Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 650) (1918 03 15)

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conto tSeRSRAAENELNLE BOYS THAT MAKE MONEY. on aE BiG MGNEY, NG THE TABLES ON THE WALL STREET BROKEE _ AM) OTHER STORIES *truggle, but Spencer held him powerless, with one hand over his mouth. “ured the rest of the letters on the blaze. At that critical moment “arter’s startled face appeared at the transom.

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titi sy” t ~~ 4 2 a -FAMEAND FORTUNE WEEKLY __ STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY - Issued Weekly—By agra ad $3.00 per year. Entered at the New York, N. Y., Post Office as Second-Class Matter y Harry E. Wolff, Publisher, 166 e West 28d Street, New York. No. 650. NEW YORK, MARCH 15, 1918. Price 6 Cents. AFTER BIG MONEY Turning the Tables on the Wall Street Brokers “Hello, — S das = you : nger for Kolan pencer, st Place. . in the “Of the E allery,” replied Hal Hunter’ e?” asked Sam, in some s “You mean Mr. Marks’ office?” y “Of course,” replied Sam impatiently. “You’re employed “I was employed jthere up to fifteen minutes ago.” “What’s that? You don’t mean to say that you’ve left I didn’t leave him; he fired me.” you! Creation! What for?” cried the astonished Because he didn’t want my distinguished services any Vh thunder did you do that caused Marks to drop in a minute? It must have been something serious. s don’t usually let an employee go so quick. He gen- a week’s chance to look for another job.” ein, the operator, Mr. Marks’ star customer, made complaint against me, and that cooked my goose.” did he complain about? What did you do to him?” rried an important note to him this mornirg, and ‘Naggs, the office boy, told me to go right into the I did so, but Finkelstein wasn’t there. I knew dn’t be far away use his desk was open, with ng about on it. window close by was open, and d coming in blew some of the papers off on the them up and was replacing them on his desk | Came in by the private door opening on the t . - what I was doing there. I told from Mr. Marks. ‘What right have need?’ he said_to me. I in- _me to go in. He immediately him if he had sent me into the L denied that he had done so. e was a liar, but that didn’t 2 gave me a verbal dressing- > away.” | "| kels aon ined to Marks about that, and that your boss considered that sufficient cause for bouncing you offhand?” “You’ve only heard part of my story.” “What’s the rest?” ? . “Inside of twenty minutes Finkelstein came tearing into our ‘office like a wild man, and rushed in to See Marks, I was called inside and accused of stealing a $500 bill from Finkelstein’s desk. “The deuce you were!” = “T indignantly denied the charge, because I’m not a thief.” “Of course you aren’t.” “Finkelstein said he had left a $500 bill on his desk when he left his room. When he came back he said he saw me standing at the desk with some of his papers in my hand. I explained how the breeze had blown them off on the floor, and that I had picked them up and was replacing them when he came into the room. He sa‘d that was too trans- arent an excuse, and demanded that I return him the $500 ill. I denied having it, and Fingelstein asked Marks to search me. I submitted to the opefatioin.” “Well, he didn’t find the biil, did he?” “He couldn’t find what I didn’t have.” “Of course. What then?” Dae found something else, however, that made him mad.” : “What was it?” : “A memorandum of a stock deal I have on with a little bank on Nassau street.” “Gee!” “He asked me what it meant, though he knew well enough. I explained that I had bought fifty shares of A. & C. on my way back to the office that morning.” “That looked bad for you.” ; “Yes, put up as security on the transaction. I told him it was my own money and that I could prove it. Both Marks and Finkelstein considered my explanation altogether too thin, so I called in the cashier to show that I had left $500 in his care for several weeks and had’ drawn it out of his hands just before I was sent out with the note to Finkelstein’s | office. That rather staggered them, for they were sure the money I had put up was the missing $500 bill. However, Finkelstein insisted that I had taken his money and hid it for the present. He threatened to have me arrested unless — ilt and came up with the bill. I had ne I confessed my confession to e, and told him so. They tried make me incriminate myself, and failing to do so stein went off in a rage.” _Sam Carter laughed, for he knew Finkelstein and di like him. , sh Yt a t £ f > . 25 i we ay SS: . i of fay ie -d e Bhs ei at ex We aes Sar St See eae iors Ee ae re gt S ibe oe =i 7A? a oe tPe eee ie oh Bs Marks wanted to know where I got the $500 to jf Neither was there any love lost between him and Finkel — ~ . . ‘ a = - ‘

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20 stein’s messenger, Jimmy Naggs, whom both he and Hal re- garded as a mean little snea ‘Mark “Marks “As soon as Finkelstein dusted, ” went on Hal, - “You were up against it yon What are you. goin Wy Zecommendation from Ma Don’t want another position,” replied Hal, independently. “You don’t?” . “No.” : “Why not?” “Because I’m after big money.’ “After big money? What do you mean?” asked the puz- zled Sam. “I’m going to devote my energies to capturing a big stake | out of the market.” “What! With $500 capital?” “Yes.” “You've got a pretty) good nerve.” “It takes nerve to get on in Wall Street.” 7 “That’s all right; but it takes capital, too.” “T’ve made most of the $500 out of lucky ventures. see no reason why I can’t add two noughts to that. For My stance, I bought 50 A. & C.-about two hours ago at 62. I! expect. to sell it at 80 or about that.” . “What makes you think it’s going up to 80?” “Oh, a little bird whispered the secret in my ear.’ “That's as much as to say that you’re Sa on the > strength of a tip.” “You-can take it as you choose.” “Then you expect to be fortunate enough to make a liv- ing and also big money by operating on your own hook?’ Of tape you'll be cupeventul, but hing as you successful, but you are ng a big con- tract on your hands, in my opinion “IT believe Bn aiming high ie: you're about it.” ; “So does the sky-rocket.” a aes an insinuation that you think “Nor rat you are certainly taking all kinds of chances in making a regu “a business of playing the market.” - “Well, time will show how things pan out with me.” pre suppose you'll hire desk room in some office, like many e sProbebly: operators?” <a but as soon as I can afford it I shall get an eh then Hal going up into the visitors’ o the E Gand gum t his own office. = oat : CHAPTER II. ot . HAL ASSISTS AN OLD BROKER. : ! ' Hal lived with his father and mother in a modest-looking - flat in Harlem not ard nd from 125th street and eect oe tye we very comfortably, though ag Re prevented them from ving ' a yn day. Senne ha: told his’ wsother that he aad his job in Street. hed. seu, Beet. and Mrs. Hunter ne ere aint ‘Marke i for dis- Fp evel peen speculating in the market was the first intimation ithe har) had a private capital it eeett Bee y, that he the goo = i ‘that her AFTER BIG MONEY. o get another position pens Hard anxious ah mn come down with | °)° i tol, big spring my way.” “Are you really worth $500, Hal?” asked his mother. “Yes, mother.” “You have it in a savings bank, I downtown?” “No. ught 50 shares bined aaa: of ea fo tat ene what 1 bere me myself, amoun ut little more n i “It’s as safe as any Seat in the market can be ‘considered, for I have a tip that A. & C. will go to 80 inside of a week,” replied Hal confidently. ‘Well, I know nothing about Wall Street matters, neithey does your father.” F “Don’t worry, mother. If things go ri ht I stand to win ice trout Ol [said Hal cheer anywhere from $800 to $1,000 on the d “As much as that?” exclaimed his mother, in a tone of fully. surprise. “Yes, as oy as that. Wall Street is the piece to make money, quic 4 He might have added that one * lose money quicker there than anywhere else, too, but he didn’t. He was bpeBaed to look on the bright side of things, not on the d ‘: *Do Ou will have much trouble getting an- bees ; i as the one you have lost?” asked his mother. is mother that he wasn’t anxious sent, so he said that it might take n’t expect to look to his e he wasn’t pleased to learn ard of the case. he blamed the Brvithetard that he had been since it was through that he had been dis-_ ‘worth $500, eh?” he said to Hal. a etter turn it over to your mother 5 r sate-keep- ; “Tm using it.” In bg way?” } “You've no see to risk so much as that ep ope lation,” replied his father angrily, f ‘for 500 looked lot of money to him. “It’s ‘my own money, so I think I peck e a Le 5b it. F-thads all but to of tout of the mae, ; and I expect to make a whole * “Oh, you do?” responded his father er sarcastically. “Yes, sir. I’m after big money Rea “Big money! You Cee like a toot.” as ea “IT hope not. sit. Street is the place to rie “Kings of finance Hr 3 ae rich there, we boys—never.” ; Fi ye are Praag oor ge to every eof the iS ; ‘I suppose you thi ba are one ieesptio ‘e- plied his father with a satirical laugh. a 3 “I might be. There jis no telling wat the yet might make | . “So you’ve got your $500 bat rind “Yes, sir. In 50 shares of A. “Humph! How. omuch to Fgh ony ate waite SL, $1,000.” “Tm make “Off an investment of “e500, secant credulously. eS er, never make it. That ended the conversation, ed to supper. A eS.

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AFTER BIG MONEY. 8 pad on nd corner of B peng aeaeet and Bethengs Place when Jimmy came along on his way to work. - “Hello, Hanter,” he exclaimed, with a malicious grin. “I : you got bounced from your job yesterday.” EP “That fact needn’t worry you,” replied Hal sharply. a “It doesn’t morry me at all. J’m willin’ you should do the worryin’.” ; “Did Mr. Finkelstein find his $500 bill?” r rT, ‘you know that he didn’t,” replied Naggs pointedly. - . “What do you mean by that?” demanded Hal, in an ag- _ gressive way. 2 = “He thinks you stole it. You were the only one in there. ; “He’s welcome to think as he chooses, but if you hint _ that I took the money I’ll make you look two ways for Sun- day,” said Hal angrily. “Why did you tell him before me that you didn’t send me into his office when you did?” “To get out of a scrape. I thought he was at his desk when I told you to go in. When he called me in and asked me why I had sent you in when he wasn’t there I knew that if I owned up he’d give me a callin’ down, so I lied to save my bacon.” : _ “Tt’s just like you to do such a thing,” replied Hal. _ “Aw, cut it out. How are you goin’ to get another job without reference?” “That’s none of your business.” Se a t so?” answ Naggs, with an unfriendly look. “You won’t be so cocky in a week or so when’ you find you ly wants a messenger who has been ’ a srapeet of stealin’.” : Peer 4 ’t say that again or there’ll be trouble,” cried Hal, on Exchange Place. _ An elderly, white-haired man opened the door and was in the act of alighting, when half an apple, tossed from a __ window above, struck the horse and he jumped forward, drag- -. ging the cab with him. : -. The old gentleman lost hig balance and pitched forward _ toward the hard stone sidewalk. _ _Hal happened to-be standing only a few feet away. __ He sprang forward and.caught the gentleman in his arms, but the shock upset him and he fell backward, receiving a _ erack on his head that made him see stars. ___ However, he had broken the old gentleman’s fall, and un- _ doubtedly saved him from serious injury. : _. A passerby assisted them both on their feet, and the old ; mt seized Hal by the hand and shook it warmly. J “T am very gra to you, young man,” he said. “Will you help me into my office?” “Certainly, sir,” replied Hal, taking him by the arm and i him through a door on the,ground floor of the big _a few moments he was helping the old gentleman off “his overcoat and hat in his private room. down, man,” said the gentleman, who was a er of some considerable prominence in the Street. “What “Marry Hunter” “A salting employed in this neighborhood?” ge | to yesterday morning,” and then Hal told the ker the tances which had cost him his position. ought not to have speculated,” he said in a depre- ne; “you know it is against the rule of the Street ees to le in the market. Still, I think your in turning such a bright boy as you ount. He should have contented him- ve turn, I I will give you a letter of of Service to you in look- jographer, dictated a short letter, in > rega Harry Hunter as a de- y office in need of such services as r was typewriting it the old gen- a a ; ed : ; or ee tleman, whose name was Edwin Arnold, questioned Hal about himself and his ambitions for the future. The boy was careful to say nothing about his purpose to play the market as a regular business, contenting imself with stating that he hoped some day to be a broker himself and become well off. When the finished letter was brought to him, the broker read it over, signed it and handed it to Hal. “There, I hope that will bridge your La reggie posi- tion. Now, if I ever can be of further service to you, Hunter, don’t hesitate to call on me, and I shall be glad to help you in any way I can.” “Thank you, sir,” replied Hal, rising. Mr. Arnold then bade him good-morning, and Hal left his office for the Exchange gallery, where he put in all the morn- ing. CHAPTER It. HAL RISKS HIS LIFE IN BEHALF OF A GIRL. A. & C. advanced two points that day, and Hal went home feeling pretty good. : 2 He told his father that he was $100 ahead at that point on his deal, and Mr. Hunter nodded approvingly. Nothing more was said on the subject, and after supper Hal went out to call on his friend Sam Carter. The two boys went to a moving picture show on 125th street, and were on their way home about eleven o’clock on: a side street lined with private houses, when Hal suddenly grasped Sam by the arm. “Look! Look!” he exclaimed, pointin “The front room on the third floor o fire!” “By George, it is!” cried Sam excitedly. “Run to the avenue, hunt up the nearest fire alarm box and send in an alarm. [I'll arouse the people in the house.” Hal darted across the street, while Sam ran off toward Lenox avenue. . Rushing up the stone steps Hal pushed in the electric but- ton and held. Presently the boy heard the area door open and a woman’s voice asked who was there. Hal darted down into the area and saw a servant with her face against the iron grilled door. “The house is on fire. Open the door and let me in— quick! We must wake the people upstairs.” The woman’s face went white. “You can’t mean that this house is on fire!” she gasped in fluttering tones. : “Yes, it is. The front room on the third floor is ablaze.” “Heavens! That’s Miss Mabel’s room, and she is in bed and asleep. There is no one in the house but her and my- ot Go up and awaken her, and I will follow you as quick as I can. ; She opened the iron door and Hal darted into the lower lway or entry. - The kitchen door stood open, and the dim gas-jet which shone through showed the boy where the staircase — 3 secon With every step he took up the stairs floor the smell of smoke grew stro: % ; Reaching the landing, which weg tark, his eyes began to smart and he felt a strong inclination to cough. ~ Crawling to the door of the blazing room, he reached up, turned the knob and pushed in the door, which fortunately was not locked. across the street. that house is on The room brightly lighted the fire, which had- was brightly lig! up by the re, ha | s boudoir, and already seized upon t eve g in It was furnished as a sitting-room and ] an alcove to one side, hung with a rich olive-green drapery already ablaze, showed where the bed was. Hal crawled over to the alcove. It was filled with smoke, through which he could see the mag soot a ae | arg epee : in the bed. aching up. elt t there was some one in bana must be the Miss Mabel alluded to by the servant. . ; . Hal seized an arm that lay outside the clothes and shook it roughly to arouse the sleeper. < His efforts were unavai The young lady lay as still and inert asa log. =

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4 AFTER BIG MONEY. The foremost quickly disengaged the girl from the end of “She is surely unconscious,’ thought Hal; “overcome in the sheet and passed her down to his companion. her sleep by the smoke no doubt. I'll have to carry her downstairs somehow.” “Slide down the sheet,” cried the fireman on the ladder, This was a serious pro sition, for the brave boy was half-|to Hal. “I'll catch you if the sheet gives way under your choked himself, and hardly felt equal to the effort. weight.” “T must have air, or I’ll go under myself,” he muttered. The heroic Wall Street boy obeyed ‘without a moment’s There was a window in the alcove opening on the street. | hesitation, for his position at the window was now hazardous Hal staggered to it, let the shade up with a run and then/in the extreme. pushed up the lower 'sash the whole way. As he came sliding down a cheer went up from the spec- Then his strength seemed to fail him.and he fell across | tators, whom the police were beginning to to force back to- the sill with his head hanging out. ward the ends of the street. a A cloud of smoke rushed out through the window above | “Heavens! But I’m glad to be out of that place, said and around him. Hal, as he grasped the fireman by the’ shoulders. “You had a narrow escape, young man. Is that your sis- ter whom you lowered from the window?” “No; she’s a stranger to me. I and a friend saw the fire first. ‘I sent him to turn in the alarm while I started to notify the people in this house of their danger. When I found there was a girl asleep on the pos floor I ran up- The fire had alreadv attracted attention in several houses a i The onlookers saw Hal throw up the window and falk| stairs to'save her. I was trapped by the fire, but I saved across the street, and people in dishabille were looking from the windows. A small crowd of people, ages steadily in icuibase, was gathered on the opposite walk, gazing up at the burning third across the ledge. her all right.” Instantly there was a buzz of excitement. “You’re a brave chap,” said the fireman, as they de- There were no signs yet of the coming of the fire engines, |}scended the ladder together. though Sam had sent in the alarm from a Lenox avenue box,| As Hal stepped on to the sidewalk he was buttonholed by while som y else had done the same from a Seventh|a reporter, who asked him his name and the name of the | - avenue on girl he had largely assisted in saving. The cool night air revived Hal almost immediately. “My name-is Hal Hunter, but I don’t know who the girl After filling his lungs with fresh air he left the window | is.” and returned to the bed where the girl lay silent and mo- tionless like one dead. Si heed aD draperies were now blazing up and the fire eat progress during the few minutes since ithe is. “You don’t know her, and you were in the house with her?” replied the reporter, in some surprise. Hal then explained how he came to in the burning building. - soe Soo van the room. “You deservesa humane medal, Hunter,” said the news- awe had no time to lose if he hoped to save the unconscious| paper man. “You certainly saved the girl’s life. I'l! find out who she is, for she was carried into No. ——. By the | eThrowing aside all the bed-clothes but the blanket, he My 2 where do you live?” ™ es) ped that about her and lifted her from the bed. al gave his address and then, after watching the fire- wiThen he saw that his retreat was cut off by a wall of|men a while till they had gotten the blaze under control, flame fanned by the draught of the open- window. hurried toward home, for he knew there was little chance The boudoir wee now a blazing furnace, through which he|of running across Sam again that night. ; saw it would be folly to try oa force his way with his helpless burden. my deed, he probably could not have got through and down- i : stairs alone. CHAPTER IV. aA In his eagerness to save the fair occupant of the third ri : floor he had walked into a trap, and was fairly caught. HAL’S FOLKS ARE TREATED TO AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE. ; “What shall I do now?” he asked himself, realizing with a ¥- -* chill of alarm his desperate position. It was long after midnight, when Hal reached his flat, and ae At that moment, he heard the clang, clang of an approach-| the rest of the family, > blissful ignorance of the peril he oh - ay ing fire engine. ~ had faced, had been asleep for some time. ree t was coming up Lenox avenue. When he walked into the dining-room next morning his. . Another engine was swinging around the corner of Sev-| father was just beginning to read about the fire, _ ss - enth avenue and coming to a stop. Hal took his seat at the table without saying a word. _ 3 phe The crowd of spectators now mniinted to several hun-| “What’s the matter with your eyes, Hal?” asked his eldest © dyed, and more were running up every minute. sister, the schoolteacher. “They’re all inflamed. You must s weak, Among them was Sam Carter, and it was a great shock have got cold in them.” ve to him to see his friend Hal leaning out of the window so|» The boy was about to reply, when his father uttered an _-_ elose to the flames, which illuminated the room behind him, ceiciamasttel of astonishment that attracted the attention oe: Pahiomn the blinding smoke half hid his figure every other mo-|the family. . nent, “What’s the matter, John?” asked his wife curiously. a mit was evident to the crowd that Hal was cut off by the| Mr. Hunter did not immediately reply, but read on for rae flames, for otherwise it was certain he would not ‘haye re-| some moments. ? in his present precarious situation. Then turning to his son he said, almost sharply:. -. The ‘excitement, however, to fever heat when the| “Were you at a fire on —— street last night? people | saw the boy lift the girl’s blanketed form across the| “Yes, sir.” , “And you a. . oe i! the daughter of we 20 Gores te. een, Hal left the win-| Fair, from yy oe aii ie her chamber on the bed sheets, tied it to the foot of |third floor of the rte iy aa her with the window?” © “I admit that I did,” replied Hal sister looked at him in utter a “By bait a Hal, you ¢ he tied a second sheet, and the end of that , securely around the girl’s body. Se cen tositten Seront ok the window as far as the sheets would | let her hang on a level with the second story father. 5 Moment a hook and ladder truck came cae a - several doors above the fire, fire- acum tities, Sasha ais 1 in midair,| p her assistance. conside hope some one would go laced in a similar situat : “Oh, Sct wont a eer b of my § . : Cae

