Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 856) (1922 02 24)

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‘ FAME A ND FORTUNE WEEKLY DF Reeees Weckiy- CHAPTER I.—A Question of Finances. - “Pm afraid Pll have to sell that stock in the : Haywood Company your father.left to me,” said : the little Widow Blake to her son, Bob, one eve- ning in the livi room of the small cottage on the suburbs of Jersey City, which Mrs. Blake rented of a grasping old man named Simon Kent, who lived im the next block around the corner, _with only an elderly housekeeper for a compan- ion. “Don’t do it, mother,” protested Bob. “It is worth ‘110 in the market, and you are getting a _ regular quarterly dividend of one-and-a-half per cent. on its par value.” : -*But I’ve got to have money not only for this x -month’s rent, which is several days overdue, and : ‘Mr. Kent has been after it. three times, and says : he must have it, but also to pay the doctor for : his attendance on Neilie. She is now convalesc- ing after her severe illness, and as we are not _ people of property I expect he will send his bill z im very soon and expect me to pay it. I’m afraid ‘ it will be a big one, for he sometimes called twice a day, and he has been treating your sister more than a month.” _ “What does he charge a visit?” ~ *Two dollars.” so grudgingly consented to wait.” : ; “What is ke kicking about? We've occupied is gott 1 nearly a year, and he never had to wait a day over before. He ought to show you little consideration.” - *He isn’t built that way. Indeed, he is show- all. He says us a great deal of condescension, so he told - kno e to-day, b: Ste . the truth, for since we have been here he has put out two or three families in the row.” “He’s a miserly old ga mart said Bob, with some energy. “A man who owns six cottages, besides the house, he lives in, ought to be able to afford a tenant that is hard pressed a little time.” “He doesn’t reason that way. I don’t think that we have any right to find fault with the way he does business, as the cottages are his, and he is entitled to collect his rent on the first day of each month when it comes around.” “I merely suggested what I thought a man of his means could afford to do. I won’t deny that he has the right to his money when it is due, but a little charity toward others when they need it wouldn’t hurt him any. He’s an old man, and people say he has no relatives to leave his mee sessions to, so I don’t see why he is so ous to pile up his savings. He is certainly not in love with his housekeeper, for I have heard he handles her without gloves. I wonder she stays with him.” “I. owe a small account at the butcher’s and another at the grocery,” said Mrs. Blake, getting back to the bg subject. “I really need at least $100 to p things ae That amount, of course, won’t pay all the bills, but it would he enough to help me out until Nellie got back to work.” . “You could borrow $100 on your Haywood stock without any trouble and that would save you from selling it,” said Bob. ; “Could I? I think I would rather do that than to sell the shares. You say the stock is worth $110 a share?” , “Yes. The price, I’ve noticed, has held pretty steady around that. It doesn’t fluctuate more than a point either way, as the general market is good.” “You ou

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2 IN _ friend to venture her savings on some stock, the - name of which I do not remember, she was sure that she would more than double her investment; : but, instead of things turning out that way, she -..._ lost every dollar, and the statement she received from the broker the woman friend introduced her to showed a balance against her,” said the _ little widow. “Mrs. Jackson got in on the wrong stock,” said Bob. “Besides, she had no knowledge of Wall Street to guide her. The woman friend was working for the broker, and roped her in, get- ting a commission in proportion to the size of the deal, whether Mrs. Jackson won or lost. There are a whole slew of smart people, -men and women, going around all the time looking for customers for the brokerage houses they make an income out of. It is perfectly legitimate em- ployment, and many brokers depend on these canvassers to drum up a good trade for them. = Any person with a large circle of moneyed friends and acquaintances can easily catch on 4 . with most any trader, and, if they are convinc- ae ing talkers, can make ae money out of the a trade they pilot into the broker’s office. We have ten two or three of those kind of people working for us,” said Bob. ; _ “You advise me, then, to borrow $100 on my Ha shares?” said his mother. saat would be better than sellin, good divi- paying stock, mother, particularly when you only need a small amount. You could get sixty of the value of the whole stock. Yes, cent. on such security as the Hayw Manufactur- iy is regarded. . Mr.. Caulder, my Fig Sieg , $750 on those ten shares we [ guess you could seventy En a sta) le ~¥ m. Sie ‘hat’s right, mother. The more you bor j —_ the more interest you’d have to pay,” said son. : “Shall. I take the stock to a Jersey City sav- bank, or will you take it to New York and get me the money?” _ *T don’t believe the savings banks are author- ‘loan. money on such stoek as the Hay- ompany’s, though it is. considered gilt- I couldn't say for certain, t . As to taking it to New York, it. would r do, as stock is in your name. I would advise you to come over and see Mr. Caulder about the mat- yourself. He will tell you where to go to hypo te the stock.” -. *Very well. Nellie is so much improved now I will get WALL STREET TO € that I guess I can leave her for a couple of hours - WIN Wall Street to win, but he did not mean by that that he was there solely to make money, because he wasn’t making any more than the average of- fice boy, and that amount looked very small to Mrs. Blake, when her daughter was taken down with malarial fever, combined with another com- plaint, and her contribution to the family ex- chequer ceased for the time being. The time, however, was coming when Bob wbuld use the eieenion in its literal sense, but at present he did not dream that such luck was coming his way. Just now the little family, of which he was considered a very important member, was under a temporary financial cloud, due to lack of ready. money, though the possession of $1,100 worth of Haywood Manufacturing Company stock, a first- - class industrial security, actually placed Mrs, Blake and her children above any actual danger of coming within the shadow of the poor house. For something over a month the only money Mrs. Blake had to count on, above the money she had saved toward the next month’s rent was the $8 Bob brought in every Saturday. As he needed at least $1.50 a week for his expenses, that small sum was somewhat reduced, and the little widow found it quite out of the question to pay for medicine for her sick daughter, and meet her current bills at the stores where she traded. with- out considering the question of rent at all, With the doctor’s bill coming in, the overdue rent to be settled, and-other pressing claims to be met, it will not surprise the reader that she reluctantly came to the conclusion that she must raise money on her main resource—the Hay- wood Manufacturing Company’s shares that came to her through her late husband’s will. CHAPTER II.—How san Mother Raised the Adam Caulder, the stock broker who employed . Bob Blake, was not a particularly popular. char- acter among his business associates. He was foxy in appearance, being sandy complexioned, with hair to match, while the contour ef his face and head was as like a reynard as the human species can approach, and he was foxy by nature. As a member of the Stock Exchange, he had to follow the established rules of that organization, but he had a way of shaving the letter of the law down so fine that a blind man, almost, might have seen through the transparent division on which the broker relied to protect himself against official censure. His methods were not viewed with approval by the majority of the traders, but as long as nothing could be proved against him in the ordinary ran of business, the traders con- fined their sentiments to private criticism. Bob occasionally heard reflections upon his boss from the other messengers, but he never paid any attention to such things. He beli in standing up for the man he wi ‘for. In his: opinion what the critics called foxiness he be- lieved was shrewdness. He really admired the sharp way, as far as he was familiar with it, in which his em loyer conducted his business. - = impressed him with the idea that when the bro- kers were not shearing the confiding ? : were angling for one another's scalps; rt Sa Se entered Wall Street somebody

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i ae IN WALL STREET TO WIN 3 idea cl ete a measure, for every once inca whi Aj feared about some trader having been —— in a trap, alleged to have been Set Rage 'y Ae. other broker, or combination of owing luckless 2 Fg own fault that pushed him into his hole. Bob often heard brokers talking among themselves and jollying one another, as many ss men, particularly the younger element, haye the way of doing when they have nothing particular on their hands. The boy took many things he heard as real ex- pressions of opinion, and this added to his mis- notions of the way things were done in Street. he heard his boss referred to man who would rob his best friend as quick wink in a stock deal and then take him by hand and tell him how sorry he was that he caught in a hole, and almost in the same heard an old trader whose reputation was reproach alluded to, jokingly, in similar dis- qenectfal terms, the boy took the first remark as fun, whereas the speaker ly meant me about Caulder, and his listeners, ; Bob sen gt were of the same opinion. : So that Mr. Caulder, if no Poa no worse, than the a soon to experience a rude jolt ph that that prov sind of benefit to him run. On th after his talk mother he Seared at office shortly as was expected of him. —— the small e. of mail which lay insi - 4 into the a eat one ; of the sliding shelves in his , and oth daa it there, for’ tis considetation wien ha ax- ante Lx 7 Sama ee aR, a SR 5 : Shihion ieee Sgee thet the ‘Ss assistant wasn’t) thestovaiire: - in d coeee ae some dust had-accumulated, any- _. Way, since the preceding evening when the clean- , ing up was done there. After attending to one or two other minor matters he took his seat in See ete som, betecen the te room and the counting reom partition, amused himself morning’s issue of the Wall Street. some other paper. The clerks and the soon made their appearance in suc- finally the cashier walked in, opened safe, and put all hands*at work. perk in rea was called on to go his spells of rest in the office : iit As BB i g s g & 2, She had = Wall Street before, and consequent- a broker’s office was a new went to the cashier’s window, ve Pate Fy ng if Mr. Caulder-was in. May I mace your. busi- My son Robert is employed Pr aca eg “You are Bob’s jeres Sees Bal exes, Ee f oF ize ma’am. . th soa —— “Thalieve he i, that it was perhaps the ~ “tain of what they were aiming see Mr. Caulder on a small matter of business. Please be seated, and I will send your name in to him. If he isn’t engaged with a visitor he will see you at once.” He called over the junior clerk, gave him Mrs. Blake’s name and told him to in and inform the boss that the lady wished aoe him. The clerk soon came back and showed Mrs. Blake into inner sanctum, where the foxy-looking occu- pant sat at his desk, like a spider in his inner web waiting for something to turn up “Take a seat, Mrs. Blake,” said Cade: in his pleasantest tones. “You are Bob’s mother?” “Yes, sir.” “Delighted to make your acquaintance,” and he offered his hand, which the little widow accepted, proud to be received with such distin, ished con- sideration by a well-to-do broker. ame over nd see what kind of place your son works in, I su — 2 oma ite natural,” and Mr. Ider hands one over the other as though ie aheee with invisible soap and water. F As the broker bestowed upon her his most en- ing smile, Mrs. Blake was quite taken with m, and was-sure he was a very nice man, in- “I\came over, at my son’s suggestion, to ask you to do me a favor,” said the little widow hesi- tatin for she was not sure how the distin- guish "gentleman would take her request. “A favor, madam,” replied Caulder, not quite -so cordially, for he wasn’t in the habit of grant- ing favers to any one—not if he could avoid it, and he usually could manage to sidetrack any- thing of that kind. There was no profit, as a rule, in i es gory and the broker was not interes that sort of business. Mrs. Blake noticed the sudden change in the inflection of his voice, and his manner, as well, for voice and manner usually go together. At any — they went together in eM, Caulder’s case. She felt abashed and nervous in the broker’s presence. “What is the Hg * ma’am?” asked Caulder, finding she remained silent. The reniark was. non-committal. “My daughter has been very ill and I have been — under afreat expense for the last month,” begin Blake, slowly and dou y. The broker frowned, for the visitor’s words in- dicated that she had come on a borrowing expe- dition, and Mr, Caulder never, lent ipso RE cept on good security. “Yes, ma’am,” he said, in a tone that was not encouraging. “So I find myself obliged to raise a little mon- = ey—$100—on some shares of work my husband left me when he died.” Mr. Cautder’s face and manner cleared like magic, He was a bit surprised, it is true, but it wasn’t the first time he had surprised in the course of his business career. It was for that reason he always permitted his visitors to have their say out, even when —— felt gag os cer. Rags: a sons, in the fullness of their have cut Mrs. Blake off short, were sorry, but

