Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 538) (1916 01 21)

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STORIES OF | BOVS THAT MAKE MONEY. OUT For Tne DOLLARS; oR, A SMART BOY IN WALLS TREET, 3/:22-atechtn | ND OTHER STf ae As Mr. Chiswell entered the room from his private office, Fred advanced to the closet and the door wide open. A weird-looking, black-haired giant of a man stalked forth. Hattie shrieked, dropped the cash drawer, and fainted.

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ty ore & = ~ = : Fame and Fortune Weekly STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY lesued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Untered at the New York, N. Y., Post Office as Second-Class Matter, by Frank Tousey, Publisher, 168 West 23d Street, New York. No. 538. NEW YORK, JANUARY 21, 1916. Price 5 Cents. - OUT FOR THE DOLLARS Liat Gabe’ J A SMART BOY IN WALL STREET 4 By A SELF-MADE MAN Ae y. Ses, Ns DAs le) “S CHAPTER I. “You'd think so if you read our page advertisement in a couple of the Sunday papers yesterday. It began with the — OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. | words, “The Eyes of the World Are Turned Toward Mexico— the Earth’s Greatest Treasure House of Gold and Silver,’ in “Hey. Fred, what’s your rush?” cried Billy Brown, messen- ger for Edwards, Saunders & Co., stock brokers, Exchange Place, as an alert, good-looking lad slid around the corner of Wall and Broad streets, in front of the Morgan Bank, and ran smack into his arms. ““Phat you, Billy?” exclaimed Fred Stanfield. “Excuse me | ee fOr: ‘butting into you, but I didn’t see you. How are things . coming?” -“Same as ever. Everything comes my way but money, barring my wages on Saturday, and I don’t need a horse and Wagon to carry that home. Say, I heard that you had a fall- ng-out with Osgood.” - “That's right,” nodded Fred. “And that you left him.”. “That's right, too. Who told you?” “That red-headed dude, the cashier, The fellow you never epuld get along with. He was always running to Osgood vith some story about you. Was he the cause of your leay- big type.” “A page advertisement, eh? Your boss is angling for the lambs in great shape.” “I heard him tell a man to-day that the opportunity of his life was at hand; that Great Expectations, now selling }at twenty cents a share, would soon be hard to get-at a dollar. He said that fortune was knocking loudly at his’ visitor’s door, and that if he failed to (ke advantage of the fact it was his own funeral.” “Trying to sell him some of the sae I suppose. Well, — did he bite?” om “He bought ten 100-share certificates.” “At. twenty cents a share?” “Of course. That's the price. It’s gone up. Miss Rich- — mond, the stenographer, told me that the incorporation stock _ was selling for a nickel a share a month since. After the — company was fully formed it jumped to ten cents. Now it’s — aid an important letter on the end of his desk and told me| «possiply. I understand that a rich vein of ore ba heen. D mail it, and that I didn’t do it.” discovered in the mine and is belng developed. I took some “Which wasn’t so, I suppose?” copy to our printer’s te-day. It may have been for a new’ “ot course it wasn't so. Whenever I went out, except on| circular advertising the fact.” J urgent haste for Mr. Osgood, I always looked at the end of anghorne’s desk to see if he had any letters laid out there *to mail. On the occasion in question he didn’t have the ghost : one, and he lied when he said he did: That is what I told . Osgood before the chap’s face. I also told him that I tired of having Langhorne knock at me at every chance gas find to do so, and as there didn’t seem to be much 2 e of sk changing his tactics I ahianatiie I'd leave, and I “How is your job, anyway? Easy?” : “I always have something to do to fill in time. When I'm not out, I'm folding circulars. putting them into envelopes and addressing them. When I get a valiseful I take ‘them down to the sub-station and turn them in.” “I suppose your boss has ‘a big mail?” =i : “Well, say. it makes Osgood’s look like thirty cents. tie Richmond, our stenographer, goes through it. This morn- ing when Mr. Chiswell came in her table was covered | checks, postal orders and registered letters: to beat the band. We are doing a land-office business.” “Do you get as much as you did at Osgood’s?” ee att “Two dollars more. There's nothing mean about Mr. well.” “You're in luck.” “T am that, for I picked up a tip to-day on the Saeed”. “Did you, really? What was it?” “Got any money to prahend. “Nott redi”. ote wo tao wt 7 “You wasn’ *t out of a “job long.” ‘ +) fOne, day > > eWwho are you working for now?” - | “Horace Chiswell.” “Who is he? Never heard of ‘him. i! \: There are lots of people in business down here that you heafd of, Billy.” gt at's no lie. Is he a broker?” mining broker. He's the Eastern representative of Expectations. Mining & Milling ‘Company of Chi- co. ™ good, grinned Billy. “Is there -any- ing?” twenty.’ “Yes, he was at the bottom of it. He told Osgood that he “And next week it will be thirty?” L geet expectations to 1? it?”

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wt “T found out that a certain stock is going to be boomed.” “What is the name of the stock?” “Tf it would do you any good I'd tell you; but, as you _ haven't any money, what’s the use?” : “I might sell the information and raise a few cases.” “You couldn’t sell it, Billy. A possible buyer would de- _ Mand your authority. What could you say? Only that you got your knowledge from another messenger boy. Nay, nay, ‘Billy. It wouldn't work.” _ “What are you going to do with the tip?” “T’ve done all I’m going to do with it.” “What's that?” _ “T bought twenty shares of the stock at 68, on margin, and a little while ago when the Exchange closed it was going at 64, so I'm twenty dollars ahead of the game at this point.” _ “Gee! You're a bloated capitalist. They must have cost you over a hundred dollars.” “They did. They cost me a hundred and twenty-six dol- “a - “Where did you get so much money?” “Saved it one way or another since I’ve been in Walt Street.” _ “I don’t see how you did it.” + i a I did it, or I wouldn’t have it to call on, would E. Billy had to admit the logic of that answer, and, as he ‘suddenly recollected he had lost considerable time talking to Fred, he said he had to move on, and so the boys parted. _ Fred Stanfield, who had lately thrown up a position he had held for two years because of the personal spite of the shier of the firm, and had immediately secured another at he liked eyer so much better, was a elever boy. The only relative he had in the world was an aunt, who lived in a small Connecticut town. He had lived with her until he graduated from the public ol, when he came to New York City and got a position Wali Street as office boy to William Osgood, a stock er. He had a room on West 127th street, and took his meals : a restaurant. _ Being thrown entirely on his own resources had a tendency to make him independent and self-reliant. Up to the time of the opening of this story he had managed ) save out of his wages and the tips he occasionally got hundred and thirty-five dollars, which he kept in a sav- bank not far from the office building in which he was e had just drawn the greater part of this money to make necessary deposit. on a ten-per cent. margin to secure enty shares of C. & F. stock, which he had good reason believe was about to be boomed by a clique of capitalists. it is unnecessary to go into particulars about just ~how he presen _ Everybody in Wall Street was out for the dollars, and our sro Was no exception to the rule. : = ‘ — CHAPTER Il. a tr eis FRED AND THE STENOGRAPHER. fhat Fred’s tip on C. & F. was undoubtedly a good one _ Was evidenced inside of a day or two, whem the shares ad- : i rapidly to 68. — Chiswell had a ticker in his office, for his own use as many customers for whom he purehased railroad as ‘made his purehase through a member of the Exchange, Pape om ee arrangement to divide commissions. g Company _received by messenger Exchange, to which Mr. OUT FOR THE DOLEARS. just as intently as if the quotations were railroad stocks dealt in at the Broad Street Exchange.” “Tt is easier for persons of small means to speculate in mining stocks, as the value of those securities are so much less than the railroad shares,” she replied. “The highest- priced stock on the list is Tonopah Mining, which this after- noon is quoted at twenty-one dollars, with Goldfield Mohawk a close second at eighteen dollars. Nine out of every ten | of the ether stocks are listed at less than a dollar, many be- , ing as low as six cents.” “T haven't much confidence in stock that is selling as low as that,” remarked Fred. “I mean six cents and thereabouts.” “You may set them down as prespects—that is, undevel- oped mines, that are not as yet producing any ore to speak of. When a mine begins actual shipment of its ore it be- gins to loom up as a dividend-payer in the near future, and naturally its price goes up.” “You seem to be pretty well up in Western stocks, Miss Richmond,” said Fred. “Well, I’ve been with Mr. Chiswell ever since he began business, and I am expected to keep pretty well informed on matters that come directly and constantly under my atten- tion.” “I shouldn't care to speculate in mining stock, anyway. I don’t want to fool with things I am not up in. I was over two years with Mr. Osgood, and would have been with him yet only for that cashier of his, who got his knife in me for some reason, which made it impossible for me to remain at the office. Although I was not expected to study Stock Ex- change methods, for I was only the office and messenger boy, still I did so, for I have always been interested in the fluctu- ati of the market, and mean some day to do a little specu- ince on my own hook.” f you take my advice you will not speculate at all,” said Hattie. : ’ : “Why not?” “Because the chances.are all against you. You ought to know that without me telling you. People are losing money every day in Wall Street.” “That's true. I’ve seen lots of them drop their little bank rolls at Mr. Osgood’s office.” “Then I should think you have had object-lessons enough to teach you to keep clear of the market.” “That's right in a way, but when a fellow gets a tip——” “A tip,” laughed Hattie Richmond. “That doesn’t happen very often, I guess. Inside information isn’t in the habit of leaking out—at least, so I have been told. At any rate, it isn’t reasonable to suppose that it does.” F “That's true, too, Still, it does get out occasionally. I know of several messenger boys who made considerable money out of the pointers they picked wp one way or an- other.” : } “They were the lucky ones. I believe there is an exception © to every im : 4 “Then I may be reckoned as one of the lucky ones, for I got hold of a good tip the other day myself.” ‘ “Are you sure it’s a good tip?” she asked incredulously. “Yes, I am pretty confident of it.” j “How can you be sure of anything down in Wall Street?” 4 “Well, I can’t very’ well go into particulars about this ~ one, Miss Richmond, but I think so well of it that I put up | all my money on the strength of it.” J “You did? How much did you risk?” J “One hundred and twenty-six dollars.” : “You foolish boy!” “Perhaps F was foolish, but I don’t think so just now. I ¢ figure that I am a sure winner.” , ~ 5 “That’s the way all the people figure who invest in the — market, otherwise they wouldn’t come down here to specu- — late with their money.” ~ “Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Miss Richmond,” j laughed Fred. % .“That’s all right when you have a fair chance to win; but in the stock market the risk is too unequal.” “Except where you have a tip.” : obese Ne “Not one in a thousand ever gets what you call a tip.” } “Well, I’ve got a tip this time, all right,” persisted Fre “I hope it may turn out to your advantage, Fred,” the girl. “What is this tip if I may ask the question Die am hoe ag baie Sul Fe dl 4m My a rit

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OUT FOR THE. DOLLARS. am a hundred and forty dollars ahead at this moment,” said Fred, triumphantly. “So far you are fortunate, I must admit. only paper profits until youn close the deal. idea how high the stock may go?” “I calculate on it going to 80, at any rate.” “alg you good grounds for supposing it will?” “ es.” “This isn’t your first speculation, is it?” “Yes. I've been saving up mygmoney for the purpose of taking advantage of the first thing that came my way. This is the first chance I’ve seen that promised results, so I went. the whole hog on it.” : “Well, you have my best wishes for your success, Fred.” __ “Thank you, Miss Richmond. I feel it in my bones that I'm going to come out on top, and when a fellow feels that way I think Inck is on his side. At any rate, I'm out for the dollars, and I mean to land a good bunch of them before I get to be twenty-one.” Just then Mr. Chiswell rang his bell for Fred, and the conversation came to an end, A few days after the foregoing conversation there was wre pean in the Steck Exchange over the rise in Fred had kept close watch on the stock, and when he saw it jump point after point he felt pretty good. At length it reached 80. “That's high enough for me,” he said, and he ran around to the little bank where he had arranged his modest deal and ordered his shares sold. : This was done inside of fifteen minutes, his stock going at 80 1-2, ~ Nert day he- received a check and a statement of account from the bank and showed both to Hattie. . 4 There, now, I have closed out that little deal and made three hundred and forty dollars, How is that for a starter, Miss Richmond?” “You are a very fortunate boy,” she replied. “I more than doubled my capital. That's the advantage of working a good thing for all it’s worth.” “I hope you will be careful not to lose what you have made in this Ceal.” “I shall look out for another tip.” “And you really expect to rum across anether pointer as Your profits are Haye you any % good as that one?” a “If a fellow keeps wide-awake he is likely to hear of a grezt many things to his advantage one way or another.” CHAPTER III. ‘AT THE RISK OF HIS LUPE. Five hundred dollars was quite a comfortable little sum for a boy of Fred’s years to possess, together with the con- Sclouspess that he had made every cent of it himself. ’ Not knowing when he would find another favorable oppor- tunity to go into the market, he deposited it in a nearby savings bank, and placed his book in the office safe in an envelope addressed to himself. Fred seen got as familiar with the mining stock quota- » tions of the Western markets as he was with those of the New York Stock Exchange. _ As loads of mining literature came to the office in the mail, he soon began to distinguish the good, reliable mines from the poor ones and the mere prospects. ‘ Every good mining property seemed to be surrounded by parasite claims that tried to make capital out of their prox- imity to the ore-bearing ledges owned and exploited by the lucky ones, - The wildcat mines were largely in excess of the real pro- ducers,.and Fred soon had most of them spotted. He noticed. however, that Mr. Chiswéil had more of the _wildeats for sale than those listed on the exchanges, pos- siily secause there was more money in it for him. fie found plenty of work for Fred to do, both” in and out of the office, and it was seldom that the boy got away before five o'clock. , One morning the broker called Fred into his private room Weare s35 cus. George ilsswrocd: Dhccptexs _. *Take o Mr, ree ; -of the Bon- 2 Mine, Room —, in the Bowling Green “d right, sir,” replied Fred, who got his hat and started corner of Beaver street and Broadway a lady and both stylishly attired, who had been walking! that he would not prosecute the cap "i, Se Oe Te — ahead of him, started to cross the street toward Bowling yreen Park. Fred followed close behind them. Suddenly the little girl broke away from her companion, who seemed to be her mother, and darted ahead with out- stretched arms toward a gentleman who stood on the walk in front of the park. 7 At that moment.a touring automobile darted out from behind a slow-going wagon and bore right down on the child. . The lady saw the child's peril and tried to grab at her, but failed. : Fred, whe had caught sight of the motor car first, sprang alead of it, grasped the little girl in his arms, but was struck and hurled half a dozen feet away. Rolling over and over, he instinctively held the child close te him, and thus saved her from injury. Several people, including the gentleman we have men- tioned, who was the child’s father, rushed to the spot where Fred had brought up against the curb. ix Everybody thought that both the plucky lad and the girl were either killed or at least badly injured. Willing hands picked them up, and the frantie father clasped his little daughter to his breast in an agony of grief. “Gee! Where am I at?” asked Fred, looking around in a dazed way. “Are you hurt?” asked several voices. \ “Hurt?” replied Fred. “I don't know. had fallen in on me.” In a few moments it was seen that, with the exception of some scratches and a cut over his eye, the boy was not in- jured. The little girl had escaped scot free. By this time a big crowd had collected. The driver of the motor car had stopped, dismounted and run back to the scene to ascertain the extent of the damage he had dene. Half the people scowled at him and muttered words that were not to his credit. However, it really was not his fault, as the child had un- consciously thrown herself in his path where the distance was too short for him. to stop in time to avoid the collision, and Fred had deliberately courted the danger in order to save the little girl. A eae eell came up, and when he learned the facts he put the auto man under arrest, and the father of the girl angrily declared that he would push the case against him. It presently developed that the driver of the car was a’ wealthy capitalist. . He offered to square things with the father of the child, and also with Fred, who by this time was satisfied that he was not much hurt by the collision. The officer insisted that the parties connected with the acci- dent board the auto with him and go to the station. Fred objected. . . “T've po letter to deliver at the building across the street. I work in Wall Street, and time is money with me.” He showed the letter to the officer. The father of the girl saw the superscription on the envelope “Why, that’s for me,” he exclaimed. “My name is Sherwood. I'm secretary of the Bonanza Mine. My office is on the tenth floor of the Bowling Green Building. “Well, if you're Mr. George Sherwood, that note is for you,” said Fred. : “Who is it from?” asked the gentleman. “Mr. Horace Chiswell, No. — Wall! Street.” ; “Ah, yes; I know him very well,” and he put the letter in his pocket, “Well, my lad, you have saved my little daughter's ~ life, and I can never thank you enough for your little I thought a house pany us to the station as the policeman Mr. Sherwood, his wife and daughter boarded took possession of the rear seat. Abbott, got in the front seat, and off they went to the station. - On. their arrival everybody lined up before the sergeant’s — desk, and the officer stated why he had arrested the gentle- Mr. Abbott wanted to know nce .more if the matter could up,” he said. Pur. Sherwood had cooled down by this time, and até i- =~ - ‘ Lee Rot oe ae Mer sk courage in snatching her from almost certain death. You must accom- the auto and The officer, Fred and the owner of the car, whose name was ‘ man. ‘Ve thin oe gos '-*” ¢* s4 ,

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OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. a. “lt _S7 oa Spe ee ete oh ee dee oo ei Si hee eee eS ie re ae a a — Finally matters were arranged that he was to pay Fred the Sum of five hundred dollars and give him a new suit of clothes. ' The sergeant told him that he would have to hold him for examination before a magistrate, and so the capitalist. sent a > nce to his lawyer to make arrangements to bail him Mr. Sherwood insisted that Fred must go to his office. “This note from Mr. Chiswell will require an answer, and I want to talk to you, anyway.” d ’ So Fred accompanied him; with his wife and daughter, to +4 his office in the Bowling Green Building. ; Here both Mr. Sherwood and his wife expressed their grati- ro tude to the boy in a profuse manner, and the secretary of the Bonanza Mine wanted to give Fred his check for a thousand dollars. i) os however, firmly refused to accept a money considera- ‘ on. __ “TI wouldn’t take such a chance as that for money. I did it _ to save your little girl, and I feel repaid by the knowledge that ‘she escaped without a mark. I shall accept no reward what- ever, sir. I simply did my duty.” - “Very well, my brave lad; but I hope you will understand _. that we are your friends from this moment. You must call and see us as soon as you can make it convenient to do so. If I can ever be of any help to you, I want you to call on me.” Fred agreed to call, and, taking the answer to the note, he hastened back to Mr. Chiswell’s office. ee CHAPTER IV. y THE CIPHER TELEGRAM, _* “Why, Fred Stanfield, whatever has happened to you?” ex- claimed Hattie Richmond, when Fred walked into the office. f “Butting against an auto, that’s all,” replied the boy, with - @ smile. . *You look it. Do you really mean to say that you were _ struck by one of those machines?” _ “T was.” “My gracious! Where?” “On Broadway, opposite Beaver street.” _ “You've got a cut over your eye, and your clothes, look like ~ seyen days of rainy weather. You must have had a narrow escape.” ee SF did.” j *Tell me how it happened.” “Ig Mr. Chiswell in?” yi a. ee.” b “Then wait till I've taken this answer to him.” __ “He was out here looking for you a few minutes ago.” ~ “Thought I was away a good while, eh? Well, I got back _@8 soon as I could.” Fred marched into the private office, handed Mr. Chiswell the note he brought from Mr. Sherwood, and explained what had happened to him. ; _ “You bad a lucky escape, young man,” replied the mining _ broker, with a half-smile. “So it was Mr. Sherwood’s little girl you saved?” _ “Yes, sir.” ~ “Well, you are a plucky boy. Was the man who ran you arrested?” ; Yes, sir; but neither Mr.Sherwocd nor I will appear against oy He’s going to send me a check for five hundred dollars and ordef? for a new suit of clothes to square himself with mg or you. Go home for the rest of the day if ‘want to.” 2 ‘ ; . Thank you, sir; but I guess it isn’t necessary. I feel all Fred returned to the reception-room and told Hattie all the irticulars of the mishap. oat gine iy that he was an uncommonly brave boy to do e : . 5 hile they were talking a bright-faced young man came troduced himself as a reporter from a big daily, and pro- d t the accident. yi “He couldn't do much less. when he came within an ace of | “The paper exaggerated the distance. I was only knocked six or eight feet, but I don’t want to try the thing over again. I tell you, Billy, I felt as if a dozen mules’ hind legs had landed on me all at once.” “I don’t see how you escaped being run over.” “Tt was my luck not to be.” “You saved the little girl, all right, and her folks must be pretty grateful to you.” “They said they were, at any rate.” Billy left him at the corner of New street to go to his office, which was in Exchange Place. . The early mail brought the five-hundred-dollar check and an order on a big clothing store for a new suit of clothes from Mr. Abbott, the capitalist, together with a note expressing his sincere regrets that the accident had happened. Fred had the check cashed by Mr. Chiswell and put: the money with the rest of his funds. < Altogether he was now worth $975. Next day a long telegram came to the office from the head-- quarters of the Great Expectation Mining and Milling Com- pany in Denver stating that a ledge of high-grade ore had been discovered in one of the tunnels of the mine, and order- ing Mr. Chiswell to announce another raise in the shares in ten days from date. ‘ ; The telegram was framed and hung up in the office near the ticker, and it caused considerable excitement among those customers who had been persuaded to buy G. E. stock at five, ten or twenty cents a share, as the case might be. This gave more work to the printer, who produced several |tac-sim! “personal” typewritten letters and the same number fac-similes of ‘the telegram. . It took Hattie and Fred the best part of two days to pre pap for the mail.. ; rst the girl, had to,.write the name and address of, one of the persons who had bought the stock, or made inquiries about it of Mr. Chiswell, at the head of each of the printed “type- written” letters, and then Fred addressed an envelope to each of the persons, enclosed the letter and copy of the telegram, ‘and stamped it. These he subsequently mailed in bulk at the sub-station. The result of all this was a renewed rush for stock on the part of out-of-town residents, and cash flowed into the office for some days after that. Of course, Mr. Chiswell did not make all this money. It had to be sent to the company’s office at Denver; but he got a good-sized rake-off in the shape of a commission. The Great Expectation Mine looked to be a winner; but still Fred did not buy any of the shares at twenty cents, although he knew that the price would soon be thirty. ; It is not improbable that he might have been tempted to invest his nine hundred and seventy-five dollars in it but that Mr. Sherwood, to whom he spoke about it, gave him a hint to keep out. The day following the rise of Great Expectations to thirty cents, on paper, Fred carried a note from Mr. Chiswell to a brokerage firm in the Mills Building. The man he had to deliver the note to was engaged, and Fred was toid to sit down and wait. As he took a chair he noticed a folded sheet of yellow paper lying on the carpet, and, picking it up, he began to amuse payee drawing rude caricatures of the bald-headed cashier on it. After he had covered all the available blank space with | these outlines, he unfolded the sheet in order to use the re- j verse side, : Then he noticed that it was a telegraph blank. There was a message on it in typewriting, addresscd to a well-known broker of Wall Streot. . The message, however, was 2 strange kind of one, being a species of cipher. ; At any rate, it was constructed on the lines of a tel code message—a succession of words without any collective meaning. . P This is the way it looked to Fred: *Wittiam P. Sara, : “No. — Wall Street, New York: midis “Theater consonantuess anabasis astacolite fatitiousness by évidence (2) sharking oaker andorrese gabbler_ a younker canaliculate ghastfully, ~~ Jorpan.” — Fred stndied the strange telegraphic message with erable ‘interest. he ese “Now, what the dickens does ail this mean?

