Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 663) (1918 06 14)

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JUNE 14, 1918 ued PURE es sTORIES OF BOYS THAT MAKE MONEY. FROM FARM TG FORTUNE; or JHE BOY WHO MADE MONEY IN [AND. iy 7) SELF MALE MAN - 4IND OTHER STORIES Paes a Pa - FILM NS . et : - we wa x CR kt walt io =a os ye RAS I oe “Let go that axe!” snarled Bagley. “No, I won't, p Reuben,stoutly “You've noright tocho that sign down.” “Shut up, or Ill knock your block off.” At that moment Will Temple and _ his sister drove up in a buggy —

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY Issued Weekly—By Searenrehen $3.00 if” year. Entered at the New York, N. Y., Post Office as Second-Class Matter 7] arry E. Wolff, Publisher, 166 West 28d Street, New York. No. 663. NEW YORK, JUNE 14, 1918. Price 6 Cents. FROM FARM TO FORTUNE THE BOY WHO MADE MONEY IN LAND By A SELF-MADE MAN. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCES REUBEN HARE. “Bound for town, Reuben?” asked Bob Horton, reining in his sorrel mare and farm wagon beside a bright-looking, well-built boy of eighteen years. “Surest thing you know, Bob,” replied Reuben Hare, com- ing to a stop on the dusty county road. ‘So am I. Jump in and I’ll take you there.” - “Thanks, I’ll accept your offer,” and Reuben sprang up js he can’t take her out.” +» “Oh, that’s it?” “Yes. I didn’t expect to visit town for a day or two. It however, that the mail carrier left a letter about noon from Will Temple, my lawyer, asking me to call at his office at once.” “I thought your legal business had all been adjusted?” : “Well, it ought to be all right, only you see it isn’t.” ; “What’s wrong about it?” _ © “The deed to my property is missing.” . 7 “Missing!” “Bet Will Temple, sescn me: ‘emple, w! } invested your you had appointed your guardian in that farm, must have had it wouldn’t make a whole lot of He could get a certified copy 7 t's office any time he wanted it on ee. _ “T know that, but the fact of the matter is, the deed was _or stolen before it reached the register‘s office, conse- : t’s a serious matter. But I old Caleb whom you bought the land, will give you an- : stand the expense of having it drawn up. ably has his old deed about his house.” ™ arranged to call on Bing yesterday for that s letter (~ old sinner sold you the land all right, “He did.” “And you paid him the cash for it?” “There isn’t any doubt about that. It took nearly all the money my uncle left me to pay for it.” , “Where did you pay him?” “At the office of his lawyer.” “Will Temple was present at the time, wasn’t he?” “Unfortunately he was not. He was called away on busi- ness and he sent his office assistant with me.” “Well, the office assistant will swear that he saw you pay over the money.” “But we don’t know where he is.” “Is he missing, too?” “He is. Ever since the day I bought the farm. He had instructions from Will to take the deed to the register’s office and have it recorded.” “And he didn’t do it.” “Ye did not. Next morning Will got a letter from him saying he had lost the deed and was afraid to come back.” “Then he hasn’t turned up since?” “He has not.” Bob whistled. “Well, Caleb Potter’s lawyer saw you pass the money over, didn’t he?” “No, but his red-headed clerk did. The lawyer was called out at the time.” “Did ae get a receipt for the money?” “No, I got the deed.” sae hich you turned over to your guardian’s assistant?” < es.” “He was to take it to the register’s office to have it re- corded, but failed to do it because he said he lost it?” “That’s right.” “T suppose Will Temple has been trying to find out ever since where he went?” “He hasn’t been able to discover a clue to his whereabouts.” “Well, you ought to be able to get another deed to the prope from Caleb Potter. If he should refuse to give it to you, he ought to be made to.” “T’ve an idea he’s a hard customer to coerce.” -“Your lawyer ought to be able to find a way to make him do the right thing. By the way, I heard you were going ~ 4 farm up into building lots and sell them i ° You ng to be able to make a or you got the farm dirt p. ’ “I hope to make a good thing of it.”

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_. set_you down at your gua 2. FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. “You can’t help it as things have turned out. Somebody he reined up in front of Will Temple’s law office, which was must have tipped you off to the fact that the new driveway, proposed to be laid out between Bayvill and Waverly, was to run through that part of Caleb Potter’s poperty that you bought.” “What makes. you think so?” “The fact that you bought that particular farm, which has never amounted to shucks as a producer, instead of other land of a better quality near by which you could easily haye got; and the rush with which you started to have it surveyed and 2 ge out into lots.” “Well, I admit that I did find out that the driveway was going right through the center of that land,” replied Reuben, with a knowing qnile. “How did you?” asked Bob, curiously. “That is one of my secrets, Bob. And I found out a few other things in connection with the matter, too.” “You must haye been born lucky. I'll bet Caleb Potter threw forty-’leven fits when he read in the papers that the course of the driveway was to £2 through the farm he had sold you, and he realized that he had handed you over the chance to make a fortune for a mere song.” “IT wouldn’t be surprised. That’s why I’m worried over the loss of the deed. He may try to cheat me out of the property when he learns that the deed he gave was lost be- ‘ore it was recorded.” : “He’d have to go into court and swear that you never peat the property.” “He’d do that, I’ll bet, if he thought he could win out.” “Well, you’ve got the contract that he gave Will Temple as a preliminary to the sale?” “That is practically only a thirty-day option. If he swears that I did not take title on the date specified in the contract, ra ip can’t show that I did, then I may find myself in a “You can bring the lawyer’s red-headed_ clerk into court and have him swear that he was present when you paid the Money over and took the deed.” “He might buy the clerk off, and get him to swear that no such thing ag Ayan “I should think it would take a stiff amount of money to induce that clerk to run the risk of being prosecuted for | ha perjury. ‘ “Caleb Potter is said to be mighty well off. The devel- opments about the new driyeway may be a sufficient induce- ment for him to make a strong effort to prevent me from profiting by my purchase,” “That’s true, and the worst of it. is he hes the money to mae te case into court and nat up a stiff fight.” . “That’s true enough. If I should win in the trial court he could appeal the case to a hig fF one, where it would take months before a decision wo be rendered. If the decision was against_him, it isn’t imaponpible that he would carry it before the highest court in the State, and thus keep the property tied up for two or three years.” “It would cost him a lot of money to do that, All the ot oe pair out of SS ee “Will Temple would look out for that.” “He’s only a young lawyer, with a small practice, and ’s got a sister to support.” Ds ee ; \“Fay Temple is a fue-ipaking little girl all right. I be- aes ou’re a bit sweet on ol 4 tet Lie ble ss > Wha uw that idea in our head? asked Keuben, Phi ? “What are you hinahing or?” aruakied Bob t blushing” ed Reuben, in some confusion; rf a f “All ri We'll let it go at ou’ll admit, however, ghat you Wink she’s the nest Bahn Paw won’t you?” “Yes. She’s a nice K “And you never go to town but you try to get around to her. ; t Who told you that?” _ “Nobody, only that’s my idea.” : “You have a right to your ides even if they’re way off.” not wa you and Miss Temple. I guess you have the inner track with her because her brother. is your guadian. Maybe one of these days, when you've made plea Wr “Rhaben Hare you'll persuade her Y , com now, chan subject. ; ; : é tate ch wad 40 Sims tae Bes web. ane Gn Some and TR ardian’s office in half a minute.” Bob was almost as good as pa his for & minute later on the ground floor of a two-story frame building shaded by a tall elm tree. Reuben thanked him for the lift, got down and walked into the office, after Bob had promised to call for him in an hour and take him home. CHAPTER II. A SERIOUS CASE. Will Temple, attorney gnd counselor-at-law, was a young man of perhaps twenty-three. He was go sockets paar and, considering his age and experience, g capa young lawyer. Admitted to the bar tee years since he was gradually acquiring clients. ; His office consisted of two rooms—a large one, provided with an old-fashioned desk, a table, a square cheap rug, and several chairs for the accommodation of callers; and a small inside one, furnished with a roll-top desk, revolving chair, twe common leather-covered chairs, a small book-case partly filled with law books, two or three gael engravings on the wall, and a bright red earpet on the floor. When Reuben arrived the door between the two rooms was ajar, and the young visitor caught sight of the lawyer writ- ing. at his desk in his private office. e only person in the outside room was a small boy, seated at the desk, who, for want of ays pe else to do, was engaged in the strenuous occupation of killing flies on the window panes with a long, thin rubber band. He looked up when he heard Reuben. The visitor paid no attention to him, but advancing to the door, knocked on it. “Come right in, Reuben. You got my letter of course?” he added, motioning to a chair beside his own. “Yes, that’s why I’m here, Will,” replied the boy, seat- ing himself. “I suppose something has happened or you ouleny have sent for me. The d hasn’t turned up, Ss “I regret to say that it hasn’t.” “You called on Caleb Potter, I suppose, and he has made some objection to furnishing a duplicate deed?” “Worse than that, Reuben. The old rascal had the assur- ance to tell me that you never took title to the property, and consequently, the farm is still bi “If he hasn't a nerve, when we can bring a witness to show that I paid the money over to him and deed properly signed and sealed from his own hands.” “You mean Mr. Jerrock’s clerk, Timothy Riggs?” “Sure; who else?” “After an unsatisfactory interview with Caleb Potter, 1 called at Lawyer Jerrock’s office and saw Riggs.” “And he admitted having seen me pay the money and receive the deed.” pit did nothing of the kind.” me yh Bas macht tek on a ig of asteni y to Caleb “He deni solutely ou paid any mone Potter in his presence, or tha Potter handed en the d in question.” “Doct get exited. Reuben; his 4 that calls for on’t get excite : 'S gp case tha the utmost coolness. If looks to me {ike s conspiracy to —— you out = the Hoe rhe ssid tea-hanelt iL what “That seems clear enou o me, on are we going to da abaut it? It isn’t alone the $2,000 I paid for the farm that is at stake, but a fortune possible by the fact that the new driveway will pass th the center of the land.” “Exactly. Caleb Potter the se he eould when he si on of roll ests have made such a am conspired with ee you Stic age Agog It was te aancistens eet p mate but eon the

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FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. 8 in him, and he has betrayed it. I feel sure that the events of that afternoon were a put-up job all around.” “A bag job!” echoed Reuben. “Yes. on very important business was a fake. “You never told me that before.” “I didn’t want to discourage you at the outset, so I des | the cided to say nothing until I had threshed the matter out.! At should turn come in the case, you stood to winvevery cent of $50,000. chase. | However, I don’t mean to naturally regarded it at first as a foolish practical joke. | I was surprised, of course, to think that somebo play me such a trick as sending me on a wild-g Then came the letter from Harvey stating that he had lost the deed and was afraid to return, nothing. I hurried to the register’s an itt the document had not been presented for yer once inserted an advertisement in every paper offeri reward for the return of the deed, but days without result, I hired a detective to look u sistant. He was not found, but the few facts by the detective aroused m ht. Then it was I decided to take the bull by the horns and visit Caleb Potter. I wrote you to that effect.” “T know you did,” replied Reuben. “The interview I had with him confirmed my worst fears. ' He did not seem particularly surprised to learn from me at that deed was being. asserted that he had never iven' you one. In fact, he showed a deed with the proper on it, signed by himself, which he all was the one he had brought to —- office to hand over to you when a id him the balance of the $2,000 due on the contract. act that he had such a deed in his pesneehee he claimed was prima facie evidence that yop had failed to take title at the date agreed upon, consequently, he said, you forfeited your advance payment and the deal was off,” “What an old scoundrel he is,” cried Reuben, indignantly. “As I had your statement that Jerrock’s clerk was present when you paid the money and received the deed, I told him that iF he persisted in standing by his assertion that you had not talen title, I should have to take the matter in — order to compel him to furnish us with a duplicate “What did he say to that?” “He laughed: in my face, and told me to take any steps chose. “What did you say then?” “JT closed the interview abruptly and took my leave. Then I called on Timothy Riggs, with the rising result I have already told you. Riggs’ — denial that any money between you and Caleb Potter, or that you received missing deed in question, coupled with the suspicious pearance of my assistant and the fool trick worked off on me that A gee satisfied me that the whole thin was a cut-and-dried scheme on Caleb Potter's part to hol ion of the farm he had sold you, and which unex- caeeeen rh be so + uable.” — ‘i : e you,” replied Reuben, with an anxious look. Jonas Havves was approached peek one in Potter's in- terest, and he sold me out. Of course, he must have been a ge or he wouldn’t have skipped out of town.” ¢ I have been forced to conclude. If he sold that deed back to Caleb Potter we can scarcely hope to recover it un- on Harvey is ton and brought into court and put on the ’ ‘stand. i fe is nervy enough to perjure himself, the case would go ; “The deed Potter e SB us.” Se rcdinwts cmee ek ‘ohlek ae altavecrade h me 5 s office a e a ot | it y's duplicity,’ said Reuben. jes mark outside in the blank space deed - Yeag tinder ; rae oe | is fog foxy toexhibit the real ded i ti in Rin posse: you, I don’t see how myself , € Even then, I be ce am reading up the law bearing on such a case, office d found th rhe? ~ I at} ng a| hands a warrant for his arrest. ter waiting two | he will be arrested, and then I will have him brought back ) my as-| here, and force him to testify. He must either tell scovered | suspicions that all was not just | I can and will make that up to you. It is my duty to do that, though, of course, it will take time. I could never look you in the face again if I failed to reimburse you for e message I received calling me out of town ‘that outlay. If that were all, I could face the matter with confidence, for my business is growing, and I will soon be jable to save money; but it isn’t all. The worst feature is rofit that is bound to accrue to the owner of that farm. e lowest estimate, I feel that had not this unfortunate Px up the ship without a des- ra fight. To-morrow I shall begin suit against Caleb otter to try and establish your right to the property. I have also | had the authorities here telegraph to the neighboring cities a full description of Jonas Harvey, after placing in their I trust that by this means or paar himself, and I’ll risk the latter.” | s the young sae! ge concluded, there was a light step in | the outer office, and through the closed door he heard the unmistakable tones of his sister inquiring if he was in. CHAPTER III, HOW LUCK COMES REUBEN’S WAY. “That’s my sister outside,” said Temple. “Open the door and ask her in “here.” Reuben did so with alacrity. “This is an agreeable surprise to meet you here, Reu- ben,” said Fay Temple, who was ap uncommonly pretty girl, shaking hands with him. “And I didn’t expect you, either,” replied the boy, offering her a chair. “It is the unexpected that is always happening,” she re- plied, with a laugh. “It certainly is. I have found it so with respect to my purchase of that farm from Caleb Potter.” “Isn’t it a shame that the deed was lost?” she said, gravely. “Say rather stolen,” replied her brother. : “Do you really believe that Jonas Harvey ran away with it?” she asked. ; “No. He didn’t run away with it, for he couldn’t have benefited in the least by doing such a foolish thing as that. I told you last night that I believed the thing was a put-up a on Repben. I am satisfied now that it is. Unless ail ndications go for nothing, Harvey sold that deed te Caleb Potter, or a representative of his, and then ran off to parts own. you pare any eyidence of that, can’t you-—” “That's the trouble. I haven’t any tangible evidence that would count if we went to court,” “What are you going to do?” y, “I’m going to bring suit at once against Caleb Potter for session of farm. That will prevent him from selling t over again in a ay, In the meantime, I’ve got a line out after Harvey. If I haven’t got hold of him when the case, comes up for trial, I can ire a postponement on the ‘ound that my most fopertant witness is out of the juris- iction of the ‘court, and I haven’t yet been able to reach him. In that way I can keep the case on the docket for raeg e, and in the meanwhile something may turn up to help us.” ear me, I think it’s a terrible thing. Reuben is not pals in danger of losing the money he paid for the farm, ut —— “He won’t lose that, at any rate. I tend to repay that to the last dollar, for I am responsible for the present state of affairs.” > do Will, but how will you p a ita the fortune po will be out if Le Loses tee Never mind. about Fay,” replied Reuben. “Will that, Miss has enough to worry ae git without thinking of that.” coon after Bob. Horan drove pig tin i Bob,” i fp a Will Temple 0 or, * ight in and make ourse! home.” was ih Ad . Temp’ 2 said Bob, bowing to the door, alighted, ana ; - ’ A > 5h e truth _ n a different topic, and . ei - x ~~, the half-open rt

