Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 595) (1917 02 23)

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FEBRUARY 23, 1917 “ Mr. Pindar, in his reckless haste, collided with and upset the old gentleman who was ascending stairs ahead of Fred. Farnham, indignant that he did not stop to apologize, lowered his head and butted him squarely in the chest.

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x, al FAMEAND FORTUNE WEEKLY STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY | Issued Weekly—By Subscription $3.00 per year. Entered at the New York, N. Y., Post Office as Second-Class, Matter by Frank No. 595. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 23, 1917. ousey, Publisher, 168 West 23d Street; New York. Price 6 Cents. THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE The Wall Street Boy Who Broke the Market CHAPTER L A GERMAN BOY IN WALL STREET. x Ts ’ 7a \ *vot’s der matter mid you? You dinks you push me py * dis line oud? Vell, you’ don’t done it, I ped you.” «@- The speaker was a stout German lad, with a full-moon ountenance, in which his eyes, nose and mouth seemed ost in the hollows between his mountainous cheeks. : He was dressed in a new suit of store clothes, with a ' flaming red necktie, while a derby, that looked two sizes _. too small, was perched upon the top of his thick, light hair. _¥ He oceupied the head position of a long line of boys of un ages between fourteen and eighteen, that extended from » @ door whose glass panel was lettered: “Fred’k Farnham, Broker. Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold on Commission,” wn the corridor.to the elevator. They were there in answer to an advertisement for an ae boy and messenger which had appeared in a morning aily. ~The German boy had been the first to reach the coveted _ Position by the door, and the others had lined up after him as fast as they appeared on the scene: By nine o’clock there were all of fifty waiting to see the -boss of the office. : : .. What chance the late comers had of catching on would be hard to say, but they waited expectantly, just the same = ‘The German boy had held his place not without som _ difficulty, because the lads behind him resorted to all sorts of tactics to squeeze him out. _ His size and weight, however, stood him in good stead, ' for, having seized the handle of the door as a purchase, his = -~ huge bulk res'sted successfully all assaults made upon him. _. The boys made him the mark for all kinds of gibes be- _ tween their united attempts to oust him from his vantage- point. 4 ; hat was tipped over his eyes several times, and finally he had to hold it to save it from being swept off his head 1 “eaaved a football of by the more frolicsome of the rival icants. m ‘or a long time Bs Santee bat ig @ Cp karte prow Fh ‘ thout saying anything, but even-his phlegmatic na a er oes at last and he resorted with tne sentences that - opened this chapter. : A howl of derision from those just behind him greeted _ this evidence of his having woke up. . } 7a you Dutchman, do you expect to get the job of »y down, here in Wall Street?” shouted one of the <. have ts Se cold, you been out of Ellis Island?” asked | building CV A a ef By A SELF-MADE MAN. . “Shoot the hat!” came from a fourth. “You fat galoot, it would take you all day to get as fai as the Stock Exchange!” ; “T’ll bet he doesn’t know where the Exchange is!” “Did you come up on the freight elevator?” “Say, fellers, once more, all together!” cried the boy just ; behind the German. The line suddenly swelled and a tremendous force was brought to bear on the obstruction at the head. The young foreigner was fairly swept off his feet, but he clung to the door handle like grim death. : The boy right behind him, who acted as the head of the wedge, lost his hold on the German’s back, and in a moment fully twenty boys were sliding and rolling down the corri- dor in a confused bunch, leaving a wide gap in the line. With a yell of exultation the rest of the boys dashed for- ward and closed up the space behind the German, leaving the lads who had tried to displace the leader out in the The boys who had lost their places picked themselves up and then there was trouble. : They came back and attacked the chaps who now held their places. In a moment a small riot was in progress in the corridar. A dozen slugging-matches were going on all at once, to the great detriment of the clerks, stenographers and others connected with the offices in that section of the big office building, who were making their way to work. \ The actual ne was now reduced to about a dozen of the tailenders back of the redoubtable German, who watched — the wholesale scrap with a satisfied grin. : One of the elevator men reported the disturbance that ‘ was taking place on the sixth floor, and the superintendent — = and head janitor went up to put a stop to it. ts They had their hands full. fe As fast as the boys were separated they resumed the scrap at another point. ; < The uproar naturally attracted a great deal of attention, — and a crowd of spectators gathered to watch it. ea. Finally the superintendent entered one of the offices and telephoned for the police. (Ve A patrol-wagon and a dozen reserves were sent to the — : building. an OE Part of them came up in one of the elevators, along with a bright-looking, handsome and well-dressed boy of perhaps Ka = . ; e cops and the boy got off at the sixth floor. aes: The boy himself was astonished at the scene of confusion that greeted his eye in the corridor where his office was, for — this was Fred Farnham, the broker, whose advertisement was responsible for the gathering and excitement in the in business for himself a few ks 2 He had only been

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having prior to that been the Stock Exchange representative, _ of Robert Fulton, an Exchange Place broker, in whose office __ he had been advanced from messenger. * Having accumulated a small capital through fortunate speculation in the stock market, he had taken advantage of Mr, Fulton’s: retirement from business to branch out for himself. _, He had a widowed mother and a fifteen-year-old sister ‘to support, and lived with them in a modest five-room flat _. in Harlem. e | ~ “Great Scott!” he exclaimed, as he viewed the rumpus. ' “What’s going on here? Looks like a free fight.” The next elevator dumped half a dozen more policemen out at the floor, and soon the oificers had all-the scrappers in charge, and were marching them toward the different elevators. yes When Fred walked toward his office after order had been __* restored, he found the German boy and perhaps fifteen = others lined up awaiting his appearance. . “Stand back, please, so I can open the door,” he said, eyeing the leader of the line with some curiosity. i “Yaw, I done dot; but I pen here first,” said the German, with some anxiety lest he lose his place even oy + “What’s your name?” asked Fred. ~~ *My name vos Meyer Suppegrenz.” ' _. “How old are you?” A E“Sigsteen” » “Well, walk inside,” said Fred, opening the door and =) The serman boy followed him andthe whole line brought a 4 im his rear, ranging themselves from Fred’s desk to the ; oor. -“I guess you’ve never worked in Wall Street,” said the _ young broker; after he had seated himself, looking at Meyer Sppuppesreenz. art een ; but mine uncle said dot I vos der poy for der = sh ” replied the applicant. LSD ales our uncle said that?” answered Fred, repressing a e. “Yaw, I ped you.” “But I want a boy who is quick on his feet and bright as 'a>steel trap.” t “Vell, I vos quick mit mine feets, und I don’t been a mo £Yaw, I ae It was a_ stron _ the leader of the district where Suppegreenz lived. { ' “How beng hese you been in this country, Meyer?” “Aboud months.” s 3 “What have you been working at?” s* - — - “Don’t you like it?” . __=*T sooner peen a proker some day than own a grocery a He into your head that you’d like to be a m ng id. ; “You office, did you?” fs “ane ae ae midt “4 — paid eats oud, aay der moneys. u ok der people’s names to mine uncle ven dey called to see him on pizness.” Main on. _stay with him? You had a good chance ’t you?” : off mine by der boat off von steamer put oud to sea pefore I got le yot is a r in Yarmany, und he makes as if “4 : pane ss p| fon shore . en 1 Naive way he put it. , pat é: i to come to America whether you liked it See self Bim: THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. He took their names and addresses and then dismissed them as he had the others. Although Fred, with an eye to the future, had intended to hire a bright-looking, active boy; he decided, for reasons that had suggested themselves, to give the German boy a . trial and see how he would pan out. He had an idea that Meyer Suppegreenz would be some- thing of a novelty in Wail Street and would attract con- siderable attention. - This would serve to bring his employer more prominently to the notice of the brokers who would wonder how Fred Farnham came to hire such a recent importation from the i atherland. © The young trader had no doubt but he would get the grand laugh, but he intended, if the boy had the stuff, im him, to turn the laugh on the brokers themselves by making 2 first-class messenger of Meyer in time. ‘ So, with this purpose in view, he told Suppegreenz that as he was the first to reach the office he would give him the opportunity to make good. Then he explained what the office boy’s duties would be . for the present, and told him to seat himself in the outer office by the window which looked out on a narrow cou-t, or air-shaft. As there was a big room full of pretty girls employed by | an insurance agent right across from his post, Meyer was soon deeply interested in watching their nimble fingers manipulating their typewriters. It wasn’t long before the girls discovered the rather’ comical countenance of Suppergrenz peering at them, and he immediately became an object of -interest to them. While the German boy and the fun-loving girls were taking one another in, Fred sat in his private office studying, the market report of the previous day’s operations on the * Stock Exchange and reading the latest Wall Street news. ? CHAPTER I. ~ MISS TILLIE BANCROFT. > Half an hour elapsed and then the office door opened and Brokers Fox and Carter entered the reception room. a Meyer Suppegreenz jumped up as quickly as though he had just sat on a tae asked “Vell, you called to seen Mr. Fanham, ain’t id?” he the brokers. - ¢ : They looked at him in some surprise. zu - “Is Mr. Farnham in?” asked Broker Fox. Pee “Yaw. I took your names inside off you blease.” es “Tell him Mr. Fox and Mr. Carter.” — “Blease took a seat,” said Meyer, and then he walked — into the private room and announced the names of the two visitors. 5 ' “Tell them to walk in,” said Fred. a : “Shentlemen, blease to valk by der office in,” said the ~ German lad, and the two brokers stepped into the inner — room. ] “Glad to see you, gentlemen,” said Fred. “Help your- — selves to seats.” a “You’ve got quite a cozy little sheep-shearing den, Farn- ~ ham,” said Fox, gazing around the young broker’s tum. “This is quite a surprise to see you as a full-fledged ee, By the way, that can’t be your office boy outside?” rs -*Yes. That’s my office boy and messenger,” replied Farn- — ham with a smile. , ; eet “Great Scott! Is that so? Where did you get hold ae , is ey “He answered my advertisement this morning*and I hired _ “Do ronan ss ag Tee ee eee PCE, > 8 AS “Certainly, if he makes good.” ; met “Why, the messenger boys in this neighborhood won’t do _ a thing to him.” ; : “Oh, come, new, Farthem, on've been a Fo amagry aie d know how i fe won wn here, ~ | up in Goes ale ae “no oo a

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a myself, but I keep a box of perfectos for those who do.” “Thanks. I don’t mind if I do,” said Fox, helping him- ~~ self. . _ Broker Carter also selected a weed and lit it. : _- * J suppose you’re not very busy yet,” he said, blowing out - a few rings of smoke. - “Well, hardly. There’s no great rush as yet on the part of the public to overwhelm me with their orders. I expect that will come later.” ; : “Are Si buying anything yourself?” asked Fox. “No, I can’t say that I am.” ; “Perhaps I could sell you some shares of the Blizzard Gold and Silver Mining Co., of Ivanhoe, Nevada. It’s a new and promising proposition just coming to the front. A =. customer left a block of 10,000 shares with me to dispose of for him. I can recommend it .as a good investment. If ~~ -you’ll take the stock I can quote a special figure on it.” Fred shook his head. ’ |: “I’m not -interested in mining stocks,” he said. : “Maybe you’d like to take a flyer on A. & B.?” said Carter. “It’s a stock that is bound to rise as soon as the et wakes up. It’s going at 32 now, but, as I need cash, sell a thousand shares at 30.” : ; _ Fred declined to nibble at this apparently tempting offer. The brokers tried to sell the young trader other stock that they were anxious to get rid of, but he wouldn’t buy, so, in a little while, they went away disappointed. : . “I wonder what they take me for?” F chuckled as the door closed upon his visitors: “I’m not locking my money + up in dead wood. In fact, I haven’t any too much fleece ~~~ to do business with. I suppose more of the brokers will be ying me a visit on the same errand. They might save ves the trouble for I’m not biting at such bait.” . At that moment Meyer opened the door and came in. ; “Vill you seen a young y py der names off Miss Pan- croft?” he asked. : raed ertainly. Show her in” t _. +The German boy ushered a very pretty girl into the inner ~ Yoom. } _ Fred bowed and pointed to the chair beside his desk. 4 ' “Be seated, Miss Bancroft,” he said, politely. “What can =. I do for, you?” 7 “Are you Mr. Farnham?” = _ “Yes, miss. That’s\my name.” / ' _ She handed Fred a letter. He opened and read it. ‘It. was from the old cashier of his late employer, intro- _ dueing Miss Bancroft to the young broker’s notice. , “A _ The note went on to ve Sms the young girl was a capable c pace out of wor _ That she had a widowed mother and several young sisters dependent on her for support, and the writer would consider it a personal favor if Farnham could put something in her _ “Well, Miss Bancroft,”.said Fred, “I’m sorry that I have tie : % - ra = no work for a stenographer at present. I have only just __ opened up for myself, and business hasn’t begun to come my ‘way yet. I shall be glad to help you get something to do, - however. If you would like to make my office your head- _ quarters I’ll get you a table and a typewriter. There are 2 - good many people in this building who do not employ a v rapher steadily. You could make arrangements with ; iber of them to take dictation in their offices and then in Be Re "THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. has| dealings with. see 3 Bancroft? Shall I have a table put in for -you this afternoon and order ‘a typewriter?” The young lady hesitated. The proposition appealed. to her, but she felt as if it was too much-to expect of a stranger, especially one not yet himself established in business. She said something to that effect. “Miss Bancroft, I shall be glad to have you here. Your presence will add a business air to my office that it lacks - at present. Callers will think I am doing something, even when I’m not, when they see you clicking away at your ma- chine. On the whole, I think you will be doing me some- thing of a favor by gracing my small establishment with - your presence. At any rate, you’ve got to get busy in order to obtain money to support your mother and sisters, and, as I said before, it will afford me much pleasure to help you out in any way I can.” “Then I will accept your generous offer, Mr. Fanham, and I hope you will understand that I feel deeply grateful to you for making it,” she replied, with tears in her eyes. “All right,” replied Fred. “I will consider the: matter settled. 1 will order the table and the typewriter for you, | this afternoon when I go out to lunch, and you can come in the morning, say about ten, and we will talk about getting work for you to do. I will have some business cards printed for you to distribute when you go around the building, and I will insert an advertisement in one of the Wall Street’ papers bringing you tb notice as a public stenographer.’ You may also rely on me to do anything else in my power ~— to push you ahead.” : The girl thanked him with some emotion, and then arose to take her leave, promising to be at the office at ten o’clock next morning. pale bleed tte \ CHAPTER III. i 2 . THE TIP THAT FRED GOT THROUGH MEYER SUPPEGREENZ. f That afternoon Fred bought a table and typewriter for ‘ Miss Bancroft, and they were delivered by five o’clock. ' He also left an order with a printer for a few hundred ae cards, with her name, address and occupation on em. . As he had nothing of importance on his hands that day he spent an hour interviewing a number of the business people of the building in behalf of the girl. iid Several of the persons who had no regular stenographer promised to employ Miss Bancroft to.do what they wanted done if her terms were reasonable, and Fred was satisfied | she would do very well after she started. 2 He kept Meyer till four o’clock that day to look after the’ office while he was out, and when he-returned at that hour the German boy told him that several gentlemen, who said they were brokers, had ealled to see him. 7 “What were their names, Meyer?” asked Fred. ; « “Vell, von vos Mr, Ventvorth.” “Wentworth; yes.” “Anudder vos Fingle someding.” “You mean Finkelsheim, don’t you?” “Yaw, dot’s right. Und der udder, vell, he vos'a funny liddle fellow mit a glass eyes, und red hair vot stuck up like der quills off der porcupine.” o> Sy oot “Oh, I know who you mean. His name is Pindar.” f “He didn’t say vot his name vos. 4 He yust let der udders — done der talking, but he looked der blaces all around as if he some pizness to found fault.” _ “tots 3 laughed, for he knew Owen Pindar was a nosey kind ~_ of man. “ee, ae He was a broker with a rather shady reputation, and his ~ office — on Sia Sart geen ‘ ee ew him o sigh was not particularly — anxious to know him any. better. - Finkelsheim was another trader that the young bi was not over-desirous of numbering among those he pleased to receive as callers. _ ws He was as shifty as quicksand, and as dangerous to have — ose he

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_ I vos a liar. Der shent mit der glass eyes vos going in, it but I grabbed him by der arm und says, ‘Nein, nobody gone _ in dere ven der poss vos oud.’ He got hot by der collar ; und said who I vos, anyvay? I said I vos der office poys, und vos in sharge off der places. Der udder two laughs at dot, und Mr. Ventvorth said vhere I come from? 1 said from Yarmany, und dey laughs again. Mr. Ventvorth den said to Mr. Finglesomeding dot he vondered vhere you bieked me up. Mr. Finglesomeding said he guessed I blew by der vinders in. Dey all laughed as if dot vos a funny Shoke. Dey vent in der hall und I listen by der door. Den LI heard Mr. Finglesomeding say to der man’ mit der glass eyes dot he guess you vos a easy mark, und dot you vouldn’t last so long. Dey vent und stood by der vinders vhere I geen der girls vorking mit deir fingers by some liddle ma- chines, und talked togedder. Mr. Ventyorth said, ‘Let’s _ sold him some off dot new Blizzard ‘stock vich looks purty _ ‘nice but ain’t vorth der paper it vos printed on.’ He said dot he got took in himself mit 10,000 shares, und he vould like to gét rid mit it before der bottoms come oud off it. Der udders said dot dey got some off it too, und he vould glad to sold it to you. After dot vos agreed on dey got _ talking aboud somedings dey called D. und G. Dey said _ der pools vos all ready, to gone ahead und puy all der shares - in sight, und dot dey oxbected der brices vould gone to 80 inside off a veek, vhen dey vould sold oud und took in der \brofits. Dey den valked avay.” _ ‘Pred was much amused by Meyer’s report until the Ger- _ aii boy began to mention what Wentworth and his com- panions said about D, & G., then he pricked up his ears with considerable eagerness. _ He made Meyer repeat that part over again, and ques- tioned him closely as to the exact words the visitors had _ used, as near as the boy could ‘remember. ae Fs _He saw that his office boy had gotten hold of a valuable _ tip by having sharp ears and listening to the conversation _-. in the hall. RD It was evident that Wentworth, Finkelsheim. and facet _ Were interested in a pool that was about to buy up D. _ shares on the quiet for the purpose of booming the price after they had succeeded in cornering the stock as well as they could. > fi Fred saw the advantage the knowledge would be to him - and-determined to profit by it before the stock advanced in . the market. : $3 It was quite clear to Fred that the men would not have Dyasta ae, their minds so freely in the hall if they suspected that Meyer was listening. ~ , eS: _. Fred chuckled to himself as he thought the matter over. _ Meyer ¢ertainly had a wooden face, but he was pretty ‘sharp, for all that. dsp _“He’s liable to hear a whole lot of things that wouldn’t come within earshot of a bright-loking lad,” he said to himself, after telling his new boy he could go home for the day. “I wouldn’t be surprised if I had a prize package in Why, this tip on D. & G. alone ought to stand mesin him. several thousand dollars in profits. _ Tm mighty glad I hired him. It is clear he won’t let any visitor monkey around the _ office when I’m out, and he’s big and strong enough to make _ people respect him. Yes, I think Meyer is all right. He only _-wanted $5 a week, but I guess he’s worth $8, all right. At went to his deck and looked up the standing of : oe e* that’s what I’m going to give him. was going around 60, ty it went up to 80, as Mr. Finkelsheim said it would, ac- g to Meyer, that would represent a good profit on a and shares or more. zt promise of work for her. ed to give, oY mM THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. - ‘ He went directl the names of the gentlemen |’ ageme i ‘4 ‘offices, | a Oat ao there, ? “T ped you I could found it.” : Cat aaee “Know where the Mills Building is?” £3 “Yaw. It vos on Proad Street, down avays.” * “Where is the Va gol Building?” That’ right,” said Fred, who asked him the I ; - = Sst €i <—_ "4 cats ne a few more buildings, and was surprised at 1 “Vot you calls dot machines?” he asked. “A typewriter,” she replied, with a smile. “Is dot so? {fn mine uncle’s places in Frankfort by der Maine on he had a gel vot vorked her fingers by a different kind off a typewrider.” t “What was the name of it?” ' : “Vell, you got me dot time, I ped you. I couldn't told you to safe mine lives. You are going to vork mit dis of- fices in, yaw?” “Yes.” “Vill you told me your names?” “Tille Bancroft.” “So-o? Vell, mine is Meyer Suppegreenz. poy midoud a glass eye.” I am a pully - ‘the girl laughed at the way he said it, and also because - his name sounded just like “soup greens.” “T haf a sveedheart dot looks yust like you, only she’s got light hair und plue eyes, mit a big dimble by her mous.” said Meyer. “Py, shinshcr, I vouldn’t lost her for all der moneys py Wal! Street.” “You th ik a good deal of her, then?” said Tillie. “I ped you. I vill marry her some day ven I got to peen a proker mit a bank account so big,” and Meyer illustrated in his own way how big he meant. The conversation was interrupted by Fred. , “Meyer,” he said, “you are not very well acquainted with ‘this neighborhood. I think you had better go out and take a walk around. Find out where the Stock Exchange is, and the ye: and locations of the big office buildings. Under- stand?” “I ped you. I found dem all oud pefore I got back.” _ Fred then gave him some general directions re the financial district, and explained where the Exchange and the more prominent buildings were, and then Meyer put on his derby, which made Miss Bancroft laugh, it looked so funny on his big head, and walked out of the office. “He is a comical-looking boy, isn’t he?” she said to Fred. “Yes, he is; but there are no flies on him, just the same, I’m willing to bet that a good many people will get fooled on him before’s he’s been a month in the Street. Well, I’m oing to leave the office in your care until either Meyer or gat back. You can tell anybody that asks for me that I’m over at the Stock Exchange.” : to his safe deposit box in the Washing- ton vaults and took out $18,000 of his small capital. With this he visited the office of a well-known broker, named George Westcott, with whom he was on friendly terms, and gave him an order to buy 3,000 shares of D. & G. at the market on the usual margin, which would amount to about the $18,000. - Then he went over to the gallery of the Exchange and watched the bu brokers on the floor. yt About one o’clock he went to lunch, and when he got back he found Meyer reading a German novel with a picture cover. : / CHAPTER IV. FRED MAKES A NEAT PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SYNDICATE, a4 “Is Miss Bancroft out to lunch?” he asked the boy. “Yaw. She said off you come in pefore she told you dot Mr. Ventvorth vos here to seen you.” ae 7 right. How did you make out yourself, Meyer?” “Vell, 1 did purty good. I had to ask Some off der poys tried to play some tricks mit me, but it ying and selling of stocks by the mob of — get pack to - Ts + 2% w Some questions off peoples, but dey told me vot I vanted to found oud. ~ — Si ¥ didn’t vork, I ped you. Dey tink demselfs purty smard, but I seen fellers Yast like dot pefore, und dey don't got noddi 2s . on me, I ped me Ces life. arin “Then you could find the Stock Exchange if I sent you s sae at his . ; ou ee “ oo ae bead he

