Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 792) (1920 12 03)

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+ SS 44-7 2 ean DECEMBER 3, 1920 No. 792. eas: 2 STORIES OF Boys THAT MAKE MONEY. RPHOSMART 1 YOUNG B BROKERS EY MADE A MILLION > (A WALL StReET StoRy By A Self-Made Dick opened the door and scavtedl to enter the office, followed by Miss Treadwell. Su vicious-looking dogs darted from behind the desk and rushed at the intrude Though taken by surprise. Dick raised his umbrélla to defend himself.

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a. : | A all ao AG APE = -Insued FAME reir E No, 792. ww YORK, DECEMBER 3, 1920. . Shay and Smart, the Young Brokers AND HOW THEY MADE A MILLION { Price 7 Cen Ss i BY A SELF-MADE MAN _ CHAPTER I.—Dick Sharp and Bobby Smart. ulations cut no ice with any one but ourselves. ye: ; Isn’t that right?” =< “Hello, Dick! You don’t seem to be doing your “It is.” __ regular rush act,” said Bobby Smart, a chipper- “Jobs don’t last forever, anyway, and I was ~ ooking lad, ‘pausing in front of his particular sharp enough to try and make.a little hay while end, Dick Sharp, who was standing at the cor- Mer cf Wall and Nassau streets, one day about __ moon, with the air of a person who had nothing a Aa alge to occupy his attention. ; “Neither do you, old man,” replied Dick, with 3 _-agrin. “Is business slow at your shop?” _ _ “Not thay I know of. The fact is, I’ve been S i What “for?” asked Dick, in some sur- _~ “For cause. The boss said I was too’smart for his office, so he advised me, politely but firmly, ~ -to get out.” < ick laughed. ‘ —. “Tt never rains but it pours,” he said. - “What do you mean by that?” “ve just been fired, too.” “You have?” gasped Bobby. “What for, in your case?” f “Mr. Thompson said I was too sharp to suit - his methods, so he politely and firmly bounced “me right off the reel.” “Well, this is a surprise for fair. Sharp and _ Smart both thrown out of good jobs on the same _ day because they’re too much like their names. 4 “Why, we thought our bosses couldn’t get along without ” ~ us, _. Oh, they’ll miss us before the week is out,” ‘said Dick confidently. - “Pm not so sure of that. They say nobody is so fine that his equal can’t be found to fill his s) hoes. n - “Nobody will fill oy Saat but myself. What are you going to do, Bobby?” - 4 7 & I haven't thought about the matter. One thing is certain: I won’t have to eat snowballs, at any ite.” — . ‘ camer neither’ of us will, with our little J can guess why you were bounced—for “the same reason I was—because you are specu- ng on the outside” 8 / ee hat’s right. Mr. Barclay sai€ he wouldn’t for such puesere : * we hadn’t speculated, we wouldn’t be sma ists at this moment. ee Di par- just as mine is, Neither has any reason at the way we attended to our work. We right up to the handle, and our spec- e — 4 the sun shone. You were smart enough to do the same. Well, we’ve got the hay, what there is of it, so who cares for either Thompson or Barclay?” : “T don’t care a rap.” “That’s the way to talk. The next thing is to get busy.” “In what way?” “The right way. Now that we’ve been fired, I propose that we join hands and our capital, rent an office and) hang out our shingle—Sharp & Smart, Brokers. What do you say? Speak quick. Opportunity doesn’t kfock every day at a fellow’s door. He’s rapping hard at ours at this moment. the glad hand. Come on now, wake up and say yes or no.” _ “I'm with you, Dick,” said Bobby, with enthu- siasm, “I never would have thought of the idea, but J believe in it just the same. Sharp & Smart is a live name to do-business under, and we'll be a live firm, bet your life. If there ever were any flies on either of us J haven’t seen them even in the good old summer time.” / “Shake on it, Bobby!” said Dick, and the two boys’ clasped hands. \ “I’ll buy a copartnership blank, fill jt out and then we'll both sign it. Come on. 4 % They visited a stationery store, got the blank and Dick filled in the document in proper form and they both signed it. “Now we'll go and hunt up an office and startle Wall Street with the news that a new brokerage firm such as Sharp. & Smart are on the job,” said Bobby. “We'll do that, all right, then we’ll each send our late bosses a copy ofthe advertisement, un- der cover of an envelope a | a two-cent stamp just to make’ them sit up and take notice.” ee know what Barclay will say when he sees i “And I can guess what Thompson will say when he sees 1U;* L 2 ~ “They may feel sorry that they bounced two I shall let him in and givé him * % such sharp and smart chaps like us, but their Ea sorrows will come too late.” ; : The boys visited several office buildings before they found a suitable room that was awaiting a | w

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= er = a € ees ‘ tenant. Then they found themselves up against - a difficulty—the superintendent of the building, when he learned that the two boys wanted to rent it, said that he only leased his offices to responsible persons. “How do you know but we are perfectly +e- sponsible?” said Dick. r “J don’t know; but boys, as a rule, are not usually financially responsible.” “There are exceptions to every rule. We are the exceptions. We have the money to pay the rent. What more do you want?” - “If you can bring me a guarantee that the rent will be paid regularly up to the first of next May, I'll lease you the office,” said the su- perintendent. : “You won’t»rent us the room without the guar- antee?” ' “No, I'd rather not.” 3 > “T don’t know that we can furnish the guaran- tee you want. If we can we will; if we can’t, we will look somewhere else for an office,” said Dick. “I know a broker named White whom I’ve done several favors for. I'll go and ask him to stand _+ — for us.” os : Dick led the way over to White’s office. He was a well-known Curb trader. Dick sent his name in to him and was admitted to his private room, a “Hello, Sharp! What can I do for you?” asked Broker White. ; = “A favor. You told me once if I wanted such — a thing to call on you,” said Dick, in a business- ~~ like way. ~~ “What favor do you want?” : : “T’m going in business with a friend of mine and-we want to hire a small room in the Dixon '_ Building. We’ve got a paid-in capital of $5,600. The superintendent wants a guarantee that we'll pay the rent up to next May. Will you give it for us?” = Dick told him, hee i “What kind of business are you going into? “Brokerage.” White whistled. _ d “So you've got tired nage for Thompson and want te be your own boss, eh?” . - “No; Thompson got tired of me because I in ie dicate you?” “Did he e : _ “He certainly did,” admitted ’ “When?” “At eleven o’clock to-day.” “Why?” — “Because I’ve been speculating in the market.” - “And now you're figuring on embarking in the brokerage busingss yourself with a partner?” *That’s right: ; ‘ -_ “You don’t seem to have lost any time. It’s hardly two o’clock now.” - ~ “J never let the grass grow under my feet, Mr. White.” ~y bie kd A i ma, {~ Dick frankly. (2 SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS “Do you expect, as a firm of boy brokers, that you will do any business?” : “Do we? Well, if Sharp & Smart don’t make a — success, it won’t be for the want of trying—and trying hard, too. We're going to show our late bosses that they lost a pair of excellent employ- ees, because they weren’t sharp or smart to keep them. owever, what is their loss be our gain.” = ; “You seem to be certain of that,” said White, somewhat amused at the boy’s assurance, 5 “Yes, sir. We’re going into business to win, and that’s a large part of the battle. A faint heart is always handicapped. Our hearts are loaded up with nerve, push and the conviction — that all things come to those who hustle. If ~ you care to help us to that room we will give you the privilege of doing the firm of Sharp & Smart a favor that they will appreciate, and — which some day they may be able to return to you with interest. If you don’t care to assume — the responsibility, say so. We may not get that — room, but we'll get another somehow, for we're — right on the job with both feet.” ee ; “I’m ready to do you a favor personally, Sharp, even to the extent you ask, but as I have no par- A ticular interest in your partner, not being = uainted with him, I would rather go soe or you than for the firm,” said Broker White. “I don’t want the favor personally. Besides, ~ the firm is worth twice as much as I am individu- — ally. If you do anything at all, it will have tet be for Sharp & Smart; but of course I will fully appreciate it myself, and you may consider \ ee done me the favor, if you wish,” Ses ick, = “Very well. Just step out in the counting-room — and ask my stenographer to come in here. I will — dictate a letter to the superintendent of the Dix- — on Building, guaranteeing the responsibility of © the firm of Sharp & Smart to the extent of the — rest of the room in question until the first of — next May.” Pr aie “Thank you, sir, and Sharp & Smart stand ~~ ready to deposit $1,000 cash security with you to guarantee you against loss.” ce “I will take the will for the deed, Sharp,” said White. “It wouldn’t be fair of me to impair your __ small working capital at the outset of your ie ness career.” Rr Twenty minutes later Sharp & Smart left White’s office, equipped with a typewritten letter, — signed by the broker, which asstired them posse ~ sion of the office they were after. aa CHAPTER II.—The Young Brokers. cae The boys immediately returned to the office of the superintendent of the Dixon Building, where Dick Sharp presented Broker White’s letter. | “All right, young man,” said the superintend- —- ent after Her Btn it, “the office is yours till the a first of next May. Call around to-morrow morn- __ ing at eleven o'clock and the lease will be ready ._ for you te sign. You will pay down the first — month th’s rent and I will put you in posses- — sion. - :

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. -- dealer in new and second-hand office furniture * and supplies and bought what they needed, the - game to be delivered at or about noon on the : following day. They next, went to a place that ~s made a specialty of second-hand safes, and picked : out one that suited them in size and price. After . that they called at the office of the company which furnished ticker service in Wall Street and arranged for a stock indicator to be put in. Then they went to a stationer and printer and es bought such stationery and account books as _- * they believed they would require, and ordered = necessary printing. : Last of ail, they called on a painter and told him to call around to their room in the Dixon Building at one o’clock next day and paint their sign on the door. By that time it was half-past E- four and they started for their homes in Jersey City, where they lived in the suburbs, within at. two blocks of each other. They always took the Gortlandt street ferry,,and then a trolley car on =, - the other side. __~.--“We mustn’t say a word to our folks about our haying been bounced,” said Dick. “We'll turn in sour pay on Saturdays just the same as if we _ ~ were at work, taking it out of our capital.” Bobby nodded. He knew very well that his ple would have a fit if he told them he had rn bounced out of his job. His father was a bookkeeper in a oe in Newark, and would " -mever be anything else but a bookkeeper, because he was a cautious man who always believed in letting well enough alone, for he had a large family to support and didn’t care to take any chances. Bobby wasn’t a bit like him. He too! after his mother; who was a hustler. If Mrs. Smart hadn’t been a hustler, the family would = 5. -~ * — - aoe had no father. His mother was a widow, and he had two sisters who worked in Jersey City. So he entered the house that afternoon just as _ he always did, and sitting down in the dining- * poom he finished reading the afternoon paper, while he waited for supper and the coming of his two sisters. Next morning the two boys met at the street corner as usual, caught a trolley and started for the ferry. In due time they reached Wall street. ~ “We will go up to the li bank, where we have done our speculating, #nd-stay there till it is time for us to see the uescienaent and sign the office lease,” sai _ Yegular brokers wouldn’t do business with. The _ big waiting room, usually crowded later on, was already open, and perhaps a dozen regular pa- trons were present, looking at the previous day’s si the blackhoard and swap- Bing Shoo talk on in readiness for the morn- g’s. qu the Stock Exchange. m asliese began to come in, he chalked them “under the initials of the roads to which they longed. Dick and Bobby were interested look- for an hour, and-then they proceeded to “ “eran ; t - +i = not have got on as well as they did. Dick Sharp. SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS « 3 the Dixon Building, where they found the lease waiting for them. The formalities were soon over and the super- intendent handed Dick a receipt for the first Ywonth’s rent and two keys'to the room. The boys went upstairs to await the arrival of their fur- niture. It came on time and was placed to suit the young tenants. Each of the partners had a desk to himself, which were set back to back and overlooked a court. A neat second-hand rug covered the greater part of the floor. The four chairs were placed against the walls and the pivot chairs in front of the desks. The safe ar- rived next and was put on Dick’s side of the room. Then the painter came and Dick handed him a slip for his guidance, When he got through the following was on the door: z SHARP & SMART, ; Stocks and Bonds. Mining and Other Stocks , Dealt In. “How does that strike you,/Bobby?” said Dick. “Fine and dandy!” said Bobby, with enthusi- asm. “Didn’t think your name would shine on a door so soon, did you?” : oe hardly believe it, even while I’m looking at it. They went to their usual quick-lunch house at twelve o’clock and had lunch, then returned to their office. No business came their way during the afternoon, so at 3:30 they shut up the office and went home. The next day was Saturday. The ticker was duly installed in the-office of Sharp & Smart, and the firm’s, books, printing and other stationery arrived. Having placed a standing advertisement in two Wall Street dailies and in a certain evening paper, the boys were ready for business. “Now,” said*Dick, who had assumed the posi- tion of managing partner without any objection on the part of Bobby, we have $5,290 left >vith which to do business. It behoovesius to make something x'ght away to increase our*capital, for at the present moment it is‘too limited to do much in the brokerage line, supposing customers began dropping in on wus, whieh, however, is hardly likely for a while yet.” “The only way we can make more is to specu- late,” said Bobby, “and that invites the risk of being wiped out before we are fairly started.” “We've got to take risks to win, old man. We must be -as careful as we can, of course. The stock market is a whirlpool, forever in motion. If. we are sucked over the edge, our name will he mud instead of Sharp and Smart, metaphori- tally speaking. By the way, did you mail a copy of our advertisement, which appeared to-day for the first time, to your respected ex-boss?” _. “T did,” replied Bobby. “I'd like to be at™his elbow when he looks at it.” - “I mailed a copy to Mr. Thompson. The gen- tlemen will them in their Monday morning’s mail, and —they will think ‘thoughts. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Thompgon visit us We'll make him welcome if he does come, and your late boss, too. I'll buy a box of cigars to treat or, any other broker who might honor us with his presence. Nothing like . on a good ‘front, whether you have a diet in the background or not. Some people go -