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Smith is one of the big guns of the Street. This must be an order to buy a certain stock, or perhaps a bit of inside infor- mation about something that's going to happen. It is cer- tainly important, or it wouldn’t be put in a cipher code. Now, isn’t this enough to make a fellow mad? I'll bet this is a tip, and yet is about as intelligible as a Chinese puzzle.” Just then the office boy came up to him and said that the broker he wanted to see was disengaged, and that he could go into his private office. So Fred put the telegraphie message in his pocket, and car- ried the note he had brought in to the broker, who wrote an answer for him to take back to Mr. Chiswell. He had no time to examine the telegram again until he went to his room after supper; then he sat down and perused it long and earnestly, cudgeling his brains to get a line on the Meaning of it, but all to no purpose. Next morning he showed the cipher message to Hattie and told her how it had come into his possession. “It seems like a code message,” she said. “There are sev- eral codes in general use. The words of any one of them may have been used in this message.”. “No,” replied Fred, shaking his head. “If it’s an impor- tant stock message, as I believe it is, on account of it being addressed to William P. Smith, it is probably written in the words of a private code or cipher known only to Mr. Smith and the sender, probably.” “That’s a reasonable guess,” admitted Hattie. “Still, you never can tell what means of communication people will adopt. If I was you I’d run in next door to Barlow Bros.’ 6ffice and look up the words in their cable code book. At any rate, if it doesn’t fit, you'll know ‘that the cable code wasn’t Fred was absent fifteen minutes, and came back with word that the cable code would not answer even a little bit. “I guess you'd better throw the''Messagé in the waste- basket,” laughed Hattie. “You'll never be able to read it.” “No; I'm going to keep it a while and see if I can study it out.” : . “You'll only waste your time over it, Fred.” “Well, after office hours it is my own, and if I waste it that’s my own funeral.” “I'll bet you a box of candy that you'll never be able to make anything out of it,” she said laughingly. “I'll take you up, if only for the fun of the thing,” replied | Fred. “Shake hands on it.” They did, and Hattie declared that the candy was as good as hers. “Don't be too positive of that. I've got’a great head, and when there's such a thing as a tip in the wind I'm not going to let it get away from me without a struggle.” ’ Fred put the mysterious telegram away in his pocket, in- tending to do his very best to translate it into common sense. CHAPTER V. SOLVING THE PUZZLE. A couple of young students had the square room next to his in the private house where he lodged, and that evening he went in to see them, for he knew they had a big unabridged. dictionary. He showed'them the mysterious telegram, and told them _ that the stenographer in his office had bet him a dollar box of _candy that he could not translate it. “Now, I'd like to do it, just to show her that a little thing like this can’t stump me.” “We'll help you win that candy,” one of the students said. “Then you can divide the spoils with us.” “All right,” Fred. “I’m so interested in that mes- sage that I'd give a ten-dollar bill to be able to read it cor- ee the three put their heads together and tried to study it _ “Who is William P. Smith?” asked one of the students. _ “He is a well-known broker in Wall Street,” replied Fred. . “Then this telegram probably has some reference to stocks.” “I am sure it has,” answered the young messenger. __ “Possibly an order from the person who signs himself Jor- ; dan to buy or sell a certain stock.” j “T am not sure of that, because there are no initials of any ; shown in the telegram. _ Brokers usually the under some and Mr. Smith. - Ss) ‘ This is not unlikely, as +2. — ~ OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. - 5 —— it might be a vital matter between these gentlemen to keep the name of the stock a secret except to themselves.” “How can you tell but it may be an invitation to a theater party, or something of that kind?” said the other student. “It begins with the word. theater.” “Nonsense!” exclaimed his companion. “Why would just that one word be intelligible? Besides, the dispatch comes from Portland, Oregon. He wouldn’t invite a New Yorker way out there across the continent to go to the theater: No, that word has a different meaning.” “It might mean “The,” suggested Fred, “the other letters being added to deceive the eye.” “That’s right, it might. Many sentences begin with ‘The’. But how about the next word? I don’t see any sense in that,” They studied over the words for some time without reaching a any result. O Suddenly Fred gave a shout. ‘i “Say, I believe I’ve caught on to something.” ‘ “What is it?” asked the students together. ce “I’ve just noticed that the first letters of Oaker, Gabbler and Wadding, joined by the And of Andorrese, which fstiows a Oaker, is the Stock Exchange abbreviation for the Oregon & : Great Western Railread, the main offices of which are in Port- land, Oregon.” > “Where this telegram comes from,” exclaimed one of the z students. “BPxactly,” replied Fred, in some excitement. “Admitting that you are right, that does not seem to furnish the key to, the balance of the words,” said one of the other two. , “Well, Ill bet Oregon & Great Western has something to do vz with it,” insisted -Fred. “Maybe so. What do you suppose that figure 2 in paren- theses means?” ; Bi: This was a puzzle that-none of them could get around. se They worked over the telegram for another hour, and then 4 the students threw up the sponge. “It can’t be read without the Key to the puzzle,” said one of them, finally, “and I guess the man who sent it and the man who received it are the only ones in the secret.” “Then, as I am neither one nor the other, I might as well make up my mind.that I’m out the dollar for candy,” said ‘ Fred, with a grimace. ; s “You are certainly the victim, and we are out the time we lost over it,” replied the student. Next morning when Fred reached the office he told Hattie that he guessed she had won the box of candy. “Three cf us worked over that telegram for nearly two how . ; and in the end we had to give it up. We couldn't make feed ; ? or tail out of it,” he said. * Hattie laughed. thd “Then you've given it up for good and all?” she asked. “Not yet. I’m going to Lave another shy at it before I ad- mit that I'm beaten. I think I’ve got on to the meaning, of some of the words; at any rate, that is my impression. By the way,” as an idea struck him, “I wonder if Barlow Bros, have a railroad manual in their cffice?” “Why don’t you go in and see?” Fred decided that he would. 1 Railread Manual. | They had, and Fred was allowed to look at it. Looking up the Oregon & Great Western, the boy f his great satisfaction, that the secretary of the road was ward S. Jordan, eine “Now I’m sure that those four words in the telegram mean O. & G. W.,” said Fred to himself. “That’s something anyhow. But the question is, how am I going to read the rest?” ie, ed rotund mao ent ee 0) to his des. slit open a 4 rs the pe ae by the morning mail, so that Hattie could go through | them with more speed. , 2 ee At intervals during the day the young ‘messenger thought Kae about that puzzling telegram. Lies 2) Weta lt & When five o'clock came around he had decided to go up pray adh rs berg telegram to the librari: was a 1 told bia bones He recollected that this gentleman es ee ee f=, 4

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6 - unraveling of cryptograms and other kinds of cipher writing was a hobby of his. “He’s just the man I want to consult,” said Fred, and so to the Cooper Union building he went as soon as he was through with his day’s work.. ; ‘He found the librarian at his desk. “You like to decipher hidden writing, Mr. French,” he said. “Do you think you could get around this little puzzle?” The librarian studied it a moment or two, and then a smile broke over his features. , “Mr. William P. Smith, eh? I guess I could give you the translation of this if I had the time to look the matter up. This seems to be the very code that I invented myself when at Columbia College, and which I haven’t thought of for years. William Smith and I were chums. We used to amuse our- selves writing to each other by means of a code similar to this. It was a very simple arrangement, but utterly unreadable to any one not in the secret of its construction. We worked it with Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary—the old one, not the International, which had not been printed at that time. There is one in the reference room. I'll tell you the secret of our code, and then you can go and see if you can work the thing out. If this is my code, as it seems to be, you'll fetch it all right.” > Fred was tickled to death at hearing this, and listened a to the explanation which Mr. French gave, as fol- OWS: “Hunt up the words of the message. Then in each case count up to the tenth after the word found and write down the result. When you find a figure in parenthéses after a word, it means that there are more than one entry of the same word, and you are to take the one from which to count. There, that’s the whole thing. Isn’t it stmple?” “Simple as rolling off a log,” laughed Fred, “when you know how to do it. I hope this is your code, for if it is I stand - some show of winning a bet I have with our stenographer. _ She said I couldn’t read it to save my life, and I agreed to ‘buy her a box of candy if it stumped me. I'd like to win that candy just to show her that I’m not a muttonhead.” zh “Well, go into the reference room and try your luck,” said - the librarian. “The young lady there will let you have a Websier’s Unabridged.” - $o Fred went into the room, got the dictionary and brought _ it to a long table in the center of the room, about which were gathered several people reading books belonging to that de- _ partment; and then, armed with pencil and paper, he sat down, 3 = Spine of suppressed excitment, to work out the task he had _ The first word of the message was “theater.” _ Checking off ten words upward he came to the word “the.” As sentences frequently begin with the word “the,” that looked encouraging. _ The second word was “consonaDtness,” and the tenth word above it was “consolidation.” _ He wrote that down after “the” and then studied the two words together. ; “The consolidation,” he muttered; “that reads all right.” Yo The third word was “apabasis,” and the tenth word above . “on. _ “The consolidation an,” he read. “That isn’t quite so clear. ‘I wonder if I got the right word that time?” _ He found on going over it again that he had. “Weil, I'll try the fourth word, which is ‘astacolite,’ and see how that will look attached to the others.” The tenth word proved to be “assured.” “The consolidation an assured———_ Gee! I believe I’m get- _ tinge it all right. What's the next word? ‘Factitiousness.’ Why, that must mean “fact,” he cried, with feverish eager- mess) as he counted off the ten words. »- Tt was “fact.” : _ *“Tke consolidation an assured fact,” he now read. “What consclidation? Why, the censolidation of two raflroads, ef : Hurrah! I've got it for fair.” ‘ti is a standing rule at the Cooper Union that perfect silence tt be maintained in the library and connecting ; vsation is only permitted to be carried on in a very low squently, when Fred let out a yell, everybody in the at him in surprise, and some of them may have ht he was abo of the room looked } of a most impor- OUT. FOR THE DOLLARS. bo heetecinnn ENED AC Wisden Sr Fred apologized and promised not to do it again. As he was a good-looking and gentlemanly boy, he was ex- cused, but warned that another outburst of that kind would lead to his removal from the room by the police officer in at- tendance at the library. Fred was as mute as a mopstick while working out the rest of the cipher, but he was a mighty excited boy. When he finished the job the completed translation read as follows: “The consolidation an assured fact. Buy every share O. & G. W. you can get.” “QO. & G. W., of course, means Oregon & Great Western. Buy every share, eh? That means that the consolidation, when publicly known, will make the stock boom. I wonder what it’s ruling at to-day? Never mind; I'll find that out in the morning. As soon as I do I’m going to get in on this deal on the ground floor with Mr. William P. Smith. Bet your life I am. If I only had about fifty thousand dollars now, perhaps I wouldn’t make a fine haul. Well, I'll have to do the best I can with my little one thousand. I ought to be able to double my money, at any rate. That will be something. I’m out for the dollars, all right, and I’m going to get a good-sized wad just as quickly as’ I can.” With that comforting reflection, Fred left the Cooper Union and went to dinner. , CHAPTER VI. _ A REMARKABLE INTRUDER. Next morning the first thing Fred did at the restaurant was to get hold of a morning paper and look up the market report of the day previous. He found that Oregon & Great Western was ruling at 48. “Pll be able to put the’ margin up on two hundred shares,” he said to himself, : Then he tackled his breakfast with a first-class appetite. Soon after he reached the office Hattie came in. “Good-morning, Fred,” she said, with her customary smile. “Good-morning, Hattie. Did you bring that dollar?” “What dollar?” she asked, in some surprise. “The one to buy the candy with.” “The money will be ready when you show up the transla- tion of the message,” she said laughingly. “T’m ready to show it up now,” he replied promptly. “You don’t mean to say that you have solved ‘it?” in sur- prise. “That's just what I do mean to say.” “Really?” “Yes, really. I’m prepared to prove to you that my solution is the genuine thing by explaining how the cipher is. worked.” : “Well, upon my word, you're a wonderfully smart boy. How did you find it out?” “You'll never guess that,” chuckled Fred. “I expect you to save me that trouble by telling me.” “Here is the translation of the cipher message. It’s a first- class pointer, as I thought it was.” Fred showed her the solution he had writien out at the Cooper Union library. “There’s been a rumor printed in the papers at different times during the last three months that Oregon & Great West- ern was trying to gobble up the N. & P., which has been eut- into its freight and passenger traffic for some years since. Now, that telegram says that the consolidation (meaning N. & P., of course), is an assured fact. As soon as the news is officially confirmed O. & G. W. is bound to rise ten or fifteen points, maybe more. Mr. Smith is advised to buy every share he can get. Of course, he’s been out on a still hunt after the stock these two days.” “Now how did you manage to read it?” asked the stenog- rapher, curiously. Fred explained the secret of the private code. “My, how simple!” the girl said. “Half of-the puzzles we run across in this world are just as simple,” he replied; “but before one can read them he’s got to find the key.” .“How did you find it?” “Maybe I'li tel] you one of these days.” . “Why not now? i’m just dying to know.” “Ig 1 was to tell you, you'd know as much about it as I do,” Come, now,” coaxingly, “tell me

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OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. a am ree ad The entrance of Mr. Chiswell gave the boy an excuse for not| “I guess you’re dreaming, Hattie,” the boy replied, with an telling her how he got onto the secret of the cipher—at that incredulous laugh. time, at least. At noon Fred was sent to the printer’s, on Nassau street, and he availed himself of the opportunity to drop into the little bank and buy two hundred shares of O. & G. W., which he got at 48 on a margin of ten per cent. “I wonder if Mr. Sherwood would give me something for the use of this tip—say a percentage on what he might make? I've a great mind to call at his house this evening and speak to him about it. The more I can make off this pointer the better I'll be off in the end. I wish I had some more money to put into it.” Fred did call that night at the apartment house near Cen- ~tral Park, where the Sherwoods lived, and he had a very sat- isfactory interview with Mr. Sherwood. After he showed that gentleman the original cipher tele- gram, then the translation, and explained how he had read it, eh 5 tate became quite enthusiastic on the subject of He declared his readiness to go his limit on it, and told Fred that he should have twenty per cent. of his profits. ——s suits me all right, sir, if you wish to give me so u te . . _“I’ll be- glad to do it, Stanfield. I owe you a debt of grati- tude that I never can pay. In fact, I shouldn’t be treating you any too well if I gave you a full half of whatever I might make on a deal in. O. & G. W.” “I should have been satisfied with five per cent. of your winnings. I have put up ail the eash I had on it—one thou- seni dollars—and I hope to double that amount, or even do tter.” { Mr. Sherwood bought one thousand shares of the stock next day at 48 7-8, and one thousand:shares on the following day at 49 1-8—hoth on a ten per cent. margin. By the end of the week O. & G. W. was ruling at 51. The Sunday morning’s papers published the report that the ; = EF P. had been acquired and consolidated with the O. & This caused considerable interest to center around the stock on Monday morning when the Exchange opened for business, although the news was not confirmed, and considerable buying caused the price to advance in a short time to 53. The general impression prevailed in Wall Street that the deal in question had been secretly consummated, and a great a of brokers went around hunting for shares of O. & Iga WW ‘ On the top of ail this the general tone of the market was bullish, and no surprise was expressed when the Western road went as high as 57 before the Exchange closed for the day. That afternoon Fred ran across Julius Langhorne, cashier of his late employer, William Osgood, for the first time since he quit Osgood’s office. - Langhorne scowled at the boy, as the sight of him was a isagreeable sensation, and continued on his way. nee us!” breathed Fred. “He doesn’t like me even a little Funny that he should take sueh a grouch against me for no reason at all. Well, his attitude doesn’t bother me . I'm out of Osgood’s, and he can’t knock me any any way he could: to work casting up several: long columns of this job when Hattie started across the the cash drawer in her hand. ig near a big closet in which Mr. Chiswell well ing reports, unused circulars and other “No, indeed, I’m not. I heard a peculiar noise in that closet: Won't you please look and see?” “Sure,” replied Stanfield, good-naturedly. As Mr. Chiswell entered the room from his private office, Fred advanced to the closet and threw the door wide open. A weird-looking, black-haired giant of 4 man stalked forth. Hattie shrieked, dropped the cash drawer, and fainted. CHAPTER VII. THE MAN FROM THE WEST. “What does this mean?” exclaimed Mr. Chiswell. you, sir, and why were you hiding inside my closet?” j The gigantic intruder, who held his hat in his hand, looked white and ghastly. 2 He stared at the mine broker, but never answered by so much as a word. His matted black hair fell over his shoulders, while his dark ~ beard looked grizzly and uncombed. Although there was nothing fierce or sinister about his countenance, still, his general looks were so grotesque that it was no wonder the girl had fainted at the sight of him. f Fred hastily got a glass of water, and dashing it into Hat- — tie’s face soon brought her back to her senses. She coveted her face with her hands and shuddered as her eyes once more fell on the forbidding figure as he stood sway- — ing back and forth near the door, paying no attention what- ever to the questions fired at him by Mr. Chiswell. “Fred,” cried the broker at last, losing his patience, “run out and get an officer.” : “Yes, sir; but I think you ought to telephone for an am- bulance. This man looks as if he was suffering from illness. In fact, sir, he seems to me like a man who was half-starved.” The stranger's gaunt face appeared to batk up the boy’s words, and so did the deeply sunken eyes, that seemed to look _ at Fred in an appealing way that touched a sympathetic chord ‘in his breast. ? “Here, sit down,” stranger. The man sank into it and seemed almost to collapse. Fred, satisfied that there was something decidedly wr with him, ran and brought him a drink of water. oe He drank a little of it, and then would have dropped the glass if the boy had not caught it out of his hand. “T think he ought to have a stimulant of some Fred. he said, pushing a chair toward the Ps ing to his private room. ~ “Are you afraid to remain here in the same room with man while I run downstairs to the eafe and get a glass ee: : be “Mr. Chiswell is brandy?” Fred asked Hattie. “He doesn’t look to me as if could hurt a fly in his present condition.” “Im not afraid now,” Hattie answered. near, anyway.” So Fred ran to the elevator, was carried quickly to the base- ment, where there was a cafe, and in a short space of time he | returned with a glass half full of fine brandy. Boe “There, drink that,” he said to the uncanny-looking truder. “It's brandy. It will pull you together.” The man seemed to recognize the smell of the liquor quicker than he appeared to understand the boy’s words. ened He seized the glass with both hands, raised it to his a lips, and drained it off, strong as it was, at a gulp. Then he drew a long breath, and a flush of color came his eginade eek pt ee : saa “Much obliged, you 2, n a grateful Fred. “That went to the right spot.” be : “lye sent for an ambulance to take you to the hos said Mr. Chiswell, who had come back from his private roo “T don’t want to go to any hospital. What I want is som thing to eat. I’m about starved, and I haven't had any et = these two nights.” 3 to go to a restaurant and pay ‘gaunt. “Haven't you any Money staur a meal?” asked Fred, feeling sorry for ‘the stranger. ’ “Nary a cent, though oe > wb ft > kind,” said “I'll telephone for an ambulance,” said the broker, retreat-— “Who are y ae. Ms > 4 “~< a

