Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 575) (1916 10 06)

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No. 575 2) 0 =| 2) i) ir ai ? ° 7) Oo ey “ x OR THE BOY BANKER by A SEL MENON SN : Jao Ger Fores 24 The broker stepped on a banana- thoughtless person had. dropped there. His feet slipped from under him like a flash, and the satchel he carried, escaping from his | grasp, opened and deluged Fred with a golden shower. See iY

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Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Entered at by Frank Tousey, Publisher, 168 Y., Post Office as Second-Class Matter New York. the New York, N. West 23d Street, ! No. 575. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 6, 1916. Price 5 Cents. A GOLDEN SHOWER OR THE BOY BANKER a a OF WALL STREET . yi PM <a a PeMY .. 8 tHe OTs PSE CHAPTER I. FRED SPARKS FINDS A HORSESHOE, AND HIS LUCK BEGINS. --“I had a funny dream last night, Will,” said Fred Sparks to his friend Robson, as the two came together one morning | cent one,” said Will. in a Harlem subway station on their way to their offices in| now that we didn’t have to use for a week or ten days we'd Wall Street. : ‘ ~ “Let’s hear what it was,” said Will, with an air of in- terest. “Well, I thought I was walking along the ‘seashore some- where. The water was as calm as a millpond and shone like a plate of burnished silver in the moonlight. The sky was : ak with the brightest stars I ever saw. Suddenly a shower of golden stars fell all over me.” : . “Golden Stars!” , ; . “Yes, golden stars, and regular five-pointed ones at that. _ Yet, the | age partof it was that, as they were in little heaps _ about me, every one of them bore a remarkable likeness to a twenty-dollar gold piece.” ue, saney did, eh?” a %. “That’s what. they did.” — “Well, g i : “That’s all.” _“That’s all?” ; ' “Yes. I woke up and found that it Was morning, and al- most time to get up.” ; el | oe ey it may be considered a lucky omen to dream of a golden shower.” _* “Thope so, for I can stand a little luck about this time.” _ “I guess you can. You've had a hard time of it all winter. Your mother was sick a good part of the time, and your sister had to give up her job to look after her. That threw _ the burden of their support wholly on you. I don’t see how & managed to pull through on your wages.” ~ proceedin ae h 7a ur new boss?” asked Will, after they ged in the crowd of strap-h s elham? Fairly well. He’s ot a dude in his way. The chief thing that I don’t like about him is that he is Sing weaned He goes nosing around eee as if — wedlige f re Was a standing conspiracy amon; i clerks _ to defraud him or give away his bu secrets, 'm only ene | logkeen’ his messenger boy, but he watches me like a cat does a mouse.” “I shouldn’t fancy that kind of a man for a boss.” “A fellow can’t always pick his employer to suit himself.” “No, that’s true. I’m glad to say I’ve got a pretty de- “By the way, if we had a little money | stand a good show of making a stake.” “You mean by backing some stock?” wie “Yes. The market is a rising one, and the indications are that prices will continue to go up all along the line. A hun- dred dollars on a ten per cent. margin basis would stand to double itself inside of the next two weeks if put on a stock like M. & N.” “It might. If I had $100 I’d give the matter my close at- tentién, but as I haven’t, why, I shan’t worry myself over it. Half an hour later Fred was at his office, seated in a chair in the jreception-room, ready for the business of the day. The clerks and the stenographer came in soon afterward, books and papers were brought out of the safe and laid on | the tall desks, and the employees of Mr. Roger Pelham, ° stock broker, began their customary grind. : As usual, when Mr. Pelham came in he cast his eyes sharply over his counting-room to see that he was getting his regular pound of flesh from those he honored with a sal- ary every Saturday, then he went into his private room, and Fred followed to assist him off with his coat. Ree. A pile of letters always awaited the broker’s attention in the morning. ; His first duty was to go through them, after which he sent for his stenographer, to whom he dictated answers. Sometimes he wrote brief replies himself, which he en- closed in envelopes ‘and sent Fredout to deliver. On this particular morning he-called Fred in and handed him three to be taken around. |. ‘ first for the Johnston The boy put on his hat and started Building. a So. he was about to cross the street a cab. came bustling along.’ ae Fred stopped to Iét it pass: s- eid Suddenly something flew through the air between the wheels and landed at the feet of the young messenger, Tas keves lend cout Owen af tts Meslishos = e horse one of i oes. , _ Fred had always heard that it was a lucky thing to be- come the possessor of a horse’s shoe lost in this manner. So, on the spur of the moment, he reached down and seized it. » Nevertheless he was somewhat ashamed of: the bee and | furtively about to see if any one had noticed him | y the act was unobserved, so Fred. taking the y . m f J bj Pick MEAND FORTUNE WEEKLY — STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY _

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financial section of the morning paper out or his pocket, wrerees the horseshoe up in it and stuffed it into his ~ pocket. : = “I wonder if I am on the eve of a run of luck?” he ask himself as he pursued his way up the street.. “First I \dream of a golden shower and then a horseshoe is cast at my feet. That looks favorable, at any rate. Now, if I only had a bunch of money and——” fax His thoughts were suddenly intruded upon by an un- expected jolt that landed him in the gutter with a stout, well-dressed man on top of him, whose weight for the mo- ment seemed to be a ton. The gemtleman picked himself up, with sundry angry ex- pressions, more forcible than polite, and after glaring at the boy hurried away and disappeared around the corner. “Some pee want the whole street to themselves,” mut- tered Fred, in disgust, as he scrambled to his feet. Leg he noticed that the horseshoe had fallen out of his pocket. Stooping to recover his prize, he saw that it half covered a flat-looking wallet. He picked that up, too, and looked at it. “I wonder if that was ‘there before the man butted into me, or whether he dropped it when he landed on me like a load of pig iron?” - That was a question the boy could not decide, so he stuffed the wallet into his pocket for future consideration and went on to the Johnston Building. { One of the elevators landed him on the fourth floor in a brief time and he dashed. down the corridor toward the office of -Blumstein & Rubenfeldt, which was his destination. His note was addressed to Mr. Blumstein, and accordingly he asked for that’ gentleman. “Busy,” said a clerk, laconically, “take a seat.” “Will you take this note in to him?” asked Fred. f “Ts it important?” - ; “Sure,” replied the boy. / ra . “Give it to me, then.” e clerk carried the envelope into Mr. Blumstein’s pri- vate office and Fred walked over to the ticker, which was standing in q little alcove near one ‘of the windows. As he took up; the tape to glance at the quotations 7 deapee upon it a door behind him opened and Mr. Ruben- __ feldt came out with a visitor. ' _—_ “Now, Mr. Rubenfeldt, as the pool is contplete, lose no ” time in buying all the P. & R: shares you can Find and have __ them delivered C. 0. D. at the bank. When you've ex- _ hausted the available supply you will receive instructions Parry sf to. ggg for the stock on the floor. Understand?” said the visitor. _. “Certainly, Mr. Bache,” replied the broker. “I will start in at once.” Re - ; The caller then started for the outer door, while Mr. Ru- benfeldt retired into his room again. Fred had heard every word, and he knew just what they A combinhtion of traders had been formed to buy in P. & R. shares at their ae ruling price with the object of\cor- es the stock, sting. the price at a good figure and a selling out at the top of the market and dividing the M a we of the operation between themselves. : a: A “ of Sean a i ago arg it employed 12 be, che -buying for the clique, an, r. Ru eldt had re-, i. Bavea Testrietions to get/on the job. “This is the first real tip I’ve ever got onto since I came to work in Wall Street,” thought Pred “Things seem to be a= my way this morning. I wonder if I owe this to the horseshoe? And yet what is it to me? T haven’t a cent to buy’a share of P. & R. with. And I don’t know Ee, et I dare Be oa with an offer of the pointer for -e not even my boss _At this juncture the clerk who had carried his note in to = /. ee 2 is "J arr she _ Mr. Blumstein came out with‘an answer. _ Fred took it and left the office with his mind in a whirl _ over the tip he had been so fortunate in getting hold of. + ote his office with a Pelham, whom he : to lose,” said his mother. horseshoe under such circumstances. | A GOLDEN SHOWER. ES al 1 —<—<$— Fred removed the horseshoe from his pocket, and, going into the counting-room, shoved it under the big safe. Then he returned to his seat, and, taking out the wallet he had picked up in the street, opened it with a good deal of curiosity and anticipation. There were seven $100 bills in it, a few postage stamps in a little flap, and nothing else. Not a scrap of paper that would designate the owner. “This is the second pocketbook I have found without any clue to show to whom it belongs. Seven hundred dollars is a lot of money, too. I suppose this will be advertised for. Well, if it is ’ll see that the owner gets it.” He slipped the wallet into an inside pocket and then took up the daily market report. He was interested in P. & R. and he wanted to see what it was going at. : The highest figure the day before was 65. “If I dared use that money I found I could buy a hundred shares, and I’d stand to win $1,000, I'll bet,” he said to him- self. “I wonder why I couldn’t do it and then, it I discov- ered the owner of the wallet I could return him his money when the. deal was over, and I’d be quite a good pile in. No doubt the man would want to pay me something for return- ing his money, but I’d be perfectly satisfied with the use of it for a few days.” : ‘ For the rest of the day Fred argued the matter with him- self, but he couldn’t come to a conclusion, When he got home he showed his mother the wallet and the money it contained, and said he had picked it up on Wall street. “I dare say the loser will advertise his loss in one of the morning papers, and maybe I’ll get a reward for restoring it,” said Fred. . “T should think so, my son, for $700 is a good deal of “It would be a small for- ne to us.” “Well, I'll watch the lost and found column of the three papers that come to our office. If it isn’t advertised I'll have the next best claim to it. Here’s something else I found,” and he exhibited the horseshoe. He told his _ mother how it came into his possession and _ asked her if it wasn’t considered a lucky thing to find a “People say so,” laughed Mrs. Sparks. “At any rate, I wouldn’t throw it away.” “T don’t mean to. e’ll hang it over the door, or I could { have Edith gild it, tie ribbon on it, and I might keep it as. an ornament on my bureau. At any rate, I imagine it may bring me good luck, because I found the wallet five minutes after I picked it up.” ’ : His sister didn’t comé in from her work till six o’clock, and he asked her what she thought about his finding the horseshoe. “Y’ve always heard it was lucky,” she replied. Then he showed her the wallet and the money. “T found that right afterward,” he said. “My goodness! Seven hundred dollars!” she exclaimed, in astonishment. “You’re rich!” “Oh, it isn’t mine—yet,” he answered, “I may find “He ought to give you a hundred of it. There isn’t in fifty or more who would bother making an effort to. turn it, not even if they had a clue. -The temptation people to ae | what they find is generally irresistible.” a iat’s right,” replied Fred, returning the wallet to pocket. ee. Next morning and for two days after he looked for an vertisement about She. poner ok. but saw nothing that the remotest degree referred to it. _ At the same time he kept his eye on P. & R., and saw it had res oe . , : “T think I’ve given the owner of that wallet a fair to recover it. | o use of my wait any | tr and letting —~ 8 Apt Sa ad ye from waiting buy © beeiel seleae Yl still fog he lost fo 2 vi , on. c : ma ee ke ae See So he bought the 100 shares, and gilt 2 gleweey tee maatincat eccwrtty wt beh 4 ing house’ on Nassau street isk & rs with a little ba tq

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A GOLDEN SHOWER. 3 3 ~ ren Fis Hello, Fred,” said Will, catching him by the arm, “go- ing in?” yes.” “You'll find things lively on the floor. I believe there’s a boom on in P, & R.” “I’m surprised,” replied Fred. “The ticker shows a rise of three poirits above the opening price.” “Moe Rubenfeldt is buying the stock right and left, and _ there’s a mob three deep around him.” “He isn’t buying it for fun.” “Bet your life he isn’t. The fellows who’ are selling to him now will be kicking themselves to-morrow.” ' “Oh, I don’t know. They are probably closing out deals for their customers. It is the customers who will be kicking themselves.” “T heard a newspaper man say that the stock was likely to fe to 80. : . “T hope so.” acho difference does it make to you whether it does or not?” . “All the difference’ in the world.” : “How so?” “Because I bought a few shares at 67 yesterday afternoon.” _ “The dickens you did!” cried Will, in surprise. “Where f Gd von annex the funds?” : ' at’s one of my secrets.” “Ts this straight tga you’re giving me?” “Perfectly straight and _a full yard wide.” “How many shares of P. & R, did you buy?” “Something less than a thousand.” “J should imagine so,” grinned Robson. “If you’ve got ten you'll make $100 all right if you hold on long enough.” “Y711 hold on as long as I think it is safe to do so,” replied now. Fred broke away and dashed in at the messenger’s en- trance. He found, as Will had told him, that things were lively on the floor. ew ee” him at the advanced price. ed stood on the board at 70 3-8 While Fred stood at the raili walked away. “The mob then broke up at that spot and its members Thee there wae a tall O° & Ti: : - ing up a great many shares the p day, the new ers were not so fortunate. On the contrary, they found the stock ve ~ This fact brought +! Bs sent the price to 73 soon after the Exchange opened. Shean ‘eho looked te nea Mabertelat: ite the bidders were Fred, “So long; I can’t waste any more time talking to you Moe Rubenfeldt was the center of an excited throng of traders who were unloading small quantities of P. & R. on The broker took all that was offered and his last trans- waiting for Mr. Pelham to come up Rubenfeldt detached himself from the crowd and ick- uy- =! scarce. t some lively bidding for it that About noon he met Will Robson ‘coming out of the Ex- |happen when a stock was boomed to a higher point than it He met Will Robson on the way, and his friend wanted to know if he was still in the gwim. “You don’t say! How much do you expect to make?” “Thirteen dollars profit on a share.” thinking to draw him out. C “J didn’t say I had ten shares. I told’ you that I had “Well, if you’ve only got five shares, and that’s the best you could buy at the vank on Nassau street, while few iar brokers will bother with less than a hundred-share deal, you'll make a good thing for the money invested.” Next morning he got a statement of account from the, bank and a check in full. that he had cleared a profit of $1,325. t For the first time he began to realize what it really was the $700 he had ee It certainly seemed“too good to be true. bills to the wallet, which he placed, carefully wrapped up, in the office safe, and carried home $300 to surprise his was actually worth. “Just sold out,” replied “And you said you had ten spares, I think?” said Will,, something less than\a thousand.” : eu: Fred nodded and continued on. Then he found that his shares had been sold at 8058, and to be worth so much money, without taking into consideration, He cashed his check /that afternoon, returned seven $100, mother with. CHAPTER III. WILLIAM OPDYKE. “That horseshoe seems to be working overtime, mother,” said Fred, when he reached home, about five o’clock. “T don’t understand what you mean, Fred,” she replied, looking up from the stove where she was cooking a rice pud- ding for supper. / “T said that horseshoe of mine appears to be working overtime,” laughed Fred. “What do you mean by that?” * “I mean that luck is coming my way in chunks.” : “You don’t mean to say you’ve found more money?” “Well, it’s next door to finding money when one makes a lucky strike in stocks.” “Have you made money in stocks?” *“T have.” “When 2” ‘ “Since I found that wallet. You know that I haven’t been able to get a line on the owner of it. Well, I got hold of a tip that P. & R. was going to be boomed, so I couldn’t resist the temptation to use the money to my own advantage. I bought 100 shares several days ago and sold out at an ad- vance yesterday. Altogether I made such a good thing that I am able to make you a present of $300. Here is the money,” and he offered her the bills he had brought home. Mrs. Sparks stared at the money and then stared at her son. Had Fred told her that he had made a million she would hardly have ap more astonished. ; Living from hand to mouth as she and her children were, the sudden acquisition of $800 was like an unexpected rise from genteel be wrpab to moderate affluence. “Is it possible you have actually made $200?” she asked than Oe 4 bi > ganas for he seemed to be interested in something | hi re eae y A great many traders scented a ¢orner in the stock and mane Tt sees efforts to get hold of the Shares in anticipation. a ses s out and in the Exchange at intervals up to S o’elock, and he noted the fast’ bikie with satisfaction that the stock had gone ip to 75. 5 _ * That meant if he closed out his deal he would be in a posi- turn the lost money, if he found a clue to the owner, be oyer $700 ahead: himself. day the excitement over P. hd R. inereased to fever 80, Fred saw the quotation while on an errand to the Mills é deeided* that he would sell out when it e, 80 on his Way to the office he rushed to. little bank and told the margin ‘" , ‘Z g aa j March Rebectelié had-found % great difiel i ough Ru e ad found no great difficulty in ; ; turns up no: make something out of nothing, you know.” . ‘of that $700 you found?” the $700 to ve you the $300 a deal.” Ps i he,

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4 A GOLDEN that is, possessed of positive information as to how the cat is about to jump, he is more apt than not to come out at the short end in a wrestle with the Wall Street bulls and bears.” , When Edith came home the first thing Mrs. Sparks did was to show her the $300 that she had received from Fred. Of course the girl wouldn’t give her brother any rest until he had explained how he » made the money.” “You say that is only part of your winnings,” she said. “How much more have you got?” | SHOWER. aire operator—a man of large and important interests in Wall Street, who figured in the directorates of several of the large railroad systems of the country and was a power in the financial district. To such a man $700 was a mere bagatelle. “Well, I don’t wonder now that he thought he owned the street from the way he butted into me. That man is one of the kings of Wall Street. He was probably in a hurry that morning, maybe thinking about a million-dollar deal at the time and didn’t notice such an insignificant person as “That is one of my business secrets, sis,”’ he said. myself. It might be considered guite an honor to be seen ¥ “I think you might tell me,” she said, with a pout. talking to him in the street, and 1 guess mighty few people 7] “Then you would know as much about it as'I do, laughed |are admitted to his private office. What a fine tip he could / i give a fellow if. he wanted to do so! I wonder if I have { “Well, haven’t Ia right to? I’m your sister.” \ nerve enough to ask him for one when I fetch him his wal- Wy “Yes, you’re my sister all right; but that fact doesn’t en- |let?” : ei) title you to burden your pretty little head with your brother’s; Fred delivered his message and returned to the office only a responsibilities.” 3 to be sent out again’on another errand. : ie “But I want to know,” she persisted. At half-past three he left the office for the day. _ 4 “Well, here’s $15 to buy yourself a new hat and a new! He found Robson down at the door waiting for him. ¥ dress. Will that satisfy you?” “I’m not going home yet, Will,” he said. “I’ve got to go Bhs “My goodness, you must be made of money!” around and call on Mr. William Opdyke.” ~ “No, I’m made of fiesh and blood, with a few bones thrown| “Do you mean Opdyke, one of the big guns of the Street?” Fe in,” chuckled Fred. : a “That’s just who I mean.” ¢ “Aren’t you too provoking for anything,” said Edith, tak- |. “Does your boss do business with him?” _ ing the three $5 biils and putting them in her pocketbook} “Not to my knowledge.” to make sure that they didn’t get away from her. “So you| “Then why are you going to call on him?” “ won’t tell me how much you’re worth?” _ “Because I have a little personal business to transact with - > “Not just now. Some other time, perhaps.” him.” = With that his sister had to be satisfied, and she gave up| “You have?” oe further argument. Fred nodded. “A Next day when Fred was rushing down Broad street on| “Are you making up a pool to corner some stock?” chuckled an errand he saw a man ahead whose appearance seemed | Will. : _ to be familiar to him. He hastened his steps, passed him, and then looked around. Yes, there could be no doubt about it, this. was the man who had butted into him that morning in Wall street when he found the wallet. J Fred believed it to be his duty to find out if the pocket- book and money belonged to him. - If they did, he intended to restore them. So he walked up to the gentleman, who was a stout man, weighing all of 180 pounds, and said: “J beg your pardon, sir, but I’d like to speak with you a -moment.” ; _ “Well, boy,” said the stout man, coming to an abrupt halt and speaking a bit gruffly, “what do you wish to speak to “me about? I don’t know you.” . eatti? you remember tripping over $ ; ; street? ‘ “I do. What about it?” __ “T was that boy. Did you lose anything at the time?” __ *71 lost my wallet, containing $700, that day, but whether _. I lost it then or not I could not say. Am I to understand that you found it?” said the man in surprise. “I found a wallet containing $700 on the spot after you went away. As there was no name or other clue to the ” r I‘ could not return it. I suspected that’ you might have lost it, but was not sures At any rate, as soon as | ized you just now I determined to ask you about it. ill you describe the wallet ana the denomination of the ‘bills to make the matter sure?” The stout man did so quite accurately, and then Fred de- ¢lared the wallet was clearly his, “If you will give me your name and address, sir, I'll re- ee mn it to you'this afternoon about four.” + - f “Young man, I never expected to see that wallet or the ‘ ae again. Your honesty is something out of the o 'y tun. Nine persons out of ten would have kept the money ; no effort to find the owner, especially as there clue in the wallet. I am very much obliged to you to return it. Here is my card. You can bring ‘a boy last week in Wall i y off that deal of yoyrs in P. & R. the sixth floor. with Mr. ure,” service to you?” - a pointer that will enable'me to double this money,” Fred, rather surprised at his own nerve. young messenger pretty hard. “Not this trip, Willie,” laughed Fred. “I suppose there’s no use asking you how much you mad I don’t care to tell all my business, even to my best “No. Triend.” “Where’s Mr. Opdyke’s office?” “In the Vanderpool Building.” “Do you want me to go around and wait for you?” “You can if you want to.” ; So the boys went to Exchange Place together. Will stopped at the door, while Fred took the elevator to ; He walked down the corridor til] he eame to a glass door Opdyke’s!name painted on it in small gold letters. Entering, he asked-for the big operator. “What’s your name and business?” asked a clerk. : “My name is Fred pperks Mr. Opdyke is expecting me.” The clerk entered'the private office and soon returned to tell the boy he could go in. Mr. Opdyke was at his desk. 3 There wes nothing specially imposing about his office. A great many small brokers put on more style than he did. But some mighty big deals had-been engineered in that room, just the same, “Take a seat, Sparks,” said the operator, pleasantly, point- ; ng to the chair next to his desk. “ Fred took possession of it. “Here is your wallet, sir,” he said, laying it on his desk. “Thank you,” replied the stout man. That's mine.” _He opened it, took out the seven $100 bills that Fred had replaced, and then handed two of them to the boy. “I make you a present of those with the greatest of pleas- ;” he said. “Now, is there any other way I can of that I know of, unless you want to give me replied, “ is chair and looked at the “No, sir. Not Mr. Opdyke swung around in h “a ¢ —_—_—_— | © CHAPTER Iv. Rana ‘4 GOLDEN SHOWER, — 43 “Young man,” said Mr. Opdyke, solemnly, “if you will e my advice y ee eae e stock market al se. a boy yourseit- i s & dangerous } fora

