Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 799) (1921 01 21)

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JANUARY 21, 1921. No. 799. 7 Cents SFORTOREWEEMLY sTORIES OF BOYS THAT MAKE MONEY. ANDY THE AUCTIONEER ORBIDDING INAFORTUNE_- 'S aus By A Selt-Mes | AND OTHER STORIES by t. oS r ' From his-elevated perch Andy saw the suspicious-looking stranger grab the bag of jewelry and start to retreat. “Stop that men, shorilif!” he cried, excitedly. Seeing he was detected. the rascal slipped past tho sheriff and dashed for the door.

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AY FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Issued babes og yk price, $3.50 est 28d Street, New York, the Post-Office at New York, N. No. 799. ANDY, THE Or, Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK, JANUARY 21, 1921. se Canada, $4.00; Foreign, $4.50. Harry B. Wolff, Publisher, 164 . ¥, Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, at Price 7 Cents AUCTIONEER BIDDING IN A FORTUNE BY A SELF-MADE MAN Bae mee ee eset er oe CHAPTER I.—On the Eve of His Future. “Tt’$ about time we came to an understanding, young man,” said Benjamin Potter, a small, thin, red-haired, red-whiskered man; to a sturdy, good- looking boy of eighteen years, who sat facing him in his study. : Mr. Potter was a lawyer by profession, and his office was on Main street, in the village of Silverton, which was almost large enough, and busy enought, to be called a town. The lawyer's residence was a comfortable-looking cottage on a shady street within easy walking distance of his office. His study commanded the back gar- _ den of his neighbor on one side, the vegetable atch of a residence on the next street, and a istant but limited view of other houses beyond, with a vista of rugged mountain peaks that pierc- ed the sky twenty miles to the west. : e“I don’t know what you mean, sir,” replied the boy, whose name was Andy Rogers, regarding the speaker with some uneasiness. _ “J propose to make the matter quite clear to ou before I finish,” said Mr. Potter, swinging ack and forth in his pivot chair and fixing the boy with his sharp and somewhat shifty eyes. The youth didn’t like the significant tone of his yoice, and waited in some trepidation for him to pro > ete ‘Your father, Jack Rogers, left you in my care ive years ago when he went to the far West to seek a fortune at the time of the first Goldfield rush,” continued the lawyer. “Yes, sir,” replied Andy, when Mr. Potter — ee Boe is, nog —— encouraging- of Sag at he and his partners saw ‘of them. But it always seemed to be ahead ’s throw merely flirted, and was shy of capture. Do you follow me?” “Yes, sir.” he two funds ] have mentioned were nearly exhausted and I sent your father a hint to that effect. He understood, and every month after that my letter contained a suitable remittance, and so matters went on for a year and a half, and Ss and remittances suddenly ceased, as ow. “I know,” said Andy, with a catch in his voice, for™his father’s six months of unexplained si- lence concerned him greatly. “Naturally I thought it strange, so after two of my letters to him remained unanswered I wrote ‘ to the Goldfield postmaster for information. The reply I got informed me that your father and his partners had sold their claim and fone on a pros- pecting tour to Death Valley, and had not up to that date returned. I imparted that news to you at the time.” “You did,” admitted the boy. “But my father must have written to us both when he left Gold-. field. He never would have gone on a journey into the wilds without letting us know about it, enc giving his reasons.” ; “If he wrote, as it seems natural he should have done, the letters never came to hand.” “But none of,his previous letters ever went astray.” “Very true,” nodded the lawyer. “That adds a bit of mystery to his sudden silence. However, it would be useless to try to fathom the matter. After waiting what I considered a suitable time, I wrote again to the postmastvr. In reply I have, after some delay, received this clipping from a Goldfield paper.” - The lawyer picked up a two-inch paragraph - from his desk and handed it to Andy. “Read it,” said Mr. Potter. “Whether it tells your father’s fate or not is a matter of conjec- ture, but in view of his presumed movements it looks significant.” The paragraph. stated that the unrecognizable bodies of three men, evidently prospectors, were discovered just off the trail on the edge Devil’s Punch Bowl—the name extinct crater in Death Valley, which region was of volcanic origin. The papers. found on th persons indicated, but did not substantiate, the fact that the dead men were Jack Rogers, Hen Murphy and Joe Desmond, former owners of the Red Crow claim on the outskirts of Goldfield. The y bodies were buried where found by those who sub- Fortune’ sequently reported their grvesome discovery. echeaars s, it ME USS = ae Pe Ss 3S iia an ot of the — iven to an old — o : iy

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_ That was all, but it gave Andy a great shock, - though the evidence that one of the unfortunates was his father was by no means conclusive. “You believe my father is dead, then?” he said, in a choked voice. “T fear he is,” replied the lawyer. ~ “Under these circumstances, I suppose the ‘ob- ject of this interview was to let me know that I must no longer look to you for support?” “You have guessed it.. Your account is six months in arrears. I think it is time that you took your future in your own hands. You are eighteen years of age, strong and hearty. In my opinion, the village does not offer sufficient in- ducement for you to stay here. You have Had as ood an education as Silverton could give you. ou had better try your luck in Grafton, fifty -- miles from here, though J would suggest that you 3 on to Chicago. You will find more opportuni- ties for you there.” “Very well, sir. I will go as soon as I can up. “J don’t want to hurry you, but as my wife’s _ sister will arrive to-morrow with her children to it _ pay us a long-deferred visit, why, if you can leave ee i Bo noon to-merrow I will take it.as a favor,” said the lawyer, cracking his knuckles, a ~ *J will do 80,” said Andy, in a low tone. _ _“Here-is ten dollars to help you on your way. » Should you be hard pressed at any time, you may write me, and I will endeavor to tide you over your difficulties.” _ *How much do I owe you?” "You mean the account I have against your father? We will not consider that. It has noth- ‘erous traits before. As a lawyer the gentleman took care to exact the last cent he could get from 1ose who came within his legal grasp. He never let anything get away from him. He was an astute and foxy than pa at the bar, and he had no trouble getting clients, though his meth- ods were expensive, because he was generally -suecessful. Quite often he got the oyster while | client got only the shell, but then they had the isfaction of having won their case. — ally Andy got up and began making prepa- ms for his departure on the morrow. It took . some time to pack his trunk, for in spite of “courage the unusual occupation was depress- to hiya. But he got it done at last, and the es tit he needed to use he placed ready to in his hand bag. He had just locked and ; his trunk when the supper bell rang, | to eat in the lawyer’s house. _ ER 1E—The: Traveling Auctioneer. | - supper, which was always served early Potter’s house, fey started out to bid er his. . tal particular friends, who had ast five years. One. ae i ae ANDY THE. AUCTIONEER Shve in the village?” went down to the last evening meal he - ¢ farm just outside the villgae limits, and there Andy aimed for first. It was a warm afternoon early in the summer, and there was a good hour's daylight yet left in the sky, for the sun had not set, though it was close to the horizon. As Andy turned a bend in the dusty road, with his destina- tion close ahead, he saw a large covered wagon drawn up by the fence under the branches of a jew oak ‘tree. The horse which drew the vehicle had been taken out of the shafts and tied to the tree, where he was contentedly munching his supply of oats contained in a bag into which his nose was thrust and which was secured to his head by a cord, At the rear of thé wagon a boy / was cooking in a small kettle suspended gypsy fashion on three sticks over a fire. There was a county law against building fires along the road- side, but that fact did not seem to worry the lad, if he was aware of it. When Andy came abreast” of him the boy was in the act of tasting the con- tents of the kettle, and judging from the of his lips it seemed to strike him in the right —_ He looked up and the eyes of the two lads met. “Hello,” said the strange boy, in a cheerful way that was catching. “Hello!” returned Andy, coming t “What are you doing—cooking your s “T reckon.” “Are you all aloné?” “Yep.” “Traveling along the road, eh?” “Looks like it, doesn’t it?” “What’s your business?” “I’m an auctioneer.” - “An auctioneer?” “Well, I sell cheap goods around the country to% the farmers and village people. My stock in trade is in the wagon.” “Do you sleep in the wagon, too?” : “Sure. No hotel bills for me. My expenses are and the profits are on the right side. Do you a. a stop. er?” . “At present, yes. I’ve lived there for five years.” “What's your name?” “Andy Rogers. What’s yours?” “Dick Desmond. Your name is familiar to me.” “I’ve heard yours not long ago. Oh, yes, I saw it ina paragraph cut from a Western paper.” “You did!” exclaimed the boy eagerly. —. “When?” ~_ —— “This afternoon.” ; “Was the name you saw Joe Desmond?” “Yes.” . ; “Then it was my father. And now I know where I got hold of your name. One of my old man’s mining partners is a man named Jack Rogers.” ges : “Why, that’s my father!” cried Andy. - “You don’t mean it.” ‘ “Ido. My father went out West, to Goldfield, five years im bought the Red Crow-claim _ ~ with Henry Murphy and Joe Desmond.” ; “Well, if this ain’t a surprise. Shake, old ~ chap, I’m glad to know you.” Z e boys shook hands in a hearty fashion. > “Now tell me what you read about my father,” said Dick Desmond, stirring the rabbit stew with “T ain’t =F > heard from him

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ANDY THE the Red Crow claim wasn’t paying well enough | - to hold on to and that he and his pards were go- ing to sell out to a party that was willing to try his hand at it, and they were going farther west into Death Valley, to prospect in a locality they heard was rich in gold.” “Yd rather not tell you,” said Andy, in a hesi- tating and solemn tone. “Why not? It ain’t bad news, is it?” said the boy, suddenly becoming grave. “Tt looks that way.” “Is my father dead?” “I am not sure, but if he is, so is my father * and Henry Murphy.” “Look here. Don’t beat around the bush. Tell me what the paragraph said,” Dick answered, in a shaky voice. “You say you haven’t heard from your father for six months, neither‘ have I heard from mine for that time, and he used to write regularly once a month while he was at his claim. I never AUCTIONEER 3 meet and join hands. I’ll give you a dollar a day until you get the hang of the business and we know more of each other, then I'll fix things so you can buy a half interest in my business, and we'll be partners. How does it strike you?” “First raft,” said Andy; “but the whole of. my cash capital only amounts to $40, but I’ve some things in my trunk that I might sell. Is there room in the wagon for my trunk?” “Lots of room just now, for my stock is _run- ning down, There’s two bunks in it. One I use and the other my former helper used. You'll oc- cupy it if you come.” “Tl come. If I don’t pan out satisfactorily in a business sense you can shake me at some town where I can connect with the railroad.” “Don’t worry. We'll get on all right. I-like you, and when I take a shine to a fellow, he’s all right. Besidés, your father and mine are pards.” “If they’re alive.” aa word from my father that he and his partners I mUSst eat my supper now. I suppose you've had ad sold the claim and were going off prospect- yours?” ing. I didn’t learn that till the lawyer I’m liv- “Yes.” “ing with wrote to the Goldfield postmaster and got that information. My father must have writ- ten me just as yours did to you, only the leiter got lost en route somehow. Well, the three went farther west, it appears, and that’s the last that ’ has been heard of them, according to the post- - master, till he sent on the Matt ot dag slip which - ave an account of the finding of the dead bodies . of three men on the edge of a crater in Death the flavor from the pot.” Andy did so, and it almost made him hungry again. ; “You'll live like a lord, after a fashion,” grin- ned Andy, picking up a‘soup plate and filling it with stew, Then with a spoon and a hunk of bread he com- menced his supper. : Valley. From pa found in their clothes they § “I guess you're a pretty good cook.” = were believed to my father, your father, and “First rate, if I do toot my own horn. I can - Henry Murphy. However, the eenee said that cook anything, but not over an open fire.” , , their identity was not fully established, and so I “By the way, don’t you know it’s against the i have a faint hope)that the dead men were not law to light a fire along the roadside? If a con- the persons they were thought to be,” said Andy. stable came along he would probably run you in. r “¥ don’t know,” said Dick Desmond, with a dis- We must get a small oil stove if I go with you. - mal shake of his head. “The three went off to- I don’t want to be arrested.” ¢ ; gether and three dead men were found. Did the “T know it’s against the law, and I don’t make paper say that they were prospectors?” a fire along the road as qa rule. I have a stove 4 “Yes.” with three burners, but I ran out of oil at noon “I'm afraid that settles it, then.” to-day, and I had to either go without my sup- = “I'm going to hope on just the same, though PeT or take a chance. I took the chance.” Mr. Potter believes’ my father is dead.” “Oh, if you don’t light a fire often you're safe “Who is Mr. Potter?” . | enough.” rss : : ren ~ living with. But this is my = 2) re were you going that brought you this » night at his house. w ees “How is that?” - ‘0 see a chum of mine and bid him good-by.” — ‘ “He told me this afternoon that I must take my “You'd better go on, thep. You'll find me here os ‘trunk and go, beeause he sees no chance now of when you come back, as I mean to stop here all _ getting a six months’ board bill that my father night. By the way, how far is it to the village?® owes him on my account.” 3 “About a quarter of a mile.” te . “What are you going to do?” SIt's Silverton, isn’t it?” Sts. : ‘Leave, of course. ’. “Yes. - gtk = “I know; but where are you going?” “Quite a large village, I was told at Fairview, ~ eighteen miles back.” om _ “Chieago, probably.” ° . i yive anybody aE Sed “Not a soul.” : 4 ~ “Come with me. I need an assistant badly. The one I had skipped out at Grafton with $5 of “My good money. Although he put me in a hole, I'm glad he went, for he was getting more lazy id shiftless every day. You tant do better to stand in with me as your father stood in my father. Seems funny, doesn’t it, that should come to rr?” “Yes. It.is really a small town. It’s got two factories, and several business streets. The pop- ulation is between three and four thousand.” “Yd do well there, but I’m all out of my best 4 sellers. The only star article I have left is my ~ 4 stock of lung balsams and pain killers, which I — make up myself en route. They always go off like hot cakes, and the profit in them is big.” _ = ou understand how-to prepare medicine, to make up Dr. Bunkum's Fa: - f bn ~ nee” = ss a = we ae of ae te a) nr > ys? a eee eS Ss a ee oe

