Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 852) (1922 01 27)

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_ d the young broker, coming up and extending his arm in ra Fist protean “ That lad is not the guilty one.” “That's right, “it was Patsy Boyle dat upset de cart, protest as the policeman put in the boy;

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Issued Wi —Subscription price, SP See sugs este Foreign. est 23d Street, New ork, . ¥._ Entered ‘ the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of _ No. 852 NEW. YORK, JANUARY 27, 1922. - FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY $450. Harry E. Wolff, Publisher, 16¢ 1911, at » $4.00; . as Second-Class i October 4, rch 3, 1879. Price 7 Cents © _ A Boy From the Streets OR, THE OLD BROKER’S PROTEGE By A SELF-MADE MAN. CHAPTER I.—Jimmy and the Old Broker. “Shine your shoes, sir?” The words were addressed to John Barrington, an old Wall Street broker, as he sat by himself on a bench in the little Bowling Green park one sunny afternoon about four by the Produce Ex- change clock which stared out from its nearby tower. The voice was a pleasant one, and the gentleman removed his eyes from the paper he ‘was reading and looked at the boy who had asked -< him the question. He was rather old for a boot- black, being about fifteen years. He had a cheer- | ful, intelligent face, and though attired in patch- f ed garments. that had seen their best days, he Was unusually clean and neat in his appearance for one of his calling. The old broker’s shoes ~ wage not badly in want of a shine, for they had been attended to that morning, but he decided “i = ee part with a nickel to this boy, so he “coe 17 ae : “You can give me a shine.” Then-he went on reading his paper, while the boy applied himself to the job. he boy was : brisk about his work, and the shine he applied to the broker’s shoes was in every way satisfac- Et rough already?” said the old trader, with a __ $Mile, when the boy tapped his second shoe as a r it was done. ” he said. . ; ‘You may keep the ch ind of you,” replied “Thank you, sir; dat’s _ the boy. = : “What's your name, my lad?” “Live oA the East Side, I suppose?” . “7 live at de Newsboys’ Lodging House. “Then you have no parents to look after you?” ~- No, sir; I can look after myself, all right. At S24 rate, I’ve been obliged to do dat for the last . years.” “Indeed. That accounts for your being on the “I worked in a printin’ office for some weeks, runnin’ errands and helpin’ in de composin’ room, but I was discharged a week ago for pi-ing a form, and so I went back to dis work which I used to do.” “You were discharged for pi-ing a form?” said the broker. “I -don’t understand what you mean. I suppose it’s some technical term connected with the printing industry.” “Yes, sir. A form is type dat has been set up and locked in a chase. It ain’t got any back to it, for a chase is only an oblong steel frame, like a winder frame without de center pieces. Dey are made in different sizes. Small ones, from eight inches by twelve up to about twelve by eighteen, to fit job presses; and big ones, two feet by three, about, and larger, to fit cyl- inder presses. De form is locked in dem with metal and wooden furniture around it, by steel quoins and a steel key in de form of de letter T. It has to be squeezed tight or it would fall out. Sometimes when a big form has been standin” a while it gets a little loose. I fell agairist one of dat kind, and it all went to pieces. It hap- pened to be ‘alive,’ and the foreman got mad and bounced me.” “Tf the form is made up of type, and what you eall furniture, the meaning of which is all Greek to me, and is held together by steel quoins, what - do you mean when you say the one you knocked to pieces was alive?” asked the puzzled old gen- tleman : ‘Dey call a form alive when ®.t’s waitin’ to be put on de press. Any type dat is to be used again in de same shape after it has been printed is alive. When de job is finished, and de office has no further use for it, it’s called dead, and den it’s taken apart and de type distributed back in de cases,” = “Oh, I see,” said the old broker, much inter- ested. “I suppose this newspaper page is a large form, which is locked up in a large chase, with- - out any back to it, and it’s alive until the edition - has been printed off,” he went on. ; ay Mr. Barrington ‘was an experienced broker, of -long standing, but he had only very hazy i about how the newspaper he read twice a day _ was printed. As a matter of fact, he had never - pe aoe ee was” An some mysterious way printing, The bo

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A BOY FROM. black’s description of a form had suddenly awak- © ened. a zest in his mind to know more about printing. He had nothing particular at the mo- ment to engage his attention, and somehow he found himself intensely interested in a subject he had never looked into before. §_ “Dey didn’t print daily papers in de office “where I worked, oe nee seen how eG 2 it. “How do they do =? “Dey used to print newspapers de 428 you . said, four and eight pages at a time, from de type dat de compositors set up, but dey. don’t do dat any more with de dailies.” eS “How is this paper printed?” ie “De is set up by a machine now,-and each. = of dem lines dere comes out in a slug—dat’s a narrer piece of metalde width of de dine and about» as thick as if it was real type,-and it as "high as a type. De man sets dem slugs by work- in’ de keys of an alphabet, like de keyboard of a : typewriter.” Be “Is it possible!” exclaimed. the surprised bro- ~“Byery time dat he strikes a key a funny piece of brass with a letter on one end comes down from a box at de top of de machine and goes into a.place just de width of dat newspaper col-. -umn.. When de line is set, de operator touches a lever and de line is carried dawn into de castin’ box of de machine and de slug is cast and comes as poet away all ready to be printed.” . “My goodness! How extraordinary!” whe de operator has set de second line it comes out next to de first one, and so on. Dat’s sat ‘Way newspapers are set up dese days. De is afterward put in a chase, locked up and ; taken into de castin’ singin ae 8 rt ‘page is taken on prepared pa De page dat Te Phe see dere is cast from dat. ant not Mia, but = & semircivelts so dat it will fit one of de.¢yl- : oda of de big newspaper presses. Another x ‘made de same way is fastened to another Bie at home so on till all ae Pages are * de " press. le paper is prin rom an endless roll of paper, dat goes in white at one end and ~ comes out in separate and folded papers at de other, or at one side. Understand, sir” “I have an idea,” replied the broker. “and to think I never looked into the thing before. Real- ly,. you "ve proved quite a fund of paformation to me - The old broker beamed upon the bootblack, “I feel quite interested in you,” he continued. “Tell me now, would you like to follow up the printing business?” ‘I like an outdoor business better, sir.” “An outdoor business, eh?” Jike de fresh air better dan de smell of Y ink. If I had de choosin’ of what I’d- to do best, I’d ask to be a broker’s messenger ‘all Street.” I 1 Is that where your ambition lies?” Yes, sir. I'd like to learn de business ahd ¢ ‘a broker some day myself.” “After that THE STREETS. w ith dem, ‘cause dey make it fight along in the stock market.” “You mean their business is to speculate?” “Dey speculate when dey see de chance to make money, and as dey’re always goin” in and out of de Stock Exchange, why I guess there ain’t much dat gets by them.” “My young friend, you have a-wrong idea of the brokers. I am a stock broker myself. I’ve been in the business forty years. When I was . young I did some speculating, and while I often made money, I nearly went to the wall in a panic. quit taking chances and devoted my- self strictly to the legitimate business of servin my customers and building up a trade. Nearl all: successful traders work on that principle. Those who make a practice of speculating to any extent not only endanger their customers’ inter- ests, but their own as well, and are likely to come to grief at any time.” “I thought you had something to do with Wall ; Street, sir.” “My office is in the Seneca Building. Here is” my card. Come and see me, and I will try and find something for you to do.” : “Thank you, sir. When shall I call?” : “Ch, in two or three days. Come about half- past three.” ° “Yes, sir.~ It’s Thesday: I'll call at your of- fice on Friday if dat will suit you.” 3 “Very well. Call Friday afternoon, and in the meanwhile I’ll keep you in mind and see if I ean find a place for you.’ The broker folded his paper, got up, pede’ the boy good-by, and walked away. CHAPTER II.—The Episode of the Banana Cart. Jimmy: Long walked out of the park, too, and took his way down Beaver street. = “So dat old gent is a stock broker?” he said ta = himself. “He’s a fine man, if he is old. “No body but a real gent would give.-me a quarter for _ a shine and tell me to keep de change. Dat shows he’s got money and er mean with it. I’d like — ‘to work for him, but I guess dere ain’t much chance of dat. Brokers don’t want shai a= boys like me_in deir offices. If I had a decent. — suit, I might’ stand some chance. All de mes- senger boys dress well. I reckon dey have to, for dey carry notes around among the brokers and must look nice.” Jimmy secured a customer without any effort on his part. He was a broker, too, with sharp,- shrewd eyes, and a small mustache over his up- per lip. While Jimmy was giving. his shoes a shine another trader came up. “Say, Ryland, how did you come out on A. & D. Z to-day? There was quite a slump for a. short time.” : “I sold to Benjamin just before prices slipped a cog, so I came out a Bog geet answered “You. were lucky,”

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\ A BOY -_—- #7 bet you shear as many lambs as the next man.” ; - “Tt isn’t fault if any away from me. - Some ot thet are so easy Fiat a A almost a "shame to take their fleece. It’s like finding _ money.” ; “My dear fellow, the lambs were created en- tirely for the benefit of Wall Street. Let us be thankful that they are numerous enough to go around. Business always languishes after they have dropped their little piles and are forced to remain away till they can garner some more. _ "Thank the fates that a new crop is always grow- ing to take the places of those who are sal and out for “ m a new lamb enters my of- fice I ome him like a long-lost brother, and “advice is always at his service,” said the other, with a chuckle. | 4 “I'd hate to be a lamb and browse around your . place, Rugford,” laughed Ryland. 4° “Why so? I’d treat you all right. You could count on getting a run for your money every ~~ «71] bet V’d have to run for it. I’d need a pair League boots to catch up with it.” — of Seven L ae iS saan throw stones, my dear fellow. People Oh, well, a chap who live in glass hous digs once in a while. Done FROM a ouses—— Sib asi 5a Bi — me, eh? faust expect. these sly with my shoes, boy?” mee _—-.#Yes, sir,” said Jimmy, who had been an inter- ested listener to their conversation. .._. __—s- *Hfere’s your nickel. You need a shine, Rug- ford. Give the boy a job. Nothing like encour- | aging honest industry. How do you find business, ws youre man?” he added, as Rugford placed one ___. foot. on the boy’s box. * g Ser "Pretty , sir. It would be better i t Jam a pat have their-shoes blacked when _ Gey came down here.” <a don’t the lambs patronize you chaps aswell as we brokers?” ' sponded the vendor. THE STREETS 3 ing your time shining shoes. You ought to con- tribute to a comic ly.” “That’s. right, young fellow. You're -hiding your light under a bushel.” on don’t think so. I’m de*son dat shines*for a Pas “For the love of Moses! This boy is a born humorist.” Rugford handed Jimmy a dime, waved back the nickel, and the two traders walked away. Next morning Jimmy was doing business in front of the Sub-treasury when a tough-looking news- boy named Patsy Boyle came along. Boyle was a‘bully and a sneak. His chief amusement was to lord it over smaller newsies and bootblacks, and make life miserable for them. They all hat- ed him, and tried to keep out of his way. As Jimmy was a husky boy of his own age and size, he had made only one attempt to bulldoze him; and finding that it didn’t work, he had not re- peated the attempt, though he itched to do up the bootblack some way. There was an Italian selling bananas off a cart in front of the Sub- treasury when Patsy turned out ‘of Nassau street. He saw the pile of bananas and his mouth wa- tered for one. He walked up to the vendor and, pointing at a large one, asked him the price. “T’ree-a cent; two for five,” replied the Italian. Patsy had the price, but he didn’t want to pay “Give you two cents,” he said. “No sell-a for two cent. Make-a no mon’.” ‘Dey ain’t wort’ t’ree cents.” . “All-a right. You no have to buy. you hand off. You spoil-a da fruit. all-a same da mush. Stanhd-a back!” : The Italian shoved him away with his eTbow. That made Patsy as mad as a hornet; particti- larly as he wanted a banana very much. “Who you shovin’? T’ink yer own de street?” he snarled. nar “No own-a da street; own-a da banan’,” ve- Let us go, Rugford. it Take-a Make-a eet ““Givesme one for two cents, and I'll owe you de udder penny,” said Patsy, who had not the. slightest idea of time. : “Not-a much. No trust.” _ During the altercation Jimmy had been shin- ing a.man’s shoes close by. The customer paid him and walked off. “What are you. kickin’ about, Patsy Boyle?” ke ace, ote bully, as he replaced his tools of trade in| Xx. Bs, of yer business, yer lobster,” retorted y- : Jimmy grinned. He felt in the humor for tan- talizing the bully. : ae “What are you tryin’ to do—skin de Dago out of a cent?” he said. } e : i aks want a punch in.de sneot?” snorted a. Sie i “You can’t hand it te me,” said Jimmy, getting up. ; isa 3 ¥ z “W’at’s dat? If yer open. mes paying the third. cent at any \ ~ yer trap ag’in I’ shut : threateningly.