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OUT FOR T HE DOLLARS. A ingly at him, for he did not look like a man who could sport ». such an article, » His clothes, which were well worn and hung loosely on his limbs, were not ofa very prime quality, while his shirt was a woolen one, such as is «‘ten worn by a common laborer. He wore no vest, while his trousers were supported by a leather belt. _ “Look here, my man,” put in the broker, “now that you can ~ .» speak, perhaps you'll explain how you got into the closet in oF this room. What was .your object in hiding there?” The stranger shook his head. _ “T don’t know how I got there,” he said. 3 “You don’t know how you got, there?” exclaimed Mr. Chis- well, incredulously. The man shook his dead dismally. _ “No more than the man in the moon,” he said in a puzzled kind of way that seemed to be genuine. “What brought you into the building?” asked the broker. at | was looking for a man named Chiswell, who has an of- . Brad A ie: aS . “Chiswell? me?” “You're a mining broker, and represent the Great Expecta- ‘tions Mining & Milling Company in this part of the country, don’t you?” a “Yes.” “My name is Andrew Bailey. I am the prospector who dis- covered the outcroppings of ore on the Great Expectations property.” “Well?” replied Mr. Chiswell, impatiently. “You have no connection with the company that I am aware of.” “No. I was-swindled out of my rights by-——” “Tut, tut!” said the broker. “I can’t listen to such remarks, sir. I have no connection with the company myself. I sim- ply promote the sale of the stock in the Hast here. If you came here to tell me the story of your personal grievances I must tell you that I have no time to listen to you.” “Tt isn't that. I want to have a talk with you about an im- portant matter. I came East for that ‘purpose, but, as I got cleaned out of everything I had, I'd like to borrow——” _“I have no money to loan, my man,” replied the broker, ‘sharply. “You’ve come to the wrong shop for that. If that’s all you want to see me about, you'd better go now. It’s after five, and we're going to close up for the day. _ Fred, show this - man out,” and Mr. Chiswell turned on his heel and entered his _ private office, shutting the door after him. The stranger stared blankly after him and then looked help- _ lessly at the boy. “I suppose I've got to go,” he said; but I don’t know where can go without a cent to——” \ “Here’s a dollar, Mr. Bailey,” said Fred, who sympathized with the stranger. “Come with me. I'll steer you to a restau- Tant where you can get a square meal, and then I'll show you where you can get iodgings for fifteen cents a night.” _ “I don’t: want to rob you, young man,” replied the man, who _ ~ at that moment would have been looked upon 4s a great acqui- a tion by a Bowery museum proprietor. “I need money bad enough, heayen knows, but it ain't you that ought to give it. It is Chiswell, who ought to have loads of it. Well, in turning down he’s turned down a good thing. I was going to— it doesn’t matter. Well, young man, I'll borrow that dollar you, and when the tide turns you shall have a hundred back cr it. You've a good heart and deserve it.” “Do you want me to show you to a restaurant in the neigh- orhoed? You look as if a good meal would do you good.” I need it badly enough; but I must have another drink . I never remember being so weak on my pins before.” ops t the stranger would topple over several times Well, that’s my name. What do you want with Lam 3 though led him to the elevator. ; : reached the sidewalk the ambulance from the Cham- ‘Street Hospital drove up, and a slight, active young doctor shted and started to enter the building, when Fred stopped ~ *T guess you're not wanted now,” he said. “Mr. Chiswell, sixth floor, *phoned for you to take this man away, as peared to be a pretty sick man; but it seems to be food he wants, not medical treatment, and I’m taking him to doctor looked at the giant critically, seized his it, asked him to show his tongue, while a crowd about them, attracted by the stranger’s height “the doctor. is half starved. at him have a plate ‘aest A of good broth. Nothing very solid for an hour or two after that, then probably his stomach will get into shape to stand @ regular meal.” “All right,” replied Fred. ; ~tig The young doctor boarded the ambulance, which immedi- ately drove ‘off, while Fred led his charge toward William street, and then up that street, followed by the curious gaze of every one they met. CHAPTER VIII. FRED LEARNS SOMETHING. “J must go in here and have a drink,” said Mr. Bailey, as they came abreast of a corner saloon. “My stomach is all gone and it needs a bracer.” He opened the door and walked inside, and Fred had to follow or remain outside, which he did not care to do. The tall Westerner stalked up to the bar and ordered a drink. The barkeeper handed him a glass and the bottle. He filled out a stiff potion and drank it down as if it was so’ much water. “Ah, that’ll give me an appetite,” he said, handing the bar- keeper the dollar bill Fred had given him and pocketing the change. “Young man,” to his young conductor, “ what is your name?” : : “Fred Stanfield.”. “Well, ’'m glad to know you. You're acting the good Sa- maritan to me, and I guess I am not going to forget it. Per- haps you think from my looks that I’m a hard case, and that I'll never be able to repay you; but that’s where you would be wrong,” clapping Fred on the shoulder. “You mustn’t judge a book by its cover.” ‘The man from the West chuckled, as if he saw something funny in his remark. “I’m not expecting to be repaid, Mr. Bailey,” replied Fred. “It isn’t costing me much to do you a good turn. You are evidently in hard luck. You've been robbed, you say, of every cent you had, and haven't the price of food or lodging. If you left the Barnum Building alone in your condition you'd either have fallen down in the street somewhere, and maybe been run over, or you’d have run the chance of being pulled in by a lecop and jailed till morning, when a magistrate would have sent you to the island. I’m willing to help you out to the ex- tent of paying for a week’s board and lodging for you, so as to give you a chance to do something for yourself.” “You're willing to do that for a perfect stranger, after you saw how your boss, Mr. Chiswell, turned me down when I started to ask him for a loan? You sha’n't lose anything by it, not by a jugful. What Mr. Chiswell lost you shall gain in a measure.” “What do you mean?” asked Fred, in some surprise. “Never mind. You shall hear by and by. I've never gone back on a comrade in my life, and you are proving yourself a good friend to me. Now let’s trot along and find a restau- rant. I think I can eat a square meal now.” As they continued on up William street, Mr. Bailey asked Fred where he lived, and was a bit surprised to learn that the boy was out on the world and hoeing his own way in the big city. : Finally they came to a cheap restaurant, and both entered and took seats at one of the tables. . The appearance of the tall man from the West, who greatly resembled a hiiman exclamation-point, created something of a sensation among the dozen-odd people in the restaurant who were eating their supper. Everybody, from the short, fat German proprietor, who would have required a stepladder to have reached Mr. Bailey’s ear, down to the two waiters of the establishment, regarded the gaunt-looking giant with undisguised interest. “My!” exclaimed the boss of the restaurant. “Vot kind of mans shall dis peen, anyvay? It vill took more as zweisquare meals to fill him up, I ped you.” Fred took the bill of fare as a waiter approached with two glasses of water. ‘ “You can bring us some vegetable soup,” he ordered. “That chap looks like an animated lighthouse,” remarked the waiter to his companion when he carried the order back to the window. “He belongs to a Bowery museum, I guess,” replied the othe with a grin. ‘(a te-s8 3? “Or a penny arcade,” interjected the first speaker. - The soup was brought, and Mr. Bailey disposed of his ful in no time at all. oat eee ‘A “Have another plate,” suggested Fred.

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aS s ha OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. 9 _ “Well, I don’t care if I do,” replied the Westerner. “That; tasted good.” So a second plate was brought and as quickly devoured as the first. “What’s next on the bill-of-fare?” asked the giant, smacking his lips. : “I don’t think you ought to eat any more for a while,” re- plied Fred. “Why not?” asked his companion, in surprise. “Well, you heard what the ambulance surgeon said—not to take anything solid for an hour or two after the soup.” “Oh, that’s all right,” replied the giant. “I’m feeling pretty good again. That plate of soup made a new man of me. This isn’t the,first time in my life that I’ve been half-starved. I’ve lived on half a crecker for three days out in the Mexican wilds, but it seems to be different here in New York. Whether it’s the air, or what it is, I can’t say. Maybe it was the knock- out drops I was treated to the other night that did my insides up. Whatever it was, I never felt so done up in all my expe- rience. I’m going to have a plate of Irish stew.” He insisted on ordering it, so Fred had nothing ‘more to say. Before they finished supper the restaurant was clear of other customers. ‘ The fat proprietor waddled down and paused in front of their table. “Vell, mein friendt,” he said to Mr. Bailey, “uf you like dot stew, deir peen more in der kitchens already yet. You don’t found somevheres else such stew like dot. Mein cook yos der best in der business, I ped you.” “It’s a fine stew,” admitted the giant, regarding the fat res- taurant man with a twinkle in his eye. “You eat this stew yourself, I suppose?” a “I ped you I eat him. Perhaps I don’d look healthy—no? ‘Uf you eat two or dree plates of dot stew yourseluf you fill cud your clothes already, soon.” “T'll take another plaieful, then.” b “Villum,” cried the proprietor, “pring de shendlemans anudder plates uf der stew, und fill id up.” Mr. Bailey finished his second plate of stew with infinite relish, and declared that he was feeling first rate. When Fred went to the desk to pay the bill the German proprietor said to him: “Dot man he vos a dime museum freak, ain’d it?” “No,” replied the young office boy, “nothing of the kind. He is merely an uncommonly tall man, that’s all. He can’t hetp that.” “So-o. I haf seen vurse as him in der museums. He vould got a shob purty quick, I ped you.” Fred walked up to Park Row with Mr, Bailey, crossed City Hall Park, and boarded a Broadway uptown car. Everybody looked at the Western giant with great interest. 4t Bleecker street they got off, and Fred guided his com- Panion to the Mills House No. 1, as the most respectable cheap lodging-house that he knew of. » Mr. Bailey registered and the boy paid his room rent for a week in advance. “I sha’n't forget what you've done for me, Stanfield,” said the Westerner, as Fred handed him a two-doilar bill to pay |- for his eating for a few days. “Come in here and sit down a while,” indicating the reading-room. “I want to talk with you. ‘ They took chairs in a corner by themselves. “I've been a mining prospector for a good part of my life,” began Mr. Bailey, as he settled himself in a chair, “and I’ve been worth a lot of money at different times, but somehow or another I never could keep it.. Then I’ve been cheated out of my rights time and again, until I’ve very little confidence in any one, especially those rascally promoters out West: As you're working for Horace Chiswell, you know something _ about the Great Expectations Mine.” “- I can't say that I know much about it,” replied Fred. “I've the cireulars that we mail to these who answer our ad- yertisements, and I’ve read the advertisements, too. If there’s any truth in the printed matter put out by the office, Great Expectations is the greatest gold and silver ‘discovery of the century. ; 3 soe! sleesirg orca ema audibly. ‘ou mustn’ eve See printed about mining prop- y my lad,” he said. a There's about as much real truth dvestising matter of the majority of new mines as the average circus poster—in fact, the cireus poster e honest in its statements of the two.” f ‘Expectations advertisement certainly does prom- Rie, > timate profit to its stockholders,” said Fred. / “What do you know about the mine? I think I heard you say that you discovered the outcroppings of ore on the property.” “I did. I made the original discovery of ore on that prop- erty.” “Then it is a good thing.” “Look here, my lad, can I trust you to keep your mouth shut, especially from Mr. Chiswell, your boss? You look like a boy that one can depend on. I'd like to give you my confi- dence, but whatever I say to you must go no further. Have I your promise?” “Yes, sir. I-promise I won't mention a word you may tell me.” - “Very well, then. The ore which I discovered on that ground, and which I thought to be the outcroppings of a rich lode, has proved to be but a narrow vein of inferior metal, that will never pay to work. I am glad of it, for the men who formed the company, and are now pushing the stock on the market, are a set of rascals who broke faith with me from the start, thinking they had secured a bonanza. I was to have had a quarter interest in the company, but I was buncoed ont of it by a bit of sharp practise; and now the scoundrels—for they deserve the name—are trying to fleece the public by offering a gold brick at instalment rates.” “Then you mean to say that the Great Expectations Mining & Milling Company is——” “A first-class fraud,” said the man from the West, with a decisive nod. : CHAPTER IX. A LOST SPANISH MINE. Fred Stanfield was astonished at Mr. Bailey’s statement, which he made no bones about expressing. “A first-class fraud!” he repeated. The giant Westerner nodded. “Are you sure of that?” asked Fred, incredulously. His companion nodded again. ; ; ‘ “And do you suppose that Mr. Chiswell knows it isa fraud?” Mr. Bailey shrugged his shoulders. “Great Expectations is the first mining proposition he has handled,” he said. “He probably does not know of his own certain knowledge that the mine is a worthless prospect, but he cannot but have some idea that it isn’t’ the wonderful dis- covery claimed for it. He receives a commission of forty per cent. for promoting the sale of the stock in the East, and the company also pays a Very large proportion of the advertising s.” Pana was learning a few things about the mining business of which heretofore he had been in ignorance, “If the mine is a first-class fraud, as you assert,” he said, “where will the hundreds of people come in who have paid from five to twenty cents a share for the stock they have bought?” ; « Sears ieee “They will have the same experience that thousands of other credulous persons have bought—and some dearly—in similar propositions that have been launched with flying colors, only to fizzle out in the end.’ “Gee! That’s fierce!” said Fred. the Bonanza Mine of New Mexico is a fraud, too?” “No, ‘That miine is a genuine producer.” “I am glad to hear it.” “Why? Did you invest any 0 it was low?” “No. But a gentleman, whose little daughter’s life I sa and for whom I have considerable respect, is secre 0! company, with an office in the Bowling Green Building.” “The Bonanza Mine is all right. It was discovered in markable way. An Indian in pursuit of an antelope was ¢ ing the steep slope of a hill and seized-a bush to help him The bush gave way, and revealed beneath the roots rocks which proved to be almost pure silver.” res “You don’t say!” Wes es “That isn’t the ohly incident of its kind. One of the richest mines to-day of the Antilles was the outcome of a rabbit chase. An Indian was hunting rabbits one day, when one of them was chased by his dog into a hole in the hillside. ‘The Indian started to dig the rabbit out, but before he had removed half ad spadefuls of earth he found, to his | 7 that he — Oy aie shoveling silver.” ae : was literally sho bee ‘of Mexico a that the zone ‘ “Do you know whether f your wages in thé stock when “Mr. Chiswell’s circulars say that the richest in the world. They further

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y. ; ~ 10 OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. “Those statements are true enough, but you must understand that every foot of that ground does not cover a silver lode. Now, I am going to tell you something that will interest you. After getting the throw-down from the promoters who took possession of the ground I had prospected with apparent, though not real, success, which is now known as the Great Expectations property, I went out in the wilds to try my luck ; again. This time I met with the success of my life. I found > a real lost botanza—a mine that had no doubt been worked by i the early Spaniards of Mexico.” . “You did!” exclaimed Fred. “You found such a mine re- : cently?” = _ STi. 7 te Seco yet you are penniless this moment in the city of New = ork.” os “Unfortunately that is too true. But you must remember that I was not penniless when I reached New York. Your light-fingered people here relieved me of nearly one thousand {- dollars which I expected to use to pay my way.” ; _ “How did you find this mine?” asked Fred, in a tone of deep ee interest. eu “One day, while following a blind trail which led into the oa mesa——” : SS “What is a mesa?” we “An elevated table-land, especially. one lying alongside of a : mountain,” explained Mr. Bailey. “Oh,” replied Fred. “Go on.” * “While following the trail in question,” continued the Westerner, “I discovered behind a vast growth of cactus a dump pile. I knew from that I was in the immediate neighborhood of an abandoned: mine. Pursuing that lead, I found the actual entrance to an old mine, but it was all walled up with rubbish and cement. Fortunately I had - Money enough to file my claim and a couple of donkeys with paniers. I carried away ore of such richness that the near- est smelter paid me eighteen hundred dollars for it.” “And what did you do next?” “My past experience with the promoters of the West made ‘Ime shy of having any more dealings with them, so I packed my grip and came East to interest some capitalists in the mine and thus help me to become a millionaire. I intended to have a talk with Mr. Horace cog ety thinking that he might be the man“to assist me. But after the way he treated - me in his office, into which I bad wandered in a dazed state, I shall have nothing more to do with him. He has probably lost the chance of his life of getting into a genuinely good thing on the ground floor. So you see, young man, though at this moment I am dependent on your bounty for food and a roof to cover me, I am really a kind of Monte Cristo in dis- » “ Sena gracious!” exclaimed the boy, amazed at this revela- =- n. _ -_—s “TYhe ‘intrinsic value of the help you have given me, Stan- field, may not be much, but I do not weigh it in dollars and cents. I accept the motive, and that.is worth more than _ gold and silver. Young man, you have, in befriending me ; day, done the luckiest act of your life. You will find $ me as grateful as you could desire, for I mean to make you a rich boy—the richést, perhaps, in Wall Street.” Fred stared at the gaunt-looking giant as if he thought he ___. must be dreaming, or that his companion had slipped a cog in his mental make-up. __ “You seem incredulous,” added the Westerner. “Well, I mt blame you. It does sound like a dream, my discovery fabulously rich mine—very like the glowing advertise- of Great Expectations and other mines of like char- Nevertheless, what I have told you is the square and : t truth. I mean to start 4 company to work that old Spanish mine, and to these who will take hold and help me in a trustworthy way I offer a fortune, for there is silver enough in that mine to make a hundred millionaires, per- _ baps more.” _ “And how are you going to start this tompany?” “I want to associate myself with one man, at any rate, who . honest and who is well acquainted with the : Si Wi? “When can you do so?” “To-morrow evening I will call here for you and take you to his apartments uptown.” “That will suit me. I have the documents in this belt around my waist that will prove my ownership of the prop- - erty where the lost Spanish mine is located. He will have to take my word for the rest until I take him to Mexico and show him the actual proof of my statements about the ex- istence of the mine and its extreme richness,” “T will send Mr, Sherwood word by mail that he may ex- pect us to-morrow night,” said Fred. “Very well. When the company shall have been formed I will see to it that at least one thousand shares of the stock is made over to you, Stanfield. The dividends on that ought to make you independent for life.” “Thank you, Mr. Bailey, for your kind intentions. I shall not refuse the stock when I see it coming my way. I am out for the dollars, and I am not letting any of them get away from me if I can help it.” “You'll never make them quicker than you will through this lost and refound old Spanish mine. This is doubtless one of the famous treasure vaults that the Spaniards were forced to abandén, as a consequence of the atrocities prac- tised on the Indians. I should not be surprised if the mine I have discovered was the famous Tarasca.” “The famous Tarasca!” said Fred. “What mine was that?” “One that was extensively worked by various Spaniards and later acquired for the crown of Spain, It was worked until the time of the French intervention in Mexico, when the shafts and tunnels are said to have been concealed by the administrator, Don Juan Moreno, an imperialist, who was forced to seek safety in flight. After the restoration many attempts were made to find the mine, but all have failea. It would be funny if I had hit the nail on the head.” - That evening Fred went to his room in Harlem with his head fairly buzzing over the fabulous silver mine discoy- ered and owned by the Western giant whose acquaintance he had made under such curious circumstances. CHAPTER X. THE WESTERN GIANT CALLS ON FRED’S FRIEND, MR. SHERWOOD. When Fred awoke in the morning almost his first thought was about the giant Westerner and his silver mine. “Seems just as if I had dreamed it all,” he said to him- self. “Gee! but he’s a tall man. Must be nearly seven feet high. I'll bet everybody thought he belonged to some museum. If he was shaved and had a decent suit on he’d look fine— that is, after he’d filled out those lantern jaws of his.” But, notwithstanding the unusual experience he had been through the evening before, Fred did not forget about his 0. & G. W. investment. = He was expecting to see the news of the consolidation con- firmed at any hour now, and he knew that in that event the shares would go up at once. The morning papers spoke about the activity in O. & G. W., which was due, they said, to the rumors of the absorption of the rival road, generally believed to be true, though not publicly announced. When Fred got to the office he went through the two Wall Street dailies that Mr. Chiswell subscribed for in search of more information on the subject, but he found nothing that would throw additional light on the consolidation matter. In a little while Hattie came in. She wanted to know right off what further experience Fred had had with the Western giant. “My goodness!” she exclaimed. “He was the tallest and spookiest-looking man I ever saw in my life. I was nearly frightened out of my senses when he walked right out of that closet.” 7. “You fainted, all right. You needn't have been afraid of — him. He's all right. I had a long talk with him last night, _ and I consider him all right.” “T can’t imagine how he got in that closet without any of — us noticing him. Why, he would attract attention anywhere.” _ “He attracted lots of it last night while I was with him. — The people in the street all turned to look at him just as if he was a stray museum freak. When he took a et & a table in the restaurant he looked as tall as @ lig Then he kad to bend way down to get into the car——” . a “Did you actually go in a Broadway car wii “Sure I did. I took him up to the Mills Hou Mey

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ouT FOR THE DOLLARS. street. Did you think ~ was going to steer him to a Bow- ery lodging-house?” “I thought you only intended to take him to a restaurant.” “He needed a place to sleep as well as something to eat.” “Did he say how he came to get into that closet?” “He doesn’t know. You see, he was drugged and robbed of everything he had——” ; “Was he?” she exclaimed, in some astonishment. “Yes. That isn’t an unusual experience for strangers, es- petfally these free-and-easy chaps from the wild and woolly West. He didn’t tell me the particulars, but I suppose a vouple of well-dressed crcoks got him in tow, persuaded him to see the sights, and then did him up. The knock-out drops he took knocked him silly, no doubt. Probably he was treated to an extra big dose on account of his size. When he came down to Wall Street looking for Mr. Chiswell he was still =half-dazed, or he wouldn’t haye walked into that closet by mistake. You must have been out of this room when he came in, and he blindly entered the closet. That’s the only way I Gan account for his presence there.” “Pid you find owt what he wanted with Mr. Chiswell?” “Yes. He had some business with him.” “About the Great Expectations Mining and Milling Com- pany?” ‘ Ne. About something else. Being strapped—that is, busted—he wanted to get a small loan, first of all, to carty him over his stay in New York.” “Mr. Chiswell isn’t lending money fo strangers.” “Mr. Chiswell might do worse than thaf. Mr. Bailey is an honest man and would have made it all right with him.” “How can you fell that?” asked the stenographer, in some surprise. we “T am only saying what I think.” “Did you lend him any more than that dollar?” “I did. I gave him a two-dollar bill and paid a dollar and a half for a week’s rcom hire for him.” “You did? You must have money to throw away.” “T think I’ve made a good investment.” “For my part, I think you’re an easy-mark. I am surprised, for I did not think you were as foolish as all that.” “All right, Hattie. Time will tell whether I’m as foolish as you think. At any rate,\I can afford the money, for I’m eighteen hundred dollars ahead on my O. & G. W.\deal, and I expect to make twice as much yet out of it before I'm lone.” “I hope you will, Fred.” The appearance of Mr. Chiswell put an end to the con- Versafion, and the boy went back to his desk. , About noon that day Fred carried the copy of another big advertisement intended for insertion in the Sunday papers to a well-known advertising agent on West Broadway. This advertisement announced the rise of Great Expecta- tions stock to thirty cents a share, and predicted a still further rise in the near future, The public was advised to secure the stock while it was as low as thirty cents, for the advertisement said that it never would be at that figure again. The prospects -were that the mine would shortly enter the list of dividend-payers, and when it did its rise would be rapid. and the stock left unsold would probably be withdrawn from the market, in which case all persons wanting to se- cure some of it would have to bid high for it. _ All the foregoing, and very much more to the same effect, Was Incorporated in the new advertisement. - More circulars were issued and mailed to those who had -inquired about the mine, but had not bought any stock, tell- _ ing them how sorry Mr. Chiswell was that they had negleeted _ the opportunity to purchase when the: shares could be got for eents, and advising them to buy now at thirty a it went still higher. _ _ Fred read this circular, as he had all the others, and he elt sorry for anybody that nibbled at the bait offered. He believed that Mr. Bailey had told the exact truth when Sue cu the Great Expectations Mining and Milling Com- of Chihuahua was a first-class swindle. wondered if Mr. Sherwood knew that, too. as very giad, indeed, to know that the Bonanza Mine to be classed with Great Expectations. 2 em a great fancy to Mr. Sherwood and his it was a sa ection to feel that that gentleman : the public —_ his boss appeared Ai broker again, and not a mining promoter, notwithstanding that his pay was unusually good for the position he held. When he came back from his errand to the advertising man Fred had a chance to look at the ticker tape, and found to his satisfaction that 0. & G. W: had gone-up four points since the Excharge opened, for it was now selling at 61. Clearly if was the general opinion on the Street that the consolidation was a positive fact. That afternoon the stock closed at 62. : Fred had sent a special message to Mr. Sherwood that he was going to call that night with a prospector from the ~~ West. ; ; He told the gentleman that Mr. Bailey was rather a re- x markable-leoking man in many ways, but he believed he was perfectly reliabie. c After supper Fred calle@ at the Mills Hotel and found the Western giant waiting for him in the reading-room. They tock the Sixth avenue elevated at the Bleecker street station and got out at Fiftieth street and Sixth avenue. From that point to the swell apartment hovse whefe Mr. Sherwood and his family lived was but a short walk. The hallboy’s eyes bulged when he saw the big man whose head brushed the roof of the elevator cage that carried them _ up to the fifth floor. ih Mr. Sherwood himself, who opened the door inte his pri- vate hall, was rather surprised, too, in spite of the fact fhat he expected to see a man something out of the ordinary, — from Fred's description. 3 The visitors were invited in, and, after Fred had intro- duced his companion, Mr. Bailey lost no time in getting down to business. 3 He told his remarkable story in detail, but it was easy to see that the secretary of the Bonanza Mine was somewhat incredulous, even after Mr. Bailey showed him the docu- ments from the Mexican Government which gave him the — right to the property in question. - “The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” said the hig _ man, energetically. “If you can make arrangements to bt company me to Mexico I will show you the actual richness of the mine itself. I assure you that it is exactly as I have told you.” ‘ Mr. Sherwood replied that he did not see how he could get away from New York for the present. cael “It won't fake you over two weeks, all told, Mr. Sherwood, and I will take out enough silver ore while you are on the ground to pay your expenses twice over and put me on my feet again.” he Mr. Sherwood said that he would take the matter under — consideration, ae Then Mr. Bailey outlined his plan for forming a company and working the mine. ¢ “I want.an honest man in with me this time. The article seems fo be pretty scarce in the mining world, but our young friend here assures me that you are a square man from vour head down, and I am willing to take his word for it.” ‘ie “"*t am sure I am very much obliged to Stanfield for his good opinion of me,” replied Mr. Sherwood, with a smile. “4 man’s best capital in this world is a good name.” ao “I guess that’s right,” answered the Westerner; “but still — you have to have the money if you want to get along.” =. It was arranged that Mr. Sherwood would communicate with Mr. Bailey in a day or two, and in a little while ha, o and Fred took their departure. CHAPTER XI. FRED ASTONISHES BILLY BROWN. Next morning O. & G. W. opened at a fraction abov when business was resumed at the Exchange. s It had gone up to 63 when the chairman of the Exc made the official announcement of the consolidation. — Immediately there was a scramble among the brokers w had been holding off to get some of the shares, which eve body knew would rise in value at once. emer , as was to be expected, nobody was in a hurry pose of a good thing. Consequently the scarcity of the stock, ding for it, made the price soar like a sky While Fred was executing an errand at age office. he heard about the official announcement solidation, and that there was high jimks going « Exe Sastre «See fete Gedo al