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4 FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. a eS NS “Good-afternoon, Bob. Bring a chair in for yourself,” | pace, but he touched her up to get a little more speed out said the girl. — of her. _, /’m not going to stay. I called to take Reuben home| As he swung around a curve in the road, he saw a boy if he’s ready to go. in his shirt sleeves running across an adjacent field shout- “I’m ready, said Reuben. “Good-by, Will. I'll be in to} ing at him. see you in a day or so. Good-by, Miss Fay. Next time we} Reuben pulled up, wondering who the boy was and what meet we may have a longer chat.” he wanted. 2 : “I hope so, Reuben,” she replied, giving him her hand,| As the boy hurried up to the fence which lined the road, and an expressive look with her eyes which made the boy’s | it struck Reuben that he looked familiar to him. heart flutter a bit. E When he climbed the fence and Reuben got a full view So the little party in the office broke up and Bob and /| of his face, he gave a gasp of surprise—the boy was Will Reuben started off together in the wagon. Temple’s missing assistant, Jonas Harvey. “How did you find things with respect to your property?”| Reuben sprang out of the covered buggy to meet him, asked Bob, fearing that Harvey might take to his heels when he recog- “Not very encouraging. In fact, the outlook could hardly | nized him. . be worse.” : ' He was mistaken, however. “Gee! Is that so? I’m sorry to hear it.” : “Is that you, Reuben Hare?” cried Jonas eagerly, evidently Reuben told Bob how the case stood and his friend sym-| glad to see him. pathized with him. : “It isn’t anybody else. Where the dickens have you been _ “It will be tough on you if you lose the farm after hav-/| for the last two months or more? We’ve had the police of ing, paid for it.” : ; : half a dozen cities looking for you.” “I should say so; but I am in hopes the police will locate| “I’ve been a — in that house yonder,” and Jonas = gi aman! witness, and that his evidence will put me out} cme ged at an old farmhouse standing a mile back from the ° e scrape.” road. “If he should testify in your favor it will show Caleb “A prisoner! How is that?” Potter up in a mighty bad light.” : “If you’ll take me up out of the rain I’ll tell you all about “Not any more than he deserves.” it.” “I’m thinking he’ll spend a lot of money to try and beat) “Take you up! I rather guess I will. Will Temple and you.” I want you badly. How about that deed I gave you to take “IT guess he will, though they say it’s like drawing a tooth| to the register’s office and which never reached it?” said to get any money out of him.” 5 Reuben eagerly, as he followed Jonas up on the seat and “This is a case where he’ll make a pile of money if you! started the mare townward. fail to prove your right to the farm,-so he probably won’t| “It was taken from me.” object to going down into his pocket for the coin to make “Taken from you! By whom?” his claim sure.” " d “Tl tell you. We separated at the door of Lawyer Jer- The boys continued to canvass the subject all the way to | rock’s office, you know, as you said you had an engagement the pleasant little cottage where Reuben lived with his pretty |to meet Miss Temple.” sister, Barbara Hare. “I remember. I’ve kicked myself about a hundred times There were about forty acres of ground attached to the|for keeping that engagement instead of going with you to cottage, and Reuben made a pretty fair living for himself | the register’s office and making sure that the deed was re- and his sister off it, besides putting away a few dollars for | corded. f ‘a rainy day. 4 : “After we separated I went over to the office first to see Reuben invited Bob to stop for a few minutes and see his | if anybody had been there while I was away with you. When sister. ; I came out I found Timothy Riggs, Jerrock’s clerk, standin: Bob had no objection, for, to say the truth, he was rather | outside. He told me that Mr. Jerrock wanted to see me righ sweet on Miss Barbara. away. I started back with him to his office, but instead of ’ Barbara gave him such a cordial welcome, and they found! going in the office he brought me into the vacant room next go much to say, that the few minutes he intended to remain | door and told me to wait there till Mr. Jerrock came. In lengthened out to nearly an hour. ‘ a few minutes he returned with Mr. Potter. The old man _ Then Reuben wanted him to remain for tea, but this he | asked me if I had recorded the deed yet. I said I had not, said he couldn’t do, as his father was expecting ‘him back | but was on my way to the recorder’s office when Riggs asked before sundown with his load. me to step over to his place as Mr. Jerrock wanted to see “It’s sundown now,” laughed Reuben, “so if you expect to|me. Then old man Potter asked me if I) wanted to make gave your bacon you'd better hustle. Come over this evening | $500. When I asked him how I could make so much as tha a if you can. If not, come to-morrow night.” replied that he’d give me $500 if I let him have the d All right,” answered Bob, and two minutes later he drove | I had in my pocket, and another $500 to go away off toa ; let 3 . ne ay sar and eat oA return. I xy mc on I vo & rg datan Temple lost no time in beginning an ion against |it for ten times the money, as surely get caught an te Caleb Potter to establish Reuben’s title to the farm he hadgsent to jail. He told me there wasn’t any danger, as I could be t, : "\ start at once and get clean off before I’d be missed. I told Pa were duly served on him, giving him twenty days|him that he was only wasting his breath, for I wouldn’t $n which to answer. . make any deal with him. At that moment somebody threw Pade He put the case in the hands of Lemuel Jerrock, his law- t bat and that gentleman filed an answer denying that Reu- a cloth over my head from behind, led me down on the floor, and choked me till I fainted. e next thing I knew Hare had taken title to the farm by paying over the balance due on the contract. I was a prisoner in a room in that house that I pointed out to you, and I’ve been there ever since, till about half an Ph The case was then put on the docket of the court and a -\ date set for the trial of the boy’s claim. hour ago, when I made my escape by playing ’possum,” and , ; ‘ Harvey grinned at the recollection of clever ruse, ~ _. Thus several weeks mat away and the day arrived when the case was to come before the judge. : “It seems you’ve had a hard time of it, Jonas, and all this : 3S time Mr. Temple and I were of the opinion that you had sold | Cary ar defendant, Caleb Potter, was ready, but Will Temple ‘wasn my, ; Se Every effort made to discover the whereabouts of Jonas me out, and skipped off to parts unknown.” “I might have taken the $1,000 bribe and gone off, pat it i ve “Harvey had failed, and the prospects looked dark for Reuben. _ * The young wouldn’t have done me any good in the long run. I'd 2 oe the money in having a good time, and I wouldn’t have re mement, and it was _ Brough Lawyer Jerrock inten Early on the morning of d to come back. I might not have escaped from that t morning, the sky a downpour of was in the job, too, but as I didn’t see dn’t swear that he was one of the parties.” “Who was it threw the cloth over your head?” #

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FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. 5 “T don’t know, but I think it was Riggs.” “How do you know that it wasn’t Jerrock?” “T don’t know. It might, have been him, but I couldn’t a St that it was.” ss You didn’t see him in the room, then?” “You left your jacket and hat at the house in your hurry et away? es. I had to slide out mighty quick or I’d have been opped. ell, I’ll see that you e a new suit and hat before you 4 0 to court. And you shall not only receive your wages for e time you’ve been off, but T’ll make ack a present of $100 to pay you for what you’ve gone o threeal ou can swear that you saw me pay Caleb Potter $1 in cash at Jer- rock’s office?” “Sure, and I will.” “You can swear that Potter turned the deed over to me, ag, that I handed it to you to have it recorded?” “I can, “And you’ll tell the court and F ni how you were per- suaded to return to a room in the same building where Jerrock’s office is; how Caleb Potter tried to bribe you’ to give up the deed and leave town for good; how you were assaulted by some person whom you could not identify, who took you unaware from behind, choked a till you e insensible, and presumedly ro bbed you of the deed, and how you were held a prisoner in the house down the road ever to since?” “T’ll tell everything,” replied Harvey, earnestly. “Thank you, Jones. feel reasonably sure now gga shall win my case to-day. Mr. _cenae Mig oing at ae for a postponement to gain furth thinks nking possibly we might locate you in ona Horant city, but 2S there will be no need for an adjournment. Turning up as you have, with the evidence you’re able to furnish, I guess we'll make it mighty hot for Caleb ons “T ho ope you'll make it hot for Riggs, “Don’t you worry. We'll have bot ‘ott chai arrested and put through for conspiracy to defraud. Here’s a furni _goods store. We'll get out and provide you with a new suit of clothes, some dry underclothes, a shirt and hat.” - Reuben reined in his mare, and he and Jonas Harvey ali hted and entered the store. a short time Harvey was provided with all he required _ at Reuben’s expense, then they got into the buggy again ‘and drove to Will Temple’s law office. CHAPTER IV. LAWYER JERROCK AND HIS CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. While “ foregoing eyents were transpiring, Pach Jer- - rock w aring to attend court to defend the action oe ag by Pit Temple peatnst Caleb Potter, ~ The raseally old defendant, confident of success, had just left his omen promising to meet his lawyer about two hours | i ater in court. < Shortly after his client left, Jerrock walked into bn i ra add $2 a week laces to your waist and, as soon Office where his confidential clerk, Timothy aad ae as oa case has been decided in in our Snaniag? y shall present oan “W, a it Ri £gZs, oy Rais ome oon? sar A “he i ve voy peu will call ie ‘$300 meybe I'll be able to forget, — i 7 i what are u now u n?” as e lawyer. }, sir, yl ie or. tae Uion ‘the stool, sir,” a ed Riess, who, for reasons Shes Se Reuben Hare and Caleb Potter that known to Mimsele Zelt he was in @ position to be gay with | afters gf tage i eg roe) i his rgmpoyer if he chose, you drawn that abstract?” asked Jerrock, not no- his funny. reply. es, sir; Ive done the dead,” chuckled Riggs, as if he rns. paar zig AE. too. a ere is it. ae ‘pin ot Bee lasted Strick tha dicomiont The lawyer looked it over. — Sim take out ak Siepneess iprnet Sesion: Oe Wiser 1 2 eee tt t EA ae a a t..5. “3,865 i ana ir.” ae serve it Lealitunaphy ion sir. "at. tat Shas she's |howed his employer into his private den, which was well furnished hr g had quite an extensive library, of law books displayed on shelves that stood against two sides of the room. “Sit osc a Ri gs,” own revol —_ Timothy Riggs cai down and looked at his boss in a sly way, characteristic of his foxy nature. “You are aware, of course, that the case of Hare versus Potter is on to-day’ s calendar in Part I of the General Court?” “Yes, sir,” chuckled Riggs. “This case is one of great importance to the parties in- terested,” went on Jerrock, taking a cigar from a box in one of his desk drawers and lighting it with great delibéra- tion. “You mean the lawyers, I suppose, sir,” with another chuckle. “No, sir, I mean the plaintiff and the defendant,” re- plied Jerrock, sharply. “Reuben Hare, through his guardian and lawyer, proceeds against my client, Caleb Potter, in order to establish his right and title to certain real property known as the Daisy Farm, which he alleges he bought and paid for, and is prevented from entering into possession of through ‘the loss of the deed he claims to have received from my client at the time he asserts he took title to the property aforesaid.” “Yes, sir,” said Riggs, whe when his employer paused. “Now my client, eb Potter, is prepared to go on the stand and swear that the plaintiff in this case did not fulfil the conditions of the contract for the paevies . of the ms said Jerrock, taking possession of his replied Riggs, “Now, Riges. the plaintiff in this case has subpoenaed you as a witness. He expects to prove through your testi- mony that he paid the $1,800 in your presence to the de- fendant. t you saw the money pass from his hands to the hands of the Bide mg and that you also saw the said defendant hand him the d to the property duly si =a and sealed, and to be recorded in the register’s o I sa he expect to prove that by your testimony, Riggs.” , es, sir, oe te clerk. { | Avge R ns ita ye that, to the best of your knowl- edge an , you saw no money pass from the plaintiff to the i fewtant nor any pass from the defendant to the plaintiff at the time in question?” ; PR his chin end looked at his boss in an art- wa: Re = suppose you want me to take oath to that, sir?” he ay to do that. If you admitted the certainly expect you ¢ allegations of the plaintiff, my client would in all proba- — short, end, while I would lose a bes d posi | come out at 'm supposed to follow your ie peers, ee.” aa Gables tae tate is reas you say or not; but rea lice ¥ beer et my conscience.” “I shall root ges all erik casnenibee bee thet Tone ge call it $300, “You Do go to acess remember, that no fondant nor decd : aco es, Sir; f “That's ri it, gona ro in this , let me know can + ape oe 7 on ju.” , if you can’t, sir, there's no honor among 3 lied’ the y t thieves, ? “No honor among thieves Bane perro the la Rebeca poe! rm

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6 ter. I believe you are grateful, and will acknowledge you have been obliged to me.” “Yes, sir, I have been obliged to you—to do a great many ey actions,” he muttered to himself. have shown as much interest in your welfare as if you’d been a rich-client instead of a poor dependent, You were an outcast and I took you in.” “You did, sir—you took me in; and if I’d been a rich client, as you say, you’d have done the same thing.” “Ek? 2” ejaculated Jérrock, suspiciously. “T said you were very good to me. —> “Hum! } think you know ef ag you know also “what a professional man must the law one who is a man of business must sometimes sacrifice considerations both of feeling and honor.” “Yes, sir; and you are always in business, you know,” replied Riggs. “T admit it; but a man in our ceed must put hi his heart in it. that was my only capital.” “You didn ri riche did you, sir?” “To-day,” went on the la er, leaning back in his chair and put ng his fingers and thumbs of both hands together | in the form of an apex, “I am one of the leading legal lights | of Bayvill.” “Yes, sir; you cut quite a shine in court.” “l’ye mounted the ladder of success rung by rung until I) flatter myself I’ve reached an enviable altitude in “That’s right, sir, and I remember you helped one of} your clients to do the same.” “To whem do you refer, Riggs?” “Jim Asheroft. He was hanged after you defended him.” rofession in order to sue- hen I started in business ‘ ny Quite true. I did the best I could for the poor ellow “Yes, sir, he was poor. If he’d had money he might have got off.” “Well, it’s an unpleasant subject. Let.us return to the case on to-day’s docket—Hare versus Potter. Don’t forget that our case hinges largely on your testimony. You: are to swear——” “That Reuben Hare paid no Regence to Caleb Potter and that Be, received no deed to the farm which he claims he bou, ofits it. Stick to that, Riggs, and we shall win our case beyond a doubt,” said the lawyer, rubbing his hands one over the other with every evidence of satisfaction. “How about the deed I teok from Jonas Harvey that after- noon?” “What about it?” asked Jerrock, sharply. - “You haven’t returned it to your client yet.” “Nor do I intend to, at least, not for the present. I alw: _think it prudent to ‘have two strings to my bow. nile ze poaneer that deed, I hold Caleb Potter completely in my pdse Jonas Harvey —_ e road, it would be kind “Yes, yet but su t away from that house down awkygrd for us, don’t you Mey ght ety “Us? io you mean? I’m not implidated in ain im- __ prisonment.. I’m not supposed to know an about ‘it. _ All I know is that Harvey has been reported missing.” Timothy Riggs made a face. “Tt would he oakward maf maw He'd ‘swear that I was the to swear nl I sha’n’t forget you, an Fou are an ‘exeetlent | him ed our interests are =v } Avge pa is 3S I may 7 uu my junior partner one of the ys in reeognition of the valuable le services you have rendered me.” wetoan you, sir. That would suit me very well,” chuckled ne rey a Gohan pair ig of a feather “What’ pros eerie oe Sapeste 101 *ars for me—and your client, Gaiek Pot- Saf you FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. — “Of course; where else would I keep it?” “True, sir; but when Caleb Potter asked you for it the other day you seemed to be entirely ignorant of it. In fact, ee as good as told him that you supposed he had it him- se “He’s been badgering me about it eyer since I took it away from Harvey,” continued Riggs. “What answer have you given him on the subject?” “That it must have got mislaid. That’s what you told me to oe qi isn’t it?” The next time he approaches you on the sulieet, ied hie tell him that you haven’t the slightest knowled where it is. You need not inew that the deed is in my s What proof have you that it is? I only said so.” “That’s no proof, sir, if you only say it’s in the safe. That’s no evidence at all.” “Of course it isn’t. Well, that’s all, Riggs. It’s time we went to court, so put on your hat and "accompany me there.” “All right, sir. Ill be ready in a minute,” and Timothy Riggs walked outside, leaving the lawyer to pack certain papers that he expected to use in his handbag. CHAPTER V. Ii WHICH REUBEN WINS HIS CASE, When Reuben appeared at Will Temple’s office with Jonas | Harvey in tow, the young lawyer sprang on his feet in no little astonishment. “You back at last, Harvey!” he cried. “Come right in here and explain to me where you have been. I got your letter saying. foc had lost the deed and that you were afraid to return, af ich poth ing more was heard from you, nor could the detective sent out looking for you find any trace whatever of your whereabouts.” * oh didn't send you any letter, Me. Temples replied Har- vey, looking his surprise, “I’ye been held prisoner in an tewn, and I haven't old farmhouse about e mile gr so oF. af chance to se etter to anybody, or had the gos of f. you can bet I would haye done so nights quic “You’ve been held prisoner, have you. By whom?” asked Will Temple, wondering if Harvey was telling the truth, “By an old man and an old wornan; but Caleb Potter anid Ms. Jerrock’s clerk, Timothy Riggs, were at the bottom of i “T dare say. Well, tell me your story; but first, where is that deed?” “Tt was taken from me.” “By whom?” “yj youldn’t tell it I suspect by Caleb Potter, as he tried to bribe me gk it to him and leave the State. At any rate, he was in the room when I was asaulted and over- powered.” “Who assaulted you “I couldn’t tell you bast either.” “Who else was in the room besides ou, and Potter?” “Timothy Riggs wes for a few minutes.” asked aa the room and how happened you to go there?” ete tall his assistant with suspicion. if you i iet tell are story you pil understand the mat- Sie me,” replied rvey. “Reuben, ~~ said oe turning to his client and ward, “where and under what circumstances did you meet Harvey?” Reuben explained how, while on his way to town, he had n a boy running across the fields toward the road, hat- ince | eas and iene, in TS he aie is cabeip teak, cetmiale. nt wadsvebaniond itm as eed ;Jonas Harvey. povey had shown no disposition to ise him when he or. » but on the contrary, a) be glad to meet He sek Sion. i heard his story, Vig he waa disposed to es og Sgt him straight to the office after intiee ot an outfitter’s and buying him necessary apparel. some ae pore es ee wane, be Li § setually” hep pened -eourt r taeet me. ciuded Reuben, on the citeontan I on'T took title to

