Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 583) (1916 12 01)

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No. 583 DECEMBER I, 1916 5 onls sTORIES OF BOYS THAT MAKE MONEY. | A $30,000.TiP; (OUNG WEAZEL oF WALL STREET, 422-1 scene of wreck and disorder that greeted Dick Bancroft and hiscompanions when the door open and entered the office fairly staggered them. “My gracious! Mr. Whitford!” exclaimed the boy as he rushed toward the senseless broker.

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z' STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY the New York, N. Y., Post Office as Second-Class Matter by Frank Tousey, Publisher, 168 West 23a Street, New York. id Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Entered at No. 583. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1, 1916. FAMEAND FORTUNE WEEKLY Price 5 Cents. A $30,000 TIP : THE YOUNG WEAZEL OF WALL STREET By A SELF-MADE MAN. CHAPTER I COLONEL CULPEPPER AND THE BONDS. boy of eighteen, who was employed as messenger Whitford, a Wall Street broker. “I’d like oan * - oa ae yd, who was rather a dashin m > over a year. era, trom the moment of his introduction to the youn pores showed a decided preference for his society, an +5 ad it with considerable assiduity. ~~ Dick, while he wasn’t quite sure whether he liked his new 2 or not, was nevertheless somewhat flattered by y attitude assumed toward him by Mrs. Carson’s a certainly had a very taking way, and had already made himself a great favorite with the landlady and her aD Ye Te was a man who seemed able to converse on any subject ’ a oo and appeared to be well posted on all of y. __.“Who’s Colonel Culpepper?” asked Dick, as they started ky Ey, colonel is a Southern gentleman, of property,” re- Burt, volubly, “He came to New York to see life, and ht place to see it,” added the clerk, with chuckle. “Unfortunately, the ‘colonel:is afflicted with of the gout, and consequently is confined to his room ; 1. It was ore he was taken down with his pres- _he may not care to e m ntance, Mr, ‘Tm only a boy, you know,” said Dick, in a doubtful jon’t. worry about that Bancroft. The’ colonel will 0 fs io the flowers in May. I have spoken me to bring you up the, world to visit him, and after hesitating for a few mom he finally consented to accompany Mr. Burd : A look of satisfaction coat countenance, and then he said: “T will call at your room in about fifteen minutes and then we will start.” Mr. Burd had a square room at the back of the third floor, while Dick occupied a small front one on the same landing. They separated at Burd’s door, and punctually on time the dapper clerk knocked on Dick’s door and found the boy ready. Twenty minutes later they were riding up an elevator in the Occidental Hotel on Broadway, accompanied by a bell- boy; who showed them to the colonel’s room on the seventh oor. “Colonel Culpepper,” said Horace Burd, as soon as he and Dick were ushered into the room, “this is my friend, Richard Bancroft.” Paine gel to make your acquaintance, young man,” said the colonel, who was seated in an easy chair, attired in an elab- orate smoking-jacket, with one foot, which was swathed in a bandage, propped up on a stool. “Be seated.” Dick bowed and took possession of the chair indicated by a wave of the colonel’s hand. Colonel Culpe pers looked all of his fifty odd years, with the exception of his eyes. 7 They were uncommonly sharp and young looking, though there were many crow’s-feet at the corners. : There was a box of cigars on the table at his elbow and the colonel was smoking a fragrant weed. He invited Mr. Burd to help himself. | , “I suppose you do not indulge?” he said, looking at Dick. “No, sir.” “So I presumed, so I did not invite you to take a cigar. I do not approve of boys smoking, to tell you the truth. It is only a habit, and an expensive one.” The conversation was at first confined to general topics, but at length in some way it drifted around to Wall Street. “I. understand that you are employed by a Wall Street’ broker?” said the colonel at length, looking at Dick. “Yes, sir. I’m messenger for Mr. Whitford, of the Tay- lor a. ain tigond i re 4 “I presume that - ord is one o e responsible beckons of the Street?” said the colonel. ” “Yes, sir. He does a considerable business in stocks bonds, and I guess he’s worth half a million, all right.” “He buys bonds, you say?” “Yes, sir. He buys and sells them.” “What commission does he charge for selling bonds?” Dick told him. “I have.a few bonds—Southern Railway first mortgage fives—I want to dispose of for cash. Their market to-day is $1,050, I need the cash to close for a moment on the clerk’s

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2. . A $80,000 TIP. your office and ask Mr. Whitford to sell them for me. You see I can’t go downtown myself on aecount of my foot, which ‘is likely to keep me a prisoner in my apartments for two or ‘three weeks longer.. If it isn’t too much trouble I should con- sider it a favor for you to attend to this little matter for me.” “T shall be most happy to do you such a service if you feel that you can trust me with the bonds,” said Dick. “Trust you!” exclaimed the colonel. “Why shouldn’t 1? ‘You’re an honest boy, aren’t you?” “T hope so, sir. I’ve never done anything yet to be ashamed of.” “So I should judge from your face. At any rate, Mr. Burd wouldn’t have introduced you here if he wasn’t sure you were a square boy.” “That’s right,” nodded Burd. “Bancroft is all right. He’s as honest as the day is long, colonel.” As Dick had only enjoyed Mr. Burd’s acquaintance for a matter of ten days he was both surprised and flattered by the clerk’s unreserved statement. “Well, here are the bonds,” said the colonel, taking an ob- long envelope from an inside pocket: “There kre ten of them, a par value of $1,000 an ou ‘see, each representin a market value of $1,050. I ahontd prefer the cash to a check, and your employer might send it up to me by you in a sealed envelope. As it is possible he may want a rea- sonable assurance as to my identity, you can tell him to com- municate by ’phone or otherwise with the proprietor of this hotel, Mr. Bassett.” ; “It will be necessary for you to send a‘written order to Mr. Whitford, authorizing him to sell the bonds,” said Dick; politely. “Very well. writing desk?” “Certainly,” replied the clerk. He brought a small writing desk which he placed across the colonel’s lap. : The order was duly written, signed and handed to Dick. . As soon as the matter was concluded, Horace Burd inti- mated that he had an engagement at half-past nine, and pied he and Bancroft would have to terminate their vi ; The colonel shook hands with Dick and said he hoped he Would see him again soon, and then Burd and the young messenger de j Burd, shall I trouble you to fetch me my oe CHAPTER IL “STOP, THIEF!” * ¢ ‘ yeplied the girl, archly. “You’re welcome. Got any money that you’d like to invest?” “T wish I had. “Which means that you haven't.” ' “That’s just what it means. I have use for every penn ieeootnd I could ae xt to good thin; - loo co you ne a prett: ng™in the ‘market.” nig s ; “You are sure it’s good?” she laughed. “Yes. It’s good enough to take a risk on.” _ “Are you to make use of oP eyes 1 _“I have already banked on it to the extent of my entire “Aren't you getting reckless?” ; “Possibly, but I consider the chances’ are in my*favor.” “That’s the idea of the people who come down here and lose money.” have good reason for my confidence.” n somebody gave you~a tip on the way a heard sexe 4" day that the tips fl - ‘ one day that ps flying ; street are a eee worst things to put any ‘What id was all right. The tip I got hasn’t been flying. Street. I got hoi of it on the dead [Tn ™ estate. 2 be. I could trouble you to take the bonds to| “The man who gave me the tip is in a position to hon what’s going to happen.” ss “When a man really knows what’s going to happen in Wall Street he ought to be able to make a lot of money.” “The party that -gave me the pointer is.a confidential clerk in a certain railroad company’s office. I did him a great ~ favor once and the tip is a sort of squaring up of his debt.” “I hope you'll come out all right. How much money did you venture?” . “I put $264 on-margin for 40 shares.” : “That’s an awful lot of money for a boy like you to take chances with in such an uncertain proposition as the stock market. How much do you expect to make if things come your way?” “Then dollars a share at any rate.” “That will be $400.” “Yes. But I fepe to make $500.” “I hope you , too, but——” , “Just cut out the buts, Sadie. I’ll bet you know in a day or two when things get moving how I am coming out. Now step into the elevator and we'll go upstairs.” Yhree minutes later they were in Mr. Whitford’s office. When the broker made his appearance at half-past nine Dick helped him off with his overcoat, as usual. Then, instead of returning to his chair outside, he said: “May I have your attention a few minutes, Mr. Whitford?” “Certainly. What is it?” 7 y “I was introduced to a gentleman last night at his ‘rooms in the Occidental Hotel. His name is Colonel Culpepper, and he’s a Southerner. He asked me to bring bien these ten first mortgage five per cent. bonds of the Southern Railway. He wants to dispose of them. Here is his written order, and he asked me to bring him the money to his hotel in a sealed envelope. He told me to tell you if you have any doubts as to his identity to communicate with Mr. Bassett, proprietor of the hotel.” ; 2 Dick laid-the envelope containing the ten bonds before his employer. ‘ “Why couldn’t Colonel Culpepper come down here. and. transact his business in person?” said Mr. Whitford. “He’s confined to-his rooms with a bad foot. An attack — of the gout, he said.” d i ae “You say you met him last evening for the first time?” said the broker, looking the bonds over. “Yes, sir,” ( “Who introduced you to him?” fx aa “A you mag named. Horace Burd, who boards at Mrs. Carson’s ae _ live.” “How long have you known this, Horace Burd?” “About. ten days, He’s a new boarder.” “He must be on good terms with this colonel.” “He seems to be on very good terms with him. The colonel talked to him as if he was an old friend, though Mr. Burd told me that he was introduced to him only recently.” “I should think the colonel would have preferred to have Burd attend to so important a piece of business as the sale of $10,000 worth of bonds, -Kind of singular that he would intrust the commission to a boy like you after so brief an. - acquaintance.” see I 3 . i rnentioned that to Mr. Burd when we got on the street, but he said that he is busy all day at the store where he is. employed and could not get off to come down to Wall r “Well, then, I should think the colonel would have the hotel proprietor to attend to the matter for him. z Bassett is thoroughly responsible, and probably would readily have attended to such a matter for his guest.” “Well, sir, all I can do is to leave the matter in Aer hands, Mr. Whitford. The colonel asked me to attend te ¥i as a favor. That’s all I can say.” pene’ ie a “Very well, Dick. The bonds are all right and are made out in the name of Colonel ig 6 ag presume it’s ty right, but I’ve got to make sure before I offer the securities for sale. S24 ‘ot up, opened his private safe and placed Pas The broker bonds inside, n began to look over his Dick went outside to await orders. of te the “Wal

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_. Should the dividend not be cut, as it was expected, there _ ~- Would undoubtedly follow a sharp rally, and the price might _ go_as high as 75. The tip handed to Dick was that the dividend would not be Ep: and the people on the inside, while industriously cireulating the rumor that the cut would surely be made, _ had been quietly buying the stock up to profit by their knowledge of what was actually going to happen. En Dick also read the morning editorial, whieh said that the _ market generally was looking up and that a rise along the ~ line might. be expected inside of a day or two if nothing : ed in the meantime to unsettle values. f yo messenger was well satisfied with the out- look,-and by the time he had finished the editorial Mr. _ Whitford called him inside and told him to send -Miss _ Singer in to take dictation. __,. At the same time he handed Dick a couple of notes to _. deliver to brokers on Broad Street and Exchange Place. __. There was a money broker’s just above the corner, and as Dick was wi a few feet of it a well-dressed, bearded _.. man suddenly sprang out of the doorway with a bag con- *aining something heavy in his hand, and he started at once _ in the direction of New Street on the run. ‘The next moment an excited, hatless young man rushed ' angie “Stop, thief!” m ee a started on the run after the man with e ‘ _. Close behind him came the money broker's clerk, shouting _ at the top of his voice. » _ _ Of course the incident attracted immediate notice, though _ nobody seemed to quite understand what was amiss. ___ The man ahead had crammed the bag into his pocket and _ ‘Was now in the act of turning down New Street. _ By the tirhe Dick reached the corner he saw his coat- re _ tails disappearing-in at one of the office entrances. The boy dee it to be his duty to follow. = CHAPTER IIL. ° oo . i THE UNMASKING OF A SCAMP. ee a, ! , Dick reached the bottom of the stairway the man x , sig. ——. us the stairs, however, expecting to catch sight 7, from the floor above. a Unfortunately, a stout man came out of an office near of the stairs as the boy reached the top and the into collision. fell back on the stairs and rolled down several be- - he could stop himself. ___ The stout man, who was a broker, had stood the shock all but he was angry, just the same. y_ don’t) you —_ where you’re going, you young y?” he ejaculated. 'S a wonder you couldn’t keep your eyes open, as well,” ed Dick, not at all pleased with the shaking up he had _ “Don’t give me any insolence,” retorted the broker, “or kick downotalre.” ' EA aSt dont ime you will,” replied Dick, coolly, “If if agen ae : -you wouldn’t make such a fuss about an seg ee got the worst of it. me get by ae I'm owing a man who stole a bag of c f : ‘ -~ _ two: re es ta As Dick attempted to him the broker gave him itaithe hemi Stet te . e boy thought the blow entirely uncalled for, and so Joined in the pursuit < did not wait for A $30,000 .TIP. _ to the fact that this conclusion had been discounted in the : He propounded: the same query to him, but the gentleman ad seen no such person, so the boy continued on to the, fifth floor, feeling somewhat breathless by his exertions. When he struck the corridor he saw a man at the extreme, end looking out of a window into a well. As he tly resembled the man with the bag he had: been chasing Dick rushed up to him and laid his hand on his shoulder, The man turned and looked at Dick. The boy started back in surprise. Not only was this person not the bearded individual, but the Bi messenger recognized him as Horace Burd. j “Why, hello, Bancroft! I didn’t expect to see you in this building,” said the dry goods clerk, apparently surprised. : anes: Mr. Burd, is this really you?” cried the astonished, ad. “Looks like me, doesn’t it?” replied his fellow boarder, with a grin. “You look excited. What’s the matter?” ' “T was chasing a man of about your size who I believe stole a bag of money.” ; “You were, eh? Is that part of a messenger’s duty in, Wall Street?” asked Burd, with a slight sneer, “It’s everybody’s duty to capture a thief,” replied Dick. “But what are you doing down in Wall Street? I thought you said you were so busy at the store that, you couldn’t get away during business hours.” ‘ “Oh, I’m down here on business for the house,” replied Burd, in an offhand way. : . “How long have you been in this corridor?” “About five or six minutes. I’m waiting for our cashier to come out of yonder office,” and the dapper young man pointed vaguely at several doors on his right. : Did you see a, bearded man of about your size run up ere?” “Come to think of it, I did.” “Where did he go?” “Up the next flight.” v" By that time the hatless broker’s clerk, followed by sev- eral other persons, appeared at the head of the stairs. They rushed over to the spot where Dick and Mr. Burd were talking. “The man you’re after went up the stairs,” said Dick; “at least, that is what Mr. Burd here says. He saw him.” The broker’s clerk regarded the dry goods clerk with strong suspicion, as if he thought he looked very like the thief, but as he had no beard, and did not appear to be disturbed by their appearance, he merely said, in a tone of excitement: “Did you see a bearded man running up the stairs?” “Yes,” replied Burd, glibly, “I did. He was about my size and there was something stuffed in one of his pockets.” “That was the man,” said the broker’s clerk. ¥I chased him as far as this, but didn’t catch sight of him after he entered the building,” said Dick. “What did he steal? A bag of money?” “Yes. He got away with a bag containing $5,000 in gold double eagles,” replied the clerk, turning away and starting for the next flight of stairs. ‘ Dick concluded to abandon the chase, as he had lost con- siderable time already, and it wasn’t his funeral, anyway. It struck him that Burd seemed a bit anxious to get rid of him, for he asked him if he wasn’t going to follow tie crowd in the pursuit. “No,” replied Dick; “I’ve nemctining else to do. Tve a note to deliver in the Vanderpool uilding, and I'll have to look about it. I’ll see ve to-xight.” He rushed away and started downstairs. No sooner was he out of saps than Horace Burd darted into.a narrow blind corridor where a papaags iron barrel stood in which the janitor sited dirt and waste paper, and began to hurriedly poke ut in it. Half way down the fourth fight Dick sudderiy woke up to the fact that he had lost the note he was carrying to the broker in the Vand Building, and that unpleasant fact brought him to a when I started after that thief, and now . ree lost it in the street. r pace. 8 my pocket. while I was talking to Mr. Burd.

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t A $30,000 TIP. "Then as he turned around he saw Burd-in the blind cor- A minute later he was walking up New Street toward Ex- ridor, picking something that looked like a heavy bag from |change Place. a galvanized barrel. e dry goods clerk forced it into his pocket and turned to come out of the narrow place. ~Then they confronted each other. Burd started back in consternation when he saw Dick’s eyes on him. “What in thunder are you doing back here?” he de- manded. “I thought you had gone.” “T returned for a note that fell out of my pocket,” replied Dick. “What were you poking in that barrel for?” “That’s my business,” retorted Burd, sharply. *You’ve got a bag of something in your pocket that you pulled out of that barrel, Mr. Burd. I hate to say what I think, but———” : “What do you think?” asked Burd, defiantly. “I think you’re the man who stole the hog of double eagles from the money broker’s office, I’ll bet I could find your false whiskers in that barrel now.” “Why, you young puppy!” roared Burd, raising his clenched fist menacingly. ' “That’s new language for you to address to me, Mr. Burd. t looks as if you’ve been sailing under false colors at our ‘boarding house. At any rate, you can’t leave this corridor until you show up what you have in that bag.” “uy can’t, eh 97 “Not if I can prevent you, you won’t,” said Dick, de- terminedly. Burd seemed about to spring on Dick, and the boy placed himself in an attitude of defence. A change, however, suddenly came over the dry goods cler “You think this bag contains the gold, do you?” he said, ‘in a different tone. _ from his ot *T; da?” : “Then V’ll show you that it doesn’t,” he said, taking it er “You shall see just what it does contain. Here, catch.” _ He made a feint of tossing it to Dick. The boy was taken off his | etd The next moment Burd flung the heavy sack right in Dick’s face, sending him half stunned to the floor. At that moment the pursuers were heard returning from upper’ floor. 3 ; ahs cape g forward, seized the and darted down the corridor and around into the next where the elevator was. He had just time to cram the bag back into his pocket ‘when a cage came down. ; dt was stopped at the floor and he was taken aboard. Dick staggered to his feet with a bruised and bleeding face and gave chase to him, but by the time he reached the elevator shaft the was half way to the ground floor, and his effort to catch the rascal was in vain. : CHAPTER IV. HOW DICK’S FIRST DEAL TURNED OUT. The boy leaned inst the latticed framework of the elevator somewhat dazed and sick from the blow he had of the gold pieces had torn the skin orehead, and it was not unlikely that day he would rt a pair of discolored eyes. _ “Gee!” he breath “To think that Burd is a first-class -yaseal and not a dry goods clerk after all. I never was so deceived in a person before. Why, Mrs. Carson and all the erdeengi especially the ladies, ein him a nice fellow, pose ta 2 coreg ag ac What a shock it will be to The edges of man his nose and that moment the next elevator cage porded it. ‘ Pe \ : eame down and When he delivered the note to the broker for whom it was intended, he explained that he had been delayed half an hour chasing a thief who had stolen $5,000 in gold from a money broker in that block. “Chased him, did you?” said the trader. “Did you fail down? You look as if you’d been in a fight.” ; “No, I didn’t fall down, but I-corne the rascal in the Snyder Building, up on the fifth floor, and the fellow threw the heavy bag in my face, knocking me down. Then he made his escape.” The broker thought his story a little fishy. He was inclined to believe that Whitford’s m ger had got into a row with another messenger, or perils and had come off second best in the scrimmage. However, he said nothing, but having read the note dis- missed Dick with the remark that there was no answer. On his way back to the office Dick stopped in to see the money broker who had been robbed. The clerk had just got back and reported that the thief had got clear off with the bag of gold, and the broker was wie over his loss. ee “ si was some minutes ore the young messenger d get him to pay any attention to him. 4 _But when Dick said he knew the thief, and could deseribe his real appearance accurately, the money broker was all attention. Then the boy told his story of his part in the pursuit of the rascal. “I can’t ntee that his name is Horace Burd,” went on Dick. “Probably that isn’t his real name, but it’s the one he gave when he came to our boarding house. You want to lose no time telling the police what I’ve just told ou, and he may possibly be caught. Mrs. Carson’s board- ing house is No. est Twenty-eighth street. It be well for a detective to be sent there right away to for him, but if he’s as smart as I “jnk he is I'll bet he won’t go near the house any more.” Dick gave the broker his name and the office where he worked and then left. “Where have you been all this time, Dick?” asked the cashier when the young mpeseenges turned up at the office. “What the dickens has happened to you? Been run down by an, automobile, or have you been having it out with some ry? “Neither, sir. I chased a thief who got away with a bag of gold from fe wter. broker in Exchange Place, and I guess I got the worst of it.” . “Your face looks as if you’d been having a strenuous pers » What about this thief whom you say stole.a bag of gold? Dick gave him the particulars of his adventure. “Do you mean to say that the fellow boards at your house ?’ ioe “He’s been boarding there for about ten days, but there is small chance that he will show up there lied the boy. “That reminds me of something. itford in his office?” “No; he went out a little while Ye Dick was anxious to see his em ern Railway bonds he had handed him that mo z Now that the real character of Horace Burd had ex- posed, the boy began to entertain very grave suspicions — about Colonel Cul r. ‘ E $n Either the colonel was on a par with Burd, or Burd was playing the Southern ntleman for what he was worth. e was inclined to lieve the first supposition to be the own it. It iid not seem natural, in the light of Burd would have taken him up and introduced colonel without he had some purpose in view, pose appeared to be the disposal of the bonds. If the bonds were all right, were, they might have been stol which case this Colonel at the lenta Dick been introduced ought to nite, soma a i romans & I guess: yer about those South- — _ as Mr. Whitford said they =a ie

