Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 797) (1921 01 07)
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ga FAME’ AND FO Issued Subscription price, $3.50 ea 23d Street, Rew York, N. Y. Entered : the Post-Office at New York, N. No. 797 NEW YORK, JANUARY 7, 1921. RTUNE WEEKLY r year; Canada, $4.00; Foreign, $4.50. Harry E. Wolff, Publisher, 166 as Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, at Y¥., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price 7 Cents A SHARP BOY Or, MAKING HIS MARK IN BUS“NESS . BY A SELF-MADE MAN CHAPTER I.—On the Tramp. “This is a fierce day for a chap to, be out in,” _ muttered Joe Graham, as the wind, coming across the bare-looking fields in heavy gusts, nearly swept him off his feet. : : He was plodding along the country road with a well-worn grip, containing all his worldly pos- sessions, in one hand and a_stick in the other. it was a bleak March afternoon, and the sun, which ‘was invisible behind the clouds that overspread the sky, was low down near the horizon, corise- “quently the landscape looked dark and dreary and was growmg darker ali the time. The prospect of a steady, cold and lasting rain was good, and doubted his chances of reaching his ‘on before it came on. If it did, he would s to seek shelter at some house that side of city of Chester, where he proposed to stop or the night. z; ‘the care of a miserly, vgn ted uncle, who kept a general store in a Pennsyl- weais, village. Mt was a pretty hard mill that the y had to go through during his sojourn with pes uncle, Silas Green. He stood it as long as he - eould, hoping that Mr, Green would learn to ap- e jate the value of his services as a clerk and _ general assistant at the store, but his uncle seem- to grow more dissatisfied with the boy’s. ef- forts to do his duty, and so their relations finally reached the breaking point. - After a particularly hot quarrel one morning, ‘threw up the sponge. He went to his room, ed his grip, and quit the house without tak- the trouble to bid his uncle good-by, deter- g to make his own way in the-warld here- ~ He set his face toward Philadelphia, with ve heart and dogged resolution, for he be- ed that a big city offered the most likely for his energy and whatever talents he pos- d. Having scarcely any money, he could not to ride on the railroad, so he had to hoof | along the roads that ran in the direction of s mecca of his hopes, taking his chances of se- food and shelter along his route. So far had gone fairly well with him. He had . three - soe and two nights on the tramp, -both in most cases by rendering such : ces as he was asked to perform. - Joe “an orphan who some years since had - been et to d not suffered for either food or lodging, eral days to come. A turn in the road brought him in sight of an ancient-looking building of many gables, which stood a hundred feet back from the road, and it also gave him a distant view of Chester. It was leased by the present tenant—a tall, dark-featured man of perhaps five- and-forty years. He was known as Etiocles the Egyptian,“an astrologer and fortune-teller. As Joe drew near the iron gate in the stone wall that surrounded the house and grounds of the astrologer the rain began to come down at a rate that promised a steady downpour in a few minutes. “Gee! I’m in for it,” he breathed, “and the only house close by is cut off by a stone wall and a gate that is doubtless locked against intruders. This is hard luck. J] shall be soaked in a few minutes, which issaepleasant prospect. The chill wind was bad enoughsbut with the rain on top of it it’s simply—hello!” The exclamation was drawn from him by the opening of the big iron gate which he had just reached. And it opened, too, without any visible assistance. At the same time a voice, seemingly out of the air, said, in deep, sepulchral, tones: “Walk in and take shelter.” a “Holy smoke!” ejaculated Joe, staring through the gateway.. “Who spoke?” ; Apparently there was not a soul‘around. Joe, however, was not of a superstitious nature, and though he was puzzled»to account for the voice, as well as for the opening of the gate of its own - accord, he did not=think of ascribing it to any unnatural cause. He was only. too glad to avail himself of the invitation, and so he stepped through the gate and looked around for the house and the person who had asked him in. He saw neither—nothing but the wall running off in eith- er direction from the gate. As he stood stock- still in his surprise the door swung noiselessly to ee —_ and a slight click announced that it was fas : “of the ol for it.
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2 and pot inside the house in so brief a time fairly got his goat. “Enter, young man,” said the voice again. “Be not afraid. J have been expecting you.” “Oh, I say, show yourself, whoever you are!” said Joe. Immediately a tall, dark-featured man stepped into sight. “Come in,” he said. hospitality.” Joe wasn’t sure at that moment that he yearned for this proffered hospitalitv. Who was this pe- culiar-looking man who said he had been expect- ing him? How did he know but this was some trap into which strangers were beguiled? “Why do you hesitate?” asked the man, noting his indecision. “T’'d like. to know how it is that you expected me? [Iam a stranger to you and to this neigh- borhood,” said Joe. - The man smiled in a mysterious way. “Perhaps I saw you coming along the road from the cupola of the house. The bag and stick you carry suggest that you are tramping your way to Chester, perhaps in search of work. Well, ee need go no further to look for employment. i am in need of an assistant in my business. I will provide you with board and lodging and pay you good wages, if you will take service with Ie.” “What kind of work have you for me to do?” “We will talk about that after you have rested and refreshed yourself.” “Say, how is it that I heard your voice at the gate when it opened to admit me?” ~ “The voice you heard at the gate was merely myself speaking to you through a tube that runs from my reception room under the ground to the Se I not only spoke to you from that room, ut also opened the gate by a simple mechani- cal contrivance which does away with the neces- sity of employing a servant to do it. This is an age of labor-saving devices, and I have installed many of them in*this house. But you are keep- ing me waiting here. young man, as well as in- commoding yourself by standing outside. Enter £0 that we may become better acquainted.” _ Joe hesitated no longer. He walked in and the master of the house closed the door and bade him “You are welcome to my follow. ; CHAPTER Ii.—The Strange House. The Egyptian astrologer led Joe into his re- ception room. It was low ceiled, like the hall, and like all the other rooms on the ground floor. A magnificent brass lamp, swinging by chains from the center of the ceiling, furnished illumi- ~ mation, in a soft. kind of radiance reflected by a combination of colored prisms. ~ The room itself as decorated in as near an approach to Egyp- tian style as modern art could effect. Joe was much ressed by the room and regarded the ie awe. ; you were tramp- Me, A SHARP BOY -have been living for two years, but we didn’t get “Yes.” “From which I conclude that you have no home. nor friends on whom you can call for help?” “J have an uncle, Silas Green, with whom I along well together, so I left him three days age : and started out to reach Philadelphia with the idea of paddling my own canoe.” 7 “T see. You are self-reliant and ambitious. You look like a sharp boy. I summed you up as” such when I saw you in my magic crystal.” > “Saw me in your magic crystal!” exclaimed the puzzled boy. “What do you mean by that?” — “You shall learn in good time. My name is—_ well, I am publicly known as Etiocles, the Egyp- tian fortune-teller and astrologer. I do business in the past, present and future of my clients, of ~ which I have a large number, who visit me here ~~ regularly, or at my rooms in Philadelphia, where — I hold audiences twice a week, on Tucsdays and — Fridays. As a rule, I am waited on only by the - elite, as my prices are high, though I make re- ~ ductions to these whose circumstances will not — permit them to pay my regular rates. It is nee- essary for me to have a confidential assistant. The young man who has acted in that capacity was obliged to leave me to return to his native — land to claim a patrimony left him by the dea of his mother. I am therefore greatly in n of some one I can trust to take his place. situation is open to you, for I am satisfied, after sizing you up, that you will fill the bill when — duly instructed. Your pay will be $10 a week and your keep and, of course, I pay all inci : expenses in connection with the business.” — “Ten dollars a week and my keep!” exclai Joe, impressed by what seemed to him astoni ingly liberal pay, ; St “Yes. In return for which you are to follo all my instructions and make yourself as useful as possible.” = “That suits me. I'll go to work for you.” “Very good. The matter is settled. Now, re- member one thing: our relations are to be strict-_ ly confidential. You must not hold any commu- ~ nication with outsiders about my business, on any ~ pretext whatever, except in line with instruc-— tions from me. Do you understand?” ss “J agree to that if your business is on th square.” = “It’s square enough. You see, I am a man extraordinary natural attainments, and I am se ing the results of my skill to the public. I ha pen to be the seventh son of a seventh son, in eonsequence I am endowed with second s and other remarkable qualities denied the ordi- — nary run of mankind. In the Eigen Pry surface of © my magic crystal I can read the past, present or future of any one, whether he be present or not. In my magic mirror [ can, under certain cor tions, reveal to the earnest inquirer incidents have happened during his life, or will happ some future time. As an astrologer, I ea the horoscope of any person who i the exact date of his birth. > =
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ee es ri x . no time now to explain to you, but which you -_ will gradually learn in time.” _ The estimate that Joc’s employer placed upon himself caused the boy to regard him with added E respect and awe, although he had a suspicion that he was a fakir. ; “Now, come with me and I'll show you my _ audience chamber,” said the astrologer. a Joe followed him through a doorway covered _ with a heavy, dark-red curtain. The room they 3 = ‘ 3 P entered was small and dark. The Egyptian turn- - ed up another. bronze hanging lamp and Joe be- - hield more hieroglyphics and pictures, and another star-studded ceiling. The floor was bare, but polished to a high luster. In the four corners of the room were bracket shelves on which. were : ed four large, stuffed owls, their great, open eyes staring down at the object which stood on ’ the big desk in the center of the room, This ob- ject was covered with a piece of black velvet. : “Step up and I will show you my magic crys- = tal,” said the astrologer. _. - Joe walked to the table and his employer rais- ed the velvet and revealed a small globe of crys- - tal. It glittered and sparkled under the light of © _ the lamp. _ “Y purchased that of an Arabian philosopher _ and astrologer in Mecca. Its properties are mar- velous in the hands of one fitted by nature to call ' its mystic secrets into action. To an ordinary person it can never be anything else than as you view it—a globe of crystal,” said the Egyptian, sopping the velvet upon it again. “You ¢an see things in it, can you?” said Joe sskeptically. “As you see your reflection in a mirror.” A time ago, as I was gazing upon it, as I often do for an inspiration, wondering where I would get’a capable and trustworthy assistant to replace the lad who left me yesterday, the shiny face suddenly became dulled as if by a cloud mist or smoke. That told me the crystal was ut to solve the difficulty for me. The mist owly thinned and then I found myself gazing upon a section of the country road, and there I ; you trudging along, grip and stick in L need clothes shaking in the cold blasts of I t blew across the landscape,” said the. trologer. “I knew at once that you were being ed out as the fitting successor of my late I studied you attentively forthe brief that the vision remained on the crystal, as satisfied you would do. What followed, The sudden coming of the rain as“ Ss place caused you to look for : Leas e rest.” a a a bit staggered by this alleged evi- Mice of the magic crystal’s powers, and looked its velvet covering. He believed the man was irror,” said the astrologer. in it like you do in thé Joe, grinning. = = A SHARP BOY. 3 “Scenes from the past, present and future can be made to appear on its surface like the modern moving pictures, but only under certain favorable conditions,” said the Egyptian. From the audience chamber the Egyptian led Joe into his laboratory. This room gave evidence that the man was familiar with the science of chemistry in all its branches. The floor and a long bench were littered with test-tubes, retorts, syphons and vessels of many shapes and sizes, mostly made of glass. There was another room off the laboratory which Joe did not see then. This was the astrologer’s pivate den. It was comfortably furnished, with a rug, modern chairs, a table and a desk. A fair-sized safe stood be- hind the desk on the other side of the window overlooking the garden. The walls were hung with maps and charts, astronomical diagrams and scrolls covered with cabalistic figures. Stuffed owls and other birds stood around on shelves between skulls, bones and fossils. Hang- ing from the center of the ceiling was a small alligator, looking quite lifelike, with its jaws wide open. While the astrologer was explaining the uses of various vessels in his laboratory, a bell rang in another part of the house. “That is the first bell for supper,” he said. “The meal will be served in ten minutes. I dare say you are hungry.” “Bet your life I am! A long walk sharpens a chap’s appetite,” replied Joe. “Come back to the reception room and get your grip, and then [ll show you to the room you are to occupy.” The astrologer preceded him up to the next floor, by way of a broad staircase at the back of the hall and introduced him to his bedchamber, a . comfortable square room that had nothing in it suggestive of the calling of his employer. “You will find water, towels and everything needful to freshen you up r your journey,” said the Egyptian, lighting an ordinary lamp. “When the bell rings again come down and I will meet you in the hall.” In-another moment he was alone, and as he ™ proceeded to make himself presentable he could not help wondering at his strange luck in intro- ducing him to'a situation so widely different from anything his mind had ever conceived. CHAPTER IIl.—The Drop of Ink. He was brushing his hair when the second bell rang, so he made haste to join the astrologer in’ the hall below. He was taken into the living room, which was furnished in substantial oak, with a dining table, haJf a dozen leather uphol- stered chairs, a rug, a sideboard and other things in keeping. Here he was introduced to the house- keeper—a cheerfultocking woman of fifty, for whom the-boy felt an immediate liking. Her name was Mrs. Pickett. “Where is Amina?” asked Etiocles of the housekeeper. = Before the woman could reply 2 smal? door at the end of the room opened Joe was treated to a vision of beauty that yr took his breath. The new arrival was a gir sixteen years of age, but her cS ies aa hrs sips betw fifteen and
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figure was as well developed as most girls of eighteen. Her skin was a dark olive, and her eyes were a lustrous black. She was a native of Ara- bia, and had been brought to America by the astrologer, who was her guardian. “Amina, this is my new assistant, Joseph Gra- ham,” said Etiocles. The girl smiled and bowed in a self-possessed way, and Joe returned the saliitation rather awk- . wardly. She seated herself opposite Joe, and supper proceeded forthwith. Etiocles explained to her how his new assistant had come upon the scene, and finally addressed Joe in English, her foreign accent rendering the words somewhat mu- sical to his ears. She said she hoped he would like the place, which she thought was well suited to a boy of his seeming talents. The implied canelnent pleased Joe and drew him toward er. “IT guess I will,” he replied. “I'll do my best to satisfy Mr. Etiocles, at any rate.” Amina and her guardian exchanged glances and smiled—Joe wondered at what. Supper over, the astrologer retired to his den to smoke and pass the evening in his own way, leaving Joe and the fair Arabian together to get better acquaint- ed, which they proceeded to do while Mrs. Pickett sat down to her own supper, “We will sit on the lounge,” said Amina, wav- ing her hand toward it. Joe had ro objection, and as a commencement said that she spoke English first-rate for a for- 3% eigner. = “Ah, yes, I am quick to learn the language,” _ she answered, with a smile that displayed her a — teeth. “I speak French and German even af r than I do the English. The Arabian lan- e is my native tongue.” ou must be smart to be able to pick up lan- guages so quick. English is good enough for me, for I don’t expect to have occasion to use any other,” said Joe. thy ; “You ernnot tell. In this country all languages are spoken because people from every country > come here to make money. It would be conven- Bie J jient to understand several languages.” _.- “J suppose it would. By the way, I would like to ask you something: Does Mr, Etiocles see pic- tures in that magic crystal of his?” . err “You must not ask me questions about his mys- tic art, He does not like to have it discussed in the house,” she replied evasively. “Well, he told me fhat he saw me in it coming along the road while I was some distance from the house. If that is true, it must be a wonder- _ ful thing to have. It does not seem natural to _ me that a round piece of erystal can possess such remarkable properties,” . “Ah! you do not understand these things. The _ erystal of itself does not possess the power of _ producing pictures. It is merely the agency. You “might gaze at it all day and would see nothing but a dim reflection of your face. My guardian is gifted by-nature to bring upon its polished sur- face whatever he—but there, I am treading on” idden ground.” ~ es told 1 me that he was the seventh son of a Perse! 2 seventh. at is how he manages to do onderful things A SHARP BOY ‘the esi a me how to see living pictures in a drop of ink.” “What! See pictures in a drop of ink!” ejacu- — lated Joe, astonished. : She nodded in a convincing way. “T wish you’d give me a specimen of your tal- ents in that direction,” he said. ; “Ah, you doubt me?” she smiled, j “Oh, no, I don’t doubt you,” said Joe, who felt © it wouldn’t be polite to say that, “but I am inter- ested in seeing the thing done.” “I am not always in the right mental state to do it,” she said, “but I will try to oblige you. Remain here while I go for the ink.” : Amina hurried away to the astrologer’s.sanc- — tum, where she had a short talk with him. When — she returned she brought with her a small bottle of ink in her hand. “Now, I am going to pour a little ink in the palm of your hand. You must hold your hand perfectly steagy, remember, ‘and do not, on any - account, utter a sound while I am engagegiin the mystic rite.” “Tll be as mute as a mopstick, Miss Amina,” said Joe. ‘me “Nay, do not call me miss. I am Amina to — you as to all who know me. Now before I be-_ gin, tell me what you most wish I should see.” — “I'd like you to get a sight of my Uncle Silas. Tell me where he is now and what he is doing.” “T will try. Be silent.” eg She took Joe’s right hand and pulled it toward — her. Into the palm she let a little of the ink fall so that it formed one large drop, over Which she — bent with sperning, attention. Joe looked hard at ~ the ink, too, wondering if she conjured up a pic- _ ture whether he would be able to see it also. Tt — was some moments before she spoke. Then she muttered some unintelligible words in Arabic. Another. brief silence followed. ES “Ah! a mist is coming over the ink. It is ex- — panding, like a. mirror. I shall succeed,” she said, in her musical English. =e _Joe strained his eyes, but saw no change in the big drop of ink. = ‘The mirror of Cleopatra is now before me, a black, shining surface, like a deep lake in the — “ate depths of which lie hidden the mysteries of — fer Wee She began to mutter a kind of incantation in bs rabic. ea 3 ay “Now it glistens like the sea under the t radiance of the moonbeams. It is becoming transparent in the center. .The break widens 0 like a curtain drawn aside, and I see—yes, thé inside of a store.” ee “Gosh!” breathed Joe. Ses oi “A country store, where many things of diffe: ent kinds are for sale. Several men are in the place, seated around a stove, and they are ing, but I cannot hear what they are sa Sound is hushed in the mirror of ink. Ata at the’ end of a long counter a man is si a stool. He is an old man with a smooth and looks rather thin and bad-humored. I he is the owner of the store. Now a cu: girl with light hair and a shawl over enters with a jug. She hands it to the o who goes to the back of the store and last hr in ees five.” ==, Gee! ere