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A GOLDEN SHOWER. ; 5 i gladly present you with another $200. But to necourage you} One morning about eleven o’clock, when Fred stepped out ~to go into the market merely for the profit you may expect| of the elevator bound for Exchange Place, he ran into Will to reap from a:lucky deal would not be doing you a good turn} Robson in the corridor. q F in the long run. I cannot, therefore, give any poitner what- “T was just coming up to see you,” said Will. ever, but I can give you two more bills,” and the operator; “Is. that so? Must be something important that would _ sheld-them out to the boy. Lo i bring: you to the office.” -..“I am much obliged to you, sir, but must decline to accept}, “It is. Wve got hold of a tip, and I want to make an ar them, as I do not. need the money in the sense in which you| rangement with you.” _ _offer it,” replied Fred, politely... “It is my ambition to be aj “If it’s worth anything you’ve brought your pig to the -broker or a banker some day, and I am.on the lookout to ac-| right market. What is this tip?” ; ‘quire the necessary capital. With my three years experience “What will you give me if it pans out a profit to you?” im the Street, the constant study I have given to stock market} “Ten per cent. of my winnings,” replied Fred, promptly. ; methods, and my present up-to-date knowledge of Wall Street} “It’s a go.. Glance your eyes over that. I picked it up in _ affairs, it is my belief that I can gradually build up a bank) the street.” . _ account through cautious deals in certain stocks, buying them! Fred looked at a memorandum, scribbled in pencil: on a when they are low and selling at a small advance. A tip from] bit of paper torn from a broker’s pad. > you would be of unusual advantage to me, but, of course, I have no right to expect that you would favor me with one. Thanking you for the $200 which you have given me, I will ; now wish you good-afternoon,” said Fred, rising. = “Wait a moment, young man,” said the operator, who had __) listened attentively to his words. “I am bound to say that on: interest me. _ Have you already. speculated in the mar- | et?” : * “I only made one deal, sir, and that was recently. I put all my available funds into 100 shares, on margins, of P. & R. I bought the stock at 67 and sold out. at 80 and a fraction, elearing $1,325.” ea Mr. Opdyke regarded him more curiously than ever. “May I ask how you came to select that varticular stock, and how did you figure that it would go up to 80? I cannot “Back C. & A. to the limit. It is good for a ten-point rise.. The Great Mogul has lost his grip on the road, the I. C. hav- ing secured control. Act promptly, as the news may be out any moment. w. 0.” “You say you picked this up on the street?” said Fred. “Yes,” said Will, with a slight flush. gor’ like to touch such tips.” “Hold on,” said Wild; hastily. “It was dropped by Opdyke’s ‘ messenger.” | “How do you know that?” asked Fred, sharply. “I saw him lose it.” “Ob, you did! You know Mr. Opdyke’s messenger, do you?” ‘ understand on what basis you, a mere boy, could make such “Yes.” . j ‘’ a caleulation. Perhaps ase trusted to luck, what the news-| “And it wasn’t in an envelope?” said Fred, looking keenly i 4 - papers said on the subject and the excitement at the Ex-| at his friend. . er & 4 “2 change?” ates ; icin ' |. “Yes, it was, but the envelope wasn’t very securely fas- ; ; “No, sir. I had something more tangible than that to go} tened,” replied Will, with a guilty look. Y on, I went into that stock because I got hold of a tip from} “Wasn't it fastened enough to hold?” 2 a thoroughly reliable source that P. & R. was to be boomed “Qh. come now, what do you want to ask so many ques- "3 tions for?” é “Because I’m afraid, Willie, vou’ve been doing something that vou ovghtn’t to have done.” “What’s that?” . ; “You opened the envelone, which might not have been fas- tened as-securely as it should. You yielded to temptation. You guessed the note was from Mr. Opdyke, and suspecting it contained information of importance, you were guilty of af very mean act. Isn’t that right?” , ae: “Well, the damage is done, what’s the use of hauling me over the coals for it? Everything is fair in Wall Street among the brokers. why not among the messenger boys?” said Robson, doggedly. . ve “No, Will, there are Some things that are not fair, and this — is one of them.” - : " “What are you, going to do about it? Won’t you take ad- vantage of this information?” ee: “I don’t see how I can. . I can’t use it without paying you ten per cent. of the profits if it should prove a winner, and the moment I did that I’d become your accomplice in a mean action.” ~ oa by a syndicate of wealthy men, I took some chance, it is . true, that it would go to 80; but in my own mind I was satis- - fied that it would so. I hit the limit pretty close, for the highest price reached was 815, just one point more than I got for my mune, ~ F ; “You seem to quite a clever young fellow,” said the operator; “indeed, you appear to be smart enough to under- a stand without any advice from me that you are playing with edged tools when you go into the market. Are you resolved to follow up this first success of yours?” \ a “T am, and I am confident I shall win out in the long run.” a “You have certainly the courage of your convictions. I see there is no use in trying to dissuadé.you from your pur- =e pose, and therefore shall not attempt-to do so. If you will not profit by the experience of others, you will have to learn at your own cost, However, I like you, young man, and re- _ gret to see you join the procession that in nine cases out of ten leads to financial disaster. If I can be. of service to. you - outside the stock market do not fail to call upon me. Your sterling honesty at least is worthy of encouragement.” “Thank you, sir, I may take you at your word some day,” replied Fred. “Good-afternoon.” — Bees Po Sccaaiaaegene answered the big Operator, turning to his sk. - “Well,” said 7“ é a tes) * | a a a ee * ro toe 4 ’ bson, when Fred rejoined him at, the door,| way.” “ * . * 2. Lf . you had quite \w lengthy interview with the big mogul.” “Look here, W. “Yes. He treated very nicely. I tried to get a tip out) assertion.” ee a a ee te of him, but he wouldn’f have it.”, iy c i “Do you mean to say that. you had the nerve to ask him; “That’s. different. Y ? T guess you're joking” | wh “ oe fair and above board.”| would use that information if it came to them as it has. PROAB? fa. S: : wr, et a Cone LF sy . ha i | eet just anders ip hig. : of it little capital for | you'd have a neh of 7 Jill admit t led Gh > : ‘ill. i ESS a seh dak n.tcain, betta fee: : Me it to him,

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3 <6 A GOLDEN SHOWER. “Yes.” they were going out at the main entrance as fast as they “Well, here’s the note. Seal it up again and go back to the |could go. : place you found it. Maybe you'll see the messenger looking | There they separated, neither understanding how the acci- around for it. If you don’t, take it to Mr. Bradley, at the |dent to Mr. Pelham had happened. address on the envelope, and tell him you picked it up on the} Fred, however, had a suspicion that he hadn't heard the street. That’s about the only way you can square yourself |last of the incident, and Will also guessed that his friend in your own opinion.” ‘ was in for a hot time when he got back to the office later on. “And in yours, I suppose,” added Will, as he took the note} Fred tried to make up for lost time by doing the rush act, and proceeded to do'as Fred had suggested. and he succeeded in recovering a portion of the minutes he Z While the two boys were standing there talking, Mr. Pel-|had accidentally wasted on Will’s account. - 2 ham came out of his office on the fioor above with a heavy| When he got back to the office he found that Mr. Pelham : satchel in his hands. was out. ‘ : Instead of waiting for the elevator he took the stairway| The cashier said that he was in a towering rage when he A down. entered the office with his satchel and rushed into his room, Wa As Broker Pelham turned the corner of the elevator en-|where he remained twenty minutes, and then left with the closure he saw the boys below. rent in his pants pinned up. + One of them ‘he recognized, in angry surprise, as his own| Fred was out when he returned an hour and a half later, messenger, Fred Sparks, whom he had sent on an errand with a new pair of trousers on, _ several minutes before. : The-first thing he did was to\inquire for the boy, and be- x The other lad he knew to be connected with the office of |ing told by the cashier that he had sent him to a stationer’s, 3 a business enemy. ah he entered his private office looking as black as a thunder Bethy of a highly suspicious, nature, he immediately | gust. i jumped to.the conclusion that Fred Was telling the other mes-| Soon after the young messenger got back Mr. Pelham i -senger something that he had overheard in the office, came to the door of the reception-room, and seeing Fred, : _ Pull of this idea he slipped softly down the stairs inlgrder |called him inside. : to overhear just what the boys were talking 9 earnestly| “Now, I want to know why you were fooling your time 3 about. * - |away_ in the corridor downstairs when I sent you on an er- Even if their conversation was of the most innocent char- |?@1¢,” demanded the broker, angrily. acter, he intended to give Fred an awful laying-out for wast-|, Fred excused his unfortunate delinquency as best he could, ie hae time. ‘ ! but Mr, Pelham was not appeased. \ e had just reached a position where, unobserved, he could “What were you talking to that boy about ” he asked. listen to what they were saying, when something happened. wey little private business of our own, sir, responded the x Bo gs Ma a gpl ‘he ae. : srectgraete thovg: mene *] don’t believe it.. You were telling him about something a His feet slipped from under him like a flash, and the | YOU heard in this office so he could carry the news to Mr. satchel he carried, escaping from his grasp, opened and. de- Ll : tatelcon* * : luged Fred with a golden shower. A t se °, sir, you are mistaken. ‘Se Don’t you dare lie to me, you young whippersnapper. I 4 Say you bk sa hae ‘ta ; CHAPTER VY. remained silent. eee. pe. * ; v. “I won’t have a boy around my office that I can’t depend fa “FRED LOSES HIS JOB, BUT MAKES A HAUL IN STOCKS. on. Do you understand?” + : . . A Reo! Spey bump! went Roger Pelham down| Fred said nothing, ’ a ea white e two boys were stupefied with surprise. “Why don’t you answer me?” bd bse. _ . Fred Sparks stood in the center of a golden circle of | “I have already answered you, but you don’t seem inclined ; Sete dober ieces. to accept my word.” 3 el lay gaping at one side, with a stream of coins} “I want to know what you told that boy.” 2 ee A. ae aoe it not ae, the fabled cornucopia. “It would not interest you, sir, It hed ‘noth to do with A number of people attracted by the disturbance came to |this offiee.” - the spot and gazed with surprise on the scene. “I sdy it had. You were giving away something you heard oe Fred was picking coins out of his neck and shirt front. here.” : **) Don’t let any of that money get away, Will,” said Fred,|_ “No, sir. I haven’t heard anything of any importance since as Broker Pelham landed on the marble pavement with’ a|I came to work for you.” thump that shook half the breath out of his body, ; Broker Pelham strode up and down his room for a moment St on immediately got busy and began shoving the coin jor two and then turned on his messenger. : ‘tear the satchel. : ‘ ; “You’re set jae! Go and get your wages from the cash- ma ‘red was soon down on his knees helping him. ' lier and get out. I don’t want you around here any more.” _ The gathering crowd looked on in wonder and not a little} “Very well, sir. I have no wish to stay after the way you , for when the discomfited broker struck the floor |treated me. Good-afternoon,” | - Or actet up at an angle of forty-five de s, and his| He walked outside, went to the cashier and asked for his struck the last sep hard enough to bewilder him. week’s wages. ; ere went to his assistance and helped him on his| That gentleman looked his surprise. J 7 “What's the matter, Fred?” “’'m going to quit,” replied Fred. <ul trouble with’ Mr. Pelham?” i “I am very sorry to hear it, Fred,” replied the cashier, re- gretfully. “You are an uncommonly good messenger.” “Thank you, sir, for yo opinion.” paid no attention to him till he had shoveled sight into his satchel, and then he turned on rong out. “What you do now? Look for another posi- be T'll take that envelope in surp r, , if you please. ; g here when I sent’ you on| “Certainly, The : wish ou |; Sparks.” . 0? Go and deliver my han Fred through the bole in the wire | 1 with his sai e my “You deserye it,” repli man, beginning to count the

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‘ A GOLDEN SHOWER. ts \ ‘ All business immediately came to a stop and the brokers} He made no secret now of his financial standing to his turned their attention toward the rostrum. friend, and Will agreed that if he could keep up his run of The chairman held a paper in his hand. luck there was no particular reason why he should hunt for He read out that the C. & A. railroad had come under the| another employer. ; control of the I. C. system, and a certain noted railroad mag-| The next day was Saturday ‘and when Fred went home he nate was in no way identified with the deal. turned in the usual amount to his mother, and then he told “That’s the tip I got from Will, which he acquired in such|her that he was out of his messenger position. as an underhand manner. It’s now public property and there | Of course, she wanted to know how'he came to lose his job, _. will be a boom in C. & A. right away. There is nothing ‘to and he told her all the citcumstances of the case. vent me now from trying to make something out of it if “But. you needn’t worry about that, mother,” he added.’ “J’m worth over $3,000, and can take care of myself and you, too, without any trouble. I made more than five years’ wages this week, and if I continue to do as well I'll be a good deal better off than if I was at the beck and call of a broker for six hours or more a day.” 4 - He began to think seriously of,opening a small office in one of the big office buildings of Wall Street, or at least hiring desk room in somebody else’s office. : While he was considering the matter a young messenger can. - , He dashed out of the Exchange and ran into the office of the nearest broker. te _ ©. & A. had been ruling at 52, but no one could say what it would be selling for presently. The broker was in his office and Fred got an audience. __ “f want you to buy me 200 shares of C. & A. at the mar- ket,” said Fred, pulling out his money. “On margin, of course.” “I've got a block of 200 shares in the office now that a cus-/named Yafdley met him on the street and asked him for the tomer left for sale a few minutes ago. You can have it for! loan of a dollar. 52%. a a e| “What security have you to offer?” asked Fred, with a eg goes sa said 34. eagerly. gt | smile. e pas over the necessary margin the indicator near “Security?” asked Yardley. “Isn’t m d good ho” eee : s ? y. y word good enough? the desk bean ticking away furiously. “Yes, ite good enough one way, but it isn’t business to loan After counting the monéy and turning it in with his memo- bar — - the ae Specs looked = the tape. rtYom tale ae aed gre, sat ” . i ; Was coming out at a great rate, every transaction| «7, ‘en: 3 i : _ representing an adyance of an el of a point. ey re M i vars sbeemee ig eet have an idea that it woaldn’t ; ; He ——— and looked ss ts , » : #T expected it would. Ther, was an ansouncemént nidde|SP4@tks, banker and broker,’ wouldn’t look. so bad on a as age ; frosted glass door pane.” . 3 he the uahane e a few minutes ago that brought me over |* «when do you expect to open up?” laughed Yanifey. ~ What was it?* asked the broker. “y wae tighten to hang my shingle out any day if I ean find a Lo Fre ld him th i : suitable office. ‘ Set ler for pope tad Excuse me, I must got ove b Mate ot small Ss ores at No. — han rig a ae : i i ill gi ; uilding isn’t an up-to-date skyscraper, so maybe it wou a 2 to aor enee right away. The cashier will give you your - hisk Seed cnet for you. But you might have money j _ Five minutes later Fred walkéd out himself, enough to rent it fora day.” oy atria sane Re: _ he stood to win probably a hae gy of thousands. mccain “You seem to think that I’m giving you a jolly,” said Fred. I guess that bounce was in my favor after all,” he said| “Well, I think you're laying it on pretty thick for a mes- : to himself in a tone of satisfaction. “It was only a new | Senger boy.” way of the horseshoe getting in its fire work.” “T’m not a messenger boy now.” j t "C & A. closed at 55 when business stopped for the day. _| “Aren’t you?” said Yardley, im some surprise. “Have you af Fred decidedsnot to tell his mother or sister that he had/}left Pelham’s?” j ‘ « lost his situation, but he handed the news out to Will the; “I have.” 7% next morning when he met him at the station as usual. “What was the trouble?” ia i ‘Will was greatly surprised, and said so. “Mr. Pelham and I didn’t pull very well together.” “Going to look up another job to-day?” “Then you're doing nothing just now?” “No. I’m going to watch the market.” “Nothing except talking to you.” id - ell, you'd better get in on C. & A. and give me a small| “I suppose you're looking for a job?” . rake-off. The news about the road is out.” “No, I’m looking for an office.” 2 “T know it is. I was at the Exchange when it was an-| “Oh, come off! Looking for an office! Where would you & _ nounced. Then I lost no time in buying some shares of it.”| get the money to pay the rent-for an office, and what would oe “Then you are in?” . } you do with an office if you had one?” ‘ YS ; ; “ft told you. There’s foom for another banker and broker “Do I come in for anything?” * down here, and I think I could supply the vacancy.” = -__- “—Did you deliver that note to Mr. Bradley?” “Well, let me know when you open up and Ill come down __- *No, I didn’t have to. I ran across Bates, Ondyke’s mes-| here, and I think I could supply the vacancy.” ; _ senger, and turned it over to him. I told him I saw him drop| “You'll have to bring gilt-edge security, I don’t intend to it. He was tickled to death to get jit back.” - take in any wildeats.” — : f Bao 8 _ _ “T should think he would be. Well, Will, after I see what} “You're a pretty good bluffer, all right.” ¢ I make cut of this deal I’ll give you something so that you] “Think wad 5 Well, just watch the financial papers for my __won’t feel too much cut-up over the matter. But I don’t want! advertisement.” an : a you to bring me. another tip unless you get it'in a decent| “{ will,” laughed Yardley. > ° ee Maia © i Pe Brad apent several howls in the Visitors’ ‘cRieg owed heage then Separated pnd, Fred weak dew te a ag er visitors’ gallery of the Ex- here Yardley had said there was a small office for change that day, and when the Exchange closed for business he ig Rp nahi i és te; oe, C. & A. was up to 61 And a fraétion. we i ’ -¢ tor and asked him if h ould Yook it the : ree cer br soem Ts had mounted to 643g, and at that fig- omaha a ' re Beast : ae He mac office. ure ° ed the stock cold. “Who ts it?” inquired ch E OPT UG : : him § dé $2,200 profit, and made Will happy by handing “Prederick Sparks,” rephed ‘the boy. Pee we was now worth $3,200, so the loss of his job didn’t prey Sat Puprivate speculator.” ; an aes Eis Pe _ very heavily on his spirits, © aces The janitor took him up to the fourth floor back and | ja ad ah ph . t the size of a -room in a private 5 inquired the price, spa found that he could afford a one,” _he said. much deposit do vou w SS, . et re a As Naa , “. ss ; Be ~ - Peg Be De aka: Seago : Ly emcqpeeet gars pty SAE: U cash in his SSESSI * Fred wasn’t } . . ; Ty to get ar athe: pouttion. SP ie vs me oy do! will do,” replied the aie beaah owl Sessa oe t