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AFTER BIG MONEY. They all wanted to hear his story from his own lips. _ Hal gratified the curiosity of his family, and soon after- - ward he left the house to go downtown. ; On his way to Wall Street he wondered if he ever would see the fair girl again who owed her life to his courage. Hal was in the Exchange gallery promptly at ten when __ business opened for the day. hs ¥ ‘He soon noticed that a broker named Grantley was hang- ing around the A, & C. standard, doing considerable busi- ness with the traders. : 5 He took offers as fast as they were made to him, and the boy judged he was acting in the interest of the syndicate he knew was back of the stock. At the end of a couple of hours another broker named _.. Spencer took Grantley’s place and acted on the same lines. = The price of the stock went up several fractions during this time. 3 oo At one o’clock Hal went to lunch. "When he got back to the gallery he saw that A. & C. . had advanced two more points since the opening, and was ‘now quoted on the big blackboard at 66 1-8. “That puts me another hundred dollars to the good,” said Hal, in a tone of satisfaction. “I ought to make two years’ wages as messenger out of this deal. It should prove the first real stepping stone to the big money I’m after. Every- thing hinges on getting a good start. A fellow.can’t make of a haul on a fifty-share investment—probably $1,000 at the most. I want to accumulate $10,000 so that when another good thing comes my way I can get in with 1,000 nes hen every point your stock goes up means $1,000 Pp A. & C. closed around 67, and then Hal went up to the office where Sam worked. : -~ $am had just come in from-the bank, where he had car- ried the day’s deposits. He bounced out of his chair when he saw Hal and went ie > ap’ to: him. Z ; ? “Gee! You made a hero of yourself last night at that « fire,” he said. 8 “Such things happen to a fellow once in a while, I sup- » pose,” laughed Hal. : a “Did you up to the burning floor to save that girl?” “You wouldn’t have caught me going up there for the “fun of the thing.” “You're about as plucky as they come, old man. When I got back after sending in the alarm I saw you up there at ' the window. It seemed to me that you were in a pretty bad * box, and L almost had a fit.’ Iscouldn’t imagine what had taken you there until: I saw’ you raise the girl on to the window Then I oo: you must have’ heard her scream, and you started in-to save her. It is just what I fwould expect you to do. I tell you what, you had a narrow . $queeze all right. The firemen didn’t get there a minute too soon to save you.” .- “I wouldn’t care to go through the same experience in a hurry again.” _ Sept “1 wouldn’t go through it for a’ million. ns, _I understand he’s a wealthy civil engineer.” *{ wouldn’t take anything from him.” __ Why not? You risked your life to save his daughter, _ didn’t you?” d mu! did; but. I didn't do it because I thought I would gain supe to get something handsome from the But talking of | 4” you saved in recognition of your services. hing by. ioe ts all right; but if her father offered you a fat’ - as an evidence of his appreciation you’d take it, I don’t believe in accepting money. for) flurry.” “Good enough. How many shares did you say you con- trol?” “Fifty.” ' : “Then you have a profit of $250 in sight. That isn’t so bad.” “No. ‘It’s bettey than wearing shoe leather out chasing around the district in the service of a man like Marks.” At that moment Sam’s employer rang for him, and he went into the private room to see what the broker wanted. He came out presently with an envelope in his hand, “Come on. I’m going down to the Mills Building. You might as well go with me.” The two boys went off together. They got out of the elevator on the same floor where Fink- elstein’s office was. “T’ll wait here till you get back,” said Hal, ; “All right,” replied Sam, hurrying down the corridor. The next cage brought up Finkelstein. ee saw Hal standing near the elevator and scowled at m. “TJ beg your pardon, Mr. Finkelstein,” said Hal, stepping up to him, unawed by his black look, “did you find that $500 bill?” “No, I didn’t,” snapped the broker. “Do you still believe I took it?” | “] do. You’re the only one who was in my room that |morning while I was out.” “You are sure of that, are you?” “T don’t want to talk to you. more,” and the trader walked away. When Sam rejoined him Hal told him about his brief in- one with Finkelstein and his suspicions concerning Jimmy aggs. “You can gamble on it Jimmy took it if anybody did,” said Sam, wagging his head in a conclusive way. “T’d give a whole lot to find out the truth of the matter.” “Let’s watch Naggs. If he got the money he’ll show evi- dences of sudden prosperity as soon as he thinks it’s safe to get the bill changed.” “That isn’t a bad idea. I’ll keep my eyes on him off and lon and see if anything comes of it. I ean get evidence Don’t address me any stein somehow, and then maybe he’ll be able to frighten |Naggs into a confession that will exonerate me. I don’t cfire a pinch of snuff for Finkelstein, but it isn’t pleasant for me to know that he feels confident in his own mind that I stole his $500 bill.” “That’s right,” nodded Sam, as they walked out of the | building. CHAPTER V. HAL GETS A LETTER FROM A GRATEFUL YOUNG LADY. A few days later when Hal entered the ige a palt-past aren he saw a scene of excitement around the . pole. It didn't take him long to discover that the stock in which he was interested was booming like a house A crowd of brokers were gathered around Grantley. That trader was bidding advancing figures for of his guilt in the matter I’ll get word about it to Finkel-~ 60,4 and as few brokers had any actual stock to sell him, he was having things pretty much his own way. The rise had commenced at 70, and at the time Hal reached the ery it was up to 78. hugging himself for joy. e game. “At this moment I’m $800 a! Hal watched the floor of the board room until before to patronize. market broke on A. | to tumble right awav amid fever heat. “T guess I’d better sell out now before the tide ” he told himself. “A bird in the hand is worth two th the bua: risky fo Bank ings are coming my way, all right,” breathed the boy. ae , I ought easily make the other $200 on this ey jhad reached 86 at one o’clock, with the excitement sta at

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5 | AFTER BIG MONEY. Hal was in ‘the gallery at the time, but, satisfied that he was safe, the slump did not worry him in the least. When he got home that night he greeted his father in a complacent way. His father was feeling pretty good, too, for he had just received a check for a magazine article which he had sent in over a year before, and he was meditating how he would spend the money. “That's the way to make mon¢y, young man,” said Mr. Hunter, holding the cheek up before his son’s eyes. “That’s earned in a legitimate way. No speculation about my busi- ness.” “Why, I’ve heard you speculate often as to whether a’¢er- tain story would be accepted by the publisher or not.” “Oh, there is an element of chance in every kind of busi- ness,” replied his father, caressing his whiskers. “There seems to be considerable in yours. You often have articles turned back on you, and I notice it makes you as mad as a hornet.” “That’s because my ability is not sufficiently appreciated,” said Mr. Hunter, in a lofty kind of way. “An author must have a big reputation, whether he deserves it or not, in order to command a ready market for his literary wares. Now I can write as good stuff as any of the big bugs, but as I haven’t made myself famous, why, I am obliged to take pot luck. A small publisher the other day had the nerve to offer me $30 for thirty book notices of 300 words’ each. Would he make that offer to——” here Mr. Hunter men- tioned several well-known writers. “I should say not.- I felt that I was insulted, but as the offer was spot cash, and I needed the money, I smothered my indignation and ac- cepted.” “Tt didn’t cost you anything but. your time to earn the thirty, did it?” _ “No; but I ought to have got more. I ought to command a remuneration large enough to enable me to ride in my automobile like a gentleman, instead of being compelled to - patronize the street cars.”, @ “Never mind. Maybe you'll be able to ride in your auto yet,” said Hal. : “I’m afraid not, my son. So ein ir own carriages.” Pac “You can ride in mine, then.” 7 “Yours!” laughed his father sardonically. expect to own an auto?” . = ‘In the course of time. I might as well tell you now that ___ Telosed that deal of mine out to-day at a handsome profit.” ; “Did you? How much did you \make?” asked his father in a tone of interest. “How much do you think?” “Two or three hundred.” - “More than that.” : '“Pive hundred then, though I doubt it.” “J made $1,200.” “Blow much?” almost howled his fathef. _ Hal repeated the amount. _- “Do you expect me to believe that tommyrot? I don’t make make that much in a year with my fertile brain, and surely ae of more importance than you.” _ “Well, I made it just the same, and I'll be able to prove to-morrow night when I bring my check and: statement of account home to show you.” - It is unnecessary to dwell on his father’s astonishment. though he was glad to know that Hal was so fortunate, there was a tinge of jealousy in his congratulations, m of the idea that his son of eighteen could make more oney in a few days than he could earn with his pen in a = Authors, as a rule, don’t ride “When do you ‘Mr. Hunter was a clever and well-educated man, but. un- rtunately his genius ran in streaks—that is, it was not to on. ; were times when he could sit down and in a night off a short story of great interest and power whi soon bring him in $100. _ y other times his manuscript would be kind of rocky t would come back to him. 7 : editors and readers knew their business, but Mr. er si imes thought they didn’t. you’ve never rd from , at . were given in the ~ings and envelopes. the risk of your life,” said his eldest oes “I’m not wrereving phous the matter,” replied Hal, though it is trae he would have been glad of an opportunity to see Miss Mabel Fair again. oe “The paper stated that Mr. Fair and his wife were in Cali- fornia when the fire occurred,” said Mr. Hunter, “which faet would aecount for you not having heard from him. I be- lieve the young gw herself is in St. Luke’s Hospital. Just then the bell rang, and no one coming up Hal down to see if the postman had left a letter. He found he had. ; :- He opened it when he got back to the dining-room and found that it was from Mabel Fair. ; + ere ; She apologized for not having communicated with him be- — fore, but exeused herself on the plea of illness. : “T have learned that you_saved my life at t risk to yourself,” she wrote, “and I hope you will un erstand that I am very, very grateful to you indeed. I am now sto Bing ) with my aunt at No. —— West.81st street, and I shou be pleased to have you gall on me there if you can make it can’ venient to do so.. Drop me word in advance so that I may know when to expect you. I shall never forget the service you have rendered me as long as I live, never, and both my aunt and myself are anxious to express our obligations to you in person, so you will call, won’t you? My parents are in California, my father being engaged on the construction of a tubular bridge, which is nearly a age 8 ete. Hal’s letter went the round of the family circle. - “You will call on Miss Fair, of course,” said his youngest sister, Fanny. le “I suppose so,” replie al. z - “On vonie now, Hal, you wouldn’t miss seeing her for a small farm,” laughed his sister. “Who knows but this will end in a wedding?” : : . “Qh, bosh!” ejaculated Hal. “You girls can think of noth- ing but weddings. We men don’t bother with such non- sense.” : é Pi “We men!” almost screamed his sister. “Why, you're nothing but a boy yet.” ¥ “ “Tn isl enough to make good money all right,” retorted Hal. “Of course you are,” put in his other sister, who thought no other boy was half as smart or as good as her brother. “Is Miss Fair pretty?” asked Fanny. “Yes, she’s pretty good looking. Nearly as much so as yourself,” replied Hal, though he knew that his sister wasn’t in it with Mabel Fair. ; Se Ne r “Oh, thank you for the compliment, brother mine,” said ‘ Fanny, getting up and making a mock courtesy, | “You’re weleome. Well, I’m going out if you people have no objection.” , 4 *rhus speaking he put on his hat; left the room and the - house. : went 2 CHAPTER VI. : HAL’S FATHER TRIES HIS HAND IN WALL STREET. é vi Next day Hal hired desk room with a desk in the office of — a Curb broker with whom he was on good terms. ‘ “* Then he got a sign pa not indicated the financial which is Hal.

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si i AFTER BIG MONEY. They Scira talking together about a tip one of them had ived from his cousin, the secretary of the Idaho Copper ining Co., to the effect that there had been a discovery of @ rich vein of high-grade copper ore in the mine. The stock was now selling at $1.50 a share, but as soon as the discovery was made known the price of the shares was certain to double, said the broker who had received the tip. This information and much more reached Hal’s ears, and greatly ‘interested him. He led to get in on Idaho Copper, and as soon as the brokers went into Carson’s room he put on his hat and w ent re, to the little bank to see if he could get what was coming : m. y His statement was made out and a check handed to him. ; He immediately asked the clerk to buy him 1,000 shares of Idaho Copper outright, and left $1,500 with him to pay for it. This was the first legitimate deal he had ever made, all the others cers been pure marginal speculations. ' In this case he was actually getting something for his price of th paying for it, and he could not be wiped out if the i a value. the stock went down a third, or even two-thirds of its That evenin, ies showed his father his bank statement to prove og 8 he sendy oer e $1,200 profit on his A. & C. deal, and fen be told him that he had bought a thousan "shares of Po te at $1.50 in expectation of a sudden rise in it.” ‘eat y bt bles in price, as it’s likely to do in a few da . Yl 1,500. That will make me worth over $2,000. * tell you, pop, I’m getting on. md “tT ere understand how a boy of your years can do so well » in Wall Street,” said his father, almost enviously. “Here I am, a man of brains, with a college of education, and I am only living, as it were, from hand to mouth. It seems to me t with my mental equipment I ought to make at least 10,000 a year.” “If you would only write a book that would catch on you might make a good deal more than $10,000,” said Hal. His father’s hopes in regard to producing one of the “best sellers” in the book line had long ago petered out, owing to _ his inability. to secure a speiiehes for a historical novel the : had written, and which he had confidently expected would sell ‘like hot cakes if it was only brought before the public. That night Mr. Hunter began to consider whether he a . couldn’t te into Wall Street limself and make money like son, - ‘He had an idea that if a boy of Hal’s age could come out ahead, there was no reason why he couldn’t do the same. He didn’t co around. e dropped into a broker’s office and talked with several ers he found there. He*had $100 in his pocket, and had come downtown with intention of bu buying Idaho Copper, because Hal was in on _& man he ant i into siemnention with told him that Idaho Ey aa and that if he wanted a sure winner __ “You can ae ton shares on margin at the little bank on _ Nassau street.” said his adviser, so Mr. Hunter sent to the little bank and bought ten shares of the stqck. _ _Had anybody sugested to Hal that he grr Fm ten or of X. & Y.. he would have said, “Navy, nay.” his experience told him ‘that the stock wasn’t worth Munir said ome Hal about his investment when e ze him when gan 1 dhoe hth thi ducats T've won,” ree net hia tote showed t report. ather 0 a geting: points for » financial story one 4 Sane rush on the part of the Curb brokers to buy the res, Then it was discovered that it was scarcer than hen’s teeth; the insiders had gobbled most of it up, and were wait- ing for the price to go well up before feeding it out to the public. Everybody wants what he can’t get, consequently in the wild scramble for Idaho Copper fancy offers were made for the stock by excited brokers. : By one o’clock that day it was going at $4 a share, and very little was to be had even at that price. While the Curb market was as buoyané as a cork on a heaving sea, the contrary was the condition of the regular stock market. A big slump was forced by a prices were slaughtered all aroun . & Y. dropped ten points in almost as many minutes, and. Mr. Hunter’s $100 deposit was not only wiped out, but the bank had a small balance against him. Mr. Hunter sat in the reception-room of the little bank and watched the quotations go up on the blackboard. He didn’t seem to grasp the situation gt well, though from the conversation going on around him he judged that thé market was not going the right way—that is, for those long on stocks. The “shorts” on the contrary were right in it, and the more the market fell away the greater was their joy, and profit. Finally Mr. Hunter went. to the margin clerk’s window and asked how he Stood on X. & Y. To his dismay he learned that his $100 had gone to swell the rh e ; eae wi he had fondl ad ns ° aying a winner, as he ondly supposed, he had A a yery bad loser, and he was out a sum of money that he couldn't afford to lose. He went home thoroughly disgusted with Wall Street and full of wonder how i was possible for his son to make money in such a game of chance. Hal, in the meantime, was watching the risé¢ of Idaho Cop- per with glad eyes. When the Curb Exchange closed at three, $6 was offered for the stock, with few takers. Had Hal sold his 1,000 shares, which reposed in Mr. Car- sdh’s safe, he could have cleaned up a profit of $4,500. He didn’t sell, however, because things looked ripe for a higher price on the oie day. \ “Well, father,” he said en he got home, “I’m $4,500 —. ahead orf my Idaho Copper. The boom I was expecting started in this morning, and up she went like a rocket.” “Huh!” grunted Mr. Hunter, sourly. “What’s the matter? Don’t you feel well?” asked Hal. “No, I don’t,” snapped his father. “I don’t want to hear anything more about stocks from you, do you understand ?” “Yes, sir,” answered the boy, surprised his father should be so touch roared Mr. Hunter. “I'd preneatt bear clique, and y- “Wall Street is a rank swindle,” just as soon be held up by a highwayman as to put up an- other dollar on a stock.” “Put up another dollar! What do you mean, father? You haven’t been playing the market, have you?” “Playing the market!” eres Mr. Hunter, with 4 sepulchral laugh. “Oh, no; the market was playing me—for a blamed idiot.” “Explain yourself, father,” eried Hal, breathlessly. ; “T will, and I hope it will give you a lot of satisfaction to learn that side intelligent sire has been ‘skinned out of a hundred dollars by the ‘bears.’ I bought ten shares of X. & Y., expecting—— 4 ae x & Y.!” mnie Hal. y “4 ow came you to pick out that lobates of the market 2” ae i “A distinguished~ looking gentleman named ' Colonel fot per, whom I met in Roy & Tibbett’s brokerage office. d me X. & Y. would go up 20 points inside of forty-eight _ hours. ; “Why, the rectlar market slumped to-day badly. Those had to get out from under mighty quick to C oa long on stock “hw el r X. & Y., and aon Ww Fave as you it, on now I’m Re.’ ed Mr. sow , not realizing that he eR ee teh pel oy of a 5 ae 2k “And you lost sae $100?” J ; I’ve in everything connected ‘with - Street. 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8 “T escape because I know the ropes. You don’t know them | and should have kept away. The woods are full of ‘lambs’ like you, and they all see their finish sooner or later in Wall Street. It was a lucky thing you lost in your first venture.” “Why so?” asked his father, sharply. “Because a burnt child dreads the fire. .Had you won you’d have come back and tried again, probably. putting in all you could scrape together. In the long or short run you’d have been cleaned out. I'll give you $100 to replace the sum ! you lost, and keep you from worrying, for I know you can’t | afford to lose so much. Just keep away from Wall Street. | One in the family is enough to monkey with the market. | Let me, wrestle with the bulls and bears while you wrestle ase haves pen.” ; , “Wall Street—never again!” said Mr. Hunter, holding u his hand, and he kept his word. weg | CHAPTER VII. HAL CALLS ON MABEL FAIR. That evening Hal put on a little extra style and left the flat to call on Miss Mabel Fair. He had only seen the young lady under rather strenuous and unfavorable circumstances, and he wondered how she would look when attired in suitable raiment. Shes He had an idea that she would look out of sight, to use a ang phrase. Hal had shown that he was a nervy young fellow when put to the test, but, singular to relate, when he approached the home of Miss Fair’s aunt, his nerve seemed to desert He counted the numbers, but when he saw the right one - looming through the darkness he shot past the steps eading | to the door with a speed which must have led inquisitive people to think he was after the doctor who lived further on. e gradually slowed down and turned around. _ *What.a chump I am!” said he to himself. “Why should I ‘go past the house as though I were 2 fine Wag catch a train? When it comes to fartug a pretty girl, who is practically a — to me, I haven’t any more pluck than a wooden, In- dian He retraced his steps slowly, trying to bring his courage _ up to the sticking point. : ; is time, when he reached the house, he ran up the stone | ste ae oa for fear his resolution would fail him, and pumbed e electric button. _ *J¥m in for it now,” he mu Tn a few moments a servant inguiringly. _ ' p Sgr Fair in?” he asked. ee eS [ eee said she was, and held the door open for him enter. ; Hal panier his card to the woman and was shown into the parlor. 4 room was dark, but the servant pushed an electric pete He for and instantly the apartment was flooded electric In a short space of time Hal heard footsteps descending . stairs, and presently a fair young girl, attired in a be- e room. : appeared and looked at him Street operator, _“That’s my mee replied the young Wall r render you a servi very great service AFTER BIG MONEY. me We fee] that such a brave young man as yourself should be accorded special recognition.” “T am much pleased to make your acquaintance, Miss Fair, and I hope we shall be good friends,” smiled Hal. “T am sure we shall if the matter rests with me,” replied Mabel Fair, flashing a bewitching glance’ at her visitor. Here Mrs. Van Tassel, the girl’s aunt, entered the room. ~ Mabel introduced Hal to her, and the lady expressed the pleasure she felt at making his acquaintance, and then pro- ceeded to thank him for what he had done for her niece. The evening passed in lively conversation, and Hal man- aged to hold his end up pretty well. . About half-past nine a stylish looking young man let him- self in at the front door with his private latch-key. ; _Mrs. Van Tassel called him into the parlor and presented him to Hal as her nephew, Howard Hatton. . He was a young man of perhaps twenty-six years, and he treated the Wall Street boy with the most distinguished con- sideration. Hatton was a young,man of the world, and was. perfectly familiar with all the phases of fashionable dissipation. Young as he was his knowledge of the vices of society was profound and intricate. Hal learned that he was assistant secretary of the Her- cules Consolidated Mines Company, of No. Wall Street. This post was what might be termed a sinecure, as the duties were purely nominal, except when Mr. Watkins, the secretary-treasurer, was out of the city, when Hatton was called upon to represent him in a small way. - When ten o’clock came Hal said he guessed it was time for him to go. Though urged by the ladies to remain longer, he did not think it wise to do so, but hé promised to repeat the visit at an early date. ae As the ladies were bidding him good-night at the door, Hatton reappeared and said he would walk as far as the sta- tion with him. : “You are a good fellow,” remarked Hatton, as they walked down the steps together, “and I should be happy to know you ter.” Thank you,” replied Hal, who could not but feel flattered at the marked attention paid him by this fashionable young gentleman. Hatton took him by the arm and huey walked toward Co- lumbus avenue together. se If the nephew of Mrs. Van Tassel had any object in view it did not appear on the surface, for his conversation and attitude were most friendly. They turned down the avenue an liantly lighted cafe. re “Come. in and have something,” chalance of a man of the world. ‘ i “Thank you, but I don’t drink,” er H “Qh, you mean you don’t drink whis y? We of wine.” d presently came to a bril- said Hatton, with the non- al, holding back. il, have a glass wine. 2 “J don’t drink wine, either.” - “Is jt possible?” exclaimed Hatton, looking at Hal as — though he was a new kind of natural curiosity. “You don’t drink anything, eh?” » s “Nothing in the shape of stimulants,” replied the boy, with a flushed face, feeling that he had, made a bad impression on his elegant new acquaintance. _ : Ag “You don’t object to a glass of soda, do you?” said Hat- ton, with a slight vein of sarcasm in his tones. : “No. I sometimes drink soda.” “Come in, then, and we’ll toast our acquaintance.” ‘Accordingly Hal entered the cafe with his companion. Hatton appeared to be well known in the place. = The barkeeper and two or three of the well-dressed ha- bitues nodded to him. : roNk Bi) ee ree “What will you have?” said Hatton, as they came to a halt in front of the bar. Vcc NF CORP NST ene ae “A glass of soda,” said Hal. Abs SE eet “Sh _ “With a dash of brandy?” suggested the barkeeper. “No. Just plain soda,” Re Paying Vira tape “P]) take my usual brand, with some celery marked Hatton. _ Wiese te sro Sori eee, His usual brand proved to bea pO) ply was not very » ¢