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A $30,000 y ticker tape to see if any. quotations had appeared that morn- so far. a found several transactions recorded at 661-8 and That looked encouraging, at any rate. He was sent out on an errand by the: cashier before Mr. DAA i. returned, but when he got back the broker was cat. room: >, ' - He was engaged, however, so. Dick couldn’t see him. Before the er. went away the young messenger had to go out again. ‘ In fact, Dick wasn’t able to see the broker unti! after that gentleman returned from lunch at two o’clock. Then the boy got his wished-for audience. “You hayen’t done anything about those bonds yet, have “you, Mr. Whitford?” asked Dick. “No. I rang the Occidental Hotel up, but I couldn’t get “Ss Mr. Bassett on the wire. Ill make another attempt now. ae “Wait a moment, sir. [I’ve got something important to tell you that may have a bearing on those bonds.” fees “Indeed? 1 will listen to you.” : Dick then related the incident of the stolen bag of gold. The broker, who had noticed the boy’s bruised face, but had not said anything about it, was astonished when Dick said that the thief was Horace Burd, his fellow boarder, the __ man who had introduced him to Colonel Culpepper. .~ He believed that the circumstances were sufficiently sus- Picious to cail attention of the police to the matter, and he _ accordingly did so by ’phone. ae The story of the money broker’s loss, and the fruitless _ chase of the thief, appeared in the afternoon papers, and ane aeed it on his way to his boarding house. -. The first. thing he did on his arrival at the house was to hunt _there since he left, presumably for his business, that morn- ing after his breakfast. : _ _. “Not. to my knowledge. Why do you ask? ~ comes until around half-past five, when he is through,at the _ Store,” she said. « nas p ‘(? “What dry goods store is he supposed to be employed at?” - 3 “Well, now, I couldn’t tell you: I don’t believe he ever -_ mentioned the name of the house. It’s on Broadway, I Know." , __.. “He never told me the name of: the store, either. After : poet ow to-day I doubt very much if he’s a dry goods mo at all.” He never Dicks: .) -« ; He then told her all about the theft of the $5,000 in gold : the money broker’s office in Exchange Place; how he had led the chase of :the thief himself, and how the rascal had turned out to be. Horace Burd. _ Mrs. Carson nearly had a fit when Dick told her who the -Man really was. ; ; mee aerianad that she couldn’t really believe it. Wy tee ther you believe it or not it’s the fact,” said Dick. _ “Here’s an afternoon paper. I’ve marked the story for you. “You'll see Mr. Burd’s name is duly- mentioned and hat I am credited with having furnished the clues to his about from "also said that Southern te the sale of gentleman had tried to rst on paner ee ntal then he is a fraud,” ; gouty foot of his was t any more than I have. he doesn’t turn up at « up Mrs. Carson and ask her if Horace Burd had been d TIP. 5 he’ll have to give an account of himself, and I don’t believe he can afford.te do that.” When Mr. Whitford arrived at the office and Dick had assisted him off with his coat, the’ broker, who had read what the papers said about Colonel Culpepper, had a talk se messenger about the late guest of the Occidental otel, : The trader was satisfied in his own mind that the alleg: colonel was not the real owner of the bonds, and he said h should hold the securities until. the genuine Colonel Culpep- per was heard from. That day N. & P. stock advanced to 67 and the general tone of the market was encouraging. Although several detectives were looking for Horace Burd and the $5,000 he had got away with, he had so far managed to elude capture. Next day the Stock Exchange closed at noon, as was the custom on Saturday, but during the two-hour session N. & P. went up another point, much to Dick’s satisfaction, who en hee to look for the $500 he expected to make out of the deal. The meeting of the board of directors was slated for Monday afternoon, and during the early part of the day N. & P. began to sag back toward 67, for many brokers, under the idea that the dividend would be cut, were anxious té get rid of their holdings. ext morning the fact was published in all the that the dividend had not been cut, and so when the Ex- change opened for business there was a rush by the trade to buy in the stock, in a great, many cases to cover thei short sales. N. & P. took on a boom and when the trading ceased at three o’clock it was up to 74. : Dick was tickled to death, for he was $300 ahead on his eal. He did not sell, however, for he looked to see it go higher. He Fina not wrong, for the price was up to ri by noon next day. At two o’clock it was ruling at 771-8, and Dick decided ~ to sell. / Having an opportunity to get to the little bank on Nassau, street where he had made the deal, he ordered his 40 shares sold at the market, and it was done inside of ten minutes. eae went back to the office and figured his profits up at about $475. “J didn’t quite capture the $500 I had calculated on,” he said to himself, as he looked at his figures, “but I came pretty |near to it. At any rate, I’m satisfied with what I’ve made. I’m now worth $750, and that isn’t so bad for a boy.” CHAPTER -V. DICK PLAYS ANOTHER WINNER. Dick, according to his promise, had kept Sadie Singer posted from day to day about his deal, and next moraine. after he had received his check in settlement from the 4] he went into the counting room and showed it to her. ages see my tip was just what I told you it was—a win, ner,” he sai way.” sg Sauippone it does, You’re founs and can afford to wait. At any rate, it will remove the money from temptation.” ‘Ae 0 you mean by temptation, Sadie?” Loe SS : “You might get hold of another tip that might not turn — out. so well, and by investing your little money on the p of it lose it as quickly as you made it this time.” — ‘ p tae at you a a afraid that I would use an Ww pretty sure of. 53 te "t know about aoe + at.” 7 Pr. ~ Coa

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6 A $30,000 TIP. SS ees a ae eR ES | “ey Se SRE FSS SOS eae ee ee renee ets kets and handed it to the cashier to deposit in the office safe for the present. _. Next day when he was on his way to the bank with the day’s deposits he met his particular friend, Fred Gorham. “Hello, Fred, how are things?” he said. ’ “Fine as silk. Say do you want to make a stake?” asked Gorham. : “Do I? Will a duck swim? How can I make it?” “You’ve got $50 or $100, haven’t you, lying around loose?” “Yes, I could find that amount easily enough.” ~ “Then I'll let you in on.a tip I got hold of to-day.” “T hope it’s a good one.” “Good! You can gamble on it that it’s good.” “Let’s hear what it is.” , “There’s going to be a boom in S. & O. inside of ten days.” “There is?” “Yes. And-you want to get in on the ground floor while the stock is selling at 46. It will go to 60 easily enough.” “That’s a pretty bigy Beonge . What’s going to send it up?” “A syndicate has n formed to boom it, and several brokers are buying up all the shares they can find on the quiet.” ‘ “How did you find that out?” “My boss is one of the traders that’s doing the buying. { was in his office looking over the letter file about an hour ago and I heard the whole matter discussed between him “and one of the members of the syndicate.” “J suppose you’re going to take advantage of your knowl- edge to make a little haul yourself,” said Dick. .~ . “Bet your life I am. V’ve got over $100 saved up. I’m ' cing to put it into 25 shares on a five per cent. margin. } Got don’t want to miss this chance, or you'll feel like kicking yourself all around the block.” Dick had a good deal of confidence in his friend Fred. He knew that Gorham wouldn’t deceive him with a false story. The tip seemed to be pretty good on its face, but Dick was cautious and wanted to find out all he could about it before he risked any part of his $750 capital. ‘ So he cross-examined Fred closely about the interview he had accidentally overheard, and was finally satisfied that ‘there was going to be something doing soon in 8. & O. |. Fred said he was going to the little bank on Nassau street ‘that afternoon on his way home and make his deal, and _ advised Dick to do the same if he could get hold of his “money. ' When Dick got back to the office he looked up the record of S: & O. for the yo three months, and saw that it had not been as low as 46 before during that time. : _It had dropped five points in the last week, and this was Fophebly owing to the efforts of the brokers employed by pee to beat the price down so that they could secure the es at as low a figure as possible. That afternoon Dick drop in at the little bank ordered 100 shares to be pure for his account at 46. | Two days later it was up to 48, and Dick put the balance of his money into 50 shares more. ““T guess I won't Be: word about this deal to Sadie,” ‘said to himself. “I know what she’d say. Besides if this should go wrong [ wouldn’t want to have her know that -I_put my money into the market so soon again and lost it. ‘She'd rather not risk a slum rit wen said Gorham, meeting him on the street next <P 0.2? It’s gone up two and and some more at 48.” t you buy all at 46? Afraid the tip wasn’t deal. I expect to sell out somewhere between 55 and 60. That’s a pointer for you.” , : 5 ie ee next four or five days there wasn’t much doing in S. a It advanced by eighths up to 50 during that time, and ~ did not attract any particular notice. Then one morning, after the syndicate had secured a cor- ner on the stock, the chief broker of the combine went on the floor and began bidding for it. The first price on S. & O. was 51 for 2,000 shares. Someone sold it to the pool’s broker in a block. - The seller was one of the broker’s own lieutenants. This meant what is known as a “wash” sale—a fictitious one arranged in advance between two brokers to establish the basis for the trades that are to follow. : It is one of those minor frauds in stock gambling b: which the public is deceived and the traders are handicapp by loaded, dice. . In five minutes S. & O. was selling at 55, but only small | amounts of the stock came to the surface, as the combine had the most of it in its possession. Dick was standing at the rail in the messengers’ entrance when the ball opened and the sudden jump of S. & his breath away. In that five minutes he found himself $750 richer than he had been when he entered the Exchange, and it is small wonder if he was greatly excited, especially as it looked as if S. & O. would go to 60 or more in a very little while. Of course, the excitement in the Exchange was soon com- munieated to the street, and to all the brokers’ offices. When Dick got back to his own office he found the ticker surrounded by a crowd of eager customers. It i ty take him long to learn that S. & O. had gone up to 58. “If this keeps on Fred will be standing on his head,” — chuckled the boy, who was all aquiver himself. “This is too good to keep. I’m going in and tell Sadie.” desk stood. : : “My gracious, Dick!” she exclaimed} glancing up at his flushed countenance and dancing eyes. “What's happened?” “T’m in the market again,” he replied. “You don’t mean to say you have risked your $750?” “Every sou of it.” a Bancroft, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.” , y so?’ “Because you’re simply tempting fate.” “You mean I’m tempting money to hop into my pocket.” “Not at all. Quite the other way.” “You seem to know all about it.” “Well, some people and their money are soon a “That’s right, but I’m not going to be one of them.” “Do you expect to enjoy a monopoly of Wall Street luck?” “T expect to get my share of it.” : “Some people never know when they’re well off till they get into trouble.” : “That’s a dig at me, eh?” F POE age Dicky, if the cap fits you know the rest,” laughed e. “Is that so? Well, let me tell you, Miss am perhaps not such a chump as you may thi O. took — So he ran into the counting room to the corner where her _ ‘ot Singer, that en nay L- 1 100 shares of S. & O. last week at 46, and 50 more shares pre two days later at 48. This morning the stock has takena sudden boom going at 58 five minutes ago. How does that hit you?” ised stenographer. Pr Go out and look at the ticker if ; don’t believe I’m just $1,700 ahead of the game at ‘ou E this snocmale 2 : De you bee till head ™ mekied the’ young ni ‘“Do you see this ? e you tap- ping his forehead with his index finger. “That head “did fe ge yonitc ntede $1,700 so far?” the ‘eaid kigardine ti you’ve le $1, so far? sai : hin fg ee pang call it $2,000 fi T’ ; doubt ra “Perhaps we mi it $2,000, for I’ve no. x stock is still going up. I was over at the Exchange a while when the fun began. Why, the brokers we as » P “s J w ~ ¥ ha ike a lot of lunatics. S. & O. at the low price of 46, to-da any price. Isn’t that the funniest sa ot the penis eve is a “Dear me, do you mean that, Dick?” ejaculated the sur- _ just as I expected that it would, and it was _ o me a P

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long as it is on the boom, no matter what it costs them. Those are the ones who get pinched when the slump comes.” “I’m glad you’re on the sunny side of the market again. a ,2re certainly very fortunate, I hope you'll sell in e. “I’m going to sell this afternoon. I expect to get 65 _ easily enough from the present outlook.” __ Dick went back to the waiting-room, where he found that the latest quotation was 59. At two o’clock he sold his 150 shares at 66 3-8; which gave - hima ey on his two deals of $2,900; and made him worth, all told, $3,650. ia CHAPTER VI. DICK MEETS “COLONEL CULPEPPER” AGAIN. On his up Wall Street that afternoon Dick met Fred i Sg As at the corner of Nassau street. wai “Well, old man,” said Fred, “did you sell out to-day?” “I did. I got 65.” ot 66 3-8.” “TI did better, for 7 7-8. Nothing the matter with that “And it closed at tip, was there?” . “Not a thing. It was regularly gold lined.” “That $460 odd I'll get to-morrow was the easiest money I ever made in my life. Let’s go to a show to-night?” “Tm willing,” replied Dick.. “Where shall I meet you?” “Lor yarmeg corner of Broadway and Forty-second street at seven- 3a “Tl be there. What show shall we take in?” Fred mentioned several that occupied the string of Forty-second street theaters, and they selected one ' between them. The boys met at the corRer agreed on and went to the theater decided on. After the show was out they went to an oyster saloon and _ had something to eat, When they parted Dick jumped on a Broadway car bound wntown. “A well-built man, who had seen the boys come out of theater, and had followed them to the oyster house, on the rear platform of the same car. e had a black mustache and dark piercing eyes, and looked something like a prosperous sport. - When Dick got off at Twenty-eighth street he got off He followed behind the boy, and half way between Broad- «th Way and Sixth avenue he caught up with him and tapped him on the arm. . ; met Pick turned around and looked at the stranger. Well, young man, you don’t seem to remember me,” said the man, with a half smile. ‘And my name is Colonel Cul ‘ ; mig ejacula’ ick, in astonishment. “Exactly—Colonel Culpepper.” __ “If you’re Colonel Culpepper then my eyes have gone back on me.” 7). “How so?”' colors. I suppose are think- the first pelleltinn ie meet—pro- than ye deserve,” replied Dick, ‘young man, I don’t afin y a ive ‘the chance. top here against these railings, “I want to talk with at have you got to say tome?” == ce tow plete ne about those bonds I gave you seas _*. ay : be ; ae , ee boards of the| Up to a billiard crossed the A $30,000 TIP. : 7 “As they don’t belong to you I don’t see that you need worry about them.” “If they didn’t belong to me how did I happen to have them?” “You ought to be able to answer that question yourself.” “Where are those bonds now?” \ “Mr, Whitford has them in his safe, He has been trying to communicate with the real Colonel Culpepper, but the colonel is somewhere in Europe at present.” “Look here; Bancroft, you’re getting a small salary as messenger. Wouldn’t you like to make a thousand dollars in a bunch?” ' “Not by any method you are likely to suggest.” “Get hold of those bonds and hand them over to me and a thousand dollars will be yours.” - “Thanks. I’m not doing any crooked work at present.” “What’s crooked about it? I handed you the bonds to dispose of, didn’t I? Well, I want them back since your, employer will not carry out the arrangement I made with you.” “If you want them back you'll have to apply to Mr. Whit- ford. The matter is out of my hands.” “T don’t recognize Mr. Whitford in the matter. My dealing was with you. I hold you responsible.” “The responsibility has been transferred to Mr. Whitford. He hds the bonds, and you must apply to him. If you can establish your right to them you'll get them.” “Do you refuse to get them for me?” “T do.” “Isn’t a thousand dollars any temptation?” “Not a particle.” : “I think you're a fool! on “You’re welcome to your opinion.” “If you brought me those bonds it would be just like finding a thousand dollars.” re “T don’t care to find it that way.” “Then = can’t make a deal with you?” said the stranger, “Tt doesn’t look as if you-couid,” replied Dick. “T thought you were a smart chap. tion.” : “That’s where you are making a mistake. It’s the smart “That’s true enough, but if they don’t make it honestly they-——” : interrupted the man. “Something over two years.” Street for making money than anywhere else? Don’t YO know that the public is being robbed down there in a hut- in a disappointed tone. “T wouldn’t be very smart if I fell in with your proposi- chaps that make money eA ae “Say, how long have you been working in Wall Street?” “Don’t you know “nere are more crooked ways in Wall » dred different ways every day in the year? What is high financiering but organized jobbery? How often are the methods of the money Eings denounced in the daily press? Don’t talk | to me-about honesty. Only fools are honest these da . “All right. Have it your way.” Dick was playing for time, thinking that a_ policeman might come that way, in which case he intexded to him to arrest the man who had impersonated the real Col? one] Culpepper. 5 pile ha At last Dick got tired-of waiting for a guardian of the night to appear, and so he told his companion that he guessed it was time for them to part. “Better think the matter over,” said the stranger, per- | suasively. “If you should change your mind drop a note tc | Mr. Johnson, care of,” mentioning a well-known Tenderloin resort, “and I'll arrange a meeting with vou.”