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4 - ANDY THE ‘Lung Balsam, which js an infallible remedy for coughs, colds, sore throats, croup, quinsy, incipi- ent consumption, etc., etc. I’ve got the recipes, and the raw material. Water plays an important part in their preparation, and that’s cheap—I mean it doesn’t cost me anything. I- secure a fresh supply every. day from a pump or a brook.” _ “Are the medicines really effective?” “Are they? Say, they go right to the spot every time. One application of my Famous Pain Eradicator cured a man of the toothache in Fair- view to-day, and then I sold a dozen bottles so quick at a dime apiece that I could hardly gather in the money. Profit, $1.04. As for my Lung Balsam, it’s a sin for a house to be without it. It acts like magic. It’s a quarter a bottle, but it’s worth its weight in gold. If you know anybod in the village afflicted with a cold of any kind, lust recommend it, and they'll remember you ever terward,” said Dick, with a grin, taking the cofiee pot off the embers and pouring himself out a cupful. “Now run along and get back soon. You'll find me in my laboratory in the wagon, and _ if you’re not too long, I’ll show you how I make up my remedies. I also sell Dr. Squeer’s Uni- versal Liver Pills, ten cents a box, three boxes for a quarter. I don’t make the pills. I buy them by the gross, forwarded to me from Chicago C. 4 O. D. by express, like theatrical paper. They are an infallible remedy for—but what’s the use of _ telling you, you don’t need ’em. So-long. I'll _ Took for you in an hour or so. And don’t forget, -T've got a legal license as an auctioneer.” ane It was twilight by this time, and Andy con- ___ tinued on his way in a- different frame of mind _ than before he came across the traveling auc- tioneer’s wagon. j CHAPTTR III.—Ready to Start. - Two hours and a half elapsed before Andy ap- proached the wagon again. A red lantern hung up on the outer side of the vehicle indicated its presence in the dark. When he drew near, he saw the glow of the lighted end of a cigarette from the vicinity of the seat. Dick Desmond was lounging there waiting for his new acquaint- ance and prospective assistant to show up. He had completed his work in the wagon, the results of—which> were six dozen very small bottles of he Pain Hradicator, and four dozen three-ounce ttles of the Lung Balsam, all corked and labeled sady for distribution among the public on the lowing day or any other. time. The corking and labeling had heretofore been done by Dick’s assistant, but that valuable individual having “flown the coop,” it was necorary for the young auctioneer to attend to it himself. ' erence? If you haven’t chang- d-your-mind, or don’t chane it before you leave e village to-morrow, we'll see plenty of each er during the days to come.” won't change my mind, Desmond, There’s g of the weather-vane about me,” replied Gall me Dick hereafter, and AUCTIONEER. I'll call you Andy. If we’re going to be friends we might as well begin at once.” “That's right.” Finished putting up your medi- cine?” : “T have. One of your duties as my assistant will be to help me on the job—not making the medicine but corking and labeling the bottles.” “That’s easy.” “By the way, can “ Yes—why 9” “To draw a-crowd, I play a tune or two on my banjo and sing a lively song. My former assist- ant used to black up, put on a pair of wing col- lars, a vest that was loud enough to drown a circus band, and other et ceteras. We did a bit of patter, and finished up with a duet. It always © took like wildfire. If you object to blacking up, I dare say I can fake a sort of white-face act that will pull the curious. Then you must- learn my game of talk and do a little auctioneering yourself to help out, for the public gets tired of hearing one voice all the time.” “I’m game to make myself useful in any way you think is best.” “That’s hearty. I see we shall pull together like a spanking team,” said Dick, in a tone of sat- isfaction. “Stick to me and I’ll make your for- tune as well as my own.” “Tve one favor to ask,” said Andy. “What is it?” “I don’t want to be identified with the outfit till you pull out of the village. You can stop at the house and get my trunk and bag, and I'll join: you when you’re’ready to leave, which I suppose won’t be till the afternoon some time.” * Andy remained talking with the young aue- tioneer for an hour and then went home to pass his last night under Mr. Potter’s rooftree. At breakfast in the morning the lawyer asked him ‘i he had made his arrangements to leave that ay. “Yes, sir,” replied Andy cheerfully, “Are you going to Grafton or Chicago?” zs “Neither, sir. I’m going in the opposite direc- ion. : “Where to?” ; “T’ve got a position as assistant to a traveling auctioneer, who sells goods and patent remedies around the country in a wagon. I’m to get $6 a week for my services,” replied Andy, but saying nothing about the boy aucttoneer’s father’s con- _- nection with his father in the mining regions. The lawyer was surprised, and asked him many ee about Dick Desmond’s traveling busi- ness. “T suppose the business is respectable enough in its way,” he said, “but these traveling auction- eers are’ little better than cheap Johns, and their society is not such as a young gentleman like yourself ought to cultivate.” “Oh, Dick Desmond is all right,” said Andy. “Desmond! Did you say Desmond?” spoke up_ Mr, Potter quickly. ; “Yes, sir; that’s his name.” : “Hm!” said the lawyer reflectively. “I wonder _ if- : 5 He broke off and went on: with his breakfast. you sing?”

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“ANDY THE _ They were all sorry to lose him, for he was a great favorite with both the boys and girls of Silverton who were on friendly terms with him. As he knew that Mrs. Potter’s sister and her children would be at the cottage for supper, if nothing happened to prevent their arrival, he did _ not believe that he would be missed if he remain- -ed away. Accordingly, he ate his supper at a Yestaurant and appeared at the house at half- past six. He found that the visitors had arrived and that the children were in possession of his room, his trunk having been removed to the lower hall according to his directions. The wagon ap- peared with Dick at seven, and after he had help- ed his new friend to place it in the vehicle he _bade the lawyer, his wife, and the servant good- -by, and getting_up on the seat beside the young auctioneer, he left forever the cottage which had been his home for five years. { = = = 2 t 6 ile ¥ al ey Ms Y 3 CHARTER IV.—A Pair of Rascals. 2 - Dick drove about half a mile along the county ~ yoad until he saw a suitable spot by the roadside oy where the wagon would be out of the way of =. ng vehicles, and halted for the night. ; ~=3 “Now, then, Andy, here’s where we stop ‘till ~~ sunrise. Get down and I'll show you how to take Bony out of the shafts,” said Dick. ~~ Andy sprang down and assisted in taking the ~~ horse from the wagon. This time he was tied to _ the fence. : : _. “Crawl under the-wagon and get the feeding - bag. You'll find it swinging from a hook. Take ~__ it into the vehicle and fill it about a third full of _ eats, which you will find in a big bag there. Then a hand me out the oil stove and the can of oil.” Be. wi al ef By t, the coffee canister and a big -8poon, also a ing pan, a slice of ham and a couple of eggs, a plate, a cup, and divers other articles. So while twilight deepened into night _ Dick made his supper and. ate it. While he was : SS Andy placed a pan partly full of water stove to heat for the purpose of washin; _the few dishés and utensils after Dick hb hed his meal. Everything being returned to wagon, _— lighted a cigare his only " as 2 y didn’t feel sleepy. as he had done nothing ous that day nor for many days back. He mained where he was after Dick retired, and thoughts were centered on the three unmarked 2s in the Death Valley wilderness, and he himself over and over if his father was ed to Silverton and the pleasant days he d passed there at pebor, 29 in the society of esently he got up and walked back along the : “tee: op of the low hill 1 a see the lights of Silverton in th ‘hedge themselves. _came in contact with a stout piece of tree limb. his last sleep there. Then his thoughts - to form a projetting AUCTIONEER 5 near distance. He walked over to the fence and leaning his arms on it, continued his reflections upon the past and future. While he stood there two persons came walking from the direction of the village. Andy didn’t notice them till he heard their voices. As their talk was rather rough, the boy made no move to attract their attention. He judged that their room was better than their company. The strangers stopped, how- ever, within easy earshot and sat down on the turf to rest themselves. “You are sure he’s alone, Barnaby?” said one of them. Andy cocked up his ears and became interest- ed, for Barnaby was the name of Dick’s former ‘assistant who had left him in the lurch at Graf- ton, fifty miles back. “He’s alone, unless he’s picked up some kid to. help him, which I doubt. He left Grafton with- out anybody, and it ain’t likely he’s found any one he’d cotton to since.” “If we catch him by surprise and do him up, we will have funds enough to start in the medi- cine business ourselves and skin the rural popu- lation out of their smal] change. You know how e put up the stuff, as you’ve helped him prepare Tus r “T never made any of it, but I’ve seen how he did it, and I guess I can bluff it out well enough for our purpose. There ain’t nothing in the raw material that will kill anybody even if it don’t do them any good. I know where he keeps his formulas; and we'll swipe the directions with his money. We can buy the material as well as the bottles of any wholesale drug house, and a print- er will make the labels for us. In fact, we can pinch the bunch of labels he’s got in the wagon, and they’ll do to start with.” “Well, if you’re rested, we'll go on,” said the man. “I’m in a hurry to feel a bunch of real money. It’s a coon’s age since I had any to speak of.” : “Ali right, Jerry. Come on,” said the rascally Barnaby. . ; The well-mated pair started on in, and Andy decided that it was up ‘to him put a spoke in their wheels. Keeping in the shadow of the hedge to avoid discovery, Andy followed af-— ter them. In a few moments the two rascals sighted the red lanterns which Barnaby recog-— nized as belonging to the van. - “There’s the wagon now!” he cried. Andy stopped as the chaps started toward the Crouching down, his hand He seized it, for he saw that it would make an excellent cudgel. The pair advanced with some caution now, for Barnaby thought that his for- mer boss might not yet have retired to bed, as- the hour was not late. At length the rascals got close to the van and stopped to reconnoiter. Andy — stopped and squeezed his body into the hedge — while he watched them. Satisfied that all was > eanvas frame. This worked on two heavy hinges, could be let down and supported by hi

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6 ANDY THE N x y auctioneer stood when doing business. It was just high enough to clear the back of the horse. The back of the wagon was provided with a pair - of half-arched doors, opening outward from the center. The rascals, satisfied that the boy auc- tioneer was asleep, walked up to the doors and Barnaby placed his hand under the wagon, found the ring, and pulled the chain. At the same time he pulled one of the doors open by the small iron handle put there for that purpose. He picked up the short ladder which lay under the wagon, placed it at the opening, and mounted into the” wagon. His.companion was in the act of follow- ing him when Andy rushed forward and knocked him senseless with a blow from his cudgel. And then dashed up into the vehicle, shouting to Dic to look out. i / CHAPTER V.—Dick on the Job. Barnaby, taken by surprise, stopped short and looked around: Andy sprang upon him and bore him up 6 eg a pile of goods. At the same moment, Dick, awakened by the racket, sprang out of his bunk. “What’s wrong?” he asked. _ “Turn up the lamp and look at this chap,”/said _ Andy. “He and another fellow, whom I knocked down outside, were going to make you prisoner and steal all your money.” - Dick turned up the lamp and then he recogniz- . .- ed his late assistant. E “You—Barnaby! he asked. “Nothing,” returned Barnaby sulkily. “I told you what his purpose was,” said Andy. “T overheard him and his pal talking it over up the read while they were taking a rest.” “So that’s your game, is it, Barnaby?” cried Dick angrily. “It’s a lie!” protested Barnaby. ped in to borrow a dollar of you.” 2 _*Borrow a dollar, eh? After robbing me of five in Grafton, skipping out and leaving me in a hele. You're a nice rooster, I must say! Well, I ; fancy this work wilkland you in jail,” said Dick. Bc » Inside of ten minutes Sone & and his pal were lying on the ground behind the hedge, bound hand and foot. : -. “PI get _ Barnaby d “Maybe you will, bu’ I doubt it,” replied Andy. ‘If you try to monkey with me, you won’t find i@ an’ easy proposition to handle.” The boy left then, returned to the wagon, willed in the ladder, shut the door and took off is coat. He told Dick all the facts, of the case. “It’s lucky you were out there when those shoe came along. I didn’t think Barnaby was ‘such a rascal, though I had soured on him by the time he quit,” said Dick. “I guess the fellow he was with put him up to the job. We'll take them on to the next village and have them locked “Why not back to Silverton?” “Because it would be a loss of time. What are you doing here?” “I only, step- Se oe with you for this, mister!” said y. ; a = On the . ick and prosecute them, and that wouldn’t pay e, I guess I’ll-let them go. I’d have to come , = AUCTIONEER tion till sunrise, when Dick got up and awakened his companion. It was a bright, balmy morning that made a fellow feel good to sniff the early air. On either side of the road stretched wide fields of growing grain, for their route was through the wheat section of a western State. Several farmhouses were in sight, but at’a dis- tance from the road. The boys looked for their oe and found them where, they had been eft. : “You chaps deserve to be prosecuted for at- tempting a crime,” said Dick, “but as I don’t care to be bothered following the case up I’m going to let you go; but mark me, if I catch you nosin around this outfit again, I’ll fix you both go and proper. Cut them loose, Fei ; Andy freed them and they went away without a word, but their looks were not very pleasant. The boys then set to work getting their break- fast, which consisted of a liberal supply of bacon and eggs, bread and butter and coffee. Andy rubbed the horse down ahd gave him his supply of oats. After the dishes were Pg away they harnessed up and started forward “again. They went at a slow gait, for Bony was not a lively animal, except when he encountered a band of music, and that wasn’t often. Besides, he was well fed and sleek looking, and that made him indolent. Doubtless he figured that he had done his full duty as a circus horse and was entitled to take things easy for the rest of his life. At mid-day they halted by the roadside and got their dinner—a cold leg of mutton which Dick had cooked in Silverton, with baked potatoes in their ~ jackets, to cook which Dick ventured to build a small fire to get a bed of hot ashes, coffee, and an apple pie. They did not meet with any great sales that day, not passing through any towns, so to speak. They stopped on the outskirts of Morrisville for the night. The sides of the wagon halfway up were solidly boarded, the upper part and the roof being of canvas, attached to strong hoops. Sounds on the outside could easily be heard through the canvas, Something awoke Andy about midnight, and he sat up in bed. He heard the ae of voices under the vehicle. He got up, went to the door, opened it a and listened. : “Don’t touch it off yet, Barnaby,” he heard a voice Say. “We need more wood to make a sure job of it. I don’t believe in doing things half- shot. The bottom of the wagon is pretty solid, and we want to make a fire that'll be hot enough to do the business. Run now and get another big armful of stuff and then we'll set the bonfire off and roast those chaps out of house and busi- ness. You know where he keeps his money, and in the excitement maybe you can get hold of it.” That was enough for Andy. He:slip over to Dick’s bunk and woke him up. Then he told him what was up. “The blamed rascals intend to burn the wagon up with you and me in it,” Dick said excitedly. “Put on your duds and we'll give them a sur- ‘ prise.” They hurried on a pat of their clothes, and then Dick seized his shotgun, which was loaded with rock salt instead of shot. Opening the door, he sprang to the ground. He saw a ms figure under the vehicle beside a pile of straw and i ble material, — cers 2 rine eS f other — =2 iets

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= “What are you doing there?” he cried. __’ The figure jumped up, hit his head against the bottom of the wagon, and uttered a deep impre- - eation, then he scurried out in front and took to his heels. Dick ran to the front, took aim at _ the fugitive, and fired. The rascal fell with a ery, but iz a minute was up and continued his flight in a limping fashion. ¥ * “Light the lantern and bring it outside, Andy,” said Dick. ‘When the lantern was flashed under the wagon they saw the preparations that had been made to burn the van. They removed the stuff and set it on fire. It made quite a bonfire while itlasted. Then they returned to the van and went to bed, = ; — = ' but it was some time before they’ got to sleep s 4 "bother them again that night. In the morning after breakfast they toured*the residential part of the village, and sold some tinware and other things to the women, and worked off several bot- _. tles of the remedies. ; ‘ _ After dinner they took to the road again and _ ‘reached the next village about dark where the _— Scene of the preceding evening was repeated with _ Satisfactery results. While they were en route next day, Dick made up another supply of balsam ~~ and the pain eradicator while y drove Bony. 5 Then Andy entered the yan and put the labels on the bottles. That evening Andy made his debut “3 2s an auctioneer and did better than he expected. - Thereafter the boys alternated as auctioneefts, Dick always leading off with a bit of buncombe - to put the crowd in the right frame of mind, as = said, and at the end of the week»they reached “You want to hire somebody to keep watch ~— while the sale is going on,” said Andy, “or some © of your smal] things might be stolen,” ate “My brother-in-law is a deputy sheriff. Yl — ask him to come. Nobody’ll steal anythin’ under his nose. I’ve got some of my late wife’s jewelry~ I want you to sell, too. I’ve got it in a bag and I'll hand it. to you when you're ready for it.” <A “All right,” said Andy, ae . Then the man went to put the advertisement in the morning paper, and get the handbills which he had already ordered to be printed. ‘ y Me a PWR Ae tae § CHAPTER VI.—Andy’s First Regular Auction. — Aly ms + Andy took care to = a license and hired a small, bright boy who lived in the neighborhood © to act as his clerk during the sale. The boy auc- tioneer’s plan was to start operations on the ia hye fa tia 4 te : spel i the kitchen, and then go upstairs.. No one was — y Mi, to be allowed free-access to any room other than _the one in which the sale was going on or had been finished. Successful bidders would be. oblig- * — ed to pay spot cash and take charge of their ~~ pu Ss, if possible, as neither the seller nor — the auctioneer would be responsible for any ar- aS i, a clerk appeared at the house with a book and pen: cil and went through the rooms in the order in