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/ >. — __ 8 A GOLDEN SHOWER. . 8 “Where is the agent’s, office?” a ‘ ie = floor above. His name is Williams, and his room CHAPTER VII. > 4 is No. 65.” , Fred paid the ten dollars and got a receipt made out in FRED DOES A. BIG STROKE ‘OF BUSINESS. ; his name. i , Then he started for the Vanderpool Building to see Mr.| On Wednesday morning when Fred entered his office he Opdyke. se Soars ge he was me oy, _— big TF ict Bede iH i : : is capital was pretty small, it was true, but he had made ‘ wanged othe. ord syn aie 4 Cyaan age an arrangement with a friendly broker in the building to He knew that the agent of the building wouldn’t Iét him| ll any orders for the purchase or oe a ares ns por 1 : have the room without he could give satisfactory refeyence. | ‘hat wri his zy on a bane that would allow him a sma ; If Mr. Opdyke would let him refer to him he had no doubt | P°wen'ase © 6. Se Pees ; but that he would get the-office. He knew he would, have to creep before he could expect to ies. Cibdekslead in his Ollce-and cateented te ase him walk, but as far as energy and ambition to succeed were con- . “Well, Sparks ” he said, “Wwhat can I do for you?” ‘ ee he was uncommonly well equipped to make his way “ 4 ‘ 7 * 99 : ls ahead. ; . { ring to a a favor*of you, sir,” said Fred. He had advertised for an office boy in a morning paper and “t have take Il office i oh. he found a whole troop of lads.awaiting his arrival. ve taken a small office in the Chelsea Building and) ‘He selected the smallest and brightest-looking of the lot I would like permission to refer to you.” at $4 per week, and dismissed the others. ’ “You have taken an office?” ejaculated the operator in| This lad’s name was Waddie Willcutt, and he was told that 4 a aga his chief duty for the present would be to watch the office “Yes, sir.” j : when his employer was out, and that he could bring a book : “Have you left Pelham?” E to read when not otherwise employed. . F “Yes, sir.” At ten o’clock Fred put on his hat and started for the Ex- a “Of your own accord?” |change, as he had nothing else on hand to engage his at- a “No, sir. I must admit that he discharged me.” tention. as EWP")? = As he was walking down Broad Strect he unexpectedly met | ; Fred explained. Mr. Opdyke coming toward Wall. ; a “And now you’re going to take an office?” “ : : 2” he ask 4 “Yes, sir.” eter yun got your office in running order e asked, “What for?” : “« F : A ; start th “As a starter in the banking and brokerage business.” ete Yar ay gent eee es lide: Dyetness “© ter. Mr. Opdyke whistled. ‘4. The operator looked’ at him reflectively. a moment. “How much money have you got? ; “Come here,” he said, taking the young banker and broker “Something over $3,000. 4 Rem Vie out to the curb. “I’ll give you something to do as a starter. “And you expect to Ss odiecd on that»capital?” _ | Lam curious to see how you will acquit yourself. I shall give I expect to start on that capital, and hope to double it| the. same order to two of my regular brokers also, so the _ Shortly. ‘ ee quicker you get on the job, and the livelier you are, the bet- ee The operator regarded Fred intently. ter it will be for you.” ° ¥ “You intend to speculate, I suppose?” “There,” he said, “attend to that, and when you’ve rounded i “To some extent I do.” : up every share you can find among the offices send me a * “And you think you will continue to be as fortunate as in|statement of your ‘account and I will send you a check in : your first deal?” settlement. You will charge me the regular one-eighth of . : ' “T cleared $2,200 in a deal since I saw you last.” one per cent. for buying. That's all,” and the big operator Fred explained how he was in the Exchan hen the| Walked away. 25 i C. & A. annountement was made by the cinisnets” ated Sra Fred read. the memorandum, which instructed him to buy ; he had ost ba time A utting all his money into the Stock at|#5 Many D. ‘ G. a ath! or a a gabe af a e est market ce and had necessary, as he cou , the same to lelivered C. O. D. Je F py age t's pratt of at the Manhattan National Bank. $11 a share shortly afterward. derneath the order was scribbled: “Try Jaffray & Co. es ES Opdyke began to regard Fred in a new light. f : ; . e iy, L ought to make dail. ba of advert ie gtk: Beck we knowhow. som act a year’s expenses Out o is. wonder if this is the result be pia I ee to ores you get/ of bringing that horseshoe downtown this morning and hang- erhaps-1 may be able to put something in your way.”! ing it above my desk? Who would be boy at $8 Fred thanked him and took his leave. xd y ‘ _— & mesneonge boy 46-6 = - : ‘ r when he can be his own boss and corral an order like this? He went right back to the Chelsea Building, saw the agent a soon be able to accumulate enough money to go at the and when he gave William Opdyke as his reference he had) banking business in good shape. Gee! I feel like a bird!”- no difficulty in ting possession of the office. 725 "Fred, while communing with himself, was making a bee- _ As soon as all arrangements had been completed he went line for the office of Jaffray & Co., on Wall Street. to an office furnishing firm in Nassau street and bought aj When he arrived he asked for the head of the firm. a shaire.and such other furniture as he wanted. “What name?” asked the office boy. “And what do you he purchased a smiall safe and arranged to have a| Wish to see Mr. Jaffray about?” ticker and a telephone put in. : “Take my card in,” said Fred, handing out one of the ~, After oe he pas - . stationer’'s, where he purchased such ey ree rece e from the printer that morning. _ books as he need an orde Necessary oritited |&a1e Mae walk i ‘ eeter a4 Z «forall W diese Mr. Jaffray knew the majority of the bankers and brokers” of the financial district by name, if he was not pe acquainted with them, but he could not place Frederick Sarg Spare, when he looked at the card the office boy handed ha Lastly, he hunted up a ter to letter the glass i the door, and rig aie td to cover: the floor, and “Bwer 2 7 To be thing arrived next day and was duly installed in the| gearce pete dnange 1 ly prepared to see a boy walk into his private room. He tomrediatee jumped at the conclusion that his visitor was Mr. peaks messenger, 5 “Well,” on in his .office voice, “what can I do for you, “. Ser. eee He presumed that it must be some new man, but he was

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A GOLDEN SHOWER. - ‘ 9 It was decidedly a novelty for a messenger boy to sdreas Next morning Fred secured 3,000 more shares of D. & G,, him in that fashion. and that wound him up in the matter. “Where is your note from your employer, young man?” he; In a day or two he sent in his statement to Mr. Opdyke F asked, sharply. * and received a check for something over $5,000 for his ser- . “T beg your pardon, sir. You have my card in your hand,” | vices. ¢ ‘ said Fred, politely. _ That padded his cash balance very considerably, and made The broker looked at the card again and then at Fred. him feel like a man of business from his toes up. “Ts this your card?” he asked, incredulously. ‘ Ves, 17.” : “You are a banker and broker?” we Ves: sir.” CHAPTER VIII. “T am afraid I cannot do business with a minor.” 7 ' “Whatever business I do with you, Mr. Jaffray, has the| FRED GETS A POINTER IN A CAFE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT. backing of the Manhattan National, so you need not be afraid to accept an order from me.” . A few days later Fred was not greatly surprised to see a “Do you mean to say that the Manhattan National will pay | boom in D. & G. for the stock?” The price went to 72, and the young banker and broker “On delivery, yes, sir.” | judged that Mr. Opdyke cleaned up close on to three-quarters “How many shares are you authorized to buy?” | of a million by the’ deal. ; “T should like to get 15,000.” Fred put a standing advertisement in a couple of the . = “T will let you have 10,000 at 64%.” ! widest-circulated financial dailies, and also in two afternoon “T will take them,” replied Fred. papers that were extensively read by people who were more “Wait a moment. I must communicate with the Manhattan | or less interested in Wall Street. National before I close this arrangement.” Joe Yardley caught on to his advertisement, and nearly had Mr. Jaffray "ge the telephone receiver to his ear and asked|a fit when he read it. with the bank. To make sure that there wasn’t some mistake-about it he to be connecte: - This was speedily effected. ' took advantage of the first chance to visit the fourth floor “A young man by the name of Frederick Sparks, banker |/of the Chelsea Building, and there, sure enough, he saw and broker, of No. — Wall Street, is in my office,” said Mr.| Fred’s name on the door of the office he had playfully recom- Jaffray over the wire. “He has accepted an offer from me| mended to his notice. : for 10,000 shares D. & G. at 64%, the same to be delivered} “Well, upon my word, if this doesn’t beat all creation!” he Cc. O. D. at your bank. Is it all right?” : muttered. “So he has actually had the nerve to start in busi- The cashier of the bank, who had just received word over| ness as a banker and broker, and it isn’t more than two weeks the ‘phone from Mr. ty Sab that any D. & G. stock purchased} ago that he was running messages for Pelham. Why, he by Fred Sparks and delivered C. O. D,.was to be paid for,) won’t make his salt.” : ‘replied that the bank was prepared to pay for the stock in| Then he studied Fred’s sign. ' question, at the price nanied, on delivery of the certificates.| “Money loaned on negotiable securities,’” he réad. “What ~ That answer made a whole lot of difference in the broker’s|}a gall! Where will he get money to loan on negotiable se- 7 - attitude toward Fred. ‘ curities? ‘Bonds, railroad and mining stocks bought and + “Take a seat, Mr. Sparks,” he said, in a friendly tone. “I)| sold.’ I wish I had some, I’d see whether he could buy them. regret that I treated you a bit offhand when you first came| I guess I’ll go in and see what kind of an office he has.” eb in, but—ahem!—your youth, and the fact that you are an| So Yardley opened the door and entered. entire stranger to me, must be my excuse,” Fred was at his desk studying a market report, while his “That's all right, Mr. Jaffray. 1 am making no complaint,” | office boy sat-near the door, book in hand, reading. Fred said, cheerfully. \ Waddie jumped up and.asked Yardley if he wished to see Having no pad with him, he drew toward him one he saw/ Mr. Sparks. -- on the desk, wrote out his own memorandum of the deal and! The visitor almost gasped. - - exchanged it for the broker’s. —’ , : Fred, looking up and recognizing him, cried: * _ “The stock will be delivered right away,” said Mr. Jaffray.! “Hello, Yardley, glad to see you., Take a seat.” = 7, “Thank you, Mr. Jaffray. Good-morning,” said Fred. Joe stepped forward, talking in all the appointments of the eu, “Good-morning, Mr. Sparks,” said the broker, .beaming on| little office, and then slid into a seat before opening his mouth, him. “I shall remember you next time.”. “So you did do it, eh?” he said. x Fred then visited every large broker in the building and| “Do what?” “Hire-an office and set up as a banker and broker.” “Sure,” Ihughed Fred. “Why,not?” “Why not? I think you have the allfiredest nerve of any chap in Wall Street.” --. “Pranks for the compliment, Yardley.” _. secured 2,000 more shares. . : He then went into the big office’ building next door and succeeded in buying 5,000 shares from several brokers. ____ The next dozen brokers he called on did not have any of the my afock, but offered to get it for him, which offer he politely | Sen } ne ¥ ‘ “ ned. ; ; “You're welcome. you expect to do any business in this 3 gethen 30,000 sto gg a brief lunch he had secured alto:| den?” SED Pg ee oa 3 we ; “A 3 , S. Bina ‘I do. ‘ve alre e enoug! ay my present ex- : To this amount lye added 10,000 more by four o’clock. penses for three years.” . 5 Then he dropped in on Mr. Opdyke, who received him very | “You tell that pretty well,” remarked Yardley, incredu- raciously, for he had gotten a memorandum of most of! lously. BA i ES eo eres neg som +" nang mpd wee both surprised and Bn is as much as to say that you don’t believe me, 1 | pleased wi e€ wo iev e y e it.” ’ “T have about cleaned up the wnat Mer. Opdyke. I have; “Well, don’t get mad over it,” said Yardley. “How can’ Johnston Building, and peut you?- I leave it to yourself. Doesn’t it sound ridieu- } fea ; only to see a few more brokers in the os those in the Astor Building.” ? ‘ “How many shares did you get altogether?” “Well, ’U admit that it looks like stretching the truth, but “Forty thousand, sir,” and Fred handed Mr. Opdyke the/it is the fact, nevertheless.” memorandums he had received from the different brokers} “If it’s the truth, how did you do it?” ‘ oat from whom he had bought the stock. “Well, I got an.order from a friend of mine, who is a big “You haye done remarkably well, Sparks, I did not expect| trader, to buy a whole lot 2 stock. He wanted to give me a “ that + hg would find over 25,000 shares in Wall Street at the} boost to encourage me. : outsi Evidently luck played in your favor, for my _ brokers have not able to locate as many shares as you } don my best have. You will wae a very handsome commission, and I ds, but I hated to have you go away with the idea that +": rather glad you got the cream, for it will : 3s - “you. T believe that I shall find you useful to me in the fat expect me to believe that and you ma consider yourself as,one of my brokers. I 1 on which the eomaniigney seareely canton moh sg to our business relationship a pro- . Jag ight believe d secret, TI would prefer that any future communi- id r e 1 to doubt it. i between us be by messenger.” — Wh coal” | f you ; j “Very well, sir. T will observe your request.” 4 ae eo J Yee) ae = Se oF ay — 2 SoG 7 hg ee +

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10 | life. If one of your broker friends really hel + But $5,000! Say, you’make me laugh!” Yardley’ s incredulity greatly annoyed Fred. Yet his visitor could hardly be blamed for his unbelief, it was. : Of course,rhe couldn’t put himself in Yardley’s place, and consequently his friend’s attitude i in the matter jarred on his sensibilities. “Look here, Yardley, suppose you found a pocketbook in the street with $5,000 in it, and you put it in your office safe, and afterward when you met me somewhere and told me about it I should give you the merry hatha, and eall it a fish story, | “It might, but I could go and get the pocketbook, show it to wey. ae prove my statement,” replied his visitor. uppose my story won’t "hold water with you unless I get A GOLDEN SHOWER. ed you to as|gentlemen I plait, in the cafe stated the matter cor- much as $100 I think he was doing a great thing for you. rectly, as I am prett confident they did, there will be some- ing doing on Monday or Tpesday in M. & O. and then EF will stand to win a good wad Fred made it his business to be on hand in the visitors’ Had their positions been reversed Fred himself would have} gallery when the Exchange began operations Monday morn- found it impossible to swallow the same story, true though | ing, and he kept his attention on the crowd that congregated around the M. & O. standard. There was some excitement in that vicinity and quite a lot of bidding. berg s a sale was made and the price went on the board at 54 Fred stayed that until nearly one o’clock, i when he ae to huineh the latest price of M. & O. w He didn’t go back, but watched for forties developments wouldn’t it make you mad?” said Fred, with a flushed. face.|on his own ticker. om stock gradually went up a little’at a time and closed Fred was not sctisfied that the boom he was looking for the 7 er who paid me the’ money to sign an affidavit of the} was on. fact? cater sonny, that won’t happen 4 “No, I don’t think it will,” chuckled Yardley. “Well, guess I’ll have to be going, or a boss will say a few words when I get back to the office. other time. If you continue to make money as fast as you rooms and a force of clerks digging away at their books to beat the hand. Be good to yourself, old man,” and Joe Yard ley = up, nodded cheerfully at Fred and departed. young banker and broker took up the market report! again and studied it over for a while, "thom he put on his | hat and went out. re After spending an hour or more at the Exchange he felt un. Geing tea well-known cafe, much frequented” brokers, he took his seat at a retired table and ordered lune to be ig good spirits and were topping off eto coo with a bottle of champagne. ct t's @ fine thing to have 2 good friend on the inside when there’s worth while on the tapis,” “Yes, Jack is all right, but Fyn we've done him more than one good turn, you know, and the tip he handed out wasto we take Bob Brierly in with us on Shise He’s a ee fellow, ane, T owe him a favor.” “Sure. The three of us can pool an equal sum and then _ busy, or we won’t be able to get the stock. By Satur. M. & O. will be as scarce as hen’s teeth.” “a 4 be safe to hold on for 65, That the ar- = iecienaats of 1 te pool are to boom it to that figure at least. sg re i apa but on Monday it will begin to attract attention * then Wednesd fun will begin. I caleulate that it will be up = 1 po oe by Wednesday, and then we will consider whether we'd r hold on a while longer,” eas reach of the waiter with Fred’s order cut short er oa 0 atc on the part of the two men. -eashier’s fara caving the boy to begin his lunch and ponder 4 - the information he had just ati ired. result of his seniberasiqis were that M. & O. looked y. the market report he had in his pocket, he, saw was ruling at 51. back to his office he looked up, M. & O. in a ‘for a year found that the stock had not sold lower than 48 while, when arenes were generally high, it had , he decided to 1,000 ne Uh eri ms floor ne security. ; “We'll make a raft of money out of M. & 0. ” said one. re himself with wus.’ divide the profits when the time comes, But we want to A had pew Dinh oe do you think if will. go?” - it will probably go up a couple of points between this and 1a Bie ed their wine, got up and went toward the te) stock to bu ee the daily quotations of all M.& O. was quoted at 52 and v hd brokers were just finishing their mea] at a table near | desk the! banking ge Seas Me One it ee office up ( This seemed to bé confirmed next day, when M. & O. got I} as high as 60. On Wednesday it opened to 60%, and by noon was going I’ll drop in and see you some | at 64. At two o’elock it passed 65, and Fred ordered his steck say you are doing I'll expect to find you with a suite of! sold. There seemed to be little doubt but that it would go higher, hut he wasn’t looking for the last dollar. He believed that a bird in the hand was worth several in the bush, and as it happened, an hour after he had re rid ~ -f his holdings there was a break in the price, and M. & O. went down to 61, as the lowest point for the day. After settling with his friend the broker, Fred found that eee oan, added $15,000 to his pile, which made him now worth Thereupon he took his hat off to the horseshoe over his , . CHAPTER IX. AT THE WORLD’S MERCY Fred felt so tickled over the result of his M. & O. deal that he mailed a note to Mr. Opdyke telling him about it, and bey it had made him $14,000 richer, He had now been a month in business and was well mG fied with results, notwithstandin cae pe that Mr. Opdyke was — only customer he had pei On the second day fallowin his 1 en deal in M. & O. y | he received @ letter in the first mail from a man a Newburgh ae: had seen his ad. me one of the suaring pape His correspondent had §. bonds that” he wished to dispose of and he aske og Fred would charge him for selling them at the market. After seeing the broker downstairs Fred wrote him his terms, and in @ cou “ of be og got a package by the Adams Express containing He sold them enraceh the rereaicithes day and remitted the money to his customer by draft on a Newburgh bank. Although he didn’t make much by the transaction, it was a great satisfaction for him to get the busigess It was the beginning of a line of customers that eels. came to him, et 4 | by mail th his advertisements. Will Robson had up to see him several times, in fact, mued very much the same as when Fred was a messen afternoon Will dropped in after he was through for - the day at his own office enWelh » said Will, “how fire things moving with you, -*1 ean’t complain from a financial stand point, but I'd like ) to see a oy customers drop in every day, it only to liven the office i 0 3 ‘small that you couldn’t accommodate Ia rh Foe fen oe Sod y could, at, dette dmesebe. Ld mts | ames their relationship con “Yeo rae silat t one. I ha ga neat ane si cheney , how rae ve ‘me?”

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A GOLDEN “Tl let you have four per cent. on a term deposit, or two per cent. on your daily balance, if you want to enjoy the privilege of drawing on your money whenevtr you feel in- clined to do so. I should advise you to let it run on a four per cent. basis. I will issue to you a certificate of deposit for your $200. This you can cash in any time, but you will for- feit your interest if you draw it out within the current six * months.” : “Suppose I wanted $20 for some specia] reason, would I have to draw the whole sum?” _ “No. I'll simply charge your account with $20, and you’d only lose your interest on that amount.” “That’s as as a savings bank. I’ve got my mone the office yet. I’ll fetch it around to you to-morrow after- noon about this time. Your banking hours, I guess, are as long as you are in the office,” i ’ > in inned Will. “ eee I haven’t made any iron-clad rules as yet,” laughed Tre - “What time are you going home?” “Right away. I’ve got nothing to detain me.” et locked his safe, put his hat on, and the boys left the Iding together. “Let's 3 e the Third avenue elevated for a change,” sug- gested Will. — “I've no objection,” replied Fred, They walked down to Hanover Square station, mounted the stairs and took: the first train that came along, which hap- pened to*be a through Second avenue train instead of a Third avenue one. ; When the train ran into Chatham Square station, where they could have changed to a Third avenue express, were so engaged with their*afternoon papers that they did not hear the trainman yell out. “Chatham. Square—ch for Third avenue,” and the train went on, turning into Division street and thence into First avenue. ~ _ At Twenty-third street the train ran westward a block and then entered Second avenue, with its long, straight run to the terminus at 129th street. _ After all, the mistake the boys had made amounted to nothing with them, as it only took them a few blocks out of their way, for they would have to get out at 120th street, as there was no station at 125th street on this line. _ They got onto the fact that they were on Sedond avenue when the train hauled in at the Ninety-second street station, and they caught a view of the East River across an open block of unimproved ground. ’ ry , we must have been dreaming when we got on this : train,” said Fred. . , ~~ ~“What’s the odds?” replied Will. “We'll get out at 120th \ street. The extra walk won’t hurt us.” i “That’s true, but still we’ve got a long jaunt before us across to Lenox avenue.” f _ “Tt will be good for your health, for you don’t get as much exercise now as when you were a messenger boy. As long as I ain’t kicking there’s no call for you to put up a squeal.” : Fred said he didn’t care, so they rode to 120th street, got out and walked westward along that thoroughfare. _ _ About the middle of the block they came across a very 3 familiar sight in New York, but not a pleasant one, _ \ A middle-aged little woman, whose face showed that she __ was not one of the common multitude, was heing dispossessed from a gre 5 flat. a What made the incident particularly sad was the fact that _ the woman’s daughter, a girl of perhaps sixteen, was ill, and t where the furniture was ¢ a) _ just as the boys reached the f at up alongside of the curb the girl was brought out in a as e rocker by two.rough men who were assisting the mar- “4 shal in the procee Her mother foll her to the spot where the rocker*was - and fea woods are full of people,” went "You tackle next door if I tet for New York nin months have’ our m eae S. SHOWER. 11 adi watching a sight that was, no doubt, familiar enough to + m. The windows of the houses in the neighborhood were also more or less populated by curious wemen, leaning across the sills and jabbering to one another, while a good eid of the children of the vicinity were gathered about the dispossessed and "their not very extensive possessions. “What rooms have you got for rent, and what is the price?” Fred asked the janitor. \ “Three good-sized rooms on the third floor back. The rent is’ $12.” “Are they in shape for immediate occupancy’? : “Yes, We cleaned them up for a party who paid a deposit and Aa) didn’t move in. Do you want to see them?” “oe es.” The janitor went into the basement where he lived to get the keys and then led the way upstairs. ° j The rooms looked all right, so Fred said: 5 “I’m going to take them for that woman and her gaughter that have just been dispossessed next door.” “Do you know them?” asked the janitor, seemingly sur- 9 prised. , R Fred evaded the question by pretending that he did not hear it. . “You , me on the sidewalk,” he said to the janitor. card. Make it out in my name. Understand?” “Yes, sir,” replied the man, .very respectfully, when he saw = the boy was in business in Wall Street as a banker and roker. : Fred hurried down and the janitor followed behind. ' Will was talking to the dispossessed woman. The marshal and his men had gone away. “Wouldn’t those men do anything?” asked Fred of his ; ‘ i. go and write out a receipt for $12 and bring it to “There is my The marshal flatly refused and went off with his men.” ers “All right,” said the boy, in a decided tone. WWe can man- age without them, I guess. Madam,” he added, turning to the unfortunate woman, “I presume you have no money to- rent other rooms for yourself, or you would not have been dispossessed.” ; ; ; f he little woman looked into his frank, young face, as she stood there with one arm thrown protectingly around her sick daughter, and her lips quivered. : : dollars is all we have in the world,” she replied, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. “My Dora is just re- covering from a long illness, and I’m afraid this misfortune will throw her back. I hate to have her go to a hospital, away from her mother, but what can I do? She cannot re- main here. We have no roof to shelter us. We are both friendless and destitute.” “You may be destitute, ma’am, but I hope not enti friendless. Permit me to do what I can to assist you. have hired three comfortable rooms for you in No. —, next door to this house, and I’m going to see that your daughter and your belongings are moved in right away.’ The little woman looked at him in astonishment. “You, a stranger, have done this for us?” she exclaime while the sick girl cast a grateful look in his face. “But for my. child’s condition I could hardly accept so great a favor rom you, for I know not when it ‘will be in our power to re- pay you. * Don't let that worry you, ma’am,” replied Fred, cheer- fully. “It is a great pleasure for me to be ablé to be of service to you when you stand so much in need of it. I can | easily afford the small outlay, though you might imagine otherwise from the fact that I’m only a boy. There is my business card. My name, you see, is Fred Sparks. ask yours?” “My name is Storms. This is my dau husband is a sea captain, but I fear he is d ears ago, e sailed from B fact, came to us by pected that he wou a since ’ ter, Dota! a d, for his wen ees pb owners