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8 A DE ite ci Cee 000 TIP. The stock of both had been selling down for a year or more. Dick was of the opinion that he had accidentally discov- ered another good thing. The news that the deal was under way had been reported in the papers, but the Street hardly believed anything would come of it. At any rate, none of the brokers made any strenuous exertions to buy the stock of either road in anticipation that. the pooling arrangements would come to a he: Dick knew that one of the two men who were talking about the deal was a director in the M. & N. road. The young messenger also learned that the successful issue of the deal would be announced in the newspapers in a day or two. The M. & N. director said the stock of his road was sure to go up 10 points, and might go up 15. He advised his companion to lose no time in buying as much stock of either road as he could afford to carry. Dick transacted his business with the trader ahead of them, and when he went away they were still talking about ; the brighter prospects of the “two roads, = “Ti’s a fine thing to be lucky,” said ‘Dick to himself, on fi One of them wore heavy Burnside whiskers and had bushy eyebrows. He took this man aside. ie found out where the bonds are,” he said, in a low ne “Have you? Where are they?” asked the other. “At Whitford’s office. In his private safe.” “Good enough. I was afraid he had them in his safe deposit vault. How did you worm the information out. of Bancroft?” “By leading him on till he finally’ let the cat out of the “Good enough,” said the other, whose voice strongly re- sembled Horace Burd’s. “We will find a way to get at them, I warrant. Ill meet you to-morrow at Blakeley’s and then jaict Sy talk ee matter a , er resum s play at the table, while the man sith't he blaek mustache went away. . CHAPTER VH. HOw POOLING ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN TWO ROADS ADDS TO DICK’S CAPITAL. Next morning, at the first chance he had, Dick jioia Mr. Whitford about his meeting with the man who, in ise of Colonel Culpepper, had given him the ten boridin eee ine ‘Southern Railway to take to the office for sale. ” He looked like a Tenderloin sport,” said Dick. “About as different as light is to darkness from what he did when | I met him as the colonel. I wouldn’t have known it was : the same man if he hadn’t stopped me and introduced him- self.” “What did he have to say to you?” wanted to recover the bonds.” e did, eh?” fed “Yes. He offered me a thousand dollars if I could find a tr Bie Aes of returning them em to him.” Sea! Quite a liberal offer. Would you know him if see saw him again?” his way back to the office. “Who’d have thought (’d get on to such a dandy tip as the one I’ve just picked up? know both of these roads had a black eye for more than a year. he It’s a wonder they didn’t patch up some kind of truce e months ago. Well, I’m going to get in on this thing, and aoe I'll pass the tip on to Fred. I owe him a good turn or the pointer he put in my way recently. There he is now. Talk | of the Old Boy and’ you’re sute to see his hoofs or horns. — Hello, Fred, hold on a minute.” 4 “?m holding on—to Tete grinned Gorham, as he grabbed Dick by both arms. “What do you want? Speak quick, Pins for I’ve got a message to deliver.” 24: “Tye just got on to a fine tip, and I want to let you in Ree on it,” replied Dick. hy i pe apt what I like to hear. “I’d like to double that $600 0 : “Then listen and I’ll tell you how you can do it.” Dick gave him an outline of the information he had heard ae about the two roads. a sr “Tw “M. & N. is the better of the two stocks to tackle,” said = nm “fh he were arrested, could wee identify him as Hie! man!Dick. “Both will advance, but we can make larger profite profits ag wae introduced to you as Colonel Culpepper?” _ [out of M. & N. than the other. director road I don’t think I could do that.” said it was sure to go.up 10 points, eo might go 15. ” Me se “Then it would be of no use to put a detective on to him.| The boys talked a few minutes longer on the subject and « %, if he was pulled in he would, of course, deny that he was | then separated, j ‘person who impersonated Colonel Culpepper, and there} Dick, on his return to the office, consulted the market © is no way that I can see of proving the fact.” rEvors and saw that M. & N. was ruling at 60, and W.&V. ; The ae turned to his desk and Dick retired to his | at 42. Pes eS ie, Sg ae decided to buy 500 shares of the former and 100 of the arr S ericiss the a messenger got his check from | jatter on a five per cent. basis. ss the b turned it into cas a Dee the money in an’ envelope} He didn’t get an opportunity to do this till he was sent Pee ap ee eid it to the office saf to a stationer’s on Nassau street. ae ne get 2 + his check, no and he was a happy boy. This errand took him by the bank. Ave eg —" days later a typical lookin; P Whittord’s with As soon as he found he was g¢ going (tint way he ede the sis : Sargent sidewhiskers, walked into hitford’s office | cashier for his envelope containing his money which was je, be. t three o’clock. thé wate, 35: _ He asked for the broker, and was shown into the private It was handed to him and he put it in his pocket. .- res; Beh mc one of the clerks, as Dick was out on an errand at We hegre to ce es the wtaleaars he made ae Ss wa to the little and ste to the margin ee Fh > g ogee himself as ee: Hawtree, from London. | clerk’ ne window: ieee. ‘ os e was ; ws s a friend uptown and that “Hello,” he said, as the clerk nodded to him, “’m back aeons diedhid ag ail Street with the view of making a deal again, like a. bad penny.” eis ae Hae ahouk ‘dsllcroui gilt Siged™ aadibities ag ak Tl Vat oh ied BO a yore ME @ N. at 60 . “T want the bank to buy ares - at 1 vas 80 akiig ie broker’s » said he would call | me, and 100 shares of W, & V. at 42.” 00 for got a draft he was eapantieae from the| The clerk, after looking up the latest quotations, t othe: the deal with him, and Dick, leaving about : Whea ie he left ph eg joined a smaller man, dressed | returned to the office. rea bs. ap ok ae a smooth face and blue eye- at Seeraton, on his way home, Fred’ bought 100 4 aes roche age Renaiet, PS ast betoze! the Exchange closed on the following d ; Th of M. & N. at 60 ; of a broker in the Telia! the announcement was made of the wmneng 40: gee. the tence he bed between Mie two roads, and it feaught the end r : ) py ge rein ae re Lowel at $6:bay th stock of both mai ruinous e rads, | : who had sor preci of of ith hel ete ve = for the Bids of = for Ms

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“That's what we are. You ought to make a thousand ‘dollars this trip,” returned Dick. “T give it up. I never crow until I’m out of the woods.” _ “T never said a word to my folks about the $475 I made out of S. & 0.” “Why not?” “Because my, father would probably want me to turn it over to him to use in his business, and that’s the last I'd ever see of it. What the old man doesn’t know won’t trouble him, so I intend to keep my business strictly to myself.” : Next morning both stocks opened a point above the s previous day’s closing price, and there was a fierce scramble to buy both stocks. : The public, after reading the news in the morning papers, ' also got on the job and came flocking to the Street, eager to be in on a good thing, too. The excitement in the Exehange was tremendous all that day, and M. & N. went to 72 by half-past two o’clock, while W. & V. was selling at 503-8, “That’s good enough for me,” said Dick, when he saw _ the quotations on the ticker. “I’m going to sell as soon as I ean reach the bank.” He didn’t get to the little bank in time to sell out that day, but left his order with the clerk to close him out first _ thing in the morning. _ Fred did the same thing. The bank’s representative sold their holdings among the first ing done when the Exchange opened. Dick got 753-8 for his M. & N. shares and 521-8 for his W._& V. stock. x eae = course, got the same as Dick for his 100 shares t Dick made a profit on both his deals of $8,500, while Fred _ cleared nearly $1,500. aN & rytt CHAPTER VIII. A STARTLING DISCOVERY. Dick was so overjoyed at being worth $12,000 that no «sooner did Sadie Singer appear at the office next morning than he ran into the counting-room to tell her about his _ good fortune. , _ “What, another deal!” she cried. “You don’t mean it!” ___—-~ “IT do mean it, and this time I’ve cleared $7,500. That looks like business, doesn’t it?” : _ Dick Bancroft, you’re the most amazing boy I ever heard _ of. Why, you’ve made so much money in the last few weeks that it almost makes my head swim to think of it. I can’t _» understand how you’ve been so fortunate.” _ . “Oh, there are lots of things girls can’t understand,” ine idea! I like your. cheek. Girls- can understand things just as well as boys, and generally better, if you want Ww. » i fou mean they think they can. Could you go out into ' st, pick up tips and then make $12,000 out of them is. if you knew how to do that you’d understand how ge 12,000.” am has ou’ve more you yourself broke some ddy?” to use it as the basis of my fortune. If I get save u enema 5 Finy ep amiigk et prey enh you'll be careful, for $12,000 is a lot of money to : chanee. A $30,000 TIP. .to believe that you are an uncommonly e : f he went and hired a box in a safe deposit vault and put it, away there. ' That afternoon Mr. Whitford said he had. to go over a lot of accounts of an estate of which he was the trustee, and he asked Dick to come back that evening at eight o’clock and help him out. The boy promised that he would. Ace rdingly after dinner he took an elevated train at the Twrent-etg th street station and started for Wall Street. He found the night watchman talking to the janitor in the vestibule near the elevators. “Hello, Bancroft,” said the janitor, “what brings you back at this hour?” “Got to help the boss this evening. He’s got a lot of work to go over and check up, and he couldn’t possibly get along without such a valuable entployee as myself,” laughed Dick. “It’s only half-past seven. 1 suppose he hasn’t got back from his dinner yet. He doesn’t expect me before eight.” {Oh, he’s back. I saw him go up to his office about half an hour ago,” said the watchman. “Then Pll go up.” _ P “He’s got two visitors with him. They came in right after he did, and went up to his office.” ; “Two visivors ?” ‘ “Yes. One was an Englishman, with long sidewhiskers, and the other looked like a minister. The Englishman said to me: ‘Cawn’t we go up in the lift, my good fellow?’ But I told him that the elevators didn’t run at that hour. ‘It’s a deuced bore, don’t yon know, to have to walk up,’ he re- plied. I told him he had only two flights to go, whereupon they both started up, the stairway, and that’s the last I’ve seen of them since. “Well, I guess I won't go up, then,” said Dick, “He doesn’t expect me till eight o’clock, and probably he | wouldn’t care to have me butting in when he has callers.” ~~ At that moment the janitor’s pretty daughter came in at. the front door. are gid es The janitor and his family lived in a one-story house erected on the roof. i “Well, pa, are you going to take me up?” she asked. “In a few minutes, after I attend to a little matter in the basement. You can talk to this young man and the watch- man till I get back. Bancroft, this is my daughter Molly. She wants to know how the brokers make so much money ‘in the Stock Exchange. Perhaps you can enlighten her.” “Ain’t yao awiul, pa,” said the young lady, with a blush, slapping her father playfully on the arm. The janitor laughed and walked off. ; “So you want to know how the brokers make money, Miss ~ Molly?” said Dick. “Why, I should think your father could have told you all about that. He ought to | ose as much as I do about it.” . } ’ “He’s never been in the Exchange. » Besides, he never seems to have any time to talk with me. tk “That’s too bad. If I were in his shoes, and had such a pretty daughter as you, I couldn’t do too much for you.” “y me! How complimentary you are. Are all the Wall Street boys like you?” said Miss Molly, with a smile and a blush, “You ought to be able to judge. You see them every day, don’t Fou rg F ; “I don’t know any of them to talk to. You are the first I’ve ever been in’ to.” 3 “T should consider that quite an honor, I suppose,” laughed 1c. 4 “You are very polite to say so, whether you meafi it or. not,” she pith ‘ “Oh, I always mean what I say, especially when I’m talk- _ ing to a young lady.” wt ° : ; I think you’re a jollier,” said the girl, with a sidelong glance at the good-looking boy. : 4 “That's where you’re wrong. I wouldn’t jolly you £ a ‘arm. . - ' “Pm afraid that ——” | “Hark!” suddenly exclaimed the watchman, interrupting : -* her, era

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t q p oda r> ah 10 A $30,000 TIP. ef the financial district could keep a shoe factory running overtime.” ; - “Do you expect to be a broker some day?” “T hope so.” “All brokers get rich, don’t they, very soon?” . “They manage to live in pretty good style, I believe. My jboss has been in the business about thirty years, and they say he’s worth close on to a million,” “Pa says some the traders are worth several millions.” “Some of the big guns are. But they are really poor alongside the men who control railroads, insurance com- anies, and other big enterprises. Those financial kings nave millions to burn. Yet they keep right on piling more - millions up. One of these days there won’t be any money left for anybody else. They’ll own the country, and the smaller fry will have to ask their permission to remain on At that moment there was a sound of steps on the stairs, and presently the Englishman and his companion stepped into the vestibule. Each carried a package neatly done up under his arm. The chap who looked like a minister or a missionary started when his eyes rested on Dick’s face. He nudged his companion and said something to him in a low tone. <-¢ “Well, my good man, we’ll be obliged to you if you'll let us out,” said the Englishman, stroking one of his Dun- drearies with a bored air. “It’s deuced inconvenient to be obliged to come down on business at this hour, don’t you know. Quite a bore, I assure you,” The ministerial gentleman said nothing, but he kept his head away from Dick. The watchman made no reply, but conducted them to the front door and let them out. _“There’s something about that minister, if he is a min- ister, that looks kind of familiar to me,” said Dick, when the watchman came back. “Still, I guess I’ve never seen him before. If I had I should know him right off.” “These Englishmen who live on their money, ‘and I _ guess that chap is one, make me weary,” replied the watch- -man, ‘ ey always have such a tired look, just as if life was a bore. ty wouldn’t be surprised but what it is to them,” said Dick. “Well, it’s five minutes to sight, I must get up to the office. You'll have to excuse me, Miss Molly.” “Are you going to work to-night?” she asked, in some . to for a couple of hours. Mr. Whitford has a lot of work connected with an estate to attend to, and he tg asked me to come down and give him a lift with it, so here : You don’t thave to come here often at nights, do you?” “Oh, no. This is the first time in three months. Well, *~ wens o the stairs, two steps at a time. 4 Whitford’s office was situated on the third floor back of the Wall Street section of the building, and the windows _ overl wig Bes g: Ne a that furnished light and air to ae ice facing on i wae TY It didn’t take Dick long to reach the door of the reception room, which he expected to find unlocked. : ~ It wasn’t; however, but there was a light in there. ‘The broker’s private room was also lighted up. tick ba the pace of that, marked “Private.’ ‘It was , too. Whitford will have the trouble of letting m knocking on the door. epee te and the door was not opened. ’¢ hear me,” thought the boy, so he ot a 80 1 came fr within os He :ked mo; arr “I wonder where he is? “He hie ng in ai of the office. Lae d-night,” responded the janitor’s daughter, and Dick | ¢. Wh ought to be able to hear that | ticular Then he saw what seemed to be a man’s hand lying upon the floor, the arm being out of his range of vision. “Ym afraid there’s something wrong in there,” breathed the young messenger, with beating heart. “I don’t like the looks of things at all.” He pounded hard on the door, and the sound reverberated throughout the corridor. The janitor, his daughter, one of his assistants and the night watchman were going up in the elevator and they heard the disturbance. The elevator was stopped at that floor and the janitor got off to see what was the matter. “What’s the trouble, Bancroft? asked when he came up. “No. Mr. Whitford is certainly in there somewhere, but I can’t make him hear,” replied the young messenger. “I’m thinking there’s something wrong.” “Something wrong?” ejaculated the janitor. “Yes. Just take a squint through the keyhole.” The janitor did so. “Isn’t that a man’s hand on the floor?” said Dick. “It is. That doesn’t look right. Ill get the keys from my assistant and open up the door.” When he came back he was followed by all others, his ae aay bringing up in the rear. The janitor inserted one of the keys in the lock, turned it and opened the door. 4 The scene of wreck and disorder that greeted Dick Ban- croft and his companions when they flung the door open and entered the office fairly staggered them. gis “My gracious! Mr. Whitford!” exclaimed the boy, as he rushed toward the senseless broker. Can’t you get in?” he bad CHAPTER IX. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. ” Roger Whitford lay stretched flat out on the floor near is desk. s He looked like a dead man. : Dick knelt beside him and felt inside his vest. \His heart was beating fairly strong and the boy felt greatly relieved. : 2 Dick jumped up and ran thropgh wash room to get a cup of water. hora he was away the others gazed around the place aghast. 3 ey How such a general wreck could have taken place with- out attracting attention puzzled them not a little. . The damage seemed to have been done deliberately and for the sole purpose of creating as much hayoc as possible. Even the pictures on the walls were askew and their glass The door of the private safe had been blown open, and r the aes which ha complished the job lay about the floor oa near i Se Whatever valuable had been*in it seemed to have been — . taken, for the safe was now bare. ' pret The drawers of the broker’s desk had been rifled and) a greater part of their contents lay scattered about on the _~ oor. ‘ et The letter-file case had toppled against one of -win- : coon Spades Das tay tad wads tu nee _ night wat n gues! this had made the noi Be a ee ed ae eee e janitor e of the unconscious Rs ye his knee just as Dick returned with the water, and thes | tried to bring Mr. Whitford to his senses. _ tits “Better telephone the police, Watson,” said the to the night watchman. “They can’t get here any too from the looks of things.” | Watson hurried to the booth in the counti He noticed that nothing seemed to be the inner offices to the

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his friend must know something about it, for they left only cried Dick. “They must have been crooks “Thunde?!” ejaculated Watson. “And we let them pass us, and I ks pone the door for them to walk out. ell, they deceived me completely.” to the fact that they are disguised it will be hard ms anything-like an accurate description of them,” said ick. “One was about five foot ten, the other four inches shorter,” said the night watchman. “The tall chap’s side whiskers were false, of course, and he wore a wig to match. T should imagine that he really has a smooth face. The other fellow’s chief disguise was his blue glasses and pos- ly a wig. “We'll have to give the best description we can of them to the police, and then it will be up to them to do some- ing.” returned the boy. ~ “Tl have to go downstairs and let the officers and the ambulance man in when they come,” said the watchman. The janitor carried his daughter up to the top floor and walked up to the roof, where his wife gave him some kind of remedy to try on the broker. __ He brought it down with him, but it did no good towards reviving the unconscious man. The police and the ambulance arrived almost simulta- y. The surgeon examined Mr. Whitford and said he had been knocked out by some sort of dull weapon, probably a sl He said he would have to take him to the hospital, as he was very severely injured. detective and policeman who had been sent looked _ the office over carefully after hearing the stories told by the -night watchman and Dick. _ He ’phoned the iculars to headquarters, on Mulberry paca giving the best description of the disguised rascals ee . Mr. Whitford was carried downstairs, loaded on the am- bulance and taken to the hospital. _ Diek then connected with his private residence and com- : t - 2 ; as *phone. : nd Moker hospital has Mr. Whitford been taken to?” asked - the er. Diek told him, and asked him to make the news known _ to his wife as easily as possible so as to avoid alarming her too much. Then he repaired the disorder of the room as well as he ould, returning the = to the drawers, though he had no idea to which ones they beieneed. The boy could not tell what had been taken from the safe, _ but thought the cashier might know, or have some general idea. : nen ee Bed done all he could do, Dick left the office and building returned to his boarding house. Next ing’s papers had the story of the affair, and Mr. Whitford’s ‘condition was reported as very He had recovered his senses, but he could recall nothing of the m him. visit of the two men and their assault u ore he could not give the police the clue they were 5 the tford’s enntoyees, ae excepted, ty astounded when y read the news n morning in the their way to the office. . / Bn oe as one of the factors in the incident, was besieged - ae portance, however, had esca; the report- could only give them minor i tion. » even tidied up as the young messefiger it, was still quite a wreck to,look at. , nothing of any t im) e. that Mr. taken the ten bonds of rn Railway, as well as a n th k private safe, over to his safe deposit vaults e burglars, therefore, had found a comparatively empty Possibly it was the lack of results that had caused them the office, and business went on A $30,000 TIP. municated his particulars to his butler, who came to the, his own in a | bome ender with the'me é 11 Fred Gorham came in about ten. “There seems to have been something doing in your office last night, according to the papers,’; he said to Dick. “T should say so. Sou ought to have seen the private room last night before the wreck was cleaned away. It looked as if it had been struck by ace gran “How could such a. thing have been done without attract- ing notice?” “T couldn’t tell you.” “This room doesn’t look out of the way.” “The damage was all done in the private office.” “How about the counting room safe?” “They didn’t touch it, They blew open the boss’s private safe, and not getting anything worth their trouble we think they wrecked the room because they were mad.” “The papers said that the crooks were disguised as a well- to-do Englishman and a ministerial-looking chap.” “That is correct. Their disguise was first-class, too. The night watchman let them P and out of the building without question.” : ‘ : “Mr. Whitford is said to be in a serious condition at the hospital.” “Yes. He received a terrible rap on the head with some w that the detective believes was a slung-shot.” ; “Any danger of his dying?” “T couldn’t tell you, but I hope not.” “It seems a very strange affair. Those fellows must have found out that Mr. Whitford was to at his. office last night. They couldn’t have got into the building at the hour they did without some good excuse. They evidently watched your boss when he returned from supper, and then after le upstairs they came to the street ‘entrance and told the watchman they had a special appointment with the broker. The watchman probably thought that was the reason Mr. Whitford had come back to his office, and so he’ lét them go upstairs.” “You've got " down all right. Your jidea with the Y agrees watchman’s statement,” replied Dick, who at that moment’ was called over by the cashier to go on an ‘errand, so Fred returned to his own office. ——__ CHAPTER X. A $30,000 TIP. Although the police got busy over the Wall Street mys- te sts were made. roker Whitford was removed from the hospital to his home and two woake Sg -§: his physician gave him ission to go downtown to his office. Oe the tee nehile he had been able to make a statement to the police, but it didn’t throw _any great light on the affair. He said the two men entered his office that night ten min- utes after he returned from his supper. — ; + The presumed pay omy apologized for calling outside of.the regular office hours, giving as an excuse that he was going out West on an early train next morning. He said he wanted to purchase some Southern Railway first mortgage bonds, and asked the broker if he had any in his office for sal Mr. Whitford told him he had none for sale, but could get him the bonds the next day. The Englishman said that would be too late. The man who looked like a minister, and had been look- ing at the pictures on the walls while his friends was - ing with the broker, suddenly sli up behind Mr. t- ck him with some kind of hard implement. har oa all the unfortunate trader could renenines When Dick heard of the statement made by Mr. Whitford an idea oceurred to him. . impersonated Colonel Culpepper. bearing of the chaps as they had the vestibule of the ding nm as he that the big man had: “ a