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That was more than the bully could stand. With a how! of rage he dropped the three papers he had left, rushed suddenly at Jimmy, but in- stead of hitting him with his fists, he gave him a shove that sent him Violently against the banana > eart. Over went the cart, and Jimmy with it. All the bananas were dumped into the street, and # passing automobile crushed a score of. them, reducing them to pulp, some of which stuck to the wheels. Patsy took to his heels as the Italian, in a furious passion, pounced on the_luckless _ Jimmy. “T fix-a you for dis!” cried the Italian, who then yelled ‘Police!” at the top of his voice, as a crowd began to collect. A policeman happened to be at hand, and he eame forward. He had not seen how the trouble occurred, for he had stopped to shoo. a bunch of bootblacks away from the gutter where they had been matching pennies. There was one per- son close by who had seen the whole occurrence. This person was John Barrington, the old broker, on his way to his office. As soon as tHe Italian saw the officer he dragged Jimmy toward him. “Arrest-a dees boy,” he cried, in a sputterin: tone. “He knock-a over da cart and spill-a a da banan’.. I lose-a heap mon’. Run-a him in. I go ‘long soon I pick up-a da fruit and make-a da charge. I send-a him to pris’, bet-a you life.” The policeman seized Jimmy. He believed the boy guilty on the eyes of the Italian’s.state- ment. Anyway, he had a grouch against street boys in general, for they gave him a lot of trou- ble on his . “T didn’t knock de cart over,” protested Jimmy. “I was shoved against it.” “Dat-a do-to tell. You hold-a him, cop. He — boy. Make-a great troub’,”.said the rat- , or. ; “Come along, you young rascal. You'll get six months for this,” said the policeman, yanking _ Jimmy forward. “Stop, officer!” cried the old broker, coming up and extending his arm in protest as the police- man seized Jimmy. “That lad is not the guilty one. u “Dat’s right,” put in the boy; “it was Patsy Boyle dat upset de cart.” : hy “No-a, no-a!” cried the Italian; “dis is da boy. _ Leatch-a him in da muss.” _ ‘The insisted that Jimmy was innocent, and told what he had seen. _ _“Here is my card, officer. I am a broker. M _ Office is below here, in the Seneca Building. y __kmow this lad to be a good boy. I will be respon- sible for him,” he said. zs + ize him. John Barrington a familiar personage in the Street, oa t became more scattered and obstructed ‘Italian made a great protest a ee mies A BOY FROM THE STREETS and his cart in if he didn’t pick up his fruit, some of which had been sneaked away by the kids that had flocked around. Jimmy thanked the old broker for coming to his aid, explaining exactly how the affair had happened, which Mr. Barring- ton already knew. The boy accompanied the old gentleman part way down the block and then went back to the corner, fully resolved to call Patsy Boyle to acecunt for the shove. CHAPTER III.—Jimmy Gets a*Messenger Job. Promptly at half-past three on Friday after- noon Jimmy Long walked into John Barrington’s office, on the third floor of the Seneca Building, and asked for the broker. At that moment the old broker came to his door and he saw the boy. “Good afternoon, Jimmy,” he said pleasantly, to the clerk’s surprise. “Come right in. You’re on time to the minute.” ; Jimmy turned his back on the clerk and walked <« — into the private room. The broker pointed to . the chair beside his desk, and Jimmy took it. Af- . ter giving some directions to the dude clerk, the F rs cca closed the door and went to his F esk. “You’ve expressed a wish to get a position in ‘ Wall Street as a messenger?” he began. ~~ —— “Yes, sir; dat would be de height of my ambi- ; tion,” answered the boy. i “You have attehded school in the district where — you lived before you were thrown upon your : own resources?” “Yes, sir.” : “You look very bright and intelligent, though- your speech savoys of the company you have as- sociated with.” “Dat-is a fact, sir, but I’m tryin’ to improve it. ~ If I could get a steady job in Wall Street, I'd break away from de crowd I run with, and go te.night school.” “An excellent resolution. I believe you would keep to it.” “I certainly would, sir,” said Jimmy earnestly. “IT want to grow up and amount to somethin’, but it’s hard to do much as long as one has to shine shoes for a livin’.” “You are well acquainted with Wall Street, I take it, and could get around to the different buildings without any difficulty”? “IT know de financial district like a book, and de whole city, for dat matter.” * “Well, Jimmy, I formed a favorable impression of you the other day when we met in Bowling Green Park, and you seem to improve on ac- quaintancer I am going to do something for you. —something I think will please you. I am going _ to take you into my office.” ae “Your office, sir?” exclaimed Jimmy, in sur-— prise. ° “Yes. My office boy informed me this morn- ing that he is going to leave. His parents are — going back to C te, Pak ag they formerly lived, — and, of course, he has to go with them. That makes a vacancy, and I offer it to you, believing you will make PRES as Es SR : “If I don’t, it won’t be ae: : ha baie. ¢ Se SON ee ee ape Pee! Re a a ee TA Anatol id “I am satisfied you will . aoe

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e A BOY FROM =“S “Gosh! Dere ain’t nothin’ I won’t do for you.” “You will start in Monday morning at nine -_ gclock. I will advance you the price of a rea- : sonable suit, a hat and a new pair of shoes. You will want a new tie, too. I would rather do that than have you take your money out of the News- ; boys’ Bank, as long as you make that place your : home. When you change your lodgings you can = ey e the money to a regular savings institu- xe on: : “Dat’s kind of you.” : “T would advise Pia to discontinue blacking shoes for the rest of the week. Give your outfit to some boy who needs such a means of liveli- hood. Purchaset your new clothes, and accustom - chs to the fact that you are going to start m life in a proper way, with a chance to advance rself as fast as you deserve a rise up the der. Remember, I am your friend, and that I shall fake a “em interest = ae! bod better you please me by your eral conduct the more Satisfied I'll be that I fave made no mistake in picking you off the street and giving you a chance ; at might not have otherwise come to you.” aad | “If I don’t do de right thing, you can bounce Be me.” : _ “It would pain me very much if you disappoint- ed me. I should lose some faith in the conviction I have formed that all a°smart boy needs, be his ; “position in life what it may, is the opportunity to = show what is in him.” - “Pll do my best, sir. Dat is all I can say,” said . Jimmy. ~ “Now listen to me while I give you some aglvice = as to how you should conduct yourself in this of- : ficee and when you visit the different offices you Ss will be sent to with messages.” Jimmy paid strict attention to all the old bro- _ ker said; and ised to adhere to the lines laid _ . .down for his fit. ‘Then he was told he could 3 go. Eats “Report here on Monday’ m rning. at nine - . o'clock. I will tell the cashier so has charge pf the counting room, and under whose orders “you will largely be, about your coming, and he will talk to you when he arrives,” said “Mr. Bar- _ ington. ? . Jimmy got up, made a bow, and left the room. d clerk was not in sight when he passed ‘ through the reception room, and Jimmy was glad of it, for now that he was coming to work in the =, office he did not want to have - 3 ~ "S _ with him. When he reached the corner he met man gave him a black look, for nothing would “oe convince him that Jimmy was not wholly to blame im the matter, for he had not seen Boyle give him the shove. 3 ' “Where have yer been, Jimmy?” Said a newsy named Short. : ~ "Tn office of a broker.” __“Shinin’ up his shoes, eh?” of de business! What yer mean by dat?” retired from de shoe-blackin’ biz for !” said Short ironically. “T see : Anda bandes same, What . THE STREETS 5 “l’'m goin’ to give it away to de first boy dat wants it.” “Oh, yer are?” grinned Short. “Dat’s a fact, Bob, and no jokin’. I’m goin’ te work Monday morning as a broker’s messenger.” “You are!” said Short, with the accent on the ou.” “I’m hired by Mr. John Barrington, of de Sen- eca Buildin’.” “W’at! De oldest broker in -Wall Street?” “I don’t know about dat, but he ain’t as young as he was once.” “You're givin’ me taffy, ain’t yer, Jimmy?” “No. ou’ll see~me runnin’ with messages next week in a new suit.” “When I see yer doin’ it, I’ll believe yer.” “Shine, boy,” said a pedestrian, looking at Jimmy. “Sorry, sir, but I’ve retired from blackin’ shoes. Try dat chap: down de street. He'll shine your shoes in good style.” The man went on, and Short stared at Jimmy. “Say, is dis de real goods you’ve been tellin’ me?” he said, much impressed by Jimmy turning down a chance to earn a nickel- “Did-you ever know me to’tell a lie, Bob?” said Jimmy. “No; but you’re always crackin’ jokes.” “What I told you ain’t no joke. It’s a fact.” “You’re goin’ to work for de old broker?” “Sure’s you live I am—on Monday morning.” “Hully gee! De fellers will have a fit when dey hear about it.” “T can’t help dat. Dere ain’t nothin’ in black- in’ shoes except a livin™ and I’m out for some- a better.” rig, 128 “How much is de broker goin’ to er?” “All I’m worth to him.” ¥ eek “How much is dat?” “T ain’t sayin’.” “What yer afraid of?” “Nothin’. But it ain’t thin’ you know.” “Maybe yer gettin’ proud now dat yer got a reg’lar job.” “Don’t you believe it. I don’t intend to put on any airs because I’m gettin’ up in de world. You’ll find me just de same next week as you do now.” - “You won’t shake me den?” “Sure I won’t. Why should I?” “Some>fellers would get a swelled head and wouldn’t notice deir old friends any more.” “I’m not one of dat kind. I never go back on my friends.” “All right, Jimmy. steady job. I wish I had one like it. soot me first rate to work for @ broker.” “Oh, well, you might catch on by and by. TI got dis job just by accident. “How did yer git in wit’ de old man?” “Qh, he took a shine to ‘me. Said I Tooked smart, and as his bov was leavin’ de office he told me he’d give me de chance to get a start.” “Dat was good of him. It ain’t every broker dat would do such a t’ing for a bootblack.” “Dat’s right.. He’s as nice as dey come. I wouldn’t want a better boss.” Jimmy then bade Bob -by and started un ‘Nassau. street. He had $10 in his pocket, given — him by the old broker, and after disposing of his business to tell every-' I’m glad yer got a good It would

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A BOY eutfit, he was going to buy. his new clothes and other things he needed. : CHAPTER IV.—Jimmy Begins Work As.a Bro- ker’s Boy. = % When Jimmy Long came to Mr. Barrington’s ; office on Monday morning amy one would “have recognized him as the same Jimmy who had appeared a few days since with his bootblacking eutfit im his hand. It was ten minutes’ of nine when he tried the deor and found it locked.» He was'the first comer, and he had to wait. till the junior elerk, who had the key, turned up: and opened the door. “Are you the new office boy?” asked the clerk. “Yes,” said Jimmy. ; vi “Well, here’s the key. You've got to carry it - and open up after this. You want to be here _ bout this time; not later, every morning. Pick up that maik and take it into the private room. What’s your name?” i Jimmy told him. \. “What other. office have you worked in?” “No other office, except a printin’ office.” E “Worked in a puarting, seeps did you? Left to “ come here, I suppese? ho recommended you to the old man?” et y? “You must have had some reference.” /. “My. Barrington didn’t ask me for any.” “No? Then somebody he knows got him to take ‘yew on. You can’t get ‘a position im such an of- fice as this without some kind of backing. Where ? de you live?” sh, ' “Chambers street,” said Jimmy indefinitely. He didn’t want to say that he lived at the _ Newsboys’ Lodging House, which stood at the _ junction of Chambers and Duane streets. “Chambers!” said the clerk. “That’s a busi- ness street.” ~ Jimmy knew it was. “I live east of Park Row,” he said. _ The clerk not being familiar with the character of the street that far over, let it go at that. ’ “You said you worked in a printing office?” _ “Dat’s right.” Z The clerk began to notice the boy’s pronuncia- tion, and he looked hard at him. “What did you do there?” “I ran errands, carried bundles and helped around in the composin’ room.” t __ Here the dude clerk and another came in. . “This is our new office boy,” said the junior _ ¢lerk, whose mae as Wakeley. . . . There was ing familiar about Jimmy’s _~ countenance to the dude clerk, whose name was Clarence Stedman, that he stared at him. ¢ “I’ve seen you somewhere before, haven’t I?” _ “Maybe so,” replied Jimmy.~ = What’s your Lae ie a mh immy. BP te a be bel aires oy ES io dude jumped nearly a foot. + FROM THE STREETS “You had shabby. clothes on then, and carrie@ a shoeblacking box,” sneered the clerk. ; “What if I did?” replied Jimmy d a! “So Mr. Barrington has hired a bootblack to carry messages,” said the dude, with a look of dis, “That’s. the limit,” =e “No, it isn’t,” retorted Jimmy. “You’re the limit yourself. I told you dat you had as many airs as a hand organ. But you’re worse dan any hand organ I ever seen. De style you try to oat. on would make an organ grinder’s monkey si ”» - “How dare you talk that way to me?” cried the dude, in ar <= “Because you hit at me about my clothes _and- de shoeblacking box, dat’s why. H you were a gent, you wouldn’t have done it. -You’ve shown what you are—a cheap sport. : “Vl report, your conduct to Mr. Basing as aoe as he comes in,” cried the dude clerk, wild with r 1 him, “Pell hi What do.l care?, You can’t expect anythin’ else. from a hog but a grunt.” ....... other two clerks were astonished at the turn affairs had taken. While Stedman was not over-popular in the counting room by reason of his supercilious ways, still he was the most im- portant employee next to the cashier, and occu- pied the second bhookkeeper’s desk, Jimmy’s an- ger gave him away, and showed that his traini had been rather loose. That the old broker wo knowingly hire a bootblack for office boy seemed past belief, but from Stedman’s statement and _ the boy’s talk and style it apeared that he had. — x Tpe clerks dropped Jimmy in haste, entered / the counting room and began to talk the matter boy. “Yes, sir,” replied Jimmy respeetfully. = mmy did so, and waited while the cashier opened the big safe and handed out the books and papers used by the clerks, who regarded the new boy with plain disfavor. Then Brown ask see Mr. Barrington he was directed to get geitiemeniesate and the it in to the old broker t. If the caller was a stranger to the old gen- tleman, Jimmy would probably be told his business before admitting him, At. of ten Mr. Barrington entered his room by of his private door off the corridor. He ately pushed a button, and a buzzer near Jimmy’s : chair sounded: The boy knew that was a’ a ae from the boss that_he was wanted; so h ee “Good morning, Mr. Bar , : You's litely. and you look quite the g ‘

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A BOY FROM said the old gentleman, inspecting him with ap- proval. “Assist me off with my overcoat, and » hang it in the closet yonder. Clothes make a great change in one. There’s an old tag that clothes make the man. Of course they do not Sou but they add.to his outward appearance. People are largely judged by the clothes they wear. An ill-dressed, slouchy-looking man is more or less shunned, even if he is known to have money. Self-respecting people don’t like to be seen in his company, even if they personally know he is all right, for a man is judged by the com- pany he keeps. So, Jimmy, you will understand that a brand-new suit, with a clean collar and ‘nicely polished shoes, have made a great improve- - ment in you—so much, indeed, that I would hard- ly have recognized you had I met you on the street. Now you can go back to your chair out- side, but first tell the cashier that I have come.” _ Jimmy informed Mr. Brown of the old broker’s arrival, and then sat down. The old gentleman sorted out the mail which Jimmy had laid on his : desk, looked the letters over, and then pushed a button that rang a buzzer beside the stenograph- er. Miss Fox took her not k and went-.into _ the private room to take dictation. At that mo- ment the outer door opened and Broker Ryland came in. Jimmy got up and went over to him. __ He recognized the visitor as one of the two foxy brokers whose shoes he had shined on the corner _ of Broad and Beaver streets the afternoon he met _ Mr. Barrington for the first time. He remem- _ bered his name, and he said: Bn __ “Do you want to see Mr. Barrington, Mr. Ry- land?” ii : es es,” lied the trader, not recognizing the - boy as the former bootblack, though it struck*him he had seen the lad before. He noted that Jimmy _ was a new subordinate, and guessed he was filling _ the shoes of the other office boy, either, tempo- -_rarily or permanently. Jimmy went into the -pri- - vate room and announced that Mr, Ryland was _ _ “Show him in,” said the old gentleman. —_. “Go right in, Mr. Ryland,” said Jimmy, when he + came out. ; u know me,” said the broker. “I've ‘ore, somewhere. Ever been in my ‘I wonder w at he’d say if he knew I was the ho who Bet eae him and his friend, Rug- rd, with my jokes?” chuckled Jimmy. “He'd irely be astonished.” a -*I see you've got a new boy,” said Ryland, as he took a_seat beside the old man’s desk. tue “Yes. My other boy left, as his folks are going Chi to live,” replied: Barrington. “This young fellow is on trial, but T.have,an idea he'll lar. . I've. seen heath ee pes IT suppose, Stele ; recall. / = THE STREETS 7 could do for him. About this time the cashier sent Jimmy out on his first errand. “Take this note’to Mr. Crosby, of Crosby & Co., - No. — Broad street,” said Mr. Brown: “It is important and you must go there as quick as you can. If he isn’t in,-find out if he has gone to the Exchange. In that case, take it over there. Go in at the messengers’ entrance and ask an attache to point out the gentleman.” “Yes, sir. _ I'll see dat he gets it,” and Jimmy started off with a rush. CHAPTER V.—Jimmy’s First Day As a Messen- ger. ts Jimmy passed Patsy Boyle a few steps above the building. That lad did not recognize him in his improved get-up. As Jimmy cut across the street he saw his friend, Bob Short, standing near the Morgan bank. ~ “Hello, Bob!” he said, as he passed him. Bob Short looked after him, but did not know him either. — “T’wonder who dat was?” he asked himself. “T guess he didn’t speak to me, but some feller be- hind me.” Jimmy went on to Crosby’s office and found the broker in. He was admitted to the private room and handed the note to the gentleman he saw at a desk, The broker opened the note and read it: “All right. .T'll attend to the matter,” said Crosby, without looking at him. Jimmy hurried back and reported the broker’s answer. In’a few minutes he was sent out again —this time to the Johnston Building, up the street. The man he had to deliver his note to had his office on the sixth floor, and so Jimmy took the'elevator up. He found the office all right and walked in. A well-dressed lad of about his own age came forward. a “Ts Mr. Bruce in?” asked Jimmy. “Yes, but he’s engaged. What’s your busi- ness?” re brought a note from Mr. Barrington’s office.” : “What’s the matter with Fred Hoyt?”- That was the name of Jimmy’s predecessor, “Nothin’ dat I know of. I’ve taken his place.” “Has he left the old man’s?” ‘ nee “He has. °He’s goin’ to Chicago.” “What's he goin’ to Chicago for?” = PN ee “*Cause his father and mother are goin’ thera, Say, how long will I have to wait?” 73 “Till Mr. Bruce is disengaged.” - v- Sa : > “How long will dat be?” : piste . “Say, what are you talking like a street kid for? Trying to guy me?” Ste “Don’t you like my talk?” said Jimmy, firing ST ax + See By