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FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. . . 7 Will relaxed his frigid demeanor toward Harvey after lis- tening to Reuben’s explanation. , _ “Well, go ahead and tell me your story,” Harvey hastened to do so. wee Jonas finished his story Will held out his hand to he said. “I’m sorry that circumstances caused me to suspect you of treachery to my interests. I accept your ex lanation and will see that you are recompensed for the trouble you’ve - gone through at the hands of that old rascal and his asso- ciates. Your testimony in court will establish Reuben’s case and put Caleb Potter in a pretty bad fix. He doesn’t deserve any consideration and shall. have as little from me as he was disposed to offer Reuben when he felt convinced he had the per hand. It’s time now that we proceed to court. shall keep you in the bse round at first, and let those chaps show their hand. ‘ll give them the shock of their lives,” he concluded, eebealy. To prevent the Potter cone from getting on 3 the Ak ence of ‘Harvey in court before the time came for hi o on the stand, Will Temple provided him with a pair of blue e soggles, and told him to eep his hat ‘well down over s Then he sent him on ahead and direeted him where to sit among the spectators. There were several lawyers in court when Will Temple _ and Reuben entered the room, but Jerrock was not amongst them. Caleb Potter was there, however, fedling sure that if the case was not postponed ve would win out. In any event, he ted tp beat Reuben out of the prop- erty, and he showed the confidence and sat’sfaction he felt in his face. He glanced sneeringly at = and triumphantly at Temple as ae young y bel be en the railed-in enclosure reserved for the legal fraternity. As the Judge entered the room and took his seat, Jerrock and his confidential clerk, Timothy sr ae in. The judge directed his clerk to read the calendar. tn ape were called before the clerk reached Hare versus Potter, but the lawyers on a side or the other said they were not yet read “Hare against Potter,” mat thee the clerk. “Ready,” replied Jerrock. “Ready, your honor,” said Temple, coolly. Jerrock looked at the young !awyer in sur ing had fully expected that Temple woul rise. ask for more Caleb Potter also looked his surprise, but nevertheless he ba ecw the case came to trial the better suited he and uid be. The clerk went on through the rest of the calendar, eeveral other lawyers announced they were ready to try their «The other attorneys, or their clerks who ig presented ad mi of the-court as soon as the judge granted “Hare against Potter,” said the judge, announcing the first ease to he tried. “How long will this case take?” “About an hour, your honer, I should think,” replied Will The judge then called the next case and asked one of the rs how long that would take. attorney answered that it would easily take half a Temple. day or mere uhents ens Judges meaning the jurors who The to pass upon ee ga 2g through the the list after the first | ow. feats hod Was os Sia lees in We Casly paiipn ‘sua ware dge announeed that he was ready to hear “Hare eaten 4 be aia the mt the sad nature | o> | = Will then called Timothy Riggs, and that foxy young man took his seat. In answer to the young lawyer’s questions he positively denied the essential particulars he was expected to testify for the plaintiff, The judge was clearly surprised that the lawyer for the plaintiff should call a witness whose evidence was ‘so dam- aging to his cause. will Temple, however, did not appear to be put out by Riggs’ testimony, and Jerrock wondered thereat. he young lawyer closely questioned Riggs on all points. his object being to get the clerk to perjure himself as much as © cg Riggs began to grow nervous and uneasy under the ordeal. Finally, Temple turned him over to Jerrock, That lawyer asked him two or three questions and then said that- was all. As Riggs, with a sigh of relief, started to leave the court, Tem le got up and said: our honor, I wish you would order the witness to re; main in court.” “Do you intend to call him again?” “No, your honor, I expect to show that the witness has sworn falsely from first to last, and I intend to ask your honor to order his arrest on the charge of perjury.” Will Temple’s words created a sensation. Riggs turned white as the officer at the door turned him back in accordance with a sign from the judge. Jerrock glared at Temple, but could say nothing as Riggs wasn’t his witness. “I will now call Jonas Harvey to the stand,” said Will. Had a thunderbolt fallen in the court, Jerrock and Caleb Potter couldn’t have shown, greater consternation. Harvey walked forward, after-r@Mmoving his goggles, and took the witness chair. His testimony corroborated Reuben’s evidence. He stop! when he had said all that bore directly on the case, then Will began to question him about what had happened after he left Mr. Jerrock’s office with the deed. “I object, your honer, on the ground that it has no bear- ing on this case,” said Jerrock. Ri has a very important bearing on this case,” said Tem- “What do you propose to show by this line of testimony?” asked the judge. “I propose to show your honor that this is a conspiracy on the part of the defendant to swindle the plaintiff out of the p Propert = which he has paid for and received a deed of,” | i licd 1 Temple. Herrock objected strongly to the introduction of the said testimony. The judge said he would allow the witness to proceed, whereupon Jerrock took an exception to his rulin Accordingly, Jonas Harvey told his ory, and it created a decided th Aly on the jury and t tators. Jerrock, his turn came, began to ba ger the ‘witness m | unmercifully, but he failed to make him contradict himsel 4 at’s our case,” said Will Temple when Harvey left the air, Jerrock then got up, made a brief opening speech, in which he Vetbaily lambasted the plaintiff, and oon called Caleb Potter to the stand. The Selene Ss ewer petirely that Reuben had not mi him a Fa balance, and consequently he Ra? given the ‘be y. no yoo ‘1 a vacant_room adjoining Jerrock’s office, nor o 000 for Fon and "te leave the State. MFerrock al called ‘in y Paze to ae aha wd the sn he 0 "Then i Is B Sunpeye wanted to see him. ertock rested Wt gaze the jury, and after the ju le io daked the ot per ry and “> had go ot Wi Tem it, Potter for tise ant thet other gear re ready the judge si Boe tin Inte ave Riggs the lie in every particular, and He also swore that he had not interviewed vena Be ghd . ey outside of Temple’s office, — ond "that he had 6 net ae to the vacant sh in ga it iy charge th ter BRL to take cs aie cans} cansidlexapion oegiaad ae ane hati and then called

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8 The judge fixed bail in both cases at $1,000. Jerrock went security for his clerk, and Riggs was released. | Potter sent a check to the bank and gave cash bail for : himself. Thirty minutes later the jury filed in and gave a verdict to Reuben Hare with costs. Jerrock, however, asked for a stay of ten days pending an appeal and this was granted. Will Temple and Reuben expected that and it did not worry them any. The main result had been achieved—Reuben had won a verdict, and he had but little doubt that it would be sus- | tained by a higher court. At any rate, Reuben, Harvey and the young lawyer left | the court feeling mighty good, and they felt better when a | messenger arrived from police headquarters to notify Temple that the old man and old woman who lived in the farmhouse where Jonas claimed to have been held prisoner, had been arrested and lodged in prison. CHAPTER VI. HOW REUBEN GETS HOLD OF THE MISSING DEED. FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. “I don’t know that I care to trespass on that old rascal’s land,” said Reuben. “I understand he keep a pair of vicious dogs unchained at night, and the animals might make things unpleasant for us.” “We necdn’t go near his house. We can skin through his orchard, then cut across Daisy Farm, which is rightfully your own propeity, and thus save three miles of a tramp a: ound by the road.” As it was twelve o’clock, and they had some distance. to walk in order to reach their homes, Reuben yielded to per- | suzs3on, and rhage across Caleb’s orchard they went, fortunately, without mishap. On scaling the fence that let them into Daisy Farm, they both felt that they could safely cross it without being called to book for trespass. Reuben considered it rightfully his land, as he had paid for it, and Bob looked upon it in the same light. “When do you expect to get a decision?” asked Bob, as they walked across one of the fields, at the far end of which - stood the unoccupied two-story structure that had once been occupied by the owners of the farm before it came into Potter’s possession. It had been so long vacant that it was almost a ruin. At any rate, it wasn’t worth anything as a house, and had not been considered in the land deal. “IT couldn’t tell you, Bob,” replied Reuben. “It’s got to ‘Will Temple sent for the detective that he had emploved ilate C t, hen th d : to look Jonas Harvey up, and told him that he wanted ea | take i Nheot hirpgeract as! zane py SL pier ep br we. get more evidence against Caleb Potter and Timothy Riggs on the conspiracy charge. Harvey told his story to the detective, ma the sleuth started out to shadow both Poitee and Rigg In the meantime Will visited the old pede and the old woman in the county jail and tried to get them to confess who had employed them to watch Jonas and see that he did not make his escape from the farmhouse. He failed, however, to get ai bareeg J out wa them. Lawyer Jerrock a peared in their behalf when they were S451 brought up before the police magistrate. uy They waived examination and were held in $1,000 bail each. ; Somebody unknown to Will Temple put up the cash and they were released, .At the end of a month the date was set for the trial of Timothy Riggs for perjury, and another date for the trial of Caleb Potter for conspiracy to defraud. The latter, through his lawyer, had appealed the case fag * aay + Foo Reuben, and it was uncertain when a decision would rendered ie It was about this time that the county surveyor started Bi to lay out the exact course of the driveway from Bayvill to Waverly. It was soon shown as a positive fact that the road would “run through the center of Daisy Farm. Two. estate companies were formed to secure land “ glong the route for improvement and prem oM on. __ Reuben received an offer of $15,000 for the farm as it ie contingent, of course, on his securing a clear title to se property. - to the farm A intend Be acoage ik: 1ate whether he would mp ed when ve asrter Be phirenign arte: Broad of fact, he > _ tended, though necessarily on a more limited scale, owi eee of capital, and that was, lay out his farm in rage fie: 4 and rete and Pa the lots ee or otherwise as customers them, but he oo 4 have litle ditealty in - the lots that would on either side orig: wey x Bas ahs when he sexbeaer ene ee. ee he would be in a position to ; eR ect Sh Re NESS cs SR EVES a th Pa RS AS aN SER ee eee AMER ASE SRS EVER UE Re en have passed upon it they will hand down their decision.” “If the verdict of the trial court is reversed the case will have to be tried all over a Hello! | There’s a light in your old»shack. I suppose tramps have taken possession of the building for the night.” “They haven’t any right to do that,” replied Reuben. “Let’s go over and see what they look like.” “I’m willing,” replied Bob. _ They approached the house with some caution, for they did not care to have their presence discovered. Reuben, motioning Bob to keep back, walked up to the window and looked in. He; gave a start of surprise when he recognized the in- mates of the room. There were two—Caleb Potter and Lawyer Jerrock. The latter held a folded paper in his hand. As Reuben’s eyes rested on it, he recognized the red Mal- tese cross that he had seen on the outside of the deed Caleb Potter had given him when he paid the $1,800 balance due on the contract. Motioning Bob forward, he whispered: Caleb Potter and Mr. Jerrock are inside, and the lawyer has the missing deed in his hand. I wish I could hear what “s re saying, for I am sure it has reference to the deed.” t’s try the back door. It is likely that is the way they entered themselves, and it probably is not secured.” “All right,” replied Reuben, “we'll try it; but we'll have to'take off our shoes so as not to make any noise.” “We can easily do that,” replied Bob. When they tried the back door kar found it easy to open, and kicking off their shoes, they softly entered the old build- wHieuben struck a match so that they could see their way a c They found themselves in what had once upon a time been ite see acknowledged the receipt of the offer, but did not in-| ing. was to do exactly as the real estate company in- the kitchen. There was nothing in it now but dirt and refuse. An open door eet the way into an entry, and from the oer: aged PR e their way into a hall, and then they saw a light shining aicdgh a partly open "door and heard voices of Potter and Jerrock, the latter expostulating with the other. They glided up to the door and looked cautiously into the room where the light was—a candle stuck into the neck of an old wine bottle. “As I consider shat piimces , nok that the verdict of the rrock was saying, “I value trial court will be pat this deed at st $5,000. iar oo you want it at that pay that sum for it in instalments BE pectic Ry hel ig AT eal. 2) ath beng ag, t| I dare say ge gs in order to make sure of this property, which is easily worth $30,000 , if not more.” — ot didn’t think you’d go back on me this way, Jerrock,” ; in a tone of angry dis eae a

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FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. Harvey, Temple’s clerk. Failing in that, my clerk, Riggs, | in accordance with a prearranged plan, put Hervey out o: business long enough to carry him out to the Bixby farm- | house in your wagon. To protect himself Riggs took pos- session of the deed before you could get at it. This deed he turned over to me for safe keeping, and here it is. In offering it to you,-I am simply acting in my clerk’s nsder | ests. He has placed its value at $5,000, which I consider a moderate sum. If you want to pay that for it, it’s yours | as soon as you turn over the money to me. If you don’t | want to pay that amount for it, we'll call the matter off and, as I said before, I will try the plaintiff in the case and see if he’ll buy it on favorable terms. That’s the situa- tion in a nutshell. I have given you the first chance to get the deed, so it’s up to you to say yes or no.” Caleb Potter looked upon the proposition as a hald-up. The lawyer, however, had him where the hair was short, and squirm as he might, he saw no loophole through which he could squirm. “What’s $5,000?” said Jerrock. “You'll clear over $50,000 with that farm. I can send you to a man who will give you $30,000 spot eash after you get the decision if you don’t want to bother improving the property and selling it in lots yourself.” “If I was sure of getting the decision and making such a deal as that, I’d pay you the money you want for the deed, though I think it isn’t a square piece of business on your rt.” / “You'll get the decision. I’ve consulted several of the best lawyers in town and they all agree that the Appellate Court is bound to reverse the verdict of the trial court.” “Then the case will have to-be tried over again. and the jury may decide against me’ ss it did before,” said the old man. ul x) “Don’t you worry, Pottér.’"We'll have two or three new witnesses. We’d have had them‘ at the trial only we thought we had plain sailing.” “l'd have won only that clerk of Temple’s turned up,” growled Caleb Potter. “He wouldn’t have turned up if that old man and his wife ed am, I don’t like the way you are badgering me out it. : “That’s the. only way to get money out of you, Potter. You’re closer than wax with your funds. I know you, and | I have to act acocrdingly. Well, is this a deal or isn’t it? “IT suppose I’ll have to agree. You'll take my check, won’t you?” _ “I'd rather have the bills in my hand, Potter. You're pretty foxy old man.” F 4 a S *But I haven’t got any arpa | with me.” “J didn’t suppose you had. To-morrow morning will do. Tl meet you at your bank. You can draw the $5,000, hand it over to me and I'll give you the deed.” ss “Pye got to go out of town early in the morning. I have iS bleak’ chick “ith me, Sad 11 Ul it ont now. “I'm good for more than $5,000 at my bank.” “You might telephone your bank in the morning and stop payment before I got there,” replied the lawyer. ‘ “You ought to be as to trust me, Jerrock,” replied Pot- an 00 I e habit of trusting anybody any further than ean see b ‘ “Pd like to settle the matter now.” “So would I.” “Then take the check.” 5 » + 9 Bt: rather not. I don’t want my housekeeper to have the eed.” “Can’t you trust her, either? What a suspicious old chap you are!” “I don’t trust anybody but myself,” answered Potter, in a sulky tone. Jerrock considered a few minutes. “Well, Potter, I’ll take your check and chance it, but mind you, if you go back on me you'll never come into that prop- erty. esides, I’ll furnish evidence to convict you of con- spiracy.” “You'll get your money,” replied Caleb Potter, doggedly. “I hope so. Here’s a fountain pen. Write out your check.” “Hold the light for me,” said the old rascal, walking over to the window si Jerrock took up the wine bottle, followed him to the win- dow and held it up with one hand while he held the deed behind him with the other. It was then that the quick-witted Reuben saw his chance to recover the important document. “Back me up, Bob,” he whispered in his companion’s ear. Then he slipped into the room, followed by Bob, and glided up behind the wily lawyer. Reaching out his hand, he seized the deed and snatched it from Jerrock’s fingers, CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH REUBEN HOLDS THE WHIP HAND. With an exclamation of surprise, Lawyer Jerrock wheeled — around and confronted the two bo due and taken title to this farm,” “As it happened I did pay the money, and Mr. Potter did hand me over this deed, I rather guess it does belong to me. It would have been recorded only for the job that you put : upon Jonas Harvey. At any rate, I mean to haye it reco aN now, since I have been so fortunate as to recover it.” “Hand that paper back to me, Reuben Hare,” demanded got had you paid the $1 spiracy to to remind oa so Til os ig ¥ Th speaking, Reuben backed to d the door and Bob _ ama retreat. pus ' reat Once outside the building, the boys slipped on their shoes again and beat a. triumphant a ae Nog Bec Ling’ 7a w. «What give me tha 2”| “I guess you. don't. need: : from. the ‘ tempat oe: APG nig Court now,” said Bob. ” “You got, your deed dl t morning. Potter dare ere taking Ss me the cheek and Til hand over the | possession of the land. If he did, you can make it, “to your housekeeper as soon as I get the money. You | hot for him after what we saw and heard to-night. I her he wpestag ning to ag had) ng.” & co: tha: gaa Sanagrs 9 bp ie sey Dead Ser r , ; give check. rascally piece was up against, but» wre ant tin oh ee 4 to feel that I have beaten the Lon you won't trust me?” replied the | tors

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10 FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. he would admit. He felt that he was personally responsible for the trouble that had come about through the loss of the deed by his clerk, and he knew that if Caleb Potter won out, I would lose a fortune that was in sight.” “He won’t have any cause to worry longer over the case. I don’t believe the judges of the Appellate Court will decide against you anyway, but if they should, I guess Caleb Potter won’t take any further steps to deprive you of the farm.” The boys continued to discuss the situation until they parted in front of Reuben’s cottage. When Reuben reached his room he saw by the clock ‘that it was half-past one. , “I guess this must be one of my lucky days,” he said to himself. “I'll ring it on the calendar anyway, so as to keep it in mind.” Then he undressed and went to bed, feeling happier than he had for a long time. Next morning he surprised his sister Barbara by produc- ing the missing document, and explaining to her how it had come into his possession. 3 “My, but I’m glad that you got it back,” she said. “What an old rascal Caleb Potter is to take your money and then try to cheat you out of the farm.” “He certainly is, sis; but he’s reached the end of his tether with me.” “Are you going to prosecute him for conspiracy now that you have recovered the. deed?” “T can tell you better after I’ve had a talk with Will Tem- ple_on the subject. We’ve got a lot of evidence to bring against him, but still, I’m not sure that it’s conclusive enough to convict him.” “What about the law clerk you had arrested for perjured testimony at the trial?” “I guess V’ll be able to pickle him, for Caleb Potter will hardly daré now go on the stand and swear that no money oe paid him by me, or that he didn’t hand me over the eed, “You could prosecute him for perjury, too, at the trial. He deserves to be punished as much as the lawyer’s clerk, for he’s just as guilty.” / “Sure he is. ell, Will Temple shall decide what course to pursue against both of the rascals.” After breakfast Reuben hitched up his team and drove into town. i ae Temple had just reached his office when Reuben ar- rive - “P’ve great news for you, Will,” said the boy, with a beam- - ing face. You look as if somethitryg had happened to put you in a fine humor,” replied the young lawyer. “Sit down and tell me your news.” . elt I’ve got the deed back and “Something has happened. there it is.” Reuben slapped the document down before his guardian and lawyer. “There’s the red Maltese cross I spoke to you about,” said Reuben, pointing to the smear of red ink r his name on the paper. " “How did you get hold of it?” asked Will. “By the most wonderful accident in the world.” - . Reuben then told him the story of his night’s adventure _ {n company with Bob Horton, “It is very fortunate that Bob was with you. Your story, Ye: sleet cboratcd, would not go for much, and Caled 1 Potter, __. backed by Jerrock, might try to make trouble out of the affair. _ But with Bob as a witness on your side, you’ve gat them both dead to rights. They won’t dare make a move to re- a either the deed or the property. H the Appellate Sourt rendered a decision against you, f second trial of the suit, with such fresh evidence as we can bring forward, would ge. Agger under, and show him up worse ‘ ever,” ‘While they were as talking y Riggs appeared and ~ handed a note to Temple. j : t stated that Jerrock would like to see Reuben at his office as soon as — on important business. - “Pll go over with you. Whatever Mr. Jerrock wishes to say ree Le insist that he shall say it in my pres- . Plertinily, thay webs ight ctr ty: Jecrenk's der, ne Demise chiocted ty ‘Wil Téaple Wey Das Ob ths inte . ‘ ‘eplied Wil, ina tone that showed bw ieant what a “Wait a moment, then,” replied Jerrock. : He retired to his private room, and after a minute or two, came to the door and beckoned his visitors in. They found Caleb Potter there. Jerrock acted as spokesman for the old man and himself. He came right to the point without any unnecessary beat- ing around the bush. “Mr. Potter is willing to throw up his effort to recover Daisy Farm, and permit Reuben Hare to take undisputed possessi the conspiracy proceedings against him on provide are dropped,” he said, “Very kind in Mr. Potter, indeed,” replied Temple, sar- castically. “It is rather late in the day for him to profess a change of heart. He has been beaten in court, and I have very little doubt but the verdict will be confirmed by the Court of Appeals. Seeing that things are dead against him, he wishes to crawl out of the criminal charge»which his ras- cally actions have got him into. Perhaps you can tell me some good reason why we should let up on Mr. Potter? Only that we were able to produee our star witness in court the case would have gone against us. I think it has been . a rote 6 piece of business all the way through, and those re- sponsible for it ought to suffer.” “T admit that things look a little black ars? my client,” replied Jerrock, “but I doubt if you would be able to cenvict him. WHarvey’s statement that Potter offered him a bribe cannot be corroborated, therefore, Potter’s denial, whether true or not, will offset that charge. Harvey says he was assaulted and robbed of the deed, and that he was afterward taken to the farmhouse occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bixby and there held a oo until he managed to make his escape. This cannot proved, and'‘is’ énly “held together by the flimsiest of circumstantial “€vidence. There is nothing to show that Harvey ever was/‘tt 'thefarmhouse in question. The Bixbys both deny that hé’was there under any circum- stances whatever. ow then are you going to prove that he was? The fact that Reuben Hare saw him coming from the direction of the farm, hatless and coatless in the rain, is not conclusive evidence that he really did come from the farm. In respect to the assault, Harvey cannot show who was guilty of the alleged outrage. You cannot show that if the et ai as he stated that my client had any hand in it at all. 2 : “You forget, Mr. Jerrock, that you said things last night in the old house on Daisy Farm which were overheard by Reuben and Bob Horton. You told Potter that he conspired to do Reuben out of the farm. You told him that after he got the money he tried to buy off Harvey. You also said that, failing in that, your clerk, Riggs, in accordance with a prearranged put Harvey out of business long enough to carry him eng? farmhouse in Potter’s wagon. And you further said that Riggs in order to protect himself, took possession of the missing deed, and you offered to sell that deed to Potter last night for $5,000. Suppose we use this against your client, what effect will it have on both him and yourself? How will the other members of the Bayvill bar regard such ions in you, a lawyer? I think, Mr. Jerrock,-that you.have plac ourself in a mighty bad fix, without speaking about your client’s position in the matter at all,” ‘said Will Temple. Jerrock turned color and A ag ag to be much disturbed. “Can’t this unfortunate affair be arranged?” he said. "T don’t see how it can be without placing my client in a_bad inet It is contrary to law to compromise a crime of any kind.” . : mC ee every day for one consideration or another,” repli e “T admit that it is, but that doesn’t make it excusable.” “Then you mean to — the charges against my client, and also against my clerk?” “That will uire some consideration. Rather than draw ou into a position that might disgrace re t is possible we may let the case against Mr. Potter Pp on the ground uf insufficient evidence. If we do, we won’t sectite your clerk, as it would hardly be fair to punish ahd lét the chief rascal off.” “Tf will act on oe view, Mr. Temple, I will consider m under lasting obligation to t will not be in with right to Daisy Farm. He may enter at once into ‘on, ornate tded the in leva “ahd Wil ‘Temple and Recben returned to to t whether they would — i

