cub!” exclaimed Mr. Briggs, furiously. “Don’t let "him go for the coat, sir,” continued the cashier, turning to FE the broker. “Have one of the clerks bring it here.” a i a. well,” said Mr. Hewes. “Call Ashley, and tell him 4 o get it.” : The cashier went to the door of the counting-room and gave 4 the order to Will Ashley, who presently brought Phil’s over- coat, which Briggs tock out of his hand and passed to the broker, while Ashley, suspecting nothing, retired to his desk. __ Mr, Hewes, who did not believe the money would be found bs in the boy’s coat, as a matter of form examined the pockets. Mr, Briggs watched his motions with an air of triumph. ere *Phii would not have been greatly surprised had the money _ been found in ‘his overcoat, for he had an idea that this was Rt: jthe culminating point of a conspiracy on the cashier’s part to ruin him in his employer's estimation. . ; No money, however, was found, but from an inner pocket e at drew forth one of the six missing Illinois Western ‘bo , The discovery not only astonished him, but Phil as well. “I suppose you don’t know how this came to be in your _ pocket, Phil, do you?” he asked his messenger. _ “No, sir; I haven't the least idea,” replied Bristow, promptly. __ “I think I handed you a package the other afternoon, Mr. ' Briggs, containing ten Mlinois Western bonds for one thou- sand dollars each, You put it in the safe overnight, and = ded it to me in the morning to put in my safe deposit box,” 2, Si ‘Mr. Hewes. _ . “Yes, sir. This seems to be one of them.” “How do you know it is?” _ *I don’t know, but I suspect——”

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TIPPED BY. THE. TICKER. 7 Briggs himself for deceiving him and his partner with a note | hold on for the last dollar. I’ve heard that is what ruins half bearing a spurious indorsement. of the small speculators.” Mr. Hewes then left the office and was soon after followed “I don’t intend to. Ill sell when I see it showing signs of by Mr. Cutler, who took himself before a city magistrate and {getting topheavy.” secured a warrant for the arrest of the guilty cashier. Next morning the rush to buy Great Western was greater The warrant was handed to an officer to serve. than ever, so that by noon it was quoted on the ticker at 60. He did not serve it, however, because he found, on reaching Just before Phil went out to lunch he shoved a slip of paper Mr. Hewes’ office, what the broker had also discovered on his |on Miss Carpenter’s table, which read: “1,000 G. W. 60 1-8.” return—that Murray Briggs had left without giving notice She read it, and smiled in a pleased way, for she knew it ef his intention to do so, and that he had carried with him |was the latest quotation of a transaction in Great Western ali the spare funds, amounting to several hundred dollars, {which had appeared on the tape. that he could lay his hands on. “I really believe I shall be able to buy that new hat and. gown, and have something left over,” she said to herself. “If Phil realized now I would be in $110.” But Phil wasn’t thinking of realizing yet, and the stock closed at three o'clock at 64. It opened next morning at 65, and at two o’clock had reached 72. -“ Phil had an errand that took him up Nassau street at that hour, and he walked into the little bank that was conducting’ CHAPTER VI. GREAT WESTERN PROVES TO BE A WINNER. As Mr. Hewes could-not prove that the money his cashier had paid over to the managers of the Manhattan Brokerage Company had actually been stolen from his safe, he did not attempt to go to law about it. He was thankful to get the five bonds back without any trouble, and charged the $1,600 he was out to profit and loss. That day Great Western closed at 53, and Phil was jubilant when he carried the good news in to Miss Carpenter. “We are four dollars a share to the good, Ethel,” he said, with sparkling eyes. “I think you may as well pick out the noe hat and dress you're going to buy with your share of the profits.” “T never like to count my chickens before they are hatched, Phil,” she answered laughingly. ’ “I think there are enough of them hatched already to show that the whole brood is sure to come to life.” “Don't be too confident, Phil,” she said, holding up a finger warningly. “Wait until you have closed the deal out. I have - seen lots of people talk like you right in this office. Every one of them was sure he was a winner, but inside of twenty- four hours——” “He was caleulating on a steady diet of snowballs, eh?” chuckled the boy. . You ought to be able to buy two gowns and two “T suppose you could put it that way,” smiled Ethel. wie ace . 7 ee: a “It will certainly be snowballs for us if we don’t win,” said Ethe} smiled as she read the words. Aa In any ease he meant to cause the immediate arrest of Mr “T hope it will, for both our sakes, Phil; but please don’t his investment, in company with several hundred others. The reception-room was packed, and the interest of the crowd was largely centered on Great Western, on account of its phenomenal rise. As Phil stood on the outskirts of the mob he saw the boy at the blackboard mark up Great Western at 72 1-2. “I guess I'd better sell out. It looks risky to hold on much longer.” So he fell in at the end of the line at the window, and when his turn came he produced his memorandum and told the margin clerk to sell out the 20 shares that the bank held sub- ject to his order. The clerk nodded, and inside of ten minutes Phil and Hthel were out of the market, with nothing to do but figure up the profits of their little deal. When the young messenger got back to the office again he wrote the following on a slip of paper and droppéd it into the stenographer’s hand as he passed her table: “Sold out at 72 1-2, We've made $330 clear, half of which Phil, facetiously, “but I am sure we're going to win—that is,| J]; was a great relief after all to know that the deal had if I don't lose my head and hold on too long.” hada: wiiceenstal. “Well, I hope you won't lose that valuable part of your per-| she had been afraid that Phil might hold on too long, and ~ son. You wouldn’t look well without a head.” - |enus ruin their prospects. Pe _ “I eouldn’t get ahead in the world without it, could I, un-| But he hadn't, and she was much elated over the satis- — “~~ less I joined a freak show?” grinned the boy. factory result, “By the way, Phil, Mr. Briggs’ departure from the office “Well,” said Phil, later on, “what did I teli you? Was there Pere weet, Geet yee TAT anything the matter with that tip?” a Gua Wes. rather expeaitares:, TNot a thing, Phil. I thank you ever so much for persuad- “Do you know why he left?” she asked, curiously. ing me to go in with you. You're the best boy in the world.” “He left because ‘he concluded if wouldn’t be healthy for “What would you have called me if our luck had run the hig So: sie any: longer.” ? other way?” he chuckled, : “Why, what do you mean?” “J mean he’s joined the Down-and-Out Club.” “Aren’t you provoking, Phil Bristow! Tell me what was the real reason for his leaving so unexpectedly.” “Will you keep it to yourself if I tell you?” “Of course I will.” Whereupon Phil told her the particulars of the case. _ “My gracious!” she exclaimed, when he finished his story. “J had no idea that he was as bad as that.” Wa -“He won't bother you with his attentions any more now.” ; “That is a relief, at any rate. I was getting a little nervous over his persistency. He simply wouldn't take a hint.” _ “Well, so long as he has taken his departure you needn't _eare,” laughed Phil, walking away. Next n there was something doing in earnest around the Great Western standard ‘Brokers appeared on the floor with their hands full of or- ‘to buy the stock, and there ensued such a lively scramble shares that the price soon went up to 56. el eame too soon to suit the boomers, for a rganized to pound it down again, and of the day oa ‘fluctuated several points L ng at 56. : “ deal in the morning,” said Phil to the fternoon, “we would more than double our Oe oe Oe “I shouldn't have blamed you.” 3 “You can gamble on one thing, Ethel. I never would havé sy asked you to risk your fifty dollars on anything that I didn’t have good reason to figure as a sure winner.” “I believe you, Phil.” 7 They went to the bridge cars together that afternoon, and Phil insisted on celebrating their good luck with an ice-cream soda. , “Don’t spend all your money at once, Ethel,” he said, as she bade him good-by. “There may be another tip come my way one of these days, and you'll want to be in on it.” aby ee She laughed, and jumped aboard a car, while Phil started for Broadway. ' ’ BEE: a; CHAPTER VII. PHIN.’S REWARD. ms wing day Phil received a statement and check Cocaine ‘little bank in Nastau street, and he showed — Carpenter. 13 SRE od weit eet gr check cashed at the first chance and giv es hare,” he said. 2 » yeeThank you, Phil,” ses replied. My, shall feel quite with $165 in my pocket, all my own.” — ; SB hoay Ho ‘sot the money when he went to lunch, and brought n word that there was a panic at the Exchange over the sud¢ slump in Great Western, on t

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8 TIPPED BY THE TICKER. Seimei ipeahrie = rar eS ee As soon as Mr. Hewes glanced at the quotations on the tape involving hundreds of unwary outsiders in financial trouble. “We got out just in time, Ethel,” said Phil. “Quite a bunch are in the soup about this time.” “We may consider ourselves quite fortunate.” “That's right.” . Phil put his money in an envelope, addressed it to himself, and handed it to the new cashier to put in the office safe. » On the following Monday two gentlemen, whom Phil recog- nized as well-known curb brokers, called to see Mr. Hewes. The boy took their names into the private room, and Mr. Hewes told him to show them in. Five minutes later a messenger boy entered the waiting- room with a letter for Mr. Hewes, which he said was impor- tant, and required an immediate answer. So Phil carried it in to his employer at once. As he entered the room he overheard some of the conversa- tion that was going on between the two curb brokers and Mr. Hewes—enough to make him wise to the fact that they had evidently come to borrow on sofe Louisville Southern stock. Apparentiy they wanted more than Mr. Hewes was willing to give. As Phil handed the envelope to his employer, one of the brokers said that the prospects were that Louisville Southern would surely keep at or above its present ruling price for some time to come. AF At any rate, they only wanted the money for 48 hours, and Were willing to pay well for the accommodation. i Mr. Hewes read the note that Phil brought to him, scribbled - areply which he enclosed in another envelope and addressed, ‘and handed it to the boy. + “Look up Louisville Southern on the tape, Phil, and bring ‘me the last quotation, please,” he said. x “Yes, sir,” answered Phil, hastening out of the room. he called the deal off at once, and the disappointed brokers made a speedy exit from his office. “How came you to watch the ticker, Phil?” asked Mr. Hewes, with a smile. : “Well, sir, as I got the idea, from a few words I heard when I entered your room with that envelope a few minutes ago, that those gentlemen were trying to raise money on some Louisville Southern stock, I thought I’d watch the quotations to see if any lower price than that which I carried in to you appeared, in which even I meant to advise you of the fact, if it amounted to anything. I wasn’t looking for a slump, such as occurred; but when it came I lost no time in letting you know how the cat was jumping.” “I am greatly obliged to you, Phil. You have undoubtedly saved me from a considerable loss. I should like to give you a small token of my appreciation of the interest you take in my affairs. Not only in connection with this matter, put also with reference to the case of Mr. Briggs, whom you showed up in his true colors. There is no telling to what extent that man might have robbed me had he remained in my employ, if the temptation to do so carried sufficient weight.” Mr. Hewes took out his check-book and wrote a check for $500, payable to the order of Philip Bristow, and handed it to him, “There’s a little nest-egg for you, my boy,” he said, beam- ingly. “I give it to you with the greatest pleasure in the world. In addition, I shall raise your wages to $9. Now, not a word of thanks. You have fully earned this gratification, as the French eall it, as well as my high opinion of your services as a faithful employee.” “I am very much obliged to you, Mr. Hewes, and shall do my bees to prove myself worthy of your good opinion,” said Phil. Then he walked back to his post in time to take in the name of a pompous-looking gentleman who had called to see. the broker. : Of course, the present of the $500 check and the raise in his weekly wage was too good to keep eutirely to himself, so at the first chance he communicated the facts to Ethel in strict confidence. “My, what a lucky boy you are!” she exclaimed, “Allow me to congratulate you.” P “Thanks. It is quite a pleasant sensation to feel that one is a capitalist in a small way.” Two days later, when Phil carried a message around to a He handed the envelope to the waiting messenger and then _ consulted the tape at the ticker. - He found a record of the sale of 1,500 shares of L. S. at a 3-8, and he carried the information into the private of- When he came Sack to the reception-room he thought he ight as well watch and see if any more quotations of L. S. me over the wire. There was nobody in the room just then but himself, and so he had full swing at the indicator, which was ticking mer- _ ‘rily away its metallic song. _ As Phil let the tape slide through his fingers into the tall _ wicker basket alongside the machine, his sharp eyes, accus-{ broker named Hitchcock, in the Mills Building, and was ad- _-tomed to translate at a glance the abbreviations that indi-| mitted to the gentleman's private office, his sharp eyes no- _ ated the transactions occurring on the floor of the Stock Ex-|ticed a memorandum on the broker's desk, which read: _ change, saw a fresh quotation of L. S. at 82 1-8. “Go ahead at once, and take every share that is offered.” __In another moment came a second one indicating that 2,000| That was all, but it set Phil to thinking hard. ' (shares hed changed hands at 82, a break of haif a point from It looked to the boy as if some stock, not indicated on the een ‘the record he had carried in to his employer. . paper, was about to be cornered by a combination of operators, and that Mr. Hitchcock was one of the brokers selected to do the buying at the Exchang>. “If I only knew the name of that stock,” mused Phil, as he hurried back to the office with an answer in his hand, “I'd keep my eye on it to see what was going to happen.” It was something of a problem to him how he was going to find out the name of the particular stock in question. Next morning he was sent with a note to a broker in the Exchange; and while waiting to deliver his message he no- ticed Broker Hitchcock standing in the shadow of the L. & M. standard, with a ring of other brokers around him, shaking their partially opened fists at him. Every Moment or two he would exchange memoranda with one of the crowd, and then he would raise his hand again and say something. “T'll bet he’s buying for the syndicate now,” thought Phil, as he watched him closely. “Now what is he buying—L. & M., or something cise?” At that moment a couple of brekers backed up to the rail near by and one of them remarked to the other: i erea “Do you think an effort is being made by somebody to*eer- ner L. . M2" : q FS : ow: ? ” ? Jt * Hitchcock is taking in all that is being offered at his _ _ Another quotation showed that Louisville Southern was a 2 _ still going down, for it indicated a sale at 81 5-8, _ “I guess the boss ought to know of this,” he said. “It’s dropped a point inside of two minutes,” for at that moment ‘another sale of L. S. was recorded at 81°2-8, Phil, however, lingered a few moments longer at the indi- ‘eator In ve to make sure the slump was not a temporary matter. guick succession came quotations in L. S. of 81 1-8, 81, ah 79 5-8, 79 1-8 and 79. _ It looked as if the bears were making a successful raid on the stock, and Phil, tearing off the section of the tape. that ; Pinchot the last-named figures, started for the boss’ room. _ Inside, Mr. Hewes nad finally yielded to the persuasive ar- ents of the two brokers who wanted money so badly that were willing to pay a high rate for the use of a consid- le sum for forty-eight hours, and was about to go to his to draw his check for the amount of the loan, when Phil od Into the private room with a seetion of the tape in his ‘Look, sir!” he cried, laying one han 1 his lo arm, “Louisville Southern has taken a slump.” . wat yer's ce, " > to me