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AFTDR BIG MONEY. ae companion looked disappointed because he had ot ieecieed a more definite answer. _ “Yl drop in and see you some time,” he said. “Have you a card?” “[’m not in the office for any length of time. during Ex- change hours,” replied Hal, handing him his ecard; “but after three you will be likely to find me.” "ak “You’re with Mr. Carson, I see,” observed Hatton, after 24 Ss over the card. “Who are you?” “Harry Hunter, of No. with J oe Carson.” “Have you the stock ready to deliver?” “T have. It is in Mr. Carson’s safe.” “Well, here, take this note. Carry it to my office with the shares and my partner will give you a check for the amount.” “All right, sir. It shall be delivered in fifteen minutes.” Hal darted off as if he still was a messenger. He dashed into Carson’s office, got the certificate of stock and rushed around to the office of the broker he had sold it to. Presenting the note and the certificate he got the check for $10,500, which te took around to the bank where he was Wall Street. I’ve desk room eae oe my card. Call and see me whenever you\have a ____ little time to spare, I’m in more or less between ten and - __ three, and often till four if I have anything to do,” said Hatton. known and cashed i “ll be pleased to call some time,” said Hal, putting his creel with a ight heart and a famous appetite he went to lun __ ¢ompanion’s card in his pocket. y They passed out of the cafe, and Hatton went as far as _ the 8ist street station with Hal, where they parted. : The Wall Street boy had much to think about on his way ome. Mabel Fair was the most important figure in his thoughts. She had certainly treated him with special favor that evening; and there was something pleasant to remember in her words, her looks and her manner. He hoped he would be able to see her often, and he meant to cultivate her good opinion and make himself as solid with her as possible. He was glad that good fortune had given him the chance _ to do her such a signal favor as saving her life. e felt that he would be willing to go through fire and yater for her sake any time. *« ———o CHAPTER VIII. HAL MAKES A GOOD HAUL IN COPPER. Half an hour afterward there was a break in Idaho Copper, and when the Curb Exchange closed that day the stock was on the run, and brokers falling over themselves to sell out as they had previously been eager to buy. The slump didn’t interest Hal to any great extent. He was safe with his money in his pocket. 5 His profit on the deal amounted to $9,000, and his working a capital had grown from $1,600 to $10,600. ¢ He returned to his desk in Carson’s office and put in his . time reading the daily financial intelligence. At half-past three Sam Carter walked into see him. Sam didn’t know Hal had been in on Idaho Copper. He didn’t suppose that Hal gave any attention to the Curb market at all. “How’s things coming on?” he said. “First-class.” “Well, I shouldn’t imagine you were doing anything, for the market is in the dumps since yesterday morning.” “You mean the Stock Exchange?” = “Of course. That’s where you hang out, isn’t it? Now, os if you’d got in on the Curb boom you might have made a good stake out of Idaho Copper. Some people have made a i baer of money out of it.” se “Which means that others have lost a barrel.” te: See Every dollar won represents a dollar lost by some: By else.” "How do you know but I pulled a wad out of the esunie i rise “T.don’t know, but I don’t think you have. You’re lucky enough as it is.” “One can’t be too acre in Wall Street.” t “That’s right. If you aren’t lucky you’d better keep out of the market.” “Well, what do you know this afternoon?” “I came up to tell you that Jimmy Naggs has come out in — a swell suit of togs, a watch and chain, a big headlight imi- tation diamond, and a tie that would strike you dumb with ’ envy. Looks suspicious, don’t you think?” ‘ oe “it does that. He must have taken that $500 bill.” “Not much chance of proving his guilt now, for he’s evi- _ dently had it changed had laid out a part of it on himself. = What a little rascal he is!” ah “I think an anonymous letter sent to Finkelstein might lead to an investigation,” said Hal. “I don’t believe in anonymous letters as a rule, for somebody said they are the device of a coward; but the end to be attained sometimes — gee the means. Finkelstein is convinced I stole that ll, and I am anxious to clear myself with him. , “I'd send it if I was you. If you signed it he wouldn’t — put any stock in it, but if he didn’t know who sent it he might Lope? the hint worth following UP, for I guess he’d be glad ance 9 get his money back. pt Hal turned to his desk and wrote a short note in a dis- guised hand to Finkelstein. ei! Then he cut off his printed name and address, and ng the note into a blank envelope, addressed it to the roker : and cpr ally it. Bar Later when he went home with Sam he mailed it in a hors ip Two days afterward Hal was walking down New street — when he saw Jimmy Naggs sitting on the step of an office building talking to an A. D. T. messenger. Fe He looked as if he was taking the were easy. “Hello, Naggs,” said Hal. “You don’t seem to be very "Ni scowled at him. “He got fired from i tom ls fh" eld the mesbnge, wth that for?” snarled Jimmy, a chuckled the other youth," Hal was early at the Curb Exchange next morning, where o Copper was the all-absorbing topic of the hour. : moment the Exchange began business an offer of seme was made for any part of 5,000 shares of Idaho Copper a well-known broker, A tablished broker sold him that amount and the trade es- ed a quotation. The et was really a “wash sale,” as the big broker was rking in the interest of the insiders, and amounted to noth- ing. , though to all appearances it seemed to be a genuine one. ft 4 ze of an hour the stock was going at $7.50. . The = interest of the Exchange centered in the copper ee Hal was inf to keep track of the business done ; “bo he knew n it began to come out it would be _ time "for him to rye But it was a difficult matter for Hal or any one else to just how things were going below the surface. - At ser the price reached $8. t was a mighty high figure for Idaho Copper, and Hal : Ae about holdine on any longer. t s were humming, and no one could say how would go in the excitement of the hour. otk Weeened: 45.00 ot one o'clock, and still ‘Hal ¥ th his Pipyestid shares. ae as ter big money, and here was apparently the eo sp heed ly coe . er ca on to such a chance again. ine a's of going to lunch did not enter Hal’s head that oe get tell what mr happen while he Was away spite ‘the: she to get fresh air, when ind him say to a companion: ut as high as it can go, Darby. Start in balance, then we'll et the market take 3 a pa order. plainly, and it was enough oy hi Se mob that was fight g 5 acta ed hi eacies sae * Ss

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~ meme ao Finkelstein bounced you, did he? What for?” said “None of your business what for,” retorted Naggs. P “Perhaps he.found out that you knew where that $500 bill went to,” said Hal. ae ou tell him that I took it?” gritted Naggs. should I tell him that? I didn’t have any evidence that you took it. Maybe he suspected you when he saw you blossom out in a new suit, tie and watch chain. It is not safe - look too prosperous just after your boss has missed 20ne “AW, rats! I guess you took that bill-yourself.” ~ “Oh, no, Jimmy, I didnt’ get a “chance to take it. The bill was gone when I entered the room.” “How do you know it was? Finkelstein said you took it.” ra “He had no evidence aan me, so I guess ae amg frat to throw you off your guard in case you were gui en ; he saw the splurge you were making tiaghe he decided it = was time for you to go.” “You’d better not say I’m a thief,” snarled Naggs. “I’m not calling you one. You know best yourse ft whether you took the money, and then tried to throw the blame on to me by telling Finkelstein that you didn’t tell me to go into his private room that morning when you knew he was out.” ay Naggs glared at Hal, and epparently haying no answer to make to his last remark, he got up and walked away. ig Hal also went his way, satisfied that the anonymous note z he sent to Finkelstein had produced results. fs CHAPTER IX. oa . HAL SECURES A GILT-EDGED TIP AND MAKES GOOD MONEY. ~ A That afternoon Howard Hatton walked into Broker Car- ' gon’s office and saw Hal reading the day’s market report at his desk. an “How are you, Hunter?” he said, in his free and easy way. ‘ “T thought ‘d call and see 700, Hope I’m not disturbing ; you. Bae “Not at all, Mr. Hatton,” replied the young operator, put- Slits ‘the report. “Take a seat.” is is where you hane out. eh?” “This is my office, though I don’t do any ausiness here.” “What time do you usually get gwny?” . “Any time between three and four.” ~ “By the way, have you ‘anything on fer to-night?” ~ “Can’t say that I have.” ct ery you like to take in the town ‘with me?” 2 anid you'll have to excuse me. I’m not much of a : md Tt is necessary for me to keep a clear head in s a Gate. which would be impossible if I made a night ot Oh, one night now and then wouldn’t hurt vou. I can ; Ww you some yery interesting sights. New York is the a - ¢ to see life, and unless you wish to be considered a kind city jay you want to get around and see what’s going én theaters are out.” however, said that he was not at all eurious to in- gate the night side of Manhattan Borough. were swift enough in Wall Street to suit him, so he he wouldn’t bother about the mysteries of we Ten- oin.” te Hatton. : ine of the Hercules Consolidated Mines Company “found the oflice and Walked in ere was ne one pe yes office 0 f Ste ation nt” eae Rao Se . aoe epee 3, eepa oe oe ety withou ikctiectosn, having nothing special on hand, 4. thought ; on We a sixth floor of the Baker Building, so he took the but a a'small er Esse" = Rone AFTER BIG MONEY. Hal took a seat near the partitiea that separated the outer office from an inner oné. The door leading into that room was marked “Private,” and it was closed. Beside the door was a small window, which was ajar. Hal. soon became aware that two persons were talking in the next room. At first the voices were pitched low, but by degrees teas grew louder, and Hal could not help hearing what they were talking about. The conversation was not about. mines and mining, nd about a syndicate that had been formed to boom the O. & B railroad stock. The speaker mentioned the names of the ‘men composing the syndicate, and Hal knew that they were all big operators whose wealth amounted to millions. They were men who always went into big deals, which were generally successful, because, they had the money te carry -« them through. The man who had got the tip on the situation explained all the details of the coming deal, and told the other that he had bought several thousand shares of the stock for his own account, and advised his friend to go in also to the limit of his resources, for he assured him that the price of O. & B. would Ut boomed at least twenty points inside of the next | n You haven’t any time to lose,” he said, “for the shares are being gathered “in by the brokers working in the interest = ie pool, and in a few days they will be as searce as hen’s - Hal, satisfied he had got on to a fine tip, concluded not to wait for Hatton, but to go to some broker and order 1,000 shares bought on,margin for his account. Accordingly he left the mining office, got his money out of his safe deposit box and hastened to the office of the old broker in Exchanee Place for whom he had done the service we have mentioned in an earlier chapter. He esked for Mr. Arnold. wks ; ee home for the day’ about an hour ago,” caer Ke ees I want to leave an Gadex for the purchase of some: stoc : “The cashier will attend to you.” a Hal went to the cashier and told him what he wanted, “Who is the stock for?” asked that gentleman. - : ; “Harry Hunter.” ~ “Haye you brought a Siaghied check ?” “No; I have the cash.” “That will do.” The order was made out, and the uner told Hal to ‘t with Hunter's name and address ene add his own cities = Hal signed his name and office dddress. + “I am Harry Hunter, and the deal is my own,” he said, as he shoved the paper back to the eashier. - The ran looked at the boy in some suxprise, und then vot ue ‘said a junior “Very well. We will notify you as soon as we have bought the stock.” : That completed the formalities, and Hal left. “in “If Oo. & B. goes up 20 or more points Pll stand to win $20,000 at a ip,” he said to himself. “I guess I’m on the | : road te big money at last.” 7 That evening he made his séeond eall on Mal! Fair, and _ receive a fla ng welcome from the youn lady, whom pith looked lovelier than ever. ¥ ee base Mrs. an Tassel dropped in for 4 few minutes and cone, y as roe oe ie aes oh atton didn’t make his a e eveni 5 told Mabel to tell him that <i ge tht to ln afternoon and found him out, maga vou aie bag a visit the [Steck Exchange iss Fair,” said Hal, “I s eased to show you a: “Thank you,” she replied, ed i should Heo * go t much indeed.” up aunt t it ut _ gould meet ieee my 0 "el subject to iia

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| AFTER BIG MONEY. P ll to his folks about this deal, and they, was rece good money in wal Street, did bother him with more than casual inquiries as to how he was getting on. His father had been offered and accepted a steady job as a reader in a big publishing house, and he wrote only occa- sionally of an evening. During the next ll days 0. & B. steadily advanced a raction of a point at the time _ on an ay, when the closed at ee it was ® ‘ioe put Hal $5,000 to the gee he shook hands with : on B. standard things began to grow interesting. around the ee A certain broker drew attention to it, and considerable ___ business was done in it that morning, Hal was in the visitors’ gallery wething the progress of ae a =a ween he left to get his lunch the stock was up That prt ace his financial prospects had. increased $3,000 since he came downtown, which naturally was a pery pleasing reflection and helped his appetite. When he returned to the Exchange it was going at 90, and ~ ears were fighting to get hold of some of it. ts. senrceness indicated that the price would certainly go gute so the excitement increased momentarily. J A clique of bear Speers made an effort to oa the tide by selling large bloc is of of it. For a e the upward trend was stopped, and O. & B. dropped back to 88, but this flurry was a fai ure, for the stock — “agate and went to 92, at which figure it closed for S'Next morning Heal looked to see the boom _ he was not disappointed. ae f The pemeponers had wrint 4 the rise and said the stock going el ow? beyond a do Teh ‘A egion “lambs” came downtown and began placing their orders at the different ae Sm > e houses. : 3 Most of them were after O. & B. because it was booming. “ So many orders were out to i the stock that the ly was i goon equal to the demand and up went the “aioe to par in. no time at all, while the brokers howled around the busy pole like a lot of lunatics. At two o’clock it re: 105 and a fraction, and Hal de- ceed ¢ that now was the time for him to get out with a big He ‘wont around to Arnold’s office and told the cashier to While he he was s sing his order the old gentleman came out Bae his private room and saw him continue, and ‘the’ old gentlem “ee doing a little cnbetintion’ on my own ac- way Pa ti i caaetetene talk Fp roktegethe ee oh eh $85,000 or. his operations in the te sister with ¢ he nae Het he. ay : £ news a e was “Seer 5 Bal i in a very a tclondly were and asked him who of os idea of Hal’s capabilities ng when they entered Mr. Carson’s office about eleven He received them with the greatest courtesy, and after a spout talk escorted them to the visitors’ gallery of the Ex- change. The board room happened to be very busy that day, so the scene they witnessed was one of great animation and ex- citement. “My goodness, what a noise those men do make!” e claimed Mabel. “Is that the way they act all the time?” “Yes, as a rule. It is even worse when there’s a boom or a slump on. Then things are tremendously exciting. Just now matters are running about on the average. The market \ is holding fairly steady, with no unusual features.” They remained till the ee closed at noon, and then Hal invited them to lunch with h They accepted the invitation, and he took them to a very nice restaurant on Cedar street. After they left the restaurant he put them aboard an ele- vated train and bade them good-by. Hal now concluded that he had money enough to afford an ~ office all to himself. It was rather an expensive luxury, as offices go in Wall Street, but-as long as things seemed to be coming his way he figured that he was entitled to anything in reason that he wan It wasn’t an easy matter to find a suitable office in the immediate neighborhood of the Stock Exchange, as there seemed to be-no vacancies at that time of the year. However, he made it his business to inquire at fie different office buildings on both sides of "Wall Street. His search was not very successful, and he had about concluded that he would have to try Broad street, when he accidentally heard that a certain patent saency was looking for a tenant for one of the rooms of its suite. He lost no time in calling on the lawyer who conducted the business. ‘T understand that you want to rent one of your rooms, sir,” he said. “1 do. Who do you represent, and what is his business?” bi | repersent myself. I want the office for my own head- quarters.” “Pray what kind of business are you engaged in?” asked the eae with a covert smile. ' ting on the stock market.” at h. indeed. Rather young, aren’t you, for that business?” “As ‘cna as I am successful I guess my youth does not cut any great figure in the matter.” ; “Can you furnish good references ?” “Yes, sir. I refer you to Mr. Edwin Arnold, stock broker, No. —— Exchange Place. rie ex- “I will show you the room, and if'it suits you, and the suits, too, I call on Mr. Arnold to-morrow and see is willing to guarantee you as a suitable tenant.” The lawyer showed Hal the room. He liked it, and as the rent came within his expectations he told the lawyer he was readyto take it if ee Peould let 2 him have it. , “Call to-morrow afternoon and I will give you an answer,” _| replied the lawyer. me, ' After leaving the patent office Hal went around to see % Broker Arnold ae» “I am after an office in the Gaylor Building and I have taken the liberty to refer to you,” he said to the old gentleman. “All Jight,” replied the old broker. “I'll give you a good — reco Qn the following afternoon Hal called again - the patent lawyer and was told he could have possession of the room on the first of the month. y He paid the first month’s rent and went away feeling that he was now of some importance in Wall Street. - Carson’s office he met Sam. e ju ffice, Sam,” he said. “What, one all to yourself 2” replied his friend. aa Hal nodded, “You're coming out fast, x mam Made another strike : lately ?” : i I made a small wad A Fan a aps & B” : “You seem to strike the | things al right.” “Have to in order to make big ae you worth ne now?”