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When three o’clock came around Fred told Meyer he could go home for the day. “Shimmany cribs! But dis is a fat shob, I ped: you,” he muttered to himself as he went out the door. At a quarter past three Miss Bancroft looked into Fred’s private office and told him that Mr. Wentworth and Mr. Finkelsheim wished to see him. “Tell them to walk in,” said the young broker, and a mo- ment later the two gentlemen came into the room. “How d’ye do, Farnham?” said Wentworth, with apparent cordiality. “We’ve caught you in at last.” “I’m pretty well, thank you. How are you, Mr. Finkels- heim? Make yourselves at home, gentlemen.” They seated themselves, Mr. Wentworth appropriating the _ chair next to Fred’s desk. “Finkelsheim and I called to congratulate you on your debut as one of the boys,” said Wentworth. “Thank you, both,” replied Fred, though he knew that neither of the traders was sincere in his congratulations. i “Let me see, you’ve been in business about a week, haven’t you?” said Wentworth. “About that.” ;: “T don’t see how you find the work to keep a stenographer usy.” “She’s a fine-looking girl,” put in Finkelsheim. “I'd like to make an exchange with you, Farnham.” “I guess you’re joking, Mr. Finkelsheim. smart little girl.” “Yes, she’s smart enough. Say, where did you pick up that animated pretzel you ltave for an office boy?” “J got him through an advertisement in the paper.” “He’d look better in a grocery store than down in Wall Street. Whatever made you take him on?” “What’s the matter with him?” -“He looks like a Dutch cigar-store sign. Why, you'll the laughing stock of the Street, if you don’t ship him.” | Pd 3 cuca can stand that, Mr. Finkelsheim. I’m going . to break him into the business. He wants to be a broker.” The two traders roared at that. “That’s pretty rich,” said Finkelsheim. “I must tell that _ around. ever in the whole course of my experience have J] seen such a thick-headed boy in Wall Street.” 3) DY the way, Farnham, to change the subject, would ou _ like to in some shares of the Blizzard Gold and Silver i invest Mining Co.?” asked Wentworth. You’ve a pretty ‘ be "eS “It?s a new mine, but, from all accounts, it’s a hummer. I can put you next to 10,000 shares if you would like to take them. The*'re ing at 15 cents to-day, but I haven’t the least doubt they'll e going at a dollar before many months. The ore ma - out in that mine is simply of phenomenal richness.” “Sorry, M i ™S present in a little deal I have on the tapis.” f “What deal is that?” tte ys - “I don’t care to say what it is, but I expect to make a af few thousands out of it.” “A few thousands, eh? You couldn’t make a few thou- _ sands easier than by going into the Blizzard gine 9775 - *Then I take it that you’ve got a good-sized block of it? _ “Yes, and so has, Finkelsheim; but we’ve both got cus- _ tomers who are pressed for cash and must sell their Blizzard tock.” ite wr, __ “Tf the mine is as good as you say it is, you should have no difficulty in disposing of the stock.” “We'll have no difficulty in getting rid of it, but we thought we’d give you a chance to take some of it before we put it on Curb. If I were you I’d try to hunt up a ew dollars and take a few thousand shares off us.” _ “Tl think about it, Mr. Wentworth. Should I have some _. spare funds in a day or two I'll drop into your office. and _ See you about the matter,” replied Fred. : “Pil tell you what I'll do with you, Farnham: if you'll take that block of 10,000 es I have for sale I’ll let you have it for 12 cents. That is a8, Caceden presenting you with $300. t+ do you say? Shall we make the deal?” “Not at present, Mr. Wentworth.” a The trader looked much disappointed, and after a few ords the two visitors took their departure. : mself as they went out. 2 gas of the Blizzard stock on THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. r. Wentworth, but my funds are all tied up at | him \< ti a a 3 5 and then he has the satisfaction of knowing that he isn’t the only one up against it.” : When he went into the outer office he found Miss Ban- croft putting on her hat preparatory to going home. “Done for the day, Miss Bancroft?” he said. . “Yes, I just finished my last piece of work. I have done very well for a first day, and have promise of as much more for to-morrow. I am sure I can never thank you enough for your kindness, Mr. Farnham, You have shown a good — of interest in one who was a stranger to you till yes- ay. “Don’t mention it, Miss Bancroft. We’re not strangers now, at any rate. In fact, I hope we shall become very good friends.” “I am sure we shall,” she replied, with a blush, as she noticed Fred’s admiring gaze fixed upon her. Then she held out her hand to him and bade him good- afternoon. “She’s a nice girl, all right,” soliloquized the young broker. watching her pass out at the door. “I never saw a girl Ir liked so much. I’m glad she’s attached to my office, and I’m glad to have been able to do her a favor. It will kind of ~ make me solid with her, and that will suit me first-class.” Next morning when the Exchange opened and the first quotations began to come in, Fred noticed that D. & G. had gone up a point. . It didn’t advance again that much for a couple of days, Piatt * when it reached 62. } “Well, I’m $6,000 ahead of the game at this point,” said Fred, with considerable satisfaction. “How Wentworth, Finkelsheim and the rest of their bunch would howl if they knew I’d got in on the ground floor with them on D. & G. I let Westcott in on the tip and he’s bought 10,000 shares ; for himself. That’s 13,000 shares they’ll have to take care — of if we should happen to unload it on fhe market just as. they are beginning to liquidate, and is liable to make a hole in their profits.” , D.& G. went to 64 that day, and to 65 the next. ike It continued to advance as the stock grew scarcer,under __ the quiet buying of Wentworth and Finkelsheim, who repre- sented the syndicate. Finally the pool members got about all the stock they could handle, and their two brokers started in to boom the price. . As the value of the stock got higher quite a bit more came to the surface, and the pool was forced to raise the funds to pay for it. : But this tim Wentworth and Finkelsheim had boosted. the price to 76. ie Fred then called on Westcott and told him to sell his shares, as he thought it had gone high enough to satisfy _ . Let them go in three 1,000 lots,” said Fred. fis “All right,” replied the broker; “and after I get yours out I'll begin to feed them with mine. Between us both we ought to get $175,000 out of their expected profits.” He went over to the Exchange and offered Fred’s stock for sale at 76 3-8, and Wentworth took it in. o8 Then he went over to Finkelsheim and asked him if he — * wanted any D. & G. “How much have you pot?” he asked. . “Five thousand shares. mate Finkelsheim nearly had a fit, but he had to accept it or | let it be thrown on the market, and the pool couldn’t afford. that. Westcott then returned to Wentworth and o him 2,000 more shares not refuse it at that stage of the game, so he bought it, ar that let Westcott out with a profit of $165,000. Fred was perfectly satisfied with his profit of $16, which raised his capital to $38,000, and gave him a 1 solid backing for future business. Fis "CHAPTER V. FRED'S FIRST CUSTOMER AND WHAT HIS SECOND VISIT e Wentworth, Finkelsheim and Pindar syndicate ing, a dead for good rot, in spite of price they had to pay for a he stock, the' general serene a hers ae st Oy

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Fred had an advertisement running in several of the __financial papers, and it was about this time that he caught -» his first customer. _ A big, heavy-set man came into the office one day and - asked for " Meyer announced him, and the young broker told him to ask the visitor to walk into the private room. . “How do you do, sir,” said the caller. ,“I would like to t see Mr. Farnham. I saw his advertisement in the ‘Daily ; Indicator.’ My name is Bagley. I live at Shrevepért and am visiting the city on business connected with my hotel.” “T am Mr. Farnham,” replied Fred. “Take a seat and let me know what I can do for you.” a aang are not Broker Farnham, are you?” asked the vis- r. Yes, sir.” “You look rather young for a trader.” ; “Probably, sir; but it’s the young man who is running a the world these days.” ~ % P ¥ ~ ; > “JT guess you’re right. You look a member of the Stock Exchange?” “No. I couldn’t be if I was worth a million.” “Why not?” F “T am not twenty-one yet. It is one of the rules of the Exchange that a member must be at least of age before he is eligible to a seat. That is the one disadvantage of ing too young in Wall Street.” ‘ ow, then, do you manage to do business?” “Easily enough. I have a business arrangement with one of the members of the Exchange, and he buys and sells for me on the floor of that institution.” _ “Then you can do business just the same as any other _ -broker?” “As far as m pretty smart. Are you ae - yi customers are concerned, I ean, sir.” _. “Very well; that is satisfactory to me, provided you are responsible.” 4 __,, *I_can refer you to several brokers as to my responsibil- ity, if you wish. “a “Oh, I guess I can trust you. You look honest to me.” _ “Thank you,” laughed Fred. “An honest-looking face has its advantage even if the owner is a crook. Do you want _ to buy or sell some stock?” ; “Yes, I'd like to get some Blizzard mining stoek.” . “Blizzard!” exclaimed Fred, in surprise. “That’s a new mining proposition. I can get you all you want at 15 cents a share; but I ean hardly reeommend it as a winner.” _ “Why not?” ' “Because it hasn’t demonstrated its ability as a producer, _ though the people back of it have advertised its possibilities _. in the most glowing way for the past year. Three months ago it was quoted at 35 cents on the Goldfield Exchange, but it has since declined to 15 cents.” “Well. I’m willing to take a risk on it,” replied the man, in a confidential, and, as Fred thought, significant way. “All right, sir; you are the doctor. ow much do you _ - want of it?” “Pil buy 10,000 shares, if you can get it for me at 15 cents.” “That will cost you $1,500.” : “Here is the money. When can you have the stock for me? I'd like to get back home on the seven o’clock train.” “If you will return in an hour I'll have the stock for nas on be back. What commission do gn charge?” “Same as the San Francisco and Goldfield Exchanges— 1 stocks quoted at between 10 cents and 25 cents a share, 50 a thousand shares.” “That will be $25 for the 10,000 shares of Blizzard?” “Yes, sir.” All right. That’s reasonable enough. I'll be back about d gave him a memorandum of the transaction with eipt for $1.500, and his first. ee Seat © young broker then put on his hat - went down fentworth’s office. Hello, Farnham,” cents. THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. Mr the latest | word. ob I PROD SS cane 2 Melee eee et ~ sell them at 12 I won’t bother. I think that’s enough for the stock.” ; _“What you think, my boy, and what others think, are two different’ things. However, since you are bargain-hunting to-day, and I said I’d let you have the block at 12, I'll lev em Bo at that, though I’m presenting you with $300.” “Thank you, Mr. Wentworth, you’re very kind.” “It’s a failing of mine to be liberal,” chuckled Wentworth. “That’s what keeps me poor. I am bound to say, however, that I wouldn’t let the stock go at 12 cents to anybodw elise but you. You’ve just started in business, and I’d like to give you _ a boost.” s “You’re uncommonly benevolent for a broker, Mr. Went- worth. Get the stock. Here is $1,200.” Ee . The trader eounted the money with some alacrity, carric it to his cashier, with a memorandum, and then returned with ten 1,000-share certificates of the Blizzard Gold and Silver Mining Co., which he handed to Fred. ihe B said the young broker, rising. » y.” - Fred said he would some time, and left. : “Well, I’ve made $325 on this deal, at any rate,” he said to himself on his way back. “I wonder what put it into Mr. Bagley’s head to buy this stock? He looks like a are hard-headed, ical man. Maybe he’s received a ot of glowing ci ars and prospectuses from the mine’s romoter out in Goldfield and they impressed him. Well, hope he won’t lose anything by his investment. He can’t say that I was over-anxious to push it on him. I don’t want any customer of mine to have it in his power to say that T helped to do him! some poopie: Mr. Finkelsheim, for in- stance, don’t mind that kind of a reputation, but I do.” Mr. Bagley turned up at three o’clock and Fred handed hizn the ten certificates. ; The hotel keeper put them in his pocket with every evi- of satisfaction, and after a short conversation took He been gone about ten minutes when Fred noticed a folded piece of paper on the floor beside his desk. He picked it up and looked at it. ' There was some writing on the inside, which ran as fol- ows: “JT will now “Ivanhoe, Nev., May 6. “Dear Bill—I am going to put you on to a good thing. Take wy word for it that it’s a sure winner and go the limit. It’s the Blizzard Gold and Silver Mining Co. It with a hurrah about a year ago, and was reckoned such a good prospect that the price went to 35 cents a share. Then it failed to make good the prophecies of its promoters and the price has been sagging since till it’s now down to 15 cents. For the last six months it has been looked upon” in Goldfield with some suspicion, some of the brokers. re- garding it as a old brick. Well, it is a gold brick, but not a spurious one. It’s the real article, but the news of the late discoveries are at present being kept a profound secret, so that those on the inside can buy back the treasury stock, sold for promotion purposes, as cheaply as possible. It will never get below 15 cents, but in thirty days from now it will be quoted at a dollar and over. Pin that fact in your hat. © pene a bit of the treasury stock is floating about Wall _ treet, and should be picked up at 15 cents. Get next to as much of it as you can afford to buy, and reap the benefit of the rise when it comes. Yours er nt" Fred was astonished at the contents of the paper. How had the letter, minus its envelope, got into his of- The only visitor Fred had had since he returned to his __ office was Mr. Bagley, therefore, as the hotel keeper of am eport had shown a decided interest in Blizzard ; - 5 va ee! A Shrev: ws he must have dropped the letter accidentally on the floor _ when pulling out ef, as Fred recollected he had done. . he slowing coun sd ~ letter or Mr. Bagley’s desire eee ee Blizzard mine. ri a would easily account of some of the

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THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. ” since the pointer had come to him through the carelessness of the hotel keeper. | hile he — considering the matter, Meyer opened the >. door and said “A lady by “der names of Spege A to seen you.” “Ask her to walk in,” replied In a moment the door opened again ‘and a dashing-looking woman of perhaps thirty years entered the room. CHAPTER VI. FRED FALLS INTO MR. FINKELHEIM’S TRAP. “Mr. Farnham?” she asked interrogatively. “That’s my name, ma’am. Will you be seated?” The caller took the chair beside his desk, and lifting her veil revealed a face of considerable beauty, which was further. enhanced by various artificial aids that some ladies are fond of employing to make themselves as fascinating as ressible. “I saw your advertisement in the ‘Daily Indicator.’” said the lady, sweetly, “and as I .have some mining stoc wanted to sell. I thought I would come down and see you about it.” | “Well, you came to the right place,” smiled Fred, con- gratulating himself on the fact of catching two customers on thé same‘day. “What is the name of the mining stock you wish to sell?” + “Y’ye got it here in my bag. My husband, who is a com- mercial traveler, and is on the road at present, made me _a present of the certificates about a month-ago. I have de- -eided that I’d rather have the value of the stock than the stock itself.” The lady opened her bag and peepaes out, to Fred’s sar- prise, four 5,000-sh hare certificates of Blizzard mining stock. : ited market = of his stock, I understand, is 15 cents share,” she said at is the figure it is quoted at on the Goldfield Ex- Pilea but I don’t think it will bring as much as that in New York, ma’am,” replied Fred. “Besides, there is not ‘much of a demand now for this stock, since the price are from 35 cents three months ago. 5 *t you think you can sell it for 15 cents? - “T think it very doubtful.” “What will sa give me for those four certificates?” “As a rule I buy and sell stock only on commission, but as I might be able to do something with these certificates at 12 cents I'll give you that for them now,” said » who shad decided to take a chance on Mr. Bagley’s tip. “That would be how much, altogether?” “Twenty-four hundred dollars, less $50 commission.” “Is that the best you could do?” asked the lady, coubt- full ‘one “Yes, madam. I guess I could go on the Curb na get all ere wanted of the stock for 12 cents. In fact, I bought Es aay Wit. shares about an hour ago for a customer at that p pric. - “Well,” she said, with seeming reluctance, “if that’s the _ best I can do I suppose I’ll have to take it. I think my hus- band paid 25 cents for the stock.” _ “Very likely he did, if he purchased it a month or six Sees “ss gf se t was much higher then than it is now, an a gar jingly, Fred handed her $2,350 and she left the with the money. es an = i handscne me,” replied Fred. «a ipeegr ata make, A, smiksh h on her, a vays at der time. Vot you dinks, he valks right up und stops her und said: ‘Vell, how did you make oud?’ She laughed and showed him somedings dot vos in her hand. Den he shook her py der hand und laughed himseluf. ‘Come ; py = offices,’ he said, ‘und I make it all right mit you.’ Und den she vent py his offices mit him, yust as if he vos her prudder. I dink Mr. Finkelsheim peen ¥ gay poy, I ped you.” Meyer evidently thought the interview he had seen was very funny, but Fred did not think it was funny at all. He sud ienly smelt a big mouse, and forthwith began to kick -himself. He was satisfied that he was the victim of a put-up job. Mr. Finkelsheim had unloaded 20,000 shares of Blizzard stock on him by a ruse that now seemed very transparent to Fred. Very likely Wentworth was in the game, too, and had helped the good work along. Mr. Bagley had dropped the letter near his desk designed- ly, for soon after his departure the lady had called with the ’ four certificates. Well, the first thing for him to do was to go out and see what he ‘could get from a mining broker for the stock, and then he would know se much he was out by the trans- action. aE He. hurried down . the Curb Exchange and asked ae nee he knew how much he would give for Blizzard mining stoc “I wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole,” replied the broker, laughing. y not?” replied Fred, in some surprise. “Tt’s quoted at 15 cents on the Goldfield Exchange.” “That was festerday, but the quotation amounted to noth- Pe The people interested in getting rid of the stock have been trying to keep up the prite, probably by means of. wash sales. The bottom fell out of the stock to-day, and it’s _ been removed from the list. As things stand now, it isn’t worth anything. -At any rate, I wouldn’t give a cent a share for it. I know several brokers who have been bitten on it. Wentworth is one, Finkelsheim is another, and Pindar is a tHird. They’ve been trying to get rid of it for some time, but nobody would take it off ier} hands. Are you one of the unfortunates, too?” “I’m afraid I am. I’m out $2,000 on what-I got hold of.” “Well, charge it to profit and loss, and then frame one of the certificates and hang it up in your office as a warning ns be more careful about your mining stock purchases in the uture.” Fred returned to his office feeling pretty sore, but he registered a vow e get back at Finkelsheim some time for the trick that foxy trader bad played on him. However, he had the satisfaction of knowing that he had made rc. off the Finkelsheim crowd through the tip on D. & G and he was sorry they didn’t know it. ; Next day when he passed Mr..Finkelsheim at the en- trance to the building he detected a satisfied grin on the broker’s countenance. : “He’s Bloating over haying got the best of me,” growl bing “Well, it’s a long lane that hasn’t got a turning. ‘ to have ‘the laugh on him yet.” % ile Fred charged the $2,000 he was out to profit and “th d| loss, he didn’t intend to frame one of the certificates as the mining broker had suggested. : He put them in an envelope and laid them in his safe. Tt was not impossible that the Blizzard stock might come _ - life again some day, in which event he would be able — pm aes something on them. That afternoon, as he was about starting for lunch, Miss -| Bancroft, ee poe owe ae to hers, entered the office look- _ ing some t , | ee the matter, Miss Bancroft?” asked Fred. “You 4 .ook a bit rattled.” “sy Ty of. the clerks on this floor, I believe he is employed — % saneying. past.” me for sev ys sandy complexion.” HE

