Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 800) (1921 01 28)

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JANUARY 28, 1921. p PORTO Wresany sTORIES OF BOYS THAT MAKE MONEY. No. 800. 1f wd rex a Hee Foy Sat a : =* | eran his chum struggling in the grasp of a man who had him bent across the baluster, and was evidently after the bag which Bob held at arm's length Just as Dick rushed to the rescue Bob dropped the bag,

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treet, New York, — No. 890 Or, SCHOOLMATES we CHAPTER I.—The Mixed-up Notes. 2 - *Bob,” called Mr. Black, the mild-featured, - white-haired cashier of Titus ‘Dusenbery, stock broker, through the brass fence in front of his _ desk, which divided the counting-room from the pace allotted to waiting visitors. , es, sir,” replied Bob Barron, coming forward skly. “Take this note to Mr. Dusenbery at the Ex- ‘change. It’s important. Rush!” eet “Yes, sir,” replied Bob, bing the cae is ping on his hat, and ing out of the office door = the cross-corridor, made a dash for the evator. - & similar scene almost was being enacted at ' the same time in another office on the same floor, opening off the main corridor. “Dick!” roared Broker Atgood, from the door room. eried Dick Ashley, springing from ne off under him. to Broker Smith, at the John- t’s important. Rush!” Dick was off like a shot, sufficient to throw the two boys to the hard sy some feet apart, and their notes flew~ out their hands, like a pair of birds escaping from eir cages, and crossed-each other, Dick’s fall- x near Bob, and vice versa. : re Holy smoke!” ejaculated Bob, recovering him- sel: What’s the matter with you, you thick- headed idiot!” “Confound yourself for a wall-eyed lobster! Can't you see where you’re going?” retorted Dick. hen they recognized each other and cooled ; that you, Dick?” said Bob. - es, it’s — answered Dick, holding his hand i face. “Do you know, you almost broke my nd what did you do to me? My head is y don’t witha pa i ere. AER Rae ee ee vn the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., NEW YORK, JANUARY 28, 1921. BY A SELF-MADE MAN at did you run into me that way for? _ » anything fonny in it.” ates am y. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Issued Weekly—Subscription price, $3.50 per year; Canada, $4.00; Foreign, $4.50. Har ~- oe eat 28d Ste zr R ¥. Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, a BE. Wolff, ee 166 under the Act of March 3, 1879 Price 7 Cents Poubling Their Dollars IN WALL STREET “I can see as well as you can,” said Dick, pick-, ing up Bob’s note. “Then why don’t you use your eyes?” said Bob, picking up Dick’s note. Neither looked at the name on the envelope, as they didn’t think it necessary to do so, and thus x: * unconsciously got. each other’s notes. here’s the elevator!” cried Dick, making @ rush for it. “Down!” he shouted. Bob shot in after him. “Ground floor, please,” said Dick. “Where do = suppose I’m going—to the sub- = Cah growled the elevator boy, who didn’t like ick, “I know where you're going when you turn up your toes,” chirped Dick. “You'll take the ele- vator down a.good deal lower than the sub-cellar of this building.” “Ts that so? Awfully smart, ain’t you?” sneer- ed the other boy. “Sure I am. That’s why I’ve got a better job than you.” “Ail out!” said the boy, stopping at the main corridor.” . Dick and Bob both scurried out of the building. “Where are you going, Dick?” Bob, as they trotted up Wall street side by side. . “Johnstone Building. And you?” . “The Exchange. How are you and the stenog- rapher getting on?” . “Fine as silk. I’m going to marry a stenog- rapher when I get older.” “Why a stenographer?” “So I'll have a wife 1 can,dictate to. So-long!” and Dick rushed ahead, “I wonder if he heard that wheeze on the stage, or whether it’s original with him?” chuckled Bob, ashe raced across Broad street. He bounced into the messengers’ entrance and upset a red-headed youth who was coming out. “Say, Bob Barron, I’ve a good mind to bust you in the snoot!” cried the auburn-haired lad, whose name was Micky Walsh, angrily. : But Bob was at the rail, calling. 4 ‘or his boss. Mr. Dusenbery came up and took he tere o and read, i the fact that it was addressed to Bro and not to himself.- Reaching the bottom, he rec- . ognized the initials of his neighbor, Broker At- wood, with whom he was not on the best of terms. That astonished him, and he glanced back at the person addressed and then he saw that the note was !ntended for Smith and not for himse me did you get this note?” he asked ~, nee 6 na, le ape & OR Bort 7 ed . * wn at te en he aR? coal

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sae 2 DOUBLING THEIR DOLLAKS “Mr. Black handed it to me and told me to rush here with it and give it to you, as it was impor- tant,” replied the boy. “Look here, young man, did you come straight here from the office?” “Yes, sir,” answered Bob promptly. “And you are sure that is the note Mr. Black gave you to hand to me?” = “Positively,” asserted the young messenger, in So sincere and earnest a tone that Mr. Dusenbery, who had yeceet confidence in Bob’s accurate way of doing business, was greatly puzzled. “Well, I don’t understand it,” said the broker. “This note is not intended for me.” “Not intended for you, sir?” “No; and, furthermore, I’m not in the habit of receiving notes from Mr. Atgood.” “Mr. Atgood wasn’t in our office to my knowl- edge so I don’t see how he could have—holy smoke!” broke off Bob. “I know what hap- pened.” “What do you mean, sir?” “When I was rushing for the elevator, Dick Ashley, Broker Atgood’s messenger, was rushing for it, too. We came together with a tremendous whack that knocked us silly for a moment or two. I dropped my note and he dropped his. The notes must have got twisted somehow, for that is the one I picked up.” : “Well, look here, young man, when you picked it up why didn’t you look to see if you had the note. which was addressed, to me?” said Dusen- bery, straightening out the envelope. “Look at that. It’s addressed to Mr. Smith.” . . “T see that it is,” admitted Bob, in some confu- sion; “and you never noticed it, either, sir.” f use I naturally supposed it was intended for me. You’ve never brought me anote before addressed to somebody else. Atgood and Smith will be as mad as hornets over this stupid blunder of yours, an shall hear from them. You will have to explain matters, but that will hardly let me out of the awkward predicament of having read a note not intended for my eyes. Here, take it right over to Mr. Smith in the Johnstone Build- ing and explain the case to him, and get the note intended for me. Then when you get back call and see Mr. Atgood. Do you understand?” “Yes, sir. I’m sorry it happened. I assure you, it was one of those accidents that happen once in a while over which—— “That will do. Go on, now. Rush!” : Bob turned and made a bolt for the door. Th fates were evidently unkind to him and Dick that day, for Dick came rushing in, hot and excited, at that moment, and they came together again - with a violence that knocked them both endwise ‘and half dazed. Broker Dusenbery was a witness to the nS oe ae bee i ‘fairl gasped. fy) ys got up Z mai 7 d each other, and then they : 2 , while the other messengers gath- ered around them and treated them to all kinds pest astie remarks, laughing in high glee. Had __ they known this was the second time that the two a fit, too. : Lc Big, ahaa Sictigs ‘for an accident that happened to us.” = ae at Dick Ashley, I think this is the piece ts) said Dick. 5 ; “T didn’t see you coming. Do you suppose if I did that I would be such a chump as to get right in your path? My! I'll have a headache for the rest of the day.” “And I suppose I will, too. Say, do you know that you've got my note and I have yours?” “Yes, the boss found it out after he opened yours. Here’s yours; take it to Smith, in the Johnstone Building and explain things. Now give me mine. I’ve got to call on your boss and apolo- gize for my part in this business.” 2 “He'll jump on your neck; but what he does to you isn’t a circumstance to what he'll do to me when I get back. I’m half afraid to go back.” “Run along, now, and deliver your note,” said Bob, hurrying up to Mr. Dusenbery with the right note. “Upon my word, young man, if I didn’t know ~ you never drank anything intoxicating, I'd think — you were half shot. Isn’t one collision between — you boys enough for one day?” “It’s enough for a year,” replied Bob lugubri-— ‘ously, as he caressed his nose and face. Dusenbery read the note, dismissed Bob, and ~ hurried away to execute the order it contained, Bob walked slowly out of the entrance, for he was afraid to trust himself to rapid locomotion, — tet luck was apparently not running his way just en. 3 A a get out of my way when you saw me coming?” 4 ‘CHAPTER II.—The Boys Make a Stake. Bob got back to the Eclectic Building ahead of Dick, who was detained by Broker Smith, and with mes misgivings he: entered Atgood’s office and asked for that gentleman, whose temper he knew from statements often made by his school- _ mate was not the most angelic in the world when he was ruffied. The explanation Bob had come to make was one not calculated to make Atgood feel very amiable toward him. The boy was ad- mitted to the broker’s private room. Atgood © ew he ‘was Dusenbery’s messenger, and he _ could not imagine why he should call to see him, — as he had-no business dealings with Dusenbery. “Well, what do you want?” he asked gruffiy. “I’ve got something to tell you, sir,” began Bob, _ “Go. on and tell it, then, and don’t lose any eee over it, a Se busy.” 2 ou sent Dick Ashley out wi sage ¥ while ago.” y. bab Saag “3 “How do you know I did?” snorted Atgood. _ “Because I was sent out with a message at the — same time, and we came together.” 5 “You came together, did you? And you wast- ed time pete, too, I suppose? That’s the at- tention Ashley pays to my orders to rush. Well, — ao = pons in——” " E a oth of us were on a rush message and we ~ wouldn’t have stopped a moment if it Wadn't been “What do you.mean by an accident? _ 7 TERS BE wu and Do sot Ge 0, SIT; tell you,” and forthwith ex- — plained how he and Dick had run into each other _ Egy ie gong ig a Re “You

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_ “J had to explain.that in order to show you how the messages we carried got mixed up.” “What do you mean?” * “When we got up I got. hold of the note you t by Dick, and he got hold of mine. The con- z oe was I delivered your note to Mr. Du- ry by mistake.” _ Atgood uttered a roar of wrath. _ “Do you mean to tell me that you handed my to your employer?” es, sir.” _ “And he read it?” flashed the broker. “He opened it before he noticed that it was ad- d to Mr. Smith,” said Bob. “I can’t swear d wouldn’t look well in print... Bob started to how sorry he was, but the broker choked off and ordered him out of the office. The nes Hardly had he taken his seat when » feeling like a criminal who sees the police to pounce on him, entered Atgood’s office d walked into the private room. We will-draw he curtain on his interview with the broker. It as too painful to transfer to cold type. Atgood used up about all the expressive adjectives in the onary in telling Dick what he thought of him then sent him from the room. Bob ran to get a look = es in the a aiting room. e question involv: s of A. & D. stock, which they had ht and which was now 99. As soon as Bob red the present g of the shares he got ‘ again as quick as he could, leted his er- id and went back to the office. e met Dick é ‘the corridor, waiting for a down elevator. “Hello! How did your boss take-——” ’ don’t want to talk about it,” said Dick ’ “What yg didn’t do to me is hardly and he bounced in, leav- y- looking " “Poor Dick!” thought Bob. “I’m glad boss t such a fire-eater. If there’s anything I hate thing. Thank Mr. Dusenbery isn’t a man of that sort. 2 never hauls an employee over the coals unless party deserves it, like I°did to-day, for I ild have looked at that note when I picked it o make sure it was the one that belonged to However, it can’t be helped now. It was a on my part, and I’m lucky to get out of the as easily as I have.” : b re-entered his office and sat down. Botn as we have said, were old schoolmates, not so very old, either, as they had only out,of school about two years, during which h wor as messengers in ed on the same block both th DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS r returned to his own place of: 3 first, and though they had had many scraps to- gether, no real fight had ever marred their friend- ship. Had the — been up in classical fic- tion; the boys would probably have been dubbed as a modern edition of Damon and Pythias, At the present stage of the game they were greater friends than ever. Happening to look at the clock, Bob saw that it was half-past twelve. He jumped up and went into the counting-room, to the corner ee by the office stenographer, to ask her what she wanted him to get her for her lunch. : The young lady, who was quite a pretty and bright-looking girl, seldom went out in the mid- dle of the day, and Bob regarded it as part of his duty to fetch her lunch for her from the quick-lunch house on Pine street, which place he could easily reach by way of the back stairs, or elevator. “Well, Miss Carson, what are you going to have when he reached her table where she was busily employed at her machine. “Humming-birds on “I want something more substantial than that, - Bob,” she 7 ee “You may get Me a couple Ww. “Tongue, eh?” grinned Bob. “Girls generally have all the tongue they need without sending “Aren’t you the horrid hoy! I’m sure I don't 7 anybody in this office with my tongue,” she “There are exceptions to every rule. at Papi Re jal getter “A piece of apple pie, see that you get a piece of cheese with it. Yesterday the man Seats: “Apple pie and a piece of of cheese—Limburger, or — ‘Don’t be ridiculous!” “Nothing else from outside. Here’s the mon- ey. You may bring my little oil stove out of the Bob brought the stove and the rest of the par- aphernalia for making tea, end lit the former, to the lunch house and filled Miss Carson’s order, When he got back the cashier had.a note wait- his hat and went out with it. While at the Exchange he saw that A. @ D. as far as he would risk the deal, for the price rae ew es drop back at any moment. p Roe a ingly, Dick, he rushed up to the little bank and ordered the shares to be sold. They were disposed of the boys a profit of $450. alf an hour later the price was broken by a bull raid and was rap- onus when the slump came on, and he had a * 4 e “There goes half 2 our t,” he muttered. y ought to have so out the first thing this “That’s the way speculators always through the main corridor if he went down the to-day?” he asked, with his customary smile, toast, with angel cake, or what?” of tongue sandwiches——” out for more.” said, tongue sandwi es ted to send any.” cheese. What kind “What else?” wash room if you want.” pu the water on to boil. Then he went out ing for him to take to the Exchange. He put on had gone up to 101. He concluded that that-wag ut any consultation with his partner inside of fifteen minutes ee 8-8, which gave idly beaten to 95. Dick was in the Ex- “That’s what we on too long. We morn- feel when

