Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 838) (1921 10 21)

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No. 838 OCTOBER 21, 1921 7Cents sTORIES OF J BoYS WHO MAKE MONEY. IN THE TION oe GAME = = SSS SS SSS ee “At that moment the door opened and big Mike, the janitor of the building, entered the office bearing the unconscious Fred in his arms. Nellie, Bert and the bookkeeper sprang from their desks and rushed forward with ejaculations of consternation.

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the Post No. 838 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY = : Tesued W —Subscription price, $3.50 ear; Canada, $4.00; Foreign, $4.50. Ha’ ; , Publisher, x Weat 28d Street, New ‘York, X.Y. tier ae Clase vat tober 4. AOL, vat = = / -Office at New York, N, Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. S NEW YORK, OCTOBER 21, 1921. Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, Price 7 Cents __ IN THE MONEY GAME g OR, THE LUCK OF TWO WALL STREET CHUMS 5 rae ear es ee ees sla lana 4 a By A SELF-MADE MAN = eee "3 CHAPTER I.—In the Money Game. “Where do I come in?” _ - aa inp “You'll be the junior partner.” oa Hello! What are you looking so glum about? “T'm willing, but I don’t want to be a silent _, asked Fred Bassett of his chum, Bert Rowe, one _ partner. I want to have some say.” = Saturday noon in Wall Street. _ : “Of course. You can say all you want.” ; “Nothing much. My boss discovered I had “Then I’m on.” ago, and he politely told me that my valuable - services were no longer needed in the office.” “Fired, eh?” grinned Fred. “Good and proper; but you needn’t grin about ' it. Some day your boss will find out that you are ting, too, and then you’ll get it yourself.” “Shake!” said Fred, holding out his hand. a “What for?” _. “Misery loves company.” “What do you mean?” “T’ve just been bounced myself.” “No!” exclaimed Bert incredulously. - *¥es,” said Fred, with a confirmatory nod. - “What for?” -. “Same reason as yourself.” : ~~ “Speculating ?” ; “Pye-cisely. Somebody put him on to me, and he lost no time in giving me the razoo.” _ . “Well, I'll be jiggered! What are you going to =¢ 7 do?” “Twas going to ask you the same question.” - “Look for another job, I suppose.” SFr . “Expect to get it without a recommendation? _ “That’s what’s bothering me.” - “Care killed the cat. Cut it out. Look cheer- ful. Observe my serene countenance. We're both in the same boat—out of a job. What’s the odds? We've got $500 apiece deposited as security on 2 bought 50 shares of D. & P. on margin a week ~ = working. If we are lucky, and make a bunch of ~ money, then we can break the news at home and = it will be all right.” . They decided to go home and hand their pay over to their mothers. They both lived on the _ same block on one of the East Side’streets, for their widowed mothers were obliged to econo- mize on the rent question in order to make things a meet. Fred’s dather was a dressmaker, and was tae doing very well at it, though she had to work - cheap, as all her customers were persons in mod- a erate circumstances. Bert’s mother added to the a income her son turned in by runnit/e a small store, ta her stock in trade consisting of newspapers and periodicals, stationery, candy and a miscellaneous stock of a hundred other things. On Monday — morning Fred and Bert met as usual and went down to Wall Street together. On this occasion they took their time, walking instead of going by a Second avenue train, for they had lots of time. Indeed, they had all day before them. It was the first day in two years, barring Sundays and holi- : days, that they felt themselyes to be young gents = of leisure. : Street in due Fred and Bert reached Wall They: felt lonesome when they looked around their stamping grounds and saw several messenger boys out on their early errands. They =~

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= being their own bosses, so far as the contro] of % ‘their own movements were concerned, but now that their time was at their own disposal, and they could do as they pleased, somehow or an- other the feeling of satisfaction was missing, even though they knew they were each worth $1,000, or would be when their D. & P. stock had been sold that morning. They stood for a while on the corner of Nassau street, in the shadow of the Sub-Treasury Building, then strolled down Broad street, past the Stock Exchange. Reach- ing Beaver street, they turned to retrace their steps. A man, rushing around the corner, dashed against them, sending Fred staggerig several feet away and upsetting Bert altogether. As the man ran across the street without stopping to apolo- gize, Fred heard the shout of “Stop thief!” me CHAPTER II.—The Pursuit and Capture. Fred, taking his cue from the shout which was repeated several times, attracting genera] atten- tion, darted after the man in full chase. The ‘ chap had something of a start of him, and was - . making good speed. The ex-messenger, however, > was right in-his element when it came to sprint- ; ing, and he began to gain on the fugitive. The man skirted the roped-off enclosure which had just been placed in position for the use of the Curb brokers, none of whom had as yet arrived, and flew down Exchange place. He put on a spurt and reached Pearl street, in which he turned, with _ Fred close behind him. The chase led Fred into South street, fronting - on the East River. By that time all the other pursuers had been outstripped and thrown off the track. The man found it impossible to throw Fred off, no matter how he dodged and twisted about. Finally he ran out on one of the piers. “T’'ve got you now,” thought the boy. “You can’t escape unless you jump into the river.” : On the north side of the pier lay two schoon- ers, loading; on the south side a triple line of eanal boats, those nearest the wharf unloading goods from their center hatchways. He ran out “toward the end of the dock, and Fred thought he was going there, though he could not see what ‘ good it was going to do him, but when half the -_~ distance out he suddenly sprang on board one of the canal boats that. was idle, and from that to the next beyond, and then to the third, which lay on the outer line. He could go no further, for the - river lapped the side of the boat, and a wide space lay b en him and the next dock. “Oh, that’s your game, is it?” muttered Fred. ~ “I don’t think you will escape me, for I have you - eut off from the dock.” _ The Wall Street boy had also taken to the ca- nal boats, and by ‘the time the fugitive reached the end of his tether in that direction Fred was ‘to recover his breath, and because there ‘was no ‘further need of rush. The man had stopped, be- ; leer beg was blown, ase = a dover ns the boy with a wary eye. e around the _ boat he was on, walked to the stern, and then dis- ouse or cabin. By do- ‘the cabin between him and on the middle boat. He was taking his time now, | 2 IN THE MONEY GAME Fred, just as one might put a table in a room be- tween him and a person trying to catch him. Fred bit his lips with vexation when he saw how the case stood. He remained at the side of the middle boat and waited to see what the man would do next. Thus five minutes passed away. Fred looked up and down the string of canal boats, but not a man was in sight. Fred was thinking about advancing ‘to the cabin and pound- ing on it to attract the attention of anybody. who might be inside when suddenly the man appeared ~- on top of the deckhouse. He walked to the edge nearest the boy, looked down at him and said, with a grin: “What are you following me for?” rf on to get the kinks out of my legs,” replied red. ~ ‘Well, you’d better sheer off. I don’t know you, and I don’t want you hanging at my heels, understand ?” He stopped grinning and looked a bit ugly. “Why did you run into and upset me and my friend at the corner of Beaver and Broad | streets?” “Have you been following me on account of that?” “ “No. I’ve been following you because you've stolen something.” “Get out, you’re dreaming!” . “Maybe I am, but I dare you to walk back Broad street with me.” “What will I do that for?” to sic.” .. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” - “What did you try to keep out of my way for a Why didn’t you when you saw I was after you?. stop and ask me what I was after? Why are you keeping away from me now?” said Fred. : “What do you want with me, anyway?” “I want you to go back to Broad street.” “I’ve a great mind to come down and kick you. into the river.” ; “Come and see if you can doit.” _ . At that moment a tug came puffing up and was in the act of passing t when the man’s attention was attracted to it. a moment he had formed a resolution. “T’m coming down,” he said to Fred, with a shifty grin. x “You might just as well, for somebedy will be along here presently who will help you down,” re- turned the boy.. : The man sprang down within a yard of Fred, then turned suddenly, dashed toward the stern and leaped for the tugboat... He had calculated the distance nicely, and he landed on all fours in_ the stern. of the boat. Fred rushed to/the stern of the middle boat’and looked over the few feet —_ & of water. He turned to the boy with a malicious grin. “Did you ever get left?” Just then the tup stopped, and the action of the tide swung her stern toward the canal boat, saw his chance. turned, darted toward the stern again, took a fly- ing leap and landed plumb against the astonished 4 in a heap on the deck rascal, both going down of the tug, Fred on top. ; “To show that you’re not afraid to face the mu- e stern of the canal = . The fugitive was picking himself up.— He ran back several yards, + 4 :

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eer ae ; i “No, I never did,” he said, in reply to the man’s a -jeering remark. “At any rate, not this time.” ay * CHAPTER III.—Fred Gets a Small Reward. Naturally a struggle took place between the two, but Fred was as strong as a small ox and as “ active as a monkey, and managed to hold his ad- _ vantage. Then two deck-hands, who had seen the ae al - - , came up and demanded to know what eThis rascal led the way to escape me, and I followed to block him,” said Fred. “Let him up, young fellow, and tell us what you want with him.” . pareest albewed. tie fu as to arise, but at once seized him by his eeve. : _ “He’s aa somewhere in the financial dis- trict for theft,” said Fred. - _ “That’s a lie!” roared the man hotly. - _ “J¢ it is Ill apologize and make it all right ~ with you, but when a chap is running away from one or more people shouting ‘Stop thief!” it looks suspicious.” - - _ At this point the captain of the tug took a hand wie 1) se NS a ie SRR MR a ft the proceedings. The case was explained to . “Well, you two will have to go ashore at the dock. You'll have to settle the matter with you. It’s none of my business, and I don’t want you aboard.” “All right, captain,” said Fred. “Pull up to the dock and land us.” - The tug was worked in against the spiles, Fred ‘clambered up, but the man held back. ~ “Get ashore!” bellowed the captain. ~ As the man made no move to obey, the captain ordered his men to pitch him on the pier. He was ass up, bodily, which gave Fred a fine chance . to fasten on him. While the fellow lay flounder- in ‘the boards, Fred straddled his back, drew her and tied them with his hand- If you were not guilty of some wouldn’t have away and to a po- ant the st Half an, told z IN THE MONEY GAME “whole of the’affair, from the time the man/made’ heaton them aboard in that unceremonious. ea our money, and we ought to feel sz The watchman -went to the little house at the entrance to the pier and telephoned the nearest station-house for a policeman. In due time one arrived and the watchman told him about the case and then sent him down to the other end of the pier to interview the parties himself. The alleged price saw the officer coming and, turning to Fred, said: “Look Here, young fellow, what'll you take to call this thing off?” “Tm not taking bribes,” replied Fred. “If you're not guilty of anything wrong you needn’t be afraid of facing the music. You could have settled the matter an hour ago as well as now— in fact much better, for by offering the resist- ance you have you have made me certain of your guilt.” Finding he could do nothing with the boy, he relapsed into sullen silence. In a few minutes the policeman came up to them. Fred told his story to the officer. “What have you te say?” the policeman asked the man. “Nothing, except it’s all a mistake on this boy’s part.” “’m ready to go to the station-house, officer, and back up my charge against this man. If he can prove he is innocent I am willing to stand the consequences,” said Fred. The officer thought that was fair enough, so he told the prisoner he’d have to go along, whether he liked it or not. He released the fellow’s arms and the three’ marched to the station. It hap- pened that the desk sergeants of all the down- town station-houses had received word that a man, whose description was given, had stolen a package of bills, amounting to $5,000, from an office on New street, an hour: and a half before, and detectives were out looking for the guilty party. When Fred told his story the sergeant questioned the man pretty closely, hee satis- fied he was the party wanted, he ordered the chap to be locked up, and telephoned the arrest of_a suspect to the office that had been robbed, asking that somebody be sent to the station-house to identify the man. Fred left his address and then went up to the little bank, where he found Bert watching the blackboard and waiting for him to turn up. os “Where have you been’ all this time?” -Betr asked. : : Fred told him all that happened. , So you cornered the man and got him taken to the Station-house and locked up?” ~ e “Did the police find anything on him when they searched him?” : “Y¥ couldn’t tell you. He was searched in an- other room.” “Well, let’s go to lunch.” They started for their favorite quick-lunch ~ house together. “ “1 see D. & P. is up.at 86 3-8.” ‘Yes. It has held its own and advanced ne: 5 * a point and a half since the Exchange opened, ~ve’d held on we'd have made $75 more.” “T think it’s bad policy te hold out for the dollar, as so many of the lambs do. We’ ‘m not kicking,” said na Lp) AE PVA att) eee abe ry

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4 IN THE MONEY GAME The boys returned to the little bank and spent the afternoon there. The evening papers had the story of the theft, and the arrest of the man on . whose person the package of money had been found. Fred’s name was printed, and he received the credit for the capture of the man. Next morn- ing a letter was left for him at bis home. It was from the firm that had been robbed, thanking him for his services in the matter and inclosing him a check to his order for $100. “That’s pretty good pay for a couple of hours’ time,” he thought. “I wouldn’t mind gathering that much in every day. I’d soon be well off.” He endorsed the check and presented it to his mother, after telling her how he had come by it. When Fred met Bert a little later he told him about the check. “You’re lucky,” said his chum. “It would have taken you three months to earn that much if you had remained old Butler’s messenger.” “I guess it would. That is where the loss of my job has put me ahead.” “T wish some one would throw $100 in my way.” “J gave the money to my mother.” “What, the whole of it?” “Yes. She needs it in her business.” By that time the boys had reached the little bank and they went in and got front seats, as only a small portion of the regular habitues had as yet arrived. CHAPTER IV.—The Beginning of Their Luck. After the Exchange opened and the quotations began coming in there was a noticeable sagging in D. & P. “You see,” said Fred, “we didn’t get out any too quickly. We might have made $100 more each, but it would have been taking extra chances. he stock is dropping now, and there is a rush to sell out which will knock it down still further. We are out of it and don’t have to worry about where the price goes. “This is kind of slow. I’m going out to shake a leg,” said Bert. “Go on I'll meet you at lunch at twelve- rty. ; So Bert left his chum in the little bank and started down Broad street. He went in at the messengers’ entrance of the Exchange because he was accustomed to go in that way a dozen times a day, and he felt at home there. He met two or ‘three chaps he knéw well, and they supposed he was still working for Broker Crane. He did not tell them that he was a lad of leisure. Coming got out, too, and made a bluff that he was on an ‘errand. He went into the office of Jackson & $mall, and asked for, Jackson, He knew the broker was , for he had seen him over at the Exchange. One of the clerks told him the senior partner was out. ; “You can leave your message with me,” he said. “Got to see Mr. Jackson personally,” said Bert, as the only way he could get out of it. “Sit down and wait, then. He is liable to be in any moment.” Bert sat down long enough for the clerk to re- tire to the counting-room and then started for the door.. As he stepped out into the corridor the door of the firm’s private room opened and Small let out an important customer of the firm. “Lose no time in getting onto the job, Small,” said the visitor. “Take in every share of L. & O. until you get orders to stop, and have them deliv- ered C. O. D. at the Taylor Bank.” “We'll attend to your orders at once,” said Small, wishing the caller-good-by and shutting the door as the gentleman walked away. Bert was satisfied he had got hold of a tip, and as it was close to half-past twelve he made a bee- line, for ‘the quick-lunch house he and his chum patronized. Every seat was taken and a bunch of people were standing. He looked around to see if Fred was waiting for him, but couldn’t make him out, so he took up his position near the door to wait himself. Five minutes later Fred ap- peared and Bert caught him by the arm. “Where have you been?” asked Fred. “Several places—the Hancock Building last.” _ “What took you in there?” “Luck, I guess.” “Luck!” “Yes. I picked up a good tip there.” “What was it?” “T’ll tell you when we get outside.” ; Ne Ten minutes afterward they were on the st and Bert was informing his chum about the point- er on L. & O. 7 “Looks like a good thing, Fred. I’m in fayor of getting in on it for our first deal,” said Bert. “I agree with you. As soon as we collect what is coming to us I'll buy 200 L. & O. We ought to double our capital,” said Fred. ; : “That will be great. As good as two years and a half wages as messengers for each of us. I _ guess we made no mistake in getting into the — money game.” i = “We can tell better by our general average of ~ results than by a single fortunate deal.” = When they went home that afternoon they were in on L. & O., which they had bought at 60. They were proceeding up Nassau street when . telegraph messenger boys, rushing in a boisterous” way out of the American Tract Society Building, pushed Bert into the gutter. He went down ina — sitting posture, while the boys gave him the laugh and ran off down the street, punching at each - other. As Bert, who was a bit mad over the in- cident, started to get up he saw something ling against the curbstone. He picked it up and — looked at it curiously. Ma Spe “What have you got there?” asked Fred. “JT should say it’s a watch-charm, covered with — real’ or imitation diamonds,” replied his chum. “They seem to be real ones to me,” said Fred, — examining it. “I should say that you’ve found a prize package. If 1 were you I would watch the Lost and Found columns of the newspapers.”