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8 - ‘THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. “Oh, no, Mr. Farnham, ” she replied, hastily; “I don’t “want you to get into any ‘trouble on my account.” “Miss Bancroft, I won’t permit you to be annoyed any more than I would if you were my sister. I consider it my duty to protect you if you stand in need of it. I hope you understand that I am your sincere friend, and that I have “your interest at heart.” ou have no right to try dod force your unwelcome at Sqoitions on that young lady, Mr. Kraft. You don’t know her and she doesn’t wish to know you.” ace your own business, will you?” snarled the book- ‘Your office?” : “Yes. My name is Frederick Farnham, stock broker.” “Oh, indeed,” replied Kraft, with a sneer. “So you’re iv broker, are you?” had heard considerable bheng Fred from his employer, as Mr. Pindar had no very high opinion of Fred, it ‘natural that his bookkeeper would also be somewhat udiced agajnst the. young ker... t not a-man in years, Mr. Kraft, but I know 1ve myself tow: ladies,” retorted Fred. you mean to say that I don’t know how to behave pu are not behaving yourself as a coe towards s Bancroft, at any rate. This is the ferrite 4 ah tried to force yourself on her notice te , en on ie par.” "Now please cof ov i 1 | handed me } ten p | the young —, tempt to follow—much to the girl’s relief—the cage went down without him “That man makes me so nervous,” as they were leaving the building. you might have trouble with him.” “T don’t think he would have found it to his advantage to have had a run-in with me. I am not the least bit afraid of people of his stamp,” replied Fred. “But it would have been dreadful if you had come to blows just on my account.” “It would have been in a good cause, so far as I was con- cerned, and I fancy he would have had cause to regret it had he made an attempt to strike me. I am fully able to take care of myself, even if it comes to a scrap.” “T hope he may not annoy men any more,” vously. “J have an idea that he won’t, so don’t worry about it.” After that they got talking about something more inter- esting than Mr. Kraft, and in a short time they reached the Hanover Square station. Fred went as far as 129th Street with her, and then he walked across to his home, while she continued on up to the Bronx. Next day the young broker noticed that H. & O. stock said the stenographer, “T was so afraid that “was attracting considerable attention at the Exchange. For several days it had been going up slowly but surely, and was now ruling at 56. After some consideration he decided to get in on it, so he called on George Westcott and left an order with him “| oes, Pre 000 shares for his account, putting up a margin oO Inside of three days the stock went to 61 1-2, and then ove sold out, caer. Hg Boo, of about $26, 750, and rais- his eapital to nearly $63,000 is successful deal was splendid salve for the throw- down he had received from Mr. Finkelsheim, and he forgot all -about the dead shares, of the Blizzard mine that lay snugly tucked away in his safe: Miss Bancroft was not troubled further by Henry Kraft, who gave her a wide berth whenever they acc: ‘dentally met, either in the elevator or in the corridor. Kraft, however, had it in for Fred for interfering be- tween him poet the young lady, and he cudgeled his brain for some oe that would enable him to get square with oker. He was willing contemptible, provided it did not react on himself—in fact, such tricks were right in line with his nature, and came easy to him; but their success depended largely against whom they were directed. While he hated Fred, he was, at the same time, afraid of the smart young broker, and so he went slow about getting back at him. It happened, however, that trouble overtook him from’ an- other quarter. One day, as Fred was on his way to the elevator, he saw a poorly-drssed little woman, of perhaps forty, looking at the different doors as if in search of some name. to do most anythine, however mean and” she said, ner- . Thinking to be of service to her, the boy trader stepped : up and said: “Who are you looking for, madam ?” “A banker by the name of Kraft.” : “There is no banker in the building by that name, ma ’am.” “Tsn’t this the Oriole Building?” vou “Yes, ma ’am.” “And this is the sixth floor?” “That’s right, ma’am.” “Here is Mr. Kraft’s card,” and she showed a small piece of pasteboard, evidently the production of a cheap printer, on which Fred read: Sixth floor, Oriole Building. 5 per cent.” “I know a Henry Kraft on this floor, but he’s neither Foe ae banker nor a broker. He is a bookkeeper for Owen - onder. He is tall and thin, with a sandy complexion and ~ air to match.” pris “That’s him,” said the little woman, ea: “But, madam, he is not in re f& the card in a puzzled way. The little woman eae uneasy qe f ot in business for himself?” 2 has $00 he told me that he pes = “Henry Kraft, Banket and Broker, — Money received on deposit at - business f for fi hiniselt,” replied

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“Yes, and I came after the interest on it for six months, which he told me I could get any time I asked for it.” “Haye you got anything about you to show that you gave him this money, ma’am?” The little woman pulled out a small memorandum_book, on the back of which was printed in small letters, “Henry Kraft,” and in larger characters, “PASS BOOK.” “Well, ma’am, this is only a common memorandum book, such as you could buy in any stationer’s store for a nickel, and not at all like a banker’s pass book. How came you to deposit your money with Mr. Kraft?” “He used to board with my sister. He dressed well and sseemed to have plenty of money. I had my money in 4 savings bank .at 4 per cent. interest. He told me if I would deposit it with him he’d give me 5, and perhaps 6 or 7, if _-_ eanditions were good in Wall Street. He said he paid 6 1-2 = per cent. last year to all his depositors. He talked to me > a good deal about the matter until I finally took my money . out of the savings bank and let him have it, and he gave 4 me that book to keep. He told me to let him know when I wanted any of my money and he would bring it up to ; me and save me the trouble of coming down after it.” ; “Very kind of him,” said Fred, with a tingle of sarcasm in his tone. P “Lately he moved away from my sister’s, and I couldn’t find out where he had gone. It was only by accident that I found this card, at my sister’s. The one he gave me anally he had borrowed back to use as copy for the printer, he said, but he did not return it.” ss : ~ “Well, ma’am, my advice to you is to go into Mr. Pindar’s office and see if the Henry Kraft who is bookkeeper there is the same man who represented himself to you as a Ker and broker. If he is, you’d better ask him to return you the $900 belonging to you and then put it back in the savi k again. In my opinion, you are taking great chances of losing it by leaving it in his hands, for he cer- tainly got it from you under misrepresentation. If you have any trouble in settling with, him, come in and see me, and I will.try and help you out. Here is my card.” “IT am very much obliged to you,” said the little woman, gratefully, pig oo -his card. “You say Mr. Kraft is a bookkeeper for Mr. Pindar on this floor?” “Yes, ma’am. There’s his office yonder. I will be back in about half an hour. Should you call at my office and I am out, wait for me. In fact, it might be advisable for you to call and let me know how you make out with Mr. Kraft —that is, unless he gives you your money on demand, whica I am afraid he won’t do.” ; then continued on to the elevator, while the litile ety. old lady, whose name was Elizabeth Owens, entered Mz. _ Pindar’s office. ' . — CHAPTER VIII. FRED TURNS THE SCREWS ON MR. KRAFT. When Fred got back to his office three-quarters of an hour later, he found the little old lady waiting in the recep- _ tion room. ; ! “Step right into my private office, Mrs. Owens,” he_said, as politely as though she were a queen. “Well, what luck did you have?” he asked/ after they were seated. “That was the Mr. Kraft to whom I gave my money, _shé said. “J thought as much,” replied Fred, dryly. : “He admitted that he was now work'ng for Mr. Pindar as his cashier and head bookkeeper, but that he was carry- ‘ing on his banking and brokerage business as a side issue. assured me that my money was perfectly safe in his custody, and offered to pay me the 5 per cent. interest on it ‘that was due. I accepted that, and he gave me $22.50. Then told him that I had concluded to draw my money, as I nal » for it. H@ said that he had it out at interest, and couldn’t have it for six months. That was the arrange- h THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. 9 him that was not satisfactory, and then he said that was . the best he could do for me. I told him that I would have to sée a friend about it if he couldn’t settle with me. He asked me not to do that, and. said he would see if he could do better. He told me to reurn home, and that he wouid call upon me in a few days.” “The fact of the matter is, Mrs. Owens, he either can’t, or doesn’t want to return you the money.” “What shall I do, then?” she asked, anxiously. afford to lose it.” : “Well, if you will give me an order on him for the $960 I guess I will be able to make him come up with it. In the meantime, if you want $100 on account, I can let you have it.” “Thank you. I don’t want to use the principal.- The $22.50 he gave me will answer. If you will draw out an order on him for the money I will sign it. I suppose you, ~ will need the book?” “Yes, I will have to return it to him money.” Fred drew up the order and Mrs. Owens signed it. ¥ “Is this your address on the book, Mrs. Owens?” +; “It is.” o “Well, you’ll hear from me to-morrow, and I hope [ shall _ able to tell you that I have your money in my possession.” —__ . “I-hope so, Mr. Farnham. I thank you very much for the © — interest you are taking in my business, and I am willing ~ to pay you for your time.” aul _“There will be no charge whatever, Mrs. Owens. I con- — sider it my duty to see that you are not imposed upon by a man of whom, for reasons, I have no great opinion.” "ey Mrs. Owens then took her departure, and shortly after-" — ward Fred sent a note to Mr. Kraft by Meyer asking him to call on him as soon as possible. In a few minutes the German boy came back. “Well, what did he say?” asked Fred. : 7 “He said he vould seen you to der Old Nicks pefore He vould call py your offices.” Pt “He said that, did he?” chuckled the young broker. ry “Yaw, I ped you he did. He vos purty mad vhen he read dot letters. He told me to go py der door oud, or he — “T can’t when he pays the be ed Fred. “Yaw. I said, ‘I don’d dink you vill put me oud. 1] could valk me oud midout any help.’” Fred put on his hat and went straight to Mr. Pindar’s ~ ce. : Kraft pretended not to see him, but the young broker marched up to his desk. ; : “I received the gentlemanly message you sent me in an- swer to my note, so I was obliged to come in and see you ~ here,” said Fred. Say “What ‘do you want with me?” snarled the bookkeeper. “T have a little business to transact with you which 1 thought you might prefer to settle in the privacy; of my office, but since you thought proper to return me an insult- ing reply to my request for you to call, why, we'll fix it up right here.” ; “What business have you.” ie “You are acquainted with an old lady by the name of Elizabeth Owens, I believe,” said Fred, tersely. 4 ii Mr. Kraft gave a start and changed color. + ie. “She has given me _an order on you for the sum of $900, which you owe her. Here is the order, and I make the de- _ mand for immediate payment.” r ers “What have you got to do with this matter?” roared Kraft, furiously. > g 0 FEES “I represent Mrs. Owens. You will pay this money five o’clock to-day or I’ll have you arrested and jrosecu' for obtaining money under false pretenses. That is all there is to it, Mr. Kraft,” replied Fred, in a resolute tone and — ; you with me? I have none with — ‘ 3 while ago, oa you turned her down. Now you'll me, or take the consequences. : : ji “You have no authority to interfere in this affair,” s tremulously. : : ; ’ r is my authority.” ngement ‘er te?

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10 _ the whele transaction is clearly illegal. You represented to her that you were a banker and broker, which you. never were. Here is your alleged business card, which can be used “against you in court. Perhaps I had better show it to Mr. Pindar and ask his opinion ‘about it.” “Don’t, for heaven’s sake. Me might discharge me,” fal- tered the bookkeeper. “Then he doesn’t know that you have been issuing sucli cards, eh?” -“T never issued any of them.” “What do you call this, then?” “T only got a dozen printed.” “Is that all? That proves that you didn’t get them up for any honest purpose, I should imagine.” ; “T had them printed just for fun.” “Theyre wasn’t any fun in taking the $900 from Mrs. Owens. - It wes every cent she owned in the world. What did you * do with it?” ; “T used it to make money with.” “In the stock market or at the race course?” “You have no right to question me about my private af- fairs,” replied Mr. Kraft, doggedly. : “All right. Are you going to settle with me by five ~ . o'clock?” iy 4 “Tn give Mrs. Owens $100 on account, and the rest later on. ‘ “No. You'll pay the $900 by five o’clock or leave this office in charge of an officer.” . “I couldn’t raise $900 in so short a time to save my life,” Pon whined the bookkeeper, now thoroughly rattled. - ~~ “What’s the best you can do?” - Uy _ “Maybe I can raise $300 by to-morrow.” 5 “Maybe won’t do, Mr. Kraft. That isn’t business. Mrs. a Owens wants her money, and you’ve got to ante up.” 2% “T can’t do it on such short notice,” groaned Kraft. ty “Well, I'll give you a chance. Pay $300 by four o’clock ' to-morrow and the balance on Saturday noon,” _ “Pil see what I can do,” fluttered the bookkeeper, who _ realized that he was in a bad'hole, “Very well. I’ll expect to see you in my office to-morrow, _ ‘not later than four. If you fail to come to time L will first of all call on Mr. Pindar and state the circumstances to him, and then I'll get out a warrant for your arrest.” _. Fred then walked out of the office, returned to his own, _.* and dictated a letter to Mrs. Owens which Miss Bancroft on her machine. *» f A : d signed it, enclosed it in an envelope, and sent Meyer out to post it. . Next day, about four, Kraft came-in a very humble man- ner to Fred, handed him $200, and said that it was the he could do. ’ “Flow about the balance?” asked the young broker. *Tll pay you $10 a week.” “That won’t do. It: would take a year and a half for you _ to pay up at that rate. Bring in $200 more on Saturday and I Scie you ten weeks to pay the balance in. Those are the only terms I will make with you.” - : _. Kraft begged for more time, but Fred was firm, and the - bookkeeper left feeling as if life wasn’t worth living. + He had to pawn all his personal property of any value to _ raise the $200 which he paid over to Fred on Saturday. _ The trouble was, he had used the $900 in a marginal bi Ss ane and lost the greater part of it. He now had $150 up on a rising stock, and the result of oe theo was his ag hope. : ‘ ii g the week he was fortunate enough to close the transaction out _ After paying other deal ‘and realized enough to get himself out of his a sadder and wiser man; but what his private feelings ke toward Fred we leave the reader to imagine. CHAPTER IX. : MEYER SUPPEGREENZ TO THE RESCUE. day before Kraft had completed all h ts Ris acovunts Pred eavaa Wats the office after having couple of hours in thé gallery of the Stack Ex- -follo ed him i 4 id: | - “ay ; ‘ ime to Foon tne ere pen, ie, whe, vas ; on"fo. tglt t —— at a profit of * Fred two $50 instalments, he went in on| fi i 2 THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. “That’s right,” replied. Fred. “Have you heard something of that kind?” : ; “I ped you I heard someding yu: : meee me hear what it was,” said ook. “Vell, vhile I vos stooding py der elevators, Mr.: Finkel- somedings und anodder shentlemans come up to took der machines down. Mr. Finkelsomedings said to der udder shent, ‘Dere dot Dutch lobster is, I told you apoud, who vorks for Farnham der poy proker, vot is a soft snaps to sold Blizzard stocks to.’ er shent looks at me und says, ‘Vhere did you got dat hat?’ I vos insulded at such a ques- tions und I looked at him dis vays,” here Meyer assumed a wooden expression that made Fred laugh heartily. “ ‘He is a fools,’ said der shent to Mr. Finkelsomedinys, und Mr. hen, agp cig said, ‘Yaw, he got a screw loose py his uli 4 story.’ en, dey both laughed und I felt purty iad, ped you.” nae? pod ought you was going to tell ane something in the stock line?” said Fred. ‘ “Yaw, I come to dot now. After dey left der elevators I follow dem close und listen to deir talk. Der shent said to Mr. ‘Fingelsomedings, ‘Now, don’d forgot to got pusy mit O. & B. right avay. Ve vant all dot ve can get yust so soon as bossible, and ve don’d vant to pay much over der market, vhich to-day is 42.’ ‘Don’d you vorry,’ said Mr. ai, Sage opm ‘I vill seen to it at vonce. ‘Hat der stocks delivered Py der Manhattan National, C. O. D’ ‘T vill done dot,’ said Mr. Fingelsomedings. ‘How apoud der sellings?’ ‘I vill seen to dot later on,’ said der shent. Den der elevators come down und dey got apoard, und I did, too. Dot<wos der whole things. Vot you dinks? Id amounds to somedings; yaw?” yviSYesyoit looks pay, 800d. You are sure the name of the stock’swas O. & B,? ‘ id py der Pible on,” replied Meyer, hE evould sworn to positively. ¢i“The gentleman told Mr. Finkelsheim that he wanted him to buy all he could of it as soon as possible, and have it delivered C. O. D. at the Manhattan National Bank?” “Dot vos .right.” “Very well, Meyer. If your information turns out to be a winner I’ll raise your wages two dollars a week.” “Py shimmany, den I vill got $10, yaw?” , “Sure.” ; “Do I got two dollars more efery dimes I found oud some- dings like dot?” A “Yes, if it pans out.” ‘ _“Py shinsher! I safe me all dot moneys und von off dese days I start oud mineseluf as a proker, I ped you. got me married to Louisa purty quick.” Then Meyer went out into the reception room to think it over. “Off dis shob don’d to the stenographer. I ped you.” “T hope you will, Meyer,” the girl replied, laughingly for she and the.German lad were on the best of terms. “So vill you got rich, too, vhen you marry der poss.” “T m Mr. Farnham!” exclaimed Miss Bancroft, blush- ing as as arose. Vhy not? You like him, don’d you?” “You mustn’t ask such rstgena Np tite questions, Meyer.” “Vell, you don’d need to got red py der faces.! Id- ain’d noddings to peen ashamed off. S’pose der poss asked you to marry him vonce, vould you done id?” “Now, Meyer, aren’t you awful!” she exclaimed, in a a liddle vhiles ago.” red, with an intere pean a soft snap I’m a liars,” he said “I oxbect to got rich von off dese days, utter. ’ ' “Vell, off I told you somedings you keep id to yourseluf?” “What do you mean?” “Vhisper. r. Farnhams is dead gone mit you. He told me dot you vos der finest und pest gel in der yorlds. Dot looks like pizness'I ped you. Dot’s der vay I tink aboud Louisa.” sa. a Ne a “Now, Meyer, let’s talk about somethin else,” said the ae told him oor with the members of the his hat, and stenographer. ie In the meantime, Fred was in his room figuring an ao ea eyer had 9” The stock was ruling at 42, which was a low price for If there was ¥ A wanted to be ng to it. ; Ph eae Sig ne meaiiet ba, Hed be Ee sateatee st er pha’: ; ne ; into a deal in O, & B. on the strength of what : -.. Foie So des bodes in ke i Ss on the ground ‘ ah.