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R ANDY THE also had $10 worth more in his pocket to hand the boy in case his change ran short. The sale Was announced to begin at noon, and a small crowd be to gather before that time. Andy and his clerk took their places in the parlor on a cheap kitchen table ready to begin business as soon as the hour arrived. The owner and his brother-in-law, the deputy sheriff, walked around and kept their eyes on the alert as the room filled up. At length the clock struck the noon hqur and Andy opened proceedings by announcin what the sale consisted of in a general way, an the terms on which they were to be sold, with minor information for the guidance of the bidders. “Now, ladies and gentlemen, we will begin with ' lot Number One, that handsome ormolu clock, originally imported from Italy, guaranteed to be a good time-keeper, and will run forty-eight hours without rewinding,” began Andy. “Look at it, and you will find that it is a handsome piece of workmanship, and well worth three times the price of $5 I am instructed to start it at. Who pays $62” \ There was a pause while several people crowd- ed around the clock. It was an gttractive article and the bidding on it became “Spirited. It was actually worth $10 at retail, but Andy got $11.50 for it, and at that the Woman -who purchased it thought she had a bargain. At any rate, she had come expressly to buy it, and paying the money to the clerk, she hastened off with her - purchase. “Lot Number Two is this elegant vase, also imported. What am I offered as a starter? How much, sir—one dollar? I am offered only a dol- lar for this handsome imported French vase which couldn’t be duplicated for—two dollars, who says _ three? Ladies and gentlemen, you couldn’t buy ‘a vase half that size for two dollars, Two-fifty, I hear. Seventy-five—three. Why, $3 is a mere bagatelle for that vase. Who says $4? Three and a quarter? I am offered three and a quar- ter. A half, thank you. If you get it for that, sir, you’ll have a bargain. Seventy-five—four.” The vase went for $4.25, which was mare than it was worth. The owner knew that, though Andy __* didn’t know. So the sale went on, Andy getting - good figures as a rule for the lots, but_then he was selling the best articles first. While he talked he naturally kept his eyes everywhere to catch the eye of a bidder, and in this way noth- ing escaped his attention. His notice was attract- ed to the suspicious actions of a_ well-dressed _ young man in a derby hat. Andy had seen the owner set down a bag hé had been carrying around with him to explain something to a wo- man bidder. The boy auctioneer knew that this bag contained the —- to be offered as soon _ as he had sold out the contents of that room. He had made the announcement to that effect before _ beginning the sale, and there were many women who had come especially to bid on the jewelry, _ which had been made one of the features of the hand bill. . Whether bec evo young = renal only suspected, that the con e jewelry 1 question, certain it is appeared to take a reat deal of interest in it, and Andy saw him x over toward the shelf on which the owner d temporarily d ited it. The boy auctioneer his eye ‘man’s movements without _ AUCTIONEER seeming to do so. He had an idea the chap meant to pinch it if he could do so unnoticed, but he could make no move to prevent him until the young man actually touched the bag. The deputy sheriff was close by, and Andy was ready to warn him, if necessary. The boy was in the midst of the sale of a fancy, old-fashioned what-not, when mattem culminated. From his elevated perch Andy saw the suspicious-looking stranger grab the bag of jewelry and start to retreat. “Stop that man, sheriff!” cried Andy excitedly. _ Seeing he was detected, the rascal coe past the sheriff and dashed for the door. e sheriff started after him on the run and both disappear- ed from the room. Andy went on with the sale, and presently finished up with the room. As the sheriff had not returned with the jewelry he had to defer its sale until later, and led the people into the dining room, where he sold the articles connected with that room, getting fair prices. The kitchen followed and Andy made short work of the articles there. It took him another hour to sell the contents of the room upstairs. That finished the sale, but the people who were after the jewelry hung around and waited for it to be put up. Andy sent his clerk for the owner, who was downstairs, and that individual appeared. “How about that jewelry?” asked the boy. “My brother-in-law hasn’t returned yet.” “Well, I can’t hold these people here waitin .for him to show up. Didn’t he catch the fellow ‘I should think he’d have nabbed him before he “ got as far as the gate.” “TJ don’t know whether he caught him or not. The last I saw of them, they were running: down the street, and the thief had a good lead. “We'll have to leave the jewelry out of the sale, then,” said Andy. He mounted his table again and explained to those who remained in the room that owing to the theft of the jewelry it could not be put up at the sale, so there was no use of their remaining any longer as the auction was over. The disap- pointed women went away, some of them saying things that were the reverse of sympathetic for the owner of the lost bag. Andy then counted up the amount of money received, verified it by the prices put down on the book opposite each lot, and after deducting five per cent. for his services, amounting to $28, turned the balance over to the owner, who expressed himself as well satisfied with the result of the sale, barring, of course, fie * theft of his late wife’s jewelry. Andy then paid his assistunt a dollar for his services and went to dinner, after which he returned to his wagon. He now had about $75 in cash, which he guess- ed would go a long way ard buying a half interest in the traveling auction wagon. He amused himself studying Dick's formulas for put- ting up the balsam and the pain eradicator, and decided that he could make the remedies just as well his friend. Having nothing eae erg to do, he tried his hand at the balsam, and tsed up the remainder of the material on hand, oboe. out about three dozen bottles full. Then he tri his hand at the pain eradicator and filled the supply of small botfles that remained. By the time he had corked and labeled the bottles it was time to go to supper, and he repaired to a near- by restaurant. - After that he started to walk around the out- ~ .

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skirts of the town. Darkness caught him some distance from his wagon. Then he became aware that a thunder shower was coming up, so he ‘hastened his steps. The rain caught him before he got halfway back and he was compelled to take refuge in a small, vacant two-story shanty that bore the sign of “For Sale.” He hadn’t been there over five minutes when he - gaw three men running toward the building to E> escape the downpour. To his surprise, he recog- ie nized the one in advance as the man who stole ¥ ; a bag of jewelry, and the others as Barnaby and Ss le & “yt won’t do for them to see me,” he thought. _ “They'd be apt to ges me roughly, for Bar- naby and his frien® Jerry have it in for Dick and me. I must hide. They will doubtless leave - as soon as it stops wre The only place he could take refuge in was a closet, for there wasn’t a thing in the building that a person could hide behind. The only closet in that room was a dark, unfinished hole under the stairs. So into that he retired as quickly as he could, and barely in time to avoid being seen _ by the newcomers as they dashed into the half- a open door, and shook the raindrops from their hats and jackets. CHAPTER VII.—The Unexpected Letter. 4 “So you got away with the goods?” said the : man called Jerry F the chap who stole the jewelry. : “That’s what I did. The deputy-sheriff was a regular ice wagon on his feet. I could beat him any day and not know I was running.” bs “What did the swag amount to?” os “A lot of female jewelry.” 3 “What’s it worth?” _. “I ecouldn’t say, but I guess a couple of hundred dollars.” “You’ve got it about you, haven’t you?” . “Yes,” # '_ “Let’s have a look at it. Strike a match, Bar- + ” . naby. . Barnaby furnished the gleam and the thief __- produced the bag. He turned some of the con- tents out into one of his gands. “There,” he said, “you judge what the swag amounts to.” ; _ “Some very pretty rings, a brooch or two, ear- Yings, and so forth and so on,” said Jerry, as he - inspected the portion on exhibition. “Another ‘Match, Barnaby.” < & second lucifer. _.”. Barnaby struck the : - *You’re in luck, Tupper,” continued Jerry. “I Wish we could only say the same,” as Tupper _ restored the to his pocket. ai - Andy from his place of concealment listened to all the men had to say while the thunderstorm lasted. He found out that Tupper was going to the house where he was peinenig-t a certain "Be evening “and the ‘3 drops. sallied forth a : ANDY THE AUCTIONEER 9 Andy allowed them time to get away and then he left the building himself. He had made w his mind what he was going to do. He start at once for the station house, making inquiries along the way which ultimately landed him at his destination. There he interviewed the officer in charge. First he told him about the theft which had been committed at the auction sale that day which he had conducted. The officer in- formed him that the crime had been duly re- pores and that a detective was looking for the 1eT. “I can tell you where he lodges and where he can be found,” said Andy. “You can?” said the officer, looking interested. “How is it that you have not repo the matter before?” “For the very good reason that I only just found it out,” replied Andy. The young auctioneer then told him how he had taken refuge in the vacant house from the brief storm and while there the thief in question, with two companions, had also taken refuge in the building, and that he overheard all they said to one another. : “The thief gave his address to the other two and I made a note of it,” said Andy. “Very good. What is it?” Andy told him. “The man is going there to lock the stolen roperty in his bag and then he’s going to a sa- oon in the neighborhood to pass the evening.” The officer called a detective. To him Andy described the man, and the desk officer furnished ~ the address and other information. tee “Get the man, and a search warrant will be provided afterward,” he said. ‘ The detective went away. Andy then told about — the nocturnal visit that the three men had ar- ranged to pay the wagon that see and. sug- = gested that a — of policemen detailed to - the scene just before the hour to arrest the in- truders when they ‘The oftce and gave evidence of — r{ their intentions. officer made a-note of the matter and said to policemen would be on hand at half-past eleven, and that Andy must watch for their coming. Andy then left the station house and took in a moving picture show, after — which he went back to tHe wagon. He sat at | the door on the lookout for the officers, who in due time turned up. P ae “Was that thief arrested?” Andy asked them. — One of the * comme replied that he could not x say, as he didn’t keep track of arrests made at the station house, . Se “If he wasn’t, you'll have the chance to arrest him here, as he promised to be on hand,” said the ws boy. + The officers were admitted into the wagon, and ae the door closed, Andy taking his place at one of 4 the windows which ted theeded a view of the cor- ner of the streets where the rascals were to meet. ~~ — At a quarter past twelve two figures appeared at the corner. Andy judged they were Barnaby and J mate They waited there some time for Tupper to show up, but he didn’t. e boy wee judged from the failure of the third party to appear that Tupper had been arrestel by the ear ren - : ast the two figures | Andy told At ‘es made a move on 7 officers — iv ¢

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0 _ ANDY THE AUCTIONEER me pte < “= : : ~~ eoming. When the intruders got close to the Andy was-much surprised by the contents of vehicle Andy recognized them | beyond a doubt the letter. It must be a matter of great impor- as Barnaby and Jerry. Surmising that Barnaby | tance that would bring about such a sudden and _ would Ge the van door by the chain, he sta- unexpected change in Dick’s plans. Well, there * tioned the policemen at the back of the wagon was nothing for Andy to do but to follow direc- and lay down on his bed. Presently, the door tions and go to the railroad station for the goods. opened and Barnaby sprang inside. Jerry fol- Accordingly, he got Bony, harnessed him to the + , lowed. The dim ieee in the van was sufficient van and started off. a to show them the figure of Andy, and they im- ' mediately pounced on him. : Gite. 2 “Now we've got you dead to rights this time,” said Barnaby, in a tone of triumph. : CHAPTER VIII.—The German Boy. They were about to yank the boy auctioneer - out on the floor when the two policemen stepped When Andy reached the railroad station he - forward and collared them. Two more surprised went to the express agent and asked him if the individuals could hardly have béen found than goods had come. _ Barnaby and Jerry, whose well-laid plans had “What’s your name?” asked the agent for the third time been nipped in the bud. “Andy Rogers.” “Take them to the station house, officers, and The agent looked over his book, - il appear against them in the morning,” said “The goods arrived a while ago, but they’ve Andy. | rae been sent to the express office on Washington ‘They. were taken away to spend the rest of the street, to be called for. You'll have to apply night in a cell. In the morning Andy appeared ‘there for them.” against them in the police court. The magistrate = “All right,” said the boy auctioneer. didn’t consider the evidence against them conclu- He started for his wagon. Standing in front sive enough to hold them for anything serious, of it was a raw-looking German boy of perhaps. » he compromised by sending them to the work- sixteen years. He was trying to spell out the house for thirty days. Andy also appeared as a names of the remedies printed on the canvas side, itness against Tupper, together with the owner and seemed to regard the brightly painted outfit - of the jewelry and the deputy sheriff. The ras-- much the same as the average small boy does a éal was held for trial. r gaudy circus wagon. Andy looked at him, and The man who had been robbed thanked Andy he looked at Andy. or giving the clue which led to the thief’s ar- ~ “Vell, you been der owners off his vagons?” est and the recovery of the jewelry, and handed he asked. $20 as an.evidence of his appreciation. Andy “Am I the owner? - I’m the boss of it,” replied his dinner and returned to the wagon, ex- Andy. ting to find Dick there, but he ‘was disap- “You are der poss? Dot is yust der same. ed. Instead he found a letter addressed to Maype you want somepody to-vork py der vag- elf which had been: delivered by the carrier,- ons, yaw?” had tossed it through the open window. The “You're looking for a job, eh?” er was a surprise to Andy, for he figured that “T ped you.” foreshadowed something out of the usual—a “This wagon travels around the country. It in Dick’s arrangements something. He doesn’t stay here, nor in any one place.” it open and read as fol = “Dot suits me.” » Pard—Something has happened which “You’re willing to travel, then?” s me to part, company with you for a while, “I ped you I am.” a “not going to leave you in the lurch, just “You live in this town, I suppose? As soon as you get this go to the rail- Nein. ‘I only yos stopping here. I came from on and see if the goods I’ve bought Yarmany to vork for mine brudder-in-law vot arrived, for I’ve sent them on to you by Tums @ grocery stores le dis places. Vell, vhen --Bring the wagon with you and load up. I arrived mine brudder-in-law vos yust put oud he charges are all paid, the receipt for which of pisness py a pank yot he had his money in dot enclosed. On the back of this letter you'll find ent der spout ub, He could done nottings for — You'll me in der vays off a shob, dot’s vhy I am ready remedies, to took anyt’ings dot turns up, ain’t it?” _ on’t have “What’s your name?” . ; wll need an ~ Pare Steinfeldt.” . e to go out — “Well, I can give you a job at $3 a week and - Bons Pa. Me of find you.” e : : * t, wait in town till you Andy smiled. funny expressions. Vell, I took you up. L go py : und “Very well, Hans. I guess e- “ig nt . by ye 43 and ‘ree tollars a veeks und found me? Vot ask for a letter. It will probably be you means py found me? I ain’t lost.” ; ; arther on the road. “I mean J will provide you with bed and board.” be as the goods ; -“Dot’s yot you means py found me? Vot a "By the | der vagons for t’ree dollars a veeks und ped S hs poard.” ‘ aay aa Pos . a you're a : ee ~ eat boycaad wemleabit work ime 3 2 pa Jee: I done der ‘is a shance to