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CHAPTER VIII. PUTTING HIS PROPERTY ON THE MARKET. Although Reuben and Will Temple felt no sympathy at all for Caleb Fees and Timothy Riggs, and were of the opinion that they fully deserved severe punishment for the | part they had played in the conspiracy, they decided to let the charges against the two drop on Jerrock agreeing to withdraw his appeal from the verdict of the trial court. The verdict was, therefore, duly recorded against Caleb Potter, and Reuben began making pre tions to stake off FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. ' his lots and lay out his streets 6n either side of the drive- Way on which work had already n begun. Reuben was visited by representatives from the rival real estate and improvement companies, who tried to buy the farm from him just as it stood. One company raised its former offer of $15,000 to $18,- 000, and the other sumnany offered $21,000. hes boy declined both offers, and set his surveyor at work at once. _A week later the two companies made him offers for all that part of his pro y gg 0d on both sides of the driveway, and exten back 200 feet therefrom in both directions. _Reuben refused to sell at any price they were willing to t sive, so the rival representatives had to give the matter up. ter the farm was surveyed, a map market out in lots oad streets was piveated By e surveyor and the same clerk’s e uly filed in the county * A duplicate of this map-was ed and displayed at the office of an energetic y: estate agent named J. L Etechan, a friend of Renee: . Temple’s, who was given a contract te put the | ithe market. All property along the deiepway was to be sold subject to certain restrictions. as to,-tha character and cost of the buildings to be erected. & ie , Furthermore, neither Reuben nor the rival real com nor any other holder of land along the line of the driveway, would sell less than two lots to one per- oor nermalt a housé to be erected on a single lot. best plots were those that stood on the four corners of the driveway and the county road. wh ent an we eee. it Se,ree e mayor a oth official. J ne Uy Pe ETE) A) Gi lata rein the tomket sonal on bath ‘Bides of the driveway: for a distance of 400 feet, as he intended to hold onto them un dtiveway was com- pleted, which would more than double their value. As the mayor e other official had started to build e resi g ee Ee Rg ny gee tended to fepreve them to a large extent, fact would ue uben'’s two corners to 3 necrease a Sint ana he had ngfeed with the Gwe ofeials not to sell less than three lots on the two corners any one son, ead that te hehes’ Ceting lees to specify in the han 312,000 could be put up on éither. As soon as he was read Be ce desteart cent employed a r to pu hy big signboard near corner of road, and #04 & patter to deco- rate both sides of it with the following announcement: BAYVILL Ao etka LOTS. t. NOW IS THE TIME to secure one of these build- lots 00 NEW fronting on the DRIVEWAY, at Ten cent. down, J ¥ and upwards. balance on taking STISIDE lots, 250100, from $100, siccording ‘te location: rite to J. I. ETCHAN, Real Estate Agen’ No. 11 Woshington street, Bayvill, where a diagram of - can be seen. ; worded was inserted in two of ies about the lots he were also busy their conice abtins the }he had no 11 The companies had the advantage over Reuben of capital to improve their property and push their enterprises, but Reuben had the advantage of location, for his land was nearer Bayvill and the trolley line, which naturally appealed to would-be purchasers who wanted to build and live along the new driveway. Reuben’s business rivals printed larger and more glowing advertisements in the papers, and employed a small army of agents to conduct applicants to and over their lots. They were soon doing a land office business, but still they were not satisfied. The officials of both companies were sore because they had failed to gobble up Reuben’s property, which they rec- ognized as the cream of lots on the driveway. ; Their jealousy was further aroused by the fact that the boy. was selling inside lots cheaper than they were offering eirs. As a matter of fact, Reuben was asking all he considered the property was worth in its unimproved state, while the rival companies and their imitators were soaking the public for every cent they thought intending purchasers would stand. In order to get back at Reuben they stationed men in the immediate neighborhood of his property whose busi- ness it was to try and switch possible buyers away from the Daisy Farm lots to the lots the companies had in the market. This unfair scheme hurt Reuben at first, but the ‘rival agents soon got scrapping among themselves over lot seek- ers, each side trying to secure the lion’s share of the people so that Reuben, after a consultation with Will Temple, complained to the police. Officers were sent on the scene and several arrests fol- lowed. : Reuben prosecuted the agents in court both for trespass and disorderly conduct, and had them fined and jailed. The companies came to the aid of their agents, but had to ahay heavy fines to get them off. ; is, of course, added to the animosity they entertained for Reuben, and so they determined to try and get square with him some other way. Having sold quite a number of the driveway lots under a guarantee that certain indicated improvements would be made free of cost to the purchasers, Reuben started men te| at work to fix things up. One afternoon Reuben tied his mare in front of the old shack that he and Bob yisited the night he got possession of the deed, and which was situated at the far end of his property on the county road, about a quarter of a mile from the line of the new driveway. ps ‘Then he started to walk across to where several of his men were at work leveling off one of the streets. When he was ay he heard the sound of chopping in the direction of the corner of the road and the driveway. This was where his signboard was erected. _ rise in the land hid the board from his sight. e was Eieted to unt. for the sound he heard, for y at Sok at the corner. ; Curious to learn the cause of the chopping sounds, he altered his course and headed for the corner. When he came in sight of his advertisement he was dumbfounded to see two men in the act of chopping it down. That was a little too much for him to stand, so he made a dash forward to interfere in the proceedings. The men were too busy to observe his approach, and did not become aware of his presence till he rushed up and hold of the implement qne of them was wielding with considerable effect on the signboard. Then it was that Reuben recognized the man as a dis- reputable farmhand called Ben Bagley, who spent most of his time in lis. The other was a stranger. “Let go that ax!” snarled Bagley. ; = I won't,” replied Reuben stoutly. “You've no right to op that wn. } “Shut up, or ft knock your block off.” et At moment Will Temple and his sister drove up in» a buggy. . ai ; _ A TRICK OF THE ENEMY. | Min “What's the trouble, Reuben?” asked the young lawyer,

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12 FROM FARM “T caught these men at work chopping down my sign- board,” replied the boy. “You can see they’ve done con- siderable damage to it.” “What do you mean by trying to cut that sign down, Bagley?” asked Temple sharply. “Don’t you know that we can have you arrested for malicious mischief?” Bagley, who was about two-thirds intoxicated, glared at Temple. “T got orders to chop that sign down and I’m goin’ to do it,” he snarled. “Who gave you such orders?” “None of your business.” “Now look here, my man, you’ll drop that ax and go about your business or I'll hand you over to an officer,” said Temple sternly. ' “T’ll drop nothin’. You two go about yer own business or there’ll: be somethin’ doin’ yer won’t like,” retorted Bag- ley, in an ugly tone. Will Temple sprang out of the buggy. “Drive over to our men yonder and send them here,” he said to his sister. As Fay Temple touched the horse up the young lawyer ley and grabbed the handle of the ax let go. The other man ‘ran away. Bagley attempted to raise the implement to hit out at Temple when Reuben seized him by the arm. : The Wwas.as strong as he was ugly, and made a desperate resistance, so that Reuben and Will had their hands full trying to restrain He swore like a trooper and threatened to kill them both if he could get the chance to use the ax. The appearance of four of the laborers on the scene soon altered matters. Bagley was overpowered, though not without a great deal of trouble. Reuben then brought his light wagon to the corner. The ruffian was bound hand and foot with rope and tossed into the vehicle. “T'll take him to the police station and be back in about half an hour,” said Reuben to Will. The young lawyer nodded and got into his buggy which his sister had brought back. Reuben carried his prisoner to town, turned him over to the ee and charged him with malicious mischief and ele was locked up, Reuben telling the officer in cha that he and Will Temple would appear against him at the _ police court in the morning. ; employed . : A a < This they did, and they found a lawer on hand prepared to defend the rascal. The magistrate held him on the testimony vf Reuben ang, Founle for trial and fixed his bail at $1 was furnished after the young lawyer and Reuben left the court and he was released. i of the case, both Reu- After reviewing the circumstances ben and Will came to the conclusion that some enemy had the two men to cut the sign down. y they suspected that-an emissary of one of the companies wags at the back of the matter. obody else would have any interest in destroying my mn,” d Reuben. MDepend on it, th following They want pend on ey are you u es «| c= i at you for putting their Rise “# jail lately,” “If I could only connect them with this outrage, I'd ‘make them sweat. *V'll take the th in hand and see what I can find out,” said Will. ey realizes by this that he’s in a bad” i ee Yl see him. Maybe I can confess.” TO FORTUNE. He made a strong effort to discover Bagley’s whereabouts, but failed: He judged, therefore, that the person who had supplied the bail had sent the rascal out of town, probably for good, preferring to sacrifice the $1,500 rather than run the risk of Bagley making a confession after he was convicted. When Reuben heard Will’s report, he said: “The attempt to cut my sign down has proved a rather ea geg tt piece of dirty work to the party who put Bagley up YY “It would seem so if they intend to lose that $1,500 rather than permit him’ te face certain conviction,” an- swered Will. “The moment I saw a lawyer appear in his behalf at the examination I felt sure there was a colored man in the woodpile. Bagley never could have hired a lawyer himself. He’s little better than a vagrant. Well, I must keep my eyes open all the time, for my business rivals seem deter- mined to do me up in some way if they can. However, I don’t see how they can beat me in the long run. The only thing they can do is to place obstacles in my way while I am trying to sell my lots; but I’m bound to sell them just the same in spite of anything they can do to stop me.” “You’ve got a good man in Etchan,” said Will. “He told me that he has been approached on several occasions by per- sons who offered him good money to throw up his contract with you, but he sent them away with a flea in their ear.” “The trouble with those two real estate companies is that they’re hoggish. They’ve got hold of at least a third of the property along the dri driveway, and are making a good thing out of it; but theys pot satisfied. They want to force me into selling out tq them.”: “That’s because you’ve ‘got’ the best and most valuable part of the land along this #nd Fo ae Stele “All the more reason why F ld hold on to it until I can get my price.” aS FIO] 9 “There is certainly a fottune in the Daisy Farm under ee conditions. If you can make twice as much out of t by selling it piecemeal yourself as you are doing, there is no reason why you shouldn’t do it. We’ve beaten the opposi- tion on both occasions, assuming as we may fairly do that the Bagley matter is one of their tricks, so I think they'll be more careful what move they take against you next.” “If they’re wise they’ll quit such crooked work, for should we nail them at it, it’s likely to go hard with them.” e of the money he received from the sale of the lots along the drive he put into improvements that he had guaranteed to make. He opened up three streets through the farm which crossed the drive at distances of 400 feet, and had two gangs of laborers at work laying out the cross streets from the county road to the end of his property on both sides of the drive which was now nearly completed as far as hi property ran. The work he had thus far accomplished greatly helped the sale of his inside lots, and they began to go much quicker bie 8 similar lots offered b: poet 9 Ste aati e newspapers naturally he’ m the driveway property in return for the advertising patronage they were ng. : They favored the big real estate companies because they got more advertising from them; but Reuben advertised as extensively as he could afford, for publicity was esential to his success. hel to sell the lots, and Fay Temple often drove out to see when her brother was too busy to come himself. be from now this property won’t look much like a sig hg eared pb we hore y as they were standing watch- a r wo bet it won’t,” he replied. “we'll have a score or more residences going up before then. “It must be g you a lot of money to put this place into shape.” ~ eee ; “Tt is, and I may say I have hardly begun; but I'll get it all the ona ae es This farm cost me $2,000, as you know, whi those real estate companies if I was willing to let them t “Then you expect to make much more sclaaine I have 1,600 feet along each side of the e of the space given represents 64 -foot at an ? 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FROM FARM I have 100 fifty-foot lots along the county road that should ! bring me in $25,000 more. ‘ihe inside lots, of which there are 1,080 on the map, 126 of which are corner lots, will fetch ultimately over $200,000, so my gross receipts will be at least $250,000. I expect to have to spend at least $100,- 000 putting the land in shape and $25,000 in commissions and other expenses, including advertising. Altogether, I figure on ing anywhere from $100,000 to $150,000 profit, counting on a slight increase in value of the unsold lots a _ year from now.” “My gracious!” exclaimed Fay. “How is it possible that a small farm which you bought for $2,000 can be made to represent so much money?” : “As a farm, and before the driveway was thought of, it wasn’t worth more than $2,500 at the outside. Putting the driveway through it made all the difference in the world. It not only increased is immediate value as land tenfold, but it opened up all the possibilities of a regular real estate boom which I am taking advantage of. But you see, it takes | money .to make money. Streets had to be opened into the driveway, and cross streets have to be put through into the county road. The cross ones, that will run parallel with the driveway, 200 feet a T’ll call avenues, the others, 400 feet apart, streets. It is impossible for me to tell you all about the other improvements that have to be made in order to make the place attractive to the would-be purchaser of one or more lots. Mr. Etchan can explain such matters better than I, and if you are curious to learn all about what has to be done here, why call at his office and ask him to give you an idea of it.” } , “How long will it take to sell all your lots?” “Ask me something easy; Miss Fay,” laughed Reuben. “I guess it will take a good while;,but I’m young, and not in a hurry to get rich too qui + My lots once out won't | — away. My taxes won’t/ mEmeavy as I expect to get rid of the most valuable lots, those on the driveway and county road, within a year. The rest of the property will come under the head of the farm tax, which will let me down easy.” On the day following the foreging conversation, a_repre- _ sentative of one of the real estate companies called on Reuben and submitted a new proposition to him. oy The company offered to take him into their fold, on the basis of $10,000 cash and $50,000 in stock at a par value of $1 a share, fully paid up and non-assessable. He would be elected on the board of directors and made vice-president. more The bait was rather enticing, but it didn’t catch our hero _ Worth a cent. ‘ He preferred to go it alone and take his own chances of ultimate success. ; . CHAPTER X. THE LETTER FROM MR. GOLDING. , _ The other real estate company must got wind some- ___ how of the proposition made to Reuben by its rival, for the president called on the boy and offered him $25,000 in cash and $40,000 in the company’s stock if he would come in with Reuben respectfully declined to do so 9: ™ acti : ‘The gentleman looked eerie 4 oe" “I don’t see how you expect to along and sell your aba “sy Sige enough to make the necessary improve- “I’m making improvements right along, sir,” replied Reu- 13 — ———————_— TO FORTUNE. “I have made you a Splendid offer—practically $65,000, for our stock is worth $1 a share if ,it is worth a cent.” “If you cffered me the whole thing in cash, with $10,006 more added, I should still refuse, Mr. Golding. I have al- ready had propositions from Bayvill capitalists to form an independent real estate and improvement company, but have turned them down. I have determined on my own course of action and mean to carry it through, so there is really nothing more to be said on the subject.” President Golding saw there was nothing to be gained by prolonging the interview, so he wished Reuben good-day and took his leave. Shortly after this Bob Horton meeting Reuben at his cot- tage told him that he had heard that one of the real estate companies had bought a section of the farm adjoining the southerly half of Reuben’s property, and that it was pro- posed to put up a fertilizer plant on the property. “Of course, if they do such a thing as that, they can have only one object, and that is to hurt the sale of a good part of your land,” said Bob. “The moment the fact is published in the papers, it is bound to injure you.” “That’s right,” replied Reuben, gravely. “It would injure me a good deal. I never thought I’d be up against such a proposition as that.” : “Those two companies are making every effort to put you out of the business and get hold of your land. If one of them should succeed in doing you, it will have a pretty fight on with its rival. They are both working against you now, but if you were wiped out, they’d fly at each other’s throats. As it is, their agents are always scrapping, and trying all kinds of schemes to corral one another’s customers. “I never thought there was so much selfishness and un- derhand tactics in the world as I’ve found out since I started selling lots,” said Reuben. “You can talk all you want to about competition being the life of trade, but it can be car- ried too far. I will tell Will to-morrow about this new scheme to injure me, and see what plan, if any, he can sug- gest for offsetting it.” Accordingly, he carried the news to the young lawyer early next morning. Will Temple was rather staggered by the intelligence. “What evidence, besides Bob’s word, have you that it’s true?” he said. “None.” : “Well, I'll look into it and see what it amounts to.” “There has been no hint of such a thing in the news- papers yet, and what escapes the reporters isn’t worth men- tioning.” “How did Bob hear about the matter?” “The helper on his father’s farm told him.” “And how did he get the news?” *“T couldn’t tell you.” “There may be no truth in it. Let us hope there isn’t. - I'll investigate and let you know what I learn.” The young lawyer looked up the real estate transfers of recent date, but could find no-indication that Farmer Ow who owned the farm adjoining Reuben’s property, had so any part of his farm to one of the real estate companies, or in fact, anybody else, During the afternoon he drove out to the farmer and asked him about it. : _ Farmer Owens denied that he had made any deal involv- ing a portion or the whole of his property, or that he had any intention of doing so. eeling much relieved, Will Temple stopped to see Reuben on the way back. Reuben was delighted to learn that there was no founda- tion to the report, and wondered who had started the rumor and why he had done so. : ; Next morning after Reuben, left the cottage, a letter ad- ee i and marked “Important,” ‘was left by the carrier at the cottage. - : : Barbara’ Hare carried it over to the Horton farm and hands.” | asked Bob if he would take it to her brothe r. “You'll find him ‘t the Daisy Farm superintending the — men who are laying out the streets,” she said. , “Pil take it to him,” said Bob, cager to oblige the fair Barbara. He saddled a horse and galloped down to the Daisy Farm in a short space of ti _ “Hello, Bob,” ge Peg ye No... Your 3 me ring » mY of time. 2 sid 3 said. Reuben, when his friend approached — re