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ok IN WALL STREET TO WIN formed in advance of the object of her visit. Mr. Caulder was never caught that way. “You own stock, ma’am, eh? Mining stock?” with a doubtful look, for he knew the woods were full of almost valueless mining shares, foisted on a confiding public by promoters. “No, sir. JI have ten shares of the Haywood Manufacturing Company.” “The Haywood i arcane 3 the broker, brightening up, for a first-class article. I have brought the ¢ rtificate with Company,” said e knew that was *“Yes, sir. me.” : : “Let me see it, ma’am,” said Caulder briskly, holding out his hand. The little widow opened her bag and produced the security. One glance was enough for the broker to see that it was all right. “My son told me it is worth $110 a share,” said Mrs. Blake. - “Something like that, ma’am,” nodded Caulder. “Tt is very good stock. There is always a ready - market for it. You wish me to sell this for you? ms I will do so,” he continued briskly, “and as you SS are Bob’s mother, I won’t charge you.any com- ie mission.” = _ This was a wonderful concession on Caulder’s | part, but then the commission on such a small deal was only $1.25, and came under his mini- mum charge, so that he could well afford to let ' jt slide, but he took care to give her to under- ‘stand that - Pend ve 7 eee — hands, which he ho wi appreciate. Un- fortunately, this time he had jumped at a con- elusion, and the visitor upset his calculations by g him that she did not want to sell the ck, but wanted to raise a loan of $100 on it, and she had called to ask him to do her the fa- ; vor of referring her to 2 man who did that kind ‘ef businéss in Wall Street. _He a In aa: 0. MeeVee is immediately reply. peared to be examining the certificate. - "shares, but then she was a woman, and mi ; ght be _ persuaded to cha her mind. Caulder had the Or oer Re her two-thirds of _ the value of her stock on her certificates if she wanted so much. y and as she wanted the use of money, and he would charge her nothing for it at all—absolutely noth- ing, and the broker smiled and leoked as if the milk of human kindness exuded from every pore of his foxy little body. Such a generous offer as that not only surprised Mrs. Blake, but it sery- ed to raise Mr. Caulder to the highest point of her estimation. Really, he was a much nicer man than she had supposed him to be, and she proceeded to express her thanks and apprecia- _ tion in no uncertain terms. 2 “Don’t mention it, ma’am,” he said, with a foxy smile. “I am only too pleased to be of serv- ice to you.” He wrote a few words on a pad and pushed a button in his desk. Bob happened to be in and answered the call. “Hello, mother,” he said; were here,” “l’ve been here quite a while, Robert. I called ~—_. about raising that $100 I spoke about last eve-_ ning. Mr. Caulder is going to let me have the money himself.” ere “Ts he?” said Bob, looking at the, broker. “Take this memorandum to the’cashier and_ fetch me the-money he will give you,” said Caul- der, in his usual business tene. = Bob took the paper and shortly returned with ten. $10 bills. While he was away the broker drew up a promissory note, payable on demand, for $100, without interest, the security for which .—_ was Certificate No. ——, representing ten shares s ie He ye Manufacturing Contpen ye Caul- > er han the money to Mrs. Biake, hen a pen for her to sign the note. She si ss pinned the note the certificate, told her he would deposit it in his private safe, and when- ever she felt like returning the money she could. have her stock back. ioe you, ~~ ~ “I didn’t know you srtehgl .) » “I am sure I am very, very grateful to Mr. Caulder, for your kindness,” said the widow.. “You are, indeed, a real gentleman,” _ - “Do you think so, ma’am,” said the broker, rig. ing with his visitor. ; a “Can I think otherwise, after this favor?” she said. : fa “I hope not, ma’am, I hope not,” he said, lead- ing her to the door. “I won’t say but I often — receive compliments,” and Caulder, at that mo- ment, grinned like a hyena, “ broker friends © — are always talking about me, telling one another what they think of me, and how sorry they’d be if anything happened to me. I’ve no doubt ‘ would all go*in mourning if I were to leave W. Street, but if I made such an announcement I’m afraid the shock would kill a few of them. Good- by, Mrs. Blake.” Then Caulder bowed, turned to his desk. - ‘ shut the door ‘and ze . CHAPTER IIL—The Lost Brooch. When Bob got home that afternoon his mother gave him the full particulars of her interview with Mr. Caulder, and Bob was both surpriss pleased at the way his boss had t

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IN ~ down,” thought the office boy to himself. “I don’t think there are so many brokers who would have treated my mother so handsomely as Mr. Caulder did.” _ *T called on the landlord and paid him his rent this afternoon,” said Mrs. Blake. “He had agreed to wait till Saturday, but as long as I got the money to-day I lost no time in putting him at <- ease about his rent.” ~~ “That was right, mother. It ought to make more solid with him. If you should need a time again he may not make so much fuss about it.” “I trust we shall need no more favors from him. He is not a pleasant man to deal with.” __.. “I wouldn’t care to be like him for twice the : he’s worth.” “T’ve paid all we owe at the stores except this week’s account,” went on the little widow, “and now I feel quite easy in my mind. When the doctor sends in his bill I shall be prepared to _. pay him $25 on account.” = “When do you think Nellie will be able to go back to her job?” “Not for at least a couple of weeks; but we’ll be able to get along very nicely until she is once -- more bringing. in her pay. It was a blessed thing _ I had-that to call upon in our cy. “Tt certainly was, mother, but it will e you some time to save up the $100 Mr. Caulder loan- ed you. It was very nice of him not to ask for <a his interest, though on such a small amount it _ -wouldn’t cut much ice. On the whole,, the boss ds better than I took him to be. Most brokers ‘wouldn't have put themselves out to accommo- you, but would have —T to some money- ‘ , and you would p 'y have been oblig- ed to borrow more than you wanted, for a $1 .is hardly worth bothering oF went to business the usual time next worked all day and started for home “customary time. He was crossing West the ferry when, as he dodged a trucks, he noticed something glistening of the street near the car track. He see what it was. It looked like , and he picked it u is is some find!” he ejaculated, when if was an elegant diamond-studded = § F g ra if MG eee 3 es efi ~~ 2 Bao 729 were three good-sized diamonds in the ith a score of smaller ones around them. ] his inexperiénced eyes it appeared to be ‘ 2 icle of considerable value. After admiring eS, repped it in his pocket, and when he got home he showed it to his mother. - _ “Where did you get that, Robert?” she asked, t g 2 = ~~ in rise. _ “Found it on West street, Manhattan, as I was crossing. to the ferry.” : V handsome, and,.I should judge, That center diamond must be » ‘we're hardly likely to hear from the owner.” _ for. He. got off work at one o’elock and came — WALL STREET TO WIN awe “Very likely. Some ladies possess bits of jewelry much more expensive than this. Many a diamond ring is worth from $1,000 up. I mean a single stone. I never was so fortunate as to possess a diamond of any kind.” “Maybe some day I'll have money enough to buy one for you,” laughed Bob. “I hope you will, but I had rather you kept your surplus money in the bank than to invest any of it in a diamond ring for me. I am get- ting too old for such foolishness.” “Old, mother! Why, you’re not old yet. Be- sides, age has nothing to do with a person wear- ing diamonds. It isn’t so long ago that I called at the office of a certain broker. While I was there his wife, who looked to be sixty, came in, and she had diamond rings to burn on her fingers —no less than four I counted, and all fine ones. I think that’s carrying style too far, but if peo- ple’s tastes run to diamond rings, and they can afford the luxury, I suppose it’s nobody else’s « business.” “You had better look in the papers to-m¢rrow and see if this ring is advertised for. I should think it would be. I dare say the owner would gladly pay a reward of $50 to get it back, and that would be of great use to us now.” aa like to have $50 about this time,” said ob. “What would you do with it?” “Put it up as margin on five shares of South- ern Railway. I heard a broker say to-day tisf it would surely rise ten-or twelve points within ten days. A rise of ten points would. double. my money.” 4 ca = “And supposé it fell instead, as in Mrs. Jack- son’s case, you’d Tose the $50. I hope if -you should get a reward for returning this brooch you won’t risk the money in . Remember how badly we need money just now.” “But, mother, you must allow I’ve learned a thing or two since I’ve been in Wall Street. I wouldn’t go into any deal I didn’t think had the earmarks of a winner.” : “Wasn’t Mrs. Jackson sure she was going to win, and didn’t she lose every dollar of her sav- ings? “She relied on the opinion of the woman who introduced her to the broker. She knew nothing about the market herself. She simply went-i = blind, and when people s;eculate that way they stand to lose.” ee As it was clear that his motleer was opposed to stock speculation, Bob decided te say nothing more in the future about it. He was none the less interested in the game, and meant to try his luck some day when he had accumulated.a stake. Next morning he looked in several paper» +o see if the brooch was advertised for in tke ~Lost and Found” column, but it was not. When he got home he told his mother that he had seen no men- tion of it. - “Ae “Tl watch the papers for several days, and if I see nothing, I suppose we can consider that i» _Next day was Saturday, and Bob again search- ed in vain for the advertisement he was looking — rie uo mal eke On the ‘boat be

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6 ; IN WALL STREET TO WIN self, for there wasn’t any clue to the owner about ‘ the wallet, though from its size Ran grb sai to belong to a woman. “This is the thing of + value I’ve found within a week. They say if you lose anything you are sure to lose two other things, so it may be the same in the finding line —I may yet pick up a third article.” “When he entered the house he held up the pocketbook. “Here’s something else I found on the tse 4 home. I picked it up on the ferryboat,” he said. Mrs. Blake examined the wallet with no better success than her son as to the owner. — “I’m afraid we shall have to keep this money,” she said. “Looks that way,” replied Bob. — “We will not touch it for a while, at any rate,” “Put the wallet in your trunk always comes true.” rae : a Bob put the fittle wallet in his trunk, got his | Junch, and then went out to put in the rest of the afternoon at a gymnasium he had access to. - During the following week Bob took considerable interest in Southern Railway. He wanted to see if it fulfilled the opinion of the broker, who said it was certain to go up ten or twelve got. ‘It continued to rise, and Bob regretted had no money to back a few shares, for he was satisfled _-a profit was to be made in the stock. Such prov- ed to be the case. Southern Railway went up . fifteen points, and these who were long on it and sold out at the top of the market made a good thing. : This realization of the broker’s prophecy sat- one of the chances ever he — had — = ~ a a re to take advantage of next opportunity me se came his way. About this ti adver- tised the brooch in “way three times alleged estion. nee she was waiting to see him. Bob went up to her. , “T am Robert Blake,” he said. “You wish to _ see me, I believe?” , “I called in relation to the brooch of mine which you found,” she said@glibly. “I received your letter this morning.” “Yes, ma’am; but don’t be certain it is yours. I got a dozen answers to my advertisement from ~ - persons who said they, too, had lost a brooch.” . “If you will let me see it I'll tell you right - away whether it’s mine or not.” 2 “You are sure you would be able to recognize it? T should know my “Why, of course, I would. own property,” she said. A “Very goed,” replied Bob, “then you ought to be able to give an accurate description of it.” c The lady was taken aback a bit, but recover ing herself, said it was a solid gold one, with a diamond in the center. r *“Only one diamond, ma’am?” _ “One large diamond with smaller ones about it,” she said, watching the boy’s face. ‘ “One fair-sized diamond in a circle of smaller » ones?” said Bob. 1 iSite, “Yes, that’s right,” she replied eag@My, as Bob put his hand in his vest pocket, butallowed-it < part of the city did you lose it?” he s asked. me “Somewhere down here.” : “In Wall street?” — “I can’t say whether I dropped it in Walk © street, Broad Street, Nassau street, or, in fact: | just where. I had it on when I came down here = to call on a broker, and I missed it soon after I~ got on an uptown Broadway car at Wall street.” © “Then you are sure you lost it in the financial district?” A did: you lose it?” = She was mak the house.” © had flattered herself that she was going to 1 “How can you say that?” she said pe ak angrily. I thought maybe you had hae ger looked like, and so I asked you the other ques- The visitor bit her lip. ; ay “Well, if the brooch is not mine, perhaps have no objection to letting me see it,” she sweetly, with another object in view. “No, ma’am, you can’t see it. You mi dy about it, and they’d call and description.” i , the idea!” exclaimed the visitor ig “JT wouldu't ao anieg Abin #

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+ “I am not insinuating that you would. But you might describe it to some lady friend, and Bhe might try for it on her own hook.” 2 you won’t let me see it?” “No, ma’am.” “T think that is my brooch and you want to keep it. If you don’t let me see it, I’ll get a po- i and compel you to show i. “All right, ma’am. You are at liberty to fetch in all the policemen on the street if you think -.will make you feel any better. I will be here for thr arters of an hour longer. That will give you plenty of time to act.” “You’re an impertinent young puppy, and for two cents I’d slap your face,"=said. the angry Bob bowed politely, and the visitor, turning around, hurried out of the office. CHAPTER IV.—The Spider and the Fly. _ Bob grinned and took his seat. The cashier, who had observed a part of the scene, called _ him to his, “What was the trouble between you and the St ‘lady?” he asked. é ALS explained all the particulars about the brooch he found, but was careful not to state - when or where he found it, or what it looked _ .tike. He said the lady had answered his adver- - tisement, and when he wrote her for particulars -- about the brooch she came to see him instead of replying by mail. Z ' “Her description of it was away off, but I led her on to see how far she would get out of the way,” said Bob. “Finally I told her it wasn’t hers, and she got mad. She wanted me to let her ___ see it, but I wasn’t such a fool. That made her ~ madder still, and she threatened to fetch a po- -— liceman. I told her to fetch a dozen, and she went away after telling me that for two cents ~~ she’d slap my face,” chuckled the boy. - . he eashier laughed. — ; “She was a pone, and she found you a hard ~ nut to crack,” he said. % “She looked as if she was awfully disappointed _ because she €ouldn’t work me.” At that moment the door opened and a man came He inquired for Bob. “Well, what can I do for you?” asked the of- 5 “De please. , ’m a r hand at describing wom- en's 5 newt ed I te it was gold and nae jewels it.” _ “What kind of jewels?” = “Diamonds, I think.” ‘ _- “Qne diamond surrounded by pearls, eh?” “Yes, that’s it.” ; ‘ — — isn’t yours. ‘Your description is ~ = . IN WALL STREET -TO WIN 7 “Six rubies in the form of a cross, so you see it isn’t yours,” said Bob. “No, it isn’t my wife’s. setting, I suppose?” “Yes, it was pretty heavy, with filigree work on it. Very pretty.” “Thank you. Sorry to take up your time to no purpose.” “Don’t mention it,” replied Bob politely. | The man went away. “That was grafter No. 2. It’s dollars to dough- nuts I’ll have somebody in here to-morrow morn- ing looking for a brooch with six rubies in the form of a cross, in a heavy gold filigree setting,” It had a heavy gold chuckled the boy, as he sat down. He had oi.e other visitor before he left for home—a lady who came no nearer describing the brooch than the others. About eleven next morning a middle-aged woman came in to the office and inquired for Bob. * “Take a seat, madam. He’s out on an errand now and will be in shortly.” When Bob returned the cashier pointed out the woman. “She looks like another gn your guard,” he said. Bob, on interviewing the woman, found she was evidently the confederate of the man who | had called the previous afternoon, for she gave grafter to me, so be ~ - the bogus description he had told the man. “You are quite positive that the brooch you lost was set with rubies in the form of a cross?” said the office boy. : “Oh, yes,” answered the woman confidently. “Then the brooch I found is not yours, ma’am.” The visitor, who had fully expected to the brooch, was staggered at this unex reply. “Why, it must be mine,” she said. “The brooch I found didn’t have a ruby in it.” “You told af ; a She stopped on recollecting herself and looked confused. “Oh, yes, I remember. There was a man in here yesterday afternoon looking for a brooch he said his wife lost. When he found the one I picked up was not hers, he asked me some ques- tions about it. As I didn’t consider it prudent to tell him the correct description, I made up the one you repeated to me. He must have told Pa! and sent you down to play a joke on me. If I had given you the brooch I know you would have handed it back with a laugh and told me to be ~ more careful in the future about trusting stran- gers. If I didn* see you were a lady, I might suspect you came to work me for the brooch. But I am_satisfied you wouldn’t be guilty of such a thing as that. When next time you meet the gentleman, just tell him from me that the joke is on him, Good day, ma’am. Shall I see you to the elevator?” or “It isn’t necessary,” replied the woman, 4 bit icily, as she turned and walked out, while Bob went back to his chair great tickled. He had no other visitors did he receive a sing] s Possibly he had or the brooch, nor ~~