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ANDY THE you vant some references, I vill took py mine brudder-in-law und sister, und dey i told you vot dey know apoud me. Vhere vill mine trunk sent?” “We will take it on the wagon. I am going to the express office on Washington street now for some s to take on the road. Jump up and vide with me.” --. The German boy, who was a stout, moon-faced x youth, required no second invitation. He scram- __ bled up on the seat in an attive way, and Andy i started for the express office. : ___,“You will have to help me in many ways,” said _ Andy to his new assistant. eS “Vell, I help you any vay dot you.vant. Dot’s _ Wot you hire me for, ain’t it?” _—- +*That’s right. Can you cook at all?” “I ped you I can cook. I’m at home right dere __ ¢tery dime,” replied Hans. _ “Why, where did- you learn to cook?” asked 3 Andy, in some surprise. - _ **T vorked. py a liddle eating houses in Stutt- - gart, Yarmany. I vos first der vasher up und _ den der cook hé took me to hellup him vhen dere vos a rush. Vonce in avhiles he peen too full of “Ts dot so-o?” “Yes.” “Und do ve sleep py der vagons, too?” “Yes. There are two bunks inside.” “Vell. vell; ve peen like a couple of yipsies, ain’t it?” °c “Can you sing?” “Yes. I can sing purty vell. dot?” ; -_ “J sing myself to draw a crowd to sell to, and ag if you can help me out it will be an advantage to me, a Me I show you vot I can do, py und py. Mt » . vings—n For vhy you ask ean do some tricks mit cards und udder am) ow you seen id und now you don’d—dot = Vill took der beoble’s attention.” 4s “That’s so! Everything will help in this busi. _ _ By this time they had reached the express of- a and Andy stopped the horse. He went in Fc d asked about the goods. They were there --. teady for delivery. Andy showed ‘the letter and receipt from Dick and the stuff was turned over to him. ere was quite a number of boxes and rates. Andy checked them off and called «on Hans to help him put them on the wagon. The ‘Dutch boy got busy with a vigor that made things erything was aboard, but they ly, and soon ev “filled the space all up. “How vill ye got py der bunks now?” Hans asked, viewing the jam. _ _ “We'll fix that at the lot before we start,” said dy. “We'll take the boxes and crates all out ere and get the things out of them. We'll leave the coverings behind after we pack the articles _ Reatly about wherever they will fit in best.” 3 understood and said if Andy would drive 4 oe ie grocery store, which was ge of a receiver, he would get his trunk, he would ae a for the road, Andy y followed , and reached =~ : a) esi quite a pretentious — AUCTIONEER i one, and evidently did a large trade. Hans went inside and Andy waited for him. In a little while a man in his shirt sleeves came out. 2 “Have you hired Hans?” he asked Andy, “Yes, sir,” replied the boy auctioneer. “You travel around the country selling goods?” eo Sg “Well, I’m Hans’ brother-in-law. He’s only been in the country three months and naturally he’s raw yet. I don’t know whether I ought to let him go out with you. Can you give me any reference ?” “Nobody nearer than Silverton, where I’ve lived for the last five years. You could write to Law- yer Benjamin Potter, but it will take several days — for you to get a reply, and I can’t remain here waiting for you to get it. I’ll guarantee it will be satisfactory.” : “What road do you take from here?” “The county road straight west. 'I am bound for Des Moines. A letter sent to me there, as well as Hans, will reach us as soon aS We arrive there.” “Well, you look like a square young fellow, and Hans seems to have taken a shine to you, so. I won’t stop him. I'll write to the lawyer, any- way, aS a matter of business.” At this juncture Hans appeared dragging a small, light, hair-covered trunk, of a foreicn pattern, after him. As there was room enough under the seat for it, Andy didn’t bother about - opening the van. Hans wished his brother-in-law good-by, said he’d write to him en route, and then Andy drove off. ie “Py shinger! Now dot I haf a shob dot pays me.t’ree dollars a veeks mit mine board und ped, I feel yust like a canary be-ird,” grinned Hans, as they rode along. “If you could make a noise like a dynamo you'd feel like a humming bird,” chuckled Andy. “Vot is a dynamos?” — “A machine that generates electricity.” 2 “Is dot so-o?” said Hans, subsiding into puz- zled silence. CHAPTER IX.—The Thespians. When they reached the lot the unloading be- gan. The crates and boxes were opened in suc- cession and the goods taken out. Andy got into the wagon and Hans handed him the articles. He _ stowed them away in convenient places. The — pans and pots he hung from the hooks project- ing from the hoops. The material for making = the balsam and the pain eradicator he put in 8s locker, and the cheap boxes of watches and cheap jewelry in another. were a dozen lockers _ altogether in the wagon, two large ones be =f under each bunk. By the time everything ha been stowed away the wagon did not look very. congested. There was ample room to mova ~ around in, and space enough to do their cooking in on a rainy day. Then it was that Andy remembered he had not yet purchased a supply of provisions for the first part of their journey, nor oats for the horse. — “aig would have to drive back into the business sec-_ tion again. As it was then well along in afternoon he concluded not to make his s until morning. With on the seat ne

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ab. tee | 19 ee es ae _- returned to his stable. —4 aa ‘Dick had given him a number of lessons and BE: = d out of key. : = old on, Hans. You're out of tune, or rather- in another key that I’m not familiar with. Get down. - Listen now. Te tum, te tum, te tum. Get me?” , “Yaw, I ped you. Te tum, te tum, te tum.” “That's the right pitch. Now go on.” Hans began a comic song in the German lan- guage. Apparently it was very funny from the netion and the grins that the Dutch boy impart- ed to it, but its humor was lost to Andy. Hans ~_roare: out the chorus with great gusto, and when he had finished he said to his boss: w you like dot?” i rate,” said Andy. _ *T didn’t seen you laugh, dough.” - “I’m sorry, but you see I don’t understand Ger- q »” Hans gazed at lim with open mouth for a mo- t, then it dawned upon his mental horizon the had been wasting all his humor upow un- preciative ears. t “Py shinger! Vot a fools I vos to sing in Yar- » he sard; “but shimany cribbs, how vill I id in English? 1 couldn’t done it nohow.” , Hans. You sing the song in Ger- If the pecrle don’t understand the words, get the air, and I’ll warrant it will eaten _ anyway,” said Andy. “Go on with the verse.” : his assistant was certainly as good as a h comedian. Andy then sang “Down on the ANDY THE AUCTIONEER goods looks seemed washed out. One of the men was tall and slender, while the other was chunky and stout. They stopped and looked. at the two boys, putting down their grips. All three produced handkerchiefs of an uncer- tain color and mopped their faces. It was a “warm day, and tramping the public road with heavy grips had a tendency toward perspiration. After a consultation the tall, thin man advanced. -“Pardon me,” he said, in a grand tone, “will you tell me how far it is to the next village?” “Do you mean on the road you're traveling?” said Andy. “If you do, I haven’t the least idea. We're bound for Mayfield, on the county road, and I believe that’s about six miles from here.” “Six miles!” exclaiméd the man.. “Would it be possible for you to give the lady a lift on your wagon, and carry our baggage? We should consider it a great favor.” “Sure I will!” said Andy. “I'll give you all a lift in the wagon, There is room enough to ac- commodate you. How is it you are tramping the - road, with a lady, too? Did your, conveyance break down?” “T regret to confess that the luxury of a con- veyance is quite beyond our purse. We are pro-- fessionals, enticed from Chicago by the specious representations of a mamager which it -were a gross libel to call a gentleman. After being two weeks on the road, playing to rotten business, the company, of which we were the head and front,-was stranded in Ozark last night. The heartless individual who directed the enterprise deserted us at midnight, taking scenery and props with him, leaving his people to the tender mercies » of a grasping boniface. This morning we were turned out on the street without even the com- fort of a breakfast, and our trunks detained for the miserable stipend owing for supper. and bed. Oddsbobs! ’Tis hard lines, young sir, that genius should be so imposed upon, while mediocrity trav-_ els on the high wave of plenty,” said the tall man, with a melancholy sigh. “Oh, then you are actors?” said Andy. “You have guessed it, young man, and in the name of my fellow profs I thank you for your offer of a lift as far as Mayfield. Might we still further encroach upon your generosity to the ex- tent of a slice of bread and a piece of cheese for each of us? have not broken our fast this day.” “Call your companion and the lady and you shall have a square meal,” said Andy. “No hun- Dy need get by this wagon while I am with i “Young man, your generosity does you credit,” said the actor, coming closer and grasping the young auctioneer by the hand. “I aceapt your invitation to the banauet, however simple, which your kindness of heart prompts you to offer to By my halidom, I assure you we* me Ae te ~

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oach. The stout man picked up the tall man’s aggage in addition to his own, and he and the woman advanged to where Andy and Hans were just finishing their dinner. _ “friends, wé have been invited by this prince of wagoners to a mid-day repast at his expense, and atterward to a lift in his chariot as far as Mayfield village, six miles distant. I beg of you to express the sentiments that such unexpected generosity deserves,” said the tall actor. “Young gent,” said the stout man, “shake. You’re a brick.” : me The lady, whose age might have ‘been twenty- five, confined herself to a smile. “Hans, fry a mess of eggs and ham for our guests,” said Andy, “andsmake a fresh pot of coffee for three. Be lively about it, for they are hungry. . ; “Oddsbodkins!” exclaimed the tall] man, with a _ look of hungry anticipation. “Thou art the good genius of the road. A thousand pities ‘tis that ss ple of our standing in the’ profession should be age BSE to such dire straits as you behold, Permit me to introduce, first the lady, Miss Ce- lestina Beverley, singing comedienne. and in- genue.” / R Andy doffed his hat to the lady, who bowed quite low. ; ‘ “This is Mr. Chalks, first low com.” “Happy to know you, young gent,” said Chalks, offering his hand. “Let me do the honors. Mr. _ Cifude Forrest, heavy leads, young gent,” intro- ducing the tall man. - “Pleased to make your acquaintance, all,” said the boy auctioneer. “My name is Rogers—Andy Rogers, auctioneer.” “Ah! you sel “Evi ing,” said Andy. _ “And everybody,” chirped the comedian, in- tending to be funny. ; 5 “You are wrong, Mr. Chalks,” replied Andy. “I sell goods, not people.” % -“Thy jest was ill-timed, Chalks,” said the lead- _.-ing heavy man, in a reproving tone, for he saw that the boy was offended. “Remember, you are not on the boards now.” ; ; “Oh, I beg pardon. No offence intended, young - gent. Just my way, you know. Always gag- _ ging,” protested Chalks. “All right. We'll let it go at that,” said sir?” asked the leading heavy man, sniffing at _ the ham and eggs in the pan. Bie o> > “It’s pretty fair. It would be better, I think, if _ Money wasn’t so close.” 5 : _ “It’s. never close hy for me to get my ds on it,” chuckled Chalks. : A plate of ham and eggs, with a tiberal sup- ply of bread and butter, and coffee was handed to each of the sae bres hear and they be- an to devour it ost ravenously. “"Tis food fit for the gods,” said the leadin eavy ‘man, “and this coffee— it is the nectar o : ” , Claude, why is our late manager like “captain of a. vessel?” asked the comedian. cause he’s a skipper.” - ; : uly, I wish he were the skipper of some nd was boarded by a pirate and made ” growled Forrest. = _ eS tne Seg . z ‘ANDY THE AUCTIONEER “How do you find business these days, young — 13 “I was boarded by a pirate once,” said C'valks. “She charged me nine dollars for a hall bedroom and served hash -three times a day.” Hans watched the thespians with open mouth as they put away the food. He took a peculiar interest in the leading heavy man on account of his stagey talk, and kept his eye fixed on him. The comedian, noticing it, suddenly called the heavy man’s attention to something in the near- by, field, and while ‘his attention was thus en- gaged. he pinched a very cheap timepiece out of his vest pocket in an open way. Hans gave 2 gasp. “Py shinger!” he exclaimed, ain't a pickpocket!” ‘He walked over to Forrest and said: “Mine friendt, you lost somedings.” “Eh? What did I lose?” “Feel vonce off dot pocket,” said the Dutch boy, pointing. “Heavens!” exclaimed the actor, with a melo- _ dramatic start,“my watch is gone.” “That’s what watches were made for—to “go,” grinned the comedian, returning the timepiece. “Off I vos you, I kept mine eyes on dot shaps,”+ said Hans. “Off you don’t look out, he took your shirt off your pack, I ped you.” ie two acters and the soubrette roared at that sally. “For vhy you laugh at dot?” cried Hans indig- nantly. “I don’d see noddings funny apoud id. I took your plates now pefore you hide ’em,” and the Dutch boy hastily gathered in the plates, —~ cups and saucers, spoons, knives and forks, and ~ took a careful count of them before carrying them over to wash them up. é During the foregoing Andy had been relieving the horse of his empty feed bag preparatory to ~ the start. Hans walked over to him and told him __ about the incident, =. _ “Off you're going to give dem peoples a ride in der vagons, den I ride.in dere, too, I you, so I seen dot dey don’t stole somedings. Youtook mine vord. for id, dey ain’t no better as crooks,” __ > | he said earnesily, ; . ; Andy chuckled to himsnlf, for he judged the Va) “off dot fellows funny comedian had merely pulled a game off on his helper. Five minutes afterward the entire eat were on the way to Mayfield, with Hang inside watching the thespians. r= .- che 2 — » CHARTER X.—On the Road Z -t Half the distance to Mayfield had been covered when Andy, who was alone on the front ‘seat, — heard the distant crack of a revolver. He looked — in the direction of the sound. Down a long lane two figures were running at top Bpon followed ® _ “Whoa, is somethi ed b> oY , 4

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days at the workhouse where they had been sent. ‘The rascals took a hasty look at the van, recog- nized it, and set off up the county road toward Mayfield. The farmer and his men came as far as the gate of the lane and there gave up the pursuit. “What was those rascals doing on your place?” asked Andy. “We surprised the scamps in the house. I’m afraid they’ve stolen some of my money,” said the farmer. “IT know them,” said Andy. “You do?” exclaimed the farmer, in surprise. “Yes. They were sent for thirty days to the _ workhouse by the magistrate of Woodbridge yes- terday morning. They must have made their escape. I’m sorry they're at liberty, for they owe me a grudge.” “Owe you a grudge! What for?” Andy explained how Barnaby, the younger of the chaps, had been connected with the wagon until he skipped with $5, and how after formin the uaintance of the man Jerry the pair ha made their attempts to get back at him and the owner of the vehicle, the last of which had land- ed them in jaid. 3 “Are you a traveling Cheap John?” asked the farmer. ; “J call myself an auctioneer. I am selling all sorts of goods in the towns and villages I visit on my.route,” answered Andy. “Got any good tin pans in your wagon?” =~ "Yes, Want to buy any?” rs “If they’re not too dear. We need three or _ four deep ones to hold milk in.” = “T’ve got just what you want.” “Got any notions for the women?” , «4 full supply just received from Des Moines.” c “Drive up the fane into the yard, and perhaps ‘you can do some business with us. My wife and _ daughters are looking for some ribbons, buttons, _ and such.” . _ go Andy turned in at the lane, the gate of - which the farmer held open for him. been too hasty in ag Nag the outfit to his ace. However, it was too late now to draw k, so he told his two men to hang about the while the van remained there. As soon as yard was reached Andy called on the pro- fessionals to get out so he and Hans could attend to business. _ “Who are those people?” the farmer asked him. “They’re actors I picked up on the road, I’m giving them a ride to Mayfield,” replied the young auctioneer. ; “Oh,” replied the farmer, greatly relieved, ‘“play-actors, eh? I s’pose they're out of a job.” = “Yes. hie stranded. The company they ‘came from Chicago with busted up in Ozark, and the manager ran off with the property. Their mks were held by y stopped at. : the proprietor of the hotel haw, haw!” laughed the farmer, who l of such oo be owe and had no great ‘not join in, He felt sorry for the ANDY THE AUCTIONEER ; three strollers, and his sympathy had already taken a practical shape. “Send your wife and daughters out and we will begin business,” he said. The farmer called to the women folks, who were already at the kitchen door. During the next half hour Andy and Hans were quite busy attending to the numerous wants of the women. He sold half a dozen milk pans, a kettle, a dozen table knives, forks, and a coffee pot. Then the notions were in order, and he sold a score of articles that the three women wanted badly. The whole footed up quite a sum in the farmer’s eyes, and he wanted Andy to knock off ten per cent. “What for?” asked the boy auctioneer. “’Cause I’m a farmer,” ~ “T allow no discount to farmers, or anybody else, on direct sales.” “But you’re an auctioneer, ain’t you?” “An auctioneer and traveling dealer. Eight dollars and twenty cents, please. The f. er paid with much reluctance and Andy then thanked him. “Hop in, my friends,” he said to the thespians, who had been sunning themselves on a near-by log and watching the sale with interest; “we will now proceed.” The professionals took their places in the wagon, with Hans, and Andy drove back down the lane and into the road. Pretty soon he heard the tinkle of the banjo inside: The comedian had spied the instrument, and taken it down, after some protest from the Dutch boy. Presently Chalks and Miss Celestina Beverley were singing one of their characteristic duets, and Hans’ sus- Picions began to fade away under the style they imparted to the entertainment. “Vell, I dink you two ain’t so bad, but off you vant to heard singing, der poss off dis vagons _can done id like a be-ird.” “He can sing, eh?” said Chalks. “I ped you he can sing,” nodded Hans. “Und ~ I can sing mineseluf.” “Now you're talking, Jackie! Let’s have a sam- ple of it.” “Hold on; don’t call me Jackie. mine es.” “What is your name, then?” “Hans Steinfeldt.” “Give us a song, Hans, and I'll accompany you -~ on the African harp.” “On der vot?” “The banjo.” . “Vhy didn’t you said so at fe-irst? Dere ain’t no harp in dis vagons.”. “T’ll give you the key now,” said the comedian, | striking the three principal A cho Hans sang his German comic song forthwith in a way that quite tickled the professionals. “You ought to go on the stage, Hans.” “Is dot so-o? Off der stage vouldn’t done pet- ter by me as id has mit you t’ree I stayed right py der yagons, I ped you.” “That’s a hot one,” laughed Miss Beverley. “Vot is hot?” askéd Hans suspiciously. “The “sprog Aw! — ‘a you it ot in vagons “Whe dovt you get out and walk, then?” “Vhy don’d you get oud und valk yourseluf?” — “No, thanks, I’m very comfortable here,” said Dot ain’d ee