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14 _“Thanks, old man,” replied Réuben, taking it. “Your kindness is duly appreciated. I’ll remember you in my will ee. I make one, which won’t be till I’m old enough to vote. He tore open the envelope and glanced over the short note, which was written on the printed letterhead of the Bayvill & Waverly Real Estate Corporation. _ The communication appeared to be from President Gold- ing, and requested Reuben to meet him at the office of his lawyer, No. —— Madison street/ in town, at five o’clock that day, as he wished to see him on a matter of importance. “I don’t understand why he should want to interview me again,” said the boy, aloud. “Who is that?” asked Bob. “Mr. Golding, president of the Bayvill & Waverly Real Estate Corporation. He called on me a few days ago and submitted a proposition which I turned down.” “Probably he wants to do better,” suggested Bob. “His offer was to take me and my property into his com- pany in return for $25,000 cash and $40,000 worth of the company’s stock.” “Which you wouldn’t accept?” “Of course I wouldn’t.” “Neither.would I if I were in your shoes.” “J told him plainly enough that $100,000 in cash was the lowest offer I would listen to.” “Maybe he wants to take you up.” “Tt isn’t likely. He told me that such a figure as I men- tioned was entirely out of the question.” “Well, you’re going to call on him anyway, aren’t you?” “T suppose I'll have to, though I don’t see what good it will do. I’m not at all anxious to sell out, I take a great deal of interest in this business, and I’m doing pretty well at it, all things considered.” “T think you are myself. I consider you a mighty lucky p.” Bob then said he’d have to return home as he had con- siderable work on hand to do for his father, so, mounting his horse, he rode off. Reuben returned to his cottage at half-past twelve for dinner as usual. e showed his sister the letter he had received, and said | ter? he would meet the president of the company that after- noon, though in his opinion it was a waste of time on both their parts, since he didn’t believe the company would find it profitable to pay him more than half of what he wanted. Five minutes before five Reuben ascended the stairway of an office building on Madison street. The office of the lawyer that the letter directed him to eall at was on the fourth or top flor of the building, in the : gton street. However, he figured that Pp lent- of the real estate iy reasons, so he knocked on the door. “Come in,” said a voice, and Reuben entered the room. to note that the room was bare of two common chairs, occupied by two men, iaigese faces were Big - all ene: . 4 ey were smoking rs 2 not appear ave any ~ particular business on Mand, Reuben looked rather doubtfully about the room. He didn’t like the looks of the men nor the appearance of the office. *“T guess I’ve got into the wrong place,” he said, making @ move to retire. “Who are you lookin’ for 2?” asked one of the men. sa William Golding. s your name Reuben Hare?” . es. “Mr. Golding is expectin’ you. He’s in the next room with - Lawyer Brady. Go a, = This here,room ain’t fixed up yet td Brady is only just movin’ in,” said the man, with a eile pointed -te a door at the other end of the room as he Ea "t you better tell Mr. Golding that I’m here?” said “Jim,” said the man, turning to his companion, “ the doo: that hie caller sh af and tell Mr. Goldin’ ere. got up, head in at the door, said FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. “You’re to «6 in,” he said, turning and beckoning to Reuben. : Po ay boy crossed the outer room and entered the inner c e. Two men with bushy beards stood near the door, which was immediately slammed behind the young visitor. Neither of the men was Mr. Golding. In fact, that gentleman was not in the room. The place was also unfurnished except for a couple of chairs and a table. “I thought Mr. Golding was in here,” said Reuben, not liking the look of things. “Mr. Golding will be in here presently. He just stepped into that room,” and the speaker jerked his thumb toward another door. “Sit down and make yourself at home. Have a cigar?” offering one. “Thank you, I don’t smoke,” replied Reuben, seating him- self beside the table, but not feeling particularly easy im his mind over the situation. The comparatively bare rooms, the four men whose be- havior seemed somewhat sinister, and the absence of Mr. Golding, all conspired to arouse his suspicion that things were not quite right. CHAPTER XI. IN A TRAP AND OUT. “Now I think we'll get..down to business,” said the man who had spoken before, seating himself opposite Reuben. “Business!” ejaculated thej,boy, surprised at the turn af-. fairs were taking. setts “Exactly. We didn’t send for you just to look at you.” “It was Mr. Golding who sent for me,” returned Reuben. “Mr. Golding’s name was signed to the letter because you know him and you don’t know us. When one angles he uses bait best suited to catch the kind of fish he is after.” “What do you mean? Didn’t Mr. Golding write that let- ” “Hardly. I had the honor of writing it myself.” “Then it was a forgery?” “You can call it what you please.” “Since you admit it was not sent to me by Mr. Golding, I see no need of me remaining here any longer,” said Reu & up. “Sit down; I want to talk with you.” : “Under the circumstances I prefer not to have anything to do with you.” “Your preferences will have to yield to our wishes.” | “Do you mean to say that you insist on my remaining whether I want to or not?” “That’s about the size of it.” “I won’t do it. I’m not accustomed to bulldozed.” a fool. There are four of us here, and oe ‘tits room unless we chotee to let you. Understand ?” “What’s your object all this, and who are you?” “Sit down and take things coolly, then you'll learn what our business with you is and who we are.” Reuben saw that he was in a predicament. Even if he was strong enough to get the better of the two men in the room, there were the other two in the room beyond to be considered. : He couldn’t reach the corridor without, passing them, and the chances of doing so were against him. Clea he had been trapped for some and he cqelnded eel ey enn or ee get ou ‘ ; Pulling the chair away from the table so as to face both men, sat down. of a very fine piece situated at the \ : i= oy TE ee ee ee bs oe. eek he beim, cer ee et a eS woe? #

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FROM FARM Reuben looked at the speaker but made no reply. “Now you are a boy entirely inexperience in land specu- lation, therefore the chances are that your enterprise will end in a fizzle. We are four thoroughly experienced real estate boomets. If we took hold of your property we could take the lots go like hot cakes, many of them at higher prices than you are offe them for. After looking the ie over we decided to make you a propesition. It is this: e us in with you. Half the profit on all sales to be divided among us, the other half to go to'you. I have drawn & contract up to that effect and it only awaits your signa- ture to make it binding on the five of us. There it is. Look t over and see if it isn’t just the thing to put the dough to your pocket as well as ours.” é speaker opened the drawer of the table, took out a filled-in printed form of contract and offered it to Reuben. } The boy made no effort to take it. Ba care t@ look at it,” he said, curtly. > ‘ “Why not?” asked the other, sharply. “Because I’m not interested in your scheme. I am work- ing my real estate proposition to suit myself, and don’t need any help from outsiders, other than my authorized agent, Mr. Etchan, to sell my lots,” he answered. “Oh, you don’t,” sneered the other. “Judging from the way your lots are selling, it will be a mighty long time be- fore you make your salt.” “You seem to think you know 4 lot about my business, but you don’t know anything. My lots are going off as fast as any other lots along the driveway.” “I do not propose to argue this matter. We didn’t send for you to organize a debating society. We sent for you to e a contract with you.” - © 5 Then you might have savéd°¥our time and the postage 7 stamp you wasted on the letter, for I don’t care to sign any Stch Sy gl as you proposé.”= 5: “T you'll sip it before’ we get throtizh with you,” Said the other, da ok “Do you mean that as a threat?” “You can take it 3s such if you choose.” “What are you going to do? “That’s our business.” “You are beginning to show yourselves in your trué char- - “You have a good thing in sight and we propose to partici- pate in it.” ; “You won’t participate with my consent.” z brought you here to win your consént, and we pro- The speaker spread out the et ey oti the table, then he = thé drawer again and took out 4 pen ahd a small ink e, ; ; _ up to the table, réad the contract and sign it,” he said, in a sha ne. 4 AAT Whi'not, defy. you to make me.” Se are ite Plates ehikt of the emarveae Se here,” said th in ee ; a eubbh apres Ga Bin fest, fully deterained to fvht his “Way out of the trap if he could. . t down!” gaid the leader, covering the boy with a re- er he had taken from the er. he ‘ oy torrie back, for he hadn’t calculated on this dis- : ree, ; ie mt laid his hand on the back of his chair, A plan that involved a desperate chance flashed through his brain, - His farm training had made hit, Btrong and wiry, and he Was naturally courageous. : tet your weapon down, .” he replied, gripping the : ofthe chair firmly with ogi e c _. “There,” replied the leader, laying revolver on the able arid motioning to his companion to open the door at- wi m eo to his previous directions: oment the man took his hand from the weapon, Reu- ben, with a mighty effort, suddenly lifted and swung the hair around and flung it at the rascal. ers fellow, taken completely off his guard, could not avoid t) FSP Aik ok tho bilo aed-omnecnioy Gimabering ask a im on t 8 s n y " Ferd bck from the ale ‘ ee : z This was what the boy had of. _ He sprang forward, seized the revolver ari eated. sere aay doot etted Reshen, In A tenae 2, coveri Gon h the of. “If you tty to stop! from passing out, Tl shoot you as sure as y TO FORTUNE. eae 15 there. You have trapped me in this room, but now that I hold the upper hand, you will stop me leaving the place at your risk.” As Reuben made a step forward, they backed away from the door, leaving the way open for him to pass out. CHAPTER XI. REUBEN GOES\ON A MISSION. He crossed the outer room at a rapid pace, for he was not looking for further trouble with the four schemers, and let- ting himself out into the corridor, he made for the stairs and ran down to the street. , Once on the sidewalk he breathed freely and congratulated ——, on his escape, is horse and light wagon stood tied to a tree where h had left them an hour alors ries Mounting to the seat, and tossing the revolver under it, he drove oif toward town. Reuben’s sister was surprised and indignant when he told her what he had been up against, and she said he ought to have the men arrested without delay. “They'll probably expect me to put the police onto them. and will skip the town in order to avoid arrest,” he replied. I’m going to call on Mr. Golding and show him the letter with his signature forged to it. Probably he’ll want to take a hahd in the matter too.” Bob came over that evening, more to see Barbara than Reuben, and he was astonished when his friend told him Shout the strenuous experience which the letter had led him 0. “You had the time of your life giving those fellows the slip, laughed Bob. “Did you put the polite onto them?” No; I was in a hurry to get back home, and, beSides, I hadn’t made up my mind what to do. To tell you the hon- est truth, I was so glad to get away from them that I didn’t think of anything else at the time. I'll put the mat- ter before Will in the morning and do as he advises. I also mean to call on Mr. Golding in relation to the letter. a serious matter, I should think, to sign anotmer man’s name to a letter that he didn’t write, particularly when it is meant for a decoy.” “They must be acquainted with sorfebody in Golding’s office, for the letter was written on one of his company’s letter headings,” said Bob. ‘ “It would seem so. I imagine one of ‘them at least has acted as a selling agent for the Golding company.” Barbara having finished her wotk, joined the boys, much to Bob’s satisfaction, and the conversation took a different Immediately after breakfast Reuben stafted for Will’s house and got there before the young lawyer was ready to start for his office. His story of his previous quite a sensation when he narrated it to Will and Fay. The young lawyer declared that it was an outrage, and that the police must be notified without delay. He put on his hat and, getting into Reuben’s wagon, they drove to police preeuear‘er> where the boy told his Story. A couplé of d ves were. sent out to look the men up, Retiben furnishing them with pretty accurate descriptions gf the rascals. Will and Reuben then called on Mr. Golding. — Rettben handed the president of the real estate company the letter he had received bearing his signature. and ex- plained how it had come to him; how he had kept the sup- posed appoiritment in faith, and what happened to him in consequence. _Mr. Golding said he had not written the letter, and that his signature was a bogus one. He said he had no idea of the identity of the men, even after Reuben described thern to him, ahd was sure they had never worked for his com 5 Reuben ed Will as Par as his office and then went o to the farm Peal paying Agent Etchan a short visit. ; Before Reuben went home for dinner he was interviewed by a reporter from of the two afternoon papers, and his ry was duly written up and printed. As the police failed to capture eyen’ one of the schetiers, Reuben came to the natural conclusion that had left Bayvill for parts unknown. 3 fternoon’s adventure created It’s | ae four es

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16 FROM FARM During the summer Reuben, as well as the rival real estate companies, sold many of the choice lots fronting on the driveway, and quite a number of the inside lots. It was about this time that Etchan received a letter from a wealthy gentleman in a neighboring city asking for in- formation about driveway property. The Writer wanted a plot with a frontage of 200 feet on the new road, and with a depth of 200 feet back to the avenue, the same to include two corners—in fact, he wanted half of a block, consisting of four double lots on the drive- way, and eight single lots back of them. Reuben had several] such plots still unsold, and his agent advised him to make a personal visit to the gentleman, whose name was Thompson, with a diagram of the property, and do his best to sell what he seemed to want. Accordingly, our hero packed his grip and started for Quincy ‘by rail. If Reuben figured he had a clear field before hir he was mistaken. The gentleman had written similar letters to the two rival companies asking for information, and the sales man- ager of each company despatched one of his best agents to hook so desirable a customer. It happened that Reuben and the two agents took the same train out of Bayvill. ; They also had seats in the same drawing-room car, and it wasn’t long before they recognized one another. Naturally each suspected that the other’s mission was identical with his own, though he wasn’t sure of it. The agents came together right off in a social way and began sparring for information, but it was a case of dia- mond cut diamond between them. ' y Reuben held aloof from them as he didn’t care for their companionship for many reasons. He wasn’t allowed to rest in peace, however. When they found they could make no headway with each other, one of them cut one and came over to the owner of the Daisy Farm property. “Why, how do you do, Hare?” he said, in a jovial tone. holding out his hand to Reuben. “This is an unexpected surprise to meet you on the railroad. Where are you bound?” . “I beg your pardon, but you have the advantage of me,” “ penlied the boy, affecting dense ignorance of the other’s d entity. g ' “Advantage of you!” ejaculated the Golding agent. “Why, ou must know me. ayvill & Waverly Real Estate Corporation. You’ve seen me along the driveway a hundred times or more.” _ “Perhaps I have, Mr. Bronson, but really I see so many people every day in that neighborhood that you can hardly expect me to single you out from the rest.” Wr “Oh, come now, Hare, you’re giving me a jolly. You _ know me all right, only you don’t want to let on. I sup- So pose ee going to Quincy on business connected with your tas “J presume you have the right to suppose what you as choose, Mr. Bronson. but it doesn’t follow that your pre- ai sumption is correct,” smiled Reuben. reer Y 3 “Well, you are going to Quincy, aren’t you?” ae. ‘ ae. I ask why you are so anxious to know my destina- tion ’ “J merely asked, that’s all. I have a little business in that city myself, and it would be kind of jolly if we were to put up at the same hotel. I’ve often been in Quincy and would be glad to post you if you are unfamiliar with the place.” you. You are very Mr. Bronson.” . “Don’t mention it, By the way, do you know Gregson?” was the name of the other agent, who represented t th iveway Realty Co. t ri wteuben knew the man by sight, but didn’t care to admit _ “Gregson!” he said. “No, I haven’t the honor of his ac- f tance.” “He's one of the agents of the Driveway Realty Co. Come es Tl introduce you. He’s a good fellow, and is going rahe

‘ My name is Bronson. I’m with the]. aaa Teeciitias: Cox totat™® alk Gia haeaks: toes r OW r ic y TO FORTUNE, “So have we. I’m going to see several parties in Quincy who have written us. One in particular, a man named John- son, who wants four lots. Perhaps this Johnson has also written to you?” “No. Haven’t heard from such a gentleman.” Bronson mentioned the fictitious Johnson merely for the purpose of drawing Reuben out, but he failed in his object. Iinally, the agent returned to Gregsén. They talked for some time together, after which the adjourned to the smoking compartment where. they dank each other’s healths out of a pocket flask of whisky produced by Greg'son. At that moment the car, which was traveling at the rate of fifty miles an hour, suddenly left the track and whirled over on its side, coming to a stop with a tremendous con- cussion that fiung the passengers and everything movable from their places. The car behind, the last one of the train, took a flying leap, arid landing on top of it, crashed down through the roof and splintered sides, Then ensued a pandemonium of horror. CHAPTER XIII. REUBEN MAKES HIMSELF USEFUL. The transition from life, tranquillity and apparent safety to a scene of confusion and death was as brief as st was unexpected. The snapping of a faulty carwheel axle was the cause of i accident which overwhelmed the last two cars of the rain. ss Reuben Hare and the two agents were among those who were caught in the shapeless wreck of the undermost draw- ing-room car. : The boy was about the only one who, in some miraculous way, escaped without a scratch, though he lay prostrate and dazed in the passageway between the seats with a mass of Ss ag woodwork arched above his body within a foot of is face. The = suents, although not fatally hurt, had not es- entirely. ronson’s arm was broken, while Gregson’s leg was badly sprained, and both were cut by pieces of glass. They were penned into the demoralized smo apart- ment by the twisted door, and even had they been physically able, they could not have got out by their own efforts. When Reuben pulled himself together somewhat and be- gan to realize the awful nature of catastrophe, his ears were saluted with the shrieks and moans of the injured and ca dying. For some moments he lay perfectly still, fearing that the least move might bring down on him the wooden mass ‘above, which was a portion of the car roof. a ae be difficult to analyze his feelings at that mo- men The experience would have driven many people frantic. Reuben, however, was naturally cool in emergencies, and as soon as he thought he saw the chance to extricate him- self from his perilous position by using ordinary caution and good ent, he proceeded to. do so. He wo himself out at the upper end of the smashed Pad and found the broken forw: doorway of the car be- ore As he crawled along the he heard exclamations of pain coming from the smo! apartment, Looking through a splintered fracture he recognized the two agents lying huddled up on the floor, e as death. Reuben tried to push the shattered door in far enough to — reach them, but he couldn’t budge it by the mere strength of his arms. : Finding that he could not aid the two young men, he kept on as far as the platform and jumped onto the ro x Reuben seized a heavy stick of hard wood and returned to the front of the drawing-room car to endeavor to smash in the door of the smoking compartment and rescue Bron- ~ Fe ecco cvaiiy’ taaen' it Wha aieecnatie twine was a job Ls ; ; lish, but he managed to smash an in the door fare enough to help the two agents “drag themselves