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“THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. 11 The broker was in, and appeared to be glad to see , “I want you to buy me 10,000 shares of O. & B., Mr. Westcott,” he said. : “All right, I'll go out and get it for you right away.” “Here’s your marginal security,” said Fred, handing him a bunch of money which he had got from his safe deposit . box on the way over. Westcott counted the cash, and finding that it was cor- rect, he turned it over to the cashier, and then putting on his hat went out to buy the stock while Fred went down Broad Street to see a Curb broker. That afternoon, when, as had become his custom, he es- corted Miss Bancroft to the station and uptown, he found her a bit more reserved than usual. ‘= He had made an engagement with her to take her to the theatre that night, and when they parted she told him she | would be ready on time. - After the show they went to an ice cream parlor and ' then took the train for the Bronx, She lived several blocks from the station, and they did not hurry themselves after leaving the train, although it “was nearly midnight. The streets were silent and lonesome at that hour, and Fred took advantage of his opportunity to talk in a very confidential vein to the lovely girl who was every day be- coming more dear to him. She had very little to say as they walked along; and seemed to give more attention to the ground than usual. had walked half a block in silence and were ap- proaching her home when Fred suddenly blurted out:.. .. ..: = “Miss Bancroft, there is no use of my trying to conceal . the fact, I’ve learned to think a whole lot of you-sinceck made your acquaintance. I am thinking more of you every ‘day. In fact, I love you very dearly, and I shall go om — loving you more and more as time passes. Are you. oftended . with me for telling you this?” BUG “No,” she replied,*in an almost inaudible tone, ‘with head bent. - “Won’t you tell me whether you care a little bit for me? Won’t you tell me whether I dare hope that some day you will make me the happiest boy in the world with your love? She made no reply to this, but he thought she clung just a trifle closer to him than before. At that moment they reached the corner. : Suddenly, and without any warning, three ruffians dashed upon Fred and struck him down, while another grabbed Miss Bancroft and stifled the scream that rose to her lips. Fred, while dazed by the attack, was not overcome as ily as the rascals had anticipated. He was up in a moment, and went for them with his sledge-hammer fists in a way that created some confusion in _~ _ their ranks. . Three. to one, however, was big odds for him to overcome, and he had his hands full trying to hold them off. _ Unobserved by the ruffians, a stout boy with a flaxen- haired girl on his arm was approaching down the. cross oA t They stopped short and looked at the scrap, which was _ taking place under a gas-lamp. ees “Py shinsher! Dose shaps vill knock dot feller oud und - Tun avay mit his gel. I feel yust like tooken a hand mit scrimmage.” -_ “You mustn’d done =o Meyer. You got yourseluf hurt, den vot vould become off me?” said his companion, who ; eee lee wipes “Vell, off I Ban gyaheM I know i ed hae I vos a ‘fraid-cat, Louisa, to g Hl but you dink ~ “Now, Meyer, vgs you crazy as a lunatic? I von’d led ye I vill Daculeven ara der arms so you don’d move.” “Louisa, I vos ashamed off you, to dink dot you vould t stood und und her syeedheart in such a pad on vg meee me he it hook himself loose : eyer Suppegreenz, for he 1 be shoo. his Lite le a break for the ruf- and mad as one of them felled Fred with a glancing blow Slaps’ stitiiod dar him. I} you, Meyer? hand. | get what I owe you?” said F | are you going?” are oe ad det to "hide aug e Ree ocket of the chap the German boy had knocked down, pow e snatched it up and fired it into the face of one of the others. The bullet grazed the rascal’s cheek, while the flash of the powder blinded him. He shouted that he was shot, and staggered off with his hands to his face. The report of the weapon ended the fight, for the others took to their heels and fled. Miss Bancroft, the moment she was released, rashed to the spot where Fred lay half stunned, and kneeling down, took his head in her arms and called on him to speak to her. Meyer fired after the retreating ruffians, without any ef- fect, however, than to make them run faster, and then he eame back and looked down at the pair he had saved. The gaslight shone in their faces, and he recognized them in + astonishment. y shinsher! Off id don’d peen Mr. Farnham und Miss Pancwort?” Then he shouted for Louisa to come over, and she was soon standing by his side. CHAPTER X. FRED WINS THE GIRL OF HIS HEART Tillie Bancroft was holding Fred’s head in her arms and weeping, while she wiped the blood away from the wound on his Sa Pp, which was not serious at all. / ¥ Dear, dear Fred; speak to me!” begged the girl, who, — teh at that moment that the young broker| was all in all | aah and she could not disguise her feelings in her ex- | } “Meyer knelt down and looked at the cut on his employer’s ET He saw that it was nothing to be worried at. “Dot don’d amound to noddings, Miss Pancroft. He vill spoke to you.in a minutes. Yust vait a liddle und don’d got so oxcited.” In a few moments Fred recovered enough to realize that he was practically in Miss Bancroft’s arms, and the sensa- tion was so very pleasant that he took his time recovering completely. é “Vell, Mr. Farnham, how “Why, ba that you wh you id’s ei y, where did ve ing from?” said Fred, as he got - on his feet and grab e stenographer’s arm for support, for he felt: dizzy. ei who is this young lady?” “Dis is mine sveedheart, Louisa Strauss. Louisa, dis is mine co in Vall Street, Mr. Farnham.” ppy to meet you, Miss Strauss,” said Fred, as the Pe erman girl made a bob. “Louisa, I make you ocquainted mit Miss Pancroft, =e vorks dot machine called der typewriders at our went on Meyer. ; Another bob from the flaxen-haired girl and a smile from the stenographer. “You vish to know vhere ve spring from, Mr. Farnham? Vell, Louisa und me peen to a surbrise pardies at der houses _ off “Mr. oopenhous, der , Who yust got back from a visits to der Faderland. Ve vos coming py der. street down vhen ve seen der scrap, und I t’ought I ‘vould a took a nape in id to help der veaker pardy oud.” - ya “Then I yoy Miss Bancroft and I owe our rescue a j 2” said Fred, grasping his office boy by the — “Vell, I von’t say dot ain’d der fact. I guess dot Louisa und me didn’d get here any too quick.” “So you carry a revolver, do you, Meyer,” said Fred, ob- Sd the weapon that the German boy still held in his ; ap “Nein. One of dem sha und shot von off dem py der same.” “Well, ’m much obliged to Hs Meyer, and sha’n’t for- ou felt now?” asked’ Meyer. eyer?” s dropped id. ‘I picked id up 3 er faces, but he got avay yust Se “You’re velcome, und don’d owe me_noddings.” “You're a plucky fellow, anyway, = Meyer. 5 ae und me haf two blocks more to gone, und d upstairs, | vill be home. I lif py der corner grocery eee

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| ae THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. “Then Miss Bancroft and I will bid you both good-night, At that moment Broker Owen Pindar ran out of his as we go up this stret,” said the young broker, taking | office, which was close to the head of the flight, and dashed Tillie’s arm. in his. down the stairs in a great hurry. A few minutes later the stenographer had reached her He had a bundle of papers in his hands that. looked as if own door. : 4 ; they might be certificates of stock. ; Fred took her hand in his and put his arm around her Mr. Pindar, in his reckless haste, collided with and upset unresisting form. : the old gentleman who was ascending the stairs ahead of “You do care for me, don’t you?” he said, eagerly. Fred. : en ma replied. . Farnham, indignant that he did not stop to apologize, | ow much? lowered his head and butted him squarely in the chest. “Oh, very much,” she replied, turning her head to hide her blushes. . Steed ahs — = your ner ae Bersisted,. Caving See him. es,” she murmured, dropping her head on his shoulder. “And I love you with all my heart, too,” he said, raising Tae } her head and _ kissing her. ee re a4 f ey merase. Se re _ stenographer was taking off er hat, Meyer said to her: ; f i :. “Vell, vot you dinks of mine sveedheart, Miss Pancroft?” da bodes spate Ave ype pi Pg ap ae toe cor pe FRED MAKES A NEW FRIEND AND GETS A COMMISSION. Se “She’s a ve ty gi ” aa ry pretty girl, Meyer. stai 2s “ a. = “ rease. ‘ viet, oie aa ae ar You don’t seen such a nice gel efery en gael rae sere ae of his hand and were scattered re, Miss B ‘ - . ; -,, | over the marble floor below: : oe ancroft laughingly said that she fully agreed with He as sputtering rita rage 1 when he got on his feet. Just then Fred came in and bade them good-morning ou young villain!” he roared, shaking his ot 1p ’s re “uy; : ; “Oat : ; face as the boy was assisting the old gentleman up. “You . ae you come in and take a litle dictation, Miss Ban-| gig inat on purpose!” _ “Certainly,” she renlied, getting her notebook. “I admit it. You deliberately knocked this gentleman down _ Meyer looked at them meditatively, and then went to his and started on without pausing to see whether he was in- seat and winked a big wink all to himself. | jured or not, or even to age Fe You acted like an ___ When Miss Bancroft came out of the room after a very | OvergTown hog, and I guess I didn’t give you any more _ brief interval, looking very rosy about the cheeks, Meyer | thap yoi deserved.” : was chuckling to himself at a great rate. he Ow, dare you call me an overgrown hog, you jacka- “I ped me mine life dot dictation vos only a'plind so dot | napes?”., ; he could kiss her midout gifing der snap avay. I done dot | eh didn’t say you were, I merely said that you acted like mit Louisa more as zwei dozen dimes minseluf,” and he | one. @nd_.so you did.” chuckled: again. Ty. make you pay for this outrage,” gritted the After a little while Fred went out, and by eleven o’clock | trader. Tl have you arrested for assault!” -was in the oy of the Exchange, looking down at the| “All right. Go on and have me arrested. I'll tell the OFF hustling traders on the floor. magistrate how you acted to this old gentleman, and I'll Eh Two days passed before there was anything doing in O. | bet he’ll make you feel like thirty cents.” _ &B., and then it went up a couple of points. Mr. Pindar said something not altogether polite, and cow's Next day it went up a point and a half, and on the day| then hurried downstairs to recover his papers after, which was Saturday, it closed at 47. - bili ay Fred, who was now looking for the boom to set in, was in PPG i you are not hurt, sir,” said Fred to the old “T feel as if I had been rather roughly handled,” replied the old man, with a feeble kind of smile. “T suppose I will have to aatigg. Soe for Mr. Pindar’s rude- ness, as he is a brother broker, if only for the honor of the Poet ag I cag" i aay 4 Se bore = “. gromly : : impoli an old gentleman e you : q : oe e - SG tad or : Fy taunt apa & yes what I thought of his conduct, and I hope it will make him E a = VyINZ | more cautious in the future when he’s in an uncommon hur~ = ry. Allow me to assist you up the rest of the way.” “Thank you, Jos man. You are very kind. Might I ask your name?” he added, as they walked up the balance of the flight. ‘ C0 Fred Wred ‘sold’ out at that price he would have miade a| “My name is Fred Farnham,.J-am a broker, though a profit of $80,000 that morning, or about $130,000 altogether. new .one. 3 , _ He held on, however for he believed the price would go “I am glad to know you. My name is Robert Marsh, and A I am a retired operator myself.” pe. ‘After that it advanced much slower than he thought it| “Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Marsh. Will you would, and was going at 57 1-8 when the clock of the Ex- | step in my office and take a seat for a little while?” stood at two. “J will walk in for a few minutes. My nephew’s offices then concluded that he wouldn’t hold on any longer. | are on this floor, and I am on my way there. I got out of — knew that Westcott was on the floor, so he went down-| the elevator on the wrong floor, that is why I started to and sent in for him. walk up the staircase.” Hs en the broker came in answer to his call, the young On the way to his office, Fred learned that Edward Gib-- ] sr told him to sell out his shares at the market. bons, a Curb broker and mining operator, on that floor, — Westcott nodded and went back to camry a order into| was Mr. Marsh’s nephew. 35% fect, while Fred went to lunch with a thy appetite, The young broker led the old gentlem#h into his private he figured that he would come out $150,000 ahead of the} room and handed him a chair beside his desk. Nits es " > “You are quite young to be in the brokerage business for Vhen he settled up with the broker he found that his/ yourself,” said Mr. Marsh. “May I ask how old you are?” — jlations had been correct, and that he was now worth “Nineteen.” Toe [ ; es . ; “How long have you been in business?” ; eet , as he was returning to his office after lunch, “About three months. Prior to that I was the Exchange Tillie at the building representative of Mr. Robert Fulton, who retired — i active participation in the affairs of the St was ; his employ nearly six years, ming as > a essen ger, and working my way up. ange I participated: in a hook and aecumulated 5 Dha “increased to over TN ne was xch; slowness and of aA ST A

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pee r » i? as * ; ree | te ‘ Go teras be ‘ _* THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. 13 rc nnn nn nnn eT ESE ESSE * “Indeed! You have been very fortunate.” ; “Well, I have no complaint to make, so far. I hope some _. day to be worth a million or two.” ; 3 _ “You have your life before you to make it in. My life is behind me, but still I have done very well. I don’t believe - Tam in any danger of going to the poorhouse.” “That’s a comforting reflection when one gets to be old _ and no longer able to hustle,” replied Fred. “I have no _ doubt you find things very much different in Wall Street to _ what they were when you were a boy.” : “Very much so. Young men of your age had a much bet- ‘ter chance of becoming brokers then than now. It didn’t take so much money in the majority of cases to carry on _ the business. Boys in those days grew up in the office and often became a member of the firm if exceptionally smart. ___ A seat in the Exchange is now worth close on to $100,000. __. Thirty years ago one could become a member for less than a quarter of that sum. It takes a small fortune to be in _ business in the Street these days. Things are worked on ~ a bigger scale, which is the outcome of high financial meth- ods. The big chaps now seem to operate altogether with _ loaded dice. They have a firm grip on the market, and nearly always win millions, while the smaller fry look on at the game and are glad to pick up the crumbs left over. . _ “That’s right, sir. Wall Street runs the country these _ times. Two or three men of big wealth think nothing of | buying a railroad now, watering its securities and unloading on the public at a handsome profit.” After some further conversation Mr. Marsh said he would have to go. - “I am under considerable” obligations to you, you _ for your kindness, and I hope I may have the pl e 9 meeting you again. I come downtown very seldom. now, _ so that it is impossible for me to say when I could give you _ another call. However, I shall be much pleased to have you 43 -eall on me at my home. I live with m ' husband, although the house is mine, but will eventually go to my daughter and her children, The address is No. — East Sixty-eighth Street. Any time you may feel in- _tlined to favor me with a visit I will be happy to see you.. If you should ever get into financial difficulties, and find a daughter and’ her’ ig iz in danger of going to the wall, let me know, and _ I may be able to help you out.” - “Thank you, Mr. Marsh. I will give you a call in the - Near future.” The old gentleman then took his leave. _ A short time after Mr. Marsh’s departure George West- __ cott called and was shown into the private office by Meyer. | ce ee want you to do a little business for me, Farnham, “Pm right on the job,” laughed Fred. - “Pye got a large order to execute for a big customer,” said Westcott. “For reasons, I don’t want to be known in the matter, so I thought you might be able to do the buying _for me.” ’m-ready to attend to it.” “The is to be delivered C. O. D. at the Atlas Na- be an ehi you will have to do is to pick it up at the best ‘you can within a couple of points of the market.” y is the name of the stock?” ; «A. & P.” '. “How many shares do you want.” “Any part of 30,000.” ; Ph an order.” nS is he was maki x had been | s your rusb, Farnham?” he said: | usy,” replied Fred, who hadn’t spoken to the trader he day he was in his office and made the p of in -and take a drink.” | raat u, but I think I told you once that I do not ake a soda, can’t you?” ety oe ous to enter the cafe, but he felt that +3 refuse Wentworth’s invitation, tig’ miln, | 5 5 though he knew the trader was no friénd of his, so he went in with him and took a sarsaparilla, while Wentworth ordered a mint julep. “This is my tenth to-day, Farnham,” he said, as he pulled. the glass toward him. : “I should think it was ten too many.” “Oh, I’m used to them. They keep me primed up for business.” ““Some day they’ll do. you up altogether.” “Don’t you believe it. They’re good for my health. Are you buying anything these days?” “Yess” “What is it?” “Blizzard, if I can get any of it.” “You’re joking, I guess.” “No. I’ve got 20,000 shares in my safe which some good friend of mine unloaded on me just before the bottom fell out of the mine. I’m keeping the certificates as an object lesson. One of these days, when the mine comes‘to life, if it ever does, maybe the laugh will be on my side.” “When those prospects peter out it is generally for good,” rinned Wentworth. “You'll never realize anything out of lizzard. “If I recollect aright, when you offered me 10,000 shares of it at 12 cents, you praised the mine up as a winner,” . replied Fred, dryly. “T thought it was “You were ‘glad to sell me on, just the same.” “You bought them for a customer,” said Wentworth. “How do you know I did? I didn’t tell you.” “I had an idea.” “Yes, I bought them for a customer, but I guess I got at the time.” ; those 10,000 shares at 12 later “them back again. Well, I’ll have to leave you. Have a cigar on me.” “Don’t care if I do.” . Two minutes later Fred was on the street again. CHAPTER XII. FRED MAKES ANOTHER HAUL IN THE MARKET. Fred secured 6,000 more shares of A. & P. by four o’clock, and the balance of the order he filled next day before noon. He then notified Westcott by note that he had bought the whole of the stock, which he presumed had already been delivered at the Atlas Bank. The broker complimented’ him on his success and a check to cover one-half of the commission. : That closed the matter, and Fred felt at liberty to look around and see if he could buy a few shares on his own ac- count, as he suspected that Westcott was buying for a syn- | dicate that intended to boom the price. > He found it so scarce that he was only able to buy 3,000 shares at 72 1-8. f : He got the broker who had it to hold it for him on a 10 per cent. margin, : On his way back to the office he dropped in on Wentworth. and asked him if he had any of the stock. \ “Not a share, Farnham; but Finkelsheim has some.” — “Sure of that?” j ; : “He had it yesterday, at any rate.” f “T’ll call on him and see if he’s got any now,” said Pred. — _ Getting out of the elevator on his own floor, he walked into Mr. Finkel sheize’s office. : The broker was surprised to see him, and after telling him to sit down, Fm the young broker what he could. eet him. sent him . 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Mr. Finkelsheim called his boy and sent him with a note _to Mr. Pindar. He came back in a few minutes with the stock. An hour later the price of A. & P. advanced to 73. On the following day Westcott himself bought all that _ tu sight on the floor at prices varying from 73 1-8 to Then some of the other brokers woke up to the fact that there was something in the wind about A. & P., and their| A efforts to get the stock sent it to 76. Mr. Finkelsheim called twice on Fred that day, and the last time found him in. “I'll give you 76 for those you,” he said. Fred declined to sell, saying to Fe still higher. “Did you get a tip on it?” asked the broker, curiously. “No. The only tips I ever got were those you gave me.” | “Me!” exclaimed Finkelsheim in surprise. “I never gave - you or anybody else a tip. You are dreaming!” | “You mean I dreamed it. I guess you’re right. I do 3 have funny dreams sometimes. For instance, dreamed that you once sent a lady in here with 20,000 shares of Blizzard mining stock to unload on me at 12 cents, just * about the time the bottom fell out of the mine.” Mr. Finkelsheim gasped and changed color, for he had not the slightest suspicion that Fred had any inkling that the trick played upon him was a put-up job on his part. ’ exe “Unfortunately,” continued the boy trader, “the dream occurred too late. I was chump enough to buy the stock, re and it’s in my safe now, worth about so much old paper.” ‘ _“Are you hinting that I sent a lady to you with that stock?” asked Finkelsheim. “Oh, no, I’m not accusing you of doing such a trick, though I believe such things are considered as legitimate in Wall Street. I merely said that I dreamed it.” 7,000 shares I’m holding for that he was looking for it “T should hope that you wouldn’t think me guilty of taking 4 -. any advantage of you,” protested his visitor. “I accept your plea of not guilty,” laughed Fred. “Well, that wasn’t the only remarkable dream I had in which you figured. About three months ago I dreamed that you, Pindar and Wentworth came in here to see me. While you = were here you’ put me on to the fact that you were all in+ » terested in a syndicate that was about to boom D. & G. The dredm impressed me so much that next day I bought 3,000 shares of the stock at 60, The price went up soon later, and I unloaded the shares on somebody in the Ex- change, at 76 3-8, and cleared $16,000. That was a lucky _-dream, wasn’t it?” _ Finkelsheim gazed at Fred in a dumbfounded way. +t It was evident that the boy broker had secured some ad- ce vance knowledge about the syndicate in question, and had ; used it to his advantage. ; ‘ What puzzled him was how had Farnham, found the : ‘secret out? ; ~ _ The reader will remember that Fred got the tip through fe Meyer Suppegreenz, who heard the three brokers talking ray por the syndicate the day he was hired by his young em- ployer. - : : “Then I had a third dream about you,” continued Fred. “J thought some operator hired you to out and buy O. & B. shares on the quiet. As my last dream had been so c I decided to take a se on that, too, so I bought 10,000 shares of the stock for 42. Sure enough, in a short time it began to go right up. I held on till it got - above 57, and then sold out. I cleared $150,000. I hope Tl have another dream of that kind that will net me a quar- ter of a million.” ‘ _Finkelsheim was knocked all in a heap by this second reyelation, and he did not know what to make out of it. He began to wonder if the boy didn’t have the gift of __— second-sight. - ; Those were the only tips I ever got, and they came to through you, as I have just explained,” chuckled Fred. would have given a whole lot to know just how Fred og wise to the two facts in question, for, of course, he take any stock in the boy’s statement that he had ed the things ia he did... : He was sharp enoug. see zhi in le sleeve at him ° - a Bice? Wie - that the ‘young broker was THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. fected him in the least, so, asking Fred once more wheel or not he could close out his A. & P. holdings at 76, and receiving a negative answer once more, he took his leave. “Pll bet he won’t get over those dreams for a week,” chuckled Fred, after the visitor had gone. “He knows I got on to the information in some mysterious way, and that I made money by it. That will make him sick.” a gs day the brokers in the Exchange began to howl over Everybody wanted to buy the stock, but it was scarcer than hen’s teeth.” : Whoever held the shares was not letting them get out. And so the price went to 85 in short order. Fred stood in the gallery and watched the circus below. Every time the price went up another point he shook hands with himself, for it meant that he was $10,000 richer on paper. When it reached 87, Fred went to the office of the broker who held the 3,000 shares on margin and told him to sell. the stock, : It was gobbled up in 1,000-share lots, and the price kept on up. Then Fred noticed that the stock was coming out from other quarters. : ; “It’s time for me to sell the rest of mine before the price begins to sag,” he told himself, so he dropped in on Finkels- heim and directed him to sell the 7,000 shares in small lots at the market. It was a bitter pill for the trader to help increase Fred’s cash balance, but, of course, ne had to go through with it. “ Next day he sent his check to Fred, and the boy found that the 7,000 shares had been sold for an average of 88. -> Altogether the young broker had cleared $147,000 on the deal, which raised his capital to $360,000. , f CHAPTER XIII. FRED REFUSES TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A BLIND POOL. The afternoon of“the day that Finkelsheim settled with Fyed for the A. & P. deal, Wentworth and Pindar called at his office in response to notes. “Well, what’s in the wind, Finkelsheim?” asked Went- worth. 5 “T want to talk to you about Farnham,” said the trader. “Farnham, eh? What about him?” “T just made $150,000 for him.” “The dickens you did! How?” ’ Finkelsheim explained. ‘ , “oo boy has hog luck. He must have got a tip about A. “ht “T suggested as much to him, but he denied it.” ote “Of course he’d deny it. So would you or I under the same circumstances. The worst of it is that when he came in and asked me if I had any of the stock I referred him to you. I thought he wanted it for a customer.” . ; “I know you sent him to me, but I didn’t think A. & PL was going to advance the way it did.” ; “Of course you didn’t, or you wouldn’t' have been such — a fool as to sell him the stock.” “You got 2,000 shares out of me for him, too,” Pindar. “I hate the boy. He upset me on: the stairs the other day, and I’ve got it in for him. Td give a thousand ~ dollars to get even with him.” F ’ a “Well, that’s why I called you two to my office, to see if we can’t get up some scheme that will ‘bleach him out of his. late profits,” said Finkelsheim. + “I’m with you on that,” said Pindar, eagerly. - ; : “And you can count me in on it, too,” said Wentworth. “[’m not stuck on the boy by a long shot. He’s too fresh, to my way of thinking. I wish we could drive him to the _ wall. How much do you suppose he’s worth?” ' growled figure that he’s worth $300,000.” “That’s a whole lot of money for a boy to said Wentworth. ¥ Well, it’s mete sal if we can, age to do it.