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TIPPED BY The other broker, however, didn’t agree with him, and a moment Inter they separated. Phil mentally thanked them for coming within earshot of him, for he had found out through their talk exactly what he wanted to know. Mr. Hiteheock was buying L. & M. in considerable quan- eth Spi that must be the stock that was going to be It had opened that morning at 63 and was now ruling at Phil watched the ticker for the rest of the afternoon until the Exchange closed for the day, and he saw that many thousands of shares had been dealt in and that the closing figure was 64 T-8. CHAPTER. VIII. THE DEAL IN L. & M. “Say, Ethel,” he said to the stenographer, as he stood by/ I her desk, with his hat and coat on, preparatory to going to his boarding place, “I think I’ve got on to another good thing in the market.” “Is that a fact, Phil?” she asked, stopping at her work and peering the boy with much interest. “What is it now bo He told her about the memorandum he had seen at Mr. Hitcheock’s office the day before, and what he had learned at the Exchange that morning. “Pre stock has gone up nearly two points to-day. I’m thinking of buying 100 shares on the chance that my pointer is mn I've got just enough money to cover the margin at er “Do you really think that you can afford to risk all your money on what you have heard about L. & M.?” “I'm going to think it over to-night. You'd better do the same, for if I decide to go in I'd like to have you as a part- ner again. I cs rp you stand a good show of doubling your money.” “I am not so sure of that, Plal,” she replied, doubtfully. “Well, nse your own judgment this time, Ethel. I've told you what the outlook seems to be. I consider it worth figur- ing on. I honestly believe an attempt is on to corner the ee Whether it will be successful or not is another ques- t ” “I might be willing to risk half my money on ten shares,” She said, in a hesitating tone. “All right. Think it over. If you decide to go in, bring wour money down in the morning. I may decide to buy only ' fifty shares myself, but the chances are I'll go the whole hog. as i look upon the pointer as a good one.” In the morning Phil told Ethel that he was going in on L. & M. to the extent of his pile, and asked her what she owas going to do, if anything. “I only thought of taking ten shares,” she said, “but as I brought all my money with me, I think I'll be as much of a Sport as yourself, and go in fer all I’m worth.” “I see you have good nerve, Ethel, and, [ guess it’s. the nervy people who win ip this world. Haye you got $130 in that roll?” , , There’ $s $135.” “Take out a fiver and give me the rest. When the boss comes in I’m going to ask’ him to let me off for a quarter Then I’! run up to the bank in Nassau street and put. the or through, I'll buy 120 shares. That will ‘ ixth interest in the transaction.” » trouble in getting permission to go out on his as the nominal owner of 120 shares of L, & M. ape pe market Siew was $7,800, and which, the er along $780, the bank agreed to e ortee ng as the margin held good. ing done that day on the Exchange “pce fluctuated befween 63 and 66, Salty, SSeS a THE TICKER. 9 “What is it?” “L. & M. stock. I’ve bought 10 shares at 64. I expect to make $150 out of it.” “Think it’s a winner; eh?” “T know it is.” replied Bob, confidently. “How do you know?” “Imi not telling everything.” he answered, with a wink, “If you've got $75 in the bank, draw it out and put it into 10 shares of L. & M., and you'll double your money if you held the shares for a fifteen-point rise. I’m letting you in on a good thing, Phil, but I don’t want you to go and give it away at your boarding-house. I don’t believe in throwing pearls before swine.” “Onur boarders wouldn't feel flattered to hear that remark,” “Oh, you know what I mean. I don’t believe in giving tips to outsiders. You have done me a small favor several times, and I want to reciprocate. See?” “Thanks, Bob; but I have already bought some shares of ao& M.” “Go on! Have you, really?” “I have. I got a tip on the stock from a reliable source niyself two days ago, and I bought 120 shares this morn- ing.” “You bought how many shares?” asked Bob. “One hundred and twenty.” “I didn’t know you had $800 of your own.” “I’m not in this deal alone. Miss Carpenter, our stenog- rapher, has an interest in it.” “You don’t say. Half and half, I suppose?” Phil let him think so by keeping silent. “Well, you’re lucky, Phil. You and the typewriter stand to win anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000 within a week.” “Tm glad to hear it,” replied Phil; “but I may not take} such a long chance, : don’t believe in holding out for the last dollar.” “Tt's a safe enough risk up to 80, Phil. want to sell out or keep your eyes skinned for trouble.” The boys parted at Broadway, and Phil went home now more éasy in his mind as to the rise In L. & M. Next morning he told Ethel what Bob Davis had said to him, and he added that he guessed that Bob had got his in- formation from a pretty good source. “My goodness, Phil! If L. & M. really goes up to 80 Tl win $300,” she said, with some excitement in her voice. “Apout that; and I’! make something like $1,500,” : “Are you sure, Phil?” she cried, enthusiastically, “Not too sure.” laughed Phil. “Just sure enough.” During the rest of the week IL. & M. fluctuated more ‘or less, but always elosed at a higher figure. When the Exchange shut down at Saturday noon the last quotation was 72. The general tone of the market was bullish, money was easy, and the lambs began to bring their little boodle down to the Street, with the hope that they might be able to beat the, game of chance. - ‘Those who had been aecommodated with tips on the situ- — ation stood to win; the rest would probably leave their nioney in the different brokers’ offices at the end of a week or two. That's the way things looked when the Exchange opened on Monday. Everybody looked sanguine. Phil could read it in the faces of the mob of customers who flocked into Mr. Hewes’ office. They put down their money like old-timers, and Psat ks around the ticker for a good part of the day. ‘Things were on the boom all the week. (se ‘The clerks worked overtime in all the offices to keep, up with the rush. Ppil used up an extra amount of shoe-leather these points of the compass. But you may well believe he kept an eye on the ticker whenever he could get the opportunity, which wasn't as ree as he could have wished. On the following Monday afternoon, about one o'clock, Phil noticed that L, & M, had gone up to 81. : “That’s high sia, gehen a) “Now for a < tp, exten cue: Saeees eee oe! PA But he pote se phe | street — After that you: ; E mG for he had messages almost without number to carry to a * v3 % a

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ee 10 and just before the door was shut, Phil bounded in and gave his selling order to the clerk. L. & M. by that time was up to 83, and might be even higher when the Exchange opened in the morning. “At the same time there was always the chance that some- thing might go wrong overnight and the stock decline at the sound of the chairman’s gavel. The bare possibility that something might happen to up- set his dream of fortune kept Phil awake half the night. It was the first attack of “nerves” he had experienced since he went-into the deal; and he guessed from the stenographer’s Manner all the afternoon that she was in the same boat with himself in that respect. However, nothing happened at the opening of the Ex- change. The whole market continued to wear a prosperous look, and L. & M. went up to 85. Next day, when he got his statement and accompanying check, he found his shares had been sold at 83 3-8. His profits amounted to $1,800, while Miss Carpenter was $360 ahead of the-game, and she was probably the most de- lighted girl in Wall Street. — CHAPTER IX. A HARD-EARNED TIP. Three months had passed away since the fortunate deal in I. & M., and Phil had saved enough out of his wages to make him worth an even $2,500. Miss Carpenter, could show a bankbook with a credit for $500, all of w me she told Phil she owed to him for taking her in with him in his two lucky deals. One afternoon, at the beginning of warm weather, when _ Phil got out of the'elevator on the sixth floor of the Mills _ Building to deliver a message at the office of Deering & Co., he was surprised to see one of the doors opening on the cor- flung wide with a bang and a boy projected through be haste it as if shot from a catapult, ‘The boy performed a couple of somersaults before he landed with a whack against the opposite wall, while two y excited géntlemen stood in the doorway and shook eee fists at him, at the same time saying things that ‘wouldn't look well in print. ‘As the unlucky lad picked himself: up, and began an ex- amination to see if there was anything missing in his make- up, the gentlemen disappeared, slamming the door after him. Phil stopped, in his astonishment at the strenuous perform- ~r ce, wondering what sin the boy had committed to entitle to such rough handling. He started for the boy, to sympathize with him, when, to ig ge he saw that it was Bob Davis. “In the name of creation, Bob, what is the trouble?” he , sked, now thoroughly interested in the cause iv the predica- his friend was in. Bob didn’t reply for a moment or two, a was wiping the blood from his mouth and feeling his h to see how many, if any, had worked loose. What were you fired out of that office for?” asked ha ie triea to grin, but it was a failure. ot it in the neck, didn’t I?” he replied, ae think you did. You must have done something . Those gentlemen looked pretty mad, and they used e pretty. strong language, too, What were you up to?” gave a faint chuckle. ” he said, with a dismal smile, “IT guess they were They acted as if they were were they mad about? “What did you do to tyem?” dn't do a thing?” exclaimed Phil, in astonishment. “And eated you that wag? Come ws You must have done edad jis a sure winner, and is dead cheap at the price.” ase BY THE TICKER. “That's about the size of it.” “TI don’t wonder they resented it.” “T don’t care. I heard all I wanted, anyway. They didn’t gain anything by doing me up.” “They got some satisfaction, at any rate.” “They're welcome to it. Does my eye look black?” “No, but it looks damaged. It’s liable to be black and yel- low to-morrow.” “Wow is my nose? It feels bad.” “Tt’s all skinned.” “It must have knocked a hole in the wall.” “The wall doesn’t appear to be damaged,” smiled Phil. “How is my left ear? Anything wrong with it?” Phil shook his head. “It seems fo be whole,” he said. “Feel of my head and see if there are any lumps.” Phil felt of his cranium and pronounced it clear of obstruc- tions: “That was a fierce shaking-up I got. The worst of it is, I’ve got to go back. I’ve got to carry an answer back to my boss. Come in with me, will you?” “T will, if you wait till I carry this note to Room 905.” “All right. I'll go with you and wait outside.” Bob limped down the corridor like a dog on three legs. He looked like a wreck, and felt about as he looked. Phil did not have to wait for an answer to the note he brought to Deering & Co., and presently rejoined Bob. They walked back to the office from which Bob had been ejected and entered. The two brokers who had fired the messenger were not in the reception-room, much to Bob’s relief. They were closeted with the broker in his private room. The office boy of the establishment grinned broadly when he saw Davis, . He had witnessed the fun, as he called it, and it had tickled him greatly, not because he had anything against Bob, but because it was an amusing show. “What are you grinning about?” asked Bob, sulkily. “Nothin’,” replied the boy, with a snicker. “Well, don’t do it, then. Go in and ask your boss for that answer I’m to carry back with me.” “Why don’t you go in and ask him yourself? I think he wants to say something to you.” “Go in and tell him I’m out here waiting for my answer,” said Bob. The boy did so, and came back with word that his boss wanted to see him inside, Bob looked at Phil with an uneasy expression on his face “Those two chaps are there with him. If they should run me out again you'll have to phone for an ambulance.” Phil could not help laughing at the lugubrious expression that rested on his friend’s face. It was clear that he was apprehensive regarding the re- ception that awaited him in the private office. “Better face the music, Bob. They may give you a talking- to, but they won’t lay their hands on you again. They are probably cooled down by this time.” So Bob mustered up his courage and entered the room. After the lapse of five minutes he came out with an en- velope in his hands, “They didn’t hurt you, I see,” said Phil. “No; they were going to open on me, but as soon as they got a square look at me the whole three commenced to laugh. They laughed so hard I thought they’d burst their susper ders. It just tickled them to see the shape I was in. Finally Mr. Edwards said that he guessed I was punished enough, and that he wouldn’t say anything to my boss, as be had in- tended to do. Then he gave me the letter and said I could go. Never mind! Ill get back at those chaps. I’ve got.the inter I was after-and I'll make a couple of hundred out of it. Pa take a bounce like that every week at the same price.” there you saw yourself in the glass now you would take that ck mi “No, I wouldn't. If be all right in a day or two.” 4 “T suppose you'd be willing to sell me a share of that tip, wouldn’t you?” “I'll let you in on it for a hundred cases. I'd give it to you for nothing, but I know you can afford to buy it. This. ae = . = a3 peers you'll tell me what the is and give Ee eae ce oe tt Promise to pay

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TIPPED BY “All right. The tip fs this: A pool has almost been com- pleted to corner I. & C. shares» Isidor Schoen is to do a part of the buying.” “eee what you overheard those gentlemen talking about, e “That’s right. on to me.” “And when they got on to you?” “Don’t remind me of it. It’s too unpleasant to think about. It was zip!—across the floor; boom!—through the door, and biff!—up against the corridor wall. It was awful funny—for a Spectator. You must have enjoyed it.” “Tt was rather comical to see the way you came out of the door and across the corridor. I didn’t recognize you at the moment—not till I saw your face afterward. How do you feel now?” “TI think I'll survive.” “T think you will, too. Going to a dentist?” “What for?” “To get your jaw straightened out.” “Don’t get funny. My jaw is all right.” “Better stop in at a druggist’s and get a yard or two of court-plaster for your nose.” “Don’t you worry about my nose,” growled Bob. “I'm not worrying about it. It’s your nose.” “Well, what do you think about the tip?” “It is probably a good one. I’ll keep my eye on I. & C. When it begins to look like business Ill go in as near the ground floor as possible.” “I'm going to buy thirty shares right away and squeeze every cent I can out of it to get hunk for this rough-hc-se treatment I’ve been up against,” Said Bob, nodding his head in a determined way. “If I go in-ft at all, I'm likely to go to the extent of my pile.” said Phil. “ “How much is that?” “Twenty-five hundred dollars.” “I didn’t think you had so much. You're quite a capital- ist. You could handle three hundred shares, all right.” “What is it ruling at?” “Around 70.” “I suppose you don’t object to me letting my friend Miss Carpenter in on this? She’s been my partner in my other two deals.” “Sure not! Take her in again.” “I mean to, if she'll come. Well, here’s where I leave you. Better get patched _ up before you let your boss see your face. What are you going to tell him—that you got run over They talked a lot about it before they got ~ Sy an. automobile?” “Ill tell him I got into a row-and got done up. That will be the truth, all right, and he won’t ask particulars. He'll think I was up against a bunch of tough messengers,” Thus speaking, Bob walked on up Wall Street, while Phil went in the opposite direction. ——! CHAPTER X. PHIL GETS INTO TROUBLE. “ve got another tip, Ethel,” sald Phil to the office stenog- rapher before he started for home that afternoon. : “You don’t say, Phil. You've been quiet on the market question for ever so long—ever since you made that money on L. @ M. I was wondering if you’d quit speculating for good.” “Not much, Only lying low on the lookout for a good thing.” “And is this another good thing?” “I gness it is. I didn’t get the tip myself. My friend Bob Davis captured it at the risk of his life.” “At the risk of his life? What do you mean?” Miss Car- -penter asked, with a look of interest. — “Well, it will be at the risk | of his life if he ever tries it on again with the same brokers. “You talk in riddles, Phil. Make it clearer.” “Did you see that cannon act in Barnum’s Circus some years ago, when a woman was fired trom a big gun and she sailed odie her hea. . ears of a door aay who ie foto him ie =” ee ee a TE ge a ae TICKER. It GCE: ay RPA been pretty solid. However, he got the tip he was after, all right, and I’ve rented it from him for a hundred dollars. Now, if you want to go in with me, I won’t charge you a cent for the tip.” “What is the tip?” Phil told her. “Well, if you go into it I will,” replied Ethel. “Yor* ve got five hundred dollars?” “Yes.” “How much of it do you want to risk?” “How much would you risk?” “I’m going to buy three hundred shares, and that will take nearly all my wad to cover the margin.” “How many shares could I get?” Phil made a mental calculation. “At the present ruling price you could get about seventy-five, but I advise you not to go in for more than sixty. That will leave you with about seventy dollars pocket money.” “Shall I bring my money down in the morning?” asked Miss Carpenter. “Yes. You can put it in the safe, if I don’t want to use it for a day or two.” Phil watched I. & C. stock for several days, without observ- ing any change in its price, or any particular activity in the sales. On the fifth ‘day after Bob got the tip Phil was over at the Exchange soon after ten in the morning, and saw Isidor Schoen, whom he knew by sight, circulating around the floor, buttonholing members and occasionally exchanging memo- randa with them. - The messenger suspected that he had started in to buy I. & C., but he couldn't tell for a certainty. : When he got back to the office he took a look at the ticker, and for the first time noted a succession of I, & C. sales at prices from 71 1-8 to 71 7-8. Phil wanted further evidence that the purchases of that stock Were not made simply to fill some large orders for the stock, which being conipieted, its activity would cease for a while. He therefore watched the ticker at every opportunity, and. saw that I. & C. shares continued to be in demand all day, the price going up 72 2-8. After some reflection he concluded to buy the three hundred shares he had décided upon, and also sixty Shares for the sten- ographer. So, about half-past three he went to the little bank and gave an order for three hundred and sixty shares of I. & C. at the market price, which turned out to be 73 when the Ex- change opened for business in the morning. During the day Phil met Bob and found that he had bought thirty shares of the stock at 71 1-2. He handed him the hundred dollars he had promised to give him if he used the tip, and Bob said he intended to use most of it to buy another ten shares, as he was determined to make all he could out of I. & C. as a salve for the strenuous experi- ence he went through in getting possession of the pointer. When the chairman's gavel sounded in the Exchange that “4 afternoon I. & C. was going at 75. " Next morning, when Phil started out on his first errand, he observed a crowd gathered in the corridor apparently looking at something in its midst. “What's the matter?” he asked one of the persons who was stretching his neck to get a view of the cause of the gath “A man has fainted or has got a fit—I don’t know which,” was the reply. Phil managed to worm his way into the crowd and found that the fallen man was one of the brokers who had an office on that floor. . Just then the superintendent of the building appeared, a: % with the assistance of one of the spectators, carried the stricken broker into his office. As the crowd began to scatter, Phil saw a dadiper Took young ne in the act Ro taking a watch from the white vest — of a looking gen Se ee rae cur oa with the watch in his hand. The light-fingered individual, however, was accustome be off his guatd at all stages of the game, an arm was at liberty, be etradk Phila Blow’ih te take ee eee Creer phi Poel on the marie door bat was up tn ‘pwn 8 1 band as the an missed his watch ; ~S es eee ee, Pee

