Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 560) (1916 06 23)

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4 j y j % v4 A CORNER INSTOCK; — OR, THE WALL STREET ROY WHO WON. | YI A GEL = YYIF , SYA. Ea Mfr j iy a Ane OTHER SG ; A strange, scraping noise behind the grate screen attracted the attention of the boys. “What's that?” asked Sem, jumping up. Bertie started forward to investigate. Suddenly the screen fell forward with a crash, a masked man, revolver in hand.

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Wa « 6 ey | _FAMEAND FORTUNE WEEKLY STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY Tssued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Entered at the New York, N. Post Office as Second:Class Matter “‘y Frank Tousey, Publisher, 168 West 23d -Street,. ais Yar}, =) 5 A CORNER IN STOCK , THE WALL STREET BOY WHO WON - BY. A SELF-MADE MAN : , CHAPTER I. stingy to grt its rusty look with even a single coat of : : : cheap pain q ED BERTIE AND HIS FRIEND SAM ROGERS. The neighbors —— the awaltig as an eye-sore, and some of them! wondered: why Mr. Fenn did: not keep it in LOST OR STOLEN—A japanned tin box, containing 5 | better shape; but after all it: was in perfect keeping: with “Teey er ‘cent. gold honds of the Louisville Southern Railway, of | the owner’s shabby garments and his wife’s ‘Somewha yong a 5 Rak: Cor sgete 10,609, ay 610, 12,208, 12,209, 3 »210, |ternly attire. 15,001 to 15,010; also several. promissory ‘notes and two} The onl really resentable object about the ola was _ mortgages. Finder ageing notify Jordan, Black & Co., No. Eddi x ‘6 : 5 Wie - rey — Broadway, New York City. He was always neat, clean, and well dressed. Ed Bertie read the foregoing, printed in capital letters in PEs pepe the scene ho eG od aie F a prominent part of the financial page of a morning daily, | ¥.. ? ry etcetera h mas ‘wo th __as he and his friend Sam Rogers were riding down-town in yoo Sicthae-lhe had bought: rt oe ape Saag es pee car to business on the morning before the Fourth Whi pdliben’ia that tlie Jad simply had tovbé well deals 4 i, }: Ju ly. WwW ’ Ss . Bertie was a poor boy; that is, he had no prospects except AB ceay Fes im f al Street, = be couldn t get away _ what he made for himself. “How would you like to find that ne Sam?” said ‘Badie > _ He bade | employed as messenger by Richard Gilder, a stock th of No. — Wall messenger Mr. Gilder had long since por apie vigght hsb pao pe yt the stolen eer ee araved eohad” conclusion that he was the best office boy he “I'd like.to. find it first-rate,” replie d Sam, after. read ‘ ra ey the notice; “but no such luck is ely to come my way. _ It was really a pleasure to look at the boy’s bright, earnest | <ometimes think ‘that I'm lucky to be alive, for my folks. are — and notice the alert expression that rested on not very prosperous. As.a matter of fact, we’re Siily, deck _ features. from hand to mouth, for rent and living expenses are drea 3 ; mary gave every indication of a boy who was bound to suc-|ful high these times.” in life. “One would think so to listen to the way ‘my: aunt groans over the housekeeping bills,” replied Eddie. . re. don’t see why she should,. when Mr. Fenn has no pee pay.” ¥ 3 Sie father and mother were. ‘dead, ‘and he lived with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.. Peter Fenn, in a small de- a ‘tached, shabby-looking Een in the Bronx. The Fenns were mean, close, oe imonious people, ‘so it het easly be supposed that Eddie did not live.on the fat large to Mr. and M Mrs..Fenn as a. thirty-story office ‘does to. a countryman new to the city.” retake a made no bones. abant taking the boy’s eight wages e i Saturday,’as regular as clock-work, and C “doled out to him ie é ‘morning rey. cents for ear- r a un “seemed te tiddie as though the. Br aos ot stuck to her alon-like fingers as she. grudging ly handed it to-him ry last moment before he left the house. | ‘Gs was in nee cote Woe in the Bronx, and | spe fe and t fire insurance com- haye hit the nail on bog head just, the “Your uncle must be saving mone: 5 “T’'ll bet he is, for he takes. —— esa’ care’ ‘to. “et as ie as ible get away_from “T don “That doesn’t make. any”. difference, A doliar- ‘cnc x © Eddie might ‘have said a ten-cent mies and he would he good lot e him cou p-the manage to chor wher Soll a

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ae: | A CORNER IN STOCK. “How much does she allow you for carfare and pocket- money?” he asked. ' CHAPTER II. , ity cents a day, and it’s like drawing a tooth to : , ’ , get it from her.” ED EXPLAINS TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY THE MYSTERY OF MARGINAL Twenty cents! That leaves you only ten cents for your SPECULATION. lunch. Why, I saw xe pay a-quarter yesterday for a plate of stew, a cup of coffee, and a hunk of home-made apple pie. Where did you get the extra money?” “I often get a tip from a broker—usually a quarter. Sometimes I’ve made two dollars in a week that way.” Of course you don’t tell your aunt about this extra revenue?” _“I should say not. She wouldn’t give me a moment’s rest till I gave it ~ to her. For a long time she kicked about ving me the dime for lunch.) She wanted me to carry my unch down with me—a slice of stale bread, and a couple ae Forasige sabes egy ews of gre Then she tried mpt me with a slice o ied-apple pie. Ij. : a esi wouldnt have it. L told her that people didn't bring their a Fee well he SE es ne lunch to Wall Street, as a rule, that it would make me| «% Fo ape ae Biect sl m spessensas | Oa ¢ look mean to do so. She didn’t mind how mean it looked, so Good eddie we biG a = that Tl bet there will be weeping and) «sure, I never saw a man so gone on a girl before. He haven’t the leouk Fo ape ere re but they'll be able actually offered me a nickel tip. yesterday noom in the cor- Sunfoxt owt af the. fact that Plaga ein say ridor to bring you a. bunch of violets he bought from a any more cldthes in that a v ¥ | street vender expressly for you.” “Nor they won’t have to feed you, either. I suppose you're like myself.” : aunt doesn’t pamper my appetite any. We seldom a feast at the house. That only happens when Mrs. ’s cousin calls to see her. He’s a well-to-do farmer up range County, and as he’s a bachelor, and doesn’t care _mocrind, ’s looking to come into what he’s worth ‘Does he look as-if he might die within a reasonable time?” chuckled Sam, ~*~ aShall f tell him that?” = ane “No, he doesn’t. He’. tough ine-kni d likely ot as coming from me, on’t want to insult.the man. . to. live for many rs anes a = t= gaat yong man, | But if you can make him understand in a roundabout. way id I rather like in - | that ys attentions are not agreeable to me, you will be doing fs if he likes he might 1 something |me a favor. in ees FOG, WG) Re nese da ; ih pel meer to do we <8 eget pe so = see : ; aes es J ; what I can do relieve you 90 is dude. He does dress Bes. Poa Pee eaee tor pope foe bin, st ariane eine pretty swell for an ordinary clerk. Maybe he’s an English ; days I mean to be a ati Ome : pe in innogaito. ees don t know what you may be losing oa ih 0 Pe ap y giving him the shake.” ‘branch Bata) ia fsoie capital together batore, pegs 98 “Tll take my. chance of that,” she replied, laughingly, as in W. : Ed Bertie was usually the first to reach his office, and this morning was no exception to the rtle. There were a number of letters on the floor close to the corridor door that the carrier had left on his first round; also the Wali Street Daily Argus. Eddie gathered them all up, put the letters on Mr. Gilder’s desk, and, taking the Argus over to the chair wiere he sat when in the office, proceeded to look up the preceding day’s record of the stock market, and to read all the important paragraphs about what was going on, or expected to mate- rialize, in the Street. , The two-junior clerks: came in shortly, and right after- vi mem RS E i “Why, the idea!” “I refused to deprive him of the nickel. for fear he might run short of spending money,’and I told him that you'd appreciate his present ever so much more‘if he gave it.to you personally.” “Hiuven’t you a cheek to tel] him such a thing as that? You know I don’t like him at all. 1 try my best to avoid him, but he’s just too persistent for anything.” “Do you blame him when he thinks so much of you?” - “J don’t want anything to do with him.” sEgcks i make Street she turned away and walked into the counting-room, i Oh, it doesn’t sis so Gath ‘45 make a start. For in-|__500_afterward Mr. Gilder came in and entered his pri- 4 stance, if I had $100 now I could easily double it inside of | te. oltice. g After placing his hat on the top of his desk he sat down to look over his mail. : After he had, gone through the letters and made some notes on the back of each, he rang for Eddie, and told him to send Sadie in to take dictation. ae In the meantime he scribbled short replies to two of the letters himself, and, after enclosing them in envelopes, told Eddie to deliver them to the parties whose names he had written on the outside. When Eddie got back there were several customers in the room. “Sy Some were reading the marks on the indicator tape, others waiting their turn to see Mr. Gilder on business. ae . ‘There was more or less conversation going on relating to affairs of tae Rivest end in Uus-wmy Edie saskaped tagiliee up much valuable information that proved of great advan- _ tage to him later on. ee Among Mr. Gilder’s customers were several cranks who / brought him very little money, but were always anxious to use up some of his valuable time. =. A ee se -One was a woman who kept a boarding-house on one Or ~ the side streets of the Tende the others were men who had more. than money. — ~ ae. el Eddie had them all spotted, and sidetracked them by 7? ey es te Tatas +. ape Ss ed te Mees ts Ape ies me

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A CORNER IN STOCK. sorts of devices when they insisted on an interview with his - *% er. e had to be careful in this, however, as sometimes they had real business with Mr. Gilder, and it was up to Eddie - eed out whether it was worth the broker’s while to see _ If it wasn’t, Mr. Gilder was always out to them. The one he had the greatest trouble with was Mrs. =: er lady. e@ was Oxy a, ersistent, and could stretch the truth further than Se ddie had ever met before. He never liked to see her walk into the office, and conse- quently he was not overpleased when the door opened this een after his return and admitted the skinny- _ On this occasion, however, she was accompanied by a very ery girl, and that made a difference in his treatment of er. He went to her and asked her what he could do for her. “I want to see Mr. Gilder, if you please.” “Take a seat, and after these gentlemen have seen him I will take your name in.” “But I want to see him right away.” It is the rule of the office that callers must take their turn, ma’am.” “That’s well enough for the men, but remember I am a “Unless your business is of special importance, I cannot make an exception in your favor.” “My business is*of special importance, and I am in a very great hurry.” ; Bertie had heard this from her often enough to make him “Te you will let me know what Mr. Gilder.” “Why, the idea! Just as if I would tell my business to an office boy. It is perfectly absurd!” “But I am instructed to find out what visitors’ business is. Mr. Gilder is a very busy man, and has no time to lose. He is due at the Exchange now, so I doubt if he will be able to see you, that is, unless you have a matter of particular eo gree to bring to his notice.” just told you : ee | for your business is, I'll tell at ” know, ma’am; but you will facilitate matters greatly yourself if you ‘tell me the object of your call.” “I don’t think you are very polite to me, young man,” she said with some impatience. “Have you a pad so I can write a few oa _ ner 'y,”” replie ie, politely. He got her a pad and a pencil. __ , She wrote something on the first sheet, tore it off, folded _ it carefully, and handed it to the boy. “Take that in to Mr. Gilder.” ma’: ” es, ‘am. : Eddie knocked at the door of the private room, and being d to come in, he entered. ) Bunker is outside,” he said. important, and told me to give you The broker opened the paper and read the writing. He a moment, and then told Ed Bertie to admit _ her when her turn came. ; wait till these four men have been in?” she asked “She says her business a great mind to take my business to another broker.” Eddie had no doubt but that Mr. Gilder would be _ lighted to have her do so, _ He said no however, and went back to his chair. “ = hn Mrs, Bunker’s turn came and he ushered her pretty girl who came.with Mrs. Bunker walked over } ticker and looked at it with ‘some curiosity. looked as if she Sa 3 but I . my aunt speak about it very often, and I was see it. a Mrs. Bunker your aunt, Miss Rice?” to de- |his indebtedness to the bank . “Yes. Will you tell me how you buy a stock on a margin? That’s the way my aunt buys shares, but I never could quite understand how she does it.” : “With pleasure,” answered Eddie, quite taken with the charming girl “This is the way it is done: Suppose you have received information which leads you to believe that stock now selling at $100 a share will increase in value, and you decide to speculate in that stock. Your capital is, say, $1,000, only enough to buy ten shares outright. Feelin sure that the stock will advance, you go to a broker, an he will buy 100 shares of that stock for your account, and carry the-purchase upon your deposit of $1,000. That will give him a margin of ten per cent. for his security. You will give him your money and a regular order for the pur- chase of the 100 shares, the market value of which is $10,000. The broker will then go bag floor of his ex- change, and of a fellow broker who is selling, purchase these 100 shares, giving the other trader his check for $10,000. The broker who figures as the seller in this trans- action must make actual delivery of the certificates. Should he be selling for a customer who is going ‘short’ of the mar- ket—that is, one who, without really owning the shares, sells them in anticipation of a decline in price—he must borrow the certificates, or purchase them himself, to make actual delivery to the broker who is acting for you, see?” cg Rice thought she understood and nodded with a smile. “These certificates your broker holds as his security for the $9,000 he has advanced to complete your trade. Now ou are only one of a large number of customers doing usiness with this broker. It would take an immense capi- tal for any trader to be able to carry all his accounts with his own funds. If your broker’s capital is all tied up in other deals at the time, he will go to his bank and, deposit- ing the shares he has bought for your account, as collateral security, borrow on his note as large a percentage of their full market value as the banker will lend. The financial burden of this transaction is, in the main, carried by the banker. He holds as security for the loan made to your broker the 100 shares which the broker bought for your account. The bank charges him interest at the prevailing market rate on the amount of his loan, while he charges your account with interest on the $9,000, The interest and the commission he cha you is the price you pay for the facilities afforded you for speculating to the extent of ten times your capital. Do you understand, Miss Rice?” “T think I do,” she answered sweetly. “Now, sangre your 100 shares advance in value ten points, or $10 per share? When they are quoted at 110 you order our broker to sell them, and he does so. The broker who uys the shares from your broker gives him his check for 11,000. Then your broker goes to his bank, pays his in- iebtedness, gets the 100 shares back, and delivers them to the trader who bought them at 110. Your broker hands you his check for $2, (being the amount of your deposit, plus the profit of $1,000) minus the amounts charged against you for interest and commission. There you have the whole thing in a nutshell.” : “But suppose the stock declined in value?” said Miss Rice. “Would lose all of the $1,000?” “Tf the stock declined several points, your broker would call on you to put up an additional margin to cover the slump in price. If you failed to respond, and the stock went down low enough to wipe out all of your original deposit except such portion as would be required to pay interest and com- missions, your broker would sell your 100 shares on the market at the depreciated price, and with the proceeds pay , and satisfy his own commis- sion charges. That would leave you out in the cold.” “Thank you ever so much for the explanation, Mr. “My name is Ed Bertie.” “T am indeed’ tly obliged to you, Mr. Bertie, and thank you very much,” said the fair girl, with a charming smile. At that moment Mrs. Bunker came out of the priva office, and, taking her niece by the arm, they both walked out of the office together. CHAPTER Il. | THE HAWK AND THE DOVE. . The next day being Fourth of July, a national holiday, Ed didn’t have to go to w “What ‘goi - “ ee ee re re to do with yourself to-day, nephew?” ingutred Mr, Fenn at the breakfast table eee teed seer haven't decided yet, uncle Peter,” replied Bertie, as ‘ c > . “aw " =e ¥ ‘ 3

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thought it sounded better that way. 4 A CORNER IN STOCK. he sipped his rather weak coffee, the beverage not being up to the usual standard of strength on account of Mrs, Fenn’s economical method of making the article. “You might weed the garden, if you’ don’t mind,” sug- gested Mr. Fenn. “L don’t _know.as I’d care to work on a holiday, uncle,” answered Eddie. “It’s better than to waste your time watchin’ the boys fire off crackers, and sich tomfqplery.” “Fourth of July comes but-once a yéar, uncle.” e aeckor that’s once too often for sensible people,” grunted fir. Fenn. ‘ a ‘You didn’t look at it that way when you. was a boy, I'll e Aca “T ain’t responsible for what I did when I was a boy, but I don’t believe 1 made sich an all-fired fool of myself as the boys do nowadays.” “You had a good time, didn’t. you?” “I suppose I did,” admitted Mr, Fenn, rather reluctantly, as if the fact that he had enjoyed himself like other boys on the glorious Fourth was something to be ashamed of, “You fired off crackers by the pack——” “No, I didn’t,” interrupted his uncle, vigorously. “I wasn’t no sich fool as to send my money all up in smoke at once. 1 fired ’em one at a time.” “One at a time! That’s a good way to make them last.” “I shall want yor to go to the store for me after break- |j fast, Edward,” put in Mrs. Fenn at this point. “T'll do it, Aunt Pen,” Her name was Penelope, but Eddie shortened it because he “There is a list of things I want, and here is the mone for ’em. I know jist wkat they cost, so the grocery cler can’t get the best of me.” She said this emphatically. y sa appesing some.of the things have gone up in price?” said Eddie. “There hain’t no call of ’em to go up,” snapped the lady, “T thought the Trusts were always getting in their fine work on the necessaries of life,” hazarded Eddie, “My friend Rogers says things are higher every time he goes to the Seed store.” “Yell, 1 hain’t agoin’ to pay no more’n is down on that paper, that’s all there is to it,” said Mra. Fenn decidedly. ddie went to.the store with the list in a little while, and fortunately the price had not advanced on anything that his aunt mantad, so there was no argument between him and the clerk. Having ted his errand to his aunt’s satisfaction, he went around to Sam Rogers’s flat, several blocks distant, and spent the morning with him. * “Sorry'we can’t go off together somewhere this after- noon,” said Sam, “but I’ve got-to go to Jersey City on - ness for my father. I wish it was any other day he picked out to send me, but it can’t be helped.” | Sore I'll take a ride oyer Pelham way after dinner,” ae ddie, “I want to see how the country looks in that rection, r That wouldn't be exciting enough for me,” am, a might do that on a Sunday, but the Fourth—not for — - so he climbed up there, and, with his back resting comfort- ably against the trunk, and his legs stretched out on the powerful limb which sprang out at a right angle, he opened his book and was soon deeply interested in the haps and mis- haps of the hero. Bertie might have been thus engaged for the best part of an hour when he was aroused from the realm of fiction by the appearance on the knoll of two young men, one of whom carried a small oblong package done up in a news- paper. 3 né of the men he recognized as a Wall Street clerk em- ployed by Broker Adams, whose office was across the corridor from Mr. Gilder’s. ‘His name was Herbert Brinsley, and he was something of a dude, He was the same person who, for some time back, had been pressing his attentions upon Sadie Garwood, Mr. Gilder’s stenographer. For t reason and others Eddie didn’t like him, and it is quite probable the feeling was mutual. He was an uncommonly good-looking fellow, with a shrewd look about him that seemed to indicate that he never went to sleep when it was necessary for his interests to remain wide-awake. : His companion on this oceasion was a sprucely dressed young fellow not over twenty-one, who looked as if he be- onged to one of the best families, and might have just got out of college. It was he who carried the package under his arm, and his actions indicated neryousness and indecision. “This will be as good a spot as any we could find to bury that box,” said Herbert Brinsley, pointing to the roots of the big oak tree... “T suppose so,” replied his companion in a wavering. tone. “You suppose so? Why, of course it is, What’s the mat-. ter with you, any way, Frank Jordan!” added Brinsley, sharply. “You seem to be afflicted with a bad state of funk ever since you got that box in your possession,” - “T wish I hadn’t taken it,” replied the other, gloomily, “Oh, you do, eh?” sneered Brinsley. “‘Well, your repent- ance comes too late.” —_, ; “T don’t know. I could put it back just as I took it.” “Then your father would understand right away that you are the thief.” “Why should he if I returned it without his know e?”? “Because the een missed and is advertised for,” “I know that; bu “ah “Oh, rats with your buts! Why did you take it if you’re so anxious all at once to return it without taking advantage of its possession?” “Because you persuaded me to do so.” “I persuaded you? Well, I like that. I merely suggested to you how you could cancel the small debt you owe me. “It’s a pretty big debt, I think. It’s over $200.” “That oughtn’t to be more than a flea-bite for a fellow like you, who has a rich father to fall back on.” ‘I only get a stated allowance of $50 a month for poceat money, and I’ve spent my July portion already, or at least I used 1t to Pad up sundry small debts that had peeps ae Thad Pay aalaied tar Lacy nee te eee lke fee . the a Eddie laughed, and shortly afterward he went home to bold. vee tt soe out a 6 i ag do so. You threatened page! Rk was in no wise different on the Fo than to call on my taviee and teil inn that eed | Soar thet i oo ; 2 © you playing ca at it "t do an. RY. a ly Eddie preferred his fifteen-cent lunch down- ut would do me a whole lef af hase My father’s fa yee the midday holiday meal served up by Mrs. Fenn. |Vorite brother, my Uncle Hal, ruined himself i Oi: ae pave. shed his frugal dinner he put on his|my father is intensely bitter on the subject. He has warned. _ He caught a eat car, and rode toward Pelham Manor. wie Wohin vB Re ag Re ogg pe the story. leafy ten-aere plot, he spied a heltered knoll about the midille of the, wosd. and on the box has bi busi b grinned S urth good, b ral t beyed him, and ty. ould do ything little time. h emoti d the no and walked hat will the |of them. ground, this so i all the. trouble I’ve brought on myself, but I aver f sh an, 80 low as to rob my father. If he it out he’d never forgive me,” concluded young Jordan with muc: on, ‘“There’s. no reason he should find it out. He doesn’t sus- idiot as fo put the box bask. "As to robbing ‘our father is to bury the box here near your home for iether comes out with an right a and il communleaie your father, give fim cock-and-bull story of how I