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It meant that he would be a richer boy before the day was out. In the excitement which ensued O. & G. W. went up to 70 by three o'clock. Fifteen minutes before that hour Fred met Billy Brown coming from the New street entrance to the Exchange. Tat ioe are humming on the floor to-day,” said Billy, with a grin. “I guess they_are.” replied Fred. “The ticker up in our _ Office is rattling away like mad, and the boss has filled a - score of orders from his mining customers for small lots of 0. & G. W.” “That road is booming to beat the band.” “Gilad to hear it.” “Why?” Ss "Catse I've got a few shares of it, and expect to make a u ” ~ “You don’t say! How many shares have you got—ten?” “More than that, Billy.” “Twenty, then?” “More than twenty.” “Well. how many?” “Two hundred.” “Two hundred! Say, what are you giving me?” “Don’t you believe me?” “Nixy. You’re putting it too strong for me.” “All right, Billy. We won ‘t quarrel over it; but I have two hundred, just the same.” Billy, however, did not believe it, ‘though Fred told him ' he had bought the shares at 48. He could not understand where Fred could get the money bak with which to cover the margin, and, as the latter did not ce ‘care to go into explanations ever the matter, Billy went on his way unconvinced. “When the Exchange closed that day 0. & G.*W. was hoy- ering around 80. _ red thought that was an inflated price for the stock, even under the improved conditions of the road. “I'l bet the insiders will begin selling out at that price to-morrow, and I think I'd better get out while the iron is So he gave his order at the bank before its brokerage de- irtment closed at four to sell his two hundred shares in the tmning at the market. 7 This was done at 80 3-8, the opening price, and Fred. pock- _ eted a profit of sixty-four hundred dollars on the deal. “Who says that I ain’t out for the dollars, eh, Hattie?” _ he said to the stenographer next day, waving his check in her face. “Look there and feel convinced that yours truly is on the up-grade to fortune.” _ He made it a point to drop in at the office of Edwards, Saunders & Co., where his friend Billy worked, when he was on an errand in that vicinity. -He was so fortunate as to find Billy in. ~ _ “Hello, Fred,” asked Billy, in surprise. “What are you “yout? up here? You haven't a message for our firm, have “pia you? Well, I'm on exhibition till one of the bosses Te out on an errand. What's in the wind?” thought I'd drop up and let you know that I had sold two hundred shares of O. & G. W. at a handsome profit. Sure Mike!” grinned Billy, with an | unbelieving wink. made a profit of thirty-two dollars a share.” hn how many shares?” it you bought ae hundred shares of and put up a ten-per cent. margin hard for me to swallow.” ‘order. to convinee you that I have only been giving straight story i Bpueht my statement and check to you.” b e are they?” asked Billy. “Show up.” Fred, “Ppodacing them. “Now and nearly had a fit bg So teapaei of resentment he pore re on Sere, dike a . w SY aS rg E+ OIE ta PURSES 9 ly AE REECE EE Se ee eee ee Nee OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. — “Oh, come now, Billy, you want to know too much. I didn’t rob anybody.” “I don’t suppose you did; but I can’t see “Don't worry about it, then. Just remember that I am worth seventy-four hundred dollars at this particular mo- ment, and that I expect to have more before I have less.” With those words, Fred wished him good-by and got out. That evening Fred dropped in at the Mills Hotel to call on Mr. Bailey. He hardly knew the man from the West, for he was togged out in a new suit of clothes, a white shirt, and an up-to-date searf. “You're looking swell, Mr. Bailey,” laughed Fred. “Where did you make the raise?” “Mr. Sherwood loaned me a hundred dollars. He has de- cided to go to Mexico with me, and is making his arrange- ments to that effect.” “You don’t say?” replied the boy. “Well, I am glad to hear it. I wouldn’t mind going to Mexico myself for a change, only I can't afford to chuck up my Wall Street job, though I did make sixty-four hundred dollars on the market this week.” “You made what?” said Mr. Bailey, looking hard at the boy, for he was not aware that Fred was operating in stocks. “Six thousand four hundred dollars. Sounds big for a boy, doesn't it?” . “Ts this a joke, Stanfield?” “No; it’s the real truth. Just glance at that check, made payable to my order, and you'll see that I am a kind of small capitalist.” The Westerner was much surprised, and wanted to hear how Fred had made the money. The boy told him how he had made three hundred and forty dollars out of his first deal, some time since, by in- vesting a hundred and thirty-five dollars in twenty shares of Cc. & F. Then he went into the particulars of the automobile acci- dent, in which he had saved the life of Mr. Sherwood’s daugh- ter, and had received five hundred dollars and a new suit of clothes from the capitalist who had run him. down, as a sort of compensation for the shock and the trivial “ig ee he had sustained. “Altogether I had one thousand dollars when I got hold of the tip’ which led me to buy two hundred shares of O. & G. W. at rock-bottom figures, and I went in the whole. hog on it,” continued Fred, who then gave him the history of the cipher telegram he had picked up in a broker’s office. . “You're one of the lucky boys, Stanfield,” said Mr. Bailey, “and I congratulate you over your success. Don't forget, however, that you'll be in on this mine down in Mexico to the tune of the thousand shares I promised you just as soon as the company is formed. Your present winnings will cut a small figure alongside of what you'll eventually make out of that mine.” “If you talk like that you'll give me a swelled head. Let's. go to the theater to-night, Mr. Bailey. I'm afraid we'll have to take a back seat, for you'd shut off the view of the person who sat behind you if we got seats in the middle of the house.” The Western giant laughed and said they had better get box seats, As it was early yet, they decided to walk uptown instead of taking a car. When they reached the neighberhood of the Empire The- ater, Mr. Bailey suddenly clutched Fred by the arm and exclaimed: “There's one of the rascals who robbed me.” : The boy looked at the person indicated by his companion and was astonished to recognize the accused individual as Julius Langhorne, his late boss’s. cashier. CHAPTER XII. THE UNMASKING OF JULIUS LANGHORNE. orne was attired in a dress-suit, partially concealed under his overcoat; a silk hat of the latest pattern was perched on his head, and he carried a nobby cane. Taken altogether, the cashier looked pretty swell. ; Mr. Bailey, however, paid little attention to his imposing make-up. : He simply saw in the man one of the rascals” who bad robbed him of nearly a thousand dollars, and with a

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The cashier did not observe his approach until the giant reached out his arm and grabbed him by the lapel of his overcoat. “Come, now,” roared Mr. Bailey, “I want that money you and your friend robbed me of a week ago. Ante up, or by the living jingo——” Langhorne nearly collapsed when he recognized who had hold of him. There was nothing for him to do but put up a good bluff. “What do you mean, fellow?” he demanded, with well-as- sumed indignation. “Remove your hand from my coat, or Pll call an officer.” “That will just suit me, mister. If you don’t, I will.” “What do you mean?” gasped the cashier. “I mean you're the thief that robbed me, with the help -of a companion, of one thousand dollars last week. On pre- tense of showing me the town you two got me into a saloon, invited me to drink, drugged my liquor and went through me. You got nearly one thousand dollars. I want it back, dye hear?” A crowd began to collect around them, attracted as much by the uncommon height of the Westerner as by the charge he was bringing against the cashier. It happened that a policeman was coming down the street at the time, and he took a hand in th proceedings. “What's the trouble?” he asked, forcing his way through the circle of curious onlookers. “This man is a thief, and I want him arrested,” said Mr. Bailey, still retaining a vise-like grip on the cashier, “That’s a lie,” retorted Langhorne. “The man is crazy.” The Western giant told his story to the office. The cashier denied that he had had any connection with the affair. “Do I look like a.crook?” he asked indignantly. you to understand that I am a gentleman.” As Mr. Bailey insisted that Langhorne was guilty, and that he wanted him arrested, the officer told the cashier that he would have to go to the station, where the sergeant would decife the question of holding him or not. The cashier declared’ that it was an outrage, but he had to go with the policeman just the same. if the station, Mr. Pailey preferred his charge against Langhorne in no uncertain tone, and demanded that he be locked up pending his examination before a magistrate. The cashier insisted that it was a case of mistaken identity. “I can prove who I am by that boy,” he said, pointing at Fred. “Do you know this man?” asked the sergeant of the lad. “Yes, I know him. His name is Julius Langhorne, and he’s cashier for Mr. Jack Osgood, stock broker, of No. — Wall Street.” Call one right away. “IT want “Well.” said the sergeant, turning to the Westerner, “are you still positive that this is the man who robbed you?” am.” “Have you any evidence to show that you may not be mis- taken in the person?” “T have.” ““What is it?” “The peculiar scar over his right eye, for one thing, and the diamond ring on his left hand, for another. I identity that ring as my property. It was given me by an old friend, if you will - him to hand it to you, you will find en- grayed inside the initials ‘J. C. to A. B.’ The A. B. stands for Andrew Bailey, which is my name.” _ At those words Langhorne’s nerve suddenly deserted him and che t white He forgot until that critical moment that he had been so r in rebbing. iy creme a superscription by which it could ly tified by its owner had never occurred to was about to incriminate him, for it was a piece evidence that he did not know how to get around. OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. 13 There was no one more surprised at the outcome of the affair than Fred Stanfield. While there was no love lost between him and Julius Lang- horne, he never dreamed for a moment that Mr. Osgood’s cashier was in any respect crooked. To find him implicated in a robbery, in which knock-out drops were given to the victim to make its accomplishment easy, was a startler for the boy. “I never would have believed this of Langhorne,” he said to Mr. Bailey, when-they left the police station. “I ¢an’t see whatever induced him to engage in such a rascally game. He gets a good salary at Gsgood’s, and oughtn’t to be in such desperate need of money as to resort to a crime for it.” “He locks to me like a city sport,” replied the Western man. “And such chaps can get away with a good deal of money one way or another. When they happen to be short they will take chances in order to get the stuff.” “I suppose you intend to appear against him in the morn- ing at the Jefferson Market Court?” “I do. By the way, where is the courthouse?” “It is at the corner of Sixth avenue and Christopher street.” “How will I get to it'from the Mills Hotel?” “It’s only a short walk, but still, if you don’t start right you're liable to get all mixed up trying to fetch Sixth avenue from Bleecker street. Sullivan street crosses Bleecker near your hotel. Walk up that street to West Third street. which you can’t miss, because the elevated railway runs along it. Follow the elevated westward and it will take you right into Sixth avenue. Looking up the street, you will see a build- ing with a tall clock tower on the west side of the avenue. That is Jefferson Market. Any one will show you the en- trance to the pdlice court.” We “Much obliged, Stanfield. I shall be sure to find the place now.” Mr. Bailey and Fred patronized a music hall that night and saw a good show, after which the giant boarded a Sixth avenue train for Bleecker street station. while Fred took a train in the opposite direction for Harlem. CHAPTER XIII. FRED'S DEAL WITH BILLY BROWN. Mr. Langhorne’s arrest was duly chronicled in the morn- ing’s newspapers, and of course he did not appear at Mr. Osgood’s office at the customary hour. ; In fact, he never appeared there again, for the magistrate remanded him for trial on Mr. Bailey’s charge, and he was taken down to the Tombs prison and put in a cell, as no one came forward to bail him out. Mr. Osgood investigated the case, and, heing satisfied that Langhorne was guilty, he hired a new cushier, which termi- nated Langhorne’s connection with Wall Street. In due time lie was convicted, together with his associate in the job, who was caught by the police and confessed, and | they both went up the river for a few years. The day after Langhorne’s arrest Mr. Sherwood sent word _ to Fred that he would like to see him that evening, and so, about eight o’clock, the boy went to his apartments. : Mr. Sherwood told him that he had made fifty thousand dollars out of the 0. & G. W. deal, and that he was now pre- pared to keep his promises to give him twenty per cent. of the profits made out of the tip Fred had brought under his _ notice. “With those words he handed the young messenger his _ check fer ten thousand dollars. Rite ate Fred thanked him for his generosity and shortly afterward — took his leave. ‘ It was about this time that Fred noticed that a certain stock known as O. & M. ‘was selling low in the market. He looked up the past records of the road and saw it had never been at such a depreciated figure. Guessing there must be some cnuse why a stock that 1 been long numbered among the gilt-edged securities sh« be down below its normal value, he began to make inqui in an offhand way among people who were x know all that was going on in the Street. : bog ae No one, however, could tell him, or would tell him, why“ O. & M. was in the dumps. ‘ ~e “It’s ten points below its usual place in the market,” yA boy mused. “Maybe Tacky because the ego 5. off. won't stay at that re when prices begin = ffen, guess I'll buy a thousand shares and hold onto it for rise.” . Pi, _ The stock was at 59, and so Fred 88

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14 necessary margin around to the Nassau street bank and or- dered the margin clerk to Duy him one thousand shares. Although Fred was not aware of the fact, the true cause of the unaccountable decline of CO. & M. was due to the secret operaticns of a cliqne of brokers who had combined to bear the stock down as low as they could get it, and then buy for the rise that was sure to fofow when the market became bullish once more. ; red had the stock for a weelr before the shares showed any perceptible activity. ‘Fher as the tone of the market bégan to improve the stock showed signs of recovery. Within two or three days it had advanced to 63 and as matters brightened it went on up to 70, which was about ifs real value. As Fred thought it might go a little higher, he did not _ sell at ence. He proved to be a wise prophet. or It suddenly took on a boom and, amid great excitement ' “in the Exchange, went up to 80. =a Fred coneluded that he would not take" any further chance with it, as he was sure it would not remain long at that price. and he ordered his shares sold. Next day his statement showed that he had made twenty theusand six hundred dollars, and he hugged himself with glee. “That makes me worth thirty-eight thousand dollars,” said to himself. This time he did not tell either Hattie or Billy Brown about his good luck. “TI guess I'd better keep my business to myself after this. I don’ t think it pays to let every one into your private affairs. _ They say that a still tongue is the sign of a wise head, so I'm going to hold mine after this.” Pefore the trial of Langhorne came off. Mr. Sherwood and the Western giant went to Mexico together, and the secre- tary of the Bonanza Mine saw enough to assure him that Mr. Bailey was a second Monte Cristo. While Mr. Sherwood was on the ground they took out be- tween them ore that was subsequently sold at a smelter’s for five thousand dollars, and then the two men returned to New York to arrange about the formation of a company, which, on account of the richness of the mine, was to be something of a close corporation. In the méanwhile Fred continued fo attend fo his regular ‘duties, at Mr. Chiswell’s office, the leading feature of which fo be the promotien of the Great Expectations Min- ing and Milling Company. The most flattering reports were frequentiy received from the oh grg es in charge of the property through the main office at Denver. Several assay certificates were added to the framed col- léction on the walls of the reception-room, -and Mr. Chis- well pointed to them with a great deal of apparent satis- ‘faction when he had a new canton to convince about the - merits of the mine. . Although it was occasionally announced that a dividend would shortly be declared, it was deferred for one reason or another. Sometimes a serious cave-in was reported just at a critical pint which delayed the on of ore, or new machinery, it was Said, had to be installed to overcome unforeseén ob- he a a > Then there was a_strike among the peons who were said to be working in the mine, or some convulsion of nature hap- pened when not expected. _ At any rate, here was no dividend, t h thé prospects a of the mine continued to expand with ev month—so said y advertisements and circulars. - Out-of-town _ corre to the office ; ng on, and the “4 at 4 Mr. Chiswi 1 family. If they were owners of five hundred shares or upward, he them pat to Seer Mk then hemes fonling like anza kings of the future. who had invested in the stock began to ly now to see how things were com- were always taken in hand and welcomed as though they were members of his own been any complaint about promises not hay- ‘kept Hep: wit regard to the Great Expectations Mine, . Chis OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. = Fred never heard of them, and so he had no real reason for being dissatisfied with his job. However, he expected to make a change soon, anyway, for when Mr. Bailey’s company became an accomplished facet, Mr. Sherwoed was going to remove the office of the Bonanza Mine to more commodious quarters in Wall Street, where he would be able to look after the new company as well as the old one, and Fred was promised a position that would pay him much better than the one he now held. The day after the convietion of Julius Langhorne and his associate, Billy met Fred on Broad street. “Say, Fred,” cried Billy, in a tone of some excitement, onto ene of the biggest Wall Street deals of the year.” “What is it?” “What will you give to know?” “Oh, that’s your game, is it? Want to sell me a tip, eh?” “YT don’t want any money for it. I want you to back me oP on one hundred shares of a certain stock that is going to be boomed fo par.” “A hundred shares? “About 80.” “Then you want eight hundred dollars for this tip of yours. It must be a pretty good one.” “T's a fine one. If you don’t think so, after I fell you about it, you needn't do anything about it, except keep your mouth shut, which you must promise to do, anyway, before I Say a word on the subject.” “All right, I'll agree to do that, at any rate.” “Now, you've got seven thousand dollars that you made on 0. & G. W.,” said Billy, who was ignorant of the fact that. Fred was now actually worth thirty-eight thousand dollars. “Promise that you'll back me up on one hundred shares in this deal and I'll tell you all I know.” Fred promised to do so if he considered Billy’s tip was worth the risk. “Well, there was a meeting of some big brokers in our office yesterday afternoon, and I discovered by keeping my ears wide open that a combination has been formed to boost L. & M. to par or over.” “Give me the partieulars, Billy,” said Fred, eagerly. Billy gave them to him, and his friend saw that the pointer had a good foundation in fact. “You say Mainwaritig, Smith, Edgerton, and others of the same stamp are in this thing, eh?” Billy nodded. “Those men are- millionaires.” “You bet they are. They've got the cash to push the thing through.” “And your firm is going to do the buying and booming?” “That’s what.” “When are they going to start in?” “To-morrow morning.” “Billy, I’m going -into this. Ill make you the following m: lt bay as many shares as I car afford. If the stock goes up ten points rr agree to pay you in cash, if I come out all right, the profit on a hundred shares—that is, one thousand dollars. For every point it goes above ten that I realize on I'll give you one hundred dollars more, so that if it gees to par, and I hold om that long and then get out in safety, your profit will be two thousand dollars. That's fair, isn’t it?” “Do you mean that?” asked Billy, feverishly, to whom one thousand dollars, let alone two thousand, locked like a mint of money. band on it. I guess “1 do mean it, Billy. And there’s my you can trust me to keep my word.” “Sure, I can. If I make two thousand | dollars, you ought to clear six times that with your boodle.” “Well, it’s a bargain. Billy. I shall start in and buy L. & M. right away. IFll leave my order with this bank this after- noon, if I can get the chance to go there before the brokeragé department closes for the day.” The two boys shook hands once more over the arrangement and then separated. “Tm What is it going for now?” a CHAPTER XIV. THE MAN WITH BLOOD IN His EYE. Fred found a chance that afternoon to go to the little bauk on Nassan street in time to order the purchase of three thon- his}sand shares of L. & M. for his accoent. This was an unusually big order for the hank to receive from a patron, and the margin clerk had to consult with the ecshier of the establishment before he could accept it.