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Re eS Zaahex - actly described things in the store, as he remem- : eThe eat peaki I her li ad e girl is s ing. I can see her lips move. ‘They form the words, ‘Where is Joe?’ The old man says nothing, but he looks angry. Now, a ittle dog, with a brass collar, comes running from behind——” ; “That's Sancho!” cried Joe, forgetting himself. Amina stopped and pushed his hand away. _- *You have broken the spell. The mirror of Cleopatra has become nothing but a drop of ink “again,” she said. - “It doesn’t matter,” said Joe.» “You have told - Mme enough to prove that you can see real things in a drop of ink. Blessed if I know how you can do it.” Art Lat) Ca yee rey = 3 2 Rs _ plied, with a smile. | se y, you can do as well with a drop of ink '. #8 Mr. Etiocles says he can do with the magic --erystal. You are certainly a wonder,” said Joe. Amina smiled. She had given him a picture of his uncle’s store, of his uncle, the bunch of ha- - Most aston'shing was her description of the pet AZ Sancho. How had she done it? Joe was d that she was a peculiarly gifted girl, or else she had been in the store, saw it, and de- _ seribed what she had once actually seen. Be ee — r CHAPTER IV.—Joe Parts from the AStrologer. When Joe awoke next morning the sun was _ shining in at his window. While dressing, he : ced occasionally out into the yard. There he y a dark-featured man working about a large wing auto that stood in. the building built for He subsequently found out that this man was Syrian, employed as gardener, chauffeur and -of-all-work about the place. He was pre- ¢ the machine for its semi-weekly trip to idelphia that day. Joe met Amina and the ologer in the living-room, and after breakfast ‘was taken into the audience chamber by Fti- "You are to accompany me to Philadelphia,” qd the astrologer, who then proceeded to in- him concerning his duties at the astrolo- ‘rooms in the city when they arrived there. learned that Etiocles devoted his time in phia solely to palmistry and to taking for horoscopes, which he worked out later me. People who wanted readings from the crystal, and desired to penetrate the mys- of the magic mirror, had to come to his res- ne o'clock in the auto, and they reached the Ts at eleven. Visitors were received be- en noon and three. Joe, attired in a quaint ‘an costume, which he assumed on their received the callers, showed them into Sr prncim a? te agen Ee he presence le astrologer. = pew: Defloy coun that tor ks: prap 4 = A SHARP BOY “Tt is a gift, with knowledge added,” she re a stiff price. The start was made © _ strong vaults of her safe 5 ery. But these persons had great faith in the science of astrology as practiced in up-to-date style, and in the mysteries of palmistry. Still, there were many who came to be convinced, and not one but went away fully satisfied that the Egyptian astrologer was able to do everything he advertised. Joe was at times an invisible ob- server of what transpired in the audience reom, and he knew from the way the clients were im- pressed that his employer astonished them by his revelations. The boy had only the crudest ideas of palm reading, and he was amazed at what his employ- er found in the hands of his patrons. After each visitor retired, Etiocles made sundry notes in a book he kept_on his table for that purpose, and these notes often came in handy to him after- ward, when the visitor paid him a second visit. When business was over for the day the astrolo- ger took Joe with him to a good restaurant, where they had dinner, after:which they returned home. On the following day the astrologer re- ceived visitors from Chester at his residence, as well as those who journeyed from Philadelphia to consult the magic crystal. As the days went by and the boy grew more accustomed to his new occupation, he began to see that aside from as- trology and palmistry, there was a lot of bluff and quackery in his employer’s business. Although he had a soft job, and got his monéy regularly at the end of each week, he was not wholly’ satisfied. He no longer regarded the as- trologer with awe, though he respected the man’s knowledge, which he found was very extensive. He was much taken with Amina, who evidently regarded him with favor, but he could not get her to repeat the drop of ink mystery. She read his fortune in his hands, and told him that he would be successful in life, make a lot of money, and marry the girl of his heart. “You will make your mark in business,” she said, “for you are a sharp boy.” “What business will I make my mark in?” he asked her. “Ah! that I cannot tell.. I can only say that you are specially fitted to engage in any kind of money-making business. You may strike the right one the first time, or you may take up with several before you are finally suited.” , “Then you don’t think the position I am holding here is what I am fitted for? “This is but a temporary stage in your career. It will provide you with some money to help you make a regular start when the time comes.” “When will that time come?” _ The girl smiled and shrugged her shoulders. “Are you anxious to make a change already?” - she asked. “Do you wish to leave us now that we are pertty well acquainted?” “Oh, no, I’m in no hurry. I only asked the question.” é ; The time was coming quicker than either of them dreamed. One grinsy arent jewel rob- bery was reported in the iladelphia newspa- pers. A leader in society’s exclusive set had giv- en a grand ball the night before to which the uaker City’s “400” had been invited, and every- be apparently went off as merrily as a mar- bell. The lady of the house had ‘taken ovr> _ amon = $130,000 worth ut damond jewelry wo doa
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a A SHARP BOY grace her person with on this occasion. She was known to possess the most magnificent collection of personal gems in the city, and when she was fully decked out to receive her guests she pre- sented a strikingly glittering picture. A dozen private detectives had been employed to mingle with the guests and keep a sharp eye on everything, for those invited wore small for- sa tunes in géms, too. Among the detectives were two dark-featured, foreign-looking men, who had been recommended to the madame as: two of the shrewdest sleuths of Europe. ‘These men, the recommendation said, had been employed at the most important functions all over Europe, where royalty and titled people congregated at impor- tant balls and state functions. The madame was ae told, confidentially, that these two sleuths were in this country on a still hunt after a stolen diadem worth a quarter of a million. The thieves were known to be men of high standing in European society, who were believed to have brought their booty to the United States to dispose of it piece- meal. As the more important gems were known, and had a history, with sa the detectives were familiat, their purpose was to- attend all the high-class functions in this country to see if they eould spot any of the jewels in the possession of wealthy guests. In case any of these jewels were identified, the sleuths would then have a clue to work on. Such was the story told to thetlady who gave this ball, and she willingly included the foreigners among the officers hired for the night. When the bali was over, and the guests had departed, the detectives went away, too, but four fresh ones had been hired to watch the house 3 outside until the lady get up and was ready to wae send her jewels back to the safe-deposit com- is pany, under their watchful-eye. In the mean- a - time, the lady, on disrobing, deposited her valu- _ ables in the private wall safe in her room. When she was awakened by her maid at the appointed hour and had had a light breakfast, she called her trusted butler to carry her gems to the safe- deposit vault. When the door of the wall safe was opened, its i t had been placed in it was found to Sree? All the foregoing facts, save the presence of the two foreign detec- tives in the house during the ball, which the lady had requested to keep a strict secret, came out in the papers. troleger, and read all the facts. He talked it over with his employer at dinner. _ _ “You ought to be able to discover the identity of the thieves with the help of your magic mir- ~ vor,” said the boy, though, privately, he had his _ doubts about the astroleger’s ability to find any- _- thing out by that means. For reasons, he had Jost confidence in the magic crystal. And he had : ip x mgt evidence that the:magic mirror was a _~ fake. The only thing he did put real stock in _ ‘was Etiocles’ expertmess in the sciences of astrol- - ogy and in palmistry.. There was no doubt that = a past-master in these two things. d I be consulted by the pro person, best to throw all the light I can on Etiocles dried “otherwise I shall ‘adelphia on Friday he read in the paper th = Joe was in Philadelphia that day with the as-. Ro PADOE SF) ene - ures in ho on the watch for visitors, pushed the button that opened the gate, and then bellowed the word, “Enter,” through the speaking tube. This con- trivance always furnished him a lot of amuse- ment, unknown to his employer. He would talk through it whenever he saw a boy pause to look in through the bars of the gate, and it tickled | him to see the consternation with which the youth heard it and then took to his heels. With- out being aware of the fact, Joe was giving his employer a very uncanny reputation. The auto wheeled in through the gate and ran*up to the- porch, It contained two ladies, in sealskins, and the chauffeur. : Joe, attired in a modified Egyptian costume, opened the door and received the ladies, usher- ing them into the reception room. When the handsomest of the two handed Joe her card, he _ recognized her as the lady who had been robbed after the ball. He easily guessed the errand that brought her to see the astrologer. “T will inform the Egyptian of your arrival, vivagh I believe he has been expecting you,” said oe. “Expecting us!” exclaimed the lady. at “His art usually tells him who will call on him aoe replied Joe, following his regular instrue- _ ions. The ladies looked at one another, while the boy, with a low bow, retired through the drapery . of the door. He knew that Etiocles was in his den, poring over some old book treating on al- chemy, for latel he had taken a sudden interest science. When the astrologer was ready, he told the boy to show the lady of the card in. What transpired at the interview Joe was not in a position to learn, but when he and his employer visited Phil- under a scare heading, of the capture of the thieves and the soils Bid the gems. They prov- ed to be the two dark-skinned foreizners who had» posed as detectives at the ball. They secured the job through a forged letter, and their object was the robbery they had so skilfully executed. = _ They were caught on board an outward-bound — liner, en route to Italy, and the paper stated that — the clue to their identity and apprehension : been furnished by the famous Egyptian astro r, Etiocles. Joe was rather astonished, for id not have such great faith in the powers his employer. He was not aware that astro is divided into three branches, one of which cerns itself with lost and stolen articles, m people, and so forth. After obtaining full data for his purposé, the astrologer had made his fi form, and ob’ d
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9m her the facts concerning the foreign detec- the guilty parties. 6 este pat a check for $10,000 for his infor- ~ mation, and his reputation got a boost that ren- dered further advertising superfluous. A week later the young man whose place Joe had taken peared at the house. After an interview h the astrologer, Etiocles called Joe into his E m and told him that the time had come when _ they must part. : You have served me faithfully, Graham, and as an evidence of my appreciation of your serv- ices, I present you with $100, in addition to this sade wages,” said the astrologer. “You can pack up and depart in the morning. If you ever = a favor, financial or otherwise, don’t fail to call on me, or write. I will grant it at once. I - world without assistance from any one, for suc- _ cess is written in your hand, and the evidence here is infallible.” On the whole, Joe was not much put out at los- his good job. He had saved nearly the whole his wages, and the extra $100 m him now ae tO His ambition was to get into some _ kind of small business and push his way to the front. He packed his grip after supper, and af- r breakfast next morning bade the astrologer, and Mrs. Pickett good-by, promising to e at no distant day.- ith his grip in one hand and his stick in the , just as he arrived at the old house, he de- parted, with the future before him, for Chester. CHAPTER V.—Joe Goes into Business. _ Fifteen minutes after leaving the house of the trologer, Joe entered the outskirts of Chester. e houses were somewhat scattered. As roached a neat cottage, surrounded by sev- eral acres of ground, Joe saw a sign tacked up post facing the road. It read: “Partner ted in the fruit and vegetable ess.” stopped and looked at it. guess that would suit me first-rate as a ”” he thought. “I'll go in and investigate : ess.” . y a pretty girl of fifteen. ed With reference to that sign out- replied the girl. i ving room of the cot- ‘There she saw a middle-aged man stretch- the lounge with the looks of an invalid. er,” said the girl, “this boy has called the business.” — , an, who looked as if he had been’ a hard aised himself up a bit on his pillow and ‘y- down his grip and stick and drew up ives, and decided that the dark-skinned men were ~ believe, however, that you will get along in the’ | your name?” asked the a part of the morning I w. your eoveds mage. _ to take orders and vei A SHARP BOY 7 ’ “Joe Graham.” “Do you live in Chester “No, sir. I have no-home at all. I was on my way to Philadelphia, by way of Chester, when your sign attracted me. I intend to embark in some kind of business in a small way, and it struck me that the fruit and vegetable business would answer very well, if a half interest didn’t cost me too much.” “Have you got $100?” asked the man. *Yes.” “A half interest in my business is really worth more than that, but owing to my unfortunate pre- dicament—I am laid up with inflammatory rheu- matism—I have to make some sacrifice. I have a paying route in Chester—cash customers whom I supply with vegetables and fruit, grown on my place here, for the greater part of the year. My customers have lately been neglected, and unless I send my wagon out in proper hands the busi- ness will be lost to me, and that I cannot well afford. That is why I am willing to make a lib- erable concession to an honest, hustling young man. You look to be both, and I am bound to say that I like your face.” “You haven’t told me your name,” said Jo&é “My name is Jason Bridge. I have lived in this place for ten years past, and during a part of that time I worked on the railroad. Two years ago I started in the fruit and vegetable business, and by giving a good article at a fair price [ have made a success of it. That success you will share in if you agree to take hold and do the selling. My wife, daughter and son a‘tend to the supply end. The investment of $100 will give you a half interest in the horse and wagon, and entitled you to half the profits above the actual cost of raising the stuff. Tha=> cost in- cludes a small compensation to my wife and two children, based on the hours they put im at the work. The other expenses I will explain to you in detail if you decide on going in with me.” “How much do you think my share ought to average up?” “It-will vary, according to the market, but will run between $10 and $12 a week.” “You think I can count on $10?” “T do, for I have made myself between $29 and $30 a week right along during the season last year. . o” Of course, you won’t make as much now as when the fruit season is on, but we were cal- culating on the yearly average curing, say, eight months.” “TI suppose I’d have to start out very early and work till dark?” : “You’d have to leave with the wagon about half-past six, but you’d have to be on hand to help load up before that. If you have no yegy- lar home I could fix it so you could live with us, at a reasonable charge, which my wife wil! fix.” _ “Dve been accustomed to getting up early dur- ing the last two years, except for the past ten— weeks, for | worked for my uncle in his general i store at the village of Dexter, about fifty miles seat,” he said, in a hoarse voice, “and « from here. I am used to hard work, for I had — t up to ee to hustle at the store from the time I go do the early chores for the housekeeper closed up at nine o’clock in the eveni rh