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8 IN sable, lost their grip, and among the rest ‘the ood Manufacturing Company declined five points. Nobody holding the stock was at all wor- ried about the matter. They knew it would go up again, for a stock paying at the rate of six cent. a year is always a good proposition. fica day or two Mrs. Blake received a letter from Mr. Caulder via Bob, asking her to call at his office. “I’m afraid he wants his money back,” she told her son, “and I am not able to return it yet.” “How much have you saved toward it?” asked Nellie has only been at .. I guess you could raise “T suppose I’ll have to try and do it if he wants is money. I'll go over and seé him to-morrow.” “Three o'clock aril be the best time to find him See. Call about that time and I’ll go home - n So on the following afternoon at a quarter three Mrs. Blake walked into the office and her into the private room. “Glad to see you, Mrs. Blake,” said Caulder effusively. “Sit down.” “I suppose wish me_to return the loan I had of you. ii is not quite convenient for me to do so, but I will manage somehow,” said the little widow. “Dear me, don’t put yourself out. I didn’t ond for you on account of that loan. I told you you could have the money as long as Pom: wanted - said Caulder. = sao exclaimed Mrs. Blake, surp Ee: . Then encanto ceeter Shee ta = er. “No, ma’am. I take a great interest in your 50n, and, since I made your acquaintance, inci- dentally in yourself. Therefore, ma’am, when I loaned you that $100 I put no time limit on it. I did not you to return it till you were able to doi it ithe embarrassing yourself.” “Tt is very kind of you, sir.” . “Don’t mention it, ma’am. ca Eg aig ad Sage 0 aoe pose Bob told you that your stock has lately de- ans leat ad value.” “Why, F a, he said vathtinn about it. Has it?” asked the ph io ge elena ig Meeps “Yes, ma’am, it has dropped five points. The ¥ day you borrowed the $100 it was paar 110 3-8. _ . To-day you could get only 105 for it.” “ “Ts there any danger of it goimg lower?” she asked anxiously. ay “Well, I’m a little afraid’ there is,” said the oo ae in a tone that indicated that he was sure = “Ts th -. pany?” s ‘sent Pa anes the matter with the com- e@ as had not told her anything about the tem- _ porary slump - pigenes all cunuaaiind hep line, so she . eepyened that th Z rand stock - Was owt wrong © the Haywood Manufacturing mg Come “Not that I have heard, ma’am; a when a gad: stock. ist WALL STREET TO Bob WIN to make any suggestion, because giving advice is rather a thankless thing, and, sometimes, when one’s intentions are the best in the world, it in- volves one in trouble. Still, in your case I think you would appreciate any little favor I might do you,” and Caulder beamed benevolently upon his visitor. Mrs. Blake hastened to assure him that she certainly would be very grateful to him for his advice. “When I saw that the Haywood Mexutee ing Company was going down, I na y thought of you and your interests, ma’am,” which was certainly very kind of such a busy man as Mr. Caulder, “and believed that your little all was invested in the stock—I am right, I believe, in surmising so?” he added, looking as if he ex- pected an affirmative re reply, hastened to give him. good,” he went on: “your little all being so invented: it struck me ‘that if I could find you a safer investment for your money I would be doing the right thing for you. “Then you don’t think that the Haywood stock is safe any longer?” said Mrs. Blake, as the bro- ker paused to note the effect of his. words. “T don’t say that, ma’am. I have always re garded the Haywood stock as really gilt-edged. I presume your son has told you that it was se considered in the Street?” ~ “Yes, sir; but he’s only a boy and might not understand-——” “Just so, ma’am; just so. Bob, as you say, is only a boy, and he can’t be expected to Ww as much as a broker; but for all that I look upon him as very bright, very bright indeed, ma’am. Quite exceptional as a boy. I’ve never had a hoy in-whom I’ve reposed so much confidence. He often carries thousands of dollars’ worth of stock to various transfer offices for me, and every day we send him to the bank with the entire “day's receipts to deposit it.” Mr. Caulder did not deem it necessary to state that this was no more than what all boys did, but his object was to impress on the little widow the idea that her son was trusted to a very considerable extent, and that he, Caulder, placed the most unlimited confidence in him. In other words, the broker wished to flatter the lit- tle lady through her son. Rourens Mrs. Blake’s heart warmed toward the wily trader. Mr. Caul- der knew that the surest way of reaching a moth- er’s heart was by complimenting her son. “To get back to the stock matter, I was going which Mrs. Blake — _ to say that while vais Beg Manufacturing Com- . pany stock is as good security, still I ae gp mention ot. at AB It is very hard te stock that is as, solid as a rock and pays a ide pers dividend—six + pe for example. I have just se sae a golden oppor:| tunity that I am taking ripen Bn myals It is a new company that has acqu and valuable mining property. It is called. the the . Pocahontas Copper Company. It is now selling for $5 a share, which is ridiculously low for the five stock of a company with diesel ee. such 7 gg ean no doubt, why it is eee and looked at his visitor. nothing, bat abe wan intererted. peets. so ] Blake : in hearing further. = gens & %

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IN Wall Street is not yet aware Pocahontas a ous tone. yet known E § to a select few, my- number. e, the select few, are spare cash into the stock at $5 a that when the mine begins oper- a large scale, the value of the stock to 310, perhaps $15, or even he select. and lucky few, double, —— or quadruple himself of that piece of con- z sat back in his chair and re- little widow with a benign air. Mrs. as of one whose W. Street was rather limited, at is a golden chance for you. I can shares of Pocahontas stock for ae or 1 to get in with the select e forever. But”—and is words with his fore- t in now, if it should jump to you will have doubled your mon- 00 ¥ will be $2,000. And if it jumps er $5 next month you will be worth $3,000. if it makes still another advance in six hs your $1,000 will have increased to $4,000. ot that, ma’am. I am already figuring rdering a private yacht on the strength of ects yacht—a steam yacht—costs ease from $50,000 up.” : at I haven’t got a thousand “dollars,” said 2 little woman regretfully. “Yes, you have. Give me an order to sell your vood stock, and another to a for your ac- 200 shares of and you step pace into the golden flood that leads on to SS Bee I owe you $100.” e mt da: but I’m not wantebtke about it. : be a balance of $50 coming to you in n to the Pocahontas for remember no commission on these two do even better by you, ma’am/ WALL STREET TO WIN 4 9 As the widow hesitated, the broker placed two orders before her which he had pega for the occasion—one to sell the ten shares of Haywood Manufacturing Company, the other to buy 200 shares of Pocahontas. He believed in the iron while it was hot. give his visitor time for reflection. «Ss I offer you my pen, ma’am?” he said. Mrs. Blake was carried off her feet aud signed the orders. a you, ma’am. You are a fortunate wo- man,” he said, as he whisked the orders out of sight. “Now, I’ll see you to the door. I have one favor to ask of you—don’t tell your son yet a while. He’s a boy and he ht tell his friends nbout your acquisition of Fae Stn at $5. We, the select few, don’t want it known until we have loaded up ourselves. You understand. It’s a se- cret, ma’am, and remember you are one of us— one of the select few.” And with those words he showed Mrs. Blake 2+ a the waiting room, where she was joined iy CHAPTER V.—Bob Finds the Owner of the Brooch. “You had a long interview with Mr. Caulder, mother,” said Bob, full of curiosity on the sub- ject, as they walked out of the “Yes,” replied his mother; but she said no more, being mindful of the ‘request the broker had ex of her. “What was it all about? Did he want you to repay the loan?” “Oh, no. He said I could have the use of the money as long as I wan “Well, what did he want, “Aten ~. “Vd like to tell you, Robert, but as I promised Mr. Caulder not to say anything about what pass- ed m us—for it is a matter that he and his friends are interested in, and must be kept a secret a short time, until they load up———” Mrs. Blake stopped in some confusion, for she suddenly realized that she had been on the point > of letting the cat out of the bag. Bob, as mi 2 was considerably astonished by 's reply. Hs sevatchod bit cuin-and ieed If his mother had been worth a good to persuade her to in- his friends were imter- asn’t, 7 couldn’t under- On the way down in Pe oe it suddenly occurred to him that the Haywood. Manufactur- ing cage ee a ea ee interview. But as his mother on! vest in some pool he an ested in; but as she w ‘stand the matter. B He did ant wish to, ‘ of money he would have suspected that his . employer had been se

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10 IN floor. He picked it up and looked at it. He was astonished to see that it was the promissory note for the $100 signed by his mother in favor of Mr. Caulder. It bore the following, written di- agonally across its face in red ink: “Paid in full, March 2, 19—. . “ADAM CAULDER.” Bob stared at it iene es “How could mother pay Mr. Caulder the $100 when she did not have the money? Could it be that she has given him an order to sell the Hay- wood stock? Why, this is no time to sell stock when the prices are way down. She’d lose at least $5 a share on it. Good gracious! I hope she hasn’t been so foolish! Surely Mr. Caulder would tell her that she ought not to sell now. Why should she sell, anyway, when the boss told her she could have the use of the $100 as long as she wanted it? She does not need the money, now that Nellie is working again. Besides, the next dividend will be due and payable in a month from now. That $15 will come in handy.” Bob was both puzzled and uneasy. He laid the canceled promissory note on the table where his mother would find it, but he was extremely anxious to learn how she got it. After a while Mrs. Blake came downstairs. _ ~“You dropped something, mother,” said Bob. “What was it?” she asked. “A piece of paper which you’ll find on the table,” he said. ~ She picked it up, and when she saw what it was she was disconcerted. “JT thought you couldn’t pay that note,” he said. “Anyway, you told me that. Mr. Caulder didn’t want the money.” “He did not press me for payment, but—I wish I could tell you all the circumstances about how it came to be paid, but I promised not to.” “The only pin se: could have paid it that I know of was by selling your ig fa stock, and that would have been a very foolish thing for you to do now, when it is down five points. That represents a loss of $50.0n ten shares,” said Bob. “I didn’t lose a cent.” “Then you didn’t sell it? You couldn’t get 110 for sit, as the market stands. But that would make no difference to you, for it’s bound to go u again as soon as Drices recover in a week or so. “There must be something wr “with the eompany, or the stock wouldn’t fall “Not at all. The company is all right. The drop was caused by a big slump in the market following the breaking of a boom which precipi- tated a find of panic in the Exchange. Most of the swell railroad stocks, worth twice as much as the H anywhere from ten to _ fi points. But don’t imagine that the hold- ers of that stock are worrying any about that little flurry. 5 a share.” * d “Yes, sir,” replied Bob. Next iweb Tm mighty glad eg iar she lost the , for I WALL STREET TO WIN well-dressed men came in whom Bob recognized as members of the Stock Exchange. They stood within easy earshot of Bob, : “By the way, Jackson, did your wife ever hear from that diamond brooch as lost a month or so ago?” said one to the other. * At the mention of “diamond brooch,” Bob pricked up his ears. “No. put an advertisement in the Daily — , but never heard from it.” The-paper in question was one Bob had not looked into, because no one at the office read it. “Where did your wife lose it?” “She doesn’t know exactly. Somewhere be- tween my office and the Cortlandt Street Ferry.” “That’s quite a stretch. You offered a reward for its return, of course, for you told me it cost you $900.” “I offered $500 and no questions asked.” * “As much as that, eh? I guess the finder did not see your advertisement. He couldn’t have got near as much as that if he tried to sell it.” “It was worth more than $500 for me to get it back; but we’ve given it up. There isn’t one chanee in a thousand that we’llwhear from it ,” wr Here Bob stepped up to the speaker. “I beg your pardon, sir, for listening to your talk, but the subject of your conversation inter- ested me,” he said. - “In what way?” asked Jackson. . _“Because you were speaking about a valuable — diamond brooch you said your wife lost between — Ly A ee and the Cortlandt Street Ferry.” _“I found such a brooch on West street, oppo- site the ferrv building. ahout a month ago.” _ “You did!” exclaimed the gentleman. “Describe ¥t to me,” he added eagerly. ee = “J think the description is up to you, sir,” said — Bob respectfully. =: Bi “rae a er Jackson thought a moment and then described the brooch Bob had found pretty accurately, add-- ing that his wife's initials, “M. J.,” were engrav- _ ed en the inside in small letters. pee “The brooch I found is evidently your wife’s, sir,” said the boy, satisfied that he had at last — located the owner. “My mother has it in her © custody. If you will tell me where your office — is, ’'ll bring it to you to-morrow.” io “By George, young man, it.is fortunate we — came together!” said Jackson. “Here is my busi- — ness card. I will look for you to call to-morrow, and I will take great satisfaction in paying you’ $i the reward I advertised. What is your name?” “Are you a broker’s messenger?” said Jackson, taking note of the envelope Bob held in his hand. _ ei $e I work for Adam Caulder, Ne. ee “Caulder, eh?” said Jackson, looking at his companion. te He was one of the brokers who had a very r opinion of Bob’s boss, and his triond shared & opinion. ne iat ¢ y you toa the eI wo tether: ive: " a ae a birthday present,