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a said. i Sete wh Daina .scesh. Spon toctepsined shalt. ade gee! said there was no answer. Jimmy started for the door. “Hold on,” said the office boy. “What do you want?” said Jimmy, stopping. “You forgot to tip your hat to me,” grinned the other. “Excuse me. I didn’t know dat ou was of s0 much importance,” said Jimmy. taking off his hat and making a low, ironical bow. dat you do de same when you eome-over to our place, if ever do, or I'll run you out of de office.” hen Jimmy opened the door and left. On his way back he encountered Patsy Boyle again. tore Ha a cg cel range by the ear, a the ittle chap was ing a rotest. Jimmy raised his hand and onght it Sows, with some force on Patsy’s- cap. _ “Cut it out, you big bully!” he said. - m he gave Boyle a shove into the gutter and went on. The tough was as mad as a hornet when he turned around and saw that a messen- ger had thumped him. 7 “Tll git square wit’ yer, you lobster!” he shouted. Jimmy didn’t take any notice, so Patsy didn’t get a look at his face. Halfpast twelve came around and Jimmy was sitting in his chair. Miss Fox came out. : “I am not going out to lunch to-day,” she said. “T would like you to go down to the lunch house on Pine street in this building and get me what lve written on that paper. ere’s the money. iad Mr. Brown what you are leaving the office or.” “All right, miss,” said Jimmy, jumping up. He told the cashier where he was going and Brown said all right. He found that Miss Fox wanted two sandwiches and a piece of pie. It ord take him long to fetch the order to her _ “Thank you,” said the young lady, with pandile, “You’re welcome,” said J immy. “Glad to be of service to you.” 4 The stenographer smiled again, and asked him to hand a typewritten paper to Carence Sted- man “De young lady told me to give you dis,” said Jimmy to the second bookkeeper. ; Stedman glared at him. He seemed about to say something, but thought better of it, and Jimmy returned to his seat outside. | Visitors came and went, and several remained to look at the ticker tape. Jimmy heard them discussing the market, which appeared to be rising. Mr. Barrin ae was over at the Exchange, and pres- ently the cashier called the boy and told him to take a note over to the old man. Jimmy ‘deliv- ered it without difficulty and was coming out at the messengers’ entrance when he ran into Bob Short. , _ “How are you makin’ out to-day, Bob?” he he 7 Is dat really you, Jimmy?” A BOY FROM ‘it's me, Bob. Didn’t you know me in my, . Mer don’t look like de same feller. “lar dood now.” ix dood. We've got one in de office, r THE STREETS “Have yer? How do yer like job?” ‘Fine as silk, Bob. I feel as if I amounted to somethin’ now.” = “Yer look it, old chap. Dere’s a hull lot of diff’rence tween blackin’ boots and workin’ in a broker’s office.” as “Bet your life. I’m. suited to de queen’s taste.” Then it occurred to Jimmy that he was wasti time, so he told Bob he must go, and started to the office. At a quarter of three Brown called on him to go to the k with the day’s deposits. “You’ve never been in a big commercial bank, I suppose?” he said. Jimmy admitted that he had not. “TH send Wakeley with you to show you the, He called the junior clerk over and told him to accompany Jimmy to the bank and show him how to put the money in. Wakeley wasn’t stuck on the job, but he had to do as he was told. “So you were. a bootblack before you came here?” said to Jimmy, when they got out into the corridor. “Suppose I was? It isn’t any disgrace to earn an honest livin’ shinin’ shoes, is it?” . “You told me you worked in a printing office.” “So. I did for a while.” “Why didn’t you stick to that business? I should think it would suit you better than yout present job.” “This suits me all right,” said Jimmy curtly. k fen Mr. Barrington know you were a boot- lack?” : “T don’t see how’he came to hire you, then.” — “You'd better ask him, if you’re curious.” Here the elevator came along, and they step- ped on board of it. “You called to see the boss last week, Stedman told us,” continued Wakeley, when they got out off the elevator. “Yes.” ‘$e, SS “That’s when he took you on?” “Yes.” “Stedman says you were cheeky and insulting to him.” “If I was, it was his fault.” “You insulted him this morning before us. If you expect to stay here you’ll have to act differ- ently. If Stedman should complain to Mr. Bar- rington, you’d get pulled over the coals. He stands next to the cashier in the office.” & “I don’t care who he stands next to. He ain’t a gentleman or he wouldn’t have talked to me de way he did. I won’t let no dood like him sit on my neck.- I'll treat him de way he treats me, ~ and you_can tell him so,” said Jimmy. “You’re foolish to get him down on you, and « you’re liable to get the whole office down on you, too. Then you’re likely to lose your job.” “Are de clerks runnin’ de office?” asked the boy sarcastically. “No, of course unpleasant for ; : tter De fact of ma was. like me in’t is dat you fellers don poothlack. You think ~ not; but they can make things :

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ot all A BOY FROM THE STREETS take me into his office, knowing dat I was a boot-_ black. I don’t see no reason why you fellers should worry about de matter. It isn’t a square deal to jump on a chap who hasn’t had the same chances dat you’ve had. Maybe you think I haven’t any feelin’s? If you fellers don’t like me, you can leave me alone. I won’t bother you. Ma some time you'll find I’m all right.” : ell, I ess you’re right, Jimmy,” said Wakeley. “ talk to Jackson and Stedman. Jackson isn’t a bad fellow, though he is kind of set against you because Stedman said it was an that a bootblack should be given a posi- tion in the office where some day he might get into the counting room, and then they’d have to associate with him. I don’t think I can do any- thing with Stedman. He’s dead sore on you for what you said to him, more than he is because you’re a bootblack. But you needn’t worry about what he can do if you keep shy of him. He’s got ‘a big opinion of himself, but nobody else in the office has. If Jackson and I find you’re a good fellow, you'll have no trouble. Here’s the bank.” They went in and Wakeley took his place at the end of the depositors’ line. “You see this line is strung away from the re- ceiving teller’s window?” _ “Yes,” said Jimmy. “That’s the window you have to go to in or- der to make a deposit. You follow the line till rou come to the window, and then you put the N k in just as you'll see me do,” said Wakeley. “When they left the bank ten minutes later Jimmy was wise to the method. By the end of the week Jimmy was in favor swith everybody in the office with the exception _- of Clarence Stedman. Jimmy left the Newsboys’ Lodging House and went to board with a Mrs. _ Cassidy on pher street. Next day as he was passing a money. broker’s office a man came rushing out, thrusting a pack- age of money into his pocket. A clerk. came out : “Stop thief.” Jimmy gave chase to the _ thief, and caught him down on South street after ' the man had turned his ankle, making it impos- ' sible for him to run fast. He saw he was caught, so threw the package of money into a hallway. _ Jimmy was forced to let go the thief or lose the money; so he did the former, and when he got e . the money and came out the man was missing. Misi. Piaget the money to the r’s office, and that party gave him a $100 bill for his own _. use, When he got back to the office he explained _- to his boss what had kept him, and that gentle- man complimented him. Jimmy noticed next day that A. & B. was going — so he planked his $100 on that stock, and he sold it he had netter $180 profit. ; 25 Sees as) = CHAPTER ‘VI.—Clarence Stedman’s Weakness. 4 * . B fe 3 =J 9 can accurately guess the right moment that he ought to close out his deal? successful speculator tries to anticipate the right time. He sells while everything looks lovely. In this way he pulls out at a moderate profit and lets others try for the greater gains. Jimmy was on excellent terms with Miss Fox, the stenographer, and when L. & M. had gone up five points he could not resist the inclination te tell the young lady how he soon expected to be worth enough money to buy a bank. i Jimmy, are you really speculating?” she aac’ can bet your week’s wages I am,” he re- plied. “You foolish boy; you'll lose all your money.” “Me lose all my m ! Don’t worry about dat. Why, I more dan on doubled my money on my first deal last week.” “You did?” “T made $18 a share profit on ten shares.” “You were remarkably lucky. I’m afraid you won’t repeat your success.” “I’m five points ahead on dis deal at dis mo- ment.” “Then you had better sell out.” “It’s too soon to do dat yet. When it goes up five more I'll think about it.” . “But it might not go up five more. It might go down five, and then you’d be out your e “Dat’s right; but I’m goin’ to take a chance on. it. Miss Fox shook her head deprecatingly. “I don’t want to see you lose your money, Jimmy.” ~- “You won't see it, Miss Fox. If de money goes, I'l save up some more and try my luck in.” “But three hundred dollars is a Jot of money ~* for a boy like you to risk in such an uncertain thing as stock speculation. Don’t you know that most speculators lose?” “No. How do you make dat out? I thought — dey won most of de time.” ; “Not at all. It’s a well-known fact that ‘they ose. “If dey do, why do dey Jimmy, not convinced. “People with an itch for enough to quit till they are have to.” Jimmy walked away with some food for thought. He began to consider if he hadn’t bet- ter sell out his thirty shares. He had half made A mind to do so when he was sent to the xchange. There the blackboard showed that L. & M. had gone up another point, and there seemed to be considerable excitement over the stock. He decided to hold on. Later he acciden- = tally found out that both Wakeley and Jackson were in on the same stock and were looking for it to go to 90. They had bought it at 83. Jimmy came to the conclusion hat Miss Fox didn’t know what she was oa ona eS “Girls always think the ow everythin’,” he - said to himself. “ maken has been stuffin’ her fs with de idea dat stock speculation is a losin’ ee. Maybe it is with some people, but it can’t = ‘with de — or de brokers wouldn’t do 3 Jimmy” hel lo it. ae = “ay a > Jimmy held on and L. & M. went up to 90. As he heard Wakeley say it wouldn’t be safe to _ sa keep in de game?” said bling never know roke, and then they = Aap

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10. A BOY FROM hold on for a higher price, he went to the little bank the next time he was out and sold his thirty shares. They went at 90 3-8 and his statement showed he had won $300. When he got the money he showed it to Miss Fox—six $100 bills. “Dey look good, don’t dey?” he said, spreading them out on her desk. 4 “Yes, Jimmy. You are more fortunate than I expected you would be. Now that you are so much ahead, I hope you will put the money in the savings bank and not take any more chances.” “V’ll consider your advice, Miss Fox,” said the boy, who, however, had no intention of following it. e He had made $480 so easily that he had no idea of giving up the game. He heard Wakeley and Jackson talking about the profit they had made, and he. felt satisfied they knew what they were about. They had been employed in Wall Street several years, and he reasoned that they ought to know something about. the risks of stock spec- ulation. Jimmy noticed that Clarence Stedman was sweet on Miss Fox.» He went to her desk on the slightest excuse and wasted many minutes talk- ing with her. Whether the stenographer appre- ciated this attention on the part of the dude of the office the boy didn’t know. He had an idea that all girls liked to be made much of by nice- looking young men. As far as appearances went Stedman would have been regarded as a catch for any girl. He was good looking, dressed swell for a clerk, and had a good position in the office, with prospects of eventual advancement to cash- ~ jer if that job became vacant through any cause. Jimmy didn’t like Stedman, chiefly because the dude maintained a steady hostility toward him. - Although ieee § had adopted a polite attitude toward the second bookkeeper to try and concili- ate him, it had no effect, for Stedman could not get over the conduct of the boy when he. first came to the office. Having accumulated a grudge against Jimmy, he maintained it. That was his nature. They had no further scrap because Jimmy took no notice of his sharp words when business brought them together. Wakeley and - Jackson didn’t like Stedman because he put on - ~ airs, and treated them in a condescending way. _ They regarded themselves as every bit as good as he, but policy induced them to hide their senti- ' ments. Now that Jimmy had money “to burn,” himself quite a man. He went to night school to improve himself, and Saturday evenings, when -~ there was no school, he could often be found in the theater district watching the sights in that gay locality. younger one as well as older. He p : e, and- . down easy.. I’m not a Cresus.” and dressed well and had a good job, he thought. THE STREETS “Well, what are you. going to do about that L O U, Stedman?” he asked. 3 “T told you I couldn’t take it up. yet.” “But I’ve got to have the money,” said the sport — in a decided tone. : d “T’m sorry, but you can’t get blood out of a. stone. “Oh, I don’t know,” said the other. “If I should call in-at your office and see your res em- ployer, I fancy he’d make you honor the debt.” : “That wouldn’t do at all, Haskin,” said Sted- man hastily. “You’d only get me in a lot of trouble, and you wouldn’t get the money any quicker.” “I think I. would. It’s my opinion you'll come up before you let me call on your boss.” “T tell you I can’t come up.” “T’ll let you off a month for $100.” “T haven’t got $100, or even $25.” “Then you must raise it. Borrow it from your friends.” “Impossible!” “Oh, all right, then I'll call down in Wall Street on Monday morning.” : “Tf you do, you’ll ruin me,” said Stedman, in a anic, ; ; “That’s your funeral, not mine. You owe mé the money. It’s a debt of honor, and such debts are expected to be paid promptly.” : “You won it from me at cards; for that rea- son, as it’s all profit to you, you should let me “The fact that it’s all profit has nothing to do with the case. I make my living at card playing. Sometimes I’m flush, and sometimes I’m pin Just now I’m infernally hard up and that’s w I’m pressing you. I understand that it woul hurt you if I call on your boss. I’d rather not do it, but charity begins at home when a man needs the ready. You’re practically head book- keeper at your place. If I were in your shoes, I’d borrow the money from the safe till you can return it.” “T have nothing to do with handling the money at the office. That’s the cashier’s province.” “Your desk is near his, isn’t it?” “Right behind.” “J thought so. He handles quite a bunch of money every day, doesn’t he?” : “Yes, when the market is lively.” “How is the market now?” ‘ “Very fair.” PY Sees “I suppose he keeps it in ‘the safe. Couldn’t you manage to help yourself to $100 without him seeing you?” : “Why, that would be stealing!” said Stedman, in a startled voice. Ae “Oh, no. You would merely borrow it. When ~~ you got flush again you’d put it back, of course,” said the tempter. “If I did such a thing as that the cashier would detect the less when he made up his slip | to send to the bank.” : “Suppose he did? He wouldn’t know where it went, He'd suppose he had made a mi some- where, and would make it all right himself. Then when you returned it he’d find himself $100 ahead, and that would just balance him with the | _ ice. - oc SSE 3 = “If 1 was caught lifting money that way——" «Why should you be caught?” Smart men never trate ru on $ <——<9 <A ne is

