Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 763) (1920 05 14)

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MAY 14, 1920. STORIES BOYS THAT MAKE MONEY. 7 Cents : SSH ew-- “What!” exclaimed Broker Blum, in great excitement, glaring at the young broker. “Do you want to rob me?” He was in the act of springing on Dick, w Bad risen from his chair. when Howard stepped. forward and held him back /

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Pi who is necessarily FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Issued Weekly—Subscription price, $3.50 ong yates West 23d Street, New York, N. Y the Post-Office at New York, N. No. 763. NEW YORK, MAY 14, 1920. Canada, $4.00; Foreign, $4.50. Harry EB. Wolff, Publisher, 166 . Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, at Y., under the Act of March 8, 1879. Price 7 Cents HERE is practically the same amount of reading matter in this weekly that the larger size contained. We have merely condensed the type and make up to con- serve paper. THE PUBLISHER. DEALING IN STOCKS OR, SAVED BY A WALL ST. TICKER . BY A SELF-MADE MAN CHAPTER I.—Dick Willett and His Office. “Hello, Story; you appear to have a new mes- sen, is Whats Reta 2 to Dick Willett?” said Broker Howard, as he sat down alongside the desk of the trader he had called to see. “Why, haven’t you heard?” replied Story, lean- ing back in his oe “He quit me to go into business for himself. : _ i did!” exclaimed Howard, in a Be eg “This is the first I’ve heard Do you mean to say , ker—a boy of his age, that he’s set up as so a 7 Ma a that « he has or not. I really don’t know pr gpes . att lection. fixed financially, though he started out on $50 that he saved out of his wages.” “T’'ve always thought that_he was a remarkably smart boy, and as nice arfd polite as a youn Chesterfield. I must drop in and see him, sai Howard. “I suppose you're sorry to lose him? “Yes; I tried Cesiraade him to stay with me. Offered to promote him to the counting-room. But he had made up his mind to go, and so noth- I could say would change his purpose, J ’t expect my new boy ever match him. It would be hard to find his duplicate.” u’re right. He’s rather an uncom- if he’s gone into the brokerage a surpri pees deal if he h se me a great e has. one of those kind of boys who is liable to where the mighty dollar can for. ell, what did you want to see , Howard?” said Broker Story, chang- for higher figures. I think it likely they’ll get what they’re looking for from present indica- tions, although it’s several points above high- water mark now.” “I heard that the Mitchell Combine is behind it. That bunch has a raft of money to draw upon. Mitchell himself is president of the Union Bank, and the controlling power in the Cameo Trust Company. I might mention half a dozen companies he is said to manage in the interest of himself and his friends. He is a high financier of the first water, and it seems pretty clear that he stands in with the big moguls of Wall Street, or he wouldn’t be able to spread himself so freely. If he and his friends are in a pool to boost A. & D., there is no telling how high it may go. It closed at 115 this afternoon, and is liable to go to 120 to-morrow.” : Howard nodded, got up, and said he guessed he’d run over to the Eagle Building and get a line on what Dick Willett was doing. He had always liked Dick, and was interested in his new departure, F “Well, give my regards to him,” said Story, turning to the papers on his desk. Howard walked across to the Eagle Building, took an elevator to the sixth floor, and was di- rected to the rear corridor. Nearly every office on that floor had a broker’s sign on it. Room 614 was lettered simply “Richard Willett, Stocks.” As Howard laid his hand on the knob he heard talking and laughin inside. Evidently Dick had visitors. That fact didn’t deter the -natured broker from entering. The moment he walked in he was received With a chorus of welcome from quite a bunch of traders, all of whom knew him well. Dick was seated in a pivot chair at his desk, while his callers occupied the three chairs, and the overflow of two were perched on a table, “How do you do, Mr, Howard,” said Dick, jumping up and offering the newcomer his hand. “I’m glad to see you. Sorry I can’t offer you a seat, as they are all occupied but the window-sill ~ is at your service.” “You seem to be holding a regular levee,” laughed Howard. “Yes. These gentlemen have done me the or to call and inspect my humble surro replied the boy. “Doing any business yet, Dick?” said Howard, *iitilein the speculative line.” : ’ 4

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“What are you in on?” “Well, I’ve taken a few chances on A. & D.” “What! Have you got some of that stock?” “T’ve got a call on a couple of thousand shares.” “Like to sell?” “Why, do you want to buy it?” “Yes. I’m looking for that amount of A. & D.” “For yourself or a customer?” “A customer.” “What do you offer for them?” “Tl give 116.” “Tl do bettér than that,” said Darling. give 116 1-4.” * Dick looked at Howard, but that gentleman : shook his head. * “Make it a half and you can haye the 2,000, Mr. Darling,” said Dick. “That’s a point and a half above the market. Well, I’ll take you,” said the broker. “All right,” said Dick. “I bought the shares of Daly & Gales, at 99, ten days ago, and put . up $20,000 security. I'll transfer my ‘interest in them to you if you'll write your check for $55,000, less the commission and interest charges, which you ought to be able to figure out in a few mo- ments.” Darling agreed to that, and when he had com- puted the amount due Daly & Gales, the deal was _ put through. , : ' “Thanks,” said Dick, as he took the broker’s check, “the fishing’s better than I expected.” | : “What do you mean by that?” asked Darling. “Why, I mean I have fished half a point, or $1,000, more out of you than Mr. Howard was willing to give,” replied Dick. : ae “But if the stock goes up to 120, as I expect it will tomorrow, I will have fished three and a half points, or $7,000. out of you,” said the broker. “J think you were foolish to sell, Willett,” said Ne “Everything points to the stock going gher.” o - *T know it does, but, nevertheless, it looks top- +; heavy to me,” replied Dick. ; ae s “Tt can’t be top-heavy with the Mitchell Com- Fen bine behind it,” said Darling. : “How do you know that Mitchell is behind it?” “It’s common report.” ane ae “Common report is not always to be relied on.” ., “That’s true enough, but there ‘seems to be pretty good reason to believe that it’s right with - respect to A. & D.” 4 _ “As long as you're satisfied, I am,” return f 1 “Tm satisfied. I’ve been trying to get hold of is stock aircon arg before the Ex-- “Vl p on. winning, young you'll the money there is in Wall Street,” -“T shall continue fishing for my share, at any rate,” laughed Dick, “Gentlemen,” said Darling, “I guess we’d bet- . If we stay longer we may Wear out our DEALING IN STOCKS spent enough time there, smoking a good cigar apiece at the boy’s expense, so they rose from their seats and started for the door, bidding Dick good- Howard remained a few minutes after the others to enjoy a private confab with the young dealer in stocks, and then he, too, took his departure saying that he would drop in again in the near future. Dick opened his safe, looked up the check, and, glancing at his watch, decided that it was time for him to shut up shop for the day. A boy who can clean up $35,000 during the first two weeks he is out for himself is going some, and that was what Dick had just done. Every- body who knew him said he was a smart boy, and what everybody Says is usually pretty near the truth. At any rate, he was smart enough to make $25,000 out of the market during the two years and a half he worked as messenger for Broker Story, and with this capital he branched out on his own hook. On the very day he hired his of- fice he learned that a combination of capitalists not the Mitchell clique, as rumor now said, had been formed to corner and boost, A. & D. shares. How he learned a matter that was a secret to the Street generally is of no importance to our story; it is enough to say that he did learn it, and im- mediately put up most of his money. on the strength of his information. The afternoon that we have introduced him to the reader was the tenth day of his occupancy of the office, and A. & D. stock, which he bought at 99, was up to 116. While the tendency of the market was to continue upward, Dick intended to sell out in the morning. He hoped to get 117, but he was not going to wait long for it to rise to that point, for somehow or another he had an idea that the market was liable to go to pieces at any moment. Had the Mitchell crowd been in- ~ terested in the boom, he would have had more confidence in the situation, but he was afraid that powerful bunch was whetting their shears for a sudden onslaught on A. & D. Under these cir- cumstances he was only too glad to sell the stock to Broker Darling at 116 1-2. Thus inside of san — Dick’s capital had taken a jump to of CHAPTER II.—Dick’s Fair Visitor. For many years after his father’s death. Dick, his mother and his two sisters lived in a humble Harlem flat. As soon as he was through the grammar school, Dick had to get out and hustle to help his mother, who gave music lessons on the piano to keep the pot boiling. When his twin sisters uated, they, too, had to get out and work. Mrs. Willett had a strenuous time of it at in wages Then Dick, / mioney, Dick suggested to his mother that they e to a better flat. He said he'd pay the rent a ection. ‘Six months later he took ich to fie new fet hecause ihe, lanlord“ehaged to iTS, le £0! 3 mo See a tall batter lint, aie dimes op Reveath 2 3°

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. DEALING IN STOCKS strest, where they now were. Soon afterward one of his sisters lost her position, whereupon Dick offered her half of what she had been get ting to stay Home and help their mother. She accepted, and that was thé condition of affairs at present. “Mother,” said Dick, when he got home, “if I wasn’t well satisfied with this flat I’d hire a hetter orle over on Riverside Drive and move in. But as enough is as good as a feast, I guess we'll Stay here a while longer.” “What put that idea into your head?” smiled his mother. “Prosperity.” t “Then you are beginning to do well since you left Mr. Story’s office?” * : “Rather. 1 sold out the stock I told you I had poi od ten days ago, and the deal has netted me 5,000.” : ‘“Why, Dick, you can’t mean that!” exclaimed the astonished little woman. Som do mean it, mother. I am now worth $60,- When Dick left Story’s office, less than two weeks since, he had considerable trouble in con- vincing his mother that he was actually worth 000. That amount of money looked like a g fortune to Mrs. Willett, and small wonder, for sie had not been accustomed to the posses- ie f riches at any period of her life. And , ten ys later, to we Tipp soee. ccute: 0, her and ‘say that he had made a od deal more than that sum et of a single Wall Street deal fairly er. Pg oi could you make so much money, Dick?” “How to many of our financiers make a mil- lion in an hour? it oe pai Sarg eles the news was broken to the other twin, whose name was Pearl. ’ “How much of a rake-off are you going to al- _low Daisy and me?” she asked. “How would $250 apiece suit you? You could get a lot of clothes and fixings for that.” “It will suit us first-rate, won’t it, Daisy?” said Pearl. The other twin said it would, and then they went on talking about their brother’s great suc- cess a& his own boss. Dick was so accustomed to getting to Wall Street at 9 a. m. that he kept the practice up, though there really was no occasion for him to do so now. The clock on Trinity Church, raphers. subscribed path pp ie in the Street. His refi truded upon by a at the door. “Come jn,” said Dic ; The door opened and a very pretty girl clad neatly in bi entered in a somewhat timid way. Dick jumped up and offered her a chair. : “Thank you,” she said, “but I only called to see if I could find a situation. I am a stenographer, and I lost my position with a broker t had to sta Nine and nurse my sick mother, She died after an illness. of several weeks,” wen on the young lady, choking up, “and—and now I have to support myself, for I am all alone in the world.” Dick’s sympathy went out to his fair unhappy he aaa. asking her ability; as a stenographer, and then about e told him that she had wor' for whose office was on that floor Shé h gg ig wy oe t ig yout name, miaat® aN ers . 222) Pt = ae M “ = ye ee * MF GPT oe Te De Pe ee ee ee : <% taza F Bynhe Pre

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4 ; DEALING IN STOCKS “Jessie Long.” “Well, my name is Richard Willett, and this is my office.” ‘ : girl looked surprised, for she had supposed Dick was merely a clerk. Had she known he was, the boss of the office, she would not have been so frankly communicative. “J — you will excuse me for taking up so much your. time, Mr. Willett,” she said, rising. “J did not know that you were the gentleman whose name is on the door.” “The mistake is not remarkable,” smiled Dick. “T am rather young to be a man of business, but I can’t help that. I am simply starting out a lit- tle ahead of the established order of things. But don’t go. Sit down. Perhaps I can help you out. I need somebody here to look after the office when I am out. I was thinking of advertising for a boy, but if you would like the position I'll \give it to you. Of course, I can’t pay you as much as Mr, Blum did, for I have no use for your ty services as a stenographer. You could come here ‘at $6 a week until you secured a position suitable to your ability, That would help you out, would it not?” “It is yery kind of you to make the offer, and I accept it gratefully. I will try to be as useful “as possible to you. Mr. Blum paid me $10, but $6 will pay my expenses until I can do better,” _ said Miss Long. : “Very well. You can take off your hat and ’ start in now. I am going out on a little busi- mess, and may be away an hour,” said Dick. if The girl took off her hat and hung it in a closet ] t i re in the corner of the room, and then sat down in ' @ chair by the window. _ “If any one calls to see me, ask his name and business. Tell him I will be back inside of an rey hour,” said Dick. 4 : Then he put on his hat and went out. CHAPTER III.—Blum Offers Dick a ‘Bargain. in. seein: J gee Dick lglg egg the broker, at a lot of fishing scenes which Dick’s office walls. “He is not in, I Darling, and how the boy had received a check for $55,000, or nearly that amount, for his inter- est in 2,000 shares of the stock. A boy worth $55,000 at least was an object of great interest to Blum, when it appeared that he had an office near his own and was dealing in stocks. Blum had some stocks in his safe that he was desirous of unloading on some unsophisticated person. When he walked into Dick’s office he was greatly sur- prised to find it in charge of his former stenog- rapher, whom he had turned down rather curtly that morning. “Well, Miss Long, I didn’t expect to find you here,” he said. “Have you been employed by young Willett?” “T have,” replied Jessie, in an indifferent way. “Your young employer is not in, I believe?” said Blum, taking in the fishing pictures in much the same way Broker Story had done. “No, sir. He will be back soon. Will vou wait for him?” “No I will return shortly,” replied Blum, who did not care to remain with the young lady he had treated so curtly. “Very well,” renlied Jessie. “I will tell him you called,” . Blum walked out. Ten minutes later Dick re- turned, and Jessie told him about the two vis- itors. She then put on her hat and went out, after being told that she could take th uar- ters of an hour if she wished to. She had gone about fifteen minutes when Broker Blum appeared again. Richard Willett, I believe?”. he said. “Yes, sir. You are Mr, Blum, I guess. Sit down.” . “As you are my new neighbor, I’ thought I’d call and make your acquaintance,” said Blum, forcing a friendly smile into his old wrinkled features. ; : “That’s very kind of you, Mr. Blum,” said Dick, who was rather prejudiced against his visitor for not taking Miss Long on again. He was satisfied that most employers would not have dumped their stenographer out of her job: because she had to rem home for a few weeks to ’tend on a sick mother. “Not at all, my young friend,” said Blum, rub- bing his skinny hands together. “I believe in extending the hand of friendship to the new- comer in our midst.” Blum spoke like a man who was full of the milk of human kindness, but his face rather belied that impression. “You take an interest in those who are trying to get a foothold in Wall Street,” said Dick. _ Blum was regarded in Wall Street and particularly slick individual, w friends because those who knew him to mistrust him. He would take advantage friend as quickly as he would of