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~* & = mf 4 ; d ‘However, will ke your gain. You will be richer ~_ $500 through it.” _-*You are not bound to pay me so much money, Sir. “The brooch being your wife's property, I have no right to keep it any longer. All I am E ly entitled to is the $1.50 I paid a newspa- — per for advertising it three times.” : paper did you put the advertisement ; paper veryioften. Even if I did, I would not think of looking for an adver- tisement referring to the brooch. The finder ~ farely ever advertises. He looks for the loser’s _ advertisement.” ° ~.“T looked every day for a week in three dailies . —the ones most likely te contain an advertise- ment from the loser of the brooch, but didn’t see ~ Gt,” here Bob named the newspapers he had con- *} ought to have put my advertisement in all _ the papers,” said-Jackson. “I wonder now I did not, but I thought the Daily —— had the larg- est circulatiqn,;and was more read by persons who were likely to find the brooch on the street.” _\ “Well, it doesn’t make any difference now,” said Bob; “but you'll have to excuse me. I have - & note to hand»to Mr. Anderson, ‘and he’s disen- é oe - = Bob went into the private room, handed his — mote to the broker, was told that there was no - amsiver, and came out. ~~ *T will call at your office to-morrow with the brooch, Mr. Jackson.” he said. “How would a _ Bittle after three do?” : _. “Any time up to four will answer, or, I can + be in at your office when I come down about =. -past nine,” said the gentleman. = “You can do that. If I am out, you can wait if you have the time,” said Bob. = On 2 he went away. When he went home that Mek noon he told his mother he had found the ~ ‘owner of the lost brooch. i _- “Ft’s the wife of a broker named Jackson. _ Here is his card.” © He then told his mother how he made the dis- © *He advertised for it, but in one of the papers - I did not look at,” he said. -make you a handsome pres- - returning it,” said his mother. -*He’ll give me something,” replied Bob, who had his reasons for not telling her that the bro- _ ker had offered a reward of $500. ~ He saw the stake in sight that he wanted for te ee ee _ did not approve ot © gg in’ e market, Sovidea tp haup Riles cones If hé made a - fail of his deals, she would never hear of it; but if, be oe rary, he made a haul or two, he = to tr d ob he IN WALL STREET TO WIN 11 Shortly after that Haywood Manufacturing stock, in common with other good securities, be- gan to rise, and soon it was up‘to 106. Bob's mother every night asked him how Pocohontas Copper stock stood. Bob, never suspecting any- thing, told her it was gradually declining. It worried the widow very much, and she began to have an idea that Caulder had misrepresented the stock to her. The fact was that Caulder had been bitten himself, and had a large amount of Pocahontas stock on hand and was eager to shove it off on somebody. Thus Bob’s mother had been an easy victim. She went down to see Caulder, but he reassured her by means of his glib tongue that everything was all right and that Pocahon- tas Copper-would yet be at the top of the heap, and so she believed in him, Bob had bought shares of A. & C. in the meantime and had made $1,200. Bob one day asked his mother if she had re- ceived her April dividend on the Haywood oe Then the matter all came out. She told everything. The boy was simply mad. He had heard a great many brokers express themselves unfavorably about Caulder, but he did not think he was such a villain as he now knew. He de- termined to have a talk with Caulder on the subject. CHAPTER VI.—Bob Has It Out With His Boss. On’ the following afternoon about four, when Caulder called Bob into his room to help him on li Sage overcoat, the boy said he’d like to speak to him. ; - “What is it?” asked the broker. a “Can you explain to me how my mother came to sell her Haywood Manufacturing Company stock and invest the money in Pocahontas Cop- per?” asked’ Bob. ~ \ ; “To make a better investment,” answered Caul- der, looking hard at his office boy. batt “Do you think she made a better investment?” “What's the matter with it?” “What’s your opinion?” “How can my opinion concern you?” “It concerns my mother; and what concerns my mother concerns her children.” “Humph! Pocahontas Copper is all right. Your mother needn’t worry about it.” “T think she has reason to worry. She paid $5 a share for it, and now it is only worth $2.” “Tt will go up.” ~“T was speaking to a well-known Curb broker about it to-day. and he told me it’s a slow seller even at $2. He said the $5 price was a purely fictitious one. That a clique of traders whom he . been boostin knew, but Wwouldn’t mention, osting the stock for over a month—working all kinds of dodges to keep it at $5, which they were able to do ause nobody else seemed interested in preventing them from having their own way. told me that the object of the manipulation was unload their holdings on the public,

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12 class security, that brought her in a quarterly dividend, and put her money into a stock that you must have known was rotten?” “Why, you young whipper-snapper, I’ve a great mind to throw you out of my office for addressing me in this insulting way!” “Aren’t you going to give me an explanation?” “Give you an explanation? Well, I like your assurance. Get out of here, and don’t bother me _. with your impudence. Your mother called here for an explanation, and I gave it to her. If she wants any further light on the subject, she can call again and I will talk to her; but I don’t want any remarks from you on the subject. If your mothc. regrets what she did, I- can’t help it. I didn’t advise her to sell her Haywood, nor to buy the Pocahontas. A man is a fool to have dealings with a woman, anyway. They always put up a squeal when anything goes wrong with them.” ; “I think my mother has the right to squeal. She put all the confidence in the world in you, 2s you were my-employer, and you should have prevented her from going into Pocahontas. In- ‘ stead of which you really induced her to buy it.” “Confound you-——” “My mother told me that you showed her five 100-share certificates of Pocahontas Copper that you said belonged to you, and you gave her to understand that you had a lot more of the stock in your safe deposit box.” ; “Well, that shows I acted in good faith: with her, doesn’t it? I had confidence enough in Poca- hontas to load up with it myself. If she should lose in the end, I will lose—to a very considerable i. “You told her not to tell me about the trans- aetion she had with you, giving as your reason that you and your friends were buying all the Pueahontas you could find at $5, in expectation that it would rise to $10, $15, or even $20, and that at the time when every Curb broker knew ’ teat $5 was a fictitious price for it, the result of th: manipulations of a cliaue. Now, I’m no fool, ard I k you are far from being one; You _ & In’t tell my mother the truth.” 2 -*Do you mean to call me a liar?” a “I mean to say that you know what is going on in the Street as well as any trader doing You would not be such a wash - -would try to sell it at the high rate if you could - Well, that’s what yaa did. The 200 shares you ~ sold my mother belonged to you.” — my er be “What's that?” roared Mr. Caulder. "After talking with the broker I mentioned, I went to the transfer office of the Pocahontas - Copper Company, and, giving the numbers of the two certificates my mother got from you, asked ‘for the name of the previous owner. Here is the memorandum the clerk handed me. It reads, ae Caulder.’ What have you got to say about office, you impudent whelp, and cha IN WALL STREET TO WIN action with my mother, I intended to quit, any- how. I wouldn’t work an hour longer for a man of your stamp at any price. I’ve heard enough about you at odd times to fill a book, but I didn’t believe, or didn’t want to believe, it, because you were my boss, and I believe in standing up for the man who pays me-my wages. Now it’s difs ferent. I’ve got no use for you any longer. You swindled my mother, and the swindle was a mighty petty one, but you appear to be the kind of man who would pinch the pennies off the eyes of a corpse if you thought no one was looking.” With a howl of rage Caulder. sprang at Bob and knocked him down, and then proceeded to — — kick him as he lay on the floor. Bob rolled away and sprang to his feet. He was pretty mad at the rough treatment the broker was handing to him. He also owed the man something on his mother’s account. He lost no time in getting back at his late employer. In Jess than a minute ~ Caulder felt as if he had upset a hornet’s nest. Bob slammed him around as he was aceustomed to handle the punching bag at ‘the gymnasium. It was biff, slap, bang! as the boy’s fists shot out in rapid succession, and the pitker caught it on the nose, the eye and the jaw, and went down in a heap. : “Help! Help! Help!” shouted Caulder, and his cries brought in the cashier on a run to see what was the matter. : He was very much surprised at what he saw on entering the room. Mr. Caulder lay half ~ crouched on the floor, badly mussed up, and Bob standing over him with clenched fists and fire in” is eyes. “Here, here, what does this.mean?” demanded the cashier. “Take that boy away!” whined the broker. — “He’s crazy.” . * The cashier’s eyes opened. Was it really the fact that the office boy had suddenly lost his ae ~ wits? He seized Bob by the.arm and looked closely at him. 2 : “Oh, Pm not crazy,” said Bob, “I’ve just been taking satisfaction out of that schemer.” “Taking satisfaction out of him! Are you mad?” ao “I was mad_enough a few moments ago to chew a railroad tie. He knocked me dons et then started in to kick me, the coward! But he tackled the pee person when he tried to hand that kind of stuff to me. I punched him good — and plenty for it, and he’d have he had not gone down. That saved him ys unishment, for I wouldn’t hit any one when he’s own,” said Bob. ae “lm afraid you'll find this a serious matter, — young man,” said the cashie¥, as the broker, hav- in ; wicked himself up, was straightening aes > out. . a . oe 2 ortags

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a eee} I can face such a charge better than : can face an expose of his trickery a3 my mother.” dg infernal young cub! Don’t you dare any insinuations against me!” cried the en trader. _* “fm insinuating nothing. I’m charging you to your face with a rank swindle. I wish you ~-would have me arrested. I’d show you up in - eourt in a way. that would get you into the news- Papers, and all Wall Street would hear of your conduct,” said Bob. “Take him out of the room!” ordered the bro- “Come along,” said the cashier. © Bob went with him, got his money and left the Office. It was later than usual when he got home. He decided to say nothing to his mother about his discharge, for he knew it would only worry . He was not afraid to face the future, for he had $1,200 to call upon, and was confident he would be able to add to it by speculating in the e knew of scores of men who made a es that way. They were old and experienced - Wall Street habitues, however, some of whom had been brokers in their day. knew. the ropes as well as anybody _ the outside could know them, and they Watched the n and speculated with ju i eae taking care to _keep an anchor to the windward, as the Bob was young and practically | inexperienced. but, like a boy, he had enthusiasm and unbounded confidence in his luck, if not in _ his judgment. He had about one chance in ten zd _ of winning in the game of chance,’ but he banked : on that one chance. cs As it has been said that Providence often be- stows favors on those the least deserving of | , so Dame Fortune has a way of standing in ‘people who, according to all sane caleula- should go up against the wall, Whether was one of those lucky few remains to be in the course of this story. He had made - successful deal, but one swallow doesn’t summer, though summer will come just tg whether the swallows do or not. Bob told his sister, however, and she nearly had a fit. rs: “Don’t worry, Nell. There are other jobs in = "Wall Street.” eo “But you can’t get a recommendation from Mr. y Caulder, ” she said. .. “Don’t want one. I think a break with oe n a recommendation as I need. — messenger boys go round telling what they heard , about a broker, it’s a bad sign for the broker. - We chaps hear a lot of things not — intend- for our ears, and we are supposed te keep -mouths shut about anything that happens in own office. But-I don’t believe any messen- r feels obliged to keep mum about men of the , stamp. The fact that they are talked no-complimentary way by other bro- is a sure token that they the Street. If = breathing? IN WALL STREET TO WIN 13 “Not a word, and I don’t mean to.” - “But if you "don’t bring in your pay: 4 “Pooh! I’ve: got this week’s salary in my pocket, which I will turn over to her Saturday, as usual.” “But next week’s?” “Will come out of the $1,200 odd I have.” “I forgot you had that. You are all right.” “Sure I’m all right. Now listen and [ll tell you what’ happened between me and Caulder, and how it come about that our interview ended in a scrap. They sat down together and he rehearsed the whole story. “It’s too bad that mother was so foolish,” said Nellie. “Mother is all right. Smarter people than she, with all respect to her, have been taken in and done for by gentlemanly grafters, and ladylike ones, too. She was a victim of misplaced confi- dence, and could you blame her for trusting a soft-spoken man, who was supposed to be a rep- utable broker, and for whom her son worked?” Nellie admitted that there was ample excuse Yor their mother’s: mistake. “She’s the best mother in the world, sis, and you ought to know it if any 6 should. One of these days, if she lives, and I do, I’m going to see that she rides in her own carriage or auto.” “And will you let me ride with her?” smiled his sister, “Surest thing you know. You're the best lit- tle. irl in the world.” m I? Pm glad to hear it; but some you'll be saying that of somebody else’s sister.” “Don’t ¢ross a my ee before you come to it,” eigen Singer, pulling the afternoon paper out of s pocket. ; CHAPTER VII.—The Owner of the.Lost Wallet. Bob started for Wall Street at his usual time next morning. It was necessary he should do so to prevent his mother from asking him any em- barrassing questions. He took his time in walk- ing frem the ferry, going down West street clear to the Battery, stopping a while there on the edge of the bleak-looking park, thence turning — up Breadway as far as Exchange place, down — that street to Broad, where he arrived about half- past nine. As he Vaked leisurely past the Ex- change he met a friend of his, one Dick Davis. “Hello, Bob,” said Dick, “you don’t seem to be in a hurry this morning.” “No, the doctor told me to take things easy.” ~ “That’s what the crooks do sometimes,” grinned Dick. “What's the matter with you that you had to see a doctor? You look all right.” “You mustn’t pee too. ae dependence on looks. I know of a man who applied for a ee insurance policy in a big company. : who examined him gave him a clean bill of vant ; The day after he paid his first premium he drop- ped dead on the street.” “What caused his death?” - “He suddenly T suppose |