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A BOY FROM are. You’ve been long enough in the office: to know how to do the trick in a slick way.” “No,” said “It would worry me if I committed such ae 4 bed Nein do it.” “All right. I offe suggestion in a friendly way to help you out of your hole. You don’t have to adopt it. I don’t ede how you get eee paper. 85 lore Ae Toe produce it Monday at two o’clock when I call at your office.” “J don’t want you to come there. Your pres- ence would cast suspicion on me.” , but I’m coming. If you hand me $100 I'll go away and give you a month to pay an- other $100, or the balance, as it suits you. If ou haven’t the $100, I'll goin and interview your 7 Poss.” “To you want to give me a black eye there? Mr. Barrington might even discharge me, for articular old gentleman.” t to have the money.” a short time. Give me a few days more.” : “As I don’t want to be too hard on you, I'll put off my visit till Wednesday, if I don’t hear from you in the meanwhile.” “That's only two days,” protested Stedman. “You ought to be able to do a whole lot in that time. It will stir you up. Po Nigh eae ore which I can’t afford to do, you’d dawdle over the matter. Come, now, it’s stopped raining.” The stepped outside and Stedman follow- ed him like a man who felt that a heavy sentence , h over his head. E Z “Well, who'd have thought Stedman was a card player for money?” thought Jimmy, looking after them. “He’s got himself in a nice hole, for dat _ chap he owes money to talks as if he meant busi- * If he called at de office and saw de boss O U. I'll bet there’d be somethin’ % “Thett’ Jimmy left the building himself. | # ff CHAPTER VII.—The- Money Packet. _ ‘Jimmy’s opinion of Clarence Stedman took a S @rop after what he had overheard between that YounE mn and the sport. The second book- F : per was not such a nice young chap.as he pre- Laat led to be. To look at him im the office, or on ‘street, you’d think he was most correct in all his habits. Jimmy had accidentally discovered vately use man on the stock i He as ioe inte THE STREETS ll to corner and boom L. & D. They were not aware that the boy was taking in all they said in low tones. ° Jimmy’s ears were sharp, and he could hear things that most persons would miss. At any ' rate, he heard enough in this case to satisfy him- self that L. & D. was a good thing to get in on, so that afternoon on his way home he dropped in at the little bank, just before its brokerage de- partment closed, and ordered 50 shares of L. & D. bought for his account at the market, which was 85. It took $500 of his $600 to cover the margin, but that- was all right. He was only sorry he did not have $1,000, or even more, to put on more shares. He was wise enough now to understand that a five per cent. margin was too dangerous to invest on. Lots of people with small capital ran the risk and sometimes came out ahead, but he wouldn’t do it. He had learned that the risk of stock speculation was big enough on a ten per cent. basis without voluntarily dou- bling it. ednesday came and then Ji thought of the sport, and wondered whether an had been able to raise the $100 to head him off. If he failed, Jimmy believed the sport would -cafl and make trouble for the second bookkeeper. The cashier usually went out to his lunch at one o'clock. He had been out ten minutes when an American Express man calléd with a mon ack- age. It was a small package, and was beled, “Value, $100.” Jimmy si for it, took it into the counting room and laid it on the cashier’s desk near the safe. Stedman was at his desk, but Wakeley and Jackson were out. . Miss Fox was also out to her lunch. Jimmy re- turned to his seat as a man came up to the cash- ier’s window. He was one of Mr. Barrington’s customers and Stedman came dround to wait on him. Presently Stedman called Jimmy, handed him an envelope and told him to take it to the boss at the Exchange. Jitimy departed on his errand. When he got back, Stedman sent’ him out again, up to a stationer’s on Nassau street for a small account book, handing him the money to. pay for it. ; As Mr. Barrington had a running account with the stationer, Jimmy thought this was odd till he figured that Stedman wanted the bepk for his private use. When he got back, Cashier Brown was at his desk opening the express package. He didn’t ob- serve that one of the end seals had been broken and then fused together again, so that the com- pany’s stamp was spoiled across the break. He pulled out a letter, but there was no money in it. He shook the package and then examined it, but there was nothing there. The letter contained an order for the purchase of five Erie Railroad bonds, and the writer said he sent $100 on ac- count, the balance to be paid C. O. D. Brown looked at the address side of the wrapper saw on it, “Value, $100.” “No, sir. Jimmy Long Ieid it on your desk, so I suppose he signed for it,” replied Biv fires m and — “Did you sign for this package, Stedman?” he __

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12 “All right.” Ten minutes later Jimmy carried a note from Brown to the manager of the express company. He brought an answer back. As he was passing along the corridor, he saw Stedman outside talk- ing to Haskins, the sport. The sport was running ere several $10 bills Stedman had just passed im. = “Stedman raised de dough, after all. Lucky for him he was able to, for de sport is on de job, as ~ he said he would be,” said Jimmy to himself. At that moment one of the bills escaped from the sport’s fingers and blew in front of the boy. Jimmy picked it up and he noticed that it was a new bill bearing the name of the Cohoes National _Bank. He handed it to Haskins as that individ- ual stepped forward after it. Then he went in and handed the express manager’s answer to Mr. Brown. Soon afterward Stedman returned to his A BOY esk. Jimmy didn’t. know that there was anything the matter with the express package. His er- rand. to the express office did not excite his cu- josity, though it might have struck him that it -had some connection with the packet. Ten min- _ utes later one of the express manager’s assist- ants came in, and after introducing himself to the cashier he was admitted to the counting room. There he made an inspection of the wrap- - per with a magnifying glass and he saw enough to show ‘him that the packet had been tampered _ * with, although the cashier had broken one of the seals. It happened that he broke the good seal _ and not the one which had been fused together. , “Who signed for this packet?” he said. “Our office boy,” replied the cashier. “Is he in the place now?” _' The cashier said he was and called Jimmy to _ “¥ou took this from the expressman?” said the ee : “Yes,” said Jimmy, wondering what was wrong. “Did you look at it to see that it was all right?” “Tt was all right. It was tied with a cord, and _ both ends sealed with red wax.” : __. “Did both the seals look alike to you?” a “J didn’t take particular notice of them, but I ___. know they were not broken.” “Who did you hand the packet to?” — cae I laid it on Mr. Brown’s desk, near ; é e. ; . “Is that where you found it?” he asked the a = a S Who was in the counting room at the time placed the packet on the desk?” said the second bookkeeper was the e in the place, and he was at his desk at B oS cog in the packet was a letter?” in FROM. THE STREETS Brown made’ certain notes, with the writer’s name and address, from the letter, and then handed everything over to the caller, who went ~ away. The manager of the company lost no time in telegraphing the agent in Cohoes for full ~ particulars, and at the same time a detective was directed to give his attention to the two men of the delivery wagon. Jimmy was in the private room when Brown told the old broker about the affair. “Who sent the packet?” “Edward Street, of Cohoes,” replied the cashier. Jimmy pricked up his ears at that. It recalled to his mind the $10 note bearing the name of the Cohoes National Bank, which he had seen Sted- man pay with other bills to the sport, Haskins. “Stedman needed $100. I wonder if he swiped de money out of de express packet?” thought - Jimmy, rather startled at the idea of Stedman being a thief. ES Jimmy felt that the evidence was not strong enough against the second bookkeeper for him to miention his suspicions against Stedman. Be- sides, he realized that it was a delicate matter to throw suspicion’ on a young man who stood pretty good in the office. He knew that the ex- ~ press company was investigating the case, and he thought that the driver of the wagon which de- — livered money packages and his assistant were able to get into trouble over the affair. The more » he thought the matter over the more it bothered him. Once or twice he decided to tell all he knew to the old broker and get it off his mind, - but when he had the opportunity he backed down. He was about to go home for the day when a shrewd-looking man came into the office and ask- ed for him. j 5 “That’s my name,” said Jimmy. “What do you want?” . é “It’s from the express company and I want you. to tell me how the man who handed you the packet acted. How did he come to ask you to sign for it? Why didn’t he go to the cashier’s window and -call one of the clerks to take it if the cashier was not in?” , “He did go to de window. When I stepped up to him he said he had an express money package for Mr. Barrington. I told him Id sign for it, as de cashier was out to his lunch, so he gave me de packet, I signed in his book, and he went away,” said Jimmy. : . “Are you authorized to receive such packages?” asked the man. “I suppose so. I’m connected with de office.” “You’re the office boy?” “Ves,” . _“Who was in the counting room at the time?” 7 secund pookkeeper, =r os = “Wasn't it his place to take that package in- stead of yours?” ; : NE Ae , oy Bion f it agit pet he didn’t come over =~ 0 ‘window, so I signed for it,” said Jimmy. “Mr, Brown didn’t find any fault with me ie ; the packet?” - { Te. desk.” > _ didn’t notice, that one of the seals nt

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A BOY FROM de ea Do you know what kind of money was in bar ate bills, of course.” - “I know dat; but what kind of bills—$10 ones? “Why do you ask that question?” said the man, looking at him sahrply. “Because I saw de second bookeeper pay a man out in de corridor $100 dat he owed him in $10 bills, half an hour or so after de package came. One of de bills slipped out of de man’s hands and I saw dat it had de name of de Cohoes National Bank on it.” “You saw that, eh?” said the man, picking up his ears. “You told the cashier, I suppose? __ “No, I did not. I didn’t suppose dat money * to do with de money dat was gup- to have been in de packet.” Why are you calling my attention to the fact “now?” - ~ “Well, you see, I was in de boss’s room when de cashier told him dat a packagé supposed to con- - tain $100 had come to de office from a man nam- ed Edward Street, of Cohoes, and when he open- ed it dere was no money in it, and de express. 2 company was investigatin’ de matter. When I ___ heard dat it put me in mind of de $10 bill de man ae in de corridor.” lat was there singular in the man dropping “a. _ $10 bi bill of the Cohoes National Bank? The pew ha $100,000 of notes in general cireula- and a great many, of them are $10 ones.” ? ere don’t know nothin’ about dat, but I thought it singular dat de second bookkeeper should be os - able to pay de man $100 dat he owed him when I heard him tell de same man Saturday night _dat he didn’t have any money and couldn’t pay : ES re Den de man said he’d call at de office on _ Wednesday, and he must have de money den or _ else he’d in and see Mr. Barrington about it.” _ “What interest could Mr. Barrington have in “the case?” _ “No interest at all; but de man said dat to ~ seare Stedman into gettin’ de money: for him.” set 2 ee on: The second bookkeeper’s name is an?” ex" ~ &Yes, : ; . “And he was the only person in the counting PS so when you put the packet on the cashier’s he z - ark : nae but dat ain’t sayin’ dat he opened it an’ rer money out.” ¥ oe capo of course not. He’s a trusted employeé, wis) & en dat he is.” cae what's your object in telling m@ all id be Ae et de suspfcion off my mind dat Stedman To ve taken de money out of de packet to le sme a and. keep him from eallin’ on Mr. De sport. wor it from him in ear Se eee and paid - Sey de "$100 on - THE STREETS 13 him. He learned enough to more than suspect that Stedman was the person who had abstracted the money. “That’s all, young man,” “lm much obliged to you.” “You're welcome. I hope dat you won’t find dat Stedman took de money, but it strikes me dat things look suspicious against him,” said Jimmy. “J aareed to tell Mr. Barrington what I’ve told you, but I was kind of afraid to, because, you see, I couldn’t prove anythin’, and Stedman stands well in de office.” “Where do you live?” Jimmy gave him his address, which the man wrote in his notebook. Then he left the office. he said finally. CHAPTER VIII.—Clesring Up the Money Packet ase. The visitor, who was the express compan _ detective, went into the counting room and ha talk with the éashier. While talking with Beown he managed to get a good look at man. .He waited around the building until the office was closed for the day,-and then shadowed the sec- ~ ond bookkeeper up town, and saw him meet Has- kins, the sport, in front of a, well-known billiard parlor. That convinced him’ that Jimmy’s story was true. When the two men parted he followed Haskins to a near-by saloon and accosted him. . “Your name is Haskins, I believe?” said the - detective. > “Yes. ” eS “You're a professional gambler?” i “Say, what’s your game? “I’m _ a detective. The young man you just parted with owed you $300, and he paid you $100 on account about two o’clock to-day in the Seneca Building, where he is employed. Isn’t that a Tact?” : “T don’t know that it is,” replied the apgss dog- «24 t ly. “But I know it is.” “If you do, why did you ask me?” Sion have a witness who saw Stedman pay you “Well, what if he did?” “I want to see the niaeey. he paid you, or a part of it.” “What for?” “Because the bills were stolen from an express package.” “The deuce it was!” “You received ten $10 bills from Stedman, and one at least of them has been identified, Let me _ ‘see the others.” <= Os suppose I won’t? I don’t see by what == right wed art you refuse I arrest you and take you to the station house and charge you with taking - stolen money,” said the detective sharply. 5 “Have I got to give up the money? I didn’ pe know it was st “You'll have o return it to a ag iden- i from him.” Ae Oe. aed