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1N THE MONEY GAME . “That’s what I intend to do,” said Bert, as they started up Nassau street again. es On the following morning the charm was ad- __-yertised for and $100 reward was offered for its return by a tenant of the American Tract So- Z ciety Building. The boys called there on their = way downtown, but the gentleman, whose name . was Brown, had not yet reached his office, so they ‘waited. He came in inside of half an hour, and Bert was shown into his private room. _ “My name is Bert Rowe. I came in reply to "your advertisement. I found the locket which you lost: As you practically describe it in your advertisement, there is nothing for me to do but hand’it over to you. Here it is,” and Bert laid it on his desk. bt ee ae > “I am much obliged to you for bringing it back. f will write you a check for the amount of the reward,” said Mr. Brown. This he did at once, and Bert departed $100 richer. They walked down Nassau street and went into the little bank. Nothing happened of any importance that day and they went home at four. On Friday L. & O. went up half a point, and an- other half a point on the following day. During the following week the stock gra ually advanced to 70. On Monday the stock advanced three _ points more and on Tuesday it jumped five. Its omenal rise made it the feature of the Ex- ae and there was great excitement over it. Qn Wednesday, when it was up to about 81, Bert was standing near the Exchange and overheard a bunch of traders talking about it. They said that a lot of people were going to burn their fingers . i . ~~ “T expect to see the stock go to smash any min- ite now,” said one of them. “I am surprised it has held up so long. I doubt if the insiders are holding on for a higher figure. The interests back of it have probably already sold out and the mo- ment a raid is sen on the stock it will be good- ya i. 3 hurried back to the little bank where he had left Fred and told him what he had heard _ about L. & O. “T think we had better sell, don’t you?” he said. “JT sold out ten minutes ago,” replied Fred. “Good! We're safe, then?” “Yes, I guess we are by this time. We'll clear $4,000. That’s a whole lot better than working for Butler and Grane.” ‘ “But your life it is,” said Bert in a jubilant tone. : - » ee >= a: - CHAPTER V.—The Midnight Burglars. “L. & O. didn’t go to pieces so soon as the know- ones expected it would. On the contrary, it ent up to 83 that day, and the Exchange went howling mad over it. + we'd have held on we’d have made $400 said Bert, as he and Fred noted the clos- tion that day. : 5 Hee ee ‘true enough, but I think we took prett : holding on as long as we did. particularly such a . It must have by midable weapon at close quarters 5 the ears for more than a week, and the outside 2 speculators have gone dopy over it. It might sa drop without a crash. Just slow enough to keep : up the interest in it and the market from being ag disturbed,” said Fred. “We ought.to get our money now.” : “It’s ready for us, I guess. I’m going to take- = a certificate of deposit instead of the cash. It’s 3 much safer to carry around. By and by we can rent a safe-deposit box and put our money in it. No need of rush about that. Luck might go against us and we wouldn’t have enough cash left to put in the box.” Fred went to the window and asked for his statement, for the chums did business in his name, and he got it. “It’s all right,” he said, looking it over. me a certificate of deposit for the amount.” He got it and they went home. That evening os the two chums treated themselves to the theater. “Give at | They took in a show at one of the uptown Broad- = way houses. After the performance they went to = a restaurant and had a light supper, after which < they started for home. ey were in the middle ~— of a block between Sixth and Fifth avenues when E a third-story window was suddenly thrown up and the startling cry of “Help—murder!” echoed on the silent nigkt air. They came to a stop in front of the house. “What’s the trouble?” Fred shouted back. “Thieves in the house. Run for the police!’ cried the excited woman, who appeared to be a servant. ; Hardly were the words out of her mouth before she was suddenly pulled back out of sight and the +3 window was slammed down to the accompaniment of a muffled shriek. “What shall we do?” asked Bert. “Where will we find a cop?” “I wonder how the rascals got in?” said Fred. “Run up and try the front door. I'll try the area gate.” The area windows were protected by iron bars which showed no signs of having been tampered with. The lock of the gate opening on the space under the stoop had been picked and stood slight- ly ajar. That was evidence that burglars had en- tered the house. Fred pushed the gate open and tried the door. It yielded to his touch for the _ key had been reached and the bolt withdrawn by means of the customary method of boring circular holes near the lock and then sawing out a round hole large enough to enable the operator to in- sert his arm so that he could reach the key and bolt. Fred stepped out jn the area and called to his chum. = “The front door is locked,” said Bert. “Come down here,” said Fred. Bert hastened to join him. “Here is where they entered. I am assumi there was more than one in the job,” said B “J am going into the house. You must come with me.” - - aes ~ Judging that the basement hall would —- them to the kitchen, they followed it back, and : door admitted them to the cooking pected = Jighted the gas and they soon found a rolling- and a potato-masher, either of which on wh tae a oS oe _ ~

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; war? wr 4 —- , MU on ¥ = a m + —— - Rr ny AEE rer eme TLE) _ “What will Mr. Davis say when he and the 6 IN THE MONEY GAME by a determined arm. They then took their way up the basement stairs to the parlor floor, walk- ing as softly as they could. They heard the voice of a man on the floor above telling his companion, to shoulder his bag and come on. “They’re coming down,” said Bert. The men were now coming down the stairs and the two chums lay in wait for them. Each of the fellows had a fat bag of plunder with him. They reached the foot of the stairs and started for the basement flight when the boys rose suddenly, like ghostly figures in the gloom. and—whack! The rascals dropped, both badly stunned? Seeing that not a move came from them, Fred was satisfied they had been knocked out for the.time being. He lit a match and examined their faces. The countenances of bcth were smoothly shaven and hard. Fred felt in their hip pockets and found a revolver in each. He took possession of one and handed the other to Bert. Then he lit the hall “You keep watch on them, Bert, while I look around and see if there’s e telephone in the house,” he said. He opened the nearest door and found himself looking into a well-furnished parlor. “There were a couple of bookcases in the back room, and a closed desk beside a window. Between one of the bookeases and the desk was a wal! telephone: Fred lighted a gas-jet, tookyup the telephone di- rectory and looked for the-cali number of Police Headquarters. As soon as he found it he got into communication with Central and was presently talking with the desk sergeant at Sieddanestane. then at 300 Mulberry street. -He stated the case. “Give me the street number and I'l] have the et police station attend to the matter,” said Fea A “The street is’—and Fred gave it—“but I don’t know the number. Hold the wire for a minute ~ and I'll find out.” He ran back to the hall, unlocked and unbolted the door and stepping into the vestibule, lit a match and looked to see if the number was over the door on the glass. He found that it was and rushed back to send it to Headquarters. The offi- cer took it. down. “Now give me your name and that of your com- panion, with your nus Fred did so. “J’ll have policemen sent to the house at once. Ring off.” , Fred hung up the receiver and returned to his um. _ “They’re still dead to the world, I see,” he said. “They look as though they are likely to remain so | for a while. Til run upstairs and hunt for the woman who gave the alarm.” _ He hustled up to the third floor and opened the door of one of the front rooms, a bedroom. As it _ Was dark he flashed a match and entered. Bound and gagged_on the bed lay a woman in her night- gown. Fred light ‘ “Oh, dear! Oh, dear! has robbed!” she said in a greatly’ agitated way. here, eh?” ” ~~ return a . Police Court next mornii two daughters went to attend a wedding on. Staten Island, and they will not returr’ until to- morrow.” “Well, don’t worry. The burglars didn’t get away. They and two bags of plunder are down-/ ~ stairs in the hall,” said Fred, who then told the servant all that had happened, ‘ Leaving her to dress herself, Fred returned to the hall below. “T guess I’d better open the outside door and watch for the policemen,” he said to Bert. This he did and presently up the street came three officers in a patrol wagon. Fred cailed to them and they stopped at the house. The three officers were soon in the house looking -at the senseless rascals and listening to the facts as de- tailed by the boy. The servant’came downstairs and told her story. The policemen looked the — house over and then nailed up the basement door for the night. They loaded the crooks and the two bags of plunder into the wagon and drové away, after telling the two boys. they would be summoned as witnesses against the men. “After — they had departed the chums bade the servant, geod-night and resumed their way home, arriving . - about two o’clock, and reaching their beds with= out arousing their mother. as +5: < CHAPTER VI.—The Short Sale That Pahned Out ig. < ers about their adventure of the preced and then started for Wall Street. The mo papers had a brief mention of the attemp bery as reported by Fred to Headquarters. names of the two boys were mentioned. T morning L. & O. looked so shaky that Fred, a consultation with Bert, sold 500 shares of stock short. That is, he sold the stock at market price, though they didn’t have a share of it, in the expectation that the price would slump that day or the next,and thus give them the chance to buy 500 shares in at a much lower price to deliver to the party who had bought the steck of them, In this way they hoped to make some _ more money out of &'O. The bank’s a . sentation at the Exchange made the sale to some, oy ag = In the morning Fred and Bert told their mothe * broker at 80, presumedly for a customer. Ee The price rose to 81 and then, all of a s +, a the stuck went to pieces, dropping rapidly to 70, where it recovered to 73. ie closed at 72 3-8. When the found that a policeman had ca ‘el and left a summons for them to attend the Tombs . They went to,the lit- tle bank first and were there when the Exchange opened. The previous day’s slump was continue L. & O. droppiny to 64 5-8, at. which price Fr Gndexed: 500. chabes-bieg it. to creer th shee they started for the court in th out of the fall ae i & g E i ; i F

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IN THE MONEY GAME 7 there and she pointed the boys out to Mr. Davis. That gentleman itmediately introduced himself “to them, and thanked them for the service they had rendered him in saving his property and cap- turing the thieves. -“You’re welcome, sir,” said Fred. “When your servant shouted for help and told us there were *. thieves in the house the uncertainty of finding a ; policeman induced us to enter your house, when we discovered that the area door was open, and make an elfort to block the rascals’ escape. It took a little nerve and some judgment, for we be- lieved the men were armed, and this proved to be the case.” : Fe “Well, the rascals would have got away with several thousand dollars’ worth of valuable prop- erty, ineluding all of the personal jewelry of my wife and daughter. You have, *. ~ therefore, placed me under great obligations to you, and I assure you I won’t let it pass unrecognized. Where are you employed?” a‘ “We are not employed at present. We have been brokers’ messengers until about a month ago when we each had a misunderstanding with our employer and quit.” ees : “Then you have béen working in Wall Street. _ *¥es, sir; for about two years. | was in George Butler’s office, and my friend was in Thomas Crane’s.” : ; : -. “You have found some diffieulty in getting em- ployment, have you? = a “We haven't joked for another position, either -of'us. We have done a whole lot better speculat- ” = ‘on our own hook. pa I won’t criticize your methods, whether ‘approve of them or not. I am a Wall Street ‘proker. Here is my card. I shall be glad to see ‘both of you at.my office, and if I can be of any “service to you you can depend on me to help you, said the gentleman. At that moment the two burglars were brought before the bar to plead. They were represented »y a cheap lawyer, who proceeded to browbeat servant when she went on the stand. She and gagge ‘told his story. — Bocwes g you to enter the house?” asked help, and her statement e woman’s cry for a thieves in. y- didn’t you go for the police?” needn’t answer that ,” said the d the Mr. and the market looks to. me as turn.” ee ee Ba ey Svan e place,” replied the » “600 M. & N., at 85. The deposit was $6,000, which _ their property. The result was the two men were remanded back to the Tombs to await the action of the Grand Judy. Mr. Davis introduced the boys to his wife and daughters, and then went with them to Wall Street. Two days afterward the broker sent each of the boys a handsome and valuable present as an evidence of his apprecia- tion for their services. Mrs. Davis and the two girls also sent additional presents to express their gratitude to the two chums for saving their dia- monds and other property. So the boys congratu- lated themselves on the results of their night ad- venture, but for all that they were not through with the affair. : - CHAPTER VII.—The Tip That Ffed Found. A couple of weeks passed and the boys did nothing more strenuous than watch the black- board in the reception-room of the little bank, or stroll around the Wall Street district to stretch their legs. Then Fred-noticed that M. & N. was going up slowly but steadily. : “T think it wouldn’t be a bad idea to buy sa 600 shares of it,” he said to Bert. “Even if we sold on a point and a half or two-point advance we’d-make something, and everything counts. A profit of $1 a share would be $600. That doesn’t look as big to us now as it did when we were working for Butler and Crane, but it’s a lot of money, just the same, to.make in a few days.” “Whatever you say suits me,” said Bert. “All right. Come over to the window. Here- after I’m going to make all deals in- both our names so you can act in case I’m not around. We are equa] partners, and you have as much right : to close a deal as I have, if, in your judgment, you think it best to do so.” Bert understood, and the two chums went to the window together. rete “This is my speculative partner,” said Fred to 4 the clerk. “We are going to make our deals . — jointly hereafter, because each of us are equally fs interested in it from a financial point of view. TI : want jt understood that either of has the right to ae close out the deals either of us make. Now, we are going to buy 600 shares of M. & N. at the ca market. If Rowe should order it sold I want you = to sell it.” ’ “That’s all right. .You will both sign the buy- ing order, and I will make a note to the ts that whichever one of you presents the memctan- dum and signs the selling order will be recog- nized,” said the clerk. : 2 That was satisfactory and the deal was made— Fred paid over. -Two days later, while seated — by himself in the little bank, Bert saw M. & N. — drop an eighth. It was then going at 87 3-8. He went to the window and ordered the stock sold, which gave the firm a profit of $1,200. Fred, at — the time, was talking to Broker Davis in his office. He was telling him that they had gone in on 600 — M. & N., and that the price had since then gone up two points and ahalf. : : “J think you'd better sell,” said the broker. “It’s gone up seven points in So last ten da