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_— Fin ee gk Ny Oe Ce en a et eS Ye Ss we tre a Pe ‘THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. Cs > ee, They put their heads together and the interview lasted until after five that day. _ Next morning Wentworth called on Fred. _ “Say, Farnham, a number of the-moneyed chaps are talking about forming a syndicate to boom a certain well- known stock. The item is ripe for such a ‘coup, and we _ expect to make a quarter of a million all around. There are twelve of us in the deal already, and we want to make it a baker’s dozen, so I thought I’d tip you off to the chance of getting in with us as the thirteenth man. What do you say? The ante is a quarter of a million apiece.” “What makes you think I have so much money as that? T’ve only been in business a few months.” : “T know that, but it’s said you’ve been verv lucky. I heard Finkelsheim say you cleared over $100,000 on A. & P. a day or two ago.” “Mr. Finkelsheim cught to know, for he put the deal _ through for me; but he ought not to tell tales out of school. _ He should have regarded the matter as confidential.” “Oh, he merely mentioned it in an off-hand way. Well, __ will you come in on the ground floor with us?” 2 “No; I’m much obliged to you for offering to take me in with vou, but I don’t care to invest in-the syndicate busi- ness.” _ “You don’t mean to say that you'll turn down such a chance as this to double your investment?” - “Pye made it a rule to go it alone, and therefore I must respectfully decline to go into any combination where I eannot have the exclusive control of my own money. quarter of a million is a lot of.money to put up before you even know the name of the stock that is going. to, be ~ boomed.” odd cadt “Pll let you know the name of the stock before.-you!ad- vanee a dollar, as long as you guarantee to go in with us, said Wentworth. _ . “Why, isn’t that the same as putting up the money? If - I pass my word to join the pool I’ll be in honor bound to cough up when the time comes. Suppose I don’t fancy the stock. I can’t draw out. No, Mr. Wentworth, no blind pools for me, thank you.” _“You’re foolish, Farnham.” . oe ; Mr. Wentworth looked disappointed. _ He had expected the boy would be flattered by the prop- sition, and would be glad to get in on the inside of the pool in question, which. in point of fact, was a,trap laid ’ to catch his money by the three traders the previdus after- floor. They showed what their sentiments are toward me when Finkelsheim put up that Blizzard job, which was a mere flea-bite in its way. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Mr. Wentworth’s proposition covered some censpiracy to get legal possession of my funds. It would be like that crowd to do such a thing. No, I’m not going to walk into any more traps if I can help myself.” At that moment Meyer returned from an errand to the Mills Building. “Der questions mit me yust now is, do I got two;dollars more a vecks or don’d 1?” said the German boy, as he laid a note on Fred’s desk. “What, are you striking for higher wages already, Meyer?” laughed the young broker. “You’re getting about four dol- lars more now than most messengers who have only been three or four months in the Street.” : “Nein. You dinks I peen a fools? Vot I vish to said is dis: I haf yust picked me up some more informations — aboud stocks, und I vos vondering off it vos going to pan me oud two dollars a veek.” “Oh, I see what you’re getting at, Meyer. What is it this time? If you’ve caught on to another good pointer you'll be the highest salaried office boy in Wall Street.” “Vell, vhen T vos stooding py der vinders off der offices © vhere I vhent in der Mills Pilding, vaiting-for a shance. to seen der poss und gif him der notes you sent me mit, two shents vot look like prokers come py a door oud und von — off dem said to der udder, ‘Shim, ve must puy all der J. und D. we can stood for pefore def news off der consoli- dations mit der M. und N. gets oud py der Streets.’ Und der udder shents said, ‘Yaw, I ped you.’ Dot’s all vot I hears. Vot you dinks apoud id?” “It looks like a good tip, all right, Meyer. Ill see what use I can make out of it,” replied Fred. , A ~ “Off you make somedings oud off id den I get me two ~. dollars more vages, ain’d id?” ra “That’s right,” replied Fred, and Meyer left the room — perfectly satisfied. i CHAPTER: XIV. " FRED PULLS OFF ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DEAL. There had been reports in the papers off and on for six © months. about a contemplated consolidation of the J. & D. with oa M. & N. system, but nothing definite had come of it so far. ied Fred had read these accounts and had speculated more ~— than once on the probability of the consolidation going through. \ ; If it did he knew that the insiders and their friends won buy all the J. & D. shares in the market they could get hold of, and when the consolidation had been officially confirmed the price of J. & D. would take on-a boom and then the wise ones would sell out. at top figures and reap a golden harvest. ; : From the information that Meyer’s sharp ears had cor- ralled it looked as if the consolidation had gone through, in which event it would be announced in a few days. , J D. was ruling around 40, and Fred thought the chance of making a good haul in the stock was worth taking — a risk on. asa ta He judged, however, that the surest indication of th oats would be a scarcity of J. & D. about the — treet. 7 : “Fairs Tf the stock was easy to be gotten he wouldn’t touch it, but if, on the contrary, it was difficult to locate, he w: a buy as much of it as he could get hold of, which he didn’t think would be, much. | EY Accordingly, he started’ on a tour of the broker’s offices. Out of a dozen traders he only found one who had anv of it, and Fred bought what he had—2,000 shares, at 40 1-8. Next day the young broker left an order with Westcott to buy him any part of 10.000 shares, and then resumed his ‘still hunt among the offices. : : Nes He found 3,000 shares more, but had to pay 40 5-8 for: Then he gave up‘and waited to hear from Westcott. — After the lapse of a day and a half he got. a note fro: gr keen ea fa ra es e 3,000 with grea { > didn’t th he would be able to get the balance. 4 is 3 vei - Then an idea struck Wentworth. “Pll tell you what I’ll do. T’ll tell you the name of the stock without any other pledge on your part than your ~ Promise not to mention it to anybody else.” . _ . “No, I’d rather not have you tell: me, because I don’t _ intend to go into the deal.” ‘ : _ Ts that final, Farnham?” “Tt is,” replied Fred, very decidedly. yes “All right. T’ll have to look up somebody else. I’m ia ox Sorry you are missing one of the chances of your lite ‘but, of course, you are the doctor.” P ; Thus speaking, Wentworth left the office. ; He went to Finkelsheim’s office and told him that Farn- 1 wouldn’t. bite. : \ : en, we'll Have to get up some other scheme,” replied _ “I’m afraid we'll have our work cut out to do him, as he _ Seems to be plaguy cautious about what he does. ,I’m afraid it Blizzard matter has made him wary.” : shaw! We'll get him yet. If you and Pindar will rantee to see me through I’ll work fin some way before “You ean depend on me,” answered Wentworth. “And n the way Pindar feels toward him I guess he’ll go the _to 4 square with the boy.” ok : 3} see Pindar later. You’d better drop in here ta » é entworth promised, to do so, and went away. ime, Fred was thinking his visitor’s propo- over. idn’t go into a pool arrangement anyway, except ain circumstances not likely to come my way, and ‘would be a fool to go into anything connected h and his friends, which means,the Finkels- ‘would pluck me as bare as a marble * »” * a

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He had been obliged to pay an average of 43 for it. Fred was now satisfied that the consolidation was. an un- doubted fact. _Next morning a paragraph appeared in one of the finan- cial papers to the effect that there was a rumor that the M. & N. system had secured full control of the J. & D. road. fr The result was J. & D. went up to 48 that day. Next day it rose to 50 by noon, then the consolidation Was officially announced as a fact. The value of J. & D. rose to 60 before three, at which figure Fred ordered Westcott to seli his 7,000 shares. The broker disposed of the stock in small lots, and easily ‘got rid of it at the top of the market. — The 5,000 shares that Fred had bought outright for some- : thing over $200,000 he sold through another broker, re- _ -¢eeiving 58 1-2. _ When everything had been settled for, Fred was ahead a little over $200,000, and was now worth $567,000. He called Meyer into the office and told him that his wages were raised to $12 a week, and in addition handed him a brand-new $100 bill.” _ That afternoon, when Fred and Tillie Bancroft were alone in the office, the young broker told her that he was now worth over half a million dollars. : _ Of course she was delighted to hear he was so successful ‘In his business, for she now had a personal interest in all that concerned him. t a That very afternoon, Finkelsheim, Wentworth and Pindar __ held another meeting in the former’s office to consider the __ question of doing up the boy broker on that floor. ~~ jeet, and no definite plan had so far been hit upon to take hfe the place of the scheme which had missed fire. te “T’ve got an idea at last that ought to scoop his money by v _ “What is your idea?” asked Pindar, impatiently. _ “My scheme is to buy options from him on a certain ea days, then we'll quietly ‘corner the stock and call on him _- to deliver it.” ; ; “The scheme is all right, if it works, but I haven’t much _ Farnham will turn it down like he did the blind pool. He’s not such a fool as we took him for at first, Finkelsheim, _ mind what I tell you,” said Wentworth, nodding his head _ .“We’ll need a barrel of money to corner the visible sup- ply, and then hold the price up long enough to put the deal through successfully,” said Pindar. boys who went in with us on the D. & G. pool. Just leave the organization of the scheme to me. We'll make the ante a quarter of a million each. With twenty members in the ‘The banking house of Isaacs, Cohen Company will act as treasurer, and will advance 70 per cent. of the market value of the stock as fast as it’s turned in to them. The house of ten million, which ought to be enough to swing a fter Finkelsheim had outlined the syndicate plans, Went- ‘The trader said he would get the other seventeen mem- p: including the banking establishment of Isaacs, Cohen details and secure payment of the first ins sary funds. - “ this deal is going through anyway, whether we catch , or not,” said Pindar, “I think it would be a good - if he’ll bite,” said Finkelsheim. 3 i stock, say C. & O., which is now ruling at 70, to run fifteen _. confidence in it as a winner, for it’s my firm conviction Rs in a positive way. _ “We can get all the cash we want. I can call on all the pool, that will give us a working capital of $5,000,000. will, of course, be a member of the pool. I count on a and Pindar agreed to go in for a quarter of a mil- . ty e rs y, in line, and would then call a m ea ea not to approach him on the option « until we ught up all the shares we can get on the quiet with- at bing the present price. That will make it harder or him Pann ene sold us the option and then started : Oneee 10-8 x other two nodded, and it was so dee’led on. This was the fourth meeting they had held on the sub-' veer of the| Pp ’ He put on his hat and went out. Sg 4 THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNA “Ventvorth!” he said to himself. “I vonder off dot peen der Ventvorth vot is in mit Fingelsomedings? Vell, 1 look me py der insides und found oud maype. P’rhaps I found anudder tips, den I vill get anudder raise.” Meyer never considered whether it was right or not to examine the contents of the envelope. Everything was fish that came into his net. He pulled out the enclosure and read it. : It wasn’t very intelligible to him as a whole, but he saw that it was signed by Is‘dore Finkelsheim, and referred to ghee option business that was to be bought of Fred Farn- am. “I vill shown dis to der poss right avay.” ‘ He returned to the office, and going into the private room, he handed the paper without the envelope to Fred. The young broker glanced at the signature first. He supposed Finkelsheim had given it to Meyer to hand him, so he began to read it, but had glanced over but a few words when his face assumed a look of surprised interest. This is the way it ran: “The pool is now complete. We meet at my office this afternoon at four. Don’t fail to be on hand. I find that C. & O. is too risky for us to handle. Isaacs, Cohen Com- pany advise the substitution of S. & T., as there are only 70,000 shares on the market, and it will be much easier to corner. Pindar has got a friend who will call on Farnham and try to get him to sell a ten-day option on 15,000 shares. He will offer him a ten-point advance, which ought to catch him., By that time we’ll have the stock cornered and if he sells the option he won’t be able to buy the stock to cover it, and we'll have him where the hair is short. Fe “Finkelsheim.” “Where the dickens did you get this, Meyer?” asked the ~ say aa va a. - es ; “I found id py der corridors oudside.” “Oh, you did? On the floor, I suppose?” looking sharply at the German boy. “Yaw. Id vos py der inside off dis enfelope,” and Meyer handed the cover to his employer. i Fred saw that it was addressed to Wentworth, and it was clear that that broker had lost it out of his pocket. “Did you read it?” 5a ‘ane So soon as I seen your names in id I bring id in to you. I'said to mineseluf, ‘Dere 1s some schemes here ~ vot Fingelsomedings vos going to vork on der poss. IT vill shown id to him, und dot vill put him py his guard on. “Well, run along with that letter now that I gave you to take over.to Westcott.” . : “Yaw. I vill peen dere purty quick,” and Meyer vanished > through the doorway. . ‘ : 4 Then Fred re-read the note. as, “So the Finkelsheim crowd are going to corner S. & T., ea? Well, I guess I’ll have to help them corner it,” he chuckled. “Meyer has the most remarkable luck in getting” ‘taold of tips connected with those people. This will mean _ another raise in his wages. Then Pindar is going to send a friend to try and buy a ten-day option on 15,000 shares of me at a ten-point advance as soon as they get the stock If I sell it to him then they figure that theyll — the stock ov the — That would be a fine boomerang to work on them. Tl it. I'll bite at the option business and then take a fall. of them when they’re caleulating on my being in a hole.” — Fred was highly ticked with the idea. admaes oN it?”

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What’s the limit? «py _ for it at once. i. as near the market* as possible.” Bee! ‘ returned to bs for the stock, his office and Westcott began his hunt é e ~ — rd a to that effet om order by noon next day, and notified Fred x3 € paid an average of 53 for the entire lot. _~ It gradually advanced to 56 during the week. - About noon on Saturday Meyer announced a visitor. __ It was a broker named Andrew Pollard, with whom Fred _ Was pretty well P aaage n.d i was his first visit to the boy broker’s office. You’ve got quite a swell little den,” said Pollard, after ing a seat beside Fred’s desk. _ “Yes, it’s good enough for a new broker with scarcely e yeny clients as yet,” replied Farnham. “It takes time to build up a brokerage business.” X Tt does that. People have got to know you before they > feel they can ba ape to give you their business.” : ey had conversed a while lon a ose rancai ad talk business. Rat aan 25 y the way, Farnham, have “ Gpticn. ling?” Le naked. you done anything in the Aa : aus age t d that tae: o on to selling me a ten-day o' bd = Fred looked him “at city hard. ay option on S. & T. = 0 was the man Pin a the trick on him x *had picked out to work s might, if you are willing to pa n oe ‘the 3k he repi My Z pay enough for me to ru ell, as I’ve got an idea that S. & T. will above a inside of ten days, I’d like to make a deal with, you. give you 66 and deposit five per cent. of the current value _ of the stoek as a security.” tee “How many shares do you want?” fk or twenty thousand.” “What do you want to pay me 66 for when you can go out and buy it on the Street for 56 or 57?” “The fact of the matter is, I haven’t the coin ‘to make the » even on a 10 per cent. margin. I’m all tied up, but I'll ve all the money I want inside of ten’ days.” ingen I don’t care to sell you an option for more than ,000 shares. If that will satisfy yéu I'll do business with ay 8 ae pee I'll be able to buy the shares in at a good profit ‘ore the ten-day limit expires.” ie aS you make it 15,000?” ‘7. “Nb.; gerd is the most I'll take a chance on.” “Well, if I can’t do, any better I’ll take the option on ten. Half a loaf'is better than no bread. Maybe I can buy another five- or ten-thousand option from somebody else.” __ “Probably. You might try Pindar, or Finkelsheim, or some other evker on this floor,” said Fred, with a smile. ak £3; for the tip. I'll drop in on Pindar after I : said Pollard, with the ghost of a chuckle. F penlle out the option, in which he guaranteed to de- 10,000 shares of S. & T. to Andrew Pollard, or his or- 66, an wife time ze might call for it within ten days. him 5 per cent. of the current value of the “was 56, or $28,000, as a deposit, to be deducted Ft So due on delivery of the shares at 66. business having. been completed, the visitor with- eit. CHAPTER XVI. eas PSENTES THINK THEY ANE HOM SAD TO ATONE, Teal 1 ade ham pba be doing in S. & T. that da when ten o’clock approached, he Bg up into the an the Exchange prepared to see the fun. iS not disappointed | as his ot primes r ne anon “for the sa i SD erm YOUNG MONMY MAGNATES et MONEY MAGNATE. 17 It’s quoted} | When he reached 60 somebody sold him 1,000 shares. Then he kept on up to 66, where he rested, after making ou can go as high as 54, but I want you to try and get| a wash sale at that price to secure a quotation. Fred chuckled to himself. “They think they have me now,” he said to himself. “but I’m afraid they'll get a jolt when "they call for the stock.” Many other brokers, susjecting that a corner was in pro- gress, tried to buy the stock, but they couldn’t get at it, and their eager efforts only succeeded in boosting the price to 72, where it closed. Fred thought he’d make a bluff to get the stock from Wentworth and Finkelsheim, so, a little after three, he rushed into Wentworth’s office YS some apparent excitement and asked him if he had any S “Not a share, my boy,” chuckled the broker. want it bad?” “Yes. I sold.an option at 66, and I want to save myself.” “[’'m afraid you’re in a hole, for the stock is mighty searce. I’ve been trying to get a lot of it for a customer, but 12,000 shares was the most I could pick up. It is mighty searce, for some reason.” “What do you suppose is the reason?” “Search me. I couldn't tell you.” “It must be cornered.” “If it is, how are you going ‘to get your 10,000 shares to deliver?” “J didn’t say anything about 10,000 shares,” replied Fred, almost laughing at the slip Wentworth had made. “IT beg your pardon. I thought you said you wanted 10,000 shares.” Fred called on Finkelsheim and asked him if he had any S. & T. stock. “No, Farnham, I haven’t any. Wish I had. It’s gone up 15 points inside of a week. Got a customer who wants some?” he added, rubbing his hands in a satisfied way. “Better look in on Pindar. I think he’s got a few thousand shares.” “You know Mr. Pindar and I are not on good terms. I wouldn’t ask him to do me a favor for a gold mine,” re- plied Fred. wiaicelaheidk laughed. “How bad do you want the stock?” he chuckled. “What’s the use of saying how bad I want it if I can’t get it? Maybe it will come to the surface to-morrow at the present price. Finkelsheim shook his head. “Do you “A sudden slump would bring it out pretty quick,” said % Fred. “No danger of a slump at present. it goes any lower.” “J don’t believe it will go to 80,” replied Fred. ' “Tl give you 80 for a three-day option on 10,000,” said Finkelsheim. “T’ll take you,” said Fred, so quick that it, took his breath | away. “Write it out, and I'll give you the deposit—5 per cent. on the current value.” Fred wote the option, took the money and left oor gs heim hugging himself for joy. That evening Fred called on Robert Marsh at his home. - He received a warm welcome, and was introduced to Mr. —_ daughter, his son-in-law and the children. , g the evening, Fred told the old gentleman about ae job. that had been put up on him, and how he had wm himself to turn the tables on the three ee i “That was a sharp thing for you to do,” said “One of them is the broker who upset 70 “that Enaeay on the stairs. He’s got it in for me hot and heavy becmaae Wi eee him over at the time and afterward spoke my mind © It will see 90 before plainly to him. If I only had a couple of millions now — Ta go in and try and break the market, and put the whole bunch in the soup.” “Can you. give me a clear idea how the case stands at ‘this point?” et canes ag the aituatfon Bar at present. © “They’re going to force the price or over to-' : Maybe the it as high as 85. Then they'll robably eat ere ‘to at silly. t However, settled pe *: Stick au toth atsond! Of course ied DRO will knock em take ae’ ged Possession of shares ae tl "Yin a8 o