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» 12 The detective and his side partner, who generally worked together, immediately out to try a find the sporty- looking man, with dark eyes and black mustache, and his associate, Horace Burd. * The search, however, was not productive of results, and ter a time it was given up altogether, the conclusion hav- ing been reached that the two rascals had:left the city for ‘parts. unknown. So weeks passed away and the mysterious affair of the Taylor Building was forgotten, except by Dick and the broker himself. Mr. Whitford had been unable to get inte communication jwith the real Colonel Culpepper, but he found out through the secretary of the Southern Railway Co. that the ten bonds in question had been purchased by the colonel just before he started for Europe. There seemed to be no doubt but that the bonds had in some way been stolen from the colonel, and that was why ithe broker took them to his safe deposit box where they would be quite safe until the o r turned up and proved his right to them. “Say, Miss Singer——” said Dick one morning during the first week in June. “Miss Singer!” ejaculated the stenographer. “You’re get- — awfully ceremonious all at once. meant Sadie. You’ve got a friend who’s running a pub- lic stenographer’s office.” “T have.” . “She does a whole lot of work for different brokers. Why don’t. you strike her for a good tip on the market? I'll bet e gets hold of many a one. You get the tip. If I think it’s w taking a risk on I'll give you ten per cent. of whatever —— I may make out of it. That would be fair, wouldn’t it? You’d take no risk at all. If I made $1,000 you’d get $100. That would pay for a new summer outfit fo: you, and your vacation expenses.” . “That is certainly.a very acceptable proposition on your Dick, but I’m not sure’ that I could uade Miss Pot- to give me @ tip that was valuable. Ene might consider such a thing a breach of confidence between her and her customer. a broker trusted her with any of his business * secrets it wouldn’t be fair on her part to give them out.” “That’s true, Sadie. I don’t expect her to give away any- thing she learns in a confidential way. But she does such a lot of general work for brokers who have no regular ste- nographer, or whose steno her is overcrowded, that She is bound to catch on to things that would mean a whole lot to somebody like myself who is keeping steady track of the “Well, when I see her I'll speak to her about the matter.” “That right. Ill guarantee you'll find it worth your while.” At that moment the cashier called Dick to his desk. “Hand this to Miss Singer,” he said. “A messenger boy left it. “Here’s a letter for you, Sadie,” said Dick, laying it on table. “A messenger boy brought it. Is it from your fellow, inviting you to go to a show to-night?” “I haven’t any best fellow,” she replied, with a blush, as she to open the communication. : “What’s the matter with you taking me, then?” he chuckled. , “Haven’t you a cheek!” “Ain't I enough for you? Don’t forget that ’m worth $ , and I could spread myself giving you a good “Money isn’t everything. If I liked a young man I wouldn’t 1 talk that way. TORE Hetty Site tite to hear a a fine thing to have, but if was the o: man had it might prove to be rather long run.” ; suppose this note is from?” Sadie said Sceemnd-sight expert I give it up,” he laughed. talking about her. How funny!” to call on her this afternoon when I get lifetime by a A $30,000 ‘TIP. a new summer hat, or some fluffy dress pattern, or some- thing of that nature. That’s what a girl calls important.” “You seem:to know all about it, Dicky. -There are a lot of things you boys call important that we girls wouldn’t waste a sécond thought on.” E “Well, I guess I’ve wasted enough of your time this morn- ing: I'll return to my own roost outside.” : e reached his chair in time to answer Mr. Whitford’s ring, and presently he was hustling up. Wall Street as if he had a pair of seven-league boots on. When Sadie entered the office next morning Dick was perched on his chair reading the Wall Street “Argus.” The following paragraph had just engaged his attention: “It is reported that United Traction interests have at last secured a controling interest in the stock of the Newark & Pleasantville Electric Railway, and that the property will be added to the system. Last January the N. & P. passed their regular quarterly dividend on the common stock, and as a consequence the shares dropped from 62 to below 50, around which point they have been hovering ever since. At the of- fices of both roads it was impossible to secure a ¢onfirma- tion of the rumor, so we print it for what it is worth. Should the control of the N. & P. pass to the United Traction there is little doubt that as soon as the fact was officially an- nounced the stock of the former line would jump into the sixties, for its future as a steady dividend payer would be assured.” = t looks good on its face. What a fine thing it would be if 1 knew at this moment, in advance of the Street, that United Traction had gobbled up the N. & P.,” said Dick, ane his lips like a hungry animal who had scented a titbit. ; “Good: morning, Dick,” said Sadie. “You seem to be deeply interested in the news. What is it that has particu- larly caught your eye?” “A report that United Traction of New Jersey has got control of the Newark & Pleasantville Electric Railway. It is only. a rumor; and rumors as a rule don’t amount to a hill of beans, but it would amount to about $30,000 in my pocket if I knew for sure at this moment that the deal was an assured fact.” “Thirty thousand dollars!” cried Sadie. “How could you ‘make so much?” “N. & P. is going around 50. On an assured tip I'd buy 2,000 shares on a five per cent. margin. The stock would probably go to 65. That would be a profit of $15 a share. ~ Multiply that by 2,000 and you have $30,000.” iy “And suppose I provide you with this $30,000 tip, what would you give me?” t “Pd give $5,000 as soon as I cashed. in.” “Then the tip is yours, Dick.” “What do you mean?” Sadie looked around and then whispered in his ear: “Miss Potter sent for me to give me a chance to make - a few dollars on that very tip. I told her that you made $12,000 in the stock market within the last six months, and that you promised to back any good tip I brought you and allow me ten per cent. of your profits. She said that under those circumstances, as I had no money | of my own to put up, I could let you’in on the tip if I thought I could trust you fully. I assured her that I could. Then she showed me a letter, bearing the heading of the United Traction Co., which had accidentally come to her in a bunch of work she received from a broker yesterday noon. She told me to let you read this letter and then return it to her uot away. Here is the letter. I guess you'll understand what it says without spectacles.” - Thus speaking, the girl handed Dick the letter in question. It was a short communication from the secretary of the traction trust informing the gentleman te whom it was — addressed that the U. T. had absorbed the N. & P., and* that the announcement would be made in the Exchange on ~~ a Frida Di noon, : nearly fell off his chair with glee. silly. A $30,000 tip is not picked up more than once in a” — would be a shame to let another fellow walk off with you. days as an evideneege “Talk about.tips! This kpocks the other ones I’ve -hadt - messenger like me. Sadie, you’re a bird. Tt

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¥ “Well, if you aren’t conceited!” “No, I’m not conceited, Sadie. I simply have confidence __ in my own ability to rise to the top of the ladder. With what I expect to realize on this tip of yours I hope to, work to $100,000 before Christmas. Will you take a Marry me at the proper time?” : The girl blushed up to her eyes. ; “Yl put the proposal in writing so that you can hold _ me to it if you say so. I dare you to say ‘Yes,’” he said, Seizing her hand. _\ “No, Dick,” replied the girl, looking at him shyly, “I / couldn’t think of gecepting such a dare. I hope I’m not _ SO mercenary as all that. I should not like you a bit better & than I do now simply because you were worth $100,000, or _ even a million. 3 “Then you admit that you do like me now?” he said Pye Takes: liked you, Dick.” _ _ “Do you like me enough to agree to marry me some day whether I’m worth a million or only one cent?” answer that question some other time, Dick, when sure that you know your own mind.” know my mind now,” he said earnestly. ps you do, but as the question you’ve asked me is ms i n r that concerns my~ whole life and yours, you’d aa, sr take time to consider it.” > _- With those words she withdrew her hand from his and went into oc sy phe p= > _ “She’s right,” thought Dick. “It’s too important a matter be ped at offhand. Still, I’m sure I'll never change She’s the one girl in all the world for me, and Yes,’ if it takes the balance of the year, o1 even longer, to do it.” Dick then dismissed the subject from his mind for the being and began to think about the $30,000 tip, as Pes) CHAPTER XI. . HOW THE TIP PANNED OUT. Dick went to lunch that day he Ercupes into his eposit vault and took out $10,000 of his funds. that he would make his new anal through one ace. at he knew to be thoroughly responsible, and asked to see -head of the firm. - ” he said, as soon as he was shown into the office, “I want you to buy me 2,000 shares of New- Pleasantville Electric Railway stock at the market, 50, on a ssangis of five per cent.” Leer for : ed _ “Who i VE ois ee ington e Deposit Co.” will be $10,000.” . money,” said Dick, handi his roll over. oyed by Mr. Bancroft?” asked Mr. Mason. him. In other words, I am Richard Richard Bancroft!” ejaculated the broker, clearly buying this stock for identified in the trans- I am buyi ying this stock on my own responsi- are ‘to be ” © you give your address as that. place?” Pa tite 5 box there.” y Ui'street, with Roger Whitford.” wi r ‘0 hath 4 er who was hurt by the two men who wrecked ad OY ce A $30,000 TIP. 13 “I’m his messenger.” Mr. Mason jumped at the conclusion that this transac* tion actually came from Mr.- Whitford, as it was hardly reasonable to suppose that a Wall Street messenger owned $10,000. He asked Dick no more questions, but completed the deal. When the boy got back to the Taylor Building he met Fred Gorham coming out. “How would you like to take another shy at the market, Fred?” “First rate, if I felt pretty sure I would win.” “Well, buy Newark & Pleasantville Electric Railway and you stand to win anywhere from $10 to $15 a share.” “Ts that. another tip you’ve got hold of?” “it. ig? ; “You are sure that N. & P. Electric is going up?” “Pye just banked all my money on it.” “How did you find out about it?” “J can’t tell you that. You'll have to trust to my word, that the pointer is all right. I wouldn’t put you on to any- thing I wasn’t ready to tackle myself.” “Can you tell me what is going to boom N. & P. Elec- io 2? . “J could tell you, but I’m not going to.” oThen if I AF in on this raid have to depend solely on 9” aeYou won’t make any mistake by buying N. & P. Electri for a rise of ten points. To-day is Thursday. You've till some time to-morrow, when the announcement of a certain thing will be made by the chairman of the Exchange, If you hold off till then you are liable to have lots of trouble in securing the shares at a price netting you a decent profit.” : “What is N. & P. going at now?” “Fifty.” “J7] buy 200 shares. That will take half of my mone to areal the margin. jf it goes up ten points I’ll make $2,000. ill satisfy me. ) ar wale ac I’d buy 400 shares, but you’re the doctor.” “J don’t believe it’s a good idea to risk over half of one’s n i deal. : weThat’s * good principle to go on as a rule, but I have had evidence in my possession which shows that this tip *ye handed to you is safe and sure of results.” “What was the evidence?” “J can’t state what it was, as the person who let me see wouldn’t like me to make any of the facts known.” “All right. I’m willing to put up half of my cash on he strength of your statement. I know you wouldn’t steer Gio. that’s the last thing I’d do, Fred,” replied Dick, and separated. han oe be got back to the office he told Sadie that he, 4ad bought the 2,000 shares of-N. & P, Electric. “If it pans out $15 a share Pll give you $5,000, otherwise you'll receive the ten per cent. I promised you.” “I really can’t realize that I have a good chance of making, ‘o much money all in a bunch. It seems too good to be “ene,” said the stenographer. “Why, mother and I will ft os : ” er Ae i cnbledanht feeling, so you needn’t be alarmed,” lsughed Dick. ; me “I guess we can stand a little sperity. : “Your mother could buy a smal house somewhere in the suburbs and you could live rent free. “No, as there are only two of us, a house would be too tae isageer4 Spon invest it in a good five per cent. “ Ba 2,.2 ¥ auere the security offered was ample.” “Yes, that would be a good way to employ the money.” “FTowever, I would advise you not to count your chickeps before they're hatched. It has a tendency to “Then we won't talk any more about the matter for the present,” said Sadie, turning to her work. . Dick took the hint. and returned to the reception room. Next day the younger messenger waited with a kind of feverish impatience for the official announcement at the that the traction trust had gobbled up the N. Feet he felt reasonably sure that the news ' queer t 1 569 298 < & be out in accordance with. the catement contalned , nevertheless he was on pins and all to

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14 / A $30,000 TIP. Just at noon the report was given out, and then the ‘brokers began a scramble to buy N. & P. shares so as to get fin on a good thing. As might be surmised, the people connected with the two roads had gathered in about all the shares of the stock that had been floating around for many moons, and the outsiders ¢ soon found that there was practically none to be had. Those who were so fortunate as to have any of the shares in their possession held on to them as a matter of course. The result was the price advanced in bounds to 60,: at which figure some trading was done in it. When the Exchange closed it was up to 62. Dick, who had kept Sadie informed all the afternoon of the quotations on the ticker, carried her the closing price. “Tt ought to be up to 65 in the morning,” he said. “It may go even higher than that, but 65 is good enough for me. I want to make sure of that so you can get your $5,000.” On his way home he met Fred coming out of the little bank on Nassau Street. “J’ve just left my order to sell the 200 shares of N. & P. Electric I bought on your tip,’ said Gorham. “As things have turned out I’m sorry that I didn’t take your advice and go the whole hog in it. I’d have made $4,500 instead of half that sum.” ; “TI told you the pointer was a sure winner, Fred, and you see now that it was.” t I’m only shy $500 of sr, | “Well, $2,300 isn’t so bad. worth $5,000. My old man would have a fit if he knew was worth so much cash. Have you sold out yet?” “No. I’m waiting for it to go to 65.” \ “You'll make a bunch of money out of this deal, I guess.” “T hope so. I’ve promised to give the person who got me the tip twenty per cent. of my profits.” “Twenty per cent. Gee! That’s a whole lot.” “J think she deserves it.” “Then you got your pointer through a lady, eh?” “Yes, but I didn’t mean.to let you know that However, you'll never ioe who it was, so it doesn’t matter much.” | Next day Dick sold out at 65 3-8, netting about $30,000 after commissions and interest charges were deducted. “Consider yourself worth $5,000 now, Sadie, for I’ve just sold out,” Dick said to her after returning from Mason & Co.’s office. “Now that all your eggs have been hatched out, you can count them as much as you want to, and figure on what you want to do with the money. I'll get a settle- ment of my account some time to-morrow.” . Om his way back from lunch next day Dick dropped into jthe safe se gt vaults and found the expected envelope from ‘Mason & Co., inclosing their check’for $42,000 and a state- ment of account. : | The check was made out on the Manhattan National Bank, ' where Dick was well known, and so he had no trouble jeashing it. ~ i isons wget Redes soi ee bills, and these he handed to War Gee teak ett p amdlind Had cr aoe ne fo tyasey’ you, and then Tl keep 2 boshel-basket’ of ti same kind always on tap at your service.” ee, at ‘no use to a’n't fo flat and see mother. to-morrow She: will night, if you say’ so.” our bn ” "TH be up |} with the water the saloon just before the young m “Will you go?” ’ : “Yes,” she answered, and Dick left her quite pleased with her reply. CHAPTER XII. DICK DISCOVERS HORACE BURD AND HIS PAL IN JERSEY CITY. Dick called on Sadie on the following evening and found her looking unusually sweet and pretty in her best gown. Mrs, Singer welcomed the young messenger very g?a- ciously, and thanked him for his liberality to Sadie with ref- erence to the $30,000 tip. “That’s all right, Mrs. Singer. I made $25,000 myself out of the deal, which was just like finding the money, under the cireumstances. If Sadie hadn’t brought me the tip I couldn’t have made it, so it was only a square deal to treat her right. Such pointers turn up about once in a lifetime for a girl in Sadie’s position. In fact, not one sten :pher in a thousand ever gets onto such things. She will probably never meet with such a chance again.” Dick spent a very pleasant evening with Sadie and her mother, and it was arranged that he was to take the young lady to the theater on next Wednesday evening. Next morning Mr. Whitford called Dick into his office. . “T want you to take this package of Philadelphia & Read- ing bonds over to the office of Yard & Naseby, in Jersey — City. Their address is on the outside.” “All right, sir.” “You can get a certified check in payment for back as soon as you can.” So Dick put. on his hat, and started for the Cortlandt Street fer : a just about to start and was them. Get He Paks 93 a boat that was soon across the river. Yard & Naseby’s office was near the Jersey City Ex- change, and Dick had no difficulty in finding it. He delivered the package of bonds to Mr. ing them to be all right, handed the young messenger a cer- tifie d check on the First National Bank of Jersey City, and he left at once. On his way Fred Gorham. “What brought you over here, Fred?” ard, who, find- - to the ferry: Dick was surprised to run against — “The same thing that brought you over, I guess—the ferryboat.” : “T suppose you think that’s funny. Come over message to one of the Jersey brokers?” “Yes. What did you suppose I came over for—fun?” _ “Hardly. Say, wait for me this afternoon after with a ness hours in front of the sub-treasury. I want to see you — about——” Dick stopped suddenly and looked after two men who passed them at that moment. “What are you looking at?” asked Fred. “Those two men. i '“They’ve gone into that saloon yonder. an eye on them as far as Montgomery Street.” I know Mr. Whitford would be glad to get clue to the whereabouts of those rascals, so he won’t pall 2 over the coals for losing a little time trying to verify suspicions about these men.” , ie “T shouldn’t think he would,” replied Fred. ab “Well, then, so long. I'll see you in front of the: about half three.” hi i Fred, and the boys separated. The two men in whom Dick was interested came « continued on their way up the street, which ran i ra: - ye ke P a 7