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8 IN ss He picked up the tape of his private ticker and =e looked at. it. ts “M. & N. is dropping,” he said. “In the last = “three transactions it has fallen off three-eighths. You’d better sell it at once.” “My partner has the memorandum and I guess he knows enough to get out from under when he sees things toppling,” said Fred. However, he deemed it wise to run up to the lit- tle bank to see if Bert has od the stock. When he got M. & N. had lost a point. “How about the deal?” he asked his chum. “Sold out when I saw it was starting down,” ‘replied Bert. “Good! The country is safe. make all of $1,000.” “We are getting on pretty well, I think,” said Bert. “We are our own boss, and making money in bunches. We started into the money game a month ago with $1,000 apiece capital and now, if we decided to call our partnership off, we could cut a $14,000 melon.- That’s going some, I think. ee 5 “The showing is quite satisfactory to me,” re- : plied Fred. “As for calling our partnership off, we can hardly do that except by mutual consent, I guess we'll for our agreement calls for one year, subject to a renewal if both parties are agreeable.” ES “Oh, 1 don’t want to call it off, don’t you worry. ~ There’s too much money in it. Our bosses did us a great favor when they bounced us. We ought Ls call on them and cxpaees our thanks,” said rt. - “You can call upon Crane, if you want, but But- ler won’t see me in‘a hurry.” _. That was where Fred was wrong, for an hour ater he ran into his late employer on Broad street. “Hello, Bassett! Who are you working for now?” asked the broker, in a comparatively~ friendly way. “For fa firm of Bassett & Rowe, speculators,” replied Fred. “Bassett & Rowe, speculators!” ejaculated But- ler. “Speculators in what?” “They’re in the mone y game,” “Butler looked’ puzzle: “I don’t quite understand. Is the senior part- "ner d-relative of yours?” e senior partner is myself. “y “Oh, I begin to see what you are driving at. es You're not working for anybody. You are con- - tinuing your foolish course of action for which I ~ let t you go. - “¥ am much obliged to you for doing that. I ‘I collected in wages for a “Y’m happy to hear it,’ whimsical smile. “Do you in _ything until you are broke?” - “TY hope there is no danger of the firm of Bas- sett & Rowe going broke, sir. “Spe rs in futures are cea in danger of Sa pty I regret you are employing your } advantage.” Rod cont gue obliged to you for’ your advice, Mr. ler, but I’m spoiled now for working for any- else unles unless things should turn out badly, in , case Speers my maatheisie and look tor hea! at ress office.” utler, with a d to stick at this 1 a ~ am-making more money in five minutes now than, THE MONEY GAME well, but I have had thirty years’ experience in the gare, and I have found that the best way to get en is to let the other fellow do the guessing. Good-by,” and the broker walked off. “He’s right,” thought Fred. “The man who does the guessing generally guesses wrong, but when one is playing in luck I believe in following it till it changes, but not after it changes. The fellow who goes bankrupt is the chap who tries to buck against luck when it’s on the ebb. The moment things change with Bassett & Rowe I | shall propose to quit, or at least haul off for a « while.” Walking across Broad street toward the Curb Exchange, Fred saw an envelope in his path. It looked clean, as if some one had just dropped it, and the boy picked it up. It was sealed, but bore no name or address, only the initials J.D. Fred took a lead pencil from-his pocket, ran it under the flap and soon had the envelope open. He took out the enclosure and read the following: “J. D.—You have asked for my advice. That is something I am not in the habit of giving out. I have all I can do to advise myself and do it satisfactorily. However, I owe you a good turn, or a favor, or whatever you chose to call it, so I will so far unbend as to suggest, you understand, that if you should get in on U. P. at onee you can’t go far wrong. It’s ruling around 165 at present. Unless my foresight fails me those who have it a week from to-day will be able to get 175 for it. And it may go higher. At any rate, you'll maké no mistake in buying it to the extent of your cash balance, and holding it for a ten-point rise, which will result in you doubling your money. Yours very sincerely, he “If T. J. doesn’t stand for Thomas Jardine, I’m a lobster of the boiled type, for I’ve seen those pot-hooks before in the course of business. The letter reads like the operator—cautious but con- vincing. Fred, old boy, you’ve struck a gilt-edged tip that ought’ to put Bassett & Rowe on the sun- ny side of Hasy Street. U. P. is Jardine’s partic- ular persimmon. If he says it is likely to rise ten points, you can bet your last dollar that he knows it is going to rise. If I knew who J. D. is, and where to locate him, I’d take him this letter, for — it’s a shame he should miss such an elegant point- er. I’d take the letter and leave it at Mr. Jar- dine’s office, but that would show the finder had opened it, and U. P. might go down intsead of up in consequence. I’m afraid J. D. will have to go without his tip unless he meets his friend Jardine, or the messenger confesses that he lost the let- ter,” said Fred. Fred put the letter in his pocket and later on he sealed it up again. When he met Bert he told him about the tip and showed him the letter. “I know it’s from Jardine, for I’m familiar with — his writing. This is where we'll make a ten- strike and raochle our capital. We can afford to _ take a plunge on the strength of that tip, for it’s as good as F Basse said Fred. ea So the firm o oh Gearepinnged-on Geka er at 165, on margi oe eS ae and the little bank’s margin clerk = at their vote Soir as the ee gra the bank had re- a wet, most of ite

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To swing the order the bank would have _ to advance something over $200,000, and as the bank had no such money at its dis it was obliged to hypothecate the stock at about seventy - per cent. of its market value. The boys knew they would have to pay interest on over D for as many days as the deal ran, and bank would deduct it from either their de- ee or their profits, as the case might be. Natu- + yally, when you make use of other people’s money you have to pay for it. os The chum firm didn’t worry over that. They didn’t expect the deal to run much over a week and they looked to make such zoe thing out of — “it that the interest charge woul t a small fig- ure. On the day after they made their deal the - stock went up a point. “Now we’re on our way,” said Bert gleefully. But they were mistaken, for before the Ex- change closed the price dropped back to 159 5-8. However, to make a long story short, U. P. finally _ got a gait on and began going, upward in earnest, a little at a time. On the eighth day it regis- n> tered at 175. “Shall we take a little more chance on it?” Said Fred. ool a i 45 may, for it’s a gilt-edged security, He _ replied Be Ro they aited another day the price ad- _ vanced to 176 5-8. Then Fred would take no fur- and ordered the stock sold. When the hi bank settled with the boys they found they e a profit of $15.700, and that raised a ue 4 ther risk hod made’ 2 ‘capital to $90,000, with @ trifling $400 over. is luck! — ER VIll.—The Chums Open An Office in Wall Street. “Bert,” said Fred one morning, “let’s rent an office. We can afford the luxury, and it will add Bile to the firm. What do you say?” rs “An office costs money down here, and we real- Fi. have no use for one,” replied his chum. -_ “Then we'll make use for one.- We’ll make a bluff at the brokerage business. Bassett & Rowe, _ Stocks and bonds, will look pretty nifty on the ted glass. Then we'll put a standing adver- me in one or two of the papers which will a eon the public that we buy and sell stocks and ia on a commission basis, and that we will be ERS intormat y prospective customers with re- information about the market free, gratis nd fi or nothing. How does that strike you?” er would strike me.all ‘right if I Donere there tbe E n- te? be something in it after we hook a fe incase “Oh, I isthe plan is all risht You can 14 eafa ere can we get an office?” ‘gota a picked out already in the Dun-. iiding, sixth floor. Come around and look a Besides, rete SS ae — ae = ot as ographer. to a art cviting of of renting an office, an “it we would give her room shone 3 to + do work as a public stenographer she our work for nothing. It is only one it’s Sie coongicter ‘a ao Pepe , IN THE MONEY GAME 9 “T should think so.” They went around to the building and Fred got the janitor, an Irish giant in uniform named Mike. to show them the vacant room. Bért liked it, so they called on the superintendent and took a lease of it until the following May, Fred giving Broker Davis as their reference, and paying down the first month’s rent. Fred then called on Nellie Travers and told her they had taken the office he had spoken to her about. “That suits me,” she said. you are for me.” It took y a couple of days for the chums to furnish the place up with a rug, a safe, two desks, a table for Miss Travers, and half a dozen chairs. They hung half a dozen appro- priate pictures on the walls and then the place was ready for business. Nellie Travers brought her typewriter and went to call on the gentle- men in the building — had promised her work if she came A painter put “Bassett & Rowe, Stocks and Bonds,” on the door, in good-, sized lettering, and down in one corner, in small letters, “Miss Travers, Public Stenographer.” . Fred put an advertisement in three papers, and the boys felt like real brokerS. Of course, the other tenants of the offices on the corridor noticed that the room had been rented to a firm in the brokerage line, and ges curiosity was excited as to who they were, for nobody knew them. Ties. cles: Was. senckaah “ia coeroalicen were as curious as their employers, at least some of them were. Broker Fosdick, whose suit of offices was facing the office of the new tenants, felt it was his duty to make the acquaintance of the new brokers and learn whence they had come, so as to be able to spread the news. He was a “nosey” man, who let nothing escape him, particularly a customer, if he could help it. He was not popularewith his office force on account of his prying nature. When not engaged witha ‘visitor, he kept the door of his private rodm open so he could keep tab on his clerks. He was not a member of the Stock Exchan but he had a business ar- rangement with a broker who was to handle such business as he couldn’t execute himself. On the first Monday after the chums ‘started their new venture, Broker Fosdick walked in on them. He “T’ll move in when was surprised to see-two boys seated at the only- desks in the room. “Is Mr. Bassett in?” asked Fosdick. “Yes, sir. That’s my name,” said Fred. “Are you one of the brokers whose name is on Saye > me Ss you’re only a boy!” he sniffed. “Where d did you come from?” “I haven’t the remotest ided, sir. in this city: ay “Then you { belong to New York?” “No, sir. I don’t belong to anybody unless it’s my mother.” I was born “What kind of an answer do you call that?” — snorted the money broker. “What other kiffd of answer do you expect?” “Did you get your experience in Wall Street?” “Yes, sir.” “Who did you work for?” = Bears LS tae

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10 “Mr. George Butler, of No. — Wall street.” “You were one of his clerks, I suppose?” “I was his messenger.” “What’s that? His messenger!” “Yes, sir.” “Do you mean to say you’ve jumped from a messenger to a broker?” “F ora that’s about it.” “What do you know about the brokerage busi- ness?” “Is this a civil service examination?” “You are impudent, young man.” “And you are mighty curious about what does net concern you. May I ask who you are?” “T am the tenant of the offices opposite. My name is Fosdick.” “Oh, you’re a broker?” “T am, and I’d like to know how it is you have the assurance to set yourself up as a broker.” “Did anybody ask you that question when you started in?” “Certainly not. I wasn’t a boy.” “But you were a boy once,” persisted Fred. “What has that fact got to do with the mat- ter we are discussing?” “I thought maybe you’d remember how you felt when a boy and that you’d give me the bene- fit of it.” The broker glared at him. “Are you trying to make a fool of me?” he snarled. . “No, sir. I couldn’t improve on your own ef- . forts.” ; “What's that?” “Really, Mr. Fosdick, I would be glad if you would explain why you wanted to see me. If you will state your errand, I will listen to you.” “Bah!” ejaculated Fosdick, rising. “I must find out whether this building is going to be turned into a kindergarten for suckling bro- kers.” “It might be put to a worse use.” With a snort, the broker marched to the door. “Bah!” he said, and then he walked out. __ The chums looked at one another and laughed. No doubt Miss Travers would have laughed, too, had she been at her typewriter, but she was out taking dictation. ‘ _ “I wonder what he wanted, anyway?” said rt. — “I imagine he came in just out of curiosity to : get.a line on the new firm,” replied Fred. “T _ didn’t like his questions, that’s why I handed it — to him the way I did, It is really nobody’s business who we are. or why we are in the bro- -kerage business. Nobody is going to help us un- less it might be Mr. Davis, if we got into diffi- ~ culties, financial er otherwise. Visitors are wel- come, but I shall treat them as they deserve. ~ Nosey people will get it straight from the shoul- der from me every time.” - _ Here the door was opened and the postman walked in with a letter. CHAPTER IX.—The Chums Get Their First sm __ “For the firm,” said Fred, as he proe2eded to a “open. tt after the depaz*~~e of the letter carrier. ‘Who from?” asked Bort : * “Did you telephone for an ambulance?” IN THE MONEY GAME “Give me time to find out. Oh, it’s from some man out on Long Island. He has seen our ad- vertisement and wants information about the Minerva Gold and Silver Mining Company, of Tonopah, Nevada. Says he has 1,000 shares which he bought over a year ago from a man in the Flatiron Building who was advertising = the stock for sale as the finest investment on earth. He says he hasn’t heard anything more about the mine, though he’s written several times to the company. Looks as if he was stung with one of those wildcats that promoters work off on the eredulous public once in a while.” “You'll answer it?” “Of course. That’s our duty.” i “What will you say to him?” : “I must make inquiries about the mine, and whatever I learn I'll post him about. The chances are it won’t be in his favor. That re- minds me we must subscribe to a couple of good Western mining journals, so we can get next to what is going on in the mining properties out West.” . “Good idea.” Fred put on his hat and went out. Im a little while Nellie Travers came in and went to» work on her machine. Bert continued to read one of the Wall Street dailies. Half an hour passed away. Then, during a brief spell of silence, while the girl was reading over the leteter she had just written and comparing it with her shorthand notes, footsteps came slowly along the corridor, stopped outside the office, and then — something crashed heavily against the door, _ shaking it violently. Nellie gave a nervous jump, _ while Bert sprang to his feet. a “Oh, dear! what was that?” asked the stenog- rapher. “TI couldn’t tell you; but I’m going to find out,” said the junior partner. < He walked to the door and threw it open. A. — man in a slouched hat was huddled up there, and «— he toppled into the office when the door was open, like a bag of merchandise might, inert and helpless. == “My goodness!” exclaimed Bert. “What haye we here?” Nellie felt like screaming, for the strange man __ had all the appearance of death on his sun-” burned countenance. A heavy beard concealed ~ the greater part of his face, while his attire consisted of a new suit of ready-nfade store clothes. The corridor was empty at the moment and so Bert dragged the man into the office and closed the door. He saw that the stranger was _ not dead, in spite of his ghastly looks. Neither = was the man suffering from a fit, as far as the boy could see. : S. Apparently, he had fainted from some cause, which Bert regarded as serious, for stalwa leoking men like him do not faint easily. Wit Nellie’s help, Bert got him on the lounge and, getting a glass of water, tried to bring him His efforts were successful, and the man o his eyes just as Fred came back, “Wello!” said Fred.. “What has happen here?” r i ce aa ee Bert explained matters in a few words. — ww ~ s a z