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12 ) Thus we managed to get along in some comfort, while hoping almost against hope that the husband and father would some day gladden our hearts by his unexpected return. Unfortu- nately, my child was taken down with a slow fever, and so our little income ceased. We have parted with almost every- thing of value in the hope that we might not come to this. } But the blow has fallen:at last. We are homeless to-night, saye for this generous offer of yours, for which we are deeply : grateful to you. Your kindness may have saved my child’s e life, therefore may a mother’s blessing rest on your head : henceforth, and follow you through life.” . The ‘janitor now made his appearance with the receipt. | Fred paid him the money and offered him a dollar to help move the little woman’s goods and furniture upstairs to the rooms he had hired. He agreed with/alacrity, for a dollar looked as big as a mountain to him. : “Come, Will, you'll have to sail in and give us a hand,” | said Fretl, energetically. : “Sure thing,” replied Robson. ‘ % “Then grab hold of the other side of the rocker, and we’ll ‘ carry the young lady up first.” ‘ « Between them they carried the sick followed by her mother. The afternoon sunshine was still shining in through the window of the middle room, and into that they carried and . left her, after stripping off their coats for business. ; Under the energetic efforts of the two boys and the janitor, ‘ . Mrs. Storms’ property was speedily removed from the side- walk to the rooms. : ; : The janitor agreed to put down the carpets for another half dollar, and then after Fred handed the little woman $5 to meet their immediate neces=*ties, and promising to call on Saturday afternoon, two days hence, the boys left, conscious that they had performed a very worthy action that certainly redounded to their credit. t ‘ 7 girl up to the rooms, he CHAPTER x, CLUTCHING AT THE LAST DOLLAR. Fred, when he got home, told his mother about Mrs. Storms and her sick daughter, Dora, whom he had assisted that afternoon after they had been evicted from their late ' humble quarters in a 120th street tenement. , “TI am very glad you were able to help them, my son,” said s. Sparks, after expressing her sympathy for the unfortu- nate sea captain’s wife and child. “The world is’ very cold to those who are at its mercy, and it was fortunate for them indeed that~you and your friend passed that way. at a time when your services were of so much value.” 4 y girl me, Now, mother, I xis eee to on them to-morrow and gee what you can do for them. I will give you their address. ~ You will find them very nice peovle—very much superior to _ their present condition. Remember, mother, we came very : being dispossessed ourselves when you were ill. Now _ the fortune shines on us once more, let us show our gratitude by doing a good turn to others whom’ fortune has _ turned a cold shoulder on.” . ° 'Fred’s mother agreed to call on Mrs. Storms and. her ter, and did so next day. no betes a ome f th esos tind Iped ‘ C as mo of the who had he _ “T ean easi ‘understand how proud you are of such a son, Mrs. Sparks,” said Mrs. Storms. “He is'a splendid young F and I will be grateful to him as long as we the day following the incident Fred accidently discov- that a- te had been formed to boom L. &'M. then were selling several points lower than t.. be called a gilt-edged stock, the pT abi in many iy i ’ Bete, Bot ov erneseeneD twas going at about 42. “exe a + " b..miegh> 5 d been pai A GOLDEN SHOWER. As soon as Fred had assured himself that there was no doubt but that a rise in the shares was close at hand he went to his broker and gave him an order to buy 5,000 shares, put- ting up nearly every dollar he owned as marginal security. Fred wouldn’t have thought for a moment of taking such a risk had it not been that his tip was almost a guarantee of © success. Still, he faced the chance that the stock might go down enough to wipe him out before it began its climb. As the market. was. rather bullish as.a whole than. other- wise, the risk of such a misfortune. happening to him was - not as great as usual, < He went early to the Exchange next day, which was Satur- day, and stayed there till the chairman’s gave] fell at noon: Quite a number of sales of L. © M..were made during the two-hour session, and Fred was pleased to see that L. & M. not only held its own, but advanced a quarter of a point. After taking his lunch at the cafe where he picked up his tip on M. & O., he boarded. a Second avenue L train for the,120th street station. } Leaving the station, he proceeded to No. —, up the block. He carried a small fancy basketful of fruit and a bunch of violets for the sick girl, which he presented to her as soon as he was admitted to the room where she sat propped up with a pillow in the rocker. ~ , : “You are ever so kind, Mr. Sparks,” she said, flashing a grateful and admiring look at him. “Don’t mention it, Miss Dora. 1 thought the fruit would be nice for you, and that the flowers would please you.” “T am very fond of ‘flowers, and you seem to have picked out my favorite kind.” “T am glad that I selected violets, then, since you will en- joy them better than any other variety.” en Fred first came he told Mrs: Storms, who opened the door, and welcomed him, that he only intended to stay a few minutes; but somehow or another the few minutes ex- tended themselves into two hours before he finally recollected — himself and rose to go. ; He had enjoyed every moment of his visit, and his bright, }cheerful conyersation had also greatly interested mother and daughter, who had both taken a great fancy to the smart, ciated. eee Shea ngatn them somewhat about himself and his own amily. : . . : “I intend to bring. my own sister over,” he said. “I am sure you will like her, Miss Dora, and she is quite anxious to know you.” ay. ae f “T should dearly love to make her acquaintance,” replied the girl, wistfully. “I, really have scarcely a friend, I mean one that I could: confide in, and I am sure that I shall like her very much if she is like you.” P The last few words escaped the sick girl before she real- good-looking boy whose friendship they gratefully appre-- He learned considerable of their family history, and in- ized what she was saying, and Fred saw a deep flush spread over her face, he & “Tam certain she will\like you, Miss Dora, and I want to see you both real and true friends. I hope you will also understand that I am really and truly your friend, too.” | “T am sure you are,” she replied, with shining eyes. “Thank you. And you are really and truly my friend, tod, fare you not?” “Yes,” she answered softly, dropping her eyes before him. d “Well, I hope you will be ever so much better when I call ja om which I shall take the liberty of doing in a little while.” “You must,” said Mrs. Storms, accompanying him to the door, , Dora and I enjoyed your call more than we can ex- press. peice : Fred spent the greater part of Monday at the Exchange watching the doing in L. & M., which went to 44. On Tuesday the stock n to att general attention when it soared to 46, and when several brokers started in to cover their short sales and found the stock difficult to get, their bidding sent the price up another two points, to 48. Fred viewed the scrimmage below from the gallery. . Almost in an hour his possible profit had acqumulated to the extent of $20,000. - Be : . Outwardly he was as cool as a cucumber, but inwardly he ‘was trembling ywith excitement, which betrayed itself only igh his eyes, and the twi they clutched the railing in front of him. - During the next hour L, & M. d -back to 45 i : of $5,000, down to $5,000." at times of his fingers as — » every eu” ee eee A E-

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A GOLDEN Suddenly there was another flurry and, almost in the twinkling of an-eye, the stock had recovered itself and was marching on toward 50. The uproar below was now deafening. The broker who was directing the efforts of the pool to hoost the stock, and his lieutenants, were calmly buying L. & M. as fast as it was offered by genuine sellers, or by taking _ what their own confederates threw in the air. The excitement grew as the stock reached and passed 50. _At that moment Fred knew that if he chose to order his stock sold his winnin would amount to $40,000—twice as st much money as he had ever owned before in his life. 5 n he entered the Exchange gallery two hours before he had figured out his financial standing at $30,000—he was now worth twice that much. What would he be worth an hour hence? » That he believed he would be worth more might be judged from the fact that he made no move to leave the gallery, now crowded with an interested throng of spectators, not one of whom probably had anything at stake in the seething market * ra peeerey before them by the frantic movements of the L.& ers on the floor. One o’clock came and still Fred stood in that same spot, where already for three hours he had been posted, while others came and went behind and around him, - L. & M. was going at 53, which meant that $15,000 more __ had been added to the profits of the game he was playing. i The question was now beginning to agitate him—had he better sell with $50,000 clear gain in sight? No one could tell when the market would turn, nor what forces were beginning to*take form forthe purpose of turn- ing the triumphant advance of L. & M. into an utter rout _ before the chairman’s signal to close the Exchange at three. _ Fred could not guess where he would land if the tide once turned against him, and yet at that moment nothing seemed further away than a drop in the stock. . ‘ z Even as he speculated on the matter, L. & M. touched 54, and he was $5,000 richer still. ~ p: But the pace was beginning to tell on him now. As the quotations of L. & M. on the long blackboard re- +x met ge vit Seer eg oe sae 4 tried to pon ok elf together an ve the gallery for the purpose of order- Bes a sale of his holdings. ; __ But the fascination which comes to the surface when the Mi tor is holding out for the last dollar in sight held him gh e to the rail until L. & M. recorded another whole point, _ As matters were shaping themselves at that moment be- _ neath -the surface of the maelstrom below, Fred would have - soon been on the road to ruin but for a trifling happening. 7 to = e It was after two o'clock. ae The gallery was well filled. 1 _ Suddenly a man, in his anxiety to see everything that was _ going on below, trod on the toe of his neighbor. y _- That toe moment there was as much excitement in the gallery as there - was on the floor. - ; _ Women screamed and tried to escape from the squeeze. en struggled to avoid contact with two wild-eyed indi- viduals who, locked in a frenzied embrace, were trying to _ hurl each other on the. floor. 4 Fred’s attention was diverted from the issue at stake. Then he jumped into the center of the muss, ‘intent on parting the scrappers. — : i. a strong boy, and when he meant business some- to give way. . . the arm of them + h man, he fairly tore them a and they recovered their tian and large part of the crowd was jen floor. to 1 happened to have a bunion on it, and the next | SHOWER. 13 sequently did not want it, a panic set in and the slump began that carried ruin and dismay to the bulls. When the Exchange closed L. & M. was being offered with no takers at 49. CHAPTER XI. FORGING AHEAD. When his friend the broker settled with him on the L. & M. deal Fred found himself worth $87,500. q Then he amused himself for a while figuring up his capital What would his friend Yardley say if he saw all that money? He would probably have a fit. But there wasn’t much danger that Yardley would eve enjoy the opportunity of feasting his eyes on it. 5 That afternoon Fred sent a message to Mr. Opdyke telling him that he had made a small fortune out of the rise in .& M. When he left his office he did not go straight home. | He walked to Hanover Square and took a Second avenue | train uptown. His destination was the home of the Storms, in 120th street. ' Mother and daughter were delighted to see him. He brought with him more fruit and a larger bunch of violets this time. : Dora was much better, and she accepted the flowers with a shy smile, that testified to the growing interest she was taking in the stalwart young banker. Mrs. Storms left the young people more together on this occasion, and Fred took advantage of the chance to make himself as solid as possible with the fair girl. rapidly getting to be a case of more than friendship between h em. . Fred had already arrived at the conclusion that Dora Storms was the loveliest girl in the world, and she had de- cided that Fred was the finest boy in all creation. 3 Perhaps they were both right. _ ‘ Fred unconsciowsly prolonged his visit until Mrs. Storms pressed him to remain and partake of their frugal meal. he did stay. explained where he him about Dora. tain’s daughter. : : The two girls took to each other at once, miuch to Fred’s satisfaction, and were.soon chatting away like old friends. — SS i et -A sharp observer would readily have seen that it was . At first he declared that he couldn’t stay, but in the end | It was half-past eight when he reached home, and when he ad been his sister laughed and teased A few evenings after he took Edith to visit the sea cap-_ On their way home Edith told her brother that Dora was the sweetest girl she had ever met. “That’s my opinion, too, sis,” he answered. some day,” she said, with a sly laugh. “Oh, come off!” flushed Fred. Pes “You are just gone — on her, Freddy, dear, and I could see to-night by the way she “No, I won’t come off,” she replied. looked at you that you’re the only one for her.’ “Do you really think I stand a good chance asked eagerly. “Do I? There isn’t the least doubt about it.” Fred felt like h his sister right there in Editlt with $500 for her own use and handed his $2,000. thet m disdaitel d Jenreine rather a disdainful eye, and learning that there was a go sized office on the floor below for rent he looked is it, an “Then I-suppose I can count on having Dora for a sister with her?” he \ = ugging the street. se When he came home on the following evening he prescott: to regard his. modest little office with

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‘ = Sse 14 ie j Traders began to drop in to make his acquaintance, and they were much surprised at his youthfulness. wad away from him, and to that end brought almost worth- less collateral in to raise money-on it. But Fred was nobody’s fool. ‘called it, and the smart brokers soon discovered that he knew the value of their paper as well as they did themselves. iS St ds Sa Ul ekal the = couldn’t reach it with their shears. / , The majority of the brokers on that floor voted him a | = young fellow, and a mighty agreeable lad to converse : with. | ' Having decided that he needed a bookkeeper, for appear- ance sake, if nothing else, Fred advertised for an elderly man, thoroughly acquainted with the banking and brokerage business. He received a lot of answers and selected from the batch one whom he judged from the tenor of his letter would fill the bill, and wrote him to call. A gray-haired man, of pleasing appearance, responded. He brought letters of recommendation from a brokerage | firm which had gone out of business three years since with | 7 whom he had been employed for a number of years. Prior to that. he had been cashier of a bank in a large} town out West for nearly twenty-five years, | Fred had a long talk with him and found that he was just ‘tthe man he wanted, and that he was willing to work for a moderate compensation, as his age prevented him from mak- ing any desirable connection in the Rnavicigl district with any house of standard reputation. He was looked upon as a back number, notwithstanding his experience and ability. « ; . “Ym a young man, as you see, Mr. Warren,” said: Fred, “and only just starting out in) business, so that you will not be overburdened with work. I think the position will suit you, and that you will suit me. I want a man on whom I can thoroughly depend, and I will pay you more as the busi- ness warrants it., At present you will have very little to do ‘except to help me with your advice, and the more valuable I find you the more I will appreciate your sefvices as a, matter of course.” * So Mr. Warren came to work for Fred, and the boy soon found that the old man was able to supply the experience ‘that he himself lacked. Fred, who hadn’t seen Mr. Opdyke since his last yisit to ithe operator’s office, was surprised to receive a call from him one afternoon shortly after he moved into his new quarters. “T thought I’d drop in and see how you were getting on, : yoian ” he sdid, taking a seat beside the boy banker’s desk. = ved your notes informing me of your successes in the market, and I am pleased to learn that so far you have not ied lipped up in any of your deals. Are you doing anything in e banking line yet?” j ‘ s ’ “Nothing to speak of yet, sir. In fact, I have only just be- gun to push that end of my business, If I could get one or two good depositors to set the ball rolling I think things ‘would soon begin to look up.” “Well, my boy, I think I will encourage you a little by open- ing an account with you for $50,000, which I shall probably - Increase from time to time.” _. “You are very kind, sir,” replied Fred, overjoyed at the pr of catching such an influential customer for a de- positor. “If you will permit me to use your name in that leon on it will be a tower of strength for me. People will _ ithen have some confidence in my financial standing.” _ * _ “You are at liberty to use it, and refer to me, Sparks. ; recommend you to the notice of my young broker worthy of encouragement eee a? n Pa ees See x ahi fo He might be young in looks and general experience, but he | knew enough to keep his fieece where designing gentlemen |to his friend the bro ‘ |pirchase for his account 8,000 shares of C. & D., putti ¢ up A GOLDEN SHOWER. “Well, now that you are trying to establish yourself as a banker J think a little more capital wouldn’t hurt you any. One or two commenced to figure how they could get his |If you will buy five or six thousand shares of C. & D. at the |market, which is 75, and hold it for a few days till it reaches |80, you will reach the $100,000 mark. Be sure and sell out between 80 and 81, and you will run very little risk on a He wasn’t buying or loaning good money on junk, as he |marginal transaction. This is a tip you can rely on.” Fred thanked the operator for the pointer, and said he would avail himself of itat once. As soon as Mr. pe salen took his leave the boy banker went er on that floor and ordered him to $60,600 as marginal security on the deal. In less than a week the price was up to 80%, and then Fred ordered his stock sold, which was immediately done. His profit was $40,000, making him worth $125,000. “There are a on a much smaller capital than that,” said Fred to himself. “All I need now are depositors to make a showing, and op- portunities to loan a proportion of my depositors’ money out in order to make the business pay.” : Fred had just two depositors as a starter—Will Robson, $200, and Mr. Opdyke, $50,000, both special. Will was to receive four per cent. and the operator three per cent. on that money. In order to make the latter sum productive Fred hustled around to loan it out. : His friend the broker on that floor agreed to help him out by borrowing the whole sum on some gilt-edge securities he had just bought for a customer on margin. ; Of course, the loan was only a short-time one, but if Fred could keep on turning his money over at that rate often enough he was bound to make a good thing of it. The next time he called on the Storms he found Dora up and about. “T’ve advertised for a position,” she told him. “Have you? How much wages are you asking?” “Nine or ten dollars.” “Well, come down to my office and I'll give you $10.” “Are you in need of a stenographer?” she asked, with a pleased look. : “Yes, I haven’t much for you to do just yet, but that needn’t worry you. You can kill your spare time with a book. I’d rather have you than any one else if you are willing to ‘work for me.” “Of course, I’m willing to work for you,” she replied, de- lightedly. “I’ll work for $8 if we are not very busy.” ‘No, you won’t, Miss Dora. don’t pay cut-rates. I —_ you and your mother need every cent of $10, and when busi- ness improves Ill give you more.” . “You’re awfully good, Mr. Sparks. Mother will be very glad to have me in your office, and I will be more than glad to go there.” _ “All right, Miss Dora. Consider the matter settled. When will you be ready to start in?” y » “I can come to-morrow, if' you wish.” “Make it the day after. I'll have to get you a table and a typewriter. What machine do you use?” x She told him, “Your hours for the present will be half-past nine till three or half-past.” : “T had to work from half-past eight till half-past five in my other place,” she said, “and I was busy every moment of the time.’ : : ie ran into the kitchen to tell her mother of her good uck. . Mrs. Storms came into the sitting-room and thanked Fred for offering employment to her daughter. “You have been so good to-us that I don’t know how we can ever thank you enough. We will try to pay you the bea you have already so generously advanced us.” “I hope you won’t let that little thing bother you. I have forgotten all about it, so you needn’t take the trouble to re- mind me, at least, not for some time to come. You wil] need all the money Miss Dora will get for her services, and should you run behind I will gladly h P you out again.” Mother and daughter realized that they had found a good friend in Fred, and they: tried to assure him of their grateful appreciation of that fact. ‘€ ’ CHAPTER XT. NEW BUSINESS. Stormaracese et ‘ — - ae +g Pe : St good many bankers down here doing business - Will, as “4 Mon Sade ’ P %