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12 TIPPED BY _THE TICKER. corner of the corridor, and the stout eaecrhaghacs yelled “Stop thief!” and started to follow. ' "That created mew excitement on the fioor, and by the time Phil was half-way down the stairs half a dozen persons had joined in the pursuit. The thief in his flight collided with a sanctimonious-looking man clad in black at the foot of the stairs. ~ ~ He was a collector for one of the foreign missionary socie- , ties. Being somewhat near-sighted, he did not observe the cyclone bearing down on him until too late to avoid a mix-up. The two performed an impromptu acrobatic act, but the crook, being as agile as a young monkey, quickly .extricated bE. himself from the dilemma and dashed through the doorway : into Wall Street just as Phil reached the lower corridor. The messenger, however, saw him turn toward Pearl Street, ‘ and rushed after him. 3 Bystanders stopped and stared at the two fleet runners fiy- , ing down the street, and could not understand what was the cause of the race unti! half a dozen persons came rushing out of the Barnum Building, where the trouble originated, and, with shouts of “Police! Stop thief!” followed after Phil. The crook reached Pear! Street first and darted around a -- Joaded truck that was coming along. When Phil reached the corner he was vexed to find that half _ a dozen wagons were following close behind one another. a ‘This blocked his progress long enough to give the thief a great advantage. He was half a block ahead when Phil started to resume ; the chase. .. ; %& Phil only started, though. A long-legge@ man ran up behind him, extended his arm and gripped him by the shoulder. ~ “No you don’t; jeans ae - T’ve got you.” Phi] turned and looked at the person in surprised impatience. ; thie” the‘thatter with you? Let me go. I’m chasing a | ef. A; “That's { too thin,” replied the men, pulling him back to the sidewalk, where he was immediately surrounded by the crowd ‘of pursuers. “Got him, eh?” cried another man. comes the man who was robbed.” The stout man came puffing up to the spot. aS “This is the chap who took your watch, isn't it?” asked the man who held onto Phil. “He's the one,” sputtered the victim. _“Search him,” suggested one of the crowd. Phil protested vigorously, declaring they were making a se- -Tious mistake and that the real thief was a block away to- ward Water Street by this time; but his words made ro im- pression on the crowd, while two spectators went through his pockets without result. “He must have thrown the watch away,” said the tall man. '_ *Look here,” cried Phil, “you've just made a big blunder. My name is Phil Bristow, and I’m George Hewes’s messenger. ~ I saw the theft committed, and started to-catch the fellow, but | _ he struck me in the face and got away. Then I chased him, and your stupidity in mixing me up with him has enabled him ey tt. clean off by this time.” 3 statement was received with some incredulity, in the the fact that the stout man asserted he knew that Phil n his watch. ou’re crazy!” replied Phil, in a disgusted tone. “I didn’t 2 your watch, and you haven’t any evidence to show that “Good enough! Here “You ran away—that’s evidence enough.” ‘ad t told you that I ran after the thief.” won't go down,” said the tall man, taking a fresh all's Maatige he Vlaruut sella. thea, The por- Panient will toll, you: hig; Tam. Or you can & r the su ne to Mr? Hewes's office.” FRG Shatin shay. ied the boy, who-did not look-1 ee ener e's . ee said a voice, as an officer was ‘seen Gnelonec dee & The broker knew him well, and the boy called the officer’s attention to that fact. The policeman stopped and beckoned to the broker. “Mr. Brown, I wish you'd tell these people who I am,” said Phil. “I’ve been mistaken for a thief who stole this gentle- man’s watch in the Barnum Building. I was chasing the rascal when I was stopped and accused of the crime myself.” The broker readily identified Phil.as Mr. George Hewes’s messenger, and said he would guarantee that the boy was all right. “It’s evident that a mistake has been made, and I think Mr. Bristow is entitied to an apology. He has suffered considerable unnecessary humiliation, and might reasonably bring an ac- tion for damages against the person responsible for the blun- der,” said the broker. The stout gentleman said he had never been so sure of anything in his life as that the boy had taken his watch the moment he missed the article and saw the lad run. However, if he had committed a blunder, he was willing to make any reasonable compensation that was in his power. “That's all right,” replied Phil. “I might have recovered your watch if I had not been stopped. As it is, I guess you'll never see it again.” The crowd, who had been assured of Phil’s guilt, were now satisfied that it was-all a mistake, and began to make re- marks concerning the stupidity of some people. The officer strolled away, and the mob thinned out, leaving Phil and the stout gentleman by themselves. “I'm sorry I caused you so, much annoyance, young man,” he said. “Here is my card. Chil and see me. I should like to make you a present of something to compensate you for “Tt isn’t necessary, sir. I'm only sorry that I was prevented from catching the rascal who took your watch.”" “Well, I should be glad to have you call and see me some time, anyway.” ’ “T'll keep your card, and will drop in some afternoon after three.” They shook hands, and then Phil went on his way to de- liver the message he had started out from the office with. CHAPTER XI. THE MAN WHO STOLE THE WATCH That afternoon there was some little excitement in the Ex- chage over I. & C. Quite a number of buying orders came to the surtiies: and the competition to get the stock caused it to go up to 78. Then there was an effort made to bear it down, and it was successful to the extent of causing the price to fall back to 74, at which quotation the shorts tried to buy enough in to fill their engagements. a re the stock to go up to 75 3-8, and it finally closed a -8. “I'm a thousand ahead of the game, so far,” said Phil to the stenographer, when he took the final quotation in to Miss Carpenter. “And you’re more than $200 to the good.”- “Isn't that fine?” she exclaimed. “I really believe that we're going to make another little coup.” “Of course we are. That's the advantage of speculating with inside information,” Half an hour later Phil was off for the day, and reached for his hat. When he turned around he saw Bob Davis coming in at the door. **Hello; Bob! What brought you around?” “Want to walk up the Bowery with me?” “Why the Bowery?” | “T bought a pawn ticket for a Standard Dictionary, and I’m going to take it out.” “How much did you give for the ticket?” “A dollar.” “How much is there on it?” “Five dollars and a year’s interest.” “How much is the interest?’ “A dollar and a half.” “How much is the dictionary worth?” | “Cost $21, and the fellow I got the ticket from said it was | almost new.” “*T guess it's in pretty good condition for him to raise $5 ; on it.. Books are hard things to pawn, I understand. Well, — Tl go with you. . odie hy bvines ge ir a etcepeaie Be. walk splona. 26-208 € at =B

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TIPPED BY THE TICKER. They passed the Brooklyn Bridge entrance and continued on up the continuation of what is now known as Park Row ex- tension. When they came to a row of one-story shops, Phil paused before one that was occupied as a bookstore. “Hold on a moment, Bob. I want to get a book to read.” They went inside. Phil had evidently been there before, for the young fellow . behind the desk nodded to him. “Good-afternoon, Tom,” said Phil. Davis. Bob, this is Tom Leonard.” “Glad to know you, Leonard,” said Bob. “Same here,” replied Leonard, who was pasting a cover on @ paper novel. “I came in to get a book, Tom.” “Go around and pick one out. There’s a lot of ’em on the shelves. What kind of a book do you want?” “I want the Three Guardsmen.” “T'll get it for you. I’ve got one good copy here. It will eost you twenty cents. If you bring it back we'll allow you ten cents on it.” “All right; I'll take it. Have you a book on palmistry?” “Sure. Several of ’em. Here’s one for forty cents. You get a quarter back when you return it in good condition.” Phil looked the book over, and concluded that he’d buy it. “Are you interested in palmistry?” asked Leonard, as he was doing the book up. “Kind of,” replied Phil. “I don’t take much stock in such things, but lots of people buy these books. Say, come to the back of the store, and I'll introduce you to the Professor.” “The professor!” exclaimed Phil. “Yes. Professor Gregory. He'll read your hand if I ask him to, and it won't cost you a cent. He comes in here oc- casionally. He’s a wonder. He told me lots of things that actually came out just as he said they would.” * Phil was interested, so he and Bob accompanied Leonard to the back of the store, where a good-looking young man, with eyeglasses, was looking over a pile of second-hand, cloth-bound books, Tom introduce Phil and Bob to the Professor. They found him a very pleasant person to talk to. “Bristow has just bought a book palmistry. He seems to be interested in the matter. Perhaps you'd like to look at his hand,” said Leonard. Professor Gregory smiled, showing an even row of very white teeth that flashed from beneath his mustache, ~ “I'll look at your hand, if you like, Mr. Bristow. I don’t as- sume to be an expert. I merely follow it up for recreation. Most people whose hands I’ve read told me I came pretty near t in my statements. I prefer the science of astrology to that of palmistry. It has a wider scope, and one can learn ‘More from it.” ; _ He looked at Phil’s hand. , _ “It looks as if you were an orphan, Mr. Bristow,” he began. “That's right,” replied Phil, in some surprise, while Bob ‘gazed open mouthed at the Professor. - “You are engaged in some business where there is a lot o money.” ao “That's right, too. I work in Wall Street.” “You seem to have a fortunate knack of making money your- self, too. I should think you have been quite lucky in that - -Fespect this year.” “That’s certainly true,” interjected Bob. down fine, Phil.” : __ “You've been in trouble, or will be before the week is out, %, it will amount to nothing,” continued the Professor. , ‘hat’s right. I was nearly arrested to-day on the charge of fe - stealing a — 3 watch | - “You haven't seen the last of the affair. You will make “This is my friend Bob “He’s got you something out of it yet.” . 13 “I’m much obliged to you, Professor Gregory,” said Phil. “You're welcome. I could haye told you more exactly if I had your horoscope, say, for the present year.” The boys then left him. . ‘ There were several pawnshops nearly opposite Spring Street, and to one of these Bob piloted the way. They passed through a kind of storm-door and found them- selves in an oblong room with a counter running the full length, behind which there were several bright-looking clerks. There was only one person there at the time the boys en- tered, a dapper-looking young fellow with a smooth face and ferret-like eyes. ; He was arguing with a clerk over the amount of money he wanted on a heavy gold watch. The moment Phil's eyes rested on him he recognized him. He was the crook who had stolen the stout gentleman’s watch in the Barnum Building that morning. CHAPTER XII. - PHIL IS WATCHED AND CHAINED # The fellow looked up and, encountering Phil’s eyes, the rec- ognition was mutual. Then the rascal grabbed the watch from the counter and made a break for the door. But he wasn’t quick enough to elude Phil, who grabbed him by the arm and called on Bob to help him secure him. There was a mix-up in a minute, in the midst of which the clerk who had been waiting on the crook jumped over the counter and started to interfere. “He’s a thief,” said Phil, looking up, for he and Bob had — the dapper young man down on the floor. “He stole that ‘watch from a gentleman in Wall Street this morning.” “Are you a detective?” asked the clerk, in surprise. “No. But I’ve got this chap all right, just the same. Tele- phone for a cop.” The proprietor of the shop came out of his.private office and inquired into the cause of the disturbance. He was soon satisfied that Phil’s story was straight, for the dapper young man had many of the ear-marks of a crook upon him. : A clerk was directed to assist the boys in holding the pris- oner, and a policeman was sent for. When he arrived he arrested the thief and took him to Police Headquarters in Mulberry Street, Phil and Bob going along. : > Phil told his story to the officer in charge of the station, and produced the card of the gentleman to whom the watch be- longed. He was telephoned for and came up. He recognized his property, and the crook Tombs, where he was locked up. ; The stout gentleman, whose name ae Darley, was anxious to learn how the thief had been caug eC Phil told him how he had recognized the fellow in the pawn- shop, and, with the help of his friend, had captured him. “You're a pretty smart boy, Bristow,” said the stout man, smilingly. “It was a most unfortunate error that caused me to charge you with the taking of the watch. I shall certainly insist on making you a handsome present for recovering my — timepiece. its value, pots a rished friend, now «ead. ot am very glad that you will get it back after the have no further use for it in connection with the said Phil. : was sent to the - who had and Bob’s as well, appeared in cold the credit for the capture, and the inci morning, when he himself was chased ee thereb k all t Phil was given of the preceding I wouldn’t knowingly have lost it for five times ~ for it was presented to me years ago by an old and

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14 TIPPED BY THE TICKER. also had something complimentary to say to Phil as soon as she met him in the office. All the clerks had read the paper before they arrived, and each stopped to shake hands with Phil and tell him what a clever fellow he was. During the morning several brokers who knew Phil well stopped him on the street and had something nice to say on the subject. : “ At eleven Celok Mr. Darley called at the office to go with r him to the Tombs, according to directions they had received from the police. The dapper young man, looking much worse for a night in a cell, was brought up for examination in the police court. = ' Phil gave his testimony as chief witness; Bob testified that 3 the watch which was identified by Mr. Darley was the same he had seen offered for pawn by the prisoner; the pawn- broker’s clerk gave similar evidence, and then a detective from Headquarters identified the prisoner as a well-known sneak thief, whose picture was in the Rogue's Gallery. The magistrate asked the crook if he had anything to say, -gand when he hadn’t, remanded him pending the action of the Grand Jury. The fellow was stibsequently tried on a charge of grand larceny and sent up the river for four years. When Phil got back to the office the first thing he did was mo? pt mek at the ticker to find out what had been doing in I. & C. f i Ss The price had gone up to 79, and lots of shares had changed hands during the morning. There was renewed excitement around the I. & C. standard on the following morning, when the shares opened at 81. Z At eleven o’clock a scene of pandemenium existed on the. aA oor. a nae 5 € The roar resembled that of Niagara Falls. + The demand for I> C. was greater than the supply, for ing a higher figure. * bers +. those who had the stock held on to it in expéctation of realiz- tance of 81 long, but went bounding upward toward the 90s. _ At hali-past twelve Phil saw a quotation on the tape of 2,000 I. & C. at 88, and he carried the news to Ethel. _ At two o’clock it had reached 90, and Phil decided to sell out. . _ . He managed to get his order in at the bank by 2.30, by { which time the shares had gone up another point. _ His and Miss Carpenter's combined stock was sold like hot- ¢akes at 91 3-8, fifteen minutes before the Exchange closed. The statement next day showed that the stenographer had _ cleaned up over $1,000, while Phil's profits amounted to about $5,300. _. That day Phil received a telephone.message from Mr. Dar- eg calling him over to his office on a matter of importance. Phil said he would be there at four o'clock. At that hour he went over to the building where the stout had his office, wondering what he wanted to see ” greeted Mr. Darley. “Take a , < w do you like my den?” f _ “It’s a very nice and comfortable one.” “I think it is. I suppose you amt to know why I sent a 7 Bs: suppose you'll tell me when you get ready.” ' “I'm ready now. I sent for you because I want to make @ little presen 1 ad { +?” “Yes. A sort of anbstantial recognition of your efforts to get aie pany en that. bo in the end resulted successfully. There t box. it and found a handsome watch and chain. mo was engraved on the inside, and also an in- with the date and the donor’s initials. d himself, and half an hour later he took his leave. pees nine ote nin on hee The result was that the stock didn’t stay within hailing dis- had was both surprised and delighted with his present and the great battle in I. &€., whieh was three days longer, and the price went as nigh Bob Davis was lucky enough to sell out near the very top, and cleared a profit of about $900. He remarked to Phil that he was ready now to take another razzle-dazzle bounce at the same profit. CHAPTER XIII. PHIL GETS A TIP ON D. & P. After the excitement of the I. & C. boom had died out the stock market became rather quiet. There was nothing doing to speak for several weeks during the summer. Brokers went te the seaside or the mountains to visit their families, some to remain away for a month, others merely to spend Saturdays and Sundays. Clerks and stenographers also began to drop out of the Street for a week or two vacation at some cheap country boarding house. Ethel Carpenter, with a $1,500 bank account, felt she could indulge in all the summer finery she wanted. Some of the airy gowns she now wore to the office fairiy teok the breath away from, the junior clerks. As Phil Bristow appeared to be the whole thing with the pretty and piquant stenographer, the other chaps began ask- ing him whether Miss Carpenter had lately got a legacy, for in no other way could they account for the style the girl was now putting on. ; “She’s the swellest-looking typewriter in the Street,” re- marked Will Ashley one day to Phil. “You haven't heard 3 say that she’s been left any money, have you?” “No,” replied Phil, shaking his head. “I haven't heard hed say anything about a legacy,” “Perhaps she’s been saving hér money all along and has ‘\now taken a notion to blow herself to a lot of glad rags on purpose to make our eyes bulge.” “Perhaps she has,” chuckled Phil, who was the only one in the office who knew how much money Miss Carpenter really and how she come by it. ¥: aybe her idea is to make the other girls in the building jealous.” “Maybe it is,” answered Phil, with twinkling eyes. “That's just like a woman, isn’t it?” “I don’t know. I’m not an expert on the subject.” “Well, I’ve got three sisters, and nothing pleases them bet- ter thaa to get the bulge on their lady friends in the way of clothes.” “Ts that a fact?” laughed Paul. “Tt is a fact. And then I hear them talk and criticise the hats, gowns, and other paraphernalia of those they know} and many they don’t know. I tell you I’ve got the girls down fine,” nodded Ashley, with a wise look. “Pl) have to ask Miss Carpenter if she’s guilty of the charge,” grinned Phil. “Don’t let her know that I said it, or she'll be down on me like a cartload of bricks.” “Don’t worry, Will. I'll tell her I'm just looking for in- formation.” = : “She won’t make any admissions. Girls never do. You might as well save your breath. In my opinion a woman is a walking enigma. She's got as many sides as a cut diamond. After you have studied her for a lifetithe you discover there is still something that you haven’t learned.” “Then she must resémblé the stock maritet; for you can study that daily until you are gray-headed, ahd when you _| think you know it all, yot’re just as liable to go broke on some deal as if you were the most confiding lamb that enters Wall Street. George BE. Kmmiet is an example for you. After buck- ing abdinst the bulls and bears alike for ovef forty years, and accumulating 4 snug fortune, he lost évery dollar he had last fall in the sudden slump of Tennessee Centrai.” “That’s right, he did. Stock gambling is the bigeest game of chance in the world, and getting maffied to the right girl is the next.” “Oh, come off! You're too hard on the girls,” objected Phil. “Tf you had three sisters, and wefe as old as me, you'd think differently.” “Old as you? Why, you aren't 80 aticient.” *“'m twenty-one. Piget TN be twenty-one in ‘less than ‘three years, if I ive so long,” laughed Phil. “Say, old man,” said win, sudden, “nave you heard any. thing from your former cashier?” 4 i