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8 A SHARP BOY : day before. In the afternoon and evening I wait- ed on customers at the store.” _ z “Then you won’t find this business so hard on you,” said Bridge. After some further talk Joe agreed to buy a half interest in the business, and get on the job right away. He said it would suit him first-rate to stay at the cottage, for then he would be right on the ground. Bridge called his wife and asked her what she would charge Joe for his room and board. “He’s going to buy a half interest in my busi- ness;” he said, “and it would be an advantage for him to live with us.” Mrs. Bridge said she would board Joe for $3.50 a week, on the boy agreed to pay that out of his share of profits. Bridge then asked his wife to show Joe over the place and explain every- thing to him. “My son, Dick, is at school, or he would take ou in hand,” said the invalid. “You will meet mm = ener th ty, with its fruit t oe inspecte e property, with i ruit trees and oe A ground, looked at the horse and the wagon, and then returned to the cottage, quite satisfied. He paid Bridge the $100, and said he thought it would be a good idea for him to start out after dinner with the wagon and get ac- quainted with the lay of a part of his route, at any rate, and make the acuaintance of as many "of his customers as possible. Bridge agreed that that would be a good idea, and said he would fur- nish him with the names and addresses of his customers, “In the meantime you can put an afternoon’s supply of stuff into the wagon and I will make up the prices you are to sell at from the market list which I oo 4 every morning in the paper.” Joe was shown to the room he was to occupy, and he unpacked his things. Then he went down to the yard and offered to help Mrs. Bridge in any way he could make himself useful. He was told to go out into the vegetable pee and help Jessie Bridge gather the supply of vegetables he intended to carry out with him that afternoon. Being the last week in May, it was early yet for many vegetables. His list for the afternoon con- sisted of radishes, lettuce, rhubarb, some early peas and beans that had been forced under glass, - old potatoes from the cottage cellar, and some strawberries helped forward under glass. Bridge himself to these added apples, oranges, bananas and mixed nuts, all of which he had to purchase in the Chester market. Joe would have to dis- ahd he declined to take any one of ther: on. He believed Joe was as close to his standard as he could hope to get, and congratulated himself on coming to terms with him. Dick Bridge came from school to get his din- ner, and was introduced to Joe. The boys liked each other at sight, and did not doubt but they would become a friends. After dinner Joe started out with the wagon, a list of the custo- mers and some general directions concerning the streets in the locality where he was going. Bridge did not expect much in the way of results from him till he got the hang of the route, knowing that he was a perfect stranger to Chester. With the aid of his directions, and inquiries made of storekeepers, Joe finally reached the first street where his customers lived. “Dear me, are you Mr. Bridge’s new boy?” said the lady he called on first. “You are the third since he was taken sick himself, and I’ve been waiting three days for the wagon. I had to send to a store, three blocks from here, to get what I wanted, and it was yery inconvenient. Will you~ come regularly after this?” “T certainly will, madam, for I am Mr. Bridge’s — partner,” replied Joe politely, > “T didn’t know he fad a partner. mentioned the fact to me.” “I only became his partner this morning. He — has the rheumatism so bad that he cannot pos- sibly come out with the wagon for some time, and as the two boys he had proved unsatisfactory, he decided that the best way out of the diffi ‘. was to take a partner who would take a personal interest in the business.” ; x “I’m glad to hear that, for now I’ll expect to — see you every day. Well, what have you got to- es fd oe told her. She ordered several vegetables, and then said: “You say you have strawberries? How do you sell them?” “Twenty cents a box.” “Dear me! They are expensive.” “It’s.early for strawberries’ yet. He never : These were ripened under glass. I believe dealers are getting a quarter for hothouse berries, I’ll guarantee that these are worth the money.” “Well, bring me in a box and I'll look at them.” Joe did so when he came back with the veg- etables, and the lady concluded to take the ber- ries. Our young merchant met with about the Same experience wherever he called. The women — had been watching for the Bridge wagon, which was convenient for them to buy from, and had compelled to buy from the nearest store for the last few days, and pay higher prices than Bridge had charged them. By Joe had sold — out nearly all his stock, and then he retraced his way to the cottage. He had managed to call on about half of the customers, and next day, by ing out ly, he hoped to go over the entire route and get it — fixed in his mind. When he made his report to Bridge, after putting up the horse and wagon, the — senior partner was more than ag oe ith his — success. It satisfied him that he had no 3
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A SHARP BOY 9 _. thoroughly broken in,” he said. “I am lucky to _have secured such a partner. We must treat him well and make the place feel like home to him. Then he'll be satisfied with his investment.” Mrs. Bridge served an excellent supper, and as Joe had a good appetite he did full justice to it. He gave the family an account of his life with his uncle, but said nothing about his ten weeks of service with the astrologer, for he knew that many ple in that neighborhood were not favorably disposed toward Etiocles, the Egyp- tian. Some regarded the man as a quack, pure and simple; some disliked him on general prin- ciples, while others feared him as the people in olden times dread contact with a necromancer, _ Who in those days was popularly supposed to be _0n intimate relations with Old Nick. = CHAPTER VI.—Joe Foils the Tramps. _ After supper Dick and Joe retired to the for- Mer’s room to get better uainted. ‘ {Do you play whist or euchre?” asked Dick. “lean play both,” replied Joe. “Want to have a game?” “J don’t mind.” So Dick got out a pack of cards and they start- _ eda game of whist. | Sgt thinks you. did corking well this after- noon,” said Dick, as he dealt out the cards. “Tm glad he’s satisfied, I did my best to make 0 sh 4 aaase “Considering that you’re a stranger in Chester z a the business as well, you certainly did fine. € “T believe in doing things right up to the han- dle, A fellow has got to do the best he knows how if he expects to succeed in life.” “That’s right. By the way, where and how did _ you put in your time since you left your uncle’s Store? You said you shook him ten weeks ago.” “I had a job not half a mile from here.” “Is that so? Who were you working for? “You’d never gaan.” “How could I?” : -*Tf I tell you, will you 975° to yourself?” “Sure, if you don’t Want it known,” “Oh, I don’t care about that particularly. I’m _ ‘not ashamed of what I did, but some people have 4 iirotee ideas about astrologers.” “Astrologers!” 73 “Yes. I was‘employed during those ten weeks by Etiocles, the Egyptian, who lives down the z ecleticnaay house.” told Bride that time Joe had the horse harnessed up breakfast was ready. Dick said he’d go with him a part of the way, as he had a couple of hours to spare before school. Under Dick’s guidance Joe reached the first part of his route by a short cut, and while he waited on one customer young Bridge called on the next one. In this way they got over the first part of the route faster than usual. At eight o’clock Dick left him to go to school. Around noon Joe ate a cold lunch he had brought with him. He washed the meal down with a pint of cold coffee, and at the next house he stopped as he took the jug with him to rinse out at the = faucet. A couple of tramps came along while he was talking with the woman. They stomped and lodked at the horse and wagon. Looking around and seeing that the coast was clear, one of them sprang upon the seat. “Jump up behind, Bill!” he said, taking up the reins. : Bill started to do it when he saw Joe coming out of the yard and sized him up as the owner of the rig. e uttered a warning shout to his pal. That rascal turned, saw the boy, and with great nerve started the horse with a lash of the whip. “Hi, there, what are you doing?” cried Joe. _Quick as a wink the boy threw the jug. it, hit the fellow ~snggag Haig the breast and knocked him off the wagon. e horse kept on down the. block with Joe in full chase. CHAPTER VII.—Joe Is Held up at Night. The horse ran as far as the next street and then pot fate of his own accord. Joe got on the seat and started him back, keeping his eye on the lookout for the tramps, but i had disap-. eared. The boy went over his whole route that ay, but toward the end of it his supply of veg- etables was so far gone that he could not meet all of his orders. It was then close on to dark. He promised the customers at that end, whom he could only partially supply, that he would be on hand early in the morning. His plan was to be- gin at that end of the route every other day, so as to give all his customers an even deal. Sup- was over when he got ,hack to the cottage, ut Mrs. Bridge was keeping his portion warm in the oven for him. He turned the day’s receipts in to Bridge, who acted as treasurer, and was compnanton again for the good showing he had made. “You're doing better than I ected,” said his partner. “The firm will get on ously at this rate.” “I’m out to make money,” said Joe, “and I don’t believe in going to sleep over it. I’m ac- customed to hustle, and it’s a whole lot more satisfactory to hustle for one’s self ‘and partner than for other people.” : Bridge nodded. “You'll get a square deal from me,” he said, “for I appreciate your efforts, and I’d be a fool if I didn’t treat you right.” Joe concluded to make a call that evening on the astrologer and acquaint him with his new line of action, so when he finished his merece he. he was going out for a while. ve; Sines ta ~ 5
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_ their wheel,” he said to himself. eee 10 “You’re at liberty to go and come when you choose after business hours,” said Bridge. “We o to bed about ten. If you expect to be out ater you’d better get the key of the front door from my wife.” Joe said he didn’t intend to stay out loug, but he’d take the key, anyway. He shortly after started out for Etiocles’ house. The astrologer gave him a warm welcome, and to him the boy recounted his business venture. LEtiocles con- gratulated him on getting settled so soon, and told him he saw no reason why he wouldn’t get along successfully. He remained till ten o’clock, and then Albert accompanied him to the gate and let him out in the road. Joe started for his new home at a brisk pace. It was a warm, cloudy night, and it looked as if it might rain before morning. The boy had coy- ered half the distance to the Bridge cottage when suddelnly two trampish-looking men jumped out from a clump of bushes, and one of them ordered him to throw up his hands. Joe saw that he was the victim of a hold-up, and though he had very little money about him, he was unwilling to lose it. So instead of obeying the order, he pitched into the men with his fists. The rascals, however, were provided with short cudgels, and one of them gave him a tap on the head that sent him to the ground, momentarily dazed. While he was in that condition they went through his- clothes and took the eighty cents he had. Then they dragged him into the bushes and left him there, believing he would be insensible for some time. “Eighty cents is better than nothin’,” he heard one of the men say, lighting a short black pipe. “I thought he had more, for he dressed pretty decent,” said the other. “What do you expect to get out of a boy? They never have much money. You gave him quite a tidy rap. When he comes to, he'll carry a lump home with him. We had better be movin’ on. It will take us an hour to reach the factory. Then we've got to lay for the watchman and put him to sleep.” “Suppose we can’t entice him outside?” said the other. - : “Then we'll force one of the winders and take our chances.” ; “He’s sure to have a revolver, and we’re liable _ to shot tryin’ to get in.” ave that to me, Jerry. We'll get in, all ‘right, Then we’ll find him and put him out of business before he knows any one is in the place.” “Well, come on, let’s get a gait on.” They moved off up the road, and then Joe, who had listened to every word they said, crawled out of the bushes and looked after them. ; - “J must follow those chaps and put a spoke in “The proper lodging for them is behind the bars, and I’m _ go- ing to see that they get there. That will afford me satisfaction for the clip one of them handed out to me.” oe He started to shadow the two dark figures up the road, confident that.they would lead him to the factory they intended to burglarize. Joe Catches the Burglars., a spepecved peak by A SHARP BOY When he he +, f / turned into the road himself he didn’t see them at first, but presently he perceived some bright sparks flying into the air from the fellow’s pipe. ~ Then he knew where they were and followed after them. After quite a walk they turned into an- other connecting road near a house. This road took them direct to the factory, which was a mile ~ outside Chester, close to the railroad tracks. A light was burning in the counting room on the ground floor of the building. It shone down on the door of the safe that the raseals had designs on. The light of a lantern was flashing around the factory yard. 4 The warciitot was making one of his tours about the sheds and engine house, much to the satisfaction of the two rascals, who now antici- pated catching him without much trouble. It — wouldn’t be a difficult matter for them to lie low and surprise him in the darkness. As he was an old man, he would fall an easy victim. They crept up on him and before Joe realized what — they were up to, for he had lost sight of them in the darkness, he heard a cry and saw the lantern © fall to the ground. .Then he understood, for the light from the overturned lantern showed to him — the two rascals bending down over the watchman, — The men, having bound and gagged the watch- — man as best they could with a bit of line and a handkerchief, carried him into the factory as soon as they opened the door with the key taken from — the man. E “Now what shall I do?” Joe asked himself, staring blankly at the dark building after the ras- ~ cals had vanished inside with the unconscious ~ watchman. He couldn’t do anything alone that would end in the capture of the burglars. Final- ly he drew near the building and ventured to look in at one of the windows. He could see nothing, for all was dark in that — part of the factory, which happened to be the ~ shipping room. At the end of ten minutes he went up to the door through which the burglars — had entered and found that they had fastened it — on the inside. Then he remembered having seen — a gas jet in the front of the building. The com- — pany provided its own lighting plant, for the city gas pipes did not extend out so far on the 4 urbs. He walked around to the front and found — that the rascals had covered both of the windows — with newspaper screens, shutting out the sight of the interior of the counting room from the — road. However, the end of one of the papers was — up about an inch, and Joe was able to get a par- — tial view of the men and what they were doing. One of them was examining the door of the safe — while the other held a lighted oil lamp close to — the combination handle. On the floor lay the bag — which Joe surmised contained burglars’ tools. Presently the man at the safe completed his in- — spection. : _Then he dumped the tools out on the floor and picking up a borer, fitted a drill piece into the end of it and selecting a spot near the combina- — tion, began operations. . Joe watched him for a — few minutes and then thought it was time he did — something to save the safe from being robbed. “If I only knew where I ae istance he brnttopedt : at this time of night, but es At that moment he heard the whistle motive. aking in the ion of th
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‘sight around a curve. There was a freight sid- ing a few hundred yards away on which stood several box cars. The train, which proved to be -a freight, came on and began slowing down. At once it occurred to Joe to run down to the track and if the train sto to tell the conductor - about the state of affairs at the factory and get him to send some of the trainhands over to te = He hurriedly _ explained the situation at the factory. Be “Ts that a fact?” asked the conductor, with a of their approach; and taking instant alarm one of them threw up a window and leaped out. He was caught by one of the trainmen and n to the ground. The other chap, secing t escape was blocked that way, turned and ; to get away by the door leading into the Passage, only to run into Joe’s grasp, In another ent he was secured by the bunch. The con- logked out of the window. we you got one of them?” he asked. | Ss, we’re ation: him on the ground,” was reply he receiv ; ab him and fetch him in here,” said the con- ok! trainmen had a ae struggle burglar, but they finally forced him the building, and the pair were pres- th binding cord in the office. Joe A SHARP BOY : 11 senses: He told how he had been attacked and knocked out. ¢ “We've got the two rascals,” said Joe. “And you and I will watch over them until somebody comes in the morning, or I’ll watch them while you go and notify the police.” “We can notify the police by telephone.” “Ts there a phone in the building?” “Yes. In the superintendent’s room off the counting room.” “All right,” returned Joe. lot of trouble.” As the conductor was anxious to return to his train with the men, Joe told him the watchman and himself would look after the two crooks and have them locked up. He thankéd the conductor for his assistance and said he probably would not be overlooked by the owners of the factory when they had learned all the facts of the case. While the conductor and trainmen were taking their departure, the watchman rang up police head- quarters and notified the authorities of the at- tempted burglary at the factory and the capture of the rascals. He was told that a patrol wagon, with officers, would be sent out right away. en Joe rejoined him he told the watchman how he had euchred the burglars. He explained that he had encountered the rascals first over at the coun- ty road, where they had held him up and robbed him of eighty cents, all the money he had in his pocket. “That’s how they put their foot in it, for while they thought me unconscious, I overheard their project to rob the factory safe, and so I follow- ed them over here with the hope of checkmating them. I saw them attack you in ‘the yard, and then carry you into the building, and soon after- == I caught a sight of them at work on the safe. “That will save a reward you for saving their money,” said the watchman. “You deserve a good reward, for the rascals would have got into the safe but for you.” ¢ An hour passed before the police came. Joe told his story to the officers, and they took the crooks away to jail. The watchman had al® tele- phoned the superintendent, and he arrived just as the police were taikng the men away. Joe re- péated his story again to him and he highly com- mended the boy’s conduct, assuring him that his Services would be properly recompensed. Joe started off and got to the cottage about four and immediately turned in and was soon asleep. CHAPTER IX.—Joe’s New Scheme. Next day he was on his route bright and early When ig tel eataing him to by being compelled to a a consultation with Bri charge, which was. week he had the route rs i -G cag ast me p>