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impr by their general likeness to Horace e bogus ae toed Culpepper that he determined to n view a while lon aunt Montgomery treet after them. us Fat this we oy, he followed them to Washington. Square and e postoffice. They turned into the postoffice and went to the general "delivery Window, where the larger man of the two spoke to He received a letter. “The two stepved to one side while he tore the envelope i open and read the inclosure. ; Dick pulled out his handkerchief and, making a feint to } wipe his eye, he passed close to them and gave a. sharp As he did so the man handed the letter to his companion, | saying: |. “Read it over, Burd, and see what you think of it.” -- As the words reached Dick’s ears his heart gave a great He had not been mistaken in their identity after all. were the two rascals that the detectives of New and Jersey City had failed to find, even under the spur ‘ “a thousand-dollar reward offered by Mr. Whitford for . their capture. Dick was pag Dives that the task of causing their a in his hands. rning to the door the boy looked out to see if there ‘a policeman anywhere around. ’ As usual when one is wanted, no officer was in sight. ie While Dick was looking | the two men passed out into the street and turned up Grand Street, _ “It’s up to me not to lose sight of them now,” breathed | P2 the boy, erga up the trail. ae ke right lookout ig a policeman as he trudged “on pet + Sa behind his quarry, but not a single - of Aq law hove in view Ww, during the four blocks the a om to Grove Street, where Burd and his com- turned into Bright Street, which at this point forms ay junction with Grand. padi: wondered where the rascals were bound. ‘His chief fear was that Burd might turn his head and him. of reason he kept his handkerchief in his hand, *] carry it instantly to his face. 4 however, did not look s evidently had no suspicion that they were ow: walking many blocks at an easy pace, they came to a rather aiakby looking brick building. went up to the door, opened it without knocking or a bell, and entered, slamming the door after them. Was a number on the door, and Dick took a note mage Sy around at this mo- os go into that sgl ng me and nab those hunting for ans it y take some time to Beeeticss these men are stopping at that house Rk I'm away and that would spoil this em.” there isn’t a e opposite comer was a drug store with the sign of pay station hung out. mediately ‘eceurred to Dick that it would be a good “for him to communicate with police headquarters, and, r the situation, ask that a cogs of officers nt to No. — Bright Street to arrest the two rascals. cordin Dick costed the strect, entered the Store and ato telephone the connection th headquarters and told his > man at the a toag end _ of the wire. < ned sop teat ie Fae Lee et merernaey roc Ne ‘ was. the Street broker w! - “visit of the two rascals. as the man at h eadquarters was satisfied that the was str goods, he: premised to have twp detec- ee ee 15 _ “Ts that you, Davis?” he Ss aww re “Yes. Who are you?” “Dick Bancroft.. I’m in Jersey City at a drug store at the corner of Brig zht and Blank streets. Is Mr. Whitford in the office?” ; “No. He just went out.” , “Well, tell the cashier I won’t be back for a while, I can’t tell how long. I am engaged on an important matter. In fact, yar can tell him that I have got a line on those twoi rascals who wrecked the office that night. I recognized them, in spite of fheir new disguise, on Montgomery Street, and’ followed them to No. — Bright Street, where they are now. I have telephoned to police héadqua: crs here and two de- tectives are. now on their way to arrest the chaps. That's, a all,” and Dick hung up the receiver, paid the toll for th use of the wire and left the drug store. Then he walked slowly back toward the brick house where Horace Burd and his companion had entered. CHAPTER. XIII, * HOW DICK PICKS UP VALUABLE INFORMATION AND IS CAUGHT IN THE ACT, As Dick approached the house 2 rather daring idea came into his mi That was to enter the building alone in advance of the detectives and see.just where the two rascals were. It was easy to do this, as the door was evidently not fast? ened against visitors. It was perhaps a foolish move on the young messenger’s, part, but he was so eager to get all the credit possible outi of the capture of the crooks that hé did not stop to consider whether the vefiture was a prudent one or not. He had no lack of nerve, and as there was a spice of ad- venture in the plan, he adopted it at once. He mounted the short stoop, tried the door, which yielded to his touch as he expected t would, and entered a narrow hallway. 4s a door on his left, another es goa on, and a dia et the end of the hall . communicating Wi the oe of the house. Bae him was 2 bov ie chaps are lodging ‘here I must write us ae said to himself. te. pares went at to the first landing. Four doors gas eee here ani he applied his eye to. f the nea pas Bm . ‘sail apartment scantily furnished with a re cookstove, a’ table, three chairs, a stationary dresser with glass doors, in which were plates, dishes, cups, saucers and cer housekeeping utensils. ‘As far as he could see there was nobody in the room. On the strength of that, after listening intently and hear- ing no sounds, he ventured to open the door cautiously. A rapid survey of owed that it was An open door communicated with another apartment be-! yond and Dick heard the voices of two men en; in con- versation. bf one sounded like Horace Burd’s, and so he hina looked into the — narrow stairway leading to the floor — look for thent “ll go up and room e carpeted floor the “colonel,” sure enough, both sguise. pee ae w di vit t ir ne Meta Bee looked as Dick had known him at the boarding- while the latter wes the same man who had stopped Twenty-eighth Street when he was on his way heme from the ‘ use talking, Burd,” said the “colonel,” “you cra ar uc the: day you robbed that money echaintes be a be we'd have ae those peas ‘throug proker rd ani ve gotten, the money. eet young Bancroft. rec ized you as a thief I moment y had to get out of the t chance a police hg “T admit that the Bache gies: out unfortunate, ona house, him on

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16 ing me. Only for that everything would have gone on smoothly with us.” “Well, it was a mistake for you to engage in such an enter- prise while we had the bond scheme at stake. You came ~ mighty near being caught as it was.” “That’s right. I escaped by ‘the skin of my teeth. If it wasn’t too risky for us to venture back to Manhattan I’d se on some scheme for getting back at that young monkey o has been the real cause of our undoing.” “What’s the use of worrying yourself about him? He’s not likely to do us any more harm. Let’s fi on how we can utilize that tip we found in the pocketbook of the old codger we went through the other night. We've still got ore than $4,000 of the money you lifted in Exchange Place. The letter that the old chap received from his son-in-law says that a pool is forming and will be completed this week to corner D. & G. stock, the present market value of which Ihe says is 67. Inside of ten days, according to the writer, D. & G. will be up to 80 or higher. With this information in our possession we are in psoneon to make quite a stake. The police have given up looking for us as a regular business. ¢ will be perfectly safe in our new disguise to visit one of the big brokers in this town and put a deal through. The $4,000 will about cover the margin on 600 shares. e ought _to make anywhere from $6,000 to $8,000 out of it.” “What did you do with the letter?” asked Burd. * “Here it is,” andthe “colonel” took a pocketbook from his begat et, opened it and extracted the letter in question, which handed over to his companion. “I wonder who J. G. Webster is?” said Burd, after he had glanced over the letter. “What difference does it make to us who he is?” replied the “colonel.” “It is clear he is in the position to secure in- side information about the future of this D. & G. stock. He lwrites like a man who knew exactly what he was saying. These insiders often tip off one or more of their particular friends in the good things they get on to, This Webster is giving his Satun-ie-lnw a chance to make a haul. The fold chap has read the letter, so the loss of it won’t stop him from making a deal just the same. The fact that we found it in his pocketbook opens a chance for us to do likewise. ‘I’m in favor of putting up that $4,000 on D, & G. right away. _ When the price goes up to 80 we’ll cash in and ‘then skip out - to Chicago, where we can spend the summer avery comfortably without any risk at all. What do you say? “All right. I’m in favor of——” Burd didn’t finish. _ He was interrupted by a racket in the next room where Dick Bancroft had been eagerly listening to their conversation. It appeared that the young messenger had been so absorbed in pte to find out all the ideas of the D. & G. tip that he been unaware of the entrance of the landlady of the house, who, entering the room and perceiving the young intruder, whom she took to bé a sneak thief on the premises, had pounced upon him forthwith. , : Bota are you doin’ in my house, you young rascals?” she in a shrill voice that immediately arrested the sitention of Burd and his associate and broug: t them to the r. “Tryin’ to rob my a I suppose.” “What's the matter, Mrs. Blodgett?” asked Burd, seeing the ae struggling with Dick, whom he did not recognize | g ise gag pape ed chap sp. of hysterics 8 are “now. He wasn’t doin’ it for any good purpose, I'll be - I wish you’d take charge of till I can send my son Billy for a poli Ie gripped the young m ee oe ae ‘ood nat his face, recognized him with a gasp of angry A ted bs it’s you Dick Bancroft, is it?” he ejaculated, ing rt pte ly. j grippi ee eae A $30,000 TIP. Sringg to dismiss the landlady with some plausible explana- on A moment or two later Burd followed, closing the door after him. “So, Dick Bancroft, you’ve been playing the detective on us, have you?” he hissed. Dick, who had been released by Snelling, made no reply, but looked at him defiantly. “I say you’ve been playing detective on us, do you hear?” roared Burd. “Well, suppose I have?” returned Dick. “It’s about time you two were rounded up for nearly killing my employer wrecking our office.” “What’s that?” demanded Burd. “What do we know about your employer and your office?” “You can’t Dick. “You and your pal here are pretty good at disguising yourselves, and you did deceive me that evening when you came downstairs and asked the watchman to let you out, but when we looked into the matter afterward we were ied that you two were the rascals who had done the job. At any rate, you, Mr. Burd, are wanted for the theft of the $5,000 from the money broker in Exchange Place, and you, Mr, Snelling, if that is your right name, are wanted to ex- — how you came in possession of Colonel Culpepper’s outhern Railway bonds. That’s all I’ve got to say. “Sor you’ve been trying to do what the police are paid to do and failed—catch us? ” snarled Burd. Well,” he added, sarcastically, “now you’ve caught us what are you Re do with us? How are you going to get us to the station?” “Tl get you there,” replied Dick, coolly. put up any bluff with me, Mr. Burd,” replied _ Re couple of de-— tectives will be here in a few minutes to of you, ay might as well throw up the sponge.” 4 e two crooks looked startled. Burd, however, was equal to the emergency. BS ; “We're es for the information,” he replied, with an — ugly sneer. nder the circumstances I don’t we'll / to make their his h uaintance. But before we leave,” he con- — tinued, thrusting his hand into his hip pocket, “we'll fix you so that you ora spy on us any more. ‘ He spran, oudde on Dick and dealt him a blow on the a head with his slung-shot. Dick tried to dodge the implement, but was only partly successful. The weapon anced off his skull without effecting any gs the wen was hard enough, Gin rege ugh, nevertheless, . —— serious injury, to partly stun him, and he CHAPTER XIV. DICK IMPRISONED IN THE VAT. “You haven’t killed him, have you?” said Snelling, down at the unconscious boy, whose face had as death from the shock. ; Ms don’t care whether I have or not,” replied Burd, ate our escape.” “Tf he’s dead, and the two ae he spoke sit oa the house and find his body, it will be a hanging matter should we be caught.” > “I think he was only bluffing us about the detectives. didn’t he bring them with him, i Be Sone eee house, and have us arrested off the reel, instead hanging around outside the door listening to our tion? + < “Bluff or not, Par can’t afford to take an rid of this Seeker eae or ony stoo i er tak-« around the bo: “No, he’s not dead. He'll come to himself in a el we'll Shove him under the bed a "3 Been 3a ‘im while he’s this house. of tig area “He's got to be silenced long enough for us to mn: : “n- Fs oa +.

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A $30,000 TIP. 17 he roof. We'll carry him up through the scut- the roof of the next house, and thence to the _ roof of the factory bireycg =F The scuttle there is not locked, __ 80 we'll have no trouble ng him down into the building.” But somebody might see us carrying him over the roofs. that would arouse suspicion.” There’s a gunny-sack in the closet in the next room. I'll get that and we'll put him in it. Then, if any one sees us the sack they won’t know what’s in it. And what they don’t know won’t trouble them.” “Go Pot get it, gp Wreghg no time to lose.” e sack an ey shoved Dick into i ing u end with a bit of mga i Y : oat @ hole to admit the air and then their victim ready for immediate removal. ‘Burd looked out into the landing and down the staircase, believing the coast to be clear he returned and announced was the time to get the boy out of the house. hold of the top of the bag, I’ll take the bottom,” dita coc! of the'ad h \ ‘ over the roof of the adjoining house to @ point where it overlapped the end of the cesar: roof. Be. got over first and tien lifted the sack across, Snelling Tm factory scuttle was found to be unlocked, as Burd said ¢ “We'll take him out of the bag now,” said ing. “ Se ae es ts ebb. ced peed Ve y the was ri i d Burd, . going down mo omg first, Snelling ioplevedl pC tre ous ‘him. vat that Burd spoke of was in the cellar of the building, — 4 a) . °. ee u x ~~ “Here’s the vat,” said Burd, when they reached the center d be sheer murder to leave him in that hole with- to get out,” said Snelling. “He’d starve to death “S’ he did starve, it isn’t more than he deserves for : pcg ’s done to us,” replied Burd, unfeelingly. “He’s been ae cause of all our troubles. Now,’on top of that he comes around after us in this town. There’s no doubt that F hadn’t fortunately detected him at our door had us by this time. He isn’t entitled to y. At any rate, he won’t get any from me.” without any assistance on our part.” anything about this big hole in the Bend ses. In g to erind hie way the ht fall into it of his own _ That would relieve us of crime. It would be a involuntary suicide, for he’d probably break his neck head-first into the vat. : “Well, he won't know “It’s a first-class one, and . | individual angri get away we'll be well on our way to the West. How does that strike you?” : “That strikes me all right. I think it is a good scheme. It will save us from having the boy’s blood on our hands, and at the same time will give us all the chance we need to carry out our plans. It’s a wonder neither of us thought of that idea at the start-off.” © i “Jt has another advantage,” said Burd, rubbing his hands with satisfaction. “A spell of eight or ten days in the dark- ness and solitude of the vat will be a fine ment for him. It’s a good way to get back at him for the trouble he’s put us up inst, and will teach him to mind his own busi- ness in the future.” The matter being thus decided, Dick was carefully lowered into the vat. His feet just touched the bottom when they let go and he dropped into a huddled-up posture without sustaining any wAtter flashing a match down at him the two rascals left the cellar, returned to the roof, crossed back to their own habitation, and, descending through the scuttle, é way back to their rooms, where an unpleasant surprise awaited them. The two detectives, sent from the police station to arrest Burd and his associate if wares be found at the address on Bright Street given by Dick, had arrived at the house while the two rascals were in the cellar of the factory. They entered the building the same way mgste Yo oe mes- senger did, without announcing their presence, they went pstairs and were i e second floor for their quarry ing re-entered their rs. The two crooks w right into their arms and were . “Your name is Burd, I believe?” said the officer who ‘had the smaller by the arm. y “No, it isn’t,” snarled the crook. “It’s Edwards. “Well, you answer Burd’s description near enough to war- rant me taking ydu to the station for identification,” replied the detective, snapping a handcuff on his wrist. “You are bags Colonel Culpepper,” said the other to Snelling. - ‘ oy aera is Muslling, and I can prove it,” replied that ly. Mey the opportunity to do so,” answered the de- steel bracelet on his wri “You'll have : with assumed indig- tective, putting the I x eThis 4 an outrage!” cried a ever sin Now that 4 of you till we land Come, get a move on. e’ve no. time to fool to his net senses in i nd darkness of the vat, the two rascals, respon- eer ts ‘predicament, were marched off to the police sta- tion under the escort of the detectives. So, at the CHAPTER XV. DICK DISCOVERS THE STOLEN GOLD.

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18 ; A $30,000 TIP. ee Se ee eee a Getting up he struck a match and saw the fractured board, lowing on the heels of the startling report, created a panic which he grabbed and wrenched out of its place. beun 4 narrow opening in the vat with a foothold two Dick placed one foot in the h i _ the next solid board raised h seal Sip Ul he sani aieaost _ touch the rim from where he hung. Gathering his energies he sprang up from that point and easily secured a firm hold on the rim of the vat with both| had attacked the spectators. hands and then serambled out. Passing the doorway he flashed another match and saw a| ence, rough stairway before him, which he immediately ascend ane found himself on the ground floor of the building. * : e€ mounted the three flights of stairs till he came to the adder under the scuttle and pushed open the cover. He wasn’t sure now what house it was that he’ had come out of until, chancing to look down, he saw Mrs. Blodgett, ge th cient dir 5g 3 out some clothes on the yard back of the deserted factory. Shia eho tect ead When he reached the second landing he saw the door of | which had come to a sudden stop. the small room fitted up as a kitchen standing wide n ae os ere detectives left it when they area their ne Dick looked curiously around the room, and his gaze lighted | no real peril threatening, “there is no cause for alarm.” on an envelope lying on the carpet. imself up till he could almost} by some frantic persons yelling among the audience throughout the house. A mad rush was made for the main door, the side entrances, A terrible scene of confusion ensued, which was increased . “Fire!” at the top of their few thinking of voices. In the short space of a minute a pandemonium of horror ~ Dick and Sadie had, in common with the rest of the audi- been startled by the explosion in the balcony. { The pretty stenographer turned as white as death when the — spectators began their rush for the exits. The young messenger held her with one arm about her waist and glanced around the partially darkened house. | At that moment the electrician turned on the lights, and the stage manager rushed down to the footlights. He shouted that there was no danger, but his words pro- duced no effect whatever. ; Then he ordered the musicians to resume the dance music The principal performers also came forward to show that there was no reason for the stampede that was in progress. “Don’t ery, Sadie,” said Dick, now certain that there was Ps After considerable trouble Dick succeeded in calming the It was ad ed to Bnopory Bland, with street and num-| girl’s fears, and by that time the house was almost emptied. “Je ber following, and lastly rsey City.” He put the letter in his pocket. es Now I wonder whether those detectives came here while those rascals were getting rid of me in the factory?” he thought. “Maybe they are looking for me on the street. I’d better go down and see. At any rate, my business is fin- ished here. If those seamps have skipped this place for good I suppose they'll be able to keep clear of the police like they have hitherto done, which will be a great pity. According to their own words they still have ‘over — of the sum Burd stole from the money broker. It is not be recovered. That grip yonder would seem to indicate that the rascals haven’t gone away for good. Perhaps it doesn’t belong to them, or they may have left it behind. It'll take a look at it. All’s fair under present circumstances.” dineine myers ee grip, but found it uncommonly heavy to The grip was locked and the igus er content: young messenger could not Certain that the bag belonged to the rascals he determined to take possession of it. bad that could | She said Dick and Sadie were the only ones left in a dozen rows of orchestra seats, and by this time the pretty stenegrapher had to a great extent recovered her self-possession. The show was not resumed that night. > “Kind of hard luck to have such a thing happen at our first night together at a show,” said Dick, on their way home. — “Yes,” replied Sadie, with a little shudder at the recollec- tion. “I don’t know what I should have done if you hadn’t been so brave. I never was so frightened in all my life.” Half an hour later, standing in the shadow of her own door, “Yes” again, but it was to a more momentous ques- tion, and one which concerned only their two selves. = With the opening of the Exchange next morning the boom in D. & G. set in with a sudden rush and by noon was qu at 78, ten points above what Dick had bought his shares for. He held on till it reached 85 and then got out just in the nick of-time with a profit of a little over $83,000. “J told you I was going to make a hundred thousand by — Christmas, Sadie,” he said to the stenographer that afternoon, “but I’ve done better already and the year is little more than ~ half over. Congratulate me, sweetheart, for I’m now worth _ He went first to the drug-store and got a connection with $120,000.” sats headquarters again. / Then he learned to his surprise and satisfaction that the two crooks had been arrested at the house and were now in orders from the police of of their capture he would call there right away and identify them tion papers, as a formality that would avail them nothing in s Tt Bae por morning and the Exchange was open only | into his counting-room and got another Before noon Dick easily found a chance to visit Mason &| the Company, the Exchange Place brokers, and He had passed the tip on to Fred, and Gorham found time e for the ? i ‘of of D. & G. at pi tagiece a Mchich peateyie representative on the floor of the E “Is it possible!” she exclaimed, opening her eyes. “That — was a lucky tip, indeed.” gore is Yes, I could almost forgive those rascals for trying to do me up, since it was through them I came into pos: of the pointer.” ; Sete Horace Burd and his associate waived their right to requisi- the long run, and were transferred from Jersey City to the Wes Tombs. Lael In due time they were’tried in the court of Special Sessions and were convicted. : fe ei At the end of the summer season Mr. Whitford took Dick messenger. ia oe the business that at _ Wee an aptitude for a half he was promoted to be the xchange. x! Sees The boy showed such end of a year and ; eee 7 $200,000, proposed to re- sign his position to set up as a broker for himself, Whit, C ee later, when Dick, worth ford, not wishing to lose so smart a lad, offered him a part- Phe . > a 8 place.an order for 500 shares with the little bank on| nership for $100,000, and he accepted it. _ other on Tuesday. ey it see-sawed between 69 and 70, finally | On Wednesda: ceria a 70 3-8, ps _ That night Dick, as already arranged, took Sadie to the and the limelight in the | movements of the princi pular The paint on the new signs of Whitford & Bancroft was” nd _The stock advanced a point during Monday, and still an-| hardly dry when Dick told Sadie that he had decided to get@ new stenographer. - , arse? “Is that the first thing you’re going to do as junior part- ner—discharge me?” she said, laughingly. PS ge “Yes, but only to instal you into a life-long sinecure as mistress of my new house, now finished, at Larehmont-on- the-Sound. It is up to you to name the day.” te Ss lis, hg ig did soon afterward, and they were married that date. , : Next week’s issue ‘will contain “PLUCKY BOB; d| BOY WHO WON SUCCESS.”