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og ha Ese a. ae through life ona bluff, and though they are bound to leave a trail of unpaid obligations behind them, they manage somehow to keep on the top wave. _ "They certainly have to be sharp and.smart to do : a an be able to throw care to the dogs,” said ae 1c) 3 Dick then took up the question of speculation, and pointed out several good stocks that were rising, and which offered chances for rapid deals, ~ with small but-fairly sure profits, SE. “We'll go inta one of them Monday and try _- the firm’s luck,” said Bobby. = Monday morning both wea entered the office - at a quarter past nine. — __ _*fook over that Wall Street paper while Ill go ~_ ever this one. Make a note of anything that strikes your attention and show it to me,” Dick. Bobby blue-penciled various paragraphs “and then exchanged papers with his partner, who had done likewise. Afterward that they had a. con- _ ference and picked out A. & B. to make their first ' venture with. With $3,000 in his pocket, Dick left the office at ‘half-past ten for the little bank, to put the money-Up as margin on 300 shares of A. __& B. at 90. Bobby remained in the office. At ~ eleven o’clock the door opened and in walked Broker Barclay, Bobby’s recent employer. _ *So,” exclaimed Barclay, “you have capped the * climax to your foolishness ‘by hiring an office and retending to be a broker, eh?” CE ig’; lad to see you, Mr. Barclay. Sit down. . “There is no pretence about this shop, I assure Beer We are brokers,” and Bobby put an accent on the “are,” / “Oh, you are!” sneered Barclay. “Pray, where # you get your experience, may I ask?” “In your office, to a large extent.” . __ “My office!’ Why, confound your assurance, - were only my office boy. How could you gai eny real experience in that capacity ? ro ; tbe forget how smart I am,” replied Bobby coolly _ “You're altogether ‘too smart, young man,” said = broker sharply. ; *T_ don’t thinke anybody can be too smart to i ol = ah weINo 7a infallible in this world, and if you ae the” Fortasiod of Sharp & Smart you will “that you have another think coming.” “Look here,” roared Barclay, “where do you expect to. get-customers ? And even if by some odd fortune one or two shined drop in on you, ee ereation are you going to do business with see have to refer, you to my partner for y glared at his_ex-messenger, then | oe ‘ ‘Barel 2” said Bobby, pull-_ . = cae aft to. the trader. ‘ops stiffly necept th smc BY ot eee & pe Ne ye ee ee US 9g Oe SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS _tion to sell out quick in case the stock Men haan turn. The stock, however, avanced reached 95,/ “present figure. He spoke to several se ‘that A. & B. would go to par, and perhaps higher,” ; a rigor ‘truth in ‘what you then 1 firm — lucky strik gh bade Bobby a curt good-by and took his leave, Bobby chuckled and went on reading. In the 4 meanwhile Dick made the deal at the little bank = and then sat down on a chair to watch the black- board for a while. He got into conversation with one of the veteran speculators of the place * and forgot about the passage of time till the ~ — clock noted half-past twelve. Then he jumped up and left the place. He went directly to lunch and then to the office to relieve Bobby, who, as) _ soon as Dick entered, went to his lunch. When he 3 returned to the office he said to Dick: se oo you have noticed by the ticker that as gone up another point and a half. It . at two points above what we paid for it, which ~— puts us fully $500 ahead on the deal. That's : more money than either of us would have earned in a whole year at the messenger business, and we have made it in a few hours.” “Tt’s in sight, but we haven’t got our hands on it yet,” said Dick. “T shall probably sell out to- morrow, as a two-point advance is worth cashing in on. Now>»we’ll go home. We’ve done i well for our first real day at the business.” =e =] CHAPTER III.—Miss Treadwell, The boy brokers came;to Wall street. next morning with the intention of cashing in on their A. & B. deal, for a rise of two points was = as much as they expected the stock to make. The | New York morning papers they bought at the - ferry printed matter about the market that ~ caused Sh and Smart to confer upon the ad- visability of holding on to their deal a while © longer. The financial editors of both papers said— that A. & B. was more than likely to advancé © considerably higher as it was understood there were powerful interests behind it. “J guess we'll go slow about selling for resent,” said Dick. “In fact, I think it wo 2 to our advantage to buy another 100 shares” at the present price. What do you say?” “All right. Do so,” said Bobby. : Accordingly, soon after they persed fice Dick took another $1,000 ag of ti aes marched around to the little bank wi tee He bought 100 more sWmres of A. & B. and paid eo for it. He concluded that it would wise te remain at the little bank so as to- 3 a pve ily an eigkth at a time, until it when there was a lull in operations. Then Dick — debated with himself whether or ‘not he eer sell, as the, firm stood to win about $1,500 at the speculators whom he found were interested ii the stock, and they were united in their opinion’ “A friend of mine, who is in a position to “know, told me this mere that the Carter S dicate is behind A. & B., and-has a barrel” saainey to call on. Ache combine plans to send nee as, a will go and then liquidate at a said = of the persons Dick. spoke to. ea hep eis A

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“What firm are you with?” asked the man. “Sharp & Smart.” =z “Sharp & Smart, eh?” said the man, raising his eyebrows, as the name struck him curiously. “What business are they in?” “Brok 3 “You’re their messenger, I suppose?” “No, I’m Sharp—one of the firm.”. The veteran looked at him quizzically. “Jollying me, aren’t you?” he said. 3 “No, sir. Here is our business card.” = The man looked at it. p ; = “Well, well! _Sharp & Smart—quite an odd og combination. If you and your partner take after _ your-names, you ought to be successful.” “We expect to be.” : 5 “How long have you been in business?” “Less a week.” ¥ : “Indeed! And you are in on A. &-B. as a start- er. Let me congratulate you on your luck. How : shares have you?” twenty minutes.” i “You can’ go out now and loaf around-in the By the time you get back we'll close up for the day.” ; Bobby put on his hat and went off for a walk to the Battery and back. Outside the door he saw a young lady who looked nervous and ex- cited. : Fen “Dear me! I must be in the wrong building,” she said aloud. - “This is-the Dixon Building; miss,” volunteered Z Bobby. ‘ “I thought it was the Calliope Building. I am looking for Broker Barclay.” “Tl eseort you there; miss. I used to work for him; now I’m in business for myself.” “Oh, thank you! Could—could I trouble you to show me where I could get a glass of water?” “No trouble at all, Come right into our offiea,” said Bobby, opening the door and usherisg her in. “Take a seat. I will bring you the water.” She accepted the glass with a nervous smile and drank slowly. _“Thank you ever so much,” she said, handing = him the empty glass. “You're welcome, miss.” “Are you in the brokerage business?” she said. “Yes. Let me introduce you to my partner.” “My name is Miss Treadivell.” ; “Miss Treadwell—Mr. Sharp,” said Bobby. “Happy to make your acquaintance, Miss Tread- well,” said Dick. — 2 “My name is Smart,” said Bobby. “Sharp & Smart is the firm. We do a general brokerage business.” “Could you tell me anything about A. & B.?” she asked Dick. : “Not a great deal, except that it’s a mighty good stock to own at present.” : “Yes, I know. It is going up.~ Do you think it will go any higher?” : “T do. We have 400 shares and are holding on u to it for it to reach par at least.” at “You relieve my mind.” “Are you interested in thy stock?” “Yes. On the advice of a friend I put up all my money on it when it was 88. My. friend brought me down and introduced me to Broker ~~ Barclay. He advised me to purchase. on margin, for by so doing I could make nearly ten times as> — much as [ would if I bought the stock outright, He said he would buy the stock and hold it for me, and only charge,me interest on the money he advanced. He said fhat would not cost me mueh , for the few days the deal would have to run.” | “That’s right enough. How many shares did you buy that way?” ; “Five hundred.” “Then you put u “Yes—a $5,000?” es just received, and which is ~ oney I have in the world.” “Well, you ought to make a god thing out of it. You say you bought it at 88?” 2 “Yes.” aS : a

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ago and a gentleman I met there advised me to - sell my stock first thing in the morning.” “He advised you to do that?” said Dick, look- ing interested. “He did.” “Did he give you his reasons for advising you?” “He said the syndicate that was booming it Was in a tight fix, and that soon after the Hx- change opened in the morning there was liable to be a.slump. He told me to call on my broker at once and give him a peremptory order to sell my shares at the closing price. It excited and agitated me so that on my way to his office I ‘came into this building by mistake, and when I couldn’t find Mr. Barclay’s office I got still more excited, and that is the state I was _in when our partner, Mr. Smart, met me outside,” said iss Treadwell.~ “Bobby,” said Dick, “go out and see if you ae learn anything about the prospect of A. & His partner hurried away. “Miss Treadwell,”, said Dick, “when I told you that I expected A. & B. to go higher, I was fig- uring on its prospects as I’ve been watching it all the afternoon. The man you met at your _ lawyer’s talked as if he had inside information; that is, information not generally known in the Street. Under such circumstances, I advise you _ to take his advice and order the immediate sale of your shares. | will.take you around to Mr. Barclay’s office, if you wish me to.” “Thank you; that is very kind of you, Mr. “Not at all. Happy to be of service to you.” - _ Dick locked up and escorted Miss Treadwel! to Barclay’s office. They found the broker in the corridor, dismissing a caller. He nodded to Miss zecoawelt and locked at Dick, whom he didn’t know. _ “I want you to sell my stock first thing in the morning, Mr. Barclay.” said the young lady. “There is no hurry. Miss Treadwell. It is un to 98 now, and will probably rise five or six points to-morrow,” said the broker, -*T had rather you would sell it,” she said anx- jously. ae “You are foolish, Miss Treadwell. I'll guar- antee you’ll make $2,000 more by holding on,” said Barclay. ; é ze Gh rather not take the risk,” she said nerv- aeay aE as eee ow're not taking any tisk at all,” insisted Barclay. : . “Tf the young lady insists on selling, why don’t ou take her order?” put in Dick. “The Exchange is closed, and I] couldn’t sell er shares to-day.” — “But her order will enable you to sell the mo- ment the Exchange opens in the morning.” “Of course. Come around at ten in the morn- rning, and will save Miss Treadwellfrom ‘is their memorandum. -exclaimed Dick, SHARP -AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS 2 “My name is Sharp. I am a broker. There is my business card.” Barclay uttered a smothered ejaculation when . he looked at it. . . “I want nothing to do with you!” he roared savagely. “Miss Treadwell,” said Dick, “you. want your stock sold, dong you?” “Yes,” she replied. : “Order him to sell it at the market price in my presence, and then your verbal order in my presence will be as good as your written one,” said Dick. The young lady did so. “Now, Mr. Barclay, Miss Treadwe!! will hold - you responsible for her stock as sold at 98, the closing price. If you fail to make the sale and the stock goes down in your hands, you will have to make good. Come, Miss Treadwell, you can consider your shares sold at a profit of $5,000. If there is any trouble about you getting your money, I will see wat the matter is adjusted in your favor.” \ Dick led the young lady away, and Barclay muttered an imprecation as he went into his office. CHAPTER IV.—A Hostile Reception. Es Dick parted with the young lady in front of — the Dixon Building, after telling tee to call on = him if she had any trouble in collecting her money from Barelay. Bobby was impatiently = waiting for him. - '“Pve found out that a bear syndicate is going to jump on A. & B. in the morning, some time before noon,” said Bobby. “The news has got. “= around and there is sure to be a lot of stock un- : loaded on the Carter Syndicate as soon as the __ Exchange opens. Under these circumstances I ~~ took the liberty of selling our shares to Stimson . _& Cox, who hadn’t heard the news, and I gave — them an order on the bank for the stock. Here | c I have telephoned the ~~ bank what I did and the cashier has accepted the order and has communicated with Stimson & Cox by this time.” “Good!” said Dick. “You are fully as smart as 3 your name,” said Dick, who then detailed the in- ~ 4 terview with Barclay. a oe “He’s up to some game, all right,” nodded Bob- by. “I'll bet he’s sold Miss Treadwell’s shares * already.” 2 gf ae After some further talk the boys sHut up and =~ went home. Next morning A. & B. opened at’ F. 98 1-2, but a lot of stock was thrown, on the market and it fell to 97. Then it pecareena and went to 98.-~At eleven the bear syndicate got busy and in a short time the Carter combine went to pieces and a panic took place. The stock ; ‘dropped down below 90 inside of half an hour, and hundreds of small speculators were wiped out. That afternoon Miss Treadwell appe at the office of Sharp and Smart. She looked_all iroken up and began to ery as soon as shé sat _“Why, what’s the matter, Miss Treadwell? ick, in surprise. sips eg 4 —-

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obliged to sell it at a loss. In fact, he said there was less than $500 coming to her. _ That is ridiculous, Miss Treadwell,” said Dick. - “Tt is true the price dropped a point and a frac- - tion soon after the Exchange opened, but the real slump did not take place till eleven o’clock. Mr. De Barciay could have sold your shares fifty times Over between 97 and 98. If he doesn’t settle with you on the right basis I’ll report him to the gov- - ernors of the Exchange and. they’ll investigate the matter.” - “Do you think I'll get what I am entitled to?” _ he said tearfully. “T see no reason why you shouldn't, as the case ” ds. “What shall I do?” “Tll go over to his office with you now and Sag bring him to terms.” : Dick put on his hat and they went out together. _ They reached the Calliope *Building and took an fered th up to the fourth floor. When they en- _ tered the outer room of Barclay’s suite Dick was surprised to find none of the office force in the . ting room. He looked at his watch and saw that it was four, which was far too early for - the clerks to be off for the day. He opened the door and started to,enter the office, followed by ‘Miss Treadwell. Suddenly two vicious-looking ; darted from behind the desk and rushed at the intruders. Though taken by surprise, Dick raised his umbrella to defend himself. Miss Treadwell uttered a half-scream of surprise and fright. Dick brought the umbrella down on the head of the foremost dog. It didn’t hurt the ani- ‘much, but_the blew had the effect of stopping forward rush. Dick took advantage of their nporary inactivity to beat a retreat and close door. “This is a mighty odd kind of reception to meet with in a Wall Street broker’s office,” he said. “There’s something wrong here. I must - notify the janitor of the building. Come, let’s go downstairs.” « Lomvings Miss Treadwell in the corridor en- : nee, the young broker hunted up the janitor. ie found him in the basement, talking to the “Say, there are a couple of vicious dogs at large in the private room of Broker Barclay’s Office,” he told the man. “A young lady and my- self were just up there to see Mr. Barclay, but che appears to have left for the day. All the clerks have gone, too. The dogs came at me as though I were a choice morsel they intended to t their teeth into. You’d better take a couple of your men, with clubs, and go up there and knock those animals-.on the head.” oS “Why, dogs are not. allowed in this building,” said the janitor. ; ; = gon help that. You'll find a pair of fero- s brutes in Barclay’s office if you will go up e. If you don’t put them out of business , there will probably be something doing len the man goes in there to clean up.” ~~ The janitor picked up a couple of stout sticks -accompanied Dick up to the main corridor re Miss Treadwell stood. 4 e’s the young lady who .went into the » with me. She saw the dogs as well as I said Dick. sd Miss Treadwell over and she con- story. The janitor asked each of the -ker Barclay or somebod ie - SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS 7 elevator men if they had taken a couple of dogs upstairs to the fourth floor in company with Bro- else, but none of them had done so. In fact, they knew better than to do so, as it was against the rules of the building. The only way the dogs could have got up,\ then, was by way of the Pine street entrance and the back stairs. The janitor called one of his men and, asking Miss Treadwell to await his return, Dick accompanied the men upstairs. He softly opened the door of the broker’s private room and looked in. The-dogs were not in sight. “They are probably behind that desk. That’s where they were when I started to enter,” said the young broker. ; The three entered, prepared to give the dogs battle. But no dogs were there. They looked the room all over in vain for them. “Somebody must have come and taken those dogs away while I was downstairs telling you the story, or the somebody in question might have been hiding in the room at the time the dogs were there,” said Dick. “The whole thing wears an a of ee owever, the dogs were gone, so the part: returned downstairs. 4 “You'll have to postpone your interview with Mr. Barclay till to-morrow,” said Dick to the young lady. “He is not in the building.” So they went away and parted at the entrance to the Dixon Building, Miss Treadwell promising to call for him in the morning about eleven. Dick, of course, told Bobby about his call on Mr. Barclay with Miss Treadwell, and of the dog episode. \ “Do you know whether Mr. Barclay had two such dogs?” Dick asked his partner. “T never heard that he owned any,” replied Bobby. CHAPTER Y.—The Firm’s First Customer. . Next morning at eleven Dick accompanied Miss Treadwell around to Barelay’s office. The clerks were all at work as usual. ; “Is Mr. Barclay in?” Diek asked the cashier. “No; he is out of town.” “Out of town? Well, do’ you know anything ~~ about Miss Treadwell’s aecount with Barclay? She bought 500 shares of A. & B. at 88, on ten per cent. margin. On the afternoon before yes- terday, when the stock stood at 98, she gave Mr. Barclay an order to sell in my presence. Pre- .Sumedly, he sold next morning when the Ex- n change opened. The slump didn’t come on till eleven o’clock, so he had a full hour to close the deal at a profit of between four and five thou- sand dollars. Miss Treadwell wishes her state- mont and a check for what’s coming to her,” said ick. “Take a seat, please,” said the cashier. He went over to one of the bookkeepers and said something to him, and then to his — desk. In a few minutes the clerk brought him “a sheet of paper. The cashier looked it over an called Dick »p to his window. ; ae “Here is Miss Treadwell’s sta y” he said. — Dick glanced at the balance. = : The Statement showed that the deal had been closed at 89. — = * “This is ridiculous!” cried Dick. “Mr. Barclay — SS et eS