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when he got home to supper he found another let- ter, this time from the president of the factory. It contained a check for $150 as an evidence of the company’s appreciation of his services in -saving the safe from being robbed. That made him worth $250 cash and a half interest in the fruit and vegetable business, which was easily worth $150 more. He felt that he was getting on in the world. As winter approached, Joe watched the papers te to see what he could find in the way of a busi- ness opportunity. He now had $350 cash, out- side of his interest in the business, and he thought he was financially able to pick up some small business, which he could run for a while himself and afterward~*hire an assistant to conduct. If he couldn’t find anything suitable, he would try for a position for a few months, though he had ; no’ great yearning to work for a boss. sin One morning he was down at the market early, buying a supply of oranges and some other things ¥ - farmer talking to a dealer about a large walnut- si tree grove that he had on his place. “For two seasons I’ve picked them ’ere nuts and shipepd ‘em to Philydelphia to a commission merchant, but blame my hide if he didn’t report each time that the market was overstocked with walnuts and he had to sell my consignment for a song. At any rate, after he took out his com- mission and other charges there wasn’t enough left to pay me for my trouble in shippin’ ‘em. Under them circumstances I’m not calculatin’ pickin’ any walnuts this year, for I guess all them commission men are tarred with the same brush, -at least I’ve been told so, and I reckon it’s true,” said the dealer. “What do you call a fair price?” asked the eee eS eee “That will depend on the market at the time Ast you send the nuts.” e ca “That's jest it. S’pose you report to me that ~~‘ the:~ market is glutted with ’em, where will I i. come in, then?” = “There’s little fear of that. There is a market > ” for all the walnuts you can send in.” “How was it that the Philydelphia market has -_-been overstocked for the past two years.” The dealer grinned. “J didn’t hear that it was,” he said. “You didn’t! And you’re in the business? Then I s’pose the commission man done me up. Is that sit2” P . - “J wouldn’t like to give any. pag on the subject,” replied the dealer evasively. The farmer looked at him hard. “You kin give me your card and I'll think the matter over,” he said. Joe, a so. Send > sao and you can be sure : the sight thing by you. Wives the farmer walled off, Joe followed and t up with him. “avon Peek with you a moment?” asked Joe. “fT reckon you kin,” said the farmer, stopping. “J heard you talking to that dealer about the ‘walnuts you grow on your place.” what about ’em?” — ; “aaah maybe I could make some arrange- : , to sell : ae for wen A SHARP BOY * to take around on his wagon, when he heard a I carry some nuts in the fall. I have a large list of customers, but that has little to do with my — plan, for I judge you raise quite a lot of walnuts — on your place.” “Quite a lot, eh? I reckon I do. I have the largest walnut-tree grove in the State. I shipped — nigh a carload each time to the commission man — in Philydelphia, but instead of makin’ a good thing out of it, as I expected, I didn’t hear noth- in’ to speak of. It’s my opinion I was swindled both times. I guess the chap took me for an easy mark when I shipped him the second load, — for he done me up worse than the first time,” — said the farmer. “If you have a carload of walnuts, you ought to — make a fair profit off them,” said Joe. " “T reckon I ought to, too, but what’s the use — tryin’ to buck ag’in them dealers in town? They — are all combined to give the farmer as little as possible.” : “I was about to suggest taking your walnuts — myself and selling them in this city and in Phily- ~ delphia off a wagon, thus doing away with the — profits of the commission man. My idea is to act — as the intermediary. ”. ; “Act as the what?” said the farmer, with a — puzzled look. 5 “The distributing agent between you, the pro- ducer, and the public, which is the consumer.” “T see. Your idee is to get the nuts from me — and then sell ’em direct to the people at retail.” “That’s it.” : : “Your idec is good if it kin be worked.” : “It can be worked if you're willing to ship me the nuts.” ‘ ji “Jest so. Are you responsible? Have you a store or office? I want some evidence that when — I ship the nuts I'll get the money for ’em.” “Did the commission merchant pay you when — he got the nuts you sent him?” z “No, he didn’t; but he was good for the money, — even if he did skin me out of most of it.” a “When did he pay you?” : “Not for six or seven weeks after he got ’em.” — “Well, if I can buy your nuts at a figure I can make a good profit at by selling them a little — below the market price, for to get rid of a quantity. myself Ill have to make it an object for people to buy from me, I'll pay you spot eash — in advance for the nuts.” ——. “You'll pay me in advance, will you?” said the farmer. : “Yes,” / “Now you're name?” P “My name is Joe Graham. What is yours?” “Amos Fletcher.” : .“Where’s your farm?” a “Six miles out of Cherryville, about sixty miles” from here, close to the Susqu a River >) “Are you near the railroad?” ot ._, *Tolerably close to th Philydelphia and Read- in < talkin’. What might be your ¥ rs : * “When do you gather the nuts?” = “After the frost sets in, but this year I y ealculatin’ on lettin’ ’em lie on the ground, for no silly job, I kin tell you, to pick sich a lo ’em as I have, and then get done out- money I ought to get for ’em.”. pes “I should like to come up to your look the bps 0 er so 8s to form. Si
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the quantity. There may be more than I can handle, in which case I would not want to take them all.” “T reckon I-could fill a box-car with ’em if I “send all I could find.. I should be glad to have “you come up and look at ’em. You kin stay at My house, and I won’t charge you nothin’. Come Up in a day or two, and [’ll treat you well.” _ “Are you going right home?” _ “This afternoon.” en you may look for me on Saturday,” said Joe, taking down the farmer’s address carefully. They then shook hands and parted. x CHAPTER X.—Joe Makes a Business Deal. _ When Joe got home that night and sat down to ‘his supper he told Bridge that he was thinking ef going into a speculation in walnuts. _ “In what way?” asked his partner. . “On my own hook, independent of the firm. ~ I Met a farmer this morning who told me he had a @rove of walnut trees on his place that yield I’m figuring on ae : _ €nough nuts to fill a box-car. buying his whole crop.” Fa ow are you going to dispose of them?” __~ *Sell them off a wagon at a discount from store around giving, and from that on I get rid of them.” I don’t think you could sell so many in this ~_*T don’t expect to. I mean to have the bulk of them shipped to Philadelphia and sell them there. : Chol greag can send me ne first re = = Hae, xy to put in a week on, and then ship the f Balance to Philadelphia as I need them. -I'll-hire _ a horse and wagon, get a vendor’s license there and get busy. I ought to do well, but the ar- Tangement all depends on what the farmer is to charge me for the nuts delivered on the cars, I’m going up to his place on Sat- nee" so you'll have to take the wagon out that 1 Have you got money enough to handle this ~ “Oh, yes; plenty. More than I’ll need to use.” Bri thought that Joe was tackling a pretty y pe Ra but he didn’t say so, and the boy soon fter went to bed. On Saturday he took a P. & . train for Cherryville, and was met by the _. farmer in a carryall at the station. “fT see you mean business, young man,” he said. “You lock like a smart boy, and I reckon you and me both’ll make somethin’ off them nuts this year. ‘ “I hope so. How do you ship them?” “In bushel bags, but if you know any cheaper let me know.” Did you pay the freight when you sent them he commission man?” —— seca rteion man paid it, but he charged it.” ; =. iat did it cost you?” you know when I look over his state- A SHARP BOY : 13 out to the walnut tree grove, and there the boy saw nuts, seemingly by the million, on the trees. They were ripe, but it needed a sharp frost or two to loosen them and fetch them down of their own accord. The farmer said that once they be- gan to fall, they lay around so thick that you could shovel them into a cart like dirt. “When we get them to the yard we separate them from the leaves and twigs and loose earth, measure them in a half-bushel basket, and put them into bags, which, when roughly sewn up, are ready for shipping,” he said. Joe thought there were nuts enough to supply the city of Philadelphia for a long time; at any rate, he was sure there were all he would be able to handle. “Tl have a small corner in nuts for the time being,” he told the farmer. Later they got down to business’ and Joe men- tioned the figure he was willing to give for the nuts, f. o. b, (deliver on board the car). “And you'll pay cash down?” “Yes; in this way: The nuts are to be shipped as I call for them. [I will send you $100 as evi- dence of good faith and you can trust me for any shipment in excess of that sum. If you have any doubts about me, I'll send you another depos- it and [ will trust you to return me any balance that you have been overpaid,” said Joe. “I reckon you’re a square chap. You send the $100 and I’ll trust you for all over that,” said the farmer. “All right. Draw up a contract, or I will, and we'll sign it. I’ll pay you $25 on account to bind the agreement. How does that suit you?” “It suits me all right,” said the farmer. A contract was at once drawn up, embodying the price, method of shipping, and terms of pay- ment, and was signed by both of them. On the following day Farmer Fletcher showed Joe around the neighborhood in his carryall, taking him down to the landing on the Schuylkill River to point out that stream to him. “I see there’s a wharf here,” said Joe. ““T sup- pose some of the farmers in the vicinity ship fruit and produce to Philadelphia by water.” “We used to use the wharf once on a time to send stuff to Philydelphia, but nowadays we find . that it pays better to send stuff by rail. You see, the sloop often got becalmed on the rived and missed the mornin’ market. And sometimes a . portion of the fruit got too ripe to fetch a first- class price. In the long run i didn’t pay nothin’ to speak of, even at the low freight charges, so we all gave it up. In them days we had to spend a part of the afternoon carryin’ the stuff to the wharf, for the sloop had to get away in time to reach the Ke around daylight, and it’s morn eighty miles by water, while it’s somethin’ less than sixty by rail. Nowadays we seldom send to Philadelphia. Reading has grown so we find a Sa there and we don’t need to go fur- “T wonder if it wouldn’t to hi Eee. pay me —* Sloop
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14 “Tt might not be cheaper in the long run than shipping by rail, but it would be more convenient _ to me to have all the nuts on hand at once. I might find a good chance to sell half of my cargo at a slap at a fair price.” “You'd better look into it.” “J intend to. You see, I’m in a small retail business at present, and it is my ambition to do things on a large scale. I believe in large sales and small profits, rather than small sales and bigger profits.” “That’s where your head is level, young man. There’s no doubt but you’re a sharp boy, and when you get to be a man you're goin’. to make your mark in business,” said the farmer. “I’m going to make my mark in business before I get to be a man,” said Joe. “It’s born in me to hustle, and I believe in hustling for myself and not somebody else.” “By ! You’ve got the right idee.” : So = hs Joe returned to Chester he started to = make his investigations, leaving Bridge to go out with the wagon. Already he saw visions of conducting business on a more extensive scale than by confining his efforts to selling fruit and vegetables around the streets. He was a pro- ss gressive boy. The retail fruit and vegetable busi- = ness was all right for Bridge, who was a man along in years and whose ambition had never compassed anything very great. A six months’ ; experience in it had served its purpose with Joe a by getting him started on a business career, and he now intended to enlarge his horizon of opera- tions. ; that season of the year, when there seemed little prospect of hiring her out. i The boy believed that with the help of Dick, who was familiar with sailing small fore-and- afters, and who had promised to accompany him on his trip, for hé had graduated that summer at the high school, and was waiting for a promised, opening in the freight on weet of the Penn- sylvania Railroad, he could sail the sloop up the Schuylkill River to the landing near Farmer a2 Fletcher’s lace and bring her back, loaded with «+ walnuts. Bo he “— with the owner of the _ eraft, depositing as security and giving Bridge as his reference. He made all his other farmer that the first frost had come. In a few days the expected word came and he and Dick got ready for their expedition. It was arranged that they were to start next morning early, when, to Joe's intense chagrin, a policeman called at the cottage with a subpena commanding him to ap- pear as a witness at the trial of the two bur- three days hence. That put a spoke in his ae time being, and he was greatly DpOoIN' Pe Prue: * E<is SaMra 4 A SHARP BOY arrangements and then awaited word from tbe: the time we get there, all the nuts will be ready for shipment. “That's all right; but the delay annoys me just the same,” replied Joe. y E “What can’t be cured, old man, must be en- dured.” ; “Tt certainly won’t do to disregard the orders © of the district attorney’s office. I should get inte trouble.” “You would, for a fact.” “Tll have to go down and notify the owner of the sloop of the delay.” “Y’'ll do that for you,” said Dick, and he started for the water front. Joe went into the vegetable patch to look after the late stuff that still remained in the ground. Bridas himself was out with the wagon, going the ound of the firm’s customers. When the old man returned, late that evening, Joe told him that he would go out next day. 1? “Why,-I thought Fs were going to start up the Schuylkill in the sloop with Dick?” said Bridge, in ene surprise. a i. “T was, but the trip is unavoida stponed.” “How is that?” rns: : “Got a subpena this afternoon from the district attorney’s office ordering me to attend the trial of those burglars on Thursday.” “That’s awkward.” . ; “I should say sq. We can’t start now till Fri- day or Saturday.” ext morning Dick came rushin yard where Joe was harnessing the the morning paper. “What’s the matter?” Joe asked. “You'll never guess.” “You'll have to tell me.” ; “Those two crooks escaped from the city jail last night.” “The dickens they did! Is that a fact?” “Yes. Here is the story in the paper.” “How did they get away?” ; “Cut the bars of their window, let themselves down into the yard and got over the wall.” z “How did they get the tools with which to cut — the bars?” 7 “No one seems to know. The work was done by fine, highly tempered, saws, sueh as crooks have used before for the same purpose. The warden believes they had the saws sewn up in their jack- ets all the time, and their extreme pliability, like whalebones, prevented them from being discoy-— ered when they were searched.” “So they got away?” “Clean at? Z “But they’ll be recaptured in a day or two.” “Perhaps they will and perhaps they won’t. — At any rate, they are not likely to be tried on Thu: Y, So we might as well start on our tri up the river.” . 4 “T'll have to call on the district. attorney first.” “If you do, he’ll tell you not to leave the city, — as the police are likely to recapture the prison- ers. That will cause an indefinite delay, and mix your business all up. I’d take chances and go. escape of the crooks is a good excuse for — you and your business being pressing is an-— other.” _ “V'll think it over,’ said Joe. = mie At breakfast he told Dick he would go out v the wagon tha the a ; out into the orse, waving
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= Tetaken by night they would start up the river in the morning.” - The evening papers said,that the escaped bur- giars had not been heard from, and that the po- lice of Philadelphia were on the lookout for them. They won’t be captured for several days, if _they’re taken at all,” said Dick. “If arrested, a - New day will have to be set for their trial. We _ Will be back with the nuts before you'll be called on again to testify in court.” _ “I guess you’re right. We'll make a start to- Morrow, then.” _ “I was down and saw the owner of the sloop. I told him we'd be on hand early in the morning.” _ Joe nodded, and so the matter was settled. CHAPTER XI.—In Trouble. The boys reached the small wharf where the Sloop was moored at seven o’clock next morn- g. They brought a basket of provisions with __ them, enough, they calculated, to last them on the short trip. At eight o’clock they were under way ‘up the river, and they entered the Schuylkill five __ miles below the city of Philadelphia. They had _a fair wind to waft them along, and they made ___ Very good progress. : : Y - “This will be a sort of holiday trip for us,” said - “Unless the weather changes,” replied Joe, who _ Was no sailor. __“T don’t think we need worry about that. The - eo ey Fee AS Ss St ae 5 juke veiled to the presence of their univ 15 “Tt will be $2 in your pocket,” said one of the men. “That makes no difference.” The men walked a few yards away and con- sulted together. The boys got their basket of food out and proceeded to eat their dinner. The men watched them from the spile they were Jean- ing against. When Joe and Dick had finished their meal, Dick started to hoist their mainsail, while Joe went to the mooring-line and began to cast it off. The men came back and one of them offered Joe $3 to take them up the river. That aroused Joe’s suspicions, and he flatly re- fused the offer. The sloop began to float out into the river. Suddenly the men leaped together into the cockpit of the boat. ; “Be a sport, young feller, and take us along,” said one of them, with a grin. : “You seem determined to come, whether we want you or not. Well, I’m not used to being bulldozed into doing what I don’t want to do, so I’m going to put back and make you get ashore,” said Joe, in a resolute tone. : “Take us as far as Pottstown, anyway. Maybe we can find a boat there that’s going on up the river. If we can’t, we'll take a train.” The feliow spoke so civilly that Joe, rather against his will, consented to carry them as far as Pottstown which city he expected to reach by three o’clock. J “Give him a dollar, Jim,” said the man to his companion. “Never mind. said Joe. “We'll make you a present of the dollar, then.” “No, you’d better keep it. You might need it later.” “Where do you want us to stay?” “You’d better go forward and sit on the deck. You will be in the way here.” “Come on, Jim, we'll go forward.” They sat down near the bow, with their faces toward the boys, and entered into a low con- versation. Dick took the helm and headed out into the river, while Joe sat beside him. “Those chaps had a lot of nerve to jump on board after you told them you wouldn’t take them,” said, Dick. “That’s what they had. Only I didn’t want to have a scrap with them I would have made them go back on the wharf.” “I don’t like their looks much.” “Neither do I, so I figured that the easiest way was the best to treat them.” “Suppose when we get to Pottstown they won't go on shore?” “Oh, they'll go. The owner’s revolver is in one of the lockers, If they tr any game with us at Pottstown I'll get it and make them under- stand that I'll stand no nonsense.” “Suppose they dared you to use it on them? You know you wouldn’t shoot, for that would get us in trouble.” we ll find men along the waterfront to help “T suppose we can. I won’t charge you anything,” pany upon us.” - |. 32 ‘So they sailed along, and were growing reco # - 58 Ae It’s very annoyi that these fellows should show up and force their com-