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18° dump the 10,000 shares on the market in a lump. That will give the syndicate a mighty big jolt. They'll have to take it in or there’ll be a slump. I guess they'll be able to handle it somehow in order to save themselves, and I'll make a profit of probably $300.0 000 on it. Ill make a profit of about $130,000 on the option at 66, anyway, and a prnge of $270,000 on-Finkelsheim’s option at 80. Altogether, I stand to rake in $700,000 on the deal as matters are going. But it would please me even more if I could do them up on the corner, and make them lose a wad of money all around.” lg certainly make me think of old times, Farnham, when I made things lively in the Street every once in a while. I am like an old war-horse now who smells the sy. battle from afar and longs to be in the thick of the fight ence more. I have a great mind to help you win out against the men who.have tried to down you,, because they thought you were inexperienced and easy game for them. I will think the matter over to-night, and if I decide to take the risk I will ride down to your office in the morning and ar- range matters with you. If I am not there, then you must earry your own programme out as you have decided on.” . CHAPTER XVII . HOW RED BROKE THE MARKET. Fred didn’t go to the Exchange in the morning, but sat in his office waiting to see if old Mr. Marsh would come downtown, as he had half promised to do. At eleven o’clock Meyer announced Mr. Marsh. “Send him in here,” said Fred. Fred weleomed him and said he was glad to see him in his office again. Mr. Marsh got down to business at once. “Now, Farnham, how much cash have you got at this ‘moment that you can handle?” “About $470,000, which includes the deposit of $64,000 I got on the options.” “How much have you ea shares as security? put up $159,000.” tion will make a profit of how much on your first op- Ss ag ig Page ow much on the one you gave Mr. Finkelsheim? Lise - ; About $268,000. ¥ ga are nd you expect to make $300,000 on your third ee of 10,000 shares, if the syndicate takes it in?” ay “Yes, sir.” “Well, in order that there may be no hitch, I'll lend you baad h pig om? to settle for 20,000 of ages wi — your er is ing on margin, so you can have'the certificates hand to deliver, How much did you buy them for?” . _- “They cost me about 53.” “St will take $1,060,000 to pay for atin less $106,000 de- posit yéu put up. That leaves you indebted to your broker in the amount of, $954,000 on the 20,000 shares. Well, you ‘Mi you say, $470. 0,000 cash. You'll need $484,000 more. ow a to sit at your desk and I'll draw you a check Bir, When you go out for your own money you png it t certified at the bank, and take it to your broker’s. SS aahen i be able to bring back the certificates. you, need ene oe our optiers with.”: Marsh arew his check for the indicated amount. Paes put on his hat and went out to get the stock Westcott. a the cheek certified, ot his own cash out of' his box, and ealled at Wesitcott’s office. i want to take up 20,000 Py those shares you are helding r me, Mr. Westcott,” he said. “It will cost you $954,000.” 7 All ig Youth have. 40 jth me to the bank. ive come “wil me ot | hypothecated. The commission Naheneas yo eap eett settle later.” peasine, See vad on eye ‘insed Fin be hie ‘of- got up with your broker on the THE YOUNG MONEY MAGNATE. “The syndicate is pushing the price up in great shape,” laughed Fred. The words were hardly out of his mouth before Meyer came in and announced Mr. Pindar. ¢ “Show him in, Meyer.” : ; Owen Pindar entered the room with a half scowl on his ace. “You sold an option on 10,000 shares of S. & T. to An- drew Pollard, to be delivered at 66 within ten days on demand,” he 'said, glaring at Fred. “Well, I bought that option and I have come to demand the stock at the price indicated—understand ?” “There is $632,000 due on the stock. certified check for that amount?” “IT did not. You can’t deliver the stovk: You’ve got te settle with me on my terms.” “You are mistaken. Here are the certificates, which you | ean have when you bring me your certified check for the balance due.” : / Pindar gasped. All he could do was to mutter that he would return with the check, and then hurried from the room. He returned in half an hour with the check and got the certificates. Fifteen minutes after Pindar’s.departure, Mr. Finkels- heim was announced. “T’m ‘ready to pay you 80 for those 10,000 shares of S. & . You see, I was right when I said the price would go over 80, Farnham,” grinned the broker. “Did you bring your certified check for the $764,000 due on the option?” “T'll go and get the money,” said Finkelehaim. looking like a beaten man. He returned in half an hour with a certified check for the amount due, and took the stock away with him. “That settles the ,oPtions,” said Fred. “Now to break the corner. if I can.” He rushed over to Westcott’s office. “Offer those 10,000 shares at the market, in one block.” “Great Scott! You’re liable to start a panic, Fa " vaplion Westcott. m’t you care. Please do as I ask you.” ; arr right. But if you break the arnt and the brokers learn you are responsible for it, they won't say a thing to you.” He offered the 10,000 shares at the market, and Went- worth nearly dropped dead. The syndicate man had to take it in or throw up his hands. As scon as’ memorandums were exchanged between them, Westcott offered the second 10,000 shares at 80. The, syndicate couldn’t take it, and their failure to sup-- port tae’ es price broke the market right there : S. & T. went on a slump, and other stocks followed suit. Fred made nearly $250,000 more on that deal. , ‘His total winnings on S. & T. amounted to $963,000, which raised his capital to $1,500,000. Finkelsheim, Pindar and Wentworth were ruined by the © breaking of the market at the most critical moment ci after booming the price to 85, they were unable to : on the 65,000 shares they had acquired. ; Most of their associates were in the same boat, so Fred practically wiped out what was known as the heim crowd. When he acquired his second million he asked his tastes -. ographer if she didn’t think it was time for her to quit work = at the office and take charge of the new house which had” just been completed for him on Riverside Drive. _ Her answer was satisfactory to him, and three mont later he and Tillie were off on their wedding trip. And thus we end our story of the Wall Street Boy Who- Broke the Market. Did | you bring’ a Next weegk’s issue will eontain “A LUCKY CO OR, THE BOY b gang MADE A RAFT OF ONS a = =<

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. : CURRENT NEWS 19 For more than an hour Otto Olson, employed by the New York. Telephone Company, was imprisoned in a manhole at Fifty-first street and Eighth avenue , by a horse which shied at a surface car and plunged into the hole. Two hundred volunteer rescuers ! helped firemen extricate the horse. Olson was un- injured. _ The Chinese Government has contracted with the Siems-Carey Company of St. Paul, Minn., for con- struction of an additional 300 miles of railway. The line is to run from Chowkiakow, in Honan province, through Nanyangfu to Siangyangfu, in _Hupeh province. Work has been begun by sur- veyors. It was a previous contract made with this American contracting concern by the Chinese that caused the, Russian Government recently to lodge a protest at Peking against the action. _ Japan will spend about $53,316,470 on her navy in 1917, an increase of $2,194,507 over the previous year’s estimates. More than half the total is classed as “extraordinary” expenditure for various items, some of them due to the war. The sum of $7,164,604 is for continuing the seven-year building pro- gramme, among the ships being three battle cruisers, three large and six small scout cruisers, twenty- seven destroyers and eighteen submarines. _ The Ministry of Munitions of Great Britain, is making a special appeal to university women and other women with a good education to join classes for training in skilled branches of engineering work. Classes are being opened in London, and the complete course lasts from eight to nine weeks. To those who pass a preliminary test at the end of a fortnight or three weeks a maintenance allow- _ ance is to be paid for the remainder of the course, id when proficiency is attained a minimum wage about $10 a week may be expected. See a | ay ugyress pressure is being brought to bear upon man Charles CG. Carlin, of Virginia, to push pill urging the purchase by the Government of Jand upon which was fought the battle of Bull . The bill was first introduced December 6, 1915, and is now before the House’ Committee on ilitary Affairs. It has been appreved by Army eers. Among other items, the resolution pro- for the building of a highway from Manassas, the actual battlefield, the entire project to ost not more than $50,000: Mr. Carlin, it is under- promised to try to put the measure ys Sigh > etal Ps ¢ i Moving pictures showing typical American manu- facturing processes, welfare work in industrial in- stitutions, and other details of American economic life are to be exhibited in South America, under the auspices of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. United States Commercial Attaches im South America are to make arrangements for hav- ing these films shown in the motion picture houses of cities where they are stationed. It is hoped that such exhibitions will be a preliminary to an exten- . sive campaign by American manufacturers’ in South America. Already plans for such a cam- paign are being made. ~ It is reported that the tests of the aerial torpedo of Lested Barlow, a young man who perfected his invention under the auspices of the United States government, have been entirely successful. The tor- pedo was dropped from 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, 6,000 and 7,000 feet. In two of the tests light charges of high explosives were used, and these are reported to have rocked the houses within a radius of four miles from the Mineola aerodrome on Long Island, where the tests were conducted. The Bar- low torpedo is seven and a half feet long and weighs about one hundred pounds. Normally inert, the torpedo sets itself after it has fallen 300 feet, and detonates at a given point automatically no matter from what altitude it may bé dropped. The tor- pedoes are carried in traps below the aeroplane, and . | are released by the moving of a small lever when the sights register on the target. | When the United States took possession of the Philippines only 29 lights of all classes were in serviceable condition on the coasts of the islands, and of these only a few were actually.in operation, as many had been extinguished during the revolu- - tion against Spanish power previous to the Ameri- can occupation. Many stations had been damaged or partly|destroyed by the insurgents, and the rest. f had been sadly neglected. At the present time there are 151 lights of all classes, including 4 first- order flashing, 1 second-order, 9 third-order, 8— fourth-order, and 12 sixth-order flashing; 20 sixth- order occulting; 9 automatic flashing acetylene; 2 electric; and 85 minor fixed lights. ‘Ihe system 1s, . however, far fr»m complete. The total coast-line * of the islands is about equal to that of the combined Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts of the United States, not including Alaska, and there are more than 5,000 nautical miles of coasting routes and tortuous channels regularly navigated by vessels trading among some 300 separate ports, = -~ = fo aed Tinie :

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ON TOP OR THE BOY WHO GOT THERE _ By ED KING (A SERIAL CHAPTER XVIII (Continued). “He is guilty,” said a harsh voice in the crowd. _ “What’s the use of fooling! String him up. Give us justice!’ It was Horner who spoke, and his evil mocking face was visible to Tiff. The boy felt his rage rising. At that moment he was bitter indeed. “You coward!” he cried. ‘You dare do this thing! It is a dark plot of yours, and Caleb Lowe is in it with you.” “Perhaps you can prove that,” sneered Horner. But before Tiff could reply his father held up a hand to enjoin silence, and said: _ “TI appeal to the sheriff. Have I not the right to say a last word?” A hush fell upon thé crowd. ; “We can’t deny ye that,” said Blake, make it short.” Julius Clark turned his white face’ to the crowd and, with head erect and firm tones, said: __ “T have but little to say to you, and I realize that - in your present mood it cannot have great weight. *' My name is Julius Clark.. Not many months ago - I deft my home and friends in an Eastern town, __ falsely branded with the crime*of forgery. I have _ worked early and late for the evidence to clear my - name.and save my family from disgrace. This is ~ my son, whom Providence has sent to me in this _ Cark hour. . “Now, men, I am not afraid to die. But I am not guilty of*this awful charge, I realize the use- ess of making this statement. You will not elieve it. I am in your hands. You thirst for my , therefore take it.. I shall be only one more “Only SS id a only one favor before I go to meet my ) arg I wish a moment, of conversation with my ene was a deep hush on the crowd. Bill Blake ufted his belt and said hoarsely: kin have it!” . CHAPTER XVII. oN Exe sey ee ig Rarer COMPANY. Jack Hope was also with them. , volvers. Haas in this ’ere town! we out of \— Nid be STORY.) | be hung. He would fight the throng until killed - himself. Julius Clark had seemed to read his purpose in his face, for as he placed his arms about Tiff he said: “My boy, this thing has got to be. There is no chance for me. But I do fear it. I want you to be brave and hopeful. Tell your mother. & “Mother!” gasped Tiff, and then was. silent. Julius Clark clutched him and gazed searchingly into his face. “Your mother!” he exclaimed. well?” “Oh, my father!” wept Tiff, breaking down ab- solutély, “mother is—dead!” For one moment Julius Clark grew rigid and cold. Tiff could feel his hosom heave. “Dead!” he said in a hollow tone. “It is his work. Oh, John Melton, may misery rest on your soul! You are responsible for this thing!” Then softly he disengaged Tiff’s hold. Very calmly he turned to Blake. “My friends,” he said, “I am now eager to go.” All this-had been heard and witnessed by the throng: There were many sympathetic hearts pres- ent. “T say, friends,” said one miner in a loud tone, “it?s a leetle bit doubtful about this man. Suppose we give him a chance?” ; A chorus of approval went up. But.a harsh hues drowned it—the voice of Horner. “Justice must be done in this town. He has had ’ his trial like many a better man before him. Hang him up.” Tiff now started up like a young lion. His pists leaped from his belt, and he faced the throng. “I will fight to the death to save my father!” he — eried. “You shall first kill me before you hang — him. 9. 7 35 “Same hese? !” cried a voice beside Tiff, and there stood Tug with his pistol ready. The next moet : “Tell me—she is Pr Bill Blake grew purple and pulled out his as “Ve can’t biock “What’s this?” he shouted. ihoows of eo Sei

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ee ee ee ee eee crowd. Colonel Pulsifer, white and stern, faced the crowd. _ “Enough of this travesty,” he cried. “You have No right to take this man’s life without a fair trial.” He’ s had a fair trial,” declared Blake. I deny it,” declared the colonel. “There are courts of justice in Montana. Take him down to Butte and deliver him up. This is nothing short ee murder.” _ “He kain’t sneak out of it so easy,” shouted Blake. ‘He has been proved guilty an’ he must hang! Git old thar, boys, an’ let’s have the job over.” : ' There would certainly have been enacted a dark ragedy then and there, but a man sprang out of : ee “Hold on, pards,” he called in a ringing voice., “T sf prove him innocent.” m3 _ Every eye was upon the speaker. He was a dash- 2 a is type of borderman. An exclamation went ugh the crowd. “Jeff Judson!” _“Ye all know me, an’ my word is good,” cried ‘Ban. “I kin prove that this tenderfoot didn’t avis.” _ “Waal,” said Blake, in a surly way, “we'll admit ‘yer word is good, Jeff. How kin ye do it?” - “J was on hand when he traded his Winchester, as he says, fer that bag of dust with Job Davis’ Name on it. The man who got the rifle i is the guilty ‘man. His name is Clifford Smith. For a moment there was silence. The words and ‘manner of Jeff Judson were firm and convincing. He was well known as a man of repute in the region. _ Then a murmur ran through the crowd. Manner, stepped forward: “You forget that this man has been sentenced,” he ‘said. “This is all a game to get him out of the ae Ss it a chorus. of dissenting voices arose. Popular timent, which had been trembling in the balance, Was now decided. It had required only the ex- Planation of Judson to effect this. r argyment don’t count,” cried Bill Blake with eping gesture. “If this here tenderfoot was Judson, an’ we all know him to be a square . Itis evident that Clifford Smith killed Davis, we’ve got the Toe man, What’s yer senti- boys?” storm of cheers went up. Horner and his pro- vere drowned. In a-moment the rough miners thronging about Tiff and his father, shaking nds and congratulating them. the happiest rnoment of Tiff’s life. He had s father, and he had been proved iianopent ge against him. even as happy as Tiff and Mr. Clark. ie =i oe pie, a hi FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. t Horner, with his sneering’ face and crafty we'd hang him. But here is the word of d as if Colonel Pulsifer, Tug, ore Jack a Seer SS Mie See Ee ee dered into the gold country in the hope of winning a fortune. “T knew that to clear myself of the forgery charge against me I must have money,” said he. powerful foe to fight. John-Melton was only the tool. Only last week I-stvuck a paying vein and took out fifty thousand dollars clear. preparing to go East and face trial when I was seized upon this murder charge. I had given up all as lost when fate sent you to save me.’ Until a late hour all remained in Colonel Pulsi- fer’s room talking over the future. “We would be indeed blind if we did not perceive one fact,” said the colonel finally. “Caleb Lowe has showed his hand plainly. It seems certain that the acquisition of your land, Tiff, is a matter of vital importance to the Old Sledge Company.” “You kin bet that they know of rich pay dirt on that land,” said Jack Hope. “I couldn’t find it, but evidently they hev.” I was just_ “T had a ° “There is certaily some powerful reason,” said Tiff. “I only wish that we could discover a for- tune in it.” “We will,” cried Tug, with conviction. “I feel it in my bones! Let’s all go over there tu-morrow and dig.” But Mr. Clark and Ciicnel Pulsifer looked at each other in a comprehensive way. The colonel said: “There is only one thing to do, Clark. You say you have fifty thousand dollars. I have the same. We will put it together and organize a mining com- pany. Tiff’s share will be the heaviest, as he owns the land. The rest we’ll divide up equally. We will at once employ engineers and sink ‘a shaft. Of course, it is groping in the dark. We may get nothing for our labor. We may strike it rich. We > shall have the Old Sledge Company to fight. They have more money, but we need not stand aside for that. What do you think of this proposition?” There was a moment of silence. Tiff’s eyes were like stars. Jack Hope spoke up: “Tt’s all right, pards ; but I couldn’t think of goin’ in without payin’ my way. I’ve got ten thousand— it’s only a drop, but it might give me a share.” “Good!” cried the colonel. thousand in cold cash and the land. That will give us a good start. Hurrah for the New West Mining Me Company !” All rose and gripped hands. “It’s a contract!” cried Julius Clark. you heart and soul. face trial——_” “We won’t consider that now,” said the colonel. “See here,” spoke up Tug, “I haven’t any money to put in, but I'll stick just the same and work like Sam Hill.” “You'll have an equal share with me, Tug,” cried Tiff, heartily. “Don’t you forget that! We are “T am with © Of course, I must go East and — pards for life. I feel sure, that we will yet be on — top. . There is gold on our land, I feel sure of eis ‘Success to the New West. Mining Rontpasy Sat Pe _ (Tobe even | “Oiie hundred aha tee! = : m EP tr sand FD en Pye Bone? ¥ fae Pe = ts

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. FROM ALL POINTS ‘ GIRL DANCES ON FALSE FEET. . Little Grace Riven, of Baltimore, Md., four years old, romps and plays, and even dances, the same as other children, although she lost her feet in a street car accident some time ago. Grace has arti- ficial feet, and with her pluck and confidence she ; has learned to dance and to use the artificial feet in almost as well as if they were natural. Ye ° aa y MULE KICKS OFF BOY’S EAR. Clement, ten-year-old ‘son of Jacob. Rossman, of Peru, near Norwalk, O., had his left ear kicked off by a mule recently as he was leading the animal .to pasture. The boy was thrown into convulsions, and “surgeons are awaiting improvement in his condition before operating. _ Vina C. Mullinix, Postmaster at Wilder, Tenn., a town of less than 500, obtained six recruits for the regular army in December, the War Department an- nounced recently. She received $30 for her work. Army officers say if one-twelfth the number of | | Postmaster available as recruiting agents had done ies, likewise, the army now would be considerably in excess of the authorized strength. ae DEER PLAY HAVOC ON FARMS OF se SCOTLAND Scotland is suffering from the deer pest. Hun- dreds of herds are descending on farms and devour- ing crops. Farmers and land agents are demanding amendments to “he game laws so that more deer -may be shot and the food supplies increased. Some 9,000,000 of Scotland’s 19,000,000 acres are _ officially described as “mountains and heath grazing _ land.” Of this more than 2,000,000 aeres are deer A forest proper, and on much of the rest deer compete with sheep and cattle for the pasture. One of the -. biggest sheep farmers in Scotland declares that a nation less inured by tradition to the dominance of _ the great landowning families would long ago have 2 démanded that deer should be confined to the poor - Jands, and that-the better lands should be used for aaa pasture or forestation, ' SEA FOODS BIG YIELD. Canadians took fish, fish products and other sea food of a marketed value of $35,860,708 from the and inland lakes last year, according to =~ ies Branch of the Department of the Nava rvice,of the Dominion. The British Columbia} The fruits of the baobab are oval, brownish h alone amounted to $14,538,320, while that of| about the size of a cucumber and contain an The coast line of the Atlantic Provinces, from the Bay of Fundy to the Strait of Belle Isle, without taking into account the lesser bays and indentations, measures over 5,000 miles. British Columbia, on- the Pacific Coast, with its numerous islands, bays and fiords, has a ’sea-washed shore of 7,000 miles. — In addition to this salt water fishing area, Canada has 220,000: square miles of fresh-water lakes, — abundantly stocked with fish. On the Atlantic Coast there are two classes of fish—the deep sea, which takes in the cod, haddock, hake, pollock and halibut, and the inshore or coastal, which includes, besides these, herring, mackerel, alewife, shad, smelt, flounder and sardine. The most extensive’ lobster fishery known is carried on along the eastern shore of Canada, while excel- lent oyster beds exist in many parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. TREE CISTERNS. The baobab tree, Adansonia digitata, a member © of the hollyhock family, common in the Sudan, is one of the freaks of the vegetable world. It has a large bottle-shaped trunk which, though scarcely reaching the height of sixty feet, is often more than a hundred feet in circumference and is therefore one of the largest of plants. The stubby branches which spring mostly from the top of the stem, are so broad that the natives can sleep on them. The interior of the trunk is soft and spongy and, as in other trees, may decay and form large cavities in which rain water accumulates. Acting on this hint of nature, the American Botanist says the natives of Kordofan have hollowed out the trunks of many specimens and in rainy reasons fill them with water for use when the rains cease. A hole is often bored near the base by means of which the water is sree | off as wanted. ~ In a recent Kew bulletin an officer in the D: campaign says that in Kordofan they have no wate for hundreds of miles and the natives live in the season on water stored in hollow trees called te They are ugly, bottle-shaped trees, all trunk, six to twenty feet thick, and a good one holds ‘ gallons. Each family owns certain trees and on tree has its own name. The natives scrape a ery hole at the base of the tree and after a rain evi body-turns out to fill tebaldi trees. man at the top of the hole, about twenty feet up, hi up the water in a skin bucket and pours it into t tree.: It Keeps sweet and is better than well wate ‘Ov Soh came second with $9,166,851, and New| pulp of which the monkeys are very fond. third with $4,737,145. The catch Was es dee * trees are aammgesy called oe m ar. ea » sat a