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was ordered to sell at 98, and this statement s m: it appear that it was not sold till the price : dropped to 89. What explanation have you to make about it?” “None,” replied the cashier. “You say Mr. Barclay is out of town?” “He is.” “When will he be back?” “J couldn’t tell you, but maybe the day after to-morrow.” x Dick went over to the young lady and showed her the check. “Tt is a fraud on the ‘face of it,” he said. : “Come, we will go to the office of the si ae of the Stock Exchange and demand an investiga- ot tion.” They passed outside and walked up to No. 13 = Wall. street and went to the executive offices of £2 the Exchange. They were admitted to the secre- et tary’s office, and Dick, after presenting his card, - made the complaint agaist Broker Barclay on behalf of Miss Treadwell. After questioning the oe young lady, the secretary said he would give the = matter his attention. That was all that could be done for the present, Dick escorted Miss Treadwell to a Broadway car, obtained from her -— her address so hé could communicate with her, and bade her good-by. EE C then returned to the office. That afternoon Bobby learned that Shoshone Copper was being cornered by a clique for a rise on the Curb. He rushed into the office and told Dick about it. “Your source of information is reliable, is it, “ee age a said his partner. » i t’s a sure i p.. We ean go the qbole hog on aa _ it and stand to win.” *. “Shoshone is going at about $2.” + Buy 8,000 shares on-a 50 per cent. margin. _ We've got the money.” : Dick took practically the whole of their capi- __tal out of the safe and called on Broker White. = “Hello, Sharp! asked White. “Fine!” replied Dick. *Gled to hear it. et?” Got hold of any customers “Oh, give us time ‘to get known, won’t you? “Here's our card. “Sharp & Smart,” seb White. “Quite catchy, upon my word! How came you to get hold of a partner named Smart?” - “That happened.to be his name. Had his name aoe Smith, the firm would have been Sharp & : ; What are you deing—speculating ?” B.” Ww came you re aed stock? somebody iy hand you a on 1 Did oye : I came over to Zive vik an order.” “Yen in im Fecognition of your kindness in guar- y the payment of our rent. I want you to 8,000 shares of ag se Copper, on a 50 ! going, up ina How are you making out?” aoe eee We collared 5,000 bones the other day on “ ge we just bioedated on to a good thing, — ~ do you think of investing?” shares, und sah os yaluation, Scie took the o SHARP AND SMART’ THE YOUNG BROKERS ~ : z sume and know : how long to hold it are going to make some money.” “Sure of that, are- you?” smiled White. } “No; I’m sure of nothing in Wall Street. I'm only reasonably certain.” Dick handed over $8,000 and got his memo- randum. Then he took his leave. At noon on . the following’ day Shoshone Copper began to ; rise and closed that day at 2 1-2. As Sharp & > Smart had bought 8,000. ‘shares, the rise of half a a dollar meant a profit in sight of $4,000. The © young partners shook hands. “We, ought to make $20,000 out of this deal, Dick,” ‘said Bobby. “We couldn’t have struck a better snap.” ees Just then the door opened and admitted a ~ stranger. He was tall, thin and solemn-looking. “Is Mr. Sharp or Mr. Smart in?” he asked, in ~ a sepulchra] tone. “Yes, sir; they’re both in,” said Dick. “What can we do for you?” “My name is Rev. Mr. Watt. Please take my name in to either of the gentlemen.” - “My name is Sharp, and that is Mr. Smart. - State your business.” The visitor stared at him and then at Bobby. “Do I understand that you oer en ee men are the firm of Sharp & Smart?” “Yes, sir; We are.” : “Pardon me, but you seem rather—ahem!— - young for brokers.” “Oh, we’re older than we look, Rev. Mr. Watt. We have been in Wall Street something over. vay y i. RUMEN 1 ce aM | I bal s i Ly eh three years.” ; a “ys cit possible!” exclaimed the visitor, was = thought Dick meant that he and his partner hadt % been in the brokerage business for three years. | “Sit down, Rev. Mr. Watt. We'll be happy tos be of service to you.” ¥ “T am living at Cooperville, ‘up “the state,” said the minister. “I saw your advertisement in the ~ a pore: and,shaving a little money lying idle n= Sas ank, I thought I would invest it in some good stock that was likely to appreciate in value.” #3 G “Oh, you want to take a flyer on the market?” 4 “Beg pardon! I don’t quits catch the meaning oS of the expression.” “What expression?” “‘Flyer on the market.’ ” “Oh, that’s a Wall Street term, mea take a speculative chance on the stock y co 1 9 2 ee “I see. Yes, I had an idea of taking a spécu- lative chance on the “stock market. Could you S recommend something that is sound?” st “Yes, at I would advise you to buy Shoshone A a Copper It’s-a*sure winner.” - ei hoshone Copper!” * a ae: “It’s a Curb stock. You can get #€ for two- : fifty a share. The chances are sons that you - will double your money, and perhaps do even ce better, inside of ten days “You- would advise me ta try that?” ae “You couldn’t strike a better thing. How ie te “T have brought $1,000 with me.” ; “That will 400 pees outright, or 800 a fift cent. , which is a safe deal.” — ” After foe one oe the Rev. Mr. Watt de- cided to give the firm of Sharp & Smart an order for 800 based on fifty ycier and gos baad : pe

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to hold on any longer, and having a s' HARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS 9 the firm’s first customer the usual memorandum of the transaction. “Are you going to remain in the city any time, Rev. Mr. Watt?” asked Dick. , “J shall return to Coopersville in a day or two.” “Then I would advise you to give us an order to sell your stock when we think a sale would best serve your interests.” _ The reverend ey gE agreed, and Dick made out the order, which he signed. He left his home address and then arted. “A customer at last,” said Bobby, when the door closed behind their visitor. ? “We ought to write his name in capitals in our “We'll always remember that our first custo- mer was a minister.” CHAPTER VI—The Trick that Failed. During the next few days Shoshone Copper continued to rise more or less ily and in that time reached $5 a share. Dick received ja notifi- eation from the secretary of the Exchange to bring’ Miss Treadwell to a meeting of the gov- ernors. Mr. Barelay had also been cited to ap> az but he failed to mney -UP: The cashier no- tified ae the secretary that Bare was in Chi on business, and it was uncertain when he would return. The board heard the statements of Dick and Miss Treadwell, and then postponed action till they could get Barclay’s side of the difficulty. They advised the g lady to draw the amount the statement called for with the understanding that she did not regard it as a final settlement of her claim against the broker. This she did, and she felt relieved to recover her original deposit. She was $375 ahead, anyway, though she was satisfied she was entitled to $4,000 more. As Shoshone Copper was then going at $3.50, “Dick advised her to buy 1,000 shares outright, which she did, through the firm of Sharp & Smart, and thus became their second customer. At the end of ten days the copper stock reached 58.25 a share. The young broker concluded. not ing order from Miss Treadwell to sell her stock when they saw fit, the firm disposed of their stock and that pening to the Rev. Mr. Wait and Miss ~Tre: TH, adwe: e result was they cleaned up a rofit of $48,000 themselves, the minister e $3,600, and Miss Treadwell captured $3,500. A bank draft was sent to the Rev. Mr. Watt, with statement, and the young lady was advised his by letter to call-and get her money. In fact, he didn’t think they were werth the trouble of plucking, anyhow. So in a‘ round- about way he sent Dick a‘tip on Southern Rail- way. He had learned that the price of that stock was likely to go down several points. The tip gavel Dick to understand that a big syndicate Was\ about to boom it. Sharp & Smart thought the tip a good one, and prepared to buy 5,000 shares. When’ Dick took the necessary $50.000 around to White, that trader strongly advised them to keep put of the deal. Dick told him that he was buying on the strength of a first-class tip they had received. “Well, whoever pace you the tip is clean wrong in his estimate of the situation. If 1 had any thoughts of dealing in Southern Railway, I’d sell instead of buying,” said Broker White, who very good reasons for the advice he was giving the boy. White’s talk made Dick doubtful about the tip, and as he never acted on anything of which he harbored a doubt, he returned to the office without making the deal. He talked the matter over with his partner, and Bobby agreed that they had better wait to see if Southern Railway went up, first. ; “Half a loaf is better than taking a risk of losing a bunch of our money,” he said. “If S. R. rises, we'll go in and make what we can out of it. .If it doesn’t go up, we will shake hands at having kept out of it. Tips are not infallible, n” anyway, F f ee t got that through a reliable source,” said i “I know you did, but it is well to err on the side of caution sometimes.” During the next few days, Souther Railway did go up a point and a half, but it soon turned and dropped ten points like a hot-cake. “Mr. White had a long head, after all,” said Bobby, after the slump. “If you had not fol- lowed his advice, we would have been out a bunch of money. He is entitled to the thanks of the firm.” : Dick thought so, too, and that day he called on White and ed him for saving the firm from a heavy loss, The papers had a good deal to say about the slump in Southern Railway, and they stated the causes that had brought it about, for the matter was no secret in the Strect. _ Quite a number of speculators, who had faith in the road, were badly caught by the decline, and there was a howl from them that lasted many days. The man who gave Dick the tip met him on the street and said that he was sorry if the boy had lost anything-through his tip, but he had given it in good faith, believing it was a winner. In roof of his words, hé showed Dick a statement roma broker whose name had been torn off, showing that he himself had lost several thou- sand dollars-in consequence of the slump. Al- though the broker’s name was missing, Barelay’s address in the Calliope Building had not been. removed, and Dick thought he was capable of seeing through a millstone when there was a hole in it. He made no remark, however, beyond say- ing that if his firm had lost anything they were - able to stand it, and would continue to do busi- ness at the old stand, indefinitely. He was satis- fied now that Barclay was behind. the tip, and Ee when he told Bobby, they both said that they

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eS re a he bas wouldn’t forget the trick nor the man who had attempted to work it off on them. F ; “Maybe some day we'll get a rap at him,” said Bobby, “and if that comes to pass, I shall be in _ favor of soaking him hard enough to make him __Yemember us,” CHAPTER VIL—The First $100,000. Two days after that, J. & C. stock took-a sud- den rise in the market, going from 79 to 82. _ his attracted general attention.among the bro- -kers and among the rest, Sharp & Smart noticed it. ; “What do you think, Bobby—shall .we take a _chance on J. & C.?”-said Dick, across the top of his desk. - é “Tt may not go any higher, but drop back again,” replied Bobby. _ “Ofcourse; but that is one of the risks we must take if we want to keep on buildin 3 oo ’d like ee ~ what a fellow has than to make it. That is what your friend White said, and I guess he was pretty near right.” 3 <a “Well, a bunch of people will buy J. & S. now that wouldn’t touch it a few days ago. Every- _ body buys a rising stock.” _ “I know they do, and that is why the majority “That's the charming uncertainty of Wall Street J. & CO. ; _ “ATI right, go ahead then. Whatever you say ‘goes with me,” said abby, who invariably gave way to his partner unless he had some particular reason for not doing so. _ : _. Having secured his partner’s consent, Dick went out to White’s office and gave the broker an order to buy 5,000 shares of J. &C. : a ou chaps are getting in on that, eh?” sai ite. (#3 ' Why not? I'll bet there’s a bunch after it,” replied Dick. * _ “Not unlikely. Several people have left orders - with me for 100 shares and upward. A friend of __mine=came in here a few minutes ago and told — me to get in on it. He said there was a syndi- ‘eate behind it. He couldn’t tell me who the members of the syndicate were, but he assured ne that there was one. His saying so, how- ever, is no evidence, and I haven’t yet decided hether to buy or not. I’m not Tike you chaps, a big bunch of ready money to call on at 1 notice, and nothing else to do but rle investment. J have all the details good idea to make . SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS speculation. I’m in favor of trying our luck in. “Then as we seem ~ ‘ people who have what others want are not let-— ting go of it without a profit if they can help it.” The deal being made, Dick, who held a ticket admitting him to the gallery of the Stock Ex- — change, went over there with White. The broker went in at the main entrance, and Dick took tha side entrance where the elevator was. ~When the young broker looked down on the floor of the board room he found things uncommonly — lively there, There was a bunch around the J. C. pole, but that stock wasn’t the only one where business was doing, by any means. The general market was buoyant, and all stocks were more _ or less in demand, even if they did not rise like : 3 J. & C. had done and promised to do again. The dumping of several thousand shares” brought out by the rise had halted the jump and caused many possible buyers to hesitate. The fact that the stock held its own was encouragi enough to induce some to buy. Two or tee brokers had taken in what was offered, and if — there was a syndicate behind the stock these traders doubtless represented it and bought te prevent a slump. White didn’t bid for 5,000 ~ shares, but for $1,000 making the total purchase from eight different brokers. Several traders ~ he approached wanted more than 82, but he” wouldn’t pay it. The price sagged again to” — 81 5-8, but shortly. afterward went back to 82. — It didn’t go any higher during the time Dick* remained in the gallery. It closed that day at__ 83, and opened next morning an eighth higher. — There was another rush to buy it, and the price — gradually went up to 85. It held the center of interest all day, advancing and falling, but main-. _ 5 taining its general standing. Next day it went — up to 88 and a fraction. = Saee “f think you'd better sell, Sharp,” said White, meeting the young broker on the street. 2 = “Tt will surely go to 90 the way things look,” replied the boy. : Ne a “It’s liable to; byt it is not good policy to hold® on for the last dollar. Let others do that who are only small speculators., Remember, you have $50,000 in this deal and if you sell now youll, clear $30,000.” 1 Se “Sell, Mr. White. The firm will then be worth — $160,000.” eis “That's a fine capital for you boys to haye.”. “Bet your life it is, and we started in on $5,600, ~ so very long ago. Sharp & Smart is a iucky. | in @ “You'll be worth a million if you keep on wins ning.” ieee te “Nothing like striking the iron while it is hot.* White nodded and entered the Exchange to sell the boy firm's holdings in J, & C. With sin 000 stowed away in their safe-deposit box, the be thought they could afford to take a week 0 ad 1% A ee “The office ought to be kept o sri while’ wat oe said Dick. “We'll hire tig to look af- r it, . : rapher who is thinking of taking ou Res