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* ‘A CORNER IN STOCK. wie 5 —_————— dentally saw a couple of hard-looking men bury the box, and,|a picayune for the latter, and I consider he deserves what- thinking the act a suspicious one, I waited till they went) ever may come to him out of this affair, but I do feel sorry Paik and. then dug it up. How I kept it a. few days, wait-| to be obliged to show young Jordan up to his father, for I ing to see if it would be advertised for, before turning it over|can see that he’s not a bad sort of fellow at heart. I don’t to the police. That will satisfy him, because he will be glad| see how I can avoid doing so. I will have to tell a straight- to get the $15,000 worth of bonds back, as Well as the other| forward story, or-I’ll throw myself open to suspicion in this documents that appear to be in the box, I expect he'll pay| matter, since it is rather an unusual thing for a box con- a at least $500, and; after taking out the $200 you owe me,| taining valuable securities to be buried in this way. Yes, Pll turn over the balance, $300, to you, ‘Then you'll be on|have to do my duty as my conscience points out. On the easy street once more, with your financial horizon as clear) whole, it ought to.result beneficially for, Frank Jordan. If as a bell. Why, I couldn’t have suggested a more satisfac-| he received the proceeds of this rascaily scheme of Brinsley’s, pot scheme for you to raise the wind and settle your score! he would no doubt spend it in company with his bad adviser, h me at the same time. Instead of feeling sore against| and in the end be ten times worse off than if he has to sub- mit to a severe lecture from his father, who is his best friend, and will. take measures to save him.from the brink of ruin.” Eddie had noticed that Frank Jordan did not bury the box very deep, just about a foot beneath the surface, after having first carefully removed several sections of the graasy sod, which he afterwards replaced in such a way as to leave no indication that the soil had been touched at that spot. The young messenger slid down from his perch, took out his stout penknife, and, after displacing the elods, proceeded Me, as you appear to be, you ought to feel infinitely obliged to me, for I am really doing you a friendly turn.” _ Brinsley spoke in a most persuasive and enticing way, with an air of injured friendship, and Frank Jordan appeared to be much impressed by his oily eloquence. _, “Well, as long as my father will get his property back all right in a way that will not connect me with the matter, I am willing to let you manage the affair as you think best. You ot ad more experience in the world than I.” mg ~ “Of course I have,” replied Brinsley, glibly. “I am simply /to disinter the box. sing you for your oon good. Vontes a ane Weta ound: He used both hands vigorously to dig out the loose dirt, and we’ve had a number of good times together seeing the | and inside of a few minutes his fingers struck against, the elephant, so I regarded it as my duty to lift y object he was in search of, i Ities,” he qaided, ieantes, eT Re ae ee “Ye did not take him long to uncover the box, still wrapped “Tt is friendly on your part to take an interest ‘in me,|im its newspaper, and then getting a firm hold on the handle, Me I wish you hadn’t suggested that I take the box when| he yenked it to the surface. i ‘I told you: how easily I could gain access to it. However, I|. “1 dare say Mr. Jordan will give me a $10 bill for return- ‘don’t mind that so much now since the box is to be returned | ing this to him,” he said to himself. ‘Perhaps he may ever te my father in a roundabout way, and he won’t suffer any | give me More, However, $10 is not to be sneezed at. I wish ‘particular loss through me.” ~ it might be $100, or even $50, for then I could buy ten or " “Of course he won’t. Five hundred dollars’is a mere| twenty shares of L. & S. stock that I’ve got the tip on. -I’m -bagatelle to him. He'll put it down to profit and loss, and| sure I’d more than double my investment. I’m afraid no such ‘then forget all about it. You'll be a substantial gainer in| !uck will eome my way. f it did, and Uncle Peter found “coin, your fathey won’t hear of your gambling peccadilloes, | Out | had so much money, there’d be something doing at one if you are disposed you can turn over a new leaf and| home, I’m thinking. As my natural guardian, he’d insist on ‘Tl help you do it.’ , taking charge of it for me till 1 beeame twenty-one. “It will _ Brinsley’s seductive arguments prevailed, young Jordan) ° 4 mighty cold day when I let Mr. Fenn take charge of any pr a small garden trowel; the box, just as it was, was| money L happen to accumulate, for I doubt if I’d ever get it ‘buried at the foot of the tree, and the human hawk and dove | 222!0- He would be sure to cook up a bill of charges against Walked away together, arm in arm. | me that would absorb all the funds.” Sueh were Bertie’s thoughts as he walked through the wood toward the read with the japanned box under his. arm. On striking the highway along which the trolley ran he saw a man coming toward him who seemed to be a resident of the locality. ; Just why Eddie thought this man lived in the neighbor- hood he couldn’t have explained, as the party didn’t carry a sign to that effeet, but he thought so nevertheless. “When they came together Eddie stopped him, “Are you acquainted around here, sir?” he asked. “Yes. I live a little way down the road. Why do you ask?” said the man, regarding him with some curiosity. “Can you tell me where Mr. Jordan»lives?” “J can. Follow this road for about a mile nnd a half, when you will come to 4 cross road. Turn to your left, and the third big -house, with a cupola on top, is Mr. Jordan’s. It sets well back from the road,.surrounded by a wide lawn. You I now shave less |can’t miss it. In fact, his name is on a silver plate attached 80! of |to one of the stone posts of the side entrance. ? “Thank you, sir. I’ll be able to find it all right.” Then Eddie walked on. : : Fifteen minutes later he struck the cross road in bag it up to po: and, politely removing . Jordan was at home. « ad my name,” said the like to seo you on business Sa SM Spats cs _ : : CHAPTER IV. _ EDDIE RECOVERS AND RETURNS THE JAPANNED TIN BOX, ___ Eddie Bertie had, of coutse, been an unseen listener to the conversation, and an observer of ‘the burial of : a eavesdropper of a sus- interview, he remained as quict 2s a mouse in his xs actors in the little which transpir away out of sight. ee to consider the situation. ‘may be flies

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: Me is wort 6 . A CORNER IN STOCK. — —_= > — “Indeed,” replied Mr. Jordan, casting a look at the pack- age the young messenger had under his arm, and seemingly nuch taken with it. “Come inside.” ‘ The gentleman led the way to his library, a good-sized voom on the ground floor. : The windows were open, permitting a view of the side —- which sloped to a white fence, and of the distant und. It was a cool and airy place, and very agreeable to the boy after his warm and dusty tramp. ; “Take that chair,” said Mr. Jordan, pointing to a hand- some leather-covered chair. “Now I am at your service.” “T suppose I ought to introduce myself first,” began the young visitag. “My name is Eddie Bertie, and I am employed by Richard Gilder, stock broker, of No. — Wall Street.” Mr. Jordan nodded with an air of interest, and cast another glance at the package Eddie had placed upon his lap. “In yesterday’s paper you advertised the loss of a japanned tin box containing fifteen $1,000 bonds of the Louisville Southern Railway, as well as other papers.” 2d “Did you find the box?” asked the gentleman, bending eagerly forward. : ; “If this is your box, I did, sir,” replied the boy, holding the package toward him. Mr. Jordan took it, tore the paper from it, and revealed a japanned tin box with his name upon it in gold letters. | “This is undoubtedly my pfoperty,” said Mr..Jordan, with a look of relief. “I suppose it has not been opened,” he added. “Not to my knowledge,” answered Bertie. “Pardon me a moment till I ascertain if the contents are intact.” The gentleman took a bunch of keys from his pocket, and selecting a particular one, unlocked the box, and took out the documents it contained. He looked them over carefully and then returned them. “Everything is all right,” he said. “May I ask where you found this box?” “J found it less than an hour ago in the woods near the trolley track, about two miles from here.” “You live in the neigebes bee’. then?” : “No, sir. I live on Blank Street, off Boston Road, quite a considerable distance from here.” His answer evidently surprised Mr. Jordan. “Have you any objection to telling me how you came t: be in the woods where you say you found the box?” “No, sir. Having no particular place to go this afternoon and my chum having been sent by his father to Jersey Cit) on an I decided to ride this way on th trolley. 1 _ brought a book to read if I found a comfortable spot for tha: purpose. Seeing the wood, I got off the car and walked into it. I climbed a big oak tree, and while partly hidden among the branches, two persons, one of whom carried your box done up in its newspaper wrapping, halted under the tree. When they departed I got down from my perch, dug the box up, inquired the way here, and brought it-to you.” — Mr. Jordan eyed his visitor narrowly as he told his rather But for the fact that Eddie had | introduced himself in a rank way, and his perso: appearance was very i q, e y ferent vacia have struck the gentle- ‘ou for returning this box, did not mention a reward “Well, sir, I won’t refuse any small sum you may offer me, but I hope you will believe me when I say I should have returned it ink the same if I knew I was to get nothing.” Eddie’s manner impressed Mr. Jordan with a sense of his sincerity, and if he had had any suspicions that the boy was acting for the real thief they vanished at once. | “I do believe you, lad, and I will give you my check for the sam I had decided to pay upon the delivery of the box or its j - checkbook, filled in one of the checks for the sum of $500, and handed it to Bertie. _ “Five hundred dollars!” gasped the boy, with a look of bewilderment ie rs a ‘Surely you can’t mean to give me so mv oi”: : ; : led as he noted the boy’s astonishmen ery cent of that to me to a eT CHAPTER Y. ED BUYS ONE HUNDRED SHARES OF L. & S. 5 After a few minutes Mr. Jordan Psa himself together ie prs t. > : recover that box,” a _ for him to go home, Be fd I didn’t expect to get more than $10, or $50 at the most.” “Then I am glad that I have given you a pleasurable sur- prise. Now, could you describe the men who came into the wood, and particularly the one who buried the box?” ; oy can do better than that, sir. I can tell you who they are. “You know them, then?” asked Mr. Jordan in surprise. “T know one of them. His name is Herbert Brinsley, and he is a clerk for William Adams, a stock broker, in the same building where I work on Wall Street.” ek Se broker’s clerk! You surprise me. Who is the other?” “The other-I only know by name as he was addressed by Brinsley, and by his own acknowledgment of his identity. He is the one who, at Brinsley’s suggestion, took the box from your house.” “He stole the box at Brinsley’s suggestion, you say? I do not quite understand. I do not know this man Brinsley, nor can I surmise how he was aware I had such a box in my possession.” “The person who took the box knew you had it, and was so foolish as to tell the fact to Brinsley, who, I am bound to say, has proved himself a rascal. The young man owed Brinsley a gambling debt of $200, and Brinsley threatened to communicate the fact to you a “To me?” “Yes, sir, unless the debt was paid in full. Discovering that this box was accessible to his unwary debtor, he per- suaded him to——” “My heavens, boy!” cried Mr. Jordan, his face turning ghastly pale. “Don’t tell me that the thief was——” He stopped and the words stuck in his throat. “I am sorry, sir, but the person who took the box, and whom I saw bury it under the oak tree in the wood, was your son, Frank Jordan.” a bad acquaintance, I have told you the exact truth.” 4 “You did right, my lad, and I shall ever be grateful to and the interest you have shown in my son. I want you to remember that from this moment I am your warm friend, and shall try to take an interest in your future welfaz shall be glad to have yo call upon me at my office whenever the opportunity presen And if I ean be of service to you at any time, let me know E fe thanked hin,

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A CORNER “You must stay and take tea with us, my lad,” insisted E e ee to excuse himself, but Mr, Jordan wouldn’t ] of After going into the washroom and relieving all traces of “his recent emotion, the tleman took Eddie out on the _ Veranda and introduced to his wife and his sister-in-law. Eddie was a bright boy, as we have said before, and he himself quite entertaining until the bell rang for tea. _At that moment Frank Jordan appeared on the scene, and his father, in a solemn way, introduced him to the visitor. after tea Eddie took his leave, and received a invitation to call again, much to Frank’s surprise, understand just “_e young visitor, whom ‘ore, should be made so I ard when his father up to his room and had a lengthy and somewhat interview with him. ly bs : i EF <] * IN STOCK. “T give it up.” “Well, you see, ; and other papers advertised in Wednesday’s paper, an got the reward,” he grinned. “You tell it well, old. man,” chuckled Sam, believe a word he said. “Then you don’t believe me?” : “Not on your life, I don’t. I’m not such a jack as to let you jolly me that way. If you’d really found that box, i'll bet you wouldn’f be working to-day.” “What would I be doing, then?” . : ‘ “You'd be off blowing yourself to a swell time, just as I would be doing if I had found the box.” “So that’s your opinion of me, is it?” “Sure it is. Isn’t it what any sane chap struck a big slice of luck?” F “JT can’t answer for anybody but myself. Here, give me your check. It’s my treat to-day.” “Suffering sixpence! Y never knew you to be so liberal before. You haven’t been I found that japanned box with the bonds <a who didn’t would do that ‘ou must have found a gold mine. I i out that while Eddie had inadvertently discov- gang erime, and had exposed him to his father, he had |investing in a bucket-shop, have you, and pulled out a few e so largely for the of saving him from continu- | dollars winner?” . tng in the course he was following, and represented his| “I’ve got no use for bucket-shops, Sammy. I like to have ry. in its most lenient light. s run for my money when I put it up, which I haven’t done we he came to. realize what a dupe he had been of |as yet, seeing that I didn’t have any to speculate with. It’s Brinsley’s, he was truly grateful to the Wall Street messen- | different now since I was so lucky as to find that tin box.” Ser for saving him from any further contact with the rascal.| “I dare say,” grinned Sam. “How m in cold ~ “I hope you don’t expect me to get you any supper at this | would you take for the reward you got?” hour?” eenbeee nin Fenn, bene ‘ddie into the hae, ng ee a) 4? 3 eight o’ Cause i "ll be disap-| “You’re modest. y make it a thousand?” “pineal Your uncle me don’t soe foe hg “Because the check only for $500. Nobody would “Certainly Aunt Pen. I’ve my supper.” give $1,000 for $500.” : = “Where did have it? At your friend <a house?”| “I should say not: So you got a check for $500, did you? “No. At Pelha See chuckled Sam. “Have you cashed it yet?” _ “Indeed,” replied Mrs. Fenn, suspici “Where did| “No.” the money to pa a restaurant ?” ‘Then you must have it about you yet.” “T didn’t Fo an a "ad “T have.” ." : “At the residence of Horace Jordan, a Broadway lawyer.” Snenenae se you-have some pretty high-tomett friends. “7 --&t last. _ Next morning Eddie appeared at the office bright and early - 8s usual. thing he did was to look up the latest quotation shares with my check,” h ; my e said gleefully; . Not that that ’d stand a better show of getting mo. » and isn’t in my line. there. al somehow or other, prob-|- “Show up, then. Ocular demonstration is the best proof. Show up your $500 check and I’ll believe you.” “Won't you take my word?” “Not when I’m standing treat?” “Nope.” “You think I’m jollying you?” “Yep.” Al right, = Doubting Thomas, there’s the check. Feast your eyes on it.” * — Say, this isn’t a real check, is it? Who'd “you've got eyes, haven’t you? His signature is plain “Horace Jordan. Who is he?” “The man who lost the tin box, of course.” “Go on; what are ee ee me?” “Don’t you remember e advertisement said—‘Find- er please notify Jordan, Black & Co., No. — Broadway?” “T don’t remember.” “Oh, well, if you don’t remember, of course I can’t prove tisfaction.” tin box rest.” “How came you to get that check? It looks like the real ve tried to tell you, but you won't believe me, so we'Tl let the check rest, too. If you've done eating, we'll toddle 8 specialty of doing business for alators. in and bought 100 shares of L. & S. at 49 The bank accepted the check with his indorsement after his business address, and Eddie a trader in way for the first time in his life. CHAPTER VI. THE SCARE OF HIS LIFE. look so big and important this morni } next when from Mr. Led 3)