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12 first.” . “Pll be up to see you as soon as you get. fixed up.” “T shall be glad to have you come any time.” “Say, Jimmy Naggs has caught on to another job.” “Has he? * Who is he working for now?” “Postal Telegraph Co.” AFTER BIG MONEY. “Tn the Gaylor Building. TI’ll get possession of it on the| Hal, complacently, looking around the room with a sense of proprietorship. “I suppose you'll do better now,” said his father. cd | hope so. It’s expensive to have a regular office in this locality.” “You can afford it, I guess.” “The bigger front one puts on the more he’s thought of in “That isn’t as good a position as he had with Aer ora the world,” laughed Hal. He had a chance to rise there if he had any abilit “Oh, he’ll never amount to shucks, way. Well, I must be going. See you later.” The first of the month was only a few days off, so Hal picked out the furniture and the other things he needed for his office, and ordered them to be delivered on the afternoon of the first. There was nothing doing in the market that specially in- terested him, but he kept track of things just the same. He called on Hatton again and this time found him in. That young gentleman had his patent leathers elevated on his desk and was paring his nails in a lazy way when Hal entered the outer office. “Hello, Hunter, glad to see you. Make yourself at home,” said Hatton. “You don’t seem to be very busy this afternoon,” smiled was just thinking about going uptown. Do you x ae ‘a replied the young operator. er: Spccated you don’t play cards either?” ? lay euchre or whist with my friend Carter.” ‘Never ever played. poker or pinochle, eh?” “aoe ‘a cigar,” said Hatton, pulling out a at which #5 contained a box of good — i - “Don’t smoke, thank , pages you, don’t drink. a Weskes ig word you’re a. geaceh tery .” said Hatton, lighting a cigar. ’t think smoking and dri is good for boys.” sie yourself a boy, eh?” “Pm not nineteen yet, so I suppose I must be a boy.” aT you’re pretty smart. At any rate, my aunt and Mabel say you are, and what they say generally goes. ” “T’m much obliged to them for their good opinion.’ “I don’t see that you need be. You’re entitled to it.. Mabel _ would be under the daisies but for you, and I guess she realizes the fact. By the way, her father and mother, will be back in a few days. As they think there is no one in the world like Mabel, I guess they'll overwhelm you with their| w or saving her life.” gratitude f her lif _ Hal made no reply. pe “Say, I might have tipped you off to a “good thing a while ago,” said Hatton. 8 was it?” secretary of our company was let in on the O. & B. deal. He made a wad of money out of it. J collared a one le of poms as myself.” se Um made a little something out of it,” replied Hal, essly. * _.._ “Did you? Went in, I suppose, when you saw it going up like a eckek, Sorry I didn’t think to _ you in time to let on the ground floor.” re mk you just the same.” Me 7 rt hear of >. ina ea “After t the first you’ll find ce to myself there and ear of pometeing else. Ra I do I chats ae Mx h obliged,” e in the ding, — 911, on the sixth floor. T’ll see you.” “took id at i to vad a ticker put in, Ls of ob So rialias quite Proud ited nig folks down to see his place, and he also in- mpcsrence. of Kies ; wiht he Seal He isn’t built. the right; begun as you did instead of going to college. epee jon at the first chanee, and was rather ‘new Hal was worth an “That’s true enough. I think I’d be better off to- day if Vd, Education is r a fine thing to have, but the hard dollars are better. J have seen séveral college graduates warming the seats in our parks on fine days. It seems to me that the time they put ~ at their university hasn’t paved the way to fortune for, _ em.” “It isn’t any fault of their education, I guess. They haven’t got the ability to apply their learning to some use- ful purpose. Probab'y they lack ambition. They would have been failures, anyway.” “Well, you aren’t a failure, that’s certain, and I don’t see that you’ve suffered much because I couldn’t afford to send you to college.” At that juncture Sam Carter came in and soon afterward the three went uptown together. CHAPTER XI. THE HOLD-UP. A few days afterward, while Hal was reading the Wall Street news of the day, there came a knock at his door. : “Come in,” he said, wondering who his caller was. The door opened and admitted three visitors, one of whom was Mabel Fair. The others were a fine looking gentleman Of. perhaps forty-five and a handsomely dressed lady. Hal sprang to his feet. 3 “Delighted to see you, Miss Fair,” he said. “This is my father and mother, Mr. Hunter,” she said with a smile. ; Sie Hal bowed and said he was glad to make their acquaint- _ ance. & “We, my wife and I, have called to express the deep obli- ‘gation we feel under to you for saving st when the fire occurred at our residence,” said Mr. Fair, seiz- 4 ing Hal by the hand and shaking it warmly. “We feel that — = cannot possibly thank you enough, so I trust you will ac- the will for the deed.” al told him that he hoped he wouldn't nae about thanks ing him-enough. ett I feel amply repaid in feeling: that I did my duty on that occasion,” he said, “so we'll let it go at that.” is The Fairs stayed an hour, during which to Fair assured. =" Hal that if he ever could be of any service to him he hoped — that the boy would not hesitate to call on him, : 2 “The repairs are now about completed at my house, so I a: hope we may have the pleasure % seeing you there as often as you feel like calling,” said Mr. Fair. aa Hal said he would be glad to accept the invitation. a a mF, shall look to see you next” ednesday evening,” said “All right. I won’t disappoint tl ered Hal. - His a then took their leave, Ma na oy father and mother feeling that Hal was a ae de von e associate for their aN as be necmand fp he aT, geting aon 3 our daughter’s life It was about this ve pe edi “There had been. many rumors afloat in the § t ut this road. | arnally it Ber Bao ‘that, it tain small road eld a

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The Siehiitg were ‘purchased for him at 85, and an hour afterward L. & M. was going at 87. It was then one o'clock and Hal went to a Broad street _ cafe for his lunch. While eating he overheard three brokers speaking about the sudden boom in L. & M. t One of them remarked that in his opinion there was no truth in the report that the road had got control of the line _ that ran into the coal fields. He gave his reasons for believing that the rumor was a _ fake, made by certain interests to boom the stock so they could unload their holdings at a profit. Hal got an attack of “cold feet” over his deal, and as soon as he left the restaurant he ran ees to Atnold’s office and _ ordered his shares sold at once. The price was then 87 3-8, and its stock was sold at that “The sale had hardly been made before the news began to circulate in the board. room that the coal road had officially ry the report that the L. & M. had got control of its +e. UL. & M. began to drop right away, and inside of fifteen Sh minutes was down to 79,.the point at which the boom had ae | “That was a narrow escape I had,” said Hal, when he _ learned that his egg had been sold. “Only I heard that _ eonversation in the cafe I might easily have lost five or six _ thousand dollars. As things stand I’m $2,000 ahead; but it’s a case of pure luck. I must be more careful in the future __ how I go into these booms that,turn e every snes, in a while, _ ~~ or 1 may get singed before I know where I’m Hal was ae a his office at half-past taeke that day swhen: Sam came “Say, Hal, will you come to Brooklyn with me to-night?” _ “What’s on the hooks in Brooklyn?” asked Hal - *& friend of mine who lives on B—— street belongs to some yacht club there which gives a smoker and vaudeville oor to-night at their hall. He sent me two tickets, and _ told me to bring a friend. He said we would pore a swell » time; I thought you’d like to go, so I dropped in to ask T’m with you. I suppose we ought to start y.” es. I'll be at your house at seven. It will take us all ota an hour to get to the club-house, which is in South Brook- Very wel Th shut up shop now, and we'll go home to- seven | o'clock Sam: called at Hal’s flat, and e Brooklyn Bridge, where they could would take them pretty near their = Th ioe the hall dently after eight, and Sam found his nd on nthe lookout for him. Hal was introduced and then Sam’s friend took them up ond eat near Te the eta ; b a i Nandevit ‘turns by engatenr per- severa -round glove contests ugilis ts, who hoped some day to get iy midnight, and then the spec- tieeeks 1 , don’t you think?” said Sam, as he d ide street toward — trolley Brooklyn ridge. replied. Hal, who was wot ‘ag enthu- i c said Sam, ore ewe ret home.” nodded Hal. p 7 wouldn't ‘get down several ‘dark forms suddenly ‘ as agar of an rene AFTER BIG MONEY. be- | It’s have you. got to?” “Push the door 13 It was some minutes before Hal gathered his scattered Senses together and sat up in the gloom of the basement, “Gracious!” he ejaculated. “That was a hold-up for fair. I feel as if I’d been through a threshing machine. We didn’t have the ghost of a chance to defend ourselves. That was a tough crowd and no mistake. I wonder how Sam came through it? Sam, I say, Sam!” he called out, for he couldn’t make out his companion in the darkness, “3 haat heavens” groaned Sam, a little way off. “Is that you, “Yes. How are things with you?” “Don’t mention it. I’m as sore as a boil all over, and my nose feels as if it had been knocked endwise. I got a couple of kicks that nearly caved my ribs in. Where are we, anyway?” “In the basement of some building, I should imagine.” “T thought we were in a sewer from the smell.” “The stench is pretty bad. Come, let’s get out of here.” Hal got on his feet. Sam groaned dismally as he picked himself up. Hal started ahead at random, moving cautiously forward, ee did not know what obstructions might lie in his pa Sam limped painfully after him. Hal’s extended hands presently came in contact with a rough stone wall. He felt along it till he came to another wall standing at right angles, forming one of the corners of the building. He followed the second ‘wall, stumbling over the remains of a barrel, the hoops of which got tangled up with his feet and nearly upset him. “Look out for the ops Sam, if you don’t want to land on your nose,” he said. 7 Even as he spoke Sam trod on one of them, and it flew ae os hit him a crack on the shin that wrung a howl from is lips. “Too bad, old man. I told you to look Here Hal fell over a barrel that was so aches that it col- , — lapsed under his weight and let him down on the dirty | floor with a crash. “Now, what’s happened to you?” asked Sam, his mind taken off his own troubles for the moment. Hal was half smothered by the dust of the punk wood, ~ and could not reply at once. Sam stepped forward, wea yh over his companion’s legs and fell sprawling on top o CHAPTER XII. IN A PECULIAR PREDICAMENT. “What in the Guniiee is the matter with you, Sam?" cried Hal, almost aad ore I knew you were Fs, Hie Gt, oh Ae over you ‘ re m. | et peed get up. You nearly knocked the breath out Of ing, 2s bad enough to fall over and into the wreck of a bar- ec rel without you falling all over me.” ae They proceeded a couple of yards without further acci- at dent Ee then Hal’s hand struck the jamb of a door. WEY seg “Here’s a door,” he said. “Maybe this is the way out.” a cd ry a Bt Leng but pe ig itched lovvats. Si a] uddenly the door n e pi 508 a passage and landed On bis hands and knees. : Great Scott!” he cried. “I’m getting falls enough oe last me for a lifetime.” Se um he eorennies on his feet the Resi shut with a snap, <= him off from his com ie he pounged on it Gethin Th Hen, - ” he shouted. “Hello repli» muied voice on the other side, * “Where a he - “T can’t ) whe said. isn't any knob.” agit : ci ie : es : J «

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14 “I’m in some kind of a B saa Wait where you are till I investigate the place. aybe I can find the way out.” “T’ll wait, but don’t be all night about it.” _ Hal moved forward slowly, and soon realized that he was in a kind of tunnel, one side of which was formed by a ny ee brick wall, the other by a brick surface that curved and lost itself in a wall of dirt. This was the a part of a sewer, though Hal did not recognize it as such. He could feel that his feet were treading on hard dirt, so that he understood he was out of the cellar, but where the underground passage led to he had no idea. He felt his way along for perhaps fifty feet, when he veached another door. Hal tried to open it, but couldn’t. It was as fast as wax. He started ahead again and bumped into a solid wall of earth, which seemed to mark the end of the passage in that _ direction. - Turning around, he was about to retrace his steps, when the door, a few feet away, opened suddenly, and a dim illumi- nation shone thréugh. Two men stepped into the tunnel with bags in their hands. They were ve priiy, fellows, both in face and attire. “Hold on,” said one of the men, turning back. “What’s the trouble?” asked the other. “I forgot somethin’.” “[ll go on and meet you in the alley,” said the other. He proceeded through the tunnel while his companion re- ress the place they had come from, leaving the door ajar. Hal stepped forward and glanced through the crack in the doorway. He saw « cellar that looked like a storeroom. It was full of cases and bundles. A lantern swung from the ceiling and feebly lighted the room. The man in question walked through a door at the oppo- site end and cinappente : f It struck Hal that there was a chance for him to gét out __ of the foul-smelling tunnel, and escape to the street through i the Houses, «. Then he could go back to the alley, find the entrance to "3 the cellar where Sam was and let him out. __- Acting on the spur of the moment, for he believed he had no time to lose, he slipped in through the door and took refuge behind a bunch of boxes, where he meant to remain until the man returned and went out into’ the tunnel. -_. The man came back with something in his hand, and was making for the door, when there came the sound of voices from the tunnel. “4 The door was flung open and the other man appeared, ’ Sam Carter ahead of him. What does this mean?” demanded the fellow : whe had just from an inner part of the cellar. ae found this #hap in the exit cellar,” said the fellow _ who had hold of Sam. _ “What was he doin’ there?. Is he @ spy?” asked his com- mt don't Bae Saggy ae A m wh ee Ow W. eis. e a companion who I + Sigg in the tunnel.” : “Be has, eh? 2 so, though I\ didn’t see him. When I opened door I came face to face with this rooster. ‘Is that 2’ he said. From that I judged that there is an- -nosin’ art in the passage. The cee probably ’em to smoke us out. While I hold this chap you’d r sta lantern and go into the tunnel. You'll the other ‘ : Sha veiban ween. tack. down, thie tee into the passageway, leaving the cellar the dark. ; ‘tell you I’m not a spy,” protested Sam, as ‘the other 1 left. the place. “My friend and I were returning to smoker and show given by the Neptune York fro OS ESP My “t m, : a we other chap AFTER BIG MONEY. ‘| to take any chances. “There ain’t no one in the tunnel,” he said. “I guess you made a mistake about this feller havin’ a companion.” “All I know about it is his remark which seemed to show that he had a partner. He’s just been givin’ me a game of taffy about him and a friend havin’ been jumped on by a gang in the street as they were comin’ from a smoker at some club. He said they were thrown into the other cellar and cleaned out.” Hs “That’s the truth,” chipped in Sam vigorously. _ “Where is your partner, then?” asked the man with the lantern. 3 ‘ ¥ “J don’t know where he is if he isn’t in that passage, replied Sam. ‘ “V’d have found him if he was there, for he couldn’t get out, except through this door or the other one, and both have spring locks. I reckon you’re lyin’, anyway, for I don’t see how he could have got into the tunnel, anyway, from he other vellar. It’s all rot to tell me he fell in by acci- dent. He couldn’t do it.” : to went through the door, all right,” replied Sam dog- gedly. “Fetch him along,” — he said ‘to his companion. “Hoover / must know about this. It looks as if the police are gettin’ onto our headquarters at last. We’d better not go out to- night, for there may be detectives at both ends of the block. This kid doesn’t look much like a member of the plain- clothes force, but you never can tell. It_ won't do for us Whether he’s workin’ for the police or not he’s seen too much for our good and will have to walk the plank.” Hal realized that he and his chum had tumbled from the frying-pan into the fire, for it was evident they had fallen upon the headquarters of some crooked gang. The room in which he was hiding ap to be a store- house of some kind, and Hal was pretty, well satisfied that its contents ‘represented stolen property. After hanging up the lantern the two men marchéd Sam through the door into the other part of the cellar, and thence somewhere up-stairs, for Hal could hear their foot- steps ascending a flight of steps. — A door banged shut and then silence sueceeded. CHAPTER XII. HAL SAVES SAM. Hal eame from his hiding-place and walking to the door through which his chum and the two men had passed looked © into the other part of the cellar. ‘ : It contained a long table, half a dozen chairs and a mis- cellaneous assortment of goods—enough, in fact, to furnishe a Small store. Hal had little doubt as to the character of the place. It was a thieves’ den. es ae He er.tered the room and started up the stairs, for it was his purpose to rescue Sam at any risk. c Opening the door at the head of the stairs, he stepped — out into a dark corridor or -entry. : A gleam of light shot under a door ¢lose at hand. Hal glided to it and placed his eye at the keyhole. 4 The voices of several men came plainly to his ears, but the keyhole did not command a view of < He took it for granted that Sam was in there, but how he are going te help = under the circumstances was more _ than he cou gure ou - shit bot Sls “If I ous et out of ae og and “ a policeman _ Sam would be saved and the inchs e thought. Acting on this idea, Hal Pelt iis way = the wall — toward what he supposed was the front of oe His hand came in contact with another door a room on the same side of the entry where the : room was. : aS i PA 3 No light came under the sill of five door, so the boy tured to turn the knob. F ni erro 7 The door o and Ilal looked into a black void. He ente cautiously, leaving the door ajar. He would have given a dollar for a at that ment, that is, if he had’ had a dollar thes. He felt around with his extend P who is stone blind 4