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"ty, “tisement and ghee in one of the morning pa- ¥: ” said Di = “E aay! ten o’clock next morning a pretty girl came : nto the oflice. Both of the young brokers were ae ir desks. ees = © eon do you do, miss! Take a seat, said : a saw your advertisement in the paper this i rnin, came to see you about it.’ : mal eng ee Smart will talk to you about it. Bobby, here is a young lady who has called ¥ in relation to our advertisement about desk-room a ~ Yon can rent one fer $3 a month, Miss Tag- _ *gert, and if at any time you decide to buy it, the ~ company will allow the rent on the purchase Ete price, ig aa gs pay the balance on easy instal- _ ments,” ES He then told her that he and his partner were take a week’s vacation and they would office én her charge. He would give whatever instructions he thought necessary, and she could lock the office up when she went ack, Miss gert said she would be glad i es the firm that she could, so ended in an arrangement between her and Sharp & Smart. about two o’clock next day, when Bobby prom- ised to let her know if any of the gentlemen on that floor would give her their work. When Dick office, and that afternoon Bobby called on ered them the services of Miss-T ol asked him to bring her in and they would t leaving a note on the door when she would” was told to come down went to lunch he ordered the table to be sent to — he did next day, and she : her, and ranged with al furnis “at the start to keep her rt fairly busy, so SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS ‘said to his father. . bell of the Dixon Building and ask the day wateh-. hing her enough, that she did not need to advertise for any work at all, 3 CHAPTER VII—What Dick Overheard. = e Sharp & Smart made their arrangements to & start on a shooting trip on Saturday afternoon. ~~ To account for their being able to do such a thing, they decided that the time had -arrived ee when they should break the news of their part- ; . 4 ‘2 <i ‘- “ man and elevator man if the firm of Sharp Smart. has an office there, and whether or n they are boys.” - Mr. Smart was. silenced by his son’s earnest- ness, but the whole ‘thiag seemed too improbable in his mind’ for belief. ° “T’ll tell you of another way to convince your- self without going over to New York,” said Bob- by. “Look up Broker George White in the tele- e directory, any time to-morrow between ten and twelve and ask him all the particulars abo us you want. He’s been operating for us at Exchange, and he knows more about our ness than any outside person. He'll convince mighty soon that the firm of “& S a comer, from Comersville, and if he is s you are my father he nt O Soean nae ; ’ of our financial responsibility, although certain that he will without permiss It isn’t business to give such things anybody, and even as my father,

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— Se, es . a gn he Se ——~—_ : So ang ~ : authority to insist on learning any of the firm’s ~ “private business.” ; a My. Smart gaped, for Bobby talked like a pusiness man, and not like a boy. He wasn’t a business man himself, and néver would be one. He couldn’t have earned $5,000 himself in busi- ‘ness after the fashion his son had made $50,000 imside of six months. Naturally, he regarded himself as many times smarter than ‘Bobby, but - he wasn’t, by long odds, for he wasn’t built on the same lines, and what Nature fails to make __ provisions for, it is next to impossible for man to overcome. When Mr. Smart retired to rest that night he kept his wife awake for a long time talking about their son and his astonishing start in life, which he declared he really couldn't believe until he received more convincing evi- dence of its truth. At any rate, no objection was larly as each of them presented his mother with a $100 bill as a present, an indication of what he $ntended to do in that liné in the future. By winning his mother over on his side, Bobby had nothing to fear from his father, sinee Mrs. Smart ruled the household by reason of her general = capacity. She was the boss and her husband never dis uted her authority. Sharp and Smart went to their office next morning, read’ the finan- ial papers, attended to a few details connected with a limited number of out-of-town correspond- ents, gave Miss Taggert certain instructions, went “to lunch and then returned home. Getting their grips and the guns they had al- y bought, they bade their folks good-by for time being, and started for a New Jersey oh a ~ 7 oy Anchored~ off shore This craft had und on the same tlemen didn’t come ashore that da; P haga brokers did not find out who they were. __ “We might have hired a yacht ourselves, Dick,” - said Bobby, “and come down here in style. I guess we could afford such a luxury if we wanted We could, Bobby; but I don’t believe in mak- ducks and drakes of our business capital. 1 the heads of many boys/*but Ben ons to be upset by I was o joking. The railroad is good ugh for me,” said Bobby. ) and Bobby enjoyed two days of bce though their luck at bringing down ducks acon things that ae about ee te i : where near as g¢ as cap n e@ co Street. They were sramienia’ by a lide, who knew: the best shooting places, ‘0 well-trained dogs. On the third fears n i sitement of the rt, Dick got se Bo ae ple au fal is gun to attract SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS sata - made to the boys going on their trip, particu- oak, buf a» them to where he stood when he heard several reports not far away. Believing he had located his partner and the guide he proceeded toward the sound, The shooting receded and he followed. This kept up for perhaps half an hour, by which time it was after twelve o’clock and Dick began think- ing of the lunch basket which the guide carried. Suddenly he heard the voices of men ahead. Evidently he had run across a second hunting party, and it struck him that he might have been following the wrong trail. He started forward to meet this party. Through the bushes he made out five well-dressed men in new hunting clothes. They were gathered around an al fresco meal spread out on the ground. Their guide was eat- ing by himself at a distance out of earshot, but in full view. Dick was about to break in on the party when he recognized Broker Barclay as one of them. That caused him to. stop and consider what he should do, as he knew Barclay would consider his presence as an undesirable intrusion and doubtless make things as unpleasant as possible for him. While he stood close to the party, but hidden from them by the bushes, he could not help hear- ing what they said. “Our purpose, gentlemen,” said a pompous- looking, well-fed man, “is to shake out enough of the stock to get control of the institution. By | starting the rumor among the stockholders and depositors that things are not what they should be we will create a feeling of distrust and un- easiness among those people that ought to bring about the ‘required object. Of course, we ; know that the bank is as solid as a rock; thatait is well able to stand a run, and the most rigid investigation on the part of the State’s examin- ers. If we didn’t know that, our plan would be | too risky to put in operation. In any case, we must act with the greatest caution, because it is a criminal offence to say anything against a financial institution, even if we know the facts to be true.” The other gentlemen nodded. “Now, my idea is to give out under the rose that the president is borrowing, and has borrow- ed, large sums of money on inadequate security, for his own private benefit. For instance, he has taken notes signed by his office boy and small clerks—people who are financially irresponsible— and turned. them in, with the co-operation of his cashier, as good security. This thing has been done so often by people Somes, positions of trust that it will find ready bélief before it can be disputed and nailed as a lie,” said the stout gentleman, after taking a glass of champagne. “It certainly has,” laughed one of the gentle-- men. : “We only need a few days in which to work our plans after we have started the stockholders on the run, and during-those few days our friend Barclay will get busy and offer‘to buy up all the shares of the stockholders that are offered by ~ the timid holders. If the stockholders were all solid men, as usually form the backbone of a bank, we never would be able to do anything, but it happens that this bank has a ge common ple—I use the term advised! own small amounts of its stock, and these are — the people whose holdings we want to shake into our laps at bargain rates. There are enough of <oant a — number of — . aS sediy—who =

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a them to furnish us with stufficient stock, added ~ to what we have already obtained in the usual ~~ -way, to give us the control. Then, at the next ~ ‘meeting, we will elect ourselves and our friends directors, and the four of us now present will be - ‘elected president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, and then the bank will be wholly in our -— fhands, and its securities at our disposal;’ went on the stout man. "The speaker then went on to outline their plans of operation after got possession of the ~ bank, and how they could use the funds to prose- cute various enterprises with which they were identified. These funds they meant to eventu- ally replace after getting the benefit of them. The whole scheme was a piece of modern high _- -fimance by which they proposed to make other people’s money earn huge dividends for them- oi. "' clay’s attention. “That gentleman got up and ~ made a sudden dash into the bushes. He nabbed - Dick before the boy could beat his retreat, and ' dragged him into the presence of the other four men, who were rather astonished to see him. =, “Who have you got there, Barclay?” asked one of them. ___- *A listener,” said the broker. _ hen he uttered a deep imprecation as he rec- ognized Dick. 4 ms “It’s one of those boy brokers I was telling you about,” he said. “Does he belong “What!” said the stout man. in Wall Street?” _. “He does. He and his partner have their office “in the Dixon Building. He’s been listening to all you said, and if we let him go he'll give your a een ee Fost and get the bunch of us in _ trouble,” arelay. use : ets The broker’s words caused. general consterna- ‘among the four men. They looked at Dick a deep silence fell upon the bunch. % Shi _» CHAPTER IX.—Dick Comes Out Ahead. + Dick made an effort to shake off the broker's “BTR but Barclay held on-to him. ; “No, you don’t get away, young man! What brings you down to this neighborhood, anyway?” it t 4 “I came down here with my partner to shoot. = ey you see my gun and game-bag?” replied Piiloe came you to be hiding jat-those bush “How came you in. those es __ Histening to the conversation of these gentle- i companions and hearing shooting in I followed the pine and came going to show myself when I saw deterred me, for I know you are SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS -to gain control of the benk.” “What bank?” you are up against. What are you going to do ~ about it?” “ “Young man,” said the stout gentleman, “did a you overhear some of our conversation?” ; == “| did,” replied Dick. # “How much of it?” Ea “Considerable.” The stout gentleman looked much discomposed. — “Enough to give you an idea of what we were ~ planning?” : 3 “Yes. : “3 The four gentlemen looked at each other. The ce case was clearly very serious. What to do they — hardly knew. Broker Barclay noted their inde- ~~ cision, and.spoke up: 2 “Gentlemen, this boy has usin his power, and — we have him in our power. You can’t afford to let him go free until you have made some kind ~~ of a deal with him for his silence,” he said: eet “You can’t make any deal with me,” said Dick. “You hear what he says, gentlemen. He knows: ; enough to feel that he has us all cornered. My ~~ advice to you is to take him on board the yacht. and then hold a consultation concerning the situ- © — ation,” said Barclay. = One of the other gentlemen seconded the bro- ker’s suggestion. It was decided to adopt it. The — guide was first paid and dismissed, as the gen- tlemen said they would do no more shooting that day; Dick was then forced into-a boat that was — moored close by, and the party rowed down the — creek and out of the marsh. The steam yacht — lay a quarter of a mile away, and they proce toward her. Dick was compelled to go abo and he was taken into the cabin and locked up a stateroom, near the passage. The four gentle- men and Barclay then gathered around the eabin table and began the consideration of the tight : fix they were in. After half an hour’s talk it was decided to offer Dick $5,000 to keep silent about what he had overheard. A committee of — two waited on him and made him the offer. ; “I’m not for sale, gentlemen,” Dick replied. - ~ “But. what good will it do you to expose us?” ~ said one of the men. : 5 rae “Tt will do me no good; but I consider it my You want” = -— ante duty to block your crooked scheme. _ “I don’t know what bank, but the name of x bank would come out the moment you started. your rumors.” P : “It is probable we will have to give up the ; if you refuse to go in with us. Better take s $5,000 and let us go ahead.” x “ “No, sir. I’m not a bribe-taker.” at “Then you refuse our offer?” “ Absolutely.” = Eanes left him and again locked the door im. - = was to postpo :

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4 4 ¥ ever, I will say this: I will keep watch in- Wall Street for those rumors you proposed to send out. If I hear nothing of them, I will remain Silent. That’s a fair offer, and is the only one I will make.” The gentlemen had to accept his offer, for they eguldn’t afford to take the chances of detaining shim aboard the yacht against his will. They had - already made themselves liable to prosecution for carrying him aboard the yacht as a prisoner. The stout man apologized for whatever incon- venience they had put him to and ordered a deck- hand to convey him to the shore. Within an hour _ the yacht sailed from Barnegat Bay. Dick, feel- Img sure that it was out of the question to re- - join his companion and the guide on the shooting _ ground, made his way to the inn, where he ex- plained the reason of his unexpected return alone. A light lunch was prepared for him, whtch he _ did ample justice to, and then he bought a mag- _ azine and putin the balance of the afternoon reading. ae the guide returned after spent the afternoon hunting for ~ . ~“So here you are!” said Bobby, on seeing his - partner seated comfortably in a chair in the pub- lie room. “Come, now, give an account of your- sc self.” : Dick had no difficulty in complying with the -veguest. He detailed everything that had hap- ’ pened to him. Bobby listened in astonishment to his story about Barclay and the four well-to-do = strangers. a “A nice conspiracy they were up to. So you put _ 2 spoke in their wheel,” he said. “That’s what I did,” said Dick. ¢ What _was the name of the bank they had de- dn’t tell you. They didn’t mention it.” L py you learn the names of the men?” ” / ‘Signs on “f coul “And you've never seen any of them in Wall mS “Never. ‘ “So Barclay is the only one you would be able spot a3 “Oh, I think I’d recognize them if I saw them egain. At any rate, I’d know the stout man, who “appeared to be the head of the combine.” _— “Are you going to report the matter to the spapers when we get back?” No; I promised to keep quiet if they gave up irscheme.” : 7 ~ -“Do you think they'll give it up?” _ *] don’t.think it would pay them to go ahead with it now.” : : EB ight work it some other way.” ‘they did, I think I’d get on to it, and then try ‘and reach them. If any strange rumor around about a bank, the bank’s name would urse be mentioned, then I’d call on the pres- and tell him what I had heard down here, vibing the men and implicating Barclay. That the president ground to work on, and » would be*something doing that the tors wouldn’t like,” said Dick. ~- bet_they pon't give up their purpose on the risk will be theirs.” — ; ir word, if they are persons in the financial district? the matter comes to a test. oan SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS short time they had rue Your testimony can’t be corroborated. Barclay and the rest of them will swear, if need be, that they did not meet you down by the creek. How are you going to prove that they did?” “I can prove it by the guide they had with them.” “Would you know him again?” Dick had to admit that that was very doubt- ful. ~ é “They will probably buy the guide over, and if . he swears you were not at the creek, your state- ment will have very little weight.” “You've put the matter in a new light, Bobby, You’re a smart lad.” “Sure I’m smart,” grinned Bobby. “You ought to have been sharp enough to see the matter in the same way.” “As long as the firm sees things right, it is all right. We’re like a pair of eyes—our combined brains are better than either brain by itself.” “Dinner is on the table, young gentlemen,” said the landlord of the inn. The boys didn’t have to be called twice to the meal. Both were hungry, and they ate up most everything in sight. After dinner they had an- othr talk on the subject of the conspirators, and decided that when they got back to Wall Street they would try and keep an eye on the move- ments of Broker Barclay, and by so doing they might manage to learn the identity of the stout man and his associates. CHAPTER X.—Dick Is Kidnapped. After returning from their next day’s shoot- ing, Dick learned that the steam yacht had ieft the bay the afternoon before. He wondered if the men, thinking he intended to remain several days more at the shooting-grounds, meant to steal a march on him and try to work their scheme be- bay he got back to the city. . “What do you think about it?” he asked his partner. z “Not being a wizard, I couldn’t form any idea of their intentions,” said Bobby. “T think we'd better cut’ our stay short and get back to Wall Street,” “What's the use? We're going to return on Saturday, anyway. This matter is not of any great importance to us—not enough to spoil our » So Dick allowed himself to be overruled, and the boys went hunting next day as usual. It was. the last of the five days they had —— to the sport, and they made the most of it. They a very fair amount of game—enough to take back with them as evidence that they could shoot some, even if they were not experts. They took the train Saturday morning and e their homes in time to ‘have lunch with their mothers. Mr, Smart had investigated his son’s story and found that it, was true, so Bobby’s mother told him, though he had not found out the extent of. i = firm’s capital. : — Mr. White, whom ie cated aon the ea fused to say anything about the firm’s financial — standing, except to say that it was remarkably — strong. The broker told. Mr. Smart that the boys had made a wonderful showing during the _ been in business, and he z=. a