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_ the boy. - ‘A CORNER IN STOCK. It went down to 53, and the boy lost his appetite for lunch that day. However, he comforted. himself with the reflection that he was still four points to the good when prices showed signs of ae i 1 By Saturday it was up again to 56, and he carried the good news in to the stenographer. “T did get yore of a scare on Thursday when the whole market wefit off,” he said to the girl. “I saw $300 of my expected rofits vanish inside ‘of two hours. It doesn’t give a fellow a very happy feeling to know that the Shorts are covering at his expense, and I have no doubt that @ good many outsiders were frightened into selling at a loss in order to rescue a portion of —— inal deposits. However, I have confidence in my tip. didn’t make an attempt to sell; and now the price is beck again at 56. ex to see it go higher next week.” “You have nerve enough for a successful speculator,. is any rate,” said Sadie with a smile, “and. I sincerely hope ie will come out on top with your first venture, although ’ve heard Mr. Gilson say that it often was the worst es in the world for a person’s first speculation to succeed, it was bound to keep him in the market, and in the end ‘the chances are all in favor of his going broke.” On Monday morning a report appeared in all the fihaw. cial papers, and in one or two of the big dailies, that drew attention to L. & S. and caused a sudden boom in the price. of the stock. - It went from 56 to 60 inside of an hour, and by noon it was selling at 62, to Eddie’s intense satisfaction, not to say excitement. - “It’s. beginning to look like business now,” he. chuckled to himself. “When it goes up three points more I'll begin to think about cashing in.” It went up five points more during the balance of the session, and the Exchange was in a turmoil over it. So many orders came into Mr. Gilder’s office to buy: the: stock, and the boy heard so many people speak of a much - pi her advance on the morrow, that Eddie~ concluded to. old on a while longer in anticipation of larger profits, al- though he could have realized over $1,800 profits if he gave © his order to sell at that moment. wight A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, as a rule, and that is where many speculators in Wall Street slip» up because their eagerness to get the last dollar makes them hold :on till an unexpected og turns up and wipes out all of their paper profits. Although Eddie had had two years’ experience in the: Street; and was tolerably familiar with the causes strew the district with financial wrecks, nevertheless his general, experience, as well as the extreme optimism of. youth, caused him to overlook in his own person the dan- | ger lines beyond which he. was. treading in his desire to make the most of his present opportunity. bh Fortunately in his ease an accidental meeting with Mr. Bailey next morning at the door of the Exchange saved his bacon. Ee The syndicate, of which that broker was one of the rep resentatives, had» almost sold out its holdings, and the fate of L. & S. was even then trembling in the balance. It only wanted the sudden unloading on the market ae a big block of shares by some outside speculator to break the price of the stock already going at a figure considerably — above its normal value. ° Eddie had noticed with great glee that L. & S. had opened at 69, and kept right on up the scale. When he touched Mr. Bailey on the arm it was. selling _ “t beg our pardon, Mr. Bailey,” said the boys 3 “Hello, Bertie! How's things ?” “Fine as silk.” ‘ ‘ “Glad to hear it. You persia look happy.” 4, “I feel so this morning, for L. & S. has gone above Broker Bailey stared at him an instant, wat then sg “ some : . At any rate he must have surmised that there was a ‘ip gave you?” at ae ae Pes the ae sth Mates tat nk Woe cite the alk Pe BAS eal aa: ST See |S eae ce n ™m since e e h s “ oad , ns : Pena Fourth of Suly evening, ES men ver sold out? , wry ss. eh ave mo outward sign that an fini worried | “Then aut your, ygnnee, Se sell at. onee. ‘Don’t peat h decitnoly. so. had no way od osc ad es The on to a.slump at any r Sod in the. finale of the tin box matter. | ae and ‘got out: from ei appearance,” laughed Eddie. “What makes you think that I look big and important?” “Your manner. You seem different to me this morning somehow, just as if you’d fallen heir to a fortune, or some- thing of that kind.” “Is that so? I wish somebody would leave me a fortune. I'd be very much obliged to them.” “You’re not the only one that feels that aay “Tl bet I ain’t. So I look important, do I? »Maybe it’s because’I’ve just gone into a little speculation.” “Not a stock speculation, I hope.” “Yes, a stock speculation, Sadie.” “Well, I’m surprised at you.” “I like to surprise people occasionally.” “Don’t you know you’ve done the most foolish thing a boy could do?” “No, I don’t. I’ve gone into this thing on a tip.” “Worse and worse.’ “Ts that so? You'll talk differently a few days from now when I show you the bunch of money I expect to win.” “I’m afraid expectations is all you'll get out of it.” “If I don’t win it: will be because a screw has worked loose, and that’s something the smartest broker in the Street can’t always provide against.” “I hope your confidence in this thing is not misplaced, but I have my doubts.” “You girls seem to have doubts about Sveryrnine: except the fellow you’re soft on, and then, if you only knew it, you’re taking bigger chances than if you went long on a rocky market.” “T like your nerve.” “T’m glad you like something connected with me, but I’d rather you liked my face,” chuckled Ed. “Oh, I like your face, too,” smiled the stenographer. “Thanks. I must bring you a bouquet for that. I think violets are your favorite flowers.” “You ridiculous boy! By the way, you haven't told me what stoek you bought.” _ “IT bought L. & S. “At what price?”, “At 49. ” “And you think it will go higher?” ‘ “Tf I didn’t, I wouldn’t have. bought it.” “Well, you have my sympathy,” she laughed, turning to her machine. This was a signal that she had no more time to waste on him, and so Bertie left her and went back to his chair in the reception-room. : He was sent out soon afterward. When he got back the Exchange had opened its. two-hour morning session, for this was Saturday, and he took a look at the tape to see if there was anything, doing in L. & S. There were several sales indicated at a fraction above 49, and slight as this advance was it looked encouraging to When the Exchange finally sonee at twelve, L. & S. was going at 4956. The market picked up some on Monday, and all the. lead- ing stocks advanced more or less, L. & S. going to 50%. “Tf I sold out now I could make a little over $100,” said Eddie to himself; “but, of course, I wouldn’t think of doin such a thi , for Mr, Bailey told me that L. & S. was go Ne 65 at east, and I’m willing to take Mr. Bailey’s word for He showed Sadie the last quotation of the stock, and she congratulated him on the fact that it had gone up something at any rate. He passed eee in the corridor that day as the latter was coming fro: an he 7 lunch. Brinsley had Conde to notice Bertie since the boy refused to accept his nickel and carry his small floral offering to Miss Garwood. . The young messenger wondered if Adams‘ clerk had yet Es plie that the tin box had found its way back to e owner. ?

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ae | A CORNER IN STOCK. 9 For the first time in his Wall Street career he forgot the errand he was on, and turning around made a bee- line _ —_ little bank in Nassau Street as hard as he nibied 5 on getnary. map man done that his action would have immedi notice in the crowded thoroughfare, ‘but rapid locomotion in Wall Street messenger boys was som to be abe all times during business hours, consequently ba s as a very ordinary episode. He burst ae er eee wean department of the bank like < ee pa and rushed up to the margin clerk’s eel my hundred shares of L. & S. at once,” he pal- . The clerk regarded him with exasperating coolness. - “Where’s your memorandum of and your sell- order?” he asked. "$s my memorandum,” cotveted Bertie. ‘make out the order and I'll sign it.” clerk did so and Nddie affixed his pothooks quicker he had ever done before in his life. - “When will the stock be sold?” he asked, excitedly. + “Inside of ten minutes,” replied the clerk, unhooking the receiver of his desk ’phone and connecting with the Ex- by private wire. | lets then recollected his errand and started off to com- le Ping was waiting, to get into the presence of the ‘whom he had been _ sent a su iden excitement + “Please _. The ste ‘soon found out sari L. & S. had gone to the wall ng in price like a house afire. atts he heart went into his mouth, for he couldn’t tell whether hioy. told him to go into the private office. the way back to the office he-kept asking himself he was safe or not, but of course he couldn’t an- Swer that momentous question. ~“What’s the matter, Bertie?” asked his employer when S messenger brought him the answer he carried. “You eek a8 if you’d been up against something. Been dodging auto, or cab, or what? 7% “No, sir. I’m just excited about something.” “¥en look it,” replied the broker, dismissing him. He was more or less miserable until he went to lunch, his anxiety impelled him to run around to the little and ask if his shares’ had been sold before the slump. tat the intense relief he found they had been disposed top of the market—that is, 7234; nevertheless, he oe experienced the scare of his life. ext a. he got his statement and the accompanying which showed that he had cleared $2,314 on the and he showed both to Sadie with an air of triumph. hen he went out to lunch ‘he visited the little bank ¢€ the check for a certificate of deposit for 0 and e balance i in cash. oth gee his" ‘pocket when he went home that night. -5) QHAPTER VIL NICK POLLOCK. | ‘Eddie reached the cottage that afternoon about found a visitor at the house. har Nick Pollock, an Orange County farmer, and i first cousin. s a fairly wealthy man as prosperous farmers £0, bachelor Mrs. Fenn had great expectations that save ey ik “fepremin iad in his ‘office to Seat ua St ‘lto have to bu Nick was a bluff, good-natured man of fifty years, and seemed to be fond in a way of his cousin. He also ance a whole lot of Eddie. “Hello,” exclaimed Mr. Pollock, when the young mes- senger walked into the cottage. “You’re lookin’ well.” “Glad to see you around again, Mr. Pollock,” replied Ed, shaking hands. “Yes. I turn up every once in a while like a bad quar- ter,” chuckled the farmer. “Now, Nick, you mustn’t compare yourself to such a thing,” remonstrated Mrs. Fenn. “You know you’re always welcome here.” “Tf I didn’t think so, Penelope, I shouldn’t come,” re- Ba Mr. Pollock. “How are you gettin’. on in Wall Street, 9” “Fine.” “Glad to hear it. How much are you earnin “Right dollars a week.” “He ought to get more,” said Mrs. Fenn. “It hardly pays his board, let alone his clothes, which is dreadfully expensive. Everybody has to dress like aristocrats in Wall Street, or he can’t work there.” ‘Js that so, Ed?” asked the farmer. “I’ve noticed you always look real stylish, more so than your Uncle Peter.” “One has to look respectable, Mr. Pollock,” answered Bertie. “The brokers make plenty of money and are a swell lot. They insist that their employees should make a decent ap- pearance.” a | reckon you could look decent enough on one suit a year,” said his aunt, “I consider it a waste of good money two for you, not speakin’ of shoes, and shirts, and ties, and other things too numerous to mention. By the way, you ’ve got a brand-new tie on with some kind of a pin in it. Where did you git ee ged “J bought it.” : “You bought it!” cried his aunt. “Did you find some money in the street? If you did it was your duty to bring it straight to me.” “You needn’t worry about that tie as long as you didn’t have to pay for it,” replied the boy. fs | Ganka nm you paid a sight more for that tie than I should. Boys are always extravagant when they buy things. for themselves. How much did you give for if? Was the pin thrown in?” “No, Aunt Pen, the pin was not thrown in. $1.50, and the tie fifty cents.” 5 “What!” eae Mrs. Fenn,-appalled at such an extrava- gant outlay. “You gave two dollars for them two?” Eddie nodded serenely. His aunt looked as if she was about to have a fit. Then she straightened up suddenly. “Where did you get that money? 7” she demanded, sharply. “I made it in Wall Street.” “Maybe you’re keepin” back some of your wages- every week,” she said, suspiciously. “You hain’t no right to do that, considerin’ the terrible expense I’m under keepin’ you. if you're gettin” more’n. eight dollars a week now, I want to know it.” “No, auntie, eight dollars is what I’m getting.” “Then I insist on knowin’ how you come by them two dol- lars.” “Oh, I get a tip once in a while from a probe for doing him a favor.” “You never told me that before,” replied Me Fenn, brid- ling b “Have you been gettin’ extra money like that right along ra have, occasionally.” “Why didn’t you hand it over to me?” she demanded. “7 deed it for lunches and other things.” “Don’t I give you ten cents every mornin’ for your lunch?” “Yes; but I can’t get more than a bite for that.” . “What more do you want at noon? You git a good break- fast and dinner.” ~ “Growin’ boys need victuals,” interjected Mr. Pollock. “I don’t blame him eatin’ all he kin. I used to do it when I was a boy.” “He eats.a powerful lot at home,” said. Mrs. ass We 3 don’t think he stands in need of much down town. x ‘ great waste-of good money.” — ; “We have to work eS hard - about from of Adega ? et wicme ae eee 2999 It cost me

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10 A CORNER IN STOCK. Mr. Pollock’s defence of Bertie’ shut Mrs. Ferm up, as| There wasn’teany doubt but she’d take care of it if she she was afraid to say any more in’his presence, but she was determined to have it out with her nephew as soon as the farmer went home, which would probably be next day, as he never stayed more than one night in New York. Ed chuckled to himself as the conversation drifted into a ‘different topic. ; Pretty soon, Peter Fenn came home, and he appeared to be glad to see Mr. Pollock. At least he said he was; but then some people have a ring of stretching the truth when it suits their purpose to do so, Mrs. Fenn started to prepare dinner, while her husband inquired about crops and other farming matters. Ed was sent to the butcher’s to get a choice rump steak, to the Italian on the corner for sonie fruit, and to the baker’s for an extra loaf of fresh bread. Mrs. Fenn laid the table with extra care, putting napkins beside each plate, and getting out her choice plated cut- lery, which she only used when Mr. Pollock visi them. In Eddie’s eyes the farmer was as welcome as the flow- ers in spring, for his appearance was always the ‘occasion of a feast. : ’ Noy, however, that he was worth nearly $3,000 he de- termined to feast as often as he felt like it. He decided that the best way to reach that desirable point was to dine at a down-town or an up-town restaurant hereafter. : ~ He didn’t see how his aunt could object to that, as it was bound to make a saving in her household expenses. Mr. Pollock announced at supper that, contrary to his -usual custom, he expected to remain two days in York, as-he called it, on this occasion.. After supper tHe farmer winked at Bertie and walked out into the bare little garden. : Ed followed to see what he wanted. “T’d like to go to some show to-night,” he said. “I didn’t jist like to mention it before your uncle and aunt. I s’pose you could p’int the way to one, couldn’t you? I'd like to take you with me.” Ed said there was a good show at the Metropolis Theater that week. “Then we'll go there. Don’t say a word about it. We'll go out as if for a walk, end then you kin steer me down to the playhouse.” ‘ Accordingly they both got their hats soon after and started for a Third Avenue car. ; Mrs. Fenn being engaged in the kitchen washing the dishes at the time didn’t observe their departure, but later on she wondered where they had gone. “For the land’s sake! Where have you two been all eve- nin’?” she asked when she let them in at half-past eleven. “We've been to the theayter, Penelope,” replied Mr. Pol-| lock, somewhat sheepishly. Mrs. Fenn made no further remark, and the farmer went up-stairs with Ed, to occupy the spare cot in the boy’s room which was kept there for his ial accommodation. fy’ CHAPTER VIIL EDDIF CUTS LOOSE FROM HIS AUNT AND UNCLE. ain't all the mo fo think h back and got her fingers on it. : Accordingly, about midnight, after Eddie and Nick Pol- lock had retired and were in the land of dreams, Mr. Fenn A ae to the room and got busy with Bertie’s everyday gar- ments. < As Peter Fenn had a talent for getting his hands into other ere pockets, at least in a figurative sense, he found no difficulty in getting them in a literal way into the young messenger’s clothes. He soon fished out $12 and the certificate of. deposit, and finding nothing else of value retired with his booty to his chamber, where his wife eagerly awaited his coming. “Well, what did you git?” she asked, impatiently. “Twelve dollars and this paper.” “Twelve dollars!” exclaimed Mrs. Fenn, astonished at the sum. “Why, the boy was made of money. Give them bills to me, Peter.” : \ Her husband obediently passed them over and then start- ed to examine the certificate by the light of the lamp, for the Fenns did not indulge in such extravagance as gas. As the lady was stowing the bills away in her purse with great satisfaction an exclamation from her husband attracted her notice. ; “What’s the matter?” she asked. “Why this here paper is a certificate of deposit for $2,890.” “You’d better take it right back and put it into his pocket,” said his wife “It belongs to his office, I s’pose.” , “No, it doesn’t. It’s somethin’ I can’t understand. It reads that the Bank of Nassau Street has received on de- posit from Edward Bertie the sum of $2,800. Now, whose ney kin that be, and why should it be deposited in his name ?” “Well, it hain’t his money, you know that.. Where would he git $2,800 to deposit for himself? That is unless he stole it, and he hain’t that kind of boy. You # mes take it ut. it where you got it. He mi git into trouble and lose his job in Wall Street if that paper was missin’. He must have been savin’ up his tips to have so much as $12 all at one time. I reckon I kin make better use of it than he kin, judgin’ from the way he wasted two whole dollars on that tie and thin bob.” . Mr. Fenn rather reluctantly rned the certificate of deposit to Eddie’s jacket. : Fhe would have given something to have learned how it came to be made in the boy’s name. can He didn’t believe that Wall Street men made deposits in their office boy’s name. , ate At the same time, it-was absurd to think that the money really pelangnd to Ed himself. Mr. Fenn hated mysteries, and this was one that strongly appealed to his curiosity. ins fe stood for several minutes with the packet in his hand trying to figure the matter out in his mind. - e didn’t make any noise, but whether it was that his mere prneqnce in. the room aroused the boy or not, certain. it is that Bertie awoke of a sudden and saw him standing there like a ghostly shadow. ans Finally Mr. Fenn gave the problem up and left the room. pe A streak of moonlight co through the window lit up his figure for an instant recognized him. : “My gracious!” exclaimed the boy, as his uncle softly closed the door after him. “I believe he’s been going through my clothes. Supposing he’s taken that certificate and the $12? . This is fierce! at a fool I was not to hide them.” He sprang out of bed and looked in his jacket pocket with some trepidation. ; on eee ’ Then he heaved a sigh of relief—the certificate was there. Nios gen wes nat ee "pte R ARN a mae ght. 3 Then he looked in his trousers for the $12. As he th