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DEALING IN STOCKS 5 price in reason for his block of 30,000. I was about to offer them on the Curb at a sacrifice when it struck me what a fine thing it would be for this new tenant to buy them in at the low figure I was authorized to take for them, hold on to them for a few weeks, and then sell them when the rise, that was bound to come, set in.” “Lucky Strike, eh?” said Dick, looking inter- ested, for he had heard something about that mine while he was out. “You say you have 30,- 000 shares?” “I have, and you are welcome to any part of that number at ten cents. If the stock isn’t dirt cheap at that figure I’ll eat my head.” As it would be a difficult job for Mr. Blum or anybody else, for that matter, to eat his head, he was pretty safe in asserting that he would do it under the circumstances he stated, “Tf [| took the lot, wouldn’t you sell them for a nickel?” asked Dick, with an expression of inno- eent confidence on his good-looking features. “My young friend, don’t :;k me to ruin my- self. We will call it nine cents. At that figure I am dividing my commission with you, besides giving you a bargain.” are “Nine times three is twenty-seven,” said Dick. “Twenty-seven hundred dollars is a lot of money for a stock that is off the lists.” — Evidently Dick knew something about the Lucky Strike, and Blum hemmed and hawed with a feeling of disappointment. “Well, well, we'll call it eight cents, then. I see I must sacrifice all of my commission,” said _ the broker, with a look of resignation.” “T don’t think I care to give over five cents,” said Dick. : “Five cents!” exclaimed Blum, holding up his hands. “Impossible. I'll let you have it for sey- ” “Too much, Mr. Blum.” ; “What, for a real Simon-pure bargain! Oh-h! : Impossible! But seeing it’s you, we'll call it six. “No, we won’t. We'll call it five or nothing,” D f said Dick. cates?” “] have the money in the safe. Make out your of the sy so that everything will 3 = then fetch me the stock, and Pu He B reo E ! 53 i: o pais it didn’t know any better. He didn’t know what I learned ten minutes before I came in, that Lucky Strike has realized its name at last. Yes, the fishing in Wall Street is certainly very good these days,” and Dick sat back in his ir and chuckled again. CHAPTER IV.—Lucky Strike a Winner. Dick was still chuckling when Broker Fox walked in with a broker whose office was on that fidor. ; “Willett,” said Fox, “let me make you acquaint- ed with Mr. Babcock, Babcock, this is Richard Willett.” “Glad to know you, Mr. Babcock,” said Dick, shaking hands with the broker. “Pleased to make your acquaintance, Willett,” said Babcock. “Babcock’s office is just around the corner in the next corridor,” said Fox. “I thought [d henee aoe in and make you two acquainted.” - t’s right,” said Dick. “Any friend of yours, Mr. Fox, is welcome to the hospitalities of my den.” : During the conversation that followed, Babcock remarked that he was preatly inconvenienced by 4 absence of his stenographer, who was home sick. She had an attack of grip, and he couldn’t tell when she would be able to get back to her duties, “T have to send my work u to a public stenographer, and it’s someth nF of a nuisance for [ require a girl at my call the time,” sai the broker. “Then I think I can help you out, Mr. Babcock,” said Dick. “I hired a young lady this morning to look after my but I guess I can spare her for a few days, as I have hardly any call for her sten phic abilities. I judge she is a good stenographer, for she worked for Mr, Blum on this floor for a year back. Her name is Miss ng. “Why did she leave Blum?” asked Babcock. “She didn’t leave him. He let her go because she had to stay home six weeks to nurse her sick mother, who in the end died. I can’t say that us — treated np pein or pees another girl in her no mporarily, but perma- nently, and Eat’ iet her out, As she was in @ tight fix I gave her a chance to earn financially, her expenses till she could connect with a better - position.” “Where is she now?”

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hi, some excitement around the Stock Exchange. He - goon found out that the bottom had suddenly iol “J wonder how Mr. Darlir 6 DEALING IN STOCKS “It is very kind of you to think of helping me, Mr. Willett,” replied the girl, flashing him a grateful look. “That’s all right, Miss Long. Mr. Babcock’s office is on this floor, onlv a few steps away. If I have a letter for you to typewrite, I dare say Mr. Babcock will permit you to do\it for me,” said Dick. “Certainly,” said the broker. thing you want the yoting lady to do for you, and she will be at liberty to accommodate you.” The matter being arranged, the two brokers left, and Jessie went with Babcock to his office where he put her at work on her predecessor's machine.. It was now about one o’clock, and Dick concluded to go to lunch. He put on his hat and then took a look at the tape. He was still interested in A. & D..as he wartited to see if it was going to 120 that day. Going back over “Bring in any- t had registered last at: the Se to Ww i 115 7-8, he followed it up, noting that it rose to - 116, and then by eighths ran up to 117 7-8. The next quotation showed a drop to 117 5-8 on a sale of 5,000 shares. Then came another sale of 5,000 at 117 3-8. Sales of 5,000 were continuous at a stead 116 1-2. That’s the wa en there was a lull in operations. e stock stood then. Dick looked up and sought!a quick lunch. house that he patronized when he was 2 messenger. When he came out on the street again he found there was Ssepeed out of A. & D., precipitated by a heavy attack, and that the Exchange was in the throes of a mild kind of panic, all the stocks along the lite dropping on account of the slump in the chief feature of the day’s operations. is coming out on 000 shares he botight from me?” —he “Well, he’s had the chance to make 2,000 and $3,000 if he sold out at the At any rate, I’m glad I’m safely han and of a ch e news, or when he does, kick himself around the his office. my BaP or, drop, until the price had sagged to - ‘customer he objected to taatter of two years, but ore had just been found in it, and it had come to life again. He advised his correspondent to hold on, to ‘the stock for a while if he didn’t need the money, or if he did to mail it to him and he would sell it to the best ad- vantage. He concluded by telling him that he could get him double what he pela for it.at that moment, and probably it would be higher next week, e wrote his other correspoudent a letter of general advice, based on his own judgment of the Wall Street outlook, and took both letters in to Miss Long for her to copy for him. Hardly had he returned to his desk than the door opened hastily and Broker Blum came in, looking warm and nervous. “Back again, Mr. Blum?” said Dick, cheer- toy, suspecting the trader’s errand. “Yes, yes,” said the old man, Seating himself and mopping his forehead. “Young man, | sold you a big block of Lucky Strike this morning at a nickel a share.” “Yes, sir, and I took your word for it that it Was a good investment.” “Whatever I say I mean. I asked you ten cents for it, which was the P gia my customer asked me to get, but\you would only give me five, so I let it go at that. When I started to settle with my the sale. -He said he wrote me to hold the stock, as he expected to trade it off for another mining proposition. Then I remembered that he did write me, and that I had forgotten all about the matter. Under these circumstances I ask you to return the shares to - me, and I will give you back your money and present you with 5,000 shares of the Alta mine, worth six cents a share on the Goldfield market.” “I’m sorry, Mr. Blum, but I’ve taken a fancy to that stock, and as the deal was made in good faith, I see no reason for returning it to you,” said Dick. “But you see the position I am in, young man. Iam hevnd to return that stock or get into trou- ith my mer,” said Blum. ; _ “Well, if you’ve got to have it, I'll sell it back to you for fifty cents a share.” Fifty cents!” spausies Blum, his eyes stick- had a fit. . / shares from me for a mere song I with their persent value. I had M . that a lode of silver had been discovered the mine.” “I think,” said Dick, “that you i ‘or the pret ige time you void te, Wew that it : 1 ps, pi want it back. Ti

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Ap ee! ~ made at the mine before he did. pas ie i. _Batieve him. “ him. “*It’'s a fact, in my DEALING IN STOCKS 7 my own property. You don’t have to give it to me. “I'll give you sixteen.” “You are only wasting your breath, Mr. Blum. Mg or nothing.” “Do you take me for a fool?” roared the trader, jumping on his feet. “I will not give over seventeen cents.” “All right, sir, you needn’t get mad over it. I won't sell at seventeen, so that settles the case.” Blum was an Rooush. to chew a wire nail, and he showed it. jackanapes,” he said. “A lo you understand?” you, sir; and I presume you are an old s? “Bah! I will fix you yet. I will get square.” With those words he rushed from Dick’s office. CHAPTER V.—Lucky Strike is Good for Dick. Dick thought the joke on Blum was too good to keep to himself, so he went over to Howard’s ore ” told him about it. Howard was tickled dea ’ “That’s the best thing I’ve heard for many a day,” he said. “Blum evidently Intended to ski ou out of as much as he could, and slipped up use you learned the news of the discovery oe ae ioe aoe for ten dollars each, I ix an TP Then if I em back suppose I'd mistake? I * so, this case it is clear that Blum thought the stock still worthless, and want- ed to get rid of it. Very likely he has had it a good while, for, to my knowledge, it hasn’t been sold on the market for about two years. No one wanted ft I cont weber gs could have piven i utes before the news came out, it away five who: like Y had “ ” | “You'd better run up to his office and tell him. I ak Blom got the better of him once, and he’s never forgiven the old man for it. It will be as ay for him to learn that you, a mere Fe eRe - the trick on Blum.” ft Howard’s office he called on ey was in and received him. im how he had euch Blum ce shares, Story could hardly . Story. I have the 30,000 aie this moment,” said the jld them to you for five cents a = “Why, I just heard about a sale of 5,000 at a © quarter on the Curb.” “At that showing I’m $6,000 ahead on my deal, and Blum is that much out.” Story declared that Dick’s shrewd piece of business afforded him the greatest satisfaction. “Blum got the better of me on a deal a couple of years ago, and I haven’t forgotten it. It is balm to my soul to know that you outwitted him. It will be the talk of the Street, and you'll find a hundred traders eager to compliment you over it. The person who can get the Indian sign on Blum is going some, I can tell you. But you want to look out for him. He won’t rest till he gets back at you.” : “If I don’t do any more business with him he won’t have the chance to get my goat,” said Dick. Dick returned to his office. It was past four, and after reading the paper, which had been left while he was away, he locked up and went home. By noon next day.all Wall Street had heard about Dick’s deal with Blum, in which the unpopurar’ trader had come out second best. The boy trader was voted a cuckoo of the first water, and those who did not know him, either personally or by sight, were anxious to a look at so clever a youth. When Blum vis the Exchange he-was unmercifully gu by the crowd, who felt an unholy satisfaction in getting a whack at him. This reception did not make him feel any too happy, and he went around with a face that looked like seven days of rainy weather. On the in Lucky Strike, and by noon the shares were rul- ing at thirty cents. If Dick had been so disposed he could have got rid of every share he had at a total profit of $7,500. He held on, however, be- lieving that the stock would go to fifty cents, and maybe higher. Business at the exchan arb a great deal of business was done _ quit at twelve that day, as it was Saturday. Dick 3 had_seyeral he took them in to her. uarter of one hf and lar for the hour she had put in for him on the up 000 shares in lots letters for Miss Long to write, and © day previous. . a During the following week Lucky Strike went — tab on it, —