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AFTER : BIG MONEY. 15 come through a keyhole, and the sound of voices reached his| the middle of the block, and east of-——— avenue. It is ears. Fe “ a three-story house, and the third one west of the alley He that this room communicated with the one in| opposite which we were assaulted,” replied Hal. which he presumed Sam and his captors were. Taking off his shoes as a further precaution, Hal made his way to the door without meeting with any kind of an ebstruction, which gave him the impression that the room Was a vacant, unfurnished one. Reaching a pair of folding doors, he stopped and peered through the keyhole. : Nowe he had a full view of the lighted room and its occu- pan : There were three men in there, two of whom were the ones he had seen ‘in the cellar, and Sam. ‘His chum was seated in a common chair and bound with a rope passed around his body and the back of the chair. a He didn’t look very happy, while his garments were rum- pled and dirty. Hal put his ear to the keyhole in order to hear what Was sald in the room. He didn’t hear much, for the man.in the chair had passed upon Sam’s case, and was instructing his companions to go to the exit cellar, as they called it, and see if they could find any evidence of the other boy that Sam had claimed was with him. The speaker, whose name was Hoover, and the leader of the gang that occupied the cellar and other parts of the building, examined Sam’s bonds, and then followed his as- sociates down-stairs. As soon as Hal was satisfied that they were out of the nee eae tried the folding-doors and found’ that they were = He then slipped into the entry and hurried to the~side door of the other room, which he entered and presented . himself before the astonished eyes of Sam. ; “Heavens, Hal, where have you been hiding?” he ex- claimed. “1 s’pose you know ail about the men here. They , just gone hunting for you. If you want to save me and escape with your own life cut me loose quicker than Jersey lightning and let us get out of this man trap if we can. “Cut out your talk, for we might be heard,” said Hal, seizing a jack-knife which lay on a small table and getting to work.on Sam’s bonds, which he severed in short order. As soon as he was free Sam went to the table, pulled open the drawer and took out a revolver, fully loaded. “Take off your shoes, Sam, and follow me,” said Hal, grab- bing a box of matches from the_table, and starting for the or. > They were soon out in the dark hall. Hal opened the door at the head of the basement stairs F ‘and listened, but no sounds came up from below. + Striking a match, he led the way to the front door, which ~was level with the sidewalk. : ‘It was. heavily bolted, locked and further secured by a ain, . . They found no great difficulty in shooting the bolts, which worked easily in their sockets, unhooking one end of the ehain and unlocking the door. ‘Phen they resumed ir shoes, opened the door and : wicgued outside. — oe _ There was no one in sight and they made their way to the corner as fast as they could. t there gave them the name of the street in which was house from which they had escaped, and as they had taken particular note of the building and its loca- tion in the block, they felt they would be able to describe it aeeurately h for the police to find it. —7)) .Dp¥ee ‘Hocks arther on they noticed a couple of green standing in front of a building u se oe The lamp- a cross street. ba Fe looks like a police station,” said Hal. “Come, let’s : if it is not.” ae, it was a station, and told their story to the e desk. néd with’ atten shy of the difficulty, so Sam is td ap ee "| waited ‘il the'next boat ‘eatne in, whew’ be went aboard and Ny ok Sage I te ' A couple of detectives were called in, and the boys were directed to repeat their story to them, which they did. The sleuths knew the house, and after learning all the boys had. to tell them, with a couple of regular policemen started for the place. . The boys were detained pending the result of the raid. A couple of officers were sent out to try and find some of the members of the tough gang that -had attacked and robbed Hal and Sam. After the lapse of an hour one of the policemen who had gone out with the detectives returned to the station and reported that the building had been taken possession of by the police with all its contents. They had broken into the building, only to find that the men * gecapiinates had taken time by the forelock and disap- peared. A large quantity of stolen property was found in the cel- lars, and this had been sezed. As there seemed no likelihood that the rascals compris- ing the gang who had occupied the house would be cap- tured immediately, the boys reeeived permission to go home. They lost no time in taking advantage of it and catching a car for the bridge, having borrowed a quarter to pay their way home. “Gee! We had a great adventure to-night, all right,” said Sam, as they were bowling along their way to the big bridge. : “I'd rather be excused from such adventures,” replied Hal. “’m out a good watch that cost me $25; a scarfpin that I paid $6 for; a match safe worth about a dollar, and $4 in money.” “They didn’t get much from me,” ehuckled Sam. “About a dollar in change and a searfpin that cost me a quarter. They also took my penknife,.which was worth a dollar, or at least that’s what it cost.” - “How about our clothes? They’ll have to go to a tailor’s to be cleaned and pressed. “Add the cost of that to our loss and our night’s entertainment may be reckoned up as having cost us $5 easily. Rather expensive, without taking into consideration the kicks and pennsing we received from the toughs. By the way, how are your legs that were so lame in the cellar?” - “Pretty near all right now.” Hal and Sam took a Third avenue elevated train vu town, got off at 125th street station and walked over 2 Seventh avenue. It was four o’clock when they parted in front of Hal’s flat, and both felt pretty tired and rocky. ' \ = CHAPTER XIV. SAM’S TIP BRINGS HAL A SMALL BARREL OF MONEY. . > : As Hal had nothing particular on his hands, he did not reach his office until noon, but Sam had to report at his usual hour, rather against “his will. The market was lively that day and Sam had to run his legs off till after three o’clock carrying messages for, his a te h to } the office for the inally, when he was preparing eave office for day, his boss called him into his room and handing him a note, told him to take it to the office of a certain big. opera- — tor and hand it to him in person, as it was very im and must be delivered right away. Sam took the note, but when he reached the man’s office he was told that the operator had just left for his home on Staten Island. “Geel That’s tough,” grumbled Sam. “Mr. Parsons says ~ it is important and must be delivered right away.” Fs “Then take a car and make a bee-line for the § Island fexry,” replied the clerk. “You may eatch the boat : that he es,” for the = hich h in the He a dash for w e saw was the slip, but after buying a ticket so he get on the boat onl ieee for the oj Oe Se ne one the boat just lea its slip. a There was no other way out

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16 AFTER BIG MONEY. “It’s time for me to get out and be on the safe side,” he told himself when he saw the stock quoted at 108 and a fraction, so he rushed around to Arnold’s office and told the cashier to have his 3,000 shares sold right away. After lunch he called at his broker’s and learned that all his shares had been disposed of at 108 3-8, giving him a profit of $73,000. ine Out of this amount there would be $7,300 coming to Sam. Half an hour passed, and it is probable that Sam would! That would leave Hal worth a little over $100,000 in have slept on until the operator came looking for him and/| cash. Twenty minutes later he rang the bell at the house ed aroused him if it hadn’t been fer the fact that his It will therefore not be wondered at if he returned to his asked for Mr. Bellew. The servant showed him into the parlor and went to the i sae ld library, Where he was engaged with a visitor, to inform him that a boy had called to see him. “T’ll see him in a minute,” said Mr. Bellew. So Sam was left in the parlor to await the operator’s pleasure. , eh ed | i fell over against the window-sill and the shock woke him aie a as if he were one of the financial kings of reet. up. He looked at the gilt ormolu_clock on the mantel and saw that he had been dead to the world for a matter of thirty minutes. “J guess Mr. Bellew has overlooked the fact that I’m here,” he said to himself. “I'll have to step outside the front door and ring the bell so as to let him know that I’m on the premises. I don’t want to stay here all night.” He started for the hall and opened the door. The sound of voices reached his ear, and he saw Mr. Bel- lew bidding good-by*to his visitor. % “Pll expect to hear in the morning that you have got : Dorsey into the pool,” he was saying. “That will complete -. the combine, and then Ill order Parsons to go ahead and oe buy every share of F. & D. in sight. We ought to make several millions out of this deal, for the stock is now way b, down, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we ran the price up 5 thi points. Good-night.” ~ en the operator entered the parlor he found Sam sit- : ae Perens on a chair near the door waiting for him. too answer. CHAPTER XV. | HAL SECURES A VALUABLE PIECE OF INFORMATION. F. & D. closed at 110 that day, and at half-past three Sam called at Hal’s office to see how things were coming on. “I sold out a couple of hours ago,” Hal said. een: replied Sam, with sparkling eyes. “What did you get?” : “J got 108 3-8. I have figured that there will be some- thing. like $7000 coming tc you.” ; “How much?” gasped Sam, his eyes opening very. wide. The most he had expected to make was about $4,000, and his mouth watered for a week at the bare idea of get- ting as much as that. “Seven thousand,” smiled Hal. “Great jawbones! Have you made $70,000 profit out of this deal?” “As near as I can calculate, I have.” . Sam swelled up like a turkey gobbler over his great luck. He walked into his honie that afternoon with the air of a millionaire. * : ; When the family had about finished supper he remarked « | in an offhand way that he had some idea of buying a subur- — ban cottaze furnished with all the modern conveniences. _ “It would be an excellent idea, my son,” replied his father in a joking tone, “if you think you can afford it. We'll all m5 there and live then.” “You will if ‘a can stump up the rent on the first at ’m not buying a house for the fun of the e note, read it and then said there was no So Sam took his leave and started for the ferry, his mind full of the pointer he had accidentally overheard. After supper Sam made a break for Hal’s house and found him reading the evening paper after finishing his sup- ry PetHello, Sam! I thought you’d be in bed about this time, making up your lost sleep,” laughed Hal. — eD've got hold of a bang-up tip—a sure winner, and as | _. have no money to put up on it, I want you to play it to the - limit and give me ten per cent. of your profits: It’s worth ‘y cent of that and more.” Le i “Well, I’m waiting to hear all about it.” Sam jost no time in telling him what the tip was and _ how he had managed to get onto it. - Hai thought it was worth taking a chance on, and prom- ised Sam that he would do it and give him ten per cent. of whatever he made off it. - Sam then went home and turned in for a long sleep. -. _ Next morning Hal made some inquiries. about F..& D., noon exactly. thing.” - “TI suppose net,” answered his father dryly. “Probably it — hasn’t occurred to you that being a minor you can’t hold real ' estate in your own name.” ee 5 S “Then I won’t buy a house. Ill invest in a first mort- gage instead. That will give me an independent income.” “Has somebody been making you a present of a few thou- ~ ve : . sand dollars down in Wall Street?” asked his father satiri- found it tend selling ee Si , = poet for a year.| cally. ‘ty , ee ; It was now ruling at 82, and Hal boucht a couple of} “No, sir. 1 expect to make all I get,” replied Sam. “i saree F os that figure, giving his order, as usual, have just sande | Sess re a tip = oie stock market.% 9 Broker ia ¢ “Sam,” sai is father severely, “I suppose you intend Sam called on him that afternoon to find out what he had} that as a joke, but I can’t say that I relish such jokes eee =? ne, and Hal told him that he had secured 2,000 shares.} spoken seriously.” 3 Ee 3 "After talking a while on the subject the boys went home| “There is no joke about it. I’ve made the money, and = _ Spores da y ae Pa tees i Pa bapieion Ae prove ; as ply tongs Si ys before there was any noti e ather demanded an explanation an m gave it oe agement nF. 2° ad then, began foe ap fo 8. |, ie 6S Bee the. wing day it wen a ci “Do you mean to say that your fri unter has ma ng another 1,000 shares. $70,000 off a stock deal?” asked Mr. Carter. Sty ; of nah it was going at-90, and the brokers were PR iin sir. He’s made it or I wouldn’t be entitled to $7,000 re. ec pile of it.” ‘ , : " iy, Ae i mall speculators began to take a hand, and} Mr. Carter said nothing more and the subject was dropped — ock bound in earnest, going to 98 in a couple of hours. ; for the time being. es me Dip tee ae alternated between Mr. Arnold’s office and the gallery; Hal Hunter having reached the point he had originally ax ; aimed at—the acquisition of $100,000—felt that he had rea- lized his ambition to make big money, so he b the biggest deal he had ever been*con- began owas to consider very seriously the question as to whether uarter. of a milli ”) * 2 bs : cn: not a little excited. ‘ was liable to up 3 points, but Hal} should keep on and try to make it a q ; ; is ‘| dollars along the same lines or hang out asa |} ular broker and try to build up a legitimate ines it doi ‘otwithstanding his successes, he felt that m ; istion was cathe a Geottiehs tactics aa ret __ He knew that luck, more than good ju ‘him where he was, and hi : t, and in an

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4 %e ee ¢ r ae oh sad passed he couldn’t make up his pond just He let several chances slide by which he could have added to his pile because he was afraid to take the risk : eae months passed away and he didn’t make another Summer was now on, and Mr. Fair hired a wttage at Southampton, a fashionable Long Island watering place, for his wife and daughter to spend the season. al received an invitation to spend a week with them, and accepted. ; . He was to go down on a Saturday afternoon and stay = until a week from the following Monday. " z _Accordingly, he took the 2:10 p. m. train, and Mabel met a him at the station with her dog cart, and drove him to the <i cottage. SH San eer eee . . ei After dinner she put on some of her fienry, and Hal é 2 athens her to one of the hotels to attend the Saturday ‘ht hop. had a splendid time, for both were good dancers, and these enjoyed every moment of the orentnal The dance broke up at twelve o’clock, and Hal took his moon. 5 The soft beauty of the night had its effect on both of the young people, and they became more confidential usual : In fact, it was a case of spoons with both of them, and _ when Hal retired to rest he felt that Mabel was more to him than ‘She ever had been before. Hal was always an early riser, and next morning he ¢ 4 up before pa of ane family sain astir. was a magnificent morning, and he sta walk down the deserted ones ce nae Ooswhigy tim P ing a sheltered spot at the far end of the beach, peat rick Poy the Fegan of r. pile of rocks and y wa e ri ng water lap ‘the i his thoughts dwelt on Mabel. n! a a Suddenly he was aroused by the sound of voices, and he Soon became aware that two men had come to a halt on the other side of the rocks within easy earshot. The men, who he soon discovered were brokers Grantley and Spencer, were talking about the W. P. & Y. Trolley Go., a Westchester corporation which had long been in financial _ difficulties, which resulted in the road being put into the hands of a receiver by the bondholders. The fact was no secret in Wall Street, and the stock of _ the road, which had a par value of $25, was hardly ever quoted now in the market report because nobody wanted to buy it at any price, as it was considered a foregone con- _ clusion that the road would ere long be sold under the aan + in the interest of the bondholders, in which case the stockholders would in all probability be wiped put. , Sj One thing was not known in Wall Street, and’ that was * -@ movement had been under way for some time on the quiet _ by the directors of a big .railrosd that operated in West- chester County to seeure a controlling interest’ in the afore- said stock, © : . ; ' The directors of the said railroad owned the bulk of the bonds of oe trolley line and were figuring on bringing Sy about foreclosure proceedings, when they discovered that _ the stockholders of the line had appointed a reorganization _. eommittee with the view of rescuing the road from its AFTER BIG MONEY. “That’s one of the hotel bellboys. us a message.” 47 I'll bet he’s bringing The boy came up and handed Grantley a Western Union envelope. The broker tipped him a quarter, and then tore open the despatch. “Bureka!” he exclaimed. “Harvey has found Harding.” “The deuce he has! Where?” ’ “At Clinton, on the Boston road, near the Connecticut State line. Living with his niece, a Miss Smith.” : “Then the game will be in our hands,” said Spencer in a tone of satisfaction. “Doubtless. You must take an early train to-morrow morning, say the ten o’clock one, for Clinton, see Harding, and buy the certificate. He has no idea, of course, that he holds the key to a very important situation, and will prob- ably be glad to sell the stock that has been a drug on the market. Make the best terms you can and telegraph me the result.” “Tl do it; but I can’t go before one o’clock, as I have an important engagement which I must keep. There’s no rush, for nobody but ourselves, I may say, knows where of information. ng partner home under the glorious rays of the full ome Rie lives. Come on. Let’s go to the hotel for break- Whereu they walked away, leaving an unsuspected listener—Hal Hunter—in possession of their valued piece CHAPTER XVI. TURNING THE TABLES ON THE WALL STREET BROKERS. “Well,” breathed Hal, after the brokers had departed, “I have caught onto a mighty valuable piece of informa- tion. It strikes me that I can turn the tables on those gentlemen by going to Clinton myself to-morrow morning by ah early train and buying that certificate of stock from Hovding: Then I will hold the key to a very important situation, and ought to make a good haul out of it.” During the day he told Mabel that business of the great- est importance would take him to New York the first thing in the morning, ‘but that he hoped to come back on a late afternoon train. Accordingly, Hal boarded the seven o’clock train, after an early breakfast, and reached the city about nine o’clock. Going to his safe deposit box, he got more money than he thought he’d need and then took a Third avenue ele- vated train for the Grand Central depot, which he reached in time to catch the Shore Line local, which would stop at Clinton. He arrived at the small town about eleven and began making inquiries about Mr. John Harding. He learned that the old man lived on a small farm about a mile out of town. Hiring a rig, he drove out to the place. A slender young woman was sitting on the veranda. “Does John Harding live here?” asked Hal. ¥ “He does,” she replied. “T should like to see him.” “You will find him in the sitting-room. Step right in.” Hal stepped into the sitting-room, and was soon stating the object of his visit to the old man. F : “How much will you give for the stock?” asked Harding. “Well, I can’t give much, for it hasn’t any quoted value. “Well, how much? “A dollar a share.” Rm $5,000 for the hull certificate?” said Harding. “Yes. “Tll take you, if you’ve brought the cash to pay for ‘it down on the nail. “T’ve got the money. Make out a bill of sale so that 1 : can prove that I bought the stock if any question come up about it.” The old man made it out and signed it, had his niece wit- received the $5,000, in| ness it, handed it to the boy with the stock and in tum Hal then bade the old man good-by, returned the rig to the stable where he had hired it, and took the next train a Pinn' in his safe deposit box and then went eee: hour later he was on his way back to Southampton. age apg ot a gehen Aine fl a EE abel’s so- SEE mt te Kinch Pn t of the time, which he passed mostly in <r 6

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18 He was back in his office at eleven o’clock on the following Monday. About three o’clock that afternoon’a rap came on his oor. “Come in,”, said Hal, and in walked Broker Grantley. _ “You are Harry Hunter, I believe?” said the trader, tak- ing the seat beside the boy’s desk. “That’s my name,” answered Hal. “My name is Grantley. I am a stock broker. I under- stand that you have in your possession a small block of W. P. & Y. Trolley Co. stock—5,000 shares?” “Yes, sir.” “I will give you $10,000, that is $2 a share,” said the broker, taking out his check-book. Hal shook his head, whereupon Grantley rose and left the room with a frown on his face. He was back again in a few minutes, but this time he Was accompanied by Spencer and a young lady Hal recog- nized as Miss Smith. “Do you Know this young lady?” asked Grantley. “By sight, yes. She is Mr. Harding’s niece.” “She says the certificate of W. P. & Y. stock you bought from Mr. Harding was her property and she demands it back. She is ready to return you the money you paid her uncle for it.” “I bought the stock in good faith and hold Harding’s bill of sale for it, so I refuse to give it up.” “Then she will have you arrested.” “Very well; let her do it.” “Lock the door, Spencer. Now, young man, tell me where that bill of sale is.” * > “No, sir. You question.” “Just hold this chap, Spencer, while I look around.” Spencer seized Hal, and Grantléy, not finding what he wanted in the pigeon-holes, yanked out one of the drawers of the desk. | Crunching a newspaper in his hand, he dropped it on the floor, lighted it with a match and damped several letters from the drawer on the blaze. “Tell me where that bill of sale is or [1] burn the rest of. these,” he said. have a great nerve to ask me such a AFTER BIG MONEY. At that critical moment Sam Carter’s startled face ap- peared above the transom. =e > He had heard the loud, excited talk inside, and finding the door locked, climbed up and peered through the transom. Taking in the situation at a glance, Sam disappeared. Grantley now looked for more stuff to burn, and as he seized another drawer full of papers, which happened to be unimportant, the door communicating with the patent agency was suddenly opened, and Sam, the janitor and the lawyer rushed into the room. Reise : “What does this mean?” roared the janitor, dashing to- ward the fire and stamping it out. ae “The game is up, Grantley,” said Spencer, flinging Hal from him. : ; Opening the corridor door, he hurried Miss Smith and Grantley outside. Hal quickly explained what had happened. A Next day Hal visited the attorney of the reorganization committee and offered therstock to the committee for $50,000. His offer was accepted and the deal was duly put through. That made Hal worth $150,000. “ : After further consideration he decided to start in the regular brokerage business. He seeured a partner in an experienced young man who had represented a well-known broker in the board room for several years. Under the’ name of Day & Hunter the firm prospered from the start, and is to-day one of the most substantial houses in Wall Street. Soon after the firm began business Hal asked Mr. and Mrs. Fair for the hand of their datghter Mabel, and re- ceived their. consent. Ha! and Mabel were married two years later, and took up housekeeping in a nice little house at Larchmont-on-the- Sound, where they still live. - And there frequently comes Sam Carter, who is ever a welcome visitor. He and Hal never tire of talking about old times when they were boys, and especially the time when Hal was hustling after big money. : Next week’s issue will contain.“A YOUNG -LUMBER- KING; OR, THE BOY WHO WORKED HIS WAY UP.” A NEW SEMI-MONTHLY THE TITLE IS “MYSTERY MAGAZINE” PRICE 10 CENTS A COPY HANDSOME COLORED COVERS. 48 PAGES OF READING. \ LOOK FOR IT The greatest magazine published, for old aad young. _ Rousing feature stories, detective stories, based!on IT CONT deep mysteries, short stories, yovelettes, serial stories, and a vast AINS quantity of miscellaneous reading matter. ° GREAT AUTHORS. FAMOUS ARTISTS. FINE PRESSWORK. This magazine contains more reading matter for the price than ag ge publication on the news-stands. The i title of the feature story in o. 9 is “MR. BACHELLER’S APARTMENTS” By WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE. f ow! |