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=| PN > A CORNER IN STOCK. 11 wanting a good excuse to get away from here, and now P’ve got it. Ill look up another boarding place to-morrow, and Aunt Pen will wake up to discover that she has been a trifle too smart this time. I'll bet’ she'll miss those $8 every Saturday, but I won’t miss the skinny table she sets.” Having decided on his course of action, he got into again and was soon asleep. _ After breakfast, when he put on his hat to go down-town. and when his aunt offered him the usual twenty cents, he Said, rather bluntly: “Uncle Peter came up to my room last night and took $12 out of my pocket. I should like to have it back.” “You had no right to keep $12 away from me to spend on foolish things,” replied Mrs. Fenn, sharply. _ “T had a perfect right to keep that $12, or twice $12, if I wanted to,” answered Bertie resolutely. “I have been landing you over every cent of my wages regularly since I Went to work two years ago. That money had nothing to do with my wages. I-made that on the outside, conse- : ently I have a right to spend it on myself if I choose ' so.” : _ “You have no right to spend any of your money your- Self,” snapped his aunt. “Every dollar that you get should come to me. I feed you, and clothe you, and provide you With all you require. So hereafter I want you to turn in all your tips as soon as you get them. Understand?” - “Are you going to return me that $12?” Gis I am not.” “All ri Po aunt. ie paid no attention to her remark but walked out of ‘ cottage. "At the station he borrowed a nickel from Sam Rogers to Pay his way down-town. _ “What’s the- matter? Didn’t your aunt come up this Morning?” asked his friend. { : ~ “T wouldn’t take it from her.” “Why not?” said the other in some surprise. ae got hold of $12 of my money and wouldn’t e it up. $ + “Twelve dollars!” exclaimed Sam. “Did you have $12 Baved up?” _ “T had $12 in my vest that I intended to spend on my- ‘Self. My aunt noticed this new tie and 7 that I bought, and wanted to know how I got it. When I told her it almost 5 ave come to the conclusion that ve her a fit. She must ad more cash about me, for Uncle Peter came to my room Sent while I was asleep and took possession of the “ call that a low-down trick,” said Sam. : “T think so myself. However, it is the last straw with I’m going to move somewhere’ else. Aunt Pen has the last money she’s going to get from me. She's me to keep the $12. It. will pay her this week’s board.” “Where are you going to move to?” ‘Don’t know yet. I’m going to look a place up this ernoon. ; aunt will put up a big kick when she finds you’re to quit her.” hat; won’t worry me any. . I’ve made up my mind to and that settles it.” at afternoon, Eddie found a boarding place in the same that Sam lived. returned to the cottage, went to his room, quietly up his trunk and then went for an expressman. aunt, being busily engaged getting dinner, didn’t no- yhat was going on. ; ; : ok the expressman to his room and pointed out his man put it on his shoulders, carried it down-stairs his wago off. ‘Nick Pollock came in and -Eddie told > his mind to leave his aunt’s | out to his wagon. Aes gave him the address at which to deliver it, paid id he drove kitchen to get something, and then Eddie told her frankly that he was going to leave her. Of course there was a scene. “You have no right to leave and cheat me out of your eight dollars a week,” shrieked Mrs. Fenn, almost frantic at the idea’ of losing her steady income. “I bought you a new suit only six months ago, and it cost me $15. And you have had other things since. You sha’n’t take your trunk awa « y t happens that my trunk has already departed,” re- plied Eddie. I’ve got a boarding-house and I’m going there right away.” Bs His aunt was speechless with consternation and wrath. “J’m going to send you $50, Aunt Pen, to repay you for all you’ve laid out on me this year. I think that’s fair enough. The $12 you got away from me last night will more than pay this week’s board. Then we'll be square.” “Where would you get $50?” she snapped. “From the same quarter that I got the $12.” “Do you mean to say that you had more money about you than that $12?” gasped his aunt in utter astonish- ment. “J haven’t got it about me. It’s deposited down-town in a bank.” “You hain’t no right to deposit your money in a bank. Mr. Fenn is your guardian, and it’s his business to look — after your money.” “Uncle Peter is not my legal guardian, and has no right to touch a dollar of my money. I can look after it myself without any assistance, and I’m going to do it.” At this point Mr. Fenn came into the house, and was made acquainted with the condition of things by his angry ouse. 2 S when he heard that Eddie had said he Had money de- posited in a down-town he immediately thought of the certificate of deposit for $2,800. He wanted an explanation about it. Bertie declined to make any explanation. During the entire controversy Nick Polluck sat a silent and surprised listener. He was a pretty shrewd man, and enough came out dur- ing the argument to convince him that the boy was acting well within his rights. Finally, Eddie put on his hat, and, after saying good-by to all, left the cottage for good. CHAPTER IX. EDDIE MAKES ANOTHER LUCKY DEAL. Ed found that his new quarters were much better than his old ones, and the table was as much superior almost as light is to darkness. Seat Therefore he was much pleased with the change he had made. { He was also glad that he was so near Sam’s home, for he was now able to run over and see him any time, and Sam could return the compliment. : That morning, Mrs. Fenn, with dogged resolution in her face, took a car down for Wall Street. Ed was out on an errand when she marched into Mr. Gilder’s office. Being to the broker’s sanctum, she introduced herself as Eddie's aunt. : Then she wanted to know if eight dollars was all the boy had been receiving for his services for some time back. Mr. Gilder, rather surprised by the question, assured her that that was the sum he was paying him.. “I expect to raise him a couple of dollars on the first of the year,” continued the trader, “as he is an unusually smart messenger.” , “Well, then, I hope you won’t do no sich fool thing,” snorted Mrs. Fenn. © Of course such a remark amazed Mr. Gilder.

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‘visit from your aunt, Mrs. Fenn. “Yes?” lied the rather ised, ; “She Mg down Scopes va ae leaving ‘her ‘for “J left teat sche an ht. npitebaped Ed. “I’ve lived on short com- seme ne cponeh at ote 12 ‘A CORNER IN STOCK. “No, sir. He gets tips from brokers, and he ought to turn them in to me, too.” ; Mr. Gilder smiled. “Don’t you think he ought to have that little income,} Frank Jordan, which resulted in his recovering and which is but small at the best, for pocket money?” “He don’t need no pocket money,” snapped Mrs. Fenn. a boy ought to have a little spending money.” “Well, he don’t need no $12 spendin’ money. “He must have been very sa’ much,” replied the broker. “He says he’s got more’n that.” “Has he?” p “He spent two whole dollars on a tie with a crack pin stuck into it. Sich extravagance I never h tell on fore. “As long as he bought it with his own money, I don’t see any objection to his owning it.” “J could have bought jist as good for a quarter. At any | interest. -|on the deal. mit sir, I did not. T’ll tell you how I came by it.” ddie then related to his employer his Fourth of July | afternoon adventure, suppressing the names of Brinsley and | ing to the owner the box of bonds advertised for. return- | “Mr. Jordan handed_me his. check for $500 in acknowledg- “IT must disagree with you on that point, madam. I think | ment of the service. I took that check and invested it next day in 100 shares of L. & S. at 49.” “You did!” exclaimed Mr. Gilder, in surprise. “How came ving to accumulate that | you to do that?” “T got a tip from a certain broker that the stock was sure to go to 65 at any rate within ten days.” “And you held.on till it reached 65, eh?” “I did better than that. I sold at 72%, and cleared $2,314 I have now a certificate of deposit from the Bank of Nassau Street for $2,800.” “You are a very fortunate boy. You had better draw = money and deposit it in a savings bank, where it will w Your aunt seems very anxious to take charge of rate, it would do jist as much good. I don’t like a boy to/that money herself,” he added, with a covert smile; “but I play the dood.” Mr. Gilder smiled. ; He sized Mrs. Fenn up petty correctly, and was not par- ticularly surprised now that his messenger had ele to leave her, as he had a perfect right to do. guess you wouldn’t consent to such an arra: “No, sit, I would not,” i Ed, promptly. Mr. Gilder then dismissed him. Ed Bertie kept his word with his aunt and carried her $50 to make’ good the cash she claimed to have laid out on him ent.” “Do brokers like yourself usually deposit big amounts of| during the past six months, money in the bank in the names of their office boys?” she asked, suddenly branching off. This question was another surprise for Mr. Gilder. “Not to my knowledge, madam. Why do you ask? “€You hain’t deposi in my nephew’s name, have you?” "No, madam” ‘Do you know anythin’ about sich a deposit?” “Edo not.” “Well, Mr. Fenn found sich a paper in my nephew’s pocket last night.” “He did?” : “He did,” nodded the lady vigorously. “We'd like to know what it means.” : “As I am entirely ignorant of the matter, I cannot en- lighten you. I will ask him about it when he comes back.” “T hope you will. If he’s found $2,800.in the street some-|tained was a low price for the stock. where, and put it in a bank, T apprehend that his uncle should take charge-of it for him. »Mr. Fenn is his guardeen, and as sich is responsible for all that: belongs to him.” Bhs” your husband legally appointed by the court, madam?” : “That hain’t nece , that T knows on. I’m his mother’s sister, and only livin’ relative. That males me and Mr. Fenn his natural guardeens, don’t it?” : : aa doesn’t establish the right of either = = or hus- hand to take legal possession of any. property oy may kaye, A echild’s phar and father only are his natural guar- dians. As the case stands, Eddie can legally. déposit money in any. savings bank to his own account, and draw upon it jast the same as if he was of age. pis was not pleasant intelligence for Mrs. Fenny and she looked disgust “Then if he found $2,800, and put it in a bank, we couldn’t touch it?” she said. . “You: could not, madam.”. . ; 5 “And he could draw that money out himself and spend it in ad tomfool way he wanted, could he?” “There is no law to prevent him from doing so.” “Then there ht to be a law, and the quicker it’s made the better it will be,” snorted. Mrs. Fenn, rising from. the chair and, with a bow, making for tha.door: She hadn’t been gone more than five minutes when Eddie came in with an envelope, which he handed to Mr. Gilder. “Sit down a minute,” said the broker. “I’ve just had a ed thet a change would be She ay om it as a matter of course and wanted him to return, to the cottage, agtecing to be contented with the $3 a week she had hitherto been receiving from him. Ed, however, declined to change back to the old regime at $2,800 in the Bank of Nassau Street | any price, and his aunt realized she had made a big mistake in taking possession of that $12. About a month after Ed had established himself at his new boarding hotise he accidentally overheard two brokers - one a talking about a deal that was forming in D. & W. sto He had no particular knowledge about the stock, but he imew that the brokers were two of the most solid men of the ce ane whose opinions in market matters were of undoubted value. When he got back to his office he looked up D. & W. and saw that it was going at 65, which he su ascer- In fact, by comparing back records, He saw that it had not sold so low in three years. “This looks like a safe stock to get into,” he mused next day, after he had ascertained all the particulars he could pick up. “I don’t believe D. & W. will go any lower, any- way, and according to what those two brokers said, it seems slated for an early rise of fifteen or twenty points. I think Pil drop in and see Mr. Bailey. Maybe he knows somethit about the stock. At any rate, Ill give him. the tip just as got it, and perhaps he'll see his way to make something out of it. It would be renaying him for the first-class pointer he ave me a little while“ago.” j So when he went to the bank that afternoon to make his rezular daily deposit for the office, he dropped into Mr, Bailey’s office. That broker réccived him with a friendly nod, and asked him what he could do for him. “Tt think I’ve got hold of a tip on a certain stock, Mr. Bailey, and as you were so kind as to put me in the way of making a little money some weeks ago, I thought that turn- about was fair play, so I’ve brought this pointer to you, hop- ing that you'll be able to make perinnet ger of it. “J am sure 1 am very much obliged to you, Ed,” replied the broker. “What is your a” : : The boy told him what he had overheard brokers Wilmot and Barker -talking about the deal in D. & W. . , Mx. Bailey immediately showed a great deal of interest Mae ee cinta a ain. sot al e as fhe boy a nu of q ons, an > ae satisfied that the young messenger ae) ning. ; ; Corbi pce adelns iss 46 go in on D. & W. on the strength | of what I have found out?” he asked the broker. ; “Yes, I would if I was you. It’s safe enough if you. hold on too long. You were ty lucky to get out of Laat vita ta p Ime a er pei ae at ‘ Don't be so grasping ia the future. reap a —— t had got hold of a =

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yA eae A CORNER IN STOCK. . 13 He rushed into Mr. Gilder’s office, and found a note wait- ing for him to take to the Mills Building. As he was coming back he met Sam on the street. “Have you heard the news?” asked Sam. “What news?” “That dude in the office across the way from you—I mean Brinsley—has sneaked out of town with several thousand dollars belonging to his boss.” “Go on! Is that a fact?” ‘ “Tt’s a fact, all right.” “Tt isn’t anything more than I would expect of him.” “Why, did you ever hear anything acainst him?’ “Did I? Well, now he’s shown himself up in his true col- ors, I'l] tell qe something about him that I found out on Fourth of July. I kept it to myself, because I didn’t consider that it was my business to give him away so long as a cer- tain gentleman, whose son he tried to ruin, made no move against him.? “Let's hear what it is,” said Sam, curiously. “Tt’s too long a story to tell now. I’ve got to get back to I held on. If I hadn’t met you just when I did my name would have been Tim Flynn.” _ It would for a fact.” 3 _. Bd left him, and shortly after he went to the bank on Nassau Street and, handing in his certificate of deposit, told the margin clerk to buy 400 shares of D. & W. at 65 for his - aceount. As he had received $50 on account some time before the clerk handed him $150 in money and cancelled the certificate. A very rapid rise followed his purchase. » ‘Im fact, he was astonished to see the shares go up seven pots on the following day. Next day it went up five points more, and on Saturday morning there was intense excitement around the standard Of the road. ; : — the Exchange closed at noon the stock was going a > ’ : That was a rise of twenty points over what Ed had pur- _. chased it for. : He determined to sell out on Monday, though the prospect of a further advance of ten points looked mighty good. my office and oo have to return to yours. _ ll tell you to- “This time I’m going to make sure of the bird I have in | night. After I’ve given you the particulars you may believe my hand,” he said tahimself. “I am $8,000 ahead at this |what you wouldn’t believe before, and that is that I really i “on Mag the game. What more do I want? Mr. Bailey is a did find that tin box with the bonds in it. wy of great experience, and his advice is well worth fol-| With those words Eddie left him and returned to the-office “lowing. He who sells before things ‘bust,’ he will surely get |: time to go out again. _ the dust. That’s bum poetry, but good corimon sense. That night after dinner Bertie called on Sam and told him sell on Monday. I don’t cate if the price goes to 100.” all that happened to him on the Fourth of July. & at 86 on Monday, and by the time Ed got| Perhaps Sam wasn’t astonished. _ D.& W. : : “So you really are worth $500 after all?” he said. ye figure he es t Pa 5 toap Pegg Se or ee “Pin worth more than that, if anybody should ask you.” eras eet 1 made" $8,800 out of the deal, and now was worth| “How much more?” asked Sam, opening his eyes. - $11,550 in good bills. : “Oh, a whole let more. ; ET - “Name the figure.” ; “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you, so what’s the use?” “Yes, I would. I’m willing to believe anything you say »”» CHAPTER X. “Thanks; but I gvess, on the whole, 1 won’t give my finan- dial standing away. Very few people do. It isn’t business, you know.” ; “You might tell me,” said Sam, in an aggrieved tone. “Well, Til tell you what Ill do. I’ let you know when I’m worth $100,000.” “7}) have a long time to wait.” “Qh, I don’t know. I’m on the way toward it already.” “How do you expect to make the $100,000?” . : “Tm the stock market.” “Have you been making a deal with your $5007” “Sure pop. I’ve been in two deals already.” “You have?” gasped Sam. ; “TJ have, and both have been winners. Half a dozen more lucky, ones and maybe Vill collar the six figures.” “You talk as if you’d made a good bit already.” “J’ye no cause to complain at what I’ve made; but one can’t make a fortune all at once out of a capital of only $500.” Sam tried again to find out: how much his friend was worth, but didn’t succeed. ° Finally-they got talking about something else and he for- ED’S RUN OF LUCK CONTINUES. . * “J'jI tell you something, Sadie, if you'll promise to keep vit to ,’? said Eddie to the stenographer on the follow- _ ing afternoon. Kae What is it?” she asked, with an inquisitive look. “You won’t say anything about it, will you?” _ “Of course not, if you don’t wish me to.”. “Well, then, I’m worth nearly $12,000.” “That’s a good one for you.” “Don't you believe me?” A ol AE ES EES ES Sl EN Se ec eee mene nee RS ENS OER 3 you show the money?” she asked, with a dubious “1 can 1 a bank check to my order.” © arene see it,’ - Ed’ produced the check he got through the mail a short ~ There you are. Bleven thousand, five hundred and fifty, ‘payable to. the order of yours truly.” f “My goo 1” she exclaimed, with a look of genuine sur- prise. Weep cae to get this?” 4 : In the same way that I got the other check I showed you on the sidewalk a few minutes before. ae), - His feet went from under him like a flash of lightning, his ae a “ke head struck the hard stone, and he slid down four steps and not long afterward Ed, with a message to deliver the sor 3 ed . <Sipepeee : * eee ; give him the laugh, for such exhibitions anwaire appear funny . "J suppose had : t to the person most directly concerne are!” . inse © against the door, and one of. them It’s a good thing to be born tha’ ia peeken, and ordered them poy, bat as he didn't

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es A right. Have it your own way, only remember if thir 14 A CORNER IN STOCK. He lay still and looked at the ceiling, wondering where he was and what had happened to him. = Presently his brain grew clearer and he became conscious of what was going on around him. He heard the brokers discussing the final arrangements of a pool that had been formed, and in which they were in- terested, to boom M. & N. shares, which were then selling on the Exchange at 57. t He listened without actually meanin he was 100 miles away with his ear to distance telephone. ; . Thus the whole scheme under discussion was photo- graphed, as it were, on his brain without the least effort on his part. J : Then came the ringing of a gong out in the street, and presently an ambulance drew up before the office, the sur- geon dismounted from the seat and entered the place with his bag in his hands. i : A clerk announced his arrival, and he was immediately admitted to the private room, and the circumstances of the ease hurriedly explained to him. i He got busy with Ed and the boy at once revived. The brokers gave the-surgeon the credit for his prompt resuscitation, and were glad to learn that a small piece of sticking-plaster was all the boy required to complete his re- covery. id] Bertie thanked the broker into whose office he had been carried for his kindness, gave his name and business ad- dress, and then said he 1 errand on which Mr. Gilder had sent him. ; “The next time I meet with a banana-skin I'll go all around it instead of trying to skate upon it,” he said with a sickly smile. “Bananas are all right in their way, but I don’t like to have them in my way. : : The brokers laughed heartily at what they considered his witty remark. j 2 “It’s a good thing that you have a hard head, at any rate, one of them said, “or you might be a fit subject for an un- dertaker by this time.” : Eddie then bade them good-bye and went on his way, but he was more cautious where he put his feet after that. On his return to the office he explained the reason why he was out so long, and Mr. Gilder admitted that his excuse s a good one. Wisadie Garwood showed considerable concern when he told her about the accident he had met with. “People who drop banana-peels on crowded streets ought to be errested,” she said, with some indignation. “They’re very dangerous. You might easily have broken an arm or leg.” 2d forgot all about the conversation he overheard in the broker’s office until it was nearly time for him to go home, then it suddenly reverted to his mind as clear as daylight. He began to think it over, and the more he thought it over the clearer it unfolded itself before his mental vision. “My gracious! — this is the finest tip I ever got hold of. must look . & N. on the ticker.”... He found that the latest quotation was 5,000 shares at 57. “Tm to get in on the ground floor along with the pool,” he said to himself. “I’ve got just enough money to collar 2,000 shares. It ought to go up ints at any rate. At that rate I’d stand to win $30,000. I'll give my order on the way home. This is too good to let slip een my to do so, just as if e receiver of a long- Accordingly he called at a big brokerage house not far from his and ordered 2,000 shares of M. & N. to be bought for his account at the market in the morning. eth Ci