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16 gers, when suddenly the men got up and came aft to the cockpit. “Got any idea how far it is to Pottstown?” asked one of the men. “No. It'll take us more than an hour to get there.” The river was clear of craft at that point, and the shore on either hand was quite a bit away. “Got any smokin’ tobacker about you?” asked the man, looking at Joe. “No; I don’t smoke.” “Got anythin’ to drink aboard?” “No, we haven’t.” “Me and my pal have concluded not to leave the boat at Pottstown.” “We’re not going to take you any further, so you’ll have to leave,” said Joe. “You've decided on that, have. you?” “ey have.” “Then we'll have to take charge of the boat. Eh, Jerry?” “That’s what!” said his companion. . The name Jerry, and the tone of the men’s voices, which now seemed to have a familiar ring to Joe, raised a dark suspicion in his mind all at once. Were these the two escaped burglars in disguise? He had only seen the crooks by — light in the factory office, and they both had faces, covered with a week’s growth of stubbly beard. They now looked, except in size, much different from these men, but. with his sus- picions aroused he began to see a resemblance that he had not noticed before. It began to look as if there was going to be trouble. And there was trouble before the boys were quite prepared for it. The men, with one accord, suddenly grab- bed them and forced them down in the cockpit. “You young fellows are goin’ to play second fiddle. Fe said the man named Jim. “Instead of takin’ us up the river, we'll take you up the ‘river. If you don’t cave in and stop your strug- glin’ you may go overboard, and you'll find it a pretty good swim to reach either bank of the river.” Jim held Joe down, while Jerry was perched on Dick’s chest. The boys found the men too husky to dislodge, and were obliged to give up the fight. The sloop, with no one at the helm, had fallen off her course, and her boom swung and the canvas shivered as the wind was spilled out of it. The men rolled the boys over and tied their hands behind their backs. Then they carried them into the cabin, closed the door partly on them, and Jim, who appeared to have _ gome skill as a boatman, put the sloop on her course up the river again. “This is a nice pickle to be in,” said Dick. “We haven’t seen the worst of it, I guess,” re- turned Joe. “Who do you suppose those men 9” “T should imagine they’re rough characters.” “They’re the two crooks who got away from Chester jail.” 7 “What! How do you know they are? You - didn’t recognize them on the wharf at Phoenix- ville.” oS “TI know I are sand I ae secon nize them now, but I’m sure 1 re the men, dis- s with false beards and different clothes, - 7 % A SHARP BOY that they probably stole somewhere after they made their escape from the jail.” “If they’re the crooks they must have recog- nized you.” “I can’t help it if they have.” “They’re liable to put us on shore somewhere and get away with the boat.” “T don’t believe they’ll put us on shore.” “Why don’t you?” “Because they know as soon as we'd put the police on their track.” “We certainly would.” “They'll carry us with them as long as they stick to the boat, then they’ll feel safe. They have taken to the river to throw pursuing officers ps their track. They’re probably bound for the es ” “Maybe they'll stick to the boat as far as they sail her on the river.” “I would not be surprised if that is their in- tention.” : “The river is 120 miles long.” “I’m glad it isn’t longer. That’s twice the dis- tance we were going. By the way, Pottsville is on this river, isn’t it?” “Yes. About ninety miles from Philadelphia.” “They may leave the boat there.” “If they go there it will probably take them till to-morrow noon to get to the place if the wind holds fair.” “They’ll have to put in somewhere to get some- thing to eat unless they make free with out food. If we could free our hands we would be in a position to give them the slip.” “Not if the chap who remained to watch the boat kept the door closed on us.” ° we got free “You forget about that revolver in the locker, — If I could get my hands on it there’d be some- thing doing.” At that moment Jim came to the door aad: looked in on them. “I see you’re takin’ the sail éasy, he grinned. ; “What are you going to do with the boat?” asked Joe, as a feeler. “You see what we’re doin’ with it, don’t you,” replied the man. “How far up the river are you going?” “As far as it suits us to go.” “If we’d known the kind of men you are, I'll Ls you would not have got on board at Phoenix- ville. “We kind of surprised you, didn’t we?” he chuckled. : “Go away and leave us alone. to talk with you.” “Got any money in your clothes?” young fellers,” We don’t want That question gave Joe a shock, for he had $100 with him to pay the farmer for the wal- ~ nuts. It was in five $20 bills, pinned in the inner pocket of his vest, but he did not doubt but the fellow would find it. “You won’t answer, eh?” said Jim. “Then Fl have to search you to find out.” As Dick was nearest to him he went through his trousers and. vest pockets and secured about $3. Then he proceed to search Joe. He found $12 in small bills. To the boy’s intense relief he did not extend his search further. As a matter of fact, Jim did not expect to find much | y Seer as ee ee — . 4 TE i ale ‘ —— ee eee Ae ee ee a ee eee fe ee or ae rere Ae ee! ee ss mia ee s a esas ag Ce
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Ps on either of them, not as much as the $15 he - took from both of them, and was quite tickled at - - getting that sum. 3) “Thanks, young gents; we'll borrow this from -. you. One of these days we’ll send you our checks, __- with interest,” he grinned. : Then he retired to the cockpit, closing the door. The boat was now passing Pottstown, but, of course, the boys didn’t know it. They tried hard to free themselves, but they couldn’t get loose, and so the afternoon wore away and evening - eame on. As Joe had surmised, the men put in for the shore as soon as the shades of night began to fall. They intended to land, and one of them was going to a village they saw not far away to purchase food for themselves. Jim had investi- gated the packet the boys brought along and con- cluded to hand some of its contents out to their prisoners. At last they ran the boat alongside of a rural landing and made fast. Then Jim oe etepped on shore and went off, after telling Jerry to keep his eyes on the boys. 3 CHAPTER XII—Capture of the Crooks. be “The boat has run in shore and stopped,” said Dick. 5 “J told you they’d land to get something to eat,” = lied Joe. = ee eeThat chap looked into our food-basket. They _. might have eaten our supper and saved them- _— selves the trouble of landing.” x “J guess they left it for us.” ; = “Very kind of them,” said Dick, sarcastically. “Say, I’ve an idea. Back up against me and if you can untie the knot that holds my ” Es pik backed up and applied his fingers to the - kmot. He met with better luck than he ex- pected. Inside of ten minutes he had loosened the knot so much that Joe got one hand out, and ‘the other easily followed. : : : “Now there’ll be something doing,” said Joe. 2% The first thing he did was to secure the revol- yer from the locker, then he set Dick free. “Now, we'll surprise the chap outside before his pal gets back. Bring the cord with you to tie him up. [f he puts up a fight I'll shoot him in the leg or arm.” sg : _ Joe crept to the door and opening it a bit ooked out. Jerry was leaning against the rud- der-handle, snoring to beat the band. _“He’s our meat!” whispered Joe. “Come on.” They crept outside, grabbed the rascal and bound him before he was fully awake. We'll carry him into the cabin,” said Joe. _. they had him stowed away, Joe said: “Now we'll lay for the other fellow. Get the - boat-hook and hide under the mainsail. I’ve go __ the hat of the other chap in the cabin, and his pal will take me for him in the dark till he get board. The moment he comes over the side up and hit him on the head hard enough nock him out. Understand?” — ek said he did, and then concealed himself. 2 course of fifteen minutes Jim ‘came along A SHARP BOY ‘him and his companion as securely as possible, TT a7 Joe reached out his arms and received two «f the packages. Then Jim stepped on board. Diex, watching his chance, sprang up and hit him with the boat-hook. He went down with a smothered cry. The boys then bound him securely and dragged him into the cabin. Joe lighted the lamo and looked at their prisoners. om and see if those beards will come off,” he | said. Dick pulled the false hair off the faces of both men, and then Joe easily identified them as the burglars. ; “They’re the chaps, all right, and back to jail + were go as soon as they can be gui ihere,” sail | oe. “You'll get a lot of credit for capturing them,” - said Dick. r. “You did as much as I did in the matter. We'll both get the credit of their recapture.” “Our names are sure to be printed in the Ches- ter. papers.” “Nothing like becoming famous, after a fash- ~ ion. Now I must get our money back.” He went through Jim’s pockets and found $14.25. The man had spent 75 cents at a store © for food. “We'll stay here till we’ve eaten our supper,” said Joe. “Our prisoners will have to go hungry till we reach our cestination and place them in the hands of the Cherryville officers to hold till the Chester authorities send for them.” At Joe’s suggestion, Dick took their jug and went to a farmhouse to purchase a quart of | milk. After dispaiching their meal they un- moored the sloop and started up the river again. “Will you recognize the landing we’re bound for in the dark?” asked Dick. “We'll have to keep in cloSe to the shore and make inquiries about Cherryville. The village is seven miles away from the river, but by learning where it is I will get a line on the landing,” re- plied Joe. The evening was a bright one, with a clear sky, and after awhile the moon came up and gave : them plenty of light. ‘They looked in at their prisoners once in a while to make sure they were in no danger of getting loose from their bonds. : About nine o’clock they put in at a wharf of — a town and Joe went on shore to make inquiries about Cherryville. He found they still had quite a number of miles to go yet before they would reach the neighborhood of the landing. The wind had dropped and they went on but slowly. Hour after hour slipped away and midnight came, but the landing they were bound for was still some distance ahead of them. Joe-took another look in the cabin. The man Jim had recovered his senses _ and learned from his pal how the tables had been turned on them. He made a desperate effort to get loose, but the boys had taken care to tie and all his efforts were futile. He swore likea trooper at Joe when the boy came into the cabin. Shes till I get free, and Pll fix you!” he — ssed. 5 “Don’t get excited. You won’t get free in : hurry,” answered Joe. wy: = - “What are going to do with us?” asl =e ae Stee
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3 “T’m going to turn you over to the police as soon as possible.” ~~ “JT suppose you'll charge us with stealin’ your = boat?” = “That’s what you did, isn’t it?” said Joe, who thought he wouldn’t tell them he knew who they --reaily were. : “You can’t prove nothin’ ag’in us. Our word will be as good as yours in court. Better set us on shore and let us go our way and we won’t trouble you no more.” . “4 “We can’t afford to take the chances of free- ing you. You played us a dirty trick, and you’d do it again if you got the chance.” - “No we wouldn’t. We'll promise to let you © -alcne.” _ . *J'll think about it, Anyway, we’re not going to put in at the shore much before daylight. By the way, why were you fellows wearing false —. beards?” . 2 “We're troubled with neuralgia in the jaw, and we have to keep our faces warm,” replied Jerry. 4 “What! Have you both got neuralgia?” said Joe, with a suppressed chuckle. =< “Yes, we've got it bad.” Z “T never knew before that false beards helped neuralgia. Well, you fellows lie quiet now, and when we reach the landing we’re bound for I'll let you know how we will dispose of you.” . Thus speaking, Joe left the cabin and closed the door. ney met with several landings along _ the river, but none of them resembled the one "near Farmer Fletcher’s property. Joe felt sure he would be able to recognize it by a certain breaking in the east when another landing hove in sight. As they drew close to it Joe saw the dead tree and other indications that this was their destination. a2 “Here we are,” he said. “That’s our landing.” “Do you know it?” asked Dick. “There’s the scarred tree I told you about.” “JT see it. I guess you’ve hit it right.” , They put in at the landing and made fast. : “Here, take the revolver and: keep guard over the prisoners. I’m going over to the farm. __ , Fletcher will be up-by the time I get there. Vil 0 have him send his son to the village for the of- ficers to take the crooks in charge,” said Joe. nae He started off, and when he reached the yard Se across the stubble fields there stood Farmer _ Fletcher at the door of his barn. ne? ay to see Joe. hy, hello, young man! How did you come?” ri he asked. “By boat, as I told you I would.” _ “But you sent me word that you couldn’t come for several days, owing to having to testify in 2 Se know it, but the men I was to appear against made their escape from jail, so the trial had to , Fg off until they were captured.” - -Oh, ‘that’s it. You left Chester yesterday, f en, ; “Yes, and we got to the landing about half hour ago. The wind vgs light during the last of our trip.” j Tm right glad to see you. Who came d, Dick Bridge.” scarred tree that stood close to it. Daylight was. He was greatly © drove a fair bargain with each house he vi: Bee Tai oe : fre = rah as 4 a TR : wm A SHARP BOY “Why didn’t you fetch him over with you? You could have left the boat alone. Nobody around here would touch her.” “He had to stay and watch two prisoners we have on board.” : “Prisoners!” ejaculated the farmer. “What do you mean?” “IT mean we’ve captured the two escaped pris- oners.” Joé then told the farmer all about their adven- ture on the river which led to the capture of the crooks. The farmer was astonished, but he read- ily agreed to send his son to the village for the constable to carry the men to the lockup there. “Til send him after breakfast,” he said. “In the meanwhile we’ll fetch the chaps up here and keep them in the barn till the officers come for vem. -That will give your friend the chance to breakfast with us.” : He called his hired man, had the light wagon , put in commission, and all three drove down to . the landing. The -prisoners were taken out of the cabin. “What are you goin’ to do?” asked Jerry. “Hand us over to the police?” “That’s what’ll happen to you.” CHAPTER XIIi—Joe’s Business Speculations, The farmer already had fifty bags of nuts ready to ship, and his big cart was soon on its way to the grove to fetch in another load. The - two boys and the farmer’s son went with it to expedite matters. Joe and Dick remained two days at the farm while the sloop was being load- ed. They were treated royally.and enjoyed every moment of the time, though they did their share of work in return for the hospitality ac- corded them. . While they were there three de- tectives came from Chester after the escaped prisoners. They rode over to the farm to get all the particulars from Joe and Dick. At length the sloop had all the nuts on board she could carry, and bidding adieu to the farmer ; the boys started back for Philadelphia, where Joe ‘ decided to make his first sales. “You have 400 bushels of nuts,” said Dick. “How long do you expect it will take you to sell them at retail?” _ “I am not sure now that I will follow my orig- inal plan of peddling them about the street,” re- plied Joe. “Taking into consideration my time, ‘ board and lodging in the city, and the rent of the : horse and wagon, I think I can make as much by selling them at wholesale in large lots if the ‘ market price is good. I’m getting tired of doing = things in a small way. There’s really only a liy- ¥ ing and little over in that. The bigger the scale you. do business on the more there’s in it, luck se equal.” : ; se at practically expressed Joe’s enlarged sen- timents. He visited a number of commission houses to see what they figured the nuts would — bring, delivered at their door. He got the market price and then paid a visit to wholesale grocery houses that supplied nuts to their trade an a their supplies from the commission men. He
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_ liver them, terms cash. He returned to the sloop late in the day and told Dick of his success. “Til make just about 100 per cent. on my spec- ulation,” he said. count, and he’s trusted be for the balance, some- thing less than $200. At this stage of the game I’m about $200 ahead, with 50 bushels left to dis- pose of in Chester at retail. I should clear $2 a bushel off them. That will make my profits alto- gether $300.” Joe waS now worth something over $600, be- sides his half interest in the fruit and vegetable business, which he decided to dispose of to some- body acceptable to Bridge. So he advertised and secured a young man to take his interest for $150. About two weeks before Christmas Joe was at- _ tracted by an advertisement of a book and sta- tionery store for sale cheap on account of the owner’s death. He called at the place and found it was on a side street, where trade was but moderate: He found that the stock was to be sold at a sacrifice. Not being up in the business he couldn’t tell whether that was true or not, though he presumed it was from the circum- stances of the case. He told the woman he’d _ think it over if she would give him an option on _ the place for 24 hours for $5. ‘She consented, and then Joe called at a big book and stationery e and arranged with one of the clerks for a consideration to go around to the store and size the stock up. The clerk, after a careful inspec- ' tion, told him that the price was a bargain, but that the location of the store was not good for a profitable business. Joe bought the stock and fixtures for cash, and as the rent had been paid for a week ahead he ~ elosed the place up and went in search of a store on one of the principal retail streets. He _ found one and agreed to occupy it till the first of the year if he got the use of it at a substan- tial reduction, the sign to remain up. The agent let him have it on those terms, and he immedi- sly ordered a big sign painted, as, follows: “Bankrupt sale of books and stationery for the holidays only. Everything going at bed-rock rices. Fixtures for sale.” ay " Then he advertised for a salesman familiar th books and stationery. He got a dozen an- ‘wers to his advertisement. He sent for one and a long talk with him. Then he moved his k and fixtures around to the new store and up his sign. Next day he opened up, acting as his own cashier. He didn’t sell at bed-rock tices by any means, but he sold some things . to attract attention. Finding he had a h of customers, he sent for a second salesman, finally a third one. His stock went off fast good profit. He cleared a little over $250 is speculation, and was now worth $1,000. later Joe got a : fellow named Smith. They soon got quite him in confidence that ; could double it several Sto A SHARP BOY equainted with a bright. s 19 “I’m working for a man in the cheap clock and notion business. Some time ago he imported a thousand Swiss alarm clocks, but when they ar- rived he was short of funds to pay the duty.” “Well?” “They will easily retail in this country for $5 and $6 each. They are preity clocks and the few samples we had went oif like hot cakes, that’s why my boss went into the speculation. The clocks cost him about $2 and the freight charges. The duty is 50 cents on each clock, so the gov- pi ca! is holding them in bond till the duty is paid. Tr “Maybe I can find a purchaser for your boss,” said Joe. “If you can he’ll pay you $50.” “Where is his place of business, and what’s his name?” “Here’s his card,” said Smith. Next day he went around among the clock trade and inquired about the Swiss cuckoo alarm elock. He found that nearly every wholesale house had some for sale, the trade price of which was $3.75 to $4, and they were sold at retail from $6 to $8, according to the reputation of the store. © In the afternoon Joe went to Philadelphia on tia same errand and learned the same facts. That evening Joe visited the astrologer and had a tal'x with him. If Etiocles thought well of the specu- lation he was going to ask him for the loan of $2,000. The Egyptian listened to him attentively then looked up his list of lucky days for that month. Then he consulted a list for days best suited to make speculative ventures. After that he cast a horoscope of Joe for that year, with particular reference to the first three months. As soon as he had finished, he said: “T’}] lend you the money, but you must make the deal on this day, in the forenoon, around eleven o'clock. Then you must hire your store on any one of these days, and open up on one of them. If you carry this out you will make a success of your speculation.” “T’]l do exactly as you say,” replied Joe. “Come here in the morning and you shall have the money. Come at nine o'clock.” . Joe promised and went home. Two days later he bought the consignment of Swiss clocks in Bridge’s name and received a commission of $50, CHAPTER XIV—Conclusion. On his way to Philadelphia Joe got an idea that put his store plan in the shade, though he could ‘not tell whether he could “ork it. At any rate, he determined to see what he-could do about it. As soon as he reached the city he called at the biggest department store and asked for an in= He was admitted to. \ a _—- = J = , ‘a a a Spo FS ot