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about way a few days 8 ' DEALING IN STOCKS but it wasn’t) business to do it unless she had a chance to earn it, and it was more than probable that she would not accept $12 for just minding his office. He called on several tenants of that floor whom he knew had no typewriter, and sent their work to the public stenographer on the tenth floor, and proposed that they give their work to Miss Long. “She can call at your office and take dictation, and then do the typing in my office,” was what he said in substance to each man. “That will be a benefit to you and will give her work.” Four tenants agreed to employ her that way for $2.50 a week each, which was less than they paid the stenographers upstairs. Dick hired a machine for the girl to use, and said he would give her the use of the office and $3 a week, which Jelighten 4 = a week. ag gapraree <0. Be wi e arrangement, for say the truth she preferred to remain with Dick at even less wages than to take another position. She didn’t want to accept his $3, saying that the use of the office and the $10 she would get from the four gentlemen was enough for her, but Dick wouldn’t have it that way. Thus it was arranged that Jessie was to remain with Dick right along. CHAPTER VI—Jessie Saves Dick from Trap. A month passed away, during which Dick en- gaged in several deals of minor importance, but the profits of which raised his capital to little above $100,000. He and Jessie got on finely to- gether, and they became great friends. One Sat- urday afternoon he took her up to his flat and in- troduced her to his mother and sisters, He had talked so much about her that the twins were cu- rious to meet her. They took to her right away, for she was just the kind of girl they liked, and the three girls soon fraternized like old friends. They carried her off to their room, and made, so much of her that she herself fell quite in love with them. She was easily pursuaded to remain to supper, and when she said it was time for Dick to see ‘her over to the Y. W. C. A. Building the twins insisted on going along too, and monopo- lized so much of her attention that Dick was left quite in the shade, After that the three girls saw a great deal of each other, much to Dick’s satis- faction. One day when Jessie returned from lunch about one o’cl she looked a bit excited. “Mr. Willett, I'd like to tell you something,” she said, after she had hung up her hat, and Dick had put on his aching reg to going out, “Tl listen om Miss ” he said, wonder- to communicate, Mr. Blum and a friend of his named Einstein talking about you just now out in the corridor, They ’t see me, and I was mean to listen; but really, I couldn’t help it, for I felt it was for your interest. They have a under way by which they hope to ruin ot 7? yortis that so?” replied Dick, looking interested. NE Bho eal to yo d ‘. e a in a round- Whale eiter: ta syndicate hal sett Baers Rim oabases. been formed to corner “The dickens!” exclaimed the young trader in ids consternation. : There nothing in the tip. however, the ob- at quantity in anticipation of a rise. To encourage you Mr. Blum and two of his friends circulated the tip around. and began buying the stock them- selves. This had the effect of inducing others to buy, and the price went up three points. They kept a watch on you and saw you go into Mr, Howard’s office. They judged you had bitten at the bait, but to make sure Mr. Blum sent one of his clerks, who is a friend of Mr. Howard’s mar- gin clerk, around to find out in a ouiet way if you had really bought any of the stock, The clerk brought him word that you had bought 3,000 shares on margin at 90. To get you to buy more of it, they have gone in deeper. into the stock, and have succeeded in forcing the price up to 92, Mr. Blum says that he and his friends are over- loaded with it, but he has learned that you have bought 3,000 more shares of the stock. He wanted Mr. Einstein to join them and advance enough money to boost the stock a couple of points more, hoping you will buy some more on the strength of the continued rise. Whether you do or not they intend to throw all their shares on the market and cause a slump, selling short on top of that in order to force the price low enough to wipe you out.” “So that is their programme?” said Dick. “It appears to be. I think it is fortunate I overheard that matter, for you can probably save yourself by selling before they act,” said Jessie. “I’m much obliged to you, Miss Long,” said Dick, taking her by the hand, “and I won’t for- get the interest you show in my business af- fairs.” Instead of going to lunch he called at once on Broker Howard, and told him what Jessie had overheard Blum say to Einstein in the corridor. “Your margin clerk has been letting out the fact that I have made two deals in L. & N, through you, and the enemy is expecting that I may go in deeper. Now, if that stock should suddenly slump I stand to lose a good many thousand dollars. I want you to sell me out right away, after a quiet fashion, without giving your margin clerk a chance to learn about it and inform Blum’s elerk. After you have sold all my holdings I think it would be a good idea for you to show your clerk a fake order for 5,000 more shares of L, & N., which you will pretend I left with you and which you are going to buy right away for my account. The news will then reach Mr. Blum that I have apparently gone in deeper into the stock, and he will figure that he has me where the hair is short.” Howard agreed that Dick must get out of L. & N. at once to save his bacon, and he was willing to carry out the young trader’s suggestion about the fake order to throw sand in the eyes of Mr. Blum. Dick then went to lunch. Howard pro- ceeded to the Exchange and in a quiet way dis- posed of Dick’s 6,000 shares in lots of 1,000 or less, finding ready buyers at the market price, which was 923-8. In this way Dick got out of his hole with a profit of $6,000 on his first order, while he came out square on the second one. An hour later the price went up to 93. At that figure Blum decided to unload a few thousand shares quietly himself, so as to save himself any loss when he started the slump. Before he did so word was brought to him Dick had left an- other order, this time for 5,006, with Howard, and the old man rubbed his hands together.

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DEALING IN STOCKS > “This is where I'll get square with the young jackanapes,” he muttered. “He now has 11,000 shares of L. & N. If I ean get the price down to 80, if only for a single sale at that figure, he'll be wiped out of $110,000, and that ought to come pretty near sending him to the wali,” In the meanwhile, as soon as Dick learned from Howard that his stock had been disposed of, the boy determined to try and anticipate Mr. Blum’s plans and develop a slump before the broker had secured himself. He took $40,000 around to ~Mr. Story and told him to sell 4,000 snares of L. & N. Short, for his account, for a point below the market. He explained to his late employer all about Blum’s scheme to-do him up, and how he notte got out of the trap by the skin of his teet “J think when you offer 4,000 shares below the ruling price that it will cause a drop,” he said, “for there is nobody behind the stock to sustain it, except Mr. Blum and his friends, and my object is to catch them unawares, if I can, before they are ready to participate in the snmp themselves. I think if you will join me in this, Mr. Story, and sell four or five thousand yourself, too, right on top of my order, it will complete the purpose I have in view and we’ll both make money out of it. When you see the stock is beginning to re- cover, then buy in 4,000 for me to cover my order, and if you follow my lead you'll do the same for yourself.” Story, glad of any chance to get a whack at Blum, agreed to sell anywhere from five to ten thousand shares short himself to bring about a sudden slump. Blum was not in the -room when Story offered any part of 4,000 L. & N. at 92, as he had been called outside to see an ac- Four traders interested in the stock 1,000 each. Story then offered 3,000 more This second offer a feeling of dis- ’s friends carried was to Blum rushed into offered additional That started the fifteen minutes for when the Exchange closed, L. & N. was still at 84, with the prospect of dropping lower in the morning. Blum, however, believed that Dick had been’ wiped out and in spite of his own loss that thought afforded him intense satisfaction. CHAPTER VII.—The Order for Union Traction. Dick made it his business to get the news in a roundabout way to Blum that he had made $50,000 out of the slump in L. & N., instead of sustaining a loss, as that broker supposed he had, and if there was a mad individual in Wall Street, that person was Marcus Blum. . That afternoon Dick met Blum in the corridor. “How do you do, Mr. Blum?” he said, with a sardonic grin on his face. “Bah!” cried Blum, glaring at him fiercely and walking on. Dick chuckled and continued on to the elevator. During the next few weeks, Dick had varying luck in the market, but he added $12,000 to his capital, making him worth $160,000. One morn- ing Broker Einstein walked into Dick’s office. The boy. trader recognized him as a friend of Blum’s. He wouldn’t have known that only for the fact that Jessie had overheard the conversation be- tween Blum and Einstein, as mentioned in the previous chapter. Dick immediately suspected that Einstein had some ulterior object in view in paying him this visit, and he was on his guard at once, “My name is Jacob Einstein,” said the visitor. “Here is my business e The card bore the words, “E & Einstein, Brokers,—Broad street.” ext Dick bowed and asked his caller to be seated. Einstein gazed around at the number of. fish pic- tures Dick had hanging in the office. ‘aa are a young fisherman, I suppose?” he s “Yes. I’m fis for the dollars in Wall est replied Di ‘ at is one of your es, I su 2” said Binetas. jo ppose?” sai “No, there isn’t any joke about it. It is very business.” “I represent a syndicate that has been formed to buy and corner a certain stock.” son Es Vdd an

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usual memorandum of the sale. - the gentleman who has the stock you want, where is his office, and what is the name of the stock?” “The operator’s name is Kester, and his oltice is on the third floor of the Nestor Building, in Hanover street. The name of the stock is Union Traction. It is going at 85. If he asks an eighth more than that, pay it, but no higher.’ “Ts the stock to be delivered C. O. D. at your office ?” “By no means. You must pay for the stock yourself, bring it to my office and then I will hand you a certified check from the manager of the syndicate for the full amount, to which will be added vour commission,” said Einstein. “I am sorry, Mr. Einstein, but I’m not a mil- lionaire trader. At 85 the stock is worth $850,000. I couldn’t come within a long way of paying that sum. “Pardon me, Mr. Willett, I did not méan that you were to be expected to pay the’full purchase price down. Pay a reasonable deposit on the shares and get a receipt for it, together with the Bring the docu- _. ments to my office and I will see that the balance chick seoepiot : eck acce e to the di eg _ the signature money is f shed you in a certified r. Kester. That will meéet fficulty, I guéss.” j “Yes, that will do,” replied Dick. “Very well. Here is your order, signed by me -and endorsed hy the manager of the syndicate which will protect you in carrying out the deal,” said Einstein, rick bite out his pocketbook and handing the order to the young er. Dick examined it carefully and saw that it pppeared to be all right. your signature, Mr. Einstein?” he The visitor reached over on Dick’s desk, drew a toward him and wrote his signature on it. pare the two if you have any doubt,” , holding the slip he on, the order. _ The two were practically identical, and Dick - _ Then Mr. Einstein took his leave. of paper over | DEALING IN STOCKS “I’ve got 10,000 shares, What will you give for the block?” “FKighty-five,” “T want 85 1-2.” “T can’t pay that.” “Then [’ll call it 85 1-8.” Dick, though authorized to give that, held out for 85 flat, and finally Kester agreed to let it _go for that, “How much deposit do you want?” asked Dick. “Ten percent. of the purchase price.” A ihy $85,000 2” ; es ” “Will you hold the deal open long enough for me to go and get the money?” “How long will it take you.” “Not over twenty minutes.” “All right.” So Dick hurried away to get $85,000 out of his safe-deposit box. He was within a few doors of the vault when he met Howard. “J was just up to see you, Dick,” said the broker, ; “You see me now,” laughed the boy. “Quite plainly. I wanted to tell you to look out for Jacob Einstein.” “Why?” exclaimed Dick, rather taken aback. “I am satisfied that he and Blum are up to some dodge to pickle you.” ; “What makes you so certain about it?” ; “My messenger boy accidentally overheard them talking together.’ He didn’t hear much, but what he did hear indicated that they are setting another trap to try and catch you. Whatever it is it seems to have some connection with Union T: on. “Union Traction!” cried Dick. “Why, Mr. Ein- stein called on me about an hour ago and gave me_ an order to buy 10,000 shares of that stock, which I’m to deliver at his office.” “The deucwhe did! Why couldn't he buy it e himself ? “There was a particular reason.” “Did a accept his order?” “T did.” t the stock?” “Have you bo’ “Practically I have. I was on my way to my/ ten per cent. of the pur- chase price, which is $85,000, to clinch the deal.” “Have you got Einstein’s order with you?” “No, I it in my desk at the office?” ¥, it made out in regular shape?” es. ; ; “That seems safe enough, for he can’t go back on his own order, but I’m afraid there’s a nigger somewhere.” d to you, of course 5 pt together with $1,250 commission.” value of the stock is $850,000? How are on going te get it until you have paid for it in~ - 3; ae .

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' there wasn’t a single A . y PN ‘ DEALING IN STOCKS special reason obliges EKinstein to pay you a large commission for executing a deal he ought to be able to nut through himself,” said Howard. “That may be the little joker.” “The reason he gave me is a rational one. Such things crop ap once in a while that compels a broker to employ an outside agency to put a deal through. There is no doybt that Mr. Einstein wouldn’t have come to me if he could have bought the stock himself.” “Evidently. Well, it’s up to you, Willett. I shave done my duty in warning you of what my messenger said was in the wind, -I wouldn’t like to see Blum get his hooks into you. What he would- n't do to you isn’t worth mentioning.” “Well, I can’t see where there’s anything crooked in Mr. Finstein’s order,” said Dick. “He can't go back on his own signature if he wanted to. I wouldn’t execute an order for anybody with- out a written order specifying its nature. Howard pondered a moment. 4 think you’d better let me see that order, Dick,” he said. “After what my messenger told me I am bound to say that I suspect the are- ness of any dealings Einstein has with you. “All right. I'll let Kester wait a few minutes longer for the deposit,” said Dick. ey went to Dick’s office. The hoy o his desk, took the order out of a pigeonhole and handed it to Broker Howard without looking at it. Howard glanced at it, then turned it over and handed it back, ee " “You have made a mistake. That isn’t the or er. “Sure it’s the order,” said Dick. “Look at it. Wha you handed me was a blank iece of 3 : Pick looked at it, turned it over like Howard had and then stared at it in astonishment. With- out doubt it was the same paper Einstein left with him for it bore an anchor water-mark, which the boy noticed at the time he took it. But now vestige of the order for 10,000 pore ae Tract on stock which had heen originally on Dick was fairly paralyzed. CHAPTER VIII.—The Scheme That Failed. “What in creation does this mean?” almost ga Dick. _ what's the matter? What are you look- a #4 that paper so intently for?” asked How- a “Because that’s the paper Mr. Einstein gave me. \ 9” “What ng me, Dick? “The vou giv Arr. Einstein handed it to order written on it, with his signa- the bottom, and the endorsement of a he anid, Wee the man- at wan the stock; sign of writing on it.” astonished at the boy’s ex- looked it over bd | b= dak x “Look again. Ee ¢ po ve been the order Ein- ~~ Oy Vitisfied it Wes the paper that Ein- ey ea Le Sale ee oe Gs Sanco +r a S rel de a eae end bp ee aT 3) 1I stein had given him, but, nevertheless, he looked again in several of the pigeon-holes, but no order could be found. “You are satisfied that paper had writing on, are you?” said the broker. “I could swear to it,” said Dick. “Did you look at the paper after Einstein left your office?” _ “I did, to make sure that the order was all right, for somehow I suspected Mr. Einstein, though I never met him before, because he is a friend of Blum’s.” ‘: “Of course, if you had the order after Einstein left, that fact disposes of the idea that he changed the paper. Maybe the order has got mixed up in those papers on your desk.” Dick, to satisfy Howard, looked over his desk thoroughly, but the original order was not to be found. oward himself looked around on the floor, but without result. “The disappearance of that writing gets goat,” skid Dick. A. gets mine, too, if it really was on that r It was there, all right,” said Dick, positively. “Well, dne thing is certain, the order has dis- appeared, Under those circumstances you'd bet- ter not execute that commission. By the way, was Miss Long in here when Einstein called?” “No, she was out at lunch.” “In that case, I suppose there was no witness to the interview?” “No.” “As you've agreed to fill the order you are in honor bound to call on Kinstein and tell him why ~ you have not executed it. Ask him for another order, and as you know how much you're going to pay for the shares you might as well request him to hand you the certified check for the whole sum, made out to the order of the seller. If tho business is genuine he can just as well do that first as last. “That’s so,” said Dick. “I’ll do it, but I’ve lost so much time now I may miss Mr. Kester when T go back.” They ou togerner and separated in front of the build tn ich Mr. Einstein’s office wes located. Neither Epps nor Einstein was in, on within. Kester re- marked that Willetts Tule to return with the posit looked as if. on e ab attee lon eon ) the game In , ~ -*