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FAME AND FORTUNE. WEEKLY. 19 ef =P UCURRENT ENT NEWS __ There are being operated in the streets of Bos- is the only ‘etait made by headquarters. To =o several electric sprinklers by a contractor work- {an inquiry as to why the order of “lights out” did ing under the direction of the street department. |not aply to St. John, N. B., as well as to this citys - The street sprinklers are mounted on a 3.5-ton elec- |the reply was made at military headquarters, “Oh, _ tric chassis, and include an 800-gallon water tank. | well, you know, St. John is not as important as _ Instead of placing the sprinkling apparatus in the Halifax.” : rear, as is usually the practice, they are placed in ————— ~ front of the vehicle, where they can -be seen by| The government geologist estimates the iron ore the operator. - deposits in Newfoundland at 3,635,500,000 tons. On io SSE SS AE Seater Belle Isle, Conception Boy, alone the estimate de- ee A dispatch from Bern to the wireless press says: | posit of this ore is put at 35,000,000 tons, and more. * “Germany’s Polish Legion has collapsed. After |The total ore mined and exported since the begin- ‘- _ long efforts and coercive pressure Germany and ning of operations in 1895 to date is estimated at Austria-Hungary succeeded in enrolling 18,000 | 15,000,000 tons, all of which, prior to the war, went ~ Poles. They were divided into six brigades. Four |to the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, the brigades mutinied at the beginning of October and|Netherlands and Germany. Since the outbreak of aber were disarmed and imprisoned in the Brest-|the war none has gone to Germany, and but little Litovsk barracks. The remnants of the legion were |to the United States, the United Kingdom and the “sent to the interior of Austria, the troops being |Netherlands. Canada has taken the major portion, considered unreliable.” some of which is being utilized for munition pur- % poses. ef manufacturer has recently placed on the mar- Saat fetal ket a line of shoes for electrical workers which are| Regular, or approximately regular, steamship made to withstand potentials up to 20,000 volts |service through the Panama Canal is now provided without harm to the wearer. The shoes contain |by no less than thirty-three lines, whose vessels ply no cement, and have no seams, but are vulcanized |to all parts of the globe. These services include nto a solid piece under high pressure in aluminium |four from the Atlantic terminus to South and Cen- joulds. A noved feature of the shoe is that the|tral America, one from the Atlantic terminus to _ soles are white, and under the white surface is a|Central and North America, three from the Atlan- ayer of red rubber. When the sole has worn down |tic coast of the United States to the Pacific coast a point where the red is exposed, it is a sign to|of South America, four from Europe to the Pacific tic coast of the United rena neh or Siberia, fiers at the front in France now enjoy per-|China and the Philippine » Six from the At- ances of a traveling theatre company, financed |lantic coast of the United States to Australia and group of philanthropic French people. The |New Zealand, and two from Europe to Australia paraphernalia necessary for these perform- and New Zealand. Sam packed in three big wagons, which travel Rregipse * ipptel . oint to point along the lines in France. The| An arrangement has been made between the Bu- are given under a modest canvas roof, and |reau of Fisheries and the United States Department the front of the stage are the words “Theatre |of Agriculture for experimental work in the rear- Front.” The proscenium is decorated with |ing of blue foxes. The Fisheries Bureau will sup- ic. and warlike insignia—bursting bombs, |ply the Biological Survey Bureau this season with wreaths, medals of honor, etc. The scenery |six pairs of blue foxes from the Pribilof Islands, to two sets, one an interior, the other | Alaska, for use on a fox farm in the State of New naturally makes the question of the possibilities in nh Ends have again been ordered turned |considerable interest. The problem has been un- e streets of Halifax, N. S., at night and all|dertaken by various persons in different regions, i tie mae put the Bureau of Fisheries is not aware that defi- nite results have been obtained. It is hoped that of erat ete Ipacaeh napisy , 2 a. oy sar for ee h: simal in eapti pr at a pe he wearer that a new half-sole should be immedi- | coast of South America, four from Europe to the ° f ly secured in place. west coast of North America, nine from the Atlan- ¢ 1 York. The price commanded for blue fox pelts — | lights Dae: a few shaded ones in the West |the way of breeding the blue fox in captivity of —

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. TURNED OUT WEST THE BOY WHO FOUND A GOLD MINE By GASTON GARNE (A SERIAL STORY) CHAPTER XXI. LEON ATTENDS A NAVAJO COUNCIL OF WAR. Jack was helped upon his horse, and once in the saddle, he declared that he felt perfectly comfort- able. Leon hitched the pack horse, which the Grito nate Pigeon had ridden, to his own, and they started _off down the valley in the dark. - Daylight found them far 5 Si the pass by which Pigeon had conducted them f the other valley: The towering cliffs now reteded some, leaving the valley at least half a mile in width. From some unseen source a stream had found its way down from the mountains, and they now had something so unusual for Arizona, a genuine creek, not over three feet wide, it is true, but real water, and Charley informed Leon that it was seldom dry for any length of time.” ._ ~- “Do white people ever come in here, Pepita?” _ asked Leon, when shortly after daylight he and his cousin had fallen somewhat behind Charley and — Jack. - “The Indians say I am the first white person who - has come down this valley in a hundred years,” replied Pepita. “You can believe them or not, as you like: I’m sure I can’t tell; but the place has never been explored.” “It seems so strange that we should meet in this way,” continued Leon. “Tell me, do you. remember my mother?” _ “L remember seeing her when I was a very small — chi i “It was before you were rou Are older than I am. You dona Max os am. beaatindive: Py, x Shemp doa opie nineteen. T wish my -mothier: had }> ele woe -}seemed to know him. “but he loved Arizona, and many is the story he told me about the life out here when I was a boy. I never suppose I should get here myself, but just the same, I think it was the wisest thing my father — could have done for me when he turned me ont West.” te “Tt will make a man of you, anyhow,” replied aes Pepita; “but look here, Leon, you must learn to use — your eyes if you are going to do business in Arizona; os don’t you see anything on ahead there?” ee “‘T see a lot of queer little hills way down the: = valley. I was wondering what they are. Is Ore what you mean?” ~ : “Sure it is. Do they really look like hills to you?” “By gracious, I think they are tents!” — 2 “Indian lodges, Leon. That’s the camp of Char- % ley’s tribe, the Gray Eagle branch of the Nawajoa© “Are they fierce?” 83 “Same as all their kind. They have adopted me. I have nothing to say. Ah, they see us!” Now Leon caught sight of two men, mounted on ponies, who suddenly came into view from behind the lodges. it che Others followed them, and all came riding ‘Tap- 2 idly forward along the bank of the creek. Peas # “There come our friends, Leon Mack!” cee Charley. pay ae “Do they speak English?” asked Leon. a ee “Byvery one of them,” replied Charley, . ai a want you to understand, Leon Mack, that MY ROR \: ple are no’ blood-thirsty villains, as they are in your story books. They know their Sriqnine) they know their enemies—that’s all.” Leon was silent, not caring to get into any di sion, and in a few minutes the Indians, who p: to be all young men, come riding up. Charley halted and spoke to them in their language. i One of the Indians called Jack by name, = eae 7 In a moment all of them brought their D :

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Leon thought that the Indian girls did not eye ._ FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. . 21 When the narration was fimished, Jack told about Pepita with any great favor as Charley led her|the killing of his father. —~ to one of the lodges, leaving the Indian boys ‘The boys’ stories being finished at last, old Chief take charge of their horses, and Jack and Leon|Gray Eagle spoke briefly in his own language. to look after themselves. _ “How is your foot?” asked Leon. stand on it pretty well. i “Why, it is eyer so much better,” replied Jack; ‘it hurts me hardly any now. ) take up with Charley’s offer,” said Leon. it isn’t going to be any massacre—that’s all.” _ “We couldn’t do anything else,” replied Jack, fter their own interests. They are not going to themselves into trouble and bring the United es troops down upon them, you bet. See, Char- has gone over to the fire; the old chief, Gray e, is his uncle, and he is telling him all about it. I see he keeps Pepita by herself, all right. She n’t come out of the lodge yet.” ‘No, nor she won't. I don’t envy her if Charley s to keep among his people ans along, but I saa! fellows are to come down and tell your story he chief,” said Charley, as he came hurrying up. @ can speak English all right, but he don’t like to, you will have to tell the story of your wrongs me, and let me translate.” “Tt’s to be a pow-wow, then,” said Jack. | council of war,” added Leon. ell call it that,” answered Charley. “You the help of my people, I suppose. I’m going v you how to get it—that’s all.” thus saying, he led-the boys down to the fire. Id “Gray. Eagle and his companions greeted the ‘s . with inarticulate grunts, and made room for around the dying fire. on this Jack threw an armful of fresh wood, it to blaze up brightly, and then seating n the circle between Leon and Jack, he other Indians now came up and joined t for quite a while it was like a Quaker z for no one, spoke. t with tobacco, lighted it, and, after one or fs, passed it along to Leon. int to smoke just a minute, ” whispered 1en give it to.Jack.” did: their puffing, and Charley, receiving sed it back to his. uncle, who proceeded Le told. of his wrongs, speaking: iad. tohear. Ee yaar “ane you just let these people alone for looking} tell your story; ens ” he said, “and then, | @s Then suddenly all the Indians, except the chief, “You seem to|sprang to their féet and began to execute a sort of war dance around Leon-and Jack. “Sit still,’ whispered Charley. “We have to let Queer business this, | them go through with their nonsense, but it’s all Leon. I’m curious to see how it will all come out.” |right. . They have agreed to help you, and they will “T don’t see how we could do anything else than) chase the Buck Sheehan gang away from that mine “T\if it costs them every man in the tribe.” CHAPTER XXII. BLUFFING THE GANG, The war dance of the Navajos lasted only a tew moments, and then old Chief Gray Eagle arose, and, taking Leon by the hand, lifted him to his feet. “You now my brudder,” he grunted. “We help you. Heap bad white man Buck Sheehan. - Ma .| drive him away. Me ketch you bad brudder and give him to you.” Leon thanked the old chief, who then dismissed the boys with a dignified wave of the hand. ‘ “It’s all over now,” said Charley Shin, as they walked back among the lodges. “Gray Eagle will tell us what the next move is to be.” Leon looked at Jack, whose face was very pale. Here’s a fellow who needs to rest, or he will not be good for a fight or anything else,” he said, “Isn’t that so, Jack?” “Well, I am pretty well used up,” replied Jack; “hungry, too. But then you must be that yourself, Leon.” “That’s what I am,” admitted Leon, “but I want sleep the worst.” “Gray Eagle knows that,” said Charley. “It’s all arranged. There will be some breakfast in a few minutes; after that the orders are that you: two shall turn in and sleep till you are called.” And this plan was carried out. Whoever has ever eaten stewed antelope, cooked in Indian style, knows what a delicious dish it is, and that was what the boys had for breakfast. It was served to them on the ground by an old woman in front of a lodge which Charley Shin told them was to be at their service while they were the guests of the Navajos. No one came near them while they ate. These Indians are the most generous peopie on carth when they really set out to entertain anyone a welcome guest. Breakfast over, Charley appeared with a big bearskin robe, all’ painted over on the inside with | ee ee Seren oe ie eee

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: FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. FACTS WORTH READING NEGRO WOMAN ON POLICE FORCE. Mrs. Georgia A. Robinson, appointed to the office of policewoman by Chief of Police Snively, of. Los Angeles, is the first colored woman in the United States to hold such a position. Mrs. Robinson is an unusual woman. She speaks French fluently and is studying Spanish. In her official position Mrs. Robinson visits cafes, dance halls and other places of amusement frequented by negro juveniles. ANT KILLS BEES. Dr. J. H. Callen, who had two hives of bees, much alive, on his Fruitvale avenue property, Oakland, Cal., is now occupied in cleaning out two hives of dead bees, victims of an unsuccessful verdun de- fense against a horde of marauding ants. The evi- dence shows that the ants attacked in solid mass formation, carrying the bees’ first, second and third line of trenches and then attacking the entrances to the hives. : CROWLESS ROOSTERS. . ‘Joseph Riggs, of Richfield, Minn., poultry raiser, “has begun a campaign to silence the rooster, and he has obtained from an Eastern inventor a crow -muffler that is guaranteed to do the work. On the theory that a rooster must flap his wings and stretch his neck before he can crow, the inventor has made a muffler that binds down the wings and prevents the neck from stretching. The result is a crowless, somewhat dejected bird, but a happy community. The bird can eat and scratch as usual. - BABY THROUGH WINDSHIELD. HH. Rossbach, his wife and baby, of San Fran- cisco, sustained injuries near Banta the other night when their automobile collided with a fish peddler’s | cart. The baby was thrown through the windshield, _ but escaped without any injuries. Both Rossbach | and his wife were cut and bruised. The impact of | the collision caused the Rossbach car to turn over) and roll down a thirty-foot embankment, where it pi fire. With presence of mind, Mrs. Rossbach zed a blanket and threw it over the child, there- ® hd vw, preventing it from burning to death. sia i people were taken to Tracy. -SIBERIA’S, BOOM TOWN. _ What the great Trans-Siberian railway has done - tordevelop the remote districts which it penetrates _is strikingly shown by the story of the town of _ Novo Smoruatten Siberia. When the rails of the Tra sei de caaentieahy with oo sign the stone buildings, a large town hall, andia cathoene in the Byzantine style of architecture. The reason for this rapid development is iat Novo Nikolaievsk is situated at the intersection of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the River Ob, the - great artery of communication for western Siberia. - Now that the Altai Railway has reached Biisk, Bar- naul and Semipalatinsk much freight will go beyond Novo Nikolaievsk, but it is expected that the new — city will make up for this loss by the cargoes that will be transshipped into vessels on the Ob for con-_ veyance down the river to the projected railway from the Ob to the White Sea. Novo Nikolaievsk | will thus become a “window into Europe” not only” for the Altai region, but also for all Siberia taped by the railway from the eastern boundary of the Tomsk government almost to Omsk. 4 MAKES WASTE VALUABLE. ; This big increase in cost makes a scrap of waste paper especially valuable nowadays. ‘The rag or Lg per picker in the alley of the big city, who not goes out upon the street himself, but sends his cae : out to gather scraps in big hemp sacks, is advantage of the present harvest and buying i in « picking up all the rags and paper he can find. the larger cities to-day it is no uncommon sight to see small Italian and Greek lads trudging thro the alleys or even down the business streets great sacks full of paper scraps on their backs. Two thousand years ago paper was made by hand in little cradles. The word paper is derived f papyrus, a plant from the leaves of which a was made by pounding and macerating in Nowadays, of course, improved machinery is use to make paper, and in this one item of manufé : America leads the world. eae Writing paper is made mostly from rags, but for practically all other grades wood pulp is the The wood used is spruce or poplar or hemlock. llar is used for fine book papers and spruce goes into news paper, wall paper and bag pape The fine wood pulp must, of course, be Ere with a preparation containing clay, dies and o ingredients and called “stuff,” before it finally comes paper. But by a careful process of : in the open spaces with clay and pressing th heavy steel rollers or manglers, the wood pulp on the appearance and texture of paper. As the product comes from the paper » it,is wound off on a reel, making a large roll of news paper will weigh almost a_te often handled by a derrick, says the ! Ledger. The large newspapers Stay 4 4 4 : : ‘signs of paving of their: paper scrap city of and now much of the ‘waste is

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“FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 23 ON TOP . ; ; OR THE BOY WHO GOT THERE By ED KING ‘ (A SERIAL STORY.) ee = CHAPTER IV (Continued). |_ “What have we got here?” cried the police cap- “Oh, I know him!” exclaimed Tug. “He lives tain, who was the leader of the two officers, pausing round in the other street.” and regarding the two boys in astonishment, “I Tiff then told of his hard quest for work. Of|say, Blake, these are not our birds!” lis rebuffs. Of the insults he had to submit to on| “They are probably a couple of the old villain’s count of his father’s damaged reputation. confederates,” cried the other officer. “He is in fe told of his hopes and his ambitions. Of how|hiding around here somewhere.” ; ped to earn money te keep his invalid mother| “That’s right!. See here, young chaps, it will be want. Of all that she was to him, and what well for you to tell us the truth. No lies, or you'll ed her, and how barren life would be without | pay for it!” Tug listened like one rapt, and the expression| With dilated nostrils and flashing eyes Tiff cried: face thrilled Tiff. “What do you mean? We have been doing noth- , Tiff,” said the street boy, huskily, when Tiff |ing wrong!” finished, “you’re the luckiest mug in the world| Tug had by this time recovered himself. He came have that mother of yours. Say, if I had my|forward quickly. It was a familiar matter with 1 earth now I’d break my neck to do things |him to talk with the police. - Honest Injun!” “T say, what do you want here?” he demanded. could not reply.. There was a great thrill of |“We’d like it if you’d be polite enough to rap. I in his heart for his companion. don’t believe you’ve got any right to break into 4 ‘some time the two boys sat in silence, look- | fellow’s private room this way.” : to the fire. But afer a while Tug looked up| “I'll show you, Tug Hardy,” said the police cap: . ed: tain, sharply. “I know you well. We are looking yy! What about this fellow Melton? He’s|for Bill Jasper, the cracksman, who has been seen do you if he can.” in town. We believe he is in this house. The house my worst enemy,” said Tiff. “But I think! is surrounded, and there is no escape. If you know | ‘in my power now to unmask him.” his hiding-place you will do well to tell it.” ?” exclaimed Tug: “That’s like the villain} “Oh, say!” cried Tug, contemptuously, “you're _ ay. How will you do it?” way off the track. Old Jasper isn’t here at all, tated a moment. Then he decided to tell | This is old lady Mullins’ lodging-house. She’s on the incidents of the past few hours. He told ‘next floor. Just go up and talk with her.” ; ne of Meltgn from the river, and later| “Not till we've searched this floor,” said the police ersation -he had overheard in the hay-|captain. He whistled and a couple of officers on- Le SS +> tered. At once the quest was begun. _ be nat’S a big pull! You’ve got the bull by| The police made a quick search of the premises, , Tiff! I know old Jasper! He’s the big-| But, of course, no trace of the cracksman could be ssman in the country. So they’re going/found. For a time there was a deliberation as to Burton’s safe, eh? Well, I say, Tiff,|the wisdom of taking the two boys into custody me Kod terial Bully for you! There's | on suspicion. . ; eg 7 te sa out for ‘Th all the like enough > in as federa

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24 Tiff saw that this was a logical copelasicm so he kept quiet. After the police had gone, satisfied that thay were on the wrong track, Tug went down te explain mat- ters to Mrs. Mullins. When he returned he said: “What a fresh guy that police captain was. He never will catch old Jasper now, I tell you. I say, Tiff, I’ve got an idea. It is a lead-pipe cinch fer a thousand or more.” : Tiff stared at the other. “What do you mean? One thousand dollars?” “Yes! It’s like money from home, or picking roses in June. We've only got to grease our elbows and reach out for it.” “T don’t know what you mean,” said Tiff, puzzled by Tug’s metaphors. “Well,” said the street boy, knitting his brows, “is it wicked to steal from a thief?” “Tt is wicked to steal from anybody.” “Humph! then I bet you'll throw cold water on my plan.” oping is it?” asked ‘Tiff, coldly. “Why, it’s just this. Melton is in with this gang to break old Burton’s safe, isn’t he?” “Yes.” “Just so! Well, now you’re going to block his game. Why not get a little money out of it at the same time. Make Melton settle. He will cough up a thousand easy rather than have you take the story to Burton.” Tiff was aghast. Tug’s sense of morality was to him painfully dull. “Why, Tug! ag and think! kind of dishones Phe ite “Why, of course! ,It is blackmail!” - “Oh, I’m glad to know,” said Tug, ruefully. “I’m sorry I spoke. Of course, we'won’t do it, Tiff. You That is the worst see, you’re just what I need to tell me right from “wrong. I can see it now. But it looked awfully good to soak that old nts and spoil his game at : the same time.” _ “It would be wrong,” said Tiff, firmly. “That money would. be dishonestly gained. To-morrow | ‘we will call on Mr. Burton and tell him all. We have done our duty, and that is all that is Il ri ght!” agreed Tug, curling himself up_on and beginning to snore. Tiff was also nd glad to get a few hours of needed sleep. ‘Bash was sari ind ha Tug 12, While he was wondering over this the oper Seton hey the street boy came. in ui ong apteh nd ve, panos, anes FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. and a friend indeed! I already feel like a new man. The coffee smells delicious.” The two boys soon completed their frugal repast. It is needless to say that they felt much better. “I wonder if the police got old Jasper?” mused : Tug. “I reckon nit! He’s too clever for them.” It was some while later that they left the tene ment and emerged upon the street. Tiff was to visit Mr. Burton alone in his office. Tug was to wait out-— side. + If Tiff could have foreseen what was to follow he — would not have gone to the merchant’s office that | morning. He would have waited until evening and enlisted the services of the police to catch Melton and his colleagues red-handed in their game. He did not stop to think that his evidence was weak. When Tiff entered Mr. Burton’s office the mer- chant sat at his desk just as on a previous oceasi He looked at Tiff in mild surprise. om “Ah, my boy!” he exclaimed. “I am sorry to é you that no vacancy has as yet occurred.” at tal “IT am not applying for a position, sir,” said Tiff, quietly. “I have come to bring you some important information.” a The merchant looked surprised, as “Ah!” he exclaimed. “What may it be?” ; “It concerns your financial interests, sir. I become possessed of positive inforniation that a 4 For one moment the merchant iat spellbound. stared at Tiff, tt) “Break my safe!” he exclaimed. “Why, y be mad. That is not easily done. Where « get your information?” « ; went A “T overheard the plot, sir!” “s Then Tiff told the whole story of his expe in the hay-loft. Mr. Burton listened with a qui: cal light in his eyes. - _“This sounds like a story out of a book,” when Tiff had finished. “You are sure. ‘eamed it all?” oi “Tf you think so,” began Tiff angrily. “Oh, well! Pardon me for the doubt. a serious matter. This morning's newspe of the desperate chase for Jasper last night. _ hardly attempt a safe-breaking job to-night. the strangest part of your story concerns my | secretary Melton. He has been with me r I don’t like to accept your charge against it not be a mistake?” Tiff’s heart fell. He saw ima flash ‘the mis had made. He had no evidence but hie om offer. “What I have told you, Mr. aoe the truth,” he said. “I have come here s interests, and to gigi? a villainous / i pes if 3 A: ae