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-¢ KY = oe aA - . store the money to Mr. oF ‘24. 4 A BOY FROM “JT have. I’m in the employ of the American Express Co.—one of their detectives. The money was stolen from one of their packages delivered this afternoon at the office of John Barrington, stock broker, by Stedman, a bookkeeper in the office. He owed you $300, You pressed him for yment, agreeing to take $100 on account, in de- ‘ault.of which you threatened to expose him to his employer. He took the money to stave you t7) «TI left Stedman only a short time ago, and he didn’t act like a person who had been found out in a crooked piece of business.” “I know. You were waiting for him in front of the Criterion Billiard Parlors. After you parted with him I followed you here.” ; “So he stole that money, eh? I’m thinking that will settle his hash, and Ill never see the $300 he owes me.” ; ; “You won’t lose much, for you won it from him at cards.” r “Suppose I did? I’m_entitled to get it. It’s a of honor.” * at e won’t discuss the matter. It lies between you’ and Stedman. Are you ready to accompany - “me to Stetina’ boarding house?” if I have to.” “You can take your choice of going there or to ae ao ih yon Y Md you, sob exp well: Come along.” ; -- They boarded a Sixth avenue train and rode uptown. - *.°“Stedman told me he lived in Forty-fourth street,” said the sport, as.the detective made no move to get out at Forty-second street. “Never mind what he told you,” said the detec- tive curtly. 5 The second bookkeeper did live in Forty-fourth } street, but the sleuth was not taking Haskins to see him. His purpese was to make the sport re- Brown, the cashier. He had nothing to do with the theft of the money- ‘by Stedman. All that the express management was interested in was to demonstrate that the packet was all night at the moment it passed out -of their hands. In his endeavors to do this, the - detective had found out all the facts of the case, and these facts he proposed to lay before the eS ie lived in a Seventh avenue apa house in Harlem, and there the de- tective took Haskins. “Mr. Brown was at dinner _ with his family when the visitors were announc- ed. They - came in to see them. were shown into the parlor and he is to the bottom of the tampered express ack ae Brown,” said the sleuth. “This man, ‘who is a professional gambler, received the $100 - from Clarence | Stedman in part payment of a gambling debt. - “From Stedman!” exclaimed the cashier, quite progprres by this statement. “I can’t believe it.” ~ *T have the preof necessary to establish the fact, sir. I can produce a witness who saw Sted- hand this man the money, and who had the ir Hy seeing one of the bills—a new $10 ‘of the Cohoes National: Bank. Edward ho the packét, enclosed in it ten THE STREETS \ . The sport reluctantly brought them out—nine new $10 bills in a roll, bearing the name of the Cohoes bank. The detective took them and hand- ed oom to a ss ~ “The tenth bill was chan by this man. H will make it good.” che: ’ . Haskins produced $10 in other bills. “There, now you have the contents of the pack- et and the express company is out of it. Give senate receipt, in the company’s name, for the “T will do so, but you have made a very grave charge against a young gentleman who stands high in our office.” “Having made the charge, I will substantiate it, though it does not concern our company what ha@ppened to the money after Mr, Barrington re- ceived it in the usual course. The absence of, the money from the packet raised a doubt as to whether it was in the enclosure when your boy signed for it, and made it necessary for the ex- press company to investigate the matter, since the company is responsible for the contents of all packages it undertakes to deliver. While look- ing into the case, I got hold of all the facts, and they are at your service.” ; vies The detective then told the story he got from Jimmy, which practically covered the whole mat- ter, and he had no trouble in getting the sport to corroborate it. _ ee “You got all that from our Jimmy?” ‘said Brown. “Why, he never said a word to either Mr. Barrington or me!” . “He wanted to, but he felt backward about charging Stedman with the theft of the money, which ‘he would have been obliged to do. I got his story only by questioning him after he had made certain admissions that attracted my atten- tion. I see no reason for you finding any fault with the boy for his silence. He has done us both a service in disclosing facts he accidentally came in session of.” “How did he come in possession of them?” said the cashier. “You will have to question him yourself. You have the contents of the packet, and that ends the express company’s interest in the case. I have given you the facts for your information in case you choose to proceed against your faithful employee. You had better take down this man’s name and address so you can find him should yéu wish to use him as a witness. That is all I have to say. As soon as you give me the receipt, I will go. . Brown teok Haskins’ name and the address he gave, gave the detective a receipt for the money, and the two men went away... The sleuth paid the’ sport’s fare on the elevated and they parted at ‘Thirty-third street. Haskins was so mad at los- . ing” — that he did net take the trouble to call on man, pr even to hunt him up that evening, to warn him of what he was up against. Mr. Brown finished his dinner, put on his hat in) : and went to Mr. Barrington’s residence in Mad- ison avenue, where he lived in his home with a married daughter, to acquaint with the — surprising outcome of the express packet’ investi- gation. : / ~ ee,

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A -BOY FROM ‘Years and had grown up from a messenger boy, in which fosition 3 he had given perfect satisfac- tion. In fact, nothing could be brought’ against him except this particular charge. That he had ‘thecome addicted to gambling was a conclusion that the evidence in the case revealed, and that was something Mr. Barrington detested above all things in anybody, but particularly in a rising young man, and especially an employee of his. | “Tt am sorry, very sorry, indeed, to hear this ‘of Stedman. I had the greatest faith in him,” he ~ said solemnly. Xe “I judge he was driven to take the money ow- ing to the gambler’s threat to expose his ques- ‘tionable debt to him if he failed to pay a sum on account which he could not raise by ordi- nary means,” said Brown. “It is- probably his first transgression of the kind, so I hope you will _ * Jet him down easy. ” ~ “ey will hear what he has to say in the morning ~ ‘after I have listened to Jimmy’s story,” said the i ker. eat ended the interview and the cashier took his leave. - CHAPTER IX.—The Curtain Falls on Clarence Boe Stedman. ee knew there would be something doing at = ee 1 Oc, after the revelation he had made to the detective. He believed Stedman would be arrest- “ed that night by the sleuth, and supposed that the ‘express people would proceed against him for ” taking the. money. Although he did not like the second bookeeper, he felt sorry that he had been -_compelled.to expose what he knew about the “young man. 3 ; -... “It was'my duty,” he told himself. “If I hadn’t - said anythin’ de suspicion of de company prob- ably would have rested on de man who delivered de packet, and de driver of de wagon as well. It would have counted against dem even if nothin’ gould be proved, and it. would have been a shame for innocent people to suffer for de act of an- » Wall Street. News, sat down to ; : ‘and stenographer came in and with them Clarence Stedman, who little sus- 1, Mr. Brown walked in. After giving out the he detained Stedman at his desk. “You saw Jimmy place that Bah 5 ages on the cloud that hung over his head. Last © = yesterday while I was out, didn’t you?” SSS) didn’t take notice of what he did. 1 was. ng out statements a didn’t see the packet at all?” when I-came to your desk to oe: lei a for several of our t Bo tia gin” “Wo: THE STREETS 15 “The wrapper showed evidence of having been tampered with, though I did not notice the fact until the assistant manager of the express com- pany pointed out to me where one of the seals had been broken and then fused together again.” “You found some of the money missing, then?” “Tt was all missing.” “Then the man who sent it must have forgot- ten to enclose the amount stated, or some express employee took the money out while it was in transit.” “The ——— put one of their detectives on the case, and he notified me last evening that he had found the guilty person.” - Clarence Stedman gave a start and turned white. “The detective handed me the missing $100 and told me that the case was closed as far as the ” company was concerned. “He gave you the missing money? Then it was an employee of the company who stole it?” said Stedman, recovering his nerve, for the fact that the company had turned over the contents of the 7 packet indicated to him that the express company had shouldered the responsibility. “That’s all, Stedman,” said Brown. books to your desk.” % The second bookkeeper did so, much relieved. Indeed, he felt quite exultant over the idea that he had got out of the case, as he supposed. That some innocent man had fallen under suspicion ‘in connection with the matter, and perhaps had lost : his job, did not for the moment worry him any. ne So the ordinary routine of the office went on the same as ever. Jimmy expected to be called up -% by the cashier any moment, but when he was call- . ed Mr. Brown merely handed him an envelope to ae take out.’ Thus matters proceeded: until the old broker came down. e went over his mail, dic- tated replies to several letters, gave sundry’ in- structions to his stenographer, saw two early visitors, and as the cashier handed him a bunch of orders to buy and sell stocks he put on his hat and went over to: the Exchange to execute them. . Jimmy carried several notes to him that day, and noted, with satisfaction, that L: & D. had gone up two points higher than the previous day’s closing figure. - Mr. Barrington» returned about two o’clock, saw more visitors and «after dictat- ing to Miss Fox, went out again. At ten minutes of three Jimmy was sent to the bank as usual with the day’s deposits, and he got back shortly after three. The old broker came in soon after- ward. He attended to business and saw visitors for half an hour; then he rang for Jimmy, whose time for ouitting was near. a= ket. yesterday, — “Take your he ~ “New tell me know them.” 2k SS = “All de facts, sir? I don’t know where to

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anything pa other facts you were acquainted should mot think he’d give 16 A BOY FROM and Haskins, on the previous Saturday night in she vestibule of the office building on upper Broad- way, and what he overheard pass between them. broker nodded when he finished that part of ry. ~- “Now, : saw Stedman and this gambler in the corridor yesterday after the receipt of the money package and before you learned there was i rticularly wrong with it.” “Yes, sir.” “You saw Stedman hand the man some bills, and one of them fluttering to the floor, you picked it up and returned it to the: gambler. In doing so you noticed that it was a new bill bearing the name of the National Bank?” Z “Yes,, sir.” “Then when you heard that the packet had come from Cohoes and that it was supposed to have contained $100, which was missing, you be- gan to suspect Stedman of the theft of the mon- : - sir.” ! dion, Jimmy, don’t you think that on the of that suspicion, backed up by the i with, that you } have come to me and told me the whole sto _ “Yes, sir, but I was kind of afraid ace ha think A sa anythin’, and I knew, you thought a lot of him. I didn’t know how you . You’ve been a good friend I didn’t want you to get 2 opinion Besides, I Ptah like iy — Stedman in hole, dough we ain’t good friends.” “What trouble is there between you and Sted- man?” 4 4 Jimmy explained the cause of their strained ons. 5 “J don’t know what you think of my story now,” he “It’s de truth, but I don’t see dat I “Don’t worry about that, Jimmy. The gam- bler has corroborated all the essential facts.” “He has?” cried the boy, in surprise. “I should Stedman away. to do so. The detective con- “He was ‘vinced him that it would be to his interest to » hold nothing back.” “Den the detective got hold of him?” ‘ _. “Certainly. He was regarded as the key to the situation, for your story required corroboration to make a clear case thief.” st the. “Did de detective did, but had he not made-the gam- Dm could not have quarreled with | THE STREETS now,” said the old broker, dismissing him. “ er way out-hand that slip of paper to Mr. rown.* Jimmy did so and left the office. CHAPTER X.—The Money-Making Machine. . Stedman’s desk was vacant next morning, and this fact occasioned Wakeley and Jackson some surprise. Jimmy noticed also that the second bookkeeper did not turn up. He wondered if the dude had been fired. He thought it quite likely. The cashier made no remark on Stedman’s ab- sence. He was certain that the young man had been dispensed with. On his way uptown the old broker had put an advertisement in a certain newspaper for a junior clerk, answers to be sent to the broker’s postoffice box. During the day Jackson was installed in Stedman’s place, and Wakeley was given Jackson’s work. e wages of both were advanced. _ A tall, solemn-looking youth came in and was introduced next morning by the cashier as the new junior clerk. He had come from where he had clerked in a broker’s pr res was well up in the details of the business. With ‘a good market business was rushing and Jimmy was kept on the jump. He mana to keep traek of his latest deal, either by sly glances at the office ticker, at the tickers in other offices he visited, and by an inspiration of the blackboard at the Exchange when he was sent there. By this time L. & D. was up to 93, and then it be- gan to boom in earnest, and soon reached 100, or par. Jimmy judged he had better sell, on the principle that a bird in the hand was worth sev- eval in the bush. He took the first op i of doing L. & D. boom exploded, and for several weeks — showed no tendency to rise to any extent. ; Jimmy went into a-deal on Erie. The stock went 1 up several points, and Jimmy was looking for

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A BOY FROM ing to certain moves on the part of. the Copper Trust. "He looked up the various copper propositions and noted the prices the stocks were sel ne Se Several days later he read more on the subject, and he also. saw that all the copper stocks had up somewhat... The paper said that Sandy Hil Copper was 2 ing thing to next to, and after some iberation Jimmy ght 100 shares of it outright at $6. A week later it was up to $7. That satisfied Jimmy that Sandy Hill was going to make money for its stockholders, so he invested the rest of his money in another 100 _.. With the two certificates in hes poeseien he knew he could not be sold. out if the price sud- denly went down. In another week copper be- came the absorbing subject in Wall Street, and * Sandy Hill advanced to.$8. Then it went to $9, and Enally reached $10. It went to $10.25 and then anchored there.. The most important stocks kept on, but Sandy Hill seemed to have got as high as it was likely to go. So, impatient to rake in his profit in sight, Jimmy sold out, clearing $700° and raising capital to $2,000. It was now early summer. The night school had closed for the term and Jimmy had all his evenings to himself. , . He was very much improved in every way since : the old broker, who was uniformly kind to him, ~ teek him into his office. He had gradually lost the accent of the street, for he had not associated with any of his old companions, except to speak . to them occasionally when he met them outside, > since taking the messenger job: The change had been so gradual that the office force hardly no- teed any change in him. Had they taken notice, they would have observed that he no longer used de” and “dat,” and that le had found use for f the letter “g” where it belonged. ‘ - The old broker regarded him with pride, and : considered him as his protege, taking satisfaction = in the thought that he had rescued the boy from _ the streets, and was making his talents shine at their brightest. With the coming of hot weather | the stock market grew dopy, and the brokers a 1+ much of ao time on na Bn pri sau. __Barrington’s son-in-law took a cottage at a ra {sland watering place on the Sound, and the = broker spent half of the week down there. 43 oa: Saturday morning in August he invited 1 Ne Jimmy. to down with him and stay over at the | > till Monday. Jimmy said he’d be glad to go, but he ’t used. to polite society. af not be quite up to the mark, Jim- “my,” ‘gaid the bro bat you will soon get used things as. vont you think I won’t disgrace you——” __ “Disgrace me! I have no fear of that, We making no display at the cottage—just living quietly an resting ourselves like reasonable péo- ple. That is really what city people need when : ZO away or a-change of scene and air. I THE STREETS 17 and carried them to the cottage, which was sit- uated at the end of a row of similar dwellings stretched along the inner side of Manhassett Bay, half a mile from the village. There was a moderate sized hotel between the cottages and the village, and a larger hotel on the top of a low wpe a quarter of a mile away toward the There was also another hotel and twice a»many cottages on the other side of the arm of the bay. After being introduced to the old gentle- man’s daughter, and her son and daughter—one a year older and the other a year younger than Jimmy—the young visitor and the old broke partook of a light lunch, Then the broker to his grandson, Fred Colton, to take Jimmy around and show him what was to be seen. The two boys started off together, walking around the curve of the bay to the summer colony on tha other side. They walked into the hotel and looked around. In some way Jimmy got sep- arated from his companions, and while looking around for him he suddenly came upon three well-dressed men seated in a nook on the bay side of the veranda. . The three were so much engaged in conyrsa- tion that they did not notice Jimmy. The boy was.astonished on recognizing two cf the men as Haskins, the sport, and Clarence Stedman. - Their companion was a smartly dressed young fellow of perhaps twenty-two, who looked as if he be longed to some swell family. Haskins was seat ed on one side of him and Stedman on the other, and they were both showing him a bunch of new” bills. Jimmy was so surprised at seeing Sted- man and the gambler at that apparently guests of the place, that he b y at them. He suspected from their talk and actions, common with a vi small rotary printing press, ,has been extensively advertised in years though now considered a back number, our read- ers may have seen the machine in the window some novelty store, or at least heard about it. the hands of a demonstrator a slip of paper size. of a banknote was inserted between tio horizontal rollers, just as cl are put through the twin roHers o: a ertagiag wenahing, Cs ear. dle attached to the operated the chine was turned, forthwith, as the slip di the two rollers rs a brar