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12 “T don’t see why he should unless he discov- ered that es order I gave him had faded out,” said Hinstein. “There is'no reason why it should have faded so quick, as the ink is warranted to hold its color for twelve hours PE. you test the ink beforehand?” asked Kes- “No. I didn’t think that was necessary.” “Well, suppose Willett throws up your commis- gin because his suspicions have been aroused in e@ way, what are we going to do? We are loa Be this traction stock, and the mar- ket is likely to turn at any moment. We stand to lose a considerable amount of money. That is all your fault, Blum. You were so certain that & syndicate had been formed to boom it. Some- body must have fooled you,” said Kester. “Tf we could form a syndicate ourselves and buy in the majority of the shares still on the market we would not only be able to hold the rice, but push it up high enough to make a a profit,” said Einstein. t’s easy to suggest, but hard to execute. How many shares would we have to buy?” asked ester. “Probably 50,000.” Kester made a quick computation on a pad. “That would take four millions,” he said, “and we'd have to have another million to’ cover con- tingencies. It’s out of the question.” 4 “J think it’s a big risk unless you could ge’ e to take hold quick. they'd ozen peo have to put up $100,000 each, and we would have to do the same. That would make a million and a half. Then we would turn over the 20,000 y ares at the market price, and in that way we'd “ al back $400,000 of our present $700,000 invest- If you see any way of makin the riffle that 7 -way, Einstein, I’m with you,” Kester. _ _ “fl start the ball rolling to-morrow morning if if = a lik ogy ay ee said Ye. ea y flea—very Einstein. "At that moment Dick heard steps approaching the door on the outside so he got away from the _ keyhole. Kester’s clerk came in. “Tg Mr. Kester in?” asked the young ‘tcades 2 Aor he is. What is your vame?” The clerk knocked at the door in a peculiar way ‘and was told to enter. In a few moments he came - out, followed by his employer. Fe Nias sald ester, fg Bare ba been a long ming hte oe Faw pa "aT ¢alled say that pt wih tag hee Then you don’t intend to vrs icine then anise fan see my way clear to a eto hold it Say you for five days, on , but if the price drops DEALING IN STOCKS With a slight bow, Dick walked out and started for Howard’s office. CHAPTER IX.—Dick Makes a Big Haul. Dick found Howard in and told him what he had overheard at Kester’s office. “I was satisfied the thing was a plant,” said Howard. “It’s lucky I met you in time to switch you off the job.” “Yes, and I am greatly obliged to you, Mr. Howard,” said Dick. When he got back to the office Dick dictated a letter to Einstein, and when Jessie had type- written it, he signed it, put it in an envelope and asked the girl to take it over to the broker’s office. Einstein replied, curtly, that the commis- sion was .off, as he couldn’t agree to Dick’s re- quest for a certified check for $850,000 to pay for the Union Traction shares. Dick grinned and put the note in a pigeon-hole. For the next ten days he kept an occasional eye on Union Trac- tion. He also frequently visited the Exchange and watched the pole where the stock was dealt in. - He age that Einstein was selling it at intervals. rice dropped a little, but not much. At is eginning of the next week a period of depression set in and the whole market sagged several points. Union Traction dropped down to 77. Dick continued to watch the daily market report closely, and now he noticed that a great deal more of it changed hands than before. He began to suspect that the Blum crowd had got their syndicate into working order and was buy- ing the stock in at the present low price. After considering the matter, Dick dropped around to see How: “J want 10,000 shares of Union Traction,” he said to the broker. “What’s struck you now, Dick?” asked How- ard. “It’s down | to 77, and I think that buying it is a good spec “I guess ay vaults not taking a des te risk in goin, long ye it at 77,” said” his Seay friend, and he. to k the boy’s order and the $100,000 seeurty Dick put up. Howard was only ens to get 3,000 at 77. The balance cost him an average of 78. He so noti- fied Dick, and the boy said all right. A few days later, Dick ordered 2,000 more bought, and it cost him 79. With the followin week the market be- gan to recover -and all the stocks stiffened in price. Dealing became brisk again, and Union Traction went up to 85. That was its average value in the market—the point around ef it had been accustomed to fluctuate. Dick knew that and kept a sharp watch upon its move- ments. Next day it climbed up two points more, and when the Exchange closed on Saturday of that week it had reached 90. Dick was now fair- ’ ly well satisfied that the Blum crowd had formed a combine, and that the stock was being pushed up with the view of selling out at a big profit. — On Monday morning, Dick went over to How- ard’s office. Be EE eat ek Sg de Wy io he remarked to 46%.

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DEALING IN STOCKS once, as soon as the Exchange opens. Feed it out to the brokers in any quantity they want to ‘the extent of 7,000 shares, then offer either Blum or Einstein the other 5,000 in a block. That will carry consternation into the Blum camp, I'll bet a hat. If Blum or Einstein won't take it at the market price, offer it to anybody at one point below. Maybe the Blum people will take it in then to save a slump.” Howard went to the Exchange and Dick marched up into the gallery to watch the course of events. The broker offered 1,000 Union Trac- tion at 90 1-8, first. It was taken by a trader to fill an order. Einstein then offered 1,000 at 90 1-4. Howard offered a second 1,000 at 90 1-8, and it went. He offered a third 1,000 at the same price, and it was taken. Then several brokers bid 90 for the stock. Howard got.rid of 3,000 among them. Then he offered another 1,000 at 89 7-8. No one took him up, but a broker bid 89 1-2 for it, and Howard let it go. Blum and Einstein held a hurried consultation, and then Einstein rushed at Howard and offered 90 for 1,000. Howard shook his head and walking over to Blum offered him 5,000 shares at 90 3-8. “Five thousand!” cried Blum. “Haye you got 5,000 shares?” “Yes. Will you take them, or shall I throw them on the market?” ; “Wait! wait!” almost shouted Blum, calling Einstein over. ; é “We'll have to take them in,” said Einstein, when the case was explained to him, “or we won't be able to hold the market.” _ So they took them, depending on subsequent sales to be able to pay, for them. “Want another 5,000?” ete Howard, though ; ‘he had sold Dick out and had no more to offer. fh | retired _ word. Blum turned white and he couldn’t utter a In that moment he thought he saw his finish, But with a laugh, Howard turned away “and left the board-room. Then Blum recovered ~ his. self-possession, for he saw that Howard’s offer had ¢ only been a joke. He jumped in and succeeded in forcing the price up to 91. Then he and left Einstein the delicate duty of un- their holdings, little by little. On the whole, the syndicate got out with a considerable 1a Dick concluded to take a few days’ vacation. Dick, when Howard settled with 1 Egy Hag rward, he found he had made f } two days afte: 000, boo was worth a little over $300,000. ——_—_— Having fished with such excellent money, he ht he’d go away and a little. of of fishing. So leaving his office See c H Z e id 18 about two miles from the cottage. Each morning Dick started off through the woods and spent the greater part of the day along the b of a stream where he met with good results. Blum and his friends, on the contrary, went out on the lake to fish. On the fourth day’ of their stay, a Le nearly met fie "ee serious accident, owing their excessive liberality in supplyin, whisky to their boatman. They got such y ee | scare that next day they decided to try a stream a mile from the hotel. Dick started as usual the same morning, and when nearly through the woods he stopped to rest in a secluded spot. He hadn’t been there over five minutes when he saw three men ap- proaching, attired for piscatorial sport, and bear- ing jointed rods in their hands, and __ fishing- baskets hanging from their shoulders. a few minutes they were so near that he recognized them, and his surprise was great at seeing the three Wall Street men in that part of the coun- try. When they came almost abreast of him they stopped to take a rest, too. A thin fringe of bushes hid Dick from their sight. Seating them- selves on the dead trunk of a tree, they drew out their whisky flasks and took a drink, after which they lit fresh cigars. “Do bg Ta FO oa ea “Pye thought of a new plan for in ck at that boy trader, Richard Willett” 3 : “What is it?” asked Einstein. “If it isn’t a slick one there is no use trying it on him, for if he isn’t the smartest youn ap in the Street he is certainly. the luckiest. “T am_ acquainted with a very charming and clever widow who I think will be able to get his goat, She has wound some pretty sharp men around her fingers, and it will be a singular thing if she can’t put it over a mere 3 “How do you propose to utilize her talents?” asked Kester. “Well, P've got a 100-share certificate of Col- orado Copper in my safe. It came into my pos- session some mont o when, fortunately for me, the stock was very low in the market.” “What did you pay for it?” asked Kester. “T didn’t buy it. A man came into my office one day and asked for a loan on it. He said he had some scheme in view that he wanted to push and needed money. The market price of Col- orado Copper was then $20 a share.” “And is now $45, with the prospect of going » higher,” said Kester. “Yes.. The man wanted to raise $1,500 on the certificate, but, of course, [ wouldn’t lend him as gmuch as rters of its value. In fact, I wouldn’t advance over fifty per cent. of the value on any mining stock.” oe other ag ary . “I was very busy at the time, and after looking at the certificate I offered to loan him $1,000 on it for ninety days. He held out for $1,200, but ett he wanted $1,600 £ bad’ wh ‘ e Wan So , Why didn’t the stock at its market price? That sath oe given him $2,000, less your commission,” said “He didn’t want to sell, for he said he looked to see its value up to ‘inside of . ; age Ae. which tnd Leotid tos ae Ai ats “Tt. up some months ago. %