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= z - a . “No. . I wasn’t sure the case was serious t “J think we'd better get a doctor, at any rate, _, for him.” = “No, no,” whispered the stranger hoarsely, ~ “don’t get a doctor. It’s just an attack I’m ac- ~-eustomed to. Let me rest here a while. I'll be all right again shortly.” Ri bi right,” said Fred. “You can stay here as long as you choose. If there is anything at all we can for you we'll do it gladly.” " “Thanks, pard. I don’t need anything, un- -, less——” or “Unless what?” —- “Unless you’ve a drop of whisky handy.” a3 “We haven’t any in the office, but I’ll get you some. It will be no trouble.” ie “I'l! go for it,” said Bert. “es “Well. run over to the Empire Cafe and buy a half-pint flask of their best,” nodded Fred. Nellie, who had gone back to her table, re- sumed her work. Bert put on his hat and start- -__ ed on his errand. - _-—«- *You say you are subject to these fits?” said _ Fred to the stranger. “Tt isn’t a fit. It’s a weakness of the heart. I’m not as strong as I look. I’m from the West —Nevada. My name is Hank Gibson. Some ‘years ago I got into a saloon scrap and was shot close to the heart. The ball is in there yet, stuck in the muscles. The doctors, after prob- ing for it and failing to dislodge the ball, told me they dare not operate further, as the lead “was too close to my heart. They thought I might through with it in me, and I did. But _once.in @ while T have these spells come on, and TI drop like a shot. This is the first in six months. Any extra exertion, or excitement, will Be: = eS. E- »- as I caw. I suppose they’ll fetch me some day, _. though when I get over them I feel no further inconvenience till the next attack. It was for- nate I went down outside your office. I might ave fallen in the street—anywhere. They take ‘me suddenly. I feel a sharp pain, and then ev- 3 Fig grows black and I know nothing more il! I come to,” said the stranger. : Bert came back with the flask of whisky. Fred ne ee We des a glass and handed to the stranger. He drank it slowly ,at first and then finished it at a gulp. stuff,” he said. “It puts life in a I can sit up now, an in five min- ’ to go. P urty f. You are welcome to GR agg aig ad this room?” boys in business in 27 “You are brokers, then?” | : “You look youn: for the business. How long eeTNet long. We used to work for a couple of 31 Street traders. bosses our- oS at hig smart or you Now we’re are pretty You seem to be doing busi- IN THE MONEY GAME Lae g on an attack, so I have to he as careful - asic 11 ness, all right,” said the stranger, looking at Miss Travers, whose nimble fingers were flying over the keys of her typewriter. “Oh, yes, we’re doing a little something,” said Fred, who did not think it necessary to admit that they were still waiting for their first cus- tomer. “You young fellows have done me a real serv- ice and I’m grateful to you. I can put some business in your way that’ll repay you.” “We shall be glad to execute any commission you give us, Mr. Gibson,” said Fred. a fou charge the usual commission, I sup- e?” “Yes.” “T was going to give my business to Broker Fosdick for I was recommended to him by a Goldfield firm of brokers, but seeing I owe you a good turn, and Fosdick ain’t nothing to me in particular, if you can do what I want, the com- mission is yours.” “Tf it’s in the brokerage line, as I, judge it is, we can fix you up all right,” said Fred,~in a confident tone. “Tm age all right now. T’ll go over to your desk and talk business,” said Gibsony suif- ing the action to the word. — Nellie put on her hat and said she was going to lunch, and Bert said he guessed he’d go, too, if his presence wasn’t needed. Fred told him to go on, as he would attend to their customer. “J suppose your name is Bassett,” said the en: “You: seem to be the head of the rm.” : “Yes, that’s my name.” ; = “Very good. Now, Mr. Bassett, I came Hast to buy up Minerva mining stock,” began Gibson. “Minerva!” ejaculated Fred, in some surprise. He had been investigating the mine and had learned that it was considered no good. A hundred thousand shares had been disposed of by a smart promoter at ten cents a share. A great many of these shares had subsequently been sent to Wall Street brokers to be sold, but as there was no market for them, they had been returned to the owners. Fred had gathered this information to send to the firm’s Long Island correspondent, whose letter was the first busi- + ness communication the chums had received. “You have heard about the mine, of course,” said Gibson. . a “We received a letter from a man in Jamaica this morning, asking for information about it,” “How many res has he?” “One thousand.” : “What did you intend to write him?” \ “That the stock was worthless.” d “Worthless!” said the Westerner, with a quiet chuckle. . yy “I have been looking it up, and I find that it is re; as a wildcat.” ; “Then it must surprise you that I wish to buy the stock?” ~. “You must, have some pretty good reason for f aturally. Write to your Jamaica corre- spondent and offer him a cent a share.” = “Do you mean you will give that?” “Yes. And I'll take you can get for ‘at the same rate. I know that 100,000 were sold here, and I want to get as many of “ me ot ‘ te. cw) Oe es baer, >

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12 -them as I can get hold of. Make out your or- der for an indefinite number of shares and I'll sign it. TU leave $1,000 deposit with you to show you that I mean business.” “I guess that stock isn’t as worthless as Wall Street brokers think it is,” said Fred, as he started to make out the order. “No, it’s worth a little something, but I don’t think anybody but me would offer to buy it just y now.” Fred passed the order to him and he signed it. Then he handed the boy $1,000 in bills and tock his receipt for the money. “I’m stopping at the Astor House, where any communication will reach me. The sooner you get hold of the stock the better I’ll like it. Here is a list of all the’ Eastern stockholders of rec- ord, with their addresses, which I copied off the books of the company. I dare say a lot of the stock has changed hands without any notifica- tion reaching the company, for the company has practically been out of business for a consider- able time. It’s going to be reorganized, and if your firm would care to take the Eastern agency rt: I’d be glad to have you do it. Ill tell you right 4 here that you won’t regret it.” “If there’s anything at all in it for us, we'll be glad to take it,” said Fred. “T wouldn’t suggest the matter to didn’t think it would pay you.” “All right, Mr. Gibson, we'll talk about it ; after we have bought as much of the stock as ge we can pick up at the price. We'll get on the job at once.” “Maybe I'll drop in to-morrow and see how - you’re getting on,” said the Western man, get- a= ting up. “Do so. We'll be glad to see you.” as » Then Hank Gibson took his leave, and Bassett = & Rowe had got their first customer, which was a matter of congratulation to them. you if I CHAPTER X.—The Chums Make a Big Haul. In a little while Bert and Miss Travers re- turned, and Fred told his chum about the order he had got from the Westerner. ~ _. “We must treat him well, because he’s the __ firm’s first customer,” said Fred. “It was singular the way we captured him,” ra “Yes, it was. We've got one on that nosey broker across the hall.” - -- “In what way?” ey “Our customer was bound for his office when he fell unconscious. He brought a letter of in- Lees 3 “He won’t lose a whole lot, for we can’t char, _-more than 75 cents a thousand for buying the stock. That’s the regulation rate for shares _ ‘worth one and under two cents,” said Bert. ~~ *T know it; but everything counts with me. ‘Tl bet it would give Broker Fosdick a fit, after - what pa: etv us, if he learned that we ~ got even a dollar in commission away from him.” ' “Oh, let‘him go bag!” : _ “Sure; he can go to grass with all the pleas- in the world. Now, I’m going to lunch, and id for Minerva shares, so AY ’ invitation, and after dinner they, in turn, invi you secure the Minerva ag IN THE MONEY GAME need not expect te see me back for a while. In the meanwhile, dictate a letter to our Jamaica cerrespondent, telling him that Minerva isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, but if he wants to get rid of it we'll take the certificates off his . hands for ten dollars.” Thus speaking, Fred left the office. tated the letter to Nellie. “It’s our first,” he said, as he finished. ao “There always has to be a beginning,” she % replied, with a smile. j “Yes. I only: hope more will follow. We've nailed our first customer, too. The gent who fell in on us so unexpectedly.” ; ; “Oh, he was coming here, then?” “No, he wasn’t. He was going to the man opposite—a very disagreeable sort of man, who paid -us a visit while you were out taking dic- tation. He said things while he was in here t we didn’t exactly approve, and Fred, acting as spokesman for the firm, handed him a few back. He didn’t like his reception and left in a hurry. Our customer had a letter to him, but Fate willed that we should get him. I guess we'll go along now, for it’s the first customer that’s the hardest _ to get—at least, it was in our case, for we have — no friends we can count on,” said Bert. In the meantime Fred went to lunch and then started out to look for Minerva shares, without reference to his list. Not many of the brokers had any of the stock ‘hanging around their of- — fices. He picked up 10,000 shares at three dif- — ferent places, and he got it all for $22, and the traders were glad to get rid of it for that price. This was less than a quarter of a cent a share— next door to getting it for nothing. He returned — to the office at half-past three. Nellie was near- _ ly through with her work. a “T have a short letter to dictate to_vou,” he — said to the girl, “but I want vou to make about a dozen copies of it, one addressed to each of « the people on this list.” a It took her till five o’clock to write them, with 4 the erivelopes to match. Then the office was — closed for the day and, on the wav home with his chum, he mailed the bunch. Next morning — he dictated a letter to the firm’s customer. _ “Here, Bert, take this up to the Astor House — and leave it at the desk. Read it and then seal it up,” said Fred. : : : 3 Qn the following day answers began coming | in from the holders of Minerva stock, to all of — whom Fred had offered a cent a share for their — stock. Some took up his offer and notified the firm that they had mailed the certificates; the rest with a few exceptions, wanted to know more a Bert dic- answer at all, and these Fred judged to be peo- ple who had either changed their addresses or had disposed of their stock in some way. The firm secured 40,000 more shares, whi ve them half of the stock that had been sol in the East. The Westerner called, learned re- sults so far, an@invited the two chums to dine — with him at the Astor House. They accepted | him to go to the theater. He went with and thus they hecame better acquainted their first customer. While they were tr shares they received

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IN- THE MONEY GAME _ from different people who had seen their adver- - tisement in the papers, and these wanted infor- mation about the stock market in general, and some of them advice about making investments. _ In reply, Fred dictated a brief market letter ” and had Nellie make the necessary copies, which Were mailed to the correspondents. By the time the firm had gathered in 20,000 more shares of Minerva, Fred told Bert that as B. & J. was going up, they might as well try their luck with it. TI ~ “Sure; why not?” replied Bert. i Accordingly, Fred bought 1,000 shares at 5, on the usual margin. After holding it three - days the firm let it go at a profit of $2,000. _ During this time they had several visitors— traders who had heard about them and. dropped in to see them. Broker Fosdick did not bother - them again, and they were just as well pleased. _ They passed him several times in the corridor, - But he turned up his nose at them, which only _ made them laugh. : ; Finally they reported to Hank Gibson that - $0,000 shares was all they could get of the Minerva stock, so he settled with them at that and allowed them to retain the $62 Fred had saved on the first 10,000 shares. Then, telling them they would hear from him in a short time, lie started West. One morning, shortly after- ward, Bert collared another good tip. He learned on good authority that a syndicate had _* been formed to corner L. & M. Just for the fun of the thing, Fred called on Fosdick and asked _ him if he had any of the stock for sale. “No, I haven’t!” snapped the trader. -“I won- at your nerve coming here and asking me for it.” ais should think you’d be glad to do business with us,” said Fred. “No; I don’t want to ” “ = AWwhy. not? - one else’s?”. _ “I don’t believe you’ve got any.” _ “What do you suppose we’re doing business on hot air?” SS, as _ “I don’t believe you’re doing any business. No- body would be so foolish as to trade with kin- lergarten. brokers.” do any business with Isn’t our money as good as any EM, TH woe good by, bat Til bet you havent . & M., I'll sa -by, but you haven’ AS enough Xf? sell us.an option on 2,000 “What’s that? Sell you an option on 2,000 3 on *Yes. I'll give you two points above the mar- RS i 80, for a ten-day option on the and we'll put up five per cent. of the cur- value as security. We want the stock, but -ean’t afford to pay for it just yet.” _ Five per cent. on $60,000 was $8,000, and Fos- demanded to know if he had the money. We've got the money in the office. You can v ; y it in five minutes. toc! = trader promptly, thing: of it. it for him, any- 13 could get his bank to carry the shares for him at the prevailing rate of interest he stood to win a profit out. of the boys, and the satisfac- tion of making something out of them was con- siderable. So the deal was made. The chums also bought 2,000 more shares through the little bank, at 80. Both deals took $28,000 of their money, but they felt pretty certain of coming out on top. . Fosdick did not buy L. & M. immediately, as he would have done under ordinary circum- stances, because the price dropped a point, and he saw the chance of making more out of it by waiting. On the second day it went down an- other point and he rubbed his hands. That was the time he should have bought, for it -would have turned him in‘an additional profit of $4,000, or double what he had figured on at first. He held off, looking'to see it go lower. Instead of that, it took a sudden jump up to 81, and he lost $6,000 that he might have made. Next day it went up half a point more, and then he got scared and bought it. After he bought it it dropped back to 79, and he kicked himself for not waiting. He was so mad about it that he made himself extra disagreeable to his clerks all that day. After that L. & M. began going up again. This time it kept on till it reached.95, on the ninth day of the option. The boy firm then sold the option to Mr. Davis, at 94, making $24,000 out of it. They also sold the 2,000 they had at the little bank at the market price and make $30,000 more. In all, they cleared $54,000 off the tip, and, to a certain extent, put it over Fosdick, who only made a few hundred out of his option deal. The fact that they had sold his option instead of taking it up and paying for the stock still further convinced Fosdick that the boy firm had no great amount of money at their back. How- ever, he knew they had made nearly $25,000. on the option, and he was not greatly pleased to think that he was the means of giving them a financial lift. He determined to try and do them some way in order to get square. CHAPTER XI.—The Chums Hire An Experi- enced Assistant. One morning Fred noticed an advertisement in a Wall Street daily that struck his attention. A bookkeeper, with many years’ experience in the financial district, wanted a position in a broker’s office, where he would be willing to, make himself generally useful. He could be addressed by ini- tials, eare of the paper. With a capital of over $80,000, the chums had become ambitious to get a real start in the brekerage business, but, out- side their standing advertisement, they didn’t know how to get customers, for they had no friends to apply to. They had probably had 100. or more answers so far to their advertisement, but none of them produced results. They all wanted information about the market, and when they got it that was the last the firm h from _ Z them. Fred showed the advertisement to Bert. 3 . ¥