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TIMELY Si ALUMINUM IN DUTCH GUIANA. _ In the past year there has been considerable ex- Citement in Dutch Guiana, due to the discovery of large deposits of bauxite on the Surinam River, Some four hours’ journey from Paramaribo. It is from this clay-like aluminum ferric hydroxid that ‘aluminum is made, and the discovery of the rich fields of clay has stirred up many prospectors. One company has taken possession of the hill sposits, but engineers hold that the clay is prob- bly located at various depths. It can be easily ransported, as several broad, navigable rivers run ear this district, which will probably be developed pidly. The Government is very careful in is- ning authorizations to prospect, and these rights reserved for Netherlanders, Surinamers or com- fies established in the Netherlands or in Surinam. 7 4 r, ee HORSE DIGS UP PURSE. _ A mystery of a year’s standing has been cleared Recently Justice of the Peace W. H. McEl- of New Galilee, Pa., received a pocketbook ining checks and railroad tickets from Mayor ristopher of Lisbon, Ohio. ante Last year Justice McElvaney attended the Colum- biana County Fair in Lisbon and reported to the authorities that his pocketbook had been stolen from pocket. : s. McElvaney and a woman friend saw the thief take the pocketbook and the following day le Man was arrested in Smith’s Ferry, Pa., Mrs. McElvaney identifying him. The Grand Jury re- easec the prisoner for lack of evidence. A few days ago J. B. Lyther of Lisbon tied his Rorse to a post in the Fair grounds. The horse dug mp the pocketbook. ~ '~—~=HOW,A BADGER WORKS. - During the daytime the badger sleeps deep in iS burrow, far out on our Western plains and ies, and at twilight he starts forth on a night’s @n stop him. With the long, blunt claws of his eet he loosens up the dirt. Dig! dig! dig! He 2 out the sides of the hole, then turning back to work overhead. At first he throws t out between his hind legs, but soon he is n turns about, and using his chest and rts as a pusher, shoves it out before him. for a man eee = + ieee) MINN FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ‘as though his life depended on it, now} TOPICS PAID BOYS TO BE GOOD. William Alworth, Commissioner of Public Works of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., has an idea by which he be- lieves he can make bad boys good and keep them good. An ordinance in Dobbs Ferry prohibits mak- ing bonfires in the streets, under jail penalty. The leaves are falling from the trees which line most of its streets, and boys have built many fires that have done much damage to asphalt blocks about to be laid. The commissioner “arrested” twelve of- fenders and made a contract with them. He pays each 10 cents a week to build no more fires. In consequence the practice has stopped. Mr. Alworth now is advocating a municipal fund to pay bad boys to be good. He says it will be much cheaper than sending them to institutions in which the town is compelled to pay for their keep. A TIGER HUNT IN CHINA. Considering that Chian has more than 300,000,000 inhabitants, it is quite natural for us to imagine it densely packed in every quarter. On the contrary, it contains vast stretches of forest and waste land, in which wild animals abound. Near Amoy is a rocky wilderness infested with tigers—one in par- ticular of great size and ferocity. One day four Americans and eight natives started out to exteminate this scourge, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. For several days they beat the ravines unsuccessfully, until they found a den in the rocks. The natives, armed with spears and torches, ex- plored the den, or cave, and announced that they had cornered the man-killer. So they collected bundles of brushwood and gradually closed up all the en- trances save one and set fire to the brush. Then they invited the Americans to pitch in and kill the It was an exceedingly dangerous enterprise. The entrance was narrow, slippery and sloping, the hunt- ers had to progress cautiously, and the natives, who were in advance with torches, could be depended upon to run away at the first alarm. Suddenly the big yellow head of the tiger loomed up from behind a rock about ten feet away, looking dazed at the glare of the torches. One of the Americans instantly fired. .The tiger gave a terrible roar and scuffled away in the darkness. The hunters waited patiently for half an hour, while the natives carefully explored, and at about the time they had made up their minds that he had escaped through some unknown passage, down came » the tiger in the midst of the group. For two or three minutes there was a terrific scene of biting, ing, roaring and shooting, and then all was clawing, with such rapidity that it would be some-| quiet. Seven of the hunters, including two of the overtake him with a i me ee ogee pe , + was were more or less injured, but the tiger _ for. ee eit: Ses sid abba a aN * Pen . ¢. wit 'e ‘ : ite ur eas ; Tee

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Fame and Fortune Weekly NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1, 1916. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Single Copies One Copy Three Months One Copy Six Months ... POSTAGE FREE OW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send\P. O. Money Ontos Check or Registered Letter; remittances in any other phn § are at your risk. We accept Postage.Stamps the same as Yhen sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece per to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your name and ress plainly. Address letters to sled E. Wolff, Pres, FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher N. Hastings Wolff, Treas. Charles E, Nylander, Sec. 168 West 23d St., N. Y. Good.Current News Articles After a lapse of fifty-two years, Franz Nidler, of Portland, Ore., arrived in Spokane, Wash., to find the spot from which he was chased by hostile Indians on the former visit now occupied by a thriv- ing, modern city of 120,000 people. Mr. Nidler, who . is eighty-one years old, came to visit his daughters and to register for the Colville land drawing. Edward J. Fogarty, warden of the State Prison at Michigan City, Ind., is tired of seeing “his boys” up within walls working in a binder twine plant or breaking stone. The State has no money to buy a prison farm, but Fogarty is leasing 2,500 _. aeres of land near Michigan City for farming pur- poses, He proposes to make it a model farm, with experts directing the work of the convicts. aod ' A little auto and a hatchen sealed the doom of a timber wolf on a Douglas County road, six miles from Superior, Wis., a few nights ago. Charles ©. ‘Wright, of Amnicon Lake, was driving home when he saw a wolf several hundred feet ahead. He speeded up his car, hit the wolf with the front axle, finally dispatched the animal with a hatchet. Ag $20 bounty, which he says he will spend for He ” eee “ve six-weeks’-old aonb. with six legs, is the pet - recently brought to Ogden, Utah, by Frank Smythe, secretary of the Intermountain Land and Live Stock —— from the concern’s headquarters in Box- elder County. The freak \ Rentini hose Sek onr ipenee? to develop into a healthy sheep. The ae animal owned by Mr. accompanied it with the announcement the normal lamb| going into business for himself with to the ribs just be-/it. I will furnish the experience and he the capital.” “How long do you expect t sucooed pecatan the an “Oh, FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. Twenty-two hoop-skirts were found in what was known as the “rubbish room” at the old West House, Sandusky, Ohio, cleaned out under an order issued by City Manager Ward. They were on a shelf near the ceiling, where, apparently, they had lain for fully half a century. The West House, opened in 1856, was a popular hostelry until it was closed nearly two years ago. It was the scene of much gayety, especially during the Civil War, when it was used as headquartérs by Federal officers in charge of the Confederate prison on Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay. In the room with the skirts — were found hundreds of old shoes, scores of wine eases filled with bottles, which, from the labels they — bore, had been emptied fifty years ago; carpet bags, more modern valises and still more modern grips; quaint old bonnets, men’s hat and many other things. “Sieg Grins and Chuckles Wandering over Salisburg Plain, a correspondent — came across a large stone inscribed: “Turn me over.” After much difficulty he sueceeded in turning — it over, and found on the under side of the stone the | words: “Now turn me back again, so that r ae: catch some other idiot.” “4 “s = “Could I see your husband, ma’am?” asked th e tramp at the door. “What do you want to see tim for?” demanded Mrs. Henpeck. “I am the head o the house.” “Oh, excuse me, I didn’t know,” replied — the tramp, courteously. “In that case, could | spare me a pair of your trousers,ma’am?” = The judge to whom a Chicago woman had applie for a divorce looked sternly at the applicant < addressed her thus: “You say you want a divo because your married life is one long series fights? You don’t look it.” “No, your honor,” s the applicant, “but you ought to see my push bi: lied Little Helen had been especially inquisit ive evening, and her father, who had patiently a her questions, was becoming exasperated. . she said: “Papa, what do you do at the o day?” Papa’s patience gave way and_he r “Oh, nothing!” Helen pondered over this for a moment and returned to the char. “But how do you know when you are done? LIne A man who worked in the packing der 2 a large store recently tendered his nt ao esignatic anc aS he va “He and I,” he explained, “will make a sg!

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 27 i ca el a ating al aA TS ee ‘ and her eyes twinkling behind her lover’s glasses, THE ROBBER OF DEVIL'S POOL. which he had perched on the conquered beauty’s ae nose. “I’ll go alone to Devil’s Pool. I’ll take my pistol and ride Meg; and if I meet Daredevil, so much the better—I’ll have seen him, then. I’ll have a niece little talk with him—perhaps he’ll cut you out, no telling—and if he sees me home, I’ll ask him to call again. Glorious prospect! to have a robber- chieftain lover. My dear, little, golden-haired, pat- ent-leathered adorer isn’t jealous, I hope,” noticing a rising flush in his cheeks. By Alexander Armstrong. - _ Imagine a great mass of brown curls, tucked into @ net—a pair of roguish brown eyes—one dainty slipper, and one torn shoe—a dress tucked up jaunt- ‘ily over a gay balmoral, and an exquisitely dimpled arm and hand flourishing a gay feather duster among brocatelle sofas and chairs. 3 Imagine all this, and you will have a portrait of Aapsy. ‘The morning sun crept stealthily in at the win- bw and played joyously upon the velvet carpet, while a tall, light-haired exquisite, in a duck suit and panama, crept with equal stealth in af the door, and stood complacently viewing the scene through his eyeglass. ~ “Pon honor, Gipsy, you are as sweet as a May ing in that rig. Ha—ha! I’m glad I’ve caught * af “Caught me, indged!” and the duster handle came lown with a thump on the floor. “Do you suppose Care how you catch me? Come, no nonsense, you aculate piece of perfection. You are nonpareil. “enough for both. Just step over that pile of it—‘Come o’er the sea, Charley, sweet Charley, Charley,’”’ she said gaily, ‘and I’ve something tell you when you get safely on this side of the dirt pile. There, your clothes are safe once more, and you are happy. Not an atom of dust on your distracting tie. Now to business. I want you to fo down to Devil’s Pool with me this afternoon, and ielp to gather some of thie lovely red berries that row there, to put in Effie’s hair, for the party to- ioht.’” “Can’t go, pon my word. Impossible.” _ “Ah, you don’t want to go. Then I'll break du. It’s hard enough to undertake to remodel such dandy under any circumstances, and to make you something practical and useful, without any ition on your p&rt. ad, so saying, the brown witch on the sofa be- him, flashed a half-comical, half-fierce glance he cerulean eyes above her. ou'll hurt yourself, Gip, if you go on at this t’s bad enough for the health to get into a Listen to reason. I’ve got to go to Piermont at six o’clock, without fail, to meet a gentle- lan on important business; otherwise, nothing id prevent me from going. My little girl knows ve me a kiss and make up.” . ’t give you a kiss, no time, never, you com- you shall, you monkey, you elf, you——” e sentence finished in a peal of laughter and IPTMist{ii. mae” cried the rosy-lipped creature six! as she sank breathless and nettled y engagement. Won’t haye anything to do with mer of the sofa, her tumbled curls flying An hour’s ride brought “Not a jealous, Gip. Go and make his acquaint- ance, and if you like him better than me—well, if you willfully endanger your life by going alone to Devil’s Pool, don’t blame me when you find yourself dead, that’s all,” and flinging her hand from him, he sprang through the low French window and was gone before she could collect her senses sufficiently to call after him. “Good-by to you, Miss Gipsy, honey; have a care to de high-spirited hoss, and keep de tight “rein on her. I brin’ to my reccommend de time dat she ran wid de old commoda’e, and frew him. So have de care, baby.” “Never fear for me, Uncle Joe; I have a constitu- tion like the United States, and can manage Meg or any other animal of her size.” The nut-brown maiden threw one radiant glance back to the faithful old servant, who held open the carriage gate, and touching up her spirited animal, disappeared around the bend in the wooded road. ; It was late in the afternoon of the same day on which the above scene took place—a faultless sum- mer day—just clouds enough to cover ‘the distant . hills with great purple shadows, that continually chased each other over the tops and down the sides, clearing for an instant to bathe the woods in a flood of yellow sunshine, that trickled through the elms and lindens, the pines and the maples, fresh flushed with the thought of fall, and lay its golden fingers in the moss beneath, when over the sun the idle clouds would lazily float again and shroud the land- scape in a mellow gloom. sR “Oh, Meg!” exclaimed the little rider, as she drew rein to watch the changing hues of the woods across the river, “can’t we have an adventure?” Meg pricked up her ears, but whether at the idea or at the sound of a frog at the roadside, that gave an explosive grunt as though awakening from a bad dream and turning suddenly in its miry bed, cannot be definitely determined. ; “Gus is angry, that’s certain,” mused Gipsy. “He’s jealous. Terrible thing to have a jealous hus- band. I must cure him. Bah! jealous of Daredevil, a notorious robber and highwayman. That is really rich. Too rich to keep on such a warm day. Yes; I will go to Devil’s Pool. I have my pistol, and— pshaw! there’s no danger of meeting anyone there, Get up, Meg; on with you! I must show Gus my berries in the morning.” £ spines Gipsy toa path in the for.

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28 est, across which the afternoon sun threw long bars of golden light. Following: this familiar trail, which grew darker and narrower as she cautiously ad- vanced, and often obliged her to bow her head to the level with her horse to escape the dense foliage, she at last came to an opening—a charming little dell, in wich lay a black, sluggish pool, edged with bushes, heavily laden with beautiful scarlet berries. Gipsy’s eyes sparkled at the sight and she thought of her triumph on the morrow. She glanced cautiously around ere she slid from her horse’s back, and felt instinctively for her pistol. She turned up the skirt of her habit, and loaded it with the tempting berries. ' She could not satisfy herself with a few. Then she made them into a huge bouquet, and fastened them on to Meg’s back, behind the saddle. No. sound broke the stillness but the chirping of the crickets. She grew bolder. “What a charming spot,” she murmured. “How silly to take the word of ignorant negroes that Dare- devil has made it his rendezvous. Probably the poor | fellow is hundreds of miles away. natural circus ground,” continued she, rapturously. Then tucking her riding skirt up over her gay|denly brightening up, he motioned to someone hb balmoral, and pushing her hat on to the extreme| hind her, and cried: back of her head, she jumped on Meg’s back, and stood upright, exclaiming: “Up, Meg! we must have at least one turn here, before we go.” Meg pricked up her ears and broke into a dancing, > prancing hop-step. At a word Meg broke into a graceful lope, going |hand, and seated her, half fainting, on the around and around the pool in a circle, and then | side him. ; stood up on her hind legs. . It was her daily practice. Gipsy stood firm, her cheeks flushed crimson and|the robber’s head to the ground, “can you forg her eyes scintillating fire, when a loud laugh rang | me?” a out on the still air, and a man’s voice cried: “Bravo! Lady, do that again, and I'll give you aland black heards, were instantly floating in confu- us epi a purse of gold.” : _. Gipsy’s blood left her cheeks, and Meg came down with a bound. _ There sat a black-bearded man dressed in a great, cloak, on a protruding rock above her head. _ “Just try it over, will you? and I show you some | danger was passed, she sank pale and tremb new tricks. Here’s the purse,” he continued, hold-| within that horrid robber cloak, upon a fam ing aloft a tiny scarlet bag. _. Gipsy felt that her face was pallid, and she trem- |, bled in her saddle; but with a mighty effort she com- _ manded her voice, and answered boldly: _ “Keep your purse, sir. Who are you?” . “One who is accustomed to being obeyed,”. replied the deep voice, “Continue your performance.” ” For an instant the man looked baffled; then sud-— “This way. Seize her horse.” ea Gipsy turned in affright. It was a ruse. Peete No one was there; but in that instant the robber caught her in his arms, drew her pistol — : a” we “Gipsy,” murmured a'strangely familiar voice in her ear, and a great black wig and beard rolled from Gus’ golden curls and cerulean eyes, robbers’ wigs sion through Gipsy’s head. . She looked up at the robber, and there sat Gus ir stead. ri ay The truth flashed on her. : oo Bewildered and weak with fright, now that ¢ duck vest. a. * “Forgive me, Gip; I didn’t mean to carry the so far. I grew so confounded nervous over } coming here alone that I sent my brother Die’ Piermont in my place, and followed on after when you saw him; and also to protect you fi give me.” gis “You’re no such thing. There! I won't stuff.” Cae And an arm stole softly around his neck, pair of pale lips. grew rosy as they darted | a 3 we os jpn Late digs, >

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HAS $50,000, CHOPS WOOD. ; Herman Isfriding, of Burlington, Wis., is chop- _ ping wood for Police Chief Baker at $2 a day. The _ thief is glad to have the work done, because he has _ just put in a cement floor, and couldn’t find any one ‘to chop the old one into firewood till he hit on Is- friding. Herman says he is only too glad to work ten hours.a day at the job, although he is reputed ' worth $50,000 and hasn’t been doing must hard labor of late years. - Mrs. Isfriding had him brought to court a few days ago and sentenced to ninety days in jail‘on a _ charge of abusing her while drunk. Isfriding was _ taken in charge by the sheriff and has been serv- ' ing his time. When he overheard the Police Chief _ asking the Sheriff for a prisoner to do the work, he _ jumped at the chance. _ Isfriding has one of the best stock farms near » Burlington, 117 acres, a two-acre homestead in the ‘city, an automobile, and money in the bank. Y | ; —————_———_—_—— . _ . .NAMES.FOR BATTLESHIPS. - One of the ways nationalities have of displaying _ their peculiarities is in the naming of their battle- ships. The United States, systematic and business- _ like, goes to work and uses up all the names of its ps to paint on the sides of its greyhounds of Great Britain, self-appointed mistress of the aves, does not propose to have that majesty chal- Tenged. So she goes ahead and defies the world with such hair-raising names as Revenge, Indomitable, nflexible, Invincible, Implacable, Indefatigable, Vic- orious, Glory, Vengeance, Valient, Conqueror, Mon- ch, Thunderer, Colossus, Hercules, Jupiter, Mars, , Hannibal, Lion, Tiger and so on. rmans adhere quite decently to names of places —places in the Fatherland, of course. France, full of love of freedom and the things ch make for human happiness, finds her most acteristic warship names in words which, nslated, would be Truth, Justice, Democracy, pubDIIC. ily, adorer of her great men in statesmanship, science and the arts, names war boats after — ; sr “Leonardo da Vinci and Dante Alighieri. be convinced that these customs of christening liarly national, one needs only to shuffle of these names, remarks the St: Paul Pioneer- . Imagine us in America standing for a bat- named Indefatigable. Or imagine the name st Shakespeare” emblazoned on the prow d’s glowering fortresses of the sea, _ FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. FROM ALL : and one hundred and twenty or so are piled abus, Julius Ceesar, Adrea Doria, Conte di POINTS | MAKING MATCHES, ef The first Lucifer or friction matches date back te 1829. They were made and dipped by ‘hand, and sold for a little over two dollars per hundred. To-day the same quantity may be bought for a couple of cents, or even less. This cheapness is due them are dipped by machinery. In making matches by one process, a cylinder of pine wood the length of seven matches, which has been soaked in water to make it tough, is placed in a sort of lathe and as it revolves the circumference comes in contact with a sharp blade which cuts off a continuous shaving the thickness cf a match. As’ this shaving comes away from the log it is cut into seven strips, each as wide as a match is long. These ribbons are cut into lengths of about eight to the fact that all matches are made, and most of on top of each other and fed into a cutting machine, which cuts as many splints at each stroke as there are ribbons in the pile. Rapid as this process of making splints is, it has been displaced in America by another method in which very ‘little hand work is required. case the raw material is received at the factory in the shape of a two-inch white pine plank. This is sawed into blocks the length of the match. The blocks are then fastened by means of clamps to the bed of a machine and cutters groove out a set of splints from the surface. The cutters do not turn the entire surface into splints at one impact, but cut them out one-fourth of an inch apart. The ridges left between the places from which the first set of splints was cut, are then worked up, and so on until the whole block is consumed. As soon as the splints are separated from the block they are seized in iron clamp plates, which form an endless chain, The endless chain carries the splints across a steam-heated drum, which warms them nearly to the temperature of the par- affin, into which they are next dipped. ee From the paraffin bath the splints move on ¢on- tinuously to the rollers that carry the “heading mixture’—-phosphorus, chlorate of potash, etc.— and, as the matches are carried past the rollers each - one receives a red or blue head, as the case may be. From the rollers they continue on through a room swept by a blast of cold, dry air. The matches move on until, just before they reach the starting point again, an automatic punch thrusts the matches out and places them side by side in a box, put in the right place at the right time by an- other endless belt. . gaat It is estimated world use, In this that the nations of the civilized : in round numbers, three million matches |