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house to advertise the clock and furnish sales- - girls, and retain 49 cents on each clock sold. The sale to run for a stipulated time, at the end of which I will remove all clocks remaining unsold.” - The interview was brief, at the end of which he was told to bring a sample clock next morning -* at nine o’clock and the proposition would be taken wp by the buyer of the clock department. Joe ‘ then went to the warehouse where goods were * held in bond, paid the duty on the consignment , and the storage charges up to the end of the -- month. He got permission to have a man open one of the cases so he could take out one of the clocks. The clock proved to be exactly as rep- resented, and he went away with it. He reached , Chester about two o’clock and took the clock out -* to show the astrologer and Amina. He told Etio- cles about the new plan he had conceived, and the Egyptian thought well of it. Next morning he went up to Philadelphia again and called at - the department store. He saw the buyer of the clock department, and exhibited his sample. After some talk they went to the manager’s office and there the matter was gone over again, and it was finally decided to take up with Joe’s offer, and the contract was made, the clocks to be put on sale Monday morning at $4.49. At the buy- er’s suggestion Joe sent 300 clocks to the store. A feature advertisement, with a drawing of the _elock, appeared in the store’s Sunday advertise- ment. There was an unusual rush of customers 3 to the clock department that week, and the 300 clocks were depleted so fast that Joe sent 300 more. They went so well, 500 being disposed of, 4 that the sale was continued during the following week. Eight hundred of the clocks were sold altogether, for which Joe received $3,200. That __ left him a profit on his speculation of $1,100, and he still had 200 of the clocks left, the wholesale _ value of which was $800 more. Hé went to New - ‘York and sold them to two department stores for _ $3.50 each. Thus he made $1,800 on the deal, . which made him worth $2,800. With this money he bought a grocery store in Chester in a good location, and after running it for a month dis- ‘posed of it at a profit of $700. ; _ During the next two or three weeks he did nothing, then he saw the announcement in the paper that the furniture and works of art of a well-known woman in New York were going to be _ sold at auction. The day before the sale he went _** to New York and looked the articles over in the npany of dealers and interested outsiders. Next day he attended the sale. He succeeded in get- “ting hold of works of art that had cost about $10,000 for $3,000. Then, provided with a letter ~ of introduction from the astrologer, he went round among the’ rich people of the city and told celine he would have on exhibition at a cer- ain place certain-art objects which would be for sale at a fair price. He fitted the room up in a well way on borrowed furnishi and placed » art objects about, with the price of each at- ed to it. He had a great many callers, and bout half of his stock. He then adver- lic auction of the remainder. He fit of $2,500 out of this venture over _ OF WALL STR s Som A SHARP’ BOY During all that time he had not heard a word. from Mr. Green. He thought he would write to the old man and let him know how fortunate he had been. Five days later he got a reply from his uncle. The old man said he was delighted to hear of his nephew’s success. Joe was his only relative, and he had always liked him, he said. He was getting old and didn’t expect to live much longer, so he hoped Joe would come back and see him, if only for a day or two. So he*wrote a reply and told his uncle he would visit him in a few days. At the end of a week he started by train for the nearest station to the village of Dex- ter. When he left the train he found a convey- ance which would carry him to the village. It was nearly dark when he reached Dexter, every tree and house of which was familiar to him. He went to the village inn and registered. “I’m going down the street to call on my uncle,” he told the landlord after supper. ~ “I'll be back before you close up.” He found the housekeeper in the kitchen sit- ting by the fire waiting for Mr. Green to come to supper. She was surprised to see Joe, looking like a banker’s son, walk in.’ : “Where’s my uncle?” asked Joe. * : “In the store,” she rejlied. “Then I don’t understand why the front door = is locked,” he said. : Before the housekeeper could answer, he start- - ed for the passage leading into the store. En- tering through the back door he was startled to see his uncle tied to a chair and gagged with a ; towel. The noise he made brought into view two e. hard-looking men, whom he recognized as the = tramps that had tried to steal his wagon in Ches- ter. They had been trying to open a very ordi- =3 nary safe under the counter, in which the old man : kept his money. The situation was plain to the boy, and picking up a large box of sardines he flung it at*one of the men. It caught him on the temple and knocked him senseless. Snatch- . ing up an axe-handle, Joe started for the other. = The fellow rushed for the door, but Joe floored 7s him with a blow and bound him with a piece of < hay rope. He then released his uncle. The old man was delighted to see his nephew, especially at such an opportune moment. The constable was sent for and the two rascals were taken to the e lockup. Joe spent the evening at the store, and the old man showed him his will in which the boy was made his heir, which he was, anyway, by law. He remained two days in the village, and then returned to Chester, where he soon found the chance to go into the fruit and vegetable business ~ down near the market, and he made big money — from the start. ‘He continued to visit the astrolo- r and Amina regularly, and one day he asked | tiocles for his ward’s hand and got it. They were married shortly afterward, and they tookup their home with the Egyptian, who had pur- chased the place and intended to leave it to “Thus we close story of a sharp boy. ize Next week’s issue will contain “TOM SWIFT ET, or, THE BOY WHO \ — ‘ = =
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 2a - CURRENT NEWS ROUGH BOY WON’T SLIDE. icone history, this being the 2,550th of the ac« ¥ , ini r youn cepte apanese.era. : ais nae wos et ab pass at ai “in tues The previous census in Japan was taken nearly * months on public school chairs in Boston was an- 1,200 years ago in the era of Empress Kotoka. ~ swered by Chairman Joseph P. Lomasney of the The design of the stamps represents a provisional ~ School House Commission that $44,100 had been g0vernor of the period inspecting the census re- spent this year to keep chairs and desks smooth. turns for his province. In the upper left-hand ¥ He said this boy’s chair had been specially part of the design appears the Imperial emblem of _ ‘gand-papered at the request of his father, who said the chrysanthemum. Narrow panels extending the ungster was hard on pants. Ali things con- down either side of the stamp contain rows of sidered, the chairman said, the boys and not the ep abe aig ee ori yang 2 a ag: Jap t th = 3 e ? eft and “In commemoration of the a chairs must be held responsible. é Sistoeban, ninth —— a Talsho,” on the right. ; : e stamps, whic ave been surface-printed E. See ee aoe ie viet by the Sonsiomeatt Engraving Bureau at Tokio, a her ites for the first time in fifty-nine years to sa i US motey) 2 ae ae showy pi [send the Supra of hex breter, B Daren Noxg, They av avaiable only for domende portage ad ES — ee Be ea ve recluse ever since the be. upon letters to China until April 1, 1921. pS inni the Civil War. though an age 3 eaomey, Miss Read is still vigorous and in good WOMAN EDUCATES SPIDER 3 health. She is said to have made a vow in 1861 Educating a spider is a task rarely undertaken, that she would never leave her room after her Mrs. Elizabeth Marriott Moffatt, ‘of Wheaton, _ ‘father broke off her engagement to a National pe naga ——- = pikes in the g . ’ , it, an i = Guard officer. She kept the vow olen radea series aie hee yale is is Bi = POLAND’S LONGEST PIPE LINE. “By far the most common spider in this coun- ~~ “of The longest pipe line in Poland for the trans- try is the one known ,28 the ‘black-and-brown mission of oil was opened on September 6, 1920. speckled garden spider,’ Angelena naevia,” said his duct, which runs from Jaslo to Gorlitz, is Mrs. Moffatt. “The species, although called the _ constructed of 10-inch piping and is 28 kilometers garden spider, is often found in our houses, where Be (17.38 miles) in length. It is connected with an- it builds a flat sheet. web In some corner, alwa - ether line that runs from Jaslo to Mezinek. Both having a funnel at the rear, into which the spider - these lines were constructed by the Polish Gov- ¢@" escape when disturbed. The body is from ernment and are used for the transmission of oi] 0Me-half to three-quarters of an inch in length. _ from the wells in Mezinek to numerous refineries At the back end two of the spinnerets project, and factories. Since the construction of the new logking Sas little pointed tails. pipe line a sufficient number of factories have be- . by tA A Maleoe a and put bs to use oil.as fuel instead of coal to result in Ini 4, wan aide n 7 nade table” This was f the ing of 6,000 carloads of coal per year. aid on its side on the library table. Every day AS Berne OA Me she was given a small drop of water and sone ar . several house flies. The flies were fed to her by ce PRESIDENT WILSON WINS 1920 NOBEL plecing one in a bottle similar to that in which = PEACE PRIZE _ the ee ee peeet, Baden a. card over. ths as is made that the Nobel peace mouth of the € that contain e fly, with- 3 Seer be coknewed on President Wilson of drawing the cork from the spider’s bottle, plac- : Bnited States on D r 10. ing the two bottles mouth to mouth, and then re- The Nobel peace prize carries with it a grant of moving the card. : = ‘shout $40,000, which is one-fifth of the annual in- At once the spider would rush into the second "terest on about $9,000,000 left for that purpose by bottle, seize the fly and return with it to her own _ Alfred B. Nobel, the Swedish scientist and the in- bottle. She soon learned to run to the mouth of ‘ventor of dynamite, who died in 1896. The only her bottle whenever I approached her with water ‘two Americans who have in the past received the or a fly. : 7 Nobel ce prize- were Theodore Roosevelt, in 1906 and Elihu Root in 1912. = JAPANESE STAMPS INTEREST cad COLLECTORS. _ panese Government has put out a re- Peco issue of postage stamps in connection vith the national census, which began Oct. 1. Of rse the new stamps will be sought eagerly by ’ telists, for they commemorate an event which ook place more than 1,000 years ago—a period ch. after all. is not so very long in antient some modification a “After a few days the cork her bottle so that she could come and go at will, She would wander about the table, crawling over and around books and papers, but always re- treating to her bottle when frightened. She had built a small web in it; with a crude retreat at the farther end and had adopted it as-her home. ; “She learned so readily to come for fond pri water that I am led to wonder whether Febre’s contention that every act that a spider performs a is ‘impelled by an instinct that has come down ‘tect it through untold generations, is not subject to _ ait firs Ha : was taken out of a
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Lost On Mt. Erebus Soe . ; A Boy Explorer At the South Pole By GAS'tON GARNE (A Serial Story) . CHAPTER XXIII (Continued) * “Batty! Not much. You have nearly made yourself batty, by slipping pieces of your ration in my bag. Don’t say no. I can feel one there how. Oh, me! How could I have let you do me that way.” ~ Hawley still said no, but hung his head guiltily. _Carr and Joy looked mystified. The girl, still With her arm abont him, explained. + “When we start out after our sleep, you know we put our next ration in our pouches, so as not to unpack the ration bag until the following morn- ing. Twice feeling in my pouch I was surprised to find more pemmican, or an extra half biscuit, than there should be. But I concluded that I was mistaken. That was because I was so—so hun- gry. And here I’ve been eating part of poor Joe’s ration unknowing. No wonder his head grows ” . i “Aw! cut that out, Madge. You need more to . ~ keep up on us men.” “T won’t cut it out. I’m confessing. I’m as bad es Rucker or Shouse, only I did not know I was at the time.” But the doctor and Joy seemed to think it a good joke on Madge, and bade her hush up. The tact was that all were enthused over the idea of being so near to their next cache. Provisions would then be plentiful. oe Moreover, they could hardly sleep for thinking _ of»the nearness of that heaven-sent supply of _. food, though it reminded them of the sad fate _ ef White and his companions, who had unwit- _ tingly saved their lives. at When they did start it occurred to all that __. nothing had nm seen of Rucker or Shouse since _. their disappearance the day before. + aaa oe ” said Joe. “ we are so near the __ Owl’s Head now we will go there first and look _ them up later, when our stomachs are full.” _ -. “That night it came on to blow almost another blizzard. But the gai —— at their backs = a morning, and they. pu on, stubbornly deter- ised to reach the ce e if possible. Joy fell into a crevasse in the afternoon, and it took half an hour to rescue him. Tired, gaunt, hungry, they then plodded on until at last Hawley “mounted a nearby ice cap in order to obtain a learer look. All at once he called out: _ “TI think I see ieee ix Come here, Madge, -¢onfirm my judgment, if you can.” pone Ae after a long look through the s nodded affirmatively; but, looking FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ‘I tell you~” Hawley took the glasses, which were unusually good ones, and after looking himself suddenly compressed his lips. “T guess you are mistaken, Madge,” he said, shutting them up in their case. “But we cer- tainly do see the Owls Head. Hurray for .that! Let’s get back to the sled and push on. Supper’s near, men!” ; The boy was shouting at Carr and Joy tugging at the sled. But when he reached them and re- lieved the doctor, he whispered: “T want one of you to go with me for half an hour. The other and Madge can make the Owl’s Head—it’s there—we saw*it—but I saw some- thing else. I don’t want her to know it—hush!” The girl came up, only half satisfied, but at once took the boatswain’s place when Hawley bdldly asked Joy to go with him and make certain as to what Madge thought she saw. “If you are too tired, leave the sled,” called Joe. “We'll come back after it—see?” But Carr and the girl drew it on, grumbling somewhat over Joe’s “sudden freaky ways,” as Madge dubbed them. “Is your shooting-iron all right, Joy?” asked Joe when the two were alone together and trudg- ing rapidly toward where Madge declared she saw moving objects. “Bet your life, sir. wolves—or: ee “T think it’s Rucker and Shouse. They must have gone without food for two days. We ought to he ready for anything.” What is it—bears—or CHAPTER XXIV CONCLUSION The boatswain looked at his companion anx- iously. A horrible fear dawned on his compre- hension. “You don’t mean——” he began, but Hawley stopped him, saying: : “Reserve your opinion until we both are cer- “Well, but what in the nation did you see?” “First the girl saw moving objects under yonder rock bluff. It is not more than two miles from there to our cache. : “T caught the glasses, which are strong ones, “from her, for I knew that there are no wild ani- — mals so far in from the coast. None at least have so far been found. Just as I focused the glass, I clearly saw a human figure lying down. Another fs ; was rising, and it looked, as he bent over the first, that the second one held a weapon—club or something.” : . “Good heavens!” Joy was more horrified than ever. “It must be them, and they’ve had no food — for two days, and were already so starved that they stole our grub.” ai “T may be in error, Joy. Let us hurry, hurry. -and stop it if we are not too late. Think of itt Within two miles of the cache, and, perhaps, — about to commit murder—for——” ; Both were running, nothwithstanding their — weakness. Joy topped an intervening snow rise a trifle first. wiley, perhaps two yards behind, saw the boatswain wave his arms and shout: “Stop, man, { w= “4 7: “ae