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‘the comedian, beginning to play “Old Dan Tuck- -er.” _ The music evidently got into Miss Beverley’s - limbs, for she sprang up and began to give a few ___ jig steps. = “Keep id ub!” shouted Hans, tickled to death over the ibition. “You'll have to excuse me. It’s too warm.” “Vell, dot’s too bad. I vould like to seen you do more off dot. Vot kind off dance you call dot?” “A jig.” : “A yig! You done dot on der stage, yaw?” “Sometimes; but I prefer to shine in the legiti- mate.” , 2 “Shine in der vot?” “The legitimate. I prefer to do real acting.” “Is dot so-o? I dink your feet act purty vell in dot yig. Off I vos a manager, I vould hire you to done id right along.” His words provoked a loud laugh form Chalks. “You’ve made a hit with him, Cell,” he said. Hans wondered what he meant, - “If I were to die, would you marry again?” _ said the soubrette languidly. © — “Not right away. I'd take a rest_first,” replied her husband, with a grin.: '. At that moment the wagon stopped at the trough of the Mayfield Inn. Andy got down and came around to the back. . “We're at Mayfield,” he said. “I shall stay here till late in‘the evening. What are you go- >. ing to do?” . The professionals looked at each other. They - didn’t know what they were going to do, for they _ were dead broke. s ; “IT suppose we'll have to get out and try to bribe the landlord of the hotel to keep us till morning,” said Chalks. “And if he won’t?” said Andy, who had been inking up an idea while he was driving along. “We'll have to hit the ties without supper,” re- Plied the comedian. — “You won’t find the railroad here. It’s far- I’ve a suggestion to offer that might ther on.. help you.” ; _ We're open to anything, young gent. Put it Sei pol will hel dr dt ane £ people elp me. draw a crowd to- _ > night YT geeks you with supper and breakfast, ~ and pay for a room for the lady in the inn, and ~ in the morning carry you farther on the road if you don’t wart to stay here.” Tee 4 His proposal was accepted by acclamation, and . -it-was settled.: : : ANDY THE AUCTIONEER ably _yeer at least. Who will start this watch a 15 Chalks said that he and his wife would do a vaudeville stunt on the platform. os “A little patter, you know, with a song or two,” > he mon : “T’ll accampany you on the banjo,” said Andy, “You play, eh 3 “4 ’ se “A little,” “Hans says you sing like a bird.” “Hans thinks everything I do is all-right; but I'll give you a chance to judge of my vocal abilis ties before the sale is over.” “When is a crook like a bird?” asked Chalk. ee? it up.” “When he’s a-robin’,” chuckled the comedian. “You’re full of them, aren’t you?” said Andy. oe can’t help getting off a wheeze now and . ste ns called everybody to supper, and it was eaten on the grass. After it was over, the come- dian found the remains,of a pack of cigarettes in his pockets and passed them around. Andy and ~ Hans declined: As twilight came on, the horse was put to the wagon, and Andy drove up near © the inn. It was a calm, clear night; and Andy was satisfied he would draw a good crowd, for the banjo and the voices would carry some distance. The platform was lowered and the gasoline torch- _ es put in place. : ~ - Andy donned the sombrero and Mexican jacket, — Miss Beverley donned a thin, flowered skirt over — her dress, with a flaxen wig. Chalks produced ~ a loud yest from his grip and a red-wig, and the heavy man adopted a long black wig. .That was - about all the costume they had brought from ~ Ozark, for they couldn’t get any more in their _ bags. As Chalks was a good banjoist the honor - of beginning proceedings was delegated to him, — and he got on the job as soon as Andy gave the word.. A small crawd had begun to gather, at- — tracted by the wagon and the lights. The banjo | brought many .additions, : = “Ladies and gentlemen, I beg to introduce my- ~ self to you this evening as Andy the Auctioneer,” began our hero. “I propose to introduce to your attention my large and varied stock of orenian ae from Des Moines, and my unrivalled world-re- fowned remedies, the names of which are painted — on the wagon. In order to amuse you during this) sale, I have engaged a number of talented artists _ from Chicago. Now, whcther you patronize me or not, you will have the pleasure of listening to an entertainment which would cost you in th opera house fifty cents. Previous to in in the distinguished legitimate actor, Claude For- rest, in his thrilling dramatic recitation, I will offer zou a chance to buy a few of these rem ne watches, which are warranted for dollars? Gold-filled case and ect workm: arranted 2 hen ; a ~

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16 gentleman who doesn’t want to let a good thing «get away from him. Going at two dollars. Once _~ . —twice, and,” here Andy raised his right hand, “when he was stopped by a bid of $2.25. The watch went at $2.60, after a spirited bid- ding between the last two bidders, and the city _— ¥etail price for it was just $1! “T am sorry, gentlemen, that is the only~bar- -@ain at that price I have,” said Andy, handing the man the watch in a box, and taking his money. _. “The gentleman who eaptured it can congratu- at late himself. I have another, however, that is practically as good. In fact, you won’t be able to notice any difference between them, but I bought a number at a bankrupt sale and the pur- chaser will get all that advantage. I will start it at two dollars. Who says two and a quarter?” Andy exhibited the mate of the other watch. Nobody said $2, but a man offered $1.50. Andy a declared that he must get a small profit and got a bid at $1.75. He sold two more at the same price and that exhausted the desire for watches on the part of the crowd. The four watches stood Andy in sixty’ cents each, consequently his profit 2 footed up $5.45. Dick never tried to get over a $1.25 for that brand of watch, and usually let ; them go at $1, but Andy adopted a different method and profited accordingly. “Gentlemen, I will now introduce the distin- guished actor, Claude Forrest.” That personage stepped out of the wagon and ere his recitation with his most studied effect. e received a round of applause. Andy then handsome profit. ee “You will now have the pleasure of listening to one of the headliners of the vaudeville stage— Miss Celestina Beverley,” said Andy. -. Miss Beverley appeared with her stage smile _ and captured the crowd, which had by this time grown to large proportions, for the word had gone _ forth all over the village that a free show was Sz mes = near the inn. She sang two songs to Chalks’ accompaniment. Then Andy introduced the famous pain eradicator in a flowery but dif- ferent style than Dick had used. gee te will stop an aching tooth in a minute,” he said. Somebody in the crowd held up his hand and __ began making his way toward the wagon. “Give me a bottle right away,” he said, holding Sse his hand to his jaw. : ' “Have you a toothache Have i? Great Scott! I’ve been walking the street for an hour. If your stuff will cure it in a minute I'll give-you a dollar.” “Step right up on the platform, sir,” and the did. “A stool, Hans.” “Ladies and gentlemen, talk is cheap, but evi- get strong. I’m going to demonstrate on is gentleman that my pain eradicator will do I elaim for it.” Andy got a special bottle of his. preparation thich was extra strong; diluting a piece of cot- n, he told the man to pack it in his tooth. sir?” asked Andy. - auctioned off a number of pieces of jewelry at a ° ANDY. THE AUCTIONEER Andy, who looked for great results from his patient. Ten cents was what Dick had always sold it for, but Andy knew if the man was cured’ in about a minute nobody would stand on the price in their desire to purchase it. ~ “It’s a very small bottle,” he said, “but it’s worth five dollars to a sufferer from the tooth- ache. What is a quarter compared to the excru- a torture of a toothache that won’t——” “Whoop!” interrupted the man, springing up and throwing his hat in the air. “The pain is all gone. You're a jewel!” and he fairly hugged Andy. “Here’s the dollar I promised you. Give me two bottles.” c “Two bottles will cost you only fifty cents.” “To blazes with the balance! What do I care for fifty cents. The pain is gone and that’s worth fifty dollars to me.” He grabbed two bottles and jumped down. He was the village blacksmith and everybody knew him. The result was there was a tremendous rush for the pain eradicator, and Andy had to press all hands into service handing the bottles out. He sold forty bottles, and received a!to- gether $10.50. - The cost of bottles, labels and raw materials was less than three cents each. His profit therefore was about $9.40. Truly he was doing a land-office business that night, the like of which Dick had never dreamed of. When the excitement over the pain eradicator had sub- sided, Andy announced that Hans Steinfeldt, the amusing Dutch comedian, would oblige. Hans~ marched out on the platform. “Goot efening, mine friends. I hope I seen you all vell to-night. Off you listen mit all your ears you vill heard me sing der comic song called ‘Her Farder Kept a Barber Shob.’ ” That was Andy’s cue to strike up, and forth- with Hans plunged into his song. The people listened with puzzled attention, except a few who understood the German language, and they grinned hugely. As he paused for breath at the end of the chorus a voice shouted: “For the love of Mike, why don’t yez sing in United States, so we kin understand yez?” “Vot’s der matter mit you?” replied Hans. “Vhere else am I singing but in der United Sdates? Vhere do you dink you are, anyvays— in Hoboken?” . A roar of laughter greeted this sally. He sang the whole song in German, and of course the majority, wasn’t sure whether it was funny or not, though they presumed it was from Hans’ grimaces. -As soon as Hans retired Andy brought out his World Renowned Lung Balsam, and his statement that it would ease a fresh cough al- most immediately and cure a standing one within a reasonable ‘time, produced the sale of two dozen bottles, for the evidence he had given of the efficacy of the pain eradicator gave his audience confidence in his word. The next thing on the program was a short act by Chalks and his wife. It took finely, and they got a big encore. They responded with a duet, Andy playing the accom- paniment. e : 2 Andy then offered some fancy articles, which he said was the last thing he would put up that evening. He sold a few, “Sx calling for the ban- jo, he sang one of the latest sentimental so and the three professionals listened to him with

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4 oe ANDY THE interest. He was vociferously applauded d obliged with “’Way Down Upon the Suwan- ee River.” _All ‘hands then came out and joined in “Good Night, Ladies.” The crowd then broke up, well d with the entertainment they had wit- d, which was a decided novelty in the village. is Andy had made fully double what he had unted on, he decided to treat the professionals landsomely. He told them he would put them 23. at the inn for a lodging and breakfast, md theytould join the wagon at eight o’clock morning, at the western end of Main en he and Hans turned in for the night. CHAPTER XU—Finish of Barnaby and Jerry. _ About three in the morning Andy woke up with } Sta The sound of voices outside the wagon aroused him. He cocked up his ears and ed. The speakers were standing in the road to the vehicle. The familiarity of the tones ed him that the parties were Barnaby and ‘ve made a good haul this time,” said Jerry. is turning our way at last. There was $27 Rh the till and we pinched every nickel. Besides, f’ve each got a brand-new pair of shoes) and a t of other things.” on it’s too risky. Y to sleep with one eye open all the time. I Wonder how he came to have the two cops in the lagon night before last? One would think he mew we were ig a A don’t see how he could have known. We Never said a word to any one but Tupper. Poor ; He’s got his, and he lost all the swag og i $ ~ of i . tell you what we might do: Steal that old and leave the wagon stranded,” said Bar- fo, I ain’t in favor of monkeyin’ with this at all, seein’ as we’re well fixed now. I in lettin’ well enough alone. Come on, over to that shanty yonder and turn in night. In the mornin’ we'll skip out.” eked out of one of the small windows in the He saw Barnaby and Jerry in the act of : s over the fence, with two bundles. He ‘atehed cans walk oyer to, and enter, the shanty y had referred to. cae : , “and now they’re going to pass the, night in that shanty. I wonder put him on to those’ I might go to the it mind to go over to the shanty speakers walked away. Andy got up and \ seeeein cen.y ger AUCTIONEER 17 He decided to do so. He put on his clothes and started. When he reached the building, which was a dilapidated affair, he found the door shut. It was provided with a hasp and a staple, but nothing to fasten the hasp with. He walked around the building and found that the only mode of egress was by way of the door. P “T’'ve got a padlock in the wagon. I'll fet it and secure this hase to the staple, then I'll have them locked in good and proper,” thought Andy. He hurried back to the wagon, got the padlock and carried out his purpose without alarming the inmates, who were sound asleep. ‘ “Y’ll warrant.they’ll have a nice time trying to get out. They'll have to stay till the constable takes charge of them. They’re wanted, anyway, at the Woodbridge Workhouse, but if they’ve robbed a store in the village they’ll go to the State prison,” said Andy, as he walked back to the wagon. Andy went to bed and was aroused at six by Hans, who already had breakfast under way. The young auctioneer took a look in the direc- tion of the shanty. The door was shut as he had left it, and there was no evidence that the pair of rascals had as yet succeeded in forcing their way out. Andy told the Dutch boy about the pair of ras- cals he had cooped up in the shanty, and how he was Fong after a constable to have them ar- rested.’ He hurried through breakfast and then started into the village. At the first store he came to he inquired the location of the constable’s etYoull find hi ou nd him over at Jones’ general store, two plocks up. The place was robbed last night, and‘he’s taking notes there,” replied the store- keeper. ‘ Andy hurried to Jones’ store, the entrance to which was blocked by a crowd of inquisitive vil- lagers, for the news of the robbery was all over the village by that time, Jones’-clerk was stand- ing guard on the door to keep people out while Jones and the constable were making an inven- tory of the loss sustained. . “I want to see the constable in a hurry,” said Andy. _ “He’s busy now,” said the clerk. “T don’t care how busy he is. I want to see “The clerk shouted to the officer, and he came over. Andy pushed his way inside and told the constable that he had a line op the thieves who - had rifled the store. “You're the traveling auctioneer, aren’t you?” “How do you know anythin ‘thieves ms : ything about the _ Andy quickly told him that the rascals ‘were fugitives. from the Woodbridge Workhouse, and that they had awakened him about three that morning by thelr voices in conversation close to his van. Then he told him what they said they _had taken. : where his wagon s where they intended to | till morning, and explained how he had locked them in to hold them there. tee 7 = a a se) in the field not far from “oat of t0 Dan Pa -