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ees: roe, Hands of Trini ‘clock facing them _ hour of four. Ne they started to cross the street t Wi = a elevated roads, they heard a smothered explosion from the upper’ ; Se See: 4 DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS they get nipped, though they had turned down half a dozen chances beforehand to get out win- ners. However, Dick was something of a philos- opher. He never worried much over spilled milk. “Better luck next time,” was his motto. “Maybe the price will recover this afternoon,” was the thought that consoled him. At any rate, if the stock didn’t drop any lower, he and his partner stood to win $150, and that was better than nothing. He ran into Bob at the entrance to the building. We don’t mean to say that he collided with him again. They came together unexpectedly from opposite directions. “We're on the edge of the soup, Bob,” said Dick. “How?” asked Bob. “A. & D. has dropped six points. It happened while I was in the Exchange.” “Six points, eh? What do you care?” asketl Bob coolly. “What do I care? Why, that represents a loss of $150 -to each of us.” ‘ , “T don’t see it.” “Oh, you see it, all right. Hadn’t you better "sell right away and save the balance in sight?” “J haven't anything to sell. I got rid of our stock around 101 about an hour ago, so we are quite safe on the deal.” “Is that a fact?” exclaimed Dick, in pleased surprise. “Yes, it’s a fact. Now run along, for I’m in a hurry.” y, The boys separated, Dick feeling now that their luck repaid him for the run-in he had had with his employer. ; CHAPTER IiI.—The Explosion and the Tin Box. When business was through for the day with the two boys, they met down at the main entrance of the building and started up Wall street to- gether on their way home. : ‘eae what did Atgood do to you?” asked “He ~ a a of eine. ae a me that if such a thing happened again, he’d fire me,” re- plied Dick. ; “He wouldn’t get a better messenger by firing you. “That doesn’t cut any ice with him. He’d have the satisfaction of bouncing me. What did Du- senbery say to you?” . “N g more than I deserved.” “Why, we weren’t to blame.” “Yes, we were.” “How ?” : “We should have looked at the envelopes when ‘we picked them up to see that we each had the one that belonged to us.” - “But I found yours close beside me and nat- urally sup d it belonged to me.” . “Half of the mistakes made in this world is because people take things for granted. after you and I will know better.” that time they had reached Broadway. The pointed to the Building, which affords direct communication with both the Sixth. and Ninth 2) upper floor of one of the -Here-_ ‘turned the key and so interposed a barrier against buildings, followed by the crash of glass. A win-— dow pane in fragments came through the air, — which was filled with fine glass particles, and — small-sized pieces as well. Bob and Dick, in common with all the passers-by, looked upward — and saw a cloud of smoke float out of a third- — story window. “There’s a fire!” shouted Bob. and help.” The smoke-cloud floated away and was not fol- lowed by any more. The boys didn’t notice that as they dashed into the entrance and ran up the ; “Come on up : stairs instead of waiting for an elevator. When they reached the front corridor of the third floor they found a score of clerks and others gathered about the door of an office looking in through the hole left by the-pane which had been blown out. The boys pushed to the fore and looked in, too. They saw an office furnished with a desk, a rug, chairs, safe, and other things one might expect to see in such a place. On the floor lay an old, well-dressed man, his face blackened by powder, 7 and apparently just reviving from a hee Bob tried the door, but it was locked, and it was that®™ fact which kept the crowd out. None of thent seemed to have thought of putting his hand inside and turning the key. Bob did it in a jiffy and he and Dick were swept in by the others behind The boys rushed to the dazed man and raised him™ up. Dick took off his hat and began fanning him. “Keep back, gentlemen,” said Bob, “and let him have air.” , ; The crowd, however, had been rapidly growing in proportions, and those in front poe not keep back had they been minded to, and they formed a solid wall of humanity close to the prostrate | man and the two boys. At last the man came sufficiently to speak. = “Put those people out,” he said. “If,they won't — go, call the police.” ee Dick got up and told the people to retire. He might as well have tried to stop the incoming tide from flowing. At this point the policeman om the beat pushed his way in and came forward. “What’s happened here?” he asked. “An plosion?” - “Yes,” said the old man, “that’s what it Some miscreant sent me an infernal machine in the shape of a long, narrow box labeled “Securi ties.’ It came by the Adams Express a sho time ago. When I started to open it, the thing burst with a loud report, and t’s all I knew for a while.” 2 a3 “Where’s the remains of the box?” asked the officer. “ “On the floor, if anywhere. Put the crowd out — and then look for it.” : ; Way cops are, and he tackled the crowd in a way that induced them to*‘recede to the door. Dick” helped him, and, shutting the shattered door, further invasion, The crowd, as many of them as could get about the door, remained lookin 2 into the room. By that time Bob had got the tenant on his feet, brushed him off, and placed him in his pet chair before his desk. The o cer was picking up the fragments of ars and the few splintered remains of the bey J ; . , on the floor. ~

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“Who are you, hoy?” asked the old man, look- g at Bob. = “My name is Bob Barron. I am employed by a all Street broker.” “Were you in the ~ happened?” _- -*No; my friend and I were below on building when the explosion ‘the side- to see what was the matter and on the floor, seemingly insensible.” ; man looked around. ¢ - “Ah! I see the window was blown out as well as the glass half of the door,” he said. “It must have been a powerful explosive. I marvel that I ould have escaped with apparently little in- y » at’s right, sir,” nodded Bob. “It’s a wonder you were not killed or badly hurt.” - : _“T received a great shock, and don’t feel well, Said the old man. ee _ “Had I better phone for a doctor, sir? “No, no; it isn’t necessary.” : __ “Tf there is anything my friend and mysélf can “do for you, just speak the word.” ‘The old man’s eyes rested on a japanned box hat stood on his desk. Then he hurriedly pulled lis watch from his pocket and looked at it. enty miriutes past four,” he said. “You n do me a great favor, young man.” “I'm at your service.” 3 _ “That box ought to be delivered at the office of ohn Bradshaw, lawyer, before five o’clock. His ffice is in the Imperial peiing, Montgomery Jersey City. Do you th you can take in half an hour?” ”» a dollar ne here any Y Our, I'll pay you well for the service.” . “don't WEE ROE SY for helping you out un- x the circumstances.” ‘Put your name and business address on that ) wrote it down. your friend stay, for I may need his help, am ‘to get a receipt for the box, I suppose?” ps you had better; but don’t leave the h anybody but the lawyer.” ; Vhat kind of looking man is he?” 2 old man descri his appearance. « Peter Pringle. I’m a money-lender.” : on his errand Bob DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS nd your name is——” said Bob, taking up*” put . business,” said the mes: <The stranger held. quick flow. withit » 5 him, though, he showed no special interest in the boy. Both entered the ferry house, bought tick- ets and made their way on board the waiting boat. Bob went forward to the front of the boat and stood near the collapsible gate. The man came forward, but sremained beside one of the bulwarks. It might have been noticed that he kept his eyes on the boy constantly. Some persons have such a habit without mean- ing anything by it. The boat left her slip and pushed across the river to the slip in Jersey City. In the rush for the shore the stranger kept close to Bob and followed him up Montgomery street. Bob knew where the Imperial Building stood and went straight there. It wanted five minutes of five when he entered the elevator, and the stran- ger stepped in with him. Both got out on the fifth floor. Bob hurried down the corridor to Room 521, which the elevator boy had told him was the entrance to Lawyer Bradshaw’s suite. The stranger followed and tapped him on the shoulder. “You are from Peter Pringle, of No. — Broad- way, New York,” he said: : Bob being bound on an important errand, was too cautious to make an admission to a stranger. “Tt don’t know that I am,” he replied. “Well, I know it. You ave taking that box to Lawyer Bradshaw. I am Mr. Bradshaw, and will relieve you of it.” “You are Mr. Bradshaw? If you are, you’ve changed your looks rather suddenly. You don’t get this box if I know it!” : “No?” hissed the man. . “I’ll see about that.” He drew his hand from: his pocket and hit the boy on the head with something that felt hard, and Bob staggered across the corridor. The stranger tore the box from his fingers and dash- ed for the stairs. CHAPTER IV.—Bob Recovers the Box. The blow, though a heavy one, had not landed effectively, and Bob ‘pulled himself together in time to see the man vanish down the stairs. “You scoundrel!” he breathed. “I'll fix you!” ol bee a e ru own the stairs at full s and heard the man’s steps on the flight lower down. The man, hearing bey behind, abandoned the stairs at the second floor and rushed back al the corridor to the rear of the building. Bo caught a glimpse of him ye feet away, round- ing a cross corridor. He followed like a streak, and reached the head of the back stairs just as the man was nearing the foot of them. The young messenger straddled the narrow banister and slid down. The stranger passed out through the back door into an alley connecting with the street beyond. Bob was close behind him by the time he eae reached the street, and the man was compelled to stop and face the plucky boy. He drew his slung-shot and menaced “Drop that box and you can go about your _ senger, J ; from me.” “, weapon so as to strike attempted to close “Come and take it f * ‘ if = y Bob with it, / “Keep off, or I'll brain you!” he hissed. 5 a _

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“Here, officer!” shouted Bob, gesticulating to an imaginary policeman in the street beyond. — The ruse worked like a charm, The man quick- ly turmed his head to look. As he did so, Bob rushed in and smashed him a terrible blow on the jaw, felling him to the ground. Snatching the slung-shot away, he tappedethe hand smartly that clung to the box. The stranger dropped it. Bob then grabbed it and retreated back up the alley and re-ent the building, carrying the *slung-shot with him. It didn’t take him long to get back to the fifth floor, and he was so fortu- nate as to catch Lawyer Bradshaw just as he was leaving his office. “Here is a box of legal papers I’ve brought you from Mr. Pringle of New York,” said Bob, “and I should like a receipt for it.” “This is a late hour to send it over. I expect- ed it an hour ago. However, I'll take it. Come ia my Office,” said the lawyer. Bob followed him inside, and while the lawyer was writing the receipt, he told the gentleman about his encounter with the man in the corri- dor; how the stranger got the box away from _ him, and how he followed him and got it back. “Young man, you were up against a rascally enemy of Mr. Bringle’s,” “said. the lawyer. “There are papers in that box which that man is anxious to get possession of, and he must have followed you all -the way from my client’s office for the purpose of 2 possession of the box. Are you employed by Mr. Pringle?” 5 “No, sir. I never saw Mr. Pringle until a short time before he handed me the box to bring to you,” replied Bob. “Never saw him before,” said the lawyer, in surprise, “and yet he intrusted that box to you? I can’t understand it. He is not the man to take chances with his property, particularly when he is aware how important the contents of that box is to him.” “He took no chances in sending me, for I have delivered the box according to his directions in spite of the trouble I ran against.” : “I see you have, and I admit he made no mis- take by employing-y as his messenger, but I expected him to bring it here himself.” “There was a good reason why he did not feel zble to do that,” said Bob, who then told Mr. Sueee about the explosion in Mr. Pringle’s Office. d : The lawyer was astounded. “It was a device of his enemy fle had a wonderful escape.” “He certainly did, sir; but the force of the ex- plosion appeared to have worked inde ig & to what the sender of the bomb expected. It blew the window out and the glass of the office door, and left Mr. Pringle stunned, but otherwise seemingly unhurt.” “It’s an outrage that should be thoroughly in- police will no doubt attend to that, sir.” “I hope so, and that the guilty will be brought to book.” ~ : _ Lawyer Bradshaw locked up the case in his safe, and then he and Bob left the office and the building. On the sidewalk Bob bade the lawyer a4 gord-by and hurried to the ferry, for it was al- a Caseey ie: “eat at i eS ee ee ee ‘here was always something ing in it. Wh the boys came together again at twenty minute: of four, Dick handed Bob five $100 bills. The) hurried up to the little » Where they arriveé in time for Bob to put deal through with ti margin clerk, and he got the memorandum oC re, be em, ay *$* } ton BE oj Se eel ree ee ee ee

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CHAPTER V.—Just in Time Again. On Saturday morning, about eleven o'clock, a ssenger brought a package into Dusenbery’s e and asked for Robert Barron. “That’s my name,” said Bob, eoming forward. _ “This is for you. Just sign that slip,” said the hessenger. ; “Who is it from?” asked Bob, who did not look r any package. _ “There’s the name on the wrapper.” _ Bob looked and saw the printed card of a John Street jewelry house. He could not imagine why mything should come to him from that firm, but s the package was plainly addressed to him, he igned for it. Taking it over to his chair, he sat lown and opened it. He found a small box in- Opening that, the first thing that stared in the face was the business card of Peter ingle, then he understood that it was a present om the money-lender. Removing the card and e cotton underneath, he found a fine-looking rold watch and chain to match. The front case Was perfectly plain, but the back one bore the monogram “R, B.” On the inside front case was engraved the following:. “From P.-P. to R. B.,” vith the date. “That's a nice present,” commented Bob. “I'll have to call around this afternoon and thank the : man for it.” a teok ~3 in 4 the pouting tose oe showed y to the cashier, explaining that the money- lender had sent it to him as an evidence of his Er gegen of his services on the afternoon of the explosion, then to the clerks and finally took over to Miss Carson, the stenographer. - “Isn’t that a splendid watch!” exclaimed the girl, turning it over in her hands. “So you got from the money-lender on Broadway for him a favor?” “Yes. That was evidently my lucky day, though . didn’t look that way in the morning,” replied When Mr. Dusenbery came in from the Ex- Bob showed the watch to him and told how he came by it. His employer congratu- on its acquisition, and remarked that essed he had earned it. Later on, when Diek on the street, he told him about the Watch, which he had left in the safe. “T knew you got a present,” said Dick. _ “How did you know it?” - “Because the old man sent me a present, too.” _ “What did he send you?” “A handsome pair of gold cuff buttons. Here y are,” and Dick pulled the box out of His t and exhibited its contents. : se are fine,” said Bob. “When you see my h you'll say it’s a dandy.” Ve’re in luck, aren’t we?” : Let us hope our luck will continue, and that keep on doubling our money every time we a deal.” = f hat’s too much to expect. I never heard of -Speculator Ree Raced time. How can he the ces are to one against him?” lon Pringle this afterr.0n and thank Petal , Gon ay DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS Bob d the boys sep- ways 7 When they got off at one that day they met at the door, as usual, and started for the office of the money-lender. They reached the Broadway building and took the elevator for the third floor. When they reached the money-lender’s door they heard high words inside. Bob stopped and look- ed through the keyhole. Mr. Pringle was seated at his desk. In the chair facing him was the man who had tried to get the tin box. Bob was much astonished and he told Dick who the visitor was. “Take a squint through the keyhole, and you'll see him,” he said. Dick did so, : “Is that the man you had the run-in with?” he ed. “That’s the man.” P “He’s got a great nerve to call on Pringle, then.” “Particularly if he’s responsible for sending that bomb.” “We can’t go in now, so we might as well go home.” “J don’t think it’s safe to leave Mr. Pringle with that rascal. The fellow might try to do him up. Hear the way he’s talking to the old man.” “But we haven’t any right to butt in unless he does do something desperate.” At that moment they heard the man inside ut- ter a terrible imprecation, and then came the sound of a struggle. .° “There’s trouble now. Follow me!” cried Bob excitedly. ~ He opened the door and rushed in, followed by Dick. The man with the derby hat and short black mustache had Pringle forced back in his chair and was choking him jn a vicious way, . “Here, drop that!” cried Bob, grabbing his hands. Dick laid hold of him from behind and pulled away. Between them they succeeded in separat- ing the two, ; Leave my office!” cried the money-lender hoarsely, “and never let me see you again. You are a disgrace to the blood that flows in your veins. I repeat, I believe from my heart that it was you who sent me that bomb in the express package. You are thoroughly bad, and I wash my hands of you forever. Not another dollar will you ever get from me. No, not if you were starv- i the gutter. ag us Peter Pringle denounced his visitor and ordered him from his presence. The man glared at him and then at the boys. “All right, Uncle Pringle,” he said, with a wicked laugh, “I'll go, since you seem to be well protected now; but don’t worry about me starv- ing in the gutter. I'll be alive and kicking when you're six feet under the daisies. As for you, you young butters-in, I shan’t forget you, espe- cially you, my fine young gentleman!” gloweri at Bob. “I Say you remember me, and shall take care to remember you.” : With those threatening words he turned around and walked out of the office. . : a “The scoundrel!” muttered the old man. Ye Ton have tlesed mma tadie peat weil ie