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FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. Se iS as Bronson tried to mutter his thanks, but the pain his arm 17 The wounded, after being attended to, were placed aboard fave him prevented him from uttering more than a few] of the forward cars. indistinct words. Then the slightly hurt and uninjured were told to take Keuben assisted him off the platform and returned for} possession of the other cars. Gregson. That young man lay in the passage in a dead faint. The boy seized him around the body and carried him on to the platform, where 2nother passenger helped carry him to a shady spot by the side of the road where several wounded people were already stretched out moaning and erying for a doctor. By this time the locomotive with the rest of the train Was backing up to the scene of the disaster. As soon as the conductor saw what had happened he called for volunteers from among the passengers, and sent the locomotive and mail car ahead to Quincy, only five miles away, for a corps of doctors and a wrecking crew. Fortunately, there were two physicians on the train, and _ they did the best they could till the others came later on. Reuben, after leaving Bronson and Gregson in the shade, turned in and worked like a young Trojan to relieve the other sufferers. Among the last that he came upon was a finely-dressed, florid complexioned man of fifty years, whom he found pinned down under a seat. Reuben, at great personal risk, moved enough of the de- | bris away to enable him to help the gentleman out of his perilous position. : Finally he had the satisfaction of assisting the man out of the car altogether. He was lame and sore, but not otherwise hurt. Considering the situation in which the boy found him, his escape from death, or at least fatal injury, seemed ab- solutely miraculous. : _ “Tm very. grateful to you, young man, for saving my life,” he said, as Reuben helped him to a spot under a shade tree, “and I shan’t forget it.” | “You are welcome, sir, to what I did for you. It was _ my duty to do all I could to get you out the terrible position in which I found you,” replied the bo J “Tell me your name and where you live,” said the gentle- man, taking out his notebook and a cil. ; “Reuben Hare ‘and I live in Bayvill,, nearly 100 miles _ from here.” * “My name is Henry Thompson. I live in Quincy. There is my card. I connected with this unfortunate train at Clifford Junction, ten miles back.” Reuben glanced at the card and uttered an exclamation bs. of surprise. _ “Why, Mr. Thompson, I was on my way to see you.” | a “To see me!” the gentleman ejaculated, regarding the boy intently. “Yes, sir. About the driveway property in the Bayvill - neighborhood that you asked information about in your | letter to Mr.- Etchan, my agent.” I remember I wrote to two real estate ‘ ” - “Well, you will come to ‘ay hows and stay over I couldn’t think of letting you go to a hotel after you have done for me.” _ “Tf you really insist, Mr. Thompson, I will do so. It is very kind on your part to offer me the hospitality of your all. I am under the deepest of obligation to future I shall rx people. See, the seems to be quite a number of them.” “There are, indeed. I shudder to think that but for the dness of poetics, and your prompt assistance, I might em.” — ; are taking out the dead bodies | All being ready, the train started on for Quincy. CHAPTER XIV. FROM FARM TO A FORTUNE. Reuben and Mr. Thompson took a double seat together, The boy presently excused himself, saying he wanted to see how two young men, with whom he was slightly ac- quainted, were getting on. He found Bronson and Gregson propped up together in a double seat. “How are you feeling, Mr. Lronson, and how is your friend? Is your arm broken?” “Yes,” answered Bronson. “You appear to have got off y. “Fortunately I have; but I only escaped death by the skin of my teeth.” “You've got an open field before you now,” said Bron- son, with a faint grin. “What do you mean?” “You are going to Quincy to see Henry Thompson about selling him a plot of your land, aren’t you? You might as well admit it.” “Yes, I am.” “Gregson and me were bound on the same errand for our companies. I guess you suspected the fact, you were so close-mouthed about your trip.” - “J judged you were.” “I knew you were bluffing when you pretended that you didn’t know me when I came over to you that time.” “T admit that I knew who you were.” “You’re pretty foxy. However. we won’t say re more about it. As I said, you’ll have a clear fiel i Thompson, and ought to make a deal.” “J -hope to. Mr. Thompson happens to be on this train.” Reuben then explained the service he had rendered the gentleman before he learned he was the. man he was on the way to meet with reference to the land. “Well, you’ve got the inside track now, anyway,” replied Bronson. “We might as well take the first train we cax catch for Bayvill, for we’re out of it. You’ve got the prop- —— that ought to catch his eye, so we wish you good luck and hope you'll win out. Gregson and I have lost the chance to make a fat commission; but it can’t be helped. Accidents will happen in the best regulated families.” Reuben then said good-by and returned to his seat be- side Mr. Thompson. ‘ On their arrival at Quincy, Reuben, at his new friend’s request, called a cab, and they were driven to Mr. Thomp- son’s home, where Reuben was introduced to Mrs. Thomp- son and the rest of the family, who, as soon as they learned what service the young visitor had been to the head of the house, were loud in their expressions of gratitude. .y After dinner Mr. Thompson and Reuben adjourned to the library, and there the boy laid his diagram of the D Farm property’ before his host, and pointed out what he considered the most eligible sites suited to the gentleman’s I on aon tee ing business. F Reuben went into the history of his land deal from Daisy a estate companies any-— rights,” he said. me Soerey: mpson sald that he would call on Reuben in & at and look the lots over. Sih SEAS ee te gem Potter, and 4 “ te 205

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Te eke PS 18 “ll let you know in advance when you may expect to See me,” he said. “All right,” replied Reuben, “then T’ll meet you at the railroad station with my team.” After breakfast next morning Reuben took leave of Mr. Thompson and his family and went to the hotel where Bron- son and Gregson had put up. He found them in the room they had taken together. Gregson was in bed, but Bronson was sitting in a rocker. “How are you two getting on?” Reuben asked Bronson. “Gregson is all in with that leg of his, but I’m as well as can be expected with a fracture of the arm,” was the agent’s reply. “I’m going home on the ten o’clock train,” said Reuben. “If you have any word to send to Bayvill I'll take it along.” “Have you finished your business with Thompson?” asked Bronson. : “Yes; I’ve interested him in my property, but whether he will buy or not I couldn’t say: He’s to let me know.” “Well, ring for a bellboy and tell him to fetch some paper and envelopes. I'll scribble a note to my folks in pencil, and I'll consider it a favor if you'll deliver it in per- son and explain what happened to me and how I’m fixed here,” said Bronson. Gregson also wanted to send a note to his mother, and asked Reuben to deliver it and explain why he might not be home for a week. Reuben agreed to carry out their requests, and half an hour later left for the depot. About _a week later he got the expected letter from Henry Thompson in which that gentleman said he would be at Bayvill on a certain specified date. He came, went over the property with Reuben, and finally purchased the plot he wanted. After that business was concluded, Reuben took him home to dinner. : When the meal was finished Mr. Thom said he would loan Reuben $25,000 on his note of hand, without security, in gratitude to him for having practically saved his life. “Do you mean that, sir?” asked Reuben eagerly, for the ; of such a sum meant a lot to him, as the season for selling lots would soon be over until the following spring, and he wanted money to keep his men at work as long as the weather permitted. “If I didn’t mean it, I wouldn’t have made the offer. I admire your grit and determination in pushing this land Pr tion under many disadvantages. You are a boy who judge has all the elements of success in your composition and I believe you deserve a helping hand. I am well o can easily. the money. I will let you have it at ve per cent. interest, and you can repay me at any time and in any way it best suits you.” - ; Reuben thankfully accepted the loan, and Mt. Thompson ed him a certified check for the amount, sho that e had made up his mind to lend Reuben the money before he left Quincy. ' When the season opened in the spring the Daisy Farm Fives Gan ier Ghd the mony ees Boca kek er, an e money n flowing in ata Coaturtable rate. " * ‘The rival real estate companies had not been idle during leisure months. . They did not propose to let Reuben steal a march on them. _ ? of funds to keep ahead of him right all winter, er alone or they care FROM FARM TO FORTUNE. sie | a good bit, and| Send Postal for Our — Catalogue. ~~ Jonas Harvey was promoted to the position of chief clerk while he hired another general assistant to look after the office when both were away at court, or on other legal busi- ness. Lawyer Jerrock continued to hold his head up among the other lights, but he lost ground, nevertheless, for his meth- ods were not liked by many of his clients. : Evidently he had changed his mind about taking Timo- thy Riggs into partnership, for that worthy continued to act. as his confidential clerk as before. Reuben seldom saw old Caleb Potter since the real estate transaction had been settled, and he was not sorry, for he had no liking for Potter since he played him such a scurvy ~ a as to try to defraud him out of both his money and and. The Second season of the land boom was a far greater Stiecess than the first one, because the driveway was now completed and in operation to Waverly. That of itself drew hundreds of people to the vicinity of Reuben’s property. He had si strung along at intervals, and then caused a large cee of people to Stop and look over the lots. About this time he found a purchaser for the farm where he lived, so he sold it and moved with his sister to a cot- tage near Will Temple’s. This enabled him to see Fay oftener, and suited both of them véry well, indeed. It didn’t suit Bob so well, for he had’ to come all the way to ‘town flow to call on Barbara; but he did it with f@reat regularity just the Saiiie. By the time the third season opened the town of Ba had extended right out to the Griveway and the of supervisors were considering about adding the Daisy Farm property to the city limits. If the plan went through it was bound to add to the value and iniportance of Reuben’s land. All the early purchasers would gain gréatly by it, for the value of their land would be doubled. He continued to put every cent he got for the lots, over and above the commissions he paid Etchan and the adver- tising, into improvements. Of course the rumor that the city was going to extend its limits to take in the Daisy Farm section proved the biggest kind of an advertisement for Reuben. é@ third seasofi préved a banner one, and Reuben had to hire extra people to help him out. e got hold of eg and Gregson, who were star salesmen and agents,.and they made the fur fly in his in- terest, and captured large commissions from him. In the 2 ales 3 spring the city extended its line to in- clude Reuben’s property after that he did a land business for fair, while the other real estate concerns to content themsélves With sélling lots at about half the price he was now asking. ‘He reserved three fine 1 the driveway for himself, tty for Will and two for Bob, the seven adjoining each other. closing up his office and his business with ag 4 he decided to Lettle own and build a fine house for : Temple and himself, for Fay had long since promised % marry him when he was Fi: # to take her, / As Bob didn’t want to be left out ih the cold, he decided to Pe Barbara. aa , ' in due timé both Retitben and Bob were united to their divinities, afd After thelr return from their weddin they entered the real estate business together an prospered ever since that time. Havitig brought otit story to its end, we will leave of our leading Ts, hoping that the pluck and perseverance i by pe Hare entive to pa vs who have fol out, the these pagés of the Who made money in land. Next week’s issite will coiitain “RAGGED ROB OF WALL | STREET; OR, $50,000 FROM A DIME.” A be | -* trips, Et

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- , - | 2 IEE PASE 2 ae a FAME, AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 19 HELP YOUR COUNTRY! BASEBALLS IN EQUIPMENT. Baseballs, footballs and other athletic parapherna- lia have been made a part of the regular military equipment of American soldiers sent overseas. The Athletic Division of the War Department Commission on Training Camp activities is endeav- - oring to furnish each company going to France with a complete box of athletic goods, it was announced recently. THE DEBTS OF THE WARRING NATIONS. The London Economist for February places the total gross debt of Great Britain at 5,678,600,000 pounds ($27,636,000,000). The French minister of Finance in presenting the budget for 1918 estimated the public debt of France on December 31, 1918, at 115,166,058,000 franes ($22,227,000,000). The public debt of Italy at the end of 1917 is es- timated at about 35,000,000,0000 lire ($6,676,000,- 0C0). The debts of the Central Powers are estimated as service will be continued and that the newspapers will do their full share in assisting America to win this war for democracy and justice.” WHY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SALUTE. Everybody who has a relative in the Army or Navy probably knows how often soldiers and sailors are called upon to salute. But how many know why they salute as they do? Why do they raise their hands to their hats; come to “present arms” rather than “order arms” or “port arms”; man the yards rather than disappear into the ships; beat drums, play loud music and fire cannon instead of maintaim- ing silence? The most common form of salute, raising the hand to the hat, used toward every officer by every other officer, beneath him in rank and all enlisted men, and always returned by the officer and which is used upon all other occasions demanding a salute of an ihdividual soldier or sailor while not under arms, bears a close resemblance to touching or raising the hat as civilians do in a salutation. The connection follows: Germany, $25,408,000,000; Austria, $13,-| between salutes and salutations is not so clear, says 814,000,000; and Hungary, $5,704,000,000. , 4 States for the fiscal year of 1918, exclusive of our defrayed by taxation. cats THE LIBERTY LOAN AND THE WS- PAPERS. ‘the Liberty Loan and other governmental efforts is w the Rochester Herald, but nearly all have the form . “Our own public debt is now around $8,000,000,000,| of salutations performed in an easy, natural step but more than half of this amount has been loaned|than to use these acts of something symbolical to to our Allies and will be repaid us. It is estimated] indicate friendship, lack of hostile intent or submis- that of the total net expenditures of the United] sion to one higher in power. In the Middle Ages knights in armor habitually am to our Allies, more than one-half will be| removed their helmets when in the presence of friends. Removing the hat by the male members of modern society is a direct survival of that old custom of mailed knights, and the abbreviations of it, as touching the hat or merely waving the hand, speak for themselves and are as if the owner said, The relation of the newspapers of the country to} “You are my friend.” The position of “present arms,” in which the rifle _ expressed in the telegram of Secretary McAdoo to| is held vertically in front of the body, is used as a the editors assembled in New York last week in| salute nearly as frequently as touching the hat. As attendance on the meeting of the American News-| the name indicates, it is symbolical of giving up the _ Paper Publishers’ Association. +) . the have been offered by the Treasury Department. ® “These loans could not have succeeded without _ the support of the news 2 Dos make this acl By ‘keeping the peopl rs, and it gives me great} playi owledgment. An enlight-| of a form of salutation which has been practiced | public opinion is the chief asset of a democ-| by nearly all people of all times. Among savages, weapon, that ts, surrender or an expression of sub- _ “Will you be good enough to express to the mem-| mission to or respect for a higher power. _ bers of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Asso-| Manning the yards was first practiced with tne __ Ciation, now in session, my sincere and warm appre-| object of exposing the crews, so that any one ap- _Ciation of the great service they have rendered to| proaching or boarding the ship would fee] safe from — their country by their consistent, unselfish, and pa-| treacherous acts. In thus sending his sailors aloft tient support of the successive Liberty Loans, which] the captain placed his vessel in a practically help- less position so far as fighting was concerned. The custom of firing cannon, beating drums or bands, when used in salutes, is the surviyal e of America informed} when a person of importance arrives at a village, : m public events and transmitting word of the fi-| the chief often orders his subjects to go through rican ulab to the Nation. I know that the and other needs of the Government, the| their ceremony of welcome which custom has given newspapers have performed a public and) to the tribe. This consists of dancing, rhythmic service shouting, hand-clapping and drum-beating. wi & ¢ Ss eS oy | eee eS fi a

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY, THE STARS AND THE BARS THE RIVAL SCHOOLS OF ROXFORD By GASTON GARNE (A SERIAL STORY.) CHAPTER XI (Continued). “Your mystery men, surest thing, Tommy,” said Ran, “but we don’t want them. to catch on to us.” “They sce us as it is. I’m not going to sneak.” “No, they don’t. No use of hunting trouble. Let’s get in behind the trees.” j “TI tell you they do. There, the one on the left is pointing at us.” “You’re right. Well, anyhow, they can’t kill us. } Let’s bust ahead. We may find out something which will be interesting for your girl to know.” “Let up on that, Ran, for heaven’s sake. Why, [ haven’t said a hundred words to Hattie Judd all told, and—why, say, it’s only Joe White and Andy Brown!” “Only! It’s quite enough, I should say. But what the deuce brings them here at this time of night?” “They might ask us the same question. more insomnias, perhaps.” “Troubled conscience.” “Maybe.” “Say, Tommy.” “Well?” “This is your chance to deliver the goods to that fellow. Don’t let it pass you now. You can lick him, and I know it. Brown and I will see fair play.” Tom was silent. He felt that it had to come, but he was deter- mined not to be the provoking party for all that. They walked slowly on, the two Bars also con- tinuing to advance. “Good-evening,” said Tom, civilly, when they eame within hailing distance. Two “What are you fellows sneaking around here for at midnight?” snarled Joe, in a most offensive tone. “Oh, we are just walking, strolling, if you like __ it better,” said Ran. “We leave the sneaking act _ for someone else; that’s not in our line.” i “Speak when you are spoken to,” retorted Joe. ig ch what aig | you mean by accusing me of plant- ts cor Sh fight. There could be no doubt of that. : a. could read it in his tone. “You're a liar!, You told Styles in so many words that you saw me do it. You know you did.” “You, who were right there and heard the whole conversation, know that you lie,” retorted Tom steadily, “and as I don’t allow any fellow to call me a liar I’m going to pull your nose.” Now, as it happened, Joe had a particuarly long nose, and this was his weak point. And Tom made good his threat. Suddenly darting forward, he caught Joe by the proboscis and gave it an unmerciful twist, getting a erack over the side of his head for his pains, “A fight! A fight!” cried Andy. “Pitch into him, Joe.. You can like him every time!” “Fair play!” said Ran, “Fair play, if such a thing is possible with a Bar!” “You dirty sneak! Keep your slurs to yourself or I’ll lick you!” Andy shouted. “Tims!” cried. Tom, throwing off his coat. “One fight is enough, and that one goes. There won’t be much chance for trickery if it’s only Joe and me, but perhaps you fellows would both like to come at me. Two against one would be about the style of the Bars.” Joe Had thrown aside his coat, and tae ready. His eyes were ablaze with hatred and the lust for revenge. “Hold your jaw, Andy, and keep your distance,” he cried. “I gave this pup fair warning that if he didn’t leave Hattie Judd alone he would have to reckon with me. He didn’t see fit to heed it, and now he gets his medicine—that’s all.” “Oh, that’s the way you choose to put it, is it?” retorted Tom. “Have it your own way, White. Now let me give you warning. Don’t you ever pre- sume to mention that young lady’s name in my pres- ence again—see?” “Play ball!” iAS “Fight!” roared Ran. j And at it they went. Joe’s style was of the John L. Sullivan order. _ Aiming a sledge-hammer blow at Tom, he meth it in the air, for the leader of the Stars nimbly — nose, sent him reeling back. The fight was now fairly on. That it mast be fought to finish both boys real~ dodged, and landing a blow upon Joe’s unfortunate — 5 ae LL