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Jimmy heard Stedman say. 18 A BOY FROM possible to detect the cheat, no matter how close or how sharp you watched the modus operandi, nor how slow the demonstrator worked. = Haskins, the gambier, and the unlucky Clar- ence Stedman, had gone into Se Reh to fleece the public so that they could live without going * te work. The sport had initiated Stedman into many, tricks of his calling, and their original intention was to visit summer resorts, and later on country fairs, meeting as apparent strangers and roping moneyed men into card games, and by playing into each other’s hands, rob their victims in an apparently honest way. A friend of the sport, however, presented him with one of the money-making machines, and explained the methods he had himself carried on with great success, and so Haskins and Stedman adopted it @s a side line, to be worked as occasion served. The young fellow they now had in tow was the gon of a well-to-do merchant who owned one of the cottages at this summer resort. Stedman had made his acquaintance, representing himself ‘as the secretary of an industrial corporation and assiduously cultivated his friendship, paying for drinks and other entertainments in a liberal way, and *naking a big display of money to impress his anticipated victim. After sounding the young chap on the subject of the money-making machine and finding he was ignorant of it, Stedman -confi- dentially told him that he was financing a well- known inventor who had, after years of experi- menting, finally evolved a machine, simple in «haracter, for making real money. Naturally the fellow’s curiosity was excited, and Stedman romised to introduce him to the inventor, who Was stopping at the hotel with him and get him ‘a private view of the marvellous discovery. This -fntroduction was effected shortly before Jimmy discovered the three on the veranda. CHAPTER XI.—Jimmy Sees a Detective. '. “What we're telling you is on the dead quiet,” “All of this money we are showing you was turned out by the ma- chine.” - “Tt certainly looks good,” admitted the young chap. “You must be a fine banknote engraver, he added to the sport. __ “Not at all,” replied Haskins, quite truthfully. “TI haven’t the slightest skill in that line.” -_®Then I don’t see how you could get such fine plates for your machine.” _ Haskins laughed. ~ “T don’t use any. That’s how I avoid coming under the name of a terfeiter. It is really an impossibility for an engraver to make a fac- ‘gimile plate of any note so that it will deceive of an expert. The secret of my machine ‘it will produce a facsimile o THE STREETS “You mean you copy——” : ‘ “I apply my secret composition to a pair of rollers inside the machine and then run a geni- ine bill-through them. The rollers take an in- delible impression of the bill, one side of it on one roller and the other side of it.on the other. The original bill comes out a blank sheet of pa- per, having lost its character entirely.” _ “You don’t say!” exclaimed the young chap, in astonishment. : “The front and back of the good bill has been entirely transferred to the two rollers. I then let them dry and harden for twenty-four hours. At the end of that time, or later, I begin printing my new money, by inserting specially prepared paper, the exact size of the original under an exposed pair of rollers that carry it down into the machine to the stamped rollers. After it has passed between them it comes out through a third” pair of rollers a brand-new banknote—a fac- simile in every way of the original.” “Yd like to own such a machine. Do you in- tend to put them on the market?” “Certainly not. Why should I? I have built two machines for my personal use—one I use for Prange out dollar bills, the other for’ $5 ones. When Iget kack home I intend to put together a third for making $20 bills, with interchangeable “‘yollers for $59 and $100 ones.” *“Say, wouldn’t you loan me one of your ma- chines if I gave you half*of the money it turned out?” : , “No,” said Haskins decidedly. “I wouldn’t.”. “Oh, come now, Mr: Smith,” put in Stedman, addressing his confederate: “Ford is a good fel- low. It would be a favor to me if you obliged him. He will put up a deposit as a guarantee to return the machine, sayin a week.” ; Haskins shook his head, but Stedman kept at him till he began to waver. 2 “What: deposit can you put up?” he said, at length. : 3 “How much do-you want?” asked the dupe eagerly. ‘ ; “T wouldn’t take Jess than $1,000, which, of course, I’ll return to you when vou bring back the machine. [ll lend you the $5 one so’ that you can turn out $100 a day, and T’ll give you enough prepared paper to last you for two weeks. Then you.wil*have to réturn the machine, for you couldn’t print without the right paper.” ~ “T don’t believe I can get $1,000,” said = ‘young fellow reluctantly, “but I'll put up $ That ought to be enough, for the machine will be of no use to me after I have used up the paper you give me.” : Ser: “Let him have it for $500 deposit,” said Sted- man, “as a favor to me.” . “Very well. ae eep the whole business strictly to your- Now look here, Ford, you'll prom-

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notes have not been counterfeited, he’ll tell you the bill is genuine. will prove to you that the machine does all I claim for it, and that my discovery will rank with any of the seven won- ders of the world,” said Haskins. " immy drew back out of sight as the three ‘men left their chai He watched them go to the elevator. Then he went to the desk. “Is there a man named Smith stopping here?” he asked. “There are two Smiths. Which one are you referring to?” - Jimmy described Haskins. ~ “Tf you want to see him, you'll have to send pe name up°first.” he won’t want to be disturbed if he took two men upstairs with him. -I’ll wait around till he comes down,” said Jimmy. ~ “All right,” said the clerk. “°“By the way, is your house detective around? Tene id k ta pet bell, d bellbo he cler a and a Yy came up. ‘The clerk said something to him and he went = 2 bee aes eee be here in a few minutes,” said the clerk . ; to Jimmy. ~ So Jimmy watied,: and in about five -minutes ' ‘the bellboy Scinried with the hotel detective. hg ae oe. bee dexk, indicating Jimmy. _ “Come out ae the caress with me,” said the walked outside, and Jimmy led the man y from the nearest guest. “aT want to tell you that there are a pair of stopping at this hotel,” began Jimmy. 5 we What's your name and who. are you? —I haven’t seen you around here before.” arr ary name is Jimmy Long. I am working for igton, a Wall Street broker. He me down here this afternoon to stay over at his cottage, which is on the other, side you can see it from here—the last “Well, what about the swindlers?” he said. “One of them isa young fellow who was form- _- erly employed in our office as the second book- Kee ‘He was discharged a few weeks ago for [ Teagons. The other Pe a New elle panier . y e a young fellow in tow ; the bred whose name is Haskins ut» has registered here as William Smith, has en him up to his room. The scheme they aye trying to pull off is known as the — G Peer tare: ypver heard of it? ; fellow is a ake EI oa hen thee ex get that into their hands eee aie certain of all this?” “Positive. I overheard them working up the + on the veranda here a few minutes ago.” e thought a moment. om hatte and wait till I / wpe he told ee . the desk, the number of Wil- h are eal, got, t cota ny Going to he tried to look through the key-hole, _in the lock prevented him gen : ete. pe eee si — ae A BOY FROM THE STREETS oe “young fellow wants to see you,” said the 19 “Well, you see how the machine works: don’t you?” he heard a voice (Haskins’) say. = “Yes: -It is certainly a marvelous invention.” answered the dupe. “Now we'll go downstairs and test the gen- uineness of the bill that you have just printed,” said the sport. “het me See you print one yourself,” said-the young fellow. “Certainly,” are.” The yoting man, who was not altogether a fool, looked at it critically, but particularly at the run- ning numbers, of which there are two on each bill. He noted that the numbers on the two bills were different. “Say, how does the machine make a different number each time?” he asked. For a moment Haskins was struck dumb, un- able to think of a convincing reply. . Then Sted- man*came to his rescue. , “Why don’t you explain to him that you have. a smal] numbering machine attachment inside, or don’t you want to admit it?” hé said. “Well, I thought I’d told him about that down- stairs,” said Haskins. “No, you didn’t mention it,’ said the young man. “is that the, way you make the numbers?” ~ “Yes,” replied the.gambler, much relieved that the matter had been accounted for.. Now let’s go downstairs.” , The detective learned enough to assure him that Jimmy had told he truth, so he hurried away. - oat said the. gambler. “There you ‘ CHAPTER XII—Conclusion.. The detective was at the desk when the three -came down and the young man inqvired for the proprietor of the hotel. That gentleman came forward and verified the new $5 bill as a genuine one. Young Ford was satisfied and he told Haskins that he would get the $500 deposit right away “Petch it along and you can have the use of the machine for two weeks. Then you must ing it back and I will return the deposit and ch you nothing for the use of the machine,” ‘said = the sport; “but remember, you must handle it : carefully, and not attempt to print more than twenty bills a day.” Ford assured him ‘he would follow his diree- tions to the letter,.and went away. The: detec- tive rejoined Jimmy, and told him he had better keep out of the way, since one of the graftergs eer him and might take alarm if he: saw him <e ere : Haskins and Stedman came out on the veranda : ,and sat pa to await the ‘return of igkeedupe’ with — $500. hauls room. the: sleuth. Sees

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20 with a trunk, as he wanted to be in shape for a quick get-away if necessary. He took the ma- chine out and ran a bill through. r wile see it’s in good condition, don’t you?” he said “Yes, ” replied Ford. “Very good. Well, I’ve used up the last ‘piece of prepared paper for the day. You can’t do any rinting till to-morrow about this time. Remem- er that.” - He returned the machine to the“ box and “wrapped it up. Then he counted out twenty sheets of paper the size of a bank note. “That’s your supply for to-morrow. Use no more. To prevent you making any mistake, I’ll put a piece of newspaper between each day’s quantity.” - He counted out twenty more sheets, put an- other sheet of newspaper over them, and then went on, putting newspaper between each lot as 4 he proceeded until he had counted out fourteen ; lots. He wrapped the paper up in another bundle. “There you are. Now let me give you a little ' general advice,” said Haskins. In the course of this advice he dropped in - hints about the risk that Ford would incur if he ever let it be known that he had printed and used, or even intended to print and use, money ot issued by the Government. “I’m telling you this for my own protection as well as yours,” he said. “The court always holds ‘that intent to commit a wrong is as bad as actu- | . ally doing it. Understand?” = - “Yes,” nodded Ford. oy “Very good.’ If you talked about this machine _ ‘you’d not only get yourself in trouble, but me as well. I’m doing you a big favor in trusting you.” - This delicate compliment was, erases Fg ap- ae 5 preciated by Ford, for he assured the sport that '. «he would keep his mouth shut. That being set- ___ *tled, the three were about to leave the room, _when the detective opened the door and walked in unbidden, followed by Jimmy, who, according A BOY FROM ‘to directions, placed his back. to the door after - closing it, and also deftly turned the key and removed it. _ . .“Good-afternoon, gentlemen,” said, the sleuth. _/ “Sorry to disturb you, but.I am the house detec- , tive, and I’m looking for two grafters named "Haskins. and Stedman.” ~The two rece were staggered. -- recovered his Haskins didn’t, for he recognized Jimmy. — . ete SE “hope Nie n’t cacy to find them in my : » sac the. sport boldly. 2 room,” : “Well, to tell you the truth, I did, and I think eae a ae You are Haskins.” “s , My name is William Smith.” ; au that’s the alias Panne. els - ne te ‘our aco eet vis man. te) oO identify these men? cs “T do. ial is Haskins, professional fits wad oe 2 a ° bad aig § Clarence Stedman book- ohn Barrington, of Wall Street,” said att want to know. Both of you =o ge?” demanded Hoskins. francis: we ~ the $500 ' Stairs: and payyour Dill and give up your rooms, 52 “and you can both go.” on the quiet that evening, and*he old broker was “nerve. right ‘away, but Stedman | Y¢TY much astonished at the revelation. He was THE STREETS a@ money-making machine, but which is a pure fake,” said the detective. “Give me my money back!” cried Ford angrily to the gambler. “IT must decline. We can’t be held unless you make the charge against us, and have us brought before a magistrate.” “Til do that unless you come over with my “All right. Do it. The charge against us will be intent to defraud, and if you press it we'll | have to go to jail and stand trial. But what about yourself? You’re voluntarily given me $500 for a machine which you believed would make real money. The intent on your part was “to swindle the Treasury Department. I guess you'll find yourself in a bigger hole than. we are. We knew the machine was a fake and could not make money. We simply played you for a suck- er. Now go and prosecute us.” The young man wilted. “Give me half my money back and I'll say nothing,” he said. “T’ve already arrested these men and you will have to prosecute them.” “You can’t make me,’’+said the frightened Ford. “Oh, all right. The hotel will prosecute them as swindlers, and you'll be called as a witness.” . “As I don't want to get this young gene Ps in trouble with the Government, fi give up the money if you let us off. We'll take the next train _ for the city.” Thus spoke Haskins. “Better let it go at that,” put in Jimmy. “I know Clarence Stedman. He was in our ones for several years—ten, I believe. If he'll ise te cut loose from this gambler, who is yoni to lead him to ruin if he keeps his cnetends rn bet Mr. Barrington to see him. through this scrape unless you let them both go. As I put you on these chaps, I am entitled to some considera- tion, and I now ask you to let them go, provided Stedman 'gives me the ‘promise I asked for.” z “All right,” agreed the detective. “Hand over © 5. to that young man, and come down-— And the matter was settled on that basis. It was quite a story Jimmy told to Mr. Barrington greatly shocked to learn that his late bookk f had gone into the®grafting business, and with the man who had been the cause of his ‘downfall. 5 On Monday morning Jimmy returned to the office and his duties. e wish we had the space to follow Jimmy Lone up the ladder of. success, but that we cannot do. All we can say is that as the old broker’s protege he made good at the office, was in due time promoted to the counting- — room, and finally rose to the post of the old A 8 tend 's wigs sentative on the Seah of the Stock change. Barrington’s fa e ~ took bin. out of Wall geri ee duit energies se he made Jimmy his junior and active } Hace + ~~ 7 a* my cm Lack a) Mea week’ s issne will tain-.“A. HUSTLER; » oR, THE So ita