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. need not worry about the firm’s future. Next morning the boys went to their office to pass a ~S couple of hours reading the accumulated pile of financial papers, and to get abreast of Wall Street affairs. Being Sunday, there was hardly anybody on Wall Street, and they had to ring the outside bell to get in. During their absence the stock market had been quite active, and they no- ticed that L. & M. in particular looked very ac- tive. : “We might as well get in on that to-morrow, ae fo said Di é: Bobby had no objection, and told him to go . ahead. Miss Taggert had, in accordance with ‘ her instructions, opened all the letters that ar- ; rived and answered them to the best of her judg- ment. They lay on Dick’s desk and he looked them over. Several of them had evidently con- - tained remittances, and these orders the young lady had turned over to Broker White for exe- --- eution. Dick entered the orders in the proper s book, told Bobby about them, and then began on 4§ the papers. When they got down next morning at half-past 1. Ay se - as a.bee with some wor ft over from Satur- “day. She said that several brokers had called to see them, but had not said whether their call was “on business or otherwise. She made a full re- port of all she had been called upon to do for -. the firm, and the boys thanked and commended —s oe her. Dick took $50,000 down to White’s. office ~ and bought 5,000 shares of L. & M. The stock -_ ‘was then going at 92, having risen five points - since Thursday. White asked Dick how he and his partner had enjoyed themselves. — : Sy “First rate,” replied Dick. “I had something of an adventure down there which I will tell you ” ut. He then told White about his meeting with _ the four men and Broker Barclay, and the par- _ ticulars of the scheme they were discussing be- side the creek. White was naturally surprised, and questioned Dick about it. ; _” “T think they will not work it now they know Lam on to their plans,” said the young broker. ' “White shook his head. ‘ __ “Nobody but moneyed mien and shrewd finan- - ciers would try to work such a .” he said. _ “You might ose the scheme if you saw indi- _ eations of it under way, but you couldn’t do much. _ Your unsupported word wouldn’t count against _ the men, particularly as you are ignorant of their identity. The chances are they will put up some job on you first, so you had best be’ wary.” - “What could they do?” 3 “I eouldn’t tell you. Their scheme probably ey millions, and so you may depend on it they won’t let you stand in their way. I am sorry you have got yourself mixed up in such an affair. Dick had not counted on gétting into any trou- ble himself over this, matter, but he now began ‘to see that the matter might have a very seri- ous effect on both him-a SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS nine they found Miss Tag: rt on hand, as busy. (2 15 and watched it closely as it went-up toward par. He heard brokers say it would surely reach 100 and perhaps go even higher. On the following Monday it was up to 98. Then it took on a boom and went to 102 3-8 in an hour. “That’s good enough for us,” thought Dick, and he rushed into White’s office. The broker ~~ Was over at the Exchange, so he told the cashier _ to send word to him to sell the firm’s stock at 4 once. This was done without delay. White sold 4 the shares to different traders in lots of 1,000 or less, and Sh & Smart made $50,000 out of the deal. While going down Wall street next | day, Dick recognized the stout man of the clique 2 of four. He followed him to a certain building, and as he entered an elevator he pointed him — - out to the man in charge of the elevators. “Do you know that man?” he asked. S “Sure I do,” was the reply. “He is the presie : dent of the Eagle Asphalt Co,” “What’s his name?” “Morrison.” ree S| * “Ts his office in this building ?” “Yes. Room 312, third floor.” Dick made a note of the building and went _ away. That evening after supper he was called ws to the door to see a visitor, “Are you Richard Sharp?” asked the caller. a ~“That’'s my name,” replied Dick. = “Of the Wall Street firm of Sharp & Smart?” a “Correct.” Pe “Mr. White is in the cab there.and wants to = see you on a matter of importance.” aa Ane Mr. White to step into the house,” said ie : ee “I don’t think he has time to stop. He won't ° keep you over five minutes.” 3 Dick reached for his hat on the rack and went — over to the cab. The door was opened by the _ man who had spoken to him, and as the boy — looked in he received.a shove that landed him —_ into the vehicle in a very undignified way. The man followed, slammed the door and grabbed the surprised boy. As the cab.started off at a Sa rapid pace the man put his knee against Dick’s is chest and pressed a cloth-over his face. The teh broker put up the best fight he could, but — it did not amount to much against the disad- — vantage he was placed in, and in a few moments ~ to custom, and Smart — his surprise, _ e of- Dick didn’t turn up all day. Bobby left th ar samy and pes ave fs Sew n his way he stopped at the cottage to. oy = Age failed to abo =. oe ay. He found Mr. Sharp greatly worried over the unexplained absence of Dick. pa “He went out last night, without saying where he was going, and I haven’t seen or heard from him sinee,” said the little widow. “Now I’m still “It’s Bobby. They talked the matter over, but could at no definite conclusion. ~Bobby went home nussing partner. S$ reason to — for_ ‘the :

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we concluded that it was a case for the police, so he went to the station-house and told the man in charge. The hospitals were communicated with to see if Dick had met with an accident and been carried to one of them, but he had not. The ‘police said they would see what they could do -- about the case, and Bobby went on to his office. - At ten o’clock he~called on Broker White and - told him about Dick. The broker was surprised, then he said that Dick’s disappearance might have been engineered by the capitalists whose plans he had-interfered with. bs “Do you think so?” said Bobby, a bit startlek __ * wouldn’t be surprised,” replied White. “Sharp is a dangerous factor in a way to their plans. _. They might have spirited him away to some place where they propose to hold him prisoner un- til they have put their scheme through.” _ “That would be rough,” said Bobby. “I may be wrong, of course. I am only haz- arding a guess. I warned him to be on his guard, because such men will not allow an ordinary ob- stacle to remain in their path to upset carefully laid plans.” S Bobby returned to the office, feeling down in the mouth. As he knew nothing about the iden- ‘tity of the | in question, he couldn’t make any move to help his aenpooar Of course, he knew that Broker Barclay was connected with _ them, but he couldn’t tackle that man on the | subject, particularly as he had no evidence that _ the clique was at the bottom of Dick’s disap- = eu . _ Two days later Bobby, now all up in the air over ___ Dick’s ‘mysterious absence, read in a Wall Street a 4 a3 ething about a certain bank that at- his attention. That day the rumor cir- ‘was in it. Naturally, the daily press got wind of the rumor ete aod to 7 with 3 Owing scare hea reporters vis- E sotgcd president of the bank and interviewed . He denounced the rumor as an outrageous - oe oo his statement was given a prominent ances sold out e being. 3 perfectly safe and sound. There re why there should be the least sus- on concerning its m ment,” said White. pti a ‘stockholder in it, you'd hold a ain eat dollar of its liabili can eve - you think?” = ; “x : k but oe 4 ee led ouse for ‘or all at once on its Fe es.” House stayd by it?” SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS gly be “So you’ve been held a prisoner for the last e “Good! I’ igh do for a bank of its neck ‘Yell mo all about Te yl +" ; rS3 : es, < 4 " hep standing to have to close its doors, even tempo- rarily. It would start a run on other banks, and possibly precipitate a panic.” “Well, I’m glad our funds are in a safe-deposit box and in no danger from a run of any kind.” In the midst of the excitement the president of the bank in question, having got an id@a- of what was in the wind, issued a statement in ev- ery important newspaper, financial and other, aranteeing the solvency of the bank and of- ering to purchase every share of its stock at the real market value at any time. was a mas- ter stroke, arid though a few shareholders brought their stock to him and sold it, the great major- ity recovered their confidence and so Broker Bar- clay was unable to get a quarter of the stock he was after. ‘ That gave the bank examiners time to go over the bank’s books and issue their sworn state- ment that the bank was as solid as a rock. Their . report was duly published in all the papers, and so the scheme engineered by the clique of four failed badly and the storm blew over. On the day following the publication of the bank exam- iners’ report, Dick Sharp, after a two-weeks’ absence, walked into his home and was received like one come back to life. At the same time — Bobby received the following telegram: “To Robert Smart, Room 623, Dixon Building: “Kidnapped in a cab and drugged on night of Held prisoner ever since. Released to-day on outskirts of Newark. Am on my way home now. Drop in and see me on your way home. “DICK.” Bobby uttered an exclamation of delight. He handed the dispatch to Miss Taggert, SS had ‘an earnest sympathizer since Dick had van- ished. Then he grabbed the telephone and com- municated the news to Broker White. “I expected he would show up as soon as I saw that the bank scheme was proving a failure,” returned the broker. “Congratulations.” It was then-half-past three, so Bobby put-on his hat and overcoat and started for Jersey City to see his partner. : : X / CHAPTER XI.—The Las Casas Mine. | “Gee, Dick, I'm glad to see you!” said Bobby, as be el iis partrer by the hand. ;. * te “Same here, old m ied Dick heartil a while his mother looked’ beamin *~ = : two weeks?” 7 Page; surer, though I was treated well. In _ fact, I had everything I wanted, except liberty.” ‘i es 4 suppose you know who were at the back of doing while I was away?” : “Nothing at the office, but those financial pi- rates tried to do up the ——- Bank stockholders, - but the president of the concern was too smart — for them,” ‘ 5 “Then they didn’t/suceeed?” 3 “Not so you could notice it.” Rec" they got it in /

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SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS Bobby gave him an outline of the attack on the how the president: had successfully warded it off. ae “Mr. White and I were both satisfied that you had been spirited away by the Barclay crowd as soon as we heard the rumor that the —— Bank was shaky. Before that, we didn’t know what to think about your disappearance. Mr. White as- sured me that you would turn up after the scheme had either failed or succeeded, and so you have. If you only had some evidence to connect those men with your kidnapping, you could make it hot for them.” : “J know I could, but I haven’t got it. I don’t know where I kept r+ cover, except that it was fifteen or twenty miles from Newark. All I know about it is that it was a farmhouse where no work was being done. It was probably hired for my especial accommodation. I was taken there in the night, and brought away blindfolded ‘this morning. After we had got well on the _ “‘yoad the bandage was taken from my eyes and I rode with one of the men who kept watch over me at the house. When we reached the suburbs ~ of Newark he told me where we, were, and direct- ~~ ed me to get out and take a trolley car for home. Then the cab drove away fast and van- - dished before I had quite realized that I was free once more.” ‘ “You'll notify the police, I suppose?” ry “What’s the use? I doubt if they would be able to make an arrest. At any rate, I’veynoth- ing against the men who looked after me, for, of course, they were acting under instructions and were paid to perform their offices. I’ve had a rest, not that I wanted one, and in addition I’ve got hold of something that I believe is going to put a lot of money in our pockets.” What do you mean?” ° aa ¢ “While rummaging around one of the rooms, which was filled with old books and papers, all ‘thi old, I found a e of certifi- ag of the Las Casas Silver Mine of the Chi- _huahua district of Mexico.”, . } eH « “ Tt? en This mine been abandoned for a, : ver-bearing | were under way start r it up again. the soled at of Chihuahua, the capital of he State. The new company’was offering de- ~ velopmen one. , Mexican money, cents of our currency 17 heard about it. The certificates I found in the house represent 20,000 shares of the mine, and I value them at $20,000; so you see the financial pirates have done me and the firm a big service by holding me a prisoner for two weeks.” “My gracious! Twenty thousand dollars! But what has the firm to do with that? You found the stock, so it belongs to you.” “I shall turn it into the firm as a part of our assets. You shall benefit equally with me, Bobby.” When Dick’s sisters came home they screamed with delight on seeing him. They hugged and kissed him till he had to call a halt in the pro- ceedings. The Sharps were a happy household that evening, and the neighbors, hearing that Dick had turned up, came in to see him and learn where. he had been. Dick made ah early call on Broker White next morning, and the trader con- gratulated him on -his return to Wall Street. He agreed with Dick that the Barclay bunch had caused his kidnapping, and also agreed that it would do no good to put the case in the hands of the police. Dick told him all about his experi- ences at the farmhouse, but said nothing about finding the Mexican mining stock. , : He found during the day that 1,000 shares of the newly issued stock of the Las Casas Mine. had been sold on the Curb for $5 a share. The - old stock was worth just as much, but most of it, which had been held in Mexico; had been bought in for a song by the new owners. Dick made in- quiries and found that the ruling price in Chi- huahua was $10 in Mexican money, which was equivalent to the Curb figure. At that rate, the 20,000 shares Dick had turned over to the firm were worth $100,000 instead of $20,000. He im- mediately wroté to the office of the mining com- pany, stating that he had come into possession of 20,000 of the old shares, and asked that they be transferred to his name.. He inclosed the cer tificates with the letter and handed the package Chihuah offering them $12 a share for Las- Casas , or $6 in American money. Dick re- fused it, and then got an offer equivalent to $7 a share. Having an idea that the stock was erg worth more than the latest offer, he de- cided to take a flying trip to Chihuahua and look into the mine. Leaving the office in charge of Bobby, he start- ed on his journey. He made his way over the Southern c¢ road to El Paso on the Grande River, and there took the Mexican Cen- tral down to Chihuahua. Bi pores at the office of the Las Casas Mine introduced himself. an American, said he would with him to introduce him to