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=— sand dollars in the aggregate, and the bank, to carry it, would be obliged to borrow money on the shares from a larger bank to pay for them. However, the matter was arranged and the deal made. When Fred met Billy next morning on the street he told him he had invested a part of his money in L. & M. Billy did not ask him how many shares he had bought, pre- ae that he had purchased eight hundred or nine hun- “This is where I make my first stake,” ‘ where you add a big wad to your pile.” “I hope so,” replied Fred. “You can be sure of it if you sell around par. The syn- dicate intend to push it to that figure, at any rate, and they have the money to do it with.” Billy had no time to talk further on the subject, and so ~ the boys went their several ways. Hattie noticed that Fred was taking an unusual interest in the ticker these days, and she asked him if he was in the market again. “Yes, I've bought a few shares of L. & M.” “Why L. & M.?” asked the stenograph er, curiously. “Because I think it’s going up.” “Are you working on a tip?” “Hattie, you're like all the girls—you want to know every- thing.” ““Thank you. I don’t think that is a compliment.” are if you want to know yery badly, I am working on a p.” said Billy, “and that you have.” didn’t you, and translated it?” “That was an accident. If you hadn’t been sent to Trues- | dale’s office that day you wouldn't have got it.” “If Mr. Smith hadn't dropped it out of his pocket I wouldn't _haye got it. either, whether I went to Trnesdale’s or not.” “Well. how did you manage to a this one?” “A friend of mine got it, and I use it.” ae: you got it second-hand?” “an you sure it’s to be relied on?” “Oh, yes: I am prepared to take the risk.” “When did you go into the deal?” “Yesterday afternoon.” “You are certainly out for the dollars, Fred, to use your own expression. I hope you won't slip up this time and lose all that you've made.” “I'm not worrying about that.” At that moment a big man, who seemed to be not a little excited, entered the room gue oY eaclan in?” he inquired, in a tone that Fred did not I (ENo, sir.” _. “Where is he?” _ “Gone to lunch.” “When will he be back?” ali ee __ “I couldn’t say positively. He may return in half an hour, and he may not be back for an hour or two,” Beg rca or muttered some unintelligible expression under AS “I'll come back again,” he said, turning toward the door. . , “Who shall I say. called, if Mr. Chiswell should return be- rh 2” re I don't at itiow, as I have never been married,” ou expect to be, don't you?” OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. The deal involved a matter of two hundred and forty thou- “I don’t see how you manage to get hold of these Liga oe gs pes ene ee ween oped turn, and a’ momen ate “Well, you saw how I got held of that cipher telegram, | looking stranger, dressed in solemn black that fully pea a I made a deal with him to| black. 18? pet pretty girl like you is bound to get a proposal—several ” ca of them.” “Aren't you complimentary?” she laughed. & “Well, you_are pretty, aren't you?” ne, “That's rather an embarrassing question to answer.” _ “7 think you're pretty, at any rate.” e. Hattie blushed and looked down at her typewriter. a “And nice, too,” persisted Fred. “I expect to get married Se when I get older—and wealthier.” z “Do you?” in a low voice. 3 F “Sure, I do. Now, how would you like to marry me?” a “Why, Fred Stanfield!” gasped ‘Hattie, blushing as red as” a a rose. “What's the matter? Did I surprise you?” “I should say you did.” “Well, are you going to answer my question?” “Now, Fred, go back to yeut desk. I’m busy,” replied the Li girl, in some confusion. “Is that a throw-dewn, or what?” asked Fred, putting his” arm around her. “Don’t be foolish.” “Perhaps you think I’m not in earnest. Well, I am. D you like me well enough to say you’N marry me some day? Don’t you know that I think there isn’t another girl in all the world just as sweet and as good as you are? Come now, — tell me—do you care for me or don’t——” $e He raised her head and leoked into her eyes. “Yes, I do care for you, Fred—more than —— else in the world.” Their lips met in a kiss; and then Fred started for his, ry Baka ear Chad sanctimonious- | | with the melancholy east of his features. He was smoothly shaven and earried a book and an. un- brella. “Is Mr. Horace Chiswell in?” he asked, without a smile. “No, sir; he’s out at lunch.” “Peradventure be will return shortly?” asked the visitor in “Yes, sir; he’s liable to come at any moment.” “I presume I may wait, young sir?” “Sure. Take a seat, sir.” The caller sat down, with his umbrella between his and looked solemnly around at the different objects in room, Fred watched him out of the corner of his eye, and eee ey dered whether he had called to buy some Great Expectations stock, or to solicit a subscription for a foreign mission, After a while the boy went over to the ticker to see it there were any developments in L. & M. stock. There were quite a number of sales recorded at prices va ing from 80 7-8 to 81 5-8. ‘the solemn stranger watched him for a while in silence Finally be arose and approached. Fale “Young sir, may I ask if this is the instrument “4 as the ticker?” he inquired. ae “Yes, sir; this is the ticker, or indicator.” "Z : “I believe it indicates the fluctuations of the—ahem! ste market?” . “That's right.” - - “I like not the sound.” It partakes too much of ty 01 side of life. It is an invention of Belial.” “I’ve heard the name of the man who inv strument, and I'm sure that it wasn’t Belial.” “Belial, young sir, means a personification of all pedalveniats you are not——” But at this moment the door opened and Mr. Ch red. : i ilere’s Mr. Chiswell now,” said- Fred, glad that ployer had turned up. ie “T have called, sir,” said the solemn visitor, ' the broker, “to solicit a small subscription in aid ha sionary home in India. It is——” : Here the door was thrown open, and Mr. = who_had en half an hour bern with an aggressi ise soon as his pig “rested on Mr. | to him and shook his fist in Me ae

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eee) OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. received a letter from my nephew, who went to Chihuahua,| Great Expectations Mine?” said Hattie. He says that the mine isn’t} wood called Mr. Chiswell a swindler.” Mexico, to look into that mine. worth a tinker’s outfit. Are you listening to me, sir? He Says that there isn’t a piece of milling machinery on the ground. In a word, sir, he says the whole thing is a first- class fraud. Do you hear me, sir?—a first-class fraud. Now, sir, I want my thousand dollars back, and I want it blamed quick. Ante up, or I'll blow the whole roof off your head!” The irate caller drew a navy revolver and fiourished it in the air. op Hattie littered a little shriek and looked as if she was go- = ing te faint, while the broker started back, white with fear. As for the missionary home collector, he beat a hurried re- A 2 into the corridor and made tracks for the nearest ele- vator. CHAPTER XV. FRED DEALS WITH A STRENUOUS SITUATION. Fred was the only one who did not lose his head. It is trne he was startled when the belligerent visitor drew his wicked-looking revolver and seemed on the point of mak- ing things hum in the office. | But, just the same, he never was cooler in his life. Whatever might be the caller’s grievances, he had no right to draw a weapon, and Fred knew it. As the man was too big and dangerous for him to tackle ‘in the ordinary way, he grabbed up a heavy Gane that stood against the wall near the ticker and struck the caller a smart blow on the wrist of the hand that held the gmn. The man uttered a howl of pain and surprise, and the re- yolver drepped on the foor. Fred sprang forward and picked it up. “Now, sir,” said Fred, calmly, “1 think you'd better cool down, or we shall send for an officer to take you in charge.” “An officer!” roared the visitor, nursing his injured wrist. “Why, you young jackanapes ” “Don’t get excited, sir. You’ve laid yourself open to ar- rest by drawing this revolver and threatening Mr. Chiswell with it. You'd better cool down and try to square your- self.” _ - Mr. Chiswel!, who had been much taken aback by the man’s assertions with relation to the Great Expectations Mine, now saw his advantage. His caller had to some extent placed himself in his power Ch by foolishly drawing his revolver and threatening his life. _-~-———s#Hle may not have meant to carry out his threat, but he ‘had made it before witnesses, and Mr. Chiswell was quick to - perceive how he could use it to advance his own interests. _ “Miss Richmond,” he said, turning to the stenographer, “please go to the telephone and ring up the Old Slip station. _ ell the sergeant to send a policeman here right——” —- *#Hicld on!” cried the visitor, as he began to recognize the hole le had placed himself in. “Don’t send for an officer. I'll » ©, =F apologize.” _ *Too late,” answered the broker, coolly. “You threatened my life a moment ago, and I don’t propose to stand for any such thing-as that.” - “I'm willing to make any reparation you say,” said his visi- i _ “Very well. then. Never mind that message now, Miss Richmond. Come into my private office, Mr. Blackwood, and we'll talk matters over in a rational way.” _. The visitor, now as meek as a lamb, followed the broker < fo his sanctum and the door was closed after them. ' Fred laid the revolver on his table ang walked over to Hattie, who had not yet recovered from her scare. _ “Brace up, Hattie,” he said; “the trouble is all over.” _ “Oh, dear, that man frightened me dreadfully. I thougyt “he was going to shoot Mr. Chiswell.” .— A “I don't think he meant to do more than intimidate the boss; but I thoenght it too risky to take any chances with him, so I rapped him over the wrist with that cane and got his gun away from him.” Aren't you brave!” cried his guard.” : ; k you showed good nerve, at any rate. It isn’t that would have interfered as you did.” individual lighted out pretty quickly when he iver. He was as scared as you were, I 4 yey 2 a ; San ye | 3 t 4 whether there is anything the matter with the friend Billy “This Mr. Black- “He said he had a letter from his nephew, who had visited the property, and who reported to him that there wasn’t any milling machinery on the place, and that the whole concern wasn’t worth a tinker’s outfit.” “T have always been afraid that something unpleasant would eventually come out about the mine, on account of the glow- ing promises made by the company in their advertisements and circulars. It did seem as if the real facts were over- drawn.” “Well, Hattie, now that you and I understand each other, I'll tell you what Mr. Bailey said about the Great Expecta- tions Mine. You remember, Mr. Bailey was the tall Westerner who——” “I shall never forget how he wnexpectedly came out of that closet that afternoon,” she replied, with a reminiscent shudder. “I have a lot to tell you about this Mr. Bailey that will astonish you. However, as I was about to say, he discovered the original ore outcroppings on the ground now owned by the Great Expectations Company. At that time he supposed he had come upon a good thing, but after he was swindled out of his rights by the men he took in with him it turned out that the ore found on the property was of a poor quality hardly worth the cost of mining. He claims, thetefore, that all the statements made by the company to dispose of its stock are practically untrue, and that Great Expectations is simply a first-class fraud. So you see that the information which this man now with Mr. Chiswell in his private office claims to have received from his nephew bears out just what- Mr. Bailey told me.” ; “Dear me, I am begitning to wish I was out of this office,” said Hattie. “T am glad you do,. Hattie, for I want you to come with me into Mr. Sherwood’s employ when Mr. Bailey’s new com- pany is formed.” “Are you really going to leave Mr. Chiswell?” she asked in surprise. “That’s what I am.” “What do you mean by Mr. Bailey’s new company?” “The name hasn’t been selected yet, but will be in a week or so, when the articles ef incorporation are ready to be filed. Mr. Bailey has discovered a real bonanza this time in Chihuahua, Mexico, and not so very far from Great Ex- pectations. There’s no doubt about its value, for it seems to have been originally worked by the Spaniards of long ago and then concealed and abandoned by its discoverers for good rea- sons of their own._I am to have one thousand shares of this new company for nothing, just because I was good to Mr. Bailey when he was in trouble. If you remember, you scolded me at the time for parting with the price of a week’s lodging and ‘some cash to the Western giant. I think you said I was an ‘easy mark, and you may recollect that I told you that time would prove whether I was or not. I think you'll have to admit now that I made a pretty good investment.” Hattie was quite astonished to learn all the foregoing and much more that Fred told her about Mr. Bailey and the mine he had discovered, and she admitted that she was wrong in her original estimate of the man, who had appeared in her eyes at the time as little better than a tall and somewhat terrifying scarecrow. Fred told her of the plans of Mr. Sherwood to remove to a suite of offices in the Jones Building, and how he had spoken for a position for her as general stenographer for the estab- lishment, hoping that she would agree to leave Mr. Chiswell’s employ when he did himself, Of course, now that Hattie had acknowledged her fondness for Fred, and had practically agreed to marry him when the proper time came, she was only too willing to agree to make the business change proposed by Fred. “And now another thing, Hattie. I never told you that after making that sixty-four hundred-dollar deal in 0. & G. W. I subsequently went into a deal in C. & M.” “Why, no. Did you?” “Yes; I bought one thousand shares and cleared over twenty thousand dollars on it.” $ . “You don’t mean that?” she cried in astonishment. “TI do mean it, Hat. And now I’ve put twenty-four thousand dollars of my capital into L. & M.” “You have, you reckless boy?” ; . er “I have. 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= OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. & Co., in thé Vanderpool Building, Exchange Place. He got sins lant put the check in his pocketbook ready for use at tem to the fact that a poo! had been formed to boom the stock, and | o'clock next morning. put me wise to it on condition that I would give him a certain share of my profits if I went into the deal. I’ve agreed to give ’ him the profits on one hundred shares.” “How many shares did you buy?” “Three thousand. I expect to clear from thirty thousand to forty thousand dollars out of it.” “Is it possible?” “Yes, it is quite possible that I may. The last time I looked at the ticker, L. & M. was quoted at 81 5-8. That was the time when the solemn missionary collector was in here. Did ahr So what he called the indicator?” “No. “He called it a wicked instrument—the invention of Belial, which means the Old Nick, for he said it was the equivalent of all that was bad. That reminds me that I must see what the stock closed at in the Exchange. It is now nearly four.” Fred went over and consulted the tape. “The last quotation was 82 1-8, Hattie, so you can easily fig- | ure up that [ am six thousand dollars ahead at this stage of} the game.” At that moment the door of the private office opened and _ Mr. Chiswell escorted his visitor out into the waiting-room. “Stanfield,” said the broker, “please give Mr. Blackwood his revolver.” 3 Fred did as he was told. Then the caller took his departure, apparently in a satisfied frame of mind. Evidently he had come to some arrangement with the Hast- ern representative of the Great Expectations Mining & Mill- _ing Company. z, CHAPTER XVI. EXPOSE OF THE GREAT EXPECTATIONS MINING & MILLING COMPANY. During the remainder of the week L. & M. slowly advanced in price, finally closing on Saturday noon at 84. The rise had been so small in this well-known stock that no Particular attention was attracted to it, so. that the clique of Capitalists interested in the deal were able, through Edwards, Saunders & Co., to gather in many thousand shares at a very low price, which was the object they had in sight. Fred was perfectly satisfied with the outlook, and already ‘Was figuring on his possible profits, which he knew would begin to mount up when the boom set in. : _A surprise in another direction, however, was awaiting the Young messenger, as well as others with whom he was asso- A big New York City daily, which may not have received as Much advertising patronage from the Great Expectations Min- . € Milling Company as it considered itself entitled to, sent _ & Tepresentative to Mexico to write up the true conditions of _ the property, and the story appeared, with appropriate illustra- tt under the title of “Another Colossa! Mining Fake Px- Dosed,” on the Sunday morning following the events we have _The reporter tcld his story with the usual brutal frankness of such gentlemen of the press when under orders to show . Up an existing evil. e€ expose occupied the central double page of the magazine Section of the newspaper, and it was naturally read by thou- b of people who had bought the mining stock in question. Mr. Chiswell read it in his bachelor apartments uptown, and it came like a shock to for he had heard nothing about the investigation. Its publication came like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky, and Mr. Chiswell soon arrived at the conclusion that the forty Per cent. profit he had received for the sale of many thousands of shares from five to thirty cents would not pay him for the trouble that he could see ahead as soon as the furious pur- of the stock began a descent on his office, intent on get- ‘ Satisfaction if they could not recover their money. Mr. Chiswell, much as he regretted the unwelcome publicity in which he himself was as much-involved as was the com- pany in far-off Denver, was a man of resources. _ He did not lose his head because he saw disastér diuead, but det to avail himself of the twenty-four hours that were yet his own. ey. ‘result of his deliberations was that he took an under- ere train for Wall Street, went to his office, and spent the Teater part of the day packing up such valuables as he felt remove expeditiously. — . ‘thing he did was to draw a check to “Self” for the unt of money he had en depesit at a well-known bank ¢ At half-past seven next morning he made an early call at the office with an expressman, and a small load of bundles were |earried down the elevator and placed on the w279n, which re- tation with Hattie, to go downstairs superintendent of the building. =~ moyed them to his apartments uptown._ : ; Practically nothing was disturbed. in the reception-room, so that when Fred let himself in with his pass-key at nine o’clock, and Hattie arrived fifteen minutes later, neither had any suspicions that Mr. Chiswell had thrown up the business and would appear on the premises never again. It happened that neither had read the paper containing the article which had exposed the true state of affairs in the Great Expectations Mining & Milling Company, and consequently they were blissfully ignorant of the storm that was gathering over the office, and from which their employer had fied. But they soon became aware that something unusual was in . the wind. Fred was’ standing at the ticker waiting for the opening quo- tations of the stock market, with reference to L. & M., and Hattie was posting up some work in her books, which she had neglected to do on Saturday, when the door opened and in eame Billy Brown. Billy was evidently surprised to note the serene aspect of the office. , . “What, all alone!” he exclaimed. be a mob here by this time.” : “A mob!” cried Fred, in surprise. “What do you mean?” “What do I mean? Why, you don’t mean to say that you haven't read the article.in yesterday's paper about the Great Expectations Mining & Milling Company?” “What article, and what paper did it appear in?” Billy mentioned the name of the paper, and then proceeded to give Fred and Hattie an outline of the expose. While he was thus engaged, customers of the office began to come fn. Every one asked for Mr. Chiswell, but Fred told them that the broker had not got downtown yet. By the time Billy left the room was becoming uncomfortably filled with persons with whom Mr. Chiswell had done business. Fred had nothing particular to do, for the quotations from the Western exchanges were not due before noon and after, so he put in time watching the movements of the crowd and talking to Hattie. “Things look bad for the office, don’t they?” he said. “They do, indeed. It has only come to what I have feared of late.” : “It is after eleven and Mr. Chiswell hasn't showed up. Vl bet a nickel that we won't see him to-day.” ; “Maybe we won’t see him any more at all,” she said. “If what your friend Billy Brown told us is true, he may consider that it is to his interest to remain away for good.” ‘The assembled crowd gradually increased in size and ag- gressiveness. : ; All of them were shareholders in the Great Expectations — Company, and they had come to get some explanation from Mr. Chiswell about the expose which had appeared in print. the day before. As Mr. Chiswell failed to,put in his appéarance, angry re-— marks and threats soon mingled with the general buzz of con- versation, which extended way out in the corridor, where those swarmed who could not find room in the reception-room. “Why isn’t Mr. Chiswell here?” demanded one impatient shareholder of the Great Expectations Mine, buttonholing Fred. “I couldn't tell you, sir,” replied the boy, with his customary politeness. “When. does he usually come to the office?” “About ten o'clock, sir.” “It is now half-past eleven. “Why, I thought there’d looks as-if the head of this office doesn’t intend to show UP ‘ to-day. That can only mean one thing—that he is a swin and has defrauded us out of our good monéy. I move at a committee of us be formed to-consult with the police.” This suggestion met with the approbation of the majority of those present, and several volunteered to go on the committee in question, ‘ Half a dozen of the indignant shareholders were final selected, and they departed on their errand, while the rest mained, with constant accessions, for further deve The inconvenience of having so many disgruntled the room and around ha: thar inipent Tem oar ve a a vie Sf} ay vi len ” aes Gentlemen,” he roared out, “it ‘1 ty: ee ae ee oe “ae o

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2 OUT FOR THE DOLLARS. gs the mob that their presence there could serve no good end. ‘ That the best thing they could do was to elect a committee to inquire into the matter in a business-like way, with author- fp to act as their judgment suggested and to the best interests | AR ees After some objection on the part of chronic kickers this plan Was carried into effect, and the names and addresses of all present were taken down. The committee which had gone to see the police was chosen to represent the shareholders present, but the crowd hung around until they should return to make their report. When it was time for Hattie to go to lunch, Fred told her not to come back until the morning, as he would look after ‘things during the afternoon. The committee returned and said nothing-could be done with- ag warrant from a magistrate for the arrest of Mr. Chis- Fred then told the spokesman of the committee to ask the crowd to go If they aia not, he said, he would telephone to the station for officers to clear the room. This announcement of the boy’s raised a howl, and several angry shareholders advised throwing him downstairs. Fred thereupon told them plainly that he meant business. “I’m going to lunch, and will have to lock the office up, as Mr. Chiswell is not here to look after things. You'll haye to go, or there’ll be something doing.” A compromise was effected by which Fred agreed to leave _ the committee in charge of the room, provided they kept the _ door locked and people out until he got back. Half of the mob went down to the street, while the rest re- _* mained in the corridor to sympathize with one another over the apparent collapse of the Eastern branch of the Great Ex- _ pectations Mining & Milling Company. CHAPTER XVII. CONCLUSION. aed Fred concluded that there was no reason why he should hurry back to the office. - $0, when Fred had finished his lunch, and looked at the ticker to see how L. & M. was coming on—he found it up to rl a down to see Mr. Sherwood in the Bowling Green Buildin try There ‘he found Mr. Bailey, as he half expected he might, and he told the gentleman of the strenuous forenoon he had ‘put in at Mr. swell’s office. They both laughed, for neither had any sympathy with the a employed by Fred’s boss to boom a worthless mining eney had read the story in the newspaper the morning be- ae and Mr. Bailey said he meant to come over to see him soon as he had completed his business with Mr. Sherwood. Fred waited until the big Westerner was at liberty, and then bs Ba both went to Mr. Chiswell’s office together. % they found the corridor as crowded as before with in- nt shareholders, whose ranks had received many acces- s from out-of-town patrons of the company. ne r they were admitted, Fred took charge of a basketful letters that had been delivered by the postman during his placed them on top of the safe in the private room. Fred amused himself talking to Mr, Bailey and looking at Sesion on the tape until three o'clock, by which time ne ea ee applied to the courts for a re- be be 20s F charge of Mr. Chiswell’s office, and, their being a a@ proper eee was selected and he That gentleman came up and, making his way inside, told It closed at noon at 102, and then Fred began to consider that it was time for him to get out with his winnings. So he went to the bank and erdered his three thousand shares to be sold out Monday morning. The order was among the first to be executed when the Ex- change opened for business en Monday, and Fred’s stock went for 103 3-8. He cleared sixty-nine thousand dollars on the deal, out of which he handed Billy Brown twenty-three hundred dollars as his share of the transaction, according to their agreement. Billy hardly knew what to do with so much money, Dow that he had it. : He had never owned fifty dollars of his own before in his life. “You'd better put it into several savings banks, Billy, and forget that you have it,” advised Fred. “If you start in risking it on the market to make more, I think I see your finish in a short time.” Fred and Hattie enjoyed a vacation of six weeks until Mr. Bailey’s company, the Montezuma Silver Mining Company, went into operation in the Jones Building, on Wall Street. Hattie was made bookkeeper and cashier, and Fred was ap- pointed to be her general assistant. Between the two they attended to all the business of the new mining company. Mr. Bailey presented Fred with a certificate for one thou- sand shares, at a par value of one dollar, but*he said that in — he had no doubt it would be worth many times its face value. A certain amount of the stock was floated at fifty cents a share to enabie Mr. Bailey, who intended to take up his resi- dence on the property, to begin operations in business-like shape. Fred now decided that the best way he could use his capital of one hundred and five thousand dollars was to deposit it with a first-class trust company to loan out for him at interest. When he got hold of another tip he knew that he could bor- row enough on his investments to swing a good-sized deal, and that satisfied him. The exposure of the Great Expectations Company in New York brought about the collapse of the company itself in- Den- ver. - . What became of Horace Chiswell, Fred did not learn at once, though after some months he was told that his former boss had settled in San Francisco, where he was conducting a min- ing office on Pine street. One year from the time that the Great Expectations Company. failed, the Montezuma Silver Mining Company, of which An- drew Bailey was president and general manager, and Mr. Sher- wood was secretary, was on the highway to success. Its stock was worth three dollars a share on the exchanges, but very little of it could be bought at any price. Those who had been so fortunate to be invited to partici- pate in the development shares at fifty cents to one d@lar a_ share had made such a good thing that they were not at all anxious to dispose of their interests in the mine, which was beginning to pay a regular quarterly dividend. Fred was now worth something over one hundred thousand dollars, and the prospect was. that he would be worth a good deal more. , During the ensuing summer he paid a visit to the Monte- zuma Mine, at the special invitation of Mr. Bailey, who enter- tained him royally while he remained in Mexico. = No time has as yet been set forFred’s and Hattie’s wedding, but their close friends have reason to believe that the happy event will happen before next summer comes around. At any rate, Mr. Sherwood, acting as trustee for Fred, who | is nearly twenty, has invested fifteen thousand dollars of the young man’s money lately in a fine suburban home, presumably for Fred and Hattie to occupy “after their honeymoon. Fred is now assistant secretary of the Montezuma Silver Mine, and is shortly to be put in full charge of the mine’s Wall Street office, as Mr. Sherwood has all that he can do to look after the interests of the Bonanza Mine. . Although Fred is well off for one of his years, Be says that he is still Out for the Dollars, and always will be. Next week’s issue will contain “FOR FAME AND “For- TUNE; OR, THE BOY WHO WON BOTH.”