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ing, in which case you’d have to whistle for them,” said the young auctioneer. The constable agreed with him, and, calling on a couple of the villagers to accompany him and followed by others whose curiosity had been aroused by Andy’s presence and interview with the officer, they started for the outskirts of the villgge. : Andy handed the key of the padlock to the constable. Stationing all hands about the en- trance the officer opened the door and ordered the occupants to walk out and give themselves up. Barnaby and Jerry took a‘ look at the crowd and threw up the sponge. They realized that they hadn't a chance to get away. The constable hand- cuffed them and called on his assistants to take charge of the two bundles of plunder from the store. The party then started for the village, after Andy had been told that he would be ex- pected to appear before the magistrate that morn- ing to tell his story. That meant he could not make an early start on his way, for which delay he intended to ask for some recompense. The three professionals. turned up at eight o’clock and Andy explained to them what had happened. -At ten o’clock the prisoners were brought before the magistrate. Andy was present in the little courtroom, which was jammed by villagers. When called on he. told his story, and every- body saw that the arrest of the thieves was due to him. After the prisoners had been remanded - to the county jail for trial he told the magistrate that he expected to be paid for the time he had lost_in the-interest of the storekeeper and the public welfare. The result was the storekeeper sented him with $10 and the magistrate or- ~dered the village treasurer to add $15 more to the amount, The capture of the rascals therefore added $25 to Andy’s exchequer, and at half-past _ -eleyen the van was on its way again. The vil- lage of Plainville was only a dozen miles away and they reached the place long before dark. Here Andy repeated his program of the preceding evening and made out very well, considering that the place was smaller than Mayfield, and he was _ denied the advantage of a toothache patient to , pets on. He put the professionals up at the otel, where he learned that the town of Chester, fifteen miles away, was on the railroad. On the way there next morning he offered to give the professionals $5 each for their services up to and including one night at the town, or take them on to Des Moines at his expense and pay them es $10 each for their service as far as that city. d forward to fs front of which the 18 ANDY THE AUCTIONEER ing people quit for the day. Music and song drew a big crowd and Andy devoted his energies wholly _ to working off his remedies. He did a very fair trade for half an hour, and then pulled-out for the principal street of the town. The billboards were tovered with the posters of a traveling show for that evening at the opera house. Chalks said he knew the attraction, and declared it was a tart one. They drove slowly past the opera house, which was not yet open, and finally" an- ~ chored near a hotel, with the post office on the other side of the way. Andy allowed the pro- fessionals to take.a stroll afound, as it was too early to begin operations yet. Leaving Hans in™ charge of the wagon, he took a walk. himself to— stretch his legs, but soon returned. - The platform of the wagon was let down, the lights lit, with sundry additions in the shape of Japanese colored lanterns strung around on a - cord and business began. The show that Andy gave kept a good many people.away from the — opera house mb had intended patronizing it. His sales were large on this occasion, and it. was nearly midnight when he registered his profes- sionals at a cheap hotel and returned to the out- — skirts with the wagon. On the following day — Andy opened up business in the morning about — ten on one of~the main streets, offering his _ Watches, jewelry, knickknacks and remedies, Wal- — ker Chalks furnishing some banjo music and songs by way of attraction. The afternoon was passed in the same way, and in ¢onsideration of the comedian’s special services, Andy paid him $2, _ Another evening show and sale was given near the opera house, which was dark, to good re-' ceipts, and next morning the wagon continued on — its way. Andy visited half a dozen more vil- ~ lages, and did more business with the farmers en route, before he finaiiy reached- Des Moines, — There he parted from the three professionals, — who declared they had a bang-up time while with. him, and were perfectly satisfied. Andy stopped. at the post office and asked for letters for him- — self and Hans. ee Two were handed to him, one of which was addressed to the Dutch boy. Andy mounted to _ his seat, handed Hans his letter, and broke the seal of his own. He was eager to hear from his friend Dick, and, if possible, learn the nature of — the business that had taken-him off from his busi- — ness. He failed in his hurry to notice the post- mark on the envelope, and when he saw that tae™ letter had been written at Goldfield, he nearly © fell off the seat in surprise. <a PY % 3

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- gold is there, the risks of getting at it deter the majority from venturing in its deadly lim- pe its. “Tf was speaking to a man yesterday who has been out me He told. me that if he had known in advance the horrible tortures he was to pass through when he first entered on a prospecting tour of Death Valley, he never would have gone there. For all that he speaks enthusiastically of the Valley’s future as a great gold field, and is thinking of de pesca an expedition to go 5b there. He believes that under suitable con- oe the Valley can be safely prospected. asked him what he thought of the chances of our _ people coming out all right. He shrugged his _ shoulders and said it was too doubtful to hazard an opinion. He says the fact that they have been away over seven months looks bad. He said the lack of water is the chief peril that intruders in _ If‘ you a =s ces - ey will fix you up. Then take a trip north, _ south, or wes or So going an Teter ‘will be waiting for you giving my further ‘movements. Write me a long letter, care of the _ Mansard House, Goldfield, and let me know all _ that has happened to you since we parted cém- pany. I intend to stay out here until I get word of our people and learn definitely whether they are alive'or dead. That is all for the present, from your friend and chum, i “DICK DESMOND.” So Dick’s movement were explained at lastum On the whole, Andy was glad to know that Dick was searching for the missing prospectors. Now ‘that the identity of the three dead men had been fully established, he was more confident than ever that his father, Dick’s father, and Henry urphy were still alive, though posers lost, somewhere in the awful wildness of the Valley. He te a letter to Dick, describing his trip “from Woodbridge to Des Moines, beginning with hie auction sale at the private house, and men- tioned the amount of his profits, which with his original capital of $40, footed up to over $400. ‘He said that in his assistant Hans he had a jewel = boy, who was of immense assistance to him. “~~ Laying in a new stock, Andy started westward -on another trip. nich ’ > P : f me fees on. a the wh a good profit, and was worth over $500 “Saag a drow into Atlantic, which at the time of which we write had a population of 5,000 bitants, and was a thoroughly wideawake >. Andy went to the postoffice the first thing found a letter awaiting him from Dick. It s from Goldfield, was very brief, and ran as WS: > ; will ‘orm you that I have i paths bound for Death watered and provisioned for at the old timers here shake ANDY THE AUCTIONEER ‘way across the continent. 19 / their heads and say we are tempting Providence. Perhaps we are, Perhaps you’ll never see or hear from me again. If so, remember that I died in a good cause—the search for my father and yours. In that event I make you my heir to the wagon and all connected with it, and wish you every - success in life. From your chum, “DICK DESMOND.” . “Dear old chap,” said Andy, “it would be a mil- lion pities if anything happened to him. His is a brave ‘and true heart—loyal to his father, and if I - any one deserves success it should come to him.” Andy did nothing that day, but Hans remarked that he was very thoughtful. Next morning he went down into the business section, bought a new supply of goods, and instead of returning to Des Moines turned Bony’s head toward Council Bluffs and the Missouri River, about fifty miles away. CHAPTER XIV.—Conclusion. “Dis is a great country, boss Andy,” said Hans, as they rode along through Pigs fruitful country of west Iowa. “Py shinger, fd peats der deck.” “That’s right. The United States is the great- est country on the face of the globe.” “I ped you id is. Mine sister wrote me a lot apoud it, und vhen mine prudder-in-law sent me der stamps to pay mine vays to him I lose me no dime doing id. I’m glad dot mine prudder- in-law couldn’t “found somedings for me to done right avay, so dot I got ocquainted mit you. I like dis pusiness better as vorking py a store. How far vest you dink off going?” “I haven’t made up’my mind, Hans. The Mis- souri River we are approaching is less than half- I may continue on through Nebraska, perhaps go farther. If you want to draw out any time, say the word and I will put you on a train that will take you back to your sister,” said Andy. “Vhen I draw oud id vill peen vhen you kick me oud, I stay mit you off you gone as far as der land goes,” said Hans. The Nebr did a good business all the way to Council Bluffs, then Andy bought more goods, crossed the bridge to Omaha, and took the road toward Lincoln, a city of over 40,000. From Lin- coln they went straight west to Hastings, and from there to Kearney, on the Union Pacific Railroad. “This is as far as the wagon goes, Hans,” said “So?” ejaculated Hans. : “J shall put it up here to await my return. Are you game to accompany me to the far-off Ne- vada gold fields?” oe to follow you to der Europe, if necessary? I ped you!” “Then we'll start to-morrow.” By the end of the week Andy and Hans regis- tered at the Mansard House, in Goldfield, and the former made inquiries about his friend. “He went to Death Valley more than seven weeks ago,” said the proprietor. “Where can I find out something about the crowd he went with?” aye gaat started from the Miners’ Rest. Go re. eS

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tn = “down into the hole. At last hé reach 20 Andy went and he learned many. particulars about the party. He also learned that another _ party was about to take the same trail. “Can myself and a friend go, too?” Ag you prospectors—experienced, I mean?” 0.” : “J_ thought not from your age, Beiter stay nere. Death Valley is a wilderness of lava. If you are tired of your life, you might go; but otherwise——” f *The man shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Andy sought out the leader’ of the expe- dition and gave his reasons for desiring to ac- company the party. : “You are eeparet to pay take the same chances we do?” “T am.” ‘ “You can come.” _ Two weeks later, under the glow of a declin- ing sun, Andy and Hans stood in the full flush of a ruddy glow on the edge of a fathomless water hole, in a wilderness so utterly barren that the pen of the writer cannot describe it. It was a big hole, a kind of small lake of clear blue water, which. was charzed with various chemical roperties. Not @ ripple disturbed its surface. he water was some distance down in its inac- cessible pit. One could only reach the surface by being lowered by a rope. Hans picked up a stone and shied it down into the water. It hit the surface with a splash and the ripples widened out, but the stone could be seen sinking down, down jnto thé depths. As the "eyes of ‘the boys followed it, Andy suddenly saw conte Move near the surface of the lake, He looked and saw that it was the arm of a man waving a jacket out of a hole. ~ - “Look, Hans, look! There’s a man down there, and he’s signaling,” cried. “Py shinger, dot’s a fact. He vants to peen - tooken oud, I ped you.” “Run to the camp and tell the men. Tell them ‘to come here with the long rope,” said Andy, excitedly. - ; your footing and Hans started on the run, while Andy watched. Andy pointed’ the hole and the signaling arm. ; men came up on the run, and the waving jacket to them. “Pll go down if you'll lower me carefully,” he In a few moments Andy was sliding slowly where th till king back ie <r where the arm was still wor ack and forth. _- “Who's there?” he asked. - _ ‘The arm was withdrawn and a face was _ framed in the opening. ; - “Help us, for the man. + “All right. Are you alone?” _ “No. There are two others with me.” - “Two more? That’s three,” cried the boy of a-thrill. “Your names.” .. “Mine is Henry Murphy.” _ Andy gave a yell. ; ae others are Jack Rogers and Joe Des- »— mond.” ES - - : “Yes. How did'you guess? Are you looking for g. love of Heayen!” said_the all Bal ee =. ANDY THE AUCTIONEER Jack Rogers, unkempt and hairy, appeared. “Are you my son Andy, whom I hayen’t seen for nearly six years.” = “T am, father. Here to save you and your two friends.” They clasped hands through the hole. “Father, I will signal the men above to draw ~ me up, and. then send the rope down weighted with a stone. Tie it around your waist and you will be helped up.” ; . The three lost men were soon rescued and — father and son were clasped in each other's — arms. $ ¥ The story of the lost prospectors, boiled down, — was this: ~ Four months after they left Goldfield they were prospecting near the lake when the lava gave ~ way under them and they were carried down into — the earth. Here they would soon have perished — of starvation, but for the discovery of a tache of provisions and water, fish from the lake and birds which they shot, on which they lived while — trying to bore their way to freedom. They had just exhausted their last food when the stone thrown by Hans into the -water attracted their attention and, believing people were above, they had adopted the signal which led to their reseue. ~ Next day the other bunch of prospectors game that way, and it proved to be the party Dick — was with, and so he and his father were reunited, — and the two boys came together again, to their — great satisfaction. A week later the three lost ~ prospectors and the three boys entered Goldfield, Pe and the former were hailed as. men from the © grave. Andy and Dick decided to give up travel — ing and embark in the auction business in Gold- 5 2 sive «de : ? ‘ field, which was a new field for their energies. They hired an office and put up a sign. pe . In the course of a week they were hired to — auction off a claim that had disappointed its owners. They advertised the sale, but only half a dozen people appeared. Andy mounted a wagon and called for a bid. No one replied. j “T’ll start it. at $1,000. Nine hundred, ei oe seven, six, five. Who'll give $500 for this ™ 0 Nagy Gentlemen, do you want it for noth- — ing a ‘ - . = “T wouldn’t give five cents for it,” said a man. “It’s no good.” ae “All right, gentlemen, I’ll take a chance o=at — myself. I'll bid $500, who says $550? Five hun=— dred once, $500 twice, your last chance, gentle- — men. SOLD—to Andy Rogers, auctioneer. I've bid it in, gentlemen, because this is the firm’s _ first sale, and I didn’t want it to be a failure” — Six months passed away, and the firm of Rog- — ers & Desmond were doing finely in their line — when one day Andy’s father, while crossing his — claim, fell into a prospect hole and narrowly es- — caped breaking his neck. : « When he crawled out he brought a lump of quartz with him, which on being assayed rich in gold and silver. Investigation follow and a rich vein of ore was found running thro the claim, which turned the laugh on those let Andy bid the property in. PSL Next week’s issue will contain “ _DOLLARS; OR, SCHO 4 aa

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UNUSUAL CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. mong unusual cases of cruelty to animals : ch have been reported recently is that of Mr. ‘and Mrs. William Ernst, living near Armour, who are alleged to have put out the eyes of y or more hogs with a sharp instrument be- the animals were killing chickens. MOTIONAL INSANITY OF NEW TYPE. An elderly man, well dressed and of distin- hed appearance, smashed the window of one the most fashionable jewelry shops on Rue Honore, Paris, the other “day, with his gold-headed cane, but made no attempt to my gems. An angry crowd quickly gathered surrounded the man while the shop proprietor for a gendarme. eo tand back!” shouted the old .man, swinging .e. “That is the man you should lynch,” ine to the sign on the door of the shop, bear- ‘the proprietor's name. “It is immoral in these ies. OF seresx and misery to expose in a window articles for sale. ; here is the cause of all the trouble,” he , pointing to an enormous diamond, which remained in the window. “Look at the price ae? ~ oy did. The tag bore the words “Price: ,000 francs.” : the proprietor and a gendarme came into the crowd opened up and the elderly gentle- vanished. < ARGENTINA SWEPT RY PLAGUE OF = LOCUSTS. plague of locusts, like that which in ancient pt “covered the face of the earth.” this vear led upon the province of Santa Fe. Similar es are almost annual events in one part or of Argentina. ° © locusts come suddenly and without warn- Where. for a year or several years, perhaps, hot one of the insects has been seen, a veritable cloud of them will one day appear and settle on the 2 ound. These usuaily come from the north- est, from the vast, almost uninhabited tracts in ‘it is supposed. ‘They cover the earth like e carpet, gradually moving on. litte damage is done aside from the in- ce of having literally millions of the in- ering everything and even penetrating ses, But as they progress through the they bore holes into the earth, preferably - | spots such as roadways, into which they it their eggs. Within ashort time the larvae _ ed and come forth. At first these cannot is at this stage that they devour every within their path, with the exception ive most as suddenly to has never been eee hay methods of i. hs ABR. < FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY CURRENT NEWS 21 fighting the locusts. The nation maintains organ- ized locust fighting squads, something like those formed to fight forest fires, and these are sent every year to the sections invaded. In addition, every rancher is held responsible for fighting the pest in his own localfty. _ One of the methods employed is to dig trenches in which the insects are collected, afterward be- ing burned. But no matter how many millions of them are made away with in any such manner, it is impossible to block the pest owing to the great extent of Argentina, much of which is. sti!) sparsely settled. LISTED AS DEAD, RETURNS ‘AFTER TWO YEARS. _After having been reported by the Red Cross as killed in action in France more than two years ago, and haying been eulogized in all of Pas- saic’s memorial exercises since then, Lloyd A. Bogart, former high school athlete of Passaic, N. J., arrived home in the flesh the other morn- ing with a request that his name be taken from the “gold star” list. Incidentally Bogart carried in his pocket two honorable discharges, one from the United States Army and the other from the Marine Corps, the latter being in the name of Lewis Albert Bate- man, The discharge from the army was granted _only the other day at Governor's Island, after Bo- gart had proved that the stiema of desertion, which stood against him, should be wiped out un- der the unwritten law which restores to a deserter his. good name when it has been shown by his re- enlistment that he went “over the hill” merely as a short cut to the fighting front. Bogart is the son of Warren H. Bogart, an em- Plavee of the New York Edison Company, of 43 enry street. He has two sisters here. While a senior at the Passaic High School, Bogart en- listed in April, 1917, in Company A, 114th In- fantry, that command being the old 5th Regi- ment, New Jersey National Guard. y Training at Anniston, Ala., seemed unneces- sarily slow to Bogart, who thought he could find a quicker way to become a fighting man. He dis- appeared in a suit of “civvies” and finally en- listed in the Marine Corps at Akron, Ohio, under the name of Bateman. He was trained at Paris Island, S. C., and sent with the rank of corporal to the ship’s company on the battleship Pennsyl- vania, flagship of the Atlantic fleet. On several trips to New York Bogart was kept busy dodg- ing home folks, — ‘ ‘As soon as he had received his discharge from the marines last October Bogart reported at Gov- ernor’s Island and stated his case. His honorable discharge was procured recently, after investiga- tion by the War Department. The Red Cross report “of his death in action” . came in response to inquiries by Bogart’s family, it is said. The War Department could potencies firm nor deny the report, but it was generally ac- cepted that Bogart.had died on the battlefield, un- a: = ~t_ til his reappearance to-day. rf