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A GOLDEN SHOWER. 15 = also required her to place her regular signature on a card. “How much do you wish to deposit now?” he asked, after writing her name on the cover and on the creditor side. “T have a certified check for $10,000. I will deposit that. “That’s what I started out to do, will,” replied the young er. : ’ “You must be doing some business now to warrant taking . this office. It must cost you a good rent.” “I’m not getting it for nothing. Yes, I’ve got another de- sitor.” Do you allow interest on daily balances?” “What! only one more besides me?” “Yes, ma’am. Two per cent. on sums of $1,000 and over.” | “He’s a good one, though. - He opened a $50,000 account to| “You are quite young for a banker. Mr. Opdyke, however, start with. assured me that you are perfectly reliable.” ras am much obliged to Mr. Opdyke for his recommen- ion.” “He has a very excellent opinion of you. _ ‘If you were able to hook such a customer as that you ought to be able to get others\for lesser amounts.” expect to. I had another gentleman in here to-day who gave me to understand that he would patronize me.” the smartest young man in Wall Street.” . “How are you doing in the brokerage line?” “That is very fiattering, Mrs. Bancroft, for there are a “Much better. Tve got fifteen regular out-of-town patrons | whole lot of smart boys down here. Will you please endorse and several who have traded_once or twice and drawn out.”| your check?” \ “You've got a bookkeeper, That lodks like business.*| ~The lady did so, and then Fred handed her the pass-book “There are more looks than business to his job, but I hope; and a small pocket check-book. - he'll soon have all his time employed. I’m going to have a| That coneluded all formalities and the lady took her leave. He says you’re a tT sten her to-morrow.” . Now that Fred was beginning to do real business in the “The deuee you are! She'll have a cinch.” e Street he was somewhat embarrassed by his inability to open “You know her,” a business account with any of the banks. “Do I?_ Who is she?” It is against the policy of regular banks to allow a minor “Dora Storms.” to open a business account, because a minor has no legal ex- : “Oh, you’ve hired her,” grinned Will. “I suppose one of|istence, and therefore no responsibility. ’ these days she’ll be a partner in the business.” Fred, being under age, found himself up against this iron- “You don’t want to make such rash suppositions, young] clad rule. “man,” replied Fred, a bit curtly. However, all rules are subject to exceptions, and Mr. Op- “Well, she’s a ighty nice girl, all right. You might do a| dyke, having a great deal of confidence in the boy, made up sight worse.” his mind to try and get the Manhattan National to accept At that moment the door opened and Yardley came in. Fred as a customer. . “B’gosh! But you’re spreading yourself, Sparks,” he ejacu-| In order to do this he executed a paper making himself re- ~ Jated. “I was up to your other office, and seeing your sign| sponsible for the boy banker up to #certain limit. off the dodr i thought you’d gone up Salt River. I asked the}. As Mr. Opdyke was one of the bank’s largest customers, ~ ~ elevator man if you had retired from business, and he told| and a man of great importance in the Wall Street world, the” me you had moved down on this floor: You must be making| Manhattan National consented to accept Fred as a depositor, money to put up for such a layout as this, with a bookkeeper,| and to recognize checks drawn by him against his, account. too. +Blamed if I can see how you’re doing it.” When the boy reached the bank he found the operator in Wy “The trouble with you, Yardley, is that you’re near-sighted. | the cashier’s office. ; - ‘ Get a pair of glasses and then maybe you'll be able to see} Mr. Opdyke introduced him to the cashier, the cashier took | better,” replied Fred. “Help yourself to a chair. You know|his signature, and the usual formalities being gone through Robson, don’t you?” with, he geceived a pass and check-book, and became a Toll “Hello, Robson, what brought you up here?” asked|fiedged customer of the bank, opening his account with =). Vardley. - . ‘ - “Business. I’m a de “A depositor? That’s depositor myself, so as to be in the swim. How much will you open an account with me for, Sparksa nickel?” ~~ *As a rule I’m not doing business with boys,” Fred , tor.” — “Ts that so? What are you yourself?” Bh aa broker, but Pm mostly dealing with men. How- ever, seeing | as I know you, I’ll open an account with you m $5 up. j “Well, e't have to wait till I save up five plunks. How much have you got in the Sparks bank, Robson?” 4 ' “Two hundred dollars.” ‘Yardiey. : “Come, now, no scrapping between you two,” There was g knock at the door just then, which Waddie, the office boy, answered, as “Ts Mr. Sparks in?” asked a handsomely-dressed lady. _-#¥es, ma’am. | Walk in,” said Waddie, “What name?” ay Mrs. Bancroft.” . _ Waddie walked over to the wanted to see him. d _““Show her over, Waddie. You chaps please leave till I): attend to my visitor.” ~ _ Will and ‘Yardley gcousminaty, got up and left the office as ‘S % 4 ‘orwa iy se “ger at kre you r. Sparks, the banker and broker?” asked \th e safe and asked its: era? «out of ss in —. * answered | money orders to cover t “You like to hear yourself talk, don’t you?” sneered |™argin interposed | With the boy banker than he had had at his own bank, where ; railed enclosure where Fred and|-, - his companions sat and told him that a lady irhere Bred and sider, and it encourage From : e| Fred, and Be ee, Sees Ye. aie $125,000. Next morning Dora appeared at the office and Fred in- prety good. I guess I’ll become a/stalled her in eerie He had of them containing orders for the purchase of e margins. d quite a batch of letters that morning, some stocks, with He started the girloff by dictating half a dozen letters, and that was about all she had to do that morning. . ; While he was studying a market report of the previous day’s transactions on the Exchange, a broker, who had an office; on that floor, came in and asked Fred if he could Jet him have $30,000. . , He offered ake. oor ge ag of stock as security. Fred, however, ‘said that he wanted more security, as the wasn’t sufficient. "a The broker tried to bluff him, but he had no better luck’ he found he cauld ge only $25,000 on the securities. 1 He finally ag to take $25,000, for fifteen days. Saar He gave his.note for that sum, Fred drew the check and sent it over to the bank by Mr. Warren to have it « a, and when it came back he sent it to the broker, who had re- a turned to his offices ; ; This was. Fred’s first important transaction with an out- d him greatly. . i CHAPTER XIII. ‘ pe «WALA. Reva. Wee t time on thi began to go swimmingly with Sa a boy Senker ba ceased to be a joke even with ‘ he must have some ws x _ visitor, a 2Tp 2 . || Yardley, who could not help seeing that he m ay Be eg och Will ig bag aphiies eet ’ ; \ ood inanetal stand pees rat ee keep afloat. with 1 . (pale gl sa, she ae wou e open an ac-| As w week usiness sed wit ‘count with you. He is a depositor, I believe?” june ‘soon Mr. Warren had enough to do to keep himsel: es, mglam. I sha Soreneimeatal zens : ved, during ofice hours, while fon bet lara t, ; ai addie also had nibre, errands to run, which an

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~ 16 of D. & L. he could find, on the quiet, at about 60, same to be delivered C. O. D. at the Manhattan National. Fred lost no time getting on the job, which promised to net him a big commission. It took him just two days to exhaust the district, and he corralled 70,000 shares in that time, ‘ His commission amounted to $8,750. Seon after Dora came to work for Fred he invited her to go to the theatre with his sister and himself. She accepted and the three young people enjoyed them- ‘selves very much. One rainy and foggy afternoon, about two o’clock, Fred got an order from Mr. Opdyke to go to Jersey City, to the office of a certain firm of brokers, and buy a large block of Mon- 4 ‘tana Copper for him at a given price. There was about $1,500 commission in it for him if he suc- ceeded in ‘securing the shares, and Fred was more than anxious to earn the money. The operator had sent him a check for the value of the stock, which he was instructed to turn into his own bank and draw up his personal check for a similar amount, have it certified by the bank, and carry it over with him. Fred left Mr. Opdyke’s check with his bookkeeper to deposit with other funds later on, wrote out his own check and had it certified on his way to the Jersey City ferry. It was a nasty day on the river, the boat had to feel its way across and Fred did not reach the brokers’ office until close on to three. : He had no difficulty in making the sale, however, but as the firm had hypothecated the stock they could not deliver it that afternoon. ; They agreed to send the certificates to Fred’s office before _-- noon next day: e : - . his was satisfactory to the young banker, as the firm was be a responsible one, and he left their office to return to the Sah FOryy. ; ; r - Not being any too familiar with Jersey City, Fred got con- fused by the fog, and walked some distance out of his way ‘along the waterfront. Bi: ‘As soon as the young banker was satisfied that’he had lost his bearings completely he stepped into a small cigar store and inquired his way to the ferry, Coes Two rough-looking men who were hanging about the place followed him out and kept close at his heels as he retraced ‘his steps. . Pie 0 oe Ser As he was passing an unoccupied building, they suddenly jumped upon him from behind, tripped him up and choked Ge into insensibility in spite of the vigcrous resistance he _ put up. a, vy fx* _ Then, carrying him between them, as if he was helplessly intoxicated, they made their way some distance down the ‘street to a low-class rum mill and sailors’ boarding-house, into which they entered. ; _ After a short conference with the mam behind the bar, who _ appeared to be the proprietor, they carried him upstairs to a ‘room and Jaid him on a bed. - Then they leisurely took his watch and chain, studs, scarf- » and elenthomer loose money he had on his person, after ch they left the room, locking the door. Fred lay, like a dead one for severa] hours, during which he s once visited by the landlord, ; En fact, it was eight o’clock, and pitch dark outside, by the time he recovered his senses, sat up in the bed, and began to wonder where he was, and what had happened to him. 4 ‘As soon as he realized that he was sitting on a bed he y that he was in a room. in some house. : Fred rose from thé bed and began to grope his way about “ a4 ag hear the ! f glasses in Satin tad, peross does: bielon,.but rroom two floors below,, me ad of A GOLDEN SHOWER.— i For the first time the seriousness of his situation began to dawn upon him. ; He had evidently fallen into the hands of a pretty bad lot. How was he to get out of the trap? He threw himself down on the bed and began to consider ° what he should do. While he was turning the subject over in his mind, he heard footsteps in the corridor outside. They paused before his door, a key rattled in the lock, the door opened and a short, thick-set man, with a candle im his fingers, entered the room, : : Fred, on the impulse of the moment, feigned unconscious- ness. The man approached the bed and looked down at him. “He’s a long time insensible,” the fellow muttered. “Dor- © gan and his pal must have squeezed the life out of him almost. I reckon he’s good for another“hour, maybe two, yet. Well, so much the better. He’ll be as weak as a cat when he comes to, so I won’t have much trouble giving him the dope. I must take a look in at the sea cap’n now, and see how he’s gettin’ on. Along toward midnight we’ll dump the cap’n into the river and ship this young chap aboard the Windsor Castle. Before I let him go { must take off his geod clothes and rig him out in a suit of slops. They’ll stand me in a couple of bones, at any rate, and everythin’ is fish that comes to my net. I wonder how he panned out to Dorgan? The fellow wouldn’t tell me, but I have an idea he had a watch, and a pin in his tie. Yes, I’m sure of it,” he said, bending down and feeling ~ of Fred’s four-in-hand, and then flashing, the candle light over his vest. “Dorgan is a close rascal—a mighty close one.” He turned and moved toward the door. > : In an instant Fred had conceived a ‘plan of escape and. was on his feet. He tore the rude coverlet from the bed, with a sweep of his arm, and jumped on the thick-set man as he was in the act of leaving the room. He enveloped the rascal’s head and arms with the folds of the spread and tripped him upon the floor. The candle fell and was extinguished in the struggle that ensued. \ CHAPTER XIV. : “ CAPTAIN STORMS. Fred was a strong boy and he was desperately in earnest. The man was tough and even stronger, but the young banker had taken him by surprise, and his head being com- pletely covered with the coverlet, which half smothered him, he was placed at a great) disadvantage. Fred knelt on his chest and pressed the Coverlet close about his face. : ; The man’s struggles became weaker and weaker as the lack of ait got the better of him, but finally he lay quite still and inert. \. Fearful of smothering him completely, Fred removed the coverlet from his face. ah ee The fellow was unconscious, ; Although the door had been open all this time the corri- dor was dark and silent. ie. ‘ None of the inmates of the house was stirring in that direction. : ; “Yl have to bind and gag this scoundrel,” thought Fred, — “for he may recover his senses any moment and make trouble _ for me. I wish I had a light.” : He felt in the man’s pocket and found several matches. — = used one to strike a light and ignite the wick of the candle, : : : ; Then he shut the door from prudent motives. Tea strips from the spread, he tied the raseal’s arm securely ind his back. — * FZ - Then he gagged him with another strip, and with a third bound his ankles together. lifted the helpless man onto footboard. : : ‘the light and aaron put the key

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~ Ocean I A GOLDEN SHOWER. -A man with a lamp in his hand was coming along the second landing. Fearing’ that the newcomer Was eoming upstairs, Fred retreated back along the corridor. ' Coming in contact with a door, he tried ‘the handle, but it was locked. : } ' The key, however, was in the lock. : turned it, opened -the door and entered the room, which was as dark as the ace of spades. _He took the precaution to remove the key from the out- side, lest through the cropping up of some unexpected com- bination he might find himself locked in once more. Reap he struck a match to see what kind of a room he ‘as in. It was a small bedroom similar to the one he had been a prisoner in himself. On the bed, fully dressed, and unconscious of his ‘Sur- roundings; lay a well-built: man of middle age. e looked more like the mate or captain of some vessel. —_ the table stood a bottle and two nearly empty tum- ers. ’ Also an open pocketbook, several letters, and papers. It instantly occurred to Fred that this must be the sea captain that he had heard the rascal, whom he had over- come, muttering about while he bent over him prior to his break for liberty. . Fred struck another match and lit the-sandle he still held in his hand. He now took a closer look at the man on the bed. He appeared to be between fifty and sixty years of age, his face was heavily bearded, of an iron-gray tint, and he had a thick head of hair of the’Same color. : His hands were large, thick, and almost as hard as a rock. There was an air of almost childlike innocence about him that singularly impressed the boy. He glanced at the table again. The pocketbook looked as if it held money. ; “Whatever he possessed, they’ve cleaned him out com- piSelys thought Fred. \ echanically he picked up one of the letters. “This will probably tell me his name,” muttered the young banker, bringing the envelope close to the candle and looking at the superscription. This is what he saw: ; “Captain Ezra Storms, Ship Golden Hope, Care of Lazard Egret reed en i at 4 « eavens!” ped Fred, dropping the envelope from his trembling hand. “Dora’s father!” Re He stood for some moments like a statue; staring at the pocketbook and the other envelopes beside it, then, as if waking from some unpleasant dream, he grabbed another letter and looked at it. “Captain Ezra Storms, Care of Poindexter & Co., 16 Crown Street, Capetown, South Africa,” and in the’ corner,: “Ship Golden Hope.” 5 | “That’s Dora’s writing, I’ll swear,” breathed Fred, ex-! - ¢itedly. “This man. on the bed seems to be her father past | any doubt. Where has he been these two vears since the Golden Hope left Bombay for New York? What became of the Golden Hope and her crew? No word has ever reached either owners or consignees from the day she hauled out of | the harbor and set her sails to the breezes of the Arabian | Sea. Lost, of course, somewhere along her trackless course. | peeeeay she foundered in one of those simoons of the Indian read about, And yet here is her captain in Jersey City, after two years of mysterious silence, Clearly he es- eaped from the wreck if no one else did. How did, he escape? And how account for the fact that he’s been for over twenty-five months?” ; His wife and daughter had not yet he might yet return to gladden their. h at Fred knew; but they were in that fave are “hope deferred maketh the heart sick.” ate edd Leste The owners of the Golden Hope, with offices pear Hanover claims against her, and closed If Fred needed indisputabl : soon found it in a small flap in the,shap of Dora Sea bars My hers e ne thing to be Fr. " done, and that was He Brod to & neatby. deng-atdre, opened un acne. proof of the captain’s identit puaiceti Ween eo ply stated the facts to the offer eet graph] in change. vagon Was sent with Ralf a dozen “As soon as these turned up at the drug-store, be must save the captain from the fate these rascals had enarked out for him. He replaced the letters in the pocketbook and put it in his own pocket. ; Then he shook the captain roughly and succeeded in par- ally arousing him from his stupor. 3 sf The moment he stopped Captain Storms fell back into his former state. , “T}] have to make my own escape, take note of the house and tell the first policeman I meet of the captain’s peril,” thought Fred. “I don’t see what else I can do under the cir- cumstances.” ! - As a precautionary measure he locked the. skipper of. the Golden Hope in the room and put the key in his pocket. Then in the darkness he started downstairs. __ He met no one on his road and finally groped his way to a door that. he believed opened on the street. : To his right was another door, under which a light flashed, and through which he heard the rattle of glasses and the talk of half-drunken men. “That’s a barroom,” he thought, as he fumbled for the handle, of the front door. andle, of the fron’ locked, but bolted as well. The door was not only Hie dineevered the latter fact when the door refused to budge after he had unlecked it, Liga his hand up a Boer; H y it tiously back. : Still ‘the door hell, so he ran his hand down till he came to another bolt. When this yielded to I walked out into the arms of a policeman, mistily through the dense fog. ti he found a big bolt. his fingers the door opened and he whose form loomed CHAPTER XV. ‘CONCLUSION. The policeman seized Fred bv the arm and — keenly into his face. ° He was rather surprised to see one of the boy’s gentle- manly appearance issuing from a building with whose shad character he was sufficiently well acquainted. . “Well.” he said, gruffly and suspiciously, “who are you, young fellow?” : aL ain Pred Sparks, a Wall Street banker and broker.” “Tg that so? What are you doing in that house?’ _ “It’s a den of thieves and murderers, isn’t it?” said Fred. “Is it? It’s‘one of the toughest joints in Jersey City. But you ought to know what it is, seeing that you have just come out of. it.” R 2 “All I know is that I was waylaid and knocked out some- where’ along the: water-front, not far from the ferry, this afternoon by two rascals, who, while I was unconscious, brought me to this house and locked me in a room on the third floor. They cleaned me out of everything I had about me. -What else they meant to do to me | cannot say, but they must have had other designs, or they wouldn’t have > kept me a prisoner. I managed to escape from the room overcoming a man who came up there to look at me. bound and gagged him, and locked him in the room. That’s 4) the whole story as far as I am concerned.” a “If your yarn is true, yo man, you are lucky to’ get away with eg life. You had better make ourself scarce around these diggings if you e: to get entirely.” “T intend toa you have helped me rescue a sea captain ) lai lies drugged 3 a back room om the third floor.” iy be tain?” ag a He's ‘another victim, and is incapable of cacaing, at by himself.. They mean to. throw him into the river fore morning. _We must save him ationce. I know his wife and = daughter, and I’m ready to risk my life in his behalf” “It’s oe any mas both our lives ave worth to be caught in « building.” ie “ky 9 al ae wea ct something must be dong,” said Fred, excitedly. “The only thing we can do is to pull the house, eile with me. ran telephone for a patrol wagon and several offi- — ;, tps ; Ps *) ™® sano at *

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18 JET ae te ST Sia ate See officer boarded it and the wa the sailors’ boarding house. Three policemen entered the barroom and overawed the crowd, while Fred, with the rest, marched upstairs, The young banker led them to the room where he had locked in Captain Storms, and the unconscious skipper was taken down to the wagon. Fred then showed the officers the man he had knocked out, who was recognized as the proprietor of the house, and was arrested. As Fred couldn’t identify the men who had assaulted and robbed him, no further arrests were made started for the station. it ap eiesate Here Fred told his story, the ee e risoner was interrogated e with little suecess, and was locked up, while a doctor Otter i a while succeeded in bringing Captain Storms to his senses, a His story was simple. He had arrived in New York that forenoon in the ba Sitka, which had taken him off an island in te Lidia pBerid where his ship, the Golden Hope, had been lost. 5 _ His two mates and part of the crew had escaped the wreck = also; the entire party after surviving their sequestration on the island, and its attendant hardships, being taken off a by the Sitka seven weeks since, = The bark, after passing quarantine, had started in tow " of a tug for her wharf in Jersey City to discharge a consign- ent of merchandise intended for’ immediate shipment to enton, but being overtaken bythe fog had come to anchor for the time being not far from the Jersey shore. ‘ The captain, anxious to reach his wife and daughter, whom = he believed were mourning him as dead, induced the captain a of a1 bark to put him ashore at the nearest wharf, which was done. He had covered half the distance to the ferry when he became confused in the fog and strange locality. and finally applied to two rough-looking men io be directed to his des- tination. eS They agreed to show him the way. DN On the road they said they felt thirsty, and asked the cap- tain to treat. t Bs _. He consented to do so, in consideration of their apparent eee Pare and they led him into a barroom along the water- fron ae They sat down at a table, had one round of drinks together, . and that was all the captain remembered until he came to his senses in the station house. sy, * 9” He said he would be able to identify the men who had | ¥9%. do that, sweetheart? Will you? & . drugged him, so two detectives were sent out to see what they could bag. : __. Fred then explained to the captain how-he had himself been treated in much the same way, only he had not been _ drugged, and told Captain Storms, how he had found him stupefied on a bed in the third floor room of the house, how he had ag on the proprietor mutter that he was to be dumped _ Into the bay during the night, and how he had Sieceedaat in _ gettine away from the building himself and bringing. the Pethe skipper of the lost Gold Wwe skipper of the lost Golden Hope was very grateful to the plucky boy for saving his life, and assured him that h - would never forget the obligation. pie rhe acs ‘ : And now, my lad, if you are -go'with you, for I am wild aS ae be away, but two years has been added to that time. 1 don’t even know if they are alive,” he added, in a trembling voice, “nor what trouble they may have had to face because amy unexplained absence. Tt is more than likely that they ete ter aa 1 ed these teen ee ole ss ow ~ . : rest till I do find them.” =” ™ Mat ou needn’t worry, Captain Storms,” interposed Fred him by the hand, “! can take you to your wife pter Fight away” © i ly dear boy, bay 3 me ha fs at once. Yoo cannot guess n to clasp es i CO emda them once more ; \ s fi rnin, pt cur xed for the time I expe 1 ing back to New York I! th anxiety about. my wife | and |} A GOLDEN SHOWER. / —_—$—$<$— — $ gon presently drew up in front of| and 120th Street, half a block from the house where Mrs. Storms and her daughter lived. It was eleven o’clock when they reached the house. Fred rang the bell connecting with the Storms’ apartments vigorously, and in a few minutes the street door was opened. They entered and Fred led the wer up. “You had better remain here till I break the news of your return,” said Fred, when they reached the second floor. The impatient captain reluctantly consented. Then Fred continued on up the next flight. Mother and daughter had retired, but the strenuous way their bell had rung had aroused them, and putting on 4 wrapper, Mrs. Storms came to the door to see/what was the meaning of the strange summons. “It’s me, Mrs. Storms,” said Fred, in answer to her “Who is there?” : She threw the door open instantly in great surprise, | “Why. Mr. Sparks!” she cried. “Is anything wrong? Dora heard the name and got into a wrapper, too, in some little excitement. “Nothing wrong, Mrs. Storms, but I have brought you won- derful news.” “What do you mean?” rey “Can you bear a great surprise? “A great surprise?” e ; “Yes, your husband——” “My husband!” she gave a gasp and would have fallen but ag Fred’s strong arm. ora gave a scream. Bil: The paneer below heard it and could not restrain himself. He rushed up the fiight and dashed into the room, crying “Mary! Dora!” , Feed thought it was time for him to leave, and did so. Next morning Pee _ cows on time at the office, but she was a different looking girl. Her face reflected a great happiness that added a new loveliness to each feature. When Fred came in she rushed over to his desk, put her arms around his neck and kissed him impulsively. _ “You brought papa home to us. You saved his life last night. He told us all, and we can never be grateful enough to you as long as we live.” _ : X “Yes, you can, Dora,” he said, taking her hands and looking into her shining eyes and blushing face. -“You can easily square the account by consenting to become my wife,. Will ‘ “Yes, dear Fred. I am yours now and forever. = Six months later they were married in a little cottage in the Bronx that Fred had purchased and presented to the cap- tain and his wife. ; Edith Sparks was bridesmaid and Will Robson best man. Prominent among those present on this delightful occasion was William Opdyke, the millionaire operator, and he gave the bride a costly set of diamonds that she wore during the marriage service, in connection with the diamond sunburst and shower of golden stars her husband had presented her with, and which shone with great brilliancy on her lovely neck, hen Fred got back from his wedding trip he took up his ee in a house he had purchased in his mother’s name, and Dora became its mistress. ; q : Mrs. Sparks and Edith lived with them, while Captain Storms and his wife were constant visitors, dining with their daughter and son-in-law two or three times a week. By this: time Fred established his banking business on a substantial footing, while his brokerage department was gain- ing new customers right along. Se He could sign ack sept Be pecennasie a Se q : fod lion, and Joe Yardley did not doubt the fact in ‘the mpoth = ané@ Will Robson are now working for him, the tter hoping ultimately to me cashier when Mr. Warren seen declave thes they have. the Senet aud smartanr omployee t e ve id sma employer men, e that they state he wes tnade at i | - he showed the : when he branched out as A’ BOY BANKER. Next week's issue will contain “MAKING A RECORD; OR, THE PLUCK OF A WORKING BOY.” JEUE | 7 ~