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abe FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. CURRENT NEWS According to the flectrical World, the available water-| Christmas with his aged parents. When released he power of the United States, excluding Alaska, amounts} weighed 200 pounds. When he began serving his sentence _ to more than 28,000,000 horse-power, of which approxi-| he weighed 160 pounds. mately 7,000, 000 or 25 per cent. has been developed. Mount Eina is active again, emitting red-hot lava, which, streaming along the aiden’ of the mountain and melting the | snow, Produces a wonderful effect, especially at night. | Glowing cinders and smoke form an umbrella-shaped clond | above the voleano. The good and faithful servant of ancient days found his miodern prototype at Sioux City, Iowa, when Charles Grubel, twenty-five years old, a clerk, received nearly all of the $50,000 estate left by Otto. Mowitz, a grocer for whom Grithel had worked six years. Mrs. E. V. Pittkanen enjoys the distinction of iain the first Virginia woman to kill a“deer. Mrs. Pittkanen is home from a hunting trip in the country about Mark- ham. She shot a buck weighing about 150 pounds. Hunt- ing licenses have been issued to fifteen Virginia women Since the big game season opened. ‘The Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn., Makers of brass goods, recently announced the payment of a@ 10 per cent. bonus, based on annual salary, to all its salaried employees. The number of employees affected is said to be several hundred. Some time ago the company increased the wages of its employees on piece work and day wages 10 per cent. George Chamberlin, a hoy, while playing near an old barn in Streator. Ml., unearthed a tincam which contained $610 in gold and bills. The property was turned over to He always protested his inno- cence. The University of Arkansas boasts the tallest man in football. Big Babe Turner stands 6 feet 7 inches, wears a 13% shoe and weighs 238 pounds. He is only nineteen years old and, according to report, he is still growing: He | says he expects to reach seven feet and weigh 300 pounds. Turner had never seen a football game until last fall, but took to the sport so naturally that Tom McConnell, di- rector of athletics at the university, predicts that in an-- other year he will not only be the tallest but the best foot- ball player en the gridiron. Felix Lagard, seventy years old, one of the animal ten- ders at the Zoo in Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wis., was seriously injured by a big buck deer which attacked the keeper when he entered the deer inclosure. Mr. Lagard battled for nearly an hour before help came. The res- cuers, Eli Nelson and Ansime Paquette, had no weapons and they grappled with the enraged animal. After a twenty-minute battle five men succeeded in throwing the deer and tying its feet to its horns. In trying to free it- ra solf the animal broke its neck and died. Lagard was taken - to the hospital. Tombstones are being used for location monuments in the new mining district near Sodaville, Nev., where a sup- __ posed fabulously rich ledge of tungsten ore was discovered, according to reports brought te Reno by men who answer the eall of the desert and mark the boundaries of their claim. One miner lecated the village cemetery, and ag there were no rocks near he used some of the best-looking tombstones to mark the boundaries of his claim. Others *y the estate of Mrs. come see rr a the owner of the soon followed svit,.and now the relatives of the departed, Le property. As Mrs. Riley is dead and-no one has claimed interred there years ago, would have a hard time atin or Ownership, the finder has entered suit to recover the treas- ure he crow has long Pepotvos for its kleptomaniac jes and known tosteal almost anything, without Pay to its value, but from the construction camp of the _ Construction Company, near Shippee, south of , Cal., comes a story of a crow that was discriminat- gh to steal something of value. John Schonlow, n for the company, went hunting. He fired into a vie ud crows, killing one. When Schonlow picked up the bi Gigly cased init r clasped in its beak a $1 bill. After iscrite Ripe, Fethisin Ahk COiegon, Slate oni Y for the murder of Nathan Wolfe, a pawnbroker, HugheMartin, who says he is a former student at liege and a graduate of the United States Mili- arin ie ar recently and, is the demand that its 20,000,000 ee Tee: en oS > “i > ing one grave from another. California is PaaS tite its acreage in walnuts and bids — fair soon to become the walnut center of the world. The crop for several years now has exceeded 20,000,000 pounds — annually. In the famous Puente and Covina section 2,200 — aeres are just beginning to bear. Some 800 added aeres are in young trees, while additional acreage is being Walnut Growers’ Association, it is stated, will operate her planted With this new acreage in full bearing the largest walnut een tore in the world. Tmported. wal- nuts are dutiable at two cents a pound, not shelled, and four cents per pound, shelled. Imports of the unshelled totaled 28,000,000 pounds during the fiscal year of 1914, with 9,000,000 pounds more of the shelled kernels. Their aggregate value was $4,300,000, California is now vieing with foreign lands in the size of its w m oun wage 2 of the imports, “. ei ie aes

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FAME AND | FORTUNE WEEKLY. “MAX AND HIS MILLION - . WORKING FOR THE WIZARD OF WALL STREET By ED KING (A SERIAL STORY) CHAPTER I. Susie spoke sadly, and there were tears in her large melt- : ‘ .. »s | ing black eyes. MAX AND HIS JOB. “It is tco bad, Susie,” said Max. “If there is anything I can do 2 On Wall Street, New York, until you get down below] “There isn’t a thing, Max.” << Pearl street, there are very few of the old-time ples “Did you get your money on Gaterdags ?” asked Max, Aft ‘standing. dropping his voice to a whisper. ie ie ~ Modern skyserapers have crowded out nearly all of the “Not a cent. It’s three weeks now since any of us in famous structures of former days. — : the office have been paid. Mr. Sanderson was off to Tuxedo : ur story Opens in one of the few remaining... again on Friday afternoon, and never signed any check for the office salaries. It’s a sin and a shame the way these millionaires go.on. Of course, one don’t dare to say a word. I would lose my place quickly enough if I was to ask for what is coming to me.” “Ti’s wicked, Susie; that’s what it is.’ “Max, I haven’t even got carfare. I te to walk all the way downtown this, morning.” “Here, take this,” said Max, slipping a-dollar bill into the girl’s hand. “I can get along w ithout it till Saturday, and you know ihe W izard always pays me prompt to the minute.” “Only asa Joan, Max,” replied Susie proudly. SPL pay it back to you when. I get my money. It is sure to come.’ “J don’t care if you never pay it back,” said Max as he went bounding up the second flight of stairs. Old neighbors, old stunk hietea: firm friends from child- hood. That was the way the case stood with Max Meyers and Susie Smith. in No. — came Rate mun and were| Susie was one of several * stenographers: eee by the ly snapped up whenever a Yaron oceurred. ~ rich brokerage firm of Sanderson & Snow. — red-hot 1 morning in the month of July a few years) Max was employed on the topsfioor of the old paildiae ‘ iohe a eighteen years, dressed in a style which} The sign on the glass door of he office which ‘he entered 1 t he could scarcely be in receipt of a greater| bore the name of “Jabez Coloney ;_ the business was not or four dollars a week, ran up the steps| given. Evidently Mr. Coloney only cared to deal with in question, and started up the stairs those whom he knew. eh t running into a girl who came out of} The room which Max entered was divided into ‘two! ve a 'd lags! with a + bunch ‘8 panes partition reaching from ceiling to floor. ite PR oi the door of this partition was the Rh eiing: of some rich merchant or Wanker, standing wedged in between two modern steel giants of eighteen or twenty stories. © In the rear, facing one street, and belonging to the same estate, is another similar building. These two are connected in by iron bridges. at eats stcty. Thus one can enter the Wall Street eens and: aa out by Pine street, or vice versa. P ; Such buildings were very common on Wall Street seme ‘ago, Sard, almost all the modern structures run h ae from street to street. ve Cael two old buildings were joey: Nees of eit of- vacant: rooms here. Hi) ce the ! iam chambers have been n divided once and | = un 7) 5 = 2.8 ? tr Pm) ° @ pu ra 5 rs 8 co 3 eb 8 =| 5 mn a S 4 - ee 2 Rn br _ ee g ) =] ir) ® oe = ® r . As Max entered this door flew open, and a tall, or qunan with de blond ae ori ues over his

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saying that no stranger character existed within the entire limits of Greater New York. He looked like a freak escaped from some dime museum. Actually he was a person of vast intelligence, a man who to Max’s certain knowledge could speak a dozen languages, and was versed in many sciences. That his name was an assumed one he once told Max, but it was the only confidence he ever made with the boy. Who he was, where he lived, who his friends were, if he had any, were all profound secrets to Max, who had served him as office boy now for two years. Jabez Coloney was not generally known, but among those with whom he consented to deal he was styled the Wizard of Wall Street. Once the papers got hold of his story and wrote him up. Next day his clients found the office door locked, and it was not unlocked for nearly a year. This, however, was just before Max’s time; since our hero entered his employ the Wizard, with a few brief intervals of unexplained absence, had been continuously at his post. Max swept out the office, dusted the simple furniture, and then sat down to read the morning paper. It was now half-past nine o’clock, and at a quarter to ten the door opened and a short, stout man..with a red four-in-hand tie, carrying a big diamond, came bustling in. -“Good-morning,” he said in a low, respectful tone. “I vant to see de Wizard. Has he came?” “He is here, Mr. Ebstein, but I can’t say whether he will see vou or not,” said Max. “Take a chair.” Isaac Ebstein, one of the richest brokers on the Board, a Man known up and down Wall Street as a perfect “terror” to do business with, dropped into an old chair with the cane bottom all bulging out, as meek as a lamb. ‘Max walked up to the partition to a place where there Was a little panel, and knocked three times. ‘Immediately the panel opened, and Mr. Jabez Coloney looked out. “Mr. Ebstein, sir,” said Max, respectfully. “Yes,” said the Wizard. _ The panel closed with a snap. "Max turned to Mr. Ebstein to find his face wreathed in Smiles. t “I vas in ackethal 7g he chuekled. v.” He slipped a five-dollar note into Max’s haga. _ Max pocketed it. *. He then opened the outer door and hung upon it a cant with the word “Wait” in large letters, “Then he shut the door and locked it. Max and Mr. Ebstein waited, too. Fresnthy ‘the inner door was opened, but nobody ap- “So; you take dat, ; ates were heard crossing the floor. ‘said Max, as there came the sound of a fall. ked in, closely followed by Ebstein. | ix nner she ein was but little better furnished nies the FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ee 21. The Wizard’s eyes were closed. He appeared to be ina profound cep, Max waiked direétly up to him, took his hand, holding out'the other hand to Ebstein, who clutched it eagerly. Then the Wizard spoke. His speech might have reminded one of the tape on a stock ticker, It ran something like this: “CO. of N.J., 853 No W1163.C.B: & Q; 123, ete.” It was simply stock quotations. He spoke for five minutes, rattling off initials and fig- ures with great rapidity. Ebstein must have possessed a good memory to have recolleéted them all, but he undoubtedly caught onto the figures concerning the stocks in which he was interested, and that was enough. At length the Wizard paused, and then in a minute said “Questions !” : “Von only,” said Ebstein. “Parrot copper.” “Tt is not listed on the Stock Exchange?” returned the Wizard. “No.” ; “You hold eighty shares: fz a bab Se ‘ A moment of silence followed, and thea came a single word: § B, “Sell.” f Sty Fe ow “Tank you,” said Ebstein. “I vill.” ~ ; The Wizard dropped Max’s hand. = Max dropped Ebstein’s. ~ Both stood perfectly still. : : The Wizard coughed, rubbed his.eyes, sat up, and, rising, < staggered to an old armchair by a table upon which was a x beck turned upside-down. f j “Ah, good-morning, Mr. Ebstein,” he said. “Satisfac- a tory, I hope?” , “T tink so,” said Ebstein. “I vill know bimeby. Nine times out of ten you vas ride.” af, The Wizard smiled wearily. oA “Can't always hit it,” he said, taking up the book, - “No, no: sure not, sure not,” replied Ebstein, handing “e the Wizard a five-dollar note. aad “See, my goot friend,” he said, holding up a hundred- dollar bill. “Take-dis, too. You haf served me vell. You get not enough. You gif me much pleasure you take dis?” “No, no, no!” replied the Wizard, shaking his hen a x “My fee is the same to. all. I work only to live, not make money. Don’t do that again or next time it be no.” - “Pardon, pardon!” cried Ebstein, and he beat a retreat. 4 Max closed the private door, leaving the Wizard a his book. "eae When he opened the outer door four men came pi in before Ebstein could get a chance to pass out. — “Two said “Good-morning,” the si two could see Mr. Coloney. Both were strangers to Max. “Stand there!” he oe ee

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ITEMS OF INTEREST : HUGE MUNITIONS PLANT. ‘oF On the pine barrens west of Lakehurst, N. J., a great manufacturing and testing plant is under construction by The Federal Government is understood to be deeply inter- ested. Strict secrecy surrounds operations. A tract of four square miles has been purchased from the Manchester Land Company, owned by Brown Brothers, bankers of No. 59 Wall street, New York. ~The work of laying out the grounds is well advanced. Building materials are arriving at Lakehurst. The plant will include an immense and fully equipped factory for munitions, testing grounds for shrapnel and long range shells, an aviation field and several hundred houses for employees. ; ~ "The capacity of the factory is one of the carefully guard- éd secrets. The location is ideal for protection from the curious. There are not many dweéllers in the district. ~ Such roads as exist are poor. The Manchester Land Company is said to own them, and to have agreed to co- 6perate in barring outsiders. Only persons known to have business at the plant will be allowed to pass. 4 EFFECT OF TOBACCO ON THE HEART. : French scientists find that tobacco, even when denico- tinized, has a marked and deleterious effect upon the heart. __ For some time past such effect was noticed upon the large blood vessels such as the aorta, but the present researches concern fhe lieart proper, and it also dppears that the ac- me tion is not, as might be supposed, due to the nicotine! __~ proper, for smoke from other sources appears to have the ae same bad effect, and even in tobacco this does not depend on the proportion of nicotine. The present work was car- ried out at the physiological laboratories of the Paris Medi- cal College and the results presented before the Biological Society. A graphic method was employed to observe the _ eoritractions of the heart, and the isolated organ was acted upon by the smoke of different brands of tobacco, such smoke being dissolved in Ringer’s solution, such as is used by Carrel and others for preservation of tissues. As this _ Tiquid is not toxic, it does not affect the results. It is found that by using the smoke solution the heart beats grow _ Téss and less, then the heart stops, unless it is restored by fe te was 8 It is then asked what part the ni- * © “cotine plays in this action, and, using high-grade French tébaceo with 314 to 4 per cent. nicotine and also low- e at an average of 1.35 per cent., it is seen that the c - the details of the phenomenon differ, the result is even with the weak tobacco the action of the heart is the Eddystone Munitions Corporations, of Eddystone, Pa | parties sixty-two years ago en Se a —— FOUND RECORDS IN CAIRN. News of the ‘diseavery by the explorer Vilhjalmur Ste- fansson of records left by one of the Franklin search is contained in the detailed report of his explorations received by the Naval Service Department. Ottawa, Ontario. The records were those left by MeClintock, who headed one of the parties whieh went in search of Franklin in 1853. . McClintock’s records, left ina cairn near Cape McClin- tock, on Prince Patrick Island, say that the explorers in- tended to travel three days westward in search of new land. Stefansson, instead, traveled three days north and made his discovery of new land, as has been recorded. In the cairn were various records, some illegible. They recorded the fact that MecClintock’s party were all well, had already examined the southeast coast and were about to proceed. west. f Stefansson is now in camp on Banks Island, if he has not already reached Prince Patrick’s Island. At the lat- ter place he expeets to establish a winter base as far north as possible. In February he will start on another explor- ing trip over the ice of Beaufort Sea. The explorer is of the opinion that the new Jand he discovered does not ex- tend far. west until it is defined by a narrow channel. On the other side of the channel he hopes to find more new land to add to Canada’s far northern possessions. i SAVED $1,000, THEN GAVE HALF AWAY. August Bilka, a restaurant chef, of Chicago, had saved about $1,000, but he was ambitious to get rich quickly. One day, while walking in South State street, he espied in front of a poolroom at No. 514 the sign of a gypsy for- tune teller. Among other things whieh the seer advertised was her ability to increase one’s bankroll. August looked up and down the street and then darted in. He told the fortune teller he wanted her scheme of getting rich. She led him through a course of questions that revealed he had saved $1,000. In order to increase his wealth the fortune teller told him he must get a $500 bill and pingit to his undershirt over his heart. After four days he was to return to(the clairvoyant’s “parlors” for further instructions. August went to the bank and withdrew $500 in a bill of that denomination. He hastened to his room and pinned the bill, according to the seer’s directions. On) the fourth day he again visited the gypsy queen. He partly disrobed to show that the bill was pinned over his heart. She said the charm was working “beantifullys” but it would be necessaty for the queen herself to wear the bill next her heart for a day and a night if August were to get his “wish.’ She promised him that inside of three weeks he would be worth $10,000. ; aie August took the bill from his undershirt and gave it fo the queen. He was to call the next afternoon. He called. There was nobody home, and August told his troubles to the police. But he is still “out” the $500, — ; ~

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. Young Fresh Ree |: Rae THE BOY WHO BOSSED THE MINE a from ’F risco- By GASTON GARNE CHAPTER XVI (continued) “By thunder, that will fix ’em!” cried Dolph, as Arthur| I want each and every one of you to put it up to your- hurried to the telephone. ~ Arthur had the sheriff on the wire in about ten min- utes. ,His answer was prompt and business-like. ‘He was personally acquainted with Mr. Sypher, and had known Mr. Boughton. Jack went to the ss and talked with him. “Delph stood amazed when he heard Jack detail is at- tempts on his life and tell all about the hidden mill. _ “The sheriff will start for High Rock with his posse in half an honr’s time unless he gets a call from me to the contrary. ” Jack announced as he hung up the receiver. Now, Dolph, I see that the men are standing around wait- ing for you. Go out and tell them what I say, and that I will be there to speak to them myself in five minutes.” Dolph left the office in a hurry. _. “Jack, you’re immense!” exclaimed Arthur. never have dared.” _ “No bouquets!” replied Jack. “You stay right here by the phone and keep an eye out of the window. If they turn on me call the sheriff. He is to remain at the tele- phone ‘till I give the word.” ’ 3 Watching the clock until the five minutes had expired, Reva: ‘clapped on his hat, and walked boldly out into the inti where the men stood massed around the board- _ ing-house ae an angry glance was thrown at him as he drew a “T would ey he could hear them say: comes Young Fresh from Frisco, the boy who is sd aid the mine.” CHAPTER XVII, THE UPPER HAND OF THE AEN. (A SERIAL STORY) | who is not afraid to do the right thing. All ‘those v _| to work under him say aye!” by this Young Fresh? pe eat: ery | ro de him ame off of a esd i ~ * “Boys,” he then said, “I want to ask you a question, and selves. Suppose you were old Ben Boughton’s nephew; if suppose his will had bequeathed you this valuable mine m... 3 condition that you were able to run it, is there any one i: among you who wouldn’t make the try? ” ree > Ml Silence followed as Jack paused. ar “I can read it in “There is not one,” he continued. your faces that you know I am right. I stand im that posi- — tion to-day. This mine is mine to get, and I propose to get it. My uncle’s will does not state how I shall get it. 1 could have come here with a big bodyguard and taken — possession. If I had considered it necessary in order. to enforce my claim I presume I could have come here with the sheriff of this county and a hundred men at my back, but instead of that I came here alone. “Probably all_of you do not know that Mr. Barnacle tried to have me killed on the road. Probably all of you — do not know that a second attempt was made when I went to Grasshopper Gulch. All probably know that the stand. pipe was turned on by some one the other night. It was done by Barnacle’s orders, for the purpose of killing me. <a The plot failed. Barnacle has gone. He will never re- turn here as boss. I have discharged Sam Calaway because — I feel that I cannot work with him, and have appointed — one of your own number in his place—Dolph Tatum: You oa all know him, and you know that he understands his busi- ness. He is willing to serve as superintendent of High Rock mine providing you are willing to work under dim, Mr. Tatum, step here, please.” P “Don’t you go, Dolph Tatum! Y” called out Sam Cala : “Tf you know what is good for you, don’t go.” : Tatum, looking rather pale, walked up the steps an ) took his stand beside Jack. ; “Here he is, boys!” cried Jack. “Here stands a Fes ihe There were a good many ayes. Jack did not call for the “noes.” * Instead of that he said: et. “All those not willing to work under Mr. | | please step forward. I want to see what they “Do it, boys!” cried Calaway. “Who wai