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22 FAME Lost On Mt. Erebus A Boy Explorer At the South Pole By GAs!'ON GARNE (A Serial Story) CHAPTER XXIV.—(continued.) . Geographical societies, after passing on the data, declared that it must be so. Also that Mount Erebus had been scaled. . Best of all to Joe and Madge, old Admiral White, long retired, publicly thanked them for L discovering the sad fate of the old time explorers, a8 including James White, who was a nephew. ; Ultimately, this led in a roundabout way to Captain Barclay’s promotion. Hawley, when of age, was made a commander. Dr. Carr was also advanced. As for Madge herself; the girl grew tired of the attention paid her, and finally shielded her identity by becoming the wife of Commander Hawley. As to Hawley, the plucky boy explorer, who has. not heard of him or read his ks on Antarctic explorotion, or listened to his lectures on the rare - oecasions when he can be lured before the foct- lights to tell the story of the South Pole. A story of love, devotion, and danger; of faith- fulness, endurance and final success. The theme is as old as Homer, and the demon- strators come and go with each veneration. Each . generation applauds; and so the past has en- larged the present. The present is busy in its turn, enlarging the future of mankind. But in this illustrious role, there are few names more favorably known than = those of the boy explorer and his equally adven- : turous though modest wife. ‘THE END NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK Another Grand Serial Story , ——FEntitled——_ a A Lawyer At Nineteen : AGAINST A FRAUD FIGHTING e By GASTON GARNE OPENING CHAPTERS NEXT WEEK ie ; ; i a - — 5 : - AND FORTUNE WEEKLY VINES AND°*TREES WATER SOURCES Whatever else we can do without, we must have water, and no substitute will answer, as- serts the Philadelphia Inquirer. Although all foods, animal and vegetable, contain a certain amount of liquid nourishment, they do not as- suage thirst sufficiently to dispense with water, and therefore continued existence is impossible for mankind where it cannot be obtained. . But the methods of procuring water are not confined “to digging wells or storing up the rain- fall in reservoirs. David Linsay, who explored the great Austral- ian desert, says that the whole of that almost waterless country is inhabited by natives, who get their water supply by draining the roots of the mallee tree, which yields quantities of pure wa- ter. This tree, absorbing moisture from the air, retains it in considerable quantities in its roots and thus makes it possible to live in an arid re- gion which would otherwise be uninhabitable. There are people in other parts of the world who get their supply of water in a peculiar way. The explorer Coudreau, for instance, found, while wandering in the western part of Guiana, that it was not necessary for his men to descend to a creek when they wanted a drink of water. A vine known as the water vine is found all through that region. - It yields an abundant supply of excel- lent drinking fluid whenever it is called upon. This vine grows to a length of sixty to ninety feet. It is usually about as thick as the upper part of the human arm. It winds itself loosely around trees, clambers up to their summits, and then falls down perpendicularly to the ground, where it takes root again. ‘ The natives cut this vine off at the ground, and ‘then, at a height of six or seven feet, they cut it again, which leaves in their hands a very stout piece of wood a little longer than them- selves. In order to obtain its sap they raise the” lower end of the vine upon some support and apply the upper end to their mouths. The section of the vine, while showing a smooth, apparently compact surface, is pierced with many - little veins, through which the sap flows freely. Six feet of the vine gives a pint of water, which is slightly sweet to the taste. Coudreau says that it quenches thirst as effectively as water from the most refreshing brook. : ; The bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in South~= Africa often live scores of miles from places where water comes to the surface. During a cer- tain part of the year sharp storms pass over the Kalahari, covering the apparently arid region with the brightest of verdure and filling for a few short days the water courses with roaring torrents. The bushmen know how to find water ed fiseing in the bottom of these dried-up river They dig a hole three or- four feet deep and than tie a sponge to the end of a hollow reed. The sponge absorbs the moisture at the bottom of the hole and the natives draw it into their mouths | be the reed and then empty it into cala- bashes for future use. oe The animals that inhabit such wastes as the Kalahari are, —— socemtceed Fm living upon ~ very small an requent supplies of water. ; (To be continued) = — Fig <i ll ae -_ =

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~ Lewis B. King, a West Chester, Pa., hunter, has a beagle hound which is not handicapped by using only three legs in the chase. One day recently it ed a rabbit and chased it for nearly half an hour, finally running it within shooting distance, “and it was killed by the hunter. During the chase King noticed that the hound was running in a jous fashion. He found that it had one of its ind legs through its collar. —— x ses BEAR IN SHEEP PEN. ~ Fred Williams, a Three Lakes, Wis., farmer, re- ently lost eight fine sheep as the result of a raid his pens by a huge*black bear. It is said the ‘animal was the largest ever seen in this locality. --Men employed on the farm observed the bear his attack on the sheep. One of the men se- ‘ed a rifle and succeeded in knocking the animal yer, wounding him slightly. During the excite- t the trigger jammed on the second shell and ‘bruin recovered sufficiently to make his escape. An inspection of the pens revealed the mvti- lated carcasses of eight sheep. The bear evidently vas not hungry, but found sport in killing the sheep and tearing their bodies. Bears are numer- ous in this part of Oneida County this fall. ER SAVED SIX THOUSAND SHEEP IN z A FIRE er, a shepherd dog owned by Isadore Nollet, ‘aul Park, Minn., was the hero of a $70,000 in which 1,500 sheep were burned to death and four sheds, forty box cars of feed and large quantities of machinery destroyed early in the Morning recently. Agnes Nollet, a f Mr. Nollet, was busily engaged studying her ‘ool lessons late the other night. Rover began His continuous barking attracted the at- tention of Arnes to the window. Looking out, she discovered the sheds ablaze. wakening her father and other members of the fart y, they rushed to the sheds. More than sheep locked up in the sheds were in imme- : of being burned to death. ; n the gates, Nollet sent Rover in to » the sheep out of the sheds. Minding his er, the dog did his work faithfully, and as a more than 6,000 head of sheep were rushed ‘ety. Rover’s hair was slightly burned as'a his efforts: ? % PRE HISTORIC NAVAJO VILLAGE — Es UNCO f ; VERED | H. Morris, stay barking. who. uncovered from the sands ew Mexico an Aztec apatiogent house of 400 has now found a pre ning twenty buildings of from four to fifty ‘of which haben written to the Museum of History. % Mr. Morris and his museum helpers un- ‘settlement, only desert mounds had “and of - writes that it has proyed of the season, _ : nds o had blown away the FAME AND: FORTUNE WEEKLY THE NEWS IN SHORT ARTICLES. the seventeen-year-old daughter toric Navajo village ‘heaps im which the dead were-interred,” he says, “and moztnary vases were left protruding from the soi!. Hach body lay in a nit. In preparation for burial the knees were drawn up against the chest and the feet thrown backward toward the’ hips, evidextly to make the body take up as little room as fos- sible. Clay vessels were invariably placed be- side the head or in front of the breast or ab- domen. Usually the pit was covered with a stone slab sometimes held up by cedar poles. “The wealth of objects with the skeletons of children - furnished pathetic evidence that the hearts of_this primitive peop!e were deeply kurt by the loss of their little ones. Covering the bones of one more infant were an elegant red bowl, a slender drinking vessel and a smal] vase filled with jet ornaments and shell beads and pend- ants from the far Pacific, the latter a treasure that may well have meant the entire wealth of a family. . e “The 200 pottery vessels in the tombs indicate that this desert settlement belonged to a culture period more ancient than that represented by the enormous community dwelling at Aztec, in the ex- ploration of which our efforts have centered in the last five years. In the period of the settlement the people lived in scattered villages, unoppressed by the dread of enemies; that dread impelling them later to build such stroncholds as the apart- ment-housé-fortress at Aztec.” : ———— “MYSTERY MAGAZINE” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY LATEST ISSUES THE CLUE OF THE RED LAMP, by Charles Ful- THe SCHEME OF SOLOMON SNARI R SOLOMON SNAR Ni paaion OFDM. sm yy Ralph Comming» ; rE; by Ralph © : Sue CLUE IN THE DARK ROOM. by Honiton Craigie. THE TONGUE OF OSIRIS, by Marc Ea DETECTIVE WADE'S BIG CASE. by Ether 1oee mon. THE SPIRIT BELL, by Ckarles Fult. THE HOUSE BEHIND THE WALL. be data Darrow. : THE ADMIRAL’S SPOONS, by, William: Hamilton Osborne. _ THE CANINE CLUE. by Thos. J. Lally. THE PSYCHIC ENEMY, by Arthur Wm. Andree THE WONDER GIRL,.by Ralph Commins °™ ON THE WRONG TRAIL, by Ethel Rosemon, away A SB 3 SR & B The Famous Detective Story Out To-Day in No. 1% 1 _THE SPIRIT WITNESS By Chas. Fulton Oursler FRANK TOUSEY, Pub. 168 W. 23d St, N. 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5° pu -late-y : tache, a long, fuzzy 5 ‘and below the shoulder blades, the color being FAME THE AINOS. By John Sherman. While much has been spoken and written of late years about Japan and the Japanese, yet the general public, which is so familiar with this sub- ject, seems to entirely unaware that in that empire there exists a race of human beings as dis- tinct in their characteristics, customs, and lan- guage from the Japanese as our American Indian is from his white conquerors. And, in fact, there are many points of similarity between the rela- tions of the Japanese toward the Ainos and those that we bear to the Indians, As we found the In- dian controlling the whole country, and step by step drove him back, until now he is restrained within limited bounds in the far West, so the Japanese, step by step, and after centuries of hard fighting, drove the Ainos (the undoubted aborigi- nal of that country) into the far North, until] he is now to be found only in the island of Yezo, the extreme northernmost of that extensive group of islands which form the Empire of the Rising Sun. The Aino in the southern and middle parts of Japan is as rare-a sight as is an Indian in the Eastern States. But while our Indian still retains his fierce and warlike disposition, full of revenge and cunning, issuing forth at every opportunity to plunder and kill, uncowed by years of unsuccess- ful warfare, the Aino has been completely changed by centuries of defeats until he has a mild and peaceful in the extreme. One may travel among them without the slightest fear of bodily harm, sure of recovering every courtesy and hos- pitality their rude means and untutored minds can bestow. Z In stature the Aino is under the average height, but he is more compactly and muscularly built than any of the other races of Eastern Asia. ‘He differs from the Oriental type in several points, the most noticeable of which is that he is v hairy, being almost as completely covered with hair as an animal, and having a heavy mus- beard, reaching generally to invariably a jet black. At a distance he would be easily mistaken for an ape or a chimpanzee; and had it ever been the fortune of Darwin to have visited those strange people, he would undoubt- edly have congratulated his long-sought-for “missing link.” _ The’ features of the Ainos are of a Caucasian rather than an’ Oriental east, and they have not the oblique eye which is so distinguishing a char- acteristic of both the Japanese and Chinese, but have round, full optics set rather prominently. They have flat, thick noses, rather high cheek- bones and full strong-looking teeth. : They haye no written language whatever,. and no knowledge of calculations in figures. In fac - but few of them count as high as 1,000, an _the ability to do that has only been acquired of of government is patriarchal, and fixed + system of laws. All disputes or settlement to the patriarch, . — AND FORTUNE WEEKLY coarse lips, with white, even, . ' The each retained by the man who captured the cubs and hamlet having its own head man, from whose de- cision there is no appeal or redress. The island of Yezo contain about 35,000 square miles, and is of volcanic formation, with numer- ous swift-running rivers. The Ainos are to be found in settlements scattered along the coast, where they earn théir living principally by fish- ing, and in the interior near the river b. where they live by both fishing and hunting. The principal fish caught are the salmon and herring, and the game, bear and deer. Out ot the skins of the salmon they make their rude shoes, and from the skins of the Jear and deer their garments. They also wear gf cloak made from the bark of a tree, which infoutward appearance strongly re- sembles our , but in grain looks more like the maple. This bark, while very soft and pliable in its natural state, is made even more so by a sort of curing process. The Ainos then weave or an hal we Bilis ae vee eT plait it as we do rip? and so closely and finely — do they work it that the result is a garment as epavicttly impervious to water as is a rubber coat. . The flesh of the game they kill, with fow roots, and herbs, form their principal articles 9 diet, but since the advent of the Japanese on the island, they have also eaten rice. They, how- ever, as a rule, for they have taken to drink, a vice which was taught them by their more highly civilized eon- uerira - puanies point of reserhblance to the In- ian. them by.the Japanese government they distill into a liquor called sake—known by the same name in Japan—of which they drink large quantities, Their religion is a simple one, and consists in the worship of external objects—the sun, the moon, the mountains, certain trees, etc. Chief among their gods stands the bear, which they prefer their rice in a liquid form, | The greater portion of the rice furnished. worship, because he is the source of strength for ; the inner-and warmth for the outer man. But, strange to say, while giving this animal so high a place among their objects of adoration, they wage relentless warfare upon him and do, not hesi- tate to torture him. They have a curious custom pertaining to the bear which may be of interest to our readers. When any hunter kills a dam — with young cubs, he, of right, assumes full title of ownership in the cubs. He takes them to his home, where they are suckled by his wife if she be with milk; if not, by any woman in the settte -ment in that condition, until they have grown too large to be fed in that way. They are then placed in large bamboo cages and fattened until =” hh they attain the age of six months. A day is then | set apart for the killing, which is observed by all as a great feast day, and the whole settlement turns out intent upon getting their fill of bear’s meat and sake. monies, consisting of prayers, rude chants and wild grotesque dances, during which the animals are driven to the ery of frenzy by being gees = 00 a ded with spears and shot with arrows—the After various rites and cere- - ers, however, being careful not to touch a vital — spot—the bears are released, and as they issue from their cages are at once y dispatched. — are then skinned and cooked, and a scene of — skins and ~ reyelry and wild orgies ensues. The g as a great prize, are skulls, which are r ° J ** ° z ” 4 ~ ¢ en te ee ee ee een,