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14 = “T know it; but we’d like to do some business, wouldn’t we?” f “Sure we would.” “Very well. I thought I’d have the man call here and havea talk with him. If he can give us a few pointers that will help us get busi- ness, why, we'll pay him for his information. In that way he can put a little money in his fy at 4 i pocket while waiting for a position. See the # point?” : “Yes, Go ahead. Your idea isn’t a bad one. We can afford to pay well for the real goods.” So Fred answered the advertisement and the party called at the office. He was a well-dress- ed, gentlemanly man, with a mustache and chin = beard. He said he lost a position held by him for fifteen years by the firm going out of busi- ness. He was thoroughly acquainted with the AOS i Fahy brekerage business, and could fill in at any office . " position. Fred told him what the firm was look- = ing for. “We have no need for a bookkeeper, but we are willing to pay for information that will put us in line for, securing customers,” he said. “And after you. get the customers, you can handle them?” asked the gentleman, with a smile. “Have you capital enough to carry on a brokerage btsiness, ae do you know how to Yaise money to carry stock for your customers?” : “T guess we can make out. ow.” - “Somehow is a poor way to put it. I can give or sell you expert advice, but I can’t guarantee that it will be productive of results.” “We don’t you to guarantee anything but your advice.” “Look here, youn: - do, if you can affo - Manager and bookkeeper. I will engage with you at $20 a week, and if at the end of the first month you think I am a losing proposition, we’ll _eall the arrangement off. I ‘think , however, I will be able to put you in the way of more than _ $80 worth of rience, and that you will also _get your money k with interest.” “All right,” said Fred. “We'll give you a trial.” _. “The first thing you will want is a set of books,” said the gentleman, whose name was __ ~. Wilford Gray. “I will open them and show you one how to keep them in case you decide that you 3 cannot afford to keep me.” _ “Oh, if you can get us into the swim, in a -business sense, we’ll keep you all right. We do not expect to make money at the very start.” “How much capital have you?” _ “Eighty-six thousand dollars.” ‘The bookkeeper looked surprised. “As much as that?” he said. eee C2 ern : _ “Then I think you ought to be able to make a id as long as you do not expect too much. When do man, the best thing you can \ do you want me to come?” in right away.” the young lady stenographer is not pe. We lly we have it, is to hire me as advising - IN THE MONEY GAME enough work to engage a certain part of her time we will put her on our pay-roll.” Fred and the bookkeeper went out together to buy the books and other necessary things. When they got back Bert handed his chum a letter . which had come during his absence. It was from Hank Gibson. He stated that he and his friends had obtained complete control of the Minerva mining property and had reorganized the com- = pany, with him as president. He inclosed the boy firm’s appointment as Eastern representa- tives of the mine. “The cause of all this is that we found there was good-paying ore on the property, which only ‘requires proper development to turn it into a very fair mine. When the stock is listed, — which it never was before, we shall send you on blank certificates, all signed and sealed, for you to fill out to purchasers. Also a transfer book. You will advertise the mine on lines that we will furnish you, and do your best to dispose of the stock. Naturally, you will have some trou- ble, as the original management gave the mine a black eye by their wildeat methods, but as we have the goods and mean business, the public and the brokers will soon come to learn that the Minerva is a legitimate enterprise and worth every cent put into it,” wrote Gibson. % Fred handed the letter to Gray to read, and . told him about the commission the firm had exe- - cuted for the Westerner. ; “You have accepted this appointment in ad- vance, I should judge,” said Gray. “Yes, with the understanding that it will pay — us,” replied Fred.- — “Tt will be an advantage to you if the mine turns out all right.” 7 “That’s the way we figured.” When the books were delivered, Gray them in hand and started in on them, Bert’s desk. Bert went to a second-hand on Nassau street and bought a for the bookkeeper to use. When it arrived some changes ‘were made in the position of the~ furniture, so as to place it to the best advan- — tage. The roll-top desks of the chums had pre-_ viously been back to back, with their ends to ward one of the windows. Bert’s was removed _and Fred’s swung around facing the door. The ticker stood within easy reach. Nellie’s table was at the other window. The tall desk placed end on against it, the back of Bert’s desk faced the girl and the same was moved to a corner behind the bookkeeper. __ ; _—- After Gray had opened ‘the books properly, — which was a simple matter as — stood, he held a consultation with the boys, and gave them a lot of advice and ral information that was bound to be of great value to them. The boys kept the greater part of their capital in a s: deposit box, leaving about $6,000 inethe safe for immediate use, if necessary. te 3 told Gray — how they had made their money. He ¢ atu- lated them on their remarkable good 5 and advised them to go slow in the ve field gp gt for Arg as they had had using was too good

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IN THE MONEY GAME shame for you to lose your grip through some unfortunate deal,” said he. . The chums agreed with him, and said they '. Would be cautious about what they went into in the future. A standing advertisement was put ~ im one or two more daily papers, and in a few days the firm got its second customer. A man = out in Pottsville, Pa., sent in $1,000 with an or- der to buy 100 shares of a certain stock on mar- gin, together with instructions about selling it at a certain figure if it advanced to that point. Fred took the order over to Broker Davis to execute for them on a half-commission basis. Shortly afterward they got their first city cus- omer, through the influence of the bookkeeper. One morning the telephone rang. Fred was ~ at his desk and answered it. The girl at the switchboard downstairs was at the other end. _ She said a man wanted to see him on special iness in the main corridor. “Why doesn’t he come up to my office?” re- plied Fred. There was a short pause, and then the-oper- ator said he told her he did not have much time —— a and he’d like Fred to come down. So Js “He is one of the men indicted for the at- _ tempted burglary of the Davis house on “What have I got to do with him?” asked Fred, annoyed having been called down on such an errand. ; “You and your partner will be witnesses inst him and his pal when they’re brought for shorily. Now, we want to square this mat- __ ter with you and keep you away from the court; ” or to have you téll a different story than you did : the examination,” said the man. “Say, what do you take me for? Do you sup- pose either I or my partner would consent to and in with a crook, like your friend. Dunkle? you do, you’re wrong. ere isn’t money ough-in Wall Street to bribe us to do what we ght not to do.” =e BE 4 “You’re a fool, young fellow!” said the map y. “You can’t make $250 any easier.” don’t want to continue this interview. You have made me lose fifteen minutes of my time naan ” “Ti make you lose more than that, confound ” cried the man fiercely. — : seized the boy by the arms, lifted and flung down the iron stairs. As Fred went rol]- ig do the long flight the man hastily left -TER XIL—The Chums’ F 15 his hat, and said he would only be gone a few minutes.” At that moment the door opened, and big Mike, the janitor of the building, entered the office, bearing the unconscious Fred in his arms. Nel- lie, Bert and the bookkeeper sprang from their desks and rushed forward with ejaculations of consternation. : “I found him lying in a heap halfway down the stairs leading to the first cellar, so it looks as if he started down, looking for me, maybe, and lost his balance. He was lucky not to roll all the way down,” replied the janitor. Bert remembered the flask of whisky he had bought to give the Westerner a drink the day of his first appearance at the office. It was in a lower drawer of Fred’s desk. He got it, poured some in a glass and, opening his chum’s mouth, poured a little down his throat. That brought Fred to his senses quite promptly. Fred looked around him in a dazed way and didn’t seem to understand the situation. In a- few moments his brain cleared and he recalled everything. He then related the cause of the trouble, and his partner was much astonished. “You must telephone the police about the mat- ter,” said Bert. “I suppose you can describe the rascal?” “Quite well. He ought to be arrested, for he might have killed me,” said Fred. How do you feel now?” “Pretty good. One of-my shins is skinned, and one of my elbows.” “Your head is cut a little. see a druggist.” Fred said he would after he had notified the police. While he was out he called on Broker Davis and told him about his encounter with a friend of one or both of the burglars. “The fellow must have been poorly advised to call on you upon such an errand,” said the bro- ker. “Bribery is a State prison offence, and Pe the police catch him you can make it hot for im.” After some further talk on the subject Fred went away. The police hunted for the man, but he kept out of the way and was not caught. The two burglars were duly tried and the boy bro- kers appeared against them with Mr. Davis’ housekeeper. The jury found them guilty, and they were sent up the river for a term of years. A few days after the trial the Western minin papers had an account of the reorganiaztion the Minerva mining company, and they also rinted a verified statement that good ore had legs discovered at a certain level, and that work would soon begin in the mine. Better go out and Two or three of these clippings were sent to Hs Bassett & Rowe by Gibson, together with other matter of interest connected with the mine, in- cluding a map of the property, which Fred had fr and hung up on the wall. A painter was “Eastern Agency’ of the Minerva caled in and the foilowing was put on the sore =. So Gold and Silver Mining Co., of Tonopah, Nevada.” =>

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: 16 bookkeeper in addition to the stenographer, and he judged they must be doing business. “I see you represent the Minerva Mining Company,” he said to Fred. “Yes, sir.” I suppose you are going to promote a sale of its stock in Wall Street?” “We are waiting for orders to do that.” “If it’s more than a nickel, I don’t think you will be able to sell any, for the mine has a black eye since the public was stung a year or more ago. eal “I can’t help that. We'll do our best to put the stock on the market. The officers of the new company are not likely to ask more than the shares will fetch out in Goldeld. Prices will be based on the market quotations.” ao you buying any mining stocks at pres- a * “No. We haven’t had any orders for them.” “T have a block of Cinderella Consolidated that I can let you have cheap.” ee you, but I guess we don’t care to han- at? Broker Fosdick, seeing he couldn’t unload the Cinderella Consolidated on the boy firm, took his leave. In a day or two Minerva was listed on the Goldfield Exchange, and the stock was freely ‘sold at fifteen cents a share. Bassett & Rowe were instructed to offer it on the Curb at that price. Fred selected a young broker he was ac- : quainted with to act for the firm. The boy then = put an advertisement in the Sunday papers, call- = ing attention to the mine and offering the shares aig at fifteen cents. oe Inside of a week 50,000 shares were disposed of and the money, less commission charges and other expenses, was sent to the treasurer of the Minerva Company. It was about this time that - a boom started in J. & D. It had been slowly advancing for some days and then started up- ward with a rush. The bes didn’t believe in buying stock after it was up. That was the : time to sell, they argued. Still they thought they would take a risk on this, and after a talk with =; the bookkeeper, who advised them to keep out of it; they bought 3,000 shares at 92. Three ee hours later the stock was going at 96 and a .. fraction, and the Exchange was a seething caul- _ ™ = dron of excitement. The stock this time was purchased through Mr. Davis, and when fifteen = minutes later iD resebed.97 3-8, Fred ordered Davis to sell it. The broker disposed of it in lots to suit,'and Fred returned to the office in high feather. = “I bought 3,000 of J. & D. contrary to your - advice, Mr. Gray, and after holding it four hours sold it at a profit of $5 a share. How is that. ~ for luck? It raises our capital to $100,000. ~ Here is the m um ean make the am : entries in our books. e’ve made a good 5 more money out of a deal before, but noth- LS eo im so short a time,” said Fred. & “You — i ; y- appear to have most as- certainl: uck,” said the bookkeeper. “Never- contend I acted in your interests in in.” IN THE MONEY GAME from custemers that conservative houses do, : cause they are always lable to-go to the under a stress of untoward circumstances, and that places their customers in a bad position. You are trying to build up a business, and if ~ the impression gets around that you are inclined to speculate to any extent, it is going to hurt your reputation.” The bookkeeper’s statement was true, and his advice was always good. Fyed discovered that he had been playing with fire in his rapid-aetion deal, for five minutes before three the market went to pieces with a crash, and the only thing that averted a panic on the floor was the chair- man’s gavel, ending business for the day. Ev- erybody was more or‘less prepared for the slump which continued next day, and J. & D. declined ten points under liquidation. In a day or two Fred collected the firm’s win- nings and slapped it away in their safe-deposit box. The chums were now accumulating a few customers, and the future looked rosy, though their legitimate business did not as yet begin to pay their expenses. Both boys got their mothers to sell out their businesses and move uptown to a nice apartment house, where they took apart- ments on the same floor. CHAPTER XIII.—The Lady and the Govern- ment Bonds. One morning a handsomely dressed and chic- looking lady walked into the office and ask for Mr. Bassett. 7 “That’s my name, madam,” said Fred, jump- ing up and offering his fair visitor a chair be- side his desk. 2. “My name is Mrs. Douglas Taylor.” - Fred bowed and waited for further develop- ments. “My husband is a traveling man and is away ~ from home a good part of his time. He makes a lot of money in his business and instead of banking the surplus he puts it in bonds. He ~~ thinks them safer, and they draw a better inter- est. He says they are convertible into cash at any time. A month ago he presented me with a thousand-dollar Government bond as a birth- day present, which was good of him, don’t you~ think?” z : A “Yes, ma’am; it-was quite liberal on his part,” _ replied Fred, quite taken with his fascinating, % visitor. oe $50. Then there are other things. footed i everything up, | vor me over $600. I either have to sell the go without the clothes. It seems dispose of that bond so soon what am I to do? I really must have and so, seeing your advertisement he I decided to call on you and get you