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Be and the Bars. CHAPTER XII. LOST ON OLD BALD, Tom and Joe were about equally matched as to _ Size, age and physical strength. But their methods of fighting were radically dif- ferent, as has been remarked. Moreover, Tom had taken a course of boxing les- sons at one time, and this gave him a tremendous advantage. Joe did manage to get in a few blows, and they were hard ones when they fell, but as a rule he found it next to impossible to break Tom’s guard. There could be but one result. Ran saw this from the first. At last Joe went sprawling, felled by a crusher on the left eye, and another*on the nose. Evidence of the first blow he was destined to carry for days te come. He lay panting on the ground. “Time!” cried Ran, but Andy, disgusted, had no remark to offer as he ran to the aid of his fallen ‘chief. Tom stood quietly by waiting while Andy nehnet Joe to rise. “Do you want any more?” he demanded. “It’s here if you want it, White. Plenty more at the same old stand.” “T’ll fix you later, Tom Black!” snarled the de- feated one. “Just you wait and see.” “Nonsense!” cried Ran. “You're licked, that’s all. Own up like a man, Joe White, and shake hands.” “Not with me, until he apologizes for throwing _ the boat race,” said Tom coldly. “You planted that Snag, White. You know you did. Only for that af should be\ready to shake hands, and try to be friends. Now I’ve accused you boldly. There were two of you inthe dirty job, and Brown was the other. Call me a liar if you dare!” But neither of the boys accepted the challenge. Joe picked up his coat and put it on. “T’Il attend to your case later!” he snarled. “Now!” cried Tom. “Now is the time. If you en’t had enough to make a man of you, why just ~ so.” Come on, Andy,” said Joe, not heeding this. They were just starting when Andy, who had cia = = ? Te Ge Oe ee ee oe Se Re ee ee ee - awa. he FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. 21 ized, or peace could never reign between the Stars} White, and you, too, Andy Brown. You want to keep a close mouth about this.” But the two Bars, without answering, hurried ‘| away. Tom picked up his coat and put it on. “Ran,” he said, “there is treachery here. “That was J udd sure, and what’s more, those fellows knew he was there before he showed himself. It’s my belief that they came here to-night for no other purpose than to see him, or at least to locate him, for it is not likely that he would have any dealings with them.” “It might be,” replied Ran. “It was sure Judd, anyhow. What can he be doing there?” “Dodging the detectives, of course. It isn’t such a bad place to hide.” “But so near home.” “The last place they would think of looking for him now.” “Let’s go up there and see.” “No; we'll mind our own busines back. I only hope Joe don’t betray is. mean enough, at all events.” “You hit him hard, Tom.” “Oh, he’ll get over it.” “I don’t mean that, but when you toid him that he planted that snag. At the same time I believe you were dead right.” “Of course I was, and we shall live to prove it. Now let’s go home.” They returned to the Hall, and climbing to the extension roof crawled in at the window and tum- bled into bed. Let us get man. the They hardly expected to sleep, but they did, and never even turned over until they were aroused by th bang of the rising bell. Tom cautioned Ran to keep a still tongue shoul the fight, and he did so. But as early as Monday afternoon it became com- mon talk among the Stars that somebody had given Joe White a black eye. The Stars laid it to some quarrel among the Bars themselves. It was a long time before the truth was known, A week of hard work followed, for the exams were on and everybody busy. Still the Judds lingered at the Gull’s Nest, where they had never before been known to remain so late in the season. The papers continued to talk about the wicked- ness of the ruined broker, and rumor Sense. it that he had been seen in Montreal. Be that.as it might, Tom and Ran saw no more of ovked back, suddenly exclaimed in an almost in-|him at Fort Campbell, whither curiosity sent them dible voice: ‘ %k! There he is now!” ‘At the same instant all the boys saw a bat home anding between the casemates of : ; he perceived that they were looking ie drew back out of sight. ' gars C. Judd, thunder!” cried Ran. _ *Thai Pato * if, said Tom. “Look here, several times. “Chestnuts! Chestnuts! Chestnuts !” Such was the cry among the Stars on Friday the old fort, hat night, and on Saturday morning all hands made a at |Start to climb Bald mountain, on ‘the side of which — were several noble chestnut trees, something mae? i found in that part of Maine. ft pe continued.) | He. .* en Se eee , be

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22 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. CURRENT NEWS AGED VETERAN WORKS. An interesting fact about the work on the grading of the railroad which is now being done in Boone, N. C., is that Capt. W. M. Hodges, an ex-Confeder- ' ate soldier, now eighty-six years eld, is putting in ten hours every day with his mattock on the work, and this not because he needs to but to show his deep interest in getting the road completed to his county seat. This is patriotism no less than on the field of battle. ORIGINATOR OF WAR CHEST. A recent visitor to Hog Island was Mr. Herman Hulman, of ‘Terre Haute, Ind. Mr. Hulman has worked out a plan of systematic contributing along the lines of the war chest methods. Single-handed he has organized the residents of a county in Indi- ana, whereby the contributors regularly give from $1 to $100 each month. This money goes to the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus, and other organizations officially authorized by the War Department. There are now 17,000 contribu- tors who each month give upwards of $20,000. MAYOR A COBBLER. 2 E. N. Longstreth, Mayor of Oakwood, a town west of Danville, Ill, while presiding at a meeting of the town council, the other night, half-soled two airs of shoes, put a patch on another, wrote two ife insurance policies, waited on a few customers who came into the shop, and kept in touch with the matters before the council. The council decided to buy a building now occu- pied by a bank. This building will be used as 4 city hall. Longstreth has been mayor for years. %s NURSES LEARN TO BOX. All of the nurses who are serving in the base hos- ~ ‘pital at Camp Custer cantonment are to receive box- ing lessons. The nurses, nearly 100 of them, who expect to soon go to France, asked that they be taught the art of self-defense. Stories of German atrocities inflicted upon Red Cross nurses and other women and girls, made the Camp Custer nurses de- termined to learn how to fight. Charlie White, division boxing instructor, has been ordered to organize boxing classes for these women. So far as known, Custer is the first can- tonment in the United States to take such action. TAME QUAIL GETS TIPSY. J. L, Minton of Barbourville, N. Y., some four ago captured 2 young quail which in a short time thereafter became the pet of the Minton family. _A few months after the quail was domesticated ig yf the family visited them, having in _ his posession a number of bottles of beer, a drink ' which, in an idle moment, he gave to the quail, 7 — y: . : : mee ae 4 . which after constantly tasting, drank to the last drop. The bird has kept this up ever since, drinking both beer and wine with great relish, but preferring the former, a large glass of which he can down at one time, if it is given him, resulting in his becoming tipsy. TAX ON LUNCHEON BILLS. A Youngstown, Ohio, concern has originated a novel manner of conducting its cafeteria in such a way as to encourage food conservation. A half dozen men in the General Fire Proofing Co. at a luncheon at that plant recently decided that they were eating too much. In order to make it an ob- ject to eat less the following rules were adopted: Any member of the club who has a lunch check for 20 cents or less contributes 5 cents to a general savings fund. which reverts to him in the form of Thrift Stamps. A 20 to 25 cent check requires a 10-cent tax. A check for 25 to 80 cents requires a 15-cent tax. New members joining the club pay an initiation tax of one Thrift Stamp. This concern conducts its own kitchen and dining-room and sells at cost to employees. The tax plan is expected to save food and to provide a Thrift Stamp fund as well. ANIMALS’ EARS. ,If you ever see a rabbit running notice its ears and you will see that they are laid back flat on its neck. That is not a chance position, nor is it due to the weight of the ears; it is a provision of nature for the little animal’s protection. It is one of the hunted, you see, and not one of the hunters. It is different with the fox and the wolf, says a writer in the Congregationalist. Their ears as they run are thrust sharply forward, for they are of the hunters. As the rabbit must run away to es- cape danger its enemies are always behind it, and therefore nature has given it large ears to catch every sound and the habit of throwing them back, because its danger comes from that direction. As the fox and the wolf must run after their prey, nature has given them the habit of thrusting their ears forward. Just how careful Nature is in these matters and how she suits conditions to surroundings may be seen in the jack rabbit of the Western prairies. It is the natural prey of the wolf, and as it is in more danger than our rabbits are its ears have been made a good deal larger and longer, the better to hear — the sounds made by its enemy. eed You have seen a horse thrust his ears forward quickly when anything startles him. That is his instinctive movement to catch every sound of a threatening nature. A dog raises his ears in a similar way. s . P . .

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\ - FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. _ * ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST , RABBIT PEST IN NEW ZEALAND. Consul Winslow, at Auckland, reports: As a fair illustration of the rabbit pest in certain Portions of New Zealand, and especially in the drier _ sections of the South Island, it is stated that on an _ estate lately taken over by the New Zealand Gov- _ ernment, comprising 12,446 acres of freehold and a pastoral run of, 19,250 acres, there were killed or _ captured about 120,000 rabbits in order to clear up _ the property so as to make it suitable for the loca- _ tion of returned soldiers. _ FRENCH BUILD SHIP IN ZONE OF BATTLE. ; The largest freighter in the French mercantile marine service was launched at Dunkirk, Saturday, _ April 27, and is now safe in a French port remote _ from the fighting zone. She is 450 feet long and is of 19,000 tons displacement. The Germans, aware | of the location of the shipyard, tried in every way _ to destroy the yard and ship. Long range guns _ bombarded the vicinity, air raiding Gothas dropped _ bombs there and twice flotillas of torpedo boats at- - tempted quick bombarding raids. The night preceding the launching the Germans _ tried to bombard the shipyard from Gothas, but were beaten off. The enemy then sowed mine fields along the course which they knew the freighter would _ travel, but the mines were picked up the next day. _ The Ministry of Marine considers it a great feat to build and launch a great ship so near the actual fighting front. NEW GOLF BALL HAS CORE OF STEBRL. A new golf ball has just been invented by P. A, Vaile, author of “Wake Up, England,” “Modern ? Golf,” “Modern Tennis” and many other books on Sport and travel. The ball has only recently been patented, but the inventor claims that it will be as great ah improvement on the existing rubber- Covered ball as that was on the old gutta-percha. Most of the interior of the ball is hollow. It Dacnsists of a spherical steel shell or “core,” prefer- ably of one piece. This is not thicker than paper, and it is charged with air or other gas under Laer ure. The ordinary rubber thread is wound on - steel case in the usual way, or possibly a solid rubber exterior shell might be used. Then the customary pptta-De, rcha case or cover-is put on. _It is claimed that this ball is faster off the driver than the existing ball, and therefore is longer in both carry and run, and that it is “deader” off the short trokes and on the green, and therefore more under tontrol for approaching and putting. : NEWEST THINGS. 4 “Gasoline, under air pressure in a tubular handle, a in a new self-heating flat iron. Se nk pe! on | Lo he ee ae ie tS eee A new flagstaff for railroad brakemen has a com- partment in the handle for carrying torpedoes. Japanese waterproof paper umbrellas and lanterns with an oil extracted from rubber plant seeds. Despite the competition of electricity, the coal gas business is steadily increasing in England. One of the newer measuring tapes is perforated at each half inch so marks can be made through it. The smallest practical dry battery has been in- vented for use in a French vest pocket cigar lighter. A patent has been granted for a keyhole saw that has four working surfaces of varying size and cut. A micrometer used by a Swiss watch company accurately measures to the hundredth part of a mil- limeter. , Both a cigar cutter and a windshield are included in a new pocket holder for boxes of safety matches. About 21 per cent. of Spain’s population, some 4, cae f persons, is engaged in agricultural pur- sui A shade that folds like an umbrella for conveni- sie in carrying features a new portable electric amp, “SHOWERS OF FISH.” The next time you read of a shower of fish or toads do not regard the story as entirely the prod- uct of sprightly imagination. Such things do hap- pen from time to time. It is quite possible that a violent wind may scoop the water from a pond or stream and deposit it, together with its inhabitants some distance away. Showers of blood or sulphur or worms are oftet. described as supernatural happenings in ancient writings, says W. L. MeAtee in the Monthly Wea. ther Review, but they are easily explained. In- stances of “blood rains” have been shown to be due to the presence in pools of rain water of vast quantities of insect or-animal life, the eggs or spores of which were probably transported by the wind. Reddish dust is also brought down during rain- storms. Showers of “worms” may be caused by hasdes of the larvae of insects, such as the soldier beetle, emerging from soil saturated by a heavy downpour, Quantities of pollen from trees and plants are often carried by the wind, which would explain the re- ported rains of sulphur. Tornadoes have transported for considerable dis- tances far heavier objects than those mentioned above. A turtle, 6 by 8 inches and entirely covered by ice, is said to have fallen during a hailstorm in ippi, while, in the same State, a 675-pound iron screw was lifted by a hurricane and deposited 900 feet away. A church was carried seven- it Carmel, Ill.

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FAME 24 AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. FROM ALL POINTS PRIVATE DROWNS IN LAKE AS COMRADE IS RESCUED. Noah Dowling of Lawrence, Kan., and Homer D. Grimm of Mount Carroll, Ill., privates attached to the Medical Corps at Base Hospital No. 9, Lake- wood, N. J., were paddling in a canoe on Lake Cara- saljo the other night when the canoe upset. Neither of the men could swim. Private William Packard of Tilden, Mess., who is invalided home from France, rescued Grimm. Dowling’s body was found two hours later. j JAPANESE GIRLS SEW. Although unable to speak a word of English, Miss Fuku Endo and Mrs. Kimiko Fukushima, two Jap- anese girls just arrived from the Orient, are apt pupils at Opportunity School’s “War Work” classes, Denver, Colo. The two Japanese girls have learned to sew “the American way,” and spend several hours daily at the school industriously working on gar- ments for children of the Italian war sufferers. GIRL IN “JEANS.” Miss Jennie Kootz has traded her position as a milliner for that of a farmer. She has donned jeans and a straw hat to help Uncle Sam and the boys “over there” while she does a man’s work on her - father’s farm near Shelbyville, Ill. Miss Kootz’s incentive came after returning home from work in a millinery store here one day and found her father becoming too feeble to manage his farm. “I'll drive the corn planter and the cultivator while the hired man does the hard work,” she declares. a A FORTUNE IN FLYING CHIPS. of 1 eee by remelting and the been reduced to approximately 20 metal. By doing > Phew firms who confess to recover|crust, which is thin. The odor $2,500,000 have been added to the yearly income of the United States. Here is a chance for machine shop managers to increase the earnings of their plants by making use of what formerly was thrown away. GERMANY NOW HAS AN OFFICIAL MILKER. New offices, with titles corresponding, were cre- ated by the authorities of Alzey in Rhenish Hessia, Germany. One is called the milk reviser, and the other the test milker. German newspapers report- ing this innovation do not say what uniforms these new officials are wearing and whether they have re- ceived the privilege of carrying sidearms. In Germany the owner of cows is entitled to only a certain amount of milk for his own use. ‘The bal- ance he must give up at a certain price fixed by the Government. Some owners of cows seem to be in- clined to keep more milk to themselves than allot- ted to them by law. Others might dispose of their surplus milk at secret sales, thus obtaining a higher price. To stop these illegal machinations the new officials were installed in Alzey. The milk revisor ba ee — wap account of the number of e district, of th i i chet dee e periods when they are The test milker will have to visit the farms unex-- pectedly and milk some of the cows in order to com-. pare the official “output” with th aport the farmer. e one réported by MAKING BREAD WITHOUT FLOUR. In France bread has been made without flour iY a machine that transforms the wheat directly into dough. This machine has a large screw turning loosely in a case on the inner surface of which is a screw thread running in an opposite direction. Between the main threads on the cylinder are smail-_ er threads, and the depth of the groove becomes progressively smaller from one end to the other, so that it will hold the entire wheat grain as it enters the machine, at the same time accommodating only the pulverized wheat at the exit. The wheat is prepared by a thorough washing, after which operation about a pint of tepid water to a pound of grain is added, the whole mixture be- | ing allowed to stand for some six hours. Then the grains of wheat have swollen to twice their ordi- nary size. The mixture is then treated with yeast and salt and is poured into the machine. It falls between the threads of the moving screw, which — pucmmpem to gh ocean and body of the grain, making of them a hom mixtur $7 forms a smooth paste. nah sinha eet Bread made by this process contains a succession — of holes whose size increases as they approach the — to be most agreeable. given wl is said 5

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ee FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. INTERESTING TOPICS BORROWED A WIFE. Antonio Brozowski, of Rockford, Ill., answered in ~ his draft questionnaire that he was married, but it Ceveloped that he had borrowed the wife of William _. Savage of Johnson City, Ill., for the occasion and the Government gayé him-.a year imprisonment. Mrs. Savage was permitted to go home. GERMANY USES ZINC COINS FOR NICKEL NEEDED IN WAR. Ger many is calling in her nickel coinage, the metal of which is needed for projectiles, and is substitut- ing zine for minting coins of this class. Authority has just been given for the minting of y $2,000,000 worth of zinc 21-2 cent pieces. » wore ag ee oe - STEAMER DELIVERED IN TIME THAT HAS ‘ NEVER BEEN EQUALED IN HISTORY. | Completed and ready for her cargo, the steamship - Tuckahoe, built by the New York Shipbuilding Com- _ pany in world’s record time, has been turned over to the United States Shipping Board in this city. _ Thus, thirty-seven days after the keel was laid the big steel ship, of 5,548 tons dead weight, was pre- pared to sail across the seas. Coal and supplies for the crew were placed aboard Tuesday, May 14, and _ Capt. Rupert Wry and his crew of forty men took possession of the ship. <a USELESS MONEY IN BANKS. » Battle Creek, Mich., banks have $50,000 in cash on hand they don’t know what to do with. _ The money really belongs to several thousands of men employed on Camp Custer construction work - who failed to cash their checks. Porter Bros., con- tractors, paid out checks weekly and the Govern- ‘ment deposited cash to cover them. Hundreds of men left camp daily with pay checks for small amounts, and the sum of unclaimed money grew all Some of the checks uncashed amount to or more. _ The Government has no way to take the money ack. Porter Bros. have no legal claim on the money. d the banks can’t get rid of the money because 1ere 2 is still a possibility of the checks showing up. [ SOLORED LIGHTS TO SHOW DIRECTION. An automobile direction indicator, by which the driver of a car may warn traffic by means of colored ts of the direction in which he is proceeding, has been invented by Joseph Sanna-Ser of New Orleans, vho has applied for patent thereon. device consists of a reflector to fit over the y lamp casing, which is. supplied electric lamp sockets. In the e center is a| to-day it is only 8 cents. One large shipment to At the sides are red ones, at the top| United States was made last year. The Aa aiyggat akan thea Be iocerne ning, wee ;ation the white light is to show at all times, with the others tc ve snown at the will of the operator of the car. Contemplating a turn to the left a red light at the left would be shown. The reverse would indicate a turn to the right. The green Jight show- ing above the white would indicate the car being run under emergency and at speed, while the blue showing below the white would mean that a stop would be made. A direction indicator at the back of the car would work in unison with one over the headlight, GUARD LAWN 200 YEARS. The uncanceled order which left a military guard, intended tor one night only, to watch over Drury Lane Theater for nearly two centuries, had a par- allel in the Royal Palace at Petrograd. About thirty years ago some economist questioned the need of a sentry on guard, night and day, on one particular spot on the lawn. No one could answer untileold records were turned up, and it was found that Catherine I., admiring a crocus bloom on the lawn, had desired the plant to be protected. So a guard had been mounted and, no counter. mand being issued, had been maintained for nearly two centuries, MOTHER-OF-PEARL FISHING. ; How the natives collect the shells in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from which we get our mother- of-pearl is described in a report from Addison E. Southard, American Consul at Aden. About twenty men go out to the fishing beds in a sailing dhow and then divide up into rowboats, in which they search for likely spots, using a kerosene tin with one end filled with glass as a water telescope. After locating the shells one of the fishermen re- moves his scant clothing, places a small clamp or plug to close his nostrils, and dives. As he descends a large basket is lowered, weighted with a stone to cause it to sink quickly. The diver works on the bottom, throwing the shells irtto the basket until he has filled it. He usually finds it necessary to come to the surface two or three times for a fresh breath -before he has completed the filling of a basket. There are many sharks in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden, and when the divers are attacked they are fortunate if they escape minus a leg or an arm. The shells vary from two inches to ten inches in diameter. After six o» eight hours the shells are opened and the oysters eaten. When the dhow is laden she goes to Aden or Massowah and drives a a bargain with the shell buyers. Just before the war the prevailing price was about 16 cents a pound; _ shells a year.