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s f ee -FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY.: 23 CHAPTER X (Continued). “t's kind uv ’im ter let us know thet we’re safe till ter-morrer,” said Boggett, sarcastically. ~ “Jove, I’m afraid: that we are in for trouble!’ ‘said Sam. _ “Well, I-guess we can make them some trouble while they are making us some,” said Bob. _ “Thet’s ther way ter tork et, Bobby!” said Bil- lock, approvingly. . “Say, ye loud-mouthed feller, come down an’ let’s hev er look at yer head-piece!” called out Boggett. - “Yaas, we wanter see whut ye. look like,” from illock. “You will see me if you remain in this region,” -eame the reply, “and you will be sorry that you J da!” } don’t doubt et,” retorted Boggett. “I'll bet > ugly enuff ter skeer er train offen ther track!” “Beware!” came in the warning voice. “Take ning, and go in the morning.” “Oh, you go West!” cried Boggett. “Say, d’ye own this heer land, stranger?” t Billock. ‘do! And I do not allow intruders upon my main! If you remain you will seal your own th warrant!” “Say, Hank, keep ther feller chinnin’ ez long ez cin,” whispered Boggett. “I’m goin’ ter see ef qT} n git my han’s onter ’im!” _ “All right,” whispered Billock; and then aloud he bout: — | ay, who air ye, ennyhow?” is no business of yours.” ebby now ye’re right erbout thet; but ye see ‘chock full uv cooriosity—allers hav been, an’ I called here.” yem 1| rolling down the slope. 40 GOOD AS WHEAT THE BOY 0. ALL RIGHT By GASTON GARNE (A SERIAL STORY.) j “Yes, Ido say! But that is all that I am going to have to say to you to-night. It should be suffi- cient.” “Oh, say! Hol’ on! Don’ go yit. I like ter heer ye tork, I do so! Say, keep on chinnin’, stranger; et keeps us frum gittin’ lonesum, et does fur er fack!” “T have no more words to waste on you.” Just then there was the sound of an exclamation, followed by a rattling and thumping, mingled with ‘which were exclarmations more forcible than ele- gant, and the next moment Boggett came_ rolling down right in the midst of the little pa#ty. “Ha, ha, ha!’”? came from above. - “You thought you would be smart and send one of yqur party — up here to capture me, didn’t you! Well, I am no* alone, as he found out, and my comrades sent him back down faster than he came'up. Ha, ha, ha! Let this be a warning to you. Beware! and good- night.” . ; “Air ye hurt, Bill?” asked Hank Billock. It was not so dark but what the four could make out one another’s forms, and Boggett was seen to rise to a sitting posture. “Howlin’ tomcats, no, I hain’t hurt, Hank,” te- plied Boggett. “Thet is, my body hain’t; but my feelin’s air, I wanter tell ye. They’re hurt sumthin’ turrible. Jest ter think thet I let them ornery houn’s grab mevan’ send me rollin’ down ther slope like I wuz er bag uv pertaters er sumthin’ like thet! Oh, creepin’ centipedes! but I’ll never rest till arter I’ve evened up ther score with them skunks, whoever they air.” . “Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha!” came to their hearing, from a greater distance than before. : “Oh, haw, haw, haw!” roared Boggett. ho! scoun’rels! Ef I don’t. make ye sweat fur ther way ye’ han’led me, then my name hain’t Bill Boggett!” _ s Then he explained to his comrades that he had crept up the slope, and had gotten the owner of the voice located, and was within a dozen yards of him, when suddenly he was set upon by at least — half a dozen men, who grabbed him and sent him “They seem ter think et funny, but I'm blamed ef | see et thet way!” he growled in conclusion, “é ‘ = r hata Seas. og “Ho, ho, Jest ye wait, ye blamed no-’count, big-talkin’ © i=

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CHAPTER XI. BOB IN THE ROAD AGENTS’ HANDS. The four discussed the matter at some length. It was evident that they were being watched, and _ that, even if they succeeded in finding the lake and island, there were’ scoundrels lurking at hand to keep them from securing the gold. bs “We'll make er fight fur et, jest the same,” said es Billock. “We hain’t came erway up here inter Btn ther mountings ter be skeered back by big talk frum fellers whut won’t show theerselves.” “Now, ye’re layin ’et down straight, Hank,” agreed Boggett. “We air goin’ ter fin’ thet gold mine an’ bbage some uv ther gold, er we’ll shore make things lively fur ther scoun’rels, whoever they air.” “That’s my ticket, too!’ said Bob. “And mine,” from Sam. Then, after they had exhausted the subject, Bil- lock went on guard, and the other three lay down and went to sleep. They took turns standing guard throughout the - night, and were up with the sun next morning, and ate their breakfast with a relish. Danger could not blunt their appetites. ; It wag decided that Sam should stay at the en- -campment and look after things there, while the three went in search of the lake and island. The three set out, each going in a different direc- on. Bob went up the gulch. He walked along at a fair pace, and he kept a TS wary eye out for possible. enemies. The owner of the mysterious voice of the night before, or some of his comrades, might leap out at any moment, and _ the boy was determined’ to aucits fight if this hap- ‘ pened. ay . + He was. welLariicd, hicide a pair of revolvers and a knife in his belt, while in the hollow of his arm rested a Winchester rifle. _ Bob was a good shot, too, and he felt that he was le to take care of himself under ordinary circum- ‘The gulch led upward ata sharp angle, and pres- tly ended ‘in a little basin of two or three acres. From here the bp in all directions must be up Bob paused and took | a look around. a ‘Then de selected a point for his ascent, ae started : up, up he went, slowly but surely. : EM, piel: poe “ipo he entered ¢ a belt of 1 Wasted i nck no fm alk he Lagat FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. idk | It was slow and difficult work, but he ‘was strong}, “want.” tain gold mine is to be found.” a bluff perhaps two hundred’ feet in height, a per- pendicular wall. He had almost reached the bluff, when he sud- denly - discovered that at its foot, ‘protected from view till he got close up to it, was a large cavern. And he made another discovery—a very unpleas- ant one. In the cavern, reclining on blankets, smok- ing and taking it easy, were seven roughly-dressed, - villainous-looking men, all armed to the teeth, so. i speak. They had heard Bob’s footsteps, evidently,. for they leaped up at this moment, and caught sight of the youth. Quick as a flash they whipped out their revolvers: . anq leveled them, while one, evidently the leader, cried sternly: “Up with yer han’s, TOUS di je! 13 Bob stood there, staring at them, half paralyzed by the turn affairs had taken. He had been taken by surprise, bats anyway, he could not have done much against seven great, hulk- ing desperadoes—as these men appeared to be. — But while standing there, ih a half-daze, his mind was busy with a problem: Where had he sieard that voice before? ‘Suddenly it came to him like a flash: This ere fian was the leader of the party of three road agents" that held him up on the, trail, when he was on his way to Silverton. The Gree) had had masks on, so yy reo ms =e ee YY n’less ye wanter | he was unable to recognize faces, but he was sure of this one’s voice. The three had evidently se- cured new recruits to the number of four.” “Say, did ye hear what I said, youngster?” the ruffian cried, sharply. “Up with your hands, I say!” Ate Bob obeyed, though reluctantly. “There, that’s better. Jim, take his baton cg away from ’im, and tie his hands.” One of the ruftians stepped forward and disa Bob, and bound his wrists together behind hi Mie “There,” said the leader, with a grim smile. “Noy let’s see you fiddle yourself out of this sera sonny!” “You are the fellow, sure enough!” exclaimed Bob “What fellow?” with a leer. ; “The leader of that party of road agents that h me up on the trail a few miles ‘from Silv few days ago.” The ruffian nodded. “That’s the answer, ccgpetat he said, coolly up ahead.” e “Why have you made me a ptisencet? 2 “That’s easy answered : You ier a papee “A paper?” Seg “Yes; a map of this region,- bhaiethae whe Bob shook his head.

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» - MISTOOK EAGLE FOR BUZZARD. _~ R.H. Beckley, a farmer of Kiowa, Kan., mistook »an eagle for a buzzard the other day and set his dog essed when he obtained a pitchfork and killed the a ee wie. ei CHOCOLATE. Chocolate is obtained from cacao, which is the eed of the cacao trees. It is quite often called cocoa, alti ough this is not quite the correct way to spell the word. The cacao tree grows to’a hefght of six- een or eighteen feet when cultivated, says the Book Wonders, but to a greater height when found srowing wild. The cacao pod grows from the trunk of the tree, and is, when ripe, from seven to ten inches long and from three to five inches in dia- ter, giving it the shape of an ellipse. When you - one of these pods open, you find five compart- ts or cells, in each of which is a row of from ~to ten seeds, which are imbedded in a soft 2 pulp. Each pod then contains from ty-five to fifty seeds, which are what we call ~ cocoa beans.” The cacao tree was discovered by Columbus, so that we have goou reason to remember him aside his great discovery of America. The discovery either of these would be enough for any one man, ¢ would be hard for some boys and girls to say lumbus found the cacao tree flourishing both ld and in a cultivated state. The Indians of ru and Mexico were very fond of it in its native Stopher Columbus took some of the cacao back with him to Spain, and to this day cacao more extensively used by Spaniards than into England is found in an advertisement Public Advertiser of June 16, 1657, to the Bishopgate Street, in Queen’s Head Alley, at hman’s house, is an excellent West Indian ‘alled chocolate, to be sold where you may ready at any time and also unmade, at rea- ; ” i — animal that lives under the same ate Se plage . FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. which of the two was Columbus’ greater dis-| ; the rat, says the Literary Digest.| although we are not on friendly i us in many) TIMELY TOPICS our food, and, above all, is active in the spréad of disease. The annual rat-bill of the United States for food alone is estimated by Mery Dudderidge, pon it. After the great bird had made way with| Writing m the Forecast, at one hundred and sixty the dog the farmer took a hand. He was being close| Millions of dollars. The rate not only disseminates bubonic plague, Beckley was torn about the face and back.| but carries tapeworms, trichinae, flukes, round- worms and other parasites, besides being suspected as an active agent in communicating leprosy and ° infantile paralysis. It can gnaw through any com- mon building material: except stone, hard brick, ce- - ment, glass and iron. It destroys whole fields of grain, climbs trees to steal fruit, eats both fowls and their eggs and destroys game. It steals costly furs and laces for its nests, when it can get theni. Much of our annual loss by fire is due to the rat, and he- also starts floods by burrowing in dams and levees. He is a great traveller and is fond of living on ship- board, though, fortunately, he journeys little by rail. Finally, his fecundity is prodigious, the fond mother presenting him with numerous additions to the family circle sometimes as frequently as once a month. ‘ The modern way of attacking the rat, this writer continues, “is to build it out.” The rat-proofing of buildings is described as “a cheap form of insurance against fire and pestilence,” Miss Dudderidge con- tinues: . “When rats get into rat-proof buildings we have to resort.to traps and poison to get them out, the former being the least objectionable. In the use of traps it must be borne in mind that the rat is ex- tremely cautious and will not enter strange looking contrivances in search of food if plenty of other nourishment that is not open to suspicion is avail- able. The trap should be strong enough so that the rat cannot force its head between the wire and es- cape, and should be dipped in boiling water or smoked before being set, to kill the human smell, : or that of rats previously caught. It should not be ‘other people. The first record of its intro-| placed in an open space, but along the wall or én a - narrow runway, for the rat’s vision is somewhat defective in the daytime, and depending on its whiskers as a guide it has to keep close to some wall | or other boundary. Fish makes an excellent bait, but any ordorous edible different from the animal’s customary diet is likely to attract it. Poisoning should not be resorted to in dwellings, and some of the most efficient poisons are so dangerous that they should be used only by experts. “Dogs, cats, weasels and ferrets are all useful, but the ordinary house-cat is too well fed to care for such diet, and if not inured to the hard things of life is not equal to a combat with a full grown brown — eS raty Non-poisonous snakes have heen employed with i. siderable

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26 FAME AND FO Fame and Fortune Weekly NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 23, 1917. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS | Single Copies One Copy Three Months One Copy) Six Months... oe... cc cec ss ccvcccntee One Copy One Year POSTAGE FREE HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. 0. Money Order. Check or Registered Letter; remittances in any other Way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stamps the same as eash. When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece ot porkt to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your name ahd address plainly. Address letters -to } Harry E. Wolff, Pres. N, Hastings Wolff, Treas. Charles E, Nylander, Sec, - Good Current News Articies FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher 168 West 23d St., N. Y. It is asserted by army surgeons that the expres- sions on the faces of soldiers killed in battle indicate the cause of death. There is a look of repose on the faces of those who have perished from * sword wounds, while there is an expression of pain on the countenances of those slain by bullets. _ A warrant has been issued for Charles G. Popple- ton, of Wichita, Kan., after police officers investi- gated a pay eeint by George Poynter, a crippled tenant, that Poppleton had removed the windows from the apartment he and his family occupy. Pop- = pleton removed the windows in order to freeze out . his wife and small children, stated Poynter. His _ wife and little ones were shivering with the cold before the remoVal of the windows, because Popple- + ton turned .off the gas. Scarcity of wheat flour in Holland may make that country resort to the bread card system, al- _ ready in Vogue in belligerent countries and adopted also in Holland for a period of two months last year. _ It is rumored that there will be a season of com- ipl brown bread and no white bread, owing . to the shortage. Other rumors have it that bread _ ecards will soon be issued for all Hollanders. The _ shortage is largely due to the sinking of wheat- ~~ laden ships bound for Dutch ports. we : _ Proposals to establish a course in Chitago high _ schools in military work for girls, teaching them to ~act as Red Cross nurses and first aid workers, is _ under consideration by the local board of education an adjunct to the plans for military training for school boys, now under way. Captain Edgar Z. , U.S. A. who bY supervising the boys’ ra RTUNE WEEKLY. A California watchmaker has invented an eight- hour clock which he. purposes for use under the — eight-hour law and with which he hopes to revolu-_ tionize time-keeping’ in the United States. The clock, as described in the Popular Science Monthly, has but eight figures on the dial, with a small square in its centre which shows M from midnight to. eight in the morning; N from eight in the morning to four in the afternoon and E from four in the afternoon to midnight. He suggests that uniform time be kept all over the United States with Wash- ington, D. C., as the heart of the system. Grins and Chuckles © “How are you getting on in your suit with Miss — X?’ “Well, she has promised to give me a wireless — kiss.” 4 | Feeding a girl chocolate cream once a week and : feeding her beefsteak three times a day are two dif- _ ferent things, : Blobbs—So your investment turned out badly, eh? — I thought you got in on the ground floor. Slobbs— I did, but it looks .as though ‘some other fellows had . sneaked in through the cellar window. aN He—It you loved me, why did you at first refuse — me? She—I wanted to see how you would act. He— ~ But I might have rushed off without waiting for an explanation. She—Oh, I had the door locked. Paying Teller—I can’t cash this check, madam, — until you are identified. Mrs. Bright—You mean I © have to identify myself? Paying Teller—Yes, © ma’am. Mrs. Bright—How simple! Have you a \ looking-glass ? a ~ Mrs. Nuritch—I want to get a pair of swell white — gloves to wear to a ball. Clerk—Yes’m. How long | do you want them? Mrs. Nuritch—See here, young _ man, I ain’t talkin’ about rentin’’em. I want to buy — em. sia - “ Miss Chuckover—Since our engagement is off shall return the diamond ring. Stingerly— you’ve had it six months, and as, diamonds h dropped 10 per cent, can’t you inclose a check for f balance? ‘ ~ 7 fo 4 “The best life-preservers are made of cork, they not?” observed the hardware drummer. to any great extent,” replied the gentleman Kentucky. “The best one I ever saw was ma glass, with a cork in one end of it.” a Ida—I don’t believe Mr. Smart believes my are linen. May—Why not? | my pin He said wrapped in n it, He said there was a m these days,

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‘ DRIFTENG TO JUSTICE. By Col. ‘Ralph Fenton ey am Saly a common sailor, I know, but then even ‘common sailors have their likes and dislikes, and it} “was downright aversion I felt for Ralph Randell fro m the very first hour he put foot aboard the - ttie. _ We had left port but a few days previous, and x the calm sky and pulseless sea were now fairly | ‘ou : upon the mighty Atlantic. As I have said, I am only a seaman on board the 4 tie, one of the fastest steamers upon the A—— plying between New York and Liverpool, while . Randell and his rather masculine-looking wife er widely removed from me, as passengers of Past eabin, but for all that I never could bear man. His wife was a mild-eyed woman, with an oval ; and a broad, massive chin—not at all the woman you would have imagined such an elegant’ seman as Ralph Randell would have chosen for 2 partner of his life, and her coarse laughter s masculine, not to say vulgar in the extreme. We had been out a week, when one of the young dx passengers, Newton—Annie Newton, I think x name was—came upon deck at the close of the aft ernoon, reading a paper, and, drawing up a amp-stool, with a sweet smile she sank wearily in > it and went on with her perusal of the sheet. - She was a lively young creature, probably twenty rs of age, and, in the companionship of Her den aunt, was on her way to London for some ness of which I was unaware. watched her as she sat there in the declining , casting her gaze ever the paper, and fancied I tear fall upon the sheet. tepping up beside her, and taking a fresh chew to keep down the lumps rising iv my | % al i af the sight of her tears, I asked kindly: you ill, miss?” 2 e lifted her eyes to my face and smilec. “Oh, it is you, Ben. No, not ill,” she replied, i sn. mournful shake of her pretty head, “only rd z about the death of my poor papa.” ew she was in mourning, but for whom was ~ 1 me. y to be calm, miss; tears will not bring him *T ventured. “Did he die violently?” ny the slender, white fingers close convulsively und the paper, her head dropped upon her breast, : legal sobs she replied: | » was murdered!” ; : od!” I gasped, feeling my old limbs she and sinking down upon a coil of ten, Ben—that is not the worst!” Lv deaghs never come out of the violent gen > ~- She FAME AND, FORTUNE WEEKLY. ~ ae while living, was found lying dead one evening upon the threshold of the porch leading from the library window, with a heavy bronze instrument, shaped like a club, lying beside him. “In one of the clenched hands lay a few strands of golden hair. The private drawer of his desk, and the great iren safe, had been rifled of their con- tents and ¢ * penny, including the jewels of my late mother, was gone. Upon examination, it was found that he had withdrawn every dollar of his from the bank, and, save the real estate he had owned, I was left a penniless orphan.. The money was nothing to me compared to the loss of my parent, and so I determined to use every cent. in discovering, if possible, his cowardly assassin, never dreaming of the bitter end. “The murderer had escaped through the library window, leading to the garden below, and upon tae white wall was left, beside the golden hair, the only trace of identification—the print of a human hand —the left one, with the third finger missing. “The detectives scoured the country for months without the slightest clew to the murderer, and just two weeks ago the Atlantic cable brought me tidings of the bitterest woe. “Mark Shultis, the man to whom I was betrothed, and who had left for Europe a week previous to ~ the murder, had been found in London with the family jewels upon him. “The news almost broke my heart; and this is the reason I am on my way ‘to Engitnd to prove to my poor heart his truth or base deception. \, _ The paper slid from her nerveless grasp at this, and rising softly, she glided away. It was the New York Herald, and the description of the awful tragedy lay in great black letters be-. fore me. I read it all there—the terrible story she had told me, and just as the shadows of the night began to deepen over the ocean Ratph Randell stole to my’ side. “You seem interested, Ben,” he said. have you there?” “The Herald—an old copy.” The hand he had laid upon my shoulder clinched and there was just the faintest shade of a N anhie in his voice as he asked: “And what, pray, are you reading?” — “An account of the awful murder of George Newton. Look there.” I heard his teeth grit Kodicicky: a sudden pallor overspread his handsome face, and with a low, a pressed exclamation he staggered back. “Are you ill, sir?” I asked, quickly. te “No, only a slight pain in the heart—I am subject! to it,” he replied. “Let me see the paper.” I passed the sheet to him, and in the darkness I saw the black curls upon his forehead sanped with a Mice patible eee “What — ch sg: Best quickly over the Raves, ae then, gy \with the — d ‘