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. CURRENT NEWS - Leo Palace, two years old, of Joliet, Ill., was at- tacked by a rooster which he was trying to chase, and as a result is in a serious condition. The rooster ‘turned on him and the baby, in endeavoring to es- cape, fell. The rooster pecked him in the head, striking a suture in the child’s skull with his beak, rendering it unconscious. A bolt of lightning struck the chimney of the H. W. McFerren house in Tiffin, Ohio, during a heavy electrical storm. The bolt did not disturb either the brick or the plaster, but followed the chimney to _ the interior of the house, where it struck a clock on a mantelpiece and scattered the wheels and other workings all over the floor. There was no other damage. . ‘ a, ¢ A radio station has been installed and is now in operation at Navassa Island Light Station, West Indies, now under construction. This radio station is operated at present by the contractors for the erection of the light station, and it will be operated by the United States Lighthouse Service when the light station shall have been completed. The call letters of the station are WON. ‘ \ Six thousand dollars in gold and silver currency was ploughed up on the form of the late Calvin Evans, near Magazine, Ark., by his son-in-law. _ Evang’ children say the money was buried by their father, who died, refusing to tell where his ‘wealth was concealed. The sum represents pension money Evans drew from the Government in the last twenty years. He never used a cent of his pension. As soon as his voucher arrived he always cashed it and then buried the money. ip From the numerous reports that have been re- ceived from the Allied front in the Picardy district —the scene of the great drive—it is learned that the French have made extensive use of aeroplanes equipped with wireless for the purpose of gun-spot- ting. One report states that a French battery dropped four shells in succession on a bridge four- teen miles away, the accuracy of the fire being due to an aeroplane flying eo the mark, fitted with wire- less equipment. The observer signaled back the ef- fect of the fire to the battery commander with ap- _ parently telling results. . — | A correspondent at St. John’s College, Annapolis, _ Md., sends the following information as to the num- -.ber of men in the college now serving with the National Guard. “This college,” he writes, “fur- 4 the student body, and the other platoon is composed of former ri sage. of the college. Approximately one-third of the student body of this college went to the border in various organizations of the Mary- land National Guard. Every student of the college is required to live the life of a-soldier and drill from one to two hours daily while at college.” The system of wire-dragging for unchartered ob- structions to navigation, recently described in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, has proved its value at Salem, Mass., where the wire drag has led to the finding of rocks in the entire approach to Salem, some of them in the main ship channel for deep-draft vessels. In this channel depths from one to two fathoms less than charted were found, and, in consequence, the channel for deep-draft ves- sels has been narrowed sufliciently to require care- ful piloting to insure safety. The Coast and Geo- detic Survey has temporarily buoyed.a safe channel. Tests of a new type of liquid fire for military use have been made recently at the Frankfort Arsenal at Philadelphia, Pa., according to the Boston Tran- script. The liquid fire was invented by a chemist named Julius Dolges, and is said to be as near safe to the men handling it as can be desired, and can © be turned on the.enemy in the form of liquid fire that cannot be extinguished and will continue to burn for days; it can be employed as a cloud of heavy, dense smoke that affects the lungs and causes" those who inhale it to choke; or it can be combined with chlorine or cyanide and result in terrible dev- astation to an enemy> It is also stated that furthe tests of the chemical are to be made at Fort Han- cock, N. Y. ; ra M ’ 2s The fifht of Antoine Marchal, an aviator in the — French army, is unique in many ways. First of all, he captured the world’s record for a non-stop flight by flying 807 miles, from Nancy to Chelm, Russian’ Poland, by way of Berlin. His mount was a special — Cheha: Le A Po oe ee Sea Sige ee tae © < yaw ies weight-carrying Nieuport monoplane. The second — point is that in passing over the German capital he released large numbers of proclamations, which, - — needless to state, were far more impressive on the _ * German minds than if he had dropped explosive bombs, resulting in great loss of life in the crowded city. Third point, his capture when within pet to the aviator, who, after landing to cha of the spar more plugs that need changing. It was while oa of the Russian lines must have been a great blow — two - plugs of the engine, discovered two _ chang- — ing the latter that he was captured by Austrian

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FAME AND Pia cunasdes nee aroma tei WEEKLY, TURNED OUT WEST THE BOY WHO ans A GOLD MINE See CHAPTER XII. THE MYSTERY OF THE MINE. / “Compared with the dangers of the slide, the ‘‘hole in the wall”. was nothing. The bed of the creek here seemed to be filled with _ small, round stones, which caused the horses to _ stumble about a bit, but that was the worst. The cave, however, fairly reeked with saline _ moisture. bs The boys could smell the sour alkali which, evap- ee: orating from the creek, was deposited all over the rocks, giving the walls a ghastly. white appearance. “Tf this is the style around here, Jack, it may account for the ghosts,” remarked Leon, as they. é advanced. “Don’t know,” replied Jack. “I wouldn’t pretend to say. My father was a superstitious man, I will cadet, but all the same, he was no fool. What he saw must have had some foundation, in fact. He knew all about the alkali. I don’t see how it can be as you say.’ -. They advanced slowly, but the mile was soon cov- ‘ed, and now they began to see light ahead. In a few minutes they came out into the open. to ‘find themselves in a valley a little wider than the one\they had left, but of the samé general character, just a great slit in the gigantic cliffs, here fully three usand feet high and entirely inaccessible. This then was the Jesuits’ valley, but where was mine? he boys rode on slowly, surveying the cliffs on er side. Leon was thinking of his dead father, and how, s before, he had passed over this very ground, et e to his eyes—he could not stop them. ~ saw and understood, coming in’ with: sym: |an in his rough way. j king of the old man?” he naid.. “Pshaw, t's the use? I loved my father as well as you yours, Leon, but we've all got to die some and pop died with his” boots on, which was e way he wanted to go. Cut it out, now. I we have reached the end of our trail, all right.” . pointed ahead to. Bs a Sus ig as S.PeeL a ‘ta pot seen. a hut s close sae cliffs. Es as igs Pig By GASTON GARNE ‘ (A SERIAL STORY) “That’s Jesuit work for you!” cried Jack. “See, it’s all built of stone and not even a dab of adobe between. I’ve seen Jesuit houses before, down in Chihuahua, and that’s the way they are always built.” he hut was “certainly an ancient structure. There it stood, just four bare stone walls and the earth for a floor. , ~ Whatever the roof might have been made of, it had long since vanished. As a shelter it was worthless, but the hut had been noted on the map, and Leon realized that they hee reachéd the mine at last. They now dismounted, hobbled their horses, un- loaded the pack horse, which Jack had been lead- ing, and prepared to go in camp. Night’ was now close upon them, but Leon’s anx- iety to locate the mine was so great that he would not even stop to put up the tent. / “We can do that later,” he said. “Come on, Jack, and let’s see if we can’t find the mine.’ of the cliff. , There was not the least trouble. an ore pile ahead of them. * There was an immense quantity of the stuff; the pile towered higher than their heads up on the side of the cliff. Reached by an easy ascent was the entrance to a tunnel, hollowed out in the rock by the hand of man. “We are up to it!” cried Jack. “There’s your mine, Leon! For heaven’s sake, will you look at this ore! No wonder pop used to rave over it. Just see the gold!”’ Jack picked up a, big lump, and Leon got hold of another. _ It was white, ataty quartz, very brittle and filled with tiny specks of. gold. thick. It was so heavy that he could hardly lift it. “Ah, that’s great goods!” cried Jack. “ saw it’s equal. Why, the oré from the Virgo Mine isn’t to be named i in the same day with this.” “Tt seems to be all alike,” said. — throwing down.his piece and picking up another. “How muich you! careaitit steag pile. sce a A?” - iy ae Before they had proceeded twenty yards they saw. Jack agreed, and they pushed on along the line Leon’s piece was about a‘ foot long and six inches © never —

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cn : y eB, met FAME AND FORTUNE lars in it,” replied Jack... “It’s a great find, and something ought to be made out of it. If we had to _carry such ore as this up the slide, piece by piece, it would still pay.” “And to think that this stuff has been lying here undisturbed for two hundred years,’ said Leon. “Why, we can scarcely realize it.” “Come on!” cried Jack. ‘“Let’s go for the ghosts. I’m going to have a look into that hole.’ Jack made a dash up the hill, but Leon called ‘him back. “We want our lanterns, I suppose?” he said. “Of course. -Go for them, Leon. One will be -enough. I'll meet you at the mine,” When Leon, with his lantern, got up to the mouth _ of the tunnel, he found Jack standing outside, look- ing grave.” “What in thunder is the matter with you?” de- - manded Leon. ‘Have you seen the ghost?” ge “Well, then, there’s something going on in there, _ replied Jack. “Just you listen.” _ “T hear nothing.” ~ . “No, but you will in a minute. comes again!” Now a strange sound broke upon the stillness. at was tke a cry of distress from some perishing ‘man. . 7 tvider and louder it rose until the tunnel seemed 3 : _ “Oh, there are thousands and thousands of dol- y’ Oe ee PR: Ee as en le eee Se Bari Hark! There it = =! > itil moan. Leon ‘Jooked at Jack in a puzzled way, _- “What on earth is it?” he demanded. “Give it up! I never” heard anything like it = A Before.” “It sounds habily enough. ~ “Don’t it? I ain’t san al now so much as I was that pop didn’t want to come back here.” = “How many times have you heard it?” “This makes the second.” ; “Did you go in there?” - “You bet I didn’t. I’m not amthitioud to bches view the ghosts.’ a> “hie - “Ghosts nothing! Jack, it’s ridiculous. I’m sorry s you have got that notion in your head.” __ “Who could = it after what we have just heard?” Leon laughed. “And that’s the Pos we fall ace first fire,” he cried. “If there were half a dozen of your Arizona - badmen insjde there you wouldn’t hesitate an in- unt to draw your gun and go in and face them.” ‘And that’ 's right, too, boy; but hat rey By! cit just gets away with : _ “Well, all right,” said Le hat | find out about it all »|their feet, and on.the ground before them lay a ih? coe OF corse that must ave told hy ear wh WEEKLY. 21 “That be blowed! Of course I’ll go with you,” said Jack. ‘Come ahead.” It was go ahead instead of come, for Jack had no notion of leading. the way. Leon, flashing his lantern before him, pushed on into the tunnel. It was but a narrow affair driven into the side. of the mountain about fifty feet. It cut right through the vein, and the boys, as they advanced, could see the gold glittering on both sides. “This is a wonderful mine, Leon,” said Jack. “Rich is no name for it. I don’t know what your father meant by calling it a prospect, unless Leon! For heaven’s sake, look! Look!” Suddenly there was a flash of light on ahead, and as Jack exclaimed, Leon caught sight of two tall, white forms right ahead, standing with arms out- Ss stretched. 4 a They wore long, white robes which flowed about = third form stretched out at full length. +5 “The ghosts!” gasped Leon. ins At the same instant the light vanished, and that ve unearthly ery was heard again. 2 It was too much for Jack Fox. soak ae He took to his heels and’ran out of the tunnel; but Leon held his ground, listening to the weird — cry which now echoed and re-echoed through we tunnel of the old Jesuit mine. AR ae CHAPTER XIII. THE MYSTERY OF THE GHOST EXPLAINED. “Leon! - “Come out of — that!” aA Leon paid no heed. * The ery was now dying away intoa moan. “T’ll find out what it means if I die for it,” ‘thot the brave boy, and he started ahead. But Leon received his check before he had gor ten feet. 3 Suddenly a voice, deep and resonant, i through the tunnel. “Back! Turn back, rash mortal!” came des “Be warned while there is time, for to advat death '” 7 It was too much even for Leon, and he took his heels, never stopping till he joined Jack at t bottom of the slope. . “So you did come back, did you?” demanded t you wouldn't be able to stand the re ear?” asked Leon, whose white nae of nthe Sate, ne: hati Leon!” shouted Jack. ‘Did, you hear

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Ss ee fe ae ee Ts > / - pounds. - 22 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. | A | FACTS WORTH READING GROWTH OF THE TILEFISH FISHERY. The efforts of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries to add tilefish to the American dietary have met with great success. Prior to October, 1915, this fish was practi- cally unknown in the markets. During June, 1916, the receipts At New York amounted to 1,126,000 The total sales of tilefish since this fishery was established were more than four million pounds up, to June 30, having a first value exceeding $200,000. ISLAND MOVING DOWN RIVER, Ed Scheibe, caretaker at the Eagles’ Nest camp, came to Alton, Ill., to inform the owners of the ‘camp that the island was coming toward Alton. Ac- cording to the story he told, the head of the island is being ‘cut off by the river and more dirt is being added to the foot of the island. This process is going on at the rate of several feet per month. The island is six miles above Alton. According to the way the caretaker has it figured, Eagles’ Nest, if it keeps on for the next 1,000 years at the rate it is slipping at the present time, it will be directly “opposite Alton. $50,000 BURGLARY. _. Burglars took $50,000 in booty from the home of John Birkenhauer, No. 284 Mount Prospect avenue, Newark, N. J. It comprised bonds valued at $30,- 000 and jewelry worth $20,000. The family has been at its summer home near Greenwood Lake since mks June. Mr. Birkenhauer and his wife visited house and discovered the robbery. ; many old heirlooms. \ Pacific Ocean and return for breeding purposes to the Pribilof Islands, says Dr. Hugh M. Smith in the National Geographic Magazine. After being sadly decimated by indiscriminate slaughter at sea, the herd has been rapidly recuperating under the influence of an international agreement, and soon the fur seals may be as numerous ‘as when they came into the possession of the United States Gov- ernment with the purchase of Alaska. The fact that the only land to which these ani- mals ever resort is two islets in-Bering Sea belong- ing to the United\ States, gives our government a claim to possession such as is exercised over no other wild creatures of water, land or air. ; In the summer of 1916 more than 100,000 young seals will have been added to the Alaskan seal herd, whose total strength will then be upward of 400,- 000 individuals of all classes. For some years only a limited number of seals have been utilized for the food purposes of the natives; but after the pres- ent close-time law expires, in 1917, there will be available for commercial use many young male seals, which add nothing to.the reproductive capacity of the herd and may properly be utilized for their skins and other products. nin Sea: is to's bs diy NEW COAL DEPOSIT. Coal is the only topie of conversation in the works of the Norwalk Lock Company, South Norwalk, Conn., at present, an ton is on the lips of all hts shopmates. He has just found that there is coal on his place on Centre street, and if he is anxious to find out how much there is of it, the men in‘the room where he is a By ». They found the front door forced open and a safe| foreman are, if possible, more curious than he. and empty. In this safe Mr. Birkenhauer kept | bonds and the family jewelry, which consisted | field back of his house. He said the bonds aré¢ not! deep, and in the bottom of it the men found a layer le. They are securities of the Hygeia Brew-|of black, rocky-like substance. As it was near night About six years ago Morton had a well dug ina This well is about 11 feet a ‘Company of Passaic, the Essex County Brewing | and he wished to finish that day, he did not stop to pai’ y of Newark. lar took a silver service set. to. show force had been used on the safe. 0 make sure it was closed, Birkenha er is an No marks were Birkenhauer believes the theft was committed esday night, as about nine o'clock that evening tive, who was passing, stepped up to the front of the Essex County of Newark, and the Union Brewing Com-| examine it, only taking a couple.of small pieces as specimens and covering p the well. These piéces m a chest in Mrs, Birkenhauer’s room, the;he teok to the shop. and threw in his desk, doing . nothing with them since, except to oceasionally show | them to some one, But last week Morton sent one of the pieces to the Hartford Laboratory Company of No. 112 High street, Hartford, Conn. He has just received their report of the analysis, which shows that the sample was a very good grade of bituminous coal, ‘Since this teport he has decided to hire men, and pel the * and determine the an. os pwihe, wa ter that remain meting: ee a {m, bapa “on the ate of any pi a the name of Alexander Mor- _ a

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bf E>" e Nat eh ath ~ereet) eee ee ep oe Pe PL ae Oe ee eee Tae ei eh ee - the’ fellows are up there. *s Mt f "i n SAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. HAL, THE THE REN TIRES 3 aa ERD POOR BOY oF TWO ORPHANS KING # (A SERIAL STORY)- CHAPTER XX (Continued). “Oh, Quash! I didn’t know! I’m all used up!” “So was I, but I got bettah. Where’s 2222?” Se ' left him at Colonel Crofut’s house. A lot of When he was at last caught’ stealing and sent to the convict camp, the good people of Wangs Valley breathed a sigh of relief. Slickens’ mother had been hunted by bioodhounde They mean to rob the|through the very swamp where the convict cmp _ house and kill the colonel’s daughter, and 2222 sent |was located. __me for help, but I-can’t find any one to a and I|, This was in the good old days “befo’ de wah,” int now! guess I’m on the wrong road.. Mt “You are in de swamp.” _ “How did you get off the island, Quash?” “Don’t know. I ’specs I must hab been looney for / a while. When I came to my senses I found myself _ in dese here woods, an’ I jest managed to find de road when—listen! Dere comes:somebody on a hoss. Let's hide, 2222!” But Terry was still too weak to move, _ When he stood on his feet, his head began buzzing } again, and he tumbled over into. Quash’s arms. On came the horseman at furious speed. Terry was to make more troubie in a moment, for the sight of the naked colored boy supporting - the animated pair of trousers fixed the horse all right. __A tall, elderly man, mounted on a gray gelding, : came dashing up. “Out of the way there!” he yelled, as the horse began to shy. He struck at them with his whip. the most foolish thing he could have done, for the crack of the lash only alarmed’ the en sean beast all the more, The next the hoys knew, the old man was lying - face downward in the road, while the gray gelding went dashing off This is ard Water Valley at top speed. “Oh! Oh! s too much!” groaned Terry, rather reviving prs the sheck. “I’ve killed a man That’s what these infernal trousers have Pe. . “Tf dat’s so, den yo" tee killed Colonel Crofut!” - replied Quash. : ere at all, = sma he!” “For ez suah sr ot, anion | de, Na = yale i (CHAPTER XXI._ \ why a: as ever | “lived on ive now Slickens was very much of the bloodhound nature himself. If there was a man in Mississippi who could trail another through the swamp, bloodhound fashion, and never let up until he was run down and done to death, Slickens was that man. Slickens could have caught up with Hal if he had. chosen. The reason he did not choose was ects Hal was going in just the way he wanted him to,go, and Slickens was the kind who knew how to bide his time. At last, Hal ceased to hear his footsteps” alto. gether. : A great sense of relief came to the hunted boy. and gone off in another direction, but he never made = a bigger mistake in his life. Hal staggered on a bit further, ‘and ants down by the side of a hollow tree. self. “I am terribly worried about her.” 5 He thought of the money. ~ ibe 3: : Really it had been worth while to laid the a 4 He thought that Slickens had given up the chase if - “T must get back to Miss Netta,” he said to him- - on account of the money, no matter | what the: RE amount was. - Hal determined to go back. He got up and walked ground the tree, | , intealigy listening. , He could hear no sound except the hiring of t insects in the swamp. — He now started to retrace his ae but t bef had gone ten feet there came a sudden rush, and huge body was thrown violently against bis Ot a beating aap oer © Seer oae | It was terrible | Pie» sa, got

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24 de slip? Ha, boy, I’se bo’n an’ fotched up in de} . smell ob dis yere swamp! Keant no bloodhound nebber track no man like me!” “Slickens, don’t kill me!” panted Hal. “Yl tell you where there’s a lot of money if you won’t.” “Yah! Yah! I ’specs I knows whar de money am . Yight now, 2222. Yo’ bet I’se no fool!. I seen yo’ when yo’ took Old Marse Crofut’s cash out. ob dem _ book shelves. I seen yo’ when yo’ took Miss -Netta - to de cotton gin. g Gosh ermighty, 2222, yo’ is blamed slick, but Slickens am slicker ebery time.” _-Hal’s heart sank. All this time Slickens had him by the throat, and held him fast, but he did not choke him as hard as ae had expected he would. - But what of Netta? If Slickens had seen them enter the cotton gin, aide had watched Hal come out alone, then no doubt he had told others of the convict gang. Hal did not care so much about not being able to ___ go back to the gin now. ty He was well satisfied that Netta was not there. “Say, 2222,” said Slickens, after giving Hal an - extra pinch, “stand on yo’ feet, boy, an’ bress de - Lawd dat yo’ hab feet to stand on. Gib me yo’ hand, _, boy, an’ bress de Lawd dat yo’ hab a hand to gib “me. ’Cos why? De time am a-comin’ when yo’ ‘ won’t hab neither de one nor de odder, an’ dat’s i right.’ ” He pulled Hal up off the ground, and clutched him with a grip that there was no breaking.. “Whar am dat cash? ” he eried. “Whar am 1 dat ‘¢ash, 2222?” __ “In my coat pocket,” said Hal, hoarsely. of me, Slickens, and I'll get it out for you. gee! You hurt me so!” ‘paaglel hurt yo’ wuss fo’ long!” retorted the negro, = unning his other hand into Hal’s coat pocket. “He brought it out full of twenty-dollar bills, but were no pocket-books, ickens thrust the money into his own pocket h a satisfied chuckle, e then searched Hal from head to foot. ore twenty-dollar bills” were ey to light, Toe MS ee ee ee oa *, wae “Let go Oh, t t there was nothing doing in the poeket-book 43 f 2222, whar yo’ get all dat money?” Slickens “Dat ar ee come > front in s house.” 0,”-replied Hal, “but Th tell you. where it did from if you'll let. me go.” Whar’s dem black ‘paskel-books. dat yo! took e book shelves?” 4 a abet ay rN ui Nt ey min’ nuft in’! Let ed take ’em!. Sopod finde 5a. aed I seen =: tq ee ie Tale. ieee sa FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. “If you can make me tell what I don’t know, you'll do more than I think you can. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Slickens. Ain’t I one of you? Haven’t I suffered in the convict pen along with the rest? I’ll tell you where I got the money if you'll let me go.” “Yo'll tell dat anyway!” growled” Slickens, sav- agely. “Yo’ll tell de hull bizness. Yo’ll tell dat ar along wid de rest.” He clutched Hal’s hand with a firmer grip and |} hurried him on through the forest. Silence fell on both. Slickens was surly. é Hal began to feel terribly frightened, and was little disposed to talk. Where was this terrible bthek taking him? Slickens plunged into the very heart of the swamp. He seemed to know every tree, every turn aah twist, every hummock. He leaped from one to another, and went on with dry feet, while poor Hal was up to his knees in mud at every other step. At last they came to a sort of swamp island. They soon struck a knoll of higher land, after plunging through a dense tangle of cypress trees. Here stood an old miner’s log hut, of much the same appearance as the one on the island in the lake. Slickens paused, and still clutching Hal’s hand with that iron grip, said: “Say, 2222, do you know what dat ar am? I mean ~ . dat ar log house ober dar.” “No,” said Hal, .“I never was here before.” “An’ yo’ won't. neber come hyar no mo’, less yo’ tell me whar Marse Kun’l’s. two pocketbooks am, 2222. Dat ar am de voodoo temple, an’ I’m de voo- doo doctah. Many a niggah got his heart cut out in © dar, an’ it was roasted on de skillet, an’ more’n one white man, too. Say, 2222, dat’s what am zwine + ter happen ter your heart unless yo’ make up yo’ mind to tell.” “Slickens, you.are a fiend,” said Hal, “but Pve made up my mind to one thing. I can be just as stubborn as you are. 1 won’t tell.” “Oh, yes, yo’ will,” chuckled Slickens, ‘Yo’ seen me in de convict gang, an’ yo’ t’ink me jest de same as odder niggahs, only a little bracker mebbe. Yah! Yah! Yo’ don’t know me none, 2222. I’se a voodoo |doctah. I kin Taise up de spirits ob de dead. Yo’ tell or take yo’ chances wid de ghosts.” Hal thought he would far rather take his chances with such Ghosts as Slickens could raise than to take them with Slickens himself. Just then strains of wild music were heard in the ‘| direction of the hut... “What am dis? “What am dis?” cried Slickens. “De boys dar ahead ob me! Well! Well! _j Dey must done gone an’ ketched Missy Netta!” He dragged I Well! ag T’se}. ON a sks se nigetine. 8 as ey 1 ye pe aianeed an at A ns,