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TIPPED BY THE TICKER. 15 —= “Mr. Hewes didn’t follow him up, but he got into trouble on his own hook in Chicago.” “What happened to him?” “He was arrested for trying to pass a worthless check for $1,000, and put in jail. Lately, I saw in the paper that he had been tried, convicted, and sent to the State prison for five years. That settles him for some time to come.” “T guess it does. Seems to me it was luck for Mr. Hewes that he found the man out as soon as he did.” “That's what I think. I have heard of cashiers who have systematically robbed their employers for years before they ’ were found out.” “How much did Mr. Hewes lose?” “Something less than $2,000.” “He got off cheap. Well, so long. perhaps.” The next week Miss Carpenter got her two weeks’ vaca- ag as she left for some small town up the State to visit er folks. Phil was gallant enough to escort her to the Grand Cen- tral depot and see her off. The opportunity to do this showed that work wasn’t very brisk ai the office. “I shan’t sleep a wink while you’re away,” he said, as they sat in the station waiting for the Chicago express to be made up. : “Why not?” she laughed. “For fear you may meet some fellow you'll learn to like better than me.” “The idea!” she exclaimed, with a little blush. “That's right,” chuckled Phil. “I wouldn’t want to lose you for a farm.” “What kind of a farm?” she asked, with a dancing eye. “Some farms up our way you couldn’ t give away if you tried your best to do so.” *Call it a gold mine, then.” “Well, there are gold mines out West that are not worth their salt.” “That's where you’re wrong, Ethel. When a gold mine peters out the owners often ‘salt’ it to get rid of it at a profit.” Just then the doorman announced that passengers bound for Albany, Buffalo, and Chicago could board their train, so Miss Carpenter bade Phil good-by and started for the platform outside. While Miss Carpenter was away Mr. Hewes employed one of the assistants of a public stenographer who had an office in the building. The young lady’s name was Miss Emmett. She was short and stout, and more than ordinarily pretty. She was a Sen tod good-natured ge and had a laugh that Phil was willing to bet couldn’t be duplicated in Wall I'll see you to-morrow, _ She and the young messenger struck up a great friendship, while the other employees looked on and grinned _ “I'll tell Miss Carpenter about you when she comes back,” said Will Ashley. ** About what?” asked Phil. “The way you are making up to the new typewriter. “6 “Pooh! Tell her. That doesn’t worry me.” “Are you going to shake Miss Carpenter for Miss Emmett?” “Not on your life.” “Then you oughtn’t to be so sweet on the new girl.” “T'm only polite to her.” “You don’t have to hang around her desk half the day simply to be polite.” _“Nothing else to do. Toom.” SWhy don’t you talk to me, then?” “That’s what I’m doing.” _ “I mean oftener.” “Your time is valuable. bi _ “So is Miss Emmett’s.” bei “She can talk and work at the same time, Sein she’s got nothing to do more than half the time. If I wasn’t around Sane tis fall asleep.” then the eashier called Phil, and sent him out for some It’s lonesome out in the reception “Sure thing.” “I want you to go to the little bank on Nassau Street and buy me 100 shares on margin.” “One hundred shares!” almost gasped Phil. “Why, it will take $600 to cover the margin.” “Yes, I know,” she replied, sweetly. and she handed the boy six $100 bills. “Are you in earnest, Miss Emmett?” “Money talks, doesn’t it?” she laughed. “That’s what it does, and a universal language that every- body understands. It is none of my business, of course, but are you working on a tip?” “What makes you think I am?” “TI just imagined you might be.” “Well, if you won’t say anything about it, I'll tell you what the tip is.” “T’'ll be as mum as an oyster,” answered Phil. “A broker for whom I do work occasionally, and who gave me a tip once before on which I made $400, met me last night as I was going home, and told me that a corner was about to be formed in D. & P., to control the shares, pending the pub- lic announcement of the consolidation of another road with it. He told me to buy as much of the stock as I could put up the margin for, and I am going to do it.” “And may I use the tip myself?” “Yes, if you can; but you mustn't sell it, nor tell any one else about it.” Phil promised, and when he bought the 100 shares for Miss Emmett he bought 1,200 for himself, and then lay back on his oars to watch the course of events. “Here’s the money,” . CHAPTER XIV. ‘PHIL MAKES A BIG HAUL A whole week went by, and Miss Emmett’s last day in sib: office was close at hand before there was any sign of a move- ment in D. & P. In fact, the market had been practically dormant all sum- mer, and it was the exception, not the rule, when a stock be- gan to attract especial notice. - Phil had watched the ticker with his old-time alertness, hav- ing plenty of chance to do it; but though he noticed a great many sales of the stock in question scattered along the tape, the price did not advance at any time more than a point, and sometimes fell back to 60 again. But one morning the market woke up and the brokers be- gan to get busy. The news that M. & N. had come under the control of the D. & P. interest was made public and confirmed. Immediately there was a rush made by the traders to buy stock of the latter road. Then the fact developed that the shares were scarce as hen’s teeth. Whoever had any of it held on to it, for they realized that they had a good thing. All day long the brokers scurried around the Street to lo- cate a seller, but in vain, while as high as 70 was offered, with no takers, before the board closed. Next day it opened at 72 1-8, and then rapidly mounted to Phil felt dancing a Highland-fling. “Gee! That wa a fine tip you gave me, Miss Emmett,” he whispered in her ear. “I should think so,” she replied. “I've made $1,000 already. How much did you buy?” 5 Phil looked at her, and debated whether he should tell or £ the exact truth. of? Finally he decided that he would. 75. “I bought 1,200 shares.” ~ : wie} Miss Emmett nearly fainted. ite “Twelve hundred!” she exclaimed. “Did I get the margin?” he interrupted. “Easy eno had a certificate of deposit-for $7, 700 on the Nassau Hank i our osname Don Woo 0 Sod so and me : mec if esse < . no sa |

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; 16 “There are exceptions to every rule, and I’m one of them.” After that Miss Emmett regarded Phil with an increased amount of respect. Possibly she began to make pians for the future with ref- erence to Phil. If she did they never came to anything. That afternoon the Exchange was wildly excited over the rise in D. & P. Some sales were made at 80, and the stock closed finally at 83. The excitement was still greater in the morning. Brokers who had been out of town on vacation came rushing back in a sweat, and plunged into business with their old- time activity. Between the weather, which was hot, and the uproar on the Board, which was hot, too, collars wilted in a quarter of ‘an hour, and shirts became like damp rags. D. & P. still coniinued to go up, up, up, until it reached 90. Half the brokers believed it would go to par, but the more . . prudent ones now began to unload, as the syndicate probably was doing, for the shares were no longer hard to get. When Phil saw that the sales were becoming uncommonly numerous he rushed upstairs to the public stenographer’s of- {fice and interviewed Miss Emmett, who had gone back there on Monday. She told Phil she was just thinking of selling, as she had received a note from the broker who had given her the tip advising her to get out at once. “That's what I'm going to do. Give me an order on the bank to sell your shares, too, and I will put it in with my own.” She wrote it out and handed it to him. Then he started for Nassau Street as if the fate of the na- » . tion depended on his speed. There was a crowd in the waiting-room, and a line at the margin clerk’s .window that held him back twenty minutes. { But he reached the goal at last. “I want you to sell my 1,200 shares of P, & D. at once,” he said to the clerk. The young man nodded. “And here is an order from the young tity for whom I bought 100 shares to sell hers, too.” “Ali right,” replied the clerk. The orders were telephoned to the bank’s brokers, and in a quarter of an hour the 1,300 shares were bought in by some i roker acting for a customer, and the price that Phil and Emmett got was 90 7-8. Phil went back to the office and put in his spare moments figuring up how much he had made. ts He found that he had cleared a little-over thirty-six thou- sand dollars, Fee” “Glory hallelujah! I’m werth forty-four thousand dollars. ~ ‘Who says I ain’t a capitalist!” Miss Emmett made thirty-six hundred dollars, but, though she was pleased to death over the fact, she didn’t go into convulsions over it, “It’s a dead shame you wasn't in the deal, Ethel,” Phil said _to Miss Carpenter when he showed her his big check next ’ t day. “You would have made over seven thousand dollars.” “It can’t be helped,” she replied regretfully. “How did you get the tip?” *“That’s one of the few secrets I can’t tell you. The person who gave it to me made me promise not to say a word about ‘the matter. Of course, now that it is all over, she-——” “She!” exclaimed Ethel, with a look of the green-eyed mon- ‘ ster in her eyes. “So it was a she, Mister Philip Bristow!” “Dear me!” cried Phil, in great ‘confusion. “I didn’t want you to know that!” : “You didn’t?” she flashed, almost resentfully. “I dare say he was very pleasant company for you while I was away. You were not going to sleep a wink at all while I was out Fi ot New York. Of course not! You wouldn’t lose me for a r perhaps it was a gold mine. Oh, you're like all the “1m not a man yet, Ethel.” “Don’t you call me Ethel any more. iis tables @ ar ae “*Oh, come, now, Ethel, you're not real mad, “Mad? ie io wi Spat cathe Why should I 2 “You aren’t worth Fowre may age boy, and ig Facet intend to e 52 So and you?” mad?” she z, Ta ON I call ne a A at A Te El eh lle Pha Anal ae A A A Ys CC SV 2 TIPPED BY THE TICKER. “Gee!” exclaimed Phil. I going to square myself?” Phil scratched his head in a perplexed way and returned to his post outside. “She is mad, for a fact. How am CHAPTER XV. PHIL MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT. There was a suspicious redness about the stenographer’s eyes when she returned to her machine. It was the first falling-out she and Phil had ever had. She made her fingers fly on her work and tried to forget all about it. Phil did not show up in the counting-room again until after his lunch. Then he walked through to the washroom. On his way he stopped and had a talk with Will Ashley. Then he plucked up courage and went to the typewriter’s desk. She saw him coming, but kept right on with her work. + “You aren’t mad still, are you?” he asked. She did not answer him. “Aren't you going to speak to me any more?” No answer. “Are you jealous because——” “No, I’m not jealous at anything,” she snapped out. “Why don’t you go and talk to your ‘She’ instead of bothering me when I’m busy?” “T see I'll have to tell you who the young lady is.” “I don’t want to know.” “Oh, come, now, you do want to know.” “St don't. I’m not interested in the person at all, nor you, either.” “T’m going to tell you, any——” The buzz of Mr. Hewes’s bell interrupted him and he had to leave her. He had a message to take to the Mills Building, and another to the Vanderpool Building. When he got back, half an hour later, he had to go out again. After that he had to go to the bank, so that it was more than three hours before he had a breathing spell. Then Mr. Hewes handed him some papers to carry to Miss Carpenter. “TI want to tell yon the whole story of how IL @anie to get that tip,” he said, after laying the papers om her table; And he did, though she pretended not to listen to him. “I made thirty-six thousand three hundred dollars, and I'd have given half of it if you’d been in with me. I take just as much in- terest in sceing you win as I do in winning myself. I think I proved that in our two deals. I'd rather not have the money than have a break-up with you. I mean it, whether you think so or not. Miss Emmett is all right in her way, but she don’t stand one, two, three with me. That's all I've got to say. Are we going to be friends or not? It’s up to you. I've tried to make matters clear. If I haven’t succeeded it isn’t my fault.” He tried to take her hand, but she eluded his grasp. He looked at her @ moment and then walked slowly outside. In half an hour he put on his hat and left the office for the day. A little later she went home herself, feeling very miserable. At half-past ten next morning Mr. Hewes sent Phil down to the Bowling Green Building, on Broadway. Three-quarters of an hour later the telephone bell rang. The clerk who usually answered the call was not in the room, and the stenographer went into the booth. A moment later a cry sprang to her lips and she turned white n as a sheet. The person at the other end of the wire was an attache of the Chambers Street Hospital, and he was trying to make the fact clear that a boy named Phil Bristow, who said he was a messenger for Mr. Hewes, had been struck by an automobile on Broadway and removed to the hospital. It was uncertain yet how bad his injuries were, as ne was still in the hands of the doctors. That was all, but the girl still remained with the receiver ‘mad | at her ears after the man had rung off. Five minutes later Miss Carpenter, looking upset, en- greatly tered Mr. Hewes’ private room and, with oT hind lips, told. ne of the accident that had Eee. to Phil, - ark