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14 f “It went up $5 within that time.” “How is it that the man didn’t call and redeem , his pro ?? “He ne gh very good reason.” “T don’t see what reason he could have, unless you agreed to hold the stock for a longer time to accommodate Him.” “I made no such agreement.” “Then you had the right to sell the certificate at the market price, which I should think you would have done, and bought it in yourself if you ro the value was on the rise.” ¢ ’s what I did. I made a wash sale cov- ‘ ering it with a friend of mine one day when Colorado Copper temporarily slumped to 23.” Kester and Einstein grinned. It was just what they expécted of Blum. a “After taking out your loan, the interest and your commission on the sale, you passed the bal- ance to the credit of your customer, eh?” said Kester. “Of course.” “And when he eyentually called, expecting to get his stock back, and he learned that he was out and injured, you had a nice row with him.” “No, he never called for his money.” “Something must have happened to the man.” BS er not.” f i do you say that? Have you heard from “Pl tell you. I kept the certificate until Col- orado edt a reached 42, two months ago, and then I decided that I’d sell it. I took it out of my private safe where | had it, for the transac- tion had been closed on my books in order to as- sure the legality of the wash sale, and then I : discovered, fortunately, béfore I offered it for f sale that the certificate was worthless.” “Worthless!” * “Yes, It was a duplicate of Certificate No. 666, Series C. The certificate had been reported de- stroyed in a fire, and after the fact had been properly certified to it had been crossed off the ypany’s redord and a new certificate issued to take its place.” ‘ “Oh, I see. But if the owner furnished proof under oath of its destruction, how came it to be in possession the party who brought, it to * you?” : Jow can I tell you that?” oe 1S of being in a matter of $3,000 ed you were out the $1,000 you had ell as the interest. What a sell!” Eee been quite a disappointment to we been a disappointmen’ ikled Einstein. — pe f ad over it. I no longer wondered why the man failed to for it, nor why he objected to having it sold in place of horrow- what he could get on it. , so,” nodded Kester. “And y: ia are keep- fing it ‘a warning not to let yourself get caught - 7 ; way © bet ; Er Naar before T this tri ore I came on this trip {me she was about my Way, home Coloracto Copner ke it to - him & buy it DEALING IN STOCKS would to oblige her, for Colorado Copper stock is first-class security these days, she would be out of the country by the time he found out he had been duped out of $4,500, and I would have $4,500 of his cash in my pocket, after presenting the Hoey with $500 for her trouble in making the eal. ‘ “Four thousand dollars is rather small pota- toes, Blum. They say that boy has made a raft of money since he started out for himself. I should think you’d try to bleach him out of some- thing worth while—$100,000, for instance,” said Kester. r “Tt isn’t so much the money as the trouble that certificate will get him into. He won't be able to produce the lady from whom he got the stock.” - “That is, if he buys it,” said Hinstein. “Oh, he’ll buy it, I guess. Leave that to the lady. She is the most fascinating of ways, while her face is that of a Venus. He’s only a boy and won’t be able to resist her.” “So this is simply a little matter of revenge, eh?” chuckled Kester. “A sort of soothing lotion for the way Willett has taken you off your perch?” : “Yes, I am looking for satisfaction,” admitted Blum. “I’ve never forgiven him for the first fall he took out of me, when he got the best of me in the Lucky Strike transaction, and then spread the news around the Street.” “So say all of us,” laughed Einstein. “Well, T think we had better be going on if we are to do any fishing this morning.” The three Wall Street men rose and passed on, while Dick looked after them till they disap- peared in the woods. Then, instead of going him- self, he sat for half an hour and pon what he had overheard. “It strikes me that that fascinating widow will have her work cut out in her efforts to sell” me that Colorado Copper certificate, now that I know the trick it covers. But I’d like to catch Mr. Blum red-handed in this and show him up. If I could show that he knowingly endeavored work that bogus certificate off on me I guess his putation would suffer considerably in the treet. . I must Poin Mt. Howard whey I get hack. Those men have gone on to my fishing-ground so it won’t do for me to go there now. ‘On the whole, I think I will cut my trip short and leave Moose Lake before - they discover that I am rusticating here as well - as-themselves. Yes, I will leave by the afternoon . coach. ‘and retraced his steps to the was staying. CHAPTER XI—Mrs. Glidding. Dick reappeared in Wall Street on Saturday ifted with the silver tongue, and ° ered over — it over and consult with — Having arrived at this determination, he got up cottage where he orning instead of the following Monday, as he . Pog tone surprised to see had intended. Mr. Howard was him so soon, and asked him if he had been dis- appointed in the fishing, pus ly, and your friend treated me in Ly oe te a i No, the fishing was first-class. 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. this week. Things are just about the same as when you left.” “] came back because I want to arrange my tackle for catching a big Wall Street fish—that is, big in some respects, though very smiall potatoes, in my private estimation. “Indeed! Who is the fish?” Marcus Blum.” ; “I heard that he and a party of friends have gone off on a vacation to celebrate their success in Union Traction.” ‘ “You heard ¢orréctly. I tan across Blum, Ein- stein and Kester at Moose Lake.” “The dickens fou did! They must have been delighted to see you,” chuekled Howard. “They didn’t see me.” ; “No?” , J “No. The observation was all on my side. I met them in the woods, They came through While | was resting myself under a tree, screened by some bushes from the path. Very kindly they stopped to tip me off to a new scheme that Blum has on the stocks to get me in trouble.” - “You mean that you overheard them figuring the matter out?” ; “Rinstein and Kester have nothing to do with this new trick. Blum is going it alone, with some outside help.” “Indeed! You interest me. Let me hear the faets if you don’t mind.” “f eame here to tell you about the matter, and also to. consult with you as to some plan for turn- ing the trick, which is a shabby one, into a boom- érang that will rebound upon Mr. Blum’s solar plexis.” Dick related to Howard all he had overheard Blum tell his friends in the’ Moose Lake woods. Howard was somewhat surprised at the dis- closure. He remenibe hearifg about the re- issue of Certificate 666, Series C, of Colorado CPP eee th the igned, had been cause assi iin Street ers, and many sell it, and then he knew bet- than to offer it. Had he done the right thing would immediately have notified-the secretar company of its ha 1¢ over to him: ae ee DEALING IN STOCKS é 15 fess that she receiv@l the certificate from Blum ‘to sell to you,” said Howard. “I think she can be compelled to admit where she got it from. If I can’t force her to do it I'll notify the secretary of the company and 1 guess he’ll find a way to get the truth out of her,” said Dick. “Very likely. Then you’re going to let Blum try his little game?” “Why not? Forewarned is foreattmed. My object is to expose Mr. Blum at a dirty trick. He needs a strong lesson to teach him to keep his hands off me. I am tired of being a mark for his treachery. I’m going to have it stopped.” “T don’t blame you. You'll have the sympathy of the Street, for Blum hasn’t got any real friends. Winstein, Kester and others who stana in with him are doing it because they think it pays them; but if they saw Blum going to the wall they’d shake him as quick as rats do a sink- ing ship.” “That’s human nature, anyway,” said Dick. “Well, I'll get along and see how things are going at the tail end of the week. Blum probably won’t get back before Monday, or maybe later. I think I'll arrange a telephone signal with you so that you can be on hand to help me out with the lady if she turns out a hard proposition. She mustn’t get away so that she ean skip over to Europe be- fore we are done with her. I think probably Blum will send her to me. on Tuesday, as there are a couple of steamers sailing on Wednesday morning. If she doesn’t show up then | won't took for her to call before Friday.” Thus speaking Dick went away. Jessie had expressed great pleasure at seeing him back. She said she had felt quite lonesome in the office while he was away, though many brokers had called in to see Dick, and finding him out of town had sto \a few minutes to chat with her. <« _ “Fortunately they had sense enough to see that I was very busy,” she told him, “and did not pro- long their stay. They all had something nice to say about you. I should judge from all I heard that you are very popular in Wall Street.” Dick’s mother andthe twins were glad to have him home again. hey, too, declared that the house didn’t seem like itself while he was away, “You only imagine that, good folks,” laughed the boy, nevertheless greatly pléased with the tement. “The fact that I was eway “or less a week couldn’t make a whole lot of differ- encé with you or the house,” ' When Dick came to work on Monday morning, down about half-past nine, he saw Blum walki Wall Street ahead of him. tapas “So the ol codger has got back? Well, I sup- rket bob’ with very - = ‘ “a ‘pet Wh i ie Os OD

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af 16 DEALING IN . STOCKS ‘ There was no sign of the widow about her, and for ‘the moment Dick d@d not feel sure that she was Blum’s agent. He jumped up and offered her a tg 2 She beamed sweetly on him as she took “You are Mr. Willett, I believe,” she said, in a softly modulated tone. “Yes, madam. Whom have I the pleasure of addressing ?”-he replied. “My name is Mrs. Glidding.” “What can I do for. you, Mrs. Glidding ?” “JT have heard so much about you’ from broker friends that having a little business to transact in your line J thought I would call and see you.” ick bowed. “Really, from what I’ve been told about you, I should judge that you are one of the brightest and smartest young brokers in Wall Street,” she went on, with a bewitching smile, which certainly was not without its effect on the boy. The lady possessed that magnetic prope rty of impressing her personality on all with whom she came into contact. Its power over people was greater even than her beauty, which, aided by all those accessories of at modern lady’s toilet, might be called of the ravishin ng kind, that drew admir- ers to her feet and held them willing slaves to the power of her charms. The implied flattery of her remark tickled Dick, and he murmured something to the effect that she did him proud. Instead of stating the business that brought her to his office she covmed all her efforts to Pek gins him with-her charms. That her ef- orts Were er successful need scarcely be won- - dered at, as Dick Was at a very susceptible age, and the lady had every advantage over him. It was fortunate, on the whole, that the entrance of Jessie rather interfered with the visitor's tactics. _ She favored the girl with a look that took her in from her head to her shoes, and was not pleased when the y ger lady seated herself at her type- writer an began to rattle the keys. hb von" coming woke Dick up, so to speak, and said Soa tid tidend, like an old f rin only Sate aan minutes.” ees laughed a musical little laugh that thrilled the ear, a flashed a kind of goo-goo look at ae Sik, Nt Ufone Wa an whparlonable os ck assured her that he had been : 2 and pbeay tid it a stock ou to purchase le one. - —_ have no time to wait., In any case I will consider that you have done me a great favor.” Dick took the certificate and opened it. He had recovered his self-control enough to feel what was coming. Yes, it was a 100-share certificate of stock of the Colorado Copper mine. Then he glanced at the serial number. It was Series C, No, 600; not No. 666. CHAPTER XII.—Turning the Screws. ’ Dick was rather taken aback and stared at the number in some bewilderment. The lady looked at him narrowly through her half-closed eyes. “You find it all right, do you not?” she asked, in a cooing tone. “Apparently so,” replied the young trader, as his business mind began thinking rapidly. “Pare don me a moment, Mrs. Glidding,” he said, taking out his watch and looking at it. “I have just recalled an important matter that must be at- tended to. It won’t interfere with your business ‘as my stenographer can attend to it. Miss Long, will you call up — Broad and telephone that?” ~He handed Jessie a slip of paper. The girl, who had been coached beforehand, knew what was ex- ected of her. While Dick made a pretence of ooking over the certificate she called up Mr. Howard, and finding the broker on the wire, gave the preconcerted signal, which was quite unin- telligible to a listener. “The party says all right, Mr. Willett,” said Jessie, as she hung up the receiver. “Very well,” answered Dick. - “This certificate is all right as far as I can see, Mrs. Glidding,” he said, turning to his visitor. “You want me to buy ‘it off-hand so as to save you the ordinary de- lay of a sale on the outside?” “Yes, if you please,” said the lady, i “How long have you had this: certificate?” “Really I couldn’t say. All my property is in- vested in stocks. That is the way it was left to me by my husband.” “T presume, then, you did not buy this your- self, but that it‘came to you through your hus- band’s estate?” Vous “But teal name is Glidding.” The lady “And eure your husband’s name was Glid- ding. “Naturally? smiled the yisitor, little suspect- ing wha’ t the question was leading up to. “Then if this stock once belonged to your hus- band, as it must have, to form a part of his es- Hage T can’t understand why the certificate is not is name.” sig lady stopped smiling and looked a bit die “Tt must be in his name,’ “No, it is made out to John Brown.” “My ch steed hs apaane eae bsg from that .— the broker “y have had it wS new . »'

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DEALING IN STOCKS : 17 _. The lady looked excessively annoyed and taken aback. ‘ “Then you won’t buy it?” she said. “Ordinarilv I would not, but rather than put you out, I will see if the matter can’t be straight- ened out.” “Will that give you much trouble?” she asked, anxiously. “T hope not.” : _._ At that moment the door opened and in walked Mr. Howard. “Ah, this centleman may be able to help us. Mrs. Glidding, this is Mr, Howard a friend of mine. The lady bowed, but not over-cordially, and the broker returned it with a Took of respectful ad- ‘miration, for he was not indifferent to such,a vision of feminine charms. f . “This lady has asked me to buy this 100-share certificate of Colorado Copper, which came to her as a part of her late husband’s estate. Unfor- tunately, there seems to have been a_ blunder somewhere, for the certificate is still in the name of John Brown, presumedly the person from whom Mr, Glidding got it, Mrs. Glidding is leav- ing the city to-morrow and has no time to await adjustment through the regular channels. Now do you think this certificate can be transferred in a hurry so as to cover*the case?” asked Dick, with a significant look at the broker. Howard picked, up the document and looked at the number. He saw that it was No. 600 and not 666, as he had expected. He recollected, however, that the man who reported No. 666 destroyed was John Brown. The name was one easily to be re- membered. His suspicions were immediately that the number had been tampered with. A powerful microscope lay on Dick’s desk, How- ard picked it up and examined the serial number through it. It was clearly apparent now that two of the noughts had been substituted for two sixes. ‘That settled the matter and placed the lady in a “Madam,” said Howard, “did. this certificate _ come to you from your husband?” idding scented trouble from his tone. ait mast have. I received it from the lawyer who has charge of the estate.” “What is the lawyer’s name, and where is his _ “Why do you wish to know that?” she asked, 4138 Because this certificate is worthless.” ‘he visitor stared at Howard in speechless dis- ed herself with an effort, she Gi at aye Mrs. Glid “Isn’t it a fact, madam, that Marcus Blum gave you that certificate and sent you to me to sell it?” said Dick, looking the lady straight in the eye. “Marcus Blum!” gasped the visitor, turning pale under her face powder. “Yes, Marcus Blum.” “Certainly not. I don’t know such a, person.” “T.am_ sorry, madam, but I have proof that Marcus Blum did send you, and unless you ad- mit the truth I shall be under the unpleasant necessity of sending for a policeman giving you in charge,” said Dick. “Very well. Miss Long, kindly telephone the street police station and ask that an officer be sent here at once.” “No, no, no! Don’t do that!” shrieked the lady as the girl started for Dick’s desk. “I’ll admit that Mr. Blum sent me here.” “Thank you, Mrs. Glidding, I assure you that you only confirm the knowledge I already possess, I expected you to bring that certificate either to- day or next Friday, for you have taken passage on =F of the steamers that leave this port this week. The lady gasped. “Now as you have called this morning I jndge that you expect to sail to-morrow._ That will impossible, for you will be detained as a wit- ness against Mr. Blum.” “Oh, heavens!” she exclaimed. “My stateroom is engaged. I shall forfeit my ticket.” “There is a way, if you care to adopt it, by which this loss and inconvenience to you can be avoided,” said A “How?” she fluttered. Dick then dictated a statement in the form: of an affidavit, and read it over to the lady. “Are you ing to sign that in the presence of . a notary under oath?” he asked her. | “I am.” : “Very good. Lee tics Fe Ply age Rey | the floor above and see if Mr. Gay is there. If he is tell him i Y “What is your right name?” “Cora Stanley.” “You are a widow, I understand?” “¥en.” Mrs. Stanley signed the statement, and swore _ r, to its truth Lovato peen! Bingen