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"oe 14 IN WALL STREET TO WIN ~ “He was a tailor. A man/who owed him a long-overdue account stepped up and paid him. The shock was too great for him, so the coroner got him.” “That’s a pretty fair wheeze for you; but you haven’t told me what ails yourself.” “T’ve had a rupture.” — “A rupture?” j “Yes, with my boss.” — ; “Oh, that’s it. Are you on the outs with him?” “Rather. I’ve disconnected myself with his office.” “Disconnected is good. Going to look for an- other job?” “Not to-day. I’m going up to the little bank to watch the quotations on the blackboard.” _ “Hope you'll have a good time. So-long!” and Dick continued on his way. - % “* When the Excha opened for business at ten o’clock, Bob was holding down a chair up front in the waiting room of the little bank on Nassau street. The market was active and prices _ erally were advancing. At eleven o’clock Bob, who had been watchin in on it. He bought 100 shares at 4. By)noon it was up to 36. At two o’clock it reached 38 and came to a stop. At half-past two it had 4 i three-eighths more. *T guess I'll in,” thought the ex-office boy, and he did. - ; The result of his three and a half hours’ — ulation was a profit of $400. That was equal to & salary with Caulder. went home at his usual hour, and when his sister came in he took her aside and told of his suecess in Erie. ‘ “My, you are going some, Bob!” she said. my guess we needn’t worry about the $600 mother has lost. I wish she could make Caulder 2 — up what he’s done her out of, but there’s i chance of that. He holds on to all that comes his way.” Next day Bob collected what was coming. to him. He was not tempted into another deal that oa aoe ; Seer haps tee Sigel ien he got home he turned. in his week’s wages and told his mother that he didn’t need any money for expenses, as he had enough to do him for a while. hen his sister ‘came home she had news for him. She had accidentally made the acquaintance of a very nie@girl on the ferry- boat, and in the course of their talk the young lady told her~she had had the misfortune to lose her pocketbook containing a $10 bill, six weeks before, either on the ferryboat or on the street. “T told her you found a small wallet on the boat about that time, containing $10 and a fold- ed newspaper clipping, and asked her to describe her pocketbook. She did so and said the news- address, which is in Jersey City, and ; Py Sa patie Ar at 2 a - Sag? s - my brother at 60, and just before the wasn’t a whole lot, but it was big money for one money. She needs it, I guess. She is an or- phan, and lives with her aunt, who is a widow.” “Is she pretty?” SE “Yes, she is rather pretty. I took quite a tone to her, for she is awfully sweet and well red. “I like sweet girls. They’re so much nicer to kiss than homely ones,” chuckled Bob. “You don’t want to take any liberties with this new friend of mine, brother. You must be ~ very polite and nice to her, for I don’t want you to spoil the reputation I gave you.” ; “What reputation did you give me?” “Never mind. You are too inquisitive. I in- tend to call on her some evening and have her over here.” = 4 “Why not go with me to-night and introduce me? You know how bashful I am. I am rather afraid of pretty girls,” smiled, Bob. : ‘ aoe dreadfully pesetal © er. 18 hate o trust you among the girls; just the s Well, maybe I'll go with 2 By On the whol “i think I had better in order to see that hs ral - Erie, concluded to get, have yourself.” “Did you ever hear of me not behaving my- — self?” ommes : “No; but it’s well to be on the safe side,” said his sister, leaving him to his newspaper. They left the house together about seven to visit the young lady, whose name was Alice Gray. Miss Gray lived with her aunt in the upper floor of a small, two-family house, and the young lady answered the bell herself. She was very glad to see Nellie Blake so soon again, and invited them in. a8 “Miss Gray, let me make you acquainted with bert,” said Nell. “I had to bring him around myself, as I was afraid to trust him out alone.” er ke *Oh, I say, Nell, don’t show me up that way,” protested Bob, as the two girls Jaughed. “I as ~~, sure you, Miss Gray, that I often go out alone of nights.” “J think you are big enough to be trusted out by yourself,” she said smilingly, rather taken by Bob’s good looks, as he was with hers. eee ae She piloted them upstairs, where they were introduced to her aunt. i ne “Is this your wallet, Miss Gray?” asked Bob, producing: it. ; nie “Yes, yes; that’s the one I lost.” i paka vg: “Examine it carefully and see.that I haven’t — got. away with any of your money.”, Ng = “There was only one bill in it, a $10 one,” she. ‘replied. ; : pS “Maybe it isn’t there now. Better look,” = “Noo; I'll take chances on it.” athe" “Please oblige me by looking,” said Bob. “To satisfy you, I will,” she said, opening the pocketbook. “It’s all right.” ae Bob and his sister remained about an hour, — enjoyed themselves immensely, at least Bob “a and left after exacting a promise from Miss Gray* that\ she would return their visit some evening soon. On Monday Bob thought he saw a chance™ to make some more money by ‘inon 0. & — F., which was going up. He bought 100 shares. closed he sold at 61 1-2, making a little over $100, That -

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IN On his way to lunch he met his friend _ +%k Davis on the way to the bank. Bi a job yet, Bob?” Dick inquired. Nary job. Don’t want one.” “No? What are you doing?” “The market.” : ting?” a hit it the first guess.” ‘ow much have you made?” “Since when?” “Since you started, of course?” “I've made $500 since I left Caulder’s office, and $800 before that.” “As much as that, eh? ‘What did you start : ial “Four hund "6 “Where did you the four hundred?” ‘ : Te: 3 'y inquisitive. I found it.” __“T found a diamond ) the owner gave me $500 for returning it. Any 7 more questions: - *You’re pretty lucky. “I’m doing well in that line.. Well, here a are at your , so I'll leave you. I’m go- a ing to lunet,” and the boys separated. ~ ieee day “Bob met Broker Jackson on the street. “Hello, Blake, glad to see you!” said the bro- ker, shaking hands with him. f _-@Thank you, sir. Was your wife glad to get her brooch back?” ba “Was she? How do you like She surely was! _ Caulder as a boss?” . “A “I’m not working for him anv longer.” “No? When did you quit him?” ~ - “About ten days ago.” 3 “How long were you with him?” - -- *Apout eighteen months.” : “What are you doing now?” _- "Playing the market.” 5 “Speculating, eh? I shouldn’t think that would : a Pa we wende $500 since I left Mr. Caulder.” “You had some capital to operate with—per- haps that $500 I gave you?” ee used admit I $490 of Bs to start myself.” risky business, my boy. “] haven't any fault to find with it.” : “A friend of mine has just lost his office boy. Wouldn’t you like to take the position? I'll rec- ommend you.” : e “Thank you, but I don’t care to fill that posi- tion any longer. I am satisfied with what I’m . 2 ~ “Well, any time you want a recommendation, Mr. Jackson.” A week assed be-" rh to satisfy him that X. winner, and he bought 150 shares WALL STREET TO WIN 15 Bob had no particular regard for the broker, but he believed it to be his duty to try and save his watch and have the pickpocket arrested. He noticed that the fellow passed the watch to a confederate, who dropped it into his pocket and fell back to the edge of the crowd. The boy took particular notice of the faces of both men, and ordinarily he would not have taken them for crooks. He touched the broker on the arm. Caulder turned and looked at him. His face assumed a scowl when he recognized the boy. “What do you want?” he snarled. “You've lost your watch,” said Bob. Caulder clapped his hand to his watch pocket and saw that his timepiece and a small section of the chain were missing. The pickpocket had snapped it with a small, powerful tool he car- ried. The broker uttered an exclamation of con- sternation, for the watch was a valuable one. “Did you see who took it?” he eried, grabbing Bob by the arm. “Yes—that man,” said Bob, indicating the well- dressed stranger. . As he spoke he kept his eye on the party who had received the watch, Caulder looked at the thief doubtfully, for he was somewhat deterred from charging him with the theft by his respect- able appearance. The thief, who was wide awake te all contingencies, heard what Bob said, and started to edge away in a nonchalant manner. - That man couldn’t have stolen my watch,” said the broker. “Well, I saw him pinch it and s it to that smart-looking chap over there. k out for a ~ policetnan and I’ll nail the fellow.” As the two crooks started to walk away, Bob extricated himself from the crowd and grabbed the man who had the watch. ; His partners in crime came to the thief’s as- sistance. Bob now called on the spectators to come to his assistance, saying the men were pick- pockets. A policeman appearing, one of the thieves made his getaway, leaving the one with the watch in the toils. The policeman made his inquiries, shoved his hand into the thief’s pocket and pulled out Caulder’s watch, He then took the man to the station-house, accompanied by Caulder and Bob, who both made a charge against the thief, promising to be in court the next day as complainants. Next day X. & Y. went to 87 and Bob sold his ~ shares, netting $1,800, - « CHAPTER VIIIl—The Burglary. “J’ye just closed out another deal,” Bob told , his sister that evenin “You won,” she said. “I can tell that by your “Maybe you can tell from my face how much I made,” he said. “No. Don’t talk silly.” 5 “Well, this time I’ve captured $1,800.” ‘ ey much as that? You are gettipg rich ‘ast. ” “Not so very. I’m only worth $3,500.” 4 x _ «Why, that’s a lot of Yo coliiay this cottage for that, I guess.” _ q eee “Pll bet I could if Simon Kent wanted to sell ee a Soe ae ee a Oe Ps

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\& _ at that hour was decidedly 16 IN it; but he never could get_that price for it. It isn’t worth more than 5 j “And he owns six of them besides his own place, which is worth, I should think, as much it have 10. mo: on the property. migh’ a $ op een ee = Bob wasn’t up in real estate matters, or he might have fi that perhaps the clerk had given a payable in instalments that would wipe it out when first By that time the property might tease mortgage, or perhaps renew the original “Are ing to tell mother of your success now, 2a ged are out of Mr. Caulder’s of- fice?” said N “There’s no hurry. I'd rather wait till I have accumulated a larger surplus.” : “Why, the amount you have now will satisfy her that you haven't lest anything by leaving your position. ? . gone up in value, and he could easily get a new one. think he’s a horrible man. Well, if you're not going to tell mother, why, I suppose she must i believe that you are working for the man who took advantage of her. She is liable, however, to learn the truth herself, for she told _me last night she intended to call on Mr. Caulder to find out why the Pocahontas stock hasn’t gone “At wouldn't do her any good to call on him. He wouldn't give her any satisfaction. Tell her that and try and keep her away from his office.” “J will. I suppose there is very little chance of her stock ever rising to what she paid for it.” “T have made all the inquiries about the com- =e pany I could, and the sum total of all is that ocahontas is only doing fairly well as a copper mine, and that the stock is barely holding its own at $2, and is not much dealt in.” That concluded the éonversation, and Nellie _ went to her own room. Bob went to a smoker of a social club that evening. The club had en- ’ a small hall with a stage for the evening * and gave an amateur and. vaudeville show. It was close on to midnight when he made his way — homeward. He was passing the old-fashioned residence of the: landlord, Simon when he saw two men in the yard. Their presence there ge yy Hage he in WALL STREET TO WIN house. Bob slipped into the front yard, though he knew he was taking some risk, for he was chancing a conflict with the midnight intruders, and they would be apt to handle him without gloves. ea Still he regarded it as his duty to do some- thing. He worked his way slowly to the back. The men were no longer in si but an window, suggested where they gone. They had forced-the window with a ji fected their entrance into the house. Bob decid- ed to follow them and try to fwustrate their pur- pose. He found no difficulty in getting in through the window. He alighted inside of the kitchen. He listened, but didn’t hear a sound in the house. It was rather a dubious position he was in. If he had made a mistake in supposing the two men he saw had entered the house and the window had been accidentally left, open by the house- keeper, he might be taken for a burglar himself and find himself in a ent. Bob, however, argued that the men wouldn't have been in the yard if their purpose was not dishonest, and their disappearance, coupled with the open window, fully satisfied him that they were in the house. The question was: how could he tackle‘the two of them successfully if he came upon them. He struck a match to get the lay of things, for the room was quite dark. The housekeeper was clearly a person of neat habits, for everything was as tidy as a wai eye could make it. Bob opened a closet to look for Ss) ing that would serve as a weapon. T ‘was nothing in it that he cared to take. He passed through into a passage where he saw a back stairs. Thence into the lower hall. ca “sac i ning pees a of the = ying his eye to . he saw a dini ta Te and a sideboard, which showed what the room was used for. He also saw the two men cleaning out the sideboard. He decided to run upstairs and arouse the old man. Doubtless he had a revolver in the house, and Bob believed - that if the burglars could be taken by surprise they might be captured, or at least prevented from carrying off their booty. So upstairs he went. He ju that Simon Kent slept in the front room, and he knocked softly and a little louder on the door. Presently he heard the voice of Kent on the other side. ‘ .- “What’s the matter, Sarah? What do you want?” 4 “Open the door. There are burglars in the dining room,” the boy. ac3 Kent uttered a surprised ejaculation, drawn from him by the fact that it was not his hou keeper who had answered him, and, secondly, by the startling information that burglars were in © the house. 7 Ae “Who are you?” he asked. Kent was encouraged to o the door, which TA, tae: soanes dian. bee “Bob Blake, the son of one of your tenants.” _ he did on a chain. a auadeh <in the boy’s face. He knew Bob and recogni him. - sok te “Did you say there are burglars in my house?™™ “ 2 “How did they get in?” “Through the kitchen window.” ai . in the yard, which _ ss “You saw them enter?” “No. < saw two men —tiae- eens ot, st eave 4