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| CHANCE FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF MATURE AGE. : An opportunity for confidential war wort for the _ Federal government of the highest importance is _ open to men and women with a knowledge pf Span- _ ish. The work affords an exceptional opgortunity - for patriotic service of a high order, and appeals to educated men and women anxious to ‘do their bit.” In England much of this work is done by retired and wounded army Officers, and by wives _ of army officers. Men should be over the draft age, _ or be physically unfit for active service, ke Ameri- can citizens and be endorsed by three or’more re- _ sponsible citizens. Salaries will be paid for this _ work, it is stated. Those desiring to take up this _ work should apply to Roderick Terry, Jr., Secre- _ tary, at 641 Washington street, New York City. _FIGHTING U-BOATS FROM TOWED KITE BALLOONS. Among other agencies brought to bear on the Ger-|. man submarines is the kite balloon of the type so _ extensively employed on the fighting fronts. The _ French navy, in particular, is employing a number _ of kite balloons with tenders for the purpose of spot- ting U-boats lurking near the coast and at the en- _ trances to important harbors. . The life of the kite observer at sea is full of - thrills, especially during those times when he climbs - up to the balloon swinging above the trawler and _ when he slides down the ropes to the deck of the trawler. It is said of these kite observers that some of their feats in this connection would compare most _ favorably with those of a trained tight-rope walker. But once in the basket of the balloon, the work is _ devoid of that excitement which is part and parcel of the work of the land observer. The U-boats can be readily spotted from a height of a few hundred feet, even when they are below the surface of the “water, provided the sea is not too choppy and the light conditions are favorable. % BE SAVING OF THE FATS; THEY ‘ARE va DOUBLY PRECIOUS, ‘ats are the most precious thing in this war. y is nearer breaking for want of fats than y re ay § > FAME AJD FORTUNE. WEEKLY. Be HELP YOUR COUNTRY! comes from fat, is one of the chief things for mak- ing modern explosives. We must have fats to keep up the fight. Save fats. Do not limit your supplies of milk, table butter and cheese; but consume all. Don’t waste any. You can cut the consumption of fats by reducing >astry and fried foods, Use cotton- seed or corn oil or peanut oil for cooking. Use drippings. nm Trim your own meat and melt the fat. let a scrap get into the garbage pail. Waste no soap, save the scraps; it’s made of fats. Fats that cannot be used for cooking should be saved and made into soft soap. Our waste of animal fat has been awful. Save it. Cut down, your consumption at least one-third of an ouncé’a day. That is enough to make 400,000 tons a year, if all America saves its fats. ' FOOD-SAVING MENUS FOR CREWS IN EFFECT ON 600 U. S. SHIPS. Operators of more than 600 American steamships have already come into line with the United States Food Administrator’s plans for wheat and meat saving aboard vessels plying in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. They have promised to adopt menus recently mapped out, at the request of lead- ers of the principal seamen’s unions, by the Food Administration, Department of Commerce, and Shipping Board. The marine labor leaders have — already promised that the seamen will do everything in their power to see that the Food Administra- tion’s programme is carried out to the letter. It is impossible yet to estimate accurately the exact saving that may be expected as a result of the new forecastle menus. Officials of the Food Administration and representatives of the seamen, however, believe that it will be possible to effect a — reduction of about 50 per cent. in the consumption | of wheat, about the same reduction in meat, and possibly 75 per cent. in the amount of pork normally used aboard our merchant ships. There will be eight wheatless meals every week— and in this case “wheatless” means absolutely with- out a grain of wheat. There will be one absolutely meatless day each week, and a meatless meal every day. The consumption of pork is cut to what is considered the practicable minimum, only three ~ meals a week containing meat in the form of pork _ Don’t

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once more wheeled upon imag man, I’ve already keeping silent FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. TWO FOR A CENT THE CHEAPEST BOY ON EARTH By GASTON GARNE (A SERIAL STORY.) CHAPTER XXIII (Continued). ead little hand sought his, and held it in earnes slasp “Even after we knew the truth about that horrid wretch, Penrose,” “Hold on, judge!” begged Job, wheedlingly. “I t| didn’t mean no harm, but my feelings got away with “Do you think you can keep them under control said Annie, “we didn’t know if I allow you to remain?” demanded’ the old man, where to find you, Milt. When your letter came, 1) coldly. was away. As soon as I returned and got your let- ter the first thing I did was to write to Uncle Job and tell him how we had discovered and proved your innocence.” “Tl try, jedge.” “Do so, then.” Then the old man turned to our hero. “Although your friends in Royalton have discov- “Innocence!” sneered Job. “We'll soon be hearing} ered your innocence, or believe they have, the Mil- that rattlesnakes have sweet tempers and never ler affair, if it is a real case, looks badly for you, bite!’ Milt. So does your possession of my bonds, which Still holding one of Annie’s hands in his, Milt! I left in the safe that I called down and asked you turned a wistful, appealing face toward Judge Hep-| to close. worth. But I don’t want to be harsh, or unjust with you, ‘Milt. I will listen to all that you have to “You see, sir, how appearances, once, were even| Say, and shall be only too glad if you can make me blacker against me than they are now. I hope you'll| feel that things only look black against you.” believe in me, or at least hold back your judgment “Why, I’ve already told you, sir, that I haven’t the until I have time to set myself straight in your slightest idea how the bonds came to be in my good opinion.” “T’d like to,” sighed the judge. “And, by Jove, sir,” broke in Bob Hubbard, “ believe you can safely do it, Judge Hepworth.” “How about Farmer Miller, anyway? These two} bonds drop at your feet. They were in my coat boys, the one that’s here, and the one that ain’t far! pocket just before they fell to the floor. ones? tried to rob Miller in hisown barn. He caught) stolen the bonds, would I have left them in my coat, pocket.” Job sniffed, but was discreet enough, this time, to : l shape no word: with his lips. “ ss “Don't you see, sir,” and Milt went on, earnestly, — _ “Bosh!” growled Job, his beady, snakelike eyes} “that, if I really had stolen the bonds from your safe, roving from the face of one speaker to another. I would at least be clever enough not to have those _ ‘em red-handed at it! He’s coming with the consta-| which was hanging on the hook just beyond that bles.” | - “How did he know we were here?” Milt broke in, coldly ~"“f told him,” clacked Job. “You see, sir,” clicked Milt, turning to the judge, trying to make trouble for us.” mean to say, Milt Bradlock,” demanded omg. through his arene wa he was asleep on his ee Eel ” began our hero. But before he could go further Judge Hepworth ilent. and getting out of . It by your conduct that} 5 Sesion meet So——” ” Had 1 “That's ingeniously inks ” assented the judge, — mildly. “Yet, if you didn’t put them in your pocket who did? I left them in my safe. you closed the safe and locked it. have opened the safe again.” “But you called down, sir, and asked me to close the safe ‘soon,’ ” Milt rejoined. stepped in and closed the door.” Outside, mdr eft as the r At my penaent a4 4 No one but my- — _ “how this man follows us everywhere, to the bitter ‘self has the combination, so that no one else eo d ee babys ax _ Job, “that Miller didn’t catch ye in the very act of Whaxter. “Huh!” came, breathlessly, from. Whaxter. 2 ‘ek : given you your choice be- Judge Hepworth stood wh head bowed, 62 bees n e com-| thought. - : e “I must admit, sir, that that word, ‘soon,’ did not rouse me to haste. — It was, perhaps, two or three minutes ieven bincasne g: Pts

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¥. : FAME AN FORTUNE WEEKLY. 21 Then someone ‘camid: be heard coming up n the} your gate, sir, Miller pointed out this boy, the one - porch. » he called Eastman, and ordered us to arrest him.” Job Whaxter leaped from his chair, dar tedto the; “Well?” insisted the Judge. study door and looked eagerly out. | “We were coming along with Miller and the pris- He saw Farmer Miller, a constable, an¢ Chub} oner. Then we caught sight of this other fellow, the ° "Eastman, | one you called Perkins just now. We got a glimpse “Come right in, neighbor Miller!” crid Wiaxter | of him prowling in the bushes near your wall. It « - exultantly. “Bring in Chub Eastman, too. Ye’ve| looked as if he was trying to get by us without being come at jest the right time, ’cause here’s tha other! seen. Young Eastman thought he recognized the and worst vagabond, Milt Bradlock!” fellow by his figure and way of moving. Before we knew what was up young Eastman broke away | from us and jumped on Perkins, tearing. off his red | wig and whiskers. Eastman told us you wanted ‘. ‘ CHAPTER XXIV. | Perkins the worst way. As it’s against the law to 7 ; wear such disguises as false whiskers, we nabbed ee “PRISON BARS FOR THEM BOYS.” him anyway.” 2 “And you did quite right,” approved Judge Hep- “Sit down, sir—or better still, get. out” cried) Worth. “I did and do want Perkins very badly.” _ Judge Hepworth, stepping angrily over to Nilt’s an-| _ “Well, here Iam,” sighed the tall prisoner, mood- 4 cient foe. ily. _ But Job, this time, paid no heed to the naster of| “As to this charge of Miller’s,’”’ went. on Chub, the house. airily, “it’s all the biggest kind of bosh!”’ “Come right in, Miller,” “he cried again “This| “Is it though?” glowered the farmer. “There’s way, officer. Ye’ve got one of the young scillawags, | my word to break down on that, and Zeb, my hired and the other’s here.” .|man, he knows all about the attempt you boys made Farmer Miller accepted the invitation forhimself. | to rob me when I was sleeping on the haymow of After him came the constable, holding © phahs my barn. Bosh, is it? Wait and see!” 5 arm. — ' There was another step near the study door, a Mia et eae far from looking frightened, bse soft. one. Then Grace Hepworth, her eyes big with wonder, peered into the room, in which so many people were oI | assembled. ag his left hand this second officer held a bunch | She catight sight of the officers and their badges, 1 ed whiskers and a wig. His right hand gripped | and her look of wonder grew. ~~ the arm of—Perkins. “What does this all mean, father?” she asked, af- “Perkins!” exclaimed Judge Hepworth, “What | ter a moment of pained silence all around. are you doing here?” “Grace, my darling, I wish you would go away for | assure you that I didn’t come feos my own | the present,” appealed her father. hoice ,” the rascal replied, with a grin. “That young/ “But it looks to me,” persisted the girl, ; Eastman, pointed me out to the officers. | though my friends, Milt and Chub, might be in some a by an invitation that I couldn’t refuse.” | trouble. Are they; father?” .xter, who knew not what part Perkins might} “I’m afraid so,” sighed the judge. cad gli didn’t care, edged up to Miller. With a cry Grace glided into the room. s the other young rascal, neighbor! Tell | | Her hand instantly sought Milt’s hand, which An- s to see that he don’t get away! Prison) nie had let drop. them boys!” _ | “Then, if our friends are in trouble, father,” pro- But ‘armer a ae looking on agape at so posed Grace, “it’s our place to stand by them.” ny interested peopl | Annie Irving regarded this beautiful, aristocratic ~¥ the constable ‘with Chub satel to Judge looking girl curiously. ah h to inquire: — “Thank you, Grace,” replied Milt, his voice trem. ah “matter you're fnitésbeted in; sir?” - | ulous. “Things look rather badly against us just ch indeed,” replied Judge Hepworth,| now, and I am asking your father to give us the 3 is. “At the same time I’m tremendous- | benefit of the doubt just long enough to egancts test y many things. In the first place, what | to get things straightened out.” ie Ras of the presence here of that individ-| “The benefit of the doubt?” cried Grace, warm! sae to the much disgusted Perkins.. | “Why, Milt, what else can we eve you but our fall ete. the same constalie who had est confidence in e bie enh Tage che ng sey - “Nobly said, after “Grace,” admitted her father thé village. He told us he | “T trust by the a this ere as ere esttord. "Of cou rob-| can do all that ; Behind ie and his captor came ancher con-

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FAME AND FORTUNE { ! WEEKLY. CURRENT NEWS When the patriotism of Chris Roumeliate, a Greek restaurateur of Sioux City, Iowa, was questioned because of his window display of German carp, Chris, who is a veteran of the Balkan wars, wrapped a small American flag around each fish. ~ Hotels can conserve tin and metal by the use of fiber ware, according to the Hotel World, which . reports extensive use of this material for trays, kitchen utensils, pails, fire buckets, cuspidors, waste- paper baskets, champagne coolers, and like articles. The fiber ware is molded into shape from wood pulp under great hydraulic pressure, and given a hard waterproof surface, and so is seamless and sanitary. ‘ Had it not been for the inquisitiveness of S. C. Jensen’s tomcat, Teddy, the Jensen store at Menom- inee, Mich., would have burned to the ground. Jen- sen several months ago adopted the strange cat and it repaid the debt by calling the attention of a pass- ‘erby that his store was ablaze. The cat snuffed a burning blanket and scratched vigorously on the front door until a pedestrian investigated and found a blaze in the store, which was closed at the time. Wisconsin has a law prohibiting the manufacture of skim-milk cheese under certain conditions. Ata recent meeting the cheese makers of that State urged that the law be amended to permit the manufacture of skim-milk cheese in the usual shapes during the * war, utilizing by-products from butter in the cream- eries and competing on an even footing with other States which permit the making of skim-milk cheese : with proper brands showing its character and penal- & ties for sale in deceptive ways. . Louisiana does a good winter business in straw- Be berries, but has often suffered losses through the ; waste of overripe berries not suited for shipment even to local markets. A farmers’ association at Hammond, that State says the Manufacturer’s Rec- old, recently negotiated with a New York manufac- turer of cordials and extracts, securing a small pre- serving factory, which was quartered in an old iron on foundry, and will take all overripe berries at nine - cents per quart, besides giving employment to local workers. This factory will also.can and preserve _ wild blackberries in that section after the, straw- berry season closes. ? _ Under the guidance of the Federal Food Adminis- trator for the State of Washington, Charles Heb- berd, retail grocers in that section, have established __ two corn-meal days each week, Mondays and Tues- days, ; basis 0 a 10-pound sack for fifty cents, delivered free on Monday with a $1.50 order. In some I~ stancesthis price is below actual cost to dealers, but theplan has been taken up enthusiastically in that teritory. The Tuesday price is sixty cents per 10-pound sack, delivered free with a $1.50 order. This plm was inaugurated at a meeting of grocers in Evertt, Wash., where the regular lunch was replacedby a meal of hot corn-meal mush and milk. ‘A recait dispatch states that the greatest school of war tle American army has ever known, and one which, vhen -it is in full swing, will probably be the greaest single school of any army, has begun operatiors somewhere in France. When the school is in ful progress, it will have more than 10,000 students n training. There are in operation schools foy trenci mortar work, anti-aircraft artillery, anti- aircraft nachine gun operations and sanitary work. Out of th) school will be turned complete units which will be <ttached to the different divisions of the army. Itincludes also an army candidate school for consideriig non-commissioned officers and examin- ing them as to their fitness for commissions. _ It is from thisschool, when the American army is in full action, that officers will be drawn to replace those fallen in battle. The Schneider-Creusot -works, the ammunition works where the greatest number of the famous French % mm. guns are made, covers a total area of 15,000 acres, 150 of which are used for build- ings. Toconnect the different parts of the big plant ————————— ye they sell corn meal for cost on the ~ 180 miles of railroad track are needed and 65 loco-— motives and 5,700 cars. A total of 116,000 hor: power is employed in operating the works of which 4,600 horse-power is electric. This plant has 80,000 employees and.4,200 machine tools are in operation. One of these is 160 feet long. Outside the Schneider-. Creusot works, France has, of course, a great num- ber of other important armament plants. Several of these are entirely new. The 75 mm. gun will shoot as Many as 16 shells a minute and there are guns which have fired 2,000 shells a day. This means that 4,000 to 5,000 men will have to be con- tinually on the job to make the sheils needed for eight guns only. Of course, it happens very rarely that one gun is called upon for such an achieve- ment; but it is generally said that-the French fired during the battle of the Marne at least 150,000 shells, weighing approximately 1,350 tons. A factory equip- ment costing approximately $50,000 is required to — turn out 100,000 rifle cartridges a regiment of men for a day’s battle. day, enough for a —

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: >. Sar > 4 iz * i. ON SUCESS STREET __ TWO AND TW(MAKE TWENTY-TWO Nt | / ED KING (AIERIAL STORY) as CHAPTER V (Continued). | ple were leaving Rawston Springs, our hero found But suddenly Jack turned nd darted cat full |2 2°W way of putting two and two together. Speed. : 5 oes ty Many of the city people wanted to sell their horses, __ Down the slope, directly in the path of e more With winter coming on, of course the animals were slowly rolling pipe, he ran. going cheap. _ He.found a four-foot length of beam, zeed it}. Jack secured twenty-eight horses at the lowest _ Up and lay it in the path of the pipe. kind of prices. He was something of a judge of Bump! The rolling pipe stopped in jcourse. | h0rse-flesh. Dandy Jim. was i ang gee foyhe mo- These horses he shipped to Florida, going with ment. them. * “That's a bright kid,” approved the yeg “Now Down in Florida the season was just beginning, - finish the job by turning me loose, an’ yemake a and there was a demand for horses. friend.” The first week in November Jack Thurston was ~ “Stop that line of talk,” Jack warned. +t won " back at Rawston Springs, hugely pleased with him- F do you any good.” self. < / 7 But Dandy Jim was still pleading useldy, with I wonder other folks” never thought of buying “an occasional threat, eet when Evaneturned cheap summer resort horses and taking ’ em south .With we constables. to Florida for the iene 2 season,” he said to Judge, facing that of his pa, “You' ve really done well, then?” asked the judge. Then Jack turned to picen to Evans. ut that Well,” smiled the boy, ‘after paying all expenses R ‘good fellow had vanished with his dog. I’m a clean fourteen hundred winner. My capital a is now past the three-thousand mark, and climbing : toward four thousand.” eee = & “Whew! My. boy, I’m going to offer you some 32 CHAPTER Vi. good advice.” =, “Such as what?” ~ . , PERCY GASTON MAKES A FEW POINTED MARKS. “Buy a partnership in some good country store. | and your start in life is made.” a fe Gratitude often shrinks queerly with tleoming “That would be adding two and two together.” : ylight. “What else can you do?” : z Mr Eldridge that forenoon sent Jack, asreward | “Put two and two side by aide judge, and make raed a ny in gems, the princesum of | twenty-two. All the folks who live on Success street : in these days make their money er than a dollar . tac with a 8 auiet smile; added theoney to | at a time.” a , and said little. ‘I hope you won’t lose your money, lad,” sighed cn he called on iiss, Bessie that- fonoon he | the judge, shaking his head. The judge infaed him| The butler came in with the mail just then. Judge | a thousand dol stand- | Holman opened one of the letters. aC the “The lightning has hit me,” he observed grimly. ape Tustee Holmen hurried + paying} Jack looked at him questioningly. - reward, which he himself turned f to our| “The barn-burners have sent me one of the let- od, “clean, crisp pereetcs. ters,” went dn the old man. thor belongs to Ey-| “The barn-burners?” ; “I forget that you’ve been away, lad. In the last dvertis- fortnight a clever and unknown gang has been at ader. | work here. The gang picks out a man with money, ne peo- and sends him hee ue a sum = mg ss