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18 DEALING IN STOCKS - CHAPTER XIII.—To Err Is Human. “Now, Mr. Howard, I think we had better have it out with Mr, Blum,” said Dick. “Tf you say so. If it was mé I’d go right over to the secretary of the Colorado Cop pper Co; and place the case in his hands,” said the broker. _ .“Yes,I dare say that is my duty, but the alte tion of that certificate constitutes a toclmiehl for ry, and I hate to Jand an old man like Blum ail to face a prison sentence and the disgrace attaching to it.” “The sentiment does you honor, Willett, consid- éring the injury that man has tried to do you,” said Howard. “It is better to forgive than harbor enmity,” replied the boy. Jessie heard his words as well as his previous mark and her eyes glistened as they rested on o- She had learned to care for him more thar she dared to ro aay de even to herself, but at B Spasent she knew beyond any doubt that she oved | “That’s all right, but remember you owe a dy ty to the community,” said Howard. “Yes, T it, and I shall square it in my own Mr.:Blum’s office - . Way. please go to = and tell Pan tha his presence is necessary here. . If he refuses to come, tell him that he will have cause to regret it.” In a few min- and pugnacious. Me such a mes- . ? at Dick. om “Because it was to your interest that you : should appear here at once.” “To my fo Mapa ent) Ed you mean, you Blum. yo ‘5 Pe Bam, ou ren ae Bialad voccselt ih ik. seey ng arene Waeiy to salt, mea fn ess and tec taby forged stock certifi- Jessie departed on her etrand. : ates. Bln rushed in, bareheaded - oie. in the clties to Fa tortor many a man who asked mercy of you and got— a stone. ‘ You have reached your limit, and your finish is in my hands. What have you got to say? “Mercy! mercy!” cried the old broker, falling on his knees, in a paroxysm of fricht. “Porgive me. Let me off, and I will be your friend.” “Yes, I dare say,” replied Dick, sarcastically. “Don’t send me to jail. The disgrace will kill me, and it will kill my only child—my married daughter. Say you will spare me and I will pay you. I will give you half my monev. I will write my check now,” he cried, feverishly, crawling toward the boy’s desk and tearing at his pockst to ,get out his check-book. “I will stav here oil you send out and draw the money. Say you will agree.” “Get up, Mr. Blum. Don’t kneel to me. Kneel to your Creator to-night and ask Him to forgive _ ou, as - have already done. Put up your check- ook. I don’t want your money. You haven't enough, even if you could mo your soul; to buy me. You have begged for mercy. Whether you are sincere or not I cannot tell, but you shall have it on certain conditions.” “I agree to any conditions.” “You admit before these gentlemen and my stenographer, and in my presence, that the charge contained in Mrs. Cora Stanley’s affidavit is the truth and the whole truth, so help you , heaven?” “Yes, yes!” confessed the wretched broker, with a groan. “You admit that that certificate is Not 666, Series C, supposed to be out of existence?” “T do! I do!” “You admit that you altered the figures 666 to 600 knowingly and of your own free will for a dishonorable object?” “Yes, yes!” “Very good.” You realize that if I place these papers in the hands of the secretary of the com- pany that you will go to jail and eventually to ae “gy eee, aay abject old man. That is Saas d have complied with the con- dition, and [ arant you the mercy you have The ‘only evidence against certificate. It is supposed to be be it shall be out of existence. Well, it,” and Dick el it ante ju el pet eit a it End the i ase eee i purpose goes w w ce tore that vaper up, too. “Miss Long and gentle- men, I rely on ae honor to keep this secret, never to be di vulged.” They bo their asquiescene ath is al, Mr. Blum. ¥en. may go without Aap = dazed and noble a code o eae hearts Abie

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DEALING IN STOCKS have made me your friend. May I drop-dead and _go to perdition if I do aught to injure you from this moment. From this out I will be a different man. If any man asks a favor of me | will grant it to him. I swear I never‘will push a man to the wall again. He shal] have time. He shall have the same mercy you have granted me. Thus speaking, he turned away and left the room, a different person than he had entered it, and yet people say the day of miracles is past. Ten minutes later Dick and Jessie were alone. “Mr. Willett,” she said, in a tone that thrilled him, “permit me to say that you acted nobly, and I—I respect you if anything more than ever. ; t “Can't you go a shade better and say you love § me—Jessie?” he asked, taking both her hands in . his and looking into her averted and blushing . face. wi “Yes,” she said, after a moment, “I do love you, with al eart. ba! Bette did,” he’ said, lifting her face to his and kissing her. —_——__—_— CHAPTER XIV.—Saved by the Ticker. ’ _ © & few days afterward Einstein and’ Kester met Blum on the street. “Well, how about that scheme that you were going to pull off on young Willett?” asked Hin- : stein. . . : “T've given it up,” said the old man, in a con- strained tone. + mg chances. But never , ‘< ponte peg like to get in on another syndicate?” “J. don’t know. Come’ over to my office by and by and we'll talk it over,” and he walked away. , “What's the matter with Blum, I wonder ? said "Binstein, looking after the old broker. He doesn’t seem like himself at all.” : | I give it up. Acts as if he had something on hee) - i some big deal So he went around to d asked him to buy any mer bad 's ‘ gk per ghee 34 fi . ‘jt up and re : z rag gee ae iat eal of his young and so deal involving almost -two et rate, g Te a J , ve Si cara Ce ea ts om S5vy Ghee 19 your friend because you saved me from the con- sequences of my folly,” began Blum. Dick nodded carelessly, while he trimmed his nails with his penknife. “T have come here to prove that to you,” Blum went on. “Einstein and Kester, my associates, cara ee me with a proposition to catch you in the oils. “Yes,” replied Dick, indifferently. “Yes. I refused to go in because I have sworn never again to pull off any game straight or crooked. that would hurt you in any way.” Dick looked hard at Blum. The old_man ap- peared to be very much in earnest. Dick said nothing, however, and Blum went on. . “Kinstein and Kester are in a syndi that Bee already practically cornered S. & T.,” he said, Dick began to look interested for the first time. 4 “It is going at 96 now, and it will surely go to 105 or higher, unless something happens to pre- ‘vent it.” /} “If the stock has practically been cornered, why do you come to me with the information? What / ; ‘good is it to me?” © F “No good, as far as you getting in on the rise © in the ordinary way. I came here to tell you that Kester will call on you and try to get an option from you on 20,000 shares at the best price you will sell it to him for, and to encourage you to agree to deliver the shares at a fair advance on the market it has been arranged to beat down the present price from 96 to 90, or thereahouts. The syndicate controls the stock and can do as it pleases with it. When it drops to 90, Kester will call and try to make his deal with you. He will offer as high as 93, if necessary, for if you bite you will, be caught, sinee it will be utterly im- possible for you to deliver 20,000 in the stipulated time, as you won't be able to buy them. In the ten days. or fi that the option is expected to run the syndicate will boost the price as high as it will go, to 105 or over. Then Kester will call on you for the stock, and you'll have to settle at his figures. He expects to make $200,000 out of you at least, maybe clean you out of every dollar you own.” | : “And you are telling me this in Rood faith to warn me?” said Dick. “I am, so help me heaven,” said the old man, solemnly, raising his right hand. “Thank you, Mr. Blum. “I helieve you.” The old man then went away. “So there really is a syndicate behind S, & T., and Finstein and Kester are in it?” mused Dick. “I thought there was some good reason for the scarcity of the stock. Kester is going to-engin a drop in order to entice me oe ‘ qetica on. shares. Smart man! He or Einstein little dream deal the extent of just 20, shares, . —s for the stock, T am not likely, evel heey seca’ te Se Ut Gees dete tae Well, let the syndicate beat Lg rn down t 90. I can stand it. Kester & Co. will have trouble for nothing.” Ss E=

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3 So’ ‘years: do me. It has failed. I 20 DEALING IN. STOCKS Exchange. Dick was surprised, for he expected to see it go down. In the morning it opened at 100 1-8. At five minutes of ten, Kester walked into his office. oe Willett, I heard you were looking for & shares,” he said. “I'll let you have my Bock of 20,000 at 100 3-8.” Dick was astonished. This was an altogether different proposition from that outlined by ei back p ; milli get two on to with?” he rep i se “Oh, rl he = have them on a five per cent. bar tyonn , said Kester. “It will. only cost you $100,000. ; but I’m selling just now, not buy- “Why, have you any S, & T.?” asked Kester, “I have a few shares that I am holding in ex- pectation of a further rise.” “How many?” ousand, more or less.” “welt Tll sell you 10,000 more if sain tontt want to take the whole block,” he sai Dick shook his head. or I can’t do business with you?” said Kes- “Not to-day.” T. down to 90, ay Tie ss tail oa bes ak ee The old man nodded: “The stock has gone up instead of down, and Kester has just been in and offered to sell me BOReD a or one Ave pee cont, margin. What do you on the subject?” Blum seemed astonished, ana admitted that he didn’t understand it. Next da: y S. & T. went up to 106. Then Dick went around to Howard's “Tm @ to sell, Mr. Howard. Offer the stock of 5,000 shares.” “What's your reason = this?” asked Howard, are in cate, and An Siecckt. wos teen om going ets ‘get square on that crowd now, once and for all,” _ said Dick, resolutely. - Get oo his Bat aad rim over to, the He 0 renee anes shares at 106. It vested i Sey rward Dick’s profits amounted to $215,000. Howard hesi- tated to carry out Dick’s final orders. At that moment Blum glided up to him. “You’re trying to break up the market,” he said. “Are you acting for Willett?” “What is that to you?” “You are known to be his broker. He hasn’t got money enough to do it. You have sold 20,- 000 shares for him, and he’ll lose every dollar he owns,” said Blum, who thought Dick was sell- ing short solely to break the market price. “I know it, for I ‘know the syndicate can hold out, and Kester will raise the price so high that the boy will be ruined. But I’m going to Save him if it costs me every dollar I’m wo “You!” cried Howard, in astonishnienic “Yes. I owe that boy my freedom—my safety. I intend to pay the debt. Kester and Einstein are out for his scalp, but they shan’t get it. Pve got half a million in the hasik: Here’s my check for every dollar of it. Sell S. & T. right ahead in Willett’s name. I am lending him this money. With my money you can break the syndicate, but Willett alone could never do it, Sell, sell, and save the boy.” Kester, with a confident smile, had been push- ing S. & T. up to 110. Howard jumped in and resumed selling at a rate that swept Kester off his feet in five minutes and the Ex- change in an uproar. In five minutes more a panic ensued and S. & T. tumbled head over heels, and never stopped till it reached 85. The syndicate was ruined to a man. Dick had made more than a million, but half of it came through Blum’s money. When Kester realized that the (a was responsible for the slump, he rushed up to sg office, with blood in his eye and a revolver n his pocket. “You have ruined me and all of us, you young hound!” he shouted. “But you shall not live to profit by it!” He drew his gun as the boy stood beside the ticker and, opened fire, pumping six bullets in succession at him, as Jessie sprang up with a succession of thrilling screams that startled the whole floor in connection with the shots. When — , instead of a lifeless bo re was a demolish ticker, behind which Di had taken quick refuge as his only barrier against the furious man. en Dick sprang on Kester and threw him on the floor, where he held = till the firstcomers of the crowd that surged into the office secured him. Jessie had fainted dead away. When she came to, ten minutes later, she found herself in her lover’s arms. aon _ Dick!” she screamed. “You are not Look penn intin, “T was saved bet the ticker.” she the smoke cleared awa “No, sweetheart. wrecked indicator. ‘There is little more to add. ~he 4 had made his — left Wall Street and sei 5 his money in a less business. was of age he married Jessie and a ze oe cannot be found in New Yi ay. ‘ When — io ogre

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FAME AND FORTUNE 21 CURRENT NEWS CASEY’S PIPE KILLS FISH Nick Martin, one of the seinemen at the Mil- - lion Dollar Pier, Atlantic City. N. J., while help- ing to draw in the big net at the end of the season, lost his favorite pipe from his teeth as he leaned over the railing. There was a swirl and a splash about the spot where the pipe hit the water imside the net. The husky netmen finished their haul and started to sort the hundreds of finny beauties in the troughs. zi One ainanes noticed a wide bulge at the gills of a big cod. When he picked the fish up he found Martin’s “mickey,” known as a “Casey’s pipe,” crosswise through the gills. The cod had either choked to death or been overcome the first time he hit the pipe. He was dead as a _ doornail. “TEST BATTERIES WITH A Boy BPO tS ay from home and have to dea i, with ah aire Meters of which the polarity — marki are obliterated, here is a simple test that will instantly reveal to you which is the positive and which the negative pole. It is 6 given by Windsor Crowell in the Popular Sei hly. aoe a ceck Thies cut a slice off one side, and stick the terminal qs pee ee gata on i e in eee rr turn sty ai This is the Delis inte, therefore the other is the negx- ae you have no potato handy to make das follows: Pour a little of the . Dteckde: ‘solution from the battery into a glass, place both wires in it, well apart, and Blass tch the bubbles rise from them. Many more will rise from the negative side than from the Fs i ee VENTURES OF A BANK NOTE passing down , a 1,000- note. cked up by a chair- ; who lives “pe eg eit nel y in eded bd tage sg hae often that a chair- ion to change a note for that has occasion g' ing the im : d without detection, the business for the ‘ 7 ‘resemble $10 and $20 bills, “by the agents who have been . his Pay envelope. One of ARREST KEEPER OF “TRICK. SALOON” Revenue agents who have been operating in Brooklyn, N. Y., led Peter Muller of 1033 Gates avenue before United States Commissioner Henessey the other day and reported him as owning the first trick saloon located. They de- clared, they entered his place, and, in spite of a spring board and several yards of string, de- vices alleged to have been prepared for the pur- pose of destroying evidence, they were able te accuse him of having sixteen glasses of whiskey, and a three quart pitcher, also fully loaded. Muller and his bartender, William F. were held in $1,000 bail for further examina- tion. : The Muller bar, viewed from behind the scenes, the agents said, resembled nothing so much ag a circus trapeze before it is sent aloft. i | declared a pitcher of booze was balanced so. t a slight tug on the string leading to the con- tainer’s handle would send it crashing on the floor. The springboard, they explained, was in readiness to send glasses of whiskey into oblivion.. Neither Muller nor the bartender had time to Bull the string or jump on the board, it was stated. ARTIST WIFE were COUNTERFEIT _ When Ormond Danais, employed in the Rem- | ington plant, Bridgeport, Conn., was arrested charged with circulating $1 Federal reserve notes that had been carefully painted over to is wife, Mary, a miniature painter, came forward and attempted to shoulder all the blame herself, even after her husband in his confession had sought to incrim- inate her. © She admitted that with the aid of high-grade inks and the most delicate of Ss and brushes she had altered many notes. e chief excuse advanced by her and her husband was that they had four erase eeeeren to support on his salary of a wee The workmanship on the altered bills is said ili Donais for months past to have been remarkable. The first was passed last October, and the man, when questioned, said that he must have got it through a company from which he had bor- rowed. Since then he has lance day and night. The Secret Service men say that he passed another note at a Milford drug store, and still another at Mendel’s oe ae = the Kale se Mian higglaoee= 2 New Yor Ity. ey he. on, iowever, un certain he had no confederates. Last week they arranged with ton Company to slip two marked thé autos Soe $1 bills into as a $10 note at _ Bank, and Do been under Surveil-