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’ mother called a doctor. -. At the annual convention ment | used ‘to record earthquake shocks, was placed e egg “shocks” were sustained, and the railroads and ex- 30 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ARTICLES OF ALL KINDS | ! GREASED LADDER’S RUNGS. Because, a mischievous boy greased rungs of a ladder ‘in the municipal. playground at Ashburton _ avenue, Yonkers, N. Y., Natalie I. Farrell, ten years of age, of No. 409 Nepperhan avenue, is in St. Jo- seph’s Hospital with concussion of the brain. Na- talie and a stepsister, Mary Sullivan, were sliding on a chute. As Natalie was making her last climb a boy slipped up behind her and rubbed axle grease on a couple of rungs. She stepped on one and shot to the ground. At first she apeared to be unhurt, but two hours afterward she acted so strangely her DOG FINDS GIRL’S BODY. As George King hunted in the thickets of Locust Mountain, near Mahanoy City, Pa., his attention was called by his barking hunting dogs to a body which lay in the copse. It proved to be that of. Miss Elizabeth Bronk, who had been missing from home for a’ week. By her side lay an empty bottle which had contained poison. Her lips were horribly burned. A note received from Miss Bronk by Miss Myra Richardson, a nurse at the State sacpetitre at Fountain Springs, read: “Dear Myra—By the time you receive this note I will be dead. I am disgusted with living. Don’t show this letter to any one. ELIZABETH.” - _. EGGS SAVED BY SEISMOGRAPH. the National Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Association, Dr. C. L. Als- berg, chief chemist of the Federal Bureau of Chem-. istry, successor to Dr. Wiley, told the delegates that the bureau was interested in aiding the manufac- turers in increasing the purity of their product. - _ Eggs were broken wholesale in transportation to ew York, he said, and a seismograph, an instru- in the ear, and it faithfully told where the companies joined in eliminating the “shocks” Dress and aa saved millions of eggs from destruction. ani & we BOY WINS WITH PIG. Lanter we the ones son of Mr.:and be seep iawes ‘Videwe-s. With money of his own which he had earned at — > small jobs, and $5 borrowed from his father, he bought a pure-bred sow and has raised seven pigs. He has fed and taken entire care of them and kept — strict account of their feed and weight and cost, and had them at the Washington County Fair. He — scored 96 points on his project and won the trip. VOLCANOES IN AN AMERICAN PARK. The Hawaiian National Park, just created by Congress, is the first national park lying outside the continental boundaries of the United States. It sets apart: three celebrated Hawaiian volcanoes, _ Kilauea, Mauna Loa and Haleakala. “The Hawaiian voleandes,” writes T. A. Jagger, director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, * ‘are # truly a national assent, wholly unique of their kind, and the most continuously, variously and harm-._ lessly active volcanoes on earth. Kilauea = has been nearly continuously active with a lake or F lakes of molten lava for a century. Mauna Loa is the largest active voleano and mountain mass in the © world, with eruptions about once a decade, and ena = poured out more lava during the last century than — any other volcano on the globe. Haleakala is a crater rift in its summit eight miles in diameter % and 3,000 feet- deep, with many high lava cones — built up inside the crater. It is probably the larg — est of all known craters among volcanoes that are known. as active. Haleakala erupted less than 200 — years ago. The crater at sunrise is the an 2 ee eed voleanic spectacle on earth. The lava lake at Kilauea is the main feature of new national park. It draws visitors from all the world. -It is a lake of fire 1, 000 feet long, sp ing ongits banks with a noise like waves of the s while great fountains boil through it fifty feet hi; sending quantities of glowing spray over the she Gases hiss and rumble and blue flames play tae crevasses. There have been occasional crises, Mr. Jagger cently testified before the House Committee on Public Lands, when the active crater was uphe into a hill and thereafter collapsed into a deep | with marvelously spectacular avalanches ant grottoes, cascades, whirlpools and rapids" of § ing metal. were common. ‘eh Mauna Loa is. capped with perpetual ‘snow two and a half miles high. - ; ¢ Around the base of these vast voleanoes ane: geous tropical forests. Sandalwood, elsew tinct grows there luxuriously. There are groves, forests of tree ferns forty feet h magnificent tropical jungles alternating w ‘meadows. There are also tracts of Aenea A a lava. Lie bie 31 and I}

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Se FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 81 _ NEW SURPRISE NOVELTY. Foxy Grandpa, Mr. Peewee and other comical faces ar- tistically colored, to which ig attached a long rubber tube, connected with a rub- ber ball, which can be filled with water, the rubber ball being carried in the pocket, a slight pressure on the bulb causes 2 long stream, the re- sult can easily be seen, Price, 15e., Postpaid. W. 26th St., N. Y. Wolff Novelty Co., 29 | THE CANADIAN WONDER CARD TRICK. Astonishing, wonderful, and perplexing! Have you seen them? Any child can work them, and yet, what they do ie so amusing that the sharpest people on earth are fooled. We cannot tell y you what they do, or others * would get next and spoil the @ set and read the directions, startle your friends and fun. Just get The results will ge f mystify them. A genuine good thing you wish to have no end of amusement, Price by mail, 10a i F. Lang, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N.Y. SNEEZING POWDER. ‘The greatest fun-maker of them all. A gmall amount of this powder, when blown in a room. will cause everyone to sneeze without anyone knowing where it It is very light, will float in the time, and ry rate every nook d corner of a room. It is perfectly harm- Cachoo is put up in bottles, and one e contains enough to be used from 10 to times. Price, by express prepaid, 10 bot- $s for One Dollar. No less than 10 bottles can be bought. ‘OLFF NOVELTY CO., 29 W. 26th St., N.Y. CACHOO OR “ (66 a :.* ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY > the plays. . -enario - » GET A COPY NOW from you the latest number issued. sr ' BEAUTIFUL COLORED COVER DESIGNS _ New portraits of actors and actresses every week - "Six Gripping Stories, based on the latest Hirits and the names of all the companies who ma Jingles, Jests and every bright feature calculated * MOVING PICTURE $ 8 West 23d Street HAPPY HOOLIGAN JOKEB. With this joker in the lapel of your coat, you can make a dead shot every Complete with_rub- ber ball and tubing. Price, 15e. by mail, postpaid. H. F. Lang. 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N.Y MAMAS, This interesting toy 18 one of the latest novelties ~ out. It is in .great de- mand. To operate it, the stem is placed in your mouth. You can blow | into it, and at the same time pull or jerk lightly hdd the string. The mouth opens, and it then | eries ‘“‘Ma-ma,” just exactly in the tones of @ | real, iive baby. The sound is so human that it would deceive anybody. x { Price 12c, each by mats | Wolff Novelty Co., 29 W. 26th St., N. Y. | im i WHISTLEPHONE This is one of the greatest musical in- struments ever iInvent- ed. It is made entirely of metal and is almost invisible when in use. With it, in a few mo- ments, you can learn to play all kinds of tunes, have lots of fun, please and amuse your friends and make some money, too. Fine for either song or piano accompaniment oF by itself alone. You place the whistiephone the mouth with half circle out, place end tongue to rounded part and blow gently if to cool the lips. A few trials will ena- one to play any tune or air. Price 6 cents ¢sch by mall, post-paid C. Behr, 150 W. 62d St., New York City. TO READ EVERY NUMBER CONTAINS f Photo hs and Biographies of the most celebrated Photoplay actors and BsSpeci icles relating to Moving Pictures, co s Notes from the studios about the doings of everybody o: | WE WANT YOU Moving Picture Stories” “A Weekly Magazine devoted to Photoplays and Players. Absolutely the finest little publication on the news-stands mas- PRICE 5 CENTS A COPY “@@ : |” FINE HALF-TONE FRONTISPIECE Get a copy of this weekly magazine and see what it is and best films, each profusely illustrated with fine half tones of scenes in” actresses. written by the Pas a in the film business. you pay tne Poth young and old. your newsdealer, or send us 5 cents in money or postage stamps, and we will TORIES,” Inc. WIZARD REPEATING LIQUID PISTOL Gunrantecd === ae Nickel fistes will stop the : os nee most vicious dog (or (iggy man) without per- manent injury, Per- fectly safe to carry west Ganget of — eakage. Fires and recharges by i ulling trigger. Loads from any liquid. o cartridges required. Over six shots in one loading. All dealers, or by mail, 50c. Pistol with rubber-covered holster, 655c. . Holster separate, 10c. Money order or U S8. stamps. No coins. PARKER, STEARNS @ CO. 273 Georgia Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, MARBLE VAS. A clever and puzziing effect, easy to do; the apparatus can be minutely examined. Effect: A marble can be made to pass from the hand into the closed was shown empty, Thin we own empty. is beautiful enameled turned weed vase. ) ws Price, 200 Wolff Novelty Co., 29 W. 26th St., N, Y. > BLACE-FYE JORE. New and gmusing joker. The tok’ te hold the tube so the a 2 ~ ;_ saens Be = the trick pas re: Price by mafi enohi F. Lang, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N.Y, - THIRTY-TWO PAGES ected with the Photoplays. write, ‘ . ;

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FRANK TOUSEY, PUBLISHER, 168 WEST 23D STREET, NEW YORK. oy aR RN A IEE oe in sat ts darters satanic saad a cesta td Minin. Salata tele Sea IEE MER No. 932. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1, 1916. Price 6 Cents. iF PRADYSA . Dara PONDS! OR WORKING ON A WALL STREET [ASE

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 535 Morey to Burn; or, The Shrewdest Boy in Wall Street. 562 A Broker at Eighteen; or, Roy Gilbert’s Wall Street Career. 536 A Bid for a Fortune; or, A Country Boy in Wall Street. 563 Only a Dollar; or, From Errand Boy to Owner. 537 Bound to Rise; or, Fighting His Way to Success. 564 Price & Co., Boy Brokers; or, The Young Traders of Wall 538 Out for the Dollars; or, A Smart Boy in Wall Street. Street. 539 For Fame and Fortune; or, The Boy Who Won Both. 565 A Winfiing Risk; or, The Boy Who Made Good. 340 A Wall Street Winner; or, Making a Mint of Money. 566 From a Dime to a Million; or, A Wide-Awake Wall Street 541 The Road to Wealth; or, The Bo o Found it Out. Boy. 542 On the Wing; or. The Young Mercury of Wall Street. 567°The Path to Good Luck; or, The Bey Miner of Death Walley. 543 A Chase for a Fortune; or, The Boy Who Hustled. 568 Mart Morton’s Money; or, A Corner in Wall Street Stocks. 544 Jugeling with the Market; or, The y Who Made It Pay. 569 Tips to Fortune; or, A Lucky Wall Street Deal. 645 Cast Adrift; or, The Luck of a Homeless Boy. 570 Striking His Gait; or, The Perils of a Boy Engineer. 546 Playing the Market; or, A Keen Boy in Wal! Street. 571 From Messenger to Millionaire; or, A Boy’s Luck in Wall 547 A Pot of Money; or, e Legacy of a Lucky Boy. Street. 548 From sy to Riches; or, A Lucky Wall Street Messenger. 572 The Boy Gold Hunters; or, After a Pirate’s Treasure. 549 On His Merits; or, The Smartest Bos Alive. 573 Tricking the Traders; or, A Wall Street Boy's Game of 550 Tra: g the Brokers; or, A Game Wall Street Boy. Chance. 551 A Hon in Gold; or, The Treasure of Santa Cruz. 574 Jack Merry’s Grit; or. Making a Man of Himself. 552 Bound to Make Money; or, From the West to Wall Street 575 A Golden Shower; or, The Boy Banker of Wall Street. "53 The Boy Magnate; or. Making Baseball Pay. 576 Making a Record; or, The Luck of a Working Boy. 654 Making Money; or, A Wall Street Messenger’s Luck. 577 A Fight for Money; or, From School te Wall Street. 555 A Harvest of Gold; or, The Buried Treasure of Coral Island. 578 Stranded Out West; or, The Boy Who Found a Silver Mine. 556 On the Curb; or, Beating the Wall Street Brokers. 579 Ben Bassford’s Luck: or, Working on Wall Street Tips. 557 A Freak of Fortune; or, The Boy Who Struck Luck. 580 A Young Gold King; or, The Treasure of the Secret Caves. 558 The Prince of Wall Street; or, A Big Deal for Big Money. 581 Bound to Get Rich; or. How a Wall Street Boy Made Money. 559 Starting His Own Business; or, The Boy Who Caught On 582 Friendless Frank; or, The Boy Who Became Famous. 560 A Corner in Stock; or, The Wall Street Boy Who on. 583 A $30,000 Tip; or, The ey Weazel of Wall Street. 661 First in the Field; or, Doing Business for Himself. 584 Plucky Bob: or, The Boy Who Won Success. For sale by all newsdealers. or will be sent to any address on receipt of FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, - price, 5 cents per copy, in money or postage stamps. by 168 West 23d St., N. Y. IF YOU WANT ANY BACK NUMBERS of our weeklies and cannot procure them from newsdealers, they can be obtained from this office direct. Write out and fill rice of the weeklies you want and we will send them to yeu by return ™ ,. in your Order and send it to us with the POSTAGE STAMPS TAKEN THE SA FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher - E AS MONEY. 168 West ?"" >t. N. ¥. OUR TEN No. 1. NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM AND DREAM BOOK.—-Containing the great oracle of human destiny; also the true meaning of almost any kind of dreams, together with charms, ceremonies, and curious games of cards, No. 2. HOW TO DO TRICKS.—The great book of magic and card tricks, containing full instruction en all the leading card tricks of the day, also the most popular magical illusions as performed by our leading magi- cians; every bey should obtain a copy of hi k. ; No. 3. HOW TO FLIRT.—The arts and wiles of flirtatien are fully explained by this little book. Besides the various methods of handkerchief, fam, glove, parasol, window and hat flirtation, it contains a full list of the language and sentiment of flowers. No. 4 HOW TO DANCE is the title of this little book. It contains full instructions in the art of dancing, etiquette in the ball- room and at parties, how to dress, and full directions fer calling off in all popular uare dances. sty 5. HOW TO MAKE LOVE.—A com- plete guide to love, courtship and marriage, giving sensible advice, rules and etiquette to be observed, with many curious and interest- ing things not generally known. No. 6. HOW TO BECOME AN ATHLETE. —Giving full instruction for the use of dumbbells, Indian clubs, parallel bars, hori- zontal bars and various other methods of developing a , healthy muscle; contain- ing over sixty illustrations. No. 7. HOW TO KEEP BIRDS.—Hand- somely illustrated and containing full in- stru ns fer the management and training of the canary, mockingbird, bobolink, black- bird, parequet, parrot, etc. No. 9.- HOW TO BECOME A VENTRILO- QUIST.—By Harry Kennedy. Every intelli- gent boy reading this beek of instructions ean master the art, and create any amount fun for himself and friends. It is the test beek ever published. HOW TO BOX.—The art of self- of a good boxer. sho obtain one of these useful and in- structive books. as it will teach you how to box without an instructor. No. 1 HOW TO WRITE LOVE-LET- most complete little book, contain- full directions for writing love-letters, when to use them, giving specimen let- ters for and old. Ne. 12, HO LADIES. al oe et ee ae i -CENT Ne, 14. HOW TO MAKE CANDY.--A com- plete hand-book fer making all kinds of candy, ice-cream, syrups, essences, etc, etc. No. 18. HOW TO BECOME BEAUTIFUL, —-One 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 costless, No. 20. HOW TO EN™ERTAIN AN EVE- NING PARTY.—A cowpiete compendium of games, sperts, card diversions, comic recita- tions, ete., suitable for parlor 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 ever published. It contains full instructions about guns, hunting dogs, traps, trapping and fis ing. together with description of game and h. Ne, 22. HOW TO DO SECOND SIGHT.— Heller's second sight explained 4 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 g all the eodes and signals. Ne, 23. OW TO EXPLAIN DREAMS.— This little book gives the explanation to all kinds of dreams, together with lucky and unlucky days. Neo, 4. 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 of grams sports and athletic exercises. Embracing 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 ee selections in use, comprising Dutch ialect, French dialect, Yankee and Irish dia- standard readings. No. 28. HOW TO TELL FORTUNES — Everyone is desirous of knowing what his future life will bring forth, whether happi- lect pleees, together with many ness or misery, wealth or — You caa 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 beok explains them all, giving examples in electricity, hydraulics, magnetism, optics, pmeumatics, mechanics, ete. No. 30. HOW TO COOK.—One of the most instructive books on cooking ever published. It contains recipes for g meats, fish, game, and oysters; also pies, Fone eakes and all kinds of pastry, and a gran collection of recipes. j HAND BOOKS No. 31. HOW TO BECOME A SPEAKS ER.—Containing fourteen illustrations, ing the different pesitions requisite to cote a good speaker, reader and elocu Also containing gems from all the authors of prose and poetry. No. 32. HOW TO RIDE A BICYCLE— Containing instructions for beginners, choice of a machine, hints on training, etc A coments book. Full ef practical illustra- tions. No, 35. HOW TO PLAY GAMES.—A com- plete and useful little beek, containing the rules and regulations of billiards, bagatelle, backgammon, croquet, dominees, ete. Ne. 36. HOW TO SOLVE CONUNDROUMS. —Containing all the leading cenundroms the day, amusing riddles, curious catches, and witty sayings. No. 38. HOW TO BECOME YOUR OWN DOCTOR.—A wonderful beek, containing useful and practical information in the trea ment of ordinary diseases and ailments con mon to every family. Abounding in useft and effective recipes for general cemplainti) No. 39. HOW TO RAISE DOGS, POUL- TRY, PIGEONS AND RABBITS.—A useful o— instructive book. Handsomely illustrat-) No. 40. HOW TO MAKE AND SET TRAPS.—Including hints on hew to cate— moles, weasels, otter, rats, squirrels and birds. Alse hew to cure skins. Copieusly illustrated. No, 41. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK END MEN’S JOKE BOOK.—Containing a great variety of the latest jokes used by the most fameus end men. © amateur minstrels Is complete without this wonderful little book. No, 42. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK STUMP Se a varied as- sortment of stump speeches, Negro, Dutch and Irish. Also end men's jokes. Just the —- for home amusemen amateur ws, Ne. 48. HOW TO BECOME A MAGICIAN. —Containing the grandest assertment of magical illusions ever placed befere the ymin Also tricks with cards, incantations, ete, No, 44. HOW TO WRITE IN AN AI- BUM.—A grand collection of Album Verses suitable for any time and eccasion, ing Lines ef Love, Affection, age mer mor, Res and Cendolence, also Verses Suitable Valentines and Weddings. 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