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— “My gracious!” cried the broker, very much startled. “Struck by an auto, and at the Chambers Street Hospital? I must go right over!” He grabbed his hat and left the building, after telling the hews to the cashier, who in turn communicated it to the clerks. Everybody was sorry to hear that Phil had been injured, for he was a favorite in the place, and work came to a stand- still for a little while. As for Ethel Carpenter, she bent over her machine and bur- ied her face in her handkerchief. The hospital man had said very little, but what he did say Was rather obvious, and the stenographer was so nervous and agers that she could not do another stroke of work to save r life. Mr. Hewes returned to his office about half-past twelve and reported that Phil was not seriously injured, but had received a ve" shaging-up, and would be confined to his bed for sev- eral days. This intelligence was received with great satisfaction by the other employees. Miss Carpenter felt greatly relieved, but her work that after- noon showed several errors, which was a sign that her thoughts were not as close to business as usual. At half-past four she left the office, and instead of going directly home she walked over to the Chambers Street Hos- pital and asked how the young messenger was getting on. She received an encouraging answer and went away. The young doctor who held the brief conversation with her did not ask her name, so when he visited Phil, later on, he simply told him that a young lady had called and inquired about him. He described the visitor with sufficient accuracy for the boy to recognize who she was, and he smiled contentedly. ill Ashley also called later on and made similar inquiries. hil’s accident was duly chronicled in the papers that after- noon and also on the following morning. Bob Davis read the story, and he, too, turned up at the hos- Pital to find out how his friend was progressing. Ethel Carpenter made a second call on the following after- noon and found that Phil was coming around all right. While Bristow was away, Will Ashley was called on to carry the more important messages, the others being attended to by A. D. T. messengers. - On the fourth day Phil was pronounced well enough to leave the hospital, and Mr. Hewes provided a carriage to _ Convey him to his boarding-house. He did not appear at the office until Wednesday of the fol- + a week, and then there was a noticeable lameness in his He held a small levee around his chair in the reception- room when the clerks arrived, but was alone when Miss Car- | Penter came in, a bit late. : 7-4 soon as she saw him she rushed over with outstretched an ! “I am so glad you are back, Phil!” she cridd. “Thanks, Ethel. You were very kind to call at the hospital and inquire about me. I-appreciate it very much,” he said, holding on to her hand. She blushed and looked down. - “You aren't mad with me any more?” he asked wistfully. “No. Phil,” she replied in a low tone. “I acted very silly, and I don’t know what you think of me. I want you to for- give me.” . “Don’t mention it, Ethel’ There’s nothing for me to for- give. But I felt very bad over the matter. I'd rather have been knocked out for good and all by the auto than to have lost your friendship.” She blushed deeper still, but made no reply. Phil, however, felt her hand tremble in his, and it rather encouraged him. “We are friends just the same as ever, Ethel?” he asked. e3, Phil.” . : “And partners, too, in the next deal?” “Yes.” “You remember I told you early in Juné that- had my 5 Se by a professor of palmistry and astrology?” ‘ythin: I have been wondering whether he : will too.” : 4 TIPPED BY THE TICKER.’ g he told me turned out true but one thing, which | word. 17 “J don’t know whether you'd care to have me tell you about that.” “Why not?” “Because,” he said, in a hesitating tone, “you are connected with it.” “Me?” in surprise. Phil nodded. “What did he say about me?” “He told me that you and I were partners in money-mak- ing deals, and that we'd both do well. He said we'd come out ahead in the I. & C. speculation we had on at the time.. He told me that I was liable to meet with a serious accident, and I did.” : “He must be a wonderful man.” “He is, and a very nice fellow to talk to. What I referred to as the one thing still in the perspective is that he said you and I might—that is, that it was possible that we—I guess T won’t tell you just now.” “Oh, but I want to know,” she insisted. “You have aroused my curiosity, and I won't be satisfied until you tell me what he said.” “Well, he said that it was not improbable that you and I might enter into another kind of partnership. [I’m only tell- ing you what he said.” “What kind of a partnership?” “One that usually lasts a considerable time and is not lim- ited by articles of agreement. In other words, he said that we might—get married,” replied Phil, desperately. “ The stenographer flushed to the roots of her hair, snatched her hand away and ran into the counting-room. “I wonder if I’ve made her mad again?” Phil asked him- self anxiously. CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION Miss Carpenter did not look as if she was angry over Rp a when Phil carried some statement to her later on to copy. But she did not look him in the face as she was accustomed to do. They had quite a little chat, during which she did not once relax her work at the machine. Phil, however, was satisfied, and avoided any more refer- ences to Professor Gregory, the His lameness gradually wore off, and a week later he felt as spry as he ever was in his life. st Be The gentleman who was in the automobile at the time was nk down called at Mr. Hewes’s office to see what kind of recompense he could offer the boy, for he had visions of a civil suit before him. Phil, however, declined to take the check for five hundred dollars he wanted to offer him. The gentleman then offered to make it one thousand dol- Phil shook his head. Ee “Your apology is good enough for me. I am sure it wasn’t your fault. Broadway is a erowded thorougiifare, and I guess you didn’t see me in time. I am not going to give you any trouble about the matter.” “But I sha’n’t feel satisfied unless you allow me to make some kind of a reparation, my ng “Well, sir, you're a big operator in stocks, aren’t you?” “Yes.” “I've got a_ little aay oa I'd like to put into a good Well, if you want to do tip seméstiine seu ED be satisfied. I let it get away from me.” eae The gentleman pondered a mom “How much money have you?” he asked. “I've got a few thousand dollars,” replied Phil. gt “Have you, indeed?” said the gentleman, in some ise, “You promise not to sell or give away any pointer I may you onto, do you?” “Yes, sir. Mr. you that I won't something for me, send me ys“ promise ~

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i “Not a thing,” 18 87. It will go over 110 or even higher, perhaps, inside of ‘ten days. I'd advise you, however, to sell at 110 or thereabouts, to be on the safe side.” “Thank you, sir. I'll do as you say.” After the gentleman had gone away Phil ran in to tell the stenographer. “You want to get your money out of the bank this after- noon, Ethel. I’ve got another tip.” Then he told her the substance of the interview he had just had with the owner of the automobile which had run him down the previous week. “This is where I expect to make a hundred thousand dol- Jars, Maybe. Now, of course, you’ve got to be in on the snap as ‘well. You must buy two hundred shares. It will take a margin of seventeen hundred and forty dollars.” _ “But I’ve only got about $1,400, Phil.” “I'll lend you the balance. Bring your $1,400 here in the morning.” . _ That afternoon Phil bought 5,000 shares of D. & G., and put up $43,000 in margin with the little bank. It was an unusually large order for the bank to handle, as it involved an outlay on its part of nearly $400,000 to carry the deal. - However, money was cheap in the Street just then, and as s00n as the bank got the stock it hypothecated the shares with a large Wall Street institution for over $350,000. Next morning, before noon, Phil bought 200 shares more for Ethel. The very next day the stock began to get active, and the price went up two points. He wondered how he could make Bob Davis wise to the situation without breaking his word to the operator who had given him the tip. "He ran against Bob that very day. “Doing anything in the market?” he asked him. was the reply. . “Well, D. & G. looks like a good thing. Why: don’t you take a flyer with it?” “Are you?” asked Bob. - “Maybe, ” replied Phil. “Know anything about it?” asked Bob. = = “I know it's a gilt-edged stock.” “I know that much myself.” ‘tr Sie? Yate ‘went up two points to-day.” aie a didn’t notice,” answered Davis. “If I was you I think I'd take a shy at it, ” said Phil. _ “If you do, I will,” answered Bob. “Do you mean that?” 2 “Yes.” ¢ : res “Then I don’t mind telling you that I'm in it.” aa 4 can’t tell you that.” "He knew that if he admitted to Bob that he had his whole the stock his friend would know that he had been hs eee LSmaig 2 began | to float wp a ‘Street Sie eg a TIPPED BY THE TICKER. \ wee OD Tepepearae ele deeatigee: } It had the effect, anyway, of causing a rush for the stock on the part of outsiders, and the shares went to 95. Next day an attack was made on the stock, and it dropped down to $8, cleaning out a lot of the rash lambs. Later on it recovered and went to 91. Next day a well-known financial daily came out with a statement that everything pointed to an alliance between D. & G. and the management of the coal and iron road, and as a consequence the shares of the former road began to boom again, and reached 96. On the succeeding day they reached par. Another bear raid was made on the road, but it didn’t have much effect, for though the shares receded to 96 they soon recovered and went to 102. Overnight the coalition between the two roads became gen- erally known as a fact, and so when the Exchange opened next morning D. & G. started off at 103. The same old excitement that always attends a boom set in, and the shares went right up to 110 before noon. At three o’clock the stock was going at 112, and at half- past three Phil went to the bank ‘and ordered his shares, as well as Ethel’s 200, sold. They were disposed of among the early sales next morning at 112 5-8. / : When Phil got his statement, D. & G. was selling at 116, but he was satisfied. He had cleaned up a quarter of a million by the deal. Ethel Carpenter’s profits footed up nearly $5,000. Phil was now worth $264,000. Of this fact Mr. Hewes had not the least suspicion. Nor did any clerk in the office dream that the young mes- senger had actually made a comfortable fortune in Wall Street that year. When Christmas came around, the stenographer said she was going to make Phil a handsome pregent for turning her origi- nal $50 into over $6,400, “You mean that, do you, Ethel?” replied Phil. “Tt certainly do,” she answered. “Well there’s only one kind of present I'll accept from you.” — ; “What is that?” she said, interestedly. “It’s the most valuable thing you eould give me.” “J really don’t know what you mean,” she replied, in a ed zled tone. | “Then I'll tell you. some day.” | “Oh, Phil!” she exclaimed, in great confusion. “What is it—yes or no?” “Yes,” she replied. Three days afterward Phil met "Professor Gregory on ‘tie — Give me your promise to marry a street. “Say, you're all right, Mr. Gregory. Everything you told me has come true except the last, and that’s going to, for o girl said ‘yes.’” = ‘ Phil is now head clerk for Mr. Hewes, and there is a new 3| stenographer in the office, because Ethel Bristow, nee Carpen- ter, has all she wants to do to look after the comfortable little home provetet for her by An ere Boy in Wall Street. bus A _ Next week's issue will sai “MONEY TO BURN: oR, THE eainmprees ‘BOY aad p90 STREET." : “ MF dns * =

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‘FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 19 CURRENT NEWS . The Tokio correspondent of the Petit Parisien quoted the Japanese Foreign Minister, Baron Ishii, as saying: “We have not yet considered the possibility of sending an ex- peditionary force-to Europe, but should the necessity arise Japan would send a very strong army in one shipment, as ~ we would not risk defeat. Japan has already supplied and will supply the most important quantity of munitions to _ Russia. Russia does not need men. Only a third of her “Inen are now equipped. By the end of December Japan will have done a great deal toward arming the two other a boa Te aiaine to advices reaching Washington recently, _ President Yuan Shi Kai will undertake, if he aééends the throne, to guarantee an annual allowance of $4,000,000 to - the deposed little nine-year-old Emperor as long as he _ lives, to recognize him as a Chinese prince and to provide proper places in the Government and emoluments for the : principal members of his family and his immediately ad- _herents. In return it is proposed that the Emperor issue an address to the Manchus explaining the conditions which _ have made it necessary for Yuan to assunte the throne for _ the benefit of the Chinese people, and urging them to ren- a him loyal support. - Delegate James Wickersham, of Alaska, who has ar- rived from the North en route to Washington, announced _that he would introduce a bill at the coming séssion of ~ Congress providing for Statehood for Alaska. Other bills affecting the Federal! administration of Alaska also would be. introduced, Mr. Wickersham said. One of these pro- es for the centralization of Federal administrative of- E Sires into one commission of five members, to be composed of the Governor of Alaska, the Secretary of State, and _ three other residents of Alaska. Another measure would "a _ provide for the establishment of a naval base at some Sipe teh Tete 7.7 & Saal Britt, of Califor, once known of the Beau . el of the prize ring and the lightweight champion _ of America, has accepted the King’s shilling, and, in all "probability, i is now in the trenches of Gallipoli. Britt was — dast seen in New York last spring, when he was doing a ‘monologue turn on the same bill with Jess Willard. At that time he told his friends he was booked for a tour that _ would take him to New Zealand and Australia. It was ‘was in the Antipodes that he joined the British my and stepped aboard a troopship ready to fight with Allies against the” ‘Turks, News of his joining the was conveyed here in a letter to Al 324) the man- aie boxer. 2 ; ‘State of Lower California. — therefore intend to start an not only Lower California, but the ene 8 f Chihuaht ads ihe orient se appeared rather displeased that the fact of the purchase had become known. The tract, it is said, is between New- ark and Jersey City. Mr. Ford, after a discussion of his peace expedition in the late afternoon, held a conference with the agents of the property. When asked about his purehase, Mr. Ford said that it was quite true that he had < bought the property and was going to build a plant there. “But I do not care to have anything printed about this 3 just now,” he added. When told that his purchase of the ~ — property was known generally, he looked displeased and == said that he would not talk about the matter further. A swindle involving, it is said, ten men in the employ of the du Pont Powder Works, near Petersburg, Va., came to light when a clerk in the paymaster’s office and a former member of the company’s police force were held upon sus- af picion of having robbed the company of from $10,000 to $50,000 by padding the payroll. The men, one named Pugh, the other Murphy, are said to be heads of a band of clerks in the payinaster’s office and construction fore- men. It was reported here that two others had been arrest- ed, one in Wilmington and the other in New York. It is + charged the men kept the names of discharged employees on their payrolls and “dummies” holding tags applied each pay day for the checks. le hh, a eeeeerae” The Federal Employment Bureau is a success, declares . Secretary of Labor Wilson. “We started in a small way,” he said recently, “but the work has progressed far enough = to show the possibilities of this line of endeavor. We ~ © have furnished jobs to about 33 per cent. of those who have = applied for work. Our aim is to link together in one big chain all the State and Municipal agencies for the unem- * ployed. Some progress has been made along this line al- ready. The bureau does not merely place unskilled labor; it has applications from many men of training in various industrial fields and has found employment for a large number. We are constantly receiving applications for jobs and from. the employers’ orders to fill their employment wants. We act precisely as a clearing-house for Jabor," , Acquisition of territory in Mexico, including Maxie igo lena Bay, which Japan is understood to covet, will be a made the subject of agitation in Congress this 7 eae delegations from the Pacific coast, says a Washington dis- _ patch to the New York Sun. The movement will have the = backing of persons on the Pacific coast who fear that nse . pan, in spite of the Monroe Doctrine, may attempt to es- tablish a naval base in Magdalena Bay, which is in ‘the fluences on the saa rion in favor of ac — onora m Mexico.

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#5 on: FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ———. CHAPTER XX. A CHANGE OF SENTIMENT, Then the lunar prince began to make sign talk, using the disjointed parts of the rifle the while. Like a flash all dawned upon Dick. _ He saw at once what Moda had been up te. The moon prince had bethought himself of an investiga- ae: 5 of the strange fire-stick or weapon which the earthly 4 visitors used to ascertain if it really did establish their al- liance with the Dark and Evil One. He called in a skilled artisan to examine the gun, a chemist to analyze the pow- der and hall in the cartridges, and a priest to decide whether there were any voodoo, hoodoo or other bad ele- ments in the matter. ‘The result was that the artisan found only a pent tion of i iron or steel and wood in the strange weapon. The hemist elicited only salt-peter and charcoal as the im- portant ingredients of the powder and the explosive power __Was at once understood. All of these elements or articles a existed i in the moon. The priest with all his exhortations “feould evolve no proof that the Dark and Evil One had “fi anything to do with the curious shooting: weapon used by the earthly visitors. — e moon ‘people were by no means beyond the pale of 4 an once Moda saw the force and the gravity of his iit that ne had done his distinguished visitors other sphere a terrible injustice. At once, with stie sappetucetnys) he took measures to repair this. sed upon him- strongly | the change of dent. e ay traveler was Aelighted goes without es u tha Sa ment he wis speed the distinguished guest | ft te ee ‘if beg could ot - ee [scat se place. Tt is lucky ie us that this water is so uoyan : % SIX \ WEEKS IN THE MOON A TRIP BEYOND THE ZENITH By ED. KING (A SERIAL STORY) We left Elias and Ned on the hilltop waiting for the coming of darkness, that they might effect a yan for i rescue of Dick. And the time seemed to them ages, ere the lunar sun went down and the moonless night supervened. Elias had a plan all outlined. This was to wait until the moon people had retired, and then the coast would be clear for them to invade the city. And when this was assured, they crept cautiously down the hil) and into the lunar city. Not a Modite was astir. All was the silence of the tomb. t .The two desecraters of the moon night made their way through the city with the greatest of ease. In this way they finally came to the gate of the palace yard. No guard was there, for no moon dweller was ever astir after midnight. The gate was a high structure, studded with spikes. “We can never climb over that,” whispered Ned. “What shall we do?” . Elias for answer made his way along the palace wall. He suddenly came to a circular opening about the size ofa needle’s eye, as described in Scripture. This seemed to him a safe entrance to the garden, so he eagerly entered it. =e The result was not’ visible to Ned at ‘the aipaike tail was startling to Elias. The moment he stepped into the place he experienced a falling sensation. Down he went for what seemed a tremendous way and was instantly immersed in water. A loud splash by his side and a gasping exclamation told him that Ned had followed him in the same manner, — __ nia . “Mercy!” gasped the professor. “Where are wal Ts is that you, Ned?” Pe er “Gracious, yes!’ replied the astonished youth. “Where at are we, professor?” Lom _ “1 don’t know, except that 1 we are in water” » “We fell somehow Paes = lasn oe Pig i. Fiabe yes! We dase iepppedieneaaae ell idea oo’ { " = ‘ Gy amet t or we would ayer se Nite ‘hat is : pada’ we go be doubt i this