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18 horseback. He received a cordial welcome ftom the head men, who said they were delighted to make the acquaintance of so large a stockholder. Dick learned that the recent rise in price was due to the fact that the company was about to declare its first dividend, which would be at the rate of a dollar a share, Mexican standard,’ and that regular quarterly dividends were assured, probably at a higher rate. Dick was taken down and shown through the mine, and its richness ex- lained to him. Before he left to return to New ork he received an offer from several rich Mexicans of $10 a share for his stock, or $200,- 000 in cash in American money. This he ac- cepted and parted with the stock, returning home with several drafts on New York for the purchase money. This gave the firm a capital of over $400,000, all in cash, and they felt that their former bosses had nothing on them now in thea way of financial backing. CHAPTER XII—A Big Scheme. Broker White came into the office of Sharp & Smart one morning and asked Dick if he wanted to buy the controlling interest in a railroad. . “What are you giving me, Mr. White?” laugh- ' ed Dick... ' *A tip. You and your partner have nearly half million stowed away in your safe-deposit box, oing nothing. I thaught maybe you’d like to put _ it to work at something that was really good.” “If you can show us anything that is really ae we'll get on the job without any loss of ime.” “If you are smart enough to do a bit of high finance you'll stand to win half-a million right off the reel.” “Ys that so?” ; “It is so. Only — have to see a politician - or two before you’ll be able to do much.” “What's the road?” ; “The B. & F. Street Railway, of Brooklyn. Ten months ago the president of the road died. He ace the contro] of the stock, 51,100 shares, par Value $50. He didn’t pay that for it. The Id. permission to do so. to do if you are curious on the subject would Railroad Manual people what they ish you with a complete history of at would save you time and you material facts.” stock selling for now?” phlet off the top of his desk looked up the statistics of street railroads. Tag ry a figure for the last ten months is out $40. ; “Why, that would make the controlling inter- ; worth $2,000,000!” said Dick. “Just so,” nodded White. — cal boss. See him and talk the scheme over. you can get him to go in with you on If the prom- ise that he and his friends are to have a fat ~ slice of the profits, he’ll see that the way is made easy for a reorganization of the road on a bigger plan than the trolley people contemplate. He'll = ~ make it possible for you to turn your $2,000 in- vestment into a $5,000,000 pt Samh ry the stock of which you will be able to unload on the public ~ for cash. You should clear anywhere from half _ a million to a million, and the politicians will capture the balance. This is high finance, and the deal through it will brokers stare, and the rest sit up and take no- tice,” said Broker White. - aes Dick was greatly interested in the schen he knew it - if you can put give youa mi hs in Wall Street that will make half the —

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oes | gr SHARP AND SMART sharpness and smartness of the firm to the limit, but such financial problems appealed to him, and he felt that it would be the making of Sharp & if they could put it through. “T'll have to talk the thing over with my part- ner,” he said. “How much time havé we to con- sider the matter?” Ws _ . “You can take a week, but don’t delay longer ~ in letting me know whether you mean to go into it or not,” said the broker. “The syndicate is al- most ready. to take action, and it is necessary that ou get your offer in first or you are likely to out of. = . ; Dick at once returned to his office, but found . that get was out, Libye peed Eel came in later on, they spent part of the afternoon ting _ over the matter and figuring out their plans an ___the risks they might be up against. They agreed _ that they couldn’t come to any~conclusion until __ they got the report Dick had sent for to the Rail- _Yroad aresnsl ple, and which was promised to them on the following afternoon. So they post- | Poned further consideration of the matter till the = day. Dick notified White over the wire that = had sent to the manual company for a detailed * history of the road and that he expected to hire -* a street railway expert to go over the line and _ make an examination of all its property. > CHAPTER XIIIl.—Working Out the Project. — : : y On the following afternoon Sharp & Smart re- _ ceived a typewritten history of the B. & F. _ Railway Co. in brief, giving all the important _ facts. The company was originally capitalized for $5,000,000—100,000. shares at $50 each. The _ stock was sold at $20 a share, izing $2,000,- - 000. With this money the road built, equip- ~ ped and put into operation. Subsequently when - it Was made a trolley line, a mortgage was placed - on the entire property to raise the necessary _ funds to make the change. The road was re- _ ported to be in good condition, and tht report gave the number of cars owned by the company and the estimated value of its power plant. Also a full statement of receipts and operating ex- _ penses for the fiscal year, fixed , ete. Next day White sent a letter of introduction » to the superintendent of the line for the expert _ to present. The expert the firm hired went over the whole road and its power plant. His report _ Was-in detail, and gave a satisfactory showing. _ Dick then notified ite that he was ready to 2 buy the widow’s interest in the road at the mar- = “ket price “> $40. Wie genie ‘fe ae mg ae personally to the lawyer, an ey wen Pe the Renies’s together. x As broker 2 already told the lawyer that the firm of : & Smart would probably make a cash of- fer for the widow’s controlling interest in. the ee and that he was iftere in their ing _ the stock, the lawyer was prepared to talk busi- ~ ness with Dick. _ Diek perc him the firm’s written offer, and said he would pay the ten per cent. of the purchase “price on a ninety-day option soon as notified it the firm’s off mania. Two days 3 d Sharp & Smart received notice to call it the lawyer's Office and put the deal through. ‘ THE YOUNG BROKERS = 19 This they did, and when Dick paid over the $200,000 and got a receipt for the money, the young brokers felt they were committed for etter or worse to the scheme. The next step was to map out the plans to be submitted to the political boss of Broo ine In this they received material help from Bro White. The plan was to secure a franchise for the extension of the road, and in a bill through the Legislature au- thorizing the company to raise its capital to the sum of $7,000, with the right to issue $4,000,000 in bonds, if necessary, the said bonds to form a lien on the extension and to be issued as fast as built. Dick was provided with a letter of intro- duction to John O'Toole, and he called on the gentleman at his home. There he laid his pro- ject before the politician. O’Toole took to it like a duck to. water, for he saw bi@ money init. He figured out what it would cost to put the scheme through and how much of the new stock must be presented to him for engiheering the project. Dick saw that after everything was fixed up and the stock and bonds sold, it would put a profit of between six and seven hundred thousand dol- lars in the firm’s pocket. So he entered into a rivate agreement with O’Toole and the game of igh finance was started in earnest. After that there was no more private speculation for Sharp & Smart. They had their hands full working out the railway deal. In due time O’Toole got one of his henchmen in Albany to introduce and rush the bill through for increasing the road’s capital and to legalize a new bond issue, As he was a power in politics, and the bill was a mere ordinary one, no opposition was manifested to- ward it at any stage of the game, and it was finally passed in the ordinary course ¢f such bills and was signed by the Governor. The trolley people, however, got wind of it, and an eee of theirs be to nose around to see what it meant. Dick had got the president of the roaa interested-in the project in order to prevent him from making trouble, and the deal Dick made with him carried with it the office of president at the next annual meeting, which would soon come off. The next thing necessary, as the option had nearly expired, was for Sharp & Smart to take over thé stock. This they did by putting the rest of their capital and hypothecating the shares for $1,600,000. That gave the boy firm full con-’ trol of the road. In a month the annual meeting was held and the firm elected its own board of directors, which included the president, Broker White and several friends of his, who knew what was expected of them. The building of the ex- tension was duly ratified and the raise‘ in capital agreed on, together with the bond issue. These securities, as’ soon as prin by the proper officers, were turned over to S _ 3 & Smart to be sold. The firm inserted an ad- vertisement in all the papers offering the new stock for the tegular market price of 40. An application was made to the Stock Exchange in the usual printed form for listing the new issue of stock, and the Exchange duly allowed it. White, acting for Sharp & Smart, began offering it_at the Exchange at 40, and refused all lower offers. As soon as money came in for the stock the ground was .broken for the extension. The trolley combine had by this time got on to the whole game, but could do nothing on account of + e. and signed ~ 4 ae a a a

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the politics that was back of the B. & F. A com- mittee finally waited on the president and pro- posed a deal for the sale of the road and its new rights." The committee was referred to Sharp & = Smart, who held the control. The members com- ‘posing it visited the office of the young brokers - and had an interview with Dick. An offer was submitted and the boy said it would be consid- ered. Then he called on O’Toole and between _ them they made up a revised offer which Sharp & Smart submitted to the president of the trolley - interests. The president said it was too much. Sharp & Smart informed him that it was the only offer they would consider for the road. CHAPTER XIV.—Conclhusion. All Wall Street, of course, knew about the _ changes that had taken place in the B: & F. = Railway Co., and the extension that was being built. Every important paper in Greater New % York had reviewed the matter, more or less ex- a tensively. There was nothing extraordinary in 2 : this, for any road has the right to improve itself, : _if it can and sees fit to do so. What chiefly in- terested Wall Street was the fact that the boy firm of Sharp & Smart was the financial agents of the road and its improvements. It was ru- mored several times that Sharp & Smart had in _.. some mysterious way secured control of the line. . Wall Street, however, did not really believe such , a thihg. They did believe, however, that a secret syndicate had got hold of the road and was using the boy brokers as a figurehead to cover its oper- ations, for the present at least. There was no doubt that Sharp & Smart appeared to be the bosses of the situation, but no one really be- - lieved they were, All kinds of tactics were em- ployed to find out the truth, but they got no fur- ther than Sharp & Smart's office. Every official of the road down, when interviewed, had noth- ing to say, but referred the interviewer to Sharp _--& Smart. -_ “Say, Dick,” said Bobby one day, as they were _ looking over a report received from the chief of ‘construction, “do you suppose the big traction in- . terests have ‘given up all idea of acquiring our Tine? It is a month since we have heard from the president of the system.” g epting our offer, the of the securities they Do you know, I have rofits of s I shall SHARP AND SMART THE YOUNG BROKERS © GOLD.” — . “It seems like a dream to me to think that — the million will be ours at the end of this under- — taking,” said Bobby. “A year ago we were just plain messengers, working for eight. plunks per. Now we’re yeal financiers and brokers, as well known as anybody in Wall Street.” ; As Bobby spoke, the door opened and in walk- ed Miss Treadwell, “Why, how do you do, Miss Treadwell!” ex- claimed Dick, jumping up.’ “This is a most unex- pected pleasure.” He offered her a chair and she sat down. “You boys seem to have become very impor- tant in Wall Street since I was here last,” she remarked. ye “What makes you think so?” “Why; the papers say you are the financial agents and great. moguls of a street railroad in Brooklyn.” “Did you have any doubt about it after reading - it in the papers?” “J don’t believe everything I see in the pa- rs. ; “Well, you can believe that, for we guarantee it to be the truth.” “T also read some time ago that you sold $200,- 000 worth of stock in a Mexican mine for some= body. That was a big order, I thought.” = “It happened that the stock belonged to us and we sold it for our own profit. It cost us practi- cally nothing. We came in possession of it when the mine was just getting on its feet,” said Dick, — who did not care to say that he found the certifi- — cates under peculiar circumstances. - “Is it possible!” -she exclaimed. “You boys must be worth a lot of money.” cae 3 “We consider ourselves practically worth a mil- _ on.’ a They talked for some time together and then the young lady said she had to-go. : 4 “Not before lynching with us, I hope,” said _ Dick. “You’re such a stranger that we ean’t let - you off without a little bit of entertainment. Come on,» Bobby, put on your hat and we'll take _ Miss Treadwell down to Del’s.” The young lady at first demurred, but Dick persuaded her to come, and they had a most de- — lightful lunch together, attracting considerable — attention at the restaurant. After lunch, Dick escorted the young lady to a car, and she gave him an invitation to call on her at her aunt’s — home in Madison avenue. ; Dick said he would be sure to call, and he did, later, and, in fact, called quite often on Miss Treadwell after his first visit. A second issue of bonds was‘ about to be put.on the market when — the traction combine reopened negotiations with ~— Sharp & Smart, looking to the purchase of their — stock and general interest in the road. Finally, — - after several interviews, the deal was put throi : and the money paid in eash. How much John O'Toole got out of the deal is a matter of no im- portance to this story, but Sharp & Smart added $600,000 to their capital of $400,000, and that is how they made their million. — bated ae Next. week's . issue will contain “ FROM SCHOOL; or, THE PIRATE'S rss

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CATS IN THE WAR The newspapers of America have been giving great deal of attention to a story which stated that 500,000 cats were used by the British Army “in the front line trenches. There were many fea- res about the story that seemed overdrawn, d for that reason a letter of inquiry was sent Captain E. G. Fairholme, Chief Secretary of Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Animals of London, Bngland, who writes: “A great deal of this is journalism, though, f course, a large number of cats were sent out the British Army, not only to detect gas, but help keep down the rats and mice, and an enormous number of these cats became the per- al friends and pets of the soldiers. I cannot e you the number sent out, but I do not, from Wiries, think that it was anything like the ure that the newspapers put. In any case we ght the subject to the notice of the author- ities with a view to these animals being gen destroyed, unless good homes could be found for m in the countries concerned.” ARMERS MAY USE CORN FOR FUEL IN =e . .NEBRASKA Hundreds of thousand of bushels of corn may used as fuel by farmers in Northern Nebraska winter, according to reports brought here north line counties. High priced coal and a teous but low-priced crop of corn are given ‘as the reason. New corn, unshelled, now brings ree-quarters of a cent a pound, or $15 a ton. The cheapest. soft coal is $15, and there are portation charges above that. A wagon box y inches high is required to hold a ton of led corn, and that amount, it is said, will e a hotter fire and last longer than a ton of rning corn as a substitute for coal is not a procedure for Nebraska farmers, according ~ H. Gustafson, president of the Nebraska the early history of the state it was a com- 5 Sages r farmers to burn: corn ~as . Gustafson said, but, so far as he knew, had not used such fuel since 1906, when the ‘erop was even larger than this year’s esti- yield of 251,619,000 bushels. . “alcohol and fats in corn produce a fine ‘that is as lasting as wood or cheap soft |” Mrs. Gustafson said, — SRPETUAL RAINFALL ON VIRGINIA FARM A a freak of nature on the farm of M. S. “near Central, rain has been falling for mn two weeks on @ patch of ground about ‘square. Scientists have come» from to examine the phenomenon, but so been able to offer any explanation. ops constantly fall within the small area. the rain is like a heavy drizzle, and at es the drops are clearly defined and fall } The heaviest fall of waters ap- FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY CURRENT NEWS -shrieked for help. —_ pears to be near the four corners of the square. Day and night the rain continues and shows no *sign of abatement, even when the sky overhead is perfectly clear. Hileman states that when he built his home which is near the “raining zone,” several years ago, he found eleven feet of sand on top of a clay formation. This sand is damp and retains its moisture, and it is his theory that, on account of the hot weather, this moisture rises into the air where it is condensed and then returns to the earth. : The “perpetual rainfall” has proved a bonanza for him. So many visitors have come to see the phenomenon that he decided to charge an admis- sion fee of twenty-five cents to all sightseers. Last Sunday more than six hundred paid to get a peep at it. Meteorologists are expected to visit Hileman’s “rain” in an effort to reach a solution of the mystery. Es WABBLING WAMBAT HERE FROM SYDNEY The freighter Bellbuckle arrived at her pier in South Brooklyn October 31 from Sydney, Aus- tralia, via the’ Panama Canal, with more than 4,000 specimens of animals, birds and reptiles, in- eluding almost everything from a jumping kan- g&aroo to a wabbling wambat. re were white cockatoos, with red tufts standing up straight on * their heads, and the quaint combination of ani- mal, bird and fish, the Australian platibus, which is cold-blooded, suckles its young and is web- footed. The favorite practice of the piatibus * along the coast is to leave the sea and climb to the extreme top of the loftiest palm tree and then ut- ter a mournful cry and dive down into the ocean again, - Why the platibus does this no one knows. Bill Cringle, one of the animal keepers, said he had tried unsuccessfully to get a specimen of — _ a genuine dingalingadinga to bring to America, and a good price had been offered in Melbourne and Sydney. This animal, he added, was very rare and difficult to capture, as it could not live on land and instantly died in water. The biggest kangaroo pn board stood 7 feet 6 inches on its’ hind feet, and passed away the voyage by boxing with the crew and generally knocking every one about. Ellis S. Josephs, an Australian bushman, who brought over the col-" lection, said that the big kangaroo’s reeord for jumping was 52 feet 6 inches. The kangatoo Z will go to the Bronx Zoo with the majority of the = animals, birds and reptiles on the steamship. get Fy When the Bellbuckle left Sydney it carried — only 3,800 specimens, but by the time the vessel _ = Brooklyn the number had increased to Ellis said that off the coast of New Caledonia - the emus got out and opened the cage for the “Tasmanian devils” to join them. They were en- joying a promenade on deck when the ostriches got out and a free fight started, while the red-. — headed cockatoos stood on their perches and —