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¢ 24 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. SSS ee ee eee Oe These rascals call for a thousand dollars from me.” “And if they don’t get it, sir?” “Tf I don’t leave the money hidden at’ the spot aoiae in this letter, they threaten to set sped barn afire “They wouldn’t dare to do it,” scoffed Sack: “Three barns have been burned within a week, and the owners have been notified to hurry up and pay, quietly, or their homes will go next,” uttered the judge, wrathfully. “But surely such rascals can be caught!” cried Thurston. “They haven’t been caught yet.” “Then, sir, suppose that I try it.” “What can you do, though?” “For one thing, keep a close watch on threatened barns.” “T see Percy Gaston coming now,” announced the judge, turning from the window at which he had been standing. : “Percy Gaston?” “He calls here to see Bess.” Jack felt a jealous thrill! shoot through him. But the judge sent for Gaston, a good-looking, otyaatk young fellow with a rather self-satisfied The two young men shook hands. Gaston looking at our hero with none too cordial a glance. “Gaston,” began the judge, “our young friend, Thurston, thinks he can rig up a scheme for catch- _ ing the barn-burners.” * “Tt’ll be all right if they don’t etch him,” re- torted Gaston, meaningly. “Beyond a doubt they’re dangerous men.” “But you'll join a committee of us to help catch these rascals?” persisted Judge Holman. “With only too much pleasure, my dear judge!” cried Bess’s suitor. For some minutes the three discussed plans. Then Gaston excused himself, and went to see Miss Bessie. —— ; judge. Re Jack said nothing. He didn’t wholly like Gas- yA ton’s looks, but as he was one of Bess’s friends our ee hero said no word against him. Within five minutes a servant came to ask if Jack Bay could not join Miss Bessie in the drawing-room $i, “Run along, Jack,” advised the judge. “I’m going to be busy, anyway.” - $o Jack joined the young people. Bess greeted him with a warmth of pleasure that made peantion _ wince and twist his mustache savagely. The two young men left together, but Jack had an © dented to dine there that night. _. Gaston had not. He remained silent until they ci eS passed out beyond the gate into the driveway. __ “Thurston,” cried the older young man, suddenly, pepamse I’m paying attentions to Miss Holman.” “So i keep away!” “That'll be for the judge and his daughter to say, I imagine,” Jack replied, coolly. “Do you intend to defy me?” raged Gaston, his voice now hoarse with anger. “Defy you?” Jack repeated, smilingly. “How long have you had the job of deciding who shall, or shall not, call on the Holmans?” The shot told well. Gaston gasped for a moment or two, then he recovered his nerve enough to say: “Thurston, some people don’t know their places. You’re a dog-trader, a horse-trader, a thief-catch- er. It's arerencs on your part to call on Miss Hol- man.’ “Wither she or the judge will be sure to tell me when I’m no longer considered fit company,” smiled Jack, determined not to allow hiner to be made angry. “Bess is a fool to invite such a low fellow as you to dinner!” raged Percy Gaston. In a twinkling Jack forgot his resolve not to lose, his temper, His fist shot out, landing on Gaston’s nose, and felling that young man to the ground. “Are you any good at fighting?” queried Jack Thurston, coolly, as the other rose, cursing. “You dare to strike me——” “That was not on my own account, but for your cheek in insulting Miss Holman,” quoth Jack. “Do you want to answer the blow?” ~ “Answer the blow?” squirmed Gaston, clenching his fists. His first impulse was to close in and have ~ it out. But Jack didn’t look wonderfully easy to thrash—a fact that made Percy Gaston grow | whiter and meaner in temper. “No, I don’t fight with low people like you, ” re. torted Gaston, edging off as he spoke, “It’s more in line to have my valet thrash you. But I'll pay — you for-your inmypudence! See if I don’t! In the © : “A very nice young fellow that,” commented the | hardest kind of coin!” . CHAPTER. VII. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Judge Holman and Bess were away for the even: ve ing—gone to a ball in a neighboring town. Jack, having nothing to do for that evening, which = was abolit a week after his row with Gaston, decided to keep a eye over the judge’s premises. _ The b lackmail money that the unknown gang had : demanded had not been paid. Judge Holman could — hardly believe that the gang would dare burn the — barn of a judge of the Supreme Court of the county. Jack had a different view. He believed that gang would delight in showing that it dared “ gato a iawn Wee fk: 2 (Fa be “ee

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FAME AND AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 25 The barbarism of the enemy in its continued air ’ raids on innocent victims was offset in London re- _ ently by a four-year-old boy who refused to be _ frightened by the murderous attack. _ The boy and his grandmother were sheltering in _ @ passage when a bomb demolished the upper por- tion of the house. Debris rained down on them _ and they were almost buried. As they were being Ser the boy looked up at his grandmother and sai . ‘ Me | was brave, wasn’t I, granny? They can’t make . ery. ” _ killed, and her sister, aged about four, was seri- ously injured. Another little girl in a flat a few 5 doors away was injured. A horse was killed in a stable near by. - ENCOURAGE THE BOYS» Mothers would find their sons much easier enter- ed at home if they would encourage them in e peculiar hobby, and forgive the little extra ble that the brushing up afterwards gives them. 2 encouraging of a hobby certainly implies self- ce on the part of the mother, but, if she is she will give her boy a corner of the home as own den, where he can stow his property, make uch litter as he chooses, and work out at his aisure the pursuit of his harmless hobby. Pe haps it may take him many hours, days, even nth: s, to turn a soap box into a corner cupboard, w boards into a flower stand, but do not laugh th e work of art when it is finished. Praise it ‘It is better for a boy to do such things in dd hours than spend his evenings with rough perhaps learning to swear, drink or even gam- CONVICT’S FORTUNE. DOUBLES. ugh Alphonse J.\Stephani has a fortune of $100,000, he can spend only $50 a month. a life-time convict at the New York ‘Slate Hospital for the Criminal Insane. , during the last fifteen years he has been om bars has: increased from $50,000 to _ was disclosed recently in the Supreme a representative | of the law firm of ds, Schurp, Schurman & Dwight ap- Whitaker for an order that would _ The baby daughter of a policeman who lived on lear the the ground floor opposite where a bomb fell was | ; ble Trust Company to. pay the services = Reed aR: account old, Kille : INTERESTING TOPICS F OUR-YEAR-OLD BOY DEFIES AIR RAIDERS. |and sent to Sing Sing for life. Later he was ad- | Judged insane and sent to Dannemora. His mother died in 1902, leaving him $50,000. Several efforts to have Stephani released have proved futile and under the law he can spend only $50 a month as long as he is a prisoner. FRENCH WRECKERS OF GERMAN DE- FENSES. Correspondents on the Western front have beer. telling us of late that the French army has set aside part of its artillery for wrecking purposes exclu- sively. When an offensive operation is decided up- commander of the artillerie de demolition is called into consultation, and to him is entrusted the task of pulverizing and blasting and burying the German works which stand in the way of the attacking poilus. For these w recking activities the wrecker-in-chief ' brings up whatever pieces of artillery he deems nec- jessary. They are installed in position with relation to the enemy lines, while railroads are laid and de- pots are erected for the handling and storing of shells and powder. plies the chief wrecker with aerial photographs of the territory to be treated; and when the fire of hun- reds of massed guns is turned on this territory, the aerial photographers continually report the progress of destruction. Such points which hold out longest are subjected to concentrated shelling. CAPTAIN DEATH. In the month of December, 1756, the Terrible pri-- vateer, of twenty-six guns and two hundred men, commanded by Captain William Death, engaged the Grand Alexander, a French vessel of four hundred tons, twenty-two guns, and one hundred men; after a smart fight of two hours and a half, in which Cap- tain Death’s brother and sixteen of his men were killed, he took her and put forty men on board. A few days later, the Vengeance privateer of St. Ma- loes, thirty-six guns and three hundred and sixty , men, bore down upon her and retook the prize. The Vengeance and the prize then both attacked the Ter- rible, which was between them, and shot away her mainmast at the first broadside. One of the most — desperate engagements ever recorded ensued. It lasted one-hour and a half. Mons. Bourdas, the French captain, his lieutenant, and nearly all the. 22 crew, on the one side; and Captain Death, almost all | his officers, and the greater part of the grew, on the — other side, were killed. — As soon as the heroic feat was known in Englan a subscription was set on foot, which produced — | very. ieee age sok ths salient aeons oe Meanwhile the air service sup- St Se at

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_ Army remaining in this country, has not been an- _ accommodate 375 guests, while half as many more will _, Mont. He had evidently been dead for several days, - and but for the strange actions of his dogs, a 26 - FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. : FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY NEW YORK, MARCH 15, 1918. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS . Single Copies One Copy Three Months @ne Copy Six Months One Copy One Year POSTAGE FREE aa TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. O. Money | Check or Registered Lettér; remittances in any other | ways are at your risk. We accept Postage Stamps the same as When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece Write your name an ot per to avoid cutting the envelope. address plainly. Address letters to HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, 166 West 23d St., New York GOOD CURRENT NEWS ARTICLES Mrs. Orville Miller, who lives six miles in the country, walked to Dixon, Ill., the other day, having no other way to get to town. She went to the Red Cross shop, where she obtained yarn for knitting for the soldiers, and then procured a 100 per cent. flag; then she walked back home. There are eight children in this mother’s family. Introducing George McGuire, the world’s most pa- tient, most persistent and most easily satisfied man. After twenty-five years’ consideration of his appli- cation for a place as cemetery watchman at $40 a month, the Government appointed him. He quit the | temporary $60 a month job he has held at the In- | terior Department; Washington, D. C., for a quar- ter of a century and accepted. The New Ocean House at Swampscott, Mass., with its annex and several cottages, has been taken by | the government and will be converted into a re- constructive hospital. Whether the institution will be used solely for convalescents returned from over- seas or devoted to the use of the men of the National nounced. The main structure, as it now stands, will are annually taken care of in the annex and cottages. | It is likely, however, that this capacity as a hospital | greatly increased and possibly doubled. - John Grenk,.@ sheepherder, was found dead in his. cabin fourteen miles northeast of Bozeman, bedy might still be lying undiscovered. When the _ cabin was approached one of tha dogs on the outside ted guard and refused to let any one enter the > eabin until he first had been made prisoner. In- side the Br a te rh iets ved boonies frogs “But why are they so ch Capt. Franz von Rintelen, relative of the Kaiser, was found guilty in the United States District Court | at New York on February 5th of conspiracy to de- | stroy a British steamship in the spring of 1915 by placing fire bombs in her hold at a time when she was moo at a pier in Brooklyn. Ten other men of the total of sixteen named in the Federal indict- ‘ment also were found guilty. Judge Harland B. Howe sentenced each of the defendants to the maxi- mum provided by Congress eighteen months’ impris- onment at hard labor, a fine of $2,000 and costs of — the prosecution. He expressed regret that he was unable under the law to pass more severe sentences. — In specially referring to the case of Von Rintelen Judge Howe said that if he were sentenced for life, if not to forfeit life, the punishment would not be | too severe. GRINS AND CHUCKLES “He always was a bad egg, but nobody seemed to notice it, while he was. rich.” ‘Yes, he was all right until he was broke.” 4 Elocutionist—Strike for your altars and your fires! Strike! Till the last armed foe—— Fan— — Dat’s two strikes, mister! One more an’ yer out. “My husband has a terrible attack of grip.” “What are you doing for him?” “Nothing. He has his life insured for sixty thousand dollars.” “T understand that after waiting twenty years she married a struggling man?” “Yes, poor chap! He. struggled the best he knew how, but she landed him.” Weary Clerk—Have you any fountain pens that won’t blot when they are nearly empty? Dealer— Why, sir, I have fountain pens that won’t blot when they are entirely empty. Crabshaw—If you insist on this new gown I'll have to get it on credit. Mrs. Crabshaw—As long — as it’s going to be charged, dear, I may as well = a more expen one. First Boarder—Smith must be behind in his board. Second Boarder—What makes you think that? First — Boarder—I netice he’s had the neck of the chicken | for the last: three Sundays. ee Rube—Where’s yer toy naow ? ; Josh—He’s ii New York. Rube—Which side’s he on by this. time? : Josh—What d’yer mean? Rube—Is he sellin’ gold bricks a’ready or ney he. ’em yet? Wg rn “If you are looking for bargains,” said the hese “TI can suit you. I can offer you some stocks at '

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. . AN AWFUL COLLISION. By Horace Appleton ; I ran an engine on that same Gulfport & Bilford - road. _. I suppose Baisley remembers Colonel Pinkerton? Baisley remembered him perfectly, though the gentleman had not come into power in his time. _ The colonel was about as reckless a man as one - would be likely to find, even in a day’s journey in the “Paradise of Rogues.” He had been president of a bank somewhere in the North, and in due time became the president of the railroad company. In his younger days he had partly learned the trade of a machinist, and in consequence he believed that he knew more about a locomotive than any Other man on the road. * : He was mad if a train was two minutes behind time, and as he had appointed all the conductors himself, he charges the blame upon the engineers. He lived at Buckvale, where he had a very nice place, built on the line of the road, so that he could _ tell at what time every train passed it. _ “Romsey, you are late,” said Colonel. Pinkerton to me one morning as I stopped my train at the _Buckvale station. _ “Two minutes, sir,” I replied meekly, as I looked at my watch, ; _ “Five minutes!” retorted the colonel sht&rply. “Jt is only two minutes by my watch, which was tight by the company’s time in Bilford this morn- rr 7? 5 2 “Don’t contradict me, Romsey! You have said enough! , There is a better man than you are that ants your place,” he continued, as he turned on his heel and left me.” I knew about this man that wanted my place. He was a relative of Fling, the conductor on my pie had been sent for when he was not needed UIle ey ' ‘he next day I came into Buckvale on the moment. ns; and I know that both of them were anx- make a place for the newcomer. But I had od-will and support of all the engineers, and ew it was not prudent to discharge me with- wofreason, pars’ » thee minutes behind time, Romsey,” ne! heavy frown on his face. , ‘on the moment,” I ven- _|manded the colonel. from! he leaves at once.” — that of the company at Bilford,” I continued very respectfully. ; “I have the right time; and it is your duty to have it also,” he replied, putting up his watch, and walk- ing away. But of course I could see that his time was three minutes faster than mine. As it was, I was three minutes ahead of the up train, which usually took the siding for my train to pass it at this station. “What time are you, Mr. Fling?” I asked the conductor, before we left Bilford the next morning. “Eleven minutes of seven,” he answered, after consulting hts watch. “You are three minutes fast,” I added. “I am just right,” he persisted, hurrying away from me as though he did_not wish to have the difference between our watches investigated. It seemed to me that he was a party to the presi- dent’s plan for getting rid of me. But I noticed that he gave me the signal to start three minutes late by his own watch, though by the right time, accord- ing to my own. P “Make all the steam you can, Blunt,” I said to the fireman as I pulled out the throttle. I kept on all the pressure my gauge would allow, and reached my first stopping place five minutes ahead of my own time. , It was but three miles more to Buckvale, but Fling did not give the word for me to start till three min- utes behind the time by my watch. I could see no reason for this delay, and I don’t | think there was any. C I crowded the machine to the utmost of its capac- ity, for I had an upgrade against me, and a rather heavy train. I stopped the engine at Buckvale just three and a half minutes ahead of the true time. “You are ahead of your time, and that’s worse than being behind,” growled Colonel Pinkerton, evi- a dently disappointed. + “I thought I must be about right by your time, sir,” I replied. “T don’t want any words about it,” snapped he. “There is a lady on this train who has to take a steamer at Gulfport five minutes after it is due there; if you are late it will be the last train you ever run on this road,” continued the colonel. “Now go ahead, and don’t lose another minute here.” “T haven’t the conductor’s signal to start yet,” I remonstrated. : : “You have my order! Start your engine!” roared the president, who was in the worst humor possible. “But the up train has not arrived yet, sir,” I <4 gested, appalled at the idea of going ahead whilethe = other train was entitled to the track. ‘a “Are you the president of this road, or am I?” de- “Certainly I am not the president.” a “I am; and every man on the road obeys me, or — a ~~?

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-FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. At this moment Fling-appeared with his watch in his hand. He seemed in doubt, but in a moment more he _ gave the order to start. The up train was certainly late. It was usually on the siding when I came in. “We haven’t waited five minutes for the up train, Mr. Fling,” I objected, when I saw the signal. “Yes, we have; just five minutes,” he replied, look- -_ ing at his watch again. “Time up; will you go ahead, Romsey ?” demanded the conductor, who felt that. he was acting in the presence of the president. “No, sir; I will not!” I answered decidedly. will not cause a collision when I know better.” “Very well, Romsey! You are discharged for dis- obedience of orders! The engineers don’t run this ns | road,” interposed Colonel Pinkerton. “Here, Walker, | ‘jump into that cab and run this train down. to Gulfport.” This remark was addressed to the man who: had come down as the relative of the conductor to ob- tain my situation. “Colonel Pinkerton, I heard that your son was on . the up train, and if you mean to kill him and the lady you spoke of, you will do it,”’ I had the pluck to say as I stepped off the footboard. “None of your impudence, Romsey! If you work on this road you must obey orders,” answered the president, as he jumped upon the forward car, as it. came up to the spot. I had something more to say to him, and I ix lowed him into the car. I did not think the train would go far, and I hoped _the new engineer would hear the up train in season to stop his machine and avoid a collision. . As [had been discharged I gave’ Colonel Pinkerton __ @ liberal piece of my mind in the presence of the passengers. He was mad, and they were indignant at my} plain use of words. | I told them the president was risking the life of every person on board of the train to oblige the lady to whom he was engaged to be married. He was a widower, with one son, and it seemed _ that he intended to accompany his lady down to Gulfport. _ His son was a lad of ten, whom I knew well, for pate he. often came to see me on, the engine. The passengers threatened to Jyneh me for what Thad said to the colonel. __ Before I was aware that they meant what they __ said, ee a dozen of them seized me in such a way ; I could not defend myself. In spite of my struggles they hurled me from. the __ platform of the rear car, to which I had followed _ the colonel, into a sand bank at the side of the road. ayaa it was a sand bank, and the train had was not harmed i re ar ms fet it had Ray done 2 be an awf : - { down considerably in rounding a curve, and. ear such a terrible deed. this last occasion, however, every precaution w The train from which I had been so unceremoni- — ously cast had come into collision with the up train. I hastened forward as fast as possible, though I — found I was very stiff from the effects of my fall. The two trains had struck each other just beyond the curve. There was nothing to be seen of either of them — but a mass of ruins. ‘ Before I reached the spot I saw Blunt inning towards, the scene of the disaster. ; He had seen the approaching train, and had leaped from the engine on the instant. He was not very badly injured, and he walked — with me to the wreck. I should say that one-half of the passenigers were | either killed or badly wounded. About a dozen seemed to be uninjured, fioksh I could not see how a single one escaped instant death. — Walker, the new engineer, was killed, but both the engineer and fireman had leaped from the ma- chine on the up train. I looked among the ruins for Henry Pinkerton. | the president’s son. I found him with a leg and an arm broken. His father was terribly battered; but his life — was saved, leaving him a cripple for the rest of his days. Miss Clifford, the lady to whom the colonel was engaged, was killed, and probably did not know 4 what hurt her. I worked with all my might for four hours, and till the fext train for Bilford came along. I helped out from the pile of ruins that held them down, several of the passengers who had assisted in throwing me from the train. They had changed their tone. The indignation against the colonel and. Fling was very bitter when all the facts came out, and I. was’a sort of lion for a while. The, president was deposed at once, and 4: was | restored to my situation. I was called upon no more to eat dirt on: thie road, and the president was always rightfully, re-. garded as the author of “An Awful Collision.” ——_2 tio ee —s0 2 the bear at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Ca. ; has gobbled up the family which but recently she, presented to the San Francisco public. + Nellie, though admirable as she-bears 20, | many. of the unfortunate propensities of such crea - tures in confinement.. One of those Hath cs is a weakness for devouring their young. _ Nellie has erred in that direction aforetime. taken—every inducement extended—to def “We gave her all the raw ‘meat. she’ lained Park Superintendent John McLarer unfortunately it was no use ¢ all bere