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A CORNER ae! “Does. this paper bel to either of yi tlemen?” aan Pa ; pick it up?” asked one of the visitors, *“Where did you Teaching for it. . “Tn front of the door of this room, sir.” “Tt belongs to me,” said the broker. “Much obliged.” Ed then withdrew to his seat, He pondered over the matter, and came to the conclusion that. ai eallers had visited Mr. Gilder to try and interest in the A few office. adie later the two men came out and left the - That afternoon, as Ed was carrying a message to a broker in the Astor Building, he met the same men in the elevator. He heard one say to the other: - “Tf we can catch Baker, everything will be complete and - ready to go ahead. He ought to be good for $100,000 easy “Pye got a good pull with Baker. When he learns that I’m to do the principal buying he’ll come in with booth feet.” “Glad to hear it. If we get him, you'll be able to start in morrow morning.” The elevator stopped long enough to let the two men off, _ while Ed went on to the next floor. Next morning, when Ed was sent to the Exchange by the cashier with a note for Mr. Gilder, he used his eyes to try and single out Broker Ricky. . He didn’t see him, however, during the limited time he stood by the rail. Finally he asked an attendant if Mr. Ricky was on the “Haven't ‘seen him,” was the reply.- “Guess he hasn’t come y & So Eddie went away somewhat disappointed. He was sent over again about one o’clock, but did not see result attended him on the following day. . man The same : On the afternoon of the next day Ed discovered Ricky at the standard of C. & O., and from his actions the boy figured that he was buying that stock. He wasn’t dead sure, however, but it gave him a line on _ the situation, at any rate, that he followed. Watching the ticker, he found that considerable business was doing in C. & 0. 3 The price had advanced from 60 to 68 within a couple “J, think I'll try 1,000 shares of the stock as a feeler,” Ed said to himself. “looks as if it’s goirfg up.” he went to the bank in Nassau Street and bought the on a margin of $6,300. y the stock had advanced to 65. } e also ascertained for a certainty that Broker Ricky i = he could get hold of. ; d at this was the stock the went to the broker who had carried through . & N.; and bought 3,000 shares at 65. shares reached 66 Ricky stopped buying, and a reaction back to 62. ; er to Eddie. a loss of $10,000 on p - k continued to recede, he knew he would be as he had $28,000 still at corner, : in te ; ut up more margin. him so much, loss. 5, an Ed, with uncommon nerve, invested in another 1,000 i roker had some trouble in getting it, which Eddie, soon as he learned that fact, rded as a good sign, and gave an order for 2,000 more shares at the market. J r had to pay an average of 67: for this block, it day C. & O, reached 70. i tae ‘ ddie. was - in up. to his ears, and if. thi wen ng he "stood. to. lose over $50,000, or nearly . of his Se Co ee a ae re , aa hawt a Shy knew that if he sold his 8,000 shares at present be - g get dicate was trying} in e-next two days C. & O. fluctuated between 62 and) j d something 000: Pe ae Ponges go well, he decided that it was too) IN STOCK. 15 There were now rumors and much speculation about the rise in C. & O. began taking notice and were flocking into the The public Street. Their orders for the stock made business for many brok- ers, and stiffened the prices all along the line. - The result was a general boom set in that carried C. & O. *? gine’ 8,000 sha rf e 8, shares went at 77, giving the a t of about $43,000. ‘ — Pe ® That left him with 5,000 shares still on his hands on which he could realize. at present aig $56,000. As every indication showed that C. & O. would probably reach and pass 80 that day, Ed decided to hold on for that figure, though he was taking a mighty big risk, for if a panic suddenly set in he stood to lose nearly $10,000 more than the profit he had already made. At two o’clock C. & O. reached 79. Eddie had a message to carry to the Exchange, and found the place in a great uproar. ‘His first sensation was not pleasant, for from the excite- ment in the air he thought that the market was on the eve _ of a smash-up. : Although he found no sign of a slump in sight, the shock induced him to give an order to the two brokerage houses holding his 5,000 shares to close them out at the market. They went readily at 79%, and the young messenger was out of it with an assured profit of $110 , over all commis- sions and other charges, on the whole CHAPTER xi. ' BERTIE DECIDES TO BE HIS OWN BOSS. C. & O. closed at 82 that day, and at three o’clock a mob of perspiring and tired brokers filed out of the Exchange, glad that the rush was over for the day. The better class restaurants in the District now began to fill up with traders who had eaten little if anything since morning. : The Scciiealaninde boys had a comparative rest after a fever- ishly busy morning. : Eddie had ulled himself together, but the sensation of being worth 3160 000 Bas so strangely thrilling that he hardly recognized - Se ee simply got to resign from my job,” he told him- self. “What’s eight dollars a week to me now? .My money alone, if invested at five per cent., would bring me in $8,000 a year, or $150 per week. But I think I can do better n that by hiring an office for himself, making a close study of the market, and devoting all my energies to the consumma- tion of any deal I think safe enough to go into.” He felt he would gain more experience on his own-hook several years as messenger and clerk with So he decided to resign at the close of the week. Next day there was more excitement than ever on the market. Thousands of shares of stock changed hands, and the conservative traders were harvesting’a fat lot of commis- sions. ee C. & 0. was selling at 85 at two o’clock, when some trader threw a block of 5,000 shares, followed by another properly supported, 10,000, on the market. The stock not bein a ic was precipitated, that involved other interests as well, 300 in —— time pandemonium prevailed in the den of the bulls The news flew broadcast through the Street that C. & O. nes gone to the wall, carrying the whole market down with This brought an avalanche of selling orders to the fore. Everybody wanted to get out of the danger line as soon as he could. But when prices are tumbling bu are naturally scarce, and Sige same ‘old story of ananteal shipwreck seemed about re-enac nS pte The chief losers were likely to be the ottsiders, who had come into Wall Street looking for easy money. 2) A number of brokers, however, found themselves involved ‘| im the sh before sx! realized just where they stood. eee . was Broker ‘Harding, Sam "3 ém- Pp > ae 7 om bo a . - ih ee He and two other traders had formed a small pool and — 6 | eee ge

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16 A CORNER tbat failed to realize at the right moment and were badly caug’ When the smoke cleared away after the battle Harding was forced to make an assignment. He now found that he would have to retire from the pirects and all his employees were notified to look for other jobs. Sam’s face wore a very glum look when he told Ed the bad news on Friday. “So you’re out of. a position, are you?” said his friend. “Yep,” replied Sam, gloomily. “T'll hire you.” “You'll do what?” ; “I said I’d hire you. I’m going in business for myself next week, and I’d like to have you with me if only to talk to occasionally when I have nothing else to do.” “Are you really going to leave Mr. Gilder?” “T am.” — “What kind of business are you going into?” “IT am going to ate in the market on my own hook.” “You are?” ask Sam, much astonished. “We jig: to back’ our “Béeneitig over $160,000.” “Say, is this one of your jokes?” “No. I never was more in earnest in my life.” “But I don’t see how you could have $160, 000.’ 1. _ “J just cleared $110,000 in the C. & O. boom tg It took a good deal of talk on Eddie’s iat to convince ; Sam that he was actually worth as much as he claimed, but at length Sam became: satisfied of the fact. “What will you have for me to do?” asked Sam. » “Not much, at least at first.” “Can you afford to pay me $8 for doing nothing?” “T’m willing to pay you $8 just to have you around. 1 ean depend on you, and that’s something. You can’t tell but you may be very useful to me in a lot of ways that nerner How much money have you got of us could think of now.” » “I'm ‘willing to do anything you want to try and earn my wages.” “I know you are. Your hardest work at first will be to hold the fort toe ee Lam out, and try to kill time.” “I have been learning to operate the typewriter, you know. - I ean do pretty a work on it now. You could let me can- » vass for ,fnough wo rk to keep me busy, and take the profit _ _ “That’s a good idea,” said Ed. “I never thought of it. Ill have Anyt name put on the door as a public stenographer, and instead of exclusively for me, you can try and build a business up for yourself. Until you’re able to’ clear ; i a cceake for. panracit I'll make up the difference to you. 7 te oy to ty able to get some work at the start if you or it. = a was tickled with the idea, and said that it just suited until th “got out of the parted in front of Eddie’s De: ing-house. already given Mr. Gilder notice of his intention to oa broker was sorry to lose him. o sorry to have him go, and none more me, Sadie,” t said Ed, holding her “T wouldn’t lose for a farm.” looked dows, and finally promised that as soon as she knew where his As soon as I do, and have it visitors, I’ll let you know. We've g, and ye want to’ be better ones in on his uals and aunt. ~ shed when he told them that. he Miave made cy n_ Wall: Street,” ‘said his i aie rang es IN_ STOCK. That was true, and she had.to admit it; but that he had actually made such a fortune in no time at all was simply impossible for her to believe. “Why, your Uncle Peter hain’t worth no sich sum, and he’s———”’ “Hem!” exclaimed Mr. Fenn, warningly, and his wife, recollecting herself, shut up as tight as a clam at low tide. “Nevertheless, Aunt Pen, d have that amount of money in good bills in my box in the safe desposit vault.” “That hain’t no place to keep money,” she said. “You cught to have it in a savings bank. _ If you’ve got money you ought to let us know all about it.’ You might die sudden like, then strangers would get it instead of your uncle and me, who is most entitled to it, being your only livin’ rela- tives. You’d better make a will so we could get what be- longed to you in case anythin’ happened to you. Ed chuckled quietly to himself at his aunt’s evident anx- ‘iety on the subject. “Tf anything like that happens, I’) see that you don’t get left, Aunt Pen.” CHAPTER XIII. THE MASKED INTRUDER. . On Monday morning Ed, accompanied by Sam, went office unting. ey found one at last, a good-sized, airy room, in an old- fashioned building on Hanover Street, near Wa The office was in the top floor, and an unusual feature was a mantel fireplace which was closed off by a steel sereen. The rent was reasonable enough to suit Bertie’s ideas at present, and he took it, giving Mr. Gilder as reference and paying down a month’s rent in advance. The next two days were employed in fitting the place up in business-like shape. Ed had a safe put in, and also a ticker. Two desks were introduced—a very nice one for himself alongside one of the windows, and a cheaper one for Sam, beside the other window. The safe stood between the two. A tall letter-file cabinet, that Ed got cheap, also helped to set the room off to great advantage. “We're putting up a great bluff considering that teas nothing doing in the way of business yet,” chuckled Sam. “Well, I like to have the place look like business even if. = ve nothing to do. It makes a fellow feel better,” replied The sign on the door read: EDWARD BERTIE, Stocks and Bonds. SAMUEL ROGERS, Public Stenographer. When everything was in shipshape, Sam some cards printed, and started out to drum up typewri haceen tities trade for himself in the neighborhood. Ed Bertie got out some necessary printing for himself, and one of tay Beueaenn cards he mailed to Nick Pollock, in per Orange County. y's A week later he was sitting alone in the office reading the Wall Street News when a thump came at the door. “Come in,” sang out Ed, won and then, to his surprise, in walked Mr. Pollock. “Howdy do, Bertie,” exclaimed the farmer. “I see a real live broker at last. See: ee a ge neither one nor the other at present, Mr. Pollock. 7 lown.” . “Don’t care if I do. You look like business here.” tie wes, I’m not here for fun, Mr. Pollock.” ia not. Cousin Penelope says made ‘in Wall eiteet—akene a giao Sh She to essed mony must grow on trees down 2 so abundant. I wonder if you couldn’t | could make a million or two kind of easy like.” that gore ed of mone : who his visitor was, .

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atl dale Ti pro steer me onto some stock that would make my for- ie?” _ “TJ might be able to put you next to a winner some day. How much money tlhe you care to risk?” “T’d jest as soon put up $10,000 as not if I thought I was ' goin’ to double it. What would you charge me for doin’ the business?” : “Same as any broker,” replied Ed, mentioning the rate of commission charged: “But you mustn’t expect me to guar- antee any deal you went into. I’d-give you the benefit of my advice and experience. That’s the best I could do.” “That’s all I ask. You’re a square boy, and I’d trust you with every cent I’m worth,” said Mr. Pollock, heartily. “Thank you.” “Don’t mention it. Well, you let me know when you’ve t somethin’ real good on the hooks, and I’ll come down and ring a wad with me.” Ed promised, and then they got to talking on a different subject. - ; peer a time Bertie took Mr. Pollock up to the visitors’ | gallery of. the Exchange, and the farmer watched the antics _ of the brokers with great interest. 3 Ed then invited him to lunch with him, and Mr. Pollock finally left for uptown fully convinced that Eddie was the smartest boy on earth. Sam had a lot of work to do that afternoon. free Cat Se At a quarter to six Sam finished his work and announced that he was ready to go home. At that moment there was a subdued sliding sound in the chimney that passed unnoticed. : Eee after theré were other sounds behind the wall and then A strarlwe, scraping. noise behind the grate screen at- __. tracted the attention of the boys. __.. “What’s that?” asked Sam, jumping up. _ Bertie started forward to investigate. ' _ Suddenly the screen fell forward with a crash, revealing '_ a masked man, revolver in hand. It was a case of surprise all around, for the intruder had evidently not expected to find any one in the office, though __ he was prepared for trouble just the same. _... The man raised his revolver and covered Ed with it, whik -_ at-the same time he made a movement to leave the chimney and enter the room. __.* Whether he had noticed Sam or not, he paid no attention _ to him, and the’ plucky young fellow took advantage of i: _- te seize a heavy paper-weight from the desk and hurl it with a swift and unerring aim at the head of the crook. Spat!" It struck the rascal over the ear, and with a groan he sank forward unconscious. . Ed immediately sprang forward and snatched the re- _ volver from the fellow’s hand. - Both boys then dragged him out of the fireplace and laid him on his back. “Telephone the police station, Sam,” said Bertie. “Tell! to send the patrol wagon around to carry the rascal -. While Sam ran over to his friend’s desk and seized the receiver, Ed tore the mask off the man’s face and head. ae he was treated to a genuine surprise. ‘The intruder was none other than Herbert Brinsley, _ Broker Adams’s late clerk. v5 - CHAPTER XIV. Yee: “ED GETS ONTO A FINE POINTER. 4 _ Eddie was thoroughly ‘astonished when he recognized _ Brinsley, ad - eae ae argc will be falling over itself to get the control at 40 and upwards. fortune in sight, Ludlow, oY ha “T think there is no doubt of it i uick. people who control the road are cdous winnt ae tee that for a fact, for they see nothing bu sight 'from present indications. J: & off block yesterday for 27, but the best offer they 26. Gordon, Jennings & Co. have been ; 10,000 shares for more than a week at 27, and this they offered it at 26%%, with no takers. David . fered 5,000 shares at 26 to find a purchaser. few small parcels ha’ Ss

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18 A CORNER _ “I don’t think we should stop at the mere controlling interest,” said Ludlow. “As the stock is bound to boom wit the publication of the. news .of the New Venice enterprise, every share we can secure will be so much more profit in our pocket.” “Of course. We must buy to the extent of our pile. If we can secure 75,000 shares, so much the better. e have 25,000 shares in sight, and a tour of the brokerage houses ought to land us as much more. We will make the greatest coup of the year,” said Hayden, rubbing his hands. “Now just see how much money you can raise between this an three, and meet me Bi my office at half-past. I’ll do my best to get a considerable boodle, and then we'll make our plans for the morrow.” With these words the brokers walked off and separated outside, leaving Ed-much food for thought. “Here is the chance of my life,” thought the boy. ‘Those men doubtless intend to sell out in the end to the traction trust. Now that I’m on to the project, I may as well try to corner that stock myself, if Ican. With my limited capital, the only way I can do it is to secure options on as much of the stock as I can run across, unless I can induce Mr. Bailey i Cee ee n. If he agrees he will no doubt have to hypothecate the shares at his bank | as fast as he gets them. he question is, will he go into an arrangement with me? I'll deposit $160,000 with m as security, and that ought to make him sit up and take notice, He'll suppose I’m acting for some moneyed man who - dces not want to be known in the transaction. I must get my mo and call on him at once.” So e@ made a Destine for his safe deposit vaults. eres CHAPTER XV. ; 2S | THE WALL STREET BOY WHO WON. re ? “Hello, Eddie,” said Broker Bailey, when the boy walked into his office fifteen minutes later. “I hear you’re out for ; co el aa 24 any business?” : “I’ve got a big deal on-hand now tarry for me.” ; - “A big deal, eh?” , . “Yes. I calculate there is ten to twelve thousand dollars’ ‘vommission in it.” “Whew!” whistled the broker. “What is it?” “Tt will take over a million and a half to swing the deal, ind I prepared to put up ten per cent. of that amount’ 1s wcumty” e, ¢ : “That looks like business. What is the stock me to buy and how many shares do you want?” “T want 60,000 shares of Rosedale & Silver Lake Traction, ond I authorize you to give as high as 27, but get it lower _ if you can.” : ~ “Rosedale & Silver Lake Traction, eh? Why, that seems to be a drug in the market. I pea oe you’ve got hold of a pretest Et i Ned hn l of the road. I guess Ul have no great difficulty picking up all you want.” ae which I want you to ahs eee you want a cies eee, aed wae ya * * “T can tell where you can get 25,000 shares xigitt off the reel,” said Ed, who then mentioned the three brokerage, nouses Hayden , rge, and [ll . A million 28 me Wests oge you expect to make a good rake-off for bringing nil padect™ said Broker Bailey. talk about that later on,” replied Bertie. “What me now is to this matter moving at once. r th against me, and you'll have to ex to fill my order.” . - _ Just write out your order. n 59) $160,000 in that paekage.: Count it and| IN STOCK. ——e Ed his memorandum of the transaction, he put on his hat and started out to get the stock, while Ed, conscious that every dollar he owned in the world was at stake in the big- gest deal of his- young career, which was to make or break im in a signal manner, returned to his office. At four o’clock Bailey’s messenger brought him a note stating that he had secured 45,000 shares, and that he ex- pected to get the balance before noon next day. He said he had paid an average price of 2644 for the stock. Next day at half-past eleven Bertie got word from Bailey that he had the whole number of shares on deposit at his bank, and they were subject to his order. The boy then thought of Nick Pollock, and tel him to come to New York with every dollar he co on such short. notice. In the meantime Brokers Hayden and Ludlow, when they got busy on the job, discovered that somebody else was ahead of them. ) f This was unpleasant and surprising news for them, but they hustled twice as fast to secure the stock they wanted. After corralling 10,000 shares with a great deal-of trouble, Bee Pas to go on the floor of the Exchange and bid for the stock. Then its unusual searcity became apparent. : seer finally corralled 5,000 more shares at an average 0 ; All sorts of rumors now began to circulate about Rosedale & Crystal Lake Traction, not one of them true, and it be- came’ the center of much excitement and speculation. Nick Pollock turned up next afternoon at office with $20,000, and wanted to know what hooks. The boy told him about the traction matter, and said controlled 60,000 shares. “Tt is going at 35 now, with little coming to the surface, Mr. Pollock, and I don’t know whether I can get you any short of 40. The best I can probably do will be to let you in on my deal to the extent of 5,000 shares at 36%4 on a ten per cent. margin. It will cost you $18,250. I expect to realize at par, which will give you'a profit of about $65,000. If the deal fails you will lose your money, and all Pll save out of. $159,000 will be the money I get from you. Now, think it over.” “Well, if you’re satisfied to risk every dollar game to risk the $18,000. Here’s the money.” On Sunday morning the cat was out of the bag, for every newspaper printed the story of the new amusement enter- prise that was about to be inaugurated at Crystal Lake. Then there was a howling and gnashing of téeth among those who had sold their holdings in the Roseday & Crystal Lake Traction Company. 3 On Monday morning Mr. Bailey, duly instructed, went to see the president of the traction ‘trust. 3 oe He told that gentleman that he was authorized to dispose of pak oe 3 interest in the R. & C. L. Traction for 50 cash, Zire The president took his offer under consideration, called a_ meeting of the directors, and after some discussion the deal was closed. : : fe A When everything was settled, and the money paid over, Bertie found he had made $1,400,000, making worth: a. little over one and a half million altogether. = He es gan his wonderful exploit by proposing to Sadie _ Garwood, and she accepted him. if After she said “Yes,” he told her about his great success, and she could hardly believe that her fiance was a young millionaire. , ; ; “Why, what an astonishing lad you are, to actually corner a stock, something ‘that the most experienced traders in the Street more often than not fail to do.” : : “Yes, Sadie. phed d raise Bertie’s on the he you own, I'm ae Fes I did it all right. I am the Wall Street Boy Who Won.” a ee ct a 5 3 7) ee A Next: week's issue will contain “FIRST IN THE FIELD; OR, DOL aoe gas » BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF.” eet >