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the politics — Lost On Mt. Erebus —ok— A Boy Explorer At the South Pole By GAS’ON GARNE (A Serial Story) CHAPTER XX. Rucker Begins to Play His Hand. “What do you mean by commissary?” “You and Joe alone know just where the Owl’s Head cliff is. Until we reach that, even Rucker must see the wisdom of helping us on.” “Well, it’s a good thing that Joe keeps the lo- cation a secret. He wanted to show me the lati- tude. But I told him I never could read reckon- _ ings right, didn’t I, Joe?” “Yes, and I wondered at you,” laughed Haw- ley. May had a reason. Shall I tell you?” “Yes, do. Ah! Here comes Rucker. What does he want?” At this from Hawley they heard a heavy tramp in the snow behind. re : Then the chief mate came up in his heayy, slouching way. When Madge saw him, she placed herself be-. tween Hawley and the doctor on the pulling line and said nothing. : “Men,” began Rucker, seeming not to notice this, “I can tell by the look of things.that we are ing to a streak of crevasses we passed on our south’ard trip. Hawley may not remember them. “The snow has covered up much since we passed. We nearly fell into more than one of them. thought, perhaps, I would better take Carr’s place for a bit. He looks tired, and I may be able to steer clear of them better than he. What say?” , : . ay guess I’m all right,” returned Carr. “But if you think you know the route best, I’m agree- able waver : ss Here Madge gave the doctor’s arm a pinch that eaused him to-pause abruptly. Hawley struck in with: ; “T don’t think it necessary, Rucker. Your turn, will come soon anyway; and, under our short ra- __ tions, we ought not to impose on any one. Ed— _ “what is it, Madge?” _ : : - ‘The girl, desperate, finally whispered: in Haw- - ley’s ear: 2 tte ; oe “Don't genes of ve Sete a DoD lide way to him whi am here. won’t do. _. Rucker saw that he was distrusted, at least by libe y thrust his big person next to who | ared up at once. She pushed him +2 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 4 hear? I won’t be replaced. And I won’t have either Joe or the doctor leave you here with me.” Rucker surveyed her in grim amusement. Then he shrugged his big shoulders, saying: “I only suggested it because I came over this ground last. I am used to crevasses and can tell | a snowlid pretty well.” ; “Yes, you can. And you would not be too good ~ to push a man you disliked into one, either. I xnow you!” “Why, Madge, you are most unreasonable,” re-, monstrated Carr, in perplexed wonder. “What good would it do any ‘one to push any one else into a crevasse? We'd be short a hand.” “And have that hand’s ration—eh?” interrupt- ed Madge hotly. “Do explain yourself,” said Joe, seeing that Madge must have some reason for this strange behavior. “Explain! .I cannot explain,” half sobbed the girl, vexed with herself for giving away to tears, “Some things I know. Things which cannot be explained.” - ag Sot “You see how it is, men,” said Rucker gc ; humoredly. “I’m under Madge’s ban. But if she will not explain, perhaps I can.” “You?” the girl flared up in astonishment. “You would only put one in a wrong light, and your- self in a better one, that would be as false—well, as false as you are yourself.”, ; For an instant Rucker seemed about to explode, but the sight of Madge calmed him, despite her aversion. Indeed, it appeared as if the more she disliked and despised him, the more he felt the need or the desire of propitiating her. Hawley saw this vaguely, and it «made him 3 wary, perhaps hostile. re “Tl tell you a way out of it, Madge,” said he. “You climb on the sled and ride for a time, If -— Rucker wants to pull, give him more of a tug for his eagerness.” “ Much to the surprise of all, Madge assented, — by leaving the rope, which Rucker at once took hold of, in all apparent good faith. . . But she pulled Joe by the arm to one side, — whisperne oe ae . Pe “No. matter: what he offers to explain, ‘. you believe him. Listen, Joe! Two nights ae - he caught me alone and asked me for the latitude © of Owl’s Head cliff. Sure he did. I was more ~ than glad I didn’t know it, and told him so.” “Would he believe me? No. Then, in his an- — ger, he said if I didn’t tell him, he’d lay for you, ~ when we got to the crevasses.” ~ : aa “You must a Srepming, Madge.” - © 2 if 5 -s = ? ak Said I had threatened you, didn’t she?” Hawley made no reply further than a mittal stare. *

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THE NEWS IN WASP KILLS SNAKE Michael Devins of Dingman Ferry, Pa., saw a black snake in the middle of the roadway, writh- ing and wiggling frantically and striking here and there as if at an imaginary enemy. After = several minutes the snake stretched out and died. _ -Devins found in the reptile’s mouth a large yel- —_ lowjacket. Probably the snake thought’ the wasp would make a choice. morsel of food, but found _ from the fierce battle the yellowjacket was alive. it had mighty “hot feet.”. Although exhausted ~ ae SYLVIA PANKHURST SENT TO JAIL Sylvia Pankhurst recently was found guilty of sedition and was sentenced to spend six months __ 4n prison. The charge against her was based on me an issue of a Communist magazine of which she _ ~- was the editor. ; - The former militant suffragette delivered a long harangue in court in which she threatened to preach revolution until the capital system had been gotrored . Since Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested recently it has been made known by the government that letters she had written to Nikolai Lenine, Pre- mier of Soviet Russia, were in its possession, In one of these she was quoted as saying, alluding I have “THE SAFEST BRIDGE ACROSS THE CHASM — “The United States is a strong bridge which “will carry Liberty bonds across to maturity ex- actly on the level and without regard to the depth of the chasm that is crossed,” says the Washington Post. In an editorial recently on the Liberty bond situation, the Post says: : -“The market price for Liberty bonds is quite ow. Evidently many owners of bonds are sell- ing these securities. If they are not compelled by dire necessity to let go of their holdings, they are foolish to sell, for the. bonds are worth 100 ‘cents on the dollar and will bring that if they jheld.- In addition, they yield interest at a ? tate and no pledge on earth'is mere sure. If the United States lives, the bonds will be paid in full, interest and principal. Of what other or. Be ty in the world can this be said with equal Ps > : 9 ‘A decrease in market price is often misunder- ‘by holders of bonds*who are not familiar financial matters. They take alarm and 1 that they must sell their bonds ‘before they ower in price.’ That is false reasoning, and dopted it causes unnecessary loss to individu- san not afford to lose even one dollar. it. is BRAY 7 to _: all ear 2 partly manipulation an sult of excessive selling by persons ines A> . 7 . . FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY SHORT ARTICLES. who may be ignorant or too hard pressed. But the market price need have nothingto do with any bondholder. He is not concerned with the depth of a railroad cut if he is on a stout bridge, his only concern being the journey across the bridge. . “Similarly the only concern of a bondholder is to collect e coupons and the bond in full when due. The price might sag to nothing, but that means nothing if the owner does not sell. The United States is a strong bridge that will carry the bond across to maturity, exactly on the level and without régard to the depth of the chasm that is crossed.” FIND GOLD To be searching a home for liquor and sud- denly come upon a fruit jar which bore evidence of containing liquor, and then upon closer in- vestigation to discover that it contained $370 in gold, was the experience of Deputy United States Marshal E. L. Sanborn and Ben Holter one Sat- urday afternoon at No. 582 East Galena street, Butte, Mont. Shortly after their discovery they showed the jar and its contents to Mrs. Joe Bracich, who oc- . cupies the house, but she did not seem to know . anything about it. Later they reported their find- ings to Joe himself, and he confessed that the money was his. When asked his, object in hiding money away in that fashion, Bracich stated that he had little confidence in the banks and he fig- ured out that his basement was the safest place. “! He told the officers how many gold pteces were in the jar, also the denominations, and the small fortune was turned over to him, with some advice aes as to the proper’manner in which really to save : his- wealth. BEAR ATTACKS HUNTER In a fight at close quarters with a large black bear on a ledge high up on Blue Mountain, N. Y., in a snowstorm, two deer hunters.came off up- | permost the other morning. They were John x Frisbie of Constable, N. Y., and Charles Lovett, . New York correspondent for a St. Louis paper. | They were members of a party of ten hunters of deer who have been driving for game thro the Blue, West and Rice Mountain ranges for — ig ooo ed vett was armed with a repeating rifle of heavy calibre, and had fired three shots into the . bear at close-range when his gun jammed. Prac- tically cornered, the hunter had only a hunting knife and the gun to use as a club as the en- raged wounded bear approached as if to attack him. Frisbie, attracted by the- shooting, peered over a ledge just above when only a rock sepa- — rated Lovett from the animal. Frisbie, using an®© automatic rifle, poured a stream of lead at the — bear, and one bullet crashed through its head, — killing it instantly. A ) : Many large deer have been killed in these moun- _ tains since the season opened on Oct. 15, but this ae is the first bear killed in this district this sasaon, = * hn - ae Sat se —

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY HN Ww i ‘ r ¥ ce al INTERESTING NEWS ARTICLES \ “N * NEW WAY TO KILL SQUIRRELS When Carl Strait of Harrisburg, Pa., shot a “gray squirrel perched on a tree gnawing a nut, the charge went wild, but one stray shot struck the nut, jamming it down the squirrel’s throat and choking it to death. When Strait and his companions picked up the squirrel they could not find a shot wound and were mystified until they ’ discovered the nut lodged in its throat. 7 A CYLINDRICAL PRISON The new cylindrical State Prison at Statesville, Tll., is the first of its kind in the world. A slight curve in the skylight figured by a professor of astronomy at the University of Chicago gives every one of the 248 cells that do not get sun- light direct ninety minutes of sunlight on eve bright day. Every cell has an individual wa bow!, with hot and cold water. In thé center of the prison As a tower, from which the guards can see the movements of all the prisoners. The prison is surrounded with a circular concrete wall, thirty-three and one-half feet high, and at night the. outside of the prison is lighted with brilliant electric lights. - 4 DEATH OF NOTED DWARF Count Primo Magri, known to thousands throughout the United States died at St. Luke’s Hospital, Middleboro, Mass., following a two weeks’ illness, aged seventy-one years. He had appeared in European cities and had toured this country with Barnum and other show- men. His wife, who was ¢he widow of Tom Thumb, gied this year, and he had never been oe the" same since, : ; Count Magri was thirty-seven inches in height and weighed fifty pounds. His parents were of the Italiah nobility. He was examined by the ~ medital fraternity a Bologna, Paris, Milan and other European citfés and declared to be the most ~. perfect small man ever called to their attention. — - SAVING SHIPS AFIRE - Common eaough are smoldering fires on hoard --. Bhip. Im many cases they are comparatively -.. harmless. They arise mosily from spontaneous - -eombustion, caused by piling large quantities of ~ eoal in close quarters. _ / It is said there is not much danger from such a fire; hardly any on an iron or steel ship. The first protective measure is to exclude the air, so _. that the fire can only smolder. Then the bunker ._ ig flooded with water, which usually serves to ex- ‘tinguish the fire. . : " -- Even in wooden ships the danger from smol- dering fire is not half so great-as has been pic- tured by landsmen. This is illustrated by the erience of the captain of the Twin Brothers, engaged some years ago in the wheat trade be- “tween San Francisco and Liverpool. The vessel ee ecrecning toms the latter port with a thou- nd tons of coal in the hold as ballast. Just ‘ee y rounded Cape Horn it was discovered + the coal was on fire. raed. ere was a steam pump on board, and after closing the lower hatches the crew flooded the — hold until the ship had settled about four feet — Icwer in the water. No one was frightened and every one was confident that the ship would be safely brought into port at San Francisco. Call was made at Valparaiso, but not a man deserted the ship. The vessel was seventy-two days in reaching San Francisco from the Horn, and all that time the coal burned, and little streams of smoke could be seen coming through the cracks in the deck. Arriving at San Francisco the Twin Brothers sailed out on the mud flats and was_ flooded until she settled almost even with her upper deck. This extinguished-the fire. ‘ The appearance of the vessel after all this was pretty fair evidence what a ship may survive in the way of fire damage. Im a dozen places the bottom had burned through, and all that was be- tween the crew and the deep sea was the thin sheet of copper bottom.- The weight of the coal and the pressure of the water kept about equal — strain on both sides of the copper sheeting, and — it had not broken through, although it was little thicker than an ordinary tin pan. ———_a_—s=a=a=aqa_—_"=""]=_"EH"E|E=N|==|===E| “THE WAY TO BECOME A MOVING PIc. _ TURE ACTRESS” is in “Moving Picture Stories,” _ No. 326. Get a copy. Price 7.cents; postage free. HARRY E. WOLFF, 166 W. 28rd St., N. Y. 4 ————=eee_oOcO _ _————_—_—_—_—_—_—_————_—_— “4 “MYSTERY MAGAZINE” - SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY — LATEST ISSUES THE VELVET TOUCH, by Juli : THE CLUE OF THE RED LAME, by Chavis Ful- oO ursler, THE SCHEME OF SOLOMON SNARE, by William Hamilton Osborne. QUICKER THAN THE EYE, by Ralph Cummins, ‘ THE CLUE IN THE DARK ROOM, by Hamilton _ Craigie. - 2 THE TONGUE OF OSIRIS, by Marc Edmund Jones. _ DETECTIVE WADBE'S BIG CASE, by Ethe! 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CLOTH MADE FROM ARTIFICIAL WOOL A ~roeess has been discovered by which artificia] “woc. van be produced from cotton waste, says the South’ African Journal of Industries. The basis = —s ee of -the artificial wool is cellulose acetate, and the material is claimed to be an even better insulator _ against heat and cold than ordinary wool, that it ill wear well, and that it can be successfully dyed any desired color. eS =? The aa material has been subjected to severe _ tests by the textile department of the Leeds (Eng- E a. » fe x bs 2 -_. land) University, where it has been successfully ar ne a erted into fabrics. Cloth was woven with a ee eistere ae Pa half*of artificial wool and half of natural wool, the product resembling tweed. - The cloth, according to Prof. A. F. Barker, head of the department concerned, would prove ser- ble for men’s wear. THE FOOLISH PEASANT Once upon a time there was a peasant who said it was too cold to go out into the woods to _ chop- large logs for the fire. So he conceived the idea, of chopping up the furniture for that pur- In a short time he had disposed thus of the chairs and tables—and, then, being cold once more, he took out the window frames and burned them, and after the window frames, the doors. These being burned, he was colder than ever, course. Thereupon he started to tear down the house and burn it piece by piece until, at the end, he had neither house nor heat. . __ The folly of this peasant is not unlike that of ) person who, for frivolous reason, sells his _ Lib Bonds which, by painstaking thrift and Sacrifice, he acquired during the war to be his protection for the rainy day. He is disposing of a shertering roof and knock- g out the door that might serve later to help “