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IN THE MONEY GAME “Did you bring the bond with you?” asked “I have it in my bag.” ; In a few moments she placed it in Fred's hands. “How much can I get for it?” “About eleven hundred dollars.” “How lovely! Will you take it and give me the money, deducting your commission for selling it? I suppose you’ll sell it right away. These Government bonds, I’m told, are as good as an oo red saw that the bond was an ordinary cou- é pon one, and that it was readily negotiable. Fred took it over to the bookkeeper and show- ed it to him. “The lady, whose name is Taylor, brought that here to sell. She wants me to give her the cash for it,” said Fred. “Where does she live?” “T didn’t ask her.” “How came she to get the bond?” “She says her husband gave it to her for a birthday present a short time ago.” “And she wants to turn it into money?” “She wants to ‘buy a new dress, a new hat, and other things, which she says will cost her ” “Rather extravagant, I unia§ Say.” “She told me that her husband, who is a trav- eling man, makes lots ef money.” ci should think he did, to be able to give away thousand-dollar bonds. Well, get her full name and address and then tell her you'll have to send to your bank and get the money. Come back’ to me with the information.” Fred returned to the lady and found out that her name was Mrs. Laura Taylor, and that she lived at the Khedive Apartment house on 45th . street. Fred figured out the value of the bond, —~ deducted his commission and told her what she would get. “That will be quite satisfactory,” she replied, with a smile. ? - "Very well. I will send to the bank for the -eash,” said the boy, taking the slip with the in- formation to the kkeeper. looked at it, made a note of the number d and, putting on his hat, e asked to use the > a -- eonnected with the Khedive Apartment house. the person who “No, sah. Nobody of that name in the house.” “Very well. That is all.” Then he went over to the Stock Exchan: ired if any Government bonds ha and been . tices were od aianve ds had been re- as stolen from a Fi avenue mansion Going over the numbers, he found responded with the one of- sale by the lady. He made'a note of Police 7 <a has offered the bond for sale at our office, and we can’t keep her too long.” “All right,” and the desk sergeant rang off. The bookkeeper walked slowly back to the §. building. There was a cab standing in front, : and Mr. Gray wondered if it was waiting fer the lady. He saw there was a man sitting inside. The bookkeeper waited around the door and in fifteen minutes un auto rushed up and stopped. A sharp-looking Irishman, dressed in a business suit, got out. He came into the building and looked at the directory of names. “Looking for Bassett & Rowe?” asked Gray. “Yes. ow cid you know?” “Are you from Headquarters?” “Why do you ask that?” “Because I’m Bassett & Rowe’s bookkeeper, and I telephoned the information that has brought you down here.” “Oh! The lady is upstairs?” : “I presume she is, and quite impatieht by this time.” “Let us go up, then.” Up they went. LTT lis eS eae “You go in first dnd go to your desk,” said the — detective. “I will follow in a minute. Pay the a lady the money and take her receipt. Then we'll have her.” , The bookkeeper went in, hung up his hat, opened the same and took out the money, which he counted out and carried over to the lady, with a receipt. The lady took off her glove, — the receipt, and the bookkeeper took up the d as the detective walked in. The moment her — eyes fell on his face she turned pale and clung to her chair for support. “I must go,” she said to Fred. 4 “Allow me to see you to the elevator, Mrs. Taylor,” said Fred politely. “Don’t trouble yourself, young man,” said the detective, taking the boy for a clerk. “I'll at- tend to that. Where is the Government bond ; the lady just sold this firm?” he added, looking ~~ at the bookkeeper. aa “Here it is.” “T’ll take it; and the receipt, please.” <4 “How is this?” said Bred, m astonishment. 4 “Never mind, young man. This bond happens : to have been stolen, with others, this morning, and this lady, whom I recognize, will have to ~ — explain how she came by it.” = he detective laid his hand on the lady’s arm. | - “You'll have to come with me, Nance Whiting.” “Sir, you are mistaking me for somebody else. My name is——” 2 ; 3 “Yes, I know; you are sailing under the name mae of Laura Taylor here. Your clever ruse has failed, and you will have 3 to account for hav that bond in your possession. You have received _ the money for it, for which I hold your receipt, — so you see we have it on you good and proper, — my lady.” “Are you going to take that bond -away, sir? Keb-petia deat” aceak Sted ee eS Lee Se ans Fae ene Oe a “He’s all right,” said ont p ne Mr’ Basectt, the head of the firm," ae to the detective. as “Well, now, I took him for a clerk)” he said, *

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18 IN si “Make out a receipt for this bond,” he added to the bockkeeper, “in the name of the Department, and I'll sign it.” The bookkeeper did so. He also wrote the following on a piece of paper: - “There’s a cab at the door with a man in it. - He may be waiting for the lady.” He handed it to the detective. ded after reading it. “Will you hold this woman here till I return?” he said to Fred. _ *[ will if you order me to.” “It is my wish that vou do so.” Then the detective left the office. In a short time he returned. j “Now, madam, I'll trouble you to come with me,” he said, in a tone that showed he meant to the The officer nod- The lady got up and accompanied him d>wn- stairs, where she found her companion, who had ._ come with her in the cab, under arrest. The pair were at once taken to Police Headquarters. CHAPTER XIV.—The Chums. Move to Better = Quarters. — Se. _ Fred and the bookkeeper were both summoned to appear at the police court on the following 20" . A dignified-leoking, white-haired gen- tleman was also on hand. It developed that he _ was the person who had been robbed of the ponds and other valuables by the lady prisoner, _. who was an expert confidence operator, with a ice record in other cities besides New York. e his name as Mason, and his residence as No. — Fifth avenue. He told how he had been hoodwinked by the woman, who had called in reply to his advertisement for a private sec- retary. She had drugged and then robbed him f the property described. He positively identi- fied the woman prisoner as the party in ques- ‘Fred then was called to the stand and told about the lady’s visit to his office for the purpose of selling one $1,000 bond. He identified the woman prisoner as that person, and also the ‘bond when it was handed to him. Bookkeeper * Gray then testified. He said that while he and "sent the price to 20 cents. Minerva THE MONEY. GAME The detective went on the stand and had some- thing to say, then the magistrate held the wo- man for the action of the grand jury. The male prisoner was then brought to the bar, but as nothing could be proved against him, except that he had accompanied the lady to Wall Street in the cab, he was discharged, but as the police regarded him as the “man behind,” he was not lost sight of. He made no effort to keep out of the way, but in the course of an hour appeared before a judge with a lawyer and gave cash bail for the lady, who was then released and went away with him. In the meanwhile Mr. Mason introduced himself to Fred, thanked him for saving his property, and assured him he would not forget the service. A few days later he called at the office of the chums and was wel- comed there. Shortly after Mr.. Mason went away Fred got a letter from Hank Gibson. “T am sending you a tip that’s a winner. A rich lead of ore has been discovered’in the Cin- derella Consolidated. There are a few thousand shares of the mine floating around Wall Street. Buy every one you can get hold of. The price here to-day is four cents. It will jump to a quarter when the news gets out, and will go higher later on§ Me and my partners have se- cured a big block of it, and expect to make enough’cut of it to help matters in the Minerva, which is panning out first-rate for a compara- tively new thing. If I w¢gre you, I’d buy in the unsold shares of Minerva yourselves at the market price of 20. You won’t lose anything by it. According to our advices, you still have 25,000 shares on hand. We need the money, and the more work we’re able to do, the better the rospect will be for the mine. By taking that lock we shall look upon you chaps as one of us, and we'd rather have you gain than outsid- ers. Besides, we’d have your. support.” So wrote Hank, and after Bert read the let- ter the chums consulted and decided to buy in the 25,000 shares at 20 cents. They could easily afford to expend the $5,000. They also decided to buy up Cinderella Consolidated. “Broker Fosdick across the hall had a block a while ago. -T’ll call on him and see if he’s got the stock yet,” said Fred. Fosdick had the stock, 20,000 shares, and he said he’d sell it at the market. : “Well, I’! take the stock,” said Fred. “All of it?” 5 aes “All of it. It’s only a small item. Send the certificates in with your receipt for the money ; and we'll attend to the transferring. The stock thas got to be sent to Goldfield for the company has no agent here.” i : ’ -So the deal was made and Bassett & Rowe came in possession of the shares for $800.. That =__ afternoon Fred picked up 20,000 more from two ze other brokers at the same price. The stock was _ ss to the office of the secretary at Gold- Before they received their new certificates be ; news of the find in the mine came out and ~& price cs to 20 cents. When Fosdick heard — the news he was mad over it. Three days later he was madder still when tional ‘ 3 a

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ed to 25 cents. When the young firm got its shares back from Goldfield, a letter from the 2 president of the Cinderella Consolidated accom- is panied the certificates. es “We shall want a transfer office in Wall Street, Fs as our miné is now coming to the front. As BS you are now large holders of our stock, we are bes disposed to give you the agency, if you will take oe it. Send us reference and your views on the = subject.” “We refer you to the Minerva G. & S. Mining Co., of Tonopah, for which we are the Eastern representatives. We are a responsible firm, though a young one, and we are large holders of Minerva stock,” wrote Fred. The result was that Bassett & Rowe got the agency, and the Cinderella Consolidated Mine was added to their sign on the door, and it cre- ated more comment from the tenants on the cor- 7 a ty Vm ‘ 5 Ry ridor, who began to think’ that the boy firm_was -. some pumpkins,” after all. By that time Min- ___— erva had advanced to 30 cents and Cinderella Consolidated to 40. Both stocks had cost the ne __ firm $5,800, and they were worth on the Goldfield market $23,500, so the chums were considerably - ahead on their mining operations, besides being agents for both of the companies. In the mean- time their business was increasing and their of- fice had grown too small to accommodate it. The superintendent of the building told Fred he had a suite of three rooms on the fourth floor which the firm could have. The rent, however, was L ers stiff, more than they wanted to pay. The : eeper told them in the long run it would be to their advantage to take the suite. “Probably Miss Travers might take one of - rooms, for her business has increased so that she told me she couldn’t Handle it under her ss present conditions, even with the girl you al- » lowed her to hire,” he said to Fred. “She does : not want to separate from you, she told me, and _ she doesn’t know what she will do.” _ ~ “Pil talk to her,” said Fred. --. Fred had a talk with her and an agreement - was reached between them, in which Bert coin- _eided, that she could have one of the rooms of the suite for its proportionate rent. Bassett & “Rowe moved into their new quarters on the first of May. - “T¢ will be cheaper for you to hire a girl for - yourself,” Miss Travers said to Fred, one day __ when she presented her weekly bill. “Probably; but Baa stuck by us, little girl, from the start, and were a great help to us in many a. : We are going to stick to you, no matter what it costs,” replied. “You are very ™she answered, “but I am ) now, and I don’t want to rob art a v rad 3 “ae sp : EES Sa heer ao portant thing I possess, Nellie.” ‘Drop the mister. You’ve stolen my heart, and -know it, though you won’t let on.” ie d down at the carpet and made no IN THE MONEY GAME et kaise’ 19 “Do you love me or don’t you?” “Yes, Fred. I have always loved you the——” “I know, and you’ll marry me some day not far off?” “Tf you wish me to.” “Of course I do,” he said, catching her in his arms and meeny her just as the private room . door opened and Bert walked in. He gasped and hastily walked out again. Fred ©. K.’d her bill, and she collected the money from the bookkeeper on her way back to her own quarters. Then Bert came in. “Tt’s a fine day,” he remarked, with a grin, “Yes. What are you snickering at?” “T was just thinking, that’s all.” “Thinking you have my goat, Il suppose?” % “Your goat?” , “Sure.. You saw me kissing Miss Travers.” “How do you know I did?” “I didn’t see you, but she did; and she nearly had a fit.” i “When do you two expect to embark on the sea ef matrimony?” “Oh, there’s lots of time. We’re young yet. If we embark in a boat, we'll take you along to do the Rowe-ing.” P “You’re funny yourself.” “Well, what did you.do while you were out?” c “T took a bunch of orders over to Davis. I appear to’ be messenger boy as well as junior Tom partner.” : 5s RE ae you liked to run around on the out- side. fe __" “So I do. By the way, I was in the Empire — Cafe after a bite.” : 7 “After a bite? There’s no dogs in that place,” chuckled Fred. “Oh, say, cut it out! I saw Fosdick in there” with a couple of friends.” — “Well?” K ee “He’s putting up a job on us.” pe “Is he? How kind of him! How did you learn about it?” a “Overheard their conversation. We're going “ae A quiet tip “a buy A a3 B. We are to be. t) ere is a syndicate ind it. A % we bite——” ; —S “Tf we do.” J “Phe Fosdick bunch will bri » slump. and catch us.” NE OER es “Tf the Fosdick bunch can do that, they’r good ones, I’ve got the tip already, but it didn’t come ‘from the Fosdick crowd. Mr. Mason was in here, and he told me to get in on A. & B. H gave us an order to buy 10,000 shares for him, to be delivered C, O. D. at his bank. If the Fos- — oa ee Ppa on A, & B. to put us in a hole, they’re eir perch. Maybe “it pinched themselves, wit Fred. ee “Good!” said Bert. “I'd like to see them oreo their own trap.” oe G? on Fred got a note from a broker ae tipping him off to A. & B. ee

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—__. “Want to sell me another option?” Fred asked. ; - “On what?” 3 eo “A. & B.” “Think it’s going up?” grinned Fosdick, rub- S bing his hands. se “I do. It’s going at 90. T’'ll give you 92.” se =) a “Make it a half and I’ll take you.” “A half goes,” and the deal was made for 5,000 shares. Fosdick was in great glee. Did he go out and buy the stock, for by so doing he stood to win $12,500? He did not. On the contrary, he and his friends got together and jumped on A. & B. The price sagged. The syndicate behind helped on the good work by knocking it -down to 80. Fosdick could have shouted for joy he was so happy. Bassett & Rowe were over $60,000 to the . bad. That was true, but the option had seven days yet to run. ~ Next day A. & B. began to recover, and it re- covered so fast that it took Fosdick’s breath away. By the time he woke up it was going at 95. He found himself as much to the bad as he might have been to the good. He bought, how- ever, and it was lucky he did so. On the day the option expired A. & B. was going at 105. Get a copy from | some of the genuine prize money, - trick contest. IN THE MONEY GAME Fred called on Mr. Mason, who, by previous ar- rangement, advanced the boy $20,000. Then the boy called on Fosdick for the stock as per his option. “Tt’s hypothecated at my bank,” said the bro- ker sourly. “We'll go over to the bank, then.” They did and the stock was released. Fred carried it to Davis, and he sold it right away at the market price, and thus, instead of getting bitten, Bassett & Rowe made over $60,000 on the option. With a cash capital of $160,000 and 65,000 mining shares of Minerva and Cinderella Consol- idated, worth 35 and 50 cents a share, respective- ly, or $28,750, the chums were pretty well fixed, not to mention their business, which was increas- ing every week. And so we will leave them in the money game with their eyes fixed on half a. million in the future and draw the curtain on the luck of two Wall Street chums. Next week’s issue will contain “A GOLDEN TREASURE; or, THE MYSTERY OF AN OLD TRUNK.” ms- ACT QUICK! “ae “Mystery Magazine” No. 95, out October 15th, contains A Cash Prize Contest ! your newsdealer, read the conditions of the contest, and try to get we are going to give to the winners. This is no It is very simple and easy. Everybody stands an equal chance to win. ec? There wi . Ifa tie occurs, your luck. It does The Contest closes November 15th. The above-mentioned magazine contains an incomplete short story. The first six people _ who send us an ending of the story like that written by the author will receive checks distributed as follows: Ror $50.00 for the best explanation, : 25.00 for the second best, : 10.00 for the third best, ~ 5.00 each for the fourth, fifth and sixth best. The author's ending of the story will be published ill be three impartial and reliable judges, so that everybody will get a fair each tying contestant will receive an equal prize. with the prize-winner’s ending. not cost anything to enter the contest except the price of a copy of “Mystery Magazine,” No. 95. i ae gar GET A COPY! BG