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26 : FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. ca %, TES NE SE Ca ek Tre aac RET TERT a2 ne is 2 2057 ins Wea oa lg ioe enean ties veces SEeRGRENES. SEGRE FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Postmaster General Burleson has called for the construction of five airplanes to be used in the es- NEW YORK, JUNE 14, 1918. tablishment of an aerial route between Washington, —___________-___| Philadelphia and New York. The service contem- aos one round trip per day, with the probability TERMS of a later expansion, Airplanes and parts are to TU, SUESeeeES be delivered as may be designated by the Post Of- fice Department at the cities above named, not later than April 25, 1918, and the War Department will _ ba as Sees : release a sufficient number of motors to equip these POSTAGE FREE airplanes. The airplanes must be capable of carry- ing 300 pounds of mail for 200 miles, without stop, HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. 0. Money Order. Cheek or Registered Letter; remittances in any other j ; Way are at your ran We accept Postage Stamps the same as_ at a maximum full load speed of 100 miles and a cash. When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate plece’ 1/ minimum full load speed of 45 miles. They must of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your name and « ‘ ms i a Sadrets pininiy. Address letters to have a climbing speed of 6,000 feet in ten minutes. HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, They are to be equipped with the celebrated His- 166 West 23d St., New York . pano-Suiza motor of 150 horse-power. GOOD CURRENT NEWS ARTICLES GRINS AND CHUCKLES Fishermen along the Atlantic Coast from Florida “Why are you crying, little boy?” “Farver ’it ’is north have begun taking sharks suitable for food) fumb wiv a utade ae z laughed.” 5 om and smoking the meat, says a bulletin of e U. 8. Food Administration. This product is re-| Sufferer—Doctor,, don’t i 2 . ‘ 9 you think that a change ported to be coming into the market and finding to a warmer climate would do me good? Specialist ready sale. —Good gracious, man! That's just what I am try- ing to save you from! The first and only bearing camphor plantation of any size in this country is located at Satsuma, Fla.,!_ «4 woman at Ardmore, not being used to street ‘Says Popular Science Monthly. It contains over} ears, asked: “At which end shall I get off ?”_ “It 2,000 acres of camphor trees which last year yielded |doesn't matter,” replied the conductor, “both ends over 10,000 pounds of crude camphor, This year | stop” ; it is expected that the yield will be many times : amount. Florida has several other plantations, which will soon come into bearing. Many more trees are being planted, and camphor may soon be- come profitab!c. “Can you give me any good reason for refusing to don tights in the new play?” asked the manager, after an obstinate rebellion on the part of the lead- ing lady. “I sure can,” was the principal’s reply. } Ok wr a Se ; “Tm bow-legged,” ~. To remove a splinter om ibe hand, fill a iy mouthed bottle nearly full o ot water, wri R.! - Boarding Mistress—Is the eee TS Birkpatrick in Popular Mechanics. Thrust the in-) 4,44 ae: a Ss Pourper? Sst > ried ee iy : part over the mouth and press it slightly, eritieal examination. Myr. Fourper—Oh, not any- Rape sill be drawn down, and shortly the splin- thing wrong with the egg, Mrs. Skimpem. I was just ter will be exposed under the action of the steam. looking for the wishbone, that’s all This method is far better than the common and dan- Berks ana em ‘0 tice of pricking the flesh with a pin or; ,, ; BS PrACee OS. BICAIRE h P Please bring me some of that first. I've never cnif int. antiseptic solution should pe iy The usual Pp h eaten peas that way; maybe I won’t like them.” The waiter was an Irish-American. With a smile that — _ The spectators at wrestling matches in Japan pelt began and ended in his eyes, he said soberly: “I’m ‘the winner with their hats. This is a custom with |S°TY, sir, but that’s a mistake. There isn't any the Japanese of showing their appreciation of the | Peace in the kitchen, We've got an Irish and a Dutch skill of the winner. The hats are gathered up by | Ck down there. . the attendants and handed to the champion. Event- pees the owners come forward and redeem their _ hats with presents of various kinds. The custom _ in question is, it is explained, due to a recognition of ‘the fact that enthusiasm is likely to cool down shortly after the event which excited it is passed. + “Ge, io prove the genuineness of his admiration, the The other evening little Harry Smith was in an un- usually inquisitive mood when he asked ape “Is the old white hen to be sent away for the sum- mer, ma?” “I don’t think so, Harry, What makes you ask?” was the reply, “Well, this morning I 0 7 | heard pape tell the new governess that he would take gives his hat as a pledge, to be redeemed in his/her out for a spin in his auto just as soon as he sent moments, = si the old hen away for the summer,” P A

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ON SUCCESS STREET TWO AND TWO MAKE TWENTY-TWO By ED KING (A SERIAL STORY) * CHAPTER XX (Continued). A night’s thinking often brings matters in a cold- er and more truthful light. “I haven’t used Bess right at all, and I can’t blame her for turning me down,” he admitted. “I'll see her somehow and eat the whole of a humble pie if I have to. Of course I cah’t expect to spend the whole of a week automobiling and running around _ with another girl, and then go back to the one I’ve slighted as if nothing had happened.” Knowing that Bess would be busy with house- hold matters in the forenoon, he waited until near- ly luncheon time. Then he called up the Holman house. over the telephone, and asked for Miss Holman. “Well? ~Who is it?” Bess’s voice answered a - moment later. “Miss Bessie, this is Jack Thurston, You're not going to refuse to see me this afternoon, are you? I want very much to see you.” It sounded over the wire as if Bess were swal- lowing hard. Then her voice came coolly: - “Very good. I shall be at liberty at two o’clock.” : _ “Thank you, Miss Bessie. I’ll be there prompt- ly.” “Very good. Good-by!” _ Tinkle! The bell sounded the ring-off. “Feels ‘like snow! No matter; I know I deserve it all.” and then, again dressing very carefully, he started toward the Holman house. He timed himself so that he reached the front door punctually at two o’clock. Miss Bessie received him as if nothing had hap- chatted. o But Bessie showed little interest, treating him as if he were only a formal caller. : «This is a bad beginning,” murmured the boy, uneasily. “I guess the only thing for me to do is fo come’ right out openly, like a man!” the telephone bell sounded. _ There was a telephone at a side table, no rh to know that someone was asking for him. “ i re : . | He ate his luncheon with a better relish, though, "pened. They seated themselves in the parlor and |? - He was wondering how he should begin, when s stepped over to answer, and Jack heard “Tt’s someone who wants Mr. Thurstén,” she an- nounced, holding out the receiver to him. “Hello,” called Jack. “Who’s that?” “Is that you, Mr, John Thurston?” “Yes; this is Thurston. Go on,” , “This is the National Bank of Daltoi. A eheck for ten thousand dollars, payable to Phyllis Ath- erton, has been presented here.” “Yes?” gulped Jack, huskily. In the metal rim of the transmitter he could see a great change in Bess’s face, for she had heard. Her eyes grew big. : “Is the check all right? To be paid?” asked the man at the bank. “Certainly.” “Sorry to have troubled you, Mr. Thurston, but the amount was so large, that I wanted to get your instructions.” ; “That’s all right. Pay the check.” “I’ve been telephoning all over Rawston Springs to get you.” . “Thank you. The check is all right.” As Jack rang off and turned around, he looked to see how Bessie had taken this rather startling discovery. But Miss Holman was not in the room. “Whew!” muttered Jack, wretchedly. “Another storm brewing!” ; He waited twenty minutes with what patience he could. — 7 Then, fuming, he crossed to the servant’s bell. — “Will you ask Miss Hoiman if she can spare me a little"more time?” he asked, rather coolly. “Why, Miss Holman went out ten minutes ago ith her father on their afternoon drive,” replied the servant, in evident surprise. “Oh, she did, eh?” muttered Jack, but no wore got past his lips, Instead, bowing his thanks, he passed out intc the hallway, took his hatjand went angrily off down the driveway. ‘oy “Turned down for fair this time,” he guess that about ends the romance! that for me! I have some pride left!” bj It was a crusher all right. All the way back to room Jack’s face was a fiery, blazing red. . * . hee Ys ! be - Pes F a > ey) 1 aa Cie wee Sse tn wa< Rmore of Ee

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28. Later, in the privacy of his room, behind a locked door, his face became white and haggard. “That'll be about all—in that direction,” he de- cided, grimly. CHAPTER XXI. JACK BEGINS TO GET WISE. When a fellow has received a hard jolt from the girl be really does care for, and there is another ana ‘attractive girl who shows great sympathy for him, he is likely to be in danger, Jack, on his return to his room, was in a furious state of mind. Had he submitted the case to any fair-minded person, that person would have told him that Bess had the greatest reason in the world for being of- fended when she learned that he had given Phyllis A*hertoh his check for tei thousand dollars. it is fair to assume that a fellow is either a great fool, or else very fond of a woman, when he hands her, in one lump, a fifth of his fortune. But Jack, at this time, was in no mood to ask a fair-minded person, nor was he in any more of a mood to be fair-minded himself. “Hang the girl!” he muttered, as many a fellow has said before. “After all, Phyllis is the only re-}. liable one in the bunch.” Just what he meant by “the bunch” he did not stop to ask himself. , After trying to settle his mind to something in! his room, he snatched up his hat again. + “Tl go and see Phyllis,’ he muttered. She can drive the blues away.” He set off at a brisk walk, and ere long is at Cedarhurst, where he saw Phyllis, who had evi- - dently been weeping. t She gave Jack her hand, smiling so frankly, so “Sweetly, and looking so wholly glad to have him there, that Jack felt privileged to ask: © “Phyllis, you were crying just before I came.” “Oh, no, I wasn’t,” she protested weakly. “ I’m sorry that———” “At least, I wouldn’t think of letting you-——” ; Phyllis went on, shamefacedly. « - Sed.\ Sow liy + gued the boy. “Then there is som eagerly. ee : ; “Well, I— No, I’m not going to tell you.” _ “Oh, but it seems to me that you ought to,” ar- ‘ “Aren’t we good friends?” “Yes, indeed!” she i ” cried foolish Jack, cried, earnestly. “But I don’t rt Tes a lying idle at the have the money, Jack lower corner: FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. She broke off and looked at him shyly, but so en- gagingly that the lad’s heart was hers for the mo- ment. “How much this time?” he cried, gaily, and took out his pen and check book. “Oh, no, no! I can’t think of letting you do it again,” she cried, yet looking at him with eyes that brimmed tenderly with gratitude. “Nonsense!” retorted enthralled Jack. much is it?” “It’s twenty thousand, and I need it only for forty-eight hours. But I’m sure that I shall hear from Frank to-day, and then I can telegraph him. The only difficulty is that I have to have the money the first thing in the morning, or there'll be a horrid law-suit. I’m afraid I’d die if I were brought up before a judge,” shuddered Phyllis. “Why, see here,” proposed Jack, who had gone in too deeply to draw out now, “if you hear from your brother, you can return my check to me.” “Why, of course, I could, but——” ; “And you’re good for the money yourself, aren’t you, Phyllis?” he asked laughingly. f Of course,” she nodded, quickly. “But, Jack, this seems too much to accept, even for a couple of days from so good a friend as you are.” Thurston quickly wrote out the check and signed it. He tore it from the book, stepped to her side and handed it to her. She started to thank him, but broke into tears and fled from the room. ; “She’s the real kind of girl, after all,” flushed Jack, gazing at the door that she had closed be- eat them. “I wish Bess had been more like er. ; It was fully ten minutes ere Phyllis trusted her- self to return to the room. When she did, she did not refer to the loan again, but chatted brightly for more than an hour. Then Jack, feeling that, out of delicacy he could not stay longer, rose and took his leave. At the parting Phyllis again took pains to im- press her warm gratitude upon him. Yet, such strange creatures are we that, on his way home, it was not of Phyllis that he was think- ing, but of sweet, winsome Bess Holman. “How Arrived in his room, Jack sat down at the little table before writing paper at once. Then and there Jack committed to paper the words he had hoped to deliver by word of mouth. He declared to Bess his deep and lasting love, — and told her that, one of these days in the near future, he meant to ask her to be his wife, if she — would give him a hearing, a He begged her to give his declaration of love the most serious thought, and, if she could not decide | favorably to him at once, at least to appoint a time when he could call and plead his own cause. > Then he addressed the envelope, writing in on » “Wait for answer.” — (To be continued.) tp AY gS SPE ae ee Se ee,

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MAGIC CARD BOX.—A very cleverly made of etchanging or vanishing cards. In fact, hhumber of tricks of this character can be performed by it. A very necessary magical accessory. Price, le by mail, postpaid. C. BEHR, 150 W. 62d St., New York City. DEAD SHOT SQUIRT PISTOL, If you shoot a man _ this et he oon! e too ma Oo gece the ancient excuse" didn’t know it was loaded.” It loads easily with a full charge of Water, and taking aim, press the rubber bulb at the butt of the Pistol, when a small stream “f mater 2 8 ee into his face. The best z o then is to pocket r gun @ ~~ There are “loads of fun” fe this wicked little Joker, which looks like a real revolver, trigger, , chambers, barrel and all. Price — Je; 4 for 25e; one dozen 60 by mail, Pp ‘ H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. Y. A PECK OF TROUBLE. Oue of the hardest puzzies ever invented. Mix blocks well; then wove syuares with- ing the box, so that every line or tigures, A and down and across, and the two diagonals, will each add up 23, le Blank space may be left in either of ft corners. Price 10 cts. each by mall, postpaid. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. Y. RUBBER SUCKER, bie 34 Rubber Vacuum Suckers Dishes and plates will stick to the table, cups to the saucers The tacest novelty out! like glue. Put one under a glass and then try to Uft it. You can't. . Lots of fun, Always put it on a smooth surface and wet ‘he rubber. Many otber tricks can be ag ed with this novelty. , 12 ots. each by mail, postpaid. TRICK CIGARETTE BOX. This one is a corker! Get a box right away. if you want to have a barrel of joy. Here’s the wet: It looks like an ordi- nary red box of Turkish cigarettes. But it contains a trigger, uuder which you place a os 9 eap. Offer your friend a smoke an e raises the lid of the box, That ex- plodes the cap, and if oe are wise you will get out of sight with the box before he gets rer thinking he was shot. Price 15c, post- paid, H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’klyn, N. Y. CASE. This” handsome cigar case ap pears to be Ole: with One cigur« If your frieaus sinokes ask bi u to bave a ciga; with you. As he ELECTRIC CIGAR Teaches out for one the cighrs like a fash, in stontly disapp~a- into case en trely out of sight. greatly ts bis surprixe an’ astonishment. You can is par: Sears left In the thought there were some cigars le case.’ a slight press oe ee causes the cigars to , magic. Ly toncnin a wire at bottom o? Case the cigars instently appear —. in any one. jokes of the season. you can have lots of fun. ice 85 cents, sent by parcel post, pust very where to ride new Rider A ed. on until you ‘ and the big cai » CYCLE COMPANY Dept.r iss CHICAG OLD MONEY WANTED $2 to $5U0 EACH paid for Hundreds of Coins duted before 1895. Keep ALL old Money. You may have Coins .worth 9 fate ee La teen te: for New strate “gin. size Get Posted a dea sbi “ CLARKE COIN CO., Box 85, Le Roy. N. ¥. ee THE JOKE SPIKE. _ This joke spike is an ordinary iron spike or very large nail, the same as is found in any carpenter's nail box. At the small end is a small steel needle, % Inch length, firmly set in spike. Take your friend’s hat or coat and h tt on the wall Mg md €with hammer) the spike through it into the wall; the needle in spike will not injure the hat or garment, neither will it show on wall or wood where it bas been driven. The deception is per- fect, as the spike appears to have been driven half-way through the hat or coat, which can be left hanging on the wall. Price, 10 cents, or 3 for 25 cents; by mall, postpaid. H. F. LANG, 1815 Centre St., B’kiyn, N. Y¥. AIMLIATAUN GIANT DIAMUNDS, Diamond rings or studs of half-inch and one inch im di- will deceive the glance of any spectator. Price, by mail, postpaid. small size, 25c each; large ameter are heard of in sories only. We have them imitated size, 350 eac ; WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 168 W, 23d 8t., N. ¥. by prodigious sparkling stones which h TRICK CUP. Made of natural white wood turned, with two compartments; a round, black ball fits on those comperiments; the other is a sta- tionary ball. iby a little practice you make the black ball vanish; q great trick novelty and immense seller. Price, 10e, postpaid. PRANK SMITH, 383 Lenox Ave., New York,| WOLFF NOVELTY CO., 168 W. 23d St., N. ¥. 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