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oe ae ee FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 19 CURRENT NEWS _Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd Allen of North Tarrytown, N. Y., who was a dog fancier and a great lover of other dumb animals, left liberal bequests in her will filed with Surrogate Sawyer at White Plains. To the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty _ to Animals, Manhattan, she gave $2,000; the New -England Anti-vivisection Society of Boston gets $500, while $500 goes to the “Societa Napolctana r la Feeeriune Degli Animali.” She also willed $1,000 the Reformed Church of Tarrytown. Mrs. Allen left property worth about $300,000. ‘ P, | Honduras contemplates establishing a free port _ in the Department of Mogquitia, at the point where _ the Cruta River emptic® into the lake or bay of _ Caratasca. It is to be named Puerto Herrera, in honor of Dionisio de Herrera, first President of the Republic of Honduras. The province of Mosquitia, where the port is to be situated, embraces nearly _ one-sixth of the-entire area of the republic, and is untouched commercially and industrially; in fact, a except for certain strips along the coast, it is prac- tically unknown and inhabited entirely by Indians. _ The interior is said to be rich in timber and min- oR A a Paeereneement was made recently by the Aero Club that the four flying machines purchased by ular subscription for the National Guard will in commission within a month. The aeroplanes were purchased by contributors to the National Aeroplane Fund. Efforts are being made by the Aero Club to interest militia officials in all forty- eight States in the development of military flying in the National Guard. Miss Frances Stockwell, of _ Evansville, Ind., a niece of Champ Clark, has ap- _ pealed to Indiana women to buy a machine for the _ State militia. a ~ Just how unromantic the official mind can be is - illustra e manner in which the dungeons of the Tower have been handled by the authorities. For _ the first time the vaults in the Keep at the Tower have been opened to the public at a-eharge of six- pence (12 cents). But the Office of Works has done best to deprive them of their historic illusion. It s given the dungeons a coat of whitewash and hted them with electric lamps and not even the nce of the Yeoman of the Guard can make -historic*cellars appear otherwise than com- lace and modern. . it. Al | y on an ungummed envelope. If this be not easily obtained, oan be made from any sheet of paper, cutting this to the proper size and shape. To apply the albumen, take some white of egg and spread it with a brush, a feather or the tip of the finger on the flap. Close this before the albumen has time to dry and pass a hot iron over it. This coagulates the albumen, and the paper must be torn before the envelepe can be opened. 3 Wolves are creating devastation and inestimable loss among the settlers of the upper Peace River dis- trict in Canada. At Dunvegan and Fort St. John more than $25,000 worth of horses have been killed by wolves. The reason for the ravenous rampage of the wolves is the scarcity of lynx and rabbits, which have died off or have migrated in large num- bers., So numerous have the wolves become and so desperate in their invasions that for the first time in the history of the North the Dogrib Indians have been unable to pay their debts at Fort Vermillion because the wolves have regularly cleared up their traps and bait and have even devoured their dogs. Clement Paul, the celebrated hunter and trader of Hay River, killed 28 wolves this winter within a ra- dius of five miles of his cattle corral. Of all the furs found in and exported from South America, chinchilla is the finest: and Most Value. It has gained in poptlerity to suck an extort that there is grave danger of the chinchilla following the Arctic seal almost to extinction. The Geographical Review says it is hunted in the Cordilleras of Bolivia and Northern Chili, but has already vanished from the provinces of Antofagasta and Africa, where it was formerly plentiful. Skins that were worth $10 in Chili in 1908 brought $30 in 1912. The chin- chilla is hunted by Indians with dog and ferrets that are trained to enter the burrows. This in- volves destruction of the young. A movement to prohibit the killing of chinchillas or the sale of their fur is on foot in Chila. and some men have gonn inta the business of breeding the animals on a large scale. The discoverv has just icem made in th* esxtval portion of the French Congo of a race of pygmics hitherto totally unknown. ‘The members of the race are said never to surpass 1.5 meters, about 4 feet 9 inches, in height. According to La Revue, they live _ entirely isolated in the territory of Mongimbo. They build huts of hemispherical shape im the forest in groups of from 5 to 30. The chief is an oJ man who exercises absolute and hereditary authority and elects his own successor. They foilow a curious cus- while the men live on the products of the chase. Ac- cording to a legend canon them, the former are de- _ Sisten from a he end hedgehog and the latter from a toad. have vague notions of good and evil and certain cult of the dead, whom they inter a Hh "eae tom as to food, the women subsisting on edible roots,

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20°. eee FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. HARRY, THE HUSTLER THE BOY WHO WAS READY FOR BUSINESS By GASTON GARNE : (A SERIAL STORY) ’ . CHAPTER XIX. (Continued) - . -aBut are you “ggg | open for a deal?” : “Certainly I ut it must be businesslike. ! é: am open for no deal which gives you a chance t: 4 welch as soon as the contract is signed by the mayo: . and council of this town.” Old Bunce’s face was a study. knew that he had met his match in this boy “Allright,” he said hurriedly. “My manager, Mr ‘Winston, attends to all these details. He shal! sub - mit a proposition to you in half an peers 3 “ae in the hotel?” ‘ * “Very good. That settles this business as far a TI am concerned, for I shall stand by whatever propo sition I make. Now, my boy, I really want to b: friendly and sociable on your own account. I am tr have dinner served in this room ai one o’clock. Joi us. Julia would be delighted. Winston, who is ¢ 4 fine fellow, will be with us, and also Tom Trafton H 7 Sah in whom 30% aha entirely misunderstood. Come $2 wet do y ?” T couldn't vat of it, Mr. Bunce, I have a frienc wih me here. It would be impossible.” eS “Bring your friend along. We should be glad tc hy ae meet him. It’s young Metz, of Chicago, I believe?’ “Yes; I think I must decline, however, and wit! eo many thanks. Meanwhile I shall wait for Mr, Win. ‘bridge building business, and have fi kn 3 than old Bunce ever knew. How agnor iat?” Harry laughed. “Do you believe any of it?” he aii >) ae “He told me himself that you were an old ac- juaintanes of his in New York; of course, I know nee him in New York two years ago. Tha “What sort of a fellow is he? ear wet s worth: i tes fs to him by and by, and ye

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 21 ra can hear as I am,” he called. me?” “No; that’s all right. Don’t slop over, now, what- ~ ever happens: All you have to do is to listen. I am able to take care of myself.” A low knock came on the door almost as Harry finished speaking, and he opened it to admit Mr. Ries Winston, with Tom Trafton at his heels. *“Ah, Howe! How are you?” cried the engineer. “éLet me introduce my friend, Mr. Winston. He’s a man to know.” “Come in, gentlemen. eg eee Se eee ee > SS = Come in,” said Harry, shaking hands with Jack Winston. ‘Glad to see you both, although I confess I did not expect two.of you. Be seated, please. You find me all readv for busi- ness, so ) just fire away.” CHAPTER XX. .BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION. “We are quite alone here, I suppose, Mr. Howe?” asked Winston, looking around as Harry closed the door and turned the key. . “T was quite alone here before you came in, Mr Winston, ” replied Harry, , but you have brought your witness along’, I see.” » “Oh, Trafton is only a mutual friend,” was the - -reply. “He thinks a whole lot of Longworth and o! ; ne too, he télls me. You need not be afraid o! Pe, - “Then procéed to business, Mr. Winston. Yor ” have two propositions in writing to put to me, } “Put them, please.’ re Winston produced a large wallet, pay taking out Ret eee handed it to Harry. might have been in Bunce’s writing, but this, _ course, Harry could not tell; but it bore no signa- ture, and would have been quite worthless as evi- in court. ston” ‘and Trafton kept their eyes fixed- on Tt was évident that ey expected him to object the paper, but he did nothing of the sort—merely read it ou t loud: ¢Bropostion first. tt is proposed in ciibidetation enry Howe dropping all work on the Dodge- own bridge contract, and immediately rage to} “New York, to pay him the sum of $2,000.” “Good!” erled Harry. “That's a liberal offer.” “De ire accept?” demanded Winston. “If you do the money right here.” — read the second proposition first, 3 replied 7 Piao that Winston was immensely el by hs renee out loud, but he did not dare je nd wv) -. - =e vp asiote ras a Jong one, too Jon Ode ———— . Fa iS a ES CT es TR “Can you see} cent., and so swindle the ¢ity of Dodgetown out of that ‘amount. The proposition’ further arranged that the con- tract. should be given to Bunce & Co., and that the division of the spoils should be made by Trafton, © who was to act as stakeholder, as it were. No doubt many would have called this proposition simply good business; that it was a rascally piece of business certainly no honest man could deny. Harry read it slowly and distinctly, in. order to give Joe the chance to make notes. “Well,” he said, laying the paper down on the table, “what am I expected to do about this?” “To accept or reject,” replied Winston, with a sickly smile. “You can take that paper back to Mr. Bunce and say ” began Harry, when Tom Trafton inter- rupted by raising his hand. “Hold on, now! Hold on, Howe!” he exdlaimed. “Think twice before you reject both these proposi- tions. I stand ready to help you out with Long- worth. I can pull the wool over the old man’s eyes. rh “Thank you; I can do my own wool-pulling,” said. Harry calmly. “I was about to say that-I must re- ‘ect the second proposition, because I am neither au- thorized to make any such deal, nor would Mr, Longworth stand for it in case I should make it, but { will accept the first——_” “Ah! T thought so!” broke in Traften: “Spoken ‘ike a man of sense.’ “On condition,” continued Harry, in in the same sven tone, and paying not the least dP yc to the ‘nterruption, “that Mr. Bunce returns the proposi-' ‘ion separated re the other and duly signed, and witnessed by you, Mr. Winston, and you, Mr. Traf- ton. Fam dedusne aha is all.” “Oh!” snorted Winston, “the boy is a mere idiot! Come on, Traf! No use talking ito him.” And out the two rascals went, slamming the door behind them. Harry sprang forward, locked and bolted the door, closed the transom, and hung a towel over the key- hole. “You can come in now, Joe! !” he whispered, “but don’t you speak a loud word.” “T’ve got it, Harry,” whispered Joe, waving a pa- per over his head. It was covered with marks like fly tracks. “You took it down in shorthand. 1 didn’t know ‘ ‘| that you could do that.” “Surest thing, my dear boy. My German educa- tion included stenograply, too. T’ye got it, thanks to you reading it aloud.” “And we have got them,” said Harry, confidently. “J believe they. have made their last move in: gam got : was mistaken, unce and his pouch, which cilmen, had not the least notion of throwing: aie Harry had shown himself on the {fhe plot had aren, se ot ok — ieee Rot Councilman Wicks and at

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ad 22 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ITEMS OF INTEREST THE OWLS IN THE TRENCHES. The following extract is from a letter from an English officer at the front quoted in the London Times: “When I was up in the trenches recently I saw numerous owls. They used to flap about among the trenches at night, quite regardless of shells and snipers, getting a fine harvest of rats and mice, with which the trenches literally swarm. They were the big brown owls. They always disappeared two hours before dawn. I never could make out where to, but I suppose to woods behind the lines.” WHY HE DIDN’T GET THE JOB. Boys of various ages and sizes were gathered at a railroad construction office in Cleveland, Ohio, in response to an offer of a good salary for an office boy. John Boyne, the previous incumbent, had de- veloped an affection for cigarettes and two days be- : — John’s services had been dispensed with sud- enly. Terence O’Brien was among the first of the eager applicants to be ushered into the presence of the chief. The chief was puffing on a short cigar, and between puffs he looked up genially at Terence. “You smoke cigarettes, don’t you, Terence?” the chief asked, ‘anxiously. “Of course, sir,” Tefence answered, anxious to be a good fellow. “T thought so,” the boss said. “I saw the stain on your fingers. You can go. Tom, call the next boy!” BIRDS AND CROPS. ° The chinch bug and the Hessian fly cost whea growers of America millions of dollars every year. One of our authorities says it takes more than 4,000 chinch bugs to weigh an ounce and nearly 50,000 Hessian flies for a square meal. A quail will eat this amount for one meal. . : It is estimated by the United States Agricultural _ Department that 90 per cent. of our field birds have been destroyed, and that quails, prairie chickens, - meadow larks, and other birds which we had for- merly by millions have been almost exterminated by thoughtless people under the guise of sport. It is estimated also that American farmers are docked $30,000,000 to $40,000,000 for weed seeds which used to be eaten by these birds. The Massa- chusetts State University figures that a quail de- = 7,500,000 bugs and 6,000,000 weed seeds an- nually. provestea.~° . take my money. It is all I have,” plied he, holding the cash in his hand. “But if this is all you have W’ll return it.” “But I have more than that,” she insisted. “It’s in the bank, but as I don’t feel very well, goodness knows when I shall be able to get more,” she con- tinued. The intruder hesitated, smiled and took the money. Mrs. Buchanan then called the police. RUSSIAN GIFTS TO JAPAN. According to the Asahi, negotiations have been concluded between Japan and Russia for the trans- fer to Japan of the section of the Eastern Chinese Railway south of the Sungari. Russia, it is said, also has agreed to give better treatment to the Japa- nese residents of Asiatic Russia. The concessions have been made by the Russian Government in payment for the stores of war mu- nitions procured from Japan for use of the Ru- sian armies on the east front and in the Caucasus region. The present state of Russian finances, ac- cording to the Asahi, does not permit cash pay- ments to be made for the war supplies obtained from Japan. The Japanese publication states that as the transfer of the railroad means also the trans- fer of influence of the country about it, the willing- — ness of Russia to part with the railroad shows her good will and friendly spirit toward Japan. It is suggested that Russia, in view of her change in policy after the Russo-Japanese war, could have no strong objections to the extension of Japanese influence as far as Harbin, in Manchuria, since Rus- sia is now more interested in the building of the Amur railway. SUSPEND FRESHMAN. Attempts of the freshmen of Manhattan College, New York, to make a dinner of the sophomores a perfect failure have resulted in the suspension of eight of .the freshmen. The sophomores had captured two freshmen, and at the dinner, in Cavanaugh’s restaurant, No. 258 West Twenty-third street, they compelled the cap- tives to do many entertaining things. At the dinner’ were Brother Edward, president of the college, and Professor Prelini, of the University of Rome. . The freshmen caught Richard Coleman, a sopho- more, and held him prisoner. him of his clothes, attired him in a suit of white pa- jamas, and across his chest they painted “1819.” When the sophomore dinner was at its height the freshmen suddenly injected the painted Coleman _ among his classmates, and there was much excite-- ment. This soon was followed by the hasty arrival of two noted physicians in fast automobiles. They said they had been notified by phone that Brother | Edward, president of Manhattan College, had been poisoned at the dinner and was dyi Brother Ed- ward had not. been poisoned Neither did the physicians. 1e facult, ig joke. iv gaee Fag ey & W<¢y and did not relish the aes : and eight of the thir b= Then they stripped

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. , HAL, THE POOR BOY THE ADVENTURES OF TWO ORPHANS By ED KING (A SERIAL STORY) CHAPTER III. (Continued) Hal and Terry took off their clothes then and no as much of the water out of them as they could. The boys pulled off their shirts and stood before the fire, holding them up to the heat. “We must find out where this place Water Valley is first thing to-morrow,” said Hal. “There seems to be something about it that’s bad, and we want to _ Putting the uncomfortable things on again, they| know what it is.” sat down on a log to eat their bread, which had be- come badly water-soaked, even after being carried under their coats. vei “Where in the world are we to sleep to-night?” _ grumbled Terry. “Everything is so terribly wet.” “Oh, we will find some place,” replied Hal; “don’t you worry. Bad as everything has gone so far, wouldn’t be back in old Bilkin’s asylum if he was to give me a million in gold.” _. “It will be better to-morrow, when the sun shines, no doubt,” said Terry, with a yawn. “Oh, Hal, I’m go tired, I wish we could sleep right here.” “And wake up with the worst kind of fever? Not much! We must push on, and see if we can find a shelter of some kind.” The boys started soon afterward. _ They had walked about two miles, when they came to an old, ruinous house, right alongside of the road, which is something unusual for Mississippi, _ where houses generally stand back in the midst of extensive grounds. The windows were all broken out and the doors}: _ were gone. _ While it had evidently once been a handsome _ place, the house was now far on the road to decay. - “By gracious! Here’s our stop!” cried Terry. “Just what we want,” said Hal. “If there’s only . no hobos in possession already, I'll sneak in and There was nobody in the house. ; Better still, there was a big, open fireplace in the front room, with a lot of dry wood lying around. | It was a tempting bait, and little did the boys as a rap to catch tramps. Hal had matches, and in a few minutes the boys had a fire crackling on the boy “Suppose they put us in jail?” said Terry, turn- ing his shirt. , The boys were so intent upon what they were do- ing that they did not hear the slight rustle among the lilac bushes, just outside the window. If they had turned around, they would have seen I/the dark face of the man with the sombrero peer ing 1n. He caught sight of the boys, and pulled away quickly. Going softly down to the road, he gave a low whistle, and three.men came out from behind the trees. “Come on, you old man-hunters,” he whispered. “Tt’s only a pair of kids, and half-starved ones at that, but they are good for fifty dollars, just the same.” ? All unconscious of what was going on outside, Hal and Terry stood in front of the fire, drying their shirts. “We had better sleep upstairs, I think,” said Hal. “Some one might come prowling in during the night.” “T’'m awfully afraid of tramps,” replied Terry. “I wish we might never meet them again.” “We can’t keep clear of them,” replied Hall; “but, never mind, Terry. When we get down to New Or- leans we'll make our fortunes. If we can’t do any better, we'll push on to Texas and turn cowboys. Won’t that be grand?” “Fine!” said Terry. “How far is Texas, Hal?” a Too late Hal heard the sound. At the same instant the man with the sprang into the room “Oh, I don’t know, A good way, and——— What’s _ ne that all this had been expressly arranged] th +?” pa with the three’man-hunters 4 ; “p : : +4? eaiq! close behind od “Pm going to pull off my shirt and dry it,” said . reps Hal, “and I aaving you to do the same, Terry. We| They were all armed with rifles, and yen coy a t sleep in these wet things.” => ered the two half-starved boys, as if they had been But suppose some one sees us from the road?”| some desperate criminala, Sire Ca iat