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Bg The skulls he impales on the end of long poles planted in front of the hut, and t and morning he offers up his benisons to aa it is a common sight, when riding through an ‘ en village, to see before a number of the huts _ bear’s skuls bleached to a ghastly whiteness by exposure to the weather. The possessor of such _ 2 skull is an object cf envy to his less successful _ Reighbors. - The weapons of the Aino consist of a rude bow and arrow, the latter tipped with finely-pointed mboo, 2 spear with a bamboo head of dangerous ‘Sharpness, and a primitive sort of hatchet and knife. They do not seem to use metal for their _ arrow or spear-heads, although numerous speci- _-™ens of such heads, made of copper, have been _ unearthed from time to time. They poison their -arrow-heads with the juice of* herbs—aconite forming a principal ingredient. Their method of salutation is somewhat odd. Vhen one Aino meets another, friend or stranger, he stops, and if he wears a head-gear (which he " generally does not), he removes it; then raising _ both hands and face, with the palms inward, he Slowly strokes the beard down three times, each , e inclining the body. After this ceremony, 3 ich he performs slowly and deliberately, he ut- _ ters his words of greeting or inquiry. They have also a ctirious drinking custom. _ After the bowl or cup is filled and placed before Z drinker, there is laid across it .a mustache er—for the mustache is a long and thick it outh, and in eating while muttering in a-low monotone, a prayer or invocation to his favorite god, after which he % his mustache with his lifter, puts the cup ‘to. his lips, and, whether it be large or small, ins it to the dregs. No matter how often he 3, each time he goes through this formula, ‘he Ainos navigate the rivers and along the st in canoes roughly hollowed out of the trunks f trees. These canoes are painted at either end, 2 smaller ones being paddled by one man in the rn, while the larger ones are propelled and ded by two men, one in the bow and another in 2 stern, They resemble somewhat.the periaguas ie Louisiana bayous, and, of course, are easily et. Great skill is displayed in their manage- mt, and a serious accident is of rare occurrence. As horsemen the Ainos are expert and fearless, valing the most skillful American Indians in this pe % ‘ said that this race was gu t at Se es mon ti Atay the onward march ly di in: ore the t tiene eivilization ‘of the Japanese, but statistics show that this is not the case. _ omen have a custom of tattooing /them- - on the up ip the mnsiatee - their arms and lower eS FAME AND FORTUNE REE WEEKLY 25 limbs with curious jigures and odd designs. The upper lip tattooing is especially considered by them as a great adornment. — BOY WONDER JUGGLES FIGURES, A youngster of 14 years blew into the Brooklyn Eaglie- office the. other Way, Edward Berkef by name, living at 157 Hewes street, who said he could “do tricks in arithmetic.” And he cou!d, too, for the boy added consecutive numbers like 23, 24, 25, 26, etc.; opposite numbers like 24, 42, 29, 93, 51, 15, etc.; multiplied and divided with lightning rapidity. He told the dazed reporter that he could tell all the numbers a certain num- ber was divisible by and all the numbers divisible by certain other numbers. : For instance he told a long-list of numbers di- visible by 9, and by a series of questions deter- mined a number only thought of by the reporter. Then a series of numbers composed of five fig-- ures each was given, and the total addition placed at the foot of the column before the last figure was given. Then the boy filled in the last figure without a moment’s hesitation, and it was ccr- rect, too. He has dozens of mathematical tricks, the old “15 trick” that looks like a tit-tat-toe game among them, which he solves eight dif- ferent ways. By the time this versatile young mathematical genius finished showing a small part of his bag of tricks, the reporter was past wondering. “How did you learn these lightning methods?” queried the Eagle reporter. “I was ill for months - with the sleeping sickness,” said the boy, “and was numb in my body while perfectly clear in~ my head. I was in the hospital for some tin® and then in bed at home for weeks. I could not sleep more than half an hour at a time and would think and think of all sorts of things. “All of a sudden one of these short methods of doing arithmetic would come te me, and I would remember it atid try it again and again to- make sure I was right. I have dozens of tricks and puzzle and ag la of solving each one. ‘I have always n» fond of puzzles and have always been good in solving them. I don’t know how I do some of these things; I just do. them.” , ; : Edward is apparently a normal boy who at- tends P. S. 122 in the 8B Grade. In spite of his handicap of sickness he has “skipped” a grade, so — is only half a grade behind his class. At first he could not raise his head at all, and went about bumping into everything, but under the care of ‘a skillful practitioner, he is now able to hold his head almost upright, although there is still a suggestion of a droop. When asked what the sleeping sickness felt like, he said: “My body was numb and would often pews just as your foot does if it goes to sleep. My mind was always. very active when I thought of one of these p zles or tricks, but it wandered all over the was They just came to me, I don’t know how. I used to help my father in his stationery store before I __ was sick, and always liked arithmetic. Maybe that helped a little.” Edward’s ambition is to those who like to rack their brains. st r ~ have his puzzles gebietod tor the enjoyment of Bites,

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95 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY NEW YORK, JANUARY 21, 1921. eee ‘TERMS .TO SUBSCRIBERS Bingse Couples. co... eee Posiage Free.... 07 Cents Une Cepy Three Months... * eee 5) 90 Cenis ue Cepy Six dlonths..... > =i! Me smias STO One Copy One Year....... e Omir Pepe - BROW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. oO. Myuey Order, Check ov Kegistered Letter: remittances in any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stumps the sane as cash. When sending silver wrap the Colu in 4 separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the _ euvelope. Write your name and address plainly. Ad- saess ietters to " HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher 166 West 23d St., New York Bes ITEMS OF INTEREST re DIAMOND IN TURKEY GIZZARD. aoe While dressing a turkey for the big dinner. the other day, L. A. Donishee, chef in a restaurant, Sioux City, Ia., fommd what looked to him like a valuable stone in the turkey’s gizzard. A jeweler pronounced it a diamond weighing one-fifth of a carat and offered $75 for it. .The turkey came from Northern Minnesota. si: MONEY IN SAFE MOLDS. Ss When John Bortner of York, Pa:, went to his &afe to get some money he had placed there sev- eral months ago he found that the pocketbook - and its contents, $320, were covered with mold e@and the currency was in such condition that he ~had to get it exchanged at the bank. The purse was wet when he placed it in the safe, and he had not looked at it until he wanted’to use the cash. © KILLS FOUR MOUNTAIN LIONS, __ Shooting and killing four mountain lions in one day is the accomplishment of Verne Tyler, cattle- man, of Hot Springs, Cal. While after cattle in Miger Rube canyon, Tyler picked up the trail and ' Started after the animals with his dog. In less than half an hour he had four lions. The Deer _ Greek Cattlemen’s Association at a recent meet+ Ing decided to double the State bounty on moun- tae Nan, ; 3 - ~--. BROWN: COAL. Pulverized ol or brown coal is being used _ as fuel in Australia. The lignite is mined in either _ shafts or open cuts, the coal crushed on the spot ' size, then hoisted to the air-drying tipples to egg _at the surface by bucket conveyors, After drying ticall half of its moisture content and is ready : ial treatment.. This final process, Ra § uld be undertaken near the placé where the to be used, consists of again crushing the at about 1-2 inch m -after which it is ‘yer, where the mi ea cent, | FAME AND FORT "E WEEKLY about seven days, the coal is relieved of prac- world! Do you know, our dear old pet cat ¢ 1 Our_ ae I el ahd SON BETRAYS HIS FATHER. A tragic story of a father’s misplaced confi- — dence, which enabled his son to wreck his family ; fortune during his absence abroad, was bared on ~ the witness stand before Justice MacLennan in~ Superior Court, Montreal, by C. H. Cahan, K. C., — one of Canada’s most distinguished lawyers. a The witness struggled with his emotions in an — endeavor to recite the facts. He burst into tears — when he told how he had-conferred power of at- S torney on his son, C. H. Cahan, jr., trusting him — absolutely to carry on his affairs while on a Euro-~— pean’ trip, and returning home only to discover that he had been betrayed, that his son had ab- sconded and the family fortune had been wiped out. : “It was pretty hard,” the lawyer sobbed, “to come home and find that almost the day after I_ had placed thts trust in my boy, he began to pilfer my banking account to further his personal greed and Javishness.” : ; The remarkable case was revealed through a suit brought by the Corporation Agencies, Ltd., - against the Home Bank of Canada -to recover $209,028, the alleged. defalcations of the son. The ~ legal issue rests on whether the bank can be held — rigs! Ly Oey r, ae wT al sous a he ed to make good the amount. The son is said to~ have caused a loss totaling. $400,000. on 3 a a <i” LAUGHS 4 Lawyer—Now, what did you and the defendant — talk about? Witness—Oi t’ink about fifteen min- utes. Lawyer—No, no; I mean what did ‘you talk 3 over? Witness—We talked over-the tiliphone, — sorr. 3 First Financier—I made my success by putting my, money where I could get my hands on it easi- F ly. Second Ditto—And I got mine by putting — other people’s money where I could get my hands j on it easily. r. oes “Titt—You’ll take part in the football game, I suppose, Mr. Tatt? Tatt—Very sorry, but I don’t know anything about the game. Why, I thought you had taken a full college course? So I but I weut to college to study, merely. “I am willing to release you on your own rec- ognizance,” says the judge. “How dat?” asks — Mistah Miffles. “T’ll let you go if you give bond — for yourself—that is, if you will be responsible — for your own appearance in court.” “Jedge, I'd — ‘feard o° de like to ‘blige yo’, but I’se Sou'ty." 0%: = Our Landlady—It’s the strangest thing in peared very suddenly yesterday. Excuse me, rr Rudolph, will - ve another piece of rabbit pie? Mr, Mtuddigh ( ipily)—No, thank ee a -?, later) —Thai season

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GIRL MAKES CHEAP DRESS. A dress that cost 12 cents won the thrift prize t the Calloway, Ky., school fair recently. Miss ice McLane looked-very attractive in her gown costing a dime and 2 cents. This is how she did it. In her search for_available material she found a piece of oil cloth that had been used on the ‘kitchen table for seven years. She boiled it, mak- ing it a thin, soft material, bought 5 cents’ worth of dye and colored it pink. Then wishing to em- ; i pay 7 cents for an em- used, ravelings of the ma- terial to sew the dress up and the ravelings of a _ silk stocking to embroider it with. Second prize "at the school fair was won by Lillie Grogan with a dress of all’mew material costing 56 cents. > BARRELS MADE OF PAPER. Farmers and manufacturers have felt the r-increasing cost of barrels, and it has been - pointed out on more than one occasion that bar- rels are playing no small role in the general igh-cost-of-living scheme. ‘For some time inventors have been the barrel problem with a view to producing eaper containers. Several of them have *kled the paper barrel problem and it appears as though their work has finally materialized into something of practical value. These paper bar- rels are generally made in the form of many ers of stiff paper, held together by some suit- e adhesive which may also be watertight and apa de’ b indi yrocess em h is made by a winding p m- a ayaa said to cost one-third a wooden barrel of equivalent size. The tor also claims greater strength for this other containers can be made md paper, and no doubt much. will be e along this line in the near future. i at work —— ; TRICK HORSES PROVE DANGEROUS. _ : wise to teach a horse to play by a story told by an English d a band play — the prototype a . ongin cer who, in‘ a WwW bel g to the ie take rear up make a bow. the officer was had taught it to he leaned forward s all very pl Ww = Bees cae a he was out pig e suld lean forward to boar with his spear— ‘just at the moment depel on his spear FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST his acquaintance, ' his taking point. The consequence was that the animal’s hind legs showed many scars from boars’ tusks, and he was lucky that he did not end his career with his body ripped open. The officer had, too, -at one time a fine but somewhat nervous charger. One day on a pa- rade the mount suddenly gave way with the offi- cer and quietly lay down. The rider thought for a moment he was ill, but on rousing him he im- mediately sprang to his feet again, quite fit and well. A week or so later when riding with a friend they stopped for a moment to admire the view, when down the horse went. It was evident to the officer that he had been. trained to lie down at a given signal, but the man never could dis- cover for the life of him what that signal was. GRANT STATUE WAS 18 YEARS IN. MAK- ING Eighteen years in the making, a memorial to Gen. U. S. Grant is nearing completion in Wash- ington, and probably will be unveiled before the end of the year. It is in the form of a mag- nificent equestrian statue of bronze, the second largest of its kind in the world, mounted on a granite pedestal and banked on the left by a casting of a group of cavalry and. on the right by a group of artillery, both groups done in bronze. Two huge lions in stone at the foot of the pedestal complete the memorial. The equestrian figure stands 15 feet high, weighs 10,700 pounds, and cost $250,000. The memorial: is located in the Botanic Gardens at the foot of the Capitol, and Congress has ap- proved the removal of a section of the iron fence on the east front of the gardens to admit the statue and to provide space for spectators at the unveiling ceremonies. Authority for the creation,.f the memorial was given by Congress on Feb, 23, 1901. The compe-' tition for the statue was held in 1902 and the award was to Henry M. Shrady, a noted sculptor, of Elmsford, N.. Y., whose design was selected by a jury consisting of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French, Daniel H. Burnham and Charles F. McKim. The pedestal was designed by Edward Pierce Casey of New York, asso- ciated with Mr: Shrady, and was completed and put in place in 1906. The equestrian statue has just now been fin- ished, however, and was. shipped here in sections by motor truck from. New York City. The memorial to the famous General and i8th President of the United States will bear no in-. scription, according to members of the Fine Arts — Commission, who recently approved the statue in completed form. A member of the Grant Memorial Commission had composed a lengthy inscription, but after careful consideration offi- “cials of the commission and of the Office of Pub. | lic Buildings and Crounds deemed an inscrip- tion unnecessary. ‘ es Soe

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28 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY INTERESTING NEWS ARTICLES _ FINDS $1,100 ON TRASH PILE. Weeks ago W. F. Davis of Guthrie, Okla., found an old valise under a house he was moving an threw it on a-trash-pile in the yard. It laid there until a few days ago, when-he started to haul the + trash away and on close examination found $1,100 in war savings stamps under a false béttom. In- quiry developed the fact that the valise was once stolen from in front of a local hotel last spring and~belonged to David Secko, a traveling man from Enid. The stamps were all registered in his name, $2,200 LEFT-IN COAT. : An overcoat belonging to Fred W. Brant, a coal operator of Garrett, Pa., containing $2,200, hung in a check booth at the Young House for nearly two weeks, and when.called for the other day. by the owner the wallet with the money intact was found just as it was left when he left the hotel. Braht offered the hotel clerk a generous re- ward. It was politely refused, with the statement the money could not have been safer in the bank, and he was paid by the hotel to guard-its guests against loss. ey THEIR DINNER WAS. $100 FOR EACH 5 HUNTER. ; Fifteen hunters suddenly lost their appetite for a venison dinner the other day, when Game War- den Morton walked into their camp at Sandy Ridge, N. H., produced a search warrant and un- covered the remains of two fawns, illegally killed, that had supplied steaks for the feast. = The warden told the hunters that the meal would cost them $100 a plate each, as the law compelled him to hold every man as responsible for having the venison in his possession. y ‘Sap PARADE OF KU-KLUX KLAN. More than two hundred members of a branch Sas of the Ku-Klux Klan silently paraded the streets - _ of South Jacksonville, Fla., the other night, com- --- pletely disguised in white caps, masks and gowns, = and headed by a herald bearing a flaming cross. No explanation of the display was given. ems ks In a recent similar parade in Jacksonville one Se of the advance riders announced that “a band of ; solemn, determined men” would pass and wanted “no one to follow them.” When the klansmen reached the trees of the City Park every light in the business district snapped out. They were switched on again a few minutes later and the tiders had vanished. - W. J. Simmons, of Atlanta, imperial wizard of the klan, recently announced that. one of its pur- _ poses was to maintain “white <upremacy,” but “that it would support constituted authority and not tolerate lawlessness. ae _. ANAESTHESIA USED IN CATCHING FISH, _ An_ extraordinary means of catching fish is actised by natives of the Fiji Islands. The bait ore a_native vine or creeper. Having as aS into» pulp, the fishermen — paddle out over coral reefs. In about 12 to 15 feet of water they dive and fasten bundles of “toova” around rocks and crevices where fish are known to be: In a few minutes all fish within a radius of six to eight feet turn over on their backs and float up to the surface. They are scooped up into the boats, and soon thsir tailsgbegin to wiggle. Ef thrown back into the water the fish return to normal condition. : The poisoning of water in this country is not uncommon, The weed buckeye, when trampled and bruised, will contaminate a whole pond and stupefy the fish. Cattle are sometimes mortally poisoned by drinking near-by water into which they have trampled the roots of water hemlock. » Voice Thrower iie nf Vp Learn to throw your voice intoa TRUNK, under © SS aN pie ped -ost en ae aay = sayEnere- AR Ton af ng the Teacher, Janito: ice my S ~ Neighbors, or Friends, = —) THE VENTRILO NEW FORD JOKE BOOK 1921 All the latest jokes on the Ford auto. H and all good ones. Pe a lg pnp Fs HERE, BOYS, is just what you want. ith this ine n apparently see through ett Think of mail, 15 CENTS. (= With directions ONLY, .esecervesssensecseeee * The above sent with large catalogue | ROYAL NOVELTY CO, 424 East Ave. So. Norwalk, Conn. —aes 5

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