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OY pad tal ty '** Wise ota rr, nie ~ 3% -—e = 3 4 wm S- . TT ot CAP ene Ver eee Dee a Per roe wn ‘ FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY CURRENT 21 NEWS MILK CAN WALKING DOWN STEPS AMAZES STROLLER “Leaving my home to catch an early morning train,” whites a correspondent of the Daily Mail, London, “I was amazed to see a milk can ap- parently walking down the steps and along the footpath. I looked again, and the milk can was still progressing with a queer kind of zigzag mo- tion. There was no one in sight to whom I could appeal for corroboration, and I pursued the milk _ ean, halted it with my walking stick, turned it ovér, and found tightly wedged inside a harassed looking hedgehog. “Tt had climbed into the ean to drink the milk, found that it could not get out, and was trying to escape from the evidence of its guilt. “Both of us were relieved when the can and ' the hedgehog again became two.” FIND NEW DINOSAUR GENUS A new genus of dinosaur has been discovered ~ by an expedition from the University of Toronto in the Bad Lands of the Red Deed River of Al- This announcement was made at the opening of the annual convention of the American As- _sociation for the Advencement of Science by Dr. W. A. Parks of the University of Toronto, who presented to his colleagues the new specimen, _ which is nearly ready to be placed in the univer- sity museum. The dinosaur is only about thirty feet in length, about’ half as large as fossils previously dis- covered, and belonged the Cretaceous period. It had heavy leg bones and ribs, and probably led a sluggish life in salty marshes, living on vege- tables. YAP.A LAND OF SLAVERY Although the Island of Yap has been governed . successively by Spaniards, Germans and Japa- nese, slavery is still practiced here and shows no signs of dying out. The Yap slaves are a darker race than their native masters and they have black, ,slightly curly hair. They are owned by chiefs and some are the property of wealthy na- tive women. Tradition says that the slaves are descended from early invaders who came to Yap in their war canoes from other islands, but were over- powered by the original inhabitants. Many of the men were killed, but the women and children were spared and forced to labor in the taro (an edible plant root) patches. Yap society is divided into three classes, name- ly machmach or medicine men, the pilung or aris- tocracy and the pimiaga of slaves. The medi- cine men are still powerful despite the years of missionary work by Spanish priests. They pro- phesy, tell fortunes and sometimes put a taboo on various parts of the island. “A taboo is a serious matter for the traders, as no native will work on a tabooed plantation. While it lasts the laborers take a holiday and the traders’ profits shrink. The taboo, however, is sometimes used to prevent plundering. Although the Yap natives are “mid- dling honest,” one of their principal déities ig the god of thieves, who has a considerable num- ber of worshippers on the island. a a ~=— ATTENTION! <—a 2 So that you may become better acquainted with “MYSTERY MAGAZINE,” oa - = _ will send it to any address in the United Se we ta tee eee eeeeseeeneeeeeenne r beginning with Number Name «.... States, postage free, one year, for Two Dollars, or six months for One Dollar. This offer expires March 1, 1922. If _ you wish to take advantage of it, fill in the order-blank below and mail it to with the price, in money or postage-stamps. ~wy 1922, nue for which send me “MYSTERY MAGAZINE” for the period of — spat nesmnerrnetscorerresmerenecstnnctrs feantneagee obeweneen epee

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= 22 Daring Dan Dobson ange = THE BOY WHO BEAT THE MOONSHINERS By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER VIII.—(Continued.) ‘Tf they knew we was here, thevd burn us at the stake, I do believe,” said Zachary. Well, they'll be .on after us, if I ain't mistook, yet. We'll jest lay whar we are, and let ’em do their- worst.” The men hurried back and forth around the > ruins of the house, which had been their secret hiding place for supplies, like so many red ants ever a mashed ant-hill. They shook their fists in the direction. of the . road, . and it needed no great mind-reading to _ understand their thoughts on the subject of their ruined moonshine plant. . . “Look, thar’s a feller goin’ back for Jake New- castle, I'll bet a hai,” sung out Zachary, who was s " pecking down keenly. “They won't darst do a thing ontel they git.word from him. Then won’t there be a merry howdedo? ‘Oh, no!” Dan. could picture the hewdedo, all right, ae it was not a merry prospect. _,But he did not. give up his. spirits. “Do you think we'd ought to return to Johns- ville, now, without runnin’ the chances of a fight?” asked Zachary. “I’m kinder responsible for ye to yer dad, an’ fT don’t want ter get ye in in any worse of q hole.” Dan’s Jaw clicked with ey oe = such ~ e oa ? should say ‘not, ” he snapped ‘oft: 4] am not ey + x quitter Why, we come to inspect this land, = 2 ng. T have @ right.to. de- ps aap any i i eal a on my father’s property, ; aes to carry out the work intended. fat Eeidak ap see e is Jand.is being robbed of timber, rome and furthermore, I am going to try to sell it out e- ES aH meted atest leave BS They watched the men below them by. the - 5 bu -out house. - _*They~are starting on the hunt, all’ right,” _ said Dan, as he saw about» six mountaineers = ‘mount their horses and come up the roadway are jest keepin’ on the ee Weweastts. as Sod he FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY This was something neither Dick nor Zachary expected to happen just then. The first horse gave a nervous whinny, and Zach’s horse answered the call. “Dern the pesky thing!” muttered the guide, ’ angrily, as he tried to jerk the animal’s head about. But the harm had been done. These rough men knew what the whinny and the horse’s shying away from the clump of trees meant. “Thar they air!” cried one fellow, and with annie aes he rode straight up the rough ground into He bore a shotgun before him, but he did not : beat Dan nor Zach, for, as he pushed into view of them he saw himself covered y two weapons, | and he reined in. “What do you want?” asked Dan. “You look as though you would like to use that gun.” The man snarled. “Ye’re the cuss that busted that still down the road thar, ain’t ye?” he began. “You cut out that line of talk,’ commanded Dan, sharply, and his hammer clicked ominously = the gun. ‘Both that property and this is part pe 2 father’s and my land, and you get off it in le-quick time, or I’m going to put a_littie 4 setiletion through that long fringe of yours!” The mountaineer pulled back his horse. “This hyar country belongs to the people that lives hyar,”- he began, “and not any strangers that don’t hay’ no right ter it.” “Well, I’ve got t the right, all right, and my. father bought s land with his own money; he’s paid the taxes on it, and supported it ever since? he was a young man, I broke up your still, and: I am not a revenue officer, either. I don’t care what you do, as long as you keep off our land, But I don’t intend -to see my father’s. burned down, stolen and a moonshine mill run on it by a of roughs like you. Now, get!” The mountaineer looked into the determi ; face of the yo and he proceeded to “get” — ‘ “Ye’re goin’ ter see who runs this country!" he cried, as he turned. ee that’s Jake Ey saat’ ‘¢astle an’ his friends.” “Tl take a chance with Jake Newingtle cS ae other, man,” said Dan. “But 7 clear ° The lad beckoned “started down the hill, leading their horses.” ade 4 ‘ Bang! Bang! Two shots rang out eon. the shelter os the | eS a nearby trees. ; Zacheny\ qulitig... bali wey no, oe said achary, ly. we a < “No, let’s get back on that hill in the shelter of the trees, and hold them off for a while to see what they are going to do.” i They retreated to their hilltop, from whence apn command a complete view of the val- PN 7em on, on,” said Dan, as he forced to lie down, ade. had been trained tO

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY - FROM ALL POINTS BOOM IN POCKET FLASKS Pocket flasks, formerly seen only when en- eased in gold or silver, with elaborate filigree work or handsomely engraved monograms, have fallen from their high caste and now no regular 5 and 10 cent or cheap novelty store is complete without them. With a cheap metal case to pro- tect the glass, they are labeled “unbreakable,’ and piled in heaps on tables marked “15 cents - each.” ; : = Manufacturérs are turning these receptacles out by the thousands, a clerk explained, and while the profit on each is very small the quick turnover makes them worth while handling. They may be used as nursing bottles, the clerk said. - LIFE CONVICT REFUSES A PARDON z “Because he says he is thirty years behind the times and if freed would not know what to do Deln Murphy, oldest white prisoner in the State - penitentiary, Greenville, S. C., protested against his own pardon. He.is serving life imprisonment _ for murder, although he maintains he is inno- spol _* Superintendent SS are m 2 Soe here.» Witat would I do if I left?” ‘Murphy was given an “airing” outside the pris- ‘on walls recently and for the first time saw a - motion picture and automobile. That excursion he said, convinced him he is too far behind the 4 times. to be freed. - e WINDS CLOCK EACH CHRISTMAS - -‘ Mrs. J. D. Hines of No. 921 Lincoln street, is _ the r of the only 400-day clock known to be in Topeka, Kan. The clock has some other unusual qualities, besides running for 400. days y t rewinding. It does not strike and is solutely noiseless, no ticking to bother the nerv- and no trouble of winding it every few days. The clock was presented to Mr. Hines about ter years ago as a Christmas present and is wound ery Christmas. The pendulum is new and Snel: ‘the clock fancier. It is a disc, suspended from We cantor by a wire as thin as a hair. It evenly palnneed and swings half around and ck each minute. - : ; ‘The clock is supposed to have been made in tzerland, although little is known about its ; history. Hines’ assembled it when he re- ay "Hines said she had clocks like this one: 3 ALPS GIVE UP THEIR DEAD. The long drought and the long hot summer ive caused she: piaeiere.ad the snowfields to Yr ‘that bodi have been lost Tor many years. In Il hope-of ever finding them had seen but two other of climbers have been rmatt it is even hoped "Frederick Douglas, who - é =, * . was killed on July ’4, 1865, during» Whymper’s first ascent of the Matterhorn, may be found. It will be remembered that during the descent of the Matterhorn on that occasion Mr. Hadow, the Rev. Charles Hudson, the guide, Michel C and Lord Frederick Douglas were all killed, an that the bodies of the three first named were re- covered, but not that of Lord Frederick Douglas It was assumed that he fell some 6,000 feet onté the glacier below, where he may very well have- fallen into a crevasse. Recently the body of Josef Tresch, belonging to a well-known family of Swiss guides, was found at the foot of the Kliserstock, in the Goth- ard range, after he had been missing for eigh- teen years. The remains of a Swiss school teacher, who disappeared in an accident toward the end-of 1914, have also been found after seven years. Bodies of other long lost tourists and climbers have been found not in the Swiss Alps alone but in the French Alps and in Tyrol. * In the opinion of Alpine guides and climbers if the coming winter is as snowless as the last, then next summer it should be possible to discover the bodies of all persons who have disappeared in years gone by on glaciers and snowfields. As yet the mountains have been merely powdered with snow, whereas generally the first heavy snow- falls have occurred by this time. “Mystery Magazine” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY LATEST ISSUES THE “CZAR” AND THE RING, by Edmund Elliot Jack Bechdolt. H. Osborne. AT .MORIARITY’S, by Fred E. Shuey. bok | LOST STAR OF THE FILMS, by Jack Bech- colt. ; 98 COUNTERFEIT CLUES, by Chas. F. Oursler. 99 THE CROSS, by W. 8S. Ingram. * MYSTERY, by Hamilton 100 A SECRET SERVICE Craigie and Eliot Balestier. The Famous Detective Story Out To-day In No. 101 Is A CRIMSON PRICE By Elliott Lester FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 163 W. 23d St. New Yor — “Moving Picture Stories” ee A Weekly Magazine: Devoted to Photoplays and Players” on PRICE SEVEN CENTS PER COPY ~— $ 3S Seese senugar % # > g a Lad > i 4 = B S & g ra) 2 = e a & B en ts ple ir the Hes , os

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24 One Of The Florida Rays By D. W. STEVENS . ‘ ; : ze After escaping from the cold North, to kpend e winter among the warm tropical bays of rida, is like going from purgatory to Para- dise. There are shooting and fishing enough to sat- isfy the most ardent sportsman. Deer and turkeys live in the surrounding for- ests. The streams and lake-like bays abound in fish of many kinds. At times one may have a little sport at the ex- se of the sawfish, a kind of shark-like fellow, whose teeth, by some strange mistake, appear to have located themselves upon each side of his Jong nose rather than in the jaws. ' Cruising along without any usual incidents other than the ordinary shooting and fishing, we - ne night came to anchor in Wyville Bay. _ Next’ morning, while lounging, upon deck, a large dorsal fin was seen at tims lifting itself above the surface. The creature seemed so large there was promise of sport, so, taking our places in the hoat, we pulled toward the place where the monster had been last seen. ; __ We plied our oars with a will, while the doctor, _who had often boasted of his feats with the har- poon, stood in the bow ready to sink the iron into its flesh. f S The doctor stood at the bow, watching intently for the strange monster. ¢ ~ In a few moments he saw ahead of us, down below the surface, a*dark moving mass. We steadily neared the fish until his form showed plainly in the clear blue waters which were scarcely disturbed by a ripple. : The creature rose toward the surface, and the 55 octor, lifting his harpoon into the air, held it -. poised for a moment, while calculating the dis- z: tancé, the effect of refraction, and the force re- quired, ; : Then whiz went the spear down into the water. A single second sufficed to show the effect of the cast. _ First the creature lifted his great flippers from the water with a motion that sent ‘bucketfuls of brine into the boat, giving us all a morning bath. __ Then the line began to run out over the gun- _ wale of the boat. : ps it skipped through the water, swaying to and fro, the spray. flew like rain. -¢ ; ~ _ After about fifty feet of line had gone out, we _- managed to get hold on the rope, and matched Sus strength against that of the sea devil vivacious manner they have my utmost $eiap individuals were ever jerked around all together appendage f FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY in a heap, then slacken up and take us unawares, throwing us to the deck with a force that fully came up to my preconceived ideas of sport. This sort of fun lasted about five minutes, dur- ing which a council of war was held. The question at issue was, “Shall we cut the rope, or hold on and let him tear the boat to pieces?” We decided to hold on or die. Our hands were badly blistered, and of one ac- cord we let go and the line rushed out until the end was reached. The rope was fastened in the bow. \l held my breath, expecting to see the line snap, but it held fast, Backward and forward went the monster, turn- ing abruptly upon his course, then speeding on again, in a vain endeavor to get rid of his pur- suers; but wherever he went we followed. One moment he was going directly for our schooner, and had he kept on his course we would _ been obliged to cut the rope, but he turned aside. He now went straight onward, turning neither to right nor left, and it soon became evident what new idea had entered his head. ; He was going out through the entrance into the deeper waters with the idea of eluding us there. : Swiftly we rushed along, and I began to despair of capturing the monster, when of a-sudden he appeared at the surface. Bang! went my rifle, and a added to his weight. The shallow water forced him to the surface, and.in five minutes not less than a half pound a lead entered his carcass, He began to grow weaker, and we drew him along toward us. Just as-we were going into the deep water he turned savagely, as if to crush the boat. . ae As he approached, the doctor dealt a death blow with a lance, and the great fish plunged | ; with terrific force into the water. , Then it became motionless. How long this was kept up I do not know, t it must have been nearly two hours. Fi We now began to understand, for the first time, what a huge fish we een following. Finding that we could not move the carcass from the bottom, we brought the schooner along- side, and rigging tackles to both masts, we man- aged to hoist it to the surface, but could not get more than a third of the body out of the ,water at a time. \ rs It belonged to the group of rays or skates. piece of lead was a