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me ALLIGATOR STARTLES AUDIENCE. -_—s-& geven-foot alligator escaped from its cage during an act at Poll’s theater, Waterbury, Conn., and crawled over the edge of the stage, toppling into the orchestra pit and causing a mild panic. The alligator was on its way up the center aisle when it was bagged by Benjamin Brady, an ex- -_ ¢ircus man, who happened to be in the audience. e ‘DUCK RELEASED IN NEW YORK SHOT IN . ALBERTA, CAN. Carl Jensen of Camrose, Alta., recently shot a intail duck whose leg was encircled by a metal nd on which was engraved: “Released by the t a ew York. Will finder The distance between New ‘nesting ground for wild geese and many varieties of ducks. These fowl had already begun their migration southward when _ How far this particular duck had been north is not known. The summer habitat of the pintail ex- tends as far as the Arctic Ocean. But the direction of this duck’s flight from New “York, it is pointed out, jis scientifically interesting. In their spring migrations, aquatic fowl, it has been thought, fiy straight north. If the pintail had lived up to this tradition it would have gone from New York into the high- lands of Labrador. The fact that it winged its wav westward half across the continent has upset existing theories and may lead to new discoveries regarding the migratory habits of wild fowl. _ ARCHITECTURAL WONDER IN JUNGLES OF S > In central Java there stands a temple built in _ the sixth century of the Christian era, which is in a" most as perfect a state of preservation as when . workmen and artists laboring upon it laid _ down their tools. The temple is one of the archi- + tectural wonders of the world. Yet, strangely ‘enough, almost nothing has been written of it— that is, except great scientific volumes, mostly in Dutch, which do not come into the hands of the erage reader. Words fail adequately to tell of this remarkable ilding. It was reared by Buddhist missionaries nd their followers to hold a vase of ashes of Buddha. The ashes of Buddha, according to the ory of the times, were divided first into eight and placed in tombs in certain cities in In- ‘Later King Osaka of India, the most jealous He of Buddhism in the annals of that re- ion, had the ashes re-divided into 84,000 parts, hich were placed in separate vases and taken by ifferent missionaries. Some of these men went to va and soon the country adopted their religion. pa Bite monument in which ‘to place the yf ashes the temple -of Boro-Budur was eT rs - FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY GOOD READING ‘SEMI-MONTHLY arly interesting at this time, 23 cently a syndicate of Dutch capitalists announced the starting of an aeroplane service throughout the Malay archipelago and Java, with its great population and trade connections, will be one of the most important islands on the route. ; The temple of Boro-Budur is 150 feet high and stands on an_ artificial plain incased with huge lava blocks. It is made up of terraces, the galler- ies of which are filled with bas-reliefs. In the corner of each of the galleries, which are many- —* sits a Buddha on his lotus leaf. [ rough the parapet of the artificial plain on which the temple stands. are steps eisen are guarded by grotesque animals of stone. On the upper flat are seventy-two bell-shaped shrines. These are of latticework stone, and within every one of them is a Buddha seated gazing toward the vast central dome. This dome is fifty-two feet in diameter, and at one time had an immense top- : PrFollowing the Mosl ollowing the Moslem invasion in the fifteenth century A, D. the temple was deserted and sae rounded with a jungle. It remained unknown to ? the world until 1814, when it was stumbled upon ts by Sir Stamford Raffles, then Lieutenant Governor : or the island. He at once realized the historic - *harle = ‘3 aie Ouse oor D LAMP, by Charles Ful- ond SOLOMON SNAR at © ote ORRIN en. by Ralph cummins ‘KUR THAN EYE, by Ralph E 66 THE CLUE IN THE DARK RooM. by Hamilton raigie. , 67 THE TONGUE OF OSIRIS, by Mare Ed oo of PER RCTIVE WADE'S BIG CASE, by Ethe: Iose, . mon, N 69 THE SPIRIT BELL, by Ckarles Fulton Ourster. A 70 THE HOUSE BEHIND THE WALL, by i 5 a} THE ADMIRAL'S SPOONS, by W igs on i i ; % Osborne. a ee 72 THE CANINE CLUR. by Thos. J. Latiy. 43. THR PSYCHIC ENEMY, by Arthur Wisi. Andreen,_ 74 THE WONDER GIRL. by Ralph Cummins a % ON THE WRONG TRAIL, by Ethel Rosemon, a The Famous Detective Story Out To-Day in No. 76 Is a THE SPIRIT WITNESS eo tes ee By Chas. Fulton Oursler FRANK TOUSEY, Pub., 168 W. 23a St. N. ¥. “MOVING PICTURE STORIES” — A Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photopla a ‘Play “4 as PRICE SEVEN CENTS PER COPY as . Baeh number rast Sree iy: ying of the Best ; icles About Prominent Poop! , rs_ and Actresses in-
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24 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ; THE NEWS IN SHORT ARTICLES. “SHOVED QUEER” ON COURT. A peddler, name unknown, who was fined $2 for violation of the license provisions by Magis- trate McQuade in Essex Market Court, New York, the other day, paid the fine and cleared $7 on the deal. He tendered a counterfeit, or raised, $10 note in payment of the fine and the clerk accepted it and handed him $8 change. : There were thirty push-cart peddiers in the court on similar charges and each was fined $2. Later, in getting the receipts ready for deposit, co Chief Clerk Isaac Rice discovered that a one-dollar ae bill had been raised by the pasting of the nu- merals “$10” over the figures “1” engraved on the bill. The police are looking for the peddler. ‘ SITS AMONG SNAKES ae Dr.“Marie Phisalix is making a thorough study ___-@f poisonous reptiles and the practical uses to which they can be put. She spends her time in ¢ the serpents’ house of the famous Zoo, the Jardin | de Pantes, where she sits in her laboratory with . = her snakes, salamanders, singing toads and grass- tree frogs about her. ‘ “Here,” she said, taking up a lovely newt with the resplendent orange waistcoat which Nature gives him for courting times, “here is a gentle- man whose poison is not in a gland provided with a fang but under his skin,” and-she explained that this device, if it left him defenseless before his enemy the snake, yet defended his race, since no snake could eat two newts. He dies from the eects of the first. - Mme. Phisalix is the only woman engaged in research work at the Paris Natural History Mu- seum, and she holds a unique position in the sci- _ entific world. She took her degree at Sevres Wom- en’s College and was a professor of natural - gseience in different lycees, which she obtained in 1900 with a thesis on the salamander and poisons” from the medical point of view. MARVELOUS MEMORIES OF WELL- KNOWN MEN One of the most remarkable “men of memory” _ der Robert Bruce, crushed the English army, un- nly About this time the Markham Elm begun _ history.’ “4 2 Sie oo Hare ors Gladstone had a wonderful memory, and could “reel off” passages from Homer, Ovid and the “Tliad” at a moment’s notice. The greatest master of memory, however, was Lord Macauley. From a very early age the re- tentiveness of his memory was extraordinary. When only three or four years of age his mind mechanically retained the form of what he read or heard. Once, as a child, when making an af- ternoon call with his father, he picked up Scott’s “Lay of the Last Minstrel” for the first time, and quietly read it while his elders were engaged in conversation. When they returned home, Macau- ley amazed his parents by reciting the whole of the poem without a mistake. METHUSELAH OF TREES. If there is any tree in New York state that de- serves an honorable mention all its own, it is the splendid old wreck of an elm at Avon, N. Y., known as the Markham Elm. The owner of the tree, W. G. Markham, is a member of the Foresty Association, and has en- tered the tree in the association’s big tree con- test, not with the idea of its carrying off the prize, but in much the same spirit in which old and battle-scarred. warriors were brought forward as es to the tourney in which they once ex- celled. The Markham Elm reached the zenith of its - Em 100 years ago, at which time it measured ‘orty-five feet in circumference. Gradually the center of its trunk. became so decayed as to be but a shell, and in 1888 there were openings on the east and west sides of the tree so large that a span of horses could be driven through. In that year the north side was blown over. This was sawed across and 375 annual rings were counted. Estimating the distance to the center, the tree must have been considerably more than 600. At the present time a portion of the south side of the trunk, about five feet wide and from one to three feet thick, though much decayed on one side, is supporting a top which, from the distance, shows quite a tree, although it is in realitv but a single limb branching out from the trunk. An historical sketch on the Markham Elm ap- peared in the Rochester “Democrat and Chronicle” in 1914. After presenting authentic records in proof of the tree’s history, including the records of four generations of the family on whose home- stead the elm has stood, the writer summed up with the following interesting comment: record places the maximum age of the American elm far above the common estimate. This tree was old when the Pilgrim fathers founded the. ; It was in adult age © Plymouth colony, in 1620. when Columbus landed, in 1492. . ; “It was 600 years old on June 24, 1914, re- calling the date on which the Scottish army, un. der Edward II, on the field of se wa 6 Me ee PS ORT. FEEL EN ee Ey ee ee ae ee ON en ee nes ht oe >. matbaee Dad F ~
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SEA MUSSELS ARE GOOD. In a recent bulletin the Bureau of Fisheries de- lares that sea mussels are in a high degree both palatable and nutritious. The bureau goes fur- ther, and says that in view of the abundance of the mussels and the ease with which they can be obtained, the neglect of them for table use is wasteful. It points out that sea mussels are found along the coasts of nearly all the northern half of the Northern Hemisphere, and that there are beds on the New ngland coast so extensive that the mussels could be collected daily by the ton. It adds that many persons consider the flavor of the mussel superior to that of the oys- ter; that, moreover, mussels are in season when the oyster is out of season, and that they are more easily cultivated than the oyster. It ad- mits that fresh mussels are difficult to market, for they spoil if kept more than twenty-four hours, but asserts that if canned or pickled they retain their natural flavor for months. The bu- _Yeau recommends that such cheap and nutri- tious food be placed on the market. A CAT’S WHISKERS Why does a cat have whiskers? asks the Popu- lar Science Monthly. This question comes under the larger one—what is the function of eye ap- ? Mr. P. F. Swindle has investigated this subject very thoroughly, and he has formed some startling conclusions, which he reports in the American Journal of Psychology. Your First Reader told you, in simple words and large type, that pussy’s whiskers, wide as his body, were there to warn him of the sized hole he eould crawl through, but that reason did not suit psychologists, and they have recently proved a that whiskers aid the cat’s eye. : Most animals have eye appendages that seem to obstruct their vision. And many of those that haven’t any use substitutes—the snake, for in- stance, continually thrusts out its tongue. But, according to Mr. Swindle’s investigations, these obstructing appendages really aid the eye. When an animal watches its prey or stares at a branch that it intend to land on it wiggles its whiskers constantly and thereby rests its eyes. Thus, in- - stead of becoming blurred in time, the object it watches is always sharply defined. ; > Mr. Swindle experimented with a tomcat, watching him first with his whiskers on, and then a. ine him after the whiskers had been shaved . Tommy soon changed from a fat, well fed eat to a thin, hungry one. THE MEDITERRANEAN IS WITHOUT TIDES The Mediterranean Sea, which is now a cen- ter point of interest, is commonly described as ss, and the description is correct, at any at its eastern end. Se ee ee ee FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY INTERESTING NEWS ARTICLES Navig2ters like Jonah 25 and St. Paul knew nothing of tides. The word does not even occur in the Bible. It was no doubt the amazement felt by ancient Greek mariners, accustomed to the even ievel of the tideless sea, at the sight of the tidal bore of the Seine at Rouen. Science has discovered an explanation of the tides in the influence of the sun and moon. These, operating in the ratio of one to four, preduce spring tides when pulling together and neaps when when in opposition. The tidal contrast at Southend and the might- iest effort of the Bristol Channel at Chepstow, in England, are alike dwarfed by the eecentrici- ties of the Bay of Fundy, that cul de sac_be- tween Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into which the Atlantic rushes with pent-up fury, giving rise to such effects as the bore at Moncten, the Reversible Falls at St. John and the lightning transformation of Windsor from a swamp to a ‘deep-water harbor in the course of a.few min- utes. As, however, it is a harbor for enly four hours and a swamp for twenty, the utility of Windsor is qualified. Remarkable. as are these expressions of the ocean to eyes unaccustomed to such freaks, it must be confessed that the tourist is @ertain to encounter disappointment if he expects too much. Thus the tides of the Bay of Fundy are abso- Intely unnoticeable on the steamers which cross from Digby to St. John. The reversible fatls at the latter port, seen im- mediately after high water from the suspension bridge overhead, are just worth the short drive from the city, but the much-advertised Moncton bore is a poor thing in the light of day, although, heard rathey than seen at night the coming of the wave over the mud flats inspires an agreeable feeling of fear in those gathered on the little quay for the purpose. Its only rival is said to be in China, but from all aecounts the Chinese bore is a far more formidable flood. It is in virtually landlocked seas like the Bal- tic, Mediterranean and Euxine that one must look for absence of tides, explains the Washington Star, particularly in those portion’ remote from their outlet. At Stettin, Germany, Smyrna and Batuom there is no tide whatever. Even at Can- nes the ebb is so feeble that a strong wind from the sea all but arrests it. This regular ebb and flow of tides must not be confused with the opera- tion of currents, which from the Gulf Stream, the * most considerable of them all, to the slightest drift on our coasts are due to very different influences. Even from the Mediterranean and Black Seas very strong currents emanate. The currents off Gibraltar are by no means disregarded by sailors, and the pace of the Moeghicrnt opposite Candilli or Bebek, suggests a mill race and calls for the greatest caution in navigating boats . Those who live on the shores of the Baltic and Mediterranean have taken advantage of the ab- sence of tides to erect all manner of fixed bathing places, thereby dispensing with the cumbersome and comfortless bathing machine which is moved to and froon the foreshore. = = si—“‘“‘(i‘ tors vx
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26 “ NEW YORK, JANUARY 7, 1921. % TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS sr Bingle Copies..............- Postage Free.... .0T Cents One Copy Three Months... ¢ eT 90 Cents f One Copy Six Menths...... = Cscce SES One Copy One Year....... ss S seve” OB0 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 =vanee Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap the Coia in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your mame and address plainly, Ad- dress ietters to HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisker 166 West 23d St., New York ~ ITEMS OF INTEREST PICKPOCKETS GET $25,000 IN JEWELRY. William Seibel, of New York, importers of pre- of Philadelphia that pickpockets had robbed him of $25,000 in diamonds which he carried in a leather case in his inside coat pocket. Seibel vis- ited a manufacturing jewelry plant here, where he displayed his stock and placed the case back in his inside pocket. He then went to Camden to call upon a jeweler and discovered the loss of the jewels, he said, when he alighted from a trolley car. BEAT FORD TIME CLOCKS. “y Said to have cashed employees’ checks simul- _ taneously under five or six different names, Mack Tieuzk, no address, was arrested recently on com- plaint of the Ford Motor Company. Since December, 1917, Ilezuk has fraudulently obtained between $6,000 and $7,000, it was charged. lIlezuk, according to the complaint, -gpent his time walking from department to de- partment punching every clock that came within range and making the rounds on pay day, where he collected a week’s salary in each department. --- Tlezuk was never registered as working in less than two departments simultaneously and some- times he was punching clocks in four different de- “partments, according to Ford officials. ‘ BOY KILLED WHILE HUNTING. Robert Germond, fifteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Germond of Mount Holly, N. J., died in the Burlington County Hospital with a bullet in his brain. He and Herbert Milligan, also fifteen, had gone to the farm of Joseph Goldy on bicycles to visit 4 two Goldy boys, Thomas and Leander. Young - Germond and the Milligan boy had brought rifles along. While Robert was looking into the barrel of his chum’s rifle the weapon was accidentally discharged, the bullet penetrating his forehead. ‘Hi prin companies carried him to the farm- house, whence he was taken to the hospital, where FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY —__——_—_—_—_—_—__SS]]S]—]S———____—= cious stones, Maiden lane, reported to the police” FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY TAKE 16 PIES AND 8 CAKES ON TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO. Sixteen apple pies and three chocolate layer cakes was the only provender two small boys from Clifton, N. J., took with them when they started for San Francisco “and the wild and movie west.” William Coughlin, chief of police of Clifton, received that information over the long distance wire from Sugartown, Penn., where the boys appeared from the inside of a freight car. The boys gave their names to the Sugartown police as Joseph Nosel, thirteen, of 94 Lakewood avenue, Clifton, and Virgil De Maria, twelve, of 102 Lake avenue, Clifton. They said that, after waiting for weeks, the desire to see the world overcame their natural sense of prudence and they went down to the Lackawanna Railroad yards in search of transportation. out one newly painted car which they instinc- tively knew was bound for ‘Frisco,’ climbed in with their sixteen pies and three cakes, and shut the door. LAUGHS “My rich uncle is dead.” thing, did he not?” “Yes.” he leave you?” ‘‘Penniless.” “He left you some- “Good! What did “Cholly fought a duel lately with wax bullets.” “Oh, dear me! I hope none of them struck him in the head.” . “Is he a great artist?” “No.” “But he gets good prices for his stuff.” ‘Yes. He’s a great salesman.” She (on the parlor sofa, in a very low tone) —Sh! What’s that? He (also in a low tone) — What? She—That sound! I thought it was papa coming! He—No, dear, that was my last cigar being broken in my vest pocket! “Tye called my new song, ‘Falling Dew’.” “Then, my boy, it will never be popular. It is too They picked . strongly suggestive of household bills ‘and com- mercial notes.” “The seaside resort you were speaking of is a pretty gay place, isn’t it?” “I should say sol! bias thing there that isn’t dissipated is the og. “I see you have an actor employed on the farm?” “Yes, I put him on. He’s a darn good actor, too. I thought he was working the first week he wis here.” ‘ A little girl, hearing her mother speak of go- ing into half mourning, said: “Why are you go- ing into half mourning, mamma—are any of our relations half dead?” Sophomore—What’s the matter, old pal? You look sick. Senior—I.am sick. Just gone igh a blamed serious operation. Had my allowance 3 ~ fe - : ee 7 yy? Be te a eat ST