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Ne Nee ee Ae ee a. let Gag ynttee ; ae ‘ ~~ a PE 3 Gy ‘ og TIMELY AMERICAN SOCCER TEAM WINS IN SWEDEN. . The All-American soccer football team won a _ game in the international contest with the Swedish players by a score of 3 goals to’2, at Stockholm. C>H. Spalding, left-back, of the Disston Athletic Association, Philadelphia, and C. H. Ellis, of the Brooklyn Celtics, each scored a goal. The third goal for the Americans was won by free kicking. The game was a very fast one, despite the fact that it was raining and the ground was slippery. . MOORISH COURTESY. ' The following story is told of the visit of a Euro- pean diplomat to the Sultan of Morocco. During the audience, the visitor noticed with surprise that not one of the several clocks in the audience chamber _ Was going. He mentioned in as delicate a manner as possible to the Sultan that “his clocks had all _ stopped, and hinted that he would like to present him with one that could be relied upon. The Sultan thanked him with a smile, and added: “My clocks are excellent timekeepers. They were _ all going just before you came, but I had them _ stopped, as I did not desire during your Excellency’s all too brief visit to be reminded of the flight of i HAIL INSURANCE IN AMERICA. Though insurance against damage by hail is very ~ commonly practised over the greater part of Europe, : at: is comparatively rare in the New World. . The "provincial government of Alberta, Can., inaugurated a system of hail insurance some years ago, and in 1913 a similar enterprise was undertaken by the province of Saskatchewan. ‘The State of North _ Dakota provided hail insurance for its farmers as early as 1911. In 1913 the rate of premium under _ the State scheme was increased from 20 to 30 cents an acre and an official adjuster was appointed in each county. The rate applies to grain crops of z _ any. kind, and there is no limit to the amount of jnsurance that is accepted in a given section or - township. The commercial companies protect them- selves from the results of severe hailstorms of local _ extent by limiting the risks accepted in any one re- _ gion, and they also charg@ higher premiums in the western than in the eastern part of the State. The _ whole business 6f hailstorm insurance is still in a tentatiye state in this country, as statistics of hail _ damage are at present inadequate to gr a ccimeag sey basis for such busthess. Seb re ur re WORLDS LDS LARGEST FISH. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ig TOPICS Their gaping jaws opened as wide as garage doors, and were fully 9 feet across, with an opening of more than 6 feet in height. When this fish dined on his seafood, the American Boy explains, his jaws crunched down with the force of a hydraulic press, and ground, with teeth one-half foot high, the hun- dreds of bony fishes upon which he subsisted. This leviathan, called the Carcharodon Megalo- don, is one of the latest additions to the Hall of Fossil Fishes of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In the phosphate deposits off the coast of South Carolina were found a number of teeth ranging in size from 2 to 6 inches, and similar in shape to those of the great white shark or man- eater. The Carcharodon, according to the conclu- sions of the archeologists, was sharply a man-eater, in a larger edition. The teeth, of which a vast number were found, have been arranged at the museum in the same man- ner as they are found in the present man-eater. Comparing the size of the teeth of the restored Car- charodon with those of the largest living shark, whose teeth are 3 inches hi%h, and whose length is 40 feet, it is estimated that the Carcharodon Was at least 80 or 90 feet long. te THE CHANNEL TUNNEL. The present war has given new life to the enter- prise of building a railway tunnel beneath the Eng- lish Channel between Dover and Calais. Had the ‘tunnel- been in’ existence in 1914, the problem of conveying troops and supplies to the continent would have been greatly simplified, and the burden laid upon the British navy, in keeping open a channel ferry, would have been lightened. There are grow= t ing indications that one of the first engineering works to be undertaken at the conclusion of peace will be the driving of this tunnel through the under- lying chalk formation which exists in an unbroken stratum between the French and English coasts at nae ’ toy So seats eit ul ee Oe ee » 4, this point., At a dinner recently given by the Chair- man of the House of Commons Channel. Tunnel Com- mittee, Mr. M. Yves Guyot stated that every one in France was in favor of the tunnel, and that as far back as 1874 an agreemen between the English and French Governments, and progress was made toward the signing of a treaty. Soon afterward a French construction company — made thousands of soundings, a shaft was suniz, was” aware ase * -ancis Fox pet ea the same gathe: ‘military objection of an invasion by oe Ser emp pul omer dip” t was entered into — and an experimental erney ‘2,000 coed in Te h

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26 Fame and Fortune Weekly NEW YORK, OCTOBER 6, ae TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Single Copies One Copy Three Months ...<.-0--..6... es cee eee One Copy Six Months One Copy One Year POSTAGE FREE HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. 0. Money . Order. Check or)Registeréd Letter; remittances in any other a way are at your risk, We accept Post age Stumps the same as ( roma Ww hen sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece Write your name and re wai to avoid cutting the envelope. Address letters to FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher 168 West 23d St., N. Y. ress plainly. Harry E. Wolff, Pres, N. Hastings Wolff, Treas. Charies E, Nylander, Sec, Good Current News Articles W. R. Bagley, of Muncie, Ind., says he has set a new piano playing endurance record. ‘Bagley played _ for fifty hours and five minutes at a local theater. He says the previous world’s hee also held by him, was made at Clinton, Il, in December, 1914, - when he played fortysfive hours “and thirty-two * minutes. ~ es ~ Peter Minor, of Charlestown, W. Va. , seventy-five tA years old, a remarkable specimen of a mountaineer, _is cutting a new set of teeth. During the spring he hauled 150 rails a day and himself built 282 _ panels of seven-rail fences. He cleared five acres Me of new ground and rolled his own logs. He has all this in corn. At his mountain home, hid in the fast- ness, he scientifically cultivates flowers, having so many varieties that he has roses blooming the year around. real ean 5 Sa _ What is said to be a rare surgical operation was _ performed at Muncie, Ind., by Dr. G. B. Anderson on Walter Joyce, aged twenty-five, who, was stabbed p a fight. Joyce had been pronounced dead by hysicians. Dr. Anderson made an incision and a Joyce’s heart a few times. There was _ soon a noticeable pulsation. Several stitches were taken/to close a wound in the heart. Soon after Joyce revived and asked for a peak of water. His st aera is satisfactor. ——_ sagt now has a weather forecasting Soeaatatn in front of the hotel why do you eat it?” : eae poe FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. - how did you raise your boys so well?” “Ah raise dem boys _ consists ol a Esnyemay of cae ; ‘ - SRE RET Se RESIS The Caproni biplanes, which have been frequently mentioned in the~-aerial activities of the Italian forces, are fitted with three engines of 100 horse- power each.’ One of these is mounted in the central ‘nacelle and drives a propeller, while the other- two ‘are placed on the lower plane, on either side of the central engine, each ‘driving a tractor screw. Run- ‘ning back from each of the side engines is a fuselage- jshaped structure which serves to support the tail ‘member some distance in the rear of the biplane, land to steamline the engine. The nacelle is pro- | vided with seating accommodations for the crew, ‘comprising a pilot and two gunners. Because of have been found seis: suitable to bomb- | dropping raids. Grins and Chitin “Yes, I told father that the white poker chip I dropped was a peppermint tablet. ” “Did he swallow it?” ‘No. 9 “Please, lady, could you give me,a dime to help me get to where my family is?” “Oh, you poor man! Here is a'dime for you. Where is‘your fam- ily?” “Gone to the movies.” Mrs. Nexdore (angrily) —I want you to keep your dog out of my house; it’s full of fleas. Mrs. Naylor— Your house is? Mercy! I certainly shan’t let Fido a in there again. ; Neighborly Caller—How many children have you, Mrs. Newcomer? Mrs. Newcomer (just moved in) —Two. Neighborly Caller—Only two? Dear me! I thought I heard about a dozen, “Yes,” said the old colored mammy, meditatively, “Cousin Martha am gittin’ old fast. When I was six, she was twelve—she was twice as old as I am. ‘Now I am 48 and she am 96; yes, Martha am gettin’ old fast.” | gia <r SESS ele “My father and I know everything in the world,” said a small boy to his companion. “All right,” said the latter. “Where’s Asia?” It was a stiff question, but the little fellow answered, coolly, “That is one of the things my father knows.” A negro piaivimy: | had ® fantly of boys so well- behaved that one day her mistress asked: “Sally, “Ah’ll tell you, missus,” answered Sally. with a\barrel stave, an’ Ah raise ’em J ares ad ae Qe \their great weight-carrying capacity, the Capronis - —_ His parents had always had trouble in sithaclsie: ¥ | little David to eat. One day he was given a plate _ 1}of tomato soup, and his mother asked him if he — | liked it. “No,” he said, “I don’t like it.” “Then ; revisit David, remem- ”

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. a, 27 aeuesl The Spanish gentleman was Senor Don Louis THE BEAUTIFUL STAKE. Martain, his daughter was Senorita Donna Marina | ‘ Martain. Senor Martain had formerly been very + | By Kit Clyde wealthy, but a few months before had formed the acquaintance of Miguel Caspetto, a gambler. The acquaintance led to an infatuation on the part of The quiet, lazy little Mexican town of Say Diego, Don Martain. _on the bay of the same name, was a very humdrum - He had come to-night with that last terrible de- _ place, until the gold fever, which started in the termination of a gambler, to “retrieve his fortune - northern part of California, had spread to, and even or die.” i below it. The little village awoke, as it were, one; The miners, especially young Walter, were very morning to a new life. Business became brisk. much interested in the matter, and determined to ‘Many American merchants located it, and even be witnesses to the desperate game. the shiftless Mexicans seemed inspired with new They soon found Don Martain and a dar k-browed, zeal. People of all nations began to pour in the|sulien-looking man, whom they at once conjectured little town. With the niiner and emigrant came the! was Miguel Caspetto. gambler and rough. Dens of vice of many kinds} The two were at a small gambling table, with the seemed to suddenly spring up on every corner of |dice, and busy at their games. In the center was a the street. little heap of golden coin. By the far side of Senor It was midnight, and a gambling den, under the |Don Martain stood his beautiful daughter, her face management of a Mexican, whom the miners had |betraying the agony she suffered, and her hands \ - named Brisky, was in full blast. Every man in|clasped so tightly that the nails semed sunk into _ San Diego attended gambling saloons in those days, |the flesh ¥ pcm Walter Stephens, an American from San Fran-| The father lost again and again as the hours isco, can be excused for calling at Brisky’s den on |rolled on. , At each loss his lovely daughter would 5 _ the evening in question. Walter had ben for two implore fim to desist; but detemmination.: was _ years ik the golden country, with all the varied |stamped in his every feature. _ Successes of a miner. On the game went, and with it the last piece of = a “Hello, Walt,” said a familiar voice at his side.|money, house and furniture of Don Martain. = _ “Ain’t you lost?” MH . “Let us go home now, father,” said’the girl, who Turning, he beheld Pefe Burns, or Stumpy Pete, actually sighed with relief at the loss. fas he was more familiarly known, standing at his| ‘Come around here, Marina,” said the father, side. ‘\drawing his beautiful daughter to the gambling The presence of each was explained, and the|table. “Now, Miguel Caspetto, this is the only - miners, once chums, shook hands. Both were pros-|treasure I have left. She is worth ten times as pecting, and had drifted down the coast, until they |much as you have won, but I will stake her against aecidentally stopped at San Diego.; it in another game of dice. Will you take it?” 4 a While they were still engaged in conversation on| “I will,” answered the gambler; and there was a : _¥Nayrious events which had transpired since they last |fiendish twinkle in his eyes as he glanced at the ata _ parted, their attention was’ attracted by a female |beautiful stake. “a voice, sweet and sonorous as a Silver bell, in their] The game began, and an excited crowd thronged __ rear. She was speaking in the Mexican tongue, with |about the table. All was eagerness and anxiety. - abe which both were familiar. The father was losing, losing at each move, and ae Turning, they beheld a tall, graceful girl, just | when the game was over he had lost. ary. eighteen, with eyes and hair dark as midnight, plead-| A groan burst from the parent’s lips, and a vel) “is ing with some one who was evidently a Mexican jof exultation from the dark, beetle-browed gambler. gentleman, or had been one, to judge by his appear-| “Mine—mine—all mine! even the proud and beau- i ance. Both were well dressed, and seemed of the |tiful Donna Marina!” cried the _Villainous-looking (ae better class of Diego’s motley inhabitants. — scoundrel, springing up and seizing the fair girl’s | “Oh, 'tather!” said the tirl, in her native language, arm, “Oh, Senor Louis Don Martain, how long have — do come away. Do not play with Miguel to-night ; I waited for this hour. You do not recognize me he is such a desperate man I fear he will ruin you.” |as the sprgere you drove from your hacienda five “Ruin me,” said the Mexican gentleman, in tones|years ago, because ‘I, forsooth, a beardless boy Ae that were gentleness themselves. ‘My dear child, | rafichero, ‘should dare boast that I would make love’ has he notalready ruined me! My broad acres, my |to your daughter when she became a woman. Ma- - droves of blooded horses and eer and my dou. wth 7 Bei pot = heavenly as ete: 5 loons bi ousands—are not all swe your mine.” f tip chine cunning He es Aye! Mittra, He e an effort to draw the beautiful ¢ Tore S00 ee more 'toen. vee sett loved i ward him, but she, irieutee ke | ana fore, Bars Aton Ps igety es wr not, M 4 fortune

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28 | shudder, and I would die sooner than be in-your power.” “You shall not escape me!” cried the monster, * seizing her hand again. “I love you too well for that. No, you shall not escape me. You belong to me, soul and body, now, and no one dare say nay.” “T do, wretch; unhand that maiden!” cried Walter, in a voice of suppressed thunder. . “Who are you?” roared the Mexican, his white teeth gleaming beneath his jet-black mustache like steel daggers. “An American, one who never sees a lady imposed -on by a brute. T’ll make you.” FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. . GERMAN BREAD ECONOMY. = By putting together passages from several official documents and private letters found in German ~ trenches some idea has been formed of the careful economy practised in the German army at the front. The green cardboard bread ticket for last April of a man of the First Guard Reserve Division, shows one of the means taken to prevent waste of food. It is explained on the ticket that every man on active service is entitled to half a loaf (about 1 pound 1014 ounces) of bread daily. To the ticket are attached coupons, one of which must be given Release that girl, or by the eternal,| up for each whole loaf. But if he can do with less he is entitled, at the end of the month, to receive “Try it, senor, and get a taste of steel,” was the|seven cents for every unused coupon. earvoatic reply. When he goes on leave, a bread coupon is canceled ~The words had scarcely left his mouth ere he fell) for every two days of absence, and the man receives ug a blow from the young American’s fist. The}an allowance instead. That this allowance is not uproar now became general. The enraged greaser| excessive may perhaps be inferred from a clause sprang to his feet, whipped out his knife and sprang ina standing order issued at Stralsund. “Continued at Walter, who had placed his arm protectingly| cases of begging by men on leave have occurred around the beautiful Marina, who, recognizing him| recently, It is again pointed out that begging is as her protector, had sprang to his side. In his other| unworthy of a soldier and will be severely punished.” hand he held a bright-barreled pistol. _ It was life against life. The report was not loud, but’ keen and sharp. Miguel saw the little stream of fire, felt a crash in his brain, and all was over. . The alcade of the town released the young Ameri- can, and he was for weeks the hero of the village. The money and property Miguel had won from Don _. Martain was restored, but Walter Stephens claimed es his beautiful daughter. The old Spaniard consented _ to their marriage, and to-day, with his family about him, Walter, still a Californian, is happy with his beautiful stake. i : ee 2 TRAVEL IN COREA. . ae Baldwin locomotive, built in Philadelphia, whisked us through the green hills and past the Ey ‘quaint thousand-year-old villages of Corea. It was ‘odd to see the white-swaddled Coreans, with their modern of trains. We fled at forty miles an hour a trails where © ould have been was vastly nd cost « only one yen. (fitty cents). A se brown pester, -succotash, ice Nn al a fingers, . apples, oranges bananas o of everything and everything] _. Speedy se s doubtless juggled donkeyback at twenty miles | } | a | ees hh ae SIRE : WHALES. 4 It has been said that the first duty of a whale is ~ to be large—the blue whale is, then, the most suc- cessful whale, for it is the largest creature which has ever existed on the earth or in its waters, says a writer in the New York Independent. Even those extinct giant reptiles, the dinosaurs, which splashed ' along the borders of the inland seas of Wyoming and Montana 3,000,000 years ago, could not ap- proach a blue whale either in length or weight. In 1903 a blue whale was weighed in sections at Newfoundland. »The animal was 78 feet long, 35 feet around the shoulders, the head was 19 feet in length and the tail 16 feet from tip to tip.. The total weight was 63 tons. The flesh weighed 40 tons, the blubber 8 tons, the blood, viscera and boleen 7 tons are feet and fly-trap hats, riding in this most| 224 the bones 8 tons. Exaggerated accounts of the size of blue whales few years ago these same Co-| are current even in reputable books on natural his- tory, but the largest specimen which has yet been actua ually measured and recorded is 187 feet long, y American road, says the Christian Herald,| Stranded a few years ago upon the coast of New voud of the dinner on that train. Zealand; it must have weighed at least 7 Yr than the dinners on the roads} Whales are able to attain such an enormous size The tiffin (luncheon) was. table d’hote| because their bodies are supported by the water in lt comprised which they live, mn. courses, and its main features, relieved of| which its wings can bear up in the air. French disguises, were soup, fish, chicken| animal, if it becomes too large, cannot hold his body off the ground or readily move about and is doomed _ 5 tons. A bird is limited to the weight A land to certain destruction. But a whale has to face none of these problems and can grow without restraint. 3 Because aes liveinas Pporting ape their ee 4 She ight tons from, me shai ies pene Sy te T once pe a 25-foot baby which. weighed :

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Pa oe aoe FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. FROM ALL POINTS A VICIOUS CATFISH. i E. A. Hillman of Wakeeney, Kan., has a sore face, caused by a tussle with a large catfish which he at- tempted to catch with his hands while swimming. The fish was seen under a log at the edge of the creek apparently asleep. Hillman slipped. his hands along the side of the fish and had almost closed his fingers through the gills when his fishship came to life and jumped for liberty. It struck Hillman such a blow in the face that _he was thrown backward and his face badly lacer- ated and then escaped. : » len A hte . Oe «4 bee Pi A VALUABLE PROPERTY, Eight hundred acres in the heart of the pita of Eldorado, Kan., oil field belonged to the muni- cipality a year ago. Diseouraged by three dry holes, the city gave the leases to a corporation last September. The city had drilled in a “sink” and missed the pay sand. For adjacent tracts afterward the bid- ding was as high as $400 an acre. If the city had held on, the income might have been great enough to pay dividends twice a year to every man, woman and child in the city as part- ners in the business. It then would have been not only Eldorado but Utopia. = tT Ne ge ee eee | aa Te, Me eye, ; Fa Liter a HUGE GUNS FOR U. S. ARMY. Army ordnance experts are at work on designs): for huge field howitzers, as large or larger than the German 42-centimeter guns which wrecked the Belgian and French forts early im the war. ~~ ‘They will be of at least 16-inch caliber, with a range of twelve to fifteen miles, hurling a projectile weighing more than a ton, and carrying a huge -amount of high explosive. In addition to placing several of these marnmoth weapons along the coast line for mobile defense against naval attack, army officials now are con- sidering the creation of a special regiment, equipped with six of the howitzers, to work as a unit of the * mobile army. The problem confronting the de- rh ers in that regard is to distribute the enormous . ~ weight of the gun and carriage in such a way me it oe can be moved over any goodroad. \ ‘ Ps a = is 5 a ‘ HAS JAW OF 12-FOOT. SHARK. Rete te The steamship Calamares of the United Fruit line, which arrived from Cristobal - and Costa Rica, brought the jaws of one of. the oa ETH arks ever by the crew. ‘k, which s of the “thrasher” ‘variaby was ‘teceried as 1 File ARS aR hae ia ca b eae oh «ae viduals of iron in single localities, such as pinot room. steward. The shark put up such a furious struggle that the crew had to pull it aboard by means of the steam winch. Inside the sea tiger’s stomach were found a piece of shoe leather, a metal buckle and part of a smaller shark. - OLD DOG SAVED TWO. Shep, a collie dog that was to have been killed because of his age, saved the sons of his master, Henry Miller, from death when they were attacked recently by an angry bull, at Danville, Il. Jake Miller, age twenty-three, and Valentine Mil- ler, age fifteen, still are in a serious condition of injuries inflicted by the animal, and Shep, swathed in bandgges and with one leg in splints, is being cared for in the house by a veterinary. The boys had gone for the cows and were at-— tacked by the bull, which Shep attacked vigorously. so distracting the animal’s attention from the boys, both of whom were gored and trampled, that their father was able to drive the infuriated animal away with ‘a pitchfork before the sons were killed. The decision to kill Shep has been abandoned. SOME FACTS APOUT METEORITES. Interesting facts gleaned from a recent work on meteroites, by Dr. O. C. Farrington, are as follows: About 700 recognized meteorites are found in exist- ing collections, but only about half of these were actually seen to fall. Of the observed fails only 10 were of iron meteorites, yet among meteorites not _ observed to fall, iron meteorites largely predominate, The explanation appears to be that iron meteor- ites attract the attention of the ordinary observer much more quickly than stone meteorites.. The lat- | ter look like ordinary. terrestrial rocks and are there- = fore commonly overlooked. No human being has _ ever ben known positively to be, killed by the fall | of a meteorite. Probably the narrowest escape owas that of three children in Braunau, at the time of. the fall of an iron meteorite in 1847. ‘This object, weighing 40 pounds, fell in’ a room where the chil- dren were sleeping, and covered them with debris, but they were not injured. In of two celebrated aS meteoric showers—those of /Pultusk and Mocs— more than 100,000 stones fell. Ali observed shor were of stones, but the finding of numerous indi a and Canon Liablo, indicates a. peat of iron meteorites sometimes occur gest known | Ba pmeoes: is one rout fre Cane York, Green- pel ; Peary, fo weighing 36! 6 tons. the y-nine chemical.