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8 DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS “Pooh! It was not worth your while,” said the old man. “It was lucky for you that we did come, how- ever.” “True; but that was an unforeseen emergency. That rascal is my nephew, though [ blush to own the relationship. He is the person who attacked you in c and would have secured valuable papers of mine but for your courage,” looking at Bob. “I know it, sir. I recognized him the moment I saw him,” said Bob. “Do you really suspect that he sent you that bomb?” ; “J do. He’s bad enough to commit any crime when the humor is on him. He was a bad, self- willed boy; and now as a man he is reaping his crop of wild oats, and sowing a crop of worse.” “You ought to have him arrested and bound over to keep the peace toward you.” “Small good that would do.” ay “But you are in danger of another visit and more trouble from him at any moment.” “T think he will eg away after this, though I have no doubt he will continue to work against me. He will not work, and wants me to keep him in idleness. I am trustee over certain prop- erty left to him conditionally. He has broken the conditions repeatedly, and forfeited all of his rights. In spite of that, I have been easy with him, and ‘paid him money he did not deserve; but the end is reached. He has put the last straw on my back and I am done with him for all time.” The money-lender evidently meant what he said, and he could be as firm as a rock when it suited him. The boys remained with him a short time longer and then for their homes. During the following week the ees eagerly watched P. & Q., but it was not until Friday that there was ing doing in it. Then it started to go up a bit, and when the Exchange closed next day at noon, it was five points higher than what they ae it at. It continued to advance during the following week, and reached 98 on Wednesday. Next day it jumped to par and closed one point above that. : “How long are you going to hold on?” Dick Bob at the Exchange. Bob. “I know, but appearances are as deceptive in Oe Baek market as elsewhere.” ; at’s true; but, remember, we’re working on a good tip, and that ought to do something hand- some for us.” | : _ “You're the doctor. Do as you please. If we land in soup I won’t blame you, for it’s as much to your own interest as mine to pull out a winner,” se Bob did hold on till the price went to 108, _ which showed a great amount of nerve on his part, for he was really taki ae chances with the deal. The little sold the shares at his order for 108 and a fraction, and .the school- mates cleared a combined profit of. $2 pai ae ys. “That makes us each worth $1,500, and a month ago we were only worth about $300. _ One of these day: ms Fess a aes “We'll be worth a million.” Jaurhed Boh. mil aa the Imperial Building yesterday afternoon,. “It looks good for five points more,” replied - » oltere for Moonstone. ‘Rob heard a customer leawar “A million what—cents?” “Nonsense! That ~would only amount to $10,- 000. I mean one million dollars.” “That’s one of your pipe dreams. are worth a million dollars / “You'll discharge Atgood as a boss.” “Td discharge him for a great deal less than that.” 2 Then the boys entered their respective offices, and ‘putting their funds in an envelope addressed to themselves, deposited them in their office safes. When we_ ° CHAPTER VI.—The Mining Stock That Won. Several days’ passed and then one afternoon Dick poked his head into the waiting room of Dus s office. Seeing Bob was in his chair, he rushed over to him “Say, old man,” he whispered excitedly, “I’ve got hold of a dandy tip.” 4 “That so? What is it?” inquired Bob. “I just come from the office of a big Curb broker, where I carried a message. While wait-_ ing there I heard two men, whom I know by reputation, talking about a mine. called the Moonstone. The stock*is selling on the Curb for ten cents; but if what I heard is a fact, and, see,no reason to doubt it, the price will jump te over a quarter before many days.” - “What did you hear about this mine?” “That it has been bought by a syndicate, the members of which have positive knowledge that a rich lode of ore runs through it. They are keeping the matter quiet until they have bought in all the outstanding shares they can get hold of. Now, my idea is for us to put all our money into Moonstone at a dime, and reap the harvest when it comes.” Bob asked Dick a number of questions, and Dick’s answers satisfied him that the inside infor- mation was well worth following. Accordingly, he and Dick pooled their money again, and at th first chance Bob invested the amount in 30,000 shares of Moonstone through the little bank. The bank’s representative had some trouble in getting hold of enough of the shares to fill the order, but in the course of two or three days the bank noti- fied Bob by letter that they had secured the stock’ and were holding it subject to his order. The boys then waited eagerly for developments. They came in a few days, when the expected announce- ment of the discovery of rich ore in the Moon-- stone was made, That caused a general demand for the stock, and then it was found that ; “was very little on the market, though from 150, 000 to 200,000 shares had previously been float- ing about the Street without reg | a purchaser. Twenty-five cents a share was o Ree by the who wanted it to fill orders from customers. Bob- and Dick stopped a few minutes at the Curb > market almost every time they were sent out in that direction,.and they learned what the price had jum to. They could have sold every of. their -holdi at that, and have made betwee four and five thousand dollars, but after a cor tation they decided to hang on for a higher “It will come,” said Dick confidently. In a few days thirty cents was bein, “ ; , “ *-

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_ erder at his office for 10,000 at 35 cents. Dusen- _ bery could only get him 5,000 shares at that fig- _ ure. The boys, seeing the scarcity of Moonstone, Were satisfied that the parties Dick had overheard discussing their inside information about the mine had the Sule of it in their possession and were holding it, like themselves, for a higher price. __ “They'll make a good haul out of the bunch they have,” said Bob. _ “They will if they let it out in small lots,” an- Swered Dick; “but if they unload too much all at once they may glut the Curb market, and then the price will fall to some extent, though, of amy it won’t go down to what it originally as. _ , “To get the cream, we should sell before they gm ag tell when they start t _ “How are we going to when they start to ‘unload? They <i probably reach all the per- sons who want the stock before we are aware that nating out on the market.” - "Not at all. I’m going to watch the Curb sales closely. When I see that the sales of Moonstone are growing, Y'll know that the stock is coming out, for at present there is so little on the mar- ‘ket that the sales are few and only small.” _ *You’re right. I didn’t think of that.” “You want to think of everything when you _ &re dealing in stocks.” _ Ever since the news of the discovery in Moon- . Stone came out the sales had on no day amounted s there was = spite of the increased wed that every one t was to it. ag | dfield mounted to 50 cents, gure was offered on the Curb. would be policy to sell at her parties to un- e little bank to sell The bank’s representative = change and offered 10, a & Hardly had he stopped ¥ rushed up and began offering it. at 50 cents. _ He sold 20,000. shares and then the demand sud- enly a os The brokers having filled all their erders had no further use for it. The broker in estion sold some more later on, but he found t. was no —— a rush for it, and he mld either have to offer it lower than the mar- et or hold on till he found somebody asking for ; the little bank settled with the Love, "y divided a profit of $12,000 on the deal, which $ practically quadrupling their dollars. 0.000. CHAPTER VII.—Dick in Trouble. _ Next morning when Dick entered the office he, s followed by a Wells-Fargo Company’s man, il a money e. ‘ “ You’re connected with this office, are you?” the expressman. — es. I’m the mes DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS ole ‘to talk, Atgood asked him what had happened meets “Yes; in my chair envelope which was sealed with a large dab of red wax bearing the company’s stamp. As the expressman made his exit, another man, in a business suit and heavy black beard, came in and walked up to Dick. “What can I do for you?” asaked the boy. The man peered into the empty counting-room and, satisfied that Dick was alone, he seized him with an iron grip and pressed a cloth over his face, Dick struggled violently, but the man seem- ed to be endowed with unusual strength, for he couldn’t release himself even a little bit. Then he felt his senses reeling under the effects of the drug, and presently he became unconscious. The stranger took the express envelope out of his nerveless fingers and put it in an inside pocket. Then he carried the boy into the private room and propped him up in the pivot-chair before At- good’s closed desk. After a swift glance about the room, .which took in all its contents, he walk- ed out, shutting the door after him. He walked straight to the main door and let himself out into the. corridor. Two clerks, belonging to an- other office, came along from the elevator and passed him without.particular notice. He caught a descending cage and was soon in the street, walking ray toward Broadway. When At- good’s cashier came in, shortly after the clerks, he noticed that Dick was not around. There was nothing extraordinary in that fact as the boy might have stepped out for a few minutes, Thir- ty minutes elapsed and then the cashier called ~ for Dick, but there was no response. He looked into the waiting room, but Dick wasn’t in his chair. The inference was that Dick hadn’t reach- ed the office yet. As the cashier had a message that must go out, he called up the itor clerk _and sent him out with it. .About time Mr. Atgood came in. When he saw the messenger boy in his office, alee asleep, he was mad. But when he took hold of him to wake him an” smelled chloroform about him, he sent-out for a doctor. The doctor arrived, and it was some time before Dick was brought to. After Dick felt able Dick then told him how he had received and signed for the express package, and as he start- ed for his seat, intending to keep it until the cashier came, the stranger walked in and without : word grabbed and placed the cloth over his ace. “J put up the best fight I could, sir, but it amounted to nothing, for the man was as strong as an ox, had a strangle hold on my neck, an| the drug soon put me out of business. The broker was much concerned about the stolen package. “Did you notice who it was from?” “No, sir.” “Was the amount of money it contained marked on it?” 2 “I didn’t notice that it was.” “You say the man attacked you in the waitinz- room and you became unconscious there?” . “Yes, sir.” “Then the rascal brought you into my room left you there so you d not be di right away.” in you eR, 2, aap fied IE” ee . and “Did you find me

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+" ‘know later on,” and Bob 10 ae must have been astonished to see me ere.” - “J was. I thought at first that you had fallen asleep | there on account of having been out all ight “No, sir; I wasn’t out at all last night.” “This affair happened just after you came to the office?” “Yes, sir.” “That was about——” “Nine o’clock, or a few minutes before.” “The clerks are supposed to be at their desks at nine, so I suppose it happened a few minutes be- fore any of them arrived.” “Yes, sir; I was entirely alone at the time.” “Well, come over to my desk.” The broker called up the police’ department and notified them of the robbery. Dick furnished a pretty good description of the man, and then he returned to duty. Atgood called his cashier in- side and held a consultation with him. The bro- ker believed the package came from a correspond- ent whose letter had reached him the previous afternoon. The only thing he could do for the present was to send Dick to the express office to get a lone on the sender of the package, and a memorandum of the amount of money it con- tained. On his way there Dick met Bob and told him what had happened to him that ene ee 3 To say that his friend was astonished would be to put it mildly. - “Gee! Dick, you had a tough experience,” said Bob. “How did your boss teke the loss of mon- ey “A whole lot easier than I expected. I wouldn’t have been surprised if he had fired me, for ordi- narily it would be just like him to do such a thing.” = ; “T don’t see how he could blame you. You were taken completely off your guard by the ras- eal. Why, that was the nérviest daylight rob- - bery in Wall Street I have heard of in a long time. If he hadn’t pulled it off on the jump, he would have been caught.” wee took big chances; but it’s the man who es big chances who wins, nine times out of ten. “How much did he get away with?” “I couldn’t tell you. I’m going to the express office now to get all the particulars about the package.” “Then I won't detain you. You’ ag me walked off. soon found out the amount that was in the envelope from the express office and returned and report- ed it to the boss. A detective came from the police headquarters and interviewed Dick. The man’s description did not fit in with any one known to the detective bu- u, and it was the opinion of the sleuth that the wy beard worn by the thief was false and as- sumed to conceal his identity. Of course the af- r rs were full of the story, and all _ ternoon pape _ Wall Street had heard about the crime before Dick was stopped on the street every time went out by the boys who knew him, and for tional particulars. He was very ‘in the limelight all that day, and he began an idea how it feels to be famous in a ork that DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS when they started together. ~~ he told him about a tip he had picked up on D. & H. in his office. “We'll put in $5,000 each and buy 1,000 shares,” he. said. “We will surely double our dollars again.” x “I’m with you,” said Bob. our money at work.” They went at once to the safe-deposit box where they now kept their money in Bob’s name, took out $10,000 and carried it around to the lit- tle bank, where the deal was put through, and then they went home. “I believe in keeping CHAPTER VIII—The House in the Bronx, The police made a big effort to land the Wall Street thief, but he managed to elude them, so they came to the conclusion that he had left the city. As Dick had signed for the express pack- age, Atgood became responsible for the stolen money it contained, which amounted to $1,000. He carried out the orders of his correspondent, and the cashier was instructed to charge the missing amount to profit and loss. In the mean- time the boys kept their eyes on D. & H., and in a few days it began rising from 90, the price they bought it at, and by the end of the week was ruling at 95. At half-past twelve Saturday, Mr. Dusenbery called Bob into his room, handed him a note, and told him to deliver it to the cap- tain of a small schooner that was lying at one of the South street piers. Bob got his pay en- velope and then called in at Atgood’s office to ask Dick to go along. His friend was almost ready to go, so Boh waited till he was paid off, The wharf Bob was bound forwas close to the Brooklyn Bridge, and when they got there they found the vessel pre- arg to leave her berth. One of the men told Bob that he would find the captain below, so the boys went down into the little dark cabin. The captain was a stout, jolly-looking man, with a red nose, suggestive of a confirmed liking for spirits. He read the note and then invi the boys to take a drink with him. “Thanks, but we don’t drink,” said Bob. “Oh, I’ve got some light wine here that won’t hurt you; it’s sweet stuff. I never drink it my- self, but I keep it to treat my wife and her sister when they come on board at New London, where I'm bound for.” The boys would have declined even that, but the skipper wouldn’t take no from them, and so they gave in. He also brought out some fruit cake, and then he mixed himself a glass of rum and. water. ; “Here’s looking at you, my lads,” he said. “Your health, captain,” said the boys. As they swallowed the wine in small portions they suddenly became aware that the vessel seemed to be in motion. : 5 “IT guess we’d better go,” said Bob, getting up from the table. 8 So At that moment the schooner began to rock to and fro. “Don’t be afraid,” said the captain, eige pure x the swell of a ferryboat coming into "The motion of the schooner gradua

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C ropes and the fi of sails an Setanta r x ogebe risa PN as if she was under way,” ‘Said Bob. “She can’t sare left the dock.” By George! I believe she has,” said the cap- My getting tting up and to the foot of the lad- Are we off, Jones?” he asked the steers- ¥ “Yes, sir,” replied the man. _ The boys looked at each other. Bae ee have to put us on shore, captain,” said “Pu dd it. Where do you boys live?” _ “On the west side of Harlem, up in the Bronx.” me 0c" can stay aboard, then, till we get up to be Bronx, ae then I'll send you ashore in a CAN right. That’ll suit us,” said Bob. _It was close on to six and getting dark when they finally ——— on a wharf in the Bronx f om a small boat and started westward to the elevated road. They amy they had some ance to walk, and meeting a man of whom ney made’ inquiries, for they never been in th at locality before, he directed them to cut across ” the vacant lots inthe direction he pointed, and _ that by so doing they would save a considerable distance. This be to do in the dark- ae ee so ell upon the so dtriet of scat- ouses. They crossed several streets, but oe, ad not see any signs of the elevated in the “Ym afraid we’re getting all mixed up,” said = “We'd spotter “stop a at that house where the _ Aght is and make inqui Bie cwied thas waa tho fast thing ba amd They hurried toward the building im ques- Was a two-story one, by ging on one apparently out of ac- p use. Passing through it, they walked up to » Wait a moment,” said Bob. “I'll take a look the window first and see what kind of peop live here. This is a lonesome spot and we _ Save our pay with us. The house doesn’t look : , and might be inhabited by tough s who would not hesitate to do us up on of finding a dollar or two in our pock- to Bob’s i oS the = y-lender’s graceless — was at his friend’s side, ree- ~_ us a ae and or him to pay it off.” never be able to state just where the not? othe Papp the street — re'll. finc oe wy wan Spec r de een ‘ a 5 iad ae 4 es picket fence. The gate was open perhaps. moeak a W Sats DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS _ 11 ie can do our best about having him cage, let’s get on,” said Bob. As they turned away from the windows they were contionted by two men who laid hold of a rough — e - “What are you two chaps up to?” one of them demanded. sai “We were just looking in at the window,” re~ plied Bob, when he had recovered from his sum prise. “What were you doing that for?” - “Curiosity, that’s all.” One of the men struck a match and they looked the boys over. “Where do you two live?” asked the man, after the inspection. “In New York,” returned Bob. “What part of New York?” “Harlem.” “What brings you way out here at this side of the Bronx?” “We were put ashore from a schooner at one of ee Br ves and are making our way to the ele- va Pb did you sep here for, then?” “We were goin k if thi Airing Done the ae. Nt i is street would “Ask who? Pig men we = * that room.” t momen orpe and his companio: hearing the voices outside, came to the = a and threw it up. _“Is that you, Billings?” asked Thorpe's assoe iate. “Yes, it’s me and Dovey.” “Who have you got with you?” Seok boys we caught looking i in through the Be do Hes Jee like?” oung gen’ t don’t bel d = “Young gents, a , Show a gli y Sayer, so res i —S a flack man Dove ed a match and held it so that the faces of the boys were clearly revealed by eit — PR. moment Sacer. oy eyes rested tered an exc and followed it with an on ssdlegtiicse “T know them. Don’t let See ie Cae recognized me and will put the males Pe age vd house, then we'll all be pinched. Fetch them in. I’ve got a score to settle with them, and now is a good time to wipe it out.” Thorpe turned to his companion and said some- thin Bg him in a low tone. them in,” he said to the two men, and forthwit Bob and Dick were marched inside the house, and into the room where the lamp was, —_—_——_ CHAPTER IX—In the Cellar of the House. “So, I find you but in again,” said Thorpe, with a otietee th + — “Tt aepered: b accident,” ae Bob. You — playing amateur detectives, in a interest of my uncle,” nla es ae