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3 BIG BEAR KILLED. - Charles W. McClure came into Vernon, Utah, the other day with the hide of a 700-pound black bear, which he killed after a terrific struggle on _ Diamond Mountain. M The bear had been caught by one toe in a _ trap. The pain infuriated the beast and he was dragging a huge anchor leg after him. McCune, - leoking for his prize, started on the trail. He _\ was closely scrutinizing the ground when sud- _ denly Bruin reared up on his haunches, less than ten feet away. He was much taller than the Man. _. MeCune aimed his 30-30 for the heart, but the - shot went high of the mark. KH brought the bear _ fight. Another shot put him down for the second time and a third in the brain killed him. His _ hide is of the finest sleek, black fur and one of = largest seen in these mountains for years. he bounty was $30. sé 5 GIVING HIMSELF A PRESENT _ “An’ I got a $450 rine for my gal, and a set of _ furs for my old lady, and a bunch of stuff for my _ kid brother, and something for all the rest of the family.” Tim Jordan completed the enumeration of his Christmas shopping excursions with a grin — of satisfaction. _ “Of course,” he continued, “all that stuff let me _ in pretty deep. I had to mortgage my right eye _ te pay for some of those things and some of ’em - won’t be oe for for a good while. But I guess it is worth it.” i, a - “Fine, Tim,” commented Ed Perry, who was working at the next bench. “You'll have a lot of enjoyment making all those gifts Christmas. But what are you going to give yourself?” ny “Nobody can give it to you_but yourself, and m’t cost you anything either.” : All right,” said Tim, “I'll bite. Mr. Bones,~_. -is it I should make myself a Christmas oon that don’t cost anything?” down, however, but he sprang up ready for a: FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 27 ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST _“That’s just the time to get the habit,” Ed con- tinued. “You like to give things to the people you are fond of, don’t you? Well, you had to go in debt to do it. Wouldn’t it be fine now if you should kick off and these very people would have to pay your debts—pay for their own presents? “That kind of giving isn’t” unselfishness—it’s foolishness, Giving the savings habit to your- self isn’t stinginess—it’s intelligent unselfishness. You give yourself the savings habit and you won’t have to go in debt to do what you want for the people you care for.” “Well, there’s a lot in what you say,’ said ‘Tim, rubbing his head reflectively. “But how come you to say it don’t cost anything?” “Tt don’t cost you anything because if you take the first dollars out of each pay envelope and put them into war savings stamps or Treasury sav- ings certificates or Liberty Bonds or some sound security that is safe and pays good interest, you never miss the money. But when you want to do something for yourself or some one else, you have something to do it with.” “T don’t begrudge a cent I ever spent on the people I’m fond of,” argued Tim defensively. “Of course you don’t,” a: Ed. “But you don’t’ think much of the bird who’s all filled with generous thoughts of sharing every thing he’s got with you when he hasn’t anything. You give yourself the savings habit and you’ll have something to be generous with. The best way to it is to buy Government savings securities re@@larly. ‘Try it and wish yourself a Merry Christmas.” : todee Ln « ~
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KILLED MANY SEA LIONS OH-BOYS-Cl RLS ston William M. — Dept. 474 Washington, D. C. salmon’s worst : : : enemy. They ee gather off the soe hry Clothes, Woed, | HEW DOUBLE ACTION BABY HAMMERLESS REVOLVER |™outh of the xm. ee | discharge impos. Columbia River HON. MTC. ‘0. ” Dot 12, NEW HAVEN, CONN, a a mie Beaerees | toned ape ee lor Seouts an * need it bed oun upstreani. 30,000 GENUINE ARMY SHIRTS Save? | Sea lion hant. These shirts were man- fefend: vos | ing is darigerous, utactured by one of the | bre; Sckembers fe i thoreianobouss | Hunter says, and largest shirt manufac-} Bestesteet, nickel glad. ‘ oF safer he tells of nar- i Sh a me Sr $5.00 Biz Cataiog Free. row e cape from who manufactured thou- z S s sands ot these pame BatesCunCompany, Dept. 2Meirose, Masse angry bulls. shirts for Uncle Sam’s|-¢ 7} Seals, he asserts engineers. All Govern- <3 Es Yes engineers. All Govera-| VEN TREILOQUISM | are not a: awk. canceled at the close of | Taught Almost Anyone at Home. Small cost. | ward as they ap- the war and this lot of | Send to-day 3-cent stamp for particulars and pear, but can shirts was finished too] proof. Geo. W. Smith, Room R-711, 125 N. travel f late. These are new Jett Ave. FP Peoria, Hl. ravel fast. Re- shirts just as received cently one chased from the Miah gti urer him over the and are what is known S - as the field engineer's GET ON THE § STAGE | rocks, but was 1.95 nh Shirt. khaki in color. | weraaeces killed by Hunt- $1.95 eac 15 Should es at oar Sat i Entertaining eucnan fly te tourhtby ms ‘mal Yours @r’s companion 8. str 2S : Two for $3.75 years he stronge sect Profession Gan. » before it reached shirt ever manufactured. As a matter of good faith mail us a de- posit of $1.00 on each shirt ordered and they will be shipped to you, balance on de- livery. Be sure to state neckband size. Sat- isfaction guaranteed KINGSLEY ARMY SHOE CO. 8852 Cottage Grove Ave., Dept. M-279, CHICAGO, ILI AGO, BE pop WARNING your Pango regular do not weakening pages al hcentiens: just try y SKOROLAX $ gentle, who nas and gocs btainable aty icgists, every- yvconstipetion, ‘Resdaah ato . heedaches, izzy is. belohing, gas, be: rpid liver, nervousness, 2, indiges- ty, mental and i duiiness, HOW TO MAKE LOVE eay(NEW BOOK) Tells how to Get = Acquainted; How to Begin Courtship How to Court a Bashful Girl; to Woo a Widow; to win an Heiress; how tocatch a Rich Bachelor: how to manage your beau tomake him permet: show tomake r fellow or = love you; what todo fore after the wedding, « Telis a é —— things necessary for Lovers to know, Sampl- by matl atk = BOvst PO0K 0.” Box “088 €0., "Box AS Bee kor mal Course— only one of its kind—COVERS ALL ‘BRANCHES, Develops Personality, Confidence, Skill and tells Facets’ 5. Get a bunch of Png Aen P (not See counterfeits) wrap themaround your roll C ie and show your friends what a wad you car- ry. Big bunch of $1570 for 10c, dbunches %r SHEF NOVELTYCO. G60StationD, Dept.6¢3 NewYork, N.Y. For se'ling only 40 packs Seeds at 10c. a large 3 pack, Easytosell, Earn Big Money or Premiums. WE TRUST YOU with Seeds until sold, ee nomoney, Globe Seed & Spice Co. Box 145 N Lancaster, Ps. oe 4 RINGS piaMonp — poe him. Hunter from a small launch while at sea . Much of his hunting is done on rocky beaches where seals con- gregate. He learned his trade —ds he terms it —as a mountain- eer hunting bear and deer in the Cascade Moun- tains . In addition to the Government bounty, Hunter is paid by sal- mon cannery men for. destroying seals. Estimated on the 1919 pack, the rate of the cannery ‘ bounty works would be about $3,000 for every /1,000. sea lions ' killed, :
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PIG ON THE RAMPAGE Expressing genuine peevish- ness at being crated and packed in an ex- press car instead of being housed in a_ regulation stock car, a large hog was respon- sible for much excitement and more delay when it went on a ram- page in the ex- press car shortly after the train had left Garrett- son, S. D, Shattering its crate, the huge porker chased the expressman to cover. The train was stop- ped, and passen- gers and train erew together, after consider- able effort, coaxed the curly tailed grunter back into its bad- ly jammed crate. The train was again started. Again longing for its less state- ly but more com- fortable berth in the stock car, the porker was quiet for a short time only, and stop Number two was made by the train, and the train crew and passengers sum- moned for the second time when the animal de- molished t he crate again. f- ter the express Mmatier in the car had been turned topsy turvy and the confusion Made general, the restless Swine was trdp- Ped into a more Secure crate and forced to submit to imprisonment during: the re- Mainder of the trip. : DON’T REMAIN “BALD peiaume ahhs zisgice Este OOM Cre Pe = px eS Boe apf ~) Ges cwes Sky 2 c— Zz >. a 8 Ze e, 2 gs, So be Es * SF S°SSsse 22.7 ope 2ESE5S s=Su. 3 Eres". eshu 3 £28 *e8e2 3 22> cad bn = oSei-f Es8E me & a wf = S2>-2h 539 @ S~ 2o¢s euste lad 225>“22° Sa%s * 7c : aaa a. a. 2 s- soon ne Meebo" E*seBeds BSeeeses 5 Seek Fpesa* S23 of[s= "Sh cf Ge seraiis tes oSER MSeeuvis a = - "Td a ee may S54 =oo ~D. ahonas 52s = ee esreee s , & $26 = 8d o > Stak iOS .~ r= | a On ws Ae - te | bd = e%s Feige SHH eek Ss 3B tess Fe 22d3° %2 2.423 a eke Foa s oskelad gS58 3 $ sHaAES tt SRCSRS? gg | — ee es a S 6={> SRASV say Se i= Seas 4-88 Hoe? SS Smet. See Seas > a Pee Zwk oi! 272! fo22 22 “eh Eze Eucts Exe s+ 2a yg ez Eos ye ea°e €e€.> gEocozua™ = s S26 sss 33 BE 2°52 Oo 2955 “£25 38a" heb eS seeceks SsS 652 5 PSs Wwe Sa5Sisa F, NEW YORK IF UNNECESSARY Don’t wait until you have combed out all your hair before using the Koskott Treatment. Don’t wear false hair. GYPSY Fortune Teller % And Dream Book Know thy future, Will you be successful in Love, Marriage. Health, Wealth, and Business. Tells fortunes by all methods. cards. palmistry, tea cup, godiacl ogy, etc. Gives lucky and unlucky days.Interprets dreams, A large book by mail for TEN CENTS. Earn money tellin: ae es. ROYAL PUB. CO., 231 Se. Norwalk. Cona. SORENESS HEALED Bore or open legs, uicers, enlarged veins, eczema healed while you work. rite for free book and describe your own case. A. ©. Liepe, 1457 Green Bay Av.,Milwaukee, Wis, i bee NO MONEY—Ask for big free Ranger Cycle Company “ner ' Mead rene sc enibage fs, | | ue | \ 3QDdas lected from Free Styles, colors and sizes, famous Ranger bicycles. Delivered | free on spprovsl, from rauker - direct - to- Ridex, at Factory Prices. Save $10 to ae | JBMonths toPay feossiis. Posse: one ase on our Wheral Easy Payment ot pias Parents eften advance first deposi: nergretic beys the small monthly payments thereafter. Horns, whvels, lamps, parts and ires equipment at hail usaal prices. hs, talog, marvelous prices end terms. Special offer OLD COINS WANTED $2 to $500 EACH paid for Hundreds of Coins dated before 1805. Keep ALL old Money. You may have Coins worth a Large Premium. Send 10c. for new Illustrated Coin Value Book, size.4x6 Get Posted at Once. CLARKE COIN CO., Box 35, Le Roy, N. ¥,
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In the midst of a display of fountain pens and notebooks, a neat, white-coated and capped maiden daily prepares the. sandwiches which, with other eatables, go into a box and forma 30-cent “lunch- eonette.” Differ- ent Innches are prepared daily, hut always they include two sandwiches, a or Here is the menu for the first day of one week: One chick- en salad sand- wich, one ham sgndwich, one sugar cookie, one large chocolate eclair and. one veach, Judging by the steady rush of customers, a_ lot office workers prefer to pay a smal! sum for a boxed luncheon rather than go the trouble of Sinciie one from h ‘ ghow and recommen 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 WRITE THE WORDS FOR A SONG. We revise poems, write music and guarantee to secure publication. Sub- mit poems on any subject. 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GOVERNMENT SHOES _ At + Their True Value usse: » 20,000 pair genuine ts t ef Russet Army Shees, oe slightly worn, but neat- h ly repaired and repol- ished wherever neces- sary. All sizes from 5 to 7%, dyed black and with rubber heels when requested without addi- tional cost, $2.45 a pair. Sizes from 8 up, with leather heels and dyed black when requested, $2.45 and without additional cost, $2.90 a pair $2.90 a pair. These shoes are easily worth $12.00 wearing value. 5 pair Field 4 Shoes, slightly. worn Field but neatly repaired Shoe and repolished wher- ever necessary. Man- ufactured under Gov- ernment specifications for strength and dur- ability. 3 ng or any esses of sole leather, ‘ ‘oot leather lined, $3.90 Pair > werent slightly worn, but a $15.00 value. ur price, $3.90. NOTE: we also have the Field Shoe, : Same as above, with Hob Nails in both ¥: heels % soles for $1.00 additional or $4.90 a pair. As an evidence of good faith mail us a deposit of $1.00 for each pair of shoes or- dered, stating style shoe desired. Balance on delivery. Be sure to mention size and style shoe. ‘KINGSLEY ARMY SHOE CO. $852 Cottage Grove Ave., Dept. RS-279, ° H 5 ph Alpha- 3.12 Chemical eriments; Age Table; Great a South Nor “Any one who sends name and address to H.i regular rates ac- orth Pole © Puzzi “END YOUR RHEUMATIS Like | Did Mine’? — Says Pastor Reed: Wife COLLEGE _ OWNS FOR. REST Berea College, at the foot of the Cumberland Also Rid of Neuritis Mountains, in Kentucky, has the Suffered Tortures For Years—Now | Uque distine- , T tion of owning Telling Good News To Others two mountains, 4,000 acres of forest, its own sawmill, but nev- er cutting a sound tree, writes Marie Dickore in the American Forestry Maga- zine. This wood is used for the college, for pow- er, for heat and in the many cozy fireplaces in the dormitories and in the great open fireplace which delights every traveler who stops at Boone Tavern. The sawmill, as well as the 4,000 acres of forest reserve, provides not only ample practical experi- ence for the stu- *Don't Believe That Old Humbug Abou? ‘Uric Acid’ Being the Cause of Rheu- matism — It’s Not Sol” — Emphatically asserting that thousands of unfortunate sufferers have been led into taking wrong treatments under the old and eve ers eae tig ie & causes rheu- matism, Pastor H. W. Reed says: “As do some of our highest. medical| dents, but. also aptzorities. E now know. that ‘Uric Acid’ actual labor for never did and never will cause rheumatism!) s But it took me many years to find out this agi Besa ue truth. I learned how to get rid of my;W29 Work for rheumatism and recover my health andj|their education. strength, through reading “The Inner Mys-|The sawmill is teries of Rheumatism,’ a work written by an ° ted b authority who has scientifically studied the |9P¢&? ate y cause and treatment of rheumatism for over |Steam, and, like twenty ‘years. It was indeed a wveritable}every other in- revelation! dustry at Berea years from : College, is run by “T had suffered agony for rheumatism and associated disorders, and Mrs. Reed was tortured with the demon students, who neuritis almost beyond endurance. We had work at least read and talked so much about ‘Uric Aci?@ that our minds seemed poisoned. But the ‘Inner Mysteries of Rheumatism’ made it all clear to us and now we are both free from the suffering and misery we endured so many years. I_ believe I was the hardest man in the world to convert! For me to discard the old ‘Uric Acid’ theory, and wHat I now know to be absolutely false, for the new, scientific understanding of the causes and cure of rheumatism, was like asking m« to change my religious beliefs! But I di change, and it was a fortunate day for me and mine when I did so.” NOTE; “The Inner Mysteries of Rheuma- tism” referred to above by Pastor’ Reed lays bare facts about rheumatism and its asso- ciated. disorders overlooked by doctors and Selentists for centuries past. It is a work that should be in the hands of every man or woman who has the slightest symptoms of rheumatism, neuritis, lumbago or gout. two consecutive hours per day un- der the supervi- sion of a super- intendent of la- bor, who in turn is responsible to the Dean of La- bor. Students at Berea* are given the opportunity to earn their ex- penses, and they —_ may select the > work, which is am. paid for at the P. Clearwater, 534 F Street, Hatlowell, : Maine will receive it by mail, postage paid | cording to the x absolutely free. Send now. lest vou forget; student’s ability — the address! If not a sufferer, ent ent ti" | and efficiency. explanation and hand it to some afflicted — sane
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+ Useful, Instructive, and Amusing. They Contain —— LATEST ISSUES — ; Valuable Information on Almost Every Subject 755 Prince of the Curb; or, A College Boy in Wall St. ' dees: NAPOLEON'S ORACULUM AND DREAM 756 eee in the Gulf; or, The Gold of tiie Old Bue- : BOOK.—Containing the great oracle ot human des- a7 ~ > tiny; also the true meaning of almost any kind of 757 eee Boy Brokers; or, Out for Every Deal in dreams, together -With charms, ceremonies, aud curious 45g Under the Big Top; or, From Acrobat to Manager ames of cards. ; = i ee See yi ns : 2. HOW TO DO TRICKS.— ‘Tbe great book of 759 a Fes os Jacks; or, The Smartest Messengers in magic and card tricks, containing fuli ims.ruction on all — 769 Brave Billy Bland; or, Hustling Up a Business. the leading card tricks of the day, uiso the ufost popilar r i > Fishes Th: 7 S eeiaat Linslobe as perierined by our leading mh gie 761 Gi ot ie Big Risk; or, The Dime That Led to. vias; every boy should obtain a copy of this book, 762 Cleat Grit: or, The Office Boy Who Made Good. Ne. 3. HOW TO FLIRT.—The arts and wiles of 763 Dealing in Stocks; or, Saved by a Wall St. Ticker. flirtation are fully explained by this little book. Be- 764 The Sailor’s Secret; or, The Treasure of Dead Man’s sides the various met poes of rag yen” me . Boye. Rock ( parasol, window and bat flirtation, if coutaius a fuil list 75 Capturing the Coin; or, The Deals of a Boy Broker. of the lapguage and sentiment of flowers. 766 On His Own Hook; or, Makingva Loahtys Béginome Jo. HOW TO DANCE is the fitle of this little Pay : © pook. It contains full instructions tn the art of dancing, elie Jim: § | _-etiquette in the ballroom and ut parties, now to dress, 46g “lions Ia It's or & Boy Wits, lucas . : * and full directions for calling off in all popular square 7g9 The Mystery of a Mining Chart; and, The Wall St. * . dances. Who Solved It. — m Boy HOW TO MAKE LOVE—A complete guide . : : ms es a and marriage, giving sensibie advice, 770 Grasping His Chance; or, The Boy Merchant of Mel- 4 to love, rose, os and etiquetie to be observed, with many curious : —- | wae? suterestitis things not gensrelly ri w apie amg Pluck; or, The Deals that Made the No. 6. 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HOW TO BECOME A VENTRILOQUIST.— Streak. 2 By Harry Kennedy. livery intell gent boy reading this 775 The Stolen Chart; or, The Treasure of the Cataract, book of instructions can master the art, and create any 779 A Game Young Speculator; or, Taking a Chance on amount of fun for himself aud friends. It is the great- the Ma ‘ket. ; ‘ 780 Charlie Crawford’s Claim; or, Frem High School to trated and ¢ 5 book ever published. aaa ‘ile. 18: HOW TO WOX.—The art of self-defense Mining Camp. = made easy. Containins over thirty illustrations of 781 An Office Boy’s Luck; or, The Lad Who Lost the = ds, biows, and the different positions of a good Tip S. should obtain one of tlivse useful and = 782 pe for His Rights; or, Starting a Business on His it will teach you how to box with- erve. eg 783 After the Last Dollar; or, The Wall. St. Boy Who Saved His Boss. yas oxer. 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