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 21 CURRENT NEWS ' mens TOWN GETS STOLEN LIQUOR. Unknown individuals broke into the cellar of the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., where many thousand dollars’ worth of confiscated liquor was stored, and carted away nearly all of the bottled 3 goods which included well known brands. The : stolen liquor was hidden in old boilers at the steam heating plant, about three blocks from the Ppostoffice, and school children playing about the plant discovered the cache. They promptly spread .s the story and there was an immediate rush. Eyen women joined jn the stampede, and by the time officers arrived only three bottles re- mained. One man, it is said, obtained two dozen bottles, while women took all they could carry. : Officers are trying to recover the stolen liquor, but have found only a small portion of it. Of ___the large amount of liquor confiscated hereabouts and stored in the postoffice cellar nearly all ex- cept the barrel stuff has been -stolen. RADIO WAVES meet MARS, BUT TAKE @ ' The question has often been raised as to _. whether it will ever be possible to communicate by wireless with the inhabitants of other planets. = The wireless waves in the ether go on forever, “so there will be no reason why people cannot communicate with other planets if the inhabi- tants have the proper receiving apparatus. Some of the planets, however, are so far away that electric waves traveling at a speed of 106,000,000 -- miles per second would take several thousand ee years to reach them. - There is very little chance of these remote planets hearing the nightly radio e concerts sent out from the wireless test station = at the East Pittsburgh works of the Westing- house Electric and Manufacturing Company. _ They are now known to several thousand ama- __teurs all over the United States, and having a -. wave length of 330 metres, are readily picked up. | =FEDERAL SLEUTHS TO BE TRAINED HERE Establishment of a training school for Gov- ernment. sleuths in New York was announced __ by Attorney General Daugherty as a part of the _. reorganization of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice. All agents now in -the service and all to be appointed, he said, will be sent to the school for instruction. : “Tt is hoped,” Mr. Daugherty added, “that through this school a personnel of investigators may be obtained which will rank favorably with, _ if not surpass, agencies of a similar character throughout the world and will perform a signal. Service to the public at large in the enforcement Jaw and order.” “The agents will be impressed,” Mr. Daugherty said, “with the necessity of extending to the pub- lic a courteous and considerate attitude in the performance of their duties.” OUTCAST ELDERBERRY RESPECTED FOR WINE. Prohibition has created a new farm crop for Michigan. The humble elderberry, long regarded as a pest on Michigan farms because of its habit of growing thickly in fence rows, has come into its own. The purchasers do not pretend they have suddenly discovered its value for pies, but openly announce they desire it for wine making. Whereas in former years the Michigan elder- berries rotted by thousands of bushels ungath- ered, this year they commanded as high as $3 a bushel, stems and all—and the elderberry is pro- lific of stems. The ease with which they are gathered, a bushel requiring only ten minutes to pick, and the luxuriance with which they thrive in poor soil and untended, have recommended the berries to many farmers, who are considering planting the bushes in all the nooks and corners of their property. Berry hunters from the gee § cities have ins vaded every outlying section of the State this autumn and carried in the fruit. Many farmers > have taken truck-loads of berries to the Detroit — markets and found ready sale for them. CHINESE DENTISTS PULL TEETH WITH FINGERS. <9 = “ee Although the Chinese boast that nothing is new a to them, and that all the arts and sciences are old stories in China, it is still true that for opera- — tions in dentistry we would hardly care to go to _ a Chinese. ; The work of old-time Chinese dentists is lu- dicrously primitive. The operator extracts all teeth with his fingers. From youth to manhood he is trained to pull pegs from a wooden boa Neh and this training changes the aspect of the ha and gives him a finger grip that is equivalent to a lifting power of three or four hundred pounds. For toothache he employs opium, peppermint — oil, cinnamon oil and clove oil. Sometimes he fills teeth, but he does it so poorly that the fill- ~~

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22 A Lawyer At Nineteen ; 2 on Se _ FIGHTING AGAINST A FRAUD — By GASTON GARNE ¥ (A Serial Story) CHAPTER XXIV.—(Continued.) ; Another nod from the judge, and two court Officers ranged themselves alongside a smooth- = faced man sitting on the front bench, stizing him uP ‘by the arms, and then Lew went up to him, one drawing forth the clues he had found on_the ~ floor of the room in which he had made his fight im the dark, and placing the short, curling beard - on the man’s face, he immediately had Amos be- fore him, as he had confidently expected, and then he matched the broken piece of cameo with the fractured charm that hung from the man’s watch chain, and then turned to the judge and said: “Your Honor; this is one of the men who was ‘yeixed up in three different cases of abduction, ‘and he is the ‘brains’ of the gang that worked ease, and I ask for his arrest, promising to pro- duce convincing evidence against him. His name is Morgan Drake,” ee es ‘With a grow! of rage, Morgan Drake tried to break the hold of the court officers, but he was safely handcuffed. Lew Rand’s triumph was complete, for not __ only had he effectually disposed of the Winslow case, an action that had threatened to cost the railroad company many thousands of dollars, but - he had caused the arrest of the principal who had conspired to’ defraud. : _ The young lawyer rushed from the court as soon as possible, jumped into a hack, and rode - with al speed to the home of his employer, and when he told him what the result had been John _ Seribner jumped so that he nearly Wisplaced the east on his broken leg. _ “Wait for twenty-four hours,” he said, “and you'll have Mrs. Winslow and Luby and Dupree all sending for you and trying to make a bargain send the others to jail and save themselves.” - It turned out exactly as the old lawyer had 1 erat of her being a woman, and she established enough z and his fellow conspira- The prisoners who raids and held by ar _the confession. tp the conspiracy at the back of the Winslow - FAME .AND FORTUNE WEEKLY When the various sentences had been passed upon Morgan Drake and his fellow conspirators, Lew went at once to the home of his employer and acquainted him with the results of the prose- cution. “That’s great work,” was the comment of the old lawyer, “and rids my best client of a band of bloodsuckers who have been taking thousands out of the company’s treasury, and as the entire credit of the matter is due entirely to your cour- age and brains, I-ean see but one way in which to properly recognize it, and that is proposing that from this time on, or so soon as the papers can be drawn up, you shall become the junior partner in the firm of Scribner & Rand. What do you say?” “Do you mean it?” cried Lew, for old Scribner was reputed to have a business that was worth forty thousand dollars a year, and this proposi- _ tion was stunning. “Every word of-it,” said the old lawyer, en- tending his hand, which was warmly grasped by the young one, “and as this change will put you on a marrying basis whenever you wish to change - from single blessedness, I’ll give you permission at once to go to the home of-that pretty girl you’vye been running around with for a year and tell hef what the outlook is for the future.” And Lew Rand took his suggestion. The End. There will be a very interesting sevial commenced on this page Next Week. A FRENCH BLUEBEARD. Landru, France’s eccentric “Bluebeard,” who is accused of having killed eleven of his mis- tresses, stands a fair chance of getting off with the Scotch verdict of “guilty, but not proved,” as it is known that he intends to put the whole burden of proof on the police. : “Find one of my victims,” Landgy challenged the detectives last week during the final examina~ tion before the case is called for a new trial at Versailles. “There is nothing beyond a few cir- cumstantial details, always unreliable, to sup- port the charges against me. Surely the French known the world over for their brilliancy, parture to some return to France.” ; Landru’s attitude is considered to be justified by the most able legal experts, who are pointing out that inasmuch as experts are unable to iden- tify the parts of any specific body among the ashen @. Landin villi-at: Gaisbels, ihe Sau legally does not exist, and therefore cannot be Bos Pp “\.

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FAME AND FORTUNE~- WEEKLY FROM ALL POINTS 3 a ICE PLANT REFUSE KILLS FISH One afternoon thousands of game fish and frogs came to the surface dead in the waters of French Creek within the borough limits of Phoe- nixville, Pa. Some of the bass weighed two pounds. Constable George Campbell, who started an in- vestigation, said the cause was ammonia resi- due from the local ice plant. The new manage- ment held it did not know the solution would kill fish and also that it had not been notified. GETS POWER FROM THE AIR. Hermann Plauson has actually been extracting electric current from the air and using it for power.. The Scientific Amércan says he uses a captive balloon having a metallic cover provided with a large number of pointed projections or spikes and allows it to ascend toa height of 1,- 600 or 1,600 feet above ground. Positive elec- tricity is then collected from the air and trans- mitted to the ground through a wire rope fitted with sparking gap, which in turn produces an electric viabration in a circuit. M. Plausen ob- tained with one balloon at a height of 1,000 feet a supply of 17.28 kilowatt hours per diem, and with two balloons 91.6 kilowatt hours. He cal- culates that a battery of ten balloons should give an annual supply of 210,000 kilowatt hours. HONEY-MAKING ANTS. 5 The honey-making ant may belong to any of ; several species that are found in Colorado, Ari- . gona, New Mexico and Mexico. Like other ants, they live in colonies in subterranean nests, the entrance to which is in a small raised mound. The honey is obtained at night from small galls en oak leaves by foraging workers which become considerably distended with honey. With the honey they feed the other workers and the young a in the hills, and what is left over is communi- ___€ated to a number of ants which simply serve as =. living receptacles. These live honey bags cling =~ *-to the roof of the nest chamber and move very little, and in time their abdomens become greatly _ €istended. According to McCook, the naturalist, - and the author of the “Honey Ants of the Gar- ' den of the Gods,” these living*storehouses merely _ vetain the honey until it is needed by the colony for the winter, when it gives out the sursharged crops to feed the colony. Ants with similar hab- **s but of different genera, have been described in South Africa. Im Mexico these ants are eaten __ by the natives. = : * A GIANT APPLE. 4 Fred L. Post, orchardist, Chelan, Wash., who 1909 grew the world’s largest apple, believes he will pick another record breaker this. fall.. He has a Rome Beauty tree id ete eer ; apples just ripening. Recently the big Rg cui as it hung from the limb of 1 it is the sole occupant. Though impossi- accurately to record weight this way, it is ited as ° eighing 36 ounces Eleven apples are in the thirty ounce class and six are close seconds, The largest apple ever grown weighed forty- one ounces. It was exhibited at Spokane in 1909. That year no prize was offered for size, but a bonus .of $100 was given Post for the privilege of photographing and exhibiting this wonderful fruit. This big apple was just the size and about the shape of a one-gallon bucket. The-tree is situated near the irrigation flume, and a tiny leak, unsuspected, dripped constantly into the root system. This in part and a new method of fertilizing are said to account for the excessive growth. : The seventeen apples will be exhibited over th Northwest as-soon as ripe. They are receiving invitations from Eastern cities as well. They are so valuable that Post insured them against burglary, frost and disease. To prevent falling each is hung in a hammock of gauze. For advertising purposes the apples are price- Jess. \ Good to eat? Not very. They possess neither flavor nor keeping quality. ; “Mystery Magazine” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY a 4 fot. THE AFFAIR YWOOD HOUSE, by Wi- Ham H. K ; o A KEYLESS G, by Edmund 2 Jack Bechdolt. 2 > “THE FACE IN THE OWD,” by Mare B. Jones, THE MAN IN ROOM No. 7, by Chas. F. Oursler. — FOUR TEN-DOLLAR BILLS, by Henry G. Howland. A CHALLENGE TO POWER, by Dr. Harry Enton. THE HOUSE NEXT-DOOR. By Police Capt. How- ard. THE TRANCE DETECTIVE. Ry Chas. F. Oursier FRIDAY AT TWELVE. By Katherine Stage. BY THE LEFT HAND. Ry Hamilton Craigie. THE MELODY OF DEATH. By Jack Bechdolt. The Famous Detective Story Out Te-day ¥n No. 95 Ia THE TRICK OF THE GREAT YEN HOW By WM. H. OSBORNE > This and following pectic be 64 pages of reading aaa LSS2 SBVRRRLA BS sa 3 FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 168 W. 234 St.. New York : “Moving Picture Stories”? A Weekly Magazine Devoted to. Photoplays and Players PRICE SEVEN CENTS PER COPY Bach number contains Four Stories of the Best =. mas eens Sea Half-tene Scenes fre ys—Interesting Articles About Prominent thé Films—Doings of tetera ane Adeseeae in the and Lessens in Scenario Writing. <e RRY E. WOLFF, 166 W, 28d St, New a

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The By Horace. Appleton Outlaw’s Retreat The glow of the campfire by the side of a lit- tle stream that came bubbling down the moun- tain shone full upon the handsome face of Moun- tain Tam as he stood m the attitude of intense listening. “Dashed if I don’t cliaen: these diggings are haunted,’ he mused thoughtfully. “I am sure - I heard something; so I think I had better put out my fire for fear of trouble. They say the Cheyennes are about.” “Yes,” said a sweet, young voice, as he turned, “there are mea in the vicinity, and Mountain Tom is in dan “Great Colnebia !” burst from the lips of the - astonished young hunter. “What does this mean? Who are you that knows.me? An angel ora fairy?” ae “Simply a friend,” she answered; “but put out _ your light.” And, with a wave of the hand, she disappeared. Mountain Tom uttered a low, ‘soft whistle. _ The sound of footsteps cut short his medita- ‘and a fiendish voice hissed: “At last, my gay cavalier!” “Then strong hands pinioned his, ae he -was ‘bhtied violenily to the earth.. _.| «Mountain Tom knew his enemies—Jubal Kray- = inl white renegade, and his Cheyenne fol- Months before our pero had capse to knock _Jubal down for insulting a lady in Denver, and since that time the renegade had dogged the mountainecr’s footsteps for revenge. -Mountein "Tom was lashed to a log, and ~ then both leg and man carried to the little cas- aaa and placed in the stream under the falling Then began a se that human nature could ‘long endure; the water, ice-cold, falling upon his head, chilled him to the very marrow, and oon preduced a pain more terrible than any ‘that covld have been devised by the Inquisition. The clear twang of a horn came leaping down peieoiatsin _ The fall of the cascade became hushed, the raumur = the water ceased, and the little stream was gon ra “The v villain and his followers listened. The ef heard the fall of water behind them, as thoug’ S “suddenly started into existence discovery they gathered cour- Pasg Seiaei tak satearane: up the-+ had the water aside into another cha » and ee eriet weed to inquire into the mystery. A moment later Mountain Tom felt a soft hand Fi neh him, and then his bonds dropped ountain Tom,” said a soft voice. re get you again.’ ; arose and fo followed. Ms ddliverer, who Fu rme. ae A heavy hand was laid upon his shoulder, © sight that sent a chill to his aoe and The door of r floa FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY “Enter,” she said, and Tom obeyed, scarcely aware of what he was doing, for his brain was still throbbing. ‘He descended a flight of steps into a dark, dis- mal cavern, The girl came after him, and then closéd the entrance by a door that swung upward and closed with a snap. The next instant Tom heard the rush of water over the door, and felt a few cold drops fall upon his hand. He knew by this that the stream had. by some mysterious means, been turned back into its chan- © nel, and was now rushing over the door of the cavern, : “You are safe now from the Indians, Moun- tain Tom,” the maiden said, when she had closed the door. “The water will hide our trail.” “But am I safe from—from other enemies?” | the young mountaineer asked. “Upon one condition!” exclaimed the gruff ce of a man, and a dark lantern was opened $5 flashed into his face, the light nearly blind- ing him. “Great Scott! it is Roderic, the Outlaw of the Mines!” he exclaimed. “The same,” replied-the man, whose name had long been a terror and his hiding place a mys- tery. “And now, sir, if you’ll forfeit your life as the price of my betrayal, you can go hence; that is, if you’ll agree that I may have your life if you tell what you know of me aiid my secure retreat, I’ll set you at liberty. You know me well enough not to rifle with me. If it hadn’t been for Zouida I would never have permitted you in here. But she is our only pet, and we like to favor her whims; though the foolish girl has seen you passing here often enough to fall i in love with you, I’m a——” ‘ “Father!” said the fair young girl, reprov- ingly. a “Do = promise me what I ask?” continued the out ; “I promise you ‘by all that is sacred,” replied ; Tom. “I would be ungrateful if I did not do so, : on aecount of your brave little daughter.” ; “Ha, ha! I’m afraid ’re in love, too, Moun- — tain Tom. But you shall go from here free; but remember you owe your life to Zoui In two hours the young mountaineer was con- ducted from the cavern by the same way he had entered. Months went by. Oftentiies Tom lingered up in the mountains in hopes of getting a g se of that fail oe BG ai: CPeALe creature shut away from the joys and sunlight of the world, in that dismal cavern. The name of Roderic became a terror in the ~ : mines, and there were few men that dared to cross his path, for he often turned up when least — expected. But one night the desperado went — see, to Denver and was killed in a drunken — raw c With a heavy heart the young mountaineer ap- proached the entrance to the ca “ge where a his soul met his gaze. . a was Bey to cairn Se sae of the a a corpse lossy tresses, a es face ot beautiful even oe Se e ae * od ~~ FS