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ae on the shore of this borough. We were on our way to the elevated to go home, when, finding ourselves mixed up in the dark and seeing a light .» in this house, we decided to stop and ask our way,” said Bob, ; “That’s your explanation, eh?” “Yea” ss “Why didn’t you knock at the door, then, in- stead of snooping through the window?” “T thought I’d see who was in the house first. “Oh, you did? And you saw me and my friend here?” : ; . “We did, but we didn’t expect such a surprise.” “Having seen me, you intended to go and put the police on me.” 2! Bob made no reply. Thorpe took his silence for an affirmative answer. Turning to the men, he said: ; “This is the Wall Street messenger I tried to get the bag of gold away from and failed on account of the. unexpected appearance of his friend, this other chap. They are also the two boys who butted in on my uncle and myself when I was givitig the old man a lesson. I prom- ised them then I’d get square with them for that, and I’m going to do it now that I have the chance.” “What are you going to do to them?” asked the man he had been Playing cards with. “T can’t tell off-hand. I must consider the mat- ter, and talk it over with you. We can tie them up somewhere till I am ready to attend to them.” “The cellar is the best place to put them,” said : the ‘man, taking up the lamp. “Bring them Fe along,” he said to the two men, as he started for % the door. - = The entire party left the room, taking the boys e cellar was reached through the -" with them. kitchen by a short flight of stairs. It was a dirty d musty-smelling place, lumbered up with all of refuse that been thrown there to be out of the way. The floor of the building was supported by e usual heavy wooden posts. The : boys were tied to two of these, and when Thorpe G ' had examined their bonds to satisfy himself that : they couldn’t get free of themselves, the four “al men returned upstairs, leaving the two Wall es Street messengers in the dark. gape in a‘hice fix,” said Dick, in a lugubrious eo : “Don’t mention it,” said Bob. “We put our foot in it when we re ger at this house.” ; ‘They were tied with several loops around the y body and arms, and close to the posts, leaving _. hardly any play to the rope. Bob tried to loosen _ the rope by throwing his chest out, for he knew t was impossible to do anything with the knot, which was out of his reach. e strained and &Squirmed, and had the satisfaction of loosening the rope a bit. He told Dick to follow his plan. Then he pulled downward and gradually worked _ the loops up toward his neck. A half hour was laboriously spent this way, but the result was ay as they had gone. Finally Ber a tory as f. _. Bob got ae of his arms practically free, enough ~ to enable him to shove his hand into his pocket and pull out his knife. He carried it behind him = work of but a few Bogie ‘That the whole combination and ess other ings he was free from the post. 0) . _Was 2. | and | ae it with his fingers. To cut one of the sp ig i oe Ss ae Se ee $7 oie DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS “How are you coming on, Dick?” he asked. “I’m not coming on at all,” replied his friend. “Tt doesn’t matter, because I’m free.” “Are you really?” “Yes, and you will be in a few seconds.” 3 Bob walked over to Dick and cut him loose. 4 “There you are, old man.” : “Thanks! -Now let’s get away from this beast- ly # cage ; ob struck. a match to find the way to the stairs. “Tt wouldn’t take much to make a blaze of this rookery,” said Dick, looking at the Pee of wood — and ‘straw around them. “Hello! hat’s that?” He stooped and picked up a Wells Fargo Co. express envelope. — “Strike another match and let me look at this thing,” he said. “What have you got hold of?” asked Bob, as - he lit a second match. j “Why; if this isn’t the envelope I was robbed of!” cried Dick. “The dickens it is!’”” ‘ “See. There is the torn address: ‘William At- good, No. — Wall’—the rest is missing.” : “You’re right. “Then one of these rascals was the thief who drugged you.” “I know who it was. It was Thorpe himself, disguised*with a beard.” “He’s the nerviest man I ever ran against. IT thought after his attempt on me he wouldn’t dare come near Wall street again.” “He’s the chap. I can see the resemblance now. You know how strong he. is.” “Bet your boots I do!” : “T'll show that to Mr. Atgood on Monday,” said Dick, putting it in his pocket. . “Providing we make our escape from this house _ all right.” . “I guess we can do that now.” “J never holler till I’m out of the woods. If é lt eh ie | those chaps are in the kitchen, how are we going to get out?” r) “Oh, they’re in the front room. We'd have © heard their footsteps over our heads if they were — in the kitchen.” As he spoke, they both heard the sound of — steps above. % “Oh, my!” exclaimed Dick. “There they are — now. I'll bet they’re coming down here to attend ‘to us. We're in for it now.” 3 “Don’t you believe it,” said Bob, striking an- : other match. “Pick up a stick and we'll give — them all the fight they want. Now follow me.” 7 Bob led the way under the stairs. They were — ipa in time for the cellar door opened and the-— ight of the lamp flashed down. One of the men came down with the lamp and Thorpe followed — him. They walked over to where the boys had — been left tied. 5) “Why, they’re gone!” cried the man, holding — up the lamp. ; Thorpe uttered an imprecation. x “Look around the cellar,” he said. “They could not have got out for the cellar door was locked.” As the man raised the lamp, Bob flung a bottle at it. It crashed against the fellow’s hand and he dro) it with a howl of pain.. Striking the ground, the lamp fell over, with a crash of ; lintered chimney, the oil began running “ from the burning wick, : 4 -

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‘communicated with the straw and set the dry Stuff in a blaze. With a cry, Thorpe started to Stamp it out. Bob and Dick, taking advantage of their chance, tripped up the stairs into the ‘Kitchen. The former struck a match to find the door. The key was in the lock, and, turning it, they opened it and rushed out into the open air. ‘Then they dashed around the house toward the “Street. And as they ran the glow through the grated cellar windows showed them that the blaze eee. spreading. beyond the control of the two ' Tas s. _ CHAPTER X.—Thorpe and the Italian. It took them three-quarters of an hour to reach n elevated station. : "> “Gee! It’s nearly ten o’clock,” said Dick, glan- ing at the clock. “Our. folks will wonder what - has become of us.” “We'd better stop at a restaurant on 125th Street and have our supper, for it is doubtful if "We'll find anything ready when we get home,” ‘Said Bob. “We're lucky to be free after the way we were ed up in that cellar.” _. “Yes,” admitted Bob. “Pringle’s ne hew meant _ to give us a good tanning, and as he probably Would have used a stick, it wouldn’t have been a _ pleasant experience.” ; __ “] should say not! If that fellow keeps on as he’s going, he'll reach the electric chair or the Ballows.” It was half-past eleven when the boys reached sir homes, where an explanation from each was order, and was duly made and accepted. On onday morning Dick showed the torn Wells ‘argo Co.’s envelope to his employer and told him here and under what circumstances he found it. “I know now who committed that robbery and fot away with the money. It was a young man med Harley Thorpe, the nephew of a money- . r on Broadway named Peter Pringle. He is Suspected of having sent the old man the bomb Which exploded in his office nearly killing him. ‘He’s a thoroughly bad chap. I didn’t recognize him that morning because his face was disguised by a heavy black beard.” Dick then told Mr, Atgood all that happened him and Bob in the Bronx on Saturday eve- sre is no use of the police looking for jorpe up there now, as the house is burned down, but you might sory t them that R ise have @ clue to the identity of the package thief, and them it was Thorpe who turned the trick. wanted anyway for the attempt he made to b Bob Barron of’a bunch of gold he was bring- to the office from the bank, so there will be charges against him if he’s caught.” 5 roker said he would attend to the matver, ad Dick returned to his chair. . & H. continued to advance during the week, ng par on Kicragy ag On Friday, amid con- ble excitement, it boomed to 106, at which Bob sold out, and the boys made a com- profit of $16,000, which doubled their dol- again. During this time the detectives made to capture Thorpe, but he succeed- way, and so th DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS they met cl 13 with no success. A month passed, and the boys made no new deal. Stocks went up and also went down, but they kept out of the market, for they entertained an affectionate interest toward the $30,000-odd they were worth, and did not care to take any unusual chances with it. ; One day, however, Bob discovered that another syndicate was buying up L. & M. on the — and after a consultation with Dick, he bough’ 2,000 shares of the stock on margin through the little bank, at 102. On the following day Bob was sent over to Brooklyn to deliver a note to the proprietor of a ship chandlery store along the water front, near the dock of a steamship company. Bob finished his errand and was com- ing out of the store when he saw two men stand- ing close by. One of them was dark and swarthy; like an Italian, and the other, though disguised, the boy felt certain was Harley Thorpe. He watched them covertly from the entrance of the store, and heard the dark man say: - “Dis is notta good-a place to talk. You come-a with me to my-a room, down-a da street, and | dere we talk-a da mat’ over. I fixa your uncle ver’ quick, I betcha, if you pay-a da price.” With those words, the men walked off, and Bob, satisfied that Thorpe was putting some game up on his uncle, followed cautiously af them.. The men turned in at.a narrow alley, where Bob didn’t dare follow them till he saw them pass through a door into the rear of the three-story frame tenement, the ground floor of ~ which was occupied as a saloon. When the door closed behind them, Bob hurried up the alley, opened the door, and entered a narrow entry, where there was a pair of stairs. He heard steps on the landing above and he ran lightly up the stairs to see if he could spot the destination of Ky — He was at > er: oe oe them enter e Jast room on the landing. e two u floors of the building were evidently used ay cheap lodging house. Bob glided down the land- ing and applied his eye to the keyhole of the door of the room the men had entered. It was a small, poorly furnished room he saw a part of. Thorpe had taken possession of the only chair and was facing the dark-skinned man, who had to put up with the edge of the bed. “Now I listen to you, my ‘friend. What-a you Say your name was?” “Thorpe.” “Ah, yes, I recollect now. Go ahead and tell-a you plan, and state-a your price. If it suit-a me, well and good. If notta big enough, I make-a da price myself. Dat is da way I do-a da biz.” Tho at once entered into details. He said his uncle was a money-lender in New York and wealthy. When his (Thorpe’s) father died, he had left $20,000 to him, conditionally, and ap- pointed Mr, Pringle trustee of the fund, What _ the conditions were Thorpe did not say, but he complained that his uncle had paid him only a small proportion of the money in question, in quarterly instalments, and had finally cast him. off and refused te give him another cent. What he wanted was that money, he told the Italian, and he wanted his uncle intimidated into paying — it. | “I am willing to pay ‘ash if = =x <aveettified shaak tive Sa 1 for $20,000." yea (AG Sete ot ta ese

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14 “How much you will pay-a me to start-a in?” “T will give you $100 on account.” “I take-a it. Write-a down da name of your tuncle, and make-a da address under it, and I get-a on da job right-a way.” : “How are you going to work it, Spaghetti?” “You leave-a dat to me.” “If you get t, you mustn’t squeal on me.” “Me get-a caught! Cospetto! I do-a da bus’ in da right-a way. I am-a da lawyer you hire to get-a your rights. You get-a me?” : “IT see your drift; but that won’t work with him,” replied Thorpe. “No? I betcha I make-a.it work.” “He'll refer you to his own lawyer in Jersey City.” “E no go-a to Jersey Cit’. Your uncle owe-a you da mon’; I do-a my bus’ with him. If he no come-a up, we see what happen. S’pose you want skin-a da cat, you find-a more way than one.” . “It’s nothing to me how you manage it, as lang as you put the thing through.” “T tink-a $500 not enough to pay-a me for da risk. Twenty t’ousan’ dollar lot-a mon’~ I guess a-you afford to pay-a me tenner per cent. if I make-a dat sure success of da job. Whata you “All right. If you get all that’s coming to me . Tl pay you ten per cent. of it.” erra good. I take-a dat hundred now to bind-a da bus’.” Thorpe took some bills from his pocket, count- ed out the amount, and handed them to the Ital- ian. -That rascal counted them over to make sure ~ amount was correct, and then put them in s “Let-a me see. To-morrow or next-a day I call-a on your uncle. You meet-a me in da sa- loon down-a stairs Saturday night. I look-a for you at eight o’clock. How dat suit-a you?” “tt suits me all right. Ill be on hand.” “Verra good. We-go-a now and take-a da drink to da success of da job.” — : The men got up, and, seeing that the interview ‘was over, Bob beat a hurried retreat downstairs and was soon on the street en route for the Brooklyn Bridge. CHAPTER XI.—The Saloon on the Water Front. Bob took the first chance he had, after report- Ing at the office, of going into Atgood’s office to see if Dick was there. Dick had just returned from an errand and was waiting further call on Bob! knew that his friend only drop- during business hours when he had out of the usual to communicate. come from Brooklyn,” began Bob, b le I was over there I ran across Harley ou don’t say! Did he see you?” He’s got in with a rascally Italian, and followed them tothe place where the latter . DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS ~move would be to pose as Thorpe’s lawyer and What have you got to say?” - “You had a good nerve.” Si‘ “w has hi sige ape Ng A ed get uncle. He claims that the old that amount, It’s the legacy his father left him, conditionally. You remember Pringle told us something about it, and that Thorpe had repeatedly broken the conditions, an: has, therefore, forfeited his right to the money.” “I remember. How does the Italian expect to get it?” “J can’t say exactly, as he didn’t tell his plas to Thorpe. He intimated, however, that his first make a demand on Pringle for the money. But Thorpe told him that wouldn’t work, and as the Italian seemed to be confident of success, I guess ~ he’s got some other card up his sleeve.” “What are you going to do—warn the old “T suppose you had no chance of getting Thorpe pulled in?” ; _“No; but I see a good chance of it on Saturday night, as he is going to meet the Italian at the saloon in the house he was in at eight o'clock on that evening. I intend to go there with a detec- tive and see that he’s arrested.” “Better take two detectives, for he might have friends on hand to protect him, in which case there is sure to be trouble if the attempt is made to pinch him.” % “T'll talk the matter over with the police, and they can ‘take whatever precautions they deem necessary.” “I'd like to go with you, but-I’m not looking for trouble, and it strikes me there will be some. You want to look out for yourself.” “Tl do that, don’t you worry. Good-by!” and Bob returned to his own office. 4 That afternoon, when the boys got off work, they visited Pringle’s office. The old man was glad to see them again. Bob told him about their experience in the house in the Bronx with Thorpe and his pals, and showed the rascal’s connection with the theft of the express envelope. Then he told Pringle how he had seen his nephew in Brooklyn that morning, and what followed in con- nection with the Italian. “You may look for a visit. from the Italian to- morrow or next day, and you want to be on your guard against him,” said Bob. “He looks like a dangerous chap, and there is no telling what means he may adopt to try and force you into giving uy the money he is after.” The money-lender smiled F raf “I am prepared now to defend myself against © an enemy,” he said. “My nephew will gain noth-— pe Se rok ts = such an errand.” “Well, I considered it my duty te warn of what is in the wind.” Bex — “I appreciate your kindness, and, believe me, — I won’t forget it.” of The boys then took their leave and went home. Next day L. & M. advanced a point, and the boys _ noticed the fact with much satisfaction. That | afternoon Bob and Dick walked u 2 uarters, which was then at 300 knew where Harley Thorpe could be Saturday evening at eight o’clock. “Where?” asked the man. “At a certain saloon on the Brooklyn water front. If you'll detail a of men to ¢ ture him, I'll pilot them to the place,” said