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. "ARTICLES OF ALL KINDS AMERICA’S.8,000 ISLANDS. Since the United States began acquiring overseas possessions after the Spanish-American war of eighteen years ago, the Republie has so consider- ably added to its responsibilities outside the Ameri- can continent that it now owns more than 8, peed LOSSES DUE TO POOR AMERICAN PACKING. In spite of the many admonitions to American shippers there are still a few who seem not to com- prehend the seriousness of insufficient packing. An importer of Palermo, Italy, recently requested thé American Consul to accompany him to the custom islands, with a population of some ten millions, and) house to attend the opening of ten cases of leather, -an import and export trade, mainly with America) jnasmuch as the insurance and steamship companies of over $300,000,000 annually. Of these 8,000 and| refused to accept any responsibility for the goods, odd islands rather more than 3,000 are in the Philip-; because the bill of lading was marked “old cases.” pine group, seven-eighths of which are less than a} In the interest of the American firm the Consul went a om: Ss y a fe ad Square mile in area. LAMP OF 1,280,000,000 CANDLE POWER. The world’s most powerful searchlight js being constructed in Brooklyn. Atop the new Sperry Gy- roscope Company’s building on Flatbush avenue ex- ~ tension, near the approach to the Manhattan Bridge, a gang of skilled workmen were engaged the other day in putting the huge are light together. When complete it will have the strength of 1,280,000,000 candle power. It is as tall as the ordinary man. Elmer A. Sperry is the inventor of the light. He said it was being constructed solely for experimental It will be 60 per cent. stronger than the search- the ht tried out at the Brooklyn Navy Yard last May, ich could be seen for thirty-five miles. ae A WONDERFUL TREE. In far-off Persia there grows a shrub which is called the sorrowful tree. Another name for this is the night jessamine or the sad tree. The n why it is called the sad or sorrowful tree is Deeause it blooms only at night. to the custom house and found that five of the ten cases ‘had been broken and repaired. They were about 5 by 3 by 8 feet in size and contained about 1,000 pounds of tanned hides wrapped in bundles of six skins each. Around each end was a small iron band, but across the end there were no cleats and no bands, nor were they reinforced in the center. From each of the several boxes that were damaged, there were missing one or more bundles of skins, a total loss amounting to $345. The ends of the boxes being broken, it was an easy matter for the thieves to pull owt one or more bundles unobserved. Had. there been cleats nailed across the ends with iron bands passing over lengthwise, it would have been difficult to extract goods, ' SEA TREASURE. Three American salvage expeditions are now afloat on the Pacific, each of them bound fer the stormy and lonely Auckland Islands, and intent upon recovering the treasure which went down in the sailing ship General Grant in May, 1866, but if Cap- tain P. V. Catlin | of the New Zealand cutter Enter- — prise, which has. just returned from a second vain quest for-the gold, is right—although there seems the first star appears-in the sky, the first| to be room for doubt on that score—they will fail. “bud opens on the wonderful tree. As the evening, When Captain Catlin and his two fellow-adven- vances, the buds open more rapidly until the tree| turers, John Olsen and Paul Suveran, reached ew-" covered with a delicate bloom and it appears like|art Island, just off the South Island of New Ze land, vast flower.. The bloom is quite fragrant and|in the Enterprise, he expressed the opinion that the - tim ‘the sun nar ee nob a flower can be found e tree. bates iain wl Ss ak oie te tee sen a sat pact asei edrarminid ale meee supe a pa e odor is like the perfume of the evening primrose. | gold must have been lifted by the schooner Daphne s the stars begin to grow dim and the dawn ap-|in 1869. But, according to the records when the es, the flowers begin to fade, and by the| Daphne returned from the Auckland group, she re- ported that her attempt to get the bullion had been ‘unsuccessful. The Daphne started with a crew of nine. Of the Daphne perry only three came batk after a difficult suse and seid éxplained that the rowned when a boat As yet, details of the Enterprise’s latest voyage — pcr regis. is, looked upon) have not reached Wellington. On her first voyage, the world. When! undertaken in the winter of 1915 and covering three the roots} months, sal aaa Olsen and Suveran had several nar- pes from death. The eppenition was a as oe Siar te oy me ars ap. -< Pode Lz 4 x me ; i. : ai a 7 Te one inthe beginning, As = ee

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 31 aes eres, ‘eahdpas ms Peewee GREENB ACKS WIZARD REPEATING LIQUID PISTOL ond otnet Seenicat fates At Pack of $1,000 8 a 2 Bp picket 4 or tistically colored, to whic ack 0 tage Bills, 10¢; 3 packs, 26c. ’ 6 3 td is attached a long rubber Send for a pack and show the peek What a aie tube, connected with a rub- | WAD you carty. ©. A. NICHOLS, JR. Box ber ball, which can be filled | 99 Onin, WN. ¥ { 2 with water, the rubbér ball hg ~ being cartied in the pocket, nian) without per- manent injury, Per- fectly safe to carry a slight preasure on the bulb NEEZID >OWDE without danger of } causes # long stream, the re- CACHOO OF i ralatead thacuamae of leakage. Fires and recharges by} sult can easily be sedn. them ali... A smail amount | P@4ing trigzer. Loads from any y liquid. Price, 15¢., of this powder, when blown | NO Cartridges required. Over six shots in : f loading. All dealers. or by il, 50e. Postpaid. in a room, will cause | 2h 3 vy maul, - rs vena . — Pistol with rubber-covered holster, 55c. ‘ Wolff Novelty Co., 29 W. 26th St., N. Y. ran ne nen without Holster, separate, 10¢. Money. andes tee . is 2 comes from. It is very light, will float in the B. StAInpS. _ SO Sonne. * THE LITYLE GEM TELEPHO?E. air for some time, and penetrate every nook \ PARKER, STEARNS & CO, uk transmitter = and;corner of a room. It is perfectly harm- 273 Georgia Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. ats seeenaae Beat wee: Cachoo is put up in bottles, and one im ‘a : pe ttle contains enough to be used from 10 to ¥ with crateaseen eae 15 times. Price. by express prepaid, 10 bot- OBACCO HABIT Carri will jast a long time; tles for One Dollar. smprove your health. proleng your life, No more stomach can be made in any No less that 10 vottles can be bought. a “4 pone tae Hak 22 sent eee oh cote: ibecral fname length ene’ omnis WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 26 W. #6th St., N.Y. | WStr: SPM Ne” we cesace pipe, clgarettons cigars. oy tnpia- feretions vOE the } setae tae i terestine Tobacco Book. Worth its weightin geld. Matléd free. money; each one put uv in a neat box; fully flustrated, with full directions how to use | INDIAN FINGER TRAP. them. Price, 1%c., postpaid, / E. J. WOODS. 228M, Station E, New York, N. Y, ; ‘ A fae pee - joineé 2 to $500 BACH paid for hundreds of old ~ ' 9 + i ogether and théir strug- Coins. Keep ALL money dated before Wolff Novelty Co., 29 W. 26th St. N. Y. a3 Q Sac meteae eee sid 4 1885 and send TEN cents for New Ilus- i sm r rae. i § in V 3 4 WHISTLEPHONE | 4 will held thém he tient-| trated Coin Value Book, size 4x7. It may This is one of the | #@ 2 rat-trap, and the more they try to pull mcan your Fortune. CLARKE COIN greatest musical i n- Sway, the tighter it grips. Our traps are . CO.. Box 93, Le Roy, N. ¥. struments evef fivent- extra long. Prite, 10c. each; 3 for 25e. by ed. It is made entirely mail, postpald. — , > \ MAMAS. * of metal and is aimost | H, F. Lang,1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N.Y This interesting toy {# with ic wy ms wo: / &, one of the latest novelties ments. "Son ean learn t out. It is in great de- to play all kinds of HAPPY HOOLIGAN Ne, Sand. To operate Meee tunes, eve lots of fun, please and amisé JOKER. a fim is piece. 2 ee your friends and make some tioney, too. Fine for either song of piano accompaniment or by itself alone. You place the whistlephone im the mouth with haif circle out, place end of tongue to rounded part and blow gently ae if to cool the Hps. A féw trials will ena- one to play any tune or air. Price 6 cents ¢4ch by mall, post-paid C. Behr, 150 W. 62d St., New York City. WE WANT YOU TO READ “Moving Picture Stories” A Weekly Magazine devoted to Photoplays and Players. Absolutely the finest little publication — news-stands mms PRICE 5 CENTS A COPY “@q | ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY - - - . « - - - THIRTY-TWO PAGES BEAUTIFUL COLORED COVER DESIGNS : - . FINE HALF-TONE FRONTISPIECE _ New portraits of actors and actresses every week - Get 2 copy of this weekly magazine and see what it is | EVERY NUMBER CONTAINS Six Gripping Stories, based on the latest and best films, each profusely illustrated with fine ‘half tones of scenes in the plays. j Ph hs and Biographies of the most celebrated Photoplay actors and actresses. Ph i i ‘Articles relating ts Moving. Pictures, “written by the greatest authorities in the film busin : ews Notes from the studios about the doings of everybody of prominence connected with the Photoplays. Scenario Hints and the names of all the companies who may buy the plays you write. : Poems, Jingles, Jests and every bright feature calculated to interest both young and old, _ GET A COPY NOW from your newsdealer, or send us 5 cents in money or postage stamps, and we will mail you the latest rfumber issued. : 7 _ MOVING PICTURE STORIES,” Inc. 168 West 23d Street With _ this joker in the into it, and at the same lapel of your coat, you can time pull or jerk lightly make a dead shot every | on the string. The mouth opens, and it then time. Complete with rub- | cries “Ma-ma,” just exactly in the tones of a ber ball and Sa real, five baby. The sound is so human that . by thall ost - would deceive anybody. :] id ~ ial Price 12c, each by mai, . F. Lang, ; 1815 Camis St. B’kiyn, N.Y | C. 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FRANK TOUSEY, PUBLISHER, 168 WEST 23D STREET, NEW YORK el No. 924. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 6, 1916. Price 6 Cents. THE BRADY Shame Farn [ROO OR. WORKING ONAN(CEANTINER. Bu 4 NEW-YORK DETECTIVE, Ve ad CPE Ae “i S Oo i ys ER ify, al

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« $ 627 Out For Himself; or, Paving His ‘Way to Fortune. 7 554 528 Diamond Cut Diamond ; or, The Boy Brokers of Wall Street. 555 629 A Start in Life; or, A Bright Boy’s Ambition. 556 530 Out for a Million; or, The Young Midas of Wall Street. 557 631 Every Inch a Boy; or, Doing His Level Best. 558 532 On to Success; or, The Boy Who Got Ahead. 559 533 An Eye to Business; or, The Boy Who Was Not Asleep. 5G 534 Tipped by the Ticker; or, An Ambitious Boy in Wall Street. Hel 535 Money to Burn; or, The Shrewdest Boy in\Wall Street. 562 520 A Bid for a Fortune: or, A Country Boy in’ Wall Streets 563 527 Bound to Rise: cor, Fighting His Way to Success, = 564 538 Out for the Dollars;-or, .A Smart Boy in_ Walt tet. 529 For Fame and Fortune; or, The Boy Who Won Both.” 565 340 A Wall Street Winner; or. Making a Mint of Meney, 566 S41- The Road to Wealth: or, The Ber Who Found it Ont. S412 On the Wing: or. The Young Mercury of Wall Street. SAT 543 A Chase for a Fortune; or, The Boy Who Hustled. 568 544 Juggling with the Market; or, The Boy Who Made It, Pay. 569 545 Cast Adrift; or, The Luck ofa Homeless Boy. 570 546 Playing the Market; or. A Keen Boy in+ Wall Street. 571 SAT Pot of Money; or, The Legacy of a Lucky Boy. 548 From Rags to Riches: or. A Lucky Wall Street Messenger. 72 : 549 On His Merits; or, The Smartest Boy Alive. 57. 550 Trapping the Brokers; or. A Game Wal! Street Boy. 551 A Million in Gold; or, The Treasure of Santa Cruz. 574 552 Bound to Make Money; or, From the West to Wall Street. pd 553 The Boy Magnate; or, Making Baseball Pay. For sale by al! newsdealers. or will be sent to any address on receipt of FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, - IF YOU WANT ANY of our weeklies and cannot procure them from newsdealers, they can be obtained from this office direct. Write out and fill in your Order and send it to us with the price of the weeklies you want and we will send them to you by return mail. POSTAGE STAMPS TAKEN THE SAME AS MONEY. ‘ FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ger’s Luck. of Coral Island- Brokers. y Who Strack Luck. Making Money; or, A Wall Street Me A Harvest of Gold; or, The r On. the Curb; or, ting A Freak of Fortune; or, Th The Prince of Wall Street; Bi for Big Money. Starting His Own Business; Or,.\The Boy Who Caught On. A Corner in Stock; or, The Wall Street Boy Who Won. First in the Field; or, Doing Business for Himself. A Broker at Eighteen; or, Roy Gilbert’s Wall Street Career. Only a Dollar; or, From Errand Boy to Ovpner. Price & Co., Boy Brokers; or, The Young Tr Street. A Winfiing Risk; or, The Boy Who Made Good. _—— a Dime to a Million; or, A Wide-Awake V oy. The Path to Good Luck; or, The Boy Miner of Death Mart Morton’s Money; or, A Corner in Wall Street Tips to Fortune; or, A Tuckv Wall Street Dor! Striking His Gait; or, The Perils of a Boy Engineer. From Dicscnaer to Millionaire; or, A lwoy’s Luck in Wal Street. The Boy Gold Hunters; or, After a Pirate’s Treasure. Tricking the Traders; or, A Wall Street Doy'’s Game of Chance. Jack Merry’s Grit; or. Making a Man of Himself. A Golden Shower; or, The Boy Bauker of Wall Street? Making a Record; or, The Luck of a Working Boy. price, 5 cents per copy, in money or postage stamps. by 168 West 23d St., N.Y. S BACK NUMBERS 168 West 23d St., N. ¥. OUR TEN-CENT HAND BOOKS No. 1. NAPOLEON'S ORACULUM AND| No, 14. HOW TO MAKE CANDY.—A com- No. 31. 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It contains full instructions in the art of dancing, etiquette in the. ball- room dnd at parties, how to dress, and full directions: for calling off in all popular dances. 5. 5 HOW TO MAKE LOVE.—A com- plete guide to love, courtship and marriage, giving sensible advice, rules and etiquette to ebserved, with many curious and interest- Z things not generally known. HOW TO BECOME ATHLETE. —Giving full instruction for the use of dumbbells, Indian clubs, parallel bars, hori- zontal bars and various other methods of developing a good, healthy muscle; contain- ing over sixty illustrations. Ne. 7. HOW TO KEEP BIRDS.—Hand- somely illustrated and containing full in- structions for the management and training of the canary, ag too sia bebolink, black- bird. roquet, parrot, etc. ee eee 1OW TO BECOME A VENTRIZO- QUIST-By Harry Kennedy. Every intelli- gent boy reading this book of instructions ean master the art, and create any amount of fun for himself and friends. It is the greatest book ever published, No 10. HOW TO BOX.—The art of self- efense made easy. Containing over thirty : ifiustrations of guards, blows, and the differ- ent tion of a good boxer. Every boy should obtain ore of these useful and in- structive books, as it teach you how to Z box without an instructor. Ne. 1, HOW TO WRITE LOVE-LET- TEeExs.—A most complete little book, contain- ine full directions for writing love-letters, on when to use = Fond specimen let- ters for young @ old. “No. 12, HOW TO WRITE LETTERS TO LADIES.—Giving complete instructiotis for . writing letters to ladies on all subjects; also letters of introduction, notes and requests. No. 13 HOW TO DO IT; OR, BOOK OF ETIOGUETTE.—It is a great life secget, and ene that every young man desires to n There’s happiness in it. ‘ No. 6, 4; t - No. % USEY, Publisher, plete hand-boek for making all kinds of candy, ice-cream, syrups, essences, etc,, etc. No. 18. HOW TO BECOME BEAUTIFUL, —Oue of the brightest and most valuable little books ever given to the world. Every- body wishes to know how to become beauti- ful, both male and female. The secret is simple, and almost cestless, No. 20. HOW TO ENTERTAIN AN EVE- NING PARTY.—A complete compendium of giumes, sports, card diversions, comic recita- tions, etc,, suitable for parler or drawing- room entertainment. It contains more for the money than any book published. No. 21, HOW TO HUNT AND FISH.—The most complete hunting and fishing guide eyer published. It contains full instructions about guns, hunting dogs, traps, trappin and arort together with description 0: sh. No, 22. HOW TO DO SECOND SIGHT.— Heller's second sight explained by his for- mer. assistant, Fred Hunt, Jr. xplaining how the secret dialogues were carried on be- tween the ‘magician and the boy on “the stage; also giving all the codes and signals. o. 23, OW TO EXPLAIN DREAMS,— This little book gives the explanation to all kinds of dreams, together with lucky and unlucky days. No, 24. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN.—Containing full instructions for writing to gentlemen on all subjects. No, 25. HOW TO BECOME A GYMNAST. —Containing full instructions for all kinds “ erent sports and athletic exercises, m racing thirty-five illustrations. By Pro- fessor W. Macdonald. No. 26. HOW TO ROW, SAIL AND BUILD A BOAT —Fully illustrated. Full instructions are given in this little book, to- gether with instructions on swimming and riding, companion sports to boating. No. 27. HOW TO RECITE AND BOOK OF RECITATIONS.—Containing the most opular selections in use, comprising Dutch dialect, French dialect, Yankee and Irish dia- lect pieces, together with many standard readings. No. 23. HOW TO TELL FORTUNES — Everyone is desirous of knowing what his future life will bring forth, whether happi- ness or misery, wealth or poverty. You cana tell by a glance at this little book, Buy one and be convinced. No. 29. HOW TO BECOME AN INVEN- TOR—Every boy should know how inven- tions originated. This book explains them all, giving examples in electricity, hydraulics, magnetism, optics, pneumatics, mechanics, etc. No. 30. HOW TO COOK.—One of the most instructive books on cooking ever published. It contains recipes for cooking meats. fish, game, and oysters; also pies, puddings, cakes and all kinds of pastry, and grand collection of recipes. by all newsdealers, or will be sent to any address on receipt of prig ‘ ' ER.—Containing fourteen illustrations, giv- ing the different positions requisite to be- come a good speaker, reader and elocutionist. Also containing gems from all the popular authors of prose and poetry. No, 32. HOW TO RIDE A BICYCLE.— Containing instructions for beginners, choice of a machine, hints on training, ete. A compigte book. Full of practical illustra- tions. No, 35. HOW TO PLAY GAMES.—A com- plete and useful little book, containing t rules and regulations of billiards, bagatglig backgammon, croquet, dominoes, ete. ‘No. 36. HOW TO SOLVE CONUNDBUMS —Containing all the leading conund the day, amusing riddles, curious and ‘witty sayings. No. 38. HOW TO BECOME YouR OWN DOCTOR.—A wonderful bog ntaining useful and practical informa treat ment of ordinary diseases 4 mon to every family. Ab. and effective recipes fa No, 39. HOW TO TRY, PIGEONS ANT eet instructive bog} Ne. 40, vi TRAPS.— ding -h moles, sels, otter, birds. Ww illustra ET nts on how to catch rats, squirrels and te cure skins. Copiously No, 41) THE BOYS OF NEW YORK END MEN’S KE BOOK.—Containing a great variety the latest jokes used by the most famous d men. No amateur minstrels is comple hout this wonderful Httle book. No, : BOYS OF NEW YORK STUMP SBREAK cen n-ne, Ah varied as- sortment of stump speeches, Negro, Duteh and Irish. so end men’s jokes. Just the ‘thing for musement and amateur 10.20. BECOME A MAGICIAN. g grandest assortment of before espe and Condolence, also Verses for Valentines and Wed BOYS OF NEW Y¥