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 25 Fame and Fortune Weekly NEW YORK, OCTOBER 21, 1921. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS os One Copy Six Months.. One Copy One Year ROW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. O. _ Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances in «py rT way are at your risk. We accept hag _ Stamps the same as cash. @ HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher 166 West 23d St.. New York INTERESTING ARTICLES FISH WHIPS BIG EAGLE. A fight between a 5-pound catfish and a large _bald eagle on the surface of a Florida lake was Witnessed recently by J. D. Eastin, former Santa Fe at Emporia, Kan., who lives at Jack- sonville. Eastin was passing the shore of a lake when. they saw the bird trying to lift the fish from the water. The eagle lost its fight and the fish, badly injured, escaped from the bird’s claws. ie A a lk 550 ANGLERS CATCH 12 POUNDS OF FISH. _. Five hundred and forty-nine French anglers with the Jatest and best equipment, members of _ the Paris Fishing Club, ranged themselves along Z intense. Great crowds gathered along the _ quay to see the finishh =‘ ~ - Their reward came at 1:30 p.m. when the called time and announced the’ winner, ; <a agua Phen hashes 3 poor lon e fish weighing a pound. e en- tire catch of all 549 anglers amounted to 12 _ pounds of fish, not counting numerous old shoes _ and kitchen utensils dating from the Roman oc- * cupation. ; | PREVENTS RAYLWAY CATASTROPHE. eat belonging to a switch tender on a rail- f miles ur, Socnten topped a few y en ; switch oint. ‘noticing the sem .r investigated and found the “oe een . out volubility, insisted that the cat had foreseen the danger and sacrificed herself, an explanation which won 100 lire for the burial of the animal, NEW YORK CITY BIGGER THAN “GREATER LONDON.” New York has a valid claim against London for classification as the largest city in the world, according to the National Geographic Society. Discussing the recent announcement of the Brit- ish census that “Greater London” has now a pop- ulation of 17,476,168 persons, a society bulletin to-day questioned the right of London city proper to claim all that population, and suggested that New York’s 5,620,048 souls, actually within one municipal unit, under one municipal government, may make it the largest. , “Legally, as a municipal unit, ‘London’ refers oad only to the area within the boundaries of the county of London,” the bulletin asserted. “Only ‘Greater London’ figures are carried in the des-— patches, but at the rate of growth they indicate London proper still is under the 5,000,000 mark. The ‘Greater London’ which has nearly 7,500,- . 000 people has an existence as a metropolitan and police unit. Its population is distributed over 693 square miles, an area six times that of mu- nicipal London, and more than twice that of municipal New York.” . Statement of the ownership, management, ete., re- quired by Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, cf “FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY,” poblished weekly at New York, N. X., for. Octob 1, i921. State of New York, County of New York:—Before me a Notary 4 Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, Pe sonally appeared Luis Senarens, who, having been dul 3worn according to law, deposes and says that he is the editor of “FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY” and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and +elief, a true statement of the ownersbip, management, etc., of _ the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption required by the Act of August 24, 1912, em- nagiet in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to wit: 1, That the names and as of the Publisher, edi- tor, managing editor an usiness Mabe ger, are: Publisher—Harry E. Wolff, 166 West 23d St.. New York, N,. Y¥.; Editor—Luis Senarens, 166 West 234 St., New York, N, Y.; Managing Editor—None; Business Manager—None. 2. That the owner is Harry EB. Wolff, 166 West, 25d St... New York, N. Y. 3. That the kuown bondholders, mortgagees and other secnrity holders owning ar holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securi-. ~ ties are: None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above givin names of the owners, stockholders and security ho : em hs- ements embracing afflant’s ful pe hm belief as to the which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees ho stock and seeuri a capacity other than that of bona fide owner; and this affiant | no reason to lieve that any other person, associa og ee r has any interest, direct or indirect, in bonds or other securities than as nes , ae. "g and conditions under _ .

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Fame and Fortune Weekly — LATEST ISSUES —— 197 A Sharp Boy; or, Making His Mark in Busiuess. 798 Tom Swift of Walj street; or, The Loy Who Was on the Job. 799 Andy the Auctioneer; or, Bidding iu a Fortune. 800 Doubling Yheir Doeliars; or, Schooimates In Wah Street. 801 Dix Wuriing’s Money; or, The Rise of an O%ce 30¥. 802 Beating the Market; or, A Boy Broker's Big Deal. 803 Lost in the Jungle; or, The Secret of the Hindoo Temple. 804 Bound to Get the Cash; or, Out for a Million in Wall Street. 805 A Lucky Errand Boy; or, Working His Way To Fortune 806 Little Johnnie Brown; or, How a Smart Boy Made Money. 807 Finding a Fortune; or, The Mystery of the Old Bell Tower. - 80S In the Stock Market; or, The Lucky Ventures of a Wali Street Messenger. 809 Tues Coane Cents and How They Made a Waif’s ortune. r 810 The Old Trader’s Legacy and What His Office Boy Did with It. 811 A Million in Diamonds; or, The Treasure of the y Hidden Valley. 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Fisher, curator of the Egyptian sec- _ don of the Museum of the University of Penn- _ylyania. Official permission to undertake this ' waves of invasion swept over and destroyed it. It is within sight of the Mount of Peansfiguration, the scene of the battles between David and Saul and the Witch of Endor, who recalled the shade of the prophet Samuel to enlighten Saul, had her home near this ancient city whose secrets now are sought. It was on the route of all the builders of an- cient empires. The Crusaders made Beth-shan a point of attack in their vain efforts to conquer Damascus.

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more than 300 by Joseph Anderson AM just the average man—twenty-eight years old, with a wife and a three-year-old youngster. I left school when I was fourteen. My parents didn’t want me to do it, but I thought I knew more : than they. did. z I can see my father now, standing before me, pleading, threatening, coaxing me to keep on with my schooling. With tears in his eyes he told me how he had been a failure all his life because of lack of education—that the untrained man is always : forced to work for a small salary—that he had : hoped, yes, and prayed, that I would be a more x successful man than he was. But no! My mind was made up. I had been offered a job’at nine dollars a week and I was going to také it. didn’t realize then, nor for years afterward, that I : was being paid only for the work of my hands. -My brain didn’t count. mn HEN one day, glancing through a magazine, I S came across the story of a man just like myself. He, too, had left school when he was fourteen years of age, and had worked for years at a small salary. : - But he was ambitious. He decided that he would ss get-out of the rut by training himself to become expert in some line of work. So he got in touch with the International Corre- spondence Schools at Scranton and started to study in his spare time at home. It was the turn in the road for him—the beginning of his success. Most stories like that tell of the presidents of on institutions who are earning $25,000 and $50,000 a year. Those stories frighten me. I don’t think I could ever earn that much, But this story __. told of a man who, through spare time study, lifted himself from $25 to $75 a week. It made an im- pression on me because it talked in terms I could understand, It seemed reasonable to suppose that I could do as well. ; : I tell you it didn’t take me Jong that time to mark “and send in that familiar coupon. Information ding the Course I had marked came back by _ the education I had denied myself as a boy. I was surprised to find out how fascinating a home-study course could be. The I. C. S. worked with me every hour I had to spare, I felt myself wing, I knew there was a bigger job waiting _ Four months after I enrolled my employer came p id told me that he always gave preference who studied their jobs—and that my next i - jeugt That nine dollars looked awfully big to me. I. return mail. I found it wasn't too late to make up =~ salary envelope would show how much he thought of the improvement in my work. _ Today, my salary is more than 300% greater than it was when I began my studies. That increase has meant a better home and all the luxuries that make life worth while. What I have done, you can do. For I am just an average man. I had no more education to begin with than you have—perhaps not as much. The only difference is a matter of training. O every man who is earning less than $75 a week, I say simply this:—Find out what the I. C. S. can do for you! It will take only a minute of your time to mark and mail the coupon. But that one simple act may change your whole life. : ; If I hadn’t taken that first step four years ago — I wouldn’t be writing this message to you today! No, and I wouldn’t be earning anywhere near $75 a week, cither! —— ee TEAR OUT HERE ee eee ee ee ee INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS Box +490 SCRANTON, PA. Without cost ‘or obligation please éxplain how I eae eet tt Tn inet sublect tefere which I have marked am OELECTRICAL BUSINESS MANAGEM'R Electric ightiog & Mallwaye SALESMA > Tolecraph fiw Card & Sign Ptg. MECHANICAL ENGINFER HLOSTRATING™ Mechani Drafteman Private Secretary ons pendent * st MI F mEMCAN oo ENO . MANA! STATIO! Railway pon Marine neer Commere i. Contractor and. Builder 1 School Subjects Arehitectural Dr CIVIL SERVICE. Concrete Builder Railway Mail Clerk Structural ineer AUTOMOBILES PLUMBING & HEATING Mathematics Sheet. or Presa aaa Aare Bou Raising NAIC... ..-c-cecasescecersoneersaneeenecenes sonsssesenersneesssosssanerery cusersacosnsocesensseoeaton bay PRES or ear An ROY Ta IE SURE PR OER sith old Zixasqaweovcqeqnsqrasnscesgianmnntcentasngesnt, MMOD ets restsconaecicioniaibgns or oe CS ee < +

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| RHEUMATISM LEFT HIM | SERMON IN AS IF BY MAGIC!) PRISON aT Several ‘thou- sand men, silent ————_ Had Suffered Over 50 Y al and . attentive, lis- = tened to a strange Now 83 Years, sermon recently : Yet a Big in San Quentin : Positively best tire offer of the yearl All standard > . makes—and two for less than the usual cost of one! Surprise Prison. The Our big volume means best tire values! No double 5; treads or sewed tires. Thousands of steady customers To Friends ‘ everywhere are getting full mileage out of these tt, - theme was “A tog, can eet 12,000 MELES]|| Regains Man May Be jleace i tres. d Fos prove it, Bit order now! Tulsis «special Jot. slighty Strength | Down, But. He’s used, selected for record-breaking sale. Supply limited Goes Out | Never Out.’ —and goin double-quick. 5 ~ Note the big ayer se guders for te goede Poe Fishing The expounder size. Tubes g : $1.60 Back to | of this gospel was zig Business Warden James 23 Laughs at Johnston, and not 28 “URIC one word of the 3.36 ACID” sermon was lost 3-60 on men who each One Free tube with eoch twe ties croered How the in} himself strug- rinnine icon on arrival nagtt not fully aabnfed. recone wt get Inner gled w ith this SRaghtWias ee Sischon CORT BELAY? OmDER NOW Mysteries” paste Ge eee a Reveals Startling man may be both Facts Overlooked down and out. Warden. Johns- ton took ‘his cext from the doctrine of. the Salvation Army and it was this organization and its appeal for funds that in- spired the meet- ing. The respon- siveness of the prisoners was in- dicated. in that they subscribed $150 to the eam- paign at the close By Doctors and Scientists For Centuries “I am eighty-three years old and I doc- tored for rheumatism ever sinee I came out of the army over fifty years ago,” writes J. B. Ashelman. “Like many others, I spent money freely for so-called ‘cures’, and I have read about ‘Ufic Acid’ until I Could almost taste*it. I could not Sleep nights or walk without pain; my hands were so Sore and\stiff I could not hold a pen. But now, as if by ‘magic, I am again in active business and can walk with ease or write ail! day with comfort. Friends are Surprised at the change.” HOW IT HAPPENED : Mr. Ashelman is only one of thousands : who suffered for years, ‘owing to the gener- al belief in the old, false theory that “Uric Acid” causes rheumatism. This erroneous | of the talk and ’ belief induced him and legions of unfor- | this amount was ftunate men and women to take wrong treat- | - ediately d ments. You might just as well attempt to immediately dup- pat out a Bre with a as to try an get licated by the of your rheumatism, neuritis and like 7 r. complaints, by taking treatments supposed — and at to drive Uric Acid out of your blood and | taches. : San Quentin Prison has the honor of being the. only prison in the United States to have a working corps of S al vat ionists within the prison, ali of the mem- bers of which are prisoners. . This band of MGalva- tionists renders services to its fellow prisoners in much the same —_ + manner as other Salvationists on the outside do to : society at large. ‘ormation. ia ata body. Many physicians and scientists now ‘ssulng calla every day einen to Bll ayoar. know that Uric Acid never did, never can BS yn and never will cause rheumatism; that it is ‘d will do. Act NOW. a natural and necessary constituent of the i blood; that it is found in every new-born babe; and that without it we could not live! to Free . These statements may seem strange to s ; some folks, who have all along been led to ond oof 4a Btylon, colves and Binos ‘4 believe in ‘the old “Uric Acid” humbug. It Ranger actory- took Mr. Ashelman y years to find ou seRlder" eet ‘ this truth, He learned how to get rid of 7a , the true cause of his rheumatism, other P 1QMouths tt gl | disorders, and recover his strength from po Rn oy S “The Inner Mysteries,” a remarkable book now being distributed free by an authority who devoted over twenty years to the scien- tific study of this particular trouble. NOTE: If any reader of this magazine wishes the book that reveals these facts re- garding the true cause and eure of rhen- = matism, poi at oe rears by Bor SONG WRITERS—If you want good, orig- | tors and scientists for centuries past, simply inal, snappy melodies.“try mine. eal KICK | send a post card or letter to H. P. Clear- in every one. Poor words MADE GOOD— | water, Ne. 534 K Street, Hallowell, Maine, — ones MADE BETTER. Send poem for | and it will be sent by return mail without ree criticism. Hesitate and you lose. any charge whatever. Cut ont this notice LYLAH CASE lest you ferget! If not a sufferer yourself Suite 422, 1493 Broadway, Dept. 22, New York |! hand this good news to some afflicted friend. ™~ - ile ae DS ee oe aes a J Le

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