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a . “How did you learn he will be there at that time?” Bob told him how he ran across Thorpe, dis- ~ guised, in the company of an Italian named Spa- - ghetti, and how he had followed both to the room in the tenement above the saloon, and by. listen- - ing at the keyhole had discovered the game they were up to. He explained that Thorpe had hired the Italian to try and extort $20,000 out of his uncle, Peter Pringle, and he told the officer that he had called on the money-lender and warned ~ him what was in the wind. - The officer said that Bob must report at Head- 3 quarters at six o’clock on Saturday afternoon, when two detectives would»be sent with him. : Bob promised to be on hand, and then the boys Re left. At the appointed hour Bob appeared at the - Detective Bureau, and found two men in plain clothes waiting for him. One of them questioned the boy about the place. - “This Thorpe knows you, doesn’t he?” asked _. the sleuth. $ “Oh, yes.” e “Then it won’t do for you to go over as you are. Step into this room with me and I'll make a slight alteration in your appearance.” . “ When Bob came out of the room Dick wouldn’t have known him without a sharp inspection. He had a coarse suit of clothes on, and a foreign- _ made cap, while his countenance was as dark as - Spaghetti’s. Bob and the two detectives reached _ the saloon at_a quarter of eight. The sleuths looked like English steamship sailors. They lounged up to the door and walked inside. The place was already pretty well crowded with long- shoremen, sailors, and more than one hard-look- ing character. The offieers recognized the saloon > not wanted, and sometimes even when under sus- picion. The proprietor was, a notorious rascal who enjoyed a strong political pull and laughed _ @t the police whenever they came around in their uniform. He had served several terms in Sing Sing, and was known to have killed more than one man in his time. He found saloonkeeping less hazardous than his former calling, and since he opened up he had managed to keep out of the - Police court, except on account of some excise offences, which his pull enabled him-to weather. _ Selecting a vacant table, Bob and the detectives - Sat down, and the former looked sharply around __the room. Nobody bearing any resemblance to _ Thorpe was there, and he told the sleuths. Fif- zs minutes passed away, and still no Thorpe. _ Suddenly Bob grabbed one of the officers by the -“There’s the Italian,” he whispered “He just came jn.” Cit, San The slenths were on to Spaghetti in a moment. a Italian looked all around the saloon, evi- ntly in search of the party he expected to meet there. * Not seeing him, he went up to the bar, motioned to the landlord, who was helping his egular barkeeper, and asked him something in a leading off it and disappeared. the officers. “You saunter into the Se See ee OOO. DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS as a tough joint, where criminals hung out when. ar man is in a private room at the back,” ~ oflicers. 15 poolroom, Barron, and stand looking at the game. We'll follow you in a moment.” Bob made his way to the room and looked at the playing going on there. The detectives fol- lowed after a short interval. One of them edged toward the door and opened it. He found himself looking into a dimly lighted, narrow entry. Mak- ose sign to his companion, he passed in, and Bob followed them. Two doors opened off this entry. Bob placed his ear at the keyhole of one of them, and heard the Italian’s voice inside. “Spaghetti is in there,” he said. Then he looked through the keyhole and saw the Italian seated at a small table. The detec- tive in advance opened the door and the three walked in. Up sprang Spaghetti and the dis- guised Thorpe. “There’s your man!” said Bob, pointing at the latter. : The Italian put his hand in his breast, and the motion indicated that he carried a knife there. The officers paid no attention to the Italian, but walked up to Thorpe. “You’re wanted,” said the first. As the words left his mouth, Spaghetti stepped back to the wall and pressed a button. Three taps sounded on a gong in the saloon. In less than a minute, while Thorpe was holding off the officers by his great strength, the passage fill with a crowd of hard-looking men. en the gas in the room suddenly went out, there was a rush and a tremendous scuffling. Bob received a knock on the head that sent him staggering into a cor- ner. Then his arms were pinned by somebody and he was dragged outside, CHAPTER XII.—Bob in a Tight Place. There were sounds of blows, then a revolver shot. A window was thrown up and there was 3 second shot. The saloon itself was now in a . fever of excitement. The customers flocked out- side and the neighborhood was thrown into a state of great excitement. Several policemen*who had been detailed to that locality from the Brook- lyn headquarters, at the request of the Manhat- tan authorities, made a rush for the scene. They dashed into the saloon and put the barkeeper under arrest. The proprietor, however, had van- ished the moment the gong sounded. j The policemen soon found their way into the entry and the room which had been the scene of the trouble. One of them lit a match and tried to light the gas, but it had been turned off by a poate cock. The window was open, and on the oor lay both. disguised detectives, stunned by blows, with revolvers in their hands. They had done the firing, and one tough character lay across the table, shot through the body, but not dead. Bob was not to be seen. He had been spirited aWay somewhere, and all the rest of the crowd ; involved had made their*escape through the win- dow, and by an alley into the next street. The — stunned sleuths were revived and told their story. They had arrested their man, but the crowd that came to his rescue secured release. = ' “Where’s the boy?” asked one of the officers. af 5 | - The house pee: No one knew where he was. s searched for him, but he was not found. All the =~ se Ry +

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VJ 16 DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS rookeries in the block were visited and searched, but there were no signs of him. The impression of the detectives was that he had made his es- ere and got out of the way. The barkeeper was taken to the station house and locked up, but was later bailed out to appear next moraine, 8 the police court. In the meanwhile, what had Lappened to Bob? He was dragged through the passage, by a private door, into the next building, and thence out into a yard and into another build- ing, where he was carried down into a cellar, and along a subterranean passage to a building half a block away. There he was dumped down into a small hole under the flooring and a trap-door shut above his head. It was a vile-smelling place, cugepetive of an annex of a sewer, and Bob near- ly fainted from the combination of odors and lack of fresh air. There he remained two hours, half stupefied until the trap was lifted and a lantern flashed down upon him. A rope With a hook at the end was lowered down, and the hook catching under his collar, he was hauled out, apparently more dead than alive. He was shaken and mussed up till he recovered some of his scattered senses, and then he was taken into a room where several people were smoking and talking. Among these were the Italian the disguised Thorpe, who looked hard at the metamorphosed young messen- ger and finally recognized him. “So it’s you, is it?” he said, with a wicked laugh. “Disguised so I wouldn’t know you. You seem to be s on the detective business. Well, a to keep out of trouble he ought to get enough to last him for the rest of his life: The place for his. way out one of dese days when dey pull-a ca house down. What you t’ink, Mister Thorpe?” said the foreigner. “T don’t care where he goes so that I’m rid of him. I’m tired of having him butting into my business.” “Tt seems a pity to put-a him out-a da way. Maybe da ice make another search for him and_find-a here. I have a better idea. We 1 im in upstairs and den I fix-a da matter the trap back into its place, replac- arth then he and Thorpe took hold and officers of the bark were great ruffians in their way, and would probably handle a green- horn aboard without gloves. While they con- ferred over the matter, Bob recovered the full possession of his faculties, and he fully realized the desperate situation he was in. He could hope for no mercy from either Thorpe or the Italian, and no sympathy or help from anybody in that neighborhood. e had no idea what fate was going to be meted out to him, but he did not oubt but it would be a tough one. He was afraid he had seen his last of Wall street, and his friend Dick. Then there was that deal in which he and his schoolmate had $20,000 invested. He consid- ered it a sure winner, and that they would dou- ble their capital on it. Well, if he disappeared mysteriously, it would be up to Dick to look out for it. Then he thought of his mother, who was anxiously watching for his return that night. He had told Dick to call and explain to her the reason why he would fot be home to supper. She would not expect him to get home till late, but now it looked as if he never would get home at all. He also wondered why the police had not made a big effort to find and rescue him. He did not know that the police had searched that very house from cellar to roof while he was down in that horrible hole, the ex- istence of which the police had no knowledge. Remembering how he and Dick had got free from the house in the Bronx, he made desperate efforts to get loose from the chair. All his attempts were failures, for the Italian knew how to tis a@ person so he would stay tied. Thus half an hour went by and matters remained the same with him. = By this time he was feeling pretty much down at the mouth, with little hope of escape from osition. He could hear sounds of once he heard light footsteps in the corridor out- side. The steps stopped at his door, and the knob was turned. The door not opening, the person fumbled about the lock, and, the key there, turned it, opened the door, and entered. The intruder was a slatternly little girl, and she carried a lamp. Her eyes opened wide when she saw Bob tied to the chair. As the boy’s gaze rest- ed on her,-he felt a thrill of hope. “Cut me loose, will you?” he said eagerly. “Who tied you there?” she asked. “Oh, a rascal who wants to get square with The girlheld the lamp before his face and _ looked at him intently. “You’re a good-looking boy,” she said. “If I cut = loose, you won't tell on me, will you?” “Certainly I won’t. [ll give you a two-dollar bill, too, all the money I have.” “Will you?” she said, with fresh interest. “I can buy lots of things I want with that.” “Of course you can. Hurry now, for the ’ : age come back at any moment.” se “Th said have to go upstairs for a scissors.” she “Don't do that, Tt will waste time. Put your — hand in my pocket and you will find a knife, © Se

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~the cord. To Bob’s excited fancy the job took her an age, though actually it only occupied her a a few moments. At last he was free, and he jump- ; ed up. “Here’s the money,” he said, forcing the bill into her hand. “Now you'd better get away ourself, use if he did he’d know you freed me, and then you’d catch it hot, Speci - “Vl go right away,” she said. She picked up the article she came for and left the room with Bob, the boy locking the door = as it was before. She ran up to the next floor, -. while he started for the stairs, which the girl said led to the street. He was halfway down the e ' flight when he heard a door open and two men _. come out into the corridor. A thrill ran through "1 lis veins when he recognized the Italian’s voice. He believed they were coming upstairs after him. .\t. any rate, it was impossible for him to keep on down and escape their notice. The only thing he could do was to run back to the landing. There was no place there for him to hide, so he would have to continue on up the next flight and wait - till they entered the room they were bound for. Bob did not hesitate a moment as to his propér course of action. He turned around and slipped back to the landing above without the loss of a moment, but paused there long enough to make sure that his enemies were coming up. When he saw they were, he rushed up the next flight. They came up slowly, the Italian bearing the lamp. He heard them talking about a bark, and the rough time somebody would’ have.on board her, and he wondered if they were referring to him. They went straight to the door, unlocked it and entered the room. Knowing they would discover his og a Hal the room at once, he realized that he not a moment to lose. Even as he slid back to the landing he heard their exclama- tions of anger and astonishment. “J haven’t a second to escape them in,” He mut- _ tered, as he darted for the lower flight, and went _ down, like a st t One flight more landed him at the street door, _ which was open. Looking back, he saw the lamp _ flashing back up the stairs. In another moment he was out on the sidewalk and rushing across the ‘street to get in the shadow of the piers, he ran in the direction of the Bridge as hard as he could. ee ao a, 6! eS we eee — CHAPTER XIII.—La Veta Negra. Within an hour Bob made his appearance at _ police headquarters. _ “Where have me been keeping yourself?” _ asked one of the detectives who had accompani Se Brooklyn, and who ‘had been back some * you mean?” ‘Then Bob told him his story. ig man, I guess you had a narrow- pe. To-night’s ence was the est been up against we idn’t get our man, i y it Was a to much trouble. DOUBLING. THEIR DOLLARS sae so the man won't find you here,~ ed _had been hired by “In the soup, if you want to know,” replied the 17 clean your face and hands and get into your own clothes. You may thank your stars that you are alive and kicking at this moment and not floating in the bay.” . Bob did thank his stars, for he felt that he had escaped by the skin of his teeth. He bade the detective good night and went home. It was after midnight when he got to his house, and he found his mother up waiting, for him and very anxious about him. He told her that the enter- prise he and the detectives went on had proved a failure at the last moment. He did not tell his mother about what he had gone through after that, for he knew it would worry her, and she wouldn’t sleep a wink that night thinking about it. It was some time before he got to sleep him- self, for now that it was all over his nerves tin- gled with the recollection of his terrible experi- ence’ in that horrible hole, and his subsequent imprisonment in the room above. He was also troubled with a succession of dis- quieting dreams, from which he awoke bathed in perspiration. In one of his dreams he pictured ‘himself as struggling with a man who had tried to take a bag containing a lot of coi a The bag coin away from slipped from their hand, burst sending a shower of coin to the floor below. - is chum was rushing to his aid. Soon after he finished his breakfast next morning Dick caipie ove 9 to Foe eae had gone. He ex- pec ear that Thorpe was in t in- Bao whieh Bob — in the Tombs, in actually na e fellow, he got away th h the help that suddenly turned up in his behalf. The story that Bob told him of his own experience of the night knocked Dick “silly,” to use his own expression. He could hardly Believe it, but his schoolmate assured him it was the truth. “What do you suppose Thorpe and the Italian . jutepien to sone you?” he asked. “I haven't the least idea, but it was nothing good. I believe if Thorpe had had his on way, ies tig Aga hg off oy tary later on. , aving the same kind of i oe me, Was not in favor of doin nooo ae tirely. Whatever scheme he had in escaped it through the fortunate Sieaghs had identity will eeeben thou er identity will probab] tome,” said Bob “You'll have to look out that Tho d « — to reach you some other way. He's a anighty egg. On the following afternoon th isi > Pringle: . e boys ie ‘Leg ou have a visit from the Italian?” Bob is mind, I coming of the grateful to her, never be known “I did. He claimed to be a lawyer, and said he ights,” said the old “I told him I was glad to hear it, and would ac. cept the’ service of any papers he cared to send my way. He didn’t seem to understand that, and Ese to go died and be ean nce tha me I should fear from him."=. oe “Did he call a second time?” Fe e ” Baa Jim that though they” me up en- —

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18 and what had happened to him in connection with the affair. Pringle expressed his concern at the peril Bob had been brought face to face with, agreed that he had had a very narrow escape, and advised him to have nothing further to do with any action of the police looking to the ap- prehension of his nephew. “Y’ye had all I want,” replied Bob. “I'll never monkey with him’ again if I can avoid it.” Toward the end of that week L. & M. went up to 105. Then it got a setback and dropped to 102. It recovered on the following Monday and went to 104. Every day it went a little higher, and was ruling at 110 on Friday noon. Then it boomed’to 115, at which price it looked top- heavy to Bob, and he sold out at 4 profit to him- self and partner in the- deal of $26,000. Next morning it went to 117, and then began to fall back under heavy liquidation. Its further suc- cess or failure, however, no longer interested the Burs. as they were out of it, and worth $28,000 each. ; They left their capital intact in Bob’s safe-de- — x to await another favorable chance of oubling their dollars. With the capital at their disposal the boys began to consider the advisa- bility of cutting loose from their jobs, and hiring an office. They were both tired of running er- rands, and they could speculate with better re- sults, they figured, #f their time was their own. _ They talked the matter over every afternoon on their way home. Dick was eager to make the change, for Broker Atgood’s temper oftem made him hot under the collar. Bob, having an easier time with his boss, and being a great favorite _with the white-haired cashier, hesitated to make the plunge. So the question remained undecided. Fate, however, took a hand and settled it for them. Mr. Dusenbery was taken down with a severe illness, and his doctor advised him to go to Europe and stay for at least a year. He took the doctor’s advice and arranged with a cer- tain broker who had gone to the wall to run his business for him, in conjunction with the cashier. A week after he sailed, Bob had a run-in with the broker and quit the office in a huff. Prob- ably he would not have been so independent but for the money he was worth. As soon as Dick heard he was out, he sent in his resignation to Atgood and quit at the end of the week. By that time Bob had hunted up, rented, and furnished an office for himself and his schoolmate. They had articles of co-partnership drawn up and be- gan business with a capital of $50,000. The bal- ance of their funds they divided up, and Bob handed the bulk of his to his mother. The sign on their office door read, “Barron & Ashley, Stocks and Bonds.” They had no inten- tion of doing a brokerage business, as they did _ not feel that they were competent to engage in the business, but if anybody wanted them to buy . or sell stocks for them they did not intend to turn the party down. They could turn the business over to some broker and get a rake-off out of it. _. “Well, we’re our own bosses at last, Dick, with to do andsplenty of time to do it in,” - Bob DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS Silence settled down in the office for a while, then it was broken by a knock at the door. “Come in!” said Bob. : A tall, swarthy Mexican walked in. “Buenos Dias,” he said. “The senors Barron and Ashley, brokers, they are in, eh?” “My name is Barron, sir, and that is my part- ner, Mr. Ashley. Take a seat, and let us know how’ wé can serve you,” said Bob. ' The visitor stared at them. “Do I understand, young senors, that you are the firm, the names-of which I shall see on the door?” he asked. “Yes, sir; we are Barron and Ashley, stocks ~ and bonds,” nedded Bob. “Pardon me, but are you not young for the business ?” “Yes, sir, we're young, but that isn’t our fault. Can we do anything for you?” “I am afraid you are, what shall I say, too inexperienced to take up the matter I wish to speak about. Is it not so?” “Well, tell us the facts, and if we can at- tend to your business we will do so with pleas- ure. Our charges are very reasonable. Your name is——” “Senor Manuel Guzman. I am from Chihua- hua, Mexico. I am at the head of what you Americans call a syndicate. We own several mines in the Sierra Madre range. “We wish to sell what you call the develop- ment stock of the largest of the mines, ‘La Veta Negra,’ which in English means the Black Vein, It is near the village of Los Saucillos. It is rich in silver ore, young senor, very rich, but we are in want of money, you understand, to reach the famous black vein. A century ago, after the mine had been worked with great results from the days of the Spanish possession, the black vein suddenly, to all appearance, became exhausted, and since then neither gold nor silver has been found in the mine.” “Then how do you know it’s rich in silver ore?” asked Bob. ‘ “Ah, senor, the Black Vein, which is fabulously rich, is there, but it has been lost—covered up, they say, by the Indians who worked there one hundred years or more ago. The syndicate has been at work these twelve months without result as yet, but it is only a question of time when we will discover the_vein again, and then—all who are so fortunate as to own some of the stock will suddenly become rich.” \ “So you think the Black Vein was covered for some reason by the Indians long ago?” said Bob, “Si, senor. We learned the truth from an old Jt Indian, one of the last of the race that original- Be ly worked the mine. He told us that month after month and year after year immense quantities of silver were dug out of that old mine. The deeper it- was cut.into, the richer the mine developed. — Every miner became wealthy, and the whole male pop ation of the village had a hand in gathering ore. Saat Ramee have had a cinch,” said Bob. . “Cinch, senor; I do not understand your mean- ing. - = mean they had a good thing of it.” a a Ah, yes, I comprehend. But their luck attract- ‘aa ed had men to the nlace. and these men bv forea _