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3 suverware out ‘You watch at the head of the stairs. “Suspicious to me. I entered the yard, window open, aa was sure they had and entered.” did get in?” *vay——through the window.” enjHave’ you seen any sign of the burglars in Seo a= aii ie lee dining room staking of the sideboard. Have you a “Yes. + it and we'll down together. Wait here aa telephone for the y pele 2 “Better let me have your revolver, so I can prevent the burglars from potting away with what they have got hold of.” “They won’t be satisfied with the contents of the dining room, which is oly plated ware, They will come up here. I will down. the Fe ageirs you hear them coming up, let me know.” Bob took up his position at the head of the stairs while the old man was using the tele- phone. Five minutes passed and then he heard a door open below, but that was all. The next sound he caught. was a creak on the stairway about halfway up. He peered’ down into the com. but’eenld see nothing. Suddenly a form oomed up within a few feet of him, coming up. Bob started back, for he was taken by surprise. ie, The crook’s sharp eyes detected a moving sha- dow in the darkness. He su eee it was the old man, who had‘been aroused by, their presence in the house. With a smothered imprecation hé sprang up the papeiiing © steps. Bob eee he had been detected, and he shot out his fist at the shadaw. . The blow took effect on the burglar’s aaa with the force of a mule kick. He tottered on the top step, lost his balance, and fell back against his eompanion in crime, knocking him against the wall, and falling himself isidiciags down the stairs with noise enough to arouse the Seven The othe ae Sy xr man, not comprehending what had happened, was aghast at his pal’s tum- ‘ble. His idea was that his companion had slip- Be in the dark and thus met with his mishap. knew that their presence must now be discov- ered, and that the best they could do would be to get away with what they had bundled up downstairs. Accordingly he eerie to the place where his pal lay ing and unconscious. “Get up, Bill! is Sy gr e must make a quick get-away with the in the dining room,” he said, shaking his associate vigorously. Bill, however, was in no condition to second iia ‘motion. The words made no impression on his senseless ears. He was badly hurt, too, for _ he continued to groan. a, seeing the state his pal was in, grabbed him in his arms and him into the dining room, where ‘tee ht showed him that there was no get-away ill, for, he was down and out. If he was ii to make his own escape he must don is Companion. without a moment’s de Self- ee being the first law of nature, the ‘ellow _ of the to act on it. He one of plunder, threw it over his shoul- eel for the back door. . , followed door flew open, Me eves nt, with: es Srey burst into IN WALL STREET TO WIN etcner ‘es for it was now about, one ° 17 “Stop, you rascal!” cried the old man. The burglar had no intention of stopping As he was going through the door the old man fired at him. The ball entered his back, and he fell prostrate, with the bundle of plunder on top of him. The ball had passed through one lung, and his goose was cooked. Bob looked at the stunned~ crook who had stop ing heavily on the “This is the chap. I pped groaning, but was breath- << where his pal left him. knocked downstairs,” he said to Kent. “You did well,” replied the old man. him out of business.” “And you’ve done the same for the other,” said Bob. “The police vill need a wagon to carry these fellows away.” As he started to examine the wounded man, Kent stopped him. “Let him alone. I want the police to see him as pe is with my property im his possession,” he sai “He seems to be badly hurt. Hear how he groans,” said the boy. _ “He should have stopped when I ordered him to. ‘If I hadn’t shot him he might have escap- ed,” said Kent. Bop kept an eye on the man Bill, for he might ‘recover his senses at any moment, and the boy couldn’t say whether he was much’ hurt or not. “The rascals took everything worth taking in the room,” said Kent. “Was any of it real silver?” “A few small things; but the plated ware is worth money. The water pitcher with its stand cost me $25.- The fruit dish, $12. And the other things different prices. There’s more than $150 worth of articles in the bundles.” The arrival of three a put an end tc the conversation, and Kent admitted them inte the house. i “You put CHAPTER IX.—Bob Buys Trolley Stock. The officers were somewhat surprised at the state of affairs that greeted their eyes. “What have you done? Killed Sees fellows?” said one of them. “The boy knocked this man down the stairs from the landing above, as the two were coming up, and I shot the other when he refused to stop and surrender,” said Kent. . “This fellow is unconscious, and it looks to me, as if one of his arms is broken or said an rai an tm. the man Bob had knocked out. “Take him out to the wagon,” said the officer in command of the party. The other lar was found to be unconscious too, and the policeman said he appeared to be | ae wounded. He was also carried to the the two bundles of plunder were taken by the police to hold as evidence against won was placed pee : —_ pees for ooting crook, report lice court about eleven in the morning. Zest their prisoners, Bob his a, ae eet

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18 had a !-*chkey, and he let himself in without arousing u.s mother or his sister, who were sound asleep. in the morning he told them about his night adventure at the landlord’s house. Nat- urally, they were very much astonished. The burglary was reported in the Jersey City news- a that morning, the reporters obtaining the acts from the police blotter. Bob read _ the story at the breakfast table. The wounded bur- glar had beén sent to the hospital, and his re- covery was looked upon as a matter of doubt, for he had a hemorrhage of the lungs and was, al- ~ together, in a bad way. “No use of going to Wall Street this morning, - for I have to te at the police court at eleven,” said Bob. > “Mr. Caulder won’t miss you,” rem~-ked Nell, with a saucy smile. ~~ “VIL bet he. won’t,” said her brother. -. “But you'll have to telephone over to your of- - fico” said their mother. Bre “Den’t worry about the office, mother. It will get on without me.” ~ pr’son, and there was no doubt that he Id» have ‘te stand trial for his crime. We v hete that the other crook déd not die though he had a narrow squeak for ind his companion were tried, convicted toe the State prison at Trenton for a Mr. Kent, when he next called on e for his rent, left a pair of gold cuff r Bob as an evidence of his apprec‘a- Loy’s services. As hé was not a lib- man, this was cons‘derable for him to give, alt h the present did not cost him a whole lot. fob: d'a nothing more in the market for a couple of weeks, and then he heard in an acci- pit see that a syndicate had been formed to corner and boom O. & B. shares. He thought so ~ well of the tip that he bought 100 shares on mar- at 82. Meeting Broker Jackson on the street, t “Pm still digging away at my new tine of Ss. -“Are you? How are you making out?” I ; got from you has ex- : dl to hear 7. . EW: ‘you give for a first-class pointer?” _ <e = don’ ink I care to invest in tips,” said , Blake,” Fado rare IN WALL STREET TO WIN fk bought originally ti ne ~ ee ‘ j “All right, sir; that’s a bargain. I knoy will keep your word. Good-by.” Ten days later O. & B. was up to 90. 7 started to boom in earnest and went up to Bob sold out and made a profit of $18 ays or $5,400. Jackson got in on the stock atthe — ] sold out at 95.» As he bought 2,C00 she made $20,000, and he handed Bob his che” zs $1,(00, the same being five per cent. of his win- nings. Two days afterward, Bob, exhilardted by his success, went into a deal on Canada South- ern. The stock was gcing up and he looked for an- other haul, but his luck did not attend him as usual, and he narrowly escaped losing money. Only he tock alarm in time and got out, he would have exper enced his first reverse. As it was, when the liitle bank rendered him his statement, he found that he had made an even hundred, and he was mighty thankful. This left him with a capital of $10,000, and for a while he quit specu- lating. “After a-while he recovered from his seare, and bought 500 shares of L. & M., intend- ing to.-make a quick sale with small profits. He bought at 78, and the stock, on’a lively market, jumped seven po'nts in an hour. ~ it siop- a -ped at 85 he sold out, and made $3,500, where he had only calculated on $1,000, or $1,500 at the outs'de. “I’m surely in Wall Street to win,” he told his sister that night. - -“You seem to’ be, but I’m always fearful that some night you'll bring home a long face and say you’ve lost half of your money,” she replied. Some days afterward-he got in on DPD. & E., buyine 50% shares at 90. He had heard around the Street that it was going to be boomed. The report, however, was not true, and Jackson told” him so. The price had gone up to 93 and a frac- tion in the meanwhile. Only for his conversa- tion with Jackson, Bob would have held on for a big advance. After parting from the broker, he rushed back to the little bank and ordered his stock sold. As events proved, he acted just in time to Save himself from a loss, for D. & E. took a srdden s'ump to 85 and stayed there. As. it was, Bob made $1,500, and he realized that luck was an important factor in the game. About the middle of June he saw by the pa- pers that the trolley trust was trying to get hold of a certain independent line, and to that end was using its influence to depress the value of. he small read’s stock. It had already dropped ten points, and the small holders were getting seared. The big ones, who had control of the road, were not worried, for they felt that the trolley trust would not succeed. Bob decided to buy some of the po aie stock if he could — et it through the little bank, and left an order or 1,000 shaves. The bank’s representative pick-— ed up several small lots, but the most he = find was £00 shares, which were charged to Bob— at-the average price of 40. A day or two after. ward the price dro to 39. That cventne he met the landlord, t, and in the course of the conversation he learned that the old man owned said Jackson, af- Ae tackle 8C0 shares of the inde ent line, which he had_ : ae eee e it had gone up to~— pr, er 50,- Now the sudden diet bad psa =t haw dui he told Bob he was going to sell out, ~ some

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IN WALL STREET TO WIN “Tt closed to-night at 39,” said Bob, “so you'll stand to lose $900.” + “Why, I thought it was 40, ” said Kent, much _ disturbed. ~. © *Ft’s been- around 40 for a week, but to-day it a a point, and I heard-it was likely to “Have” ‘the house-sell in the morning,” said Kent. > “Yes, find you a customer at 39.” )~*¥ don’t care who I do it through as long as I “sell out for cash.” “Very good. I’ve $100 with me. on your stock till to-morrow at ten o’clock Give me an -eash in fifteen. minutes.” “I'll take you up. Come to. my shouse and I'll give you the option.” The deal was put through and Kent. promised meet. Bob in front of fi the Sub-treasury next ts at ten by the Trinity Church clock. Bob had. made his mind to buy the 300 shares out- right. At 39 they would cost him $11,700. As he. had $13,000 vutaide, of the $2,000 he had put up as margin on the 200 shares with the little bank, he could easily. make the_ purchase. Next day he, he Kent and bought the stock. ey er er to the transfer office where shares transferred to his -own name, and Kent went home with his money in his pocket, perfectly satisfied he had done as well] as he could expect, for he heard that the stock had dropped another half a point. That was the final drop and a week later it rose to 42. Soon after- _ ward the trust gave up the fight, and the price of the independent line rebounded back to=50. Bob sold out hise200 shares and made $2,000, but he held on to the 500 shares which he owned entright, on — he could have realized $3,300 ee CHAPTER X.—Conclusion. . . Now that he was worth $20,000—$5,000 in cash x Be Raley in good te feoliey. stock that was paying mum, he Cage ie rg A “mother i Hit Ae on the se- ecret he had kept from her. He told his sister " feforehand that he was going to, and she ap- _ ished supper, “I’m going to tell you something.” Well, *m listening,” she answered. “I am not working for Mr. Caulder any more.” “No!” she ejaculated, in surprise. ~ By left him a few fays after you made your = call at his office.” ; cing h gid! AE: thought what you: didn’t know wouldn’t trou- om oA e you to leave aaa I found h “4 i ause on investi on ‘ound he ‘ ically swindled you in the transaction And. you never told me a word a find er how he had - office. — rd the. Curb: notes, option in Wall Street and I'll guarantee to get you the_ ce he said, when they had about fin-— Soe 7 19 “Then I will never be able to sell that stock for $5?” “You may, if the unexpected hap ppens, but I wouldn’t give much for your chance. “Oh, dear, and I’m out my dividends, too.” & ‘Unfortunately you are. The money has gone to Mr. Caulder. I told him I considered it a mighty small steal, and he got mad and fired me.” “Where have you been working since?” “T’ve been working for myself. = “Working for yourself! “Yes, and I’ve done a whole jot better, than if I had been running errands for the best broker in ee Street. How much do you suppose I’ve “1 couldn’t gu “Twenty ei dollars by speculating “in the market.” . “It isn’t possible!” cried the little mother. “No? . Well, if you will come to the eity Pll. show you $5,000 in cash in my safe deposit box and 800 shares of Independent Trolley stock which I bought from your landlerd for $11, 700. - and which I can sell any time for $15,000.” “That’s true, mother,” said Nellie. “Bob kept me informed of his success right along.” | ihe you children = it secret Prog si mother.” RE “Git = Seah “How much money Eng ‘ “Do you expect me to answer that question?” ~ be didn’t ask you because I was inquisitive, but because I’ve *zot hold of a sure tip and oof were you to put it through for me and give me ar “PI do. ‘iad if the tip is all right, but ‘you'll: have to give me ce that it is.” *“T’ve én it straight from the inside that Pocas: ay opper is dnd to be boomed to $10.” Pocahontas Copper!” eried Bob, with tremend ao oe interest. — “Give me the facts; ahd if they are right Tn pay sad ten per cent., and hand you my thanks as w Dick told him that his boss had been hired to buy the stock and help do the booming. He had overheard a copper operator named Walsh talk- ing it over with him. A syndicate was at the back of the business and they were going to start in a day or two. “Walsh handed my boss a list of holders of the stock: Your late boss nee 5,000 shares, and. . others have from 500 up. A man named Wood ~ ages of Caulder’s, has 2,000 shares,” said ic : Bob saw his chance to put: it over Caulder, and he decided to buy his stock right away, could, before Dick's boss got busy. This be great news to tell his mother, for if ull went right she might double her money, after all, no thanks to Mr. Caulder. So Bob got | tes called at the little bank. Entering the ; room, he. said: : “I've got ae: aces se hese Traction —_ é ee