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22 Lost On Mt. Erebus’ JOR = A Boy Explorer At the South Pole By GASTON GARNE (A> Serial Story) CHAPTER III.—({Continued) The ship was: gradually brought, about on the star-board tack and passed, headed westward, with her bow almost shaving an iceberg so big that the “Discovery” herself looked like a toy boat in comparison. To the southward a wall of mist, sleet and snow hid. everything, and Rucker’s incredulity became rampant a. He walked the bridge, with the weather tur- moi! whirling all about, and voiced his contempt for those who pretended to see land. “We're in Wendell Sea, if the reckoning’s right. These bergs always look like land to skeery ‘eyes. But in my opinion fifty miles south would leave this ship with fifty more twixt her an s “What would yan advise, Rucker?” queried Barclay, who much respect for the chief mate’s polar knowl Rucker claimed to have made two Arctic voy- ages before, and had been on whaling expeditions in the Antarctic. ‘Nouble the watch fore and aft. Puta live man in each top. Have the searchlight kept on tap from the wireless room; though I don’t see much use, a to et uneasy nerves. Your daughter is with us. Maybe Miss Madge worries you. “Who is that t my name in vain?” said that bok d itl, ois her storm costume, bob- i between her father and Mr. Rucker. ge, Madge—this won’t do.” Her parent ¢ you mean by fol- salt, father.” She “T’m fixed for bad u fire er knows I—I despise er iaaee thieves’ auihrate, Mad iy ant ou ge the so tight that he could only Yll not fo ss ge rget your a addressed the captain. “TI from bergs and floes,.we have plenty And, i the precautions T have d, we are ht for the night.” oo il Sink so, I will go below ‘s of sleop. The uncertainty of our r= vag constantly on the 5 s . the shadowy forms FAME AND FORTUNE go by, and with your former experiences down here, I feel safer.” “Aye, sir. Trust to me. Go below again and take a nap. By morning I hope the weather will be clearer.” : Now that her father was leaving, Madge also went. At, the foot of the bridge, they met Haw- ley, who assisted the girl to the companionway, at the same time whispering in her ear: ae awake, if you can. Mr. Rucker insists we have sea room enough, but I am sure I heard “the sound of the surf breaking on our left as we wore ship.” “Have you anything to communicate, Mr. Haw- ley?” asked the captain rather ceremoniously for him. “Your station is forward, I think.” At this palpable rebuke Joe saluted, but as he turned he felt the girl’s pressure of his hand. “TJ was only helping Miss Madge to the stair,” he said. “It is very rough walking.” “All the more reason that you should be at your post, sir. Good night.” The two descended, and Hawley hurried forward, muttering: ; “Tf that is not a complete turn down, I never had one.” 3 However, he soon forgot the rebuff in the grow- ing anxieties of his position as officer in charge of the forward watch. All was now quiet on the ship, so far as human sounds went. Only the watch remained; two- thirds of the weary crew being in their bunks, owing to the sense of security imparted by the opinions of Rucker and the reckoning obtained that afternoon. The chief mate walked the bridge. Aft, Mr. Ord was in charge. Some further time elapsed. Hawley, pausing in his walk beside the lookout in the bow, again thought he heard the sullen crash of waves on rocks. ; “Keep. your eyes peeled,” he admonished the sailor. “Also your ears, especially to port. There lies our present danger.” He walked to the ratlines and ran up into the fore top, the gale flattening him against shrouds. ‘Do you hear anything suspicious to port?” he demanded of the man stationed there. “Sounds like the surf now and then, off here- away, sir.” The sailor pointed southwest, a point off the ship’s present course. awley listened with all his might. His fears ew. “Don’t relax your watch,” he cautioned. “I’m going to turn on the searchlight.” ight you are, sir. I’ve been a bit uneasy‘ for some time.” The man shifted his quid as he lay in the top, clinging to his slender support and shelter. > Running back anne the deck, Hawley could sce of Rucker and the steersman outlined from the bridge. “Tf I tell him, he won't consent,” thought ihe * lad, darting into the small wireless closet under the bridge, for the “Discovery” was fitted with a Mareoni apparatus, and Hawley, sto his other tasks; added that of being the operator. He now turned on the electricity for the searchlight, Went . out, shut the door behind him, and felt his arm sped by some one. ; “S-sh! It’s me. JT could not rest below, and father is sear 9 i a Peay 5 a 7 : rah,

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FAME AND FORTUNE’ 23 THE NEWS IN SHORT ARTICLES. FRENCH ARMY MAY NUMBER 700,000 MEN. : An army of 700,000 men must be maintained _ by France until enemy countries “show their good will by executing the terms of their treaties,” in : the opinion of government officials, says an As- sociated Press dispatch from Paris. Plans in con- _ templation call for 50,000 conscripts constantly _ under training, eighteen months’ service being re- quired of e man. Enlisted ce and conscripts Will receive pay equal to the wages earned by industrial workers, less the cost of food and lodg- ing provided by the government. It is expected that a bill to carry out this program will be in- troduced in the Chamber in June next. AKRON GAINS 139,368. With an increase of 139,368 in its population during the last decade, Akron, Ohio, with a 1920 Cehsus-population of 208,435 ne ahead of Kansas City, Kan., Dayton, Memphis, Nashville, Syracuse and Albany. Akron’s total incrgase was the largest in number thus far repo in the fourteerith census, ° * Rankine as the eighty-first city in 1910, Ak- Ton’s rate of growth in the last ten years was 201.8 per cent., which places it now just below St. Paul, which is the next largest city having feported this year, with 234,595. Wichita, Kan., with a 1920 census of 72,128, shows ati increase of 19,678 or 37.5 per cent. : : VAST FORTIFICATIONS OF METZ, Journal of the U An article by Colonel E. M. Blake,/C. A.; in the - were set off electrically and the gas-well fire was divided into three sections.. The section at the point of explosion was moved away from the colurmin in a horizontal direction, the upper sec- tion was blown upward and beyond danger of ignition of the gas column, while the lower sec- tion was snuffed out just like a candle. FISHING WITH HANDS It is hard to believe that human beings can become expert énough at swimming and diving to be able to catch fish in their watery homé; yet it is so. The native Hawaiians are the ones who do it, and it is a common sight in the districts that are not densely populated to seé men, women and children engaged in thus catching fish, shrimp and crabs. | Sometimes they crouch in shallow water and feel around-thé coral and lava bottom for the creatures. So skillful have they become by prac- tice that even the swiftest-fish rarely eseape. They can seize a crab and jerk him out of his rocky lair before he can use his claws. The Hawaiiahs) are assisted in this mode of fishing by the fact that many species of Pacific Ocean fish hide themselves in clefts in the rocks and lie there when danger threatens. This habit is utilized by the men and boys ‘ to catch those fish which live in deep water. They, tie a bag around their waists and‘ dive straight down to the bottom. There they hold fast to a rock with one hand, to keep themselves on bottom, and with the other feel and grope in the erevi¢es-or under the overhanging rock ledges, till they get their hands around a fish. Then. they put him into the bag and grope for another one until they have to ascend for air. A daring kind of fishing is that fot the octo- pus. The Hawaiian dives to the bottom and pokes a stick into crevices. and*holes in which - the octopus loves to hide When the stick touches one of the ugly things it invariably takes ho so tightly with its teritaeles that it ca dragged forth. The moment the fisherman h that hanied 1 qué, he lets Himself ascena He goes up so fast that ve the angry and stubborn deyil-fish has i age mind to let go its hold on the stick. é en he reaches the ace the Hawaiian grabs the octopus and instantly bités deep into its head, thiis killing the brute at: once. Another rather daring form of fishing is that for the ila, a species of lobster. en the Pr i down for this )

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THE GOLD FIEND By Kit Clyde. “Gold! gold!” muttered the sentinel to himself as he paced the dreary battlements. “Gold! What would I not do to possess this?” He glanced down at the giecinn Sights in the neighboring citadel and breathed a heavy sigh. “And if I had gold, the glittering ore,” he added reflectively, “what good would it do me? Would it not fly from my hands like chaff—like many a good coin of the precious metal done before? And yet methinks I would be more careful of it; I would treasure it more than I erto done. “IT would make a god of it,” he went on. “Wor- ship it, and no longer would I pace these lonely lemen my feet crunching in the frozen snow, m phos blanched with the wintry wind, and my as stiff as the handle of a battle- axe. “No, no! I would enjoy myself, spend the old Yuletide as other folks. Ah, me!” (here sighed), “T would sell myself to the Evil One only allowed to pass the remainder of my life in comfort.” He timidly around him, As tgp utterance rather loudly to his . thoughts fancied he heard the rustling of Ger thane Seite np te tke Gack e won y up e towers * hes him. Presently he heard a footstep. was not pris sasa bar thé» as figure stood ew t shade of a buttress. ys be clutched his halberd and but he started with a answering the descri of the foul Acts ption ‘ou would have fled, but he was rooted spot until the voice of the Ee ef abt 5 i E ? F i zi 3: id F F i Lil Ei fl i : i 4 E i 3 | i FAME AND FORTUNE The soldier trembled violently even to the chat- tering of his teeth. “Listen; my second request is that you will mention no name but mine when you are in dan- ger, or stand in need of spiritual aid. Do you promise?” “I do,” replied the sentinel, his voice. sounding hoarsely on the sharp wintry air. The next instant he was alone, anxiously awaiting the hour of his relief, and eager to as- certain the truth in regard’ to the silver coffin and its precious contents, At the first opportunity he left the castle and sought the sexton of the church, who was busy filling in a grave, and the soldier begged of him to let him enter the chapel. This time-honored and sacred pile had once been the chapel of a wealthy monastic order, sup- pressed at the period of the Reformation, and near the altar was a shrine where pilgrims from every clime formerly resorted owing to its in- closing a fragment of the true cross. There, mingled unceremoniously together, were mitres, crosiers, shields, spears, battinures, and helmets, emblems of conquests and honors and dignities that had long passed away. The setting sun cast his mellow radiance through the richly painted western window, and tipped with the living luster some of the figures, which were of the size of life and finely sculptured, and as the restless and agitated soldier gazed at them he thought ‘if those they represented were living what tales of mingled joy and sorrow they could tell. Having traversed the chapel and affected to be deeply interested in every detail, the soldier again approached the sexton, who now with low- ered head, appeared to be reading the inserip- tion on a tablet in the center aisle. “No—po,” said the sexton, “you ¢annot there; not for the world. Our bargain is oss why son” a ag the soldi so eman soldier, haughtl and with some , for the thirst fo was burning his vitals. “I am not accustomed to refusals when I state my wishes. Lead the way, old man.” ‘ I dare not; our worthy priest is most-particu- lar concerning the sanctity of the dead. ™M lace would not be worth a groat were I to ak is anger. refuse me?” demanded the soldier, ~