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wae ee ee is A. os > DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS took possession of the mine and all its wealth, and compelled the Indians to work for them in- stead of themselves, and paid them very little. The Indians hated their oppressors, and one fast day of the church, when work was suspended, some of them entered the mine and covered up the Black Vein in such a way that it never was found again. Thus the mine ceased to give up its recious ore, and that ore is there to-day, waiting or the syndicate to find it, and make wealthy all who advance the money necessary to bring the vein to light again.” “I see. Your idea is to issue a lot of stocks and sell it here in New York,” said Bob. : “Si, senor,” “What do you propose to pay for this service?” “A commission, senor. e stock shall be is- sued at the par value of $10 a share.” “The trouble will be to convince investors that such a vein exists in the mine,” said Bob. “Ah! I have prepared a prospectus which shall _corvince the most skeptical.” . “You say you will pay a commission on ail stock sold by your promoters. How much com- mission ?” “Twenty cents on each dollar.” “How many shares do you intend to issue?” “J am instructed to offer 100,000. We had it cesta in Chihuahua, and it is in my trunk at e Hotel Astor.” _ » “Well, if you wish to engage our firm, we’ll see what we can do for you. Bring down your pros- ~ pevtas and we will have it printed. We will ad- ' vertise the mine, and insert the more striking points of the prospectus in it. The Sunday pa- igh gh sn tg Rage advertising. ; e Wall Street dailies for small advertising. ~ ‘We will have a contract drawn up with you, which you will sign as the representative of the syndi- cate. Then we will put the name of the mine on our door, and you can make our office your head- ~ quarters. you could only get some samples ef rich ore from the neighboring mines to show, it would impress visitors. Also some photos of the mine and the surrounding country. Be sure and put into your prospectus the full history of x the mine, showing its marvelous uction in the old days of its activity, and if you can secure» some old pictures of the Mexican mining industry * in any part of the country, as it was carried on - @ century ago, with a picture of an old village, ‘é an-ancient church or monastery, or some- : ng of that sort, it would help greatly. You - understand ?” * ave refused. Sup- oar sell ninety thousand shares? You will Forde to buy in other ten thousand. Then ~ when the vein come, to the light you shall become - Jike the famous Monte Cristo—wealthy beyond your dreams. Now [I will go. To-morrow Iwill with the prospectus and you will have the tract ready for me to sign. Then you will do me the honor to dine with me at my hotel.” - mY 19 CHAPTER XIV.—Conclusion. faith in that Arabian “Say, do you put an , When they were again Nights yarn?” saf® Di alone. “It looks rather fishy,” replied Bob, “but the certificate is real, and we may assume that the syndicate is. I have read of old mines in Mex- ico that were supposed to have petered out, com- ing to life again and taking their place as large producers—why not La Veta Negra?” _ “You have committed us to the scheme of sell- ing the stock. Suppose we carry out your plans and we disposed of all, or a large part, of the ' “We will make a commission of 20 cents a share. Should we sell all the stock, there is $20,- = 8 it for us, << which we must pay the adver a o expenses. It will have the additional advantage of bringing us, as a firm, before Wall Street and the general pub- lic. That is likely to bring us many customers.” I know; but suppose this Mexican mine should be investigated and turn out to be a gigantic fake, how are we going to square ourselves with the people we sold the stock to?” “We will simply be the promoters of the mine, and we will word our advertisement so that we will not make ourselves responsible for results, whether the mine proves a success or a failure.” But to a certain extent we will be operating under false pretences. You told the senor to have & box of ore specimens sent here from some neighboring mine. Are we to represent them a3 choice specimens taken from the La Veta Negra? That isn’t @ square thing to do to begin with.” Such things are done every day in Wall Street and elsewhere, However, we'll tell the truth, my boy: We'll put a sign on the box reading: ‘Spe- cimens from the mines surrounding ‘La Veta N ; How will that-suit you?” ; , ,“Much better. It will tend to show that if the eae - the immediate vicinity turn out such ore, ame am mine ought have some of the same That point beipg settled, the boys i a long discussion of the amines to pe tetereld 4a unload 100,000 shares of a problematical Mexican mine on the American investing public. The Mexican made his appearance at eleven o'clock on the following day. He brought with him the = of Far eae which he had 2 ish. i bh rr ar re pan Bob took it and y a to reveal the locality of the lost v The’ sy a being unable to raise the sum required, ee had to offer to the oe ie ie alue $1,900,- ? ar

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“ 20 given to the Indian in exchange for his secret, and the other half would be used to develop the mine and bring the famous Black Vein to light. The syndicate had engaged the firm of Barron & Ashley, No. — Wall Street, to act in the ca- pacity of promoters, and supervise all the details of the sale. Such, in brief, was the prospectus, and it struck the boys as being a ae one. “Now if we had the pictures to introduce in miniature, I should say it was all ready to go to the printer,” said Bob. “I have written for such pictures as can be got, illustrating the points that you suggested, senor,” said the Mexican. “The contract—you have it ready?” “Yes, senor. We will go out to a notary’s office and sign it in his presence,” said Bob. This was done, and then the Mexican invited the boys to dine with him that evening at his hotel. They accepted the invitation. and prom- ised to be on hand at seven. The Mexican nod- ded. and shortly afterward he left them. Dick went to fetch a sign painter and Bob strolled into the little bank. Here he found that S. & T. was going up, and after phe | it a while he bought 3,000 shares at 82. When he left to go to lunch the price was up a full point, which meant that the firm was already $3,000 in on paper. Re- turning to the office, he found that the painter had done his work, and the “La Veta Negra Gold and Silver Mine, of Chihuahua, Mexico,” orna- ~ mented their door. He told- Dick about his deal in S. & T., and his partner went to the ticker and found it had risén another point. They went home early, put on their Sunday suits and came down to the Hotel Astor, where they found the Mexican in a dress suit waiting for them. They went right in to dinner. The Mexican gave them a great deal of infor- mation about his native country, and also about the mines in the Sierra Madre range. After that ‘he dropped in every day, and on Saturday the boys invited him to lunch with them at -Delmon- ico’s, which he did. Before going to lunch, Bob closed out the S. & T. deal at a 4 1-2. point ad- vance, which neeted them a profit of $18,000. About the middle of the following week Senor _ Guzman brought down a number of pictures he had just received from Mexico. He had already* sent the boys the transfer stock book, a dupli- cate of the original at the company’s office in Chi- huahua, and 2,000 certificates in blank, signed by the president and treasurer, but lacking the sec- retary’s signature. Guzman explained that he was the secretary and would sign them as fast as they were.sold, as he intended: to remain in the city until he saw how the stock went. In due time the prospectus was printed, and other docu- ments prepared, then the firm began the inser- tion of striking advertisements in the, Sunday | In the meanwhile a small box of rich the money after paying the 563 ii Sap eee “OFFICE BOY.”. DOUBLING THEIR DOLLARS boys their twenty per cent., which amounted to $14,000, and returned to Mexico, leaving the young firm to finish the sale, but strongly advis- ing the boys to hold on to 10,000 shares them- selves. Finally they decided to.buy the 10,000 shares and if the mine didn’t pan out, they would rp . get rid of it at any price they could get or i They did so, and a week later the rest of the stock was-sold. They notified the company to that effect, inclosing a draft for the balance due, with a list of the final stockholders, including themselves. About this time they decided to call on Peter Pringle, whom they hadn't seen for some weeks. They found him at his desk as usual, and received a warm greeting. After a half hour’s visit. they left and were waiting for a down cage when the elevator came up and let off two white-haired men, with sticks. The old fellows gave a start on seeing the boys, which Bob noticed, but recovering themselves started down the corridor. “It’s my opinion they are Thorpe and the Ital- jan in disguise,” said Bob. The boys returned to the money-lender’s door and Bob peered through the keyhole. He saw the two men inside. “Go into that office and ask to use the phone. Telephone to the station for several officers. Say that Thorpe and Spaghetti are at Pringle’s office in disguise. Give them the number of the building and hurry back,” said Bob. While Dick was away, Bob remained at the keyhole and noted all that went on inside. Sud- denly one old man sprang on the money-lender, pinioned him to the chair, while one of them held a cloth over his face. At that moment Dick came back. Bob told him what was going on inside. The boys opened the door and entered. The rascals were taken by surprise, and Tho start- ed for Bob, while Spaghetti menaced Dick with an ugly-looking knife. Bob dodged Thorpe and reached the desk. Pulling open a drawer he drew out the revolver, which the money-lender kept there and covered the rascals with it. “Back up against the Wall, both of you, or I'll shoot!” said Bob, resolutely. - They obeyed unwillingly, and there Bob held them till the police arrived and took charge of them. Thus Bob had the satisfaction of doing what the police failed to achieve—land Thorpe in jail at last, and there he stayed, with Spa- ghetti, till they were tried, convicted and sent up the river. About the time they were sen- tenced, Barron and Ashley received a dispatch from Senor Guzman telling them that the Black Vein had been found, and to have the fact pub- lished in the New York papers. The news cre- ated a demarid for “La Veta Negra” stock, but none of it was on the market. It was not listed, but offers of $2 a share were freely made for it. The papers reported that it was ruling at par in Mexico, for $20 a share in Mexican currency, equivalent to $10 in this country. At that fig the boys found themselves worth $100,000 more — in a day, <2 it were, or $175,000 altogether. — Next week’s issue will contain “DICK DAR- LING’S MONEY; OR, THE RISE OF: AN Socal

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 21 CURRENT NEWS ‘A RESERVATION ‘OR THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. The commonwealth of Australia has taken steps for the preservation of the aborigines of that country, and has assigned a tract of public lands _ jn the Northern Territories as reservation for the tribes. It includes the.Mann and Petersen Ranges and practically the whole of Lake Amadeus. The governments of South and Western Australia * have set aside adjoining areas for the purpose of this reservation. A STRANGE FIRE. A species of acacia which grows very abun- dantly in Nubia and the Soudan is also called the “whistling free’ by the natives. Its shoots are frequently distorted in shape by the agency of Jarvae of insects and swollen into a globular blad- dex from one to two inches in diameter. After . the insect has emerged from a circular hole in the side of the swelling, the opening played upon by the wind becomes a musical instrument nearly equal in sound to a sweet-toned flute. The whist- . ling tree is also found in the West Indian islands. In Barbadoes there is a valley filled with these trees, and when the trade winds blow across the _ island, a constant, moaning, deep-toned whistle - $s heard from them, which in the still hours of - the night has a very weird and unpleasant effect. BS MISTAKEN FOR BURGLARS. - Mr. and Mrs. Cohen Baker of Evansville, Ind., had a new maid at their house and were anxious to know how the maid treated the baby in their absence, so they decided to apply the acid test. _ They told the maid one Sunday night they were going to a show. They left the house, ostensibly tae for the theater, and peeped into the window a dozen times or more, in fact so often they at- tracted the attention of neighbors, who tele- a asa the police that burglars were trying to ‘into the Cohen home. When the police ar- rived they were surprised to find the “burglars” were Mr. and Mrs. Baker. 2 "COAL OIL JOHNNY” DIES. John W. Steele, known widely in the East half _a century ago as “Coal Oil Johnny,” then to have spent a comfortable fortune when oil ‘was discovered on his Pennsylvania land, died of pneumonia January 1 at Fort Crook, Neb., where See ores station agent for the Chicago, Burlington 4 and Quincy Railway. : - Steele, who was born in- Shakleyville, Pa., in 843, when a young man is said to have at- sted considerable attention in New York by wing away money to boys and men on the nble for it. He came West forty-five years d had been in the Burlington’s employ for seven years, eens stories‘about “Coal Oil Johnny” never rep- him as gambling or making a profligate + apparently bevause he liked to see them has been inclosed. use of his wealth, but rather as enjoying the sight of others getting what was so difficalt to eon Attending.a theater in Pittsburgh one day, the story is that he stepped out of his box when a blackface comedian finished a song and handed the man a $1,000 bill and asked him to sing it again. ee < t _ The family lived in the station house in four tiny rooms. : PANSIES, DANDELIONS BLOOM IN BAY 5 STATE. Dandelions and pansies were reported in bioom January 3 as markers of a late and mild winter simultaneously with word that icebergs had ap- peared on the transatlantic steamship lanes as harbingers of an early spring. ; With the mercury at the temperate stage, &@ 3 pansy in full bloom was plucked from a garden in Natick that had been under a light snow sev- eral days ago. In Hingham dandelions were found. May flowers have been reported from ene in recent weeks. e iceberg indication of approachin has been fairly dependable, old salts pS present movement has brought down to the Grand Banks and the transatlantic track bergs, growl ers and fields of pan ice weeks ahead of their oe, — = caer ice isyaston has reached such . sels are being forced south, ani to-day the International Metcanitio Marine iaseon peer netted re = take the longer southern stead of waiti i 1, the usual date for Sm Dewpees eeret ews. ae Sa * eh pare gacnert TREE, Som mbardo, a small place abou miles from Milan, Italy, tent tin Bo rh og Italy, perhaps the oldest in old Europe. It is a cypress, and tree experts say its age is over 1,000 ac mee nated aap mentioned it more than once, p se it grows near a tory has been ieee busy. sua ec King Francis I. of France, running befo foes after the Battle of Pavia, in the fiteonth century, hacked part of its trunk with his sword— probably in irritation at his bad luck. The tree is now a giant. Cypresses are tall rather rigid, very straight and give a peculiar sad nobility to those parts of Italian landscape where they flourish. But this one is taller than its brothers, cousins or uncles. It is 81 yards high, of 18 feet girth, and its deep green branches widen out toward the top to a circumference of 63 a “ apoleon, who respected few things when came in his way, found this Bo: 29 tree in hie path when-planning the splendid road from Milan to the Simplon Pass. But he gave orders that the road should go out of its straight course here’ to mae the cypress. ¢ ty years ago a thunder i gaan 2 g bolt struck it, but property of -_ city of Somma Lombardo and it + Bact of its sombre-erest. It is the- aa we 4 =