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20 I want $15,000. The cashier looked up the stock and saw it was ruling at 50 1-2. He agreed to make the loan as the usual rates on call. Bob then pro- duced $5,000 cash. “This with the loan makes $14,000,” he said. “I want you to buy me 7,000 shares of Pocahon- _ tas-Copper at $2 or less. It’s ruling at $2. Have the certificates transferred to me.” : _ “Very well,” nodded.the cashier. . “Here are the names of two people who have ; that amount of the stock,” said Bob, handing a piece of paper,to the cashier. “Broker Caulder, 5,000, and Broker Wood, 2,000 shares. I want —s the stock bought from them. Tell your broker.” ary As soon as he had signed the documents relat- pF ing to the loan and passed over his Independent . Trolley stock, he went away. When he went home that afternoon he told his mother that he had it from good authority that there was going to be a rise in Pocahontas Copper. = Mrs. Blake and Nellie were not.a little excited 2 over the prospect of a good rise in Pocahontas ; ‘Copper, and they. earnestly hoped that Bob’s -... words would come true. Next day Bob went to the little bank and learned that Caulder and = kt had fallen over —— gees sare or. when they were’ asked i ey any Po- - gahontas Copper. They readily parted with their _. blocks at the market, though neither at the time was aware that the other had been approached on the subject or they might have had some sus- _ picion that something was going to happen in the -~ — Stock. This suspicion they had later when Dick’s - boss called on them to buy the stock and found _ ‘out they had already sold it. ho did you sell your stock to?” Dick’s boss | Caulder, whom he saw first. to raise $9,000 on it. Its market value is ” ce sal set keg Kingsley,” said Caulder. ; He’s the man who buys for the Nassau Street & Broke: Company. Well, I’m sor- aven’t got it. Y wanted it to fill*an or- ’s boss. found that Wood had also pe Seeley: the wondered what wa ly else on the list had Kingsley, so the trader got syndicate. When he ; of his first day’s sale of the 7,000 -Anocked it down ‘to $1, hoping to shake the ) shares out, but it didn’t work. = week | it was up to $4. began to havesunpleasa nt. reflec- “yet.” IN WALL STREET TO WIN told him he was the purchaser of his and Wood’s stock, and Caulder had a fit. : The rush of eager buyers sent the price up to $13 1-2. At that point Bob ordered his shares sold, and he captured the. big profit of $78,000, on an in- yvestment of only $14,000. ; He recovered his hypothecated Independent Traction shares, and had in addition $75,000, af- ter paying Dick Davis his ten per cent. of the profits, or $7,800, which made Dick feel like a capitalist. Bob called around to see Jackson and tell him of his good luck. Jackson was out at the time, and the boy waited for him to return. ; As it was a warm day he hung out of the win- dow looking around the court. Suddenly a noosed rope was dropped over his head and arms and suddenly hauled taut. Before he recovered from his surprise he was hoisted bodily out of the window and found him- self dangling in the air. He looked upward and saw three men on the roof, two of whom were pulling on the rope. Slowly but surely they pulled;him.up to the foot by the rope they had cleverly lassoed him with, The boy swung his foot. Crash. went the upper pane. Gripping the sashes, Bob called for help. The men looking down uttered an exclamation of surprise. “He’s not the boy we’re after,” said one. Seeing that Bob was anchored in the window they dropned the rope and disappeared. The occupants of the room rescued Bob from his dangerous situation, and it was not for sev- eral days that the boy learned that he had been captured in mistake for Jackson’s messenger, whom the men owed a grudge to, and intended to frighten out of his wits by suspending him high in the air, and threatening to let him fall to the court over 100 feet below. ane _ When he told his mother and sister how much he had made out of the deal they fairly gasped. “I’m worth $90,000,.mother, and you are worth $10,000. That makes an even $100,000 between us,” he said. “I think you can afford to resign your position, sis. I’m going to buy a nice house somewhere for us to live in, and mother will take. title in her name. I could not, anyhow, for I’m not of legal age. We will have our anto, and you aid mother ean ride around with me in it, for I- shall learn how to run it.” “We can have Alice Gray come up and spend ~ a whole week with us when she gets her vaca- — tion,” said Nell. ; : - re, if we have the house bought and fitted up in time. “You mean to keep her for good?” said Nell. . “I hope so, but it’s toa soon to talk about that. Anyway, she can visit us over Sun-' * . day as often as she likes. Some day I hope she'll _ forget to go away and we ean keep her for good.” —

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: Rockies.” “He destroys destructive forest insects. nature selected the woodpecker to be the chief show a thousand kinds. ALASKA ESKIMOS EAT . : MEAT FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 21 CURRENT NEWS WOODPECKER A TREE-SURGEON “Although the eagle has the emblematic place of lionor in the United States, the downy wood- ~ pecker is distinguished as the most useful bird citizen, says Enos A. Mills in “The Spell of the Of the 803 kinds of birds in North America his services are most helpful to man. Long ago Caretaker, the physician and surgeon of-the tree world. This is a stupendous task: Forests are -€xtensive and are formed of hundreds of species of trees. The American woodpeckers have the suvervision of uncounted acres that are forested with more than 600 kinds of trees. With the exception of the California big tree each species is preyed upon by «scores, and many Species by hundreds, .of injurious and deadly in- sects. Five tfindred kinds of insects are known to prey up6nethe oak, and a complete count may Many of these insects multinly with amazing rapidity and at ‘all times “countless numbers of these aggressive pests form the warrior armies with which the woodpecker must constantly contend. NO MORE RAW Alaska Eskimos have changed greatly in the last 25 years, since the white man interested in their welfare came among them, according to Bishop Peter T. Rowe, Episcopal bishop of Alas- ka, who has been an eye-witness of their develop- ment. “When first I visited the Eskimos of Alaka they ate their meat raw and seemed to have lit- pre ea in. life beyong eating,” Bishop Rowe sai “To-day they are cooking their food, they are beginning to use stoves, their igloos are much bigger and cleaner, the children that have grown up in the;meantime are bigger and brighter, and their interests are much larger.” The Eskimos did what they could to hélp America in the war by sending down feathers for pillows, Bishop Dowe reported. “They killed ducks, geese and swans,” he said, “and ccllected a cinelanraens amount of feathers, A number of young men came to me to say that if the United States needed them to fight they were ready to go.’ Educational work among the Esquimos is con- ducted by the United States Bureau of Educa- tion and the Episcopal Church. One young Es- quimo is now teaching. Another developed such . skill in wood carving, Bishop Rowe reported, that he was offered a fine position in New York by a firm that saw specimens of his work. The Esquimos are developin ing a sturdy char- _ pes he pers a Sm against having anything to do with the bootlegger, he said, they steadily leave him alone. ~~ by PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The most puzzling and baffling mysteries in this world can be found in the issue if “Mystery Magazine” out, to-day on all newsstands. The big feature story _ detective mystery, and the shorter stories deal with mysteries that arouse interest ‘from CENTS BUYS A cory oe ~ Do you know that everybody is reading this magazine? 2 “It is going big and strong because we are not fooling our readers with a lot of j - We are only printing live stories, full of pep, and gripping in interest. That's the kind. _ start to finish. en ne TEN GET THE LATEST ete: LSsuE, -AND-. READ 3 oe - ‘HUNDREDS OF EXPERTS WRITE THE cones We = a thousands of dollars to get only the very ial fo 5 ae IS eet Ld peme our oe = in ever pss is oe “en

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22 Daring Dan Dobson to ae THE BOY WHO BEAT THE “MOONSHINERS | By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER X.—(Continued.) “We must hurry, in order to get back before nightfall,” said her father, while the young rl rode gracefully, yet with a far-away look in. her face, as though she were utterly oblivious to her S. She rode along, and her father. noticed the tears slowly creeping down her cheeks. ¢ “Poor little lassie, she has had a day of strain and excitement., I must never subject her to such eonditions again.” : _ He heavey.a sigh, for the judge, although a cap- tain of industry, and a hard bargainer when it came to big deals of finance, was human enough, and in his heart a man of sterling worth. ae He worshipped his daughter. _ He had not realized that Jake Newcastle looked his daughter with more than, passing interest; e ty truth, that desperate man of craft and dark ways had determined to wed the girl, and make himself-master of her father’s great wealth. N stle’s bitter experiences—the Jessons he linet iecady received from the hands of Dan \. -He ground his teeth in mute rage, as the pair om disappeared over the trail toward the distant settlement: 0 of night. ae : ; castle turned about and beheld a twinkle in the eye of one of his younger clansmen. . This fellow, Tom Dingle by name, was a. pre- = castle’s clique by association rather than by ss choice. He had been born in the mountain sur- * _ of his neighbors in their moonshining. 7h He had looked on, while Dan Dobson and Zach- __- not take a hand in that contest, for some teal De which he hi f could not have ex- teach him nothing. t. of Newell’s Ford, to remain for the shelter possessing youth, and was a member of New- dings, and so naturally followed the bent ary Shank were maltreated and captured; he did as nna eee ROT AO “square deal” in- __ stinct in him, and he felt it now. ~The man who is square at heart generally has sense of humor, he can see two sides to "Tom's sense of humor was just at this a a listening to Newcastie’s ae by me FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY unexpected- things of this life, was destined to change history for Tom and even Dobson and old Zachary. ‘ “You hound!” roared Jake Newcastle, untram- meled now in the éxpression. of his real nature, since the departure of Judge Barton and his daughter. Tom fiushed. > He was about to speak when Newcastle lurched toward him angrily swinging his high right fist. “You'll laugh from the other side of your ugly mouth, you cur,” eried the burly leader. “You a all this is funny; well, this is funnier still!” He delivered a fearful blow straight at the head of the young mountaineer, who was no match for him in the ability of box. “Oh!” gasped Dingle, as he sank backward. “You’ve killed me—you’ve killed mel” The lad had received a stroke which indeed seemed to shatter his head from the sensation. It was a glancing one, however, and it saved his skull from fracture... estes Dingle could not stand up, however, under the pain of the assault, He tumbled to the ground, and lay there moan- ing in a subdued way, while Newcastle laughed the harder. “Ho, ho! That’s the way I treat the pups who think they are better than the master!” Dingle thought to himself: so “I’ve been faithful until now—but pups grow up and can bite. He’ll find out!” Newcastle gave him a cruel kick in the side, and then walked away to barkiout some gruff orders to his men. : . > Pe He had shown them his,mastership once more, and they could tell from his ugly scowls that he had more brutal treatment-in store for them in case they showed any spirit of their own. = “Now, men,” said Newcastle, shortly, “the time for delay is past. I am going to finish up this Dan Dobson so quick that he will never know what happened unless that father of his hands over the deeds for that property at once.” : Newcastle strutted up and down. Tea He was confident of his men, and so he unfold-- ed his plans without reserve. He did not know that Tom Dingle was watching now, and listen-. ing to every word, with a determination to wreak vengeange upon no less a person than himself. “Now, we have young Dobson. He will have to pay ransom as they do’in the old country. I learned all this when I was traveling. We'll just hold him for reward, and-his father will — have to deed over his land for my own price, or so son. I can word the demand so that no law could ever touch me,” Das ee the older men crackled in with a funny ugh: ad “He, he! Law>they ain’t no law up yere in the mountains, Debi eats all‘make fer our- selves!” Ai oF “Newcastle glared at him. © ~ +s “You mean, instead,-except what laws are made for your? Fy) Neg ta: oe Pah “(To be continued...