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FAME With this they set out to swim: For a time eh was mes work enough, Then the professor’s feet.struck bot- om “Heigho!” he cried; “here is land under us at last !” BES few moments more they were out of the carmine fluid. They drew themselves out upon the spungy sands and tried to penetrate the gloom about them. This was impossibie. “Td like to know where we are,” cried Ned. dom for a light!” “Haven't you a waterproof matchease?” asked Elias. “Why, sure!” replied Ned, feeling in his pocket, “I had forgotten that,” He drew out a mateh and lit it. By its flame, a rolling current of water was visible at. their feet. But back of them was a huge pillar of rock. There were other pillars beyond this, and the place had the ap- pearance of a huge underground erypt or vault. Instantly the truth dawned upon Elias. - “Now we're in a scrape, Ned,” he exclaimed, ruefully. - “We are under the royal palace. If we are not careful we _ will fall into the hands of the Modites, for if they once learn that we are here, they will doubtless hunt us down like rats in a trap.” g “Cracky !” exclaimed Ned. “What can we do? T have it. Let us find our way up into ¢he palace just the same as we intended after they are asleep.” - “That will do very well,” said Elias, “Sf we are not de- Pete in the meanwhile.” 7 Do you believe any of them ever come See here ?” ‘ >) Perhaps not very often. At any rate, we will live in - that hope. 3? _So the two reseners began to traverse the vault looking _ for an outlet. For hours they wandered about in the dark- hei matches were nearly exhausted, and they discov- _ ered that they had returned to their starting point. There seemed to be no outlet to the place. » Moreover, the » pangs of hunger had begun to assail them pean “A king- CHAPTER XXI. . SPRANGE EXPERIENCES, At length ‘both Ned and Prof. lias sank down ex- By ‘Apo Ho? ‘quoth, ‘the savant, “I don’t see but that aah ina Ma bad hans Ned. We may never find our way ‘ AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. — 21 After a rest they again renewed their efforts to find the outlet to ihe. vault. But after covering what seemed to them miles of grqund they were rewarded by a Ugeers ing discovery. ‘Steps were found which led up to the palace floor. But here a heavy trap of solid rock was encountered which could not be lifted. Here was 2 dilemma. force their way upwards. naught. $ They eat down on the steps and nearly gave way” to despair They had. spent the night and a whole day in the quest. But after a time their spirits rose and once more they set out on the quest. _ Hours of wandering followed. There were intervals of sleep and spells of weary searching. All the time their food supply was getting lower and finally became ex- hausted. : The situation was desperate. The professor looked at his chronometer and said: “We have been four days in this here Ned. What will be the end of it?” : Ned shivered. v “T don’t dare to think,” he said. “I’m afraid we'll never get out of here.” _ “Tt looks bad !” “How unlucky that Diek fell into the hands ‘of the Modites. But for that we might be on our way to the earth now.” “That is true. Probably they have put him to death ere this.” “Oh, let us not think of that!’ exclaimed Ned, with a shiver; “if harm comes to Dick, I believe I shall die.” “We will hope for the best.” Thus the two despairing wanderers sat in the darkness. Snddenly Ned gripped the professor’s arm. “By ginger!” he exclaimed, “look over there.” In vain Ned and Elias tried to Their best efforts were set at Elias was for a moment petrified. The sight which ba saw was a thrilling one. A long line of white-robed figures id torches were marching through the underground vault. They were Modites. In an instant Ned and Elias were on their feet. 33 For a moment they were omens sauecices what to one Then Elias. said: “Let’s follow them!” Yet we are no worse off tien he is, 2 “All right!” whispered Ned, “Yon lead the way!” igs The two adventurers erept after the marching Tine of ; natives. Soon they came to ascending steps. iweA ue : Up these they marched, and-Ned and lias saw the trap- door open. A daring resolve seized them. & “Tt is our only hope,” whispered Ned. “Follow hen 2 Up the steps in the rear of the white-robed natives th went. Up and into a dimly lit chambebr. farsa “They: had not been seen thus far. The line of Modite

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FAME 3 + - ———$ (RR RS a RET EAE A SEE TEE AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ITEMS OF INTEREST " WELCOME LIBERTY BELL. The Liberty Bell received a rousing welcome in Phila- * delphia, Nov. 25, shortly before 4 o’clock in the afternoon, from the Pacific Coast. Escorted from the railroad sta- tion in West Philadelphia by a large force of militia, the bell was safely lodged in its glass case in Independence Hall after it had passed through streets lined by thousands of oo At Independence Hall patriotic exercises were hel GERMAN AVIATORS FROZEN. The bodies of two German aeronauts, pilot and observer of an aeroplane of the Albatross type, were discovered in a marsh near Divinsk. The men had been frozen to death. The Albatross was permitted to cross the Russion lines. Its escape was then cut off by a flock of Russian aircraft. The German machine circled about frantically for half an hour, and then, when it was seen there was no chance of escape, it descended to the marsh. Cossaeks on bicycles started in pursuit, but did not diseover the landing-place until after the Germans had succumbed to the cold. The aeroplane was undamaged. WANT SIX-HOUR WORKDAY. Resolutions providing for an inquiry to determine when a six-hour day can be established in place of an eight-hour day and ousting certain crafts from the building trades a nt of the American Federation of Labor were considered by the resolutions committee of the department - jn San Francisco. The six-hour day was offered as the only remedy for conditions caused by the invention and perfection of machinery “making it inereasingly harder for working people to continue im steady employment as ys. shown by the large number of unemployed ‘at all times of Pete; _ the year.” A definite report at the next convention was 35 oe wade Vi 7 eet oe ei Ser WAITED ALL NIGHT. ‘ The other night J. 8. Adams and his two sons, Carl and - Bundy, of Saylersville, Ky., went possum hunting. They _ started about 9 o’clock, and about 12 o'clock his wife be- gan to get get uneasy, and still they did not come home. Next ~ nity’ whe’ wert out and got the neighbors to make a ; : for them, and while she was getting breakfast she looked up the hill and saw them coming. When his wife asked him what had delayed him, he d: “We were on the hill when the dog made a dive cept veo std Sheets treed meaprining:; We went | drive through Poland last spring and oo ve ance of heavy guns and Nee rent ewes » the Russians the advantage that covered more than 10,000 miles and nearly every State. His name is Donald Burke and his home is Phila- delphia. He is not the least bit worried at his predica- ment, nor about the charge of unlawfully riding on freight ears, which has been placed against him. The boy first went to Chicago, and was arrested, but dis- charged. From St. Louis he went to New Orleans, then across Texas to El Paso and down along the Mexican bor- der, always using the rods under passenger coaches or roomy empty freight cars. After seeing the exposition he continued up the coast to Vancouver and down through Canada. TWO CYCLISTS WILL ENLIST. After having spent the last season in this country com- peting on the cycle tracks of the East, Marcel Dupuy, the French sprinter, and Victor Linart, the Belgian, will re- turn to their respective countries after the six-day race at Madison Square Garden. Dupuy has received notices that he is to return to France, while Linart is going to volunteer as soon as he reaches the headquarters of King Albert’s army, located in the north of France and that part of Belgium not occupied by the Germans. Dupuy made a great showing at the Newark Velodrome this last season in the Brassard race, one of the features of the Newark track. He was excused from the French army at the.start of the war on account of having had half of one foot cut off by a trolley. Linart came to the United States last year and showed ‘great form in his paced races while in this country, and won the American paced cham- pionship this season against the pick of the field following that branch of cycling. RUSSIA EQUIPS NEW ARMY OF 3,000,000. “Watch Russia!” is the word that came from a reliable source.. It lent strength to rumors that the Eastern front will produce one of the greatest campaigns of the war this winter. Reports that the Germans have evacuated Mitau and are drawing back along a wide front from the Riga region brought further confirmation. The Russian line has been strengthened twofold‘by the arrival of fresh troops, large supplies of ammunition and big guns. The Czar’s new armies number/3,000,000 men. Russia is said to be preparing for a new offensive that will sweep down on a narrow front toward Prussia. Y Corps from the steppes of Siberia, the great province of Archangel and the provinces of Vologoa, Viatka and Perm, trained and well equipped, are moving toward the Russian front, ready to join hands with winter, Germany’s worst enemy. The factor that enabled the Germans to make their great , rk

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Young Fresh - | ‘FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. from ’Frisco — iD ns THE BOY WHO BUSSED THE MINE © - By GASTON GARNE of (A SERIAL STORY) -. CHAPTER XI (continued) “That’s handsome. They tell me Arthur is a good boy.” “That’s what he is. But, speaking of telling, suppose you tel] me your name?” } “Won't do it.” f “All right. Then Ill have to make up a name for you. » “You—make up a name for me?” the man grinned. “Yes.” “What's it to be?”) _ “What’s that coat you have got on made of ?” rs “Waal, I reckon it’s made of ‘the skin of a deer what I _ shot and skun myself.” _ “That gives me a name. I'll call you Old Deerskin—or, hold on! °Tl do better than that. Ill call you Old Deer- 2? __ “Gosh-a-mighty !’ cried the man, exhibiting great sur- prise. _ “Well, what now?” demanded Jack. ~ “You must hev run into me before, but I'l! be switched it I remember whar.” “So your name is Deering? penacks quick to catch on. _“That’s what it are. Old Sile Deering, at your sarvice— no, I can’t say that. I’m not at your sarvice, seeing as . *¥as”’ “Must have been in ’Frisco.” _ “I suppose it must. ,Was you ever stopping at the What er House” >) Tre been in there often. _ there overnight.” me “Tt couldn't have been in the shooting gallery: p’raps it sin Al Henry’s?” = “*You mean the faro bank on Sacranento street ?” eC de? “7 was never in there.” aa 5 — T give it mp, then. Must have been ‘einisihicces, I thought so,” laughed IT never happened to stay ra ti es was ‘nowhere, tf os . on co hie re near ‘arpa i “ooking be-| .| up with his naked leg. naked figure creeping toward him over the rocky ledge As which here formed the shore. i It was Mr. Coffee-color, who had come up out of the he water further on quite unobserved. te Old Sile raised his hand, making a quick signal, but to this Jack did not “tumble.” Then all in an instant the creature sprang upon him, i clutching his throat. “Me killee him, boss!” he cried, deftly, tripping Jock z “Say, me killee him right now?” Down went Jack with Coffee-color on top of him, those G terrible hands tightening about his throat. ph CHAPTER XII. A PRISONER AT THE HIDDEN MILL. Pinned down as he was, it was all Jack could do to utter ; a sound, © ~ But, in spite of this, he managed to find his voice. : “Fight square, Sile Deering!” he called, chokingly. “Tf you are really an old forty-niner, fight square Te “a9 It was the shrewdest appeal Jack could poortty have “ag maiéle. ; No greater compliment can be paid to an old-time Cali fornian than to call him a forty-niner. J Whether Old Sile was one or not is questionable, but a Jack had hit it just the same. ee i “Let up, Kimo!” the ald man called. “Give hima show to hear what T have to say. And, mark you, Bae ae Fresh, keep still or Kimo will be at it again.” % Jack never moved when the pressure on his throat was 3 relaxed. 1S a “Tie him up, Kimo,” ordered Sile. Pes oe In a moment Jack’s arms were bound behind him, 0d Sy Kimo lifted him to his feet. A “Blinders, now,” said Sile. = A tight bandage was tied over Jack’s eyes. “Come on,” said Sile. “We have waned: a whole his| time. I’ve ERE ae. ere around here.” ; : Sack: allowed Jim ase

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led down a flight of stairs and hurried along on the level for a considerable distance. More stairs were encountered. This time it was go- ing up. 7 Then the cool air struck his face, and a thin, squeaky g voice was heard exclaiming: ie «Well,,.s0 you have got one of them, Uncle Sile?” cfs “Two,” was the answer, “The other’s alive and kick- "ing, too, but as this one’s the wust we thought we’d bring - * him the fust.” This. reply, Jack felt, was intended in part for him. - At Fs all events, it was a relief to know that Arthur was not "dead. “Which of them is Young Fresh from ’Frisco?” the * yoice inquired. “This is Young Fresh,” chuckled Sile.. “This is old Ben Bongliton’s nevvy, the kid what come up here to boss High Rock mine.” “Well,” replied the voice, “he had better have jumped off the dock and drowned himself before he thought of toming to High Rock. Pity some one couldn’t have warned him. He’s a likely looking chap, too.” aq “He's all right,” said Sile, “and it seems we’ve met be- - fore down to *Frisco. He knowed me right away.” ea; All this time Jack was being led along up a rough, steep ay “-aacline, At last they reached the level, sells a halt was made and the bandage removed. _ Jack looked about him curiously. q He stood in a narrow valley, hemmed in on both sides __, by towering slopes heavily wooded, as is usually the case with the sides of the Sierras. At his feet ran a rushing stream; there was a bridge . close by, and on the opposite side stood a small frame structure, inside of which the clanking of machinery could be heard. . Near by were three log huts. It was a wild, romantic- _ looking spot, and, Jack was ready to believe, one known to very few. This, of course, was the hidden mill, 2 es a part— ee hs the greater part—of the ore from High Reck mine as reduced to gold and silver. - Jack felt but little hope. ‘Kimo had now vanished, and as Jack had heard Old “ile give the order for him to “go back and fetch the other. one. he knew that he might expect to see Arthur soon. Ps. J ay _. Now his attention was drawn to Sile’s companion, a “gmall, insignificant-looking man, with a bushy beard and gold spectacles. Bere. 9 He: looked like a foreigner. Jack at once put him down as the Inaster of the mill, : -*Waal,, here you be,” said Sile. “This is the place you 2 aii 5 for. Let me introduce you to Professor the learnedest man on the hull airth when it 0 ores. T believe he’d take gold out of a brick.” at do Attended name names for?” snapped Stein- shout: your: Seen. § Sile, oi there cluded that a trap-door was being opened; then he was thar feller is Young from "Frisco, and order i i onente an m™ die?” FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. “Crusty old curmudgeon,” he said. “I don’t see no use in being so blamé’sour. If you have got to do a feller, you might as well spéak him fair.” “Am I to be done?” asked Jack. “Them’s the orders,” was the reply. “Still, they might be changed for all I can tell. I rather think Tom Barna- cle will come down hyar and eet itle the matter himself. — Now, boy, come along with me? Sile led the way across the bridge and into one of the huts, which was rudely furnished. “Sorry to tie up your legs,” he said, “but it’s got to be did, or you might be giving us the walk-off. You might wander about this hyar valley for a month and never find the way out of it. I’m really doing you a sarvice to keep you from trying it on.” Jack was tired of talking now. Tied band and foot, and tumbled into a bunk, he was left to himself, and there he remained for the next two hours. His hope that Arthur would be brought in was not grati- fied. Every effort to free himself was in vain. At last, after what seemed. an interminable time, Old Sile appeared again. “Tt’s no use talking, Young Fresh,” he said. T’ve took a kinder fancy to yer. I'd like to let yer loose, but it -hain’t to be. Orders was that if you come snoopin’ around these here diggin’s you war to be shot. There hain’t no use prolonging the agony. I look for Tom Bar- nacle down hyar any minute. You've run up against him, and so you have got to take the consequences. So say your prayers and prepare to die.” “And you would shoot me as I am now, bound and help- less?” demanded Jack. “You would kill me like a dog?” “Tt hain’t what I want to do, but what I must do,” plied Sile, in a shuffling way. “And it is what you won't do!” cried a voice from the doorway. “Father, that is the man!’ Jack saw her before she spoke, for while ola Sile was making his remarks she glided into the doorway. t was Daisy. - here stood the strange little creature, holding a rifle and looking at Jack with pitying eyes. Old Sile wheeled around on the instant. “By Jerusalem, gal, what brung you hyar?” he ex- claimed. “I came to save him!” said Daisy. “It can’t be—it mustn’t be. I tell you, father, he is the man!” “What man? What are you talking about? you mean?” demanded Sile. “The man who saved my life night before last. You see him there? Would you kill him? Do it if you dare! So sure as you put a bullet into him I’ll put one—— “Into me? Don’t say it, gal! Don’t say it! wicked. Hain’t I your dad?” “You say so. It’s no honor to be. your child.” “You little grasshopper!” cried Sile, picking her up in- his arms in spite of her struggles. “How dar’ you, come here interferin’? I tell you I can’t help it none. “T own Who do That’s