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. CHAPTER IV.,. - IN JAIL. Hall and Terry had gotten themselves into a bad hole—worse by far than they knew. Yet any lawbreaker could have told them just what was coming. As it was, the boys had not the faintest idea. “What have we done, gentlemen,” demanded Hal, earnestly. “We are only a couple of poor boys, but I want you to understand we are honest. We haven’t taken anything here except a few sticks of wood we found on the floor.” The protest availed them nothing whatever. * The man with the sombrero seized Hal as though he was some desperate criminal, and handcuffed him to Terry. One of the other fellows kept the boys covered with his rifle while this was in progress. Once Hall-and Terry were secured, all three broke out in coarse Jaughter. “You got ’em all right, constable,” said one of the men. “You bet your boots I have,’ cried the man with the sombrero, with a coarse swagger. “I spotted them two kids up to Water Valley, and I sez to my- self, sez I, they’re greenies, an’ they are going down the’ Greenville road, sure as my name is Nick Decker. I’ll follow ’em up an’ bag ’em, I sez; and then I went for you fellers, and here we be. Haw! Haw! Haw! I suppose we had better be on the - move.” “What are you going to do with us, mister?” de manded Hai. . eid See soon enough; ” replied Constabl« “But we haven’t commited any crime. Wh; should ‘we be arrested?” “Dry up, and don’t ax questions. you now.’ Poor Hal moved slowly toward the door. _ He was handcuffed to Terry, who was too badl; es Srudetened to speak. “ively! Lively!” cried the constable, “You wer , ively enough when you chucked that thar rope t« - Golonel.Crofut. Haw! Haw! Haw! Why didn” you take his advice, and get out. of the way?” - “Is this the feller what saved Crofut and hi , | darter?” demanded one of the men. 2 “That’s who he is,” replied the constable. “Twas a brave thing to do, too. He might hav ‘been pulled into the water himself.” __.- MPhat’s what.” 2 “Kinder a shame to pay a es so.” Get a move oi ap on the i move!” p that Don bat have I done sat want to know what ve vial spi | Constable Decker seized the two boys and knocked their heads together until Térry howled with pain. There was no talking after that. It was mad- ness to try to stand up against these men. Ike Knee looked disgusted at Nick Decker’s bru- tality, but did not speak. The constable was en- tirely master of the situation, it appeared. The boys were hurried down the road a hundred yards or so, when they came suddenly upon a ram- aharkie old carryall, which was hitched to a tree. While Ike Knee unhitched the horses the con- stable boosted the boys into the back seat, and crowded in alongside of them. Ike and the other man got on the front seat. Then Ike picked up the reins and drove off rapidly down the road. “What’s your name?” demanded Nick Decker, once they were started. “Hal North,” replied our hero, sulkily. “Aur your chum’s?” “Terry Thomas.” “Whar ye from?” “Tennessee.” “You’re a couple of runaways, I suppose?” Hal was silent. — “Speak!” roared the constable. . Sf Pion’t know what you cali runaways. We are both orphans. We have no people nor no homes.” “Whar you been livin’?” “We lived with a man in Memphis,” replied Hal. ipa he give you the bounce?” “Then you have no friends at all?” “Not a friend on earth,” said Hal, bitterly. The constable burst out with his “Haw-haw-_ iaw!” again. “Just the kind we want!” he cried. ort! Hey, Ike Knee? 2 “That’s what,” replied Ike, shortly. It seemed to Hall that there was a touch of pity in. is voice. But Ike Knee made no protest—merely cracked _ iis whip and urged the horses on the faster. Hal meant what he said, and believed that he ‘poke the truth, and yet, after all, he was mistaken. — He had one friend in the State of Mississippi, un-- snown to himself, and that friend was thinking of im then It was Netta Crofut, the pretty girl, whose life he iad saved. : ie 0 Hal was to learn what this meant later. ¢ Although very close-fisted, Netta’s father was a aan of much importance in "this section, being the — ichest planter for miles around. The ride continued until some five miles had been -overed, when the carryall rattled into a small town, — topping in front of a low building with barred win-_ lows—evidently a jail. tas _ Hal and Terry were taken inside. ; ag were an by a dirty-taced man, iy so “The very

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teh es rhe ari ee tino FAME-AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. TIMELY TOPICS Frank Kramer’s performance in the three-mile open professional race featured the afternoon’s cycling sport at the Newark Velodrome May 14. Kramer rode a splendid race, taking first honors from a field of more than fifty starters. He led Al- fred Grenda, of Australia, to the tape by five lengths. Reggie McNamara was third. Arthur Spencer, of Toronto, surprised the fans by defeat- ing Joe Fogler, the Brooklyn veteran. Spencer took two out of three heats, winning the last two, after ’ Fogler had won the first one. While riding on the train from Delta to Redding, Cal., Mrs. Frank Brown, looking from a window, saw a body on the bank of the Sacramento River. She screamed and said “There’s my boy!” The train was stopped and Frank Brown, the husband and _ father, stepped to the rocks and identified the re- mains as those of his son Jesse, seventeen years of age, who disappeared from home Feb. 22. . Rela- tives hunted for two weeks and then gave up the search. No surmise can be made as to how he met his death in the river, except that he fell in while walking on the bank to avoid being seen. While there has never been. an instance in which the president and the vice-president chosen with him have both died in the course of the term for %. which they were chosen, this came very near hap- _ pening in the term for which Harrison and Tyler __were elected. When Tyler was serving as presi- _ Gent after the death of Harrison he had an ex- a tremely narrow escape from death by the explosion ie of the big gun Peace-maker on the steamer Prince- _ ton, February 28, 1844, which killed two members of Tyler’s cabinet—Secretary of State Abel P. Up- - shur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Gill- i -mer—-and David Gardiner, the father of Tyler’s second wife. All owners of forest or othr land in Germany _ that is not being used for agricultural purposes are _ to be compelled to open up their property for the _ purpose of affording pasture to cattle and swine. _ according to an order issued by the Federal Council on April 13 and reported in the Frankfurter Zeitung. The authorities are also empowered to oblige these landowners to erect the pens and shel- _ters necessary to care for their animal guests, but they will be recompensed for this work. The pas- _ turage is to be free tothe persons or socicties need- _ ing it. Furthermore, the people are to be permitted - to clean up-such forest and similar unused lands in search of litter for bedding for their livestock. - 2 = 8 - Owing to the high price of ebony the manufactur- ers of pianoforte keyboards have been searching for 2 long time for a cheap substitute with a grain close enough to take the necessary polish. At it was nd that our native dogwood could be: stained, til it equaled ebony both in ap-|on one of the isiands of | e gulf, where all tradi me we cnd weit The wood, which comes in all boats must ¢! sand this will give the ih gaan all is sawed into strips'an jach square and eight \a stronger hold upon the tribesmen od pte, to ee OEE Pe Ge Ge Spe Re ae Reg Pe LPS eo eT kee 8 to twenty inches long. The strips are piled up cob- house style, out of doors, where they remain until thoroughly seasoned. The development of this in- dustry has given employment to a considerable num- ber of people, and has also permitted of the cutting of trees which were formerly considered to be of little or no value. A pig was the unique initiation fee which Walter Miller, Jr., paid to join the Knights of Phythias Lodge, Albany, Ore. So, as the result of an offer and an acceptance in a joking spirit, the lodge now has a good hog, which is worth more than the gus- tomary initiation fee. Miller had expressed a de- sire to join the lodge and was signing an application for membership when he asked the amount of the initiation fee. “I’ve got a lot of good hogs and will trade you one of them for my initiation fee,” he re- marked jokingly, and members of the lodge promptly accepted the offer. He volunteered later to keep the hog and feed it free of charge until the lodge desired to sell it, and this he is doing. a “Do you know,” asks William T. Perkins in the World’s Work, “that Nome, Alaska, is 800 miles west of Honolulu? Do you know that Alaska has two and a half times as much coast line as the rest of the United States?” The “panhandle” of Alaska includes 1,000 miles of inland sea, protected by a range of islands. The Yukon carries as much water as the Mississippi. It rises within thirty miles of the Pacific, and travels 3,000 miles to Behring Sea, The mouth of the Yukon is ninety miles wide. As in the Amazon’s mouth, you may ascend it on a clear day and see no shore. From Cape Prince of Wales, American soil, you can see Asia across only thirty-two miles of Behring Strait. Seven railways are in operation or being constructed. The most famous is the Skagway-Yukon connecting-link of 140 miles. Alaska’s canned-salmon output is esti- mated this year at $10,000,000. “ad Fab, The Sen Blas Indians occupy the north ‘coast of: the Republic of Panama from a point a few miles west of the Gulf of San Bias to Cape Tiburon, on. the Colombian frontier, and are well known to dwellers in the Canal Zone, which they frequently visit, but are by no means inclined to receive visits in return. They have resolutely maintained their — independence, preserved their territory from fo-- eign exploitation, and kept their blood and racial characteristics pure. They keep up the custom of. requiring the traders who visit their coast to return to their ships at sundown. There has been friction _° of late between the Indians and the Panama Goy- ernment, and consequently the former are at pres- ent flying. Colombian flag. The President of Panama made a special trip of conciliation to the San Blas coast last spring, but most of the Indian chiefs refused to receive him. A result of this trip, however, was the establishment of a custom house —

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: ; ee : 5 ee ire 26 FAME AND FORTUNE NEW YORK, JUNE 23, 1916. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS One Copy Six Months See Cees One Kote oes. .0. - chsiceccewtbac’ POSTAGE FREE HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. 0. Money Order. Check or Eecteres Letter; remittances in any other way are at Wee risk. e acdept Postage Stamps the same as When sending iat: wrap the Coin in a separate piece of Foret to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your name and ad plainly. Address ietters to Harry E. Wolff, Pres, FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher N, Hastings Woiff, Treas. Charies B, Nylander, Sec. 168 West 23d St., N. Y. GOOD CURRENT NEWS ARTICLES A wealthy widow in a small North Dakota town a granite memorial over the grave of her favorite cat. She placed the order with P. N. Peter- ' gon, Cedar street, St. Paul, Minn. ° Work has ben stopped in the German nitrate oe: in the Taltal district, Chili, on account of lack omy which are imported from India. Opera- ties other German fields probably will be sus- pended soon. In Benares, India, there has been for many years oe for the reception of monkeys, and it is one of the most costly buildings there. The followers of Brahma hold this animal sacred and worship it as a deity. The thickness of armor on modern warships is 7 Remeinesites 3 The side armor of a first-class bai p usually varies from sixteen and a half inches thick at the to tc of the belt to nine and a half inches at the bottom. The gun turrets are often by armor from fifteen to seventeen inches thick. . A search of twenty years by a heart-broken mother and sister came to an end at the West Vir- ginia penitentiary at Moundsville when Benton Amos, who was serving a seven-year term for bur- glary committed in this city, was found. They reached his bedside a few hours before he died. Lake George’s whistling well, near St. Cloud, pies e. ily freak of nature that is as yet un- rofessors at the university, again is in oe CNinveliont, A farmer living in the immedi- ate neighborhood has written to the county officials if something can be done to make the well s peculiar noise. color varies, and and is not the same in e more civilized es vies ae don hes gar- nts to show their grief, and the men c ofa hue. In China at nations use black 7 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. yellowish brown, the hue of the dead leaf, is deemed proper; and in Ethiopia the negro natives wear gray as the emblem of mourning. All these colors are symbols. White symbolizes purity, an attribute of our dead; the celestial blue, that place of rest where happy souls are at peace; the yellow or dead leaf tells that death is the end of all human hope, and that man falls as the autumn leaf; and gray whispers of the earth to which all return. The Syrians considered mourning for the dead an ef- feminate practice, and when they grieved they put on women’s clothes, as a symbol of weakness, and as a’shame to them for lack of manliness. The Thracians made a feast when one of their loved ones died, and every method of joy and delight was employed. This means that the dead had passed from a state of misery into one of felicity. Black was introduced as mourning by Anne of Brittany, the Queen of Charles VIII. of France. Before that the French queens wore white mourning, and were known as white queens. - GRINS AND CHUCKLES Photographer—Look pleasant, please. Victim— I guess you’ll have to move that “Terms Cash” sign. She—Do you love me for myself alone? He—Yes, and when we are married I don’t want any of the family thrown in. Wife—Mr. Whistler seems a very sensible fellow. Husband—Oh, pshaw! He doesn’t know enough to ache when he is in pain. ¢ “Pop!” “Yes, my son.” walk in their sleep.” “You do? Why is it?” cause their feet don’t go to sleep.” Reilly—Pat was drowned yesterday. Fitzpatrick —Couldn’t he swim? Reilly—Yes, but he was a union man. He swam for eight hours and then quit. Kind Lady—tI have a book at home on ‘Self-help’ which I think you Beggar—No use. I peddled it for two weeks, an’ didn’t make a dollar. — Ge “T know why people “Be- Snyder—Where did you get these matches, or rather what kind are they? Simpki They are slow matches, and I got them yesterday when I was in Philadelphia. “Fred, dear, why are some women called Ama- zons?” ‘Well, my dear, you remember our geogra- phies said’ the Amazon has the largest mouth , But she went out and’slammed the door before he could say any more. “It was simply a question of veracity between us,” said the oldest inhabitant. “He said I was a liar, and I said he was one.” “Humph!” retorted the village postmaster. “That's the first time I ever heard either of you speak the truth.” “So yo Toa rg Good work, old man! Is she Say, if that girl ran for the it | a sp there wouldn't Las

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 27 the past, and regaining by future good conduct the confidence of her employer. There is, I fear, too much truth in what you say, remarked our benevolent host, who had hitherto no part in the conversation, and it reminds me of a cir- cumstance that occurred in the earlier part of my life, which, as it may serve to illustrate the subject you have been discussing, I will relate. In the outset of my business career, said he, I took into my employment a young man to fill the sit- uation of under clerk, and according to the ruleI ©. had laid down, whenever a stranger entered my office, his duties were of a nature to involve as little responsibility as possible until a sufficient time had elapsed to form a correct estimate of his character. This young man, whom I shall call Smith, was of a respectable family. He had lost his father, and had a mother and sis- ters in some measure dependent upon him. After he had been a short time in my employment, it happened that my confidential clerk, whose duty it was to receive the money from the bank for the payment of wages, being prevented .by an unforeseen circumstance from attending at the proper time, sent the sum required by Smith. ! My confidence was so great in my head clerk, who had been long known to me, that I was not in the © habit of regularly counting the money when brought to me; but as on this oceasion it had passed through other hands, I thought it right to do so. ; Therefore, calling Smith back as he was leaving my counting-house, I desired him to wait a few min- utes, and proceeded to ascertain whether it was . quite correct. 2 : : Great to my surprise and concern on finding that there was a considerable deficiency. room. | , _ After a while she begins to think that these : “From whom,” said I, “did you receive this THE FIRST OFFENSE. By D. W. Stevens In the cheerful dining room of my bachelor friend - Stevenson, a select party was assembled to celebrate his birthday. A very animated discussion had been carried on for some time as to whether the first de- viation from integrity should be treated with severity or leniency. Various were the opmions, and numerous the arguments brought forward to support them. The majority seemed to lean» to the side .of “Crush all offenses in the bud,” when a warm- hearted old gentleman exclaimed: Depend upon it, more young people are lost to society from a first offense being treated with inju- dicious severity than from the contrary extreme. Not that I would pass over even the slightest de- _ viation from integrity, either in word or deed—that would certainly be mistaken kindness; but, on the other hand, neither would I punish with severity an _ @ffense committed perhaps under the influence of témptation—temptation, too, that we ourselves may _ have thoughtlessly placed in the way, in such a man- ner as to render it irresistible. For instance, a lady hires a servant; the girl has hitherto borne a good character, but it is her’ first _ place, her: honesty has never yet been put to the test. __ Her mistress, without thinking of the continual _ temptations to which she is exposing a fellow crea- _ ture, is in the habit of leaving small sums of money, _ generally copper, lying about in her usual sitting (asics lip nA are not always found exactly as she left them. money?” _ : Suspicion falls on the girl, whose duty it is to| He replied: “From Mr. ,’ naming my confi- clean the room every morning. dential clerk. Her mistress, however, thinks she will be quite convinced before she brings forward the accusation. - She counts the money carefully at night, and the “next morning some is missing. _ No one has been in the room but the girl; her guilt evident. Well, what does her mistress do? Why, she turns the girl out of her house at an “Jt is strange,” said I, looking steadily at him. “But this money is incorrect, and it is the first time that I have found it so.” / He changed countenance, and his eye fell before mine; but he answered with tolerable composure, ~~ “that it was as he had received it.” “Tt is vain,” I replied, “to attempt to impose upon 4 me, or to endeavor to cast suspicion on one whose hour’s notice; cannot, in conscience, give her a char- character for the strictest honesty and undeviating acter; tells all her friends how dreadfully distressed | integrity is so well established. Now, I am perfectly she is; declares there is nothing but ingratitude to convinced that you have taken this money, and that ‘met with athong servants; laments over the de- | it is at this moment in your possession; and I think” ravity of human nature; and never dreams of blam-| the evidence against you would be thought sufficient = herself for her wicked—yes, it is wicked—/to justify me in immediately dismissing you from ghtlessness in thus constantly exposing to a tation a young, ignorant girl; one, most likely, se mind, if not enveloped in total darkness, has ly ah imperfect twilight. knowledge, whereby to a e sin li