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is te ~ “Nothing of the sort,” replied Jack. “T have scored 24 ——— Sam Calaway, instead of pressing to be ae) hung back. Pe " “Hooray for Young Fresh!” rang ut! a voice int i the crowd. ‘Down with Young Fresh!” yelled another, and then there was a rush of those w ho had nade the move. Jack did not draw his revolver. “He' simply folded his arms and called out: “Touch me if you dare! Touch Dolph Tatum if you dare! Arthur Jones is now standing at the telephone watching us out of the office window. If he sees a hand raised against us he will give the word to the sheriff, and once that’ is done it means the arrest of every man con- nected with this mine. It is all arranged and will be car- Tied out to the letter whether I live or die.” These words were not without their effect. _ All the men halted except Sam Calaway. _ “Don’t listen to Young Fresh!”’s he yelled. “He has dealt foul with Tom Barnacle! Make him show his hand!’ Now that he had once started, Sam Calaway was prob- " » ably. ashamed to stop. _ He made a rush up the steps, expecting to capture Jack. » What he actually did capture was one~punch straight out from the shoulder, landing between the eyes. Jack sent him sprawling, and he lay where he fell. “Enough of this, boys!” shouted Dolph. “Get to work, every one of you! Tom Barnacle’s day is all over at ‘High Rock mine.” The men took the lint and scattered. “They knew that they were wrong, and Jack’s manly re- _ sistance had won the day. ~ In less time than it takes to tell it ils one was going about his business, Dolph himself taking the lead at a hint from Jack, who walked up to Sam Calaway. Tom Barnacle’s tool, finding himself thus deserted, was pow getting on his feet. ‘ “Go!” said Jack, sternly. “I give you just oné-half hour os get your money, gather your things together, and get these premises.” » Calaway glared. . “Just you wait! Ill get square with you!” he snarled, gel then slouched away. -.. Jack stood watching him until he had disappeared with- in the boarding-house, and then walked over to the office. ~ Arthur, who was on the watch, met him at the door. ~ “By thunder, Jack, you were immense! You have won “ont he cried. ‘a point, but we haven’t reached the end yet by any means. “Quick, Arthur! Get the sheriff on the phone.” Arthur rang up and Jack began to talk. th a few brief words he stated what had occurred: _ “J want you here to-morrow morning with at least a dozen men!” he called. “I shall then want you to go to a certain place near here and arrest one Dr. Steinmetz and men as he may have with him. This man has been y ie iorkind up gold ore stolen from this mine. I also want you to arrest Tom Barnacle, the former ntendent: T expect te have a man here’ who will be tell you where he is.” sheriff readily eset ee, and bars — ey : ee 4 f FAME. AND: FORTUNE | WEEKLY. “Make up Sam Calaway’s account and have the money ready, Arthur,” he ordered. “Call up shaft No. 1 on the yard phone and ‘tell Tatum to send two men whom he can trust to stand guard here until we are through with Cala- way. Lively, now! We want to get through with this business just as quickly as we possibly can.” Arthur lost no time, and when Calaway put in an ap- pearance the guard was there. Calaway received his money in silence. He knew that he was beaten, but he could not leave with- out one last word. “I’m going now, but you oa hear from me again!” he said, turning on Jack as he ‘passed the desk. sg ‘Not if you are wise!” replied Jack, looking him full in the eves. “Go, and don't come back again while I am boss of High Rock mine,’ “It'll be a bad day for you then AED I do come back;” hissed Calaway. : He went out and slammed the door. Arthur watched him through the window, and saw him pick up his grip and hurry out of the mine yard. “He’ll warn Dy. Steinmetz, surest thing, * he remarked after Jack had dismissed the two men. “T fully expect it,” was the reply. “As I told you be- fore, Arthur, I haye merely scored a point. I have downed that man once, but I shall have to down him again and again before I am boss of High Rock mine.” CHAPTER XVIII. TROUBLE AT SHAFT NO. 2. The remainder of the morning passed without any event worth recording. . Jack finished looking over Tom Barnacle’s papers, find- ing ample evidence of the superintendent’s rascality. These papers he carefully concealed in his own pockets, not daring to trust them to the safe, of which Barnacle also had the combination. He then went out into the yard, called Dolph Tatum up out of shaft No. 1, and held a Jong conversation with him in regard to the daily workings of the mine. Tatum informed him that but one man who had ually been in Barnacle’s confidence still remained, and that was Tim Brown, foreman of shaft No. 2, and he advised his immediate discharge. “We will wait till the end of the week and then give him a week’s wages instead of a week’s notice,” said Jack. “As matters have turned, I don’t Hank he can do me much harm in that time.” As for the others, who had see with Barnacle & Co. against the interests of the mine, Dolph felt certain that he could now manage them. He informed Jack that within forty-eight hours he could have three wagon-loads of ore ready for shipment. * Later Jack called up the Union Milling Company at Grasshopper Gulch, informed Mr. Owens that he was now in full charge at High Rock, and that in three days be would probably send over the ore. Sip A aa sen

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 25 TIMELY TOPICS Mrs. Margaret Jane Cathers, eighty, of near Newbern, Ind., has just learned that she is a daughter of Drewery A. . Massey, one hundred and eight years old, who died in Rush | County the other day, and that she lived within fifty miles of him for half a century without knowing his whereabouts. China draws its principal supplies of soft woods from the United States and Japan. In 1913, the last year for which figures are available, China imported from the United States approximately 79,700,000 feet board meas- ure, valued at $1,500,000. These imports were more than twice the amount of the preceding year and 16,000,000 feet im excess of 1910. Wala . Every inch of rainfall above four inches in the Dakotas, California, Washington, Kansas and Nebraska in May and June means an increase of $15,000,000 in the wheat crop. Every inch of rainfall above three inches in July in In- diana, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio and Nebraska increases the value of the corn crop by $160,000,000. These figures are compiled by E. J. Cragoe for the Journal of Com- merce. Tt is anticipated that large quantities of oranges and other citrus fruits will be available for shipment from South Africa to England during the coming season. “In another four years the South African shipments of such fruit will, according to the estimate of C. du P. Chiap- pini, British Government Trades Commissioner to South Africa, amount to 400,000 boxes, and in ten years to 4,- 006,000 boxes annually. ; Robbers broke into the saloon of J. H. Thomas, Evans- ville, Ind., one morning early. Thomas keeps two dogs in the saloon at night, and one of them, a fox terrier, rushed from the door the robbers left open and ran a block away to the home of his master and pawed on the door and | whined until Thomas got up, put on his clothes and re- turned with*him to the saloon. When Thomas went to the saloon the robbers had fled. A year ago “Bobby” Striker, then four years of age, dis- appeared from St. Petersburg, Fla. Despite all the efforts of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richter, of No. 474 MeDonough street, Brooklyn, no trace of the boy has been }found. On the anniversary of his disappearance, they pa reward of $500 for the boy, and no questions asked, bert Allen Striker was playing in-the yard of his uncle at St. Petersburg when he disappeared: ‘ ‘eee? : Ere production of fish in Spain amounts to near- ly $2 1,000,000 yearly in yalue. There are 586 steam, and iling vessels engaged in the industry. The an- on of tinned fish is 3,500,000 cases of ten tins e pack of Portugal is about 1,500,000 cases, ra +o: : “ at s ? eS Le A ee A SE aE ee Se ee "5, and that of France in normal times about 1,000,000 cases. Large quantities of Spanish-packed fish are sent abroad under French and Italian labels. " John M. Seaman, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Seaman, of Los Angeles, Cal., is dead at Ontario following an attack by a large rooster at the ranch home of the child’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. V. Lawrence. John and his mother visited at the ranch. The chickens were a novelty to the boy and he was anxious to feed them. With prodigious bravery that was thought only childishly cute he accomplished his desire. Recently he was so engaged when a large rooster jumped at the little fellow and buried its spurs deeply in his scalp. Blood poisoning developed and the child died in a hospital after much suffering. In southern Siam, Bangkok, the capital, is the principal port, and had at the last enumeration a population of 540,679, of which a large proportion are Chinese. The City of Bangkok is situated on both sides of the river Menam Chao Phya, about twenty-five miles upstream from the bar at its mouth. This bar forms a great obstacle to shipping, allowing only vessels to cross at high tide draw- ing from 12 feet 6 inches to 14 feet 6 inches, according to the season of the year. Vessels of greater depth, however, find a safe anchorage at al] times at Kohsichang, an island located about twenty-five miles from the mouth of the river. . The Secretary of the Navy has written a letter to the National Amateur Wireless Association, of which Gugliel- — mo Marconi is president, expressing his approval of the organization, and asking that its members hold themselves ready to co-operate with the Government if their services should be needed in a “time of public peril.” Mr. Daniels expressed the belief that such an organization would be of the greatest aid to the United States in carrying out a pre- paredness plan. He requested that a list of the members be turned over to the Government, and this will be done. He declined an invitation to act as an honorary vice-presi- dent of the association, having declined all such offers since entering public life. The police of East Orange, N. J., asked the police of sty New York and other cities to make a search of pawn bee a for jewels worth more than $30,000 which were stolen other night by a burglar from the home of Mr. and Mrs. : pF Clifford Bagles at 49 North Walnut street. On his re- turn with his wife from a visit with frietids Mr. Eagles” % sav» that a hole had been broken near the lock of the glass door in front of the house, so he hurried upstairs. When he arrived upstairs, however, the burglar had climbed out of a rear window and was running away. It was found room, the principal one being # diamond lavalliere wo re Pet Oe , ee that all of Mrs. Eagles’ jewels were missing from her bed. ¢ 4 - *

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. E fame and Fortune Weekly =” ie at NEW YORK, JANUARY 21, 1916. TERMS TO ‘SUBSCRIBERS | One psa Three Moatis.. =o conte f ons Seey a: a 1.25 Copy One Year Wcetevada Kdccucaiceel) Dil ft j eetade aioe HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send. P.O. Money Order, Check : Registered Let:er; remittances in any other way are at your risk. . aceept Postaye the same as cash. W sending silver | wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting uhe envelooe _ Write your name ana address plainly. Address letters to Frank Tousey, Publisher 168 West 23d St., N.Y. — GOOD CURRENT NEWS ARTICLES: Old Spanish and Freneh coins to the value of $1,250,000 are at the United States Mint in Philadelphia to be i changed into current money for the Republic of Cuba. coins were packed in Papen ee. kegs’ and came from In the study of the lives of seventy-three persons more ro ninety years old living in the eity of’ ‘Dresden, Saxony, it has been discovered that all sleep in closed rooms at night and abhor bathing, and all sleep eight or nine liours daily. vary’ in some of their habits, but these ere iia a tracts of Persia are uninhabited. The total popu- tion is about 9,000,000, which is only 14 to the square . The ‘anal CAtibe, Kurds, Leks, Turks, Lurs, his and gypsies) move from place to place, according neie animals need pasturage or as their other iiboreste ditional assets, amounting to $10, 900, mostly in gold Ll currency, were found by selatisea 4 in the home of Miss ry Powell, seventy years old, who died the other day in itaine, Ohio. She ee valuable real estate. A fever” hunters have been bringing in practically dee recently i in Minnesota, much to the chagrin of rt nimrods, whe have seemingly worked on the “hunch” as to runways. Clerks and. delivery boys eit d woods, witlr the result that six fine bucks z up that day y lads who do Know the difference a “30-307 bean-shooter. ~ eniences of the cecal day whie ts. Still they enjoyed s some luxu- deem comparative novel- this is important business,” ago, when the excavations were just beginning, a party of Americans found in what had been the pantry of a house many jars of preserved figs. One was opened, and they were found to be fresh and good. Investigation showed that the figs had been put into jars in a heated state, aa aperture left for the steam to escape, and then sealed with wax. The hint was taken, and the next year the preserv- ing of fruit in tins was introduced into America, the process being identical with that in vogue’ in Pompeii twenty centuries ago. Those who eat them do not realize that they are indebted for this art to a people who were literally ashes before the dawn of the Christian era. GHINS AND CHUCKLES She—Do you helieve men are as brave now as they used to be? He—Sure; just see the poetry some men write now. “Ah, my lad, the carly bird gets the worm!” “I guess dey has, boss. I been a-diggin’ bait — since 4 o’clock an’ aif’t got none yet.” “What makes Peck look go worried 7’, “He’s been eon- testing his wife’s will.” “Why, I didn’t know his wife was dead.” “That’s just it—she isn’t.” Mrs. Knicker—Is Mrs. Amos a well-informed woman? Mrs. Bocker—¥es, indeed ; her ccok has lived with all the other families in the neighborhood. Mabel—What! He proposed” to you on his motor ear, efter knowing you only a week? Dolly—Yes, and I told him he was exceeding the speed limit! Girl—jokingly—I’d like a place where I'l have every- thing I want, nothing to do, and no one to boss me. Clerk —This, miss, is an employment office, not a matrimonial agency. 5 “Can you gimme a bite, ma’am ?” said the ragged hobo. “I’m hungry enuff ter eat a hoss.” “I regret to say,” re- plied the kind lady, “that we are just out of MES og but Tl call the dog.” e Mabel—Yes, dear, I will be a helpmeet to you and try to lighten the daily troubles and worries of your life as — best I can, Arihur—But I have none, darling. Mabel— Oh, you old goose! I mean when we are married, of course ! gh “Uncle Teka? feted the. pretty ak who was seeking information, “would. I be justified in writing to a young man who has never written to me?” “Only on - im- portant business, my dear,” answered the old man. “Well, ‘she explained. i want him 7 aie: ors; to marry me.” —

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FAME AND. FORTUNE WEEKLY. WHAT WILL WATSON DID. By Horace Appleton ’ When Will Watson’s father died, his mother, though still a very pretty woman, vowed that she would never marry again. But before two years had elapsed | tiie was wedded to Rufus Dornton. Dornton was a tall, sallow-faced man, with raven-black hair and eves. -He was as stealthy in his movements as a cat,‘and had a way of slipping up behind you, without attracting your at- tention, ti]] he was looking over your shoulders, that was “very unpleasant. Tt made you feel that you were watched all the time, for you did not know at what moment he would come be- ind you. _ Before the marriage, . you would have thought that but- ter would not melt in his mouth; he was as "good: natured as a kitten when its fur is smoothed the right way. But it was not long before he began to show his claws. ‘He soon had his wife so completely under his control that she “scarcely dared call her life her own.’ ‘Nobody knew what his brfsiness was; he was géing and coming at all hours, and frequently remained away from an all night, and sometimes stayed away for days at a Occasionally rough-looking men came to see him after , and he always carried them, by a stairway that led. up from the back of the house, to a room upstairs, ich was always kept locked when Dornton was not in it. *Mgither Will nor his mother was ever permitted to even look into this mysterious chamber. On a certain day, Will had occasion to go up into the attie to look for something when two of Dornton’s ill- favored visitors were with him. He happened to stumble as he was passing the room Where they were closeted, and almost in an instant the door was opened just wide enough to allow Dornton to step hee Passage. He had a candle in his ‘eth which he stuck close to = ae and, looking him straight in the eyes, hissed a You, quiserable little scoundrel, if I ever catch you me at this door again I will cut your heart Wil was perfectly ‘innocent, but the whole affair was so : Was. such a malignant gleam in Dornton’s so inuch sternness in his voice, that Will quailed uilty in spite of himself, and the explanation >) make died on his lips. ; Dornton. ‘was well Supplied: with money, and ith a lavish hand. for weeks at a Sy he would ae have a t he got fi from his Ay ae ‘| been a chance to leave the room, he would have done ‘30, | Heavens and: earth ! to see the mother #! like a dog. Sins naere than bs aaah : upon the ice in front of the house, fell, and broke the demi- a john.” - “ The wicker-work was not injured, and Mr. Dethton.t did not at first notice that anything was wrong. = Without paying any attention to what Will eosibele " to say about the accident, he took the demijohn out of a . hand? But the moment he heard the jingling of the pieces of Bees broken glass he turned purple with rage. tis Dashing the demijohn at Will’s head, which he bevels missed, he seized a small rattan cane and roared out: © | “Til pay you for stealing my money and smashing oe demijohn to conceal it.” a With that he made a cut at Will with the rattan, ee he avoided by springing to one side. Will was nearly sixteen years of age, and a large, stout boy. % He thought that he was too large to be whipped, pe dia ae not believe that his father would punish him in that way ee, were he alive. a: He both disliked and dreaded Dornton. If there had but the enraged man was between him and the door, = The most cowardly men and animals will frequently - fight desperately when cornered. Will was no coward. He felt that he would rather ais than be whipped, and, seeing no other way of avoiding ae (#2 2 seized the poker and stood on the defensive. . “Put that down, sir,’ growled Dornton, advancing on him in a threatening manner. Kira “I won’t, without you let me alone,” replied Wil 5. Ry ' Just at this moment, Will’s mother, who had heard the sound of angry words, came into the room. _ She flew at her husband, and, clinging to his arm, ase s “Oh, Rufus, for mercy’s sake, don’t strike the boy !” oe ti DA age shook her off rudely, saying: pes eS “He is not fee child ; don’t whip him; if he has d . : anything wrong, I will talk to him, and he will be oy, and not “do s0 any ae ° self. “Forgive him this time; for my sake, pardon him 2 just this one time, and he shall never offend you again,” she pleaded, clinging to him. But he was blind with passion ana deaf to the voice reason. ; Finding that he could not release himself, he struck a severe blow on the mouth, causing her tps to blee floor at his feet. At the sight of Will's blood 1 aan ee ee Soar

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09 ; ies ‘ > * FAME struck his wife. ‘He cowered before the blaze of indignation in the flash- ee ing eves of the aroused boy. = ‘He threw up his arm to ward off the blow, but received a >. lick upon it that made it fall powerless by his side. He would have fled, but as he turned to do so the poker ' descended upon his head with such force that the iron was bent, and he fell senseless to the floor, with the blood gush- ing from his nose and mouth. Mrs. Dornton, wild with terror, knelt by the insensible man. “Fly! Oh, fly for your life!” she said to Will; “you ; have killed him! You will be arrested! Get out of the _. way; hide yourself! I will write to you through the post- ‘office. Go; for mercy’s sake, go at once!” +e “= With his anger still burning in his breast, Will walked q : off down the street with his head erect, and felt that he did + not care who knew what he had done. ef * But in a short time he began to cool down, and he es thought that he had better go away from the neighborhood of the house. ~ He wandered about until late: in the afternoon, and then, buying a loaf of bread, he crept into an empty _ goods box, which sheltered him from the wind, and passed _a@ miserable night. A In the morning he went to the postoffice and got the fol- “wing letter : ae . “Tytonr’s Hoven, Jersey City. “My Dear Son: Mr. D. was not hurt as much as we thought. When he came to himself the way he carried on was perfectly terrible. He swears that he will have you hung or kill you himself. Do keep out of his way. _._.° “He treated me so badly that I left him last night and stayed with a friend. I am now on my way to Philadel- ___ phia, where I intend to remain with my sister. TI have only money enough to buy my ticket, or I would send you some in this letter. As-soon as I get to __ Philadelphia, I will write to you and enclose you enough to ora ~ enable you to join me. Be: 4 “Dobe careful an@ not let Mr. D. see you, and may ven guard and preserve you is the prayer of - “Y our heart-broken mother, ‘ “Eyota Dornton.” will aid not have enough money to afford to go to a ¥ house, and, remembering his experience of the ~ night re, he spent the greater part of the day in look- e ing for some place where he could spend the night with finally found a little open space in one side of a pile f cotton bales on a pier not far from Wall street ferry, aera himself out_ straighi,when he laid dowi: ce tee . _ Thinking that he would be eure to recive anne money day, he treated himself to a fifteen-cent beef stew, re ana was soon feat asleep, is ss was a brute and a cow aS} at wae or r he never woul keg AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ———— only noise iyhiet struck r his ear was the sighing of the wind as if swept over the river and the lapping “of the water against the spiles. He was about to get up and move about to try and warm himself up a little, when he heard me approaching, and a voice saying: “Show a light, there, Rufe; I can’t see how to get along with this swag.’ Not wishing to be discovered, Will sprang back as close to the cotton as he could, but the next instant a dark- lantern was flashed into the recess. He uttered an exclamation of surprise. face with Dornton. hey recognized cach other at the same instant. With an oath, Dornton dropped the lantern, drew a large knife and sprang at Will, who, having no other means of defense, closed with his assailant, and endeavored, by lock- ing his arms around him, to keep him from using the knife. In this he was, in a great measure, successful, though he received several slight cuts on the shoulders and back. He shouted lustily for help. The space they were in was so narrow that Dornton’s companion could offer him no assistance. Dornton tried his best to shove Will back, so as to get a fair blow with the knife, but Will stuck to him like a leech. Will’s shouts had been heard, and some policemen were heard approaching. Dernton gave a desperate spring backwards to loosen Will’s hold, and the two fell over the end of the pier into the river. The knife was dropned in the fall, and Will and Dornton engaged in a furious struggle, each trying to force the head of the other under water. Luckily a police boat was near at hand, and the men, at- tracted by the noise, dragged the two combatants out of the water. Dornton’s companion was arrested as he was trying to escape from the pier. He had in his possession a large lot of jewelry, which, it was found, belonged to a firm on Maiden Lane, whose es- tablishment had been broken into during the night. Dornton and his companion were locked up. The mys- terious room in Mr. Dornton’s house was openedvand found — to ecntain a large lot of disguises and burglars’ tools. | The two burglars were sentenced-to a long term of im-— prisonment. The jewelers, whose goods had been recovered, gave Will a handsome reward. Mrs. Dornton got a divorce, and, with the experience that she has had, will not be likely to marry again. _ . And as for Will, he never looked or acted like a boy after his difficulty with Dornton. He is in $i for himself, and Sn: well. He was face to Neosho Falls, ‘Kan., now has a woman rural pss car: .| rier. Mrs. Lessie Reynolds has been appointed substitute 1} to her husband, Logan H. Reynolds, and covers her er of a anes ee day ze aay rim wed ce Ae iit as m oar

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FAME AND abs i WEEKLY. e- NEWS OF There is not a matchsafe made, so far as I know, that | meets all of the requirements of the sportsman as well as a 10 or 12 gauge brass shell closed with a cork stopper. ‘This makes a safe that is absolutely waterproof, easily opened, is cheap, and that will float. If one wishes to provide against the loss of the stopper a cord may be fastened about the cork, and the other end fastened about the base of the shell]. Thomas H. Nudd, seventy-one years old, of Hampton _ Beach, N. H., suffered a broken neck by falling from a Wagon fourteen years ago. He has now astonished physi- cians by regaining the use of his body and limbs. The other week, accompanied by his wife, he came to Bos- ton to make his home with his daughter. His neéck is healed, though the head is bent forward. He underwent no surgical operation. a ~ Possibly it is not generally known that imported orange "manmalade j is mainly produced from turnips. A friend of | ours was traveling in Scotland and, seeing vast fields of | turnips, asked a farmer: “What in the world do you use _ all these turnips for?” “Don’t you know,” said the Scotch- man, “that these are used for orange marmalade which we eas to your country and which is very popular all | ugh the United States?” It is very noticeable that the Underwood bill of 1913 reduced the duty on orange’ “Marmalade from two cents to one cent a pound. If you - Want pure orange sie sere onemei it yourself, or buy fees "American, * = y The | Territory of Hawaii now tis in hand reclamation ‘Works that ‘will cost about $300,000, with several other jects in contemplation, At Honolulu a strip of land a mile wide, starting near the wharves and extending r about three miles along the shore, is being put in sani- Another project well under way, known he Waiolama reclamation project, will improve the wa- it of Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii. Preliminary are being made for the Waikiki reclamation alg and filling will soon begin. This, parcel of land : the famous Waikiki Beach, and its reclamation will ge i so of desirable eilenbe baa : . 1860, lay ia cast a ballot for " lives, was sold at auction the other day to Captain Edward © A. Ev ers, of the [llinois Naval Reserve, for $46,000. The — vessel was offered for sale by the United States marshal, on an order from the United States District Court, based — rd upon claims for salvage by the wrecking company which raised the ship. Captain Evers has announced that the i, boat will be used by the Naval Reserve after certain altera-_ ' tions have been made i in the hull that he is sure will make — it seaworthy. "The Eastland is said to have cost the original . owners $350, 000, For a time it was owned in Cleveland, | Ohio, and carried excursionists out of that city. a oe The history of the tilefish, as retold in a recent cna of the Bureau of Fisheries, is full of romantic interest. This fish was discovered in 1879, when a New England fisherman, Capt. Kirby, caught several thousand pounds of a “etrange and handsomely colored fish” not far south of Nantucket, and sent a specimen to the United States Fish Cavititoni ded, which found it to be a new species. T fish proved to have edible qualities of a high order, to be present in. enormous numbers within easy reach the coast. Hardly, however, had measures been set on fi to establish the fishing as an industry, when the speci was apparently exterminated by a mysterious dis wide, and it was estimated that upwards of 1,400, ), had perished.. The most plausible explanation of this ter is that it was. due to a displacement of the , g The tilefish is a bottom dweller and also require