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FAME TIMELY AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. TOPICS 7 American commercial interests in Greenland rest wholly in obtaining supplies of eryolite from there.. The quarries at Ivigtut, at the southern extremity of the land, furnish nearly all the eryolite used in the world, The United States is now importing considerable quantities of this cry- ,olite, its use being in manufacturing opaque glaze for enameling ironware (the imports of which from Europe are now cut off) and in fluxes for electrolytic aluminum and white Portland cement. The Kingdom of Siam covers an area.of about 200,000 square miles, and the last census gave a total population of 8,149.487. The highest temperature of about 106 de- grees Fehrenheit in the shade at Bangkok is usually reached in April and May, and the lowest of about 52 de- grees in December or January, the two latter months be- ing the most suitable for tourists and commercial travelers to visit northern Siam. The spoken and written language is Siamese, but for commercial purposes the English lan- » gnage is in gencral use. ~ Very serious, coining, as it does, when Germany is feeling the pinch of the British and French blockade, are the ac- tivities of British submarines in the Baltic, which have re- sulted in the sinking of a large number of ships carrying - supplies to Germany; for it is mainly through the Baltic - Sea that the Central Powers have been able to import necessities for the combatants and non-combatants within _ their borders. Uniess Germany practises those methods of defense that have been employed so successfully by her _ adversaries. the submarine menace may grow to a point _ at which it will effectively close German Baltic ports to _ merchant shipping. \ _ The copper roof is being taken from the imperial castle _ at Donaueschingen, Germany, and will be used in the ‘ manufacture of munitions of war. This roof weighs many : tons. This is not the first time that metal has been requi- _ 8itioned from an imperial residence. The Emperor's palace ~ in Berlin was visited the latter part of September by the - eommission having in charge the scizure of metal for Gov- = _ ernment use, and a list of the metals at the court was de- manided. Emperor William ordered that all metals not in Byctaat necessary use be seized. It was reported recently _ that the huge copper roofs of the cathedral at Bremen were : =e die wingeye for military use. wy = at) Soe PR eee TE Certainty a-tazor is rather a delicate instrument with which to carve one’s way to fortune—but here’s what has a ed to George Hoehn, a barber. Seven years ago he : twirled a-razor in the barber shop of the Hotel Astor, New ita: A regular customer was Francis E. ‘Miller, a mil- ‘Tt is to be imagined that in these operations : pulled a hair, for the other day a lawyer en- } shop at ‘ills este bad and told him being filled in Canada have reached the total of $500,000,- 000. More than 250 manufacturing firms are engaged = have ma gnqerd bat he ee. are search for him because they wanted to hand over a legacy of $15,000. Hoehn said he had shaved Mr. Miller daily for something over a year, and that while he “knew the customer was satisfied with his work and always had a pleasant greeting for him, he had not the slightest idea that a friendship had been formed that would cause such a big tip to be handed him. Dr. Robert Miller Cox, of Chester, was injured in a bear- fight in the woods near Trout Run, Pa. Together with Elmer Edmunds, of Rochester, N. Y., and William Fott, of Trout Run, Cox was hunting birds. Slipping through the dense underbrush, they were confronted by a large black bear. The bear refused to give way as the men ad- vanced, and the hunters fired. The bear was wounded. It sprang toward the two. Cox, who was in the lead, drew a hunting-knife and thrust it at the animal’s throat. He missed and before he could recover the bear raised on its haunches and struck at Cox. The animal struck the man in the face with its paws, tearing the flesh. As Cox jumped back quickly his companions opened fire again on the bear. A half-dozen shots killed bruin. From the tollhouse north of the Oregon line in Hum- boldt County, Nev., the hills are reported to be alive with rabid coyotes, making it extremely dangerous for persons to travel without being armed. While riding his range, George Miner killed four mad beasts with a club and Frank Lamb also clubbed one to death recently. At the Sanders ranch, near Goleonda, the rabid beasts are said to be in control ‘of the situation and are so plentiful. that men fear to venture out at night. A rabid animal attacked a teamster near Golconda and forced him to take refuge on the seat of his wagon. The eamp dog was chewed to pieces when he gave battle to the intruder and the animal kept the feariister on the wagon all night. It was killed in the morning. Announcement is made that an ambitious munition plan is under way in Canada by which financial houses are to be called upon to join Canadian factories on active service. It is proposed tremendously to extend the Cana- dian capacity for producing projectiles; to have a very substantial proportion of the Russian, French and British shell orders filled in Canada, and to have the business financed by the banking houses and other financial insti- tutions of the Dominion. The plan constitutes a radical departure from that which has heretofore prevailed. It will mean that, instead of borrowing from Great Britain, — : Canada will make advances of credit and funds to Eng- land. Shel] orders which have been filled or which are upon the work, and it is estimated that Canadian firms —

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” Fame and Fortune Weekly NEW YORK, DECEMBER 24, 0 ea ee SUBSCRIBERS TERMS TO bs SAP AARNE EO. Money Order, Chee other w are | at your risk, ene Sota tn In 2 separate of ia cutting the oabcage. a piece paper +o avo enuttlog & envelope. Bera Say dsddress painty. Addierss letters to frank Tousey, Publisher 168 West 23d St., N. Y. G00 CURRENT NEWS ARTICLES ~ Gasoline is far more expensive in Great Britain than in the United States, and in order not to inflict a too heavy outlay on physicians using light cars in their professional | “ work, the British Governr ment is now granting a rebate of ad. per gallon to a!] doctors making application for the - one before their local collector of taxes. BW Presjanut - , Treasurer 5 Bem eg ByLexwer. Secreery - For many years Douglas County, Wash., has boasted of - f@ ranch containing 300,000 acres al! in one big piece. Re- cently thi§ ranch has been chopped up into hundreds of little farms and the tales of its big dividends have passed into history. The ranch has for years been famous as the largest eatile feeding ground in the Paeifie Northwest. ~ Recently Coleman, Texas, had a “rat-killing week,” with prizes offered for the largest number of rats killed. The total number officially presented to the promoters was of, ethe. The first prize, which was $5 in gold, was awarded - Archie Hubbard, of Rural Route No, 1, who turned _ over to the committee 258 tails, that being all the evidence required. ‘ - Daisy Strayer, sixteen years old, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has a nose that was nh i from a piece of bone on the roa to sap af plician state, Suffering from: a congenita! disease of the nasal bone, a bone-graft- feet Abea was necessary to avert permanent disfigure- ment. About three inches of the niath rib on the right e of the hody was removed and anchored to hen skin and » ica a into shape, — of (inated sein in Gea hiskary a? the Denver County t the will of a man of whose death there is no record he sceph th, iee eet 00: tee sons ot Dene It to have the ia alr he T. Sheets "dead before the instrument is a for a contractor, FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY, Here is a chance for dwellers in the South or for those in the North who are fortunate enough to possess hot- houses to grow pineapples far larger than any we see here. W. L. Van der Stott, of the Department of Public Works and Surveys, Kuching, Sarawak, writes to the Scientific American that he will be glad to supply at a moderate figure suckers of a great variety and give free all informa- tion about their cultivation. He says fruits weighing from 6 to 10 pounds can be expected within a year and that in a good loamy soil fruits weighing from 25 to 30 pounds are not rare, while one was grown recently that turned the scales at 5414 pounds. Pineapples can be grown with very little trouble when the mean annual temperature is not be- low 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and with an annual rainfall of over 70 inches. GRINS AND CHUCKLES “Ts this the Union Dime Savings Bank?’ “Yes.” “Well, I want to know if a nonunion man can deposit in your hank ?” “Hear about the new poison?” poison.” “What the dickens is that?’ you're dead,” “No.” “Aeroplane “One drop and “Oh, papa, the baggage car was on fire at the depot!” “What caused it, little dear?” “A hot newspaper, the sta- tion-master said.” She meant a hot journal, “So you went to see one of those old New England plays? Was it realistic?’ “Indeed it was. Why, when the rainstorm came up, Uncle Henry’s corns began to hurt him.” | John—lIt’s an easy matter for a man to get married. All he has to do is to find a bigger foo] than he is. Kate— Yes, but it is rather difficult for some men, to do that, I imagine. Teacher—If a bricklayer gets four dollars for working eight hours a day, what would he get if he worked ten hours a day? Bright Pupil—He’d get a call-down from the union. pe Daughier—Papa did not take. the paper to the office with him this morning. Mother—He didn’t? I'll bet it’s got a lot of stuff showing how women can trim their om hats. “Louise, I really cannot permit you to read novels on Sunday.” “But, grandma, this novel is all right; it tells about a girl who was engaged te three Tosttncke clergy- men all at once,” “Children,” said the teacher to his fae “you. should hand. With 3

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THE TWO FOUNDLINGS. By Kit Clyde ___ “What a big dog yours is, Master Daniel? He is almost like a bear. What do you feed him with?” “I feed him on robbers, boy,” was the answer. Tt was in crossing a part of the Le Bourbonnais, some _ thirty years ago, we caught this fragment of a conversa- tion between a little boy and a peasant. At the period we allude to Daniel was a sturdy peasant, well-to-do in the world, but once a foundling. _ One morning, a poor widow, who was gathering fodder _ for her cow, heard the feeble wail of an infant, discovered _ Daniel, and adopted him. He grew into a sturdy boy, and Was seven years of age when his protectress died. The very _mext day her nearest kinsman came and took possession, _ and poor Daniel was turned out to shift for hiniself. Bare-footed, bare-headed, and bare-armed, Danze) went _ about from farm to farm for work. By the time he was nine years old, one day, as he was _ gathering wild apples in a wood, he saw a shaggy creature _ Tying at the foot of a tree, which he imagined to be a wolf. Accordingly, he put himself on the defensive by raising _ his stick, when, on advancing a few steps further, he per- ceived the supposed wolf was an enormous dog, though - emaciated and apparently dying of hunger and fatigue, as he lay panting, with his tongue lolling out. To complete his pitiable state, the poor animal seemed to show, with almost human sagacity, that one of his paws was wounded by a thorn. ‘Daniel and the dog eyed each other; and these two out- east seemed drawn together by the bonds of sympathy. * The dog seemed to say, “I am a vagrant, like yourself ; do become my master.” The boy seemed to reply, “I am poor and forlorn, like you; so do become my friend and companion.” In another moment the thorn was carefully extracted, to _ the dog’s great relief; and Daniel poured forth a few drops _ of water from his gourd down the animal’s parched throat. = “As I was going to eat these wild apples, I can do with- out my bread. So here, take this for your breakfast,” said _ he, emptying his scantily provided scrip. _ In spite of his reeent wound, the dog was so overjoyed that he rose from the ground and attempted to express his gratitude by gamboling about, and then licking his young ' benefactor’s hand. “Like me, you are no beauty,” said Dexia, looking at his dumb friend; “so we shall suit each other all the bet- A found child and a lost dog are made for friends.” _ He dubbed him Biacky, and they are the two foundlings. cs Towerd evening, Daniel returned to the farm, at which » happened to be employed just then; and after putting his eattle into the stable, he sat down to the table to eat his ‘supp with the rest of the household, that area dog which follows you?” asked an old you nasty carte you ‘look die a fo: eried ai be Le aia > te WAP ia FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 27 “Gently, Gervaise,” eried Daniel, letting fall his tin | spoon on his plate; “if you turn Blacky away, you turn me away, too.” “Go!” said the farmer. Then, taking up his wallet and stick, he left the room, followed by his dog. Away these two ‘went, without either pudding or penny, and were not seen any more in that part of the country. Daniel never begged, but he worked for both. One day a miller told him he might fish in his pond. . At a few yards’ distance the miller’s little boy and girl were playing on the bank of the torrent, which, owing to a storm the day before, had been swollen by several tributary rivulets that flowed into the Paquerette; and while at- tempting to snatch at a branch of willow floating along the tide, the little girl Jost her balance and fell into the water, In less than a couple of minutes she would have been smashed to atoms beneath the millwheel had not Daniel luckily perceived her danger, and cried, “Here, Blacky!” and pointed to the little girl. Into the foaming waters the mastiff dashed, and, seizing the child by her clothes, soon brought her ashore and laid her on the grass. Although all this was but the work of a few moments, the child’s sereams had brought out the miller and the other inmates of the mill. The mother, all in tears, came running up, just as the dog was shaking his wet skin, and Daniel had succeeded in bringing the little girl to her senses, “Now, to think I could ever have thought ill of the poor dog,” cried she, patting Blacky, while she bid her maid. prepare a nice mess for him. ee not enough, wife, for the service they have done s,” observed the miller. “Do you know that but for this ae chap and his dog our Georgette would have been lost ?” “We only did our duty, Master Mennier,” said Daniel. “That’s all very well,” replied the miller, “but I must do mine in turn. Now, my good boy, what do you say to stay- ing with us?” “T should like it vastly, Master Mennier,” said the boy. “In a year or so, if your looks don’t deceive me, you'll be strong and sturdy enough to make an excellent miller’s man. What wages would you expect?” This inquiry sounded new and delightful to the young wanderer’s ears. “No—do you really mean to offer me to earn. ee said the lad. “To be sure I do,” replied the miller; “how much do'you expect yearly?” “Why,” said the boy, half dazzled by so brilliant a pros- — pect, “I should expect a great deal—a matter of fifteen. franes.”” “So let it be.” said the miller; “but that’s not all; shall have your board and lodging, and ae) bargain; and every midsummer you shall have a and every eae ¢ ENR ree eee ae ot wate «Aegis ~~ you .

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- Blacky was picking up his crumbs as well as his master, — of his new lroime. ‘ee ; ~ Everybody laughed, and Ee miller asked him how he : ‘had been lent him, and fished up a worsted stecking, from ‘which elegant purse he drew forth the sum of-eight-and- ; forty franes, the fruit, of his honk marings and heroic belt to purchase me a flock,” said he. v9 “Next day he erected panne for his fati stick on the}. ay . © Blacky now entered upon his new aatice, an a faithful} "most prosperous condition, and Daniel lad been able to add to their number ae at FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. “What's that ?” Soe the miller. “Why, I should like Black to have his house in the farm yard, and some bran and water twice a Gayno as “So he shall,” said the miller, “and there’s my hand upon the bargain,” added he, taking Daniel’s comparative- ly soft hand into his horny one. The wedding wus fixed to take place the next summer. The sole drawback to Daniel’s happiness was the con-|, “But it must be on the condition that Blacky returns to sciousness that poor Blacky was only on sufferance. Yet| the mill that same day,” said Daniel. “So let it be,” replied the miller. When: June came around, Daniel and Georgette were married. and Blacky was allowed the undisputed range of the farm yard. “T shall give up my mill to you, since my son has gone for a soldier,” said his father-in-law one day to Daniel. “T have now enough to live comfortably as an honest citizen in town.” “Thank you, father-in-law,” said the foundling: “only, however rich I may grow, you won’t catch me ¢onfining myself within the walls of a city where the gossips are as bad as a hornet’s nest.” In the course of one December, when the frost was very By this time 5 Helvetia whom the dog had resened from drow ning, had grewn up into a young women. One day the miller said to his wife, referring to Daniel: “That chap made a fortune out of nothing, and he is the fit husband for our girl.” and nobody would have recognized in him the poor half- starved animal that lay wounded in the forest. “Ever since we have adopted Blacky,” observed the mill- er, “our dogs look like so many half-starved rats. He beats them all.” Even Georgette -found fault with the poor mastiff, though she awed hint bo much ; so that, from little to much, they hinted to Daniel that hé onght to turn his dog away. * “Nay, then,” said Dan, “this is a good opportunity for carrying a scheme I have had in my head this long while.” He then whispered to Blacky to follow him, and they went beyond the Paquerette, to some waste land near a wood. Daniel procesticd to cut down four young saplings, which he stuck into te ground, and then roofed them ‘with iit and stubble, and heather, so us to make a kind of ut. . _ “This shal] be vour house, Blacky,” said he. » The dog wagged his tail as if he “understood, ‘and took sum of money from a neighboring borough. By a great chance he was not accompanied by Blacky, and returned home rather the worse for the wine he drank at the inn at Tssoudon. sleep. She thought she heard Blacky howling piteonsly, and was so frightencd that she shook her husband by the arm. “Don't you hear the dog?” said she. “Let me alune,” quoth Daniel. “You are dreaming.” But Georgette was not dreaming, for Blacky now began to bark aloud, and was making the most desperate efforts to break his chain. Three men, with faces blackened by soot, had anbennd the mill before the dog’s barking had awakened any of the inmates, ‘ “We must find the chest. where the miller keeps his money,” whispered one to the others, “and kill anybody who surprises. us.” The maid servant slept in a kind of passage leading to - “What have you done with Blacky?’ asked the miller’s wife that same evening of Daniel. “*“T have set him up in # house of his own,” said Dan. “I don’t mean him to go on: being idle; he must earn his bread like myself. I shall Zive him a flock to mind.” ©“ flock of what, pray?” asked the miller, jeringly. ~ “A flock of sheep to begin with,” answered Daniel. ‘meant to get the sheep. «’ Daniel’s hand dived down ad a litile wider: box that f “That's the product of three years’ saving of my wezes |) ‘and three. -years’ sale of fish. I've caught, and it will serve light of the lantern, the poor creature screamed alauitt! “Thieves | thieves! But befere she could stir to alarm the honed: one of the wretches stabbed her, while the other two rushed into the miller’s room, and, drawing’ his bed curtains, ere pz f “Your money or your life!” : Daniel had. however, jumped out of bed, and, two fingers across his mouth, gave a tharp whistle, an- other moment Blacky had broken his: chain, and, darting into the house, seized one of the robbers by the calf, a bit him so severely that ee * fall his lantern with a Lips cry. The faithful animal next riled ab the ‘other's hi -__}left him dead on the ape © pet we third was, ‘dad 9] Naser opr f waste land. — ith ‘When the buildings were completed, he went to a sche ‘sheep dog he proved. At the year’s end the flock was in a by fresh savings. es. as his little hoard kept increasing, Daniel sty and next a donkey to his establishment. severe, Danie] set forth one day to fetch a somewhat large Towards midnight Georg2tte was startled out of her - - her employer’s room. On being suddenly awakened by the”