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23 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. being entrusted with it himself the idea had flashed across his mind that he might easily abstract some without incurring suspicion, or at all events without there being sufficient evidence to justify it; that, be- ing in distress, the temptation had proved stronger than his power of resistance, and he had yielded. “T cannot now,” he continued, “prove how deeply your forbearance has touched me; time alone can show that it has not been misplaced.” He left me to resume his duties. Days, weeks and months: passed by, during which I scrutinized his conduct with the greatest anxiety, while at the same tinre I earefully guarded against any appearance of suspicious watchfulness, and with delight I observed that so far my experiment had succeeded, The greatest regularity and attention— the utmost deyotion to my interests—marked his business habits, and this without display; for his quiet and humble deportment was from that time remarkable. At length, finding his conduct invariably marked by the utmost openness and plkin dealing, my con- fidence in him was so far restored that, on a vacancy occurring in a situation of greater trust and emolu- - ment than the one he had hitherto filled, I placed him in it, and never had I the slightest reason to re- pent of the part I had acted toward‘him. Not only had I the pleasure of reflecting that I had, in all probability, saved a fellow creature from a continued course of vice and consequent misery, and afforded him the opportunity of becoming a re- spectable and useful member of society, but I had ained for myself. an indefatigable servant—a aithful and constant friend, For years he served me with the greatest fidelity and devotion. His character for rigid, nay, even scrupulous honesty, was so well known that “as honest as Smith” became a proverb among his ac- quaintances. One morning I sidsacit him from his accustomed place, and upon inquiry learned that he was detained at home by indisposition. Several days elapsed, and still he was absent; and upon ca at his home to inquire after him, I found the family in great distress on his account. His complaint had proved typhus fever of a ma- lignant kind, From almost the commencement of his attack he had, as his wife (for he had been some time mar- ried) informed me, lain in a state of total uncon- sciousness, from which he-had roused only to the ravings of delirium, and that the physician gave lit- tie hope of his recovery. For eae days he continued in the same state: at ] a message was brought to me, saying that Mr. Smith wished to see me; the messenger adding that Mrs, Smith hoped I, would come as soon as ros- band was dying. I im- On entering his chamber I found the whole of his fart --oe- “led to take. farewell of _him they 80 tenderly loved. des BYOR Sy ee perceived me he motioned for r me to genet my hand in both e my best. coviy oul: 1 have - sent ha pane fey: i — the thanks blessing of a dying man for all your goodness to me. To your generosity and mercy I owe it that I lived useful and respected, that I die lamented and happy. To you I owe it, that I leave to my children a name unsullied by crime, that in after years the blush of shame shall never tinge their cheeks at the memory of their father. Then turning to his family, he said: “My beloved wife and children, I entrust you with- out fear to the care of that Heavenly Parent who has said: ‘Leave the fatherless’ children unto Me, and I will preserve them alive, and let thy widows trust in Me.’ And you, my dear master, will, I know, be to them as you have been to me—a guide, protector and friend.” That, continued the kind old man, looking on us with glitteri ing eyes, though mixed with sorrow, Was one of the happiest moments of my life. As I stood by the bedside of the dying man, and looked around upon his children growing up virtu- ous, intelligent, and upright, respecting and honor- ing, as much as they loved, their father; when I saw his wife, though overcome with grief for the loss of a tender and beloved husband, yet sorrowing not as one without hope, but even in that moment of agony deriving comfort in the belief that she should meet him again in that world where— “Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown,” when I listened to his fervent expressions of ti- tude, and saw him calmly awaiting the inevitable stroke, trusting in the mercy of God, and at peace . with -his fellow-men; and when I thought of what the reverse of all this might have been—crime, mis- ery, a disgraceful and dishonored life, perhaps a shameful and violent death, had I yielded to the first impulse of indignation, I felt a happiness which no words cain express. My friends, lam an old man. During along and — eventful career in business, I have had intercourse with almost every variety of temper and disposition, and with many degrees of talent, but I have never ~ found reason to swerve from the principle with ~ which I set out in life; to “temper justice with mercy.” ‘ Such was the story of our friend, and I believe there was not one in that company but returned home more disposed to judge leniently of the fail- ings of his fellow creatures, and as far as lay in his — power to extend to all who might fall into timeline tion, that merey which, under stances, he would wish shown to himself, fi “that it is more blessed to save than to destroy. = ¢ Increased manufacture of motor cars in Japanis ©. indicated by the import figures for 1915 com: : with those for 1914, as reported by the Japan Daily Mail. The total from foreign sources in 1915 was twenty-six cars, valued at $30,595, while in the pre- ceding year the imports were seventy-nine cars, ‘ued at $106,420. The yanks oF 2g says the native cars are now well made are produced at low prices, thus affecting the imports of Mighiee. woe ,| foreign cars. The sources of the cars imported in e, yg = ie elo ‘Uetea gute Ngee . ie ua at , ; Un ued 2 Se eit ee ps andother (ae nese valued at $6,076, ae Y ey

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ~ NEWS OF A SUBMARINE. MOWER, To clear off water lilies, reeds and the weeds which habitually overrun shallow lakes, an Ohio ex- perimenter has recently brought out a marine Mower, which is described in Popular Mechanies. It is operated by a gasoline engine and moved from place to place by boat. The sickle on the contrivance T™much resembies that on the ordinary farm mower, and is suspended beneath the boat by means of suit- able rods. A gasoline engine of the type used for driving rowboats furnishes power for the sickle through the aid of a connecting shaft. SUGAR CARDS IN ENGLAND. _ Sugar cards have been issued to the 25,000 mem- bers of the Sheffield and Eccleshall Cooperative So- ciety. Before sugar can be bought at any of the tores the card, which bears the member’s name and “number, must be presented. When the quantity bought weekly is half the normal quantity in peace times a record is made on the card. Non-members are not supplied. _ The system has been adopted by other societies ind is proving most successful in husbanding sup- plies. -. Speaking of the likelihood of the card system be- ‘ing extended to other articles T. Walton, the gen- ‘manager, said that his board felt that it would necessary before very long if supplies diminished they were doing week by week. Cards for all od might soon be in use. T BLISS HAS TWO INCENDIARY FIRES General George Bell, Jr., commanding officer 0! rt Bliss, ordered on instructions from Genera ton, a rigid investigation of two mysterious at the army post late the other night. Army rs at first scouted the theory of incendiarism, changed their minds after preliminary investi- ns. e first fire started shortly after 9 p. m. in the storehouse of the camp, where huge supplies of thing had been stored. The fire made such rapid lway that an alarm was sent to local fire head- ers. After the department responded it was d the hose connections of their lines would not army hydrants. The storehouse and its con- valued at many thousands of dollars, were a slete loss. ile this blaze was occupying everybody’s at- , Smoke burst from the cavalry stables half ucceeded in rescuing all but three fine mounts. a THE DAY blows a strong wind, always in the one direction— from the west. Some time in the distant past, at some point far to the westward, the sands which advance before the stiff breeze of the desert began piling up, and this great chain of hills had its ne ginning. Then they began their journey across the desert plain. The hills are always advancing. The wind, which is constantly adding to their height by bringing new material, also cuts away the sand from the western slope and shoots it over the hill, where it falls upon the eastern slope. Thus, as fast as one side is eaten away the other side is built to and the hill is moved slowly eastward. A little more than twenty-five years ago the Southern Pacific Railway Company built its road along the eastern rim of the desert of these hills. At that time they were a long way from thé tracks of the road. Now they have advanced to the tracks and threatened to bury them, and the company will be obliged to change the roadbed, either moving further to the east or else swinging around the chain and bringing the road along the western side. In either case a lange section of the road will have to be entirely rebuilt. ae TROUT CHOKES KINGFISHER, - Greed seems to have wreaked vengeance on an | avaricious kingfisher that plied the Yaquina River near Elk City, Ore., according to Wilmer Nelson, who lives on the bank, The boy noticed the bird dive land bring to the surface an unusually large trout. Then ensued a battle royal, the fish trying to esca ind the bird trying to swallow its prey. When the <ingfisher appeared distressed, the boy went out in a boat, picked up the bird, dead, with the big trout stuck in its gullet, - ~ ole A’ NEW TRAINING CAMP. ~ away. By the hardest kind of work the sol- ng at, superintendent has suggested that the Lo 3

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. INTERESTING ARTICLES ee Ging ow HOGS WITH SIX LEGS. While driving out a number of hogs from a pen|operation in pin manufacture. on the Rowland ranch, near Puente, Cal., workmen in the employ of L. ‘A. Meredith discovered that one sow was possessed of six legs. The animal has . two extra forelegs, perfectly formed, and all six legs are used by the animal in walking. Mr. Mere- dith says the two extra legs are just inside the “regular” forelegs and are somewhat smaller. z. MUSIC BY THE HEAT REGISTERS. H. E. Thompson, of Brazil, Ind., when he wishes music at his home, presses an electric button on the wall, and from the cold air duct and the registers of the hot air furnace come in succession ten differ- ent selections, which are repeated until the electric switch is turned off. The music is produced by a phonograph arrange- ment in the basement. A circular table is arranged with ten records around it, all moved by an electric motor beneath the table. In the centre of the table, pointing upward into the air duct, is a large plas- ter-of-paris horn, which is connected with the re- producing mechanism. After a record is played a cork roller carries the needle to the next record. PAPER COAL. ~The problem of supplying the soldiers of Italy with fuel while they are battling up in the moun- tains wholly bare of wood is being met by patriotic girls and boys at home. Which shows, too, that the ingenuity of the Gernians in solving acute do- mestic ahd military preblems is matched, at least in this instance, in Italy. The new fuel, in the prep- eet process before selling—there is not a single hand The machine which makes pins is fed from a long reel of wire. This wire is caught and drawn across a board upon which it is straightened, and from which the pin lengths are cut off by a falling knife. f EE EE As the cutter rises, the end of the wire is struck by | an automatic hammer, and thus is flattened into a head. The pin then drops into a plate, so grooved as to catch and hold it firmly, head upward, in such a position that the end opposite the head is held — against a grinding roller. From this roller it comes — away well sharpened. When this is done, the pin slips from the grooved plate into the box placed to receive it. All this is done more rapidly than it can be told. The pins fall from the machine in a constant stream. One might watch the movement of a pin- machine ever so closely and it is doubtful whether his eye could move with sufficient quickness to catch its every operation as it runs at regular speed. From the box into which the machine drops them the pins are taken, and, after being chemically treated and covered with a tin coating, they are . ished, arranged in paper, and placed on the mar ot. In the United States the peoeee manufacturing State is Connecticut. During the last fifty years the industry has grown in this country from four fac- tories to an annual output of over fifty million gross of pins. Of these, over forty-seven million gross are of the common flat-headed variety. The pin is of ancient origin. Aboriginal people fastened garments and cloth together with pins made of thorns and the bones of fishes. Later rude aration of which thousands of children are con-!metal pins came to be made by hand, preceding, the cerned, is called “coal paper,” though “paper coal” You know that paper can be compressed to such a solidity that car wheels have been made from it. Such a consistency of material should burn like coal, and, though information is lacking as to the ; specific quality of the emergency “coal,” the com- burning fuel. In all the big cities of Italy there have been or- ganized bands of boys and girls who go round and collect all the papers they can find. These are brought to establishments where other boys and girls, under the direction of women teachers, turn these papers into solid rolls and sections, after- wards cut into chunks. These are packed into individual bags and dis- . tributed amon gthe soldiers in the bleak mountains. : In case a soldier desires to have a little hot Soup or coffee he takes out three or four pieces of “coal paper” and his hot heal is soon ready. Be a HOW PINS ARE MADE. : Pins may be bought'so cheaply that we sometimes wonder what is the process of manufacture which makes it possible to sell them at so low a price. The manufacture is performed upon a very rapid scale. The entire process is mechanical and automatic. In ‘fact, La Sge time of Leases is the last " eS ety ak Leer eee - ape ae weer ae a day of the machine-made product. QUEER HAPPENINGS. “Fannie Smart,” mongrel-hen, belonging to A. T. Hunt, of Bayonne, lays two eggs nearly every pression is sufficient to render it excellent slow- day. ends Shields and Thomas Farrell, firemen, dis- missed for being under influence of drink. Shield said he was marooned on Barren Island and drank to prevent a cold. Young folks of South Presbyterian Church, Mont- clair, are to give a mile of pennies (about $900) to sew ee fund. enc re ‘ aul H. Haffer was found gui in Tacoma, Wash., of libellin George Washington by calling him “inveterate” drinker.” Former Governor Hadley, of Missouri, in deposi- tion filed in Chicago, criticises portrait of himself painted by Mrs. Samantha I. Huntley because fee painted a green tie when he desired blue— dot. He also testified the lower lip pro that it was almost pendulous. = Norman Jobes, of New Brunswick, N. J., he fought fish hawk at Manaplan Lake and won a two-pound pike the bird had captured. Teased because his long hair had been | roteced arn twelve years old, runs away from

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. Sl 4 Keep A money dated before ve grown. 1895 and send TEN cents for New Mlus- Frank Ruttinger, a painter, fell more than 100 aeMaeeeet CC Anaa Or eet he eof coe ees in Pfc Bergen, N. CO, Bex %, Be Bay, N_X, . and escaped with sprained ankle. ES a: oarder auctioned off furniture in home of Mr.|theatre. At times as many as four thousand per- md. Mrs. Charles Curtis, No. 168 Mercer street,/sons lived in the town, whose government was en- fe City, and fled with $17, the proceeds. tirely under the jurisdiction of the engineers. A “Wildcat which escaped from Bronx Park Zoo|railway was constructed through thirteen miles of hursday, was caught in top of tree in Botanica] |rough country to connect the camp with a main line range, N. J., declaring he won’t return until locks Gis een pares heeies = on Garden ¢reenhouse. . railroad. ger tae 2; Siereunmnceais MEN BLINDED IN — ARE TAUGHT : ORIGIN OF THE CURFEW BELL, TRADES So many towns ring the curfew bell to warn the| Fifty-one soldiers who have suffered perhaps the g folk that 9 o’clock p. m. must find them at|worst injury possible in. war—blindness—have ne, it is interesting to know that the curfew bell|been taught to support themselves despite their ginated in England in the time of William the|handicap at St. Dunstan’s Hostel, Regents Park, mqueror, A “curfew” was a fire cover of metal,! during the first year’s work of the institution. St. ped like a hood with a handle by which it was | Dunstan’s was donated by Otto Kahn, of New York, ed. It ha®an opening’on one side and was about | for this work. 3 inches in height. Because fires in early days| The work has been largely done by the instruc- ‘e made on larger open hearths, the smoke es-|tion of blind tutors, for it has been found that a @ in the roof, fire risk was great. It was ordered | under the supervision of a teacher similarly handi- every householder before retiring must cover lcxppad who undergoes the same difficulties and a fire with a couve-feu, meaning “cover the fire.” | pyeciates to the same degree the difficulty of the -scraped the embers together at the back of the} task. , putting the cover over them, the open part| The fifty-one *nen who left the hostel after receiv- against the chimney. ing courses of instruction had learned one or more bell was rung in the market place at an early jof the following occupations— i iring, mat eyery night as a signal that people must ex-)making, net making, basket making, joinery, poul- ish their fires and go to bed. The term “cur-/|try: farming and market gardening. In addition y” was associated with the ringing of the bell. |typewriting, Braille shorthand and massaging are But in William the Conqueror’s time a curfew was | taught. thing more poetical than a plain metal fire ex-| The hostel] started on March 26, 1915, with four- isher. - |teen blinded soldiers. It has grown until there are a now at St. Dunstan’s or at annexes at Brighton and 'Vorquay 140 non-commissioned officers and men. These include seven Australians and New Zealand, ers and sevon Canadians. In addition ten blinded at the disposal of the committee in charge € | BIGGEST RESERVOIR IN THE WORLD. ~ Work. was completed recently on the Elephant Butte dam, a United States reclamation service pro- set which, by damming the Rio Grande River, orms the greatest storage reservoir in the world. onstruction began five years ago. The reservoir vill feed an irrigation system that will water 185,- 90 acres of land.in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. ‘The dam locks a canyon of the Rio Grande, 120 tiles north of E] Paso. It is the fifth of the govern- nent’s big irrigation projects and will store the en- re flow and flood of the river. The reservoir will hold 115,000,000,000 cubic feet ‘ _ water, which reclamation service experts say, Would cover the State of Delaware to a depth of “2 bing through a rude chimney or even throngh a ‘newly blinded man is inspired to greater efforts *

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HOW TO DO CHEMICAL TRICKS. —Containing over one hundred highly amus- ing and instructive tricks with chemicals. By A. Anderson. Handsomely illustrated. No. 69. HOW TO DO SLEIGHT-OF-HAND. —Containing over fifty of the latest and best tricks used by ae Also containing the secret of second sigh’ lustrated. No. 70. HOW TO MA GIC TOYS.— Containing, full directions for making M: ’ g agic many kinds. Fully illus- Toys and devices trated. s No. . HOW TO DO MECHANIC TRICKS.—Containing complete instruction for performing over sixty Mechanical Tricks. Fully nse va No. 72, HO TO DO SIXTY TRICKS © WITH CARDS.—Embracing al! of the latest and most deceptive card tricks, with illus- No. 73. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH NUMBERS.—Showing many curious tricks with figures and the magic of numbers. By . Anderson. Fully filustrated. * © sent to any address on receipt of price, 10 cts. per copy, or 3 for 25 cts.. sein acters No. 74. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS CORRECTLY.—Containing full instructions for writing letters on almost any subject; also rules for punctuation and composition, "ps n letters. No. 75. HOW TO BECOME A CONJURER. —Containing tricks with Deminoes, Dice, pS ig and Balls, Hats, etc. Embracing thirty- illustrations. By A. Anderson. ee we ee ee ee ta THE .—Containing rules for telling for- tunes by the aid of lines of the hand, or the secret of mistry. Also the secret of telling future events by aid of moles, marks. scars, etc, Illustrated. : How DO FORTY TRICKS wae eae sino ee Card cks as perform y ing conjurers and magicians. Arranged FS ag home amusement. Fully illustrated. - No. 78. HOW TO DO THE BLACK ART. —Containing a complete description of the mysteries of Magic and Sleight-of-Hand, to- gether with many wonderful ts. By A. Anderson. Illustrated. 2 No. 79. ow TO BECOME AN ACTOR. —Containing complete instructions how to make up for various characters on the stage; together with the duties of the Stage Manager. Prompter, Scenic Artist and Property Man. No. 80. GUS WILLIAMS’ JOKE BOOK.— - Containing the latest jokes, anecdotes and funny stories of this world-renowned comedian. Sixty-four pages; handsome col- ored cover, containing a half-tone phote.of the author. : No. 81. HOW TO MESMERIZE.—Contain- ing the most approved methods of mesmer- - ism; animal magnetism, or, magnetic ie + ing. By Prof. Leo Hugo Koch, A.C.S., at of “How to Hypnotize,” etc. ; ; No. 8%. HOW TO DO PALMISTRY.—Con- the most approved methods read-— lines on the hand, together with a full explanation of their meaning. Also explain- ing phrenology, and the key of telling char- by the bumps on the head. » By Leo Hugo Koch, A.C.S. Fully illustrated. 7% gape Beg, wd To alah anh ba orig aa r. ing valuable and inst rmation n +d g the science of hypnotism. Also ex- — g the most approved methods & ~ plain a the leading hypnotisws ef ca pg gy Hugo Koch, ACS. the world. 2 No. 1. HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR, — —Containing Information regarding choice : subjects, the use of words and the 2 ot preparing and submitting manuscripts ja containing valuable information as an neatness. legibility and general pe ‘ ‘ of manuscripts. im money or ~