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_ FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY- The measurement from side to side was twenty feet, and the length about eighteen feet. We had no means of determining its weight, but authorities say that such a vampire weighs from three to four tons. The head is the part of the greatest interest. The mouth is three feet by one foot, and per- fectly regular and oval in shape. ‘It is beautifully white and smooth inside, and without the least trace of a tooth. At each angle of the mouth: are strange, non- deseript fieshy protuberances about eighteen inches long and standing out obliquely. The creature no doubt. feeds on small organisms of some kind, and when’swimming rapidly in the tideways is able by means of these organs to di- rect into its mouth a larger amount of food than he could otherwise obtain, The gills are marvels of beauty. They are six in number, three on each side, about two feet long and-six.inches wide. They are furnished with about fifty pockets each, opening inwardly, but closed on the out- : side by a most -delicately wrought network of - jittle arehes studded with points, and fitting so closely that the fish must be able to strain from the water which forces through them everything except that which is fairly microscopic. It is as ugly as a fish could well be. - Tt has the fierceness of a shark without the shark’s good looks, for a shark is really a grace- ful creature. The Army Scout = ie rather confirmed by the exhibitions of shows x bait which the names of Buffalo Bill, Captain Jack associated. But neither the dime novelist striv- ing after sensation, nor the proprietors of a Wild We show give kind if fellow, reckless, 0 of a varied selection showing his moral character that el and half Lucifer,” of maiko stg * dian agencies. 25 are surmounted with a sombrero that it would take three days to walk around the brim. Such is the Eastern conception; now for Southwestern reality. The United States scout in active service wears his shair cut short, in soldier fashion, because he has. to sleep on the ground for weeks at a time, and if he wore long and flowing locks they would give him considerable trouble by affording a choice variety of insects a refuge and a dwelling place. He has no collection of scalps. Im five years’ experience, during which I met nearly every scout of note in New Mexico and Arizona, I never found one of them with a single scalp except his own. Then again, outside of some town in which they wanted with a pardonable vanity to show off, I never saw one of them in a buckskin suit. .It is too warm in summer and not_warm enough in winter. The scout is a good shot, but that is a virtue he shares in common with nearly every man and boy on the frontier. There is very little romance, but plenty of hardship about the life: of a scout. He is not selected for his dashing airs and reckless bravery, but for the only quality in demand. with army officers, his thorough knowledge of the country in which the troops are to operate, and especially of the first camping grounds, the distance from water to water (a point on which the lives of the command often depend), and his power to shorten marches by his acquaintance with the short cuts through mountains and over_morasses. If he knows the Spanish language, so much the better, and if he can speak a little Apache, bet- ter still; but these latter accomplishments are of minor importance to a thorough knowledge of the country. United States army scouts may be divided into two classes: White men, who rank as chief of scouts, and Indian scouts, who are organized as military companies. The white scouts are us- ually men who have been employees of the San Carlos and Mescalero Apache reservations or In- They are from constant associa- tion with the Indians well acquainted with their and the employees of the agency. ! who makes himself useful to the Indians by doing them little favors is, in time, taught “to read sign.” This may be said to complete the educa- tion of a chief of scouts. It would be beyond the of a newspaper article to describe how is read, nor would anything save practical demonstration convey any comprehensive idea, to the reader. ; 3 A scout who can read “sign” can tell you by examining a trail over which horses have if they were ridden or led, and if both, the num- ber ridden and the number led. Even when shod or Mexican. If the trail be made by-men on foot, = he can tell if it be an Indian trail or simply the Mexicans weari In a hos- party he can tell by the man are rv: Beane. “sign and children, and so on over 2 fica tion as extensive as interesting. = — .* Seat

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Ta sinned ‘ -@uy otber way are at your risk. * ewvelope. 25 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY NEW YORK, JANUARY 27, 1922. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Bingle Copies............... Postage Free.... 07 Cente Onc Copy”Three Months... ss Cees -90 Cents One Copy Six Menths..,... re ee, S415 Oue Copy One Year....... ot o064 HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. O. Biouey Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances in We accept Po Stamps the saime as cash. When sending silver wrap t! Colin in a separate plece of paper to avoid cutting the Write your uame and address plainly. Ad- Uiess letters to HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher . ivo West 23d St. New York INTERESTING ARTICLES NO ONE INVENTED MATCHES Who invented the fraction match? asks the Scientific American. A German chemist has made an exhaustive study of this question and con- cludes that no one person can be considered to be the inventor of the friction match. SUPPOSED sane HA RAGMAN. WORTH ; ,000. Petition for probate of the will.of Albert Licht- blau, who died in Seattle, Dec. 25, has disclosed ~ that instead of being a penniless old man he pos- sessed $15,000 in cash and property valued at $30,000. A sister, Mrs. Martha Ramp, of Water- bury, Conn., was named as principal beneficiary. ‘A policeman found Lichtblau in the. street weak from illness. He had gathered rags and paper for years. : IVY NOT HARMFUL The impression that ivy is harmful to walls ‘of ‘stone or of brick has been removed by the testi- mony of a large number of architects, builders, foresters and° master gardeners. These trained observers agree that ivy has no tendency to make Ge walls damp. They maintain, in fact, that the inging tendrills of the plant extract and absorb any existing moisture, and that the thick leaves rotect the walls from the action of the weather. art ete they find no evidence that the ivy _ roots affect the foundations of stone structure. BEARS DESTROYED SHEEP AND GOATS _A score or more of sheep and goats have been killed by bears in Lincoln County, Oregon, dur- ing one week. As a result, the farmers had a . series of hunts with the view of eradicating as many of the bear as _ possible. A ‘special meet- seh engi es TO GET HOT DRINKS FREE A cup of hot cocoa or hot milk is to be served free every afternoon to any Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology ‘student who wishes it. Dr. G. W. Morse, head of the medical department of the institute, has discovered through a system of physical examinations that:about 40 per cent. of the students are improperly nourished. “Many of them,” he said, “are commuters and have to leave home early with only a hurried bite of breakfast or a cake of chocolate eaten on the way in, They stand in the laboratory or sit in lectures all the morning and between 11 and 12 o’clock they get dizzy or faint.” To relieve this condition Dr. Morse consulted the man who has the restaurant concession for the institute and he p Ba to supply the hot drinks free, with a cracker which he said would be made especially for the students and would “contain plenty of vitamines.” LAUGHS Mrs. Hoyle—My husband always smokes after a good meal. Mrs. Doyle—Doesn’t he ever “smoke - at home? “Tf I gave you a cent, Bobble, what would do with it?” “I’d buy a postal card and write to you for a quarter.” Sammy—This cake is awful nice, mamma. Mamma—Well, what of it? Sammy—Oh, noth- ing. Only when a visitor says so you always ask him to have some more. Physician—Young lady, you say you had eleven dishes of ice cream, four soda waters and a ham sandwich. Can you wonder why you’re sick? Young Lady (feebly)—It must have been the ham sandwich, I suppose. . “Tt is the duty of every one to make at least one person happy curing the week,” said the Sun- day school teacher. ‘ ow, have you done so, Johnny?” “Yes,” said Johnny promptly..“That’s — right. What.did you do?” “I went to see my aunt, and she’s always happy when I go home!” The lecturer raised his voice with emphatic confidence. “I venture to assert,” he-said, “that there isn’t a man in this audience who has ever done anything to prevent the destruction of our forests.” the. hall stood. up.. .“I—er—I’ve_ shot ‘wood- peckers,” he said. f5F-3 sectors ee > occupation? i shovel engineer on a railroad do be. Direc- il engineer, don’t ¥ . A modest looking man in the back-of Directory Canvisser—What is your husband’s Mrs. O’Hoolihan—Sure, an’ ‘it’s a

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FINDS $50 BILL FOURTH TIME _ There’s a valet'in a hotel: in the theater dis- trict of New York who is wondering how much money a man must haye before he gets to the ; oa : Point where he doesn’t miss a mere $50 bill. Four _ times a certain pair of trousers came in to be ae Sa and each time the valet discovered a $50 _ ‘bill-in the watch pocket. He carefully removed ___ the money each time hefore the Dressing. opera- tion, then put it back sae: The fifth time the € — $50 showed up he spoke to the owner about ae | “One of these days you'll send those trousers _ to the wrong tailor,” he said, “and then they’! _ €eme back $50 short.” 4 “Well, well,” said the owner, mildly interested. | “8 didn’t know the bill was in the et. Must ~\ have put it there some time ago and forgot it. I always was absent minded like that.” — “And in these hard times, too,” was all the comment the amazed yalet could think of. oe AY , _.2 LION TEETH PULLED Away back in the jungle they must have heard the roars that reverberated in Prospect Park when Dr. F. Gillespie dragged forth two teeth from Captain Jack’s shaggy head and filled three When Captain Jack Bonavita, famous animal trainer, showed his acts, one of his star numbers owas the performance of his big lion, Captain Jack. onavita was killed by a bear a few years ago. His will left the lion to the Prospect Park me- these ro - Capt. Mies was just as skeptical as human pa- its. Dr. Gillespie that “it aaee right vent” FAME AND. FORTUNE WEEKLY 27 has a good many letters and papers signed by some of his’ most’ distinguished nephews. All these manuscripts, which were not well cared for until a few years ago, are now intelligently elasst fied and preserved.. There are twenty-five thow sand documents of importance. : The Washi papers are the most valuable. They include documents written and received by the first President, the reports from the secret service agents during the Revolution, letters from Rochambeau and state papers. : . The John Paul Jones letters fill eight volumes of the special kind of letter file in which the national collection is arranged. There are thirty- five volumes containing the proceedings of the commission formed. for inquiring into the losses, services and claims of American loyalists. An- other interesting Colonial relic is of much earlier date, the record of the Virgimia Company, cov- ering the years of 1619 to 1624. 3 New England is well represented. Mayor Peter Force of Washington sold his great collection to the Government. The West is represented by the literary remains of Schoolcraft, secretary to Gen. Lewis Cass, and some papers and letters of Cass himself. Uncle Sam has also the letter books of Presi- dent Monroe kept while he was our Minister at London, the papers of Gen. John Sullivan, the letter books of Gen. Nathanael Greene and the papers of Col. Ephraim Baine. A HUMAN SEAL. above it is poor swimming: cause the cose ice particles are broken eut the legs. When it excellent. Mr. under-water. swil

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THE NEWS IN FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY SHORT ARTICLES SEA YIELDS UP MILLIONS Nearly $28,000,000 worth of bullion has been recovered from the liner Naurentic, which was sunk in January, 1917; off the north coast of Ire- : land by a German submarine. In the spring an effort will be made to recover the remaining $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 worth of bullion which is said to be still at the bottom of the sea. , After three years’ pounding by the Atlantic swells the liner has been transformed into a heap of twisted debris. Her decks, which settled down on the sea bottom, covered. an area of several hundred feet. The wreck was practically covered with gravel and silt. The gold was at the bottom of the huge mass of wreckage: TRAP INTRUDER UNDER BED John Penney, nineteen years old, who said his home was at 151 Pine Street, Providence, R. L., was found hiding under a bed in the home-of Ww. J. Johnson, 778 High Street, Newark, N. J., the : other night. . é When the burglar alarm rang employees of the company rushed to..the,house in an automobile - found. Penney under a bed on the third floor, In his pocket was a stiletto. He ‘also had a bunch of skeleton keys. =~ When the detectives. entered the room with =4 drawn revolvers Penney~shouted from under the mee bed that he would come out and pleaded not to % be shot. He said it was his first attempt at burg- G, lary. His story was discredited by the police, who also said he had cut all identification tags from his clothing.. Penney’s finger prints were sent to New York to be identified. FILIPINO SHELL USEFUL IN MANY OF» ai _ THE ARTS ; _ The ‘placenta shell, found in abundance in the Southern Philippine Islands, offers a unique, -practical and decorative resource in home adorn- ment, says Good Furniture Magazine. Being fairly flat and roughly circular, trans- Jucant and. up to three inches in diameter and _ ‘about one-sixt 1 inch thick, the placenta shell serves the better class of Filipino house in place of glass...The strong tropical light is pleasingly modified as it passes through the shell-panes held together by wooden strips or lead bands. ; ~~ Decoratively, the shell should find many uses. It is already being worked up by the Filipinos, ‘under American. direction, into lamp shade € manner. — s teas ae 3 dail er > > and kept guard until the detectives arrived. They ~ -where it never was previously known. Tt seems that it might find a limited applica- » the first tire that comes along. ~ HARDSHELL CRABS NOT HIBERNATING The appearance here of hard-shelled crabs in great abundance in midwinter puzzled old fisher- men to find a reason for their breaking their habits of retiring'in the mud and marshes over the cold weather. For several days the crabs have swarmed about the Delaware breakwater “and the fishermen have captured so many of them that the price has gone down to 25 saw a dozen, the lowest point in many years. The crabs are large and fat; heretofore in wi ; in win- ter they have been invariably lean and ahenee unfit for food. Fishermen who have caught them in numbers have distributed them throughout the lower ei die of a State, only to find every community oversupplied wi its cont y pp with them from its own The weather sharps say it means, in t : refusal to burrow into the mud oat per aice through the winter, a mild season ahead, but the fishermen themselves say that almost all other kinds of wild life offer evidence to the contrary. alin. of VINE PUNCTURES TIRES. _ very troublesome vine which possesses ex- ceptionally evil propensities has icone 28 tracted the attention of the experts in the United _ States Department of Agrictilture as the result of a nation-wide weed survey now being conducted by the department. It is popularly known as the puncture vine arid has been very troublesome in California. It is now spreading rapidly in Ari- oa where it is commonly known as the devil’s eta . The vine produces spiny seeds which at themselves to automobile and bicycle tires whi E carry them long distances. The possibilities for — damage from this plant are illustrated by the experience of a California man who was reported to have had seventy punctures in one tire, all due to the puncture vine. The weed is: considered so serious in California that the California State Department of Agriculture has published a num- ber of special articles on the subject. The plant — is spreading with rapidity in sections of Arizona _ = : 4 The puncture yine is known scientific 3 Tribulus terrestris. It is a native of Sout es ape Europe, and was aera introduced into Amer- _ ica by means of burs contained in the fleece of sheep. The fruit or bur, splits at maturity into — five sections, each equipped with a pair of spines about one-fourth of an inch long. The sections lie on the ground in such a manner that one of the spines always points upward ready to enter - t tit A In one California county it is'estimated that half of all the punc- — tures in bicycle tires, and a large proportion of ~ punctures in automobile tires, are caused by this weed. The burs also cause. severe . wool. The plant has been known as grour nut, caltrop, and has recently received | of automob e weed. Porc Ss +

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owe se. ue .. ak: “It happened just three years ago. I was feeling pretty blue. Pay day had come around - again and the raise I’d hoped for wasn’t there. _ It began to look as though I was to spend my _ life checking orders at a small salary. “T picked up a magazine to read. It fell open at a familiar advertisement, and a coupon Stared me in the face. Month after month for years I’d been seeing that coupon, but never until that moment had I thought of it as meaning anything to me. But this time I read the advertisement twice—yes, every word! _ “Two million men, it said, had made that coupon the first stepping stone toward success. In every line of business, men were getting splendid salaries because they had torn out that coupon. Mechanics had become foremen and superintendents—carpenters had become archi- tects and contractors—clerks like me had be- come sales, advertising and business managers because they had used that coupon. _ —s “Suppose that I . . ? What if by studying at home nights I really could learn to do some- thing besidés check orders? I had a hunch to find out—and then and'there I tore out that _ coupon, marked it, and mailed it. : “That was the turn in the road for me. — The Schools at Scranton suggested just the course of training I needed and they worked with me every hour Thad tospare. = _ “In six months I set stewed es 4 ; - : =! ~*~ “Thxf = C89 oo neneeennsnniene nett ULM nation a Ed EA RAD NS a ra Se a8 te aX - : Diatke Se 7 rere wes ne,

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