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. NEWS OF THE DAY __ A new herd of buffalo is being established in the Bad Lands, between White and Bad rivers, South Dakota. Sey- eral buffaloes from the big Philip herd, near Fort Pierre, have escaped and at once made their way West. A pair of them appeared at a farm north of Philip, and, after scar- ing the cattle on the farm and chasing members of the family, they were headed toward Philip. One of the ani- mals was got into a corral, but it soon broke out. Sergeant Rovillard, an aged G. A. R. veteran, of Hous- ton, Texas, was made happy by the return of a silver watch which was confiscated from him fifty years ago by Lieut. W. D. Colvin, Confederate veteran. When Colvin and Rovillard met here for the first time in fifty years they immediately recognized each other. The “Confed” said: “Now, ‘Yank, here is your silver watch and a very pretty silver link chain I made with my own hands. I will make you a present of the chain as interest for the use of the watch during the last fifty years.” __ What is believed to be the oldest fir tree in the country has been found in the Olympic National Forest, Seattle, _ Wash., by a ranger, according to a report from the Forest Bureau. The tree has 1,350 rings of growth, one ring for each year, which would make the big stick well over a thousand years old. The oldest recorded fir up to this _ vecord-breaker had 740 annual rings. Buying of timber in national forests in Washington and Oregon is on the increase, according to the reports issued by the bureau. which estimates the receipts for the first quarter of the year as more than half what they were for the entire pre- vious fiscal year. Fire losses in Berlin are strikingly low. This is due, among other things, to the small quantity of wood used for structural purposes, the limitations of the height of build- ings to 72 feet, and to the temperament of the people. All real (immovable) property in Berlin is required by law to be insured in the so-called Municipal Fire Society (stadt- sche Feuersozietat). The report of this institution for a recent fiscal year announced fire losses in the course of ‘the year amounting to $260,529 on policies aggregating ~ $1,314,367,233, or 20 cents of indemnity paid for each ~ $1,000 of insurance. The average for the decade of 1902- 1 was 21 cents. . ‘ +3 wires being wound around the pail-to insure good contact. . Although the camp was situated eight miles from the near- est village, the students were constantly informed as to the world’s doings by wireless bulletins which were received by their apparatus. While patroling his beat on Franklin street, Natchez, Miss., Policeman Ed Gahan saw a mysterious animal on the steps of the Elks’ Club here. The cop, thinking that the “goat” had escaped, executed a flanking and envelop- ing movement and captured the animal. Believing it was the official “goat,” the officer had prepared for desperate re- sistance, but immediate surrender was made. He found that he had captured a possum of enormous size. The possum was placed under arrest, taken to the station- honse and a charge of prowling entered against him. Not being able te explain his presence in the heart of the city and especially at the Elks’ Club, the possum was cons demned to execution and fell into the clutches of the col= ored janitor of the City Hall. . : Not long ago the proprietor of a mountain resort in southern California decided to purchase a piano for the - entertainment of his guests. Access to his alpine place is gained only by following a long and exceedingly narrow trail which hugs the sides of the mountains and occasion- ally overlooks an uninviting precipice. Freight is always carried up the trail on the backs of pack animals, and these, most often, are sure-footed burros. It devolved, upon two of these little beasts to transport the piano up the moun- tain, which they did with the assistance of several moun- taineers. The heavy instrument was securely strapped to a pair of long timbers, the burros were placed at either end, and the planks lashed to the pack+saddles. The men guided the animals and steadied the load. The burros negotiated the mountain safely and. delivered the piano uninjured, \ The American consul at Jerusalem reports that the in- vasion of locusts from which that country has suffered this year has been the worst within the memory of the present generation, He says: “As far as the eye would reach, the ficlds were covered by the. locusts, and even the street in - front of the American Consulate had the appearance, in the movement, of the green and black mass, of a flowmg river,” Olive groves, orchards, vineyards, market gardens, — and most summer crops appear to have been completely devastated, Early in the year the Turkish authorities ap- _ pointed a commission to fight the locusts, with Dr. Aaron _ Jewish Agricultural Experiment

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ge tha, out moving a muscle of its throat. Such a thing could not be possible, thought the policeman, and he watched the moves of the Italian’s mouth. Then he caught the glint of a mechanical whistle between the peddler’s lips. “Take that whistle out of your mouth,” St. John com- — The Italian grabbed it from between his lips and akasen a = FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. eae : 7 uae . COSTS UNFTED STATES $1,000,000,000 A YEAR. ie _ Destruction of birds, according to Col. G. O. Shields, x president of the League of American Sportsmen, costs the ‘United. States $1,000,000,000 a year. Col, Shields made the assertion in an address before the Chicago Chapter, _ Daughters of the American Revolution. manded. ie: “Cotton growers,” he said, “lose $100,000,000 a year by the holl weevil. Why? Becanse quails, prairie chickens, ‘ meadow larks and other birds which formerly were there in _ millions have been swept away by thoughtless men and boys.” The chinck bug costs wheat growers another $100,- 000,000, he said, and the Hessian fly $200,000,000. Col. Shields added that potato growers pay $17,000,000 a year for spraying poisons, and Temarked that a quail slain in Pennsylvania had 127 potato bugs in its eraw. _ a UNSANITARY PRACTISES. oe - The practise of licking stamps and gummed envelope flaps, as well as that of sucking the end of the lead pencil, ey is very unsanitary, indeed. As every one should know, the _.. - glue used on stamps and envelope flaps is made of refuse e _ products, consisting of the bones and hoofs of animals * which may or may not have been diseased. The stamps and envelopes: themselves are made of all sorts of rags, which, in the course of their transformation into paper, are handled by all sorts and conditions of people. We never know whether it is a clean or dirty pair of hands _ that has propane a stamp or envelope just before we pur- ~ chase it. d ae "- There have even been cases of poisoning from the stamp- licking practise. Fortunately, they are rare, but it suffices ) say that the ordinary sterilizing process in their making not necessarily kill a form of germs that are poison- ous. ~The safest plan is to moisten the gummed surfaces 1 a small wet sponge and take no risks. Children should be carefully warned about the indis- sucking and chewing of pencils. This seems to ~ be a habit of childhood that is hard to overcome. The ee ee and so is the point, and the i< CAN ARIES SANG OPERAS. * iceman St. John, of the Greenwich Street Station, an Italian peddler who was eelling canary birds of St. Paul’s Church, at Broadway and Vesey York City. The canary birds sang beautifully. were entranced and were reaching for their Even Patrolman St. John pe. to listen art he melody whieh om bird was supposed f ro Rie | fy cat les. pag Dan et one ‘more or less different from that of another. it into his pocket. “Now make that bird sing,” St. John added. But the bird chirped and twittered without singing an operatic note. A woman who was about to purchase the canary realized that she had been deceived by a whistle, abuscd the Italian roundly for making her lose so much time, said such a person ought to be arrested, and marched off. Then Policeman St. John asked the Italian whether he had a license to sell the birds. “Little birds maka people happy—no needa license,” he replied with a shrug of his shoulders. The policeman took him before »Magistrate Koenig in the Tombs Court, where the prisoner said he was Joseph Bizone, of 39 Henry street, and made his living by selling canaries. He was fined $1 fox peddling without a license. LIGHTEST KNOWN VEGETABLE SUBSTANCE. © Among the various economic products of the plant kingdom the pith or vegetable principle known as the medullin of the sunflower | stalk is by far the lightest. The structure and formation of all piths are essentially very similar, being composed of thin-walled cellular tissue. The contents of these cells, which are all polyhedral in outline - and loosely joined together, vary much in different plants ; it is for this reason the pith of one plant often appears The cells fill- ing the interior of the sunflower stalk when young contain _ sap and a large number of starch grains, The starch grad- ually disappears as the foliage, which is in communication with the pith, becomes fully organized. After the. leaves _ are developed, the pith soon dries up, leaving only the very thin walls of the cells. The pith in this State has a specific gravity of 0.028, while that of the elder is 0,09. and of cork 0.24. The sunflower is cultivated to a considerable extent ied central Russia, where every part of the plant is put to — certain economic uses. The discovery of the extreme light- ness of the pith of the stalk has essentially increased the, commercial value of the plant. This light cellular sub- | stance is now carefully removed from the stalk and a to a good many important uses. One of its chief u: ee the making of life-saving appliances. Cork with See 4 ancy of 1 to 5 and reindeer’s hair with one of 1 to 10 been used; the pith of the sunflower has a buoyanc to 35. The latter can be used advantageously i ee

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TAKE NOTICE! Ttch Powder, Bombs and Cachoo cannot be sent by mail. Only orders for these goods amounting to one dol- lar will be accepted, as delivery .will haye to be.made by express. GOOD LUCK PUZZLE. It consists of three horse- shoes fastened together. Only @ very clever person ean take off the clo horseshoe from the two linked horseshoes. But it can be done {In a moment when the secret is known. Price, by mail, 10c. each. H. F, LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’kiyn, N. ¥. THE LITYLE GEM TELEPHOVE. The transmitter in this telephone is made from the best imported parchment; with ordinary use will last a long time; can be made in any length by adding d cord; the only real telephone for the money; each one put up in a neat box; fully flustrated, with full directions now to use them. Price, 12c., postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 20 W. 26th St.. N. ®. SURPRISE MOVING-PICTURE MACHINE. It consists of a smal! nickeled metal tube, 4% inches long, with a lens eye-view, which shows @ pretty ballet girl or any other scene. Hand it to a friend who will be delighted with the first picture, tell him to turn the screw on the side of the instru- ment, to change the views, when @ stream of water squirts in his face, much to his surprise. The instrument can be refilled with, water in an instant, and one filling will suffice for four or five victims. Price, 30¢. each by mail, postpaid; 4 for $1.00. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. Y. “WVioving. Pictu A Weekly Magazine devoted to Photoplays and Players ROUGH RIDER DISC PISTOLS. Made of nicely col- dred wood 56% inches long, i= Pistol. Price, 6c, each, Postpaid. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. Y. SURPRISE PERFUME BOTTLE. Those in the joke may free smell the perfume in the bottle, but the uninitiated, on removing the cork will receive the contents in his hands. This is a simple — claves 20ne s od rice, . each by mall, post~ paid; 8 for 25e. i H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. ¥- TRICK COIN ) HOLDER. — The coin holder is at- tached to a ring made so as to fit y anyone’s finger. The holder clasps tightly a 25¢. piece. When the ring is the finger with the coin showing on | of the hand and offered in change it A nice way to tip people. postpaid, 10c. each. placed on the palm eannot be picked Le Price by mail, WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. ¥ THE JOKER'S CIGAR. The biggest sell of the sea- son. A real cigar made of . tobacco, but secreted in the - center of cigar about one-half inch from ¢nd is a fountain atet of sparkiets. The moment ee the fire reaches this fountain hundreds of sparks of fire burst forth in every direction, to the astonishment of the smoker, The fire is stage fire, and will not burn the skin or clething. After the fireworks the victim can continue smoking the cigar to the end. Price, 10c.; 8 for 25c; 1 dozen, 90c., mailed, post- he. LANG, 1815 Centre 8t., B’klyn, N. ¥- | TO READ re BOYS. LOOK! Just Cut. The Most Wonderful Wild ’ * West Indian Puzzle Ever Invented. Looks simple, but will always fo | your friends. You can easily earn bic money making and selling them ourself. 10 cents gets one with full instructions free. RY, S71 Willlam, Winnipeg, Canada. 2 Wanted. $1 to $800 paid for Old Coins hundreds of coins dated before 1895. Send 10¢ for our illustrated coin value book, 4x7: get posted. Clarke & Co., Box%, Le Roy,N.Y. ee a a a ee ee ES WINDOW SMASHERS. The greatest sensation, from Paris. A most wonder- ful effect of a smashing, pe falling ane or glass. It will elect: every- y- When you come home, Siam the door shut and at the same time throw the discs to the floor. Every pane of glass in the — i an fe i to have been shat- ered. rice, by mail, post ng es, paid, 35c., a set WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. Y. THE INK BLOT JOKER. Fool Your Frienéa —tThe greatest novel- ty of the age! Have a joke which makes everybody laugh. More fun than any other novelty that has been shown in years. Place it on a desk, tablecloth, o: any piece of furniture, as shown in the above cut, near some valuable papers, or on fine wearsg apparel. Watch the re- gult! Oh, Gee! Price, 15c, each, postpaid. WOLFF NOVEE2Y CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. ¥, MAGIC CARD BOX.—A very cleverly madaq box of exchanging or vanishing cards. In fact, any number of tricks of this character can be performed by it. A very necessary magical accessory. Price, 15¢, FRANK SMITH, 383 Lenox Ave., N. Y. Stories” Absolutely the finest little publication on the news-stands me PRICE 5 CENTS A COPY @& ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY BEAUTIFUL COLORED COVER DESICN - New portraits of actors and actresses every week EVERY NUMBER CONTAINS THIRTY-TWO PAGES FINE HALF-TONE FRONTISPIECES Get a copy of this weekly magazine and see what Itis Six Gripping Stories, based on the latest ‘and best films, each profusely illustrated with fine half-tones of scenes in the , lays. $Photographs and Biographies of the most celebrated Photoplay Special Articles relating to Moving Pictures, written by the gr actors and actresses. eatest 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 al) the companies who may 4uy the plays you write. 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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 practica) joker of the day. No. 66. HOW TO DO PUZZLES.—Con- taining over three hundred interesting puzzles and conundrums, with key to same. A com- plete book. Fuily illustrated. No. 67. HOW TO DO ELECTRICAL TRICKS.—Containing a large collection of in- structive and highly amusing electrical tricks, together with illustrations. By A. Anderson. No. 68. HOW TO DO CHEMICAL TRICKS. —Containing over one hundred highly amus- ing and instructive tricks with chemicals. By A. Anderson. Handsomely Illustrated. No. 69. HOW TO DO SLEIGHT-OF-HAND. —Containing over fifty of the latest and best tricks used by magicians. Also containing the secret of second sight. Fully illustrated. No. 70. HOW TO MAKE MAGIC TOYSs.— Containing full directions for making Magic Toys and devices.of many kinds. Fully illus- trated. No. 71. HOW TO DO MECHANICAL TRICKS.—Containing complete instructions for performing over sixty Mechanica! Tricks. Fully illustrated. DO SIXTY TRICKS No. 72. HOW TO WITH CARDS.—Embracing all of the latest and most deceptive card tricks, with illus- trations. No. 73. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH NUMBERS.—Showing many curious tricks by all newsdealers, or will be sent to any address on receipt of price, 10 cts. per copy, ur 8 for 25 cts., in money or postage stamps, - 168 West 23d St., New York. ouR TrEW-CENT BAND BOOE S with figures and the magic of numbers. By OE a nD a o. 4 ‘O WRITE LETTERS CORRECTLY.—Containing full instructions for writing letters on almost any subject; also rules for punctuation and composition, with specimen letters. No. 75. HOW TO BECOME A CONJURER. —Containing tricks with Dominoes, Dice, Cups and Balls, Hats, etc. Embracing thirty- ag ee ae By A. 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Sixty-four pages; handsome col- ored cover, containing a half-tone photo the author. No. 81, HOW TO MESMERIZE.—Cont ing the most approved methods of m ism; animal magnetism, or, magnetic h ing. By Prof. Leo Hugo Koch, A.C.S. au of “How to Hypnotize,” 3 No. 82. HOW TO DO PALMISTRY., taining the most approved methods of ing the lines on the hand, together with a explanation of their meaning. Also expl ing phrenology, and the key for telling acter by the bumps on the head. By Hugo Koch, A.C.S. Fully illustrated. No. 83. HOW TO HYPNOTIZE.—Con ing valuable and instructive information garding the science of hypnotism. Also plaining the most approved methods w are employed by the leading hypnot the world. Hugo Koch, —Containing information regarding choi subjects, the use of words and the mani preparing and submitting manuscript containing valuable information as to neatness, legibility and general com: of manuscript.