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TEST GIANT WARPLANE. A big steel battleplane of a new type was put through an exhaustive flying test at Readville, Mass., by Lieutenant Byron Q. Jones of the United States Army in the pres- ence of other army officers and raembers of the Aviation Corps of the Rhode Island National Guard. The new aerial fighting machine is twice the size of the ordinary aeroplane, and has a torpedo body and two gun turrets. It is built of Vanadium steel throughout, and, is driven by 140 horse-power motors, such ‘as recently have been sent to some of the warring nations in Europe. The first public test of the aeroplane is pnclies by the builders to have been satisfactory. ar _ $40,000 FOR BURIAL PLOT. The highest price for a burial plot in Greenwood Ceme- tery was paid recently by John 8. Phipps, of Westbury, L. I., who gave $40,000 for a grave for his son, who was » _ born and died on Nov. 13, 1915. The day-old infant was _ buried on Dec. 4, 1915, but because of Mr. Phipps’: re- , quest that nothing be said of it, his purchase ofthe $40,000 plot did not become known until recently. _ Mr. Phipps is the son of Henry C. Phipps, once presi- dent of the United States Steel Corporation, and formerly one of Andrew Carnegie’s partners. He negotiated for the plot in Greenwood through his seeretary, and on Dee. 3, 1915, visited the cemetery and inspected it. His pirchase is a circular plot eighty-seven feet nine inches in diameter on the top of Battle Hill. Late the next afternoon two closed carriages drove to the cemetery, and the baby was buried there. Until Mr. Phipps made his purchase the highest price paid for a plot in Greenwood was $30,000, paid by Clar- ence Mackay for the grave of his father, John Mackay. CITY COLLEGE FRESHMEN MAKE SOPHOMORES ; - ENTERTAIN THEM. _ he first dinner of the freshman class of the College-of the City of New York was held at Hollywood Hall the other night. About 150 members of the class were pres- ent, and a commitiee brought in two sophomores they had on the street, Philip Cheitman and Howard The sophomores were obliged to doff all their On the chest of each was painted “C. C. N. Y.” in red Seiden; and “1919” on their backs. "Ropes were tied about their necks and they were made to run on all fours up and down the dining hall, jump upon chairs, bark like dogs, and denounce their own class. _ The management of the hall feared a rescue by other 80] and sent a call to the West 123d Street Police _ Station to prevent a battie. Detectives Gleason and Rut- ; were sent, to the hall. They found the captive sopho- savorting under protest and wearing nothing but s, red paint, and pained expressions, but they refused er of police protection. The detectives took up their perce sebapteaice! oe! as heeded INTERES TING | ARTICLES ____FAME AND \ME_AND FORTUNE | WEEKLY. QUEER HAPPENINGS. Harry Craig tried to climb the big liberty pole in West Orange, N. J. Four policemen caught him near the top and. the court fined him $50, Hungry and frightened, a horse jumped through a plate glass window in an effort to get at vegetables in a fruit store at Paterson, N. J. Carl Pfaeger, given ten days in workhouse for depositing Marie Georges and Kate Ernan-in ash can after an argu- ment at Broadway and One Hundredth street. Hunters at Sayville, L. I. » complain of being robbed of © game by a wild-looking man, Voters of Boston are to decide whether to take a slice off the historic Boston Common to relieve traffic. Much feeling, pro and con, prevails. William Hook, forty-one, whirled about by power belt in factory at Lodi, N. J., is stripped of clothes, but unin- jured. : Housewives leave keys with milkmen in Paterson, N. J., so they can bring milk into house, and now Whitcomb P. James, milkman, is charged with larceny. Anthony Luckshun, nineteen, of No. 574 Logan street, Brooklyn, in court for discharging gun in public. Told judge ‘he had read about war and wanted to practife — shooting. . Elevator in postoffice becomes jammed and is out of commission fifty-five minutes. Hamburg-American and New Haven trials delayed because jurors in elevator. Spleen removed from youth of eighteen years at Roose- velt Hospital to cure jaundice. Mrs. Patrick Sullivan, bride of two days, disappears in Boston subway while husband buys candy. Three hours later Sullivan ‘finds her seated few feet from where he left her. R. 8. Huntington, of faculty of the Huntington (L. 1.) High School, and three pupils forced to camp out all night when engine of automobile stalled. : Mrs. Flora Goldstein, Brooklyn, attired herself in men yy. clothes to surprise nephews, but forgets to change her shoes. Policeman rescues her from accel at Williamsburg Bridge plaza. Lawyer W. J. Collins, in Riverhead County Court, de- clares client couldn’t attend court because, his automobil fell apart and he was too poor to hire another. James J. Sherry, 67, and Mrs. Catherine Smyth, 76, of Jersey City, kept marriage secret since last J uly, claiming it was “nobody’s business.” Matilda Weisburg, fourteen, runaway girl from Albany, N. Y., taken into custody on steamer Mohawk. She had $1.35 ‘and wanted to see New York. Said she would walk home if necessary. William Steffens, Hoboken, in divorce suit, says he tickled his wife’s toes with cold water because she wes. not get up Sunday mornings. Pursuit of robbers suddenly ends when one of them shoots hole through hat of Clarence W. bate outha ‘ton, + os Fm

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Cal a: TAKE NOTICE! ltch Powder, Bombs and Cachoo | ot be sent by mail. Only orders | for,these goods amounting to one dol- | ‘will be accepted, as delivery will xe to be made by express. .% TRICK COIN HOLDER. — The \ tached made so as to fit anyone’s finger. a Ys The holder clasps aS wre ~ tightly a 25¢. piece. bn . Yhen the ring is eplaced on the finger with the coin showing on ethe palm of the hand and offered in change it t be picked up. A nice way to tip people. Tice by mail, postpaid, 10c. each, ,WOLEF NOVELTY CO., 29 W- 26th St., N. ¥ THE BUCULO CIGAR. B) © most remarkable trick-cigar in the . It smokes without tobacco, and never | SMailer. Anyone cam have a world of _fum’with it, especially if you smoke jt in the 5 Presence of a person who dislikes the odor tobacco. It looks exactly like a fine per- and the smoke is so real that it is t eye - te deceive the closest observer. Price, 12c. each, postpaid. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St.. rahe wh N. * BLACK-EYE JOERE. New and gmusing joker. The victim is tole to hold the tube clese to his 30 as to exclude all Nght from the back, and then to remove the tube until pictures appear in the center. iIn trying to lecate the pictures he will re- ceive the finest black-eye you ever saw. We furnish a small box of = preparation with each biackenin, tube, so the joke can be used in- | definitely. ose net im the trick will be caught every time. Abso- harmiess. Price by mail Sc. etch; eoin holder is at- | to a ring | THE JOKER’S CIGAR. The biggest sell of the sefi- son. A real cigar made of ites, tobacco, but secreted in the Wize, center of cigar about one-half Zio" inch from end is @ fountain Onks of sparklets. The moment Ae Ee the fire reaches this fountain ae 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 centinue smoking the cigar to the end. Price, 10c.; 3 for 23e; E dozen, 90c., mailed, post- a, FRANK SMITH, 383 Lenox Ave. N. Y. EAS THE FRIGHTFUL RATTLESNAKE} To all appearance it isa harmless piece of coiled paper with a mouth- = piece attachment, but upon placing it to one’s mouth, and blowing ’ “ into the tube, an imita- tion snake over two feet in length springs out of the roli like a flash of lightning, producing 4 whistling, fut- tering sound that would frighten a wild In- dian. We guarantee our rattlesnake not to bite, but would not advise you to play the joke on timid women or delicate children. Each snake packed in a box. Price, 10e.; 3 for 25¢., mailed postpaid. WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N. ¥ MAGIC DIE BLOCK. A wonderfully de- ceptive trick! A solid block, two inches square, is made to ap- pear and disappear at pleasure. Borrowing @ a hat from one of the audience, S7ot, place the block on top, sliding a cardboa cover (which may be examined) over it, At the word of command you lift the cover, the block and the same instant ft falls to the floor, through the hat, with a solid thud, or into one of the spectator’s hands. You may vary this excellent trick by passing the block through a table and on to the floor beneath, or through the lid of a desk into the drawer, etc. This trick never fails to astonish the ‘ctators, and can be repeated as often as desired HH “is gone, i Price, 35e¢., postpaid. . PF. LANG, 1815 Centre St.. Bkiyn, N. Y.- SNAPPER PENCIL Sometimes your jo- cose friend heips him- self to the pencil stick- ing up from your vest pocket. Let him take this one. When he at- tempts to use it, a pair of springs shoot out and rap him so smartly on the knuckles that he swears-off taking other people’s property. A dandy little trick affording no end of amusement. ; rice, 10e. each, by mail P H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre &St., B’k SURPRISE MOVING-PICTURE MACHINE. It consists of a small nickeled metal tube, 4% inches long, with a lens eye-view, which shows a@ 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 a stream of water squirts in hie 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, 30c. each by mail, postpaid; @ for $1.00. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’kiyn, N. Y. } postpaid. . N. ¥. LITTLE CLINCHERS With a pair of these creepers clinched on your shoes you can defy the slipperiest ice or snow. No matter how slippery the road or how steep the hill, these claws of steel will carry you safely over them. A child ean adjust them in 30 seconds. No natis, straps, screws or rivets are needed. They will not injure your shoes. No need to remove them indoors—sim- ply fold the heel-plate for- ward, reversing the spikes under the instep. They are comfortable, durable and in- visible. Just the thing for postmen, golfers, hunters, woodsmen, brakemen, miners : and all who would insure life and limb in | winter weather. 25 cents a pair, postpaid. | H, F. LANG, 1815 Centre St.. B’kiyn, N. Y¥. WE WANT YOU TO READ “Wioving Picture Stories” Absolutely the finest little publication on the news-stands SF PRICE 5 CENTS A COPY @ ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY BEAUTIFUL COLORED COVER DESIGNS “2 THIRTY-TWO PAGES FINE HALF-TONE FRONTISPIECES \ Mow portraits of actors and actresses every week - Geta copy of this weekly magazine and see what its plays. EVERY NUMBER CONTAINS ‘ Photographs and Biographies of the most celebrated Photoplay actors and actresses. * Special Articles relating to Moving Pictures, written by the greatest authorities in the film business. - Scenario Hints and the names of all the companies who may buy the plays you write. Poems, Jingles, Jests and every bright feature calculated to interest both young and old. GET A COPY NOW trom your newsdealer, or send us 5 cents in money or postage ¥ ~ you the latest number . stamps, and we will mail os “MOVING PICTURE STORIES,” Inc. ' 168 West 23d Street New York

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FRANK TOUSEY, PUBLISHER, 168 WEST 23D STREET, NEW YORK me » a .. No. 894. NEW YORK, JANUARY 21, 1916. i o

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—LATEST ISSUES— n the Copper Field; or, The Mine That Made the Money. From a Cent to a Fortune; or, A Chicago Boy’s Great Scoop. A Start in Life; or, A Poor Boy’s Rise to Fame. A Wide Awake Boy; or, Born ith a Winning Streak. ms the Money; or, How Ben Bailey Made His Mark. Digging for Gold; or, The Luck of a Boy Miner. A y With Grit; or, Earning An Honest Living. Andy, the Mill Boy; or, Rising to the Top Lucky Lee, the Office Boy: or, The Nerviest Lad in New York. Sure to Get Rich; or, A Smart Young Messenger. Pushing it Through; or. The Fate of a Lucky Boy. A Born Speculator: or, The Young Sphinx of Wall Street. The Way to Success; or, The Boy Who Got There. Struck Oj1; or, The Bov Who Made a Million. A Golden Risk; or, The Young Miners of Della Cruz. A Sure Winner; or, The Boy Who Went Out With a Circus. 5 Golden Fleece; or, The Boy Brokers of Wall Street. ] $97 tAaritt on the World; or, Working His Way to Fortune. 98 Playing to Win: or, The Foxiest Boy In Wall Street. _ 499 Tatters; or, A Boy from the Slums. 500 A Young Monte Cristo: or, The Richest Boy in the World. _ 801 Won by Pluck; or, The Boys Who Ran a Railroad. _ 602 Beating the Brokers: or. The Boy Who “Couldn't Be Done.” _ 503 A Rolling Stone; or, The Brightest Boy on Record. _ 804 Never Say Die: or, The Young Surveyor of Happy Valley. _ 505 Boss of the Market; or, The Greatest Boy in Wall Street. _ 5606 The Chance of His Life: or, The Young Pilot of Crytal Lake J 507 Striving for Fortune; or. From Bell-Boy to Millionaire 508 Out for Business: or, The Smartest Roy In Town 509 A Favorite of Fortune: or, Striking It Rich tn Wall! Street. 610 Through Thick and Thin; or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy. _ FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, - - - =) ake _ POSTAGE STAMPS TAKEN THE SAME AS MONEY. FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, : - - - ‘. business, ates valuable recipes for diseases peculiar to ens. _ the horse. CANOES.—A handy book for boys, contain- | admission to the Annapolis Naval Academy. | the seéret ef palmistry. Also the secret 0 - full directions for constructing canoes and Alse containing the course of instruction, de- telling future events by aid of moles, mark ~a4 most popular manner of salling them. scription of grounds and buildings, historical scars, etc. Illustrated. _ Fully illustrated. sketch, and everything a boy should know to No. 77. HOW TO DO FORTY. TRICKS o. 49. HOW TO DEBATE.—Giving rules become an officer in the United St*.es Navy. WITH CARDS.—Containing deceptive Card ‘conducting debates, eutlines for debatos, By Lu Senarens. = <= HOW TO STUFF BIRDS AND AN : book, giving instructio collecting, pre ing, mounting and pre serving birds, animals and insects. N 51. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH .—Containin xplanations of the gen- illustrated. Fame Before the Footlights; or, The Boy Who Bossed the Theater. 7 495, 496 ~ Madcap Scheme: or, The Boy Treasure Hunters of Cocos Island. For sale by all newsdealers, or will be sent to any address on receipt of price, 5 cents per copy, in money or postage stamps, b IF YOU WANT ANY BACK NUMBERS ~~ of our weeklies and cannot procure them from newsdealers, they can be obtained from this office direct. Write out and fill in your Order and send it to us with the price of the weeklies you want and we will send them to you by return mail ou RnR TEN-CENT HAND EBEOOH S HOW TO MAKE AND USE ELEC- {| RAPHER.—Containing useful information re- Y¥.—A description of the wonderful | garding the Camera and how to work it; also No. 638. HOW TO BECOME A NAVAL No. 48. HOW TO BUILD AND SAIL | CADET.—Complete instructions of how to gain estions for discussion, and the best sources No. 64. HOW TO MAKE ELECTRICAL magicians. Arranged for home amusement.) procuring information on the question | wACHINES.—Containing full directions for | Fully illustrated. ¥ making electrical machines, induction coils, No. 78. HOW TO DO THE BLACK ART. dynamos, and many neve! toys to be worked by electricity. By R. A. R. Bennet. Fully No. 65. MULDOON’S JOKES.—The most < : original joke book ever published, and it is No. 79. HOW TO BECOME AN ACTOR brimful of wit and humor. It contains a —Containing complete instructions how tea 511 Doing His Level Best; or, Working His Way Up 512 Always on Deck: or. The Boy Who Made His Mark. 513 A Mint of Money; or, The ane Wall Street Broker. 514 The Ladder of Fame; or, From Office Boy to Senator. 515 On the Square: or, The Success of an Honest Boy 516 After a Fortune; or, The Pluckiest Boy in the West. 517 Winning the Dollars; or, The Young Wonder of Wall Street. 518 Making His Mark; or, The Boy Who Became President. 519 Heir to a Million; or, The Boy Who Was Born Lucky. 520 Lost in the Andes; or, The Treasure of the Buried City. 521 On His Mettle; or, A Plucky Boy in Wall Street 522 A Lucky Chance; or, Taking Fortune on the Wing. 523 The Road to Success; or, The Career of a Fortunate Boy. 524 Chasing Pointers; or, The Luckiest Boy in Wall Street. 525 Rising in the World; or, From Factory Boy to Manager. 526 From Dark to Dawn; or, A Poor Boy's Chance. 527 Out for Himself; or, Paving His Way to Fortune. 528 Diamond Cut Diamond; or, The Boy Brokers of Wall Street. 529 A Start in Life; or, A Bright Boy’s Ambition. 530 Out for a Million; or, The Young Midas of Wall Street. 531 Every Inch a Boy; or, Doing His Level Best. 532 On to Success; or, The Roy Who Got Ahead. 583 An Eye to Business; or, The Boy Who Was Not Asleep. 534 Tipped by the Ticker; or, An Ambitious Boy in Wall Street. 535 Money to Burn; or, The Shrewdest Boy in Wall Street. 536 A Bid for a Fortune: or, A Country Boy in Wall Street. 537 Bound to Rise; or, Fighting His Way to Success. 588 Out for the Dollars; or, A Smart Boy in Wall Street. 539 For Fame and Fortune; or, The Boy Who Won Both. 540 A Wall Street Winner; or, Making a Mint of Money. - - - - - 168 West 23d St., New York. = ; - - - 168 West 23d St., New York with figures and the magic of numbers. B A. Anderson. Fully flustrated. es of electricity and electro magnetism; to- how to make Photographic Magic Lantern No. 74. HOW To WRITE LETTERS ther with full instructions for making Elec- Slides and other Transparencies. Handsomely CORRECTLY.—Containing full instruction tric Toys, Batteries, etc. By George Trebel, illustrated. ‘ for writing letters on almost any subject, A. M.. M.D. Containing over fifty illustra- No. 62. HOW TO BECOME A WEST also rules for punctuation and composition tions. x POINT MILITARY CADET.—Explains how with specimen letters. _—-—s'No. 47. HOW TO BREAK, RIDE AND to gain admittance, course of Study, Examina- No. 75. HOW TO BECOME A CONJURER #5 VE A HORSE.—A complete treatise on tions, Duties, Staff of Officers, Post Guard, Po- —Containing tricks with Dominoes, Dice, horse. Describing the most useful horses lice Regulations, Fire Department, and all a | Cups and Balls, Hats, etc. Embracing thirty the best horses for the road; boy should know to be a cadet. Ry Lu Senar- | #/x illustrations. By A. Anderson. No. 76. HOW TO TELL FORTUNES BY THE HAND.—Containing rules for telling for- tunes by the aid of lines of the hand, on Tricks as performed by leading conjurers and —Containing a complete description of th mysteries of Magic and Sleight-of-Hand, to gether with many wonderful experiments. B A. Anderson. Illustrated. eral principles of ght-of-hand applicable | jarge collection of songs, jokes, conundrums, | make up fer various characters on the stage card tricks, of card tricks with ordinary | gt. of Terrence Muldoon, the great wit, hu- | tegether with the duties of the Stage Manazer, and not requiring ight-of-hand; of tricks involving sleight-of-hand, or the use prepared cards. Tilustrated. cms taining over three hundred interesting puzzies HOW TO PLAY CARDS.— Giving and conundrums, with key to same. A com- morist, and practical joker of the day. Prompter, Scenic Artist and Property Man. No. 66. HOW TO DO PUZZLES.—Con- No. 80. GUS WILLIAMS’ JOKE BOOK. Containing the latest jokes, anecdotes and funny stories of this world-renowned Germ: full directions for playing - comedian. Sixty-four pages; handsome col Ferty-Five, Rounce, plete book. Fully illustrated. a9) notion “Pitch, Ne. 6. HOW TO. BO -BLECTEECAL | sft corer containing 'o Basets Eee er and method of raising, keeping, ta: ‘No. 55. HOW TO COLLECT sTAMps | trated. D COFNS.—Containing valuable informa- | regarding the collecting and arranging | TRICKS.—Containing stamps ow Handsomely illustrated. fer performing over sixty Mechanica! Tricks. the world. By Leo Hugo Koch, A.C.8. No. 56. TO BECOME AN _ EN- Fully illustrated. —Containing full instructions how to No. 72. HOW TO DO SIXTY TRICKS & locomotive engineer; also directions WITH CARDS.—Embracing all of the latest and most deceptive card tricks, with illus- a model locomotive; together description of everything an en- should kno iding * trations. sa by all newsdealers, or will be sent to any address on receipt of price, 10 cts. per copy, ur 3 for 25 cts.. in money or postage stamps, by | TOUSEY, Publisher, - - - TRICKS.—Containing a large collection of in- . poe ct — plot ye emg PN TR Bini pn eng Ne. 58. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS.—A together w illustrations. By A. Anderson. ism; animal m tism, . etic _ wonderful little book, telling you hew to write No. 68. HOW TO DO CHEMICAL TRICKS. ing. By erot, Een-tte = Paige 5 ton <td ur sweetheart, your father, mother, sis- —Containing over one hundred highly amus- te ” es ether, employer; . in fact, ery- ing and instructive tricks with chemicals. By = oh Eye oe CALMISTRY.—Com body and anybody you wish te write to. A. Anderson. Handsomely fllustrated. taining the most approved methods of read No. 54. HOW TO KEEP AND MANAGE No. 69. HOW TO DO SLEIGHT-OF-HAND. ing the lines on the hand, tegether with a full! PETS.—Giving complete information as te the —Containing over fifty of the latest and best explanation of their meaning. Also explain tricks used by magicians. Also containing the ing phrenology, and the key for telling char- ing, and managing a!! kinds of pets; secret of second sight. Fully illustrated. acter b the bumps on the head. By Leo ‘ giving full instructions for making cages, No. 70. HOW TO MAKE MAGIC TOYS.— Hugo Koch, peor PPully illustrated. 5: ec. Fully explained by twenty-eight fllus- Containing full directions for making Magic No. 83. HOW TO HYPNOTIZE.—Contain- Toys and devices of many kinds. Fully illus- ing valuable and instructive information re- Ne. 71. HOW TO DO MECHANICAL garding the science of hypnotism. Also ex. Plaining the most approved methods which) complete instructions are employed by the leading hypnotists of No. 8. HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR, —Containing information regarding choice o subjects, the use of words and the manner of’ preparing and submitting manuscript 1° containing valuable information as to a we No. 73%. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH tness, legibility and general pestle 60. HOW TO BECOME A PHOTOG- NUMBERS.—Showing many curious tricks of aasmericxtne. Ei Migaaees Bern tion , s . = 168 West 23d St., New York,