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FAME AND FORTUNE ou?” said the soldier, placing a gold piece in his fend and yet another. “Surely these will aid me to so simple a boon?” The sexton struggled hard against temptation, but the gold felt so heavy, so compact, so smooth, that he faltered. “Well,” said he, drawing a long, heavy sigh, “if T must, I must; but I would rather it should not be, for I feel a presentiment that no good will come of it.” : “Then here is another piece to put on thy Patron’s shrine. What say you now: ’ The aged man spoke not another word. Taking the key from a hook, he led the way to the ponderous door, and unlocked and opened it. The vault was large and gloomy, but dry and free from gaseous air, so that the lamp burned clear, and the soldier could see the escutcheons, hatchments, and other funeral emblems decorat- ing the walls, referring to those who were calmly sleeping in the closed-up recesses, while coffins, pile upon pile, occupi the center, forming it into passages, and one short, massive pillar, like those sometimes seen in the crypts of ancient churches, supported the roof. “Well, sir,” said the sexton, when he had an- swered the soldier such questions as he could, “are you satisfied now? You have seen all that - mortal can view with his eyes.” “Nay, there you are wrong,” replied the sol- dier, with a false attempt to le. “I have not yet accomplished that for w: ch I have so hand- Somely paid—the coffin of one in whose service my ndsire fought should be here, and I have itecided | to stay until I discover it.” “Good heavens!” gasped the sexton in alarm. - “Remain here! when I am already shivering as if Thad been seized with the chill of death?” “You need not ies A retorted soldier, scornfully. “You fhe 27 e of your duty a while since; remember it is Yond of a soldier’s duty to ear death.” In fact, he was eager test the genuineness of the gold he had so easily obtained, and that was why he was so anxious to get away. _ “Now you are here, sir,” he fawningly said. “T am totally in your power. I cannot compel you to leave—say, do you think you will have finished your search in about an hour or so?” reply. “Then I will leave you, and return to lock up the chapel before night.” In amazement at the soldier’s resolution and choice, the sexton ; but, being unwilling to leave the stranger in uncontrolled possession of the sacred edifice, he turned the key of the 4 it in the lock, and then locked the outer door. roe Hind, safe find,’ is my motto,” he mut- locked also the ard gates. - be, I wonder? He looks like one of fellowship issued from the door, which stood so invitingly open, he sauntered in. “How now, Master Maddock?” said the host, when he served him with a pint of the best, and was tendered a bright glittering coin; “is busi- ness flourishing, or have you been idle and taken to Christmas boxing? The sexton = e, “Qh,” said on one of his dry, short laughs. “] have Christmas-boxed and worked hard into the bargain, and having done that, I think I have a right to regale myself merrily.” “So you have,” returned the host; “you have for many years attended to the comforts of those who are past comforting themselves, and w shouldn’t you attend a little to your own com- forts.” With this bit of flattery Master Maddock joined the jovial company, and “only one pint ted so frequently that at last he joined in the choruses, got awfully jolly, and was more!” was carried home, His wife—good ‘soul!—had not seen him so jolly (save the mark!) for many a long year, and as she was told he had been making a sonable merrymaking with some friends, she put him of his But on the morning of the follo trembling in every limb, and apprehending he knew not what, he hurried to locked the v stone No sound answered, so he took a scended in search of the ‘visitor, but ttle sea- Idest bed without more ; day, e church, un- ault, and shouted down the narrow ht and de- horrible spectacle that there awaited him haunted the old sexton to his dying day. As he paused on the bottom step, and moved the light so as to examine around, he, to his hor- ror, beheld the form of the once valiant soldier ed on the stones at his feet. But it was by the dress alone that the sexton recognized the soldier of the previous day. He was so marred, mutilated, and dis red that no feature could be recognized, even by his own comrades, and no marvel. Rats in thousands, and in myriad him, and by his broken sword and that lay dead around him it was evident that his resistance had been gallant and protracted; but it availed him nothing. is, had assailed the multitudes Little of him remained, and that little was so torn and gnawed that it was painful for humanity to gaze upon. all, was a blood- gh some horrid

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FAME AND FORTUNE 27 : : ITEMS. OF GENERAL INTEREST BURNING BOY AT STAKE. at they were “only playing” was the defense Me by Darrel Pool, aged eleven, and Kenneth Baker, eleven, when they were arfaigned in the Juvenile Court, Lancaster, O., April 17, charged with attempting to burn Charles Kneller, aged jten, a newsboy, at the stake early this week. They said they thought the Kneller ot would as able to stamp out the flames with his feet hen they left ‘ : Both Some were found delinquent by Judge Acto Baker was put on probation and Pool Pelengda: Kneller was Ba, burned when the two boys tied him to a e and built a fire ‘about him. He will recover. MICE ATE RECORDS One of the newest pleas received by Walter Edwards, Chief of the Income Tax Department, St. Louis, Mo., for an extension of time by a corporation in filing the Federal income tax re- ~tuims came in the other day from an Osage - County corporatiop, whose officers stated ey could not file an exact return of its 1919 busi- ness because the mice had eaten up the rec- _ords of the company. : _ Im an effort to- substantiate the claim of the company, the local Osage County Deputy Collec- tor examined the records of the company and ‘send word to the St. Louis office that the claim _ was true, that “the mice had got it.” The ex- ' tension was granted. IRL SHORN OF RINGS. he Miss th Taylor of No. 1022 Bella Vista ‘Avenue, Oakland, Cal., feels herself the pos- , rings,,one of them a diamond engagement ring, oe : Be ‘was awakened ‘by the baretae but feared : 7 Se Seuetnce 8 a me oe Miss Taylor called her father, ‘ML. P. Taylor, ‘ together they rushed the burglar, who fled, i wal the silver and dropping both rings in ‘* ) Be <tr ; : - ght, saw ge mond # ing on ’s fingers to take ee off... : both rings the man walked began to help himself to the peor ay will be unable to release his hand. It is claimed that the Indians formerly eniployed this device as a handcuff for prisoners, using several for each hand, and leading the captives by the fin- gers. Few tourists are permitted to leave Roseau without a wife catcher, for which a six- pence is willingly exchanged. SCORNS SHOTGUN Gus Smith, an expert archer of Eden, Wis., scorns shotguns when he goes hunting. He kere armed only with his bow and arrows. e was tramping through the woods near his home when his quiver caught on a bush, but he thought little of it and did not believe that his arrows. were dama Soon, in an open field, he made a hasty selection of an arrow and shot it at a partridge on the wing, only a short dis- tance away. He noticed the arrow describing a wide curve, but the partridge made a quick turn and was knocked down. The arrow, however, had oply struck a glancing blow and kept going. It described a wide circle, coming back to the place where Smith stood, the same as a boom- erang, and killed a rabbit which had jumped up just behind Smith. Smith picked up the rabbit and ran to where the stunned: partridge lay, catching it before it recovered. amination showed that the feath- ers on the arrow had been kriocked askew when his. quiver struck the bush and that they had made a rudder which carried it in the circle. DEATH VALLEY AT PRESENT Death Valley, once the terrot of the tiavelér in the Southwest and the last testing place of _ Maany prospectors, is being made safe for travel both day and night. This erstwhile barrier to human progress has been conquered by the automobile. Tts trackless waste of sand has been signposted and its hid- ** den waterholes marked by Uncle Sam. Not content merely with making the desert easy to cross for travelers in gavlight the Automobile Club of Southern Califo is going futther and in p signs in such er that the is of headlights from passing machihes will fall upon them and guide the night tourist as safely and surely as the day traveler. The club also will st all lateral routes set of ro

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FAME AND FORTUNE A FEW GOOD ITEMS MONKEY PRANKS Whether the monkey really needed glasses or the attention .of an oculist, or whether he thought he could eat specks, will never be known, but there is one thing John Page of Garland does know, and that is he is out $20 he paid for glasses a short time ago, and all be- cause a monkey in the zoo, decided it would like to have them. Page was inspecting the simian exhibit rather closely. In fact, he had his face against the ‘cage. While he was watching one monkey cut some capers, another snatched the glasses from his face. The monkey tried to fit them on its own nose. They did not suit—probably the vi- sion was wrong. ‘Then the monkey tried to eat them. When its teeth failed to masticate the glass and gold the anima! slammed them on the concrete floor of the cage and shattered them into a thousand pieces. It then twisted the frame to pieces, be- _fore the keeper came. PIGEONS USED IN | FOREST During the recent severe forest fires in cer- tain sections of the West, carrier pigeons were successfully employed to convey messages from the fire-fighters “at the front” to headquarters, says American Forestry. The test of the birds for this use was on a limited scale, but has en- couraged the Forest Service officials to believe a larger scale, The iment lends special interest to a | lan which is being considered for co-operation Fatween the Department of culture and the Navy Department, under which carrier pigeons and equipment of the latter department may be- come available. To establish a successful car- GHTING WESTERN FIRES posts located and get the birds S d mated eir i Flights of 600 miles in a day have been made, while a distance of 1 iy cok cadiag cneete 7a tee. or 5 three hour flight for the average bird. Since the which would be covered in Forest ting 4 areas to would be co y less ve than miles. The value of the birds would ; be cularly | sm ang mountainous regions ; where travel is __ PIGEONS SNARED BY THOUSANDS The pioneers of Michigan “and other States of sadl fre days when in this n sands only to waste them. After the first railroads. were built, the pigeon crop of several Michigan counties was worth more than their wheat crop. Few people of to- day realize or can imagine the magnitude of these mighty nestings of the birds. A pigeon nesting would often extend for many miles north, east, south and west. undreds of nests would’ adorn every tree and the noise from the home- coming and departing birds would be'so great that it was often impossible to ca: on an ordi- nary conversation in the woods. igeon catch- ing and killing became an industry. Carload after carload was shipped to New York and Eastern cities and dead pigeons were often piled up until they appeared like small hay stacks. Trappers from all parts of the country jour- neyed to the Michigan eldorado for the purpose of catching the bi They did it, when a large eatch was desired, with a net, 16 to 18 feet wide and 80 to 40 feet long. This was arranged with ropes and spring poles, so that when a number of the birds had alighted in the lar spot to which they had os lured b of the stool-pigeon, the spring leased and the net pulled over the spot where the birds had settled, covering the whole number, Few people who see the expression “stool- pigeon” realize how closely its commonly ac- cepted meaning follows the truth. After the spring poles had been bent back and the net covered with light grass so it would not be visi- ble to the birds, a wild pigeon which had been kept alive to act as stool-pigeon was brought into particu- y means les were re- service, ends of the thread were twisted of the bird’s head and the pigeon was blindfolded for use. The pe a gad y my strings were and set on forefinger, — It was raised up, and then the hand brought : down quickly to see whether the bird would : hover properly, When one was found that — would suit, it was fastened by the boots to a : . would often go into the hills and ‘kill thousands of the birds without a gun, slaughtering thou- : pad about as large as the h near the centre of the bed to which the birds in trees within sight were attracted to the bed, which had been scat- tered with wheat or buckwheat. When the bed had become filled with pigeons the spring pole was pulled and the net carried over, there being — sufficient spring in the poles to spread it fully. Most trappers bit the birds’ necks to kill them. a used a pair of pincers for the same purpose. It was not uncommon to take from 500 to 1,000 birds at a single haul, and the sport, with a good. i dered enchanting. ,

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FAME AND FORTUNE F FROM ALL POINTS LICENSE TAGS FOR CATS. i Under an ordinance which has been proposed ng by the Butte County Humane Society cats of i Chico, Cal., face a curtailment of their custom- ¥ ary freedom. The ordinance would require cats - to wear license tags, and owners would be held responsible for midnight prowlings. It also pro- ; vides that all. cats found roaming around at night be placed in the pound. : CRAZED BRONCO KILLS BOY | | Bdward J. Heater, nine years old, was _ dragged through the streets of Matamoras, Pa., and over the State road more than four miles to his death recently by a bronco. The boy had the animal in a lot near his home, where it was -. eating grass, and. was holding it by a halter when the halter paapyed fast, entangling the -boy, who was trampled to death by the fright- ened animal. Citizens and several automobiles . gave chase and cornered the pony after an hour’s yun, which involved the smash-up of one of the - ears. The boy’s head was crushed and many -_- bones broken. . His parents witnessed. the tragedy. ers ‘FARMER SAVES AIRMAN ‘ 3 J. T. Murphy, who came to Bellefonte, Pa., from Cleveland several days ago to pilot an air- lane over the aerial mail route, was seriously _ injured when his machine went into a tail spin and fell a distance of 400 feet. As the machine struck the ground the gas tank exploded and 3 ‘into flames. The aviator was saved from being burned to death by Boyd Sampsel, a farm- er, who cut the straps holding Murphy and pulled him out of the burning machine. - Sampsel was also painfully burned. 2 ' 4 STRANGE TRAGEDY The discovery on the Yacht Ostara, stranded : - Sulinao: of the mouths of Danube, of th dead sant eleven noted Russian men and Pliaioa ,000 rubles'in in still grasped a bo was found, nie wheth- ol in =“MOVING PICTURE STORIES” A Weekly Magazine Devoted te Photoplays and ids sail ree Fu og Mine Reveens*blegane ‘t put their belongings on board the Ostara, which was then towed by a Russian steamship bound for Constanza. The tow ropes broke several times, owing to severe storms, and finally the yacht lost the steamer altogether and proceeded to Constanza. The refugees were refused permission to land. It is believed, as a result of the investigation so far made, that after the yacht lost its tow it drifted at the mercy of the storm, and the refugees, six men and five women became ex- hausted from the cold waves breaking over the vessel and lack of food. Unable to manage the yacht the party made a despairing effort to put her ashore on the desolate beach near Sulina. There they succeeded in launching small boats, but Rumanian guards, under strict orders to permit no landing through fear of the Bolshe- viki, ordered them to return to the vessel. It appears that some coast fishermen offered a rescue when the vessel began settling, owing to the pounding of the heavy seas, but soldiers prevented. How the families met their death probably never will be known. Some money and valuables the refugees had on board were | missing when the valuables the refugees had on board were checked up, and Rumania has been asked to attempt to recover them. King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Rumania have taken a great interest in the investigation, because when the royal family was driven into exile and the capital removed to Jassy, the King and eee were offered the magnificent home of the Falzfeins across the Bessarabian border. The Falzfeins belonged to one of the ancient families of German Mennonite colonists who settled in the province of Kherson at the invi- tation of the Russian government. —e—eaaaeaes=saoS}.Nn—eoa=“=aecaSSS “MYSTERY MAGAZINE” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A CO) — LATEST IssuES —~ + THE CASE OF DOCTOR BRICE, by Mary R. BP, THE PHANTOM MOTOR, by Laura Reid Mont- THE BLACKJACK, by Wm. Hamilton Osborne. THE Tysmudion SBCRSGy ith, Fhy Beaty THE SECRET OF THE SEALED BOOK, by Ethel THE CLUB OF STEEL, by Willis Lathrop. ALIAS LOUIS VARDON, by Wiliam Hamilten EN LIPTLE GOLD SPIDER? by Cecil Burtegh, FRANK TOUSEY, Pub. 168 W. 23d St, N. Y.. eR garegea _ PRICE SEVEN CENTS PER COPY - erly Fao Aged ¥,

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