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FROM ALL POINTS FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 29 : 2 eT BERS : AIR MAIL LINE FOR FRANCE AND ENGLAND. | get into the war relief movement by helping in the According to the London daily press, it is learned Red Cross work. While many Indian women, past from semi-official sources that an airplane postal |the half-century mark in age, are making surgical service between France and England is to be realized | dressings, others are knitting sweaters, socks. and in the near future. scarfs for the soldiers. It is considered that a service.of this kind would| “Umh, me help—me don’t like Churmans,” said _ be of great value during the war, especially in view |n old Cherokee woman at the court house the other of the fact that the members of the interallied com-|day. And she began to speed up in her work of mittee, sitting at Versailles, could in this-‘way be |making a sweater. Oklahoma Indians are giving up _ put into rapid communication with the war office;Many” “sures because Uncle Sam has told them he ’ and with the British government. needs .. ...' help. : The idea of the project comes from the French ees AES EE _ authorities, who delegated M. Flavon to England PROPER CARE OF YOUR WATCH. to consult with the air board and arrange the pre-| If we could bear in mind that each watch con- liminary matters. tains more than two hundred parts, most of ‘them __ At the same time the director of the postal serv-| invisible to the naked eye, and that the balance ices was instructed to negotiate with’ the post-office | vibrates 1,800 times an hour, we might be inclined for the necessary agreements which were to be _ drawn up concerning the proposed airplane service. It is stated that the project is practically agreed on. to blame lack of care instead of poor quality of the timepiece when an unreasonable number of min- - utes are gained or lost. Good results in correct time-recording can be obtained by observing a few simple rules, writes A. K. Hamilton in the Ilus- trated World, Chicago. Wind your watch at the same time every day, if possible, where it can be compared with and regu- lated by a standard chronometer. It is better to wind it twice a day, but this is of no benefit unless it be done regularly. Absent-mindedly turning the stem at frequent intervals during the day is harm- ful. When winding hold the watch still and turn the stem at an even rate. The last few turns should be made slowly to avoid a jarring strain on the spring at the end of the operation. A lower pocket is the best in which to carry your timepiece. The temperature of the upper vest pockets is apt to be lower and they also subject it to more changes of position. Use the chamois bag - furnished by the jeweler unless yoy have a watch pocket lined with a similar material. Besides pro- __ tecting the case the friction of a rough surface saves it from many abrupt shifts due to sudden move- ments of the body. The vest pocket is a better rest- ing place at night than under a pillow. This keeps _ the watch in the same position throughout the twen- “ ty-four hours, but the vest should not be exposed to great changes of temperature. u. It is best not to open the back of your watch at all, but never do it out of doors, where dust and grit may fly in. Tobacco ashes are just as bad. If | there are any repairs to be made consult a watch- maker. Some watches may run for years without — going to the shop, but they should be oiled at regu- lar intervals. One-tenth of a drop will lubricate it, sted or been drafted, the older men of the | but this tiny amount is as necessary as the greater ‘too old to go to war are contributing gener-| quantity the auto demands. Don’t get a cheap watch all war work in a financial way. \and bang it around; you may forget some day and ‘remained for many oR CARUSO PAYS $59,000 INCOME TAX. 2 Enrico Caruso, the famous Italian tenor, went to the Internal Revenue Office recently and made out a check for $59,000, which he handed to Collector Ed- - wards in payment of his income tax. i The amount was not divulged by Mr. Edwards, as it is unlawful for him to do so. “Last year, Mr. Caruso paid $4,000 too much,” said Collector Edwards, “and this year we were able to save him about $5,600 by carefully going “over the figures, and $600 because of the advance a eede Aivaa’s tax is a good deal of money to hand over to the government, because, ‘although he is a big donor to the Red Cross, he is a non-resident 7 ‘alien and there are now deductions or exemptions allowed,” said Mr. Edwards. j In his deeestng room at the Metropolitan Opera " the singer said: nore glad it is done. If anything happens to me now the money belongs to the United States ~ government, and that is good?’ +) SQUAWS KNIT. Jashington County, Okla., Indians, members of “herokee and Delaware tribes, are doing as n to help win the-war as are their “paleface” hers and sisters. This is also true of the mem- rs of the Osage tribe, the wealthiest Indians in world. i “hundreds of young Indians of draft age old Indian women to try the same tactics on an expensive one.

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BO / $ ” FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. A FEW GOOD ITEMS “GRANDMOTHER AT THE AGE OF 34. Mrs. Laura Cook of Terre Haute, Ind., believes she is the youngest grandmother in Indiana, a son having been born to her son when she is but thirty- four. Her son Owen is eighteen and‘his wife is not yet eighteen. The father of the baby is an employee of the Coal Valley Mining Company. PREFERS PENITENTIARY. Detective Headquarters were surprised when Charles Peterson, sixty-five years old, shambled up to a Sergeant and begged to be sent to the peniten- tiary at Jackson, Mich. The man had “done” twenty-nine years on .a charge he never recognized. His “home,” around which moved his only thoughts of shelter and of food, was within the stern walls of the penitentiary at Jackson. ~ Peterson, when given his liberty, desperately strained to regain his lost art of living, but, snatched from a former generation at his prime, he could not keep step with the “mechanical age,” so he turned in bewilderment: back to the penitentiary. BALDHEADS EXEMPT. The obvious target that a bald head offers to 'feu- ton sharpshooters was assigned by an army officer of St. Louis, Mo., as a vital reason why men minus hair on their heads should be exempted from mili- tary service unless they can be used in some branch that does not call for exposure to the enemy. Capt. C. E. Jenkins, in charge of an Ambulance Company at Camp Funston, gave this advice when speaking to members of the local exemption boards: “Bald-headed men are not altogether welcome,” Capt. Jenkins said. “They present a shining target for the enemy and besides they cannot withstand s cold. They would make admirable decoys, but thus _. far we have not felt the need of using hairless heads for that purpose.” SOUTH SEA ISLAND FOR HONEYMOON. a ‘To dream away the long summer days beneath the waving palm-trees, on an uninhabited isle far __ his bride-to-be, a New Zealand girl. - meet in Honolulu this spring to be, wedded and then hope to find seclusion on a South Sea island, where man travels not. Carpenter so expressed his quest in a letter to _ tion if Hawaii can provide such an Eden as he “We have planned a rather unusual honeymoon,” he says. “We wish to find some wild, unfrequented ee. Se een Ie Adam $09 Ere. (I un. away from civilization, is the honeymoon that ap- peals to Ross Carpenter, Seattle business man, and They plan to : the Hawaii Promotion Committee asking informa- derstand there are no serpents in the Hawaiian isl- ands.) It would be so romantic if we could dis- cover an uninhabited island, or at least some por- tion of the seacoast of the Hawaiian group which would be sufficiently isolated for such an adven- ture.” Carpenter’s brother in Los Angeles, Dr. Carpen- ter, is director of the weather bureau there, it is said. THE ESCURIAL. The Escurial, the palace of the Spanish kings, has been termed the eighth wonder of the world. _ Situated twenty-five miles to the northwest of Ma- drid and_near the top of a mountain, it has’a com- manding position and may be seen for many miles in every. direction. Begun by Philip II. in 1563, it was finished in 1586 at an outlay of fifty million dollars. It was built to fulfil a vow made by Philip Il. that jf suecessful in battle with the French he would erect the most” magnificent monastery in the world. The battle of St. Quentin was fought on August 10, 1557; the feast of St. Lawrence, and the monas- tery buildings commenced in fulfilment of the vow took, in honor of St. Lawrence, the form of a grid- iron, as on this implement the saint is reported to have suffered martyrdom. Seventeen ranges of buildings, crossing each other at right angles, form the ribs of the gridiron, while a quadrangular struc- ture, completely enclosing the interior of the build- ings, forms the outer portion, and a wing four hun- dred and seventy feet long is the handle. The size of the building is enormous, being seven ~ hundred.feet from north to south, and five hundred and eighty feet from east to west; the square tow- ers at each corner are two hundred feet high. With- in this monstrous structure are contained the king’s palace, a cathedral, a monastery of two hundred cells, two colleges, three chapter houses, three li- brary buildings, five large halls, six dormitories, three hospitals, and nearly three thousand other rooms, and seventy-eight inner windows. The great church is in imitation of St. Peter’s at Rome, and some idea of the structure of which it is a part may be gained from the information that the church is three hundred and sixty-four feet long, and two hundred and forty feet across the tran It is entered by fourteen great gates and lighted by eleven hundred outer and: fifteen hundred the dome is three -hundred and thirty feet high; — there are forty chapels in its interior, and the grand altar is ninety fegt hig and fifty feet wide. Under- neath the altar Is a vault where all the kings of Spain since Charles V. have been laid. Built in the time of Spain’s glory, the Escurial remains the most — bid siteg monument of Spanish wealth and power.

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From five cards three are mentally selected by any one, placed under an y ordinary handkerchief, performer withdraws two cards, the ones vot s8é- PHANTOM CARDS, ; ! 3 lected; the, performer tn- 4 vites any “one to remove the otber two, and to the great astonishment of sll they have actually disappeared. No sleight-of-hend. Recommended as the most Ingenions car dtrick ever invented. Price 1c, by ma _ © BEHR, 150 W, ¢24 8t., New York City, AUTOMOBILE PUZZLE. This little steel] puzzle is one of the most perplexing on the market, and yet when Myou master it ya child could : ey not ¥ nil i ures 1% by 4 inches. The trick is to spe 1 out FH indicated on the cut. Price 5 cents each, by mail, postpaid. “Wolff Novelty Co. 168 W. 28d St. N. ¥. BUBBER SUCKER, Rubber Vacuum Suckers e lutest novelty out! Dishes and plates in stick to the table, cups to the saucers Put one under a glass and then try to lift it. You can’t. Lots of fun. Aiways put it én a smooth surface and wet | rubber. Many other tricks can be ac- complished with this novelty. € Price, 12 cts. each by mail, postpa = BEHR, 150 W. 62d Street, N. Y¥. “4 > DICE BULLET. . This Bullet and contents | will afford | \ you lots of “came.” Not, | however. kind of game usually “got with bullets. 3 S > = = R oa bel . ofa real = be , 4 the | WW FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. GOOD LUCK GUN FOB. The real western article. carried by the cowboys. It is made of fine leather. with a highly nickeled buckle. The holster con- tains a metal gun, of the same pattern as those used by all .the most famous scouts. Any boy wearing one of these fobs will at- tract attention. It will give him an air of western romance. The rettiest and most serviceable watch fob ever made. Send for one to-day. Price 20 cents each by mail nostpaid. H. F, LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, SECOR SPARKLER, Hold discs in each hand and twist the Strings by swinging the toy around and around about 30 times. Then move the hands apart, pulling on the discs and causing the strings to untwist. This will rotate the wheel and cause the sparks to fly. The continued rotation of e wheel again twist the strings. When this twisting commences slacken the strings “nor until they are full twisted. then pull. rice 25 cts. ench by mail, postpaid. C, BEHR, 150 W. 62d S8t., New York City. THE AMUSEMENT WELEL This handsome wheel, 7% inches in circumference, con- tains concealed num- bers from 0 to ’ By spinning the wheel from the cen- terpost the numbers revolve rapidly, but only one appears at the cireular open- ing when wheel stops spinning. It can be made to stop instantly by pressing the regulator at side, You can guess or bet on the number that Will appear, the one getting the highest number winning. You might. get 0, 5 or 100 ~Pricé, 15 cents; 3 for 40 cents, mailed, postpaid. C. BEHR, 150 W. 62d St., New York City. POCKET SIGNAL CHART With Booklet of Instructions in accordance with U.S. ARMY AND NAVY SYSTEMS, 1918 With this chart the authorized codes are quickly learned. Signals are read and veri- fied immediately. ‘Can be operated with one hand while the other writes, For use by Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Lone Scouts, Red Cross Societies, Schools, Y.M.C. A.s—besides _Military, Naval and Patriotic Organiza- tions, Enlisted Men, Camps, ete. We can make you very low rates in quantity. Write To-day! The Booklet which goes with the Chart Ys endorsed by authorities as being the simplest, clearest treatise on signaling. Price, 10 cts. each by mail, postpaid. — ' WOLFF NOVELTY CO. £ 166 West Twenty-third St, New York City 81 WONDER BUTTON-HOLE LAMP. Cutest thing out. Makes a bright scene for blocks. Burns any oil. Boys go wild over it. By mail, 15e, Cc. A. NICHOLS, JR. Box 90, Lincoln Park, New York. OLD MONEY WANTED $2 to $500 EACH paid for Hundreds of Coins dated before 1895. Keep ALL old Money. You may have Coins worth a Large Premium. Send 10c. for New Lilustrated Coin Value Book, size 4x6. Get Posted at Once. CLARKE COIN CO., Box 35, Le Roy, N. ¥. GREENBACKS Pack of $1,000 Stage Bills, 10c; 3 packs, 26c, Send for a pack and show the boys what a WAD you carry. C. A. Nichols Jr.. Box 90, Lincoln Park, N, ¥; ELECTRIO CIGAR CASE. This handsome cigar case ap- pears to be filled If your friend smokes ask him can be par- don and state you were some cigars 1 the A slight pressure on sides of case disappear as if by wire at “oom i case the cigars instantly appear again Bro vg position in the case. real tobacco used they are sure to deceive any one. tt is one of the best Rractices jokes of the season. A novelty with which - you can have lots of fun. Price 35 cents, sent by parcel post, post- FRANK SMITH, 383 Lenox Ave., 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 other smooth surface, it will creep slowly downward without leaving the perpendicu- lar surface. It is furnished with an ad- hesive gum-roll underneath which makes it stick. _Very amusing to both young and old. Price, 10¢, by mail. Cc. BEHR, 150 W. 62d St., New York City. JITNEY BUS GAME. . A circular metal box with a glass top. In- side is a tiny garage ' fixed at one side and a pessu loose traveling little a Ford. It requires an i pert to get the s y moving auto into This one ’ your interest, holds it and almost makes u wild when you find after repeated how hard it is to do the trick, Price by mail, postpaid. WOLFF Nov Co., 168 W. 23d St. N. ¥. ©. BEHR, 150 W. 62d St., New Yerk City. with fine cigars. ©

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GOLD PLATED COMBINATION SET. Gold plated combination set, with tur- quoise stone. Price 10c. each by mail, post- } aid. i F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. ¥. IMI CUT FINGER. ave A cardboard finger, bandage carefully with linen, and the - side and end are tlood-stained. When iy you slip it on your finger and show it to z your friends, just give @ groan or two, nurse it up, and pull a look of pain. You will get nothing but sym- | thy ubntil you give Som the laugh. Then | uck! Price 10e. each, postpaid Wolff Novelty Co., 168 W. 23d 8t., N. Y. | eRe TOY Ree: SP ee ee asa BLACK-EYE JOKE. } New and amusing joker. The victim is teokt te hold the tube close to his 50 as to exclude all light frem back, and then to remove the tvee until pictures appear in the center. In trying to locate the pictures he will re- ceive the finest bilaox-eye you ever saw. We furnish a small box of | blackening preparation with each tube, so the joke can be used in- | definitely. ose net in the trick will be caught every time. Abso- yg harmless. Price by mail l5e, each; ‘or ©. BEHR, 150 W. 62d St., New York City. BINGO. It is a Httle metal box. It looks very Innocent, but is supplied with an ingenious mechanism which shoots off a harmless cap when it is opened. You can have more fun than a circus with this new trick. Place the BINGO in or under any other article and it will go off when the articie is opened or removed. It can be used as a funny joke by being placed in a purse, | cigarette box, or between the leaves of a magazine; also, under any movable article, such as a book, tray, dish, etc. The BINGO can also be used as a burglar alarm, as a theft preventer by being placed in a drawer, money till, or under a door or window or under auy article that wouid be moved or disturbed should a theft be attempted. Price, 15c. each by mail, postpaid. Frank Smith, 383 Lenox Ave. New York. PRICE 6c PER COPY BUY A COPY! 82 PAGES OF READING Six Stories of the cles are b No amount Buy a copy any number | Seem us if you are committin READ THIS ONE! “Moving Picture Stories” A WEEKLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO PHOTOPLAYS AND PLAYERS New Portraits and Biographies of Best Films THIS LITTLE MAGAZINE GIVES YOU HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, ADAM’S TEASER PUZZLE. ) This is a nut cracker. is as follows: Turn the top of the two smal] loops toward you, taking hold of the | two large loops with each hand. Hold firm the loop held with the left hand and pull the other toward the right, and at the same time impart a twisting motion away from you. You can get the rest of the directions with | ce 12 cents each, by mail, | the puzzle. Pri postpaid. Wolff Novelty Co., 168 W. 23d St., N. Y. Bhcettadaae SEA“ Fes. BRR ede at RB Mit Paka AMEN ae BL THE BALANCING BID. It measures More than four inches .:rom tip to tip of wings, and will balance per- fectly on the tip of your finger nail, on the point of a lead pencil, or on any pointed instrument, only the tip of the bill resting on the nail or meil point, the whole body of the bird being suspended in the air with nothing to rest on. It will not fall off unless shaken off. A great novelty. Wonderful, amusing and instructive. Price 10 cents, mailed postpaid. WOLFF Novelty Ca.. 168 W. 23d St. N. ¥. BUBBER TACKS. They come six In a box. A wonderful imitation of the real tack. Made of rubber. The box in which they come is the ordinary tack box. This is a great can play a in the palm of your hand, point upward. Then sla the other hand over the tacks and it wil suicide. Or ou can show the tacks and then put them n your mouth and chew them, peeking be- lieve you have swallowed them. Your friends Will think you are a magician. Then, again, you can exhibit the tacks and then quickly | push one in your cheek or somebody else's | wheek and they will shriek with fear. Ab- solutely barmless and a very practical and | funny joke. Price, by mai), 10c, a box of | cks; 8 for 25¢., postpaid. WOLFF Novelty Co., 168 W. 23d 8t., N. ¥. ee ae EACH NUMBER CONTAINS Actors and Actresses on the Screens from the Plays Articles About Prominent Peo Be in the Films Actors and Actresses in the CATION ON THE MARKET! cular line. parlor entertainer and you) lot of tricks | with the tacks. Place them | The way to do it | | Bills of account or invoices 3 ; THE BEST FILM MAGAZINE ON EARTH Magnificent Colored Cover Portraits of Prominent Performers: tudios and while Picture-making Lessons in Scenario Writing, and names of Companies who buy your plays Poems, Jokes, and every bright Feature of Interest in Making Moving Pictures MORE FOR YOUR MONEY THAN ANY OTHER Its authors are the very best that money can procure;its profuse illustrations are exquisite, and its special arti- the greatest experts in their j ie | d spared to this publication the very best of its kind in the world. mo is being ett NOW from your newsdealer, or send us 6 cents in money or postage-stamps, and we will mai) you you desire ; 166 West 23d Street; New York City ‘ SHERIFF BADGE With this badge at- tached to your. coat or vest you can show the boys that you are a sheriff, an if they don’t behave them- selves you might lock them Sp. It isa beauti- ful nickel 2% by size, “Sheriff 23. By Heck” in nickel letters on the face of it, with a pin on the back for attaching it to your cloth- ing. Send for one and have some fun with the boys. Price 15 cents, or $8 for 40 cents; sent by mail, postpaid. H. F, LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. ¥. AUTOMATIC COPYING PENCIL. The importanee of carrying a good re- Gp qe lable pencil need not be dwelt upon here. eer garess, It is an absolute ne- cessity with us all, The holder of this pencil is beautifully aickeled with grooved box-wood handle, giv- ing a firm grip in writing; the pencii auto- matically supplies the lead as needed while a box of these long leads are given with each pencil. The writing of this pencil is indelible the same as ink, and thus can be used in writing ietters, addressing envelopes, etc. made eut with this pencil can be copied the same as if copy- ing ink was used. It is the handiest pencil! on the market; you do not require u knife to keep it sharp; it is ever ready, ever safe, ng sree pear iles, * uh coe, ce 0: neil, wit x of leads comple only Mo. ; 3 for 35c.; ane dozen We. postpaid. iiee! H. F, LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. ¥. SINK THM LINK PUZZLE i The sensatien of the day. Prenounced by all, the most bafmMfiing and scientific nevelty eut. Theusands have werked at it fer heurs witheut mas- tering it, stiil It can be done in two seconds by giving the links the proper twist, but un- less you know hew, the harder yeu twist them the tighter they grow, Price, 6c.; 3 for 160.4 one dozen, 50c., by mall, pestpaid, WOLFF Novelty Co., 168 W. 23d St., N. ¥. PRICE 6c PER COPY ENJOY YOURSELF! OUT EVERY FRIDAY SIMILAR PUBLI- weer Mee PO Sg. ea