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rf A I was going to try 22 A Lawyer At Nineteen FIGHTING AGAINST A FRAUD By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story) CHAPTER I. The Nineteen-Year-Old Lawyer Tries His First ‘Supreme Court Case, John Scribner, one of the best lawyers in the tip-state city of Rockton, and counsel for the In- tercity Railroad Company, a corporation running a trolley line between Rockton and Far Rockton, signed the messenger’s book and then tore open the telegram. “This is a deuce of a mess,” he muttered, look- ing with frowning brows at the message he held in his hand, and.then he touched a button on his desk and the office boy put his head into the office again. “Is Rand in, Eddie?” “Yes; sir.” ‘Tell him to come to me at once.” The office boy vanished, and a moment Lewis Rand walked into the private office. . He was a young fellow who would have at- tracted attention anywhere, not merely because he was tall, broad and manly for his nineteen years, but for the reason that he looked bright and con- fident as well as intelligent, and there was some- thing in the expression of his gray eyes that made you feel as though the lad were looking through you while he talked to you, a piercing, searching quality that made it very hard for persons who were making false statements. He had graduated only a short time before, and had at once been taken into the office of John later Scribner on the recommendation of the head of the law college, who assured the veteran lawyer that the boy would prove a valuable addition to his staff. . a the few months that had passed he had shown himself to be a keen investigator as well as a well-read young fellow in matters of law, and his employer had come to regard his judgment and advice as well worth seeking and following. * John Scribner turned to him with a troubled ‘ace, i “I'm in a nice fix, Lew,” said Scribner. “My chief clerk is on his way to the Appellate Divi- sion to argue a case there, and I was about to start for the Supreme Court to go into another case that is sure to come up this morning, now comes this telegram, telling me that an im- portant case on appeal, one that involves a pile of money, is coming up in the Court of Appeals, and that means that I must start for there within an hour. Can I look to you to try the case that _ “What case is it, Mr. Scribner?” asked Lew. _ “Smollett against the Lakeside Railroad.” “J don’t think I went over that with you.” oe ee oe a FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY “That’s the hard thing about it. We went over a large number of cases together, but this Smol- lett case is not one of them, and if it comes up for trial this morning, as seems assured, you will have but a short time in which to familiarize yourself with it, but I may as well say to you at once that I expected to lose the case, and only hoped to reduce the damages. This is the case: “Smollett was a passenger on one of the trains of the Lakeside company a couple of years ago. It was an excursion train, and the crowd was so much bigger than the road anticipated that the \cars were terribly crowded. “So crowded, indeed, were all the cars when the excursionists were returning home in the . evening, that the platforms were filled to their utmost capacity. “This crowding of the platforms of the cars was the cause of the accident for which this suit is brought. One of the gates gave way when the train was running about thirty miles hour, and several persons were spilled along the side of the track. “Seven people, in all, were injured, and as the road had no defense, every effort was made to settle all claims quickly. Every one was adjusted within a few months from the date of the acci- dent, the company paying amounts ranging from two hundred dollars to a thousand, with the ex- ception of this Smollett claim, the man standing out for an amount that the road thought ex- cessive. “He has sued for ten thousand dollars. He has been examined by the doctor for the company, claiming that his back was so badly injured by the fall from the train that he cannot work, and the doctor thinks that he has been well-schooled . in his part, for he cannot show him up as a fakir, and I’m very much afraid, Lew, that the Lake- side company is going to be hit for several thou- sand dollars. “This all looks very dark, of course, and as a matter of fact there is only one little ray of light in the case, and that is the fact that he went to the town of Pompton a few months after he was hurt, and there worked for just one week for the Continental Iron Works. e has evidently been carefully coached by some wisehead, and it is probable that he will admit that he worked that one ‘week and that it hurt him so badly that he had to give it up. However, you must bring that out against him, and take advantage of whatever else comes up in the course of the case. I'm sorry that I’ve got to leave such a hard job in your hands, but the case has been postponed three times, and the judge will not permit of any further delay.” “Tt certainly. does not look very promising,” said Lew Rand, “but give me the papers, Mr. Scribner, and I’ll do my best to save the com- pany’s money.” ~ “There they are,” said his employer, handing _ over a neatly tied bundle containing all the pa- pers in relation to the case, “and you can sit down here and keep studying them until you are called to court. Ill send Eddie Blakesley over to an- swer ready when the case is called, and then he ean telephone to you to come to court. Good-by.” x (To be continued) > ps: SMe ak Ee aS OR By tee

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LONG FALL; SLIGHT BRUISES. Such trifles as falling from a three-story build- ing do not bother Max Dietz, a Jaborer on the new He plunged forty feet to the ground late the other day, but was uninjured, except for minor facial bruises. He went back to work a few minutes after the tumble. FAKE CONCERT NETS’ $2,000. A blond young man who said he represented > or’s Band, and who worked for a concert so enthusiastically that $2,000 worth of tickets for the Palace Theater, White Plains, N. Y., the other Saturday night, were sold, is being sought by the musically, inclined of the Westchester suburb. The young man departed with the $2 000, and ‘there was no concert, for the reason, it has since had no real connection with the Pryor Institution. The own- - ers of the theater explained that tee have noth- ere, merely been learned, that the young man ing to do with the performances renting the playhouse. - 81-YEAR-OLD MINER MAKES $90 WEEKLY. Davy James, a little old Welshman who lives - at Banian, Pa., is the youngest old man in Clear- ’ field county. Davy learned to mine coal in Wales many years before he came to America. He never forgot how, and despite the fact that he has - passed his eighty-first milestone, during the last year he has been one of the most ependable "miners Thomas McGlynn of Madera has on his payroll. ; : ' This veteran miner, despite his years, never lost a day the mine worked during the last sum= mer and fall, and his pay checks for each two weeks during the entire summer and fall have 2 3 raged not less than $170 and from that up to __ Miners a willing to wager real money there is not another eighty-one-year-old kid in Pennsyl- ‘vania or any other State able to equal Davy + James's gecord. Be WIFE FINDS $100. _ he deliberations of Magistrate Douras in Har- lem Court, New York, were interrupted the other lay by the sudden appearance of a woman, who n down the aisle waving a roll of greenbacks at Hey, Judge, stop a minute!” she shouted. “What's the idea?” said the magistrate. “J just found this $100 under m ‘husband’s pil- ‘Tm Mrs. Brotal. d at su ue case 0 e alleged disappea £ $100 1 the pocket of Isidor Brota 5 215 Bast both eet, was before the court. Brotal accused his as ones eet, of pra i pocket after ew Years party a otal’ din $1,000 bail. ch osep ses aoe reed” Said the court. : ie ad been. tendered and accepted nad been = FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY THE NEWS IN SHORT ARTICLES. hospital under construction in Rochester, Minn. | My old man wasn’t © “A Weekly complainant and defendant walked out of the court room arm in arm. BULLET PROOF TOWER TO GUARD DISTILLERY. Searchlights and a bulletproof steel tower are being erected here to guard the Old Pepper Dis- tillery, on the turnpike between Lexington and Frankfort, Ky., from the thirsty raiders who de- scended recently on the plant, killed a United States revenue agent and stole several barrels of Withe tower alread tower already has been erected of the distillery, and workmen are SoS testalline the searchlight inside it. Guards will work in two-hour shifts and from sundown to sunup the searchlight will be kept constantly playing on the ee and the roads near the distillery. Besi these precautions a special electrical ee aye tinct — installed and huge signs ere warni of te grounds. arning —— to keep e epper Distillery now ho hundred thousands of dollars’ ee at — Bourbon liquor, and virtually everybody in Ken- feaky wants Snue of it. sany have tried to get it, as success i Spee epsom Pion ul except the raiders ss. “MYSTERY MAGAZINE” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY LATEST ISSUES HE CLUE OF T Oj ve Ouraler : HE RED LAMP, by Charles Ful- TH ~ Fr Fi ‘4 cage SOLOMON, SNARE, by William rne. UICKER THAN THE EY, fiw CLUE IN THE DARK Room ys Te e. THE TONGUE OF OsIRts, b BETECTIVE WADES BIG Case poe mand Zones. mon. THE SPIRIT BELL, b THE HOUSH BEHIND THE Wai” QUuer. | \ a Darrow. THE ADMIRAL'S SPOONS, by William Hamilton THE CANINE CLUE - » by Thos. J. THE PSYCHIC ENEMY, by Arthur Woe x THE IVWONDER GIRL. by Ralph Cumming 7e™ ON THE WRONG TRAIL, by Binet Rosemon, aeeu FB 38 B23 SK& F B By Chas. Fulton Oursler FRANK TOUSEY, Pub., 168 W. 23d St, N. Y “MOVING PICTURY. STORIES” Magazine Devoted to Phot PRICE SEVEN CENTS PER COPY” ” Each number contains Four Stori : , oe the Screens—Elegant Haif-tone Sepak ea ak nals aye—Interesting Articles About Pro mt Pi iy —- {he Films—Doings of Actors and Aétresses te Pie udios und Lessons in Scenario Writi SS ee, re +. ; fe Taha +! > MARRY & WOLFE, Pub, wo W. 25d St NED 7” ee ‘ “ Ser BPs afte ~ .

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24 JOE FRENCH, THE BOY CASTAWAY. ~ By D. W. Stevens. It was a dark, rainy night in March, when Joe French left the athletic club in Harlem, of which he was a member, and mounting his bicycle, rode down to the elegant ‘house in which he lived on Lexington avenue with his stepfather. The boy was an orphan of seventeen, with dark eyes, a strong, boyish face, chestnut hair, and a hot, passionate, yet courageous nature, and hav- ing an excellent education, was studying law when | his mother died. * She left him half a million, which he was to get from the guardianship of Giles Gifford, his step- father, when he came of age; but the terms of her will stipulated that if the boy died ere gain- ing his majority, Gifford was to inherit the money, estate and a shipping business which he managed. - Joe and his stepfather never could agree, some- how, as the man was very tryannical, and never liked the young law student; but as he had noth- ing and was dependent upon Joe for his income, he had to treat the boy with more deference than he cared to. Dismounting from his wheel, the boy entered the house, changed his clothes, and was going downstairs to supper, when he passed the parlor eval! and Gifford, who stood in the room, called : Im in. “T have a word to say to you, Joe French,” he exclaimed, in rather ugly tones. “It is my inten- tion to put you to work in the office to-morrow. I have recently bought 2 ship with borrowed money, and as she has‘a cargo of freight on board and sails to-morrow, I need your help.” “But how about my school work?” asked Joe, in surprise. ; “Let it rip! My business is more important than your school,” the man replied harshly. ‘If the cruise of the Romany Lass proves to be suc- cessful, I will. own her outright, and be inde- pendent of my commission as trustee of your es- tate. She runs to Santo Domingo, and 7 “See here, sir,” said the boy firmly, “I don’t intend to give up my studies for you or your i ! If you need a clerk, hire one!” You dirty little hound! Dare you disobey me? Hold your impudent tongu “s pealed from the man’s lips, and t > floor, depriving him of his rent. upon his face filled Joe with for a moment that the - wards he _ became deathly sick in the, FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY For some time the boy wandered aimlessly through the dark, deserted streets, his mind in 2 whirl over the crime he had committed, and when he came to a realization of this position, he found himself down by the North River side. Near by there was a ship on which the steve- dores were loading the last of her cargo, by which Joe knew that she was to depart the next day, and he stealthily made his way on board, and ertering the captain's cabin, he ensconced himself in a locker and sat™down. Before he had been there an hour he was so wearied by the walk and the. excitement he passed through, that he fell fast asleep. How long this state of oblivion lasted Joe did not know, but he was finally awakened by the hum of voices out in the cabin, and, listening in- tently, he heard two men.talking in low tones. “Ay, now, I'll do ther job fer one thousan’ do!- lars, sir,” he heard a very gruff voice «emark. “T’ve done sich work for other shipowners be- — you, Giles Gifford, an’ I never bungles a jo ” “Then here is the money, Captain Tom Brady,” replied another and very familiar voice. “My stepfather!” gasped the listening boy, thrilled through and through. It certainly was the man whom he imagined he had killed, and it then dawned upon Joe's mind that Bifford had simply been knocked sense- less. “Right!” he heard Captain Brady, who evi- dently commanded this ship, say. “Very well,” returned Gifford, in satisfied tones. “We understand each other: For this money you are to scuttle the Romany Lass when you are within one day’s sail of Port au Prince, and upon your return swear to the underwriters that she sprung a leak and foundered.” : .“Ay, sir,” assented the gruff captain. derstand. Ha’ you a heavy insurance?” “Very, for nearly one-half of her cargo,’ which has been manifested in the Custom House as gen- “Ty un- eral merchandise, for clearance, really consists of — shavings, waste paper and sand.” «+ Joe was shocked beyond measure over this ex- posure of their villainy. But upon trying to get out he found that the locker door had closed with a spring lock, which rae tA be — on the outside. owing w to the boy reflected t if he made a noise and Pol gt sen ‘dae, the captain would suspect that he had overheard the plot, and might attempt to injure him to keep the secret. Joe wisely kept still, and, several hours after- by the commotion going on that _ a tug had the ship in tow, and was hauling her _ ‘out into. the stream. There was no going back for the boy now, and he had to make up his mind to make aaa in the Romany Lass. > : Day had broken and no one entered the cabin, as the captain was busy outside on deck, get- _ ting his craft out of the harbor. = =e The dreary morning passed away, and the ship — began to rock and ‘hea, roll pont 2 Toy oak é.

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- i __ When the stricken boy recovered his senses, he found himself bound hand and foot and securely lying on a heap of barrels. saw the Jantern he had carried gleaming at one side of the hold, and saw the captain, armed th an auger, innumerable holes in the hull, through which the sea water was wing finished his work, the captain lest the ntly he heard a commotion above. boy has scuttled ther ship!” he i ee Sse ae ‘heard FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ‘Joe’s evidence, which the : 2 Ste tyeee er te prison. substantiated, ~ 25 ! The boats were iowered, and one after another departed on the gloomy sea, heading for the southward, ‘ Faster poured the water into the hold, lower sunk the doomed ship, and as the rising brine lapped around his body Joe-gave up all hope of life. But just then he saw the mate come down the hatchway ladder with “a lantern to see how the water had gained, and as he came to a pause in arm’s reach of the boy he saw him and the state he was in. It then dawned upon his mind that Joe was in- nocent and the victim of some one else who must have committed this outrageous crime. ~ Convinced of this, the man grasped the boy, cut his bonds, and cried: “This is a trick! Follow me up on deck, ny lad!” When he reached the deck he found that the boat containing Brady had gone, and then he told the mate and the three men his story. They were horrified; but they had to leave the sinking ship, and all hands scrambled into the re- maining quarterbuat, which had been provided with a sail and jury mast, and pulled away. Soon afterwards the Romany Lass sunk. ' Five days of intense suffering followed, for they - sighted neither land nor a friendly sail, and the pangs of hunger and thirst half maddened the unfortunate castaways. On the seventh day, Joe sat in the stern sheets of the boat, steering, beside the mate, when @& seagull flew by overhead, and the starving crew observed the dorsal fins of several sharks in the water following them. “That’s a sure sign of death!” remarked the. boy. His words came true, for’ within an hour after- wards one of the pos castaways; inva fit of des- perate madness, flung himself into the sea, and» ~ the sharks pounced upon his body and carried it down in the depths, Night settled down, and the despairing crew ~ tom oie bees ght the castaways good i uu castaways tidings, for a steamship loomed up at midnight i > hearing their cries, whe Petia : oe ee They were picked up and nourished back to life. The steamer, fortunately, was bound for New York, and in due course of time it arrived there oe the sort went ashore. oe’s care was to notify the authorities of Giles Gifford Captain Brady’s villai ich. we saved castaways recht nee = e then wen me, accompanied b: and the sailors, and when the serve’ Spotaed them, they found Joe’s stepfather and the ras- cally skipper, who had got safely to land, in con- — —— T Fey — success of theiryplot. rise, easily: { and lodged in jail. en eee In due course of time they were convicted — ‘ « ee ot