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‘ we 28 , FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. “Oh, I beg your pardon, Ben,” he said; “the wind blew it from my grasp. I am very sorry. Here is a dollar in payment.” I followed his action, and the next moment the note was dancing on the waves in our rear. “T beg your pardon, sir,” I said calmly, “the wind blew that from my grasp.” I heard him grit his teeth again, and turning upon his heel, he went below. The storm that had all day been threatening broke over the mighty ocean, and at midnight the great ship was foundering in the Atlantic’s heart. I never shall forget the awful sight of that night while I exist. Often in my dreams I live it over again; the white faces, the maddened waves, the groans of the men and the screams of the women, rise like a vision ' before me. I saw the life-boats filled to overflowing, and as they were lost in the darkness, followed them with prayers. Into every one Randell and his wife strove to spring, but the captain’s hand forced him back, and she crouched at his side. The last boat lay tossing upon the waves, and as Annie Newton placed her foot upon it there came a sudden snap, a lurch, the rope had broken—the boat was gone. A howl from Mrs. Randell, as she sprang up, that ~ chilled my blood. The wreck lurched, she fell forward, and as I grasped her left hand to stay her, her dark curls slipped from her head, and a wedding-ring rolled glittering to the deck; Mrs. Randell lay at my feet, and a waxen finger was clutched in my palm. A shriek rang from Ralph Randell’s lips as he ' precipitated himself upon me. _ The woman rose quickly to her feet, a man’s face met mine, but her hand clutched a gleaming knife. “Murderer!” I hissed, as three hands grasped my _ throat. edt was be, fighti battle for life; but I meant to die, if need for justice. Wildly I struggled; and even as I tore the curls : from Ralph Randell’s head, and the blonde ones be- neath gleamed in the lightning’s awful glare, there came the rush of feet, a mighty crash, a roar of thunder, then the great vessel parted, and as the _ after-deck bore us away on its bosom across the turbulent ocean all was black as death. “Ha—ha—ha! water—ha—ha—ha!” ; #3 heard the cry as one awakening from a dream, rubbing my eyes, I started to my feet. My throat was parched and burning, but one Bs glance oo me tose of the awful en of my She theo galls Ralph Rendell's pal had given me. my lay the man himself, and, grasping rail, ited of his oman’s attire, the rife howled d| covered their reason soon after, and were put i ini -|reset in Paris as a surprise to — ut it been almost a fatal one. they’ realized the power of nh The burning in my throat began to increase, my head began to spin, and through a scarlet mist I saw the floating raft surrounded with hungry sharks. Thump—thump! beat my heart, and splash— splash! the heaving waves replied. For days we had been doing thus, until the half. naked wretches around me howled and screamed like tortured fiends: ts “Water—water !” ? Oh, for a single draught, while yet it heaved about upon every side—not a drop to drink. : Higher—higher arose the sun, wounded head with its beams of living fire. scorching ~my > I saw the sea sharks, the men spin around in a blaze, and flames seemed rushing up my tee Great Scott! what did it mean? “Water! for the love of Feaven—water—water? I gasped, as I seized the negro’s arm. Useless—useless ! Whir—whir—whir! spun around my head, then came an awful shriek. I saw a form dash through the air, as one of the men flung himself into the seething waves; a scream, another slid from the wreck. I felt my senses leaving me. s “Water—water—water !” The arms of the negro circled my body, and his voice arose to a yell as he screamed: “Boat—boat—we are saved!” /The black and pointed over the waves, and with © a supreme effort I sprang upon the rail. i : % “Saved—saved!” I cried, as I fell back, and the dark prow of a boat cleft the boiling waves. ’ God in his mercy had ‘spared our wicked lives? . ; It was days after when I awoke to reason in the cabin of the Fearless, with’ Annie Newton’s a: eyes gleaming down into mine. 3 Dear girl! she had been picked up before he felt the horrors to which we had been doomed. But three of us had survived the awful wreck Three did I say? c TI had forgotten the doomed murderers, who until our arrival in port. : i 'T have witnessed much of joy, much of sor in my life, but everything wanes before the ” ing of Annie and Mark. Her father had given him the jewels to have She wears them now as she stands voudar 4 altar with her hand in Mark’s, whispering the ¥ v which shall make her his wife, Well, no, I don’t think I shall ever fo \ sea again. I am old and feeble, and the “hon offer me with them will be a happy one, Weeks ago the two assassins paid the p their crime with their lives, anfi upon”

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i, FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 29 E FACTS WORTH READING CHURCH CLOCK IS NEVER DUSTED OFF. [ou this arrangement. Indeed, if good bottles are St. Paul’s Chapel, in M anhattan, New York, was | used. the tone will be very pretty. Pernaps you completed in 1766, but until 1794 It was without have seen one of these water xylophones used in the steeple, and it was not until four years later yeMGevine. : pata that a clock was installed. The clock, which still The principle is simply one of sound-wave fre- runs, although in the last few months it has de-|@uency. Sound is caused by disturbing the air. It ~ veloped rheumatic tendencies, causing it to fail to|the air is made to vibrate in regular impulses, a keep up with the steady march of time, bears the|2°te °F tone results. If the air is violently dis- ‘inscription, John Thwaies, Clerkenwell, London, turbed, a crash or noise is heard. When you strike 1798. It is soon to give way to a modern clock, |# 218s tumbler with a spoon, the walls of the “made in Boston. The sexton is jealous of the dust| tumbler vibrate and make sound-waves in the air, which has accumulated for a hundred years in the just as a pepdie, dropped into water, will make steeple, and will permit no light to menace the | Water-waves. The faster the glass vibrates, the " structure. It is built entirely'of wood. ‘There are|higher the resultant note will be; thus, when the _ two bells. The first, a small one, long ago out- glass is partly filled with water its vibration~is _ lived its usefulness, says the Indianapolis News, slower and the sound note is lower. The vore _ but when the larger one, upon which the hours and water there is in the glass, the lower the ote _ quarters are now struck, was installe’, the smaller will be. ey henge to remain, a kind vt pensioner. _ In making the trip to the clock the sexton is care- _ ful about sthe time, for if the clock struck when MENS usta wa INRE TE. C5 _ the explorer was in its immediate vicinity he would North America, or more properly the United — _ be deafened by its thunderous tones in a restricted| States, has an ant-eater of its own. To be exact, ; space, The clock is wound by raising two weights, | it has several! of them, but all belong to the feathered _ weighing 1,400 pounds each, to the top of an eighty-| tribe rather than to the quadruped vertebrates, as _ foot shaft, from which position they descend slow-| 40 the ant-eaters of tropical countries. - ly, operating the clock. In former times the weights; The most important of America’s ant-eaters, ac- _ were wound directly on a drum, and the operation cording to scientists of the Department of Agricul- cost much labor. Now a geared crank has been| ture, is the flicker. If you were reared on a farm BS n tallied, and the clock can be wound in two hours.| YoU know the flicker, probably, as a “yellowham- There is an unpleasant rasp in the machinery of| mer». because that’s his commonest name. Golden _ the clock, and instead of ticking it emits a ponder- flicker is another name. He belongs to. the wood- ous, rhythmic beat, which has kept up for over pecker family and gets the name of flicker from 100 years. But the oak timbers in the tower are his flickering, up-and-down manner of flight. _* oy s strong as ever, and the new clock will be bolted| The flicker is the only member of the woodpecker them just as they stand. ; tribe that spends much of the time on the ground, Hes says the Washington Star. Perhaps the bird’s appe- tite for ants has compelled it to foresake trees and [the diet of boring insects enjoyed by its relatives. There aren’t ants enough in and on trees to satisfy a healthy, normal flicker, so very often the bird may be seen scooting along the road or hopping over lawns searching for its favorite food. Scientists of the Department of Agriculture examined the stom- __ ach of one flicker and found in it more than 5,000 ants. Two others contained more than 3,000 ants each. But perhaps these flickers were gluttons. : The flicker may be recognized by its mottled brown and black body, somewhat resembling in its.) plumage a meadow lark; its red patch on the heag glass that the entire set will represent| and the black crescent on its throat. The golden scale. At least one octave, or eight notes,| color of the under side of the wing feathers is an- _ so provided, instructs St. Nicholas. Of} other noticeable characteristic, from which the bird _ desired, you may so fill glasses as to give| gets the “golden” part of its name. If any other ‘flats, thus requiring thirteen glasses to| identification is needed, watch it when it flies; mark — | the undulating line of flight and notice the whi ey nple patch beneath the tail feathers. Ae aaa _ HOW TO MAKE A XYLOPHONE WITH eens GLASSES OF WATER. e rainy day when you have “nothing to do” xylophone. e any number of glass tumblers or bottles of il ‘shape. Set them in a row on the table. Get pitcher full of water and fill several of the glasses fles to various depths. You will note that ‘ou lightly strike these glasses with a spoon 0 each one gives out a different tone or note. re water in the glass the lower the note. 1 this information it will be easy for you so S45 < te is A

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. INTERESTING ARTICLES LIFE OF 12-INCH GUN Sir Robert Hadfield, the noted English maker of projectiles, is authority. for the statement that the useful life of a modern high-velocity gun is about three seconds. Which is to say that the time taken : by a shell in traveling through the gun, from powder chamber to muzzle, multiplied by the total number of rounds that can be fired before the rifling is so worn as to impair the accuracy, gives a total useful life of only three seconds. Rather a short life for, let us say, a 12-inch gun costing from $50,000 to $60,000. NEW GIANT ZEPPELIN TESTED. A new monster Zeppelin, the L-40, has made its first trial flight over Friederichshafen and Lake Constance. It is equipped with specially designed propellers, which make virtually no noise. There is a machine on board the craft which when put into operation quickly covers the airship with smoke, resembling a cloud, so the aireraft cannot be seen from below. A gun of larger caliber than those previously used. on Zeppelins is mounted on top _ of the L-40. _ The new airship will soon join the airship fleet on the North Sea. A second Zeppelin at Friederichs- meee 3 is half completed. CANDLE LIGHT FOR PARIS. - As a measure of war economy, a drastic lighting ordcy has recently been announced in Paris. With a view ‘o effecting a saving in coal and fuel, it is cr i that in future shops must not be lighted fter six o’clock by gas, electricity, petroleum or alcohol. An exception is to be made in the case of shops dealing in foodstuffs, druggists, hairdressers and tebaceo dealers. Shops are not compelled to close at six o’clock, but after this hour they must find other means of lighting such as eandles or acetylene. The hours of lighting of theaters and other places of amusement are unaltered, but all such establishments will have to close one day a week. It is also- contemplated that eafes and res- taurants will closé in future at fens Pham td in the "MAGNITUDE OF BRITISH FLYING CORPS. “The Allies to-day,” states Patrick Y. Alexander S ‘in a recent issue of Flying, “have complete su viority of the air, but it has been achieved at a < remendous. expenditure of efforts and money. We e not less than 500,000 persons in the British vicé alone, including tho of aviators, ics and Bemnnfatns tic supplies. Aero sen ee aero can planes uneut green. gems are so bright that they SS el | ports is escorted by aeroplanes until. it is quite a way beyond the Irish coast. We also have large airships which we expect will be superior to the very latest Zeppelins. We have in use at present hundreds of small dirigibles, less than 300 feet long, equipped with aeroplane bodies instead of the usual . nacelle. They are capable of staying in the air 50 hours and go at a speed of about 35 miles an hour. They are very useful in submarine warfare and coast defense.” ; A REFUGE FOR TRAMPS. Not all the tramps are spending the winter at the © Berks and Lancaster County (Penna.) Almshouses, according to reports made public by Henry Heft, a prosperous farmer, who since the first of the year has provided lodging to 595 tramps in his barn, an increase of fifteen tramps over the same period last year. Only one woman was given lodging. * Near the barn is a fine grove, and during the summer a good many sleep under the t¥ees. Here Heft has provided a fireplace, and in a wash boiler they made their coffee. Heft never gives them a full meal, but if they agree to do their own cooking he often hands them potatoes, flour, salty pepper and other necessities. Mr. Heft says it has been the chai of his father and grandfather to provide lodging to the tramps, and that for the 100 years that the farm has been in the Heft family no tramp was turned from their barn, and that they never had any trouble with them. 4 — - AN CIENT HAIRPINS. i Women used to lose their hairpins a thousand | years ago much in the same way as they do today. | That, at least, is the impression one gets from the | antiquities founda short time ago at the Silehester . excavations. The most interesting discovery was the building which formed apparently the principal — baths of the Roman town. The exploration of t baths yielded a number of architectural fragmen’ including a sma! altar, portions of capitals a bases, part of a large basin of Purbeck marble, ‘some sinyular pieces cf metal. In a filled-up hy caust were found at least 100 bone pins, which hi: evidently been used to adjust the back hair | Roman women who tea the baths. Probably had been dropped in the way women throug the ages has shed pins, and were collected b keeper of the baths. Some of them are quite | 2 inches long, and would make passable hatpins the present fashion. A pair of gold earrings if they pit have ee come out of a jewe

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 31 CUFF BUTTONS. NAIL PUZZLE. ~. Gold plated, bright finished, assorted Te ? Ned Made of 2 metal nails shapes, set with fine brilliants. Price 10¢ Get /f} Punt: linked together. Keeps postpaid. folks guessin@; easy to H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. Y. take them apart when 5 you Know how. Direc- p= tions with every one. L_s3 Price, @¢.. postpaid. Wolff Novelty Co., 168 W. 23d St.. N. ¥. MARBLE VASI. A dlever and puzzling effect, | : bE =e AL aoe the cf te agg can i “a ~~ AN ‘ ‘ minutely examined. ect: AR. : " ve A marble can be made to pass THE BUCULO CIG } } : 1x from the hand inte the closed ~ bc vase, which a a befere La ee) ‘ : was shown empty. his 18 ‘ : > Beautiful enameind turned wood vase, em ’ STYLES $o'ors ana rice, 200. in tne Ra t markable trick-cigar in ta 2 ‘©. BEHR, 150 W. 62d St., New York City. | , Zhe OM, Fem vithout tobacce, and never own Sears. 1 ets smaller. Anyone can have a world of 7. Fn with it, especially if you smoke it in the Fn es & orice presence of a person who dislikes the odor MARVE of tobacco. It Nee § or = a a fecto, and the smoke is on Of bound te deceive the closest observer.. ait this wh . We wilt ship Price, 12e. each, postp deposit in ad So ba persis atte out FRANK SMITH, 383 Lenox Ave. N. Y¥. absolutely genuine, cannot be made to lie down, a = the Mend over he ctke pee BLACK-EYE JOKE. former "exusp. Rote aot ee New and omusing Joker. The This trick affords great victim is tole te eee a cake _Smusément, and is of convenient size to carry close to his eye gtet a os ela e EE aMulee name >Etice,. 10¢ all light from the back, e ©; BEHR, 150 W. oa et N York Ci to remove the soe ae pate : , >» & ., New,York City. appear in the center. n trying : ve a : (EIN to locate the pictures he will re- aatiaah ten certine oe oh pragh us, De celve the finest ee gece Rare eres @log and new special offers, today. saw. We furnish & a ox Oo blackening preparation with each MEAD GYCLE 66., Dept. Gi88 CHICAGO, ILL, tube, so the joke Se pe vert os ty ef the age! ave definitely. Those no © tric a joke whieh Fro will be caught every ume. Abso- everybody langh, | lWutely harmless. Price by mal ISe. each; B ys Get our proposition. Easy to e. ; men and women, 3 equaled for like aaiit le sundries and useful bieyele moe THE INK BLOT JOKER. - Fool Your Friends, | —The greatest noveél- | More fun than any | ™ for 25c. 2 money, watch, air rifle, cam ee other novelty that C. BEHR, 150 W. 62d St.. New York City. Indian suit, Baseball outfit, printin yr 4 been shown in years. Place it on a desk, | ———————————______ Jo011GzN Knife, electric or steam engine and many HAPPY HOOLIGAN ablecioth, o1 any piece of furniture, as shown JOKER. other premiums. Write at once. Address the above cut, near some valuable papers, DEN N eb 224 ‘ Ala x on fine wear'ug apparel. Watch the re- _ = prauneere fi Gee! Price, 15c. each, postpaid. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre S8t., B’klya, N. Y¥. . time. omplete with rub- Ew GEM ciG Ree ROLLER. THE SPIDER WEB PUZZLE. ber ball pao. Seg ha cecece ata ears A very interesting Iit- 160. by “1 boots ate Seaner oan Talths, Price 1] cents by mail (stampe taken ). tle puzzle. It consists f Boston Novelty Co., Dept.3 Melrose, Anss. of a heavily nickeled plate and brass ring. The object is to get the ring from the side to the center and back. This is very hard, but & ow ns ™m ue Z Zz ~ NEW SURPRISE soonest s > Foxy Grandpa, rT Feewee 2 to $500 EACH paid for hundreds of ant —, “comical bg Res old Coins. Keep ALL money dated be- we ive directions ; fore 1895 and send TEN cents for New making it easy. Price, ager ne Pe tbe 3 ee Illustrated Coin Value Book, size 4x7. 10 cents each, by mail, ber bail, which ean be filled It may mean your Fortune, CLARKE - postpaid. ; with water, the rabber pall | COIN Oo., Box 95, Le Rey, N. ¥. FRANK SMITH, being ¢! n the pocket, : 383 Lenox Ave., N. ¥- a on the bulb cau @ stream, the re- ° sult cen be se JUMPING CARD.—A ¢ THE SPOTTER CARD TRICK. Price, 15¢., pretty little trick, easy to The performer exhibits a die, The ace Postpaid. perform. Effect: A select- spades and tive cards ure now taken a ck. The ace of spades is thor: c , shuffled with the other cards, : are then placed down ib a row ou LAUGHABLE EGG TRICK, “the table. Vhe die is now thrown, and This is the funniest if embodied with superhuman jntel- trick ever exhibited and with enough cards to per- ii “od tHe Chaat position of ee. age is in- always pronure. A head the ‘peta qos ri: : a ce ; e! in the “take). ng ckwards ‘ and and pees into All three cards 4 lighted end, and as you offer the cigar let catia \ a Ee OCK-OUT” © rates: ¥ lace e. You pla of and oak any person to hold them rners in full view of the audience, laced in a hat and the performer removed | io the spring and the victim gets a s P and balan. chat theo them thelr ear has peg ap + the aye A gave Care . ¥ : : 8 ty : Kaye he 2 o

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FUNNY KISSING GAME. These cards, from No. 1 to No. 16, run fin rotation, but must be mixed and dealt, a white one for a boy and a red one for a girl. They are then read alternately, and the questions and answers make funny IMITATION BED BUGS. This toy is an exact imitation of the friendly little fellow: who shares your bed, eats out of your hand or leg and who ac- cepts your humble hospitality even with- out an invitation.. The fact that he also s LITTLE RIP’S TEN-PINS In each set there are ten pius and two bowling balis, packed in a beautifully or lamented box. With one of these uinia ture sets you can play ten-pims on your dining-room table just as well as the combinations. The right lady is rewarded insists on introd “ . " lay , S. = Bye . * sists ucing all his friends and game can be played in a regular alley. > cog ed aaa — game. Price, family cirele, sometimes makes him most kivery game kuown to professional bowl- H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. Y. THE PRIZE FORD JOKE. Looks tikea story-book, but it contains a cap he expects—— Pop! Bang! The explosion is mans are after Case and three pencils to any one in your audience with instructions to place any penci! in the case point upward and to close case and put the remaining two pen- unpopular with the ladies; most every woman you know would have seven kinds of fits if she saw two, or even one, of these imitations on her bedspread. Six are contained in a transparent envelope. Price, 10e by mail. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. Y. perfect and thoughly reliable thermome- ter. They are made in Paris by skilled embroidery work, and eee ecoula be y The latest novelty out! Dishes and plates will stick to the table, cups to the saucers like glue. Put one under a glass - Here’s the secret: ers can be worked with these pins. Price, i0c, per box by mail, postpaid. H. F. LANG, 1315 Centre St., B’kiyn, N. ¥. THE CREEPING MOUSE. This is the latest novelty out. The mouse is of a very natural appearance. When placed upon a mirror, wall, window or any a . pumee. ped smooth surface, it will creep ae ag EDA SOUVENIR SHOE THERMOMETER. ownward without leaving the perpendieu- Friend. opts she This is tne prettiest and daintiest little par, MURERCEs ft is turnisued with ap se: book to read the article that we have ever seen. It con- parent sar Bakr underneath which mu os interesting story sists of a miniature French shoe only 1% SAP i ery amusing to both young an ; -nehes in length, to which is attached a old, Price, ten cents by mail. Wolff Novelty Co., 168 W. 23d St., N. ¥. TRICK CIGARETTE BOX. workmen, and the workmanship in every barmpiens, A detail is’ simply perfect. P This ove is a corker! Get a box right think the. Ger- Ladies sometimes use them to attac! to away, if you want to have a barrel of joy. It looks like an ordi- cigarette box, or between the leaves of a magazine; also, under any movable article, such as a book, tray, dish, ete. The BING can also be used as a burglar alarm, as ciis in his pocket. You now take the nd then try to lift it, You can’t. Lots of theft preventer by being placed’ in a case “with the peach on it and Ping eal fun, Always out ie oi a smooth surface drawer, money till, or under a door or at color it is. Directions how to and wet the rubber. “Many other tricks window or under any article that wou. the trick with each set. ~ Price 25 ects. each by mail, postpaid. can be accomplished with this novelty. Price 12 cts. each by mail, postpaid. be moved or disturbed should a theft | attempted, Price, lic. each by mail, postpal hiin more suitable to presenk to a lady friend as nary red box of Turkish cigarettes. But Price 25 cents | 2 momento. Besides being a practical ther- it contains a trigger, under which. you OX by mail mometer it is a perfect work of art. Price, place a paper cap. Offer your friend a postpaid. " | Se, 4 for 25c. postpaid. smoke and he raises the lid of the box. poscgalt. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. Y. That explodes the cap, and if you are Wolff Novelty Co Wise you will get out of sight with the i6s es fi St. wox betate he gets over thinking he was EE Toy RUBBER SUCKE Shot. Price 15c., postpaid. » oud * Wolff Novelty Co., 163 W. 23d St., N. ¥. ; MAGIC PENCILS. : pee : os It is a little metal box. It looks very a ? > innocent, but is supplied with an ingenious ¢ Sf i. mechanism which shoots off a harmless cap when it is opened. You can have more fun than a circus with this new trick. PED: WHITE mene: = the BINGO in i under rad other . : w w articke The working of this trick is very easy, = opeued ee Tt by used me Most startling and mystifying. Give the Rubber Vacuum Suckers funny joke by being placed in a pw Wolff Novelty Co., 168 W. 28d St., N. ¥. FRANK SMITH, 383 Lenox Ave., N. Y. . READ THIS ONE! “Moving Picture Stories” A WEEKLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO. 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