numerous complicated parts known to gas and re- coil operated automatic guns, weighing from two to four pounds, are done away with. A box magazine holding 20 cartridges, a drum magazine for 50 cartridges and a drum magazine for 100 cartridges are provided. The magazines are interchangeable in the magazine opening of operate without any connection with the gun mechanism. The raising of 100 cart- ridges against gravity, achieved in the latter magazine, is a remarkable and hitherto unaccom- plished fact. ; _The gun, it is held, is without an equal for riot use, and for the police in chasing thieves and other lawbreakers who attempt to escape in mo- torcars, and even an inexperienced man, it is said, can fire with the effect of an expert marksman, and moving targets can be hit with the ease that a fireman sprays a hose on a flame.—Army ahd Navy Journal. ~ LEATHER 400 YEARS _ At some time prior to 1893 there was standing ~ in the City of Hamburg, Germany, an old buildin which had to be removed to make way for im- * provements. Records and tradition established the fact that this building had been standing four hundred years. There is nothing very re- markable about that, says the Scientific Ameri- can; but when the building had been torn down and the foundations for the new building were being dug, the workmen discovered some old tan vats, whieh were evidently the remains of an old tannery that had been in operation on this site bene this four hundred year old building was put up. ‘ In one of the vats, which probably had been filled in with earth, they found a relic of the old tannery in the shape of a tanned hide. Part of this hide fell into the hands of a prominent mer- chant in Hamburg, who dealt in leather goods. He was sufficiently interested in the~relic to have mounded from a piece of the hide a leather cup which he brought with him to America in 1893, at the time of the Chicago Exposition, and he left this cup with one of the largest of our leather “manufacturers, who vouch for the integrity and standing ‘of Mr. Gearckens, the donor. In consideration of its great age, it is a tribute to the quality of this ancient piece of leather that it could be moulded into such a shape as this. We are informed that only a very high class piece of leather would stand, without breaking, the pres- sure required to complete the right-angled bend at the bottom of the cup. The forming of the fluting at the top of the cup was a strain upon the leather only a little less severe. Yet the leather has .been bent and moulded both in these convolutions and in the body of the cup itself — without showing any cracks. woe The Bulletin of the National Association of Leather Belting Manufacturers, in speaking of this interestmg experiment, reminds us that the enduring life of good leather is due to the fact. that it does not corrode o¥ oxidize or disi te, piece proves, will retain its lit 2 ‘ SAF ar Feige RS Oh eee e < * me’

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_— FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ——— NEW YORK, DECEMBER 32, 1920. —————SS -.. . TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Bingle Copies..............- Postage Free.... 07 Cents One Copy Three Months... me ate 90 Cents One Copy Six Months...... bs Pape a One Copy One Year....... os po Pee HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. O. Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances in any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your name and address plainly. Ad- Gress letters to < HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher = iv6. West 23d St., New York ™ ITEMS OF INTEREST NOME’S 15,000 NOW 200 Nome, Alaska, which during the gold rush of - 1900-had a population estimated at 15,000, was = left with but 200 inhabitants when the steamer -~ Victoria, the last boat of the séason for the States, sailed from there, according to passengers who _ -wete in Seattle, Nov. 2. - he Victoria brought .523 passengers from Alaska, 350 of whom were from Nome. Many of these declare they would not return. ~*~. HUMAN HAIR TRAFFIC IN-ITALY __ Apart from being curious, the trade in human - hair is a big industry. Italians easily take the ~ lead in this traffic, the main source of their sup- ly being, obtained from the peasant women of Febty, Dalmatia and Switzerland. Several-times a year these human hair mer- chants send their agents around to collect sup- _ plies, which are usually immense, for hair-grow- ng is cultivated on a very large scale by these “women and yields a good remuneration to the producer. ~ ~ Two crops of hair a year, and looking none the worse for the loss, is not extraordinary among ~ these peasant women. Half the hair at the back of the head is shorn off, the areset half be- ing drawn over the exposed part, and dressed in such a manner as only to be detected on very - close serutiny and by those experienced in the. trade. ; A ROMANTIC LIFE - Romance and adventure entered into the life -two years old, who died recently, but few i people knew it until his death. fe was born in Denmark and after fighting any with the Danish Army in the 60s he , that country and traveled in Europe, Asia, nd and other countries, working at his poat'on which he came to America became in. a storm and drifted many days, ng near Gee abeed pidregene ly had~ exhau and sev- ser Yand membéts of the crew had died — ra FAME AND FORTUNE WEEnLY Fred Krusemark an Atchison, Kas., carpenter, . ‘sellin’ gold bricks a’ready or buyin’ ’em yet? ‘bridges ten times its HER OLD PIPE TOO MUCH John Ruble of No. 382 Pearl street, Buffalo, has a mother-in-law. She-is visiting him; at least, she had been visiting him until he deposited her _ and her belongings on the sidewalk. It came about this way: Mrs. Rodie Williams, the mother-in-law, smokes a pipe—a pipe with a most terrible odor. Ruble objected to the pipe, so did boarders whom he kept at his lodging house. Ruble asked Mrs. Ruble’s mother when she was going, rather casually. She was going, she in- formed the son-in-law, when she got good and ready. She defied daughter’s husband to put her out. He did, bag and baggage. In the melee Mrs. Williams got a black eye. That’s why the story all came out when John - told it to Judge McCormick in City Court. John | admitted the eviction, but denied the black eye. City Court officers will discover which one is tell- ps. a truth, then the court will pass upon John’s guilt. 2 LAUGHS Elocutionist—Strike for your altars and your fires! Strike! Till the last armed foe—— Fan —Dat’s two strikes, mister! One more an’ yer out. “My husband has a terrible attack of grip.” “What are you doing for him?” “Nothing. e has his life insured for sixty thousand dollars.” “T understand that after waiting twenty years she married a struggling man?” “Yes, poor - chap! He struggled the best he knew how, but she ~ landed him.” Weary Clerk—Have you any fountain pens that won’t blot when you are nearly empty? Deal- er—Why, sir, I have fountain pens that won’t blot when they are entirely empty. Crabshaw—If you insist on this*new gown TI have to get it on credit. Mrs. Crabshaw—As long as it’s going to be charged, dear, I may as i get a more expensive one. : First Boarder—Smith must be behind in his board. Second Boardef—What makes you think — that? First Boarder—I notice he’s had the neck __ of the chicken for the last three Sundays. Oe “Tf you are looking for bargains,” said the broker, “I can suit you. I can offer you some stocks at ten cents a share.” “But why are they so cheap?” demanded the lady shopper. “You see, they have been slightly damaged by water.” ot rs é Rube—Where’s yer boy naow? Josh—He’s in New York. Rube—Which side’s he on by this _ time? Josh—What d’yer mean? Rube—Is he “Mrs. Caswell, while you were in Venice did you see the Bridge of Sighs?” “Oh, yes, I saw — what they called that; but, my land! I’ve seen =~ size-without ever going out of Pennsylvania!” —

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horell : m =a = . . . built, ‘A Japapvese house is one of the simplest things ever for i cconcists of little more than four posts and a roof. ae such impermanence, which is also seen in other things, sa "part of the strength of the nation, for/no people in the world have so few wants. Japanese have no bread, no beds, = = = me er: ers for the men, no petticoats for the a ey oexes wear. several dressing gowns, one over the other. In their houses they have no windows, rs doors, no walls but paper shutters fixed in grooves, no ceil- ings, no chests of drawers, not even a Se aS e itchen they have no range, no pots, nd pans, no eed ss kitchen tables. But then they, have no — gr chaits in the drawing-room, and in the real native anes the drawing-room itself is only a lot of bedrooms with the - paper shutters taken down. There is no reason why you should find anything in a Japanese house except mats and a » charcoal stove for warming your ‘fingers and making tea. — - "These and a cushion or two and a quilt to sleep on, with = van elaborate conventional politeness, constitute the furniture of a Japanese house, except the guest chamber. And the ~ articles in the ‘guest chamber consist of a screen, a kakemono K vce and a flower vase. Along with this magnificent want of wants, so to speak, the Japanese combines a capacity to get huge pleasure out ~ of what we would regard as trifles, and after labors and saerifices that we should think intolerable. This extraordi- _narv patience and whole-hearted enjoyment under all the nig- gardlinegs of his lot marks the Japanese as unique among th les of the world. , = Ago on next to nothing and thrives on it. He always has a smile: He works whenever he can get any work to do. They are all week days to him. Instead of a seventh day, - Sunday, he nas his festa, a national holiday or a temple fes- tival. neither case he goes a-faring to some temple and _ takes his children or a friend. He is never too poor to have ~ money to treat them. He gives himself a holiday only when he is out of work, is holidays are inexpensive. He just walks a hundred Soettn for a sum equivalent to a cent of our money. His food is almos chea ea cee him hp ieinas bf Horikari or the house and cherry 1 ees i on . . ee sian with the King of Great Britain and Ireland. Judging by Western ideas, Japanese babies have a hard ightes est design. and color. The black hair is cut Bees nodastic -ways, just like the hair of the Jap- ese dolls imported into this country. , The babies of the lower classses are generally carried on » back of the mother or little sister; sometimes the small rother is obliged to be the nurse maid. The kimono is made extra large at the back, with a pocket of sufficient size to id the baby, whose round head reaches the back of the k of the person who is carrying it, t is not an uncommon. sight to see children who are barely enough to toddle burdened with a small brother or sister ing peacefully on their backs. At first one expects to = child stagger and fall beneath the weight, but agpar- ty None of its movements are impeded, and it plays ‘with children as unconcernedly, as if it were not loaded. the family. HOW JAPANESE LIVE To Men who are Baid or. are Losing Their Hair Let me tell you of my own case. I was almost completely bald, and as I had tried many tonics, lotions, etc., without benefit, I expected to remain bald for the rest of my life. But instead of baldness, I now have a complete growth of hair upon my head. This is all the more remarkable use I am 66 years old. The way that I obtained a perfect hair growth was as simple as it was astonishing to me. While traveling I met an old Cherokee Indian who gave me a pomade or oint- ment to use upon my scalp. Although my confidence was meager, I used this compound. He told me it contained se lected components from the Three King- doms of Nature. After several applications my look- ing-glass revealed a slight fuzz. This developed from = 3 to day to a healthy ae growth of hair. ne my satisfac- tion in being able actually to brush the — hair where there had been a bare scalp! Yet it was true. Soon I was able to” comb it—and I have been able to do so ever since. I traded with the old Indian savant, obtaining the recipe. It was crude and the ointment was almost nauseating. So I had it modernized, by a_ practical chemist, holding to ihe original princi- ple, and now from the recipe a cosmetic pomade is prepared. Men and women have used it--and many are now doing so. In numerous cases remarkable re- ' i are being reported. is ointment contains no alcohol nor . anything else that has a tendency to a the hair, ‘the scalp or the roots. The way for you to prove what it «© will do for you is to try it. I will mail you the recipe free of charge. Your own physician will tell you that it is —- safe and you may obtain a supply from the druggist. Or you.may get it from me. It is called Kotalko. A proof box will be mailed,-with the recipe, if you send 10 cents, silver or stamps, to John Hart Brittain, 150 East Thirty. second St., BE-103, New York, N. Y. This is a genuine announcement de- void of the lavish phraseology of the usual advertisements, but it means ex- actly what at says, and I, being a busi- ness man of good reputation, stand ~eady to prove it to you.

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In & recent letter he writes: “I have no de- sire for tobacto any more. I feel like a new man.” 5 Any one desiring a copy of this book on tobaceoe habit smoking and chewing can et it free, postpaid, by writing to Edward + Woods, “TY-103, Station. F, New York “4 Jjty. You will be surprised and pleased. k for quieter nerves, strongér heart, bet- ter digestion, improved eyesight, increased vigor. longer life and other advantages if you quit poisoning. yourself. eezema healed while you work. ... free book and describe your own case, _ A. ©, Liepe, PinkCameo Brooch Free. Sanat introduce our and Ring Bargains, Sage 20 $s THROW YOUR VOICE — Down cellar, under the Bed, in the Darky’s grip or anywhere. 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Trusses did me no good. Finally, I got hold of some- thing that quickly and completely cured me. Years have passed and the rupture has never, returned, although I am doing hard work as a carpenter. There was no opera- tion, no lost time, no trouble. I have noth- ing to sell, but will give full information about how you may find a complete cure without operation, if you write to me, Eu- gene M. Pullen, Carpenter, 301G Marcellus Avenue, Manasquan, N. J. Better cut out this notice and show it to any others who are ruptured—you may save a life or at least stop the’ misery of rupture and the worry and danger of an operation. WORKING BOYS IN JAPAN Working boys in the United States, safeguard- ed by child labor laws and health regulations, fare much better than the young boys of the working classes in Japan, according to W. B. Norton, a church worker, who has just re- turned from the Far East. Tokio, the “university city, presents one of the striking contrasts, with its 50,000 college and university stu- dents and its burden - bearing boys,” he said. “In no country we have visited did we see so much boy power used in pulling loads as in Japan. While the situ- ation is somewhat similar in China and Korea, in Ja- pan it impresses one more because the boys are small of stature; and also. because it seems so incon- gruous in a nation laying such- em- phasis upon lic schools.” a8 Many of these boys work frém 4 ©’clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at night, Mr. Norton said, and the employers are, under the Japanese compul- Sory education law, technically “teaching” the boys a trade,” : To help offset-- this injustice; the Baptist Taber- — nacle in Tokio maintains a series of night schools for working boys — and girls, two- hour sessions | being held

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xt me « FOOTBALL IN TURKEY It has always. been a_ difficult matter to be a sportsman in Tur- key. One Turk, Rechad Bey, tried it with a result weird enough to serve as a basis for a_ detective story. It appears that the young Turk had organized a football team among his friends, together with some Greeks and Armenians, ‘and began prac- tising. Shortly thereafter, in the middle of the night, police came to his house and carried him off to Scutari. There he was submitted to : a long examina- tion as to the club and the game of football. . ss A special mes- senger was sent for the ball, and that was duly ex- amined and found to be an infernal : machine. The ; rules of the game were considered to be another fa piece of damning evidence. = After long de- : liberation the cul- prit was sent to the higher police authorities. in Stamboul, who _ . ‘went through a 5 second long ex- amination and came to the con- clusion that the empire had been saved from disin- tegration by the’ ‘early discovery of a great plot. ‘After much i eaietul thought and examination of the evidence of the crime it was decane Ay pee might be nothing in it,-but that it not be com- et XK 2? LITTLE ADS Write to Riker & King, Advertising Offices, 118 East 28th Street, New York City, or 8 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, for particulars about advertising in this magazine, AIDS TO EFFICIENCY BECOME A LIGHTNING TRICK CARTOONIST. Par- ean Free, Balia Art Service, Dept, ¢, Oshkosh WRITE THE WORDS FOR A SONG, write music and guarantee to secure publication, mit peems on any subject. Broadway Studios, Fitzgerald Building, New York. AGENTS $15.95 GOODYEAR RAINCOAT FREE. 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