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26 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY —_—_——_—_—— NEW YORK, JANUARY 28, 1921. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Bingle Copies............... Postage Free 07 One Copy Three Menths... bf be! 00 San One Copy Six Months...... - ee ie i One Copy One Year....... S eer HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. O. Money Order, Check or Kegistered Letter; remittances 2: any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage : Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap the Colo in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your name and address plainly. Ad- cress letters to HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher. ITEMS OF INTEREST CAMELS PUT TO WORK IN WARSAW. Camels hauling long trains of small carts are frequently seen in the streets of Warsaw, one sol- dier acting as driver with other soldiers looking after the vehicles. The camels are used by the army authorities in the transport of goods about the city and suburbs, having been trained for this kind of service by Russians. The animals were eaptured from the Bolsheviki by the Poles in a drive on the northern front last summer. FERRYMAN HAS NEW WAY. _Leslie Cull, ferryman at Rudellia, Ark., ferries = his foot passengers partly on his boat and partly on his back. The river is so low that the boat can’t land at the bank on this side of the river. * Jt hangs on a shallow bar about fifteen feet from the bank. The teams and cars can make it all. right, but the footmen can’t. But Leslie does not lose any business on this account. He packs them on his back from bank to the boat, then floats them across. - FOWLS WORK RANCH. ; W. J. Little of Pasadena, Cal., has devised a scheme that not only doubled his profits but has _ -Jessened his work in caring for his orange trees. ae He has hit upon the idea of combining an orange ranch with a chicken ranch. By scattering grain between two rows of orange trees he gets his land worked by the ‘ehickens scratching for the grain. _ Starting at one side of the field, he scatters 4 grain between two rows each day, and when the ether side is reached he recovers the territory in the same manner. Dust kicked up by the chick- ens in the summer time is a cure for scales on orange trees, Little added. For his ranch of three -—- aeres Little has 1,500 chickens, which he claims is the right proportion. ; - HUNTERS KILL 500 WILD GOATS. The Pacific Fleet News, organ of the U. S. S. New Mexico, in its issue of Nov, 15 states that the Fleet hunting party which left in a train tug _ pon Novy. 8 for Catalina Island, Southern Califor- aia..in charge of Major H. F. Wireman, U. S. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. M. C. being composed of a number of officers © from various ships of the fleet, with seventy-five bluejackets and marines, returned on Nov 12. The News adds: “hey reported a very enjoyable trip and the slaughter of about 500 wild goats. They were quartered very comfortably in the old army barracks at Isthmus Cove. Each morning the party took the motor sailer and disembarked at the west end of the isthmus. Line was formed on the ridges and the goats driven out of the val- leys and shot as they came up the hills. Detach- ments from the U. S. S. New Mexico, Idaho, Mis- sissippi, New York. and Wyoming and the blue- jatket pioneers from the New Mexico formed the party of about ninety in all. Isthmus Cove is an ideal camping ground, with water already piped along roads and plenty of wood handy. If the necessary permission can be obtained it is intended to take the Fleet marine regiment over to the island for a week’s camping and field firing when the fleet schedule permits. LAUGHS “Were you a bull or a bear when you went into Wall Street?” “Neither, I was one of the fel- lows they were both after.” : Mr. Flubb.—This affair is horribly dull. I guess I’ll go home. Miss Clip—That would re- move some of the dulness, Mr. Flubb. Hank Stubbs—Ev’rybuddy orter lay up some- thin’ fur a rainy day. Bige Miller—I s’pose thet’s the reason they’s so much kickin’ over the drouth. Millicent—What was the first bird the Pilgrims saw when they landed? Evelyn—The turkey? Millicent—No; the tommyhawk. He—Why does the maid decline to clean my coat with benzine? She—Since the chauffeur jilted her she can’t stand the smell of it. Little Nephew—Auntie, did you marry an In- dian? Aunt—Why do you ask such silly ques- tions, Freddie? Little Nephew—Well, I saw some scalps on your dressing-table. First Student—How ig it you jay so little at- tention of late to your personal appearance? You should remember “clothes make the man.” Sec- ond Student—Yes, but I can’t find a man to make the clothes. : ; A mother of four daughters, one of whom had recently married, cornered an eligible young man in the drawing-room. “And which of my girls do you most admire, might I ask?” “The married one,” was the reply. Church—I see a concern has a large thermom- sue in on * “oy place of business that = consu. only by dropping a penny in a Gotham—I suppose the ee neen BE. looks change in the thermometer every day. for some :

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; ADMITS DEFEAT OF GERMAN FLEET. In reviewing the secret report of Admiral von Scheer, of the German navy to the Kaiser, re- cently made public,~the Vossische Zeitung, of Berlin, candidly admits the defeat of the German High Sea Fleet at Jutland, and says, in part: = What was the result? The German fleet was BE put out of condition to fight for ten weeks at ; least. Certainly the British losses were greater, ae but a little blood letting is nothing to a giant, _ . ‘though fatal to a weaker adversary. The German = fleet fought out the fight honorably against su- . . perior forces. That it did not achieve victory is _ Rota reproach which should be leveled against it a any more than that the unfortunate result of the g whole war should be regarded as a fault of the rr German people.” ’ SEIZE 700 LIQUOR AUTOS. rs The statement that 1,800 persons had been ar- >: rested and 700 liquor carrying automobiles seized F by a flying squadron of eighty Federal Prohibi- tion enforcement officers since July 1 in breaking : up illicit transportation of liquor between New = York and Boston was made by William J. Mc- E Carthy, enforcement agent for New England. - . -Closest attention is now being paid to Connecti- - cut, Mr. McCarthy said. Automobiles with special tank compartments . for accommodation of liquor, piano cases, orange erates and furniture vans were mentioned as among the most popular ways of moving: liquor. 7 Tanks concealed within seat cushions and behind __. the upholstering of sedan cars have been discoy- Mr. McCarthy asserted that Springfield, Worcester, Lowell and Providence had been prac- saree closed as avenues for liquor destined for oston. ; re S 2 A RIVAL OF THE STEAM WHISTLE. . It may be that the steam whistle in time will 3 be a matter of past history; at least, the steam ¥ whistle is steadily losing ground in favor of the - electric siren, which has proved considerably more herever a warning signal with more distinction in tone than « * electric siren may be operated from through the factory by a . It is always ready, f, insignificant in upkeep i large or 3 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY . Be 4 pete ITEMS OF: GENERAL INTEREST - sale with the city. KILLED BY RIFLE HE FOUND. Several weeks ago in a lot near his home, No. 2364 62d street, Brooklyn, fifteen-year-old Wes- ley Carpenter found five parts of a 22-calibre rifle and took them home. After school each day he had quietly worked in his room assembling them. _ The other Saturday night the rifle was in work- ing order. Wesley slipped in a cartridge and pulled the trigger. There was no discharge, and twice more he tried, but failed to explode the car- tridge. An hour later his sixteen-year-old brother Howard came to the room to retire. Lying near the bed, shot through the head, lay Wesley. It is believed he looked into the muzzle of the rifle to ascertain the failure of it to fire and it accidentally went off. : His father, Howard Carpenter, telephoned to the Coney Island Hospital for an ambulance, but, according to him, when more than an hour had passed and none was sent, he took the boy to the institution in a friend’s automobile. Wesley died a few hours later. The hospital authorities say H wes Bal rote ga in answering the ‘call was one ambu! Seon dere ance allotted to them was FRENCH CLOSE LAST SLAVE MARKET. What is believed to have been the last» slave market in existence in the world has just been wiped out by the French authorities. be When French troops entered the sacred city of Ouezzan, in Morocco, a short tinie ago, they discovered the slave market still in existence. On the very day the French arrived a lo’ caravan approached the city bringing in seve score of slaves of both sexes, captured of slave hunters in the unexplozed regions to the south. The slave hunters fied and the entire cfowd of slaves were liberated by the French. For many decades, perhaps centuries, the slave auction had been a monthly feature, of life in Ouezzan. The caravan arrived as a rule early = ered nay hundreds of buyers flocked into - ae SB or the auctions and the accompanying On the day of the opening of the sale all the human “stock” was placed“in a circular aie Ys an = place near the center of the city. a tt ig —— about discussing the stock” 1i 2 pic ock” like connoisseurs at an au Unmarried women usually brought double the — price of those who were married and there was , always a lively competition for the most beauti- ful of the unmarried girls. The highest price was paid for men with good physiques. : 2 to natives of Quezzan, the slaves were generally well treated. Some of the women. were received into their masters’ homes almost on equal footing with wives. The slave dealers — were forced to share part of the proceeds of the jen! * sone ane HES: + . — _

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9 . 4 FAME AND FORTUNE. WEEKLY . INTERESTING NEWS ARTICLES WELL DIGGERS EAGER. Well diggers of Hiawatha, Kan., are not scarce if there’ is something to dig. It was five years ago when a farmer came home from St. Joseph with two dozen bottles of beer and eight quarts of high proof whisky. It was a hot afternoon. The farmer put ‘the refresh- ments into a grain sack. fom S ‘ The sack in yereted into a dug well. Hither the bottom of- the sack gave way or the rope slipped off. Anyway, the booze went to the bot- tom of the well. And there it rests. : The well is about thirty feet deep, walled with rock. It is said to be infected with gas. But everybody in the neighborhood knows what the well contains. Planning to repair the well, the farmer adver- tised for workmen a few days ago. He has had more than a dozen applicants from all parts of Brown County. HIS IMPERSONATOR. Maxim Gorky, the playwright and radical writer, had an unusual experience when traveling in America during his exile from Russia, accord- ing to a story going the rounds of London. Among the towns he visited was Georgetown, Ss. : C., where he found one of his own plays, The = Lower Depths,” billed, together with an an- _ nouncement that “at the end of the performance -. the author 7 appear in person to salute and thank the audience.” ~ ree - Gorky naturally went to enjoy this treat, and found that when the curtain fell after the last act of his play a man made up to resemble him ~‘eame before the footlights and told the audience in broken English how flattered he felt at the re- ception accorded his drama. — Going round to the : door, Gorky tackled his impersonator, who confessed that he had perpetrated the same fraud in many small towns. _ “J have also,” he added, “passed myself off as Rostand, Sudermann and Maurice Donnay. It leases the. public and does the real authors no 2" ” : A “| : Gorky was so amused at the man’s cheek that he promised not to expose him, and refrained - from disclosing his identity during the remainder of his brief stay in Georgetown. LIBERTY BONDS WILL JUSTIFY YOUR ae FAITH. Slowly but surely the price of Liberty bonds continues to rise, declares the Tonopah Times. The most notable thing about the situation is that _ this price increase persists in the face of a fall- ‘ing market for other securities, including those concerns of known strength and ssu- When the price of government oo. > rates of interest, many people sold their Liberty bonds to buy the industrial stocks. To-day the latter sell for less in the financial centers than the former. The present situation is a pleasing commentary on the stability of this government, which has weathered the storms of war and reconstruction, and is emerging sound and solvent. It is a good lesson, too, orr patience and conservatism in in- yestment, and a fair illustration of the fact that the great underlying principles of business are neither wiped out nor rendered ineffective by any temporary disturbance, even that of war. Those who labored to sel] Liberty bonds to their fellow citizens will rejoice at the vindication of their faith and their efforts. The bonds did their full share toward winning the war. Nobody can doubt that. And now they are proving an in- creasingly good investment for those wise enough or fortunate enough to hold onto them. BUY W.S. S. WAR’S NEWEST INVENTIONS. The World War left behind it a fascinating sub- ject for speculation—what dreadful sort of en- gines, says a correspondent in the Manchester Guardian, will the submarine and the aeroplane be when we enter “the next war’? Technical progress is constantly being made, though little may be heard of each separate step. For in- stancé, so far the submarine has been cut off from all communication with the rest of the world when it was submerged; only when on the surface cf the water could it communicate with land sta- tions or other vessels. The electric waves pene- trate sea water with great difficulty, and the re- ceiving instruments in submerged boats have hitherto been unable to detect and interpret them. But now the finer development of the instruments is making it possible to receive slighter and fainter waves than they had yet been able to take note of. The barrier is being broken down, and just as the radius first of wireless telegraphy and then of wireless telephony has been steadily ex- ‘panding, so we can.foresee the time when sub- merged ships will communicate freely and over long distances with one another. At present it is only a beginning; the radius of communicatidn falls away steeply as soon as the ~ aerials of the boats are submerged. The Wireless World is quoted to the effect that if a submarine __ running at full speed on.the surface in a heavy sea has a range of fifty miles, its range will sink ji to twelve miles when its aerials are just sub- merged and to three miles when they are nine feet below the surface. Even that is not negligi- ble, but the imagination leaps to the time when | submarines lying on the floor of the sea will — peacefully concert their plans by wireless; when the admiralty will be able to plot the positions of submerged merchant fleets, and when submarines, guided by wireless messages, will nose about in the depths of the sea for the hidden ‘ eee are

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TRAVELING SAND DUNES As one makes thé ascent of the Andes - from the Pacific port of Molendo, Peru, following the line of the Southern of Peru Railway, the climb to the divide is broken by two great steps or wide- spreading shelves of desert or pam- pa. On the first of these steps, about two hours’ steep climb from the sea, and-at an al- titude of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet, are located the famous-drift- ine sand hills of Peru. The plateau is here about 20 miles wide, the air thin and dry and fo trace of vegetation to be seen—only these gigantic crescent- shaped sand dunes dotting the pam- pa as far as the eye can see, Com- posed of fine, gray crystal sand, they gleam white against the brown of the desert, and their horns point toward - the pre- vailing ~ south wind of this re- gion. They are from 15 to 25, or even 30, feet high, 20 feet in breadth across the thick part of the cres- cent and some- times 100 feet from horn to horn. So tightly is the sand pack- ed that the feet of the horses or mules make little impression on it. These sand hills, called mendanos travel with al- most impercepti- ble slowness, writes G. E. Me- Ponald in the Sei- entific. American. [ Article at exactly receipt of $1.00. , FREE HALF PRICE If You Order Now Have a trim every week and tmprove y: with barber shop troubles. Comapleie autitt sent prepaid on Enclose this advertisement with order for the Duplex Aut fo Hair, Cutter at $1.00 and we'll give you sharpening atteohment free. DUPLEX MFG. CO. From Factory to-You WORLDS GREATEST HAIR CUTTER Tremendous Saving CUT YOUR OWN HAIR Save Time, Money and Annoyance — Now! Get the famous Duplex Automatic cutier and sh. ing attachment complete direct No, N from factory at halt-ptice. 5 ANYONE CAN USE IT Experience not necessary. The Duplex is used successfully by thousands of men and boys in nearly every country in the world. DOES PERFECT WORK The Duplex will cut as closely or trim as long as you wish. No clippers or scissors needed. Finishes work completely. rance. Do awav Agents Wanted. Dept. 42 DETROIT, MICH. ‘ore is our New Style E. D. L. Phonograph—the latest improvement—without the hora. By The lightest, most durable and compact practical phonograph ever produced. It is beau- tifully finished, tone arm black japanned, nicke] winding crank,accurately constructed, smooth ranning spring motor, which plays 2 to 3 records at one winding, speed regu- lator, stop lever and felt-covered turn table. diaphragm, which makes perfect reproductions ef all kinds of music —band pieces, talking pieces, instramental, orchestri Plays Any DiscRecor wonderful—not to be compared with any other of this kind. give you more extertainmen?than anything you ever owned. and durable. Small and compact w: EVERY MACHINE before it leaves the fi your trouble. You can d' machi a*the record: t f B.D. LIFE, 337 W. Madison St. ph and New improved sound box with mica a, vocal, etc. Up to7 in. and plays them properly. This mach is simply will Strong out of order. ith no parts to LATED ano TESTED guaranteed |: small and Ji; and a selection of of pictures 1116 CHICAGO OVER 61.60 VALUE Gas, and private correspondence 13 Curious Love Lefiers (nat foaring funny, they mabe you la 4 Hah Grade Cheaner, and S others. Al ”. Rene mit 24 wu Jour or mentioned Welworth Co., Box ADDILINE & Bi “Welworth” yp & Combination AGIC NOVELTIES FOR ONLY wenle joy nerves, ranged 2H mee Parinan Pertume Powder, Eye cies Ht big money makers, and regular price is _ — $1.00 Copy of our Big Trick & Novelty Catalog. including sampies of won is, O1€ , ONE epecial bargele gers, worth ot leant oo a & der, ot mention where you saw, and ebere ei be sent to pou posipsid fer eniy 1 15c $ wheels, ch 12°OS Soctveiectnt Lait cebelticces Ox 5c 278, Indianapolis». Ind. Mead srpc.semtage TUBERCULOSIS It was when physicians said it was impossible for J. M. Miller, Ohio Druggist, to survive the ravages of Tuberculosis, he be- gan experimenting on himself, and discovered the Home Treat- ment known as ADDILIND. Any-one with coughs or in- fiuenza showing tubercular ten- dency or Tuberculosis may use it under plain directions. Send name and address to Columbus, Ohio » 188 Pounds Latest Photo 338 Arcade Building

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