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY FROM ALL POINTS The Government Fisheries Bureau has discov- ered that black bass culture is greatly aided by artificial construction of nests. The male small ‘mouthed bass builds his nest by sweeping the ‘stones of a lake bottom bare of sand in a three- ~ foot circle. Using his nose and tail alternately, he makes a saucer shaped nest ready for the eggs " of his mate. But he will readily use a nest that is prepared for him, and so the men of the fish- eries expedite his home building._ - For the large mouthed bass nests are made of ‘embedded in concrete, as this species pre- ; a fibrous bed for its eggs. Ponds with basins ‘six feet deep in the center and with shallower water elsewhere are so prepared. Wild fish, * caught. hook, are put in to mate here, to the ee of reproduction. Proper assort- 0 e fish and the prevention of crowding wonderful results, © ~ € ent of the ex- HARRY E. WOLF > =& perience of an American, James Howard, sole survivor of the American bark Horatio, which went on the shoals of Kusai Island in 1901. The news of Howard’s condition was brought here recently by Dr. William H. Hobbs of the Uni- versity of Michigan, who has been engaged in seismic research work in the Caroline group. Dr. Hobbs said Howard was cared for by the natives and finally became agent et Panope for a German trading concern, which place he held until the Japanese took over the islancs under the mandate from the League of Nations. A year and a half ago a stroke of p»ralysis made Howard almost helpless and un=ble to work. Since that time he has been taken core of by Chief Nampei of Roukiti, who has given him food, clothing and medicine. “Chief Nampei has American blood in” him, speaks English well and is a man of sterling in- tegrity,” said Dr, Hobbs. Howard’s ease was laid by Dr. Hobbs before the Actire Governor, Charles E. Yeater of the Philippines who has suggested to the War Department thst the Jap- anese be asked to furnish transportation from Panope to Yokohama for Howard, so thet he may take p®ssage on an army transport and finally reach his home in Utica, Ohio. ——— = “Mystery. Magazine” Sir SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY LATEST ISSUES FOUR TEN-DOLLAR BILLS, by Henry G. Howland. A CHALLENGE TO POWEK, by Dr. Iiarry Kuton. THE HOUSE NEXT-DOOR, Ly Police Capt, How- ard. THE TRANCE DETECTIVE, by Chast. Oursier. FRIDAY AT TWELVE, by Katherine Stagg. BY THE LEFT HAND, by Hamilton Craigie: THE MELODY OF DEATH, ut Jack Verhdoln | THE TRICK OF THE GREAT YEN HOW, by W. H. Os 2. AT MORIARITY’S, os Fred E. Shuey. : — LOST STAR OF THE FILMS, by Jack Bech- olt. N 98 COTNTERFEIT CLUES, by Chas. F. Ovrsler. 99 THE CROSS, by W. &. Ingram. 100 A SECRET SERVICE MYSTERY, by Cretele ond Fitor Balestier. 101 A CRIMSON PriIch, by Elliett Lester. RS SERSR SBE Hamilton i 102 THE INSPECTOR’S STRANGE CASE. By Gottliteb Jacobs. The Famous Detective Story Out To-dav In No. 103 Is A MUSEUM MYSTERY by JACK BECHDOLT ¢ FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher. 163 W. 234 8t.. New York “Moving Picture Stories”

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24 The Romance Of Island Cave By ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG “They're keepin’ an eye on that gal of Beeny’s —he hung ’round her considerable, you know.” “Laura Beeny!” * With a start and flash of annoyance Mark Gretna turned suddenly upon the speaker, a rough, good-hearted, retired sea captain well known on that portion of the Maine coast. “Oh, ’tain’t nuthin’ ag’inst the gal, of course. ‘She couldn’t have knowed he was goin’ to turn rascal an’ run off with the bank’s money.” Mark Gretna was silent, but a gloomy frown had settled upon his usually open face. Well in- deed he hed known how many times and oft Har- “old Cone, the Grand Cove bank defaulter, had “hung ’round” pretty Laura Beeny—knew it to his own chagrin and misery. Loving the girl him- self in secret, it had been hard to see so fascinat- ing a rival as Harold Cone in a position to woo and win the affections of the girl his own heart coveted. But to hear her name now coupled with that of a man whose crime had forever branded him ‘in the sight of honorable men. was still more galling. Up to the present Mark’s position in Grand Cove had been a somewhat insignificant one. His father was the poorest clergyman in the place, and the young man’s outlook profes- sionally and financially was very precarious. Although Laura Beeny did not move on an im- ing social plane in Grand Cove, her father ga retifed sea captain like the old tar by his side, yet she was beautiful and winning; and “although her father possessed but slender means, yetj/ no man in the township was more highly re- spected than Captain Beeny. - Jack Hallon, listening to the captain’s com- ments, understood better than he that frown which now darkened the brow of his friend, Mark Gretma. The two young men had become ac- quainted a few months previous, while Jack was ona fishing expedition to the coast. Possessing decided similarity of taste and disposition, it was perhaps nowise remarkable that they should have me friends, although Jack, the son of a New York money magnate, was in a position of com- itive independence. Knowing of Mark’s long- for a chance to spread his confined pinions, Inck had already taken steps for his friend’s ad- vancement, and had secured him the promise of a position in a New York house. As the old sailor now spoke he asked the ques- tions he knew were burning for utterance within his comrade’s breast. -t “You mean Miss eg esi hounded by detec- Levit at a burning shame! FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Mark Gretna grew pale. Upon perceiving the approach of a storm, the young men nodded good-by to Captain Ricker and began to wend their way homeward. Darkness grew upon them—for night was ap- proaching—and rain began to fall. As they crossed a prominent point overlooking the inlet, they observed a man standing just behind a pro- jecting rock, and apparently gazing through a glass at some object out upon the waters. Not- withstanding the storm he continued this oceu- pation with intense absorption. The young men approached and, accosting the stranger, inquired the object of his marked interest. “There is some person out in a boat, I cannot discover whether it is a man or woman, and the storm is giving them some trouble—try the glass and sée what your eyes will reveal,” remarked the man, giving Mark the pilot glass. “The boat seems to be out of the person’s con- trol—it is wheeling around as though the occu- ant had lost one of the oars—I cannot be sure, ut I think it is a woman.” “Let us get our boat and go gg,her rescue,” said Mark, = - “[’m your man,” said Jack. better than two against time.” “Four oars are The two friends set out at once over the swell- ing waters of the bay. The rain now fell heav- ily, and the heavens were growing blacker every moment. ' Between the darkness and rain they several times lost sight of the tossing craft, and at Jast it mysteriously disappeared altogether. They then made for a landing near Island Cave, and presently overtook the stranger they had but just parted with. * “Qur best course will be to climb the height _ to the cave. There is an opening there where we may gain a broad view of the bay. If the boat has not sunk, we may yet discover her in the waning light as the storm clears.” : They made their way to the bed of Limestone . rock and quickly ascended the rugged interior of Island Cave. There, sheltered from the pouring rain, they could obtain a view of the coast for a - wide range. The storm had spent its force, and breaking clouds were revealing a clear twilight. As the light gradually increased Mark discerned the ob- ject of their search adrift, yet near shore, where the high ledges of rock had hidden her from their sight. The person in the boat was a woman, but © the distance was too great for Mark to discover — her identity. He was filled with a vague, half- acknowledged fear; and this alarm was not les- soned when he er a —_ —— yo = a ride rapidly-toward the =hoteg cer pidly p- The fan pulled hard and at last gained on the — illusive object of his pursuit. Mark witnessed the transfer of the hapless woman to her rescuer’s boat. They saw the man was heading toward a one remote point about Island Cave. He would © their outlook presently, and if the light had head altogether merged into dusk they might be rec- ognizable. As they ce

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Swayed as though about to faint, and murmured; “Let me out of this, boys!” _ Regardless of their eager questioning, he J dashed past his companions down from their re- treat to where they had left the boat, They quickly followed and sprang after him! They pulled hard in pursuit of the boat Mark pointed - Out to them, although his reply to their excited inquiries elicited only the word, “Wait!” The couple they were following made a landing and hastened to gain the shelter of the rocks. It was a point rarely visited, and very remote -} from the town. Unaware of the approach of the | party, the couple were taken completely by sur- prise. Mark Gretna advanced toward the girl—for girl she was, and a beautiful one, notwithstand- ing her disheleved and condition—and oman Ered by the wrists, bent a look upon her face that brought a flash of shame and indigna- tion into her eyes. “Laura Beeny, are you lost indeed to all sense -of honor that you make trysts with a felon? Have you forgotten you have a father whose good name you should guard?” But even as he spoke, the stranger who had accompanied them laid his hand upon her com- panion’s shoulder, saying as he did so: “J am empowered to arrest you, Harold Cone, Bank. You are my pris- for the robbery of — mer. |. “J may be your prisoner, but I deny that I am 4 a robber,” replied the’ young man sturdily, al- though a terrible pallor had overspread his hag- gard face. “Hear my story: “ANI the employees had left the bank building one evening except myself. As I made ready to depart, 2 ~an entered unobserved by me until I saw a masked face above my own, and felt*the ay: gap of his fingers upon my throat. I ‘struggled fiercely for a few seconds, but he had surprised me, and besides, he was a powerful man, and he _ presently knocked me senseless with a well di- | rected blow from his fist. I knew'I was losing ‘} consciousness—I remember how everything grew | black about me; then I knew no more. How the | money was taken I could not say. But when I re- ~ covered he ‘was gone. In the midst of the strug- | ‘gle I had noticed something fly from his. watch guard. My eye fell upon it now, glittering on ; T picked it up, and have preserved it. Miss Beeny, who I knew But to do this I had to see t YS Sh. VRE ah, i*x= hem. : ie == er 25 After the rain was over Mark hastened to the shore to make ready the boat which had been used by Harold Cone. He succeeded in getting the water out of it, and returned to the cabin. To his astonishment and alarm, he found it empty. He hallooed, ran in every direction calling her name, At last, in wild despair, he entered the boat and pulled for Grand Cove. Arriving there he hunted up the officer who had arrested Cone. He.began to mistrust the tale he had related had been prepared before- hand in order to facilitate his escape, by getting the officer off guard. As he hastened up the main street of the town, some one touched his arm. It was Jack Hallon. “Where is Miss Beeny?” he exclaimed. Mark rapidly explained her recent mysterious disappearance from the cabin. “And that commercial fellow cannot be found, either. Disappeared this afternoon from the ho- tel, and left no baggage.” “And Cone?” “Oh, he’s safe enough. Sorry for Cone; be- lieve he told the truth.” Laura’s great anxiety to reach home and ac- quaint her father of her safety had caused Mark to hasten from her side to prepare for their re turn. > . After he left the cabin she sat waiting im- patiently his coming, when she head a noise at the door latch. Supposing it to be Mark, she felt no alarm, But when, the next moment, her eyes fell upon the form of Sam Learned she uttered a wild cry of alarm. : ~ But the ¢ry was instantly stilled, for a rough hand was Jaid over her mouth. Out in the darkness of the night she felt her- self borne whither she could not tell. At last he began the ascent of the rocks overlooking the bay. She knew now to what he was conveying her— those pale waves would have closed oyer her. Ah! what was this? A sudden jar, a heavy fall, a an! The arms of her abductor slackened, she felt herself roll from their grasp, falling through space, heard a heavy splash in the waters far below her, knew her head had struck against a projecting rock, then knew no more. _. Silence broken at last by voices of men; dark- ness cleft by the golden gleams from his lan terns, till at last, after long search, the flash of one of them illumined the pale, inanimate face of the girl they sought. “She still lives!” gasped Mark Gretna, and they bore her home. 5 And to-day Laura Beeny still lives, but not un der such name {s she now known, for she is hon- ‘his intention was death. But a few minutes and. ored as the wife of Mark Gretna, no longer an | unimportant factor in the business world. The body of Sam Learned was never recovered from the waters into which a fatal misstep had were found a mente conclusively that he war the oranda which proved -. — who robbed the bank and that Harold Cone = % > x oa =~ —

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4 26 FAME AND F ORTUNE WEEKLY NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 24, 1922 TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Gingle Coples............... Postage Free.... lente Une Copy Three Months... * Oo: lees i $ One Copy Six Monaths...... « —e .. SLIB Une Copy One Year....... st Sones SO8 _HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. oO. Moacy Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances im @ny other way are at your risk. We accept Pesta Stumps the same as cash, When sending silver t Cola in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the suyelope. Write your name and address plainly. Ad- ess rs to HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher i66 West 23d St.. New York INTERESTING ARTICLES CHECKER CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST Play began in Glasgow, Scotland, between Newell W. Banks of Detroit, Mich., and Robert Stewart of Glasgow for the world’s checker cham- pionship. Three games were played, all resulting in draws. The match will consist of forty games in all. The checker match between Banks and Stewart had been hanging fire for five years, ever since Banks defeated Alfred Jordon, English champion. Stewart at that time contested the ace but refused to leave Scotland to defend his claim. FLASHLESS GUNPOWDER Flashless gunpowder is one of the recent devel- opments of the United States Ordnance Depart- ment. Smokeless powder took away the telltale smoke and ever since ordnance experts have been work- ing to get a flashless, smokeless powder. The success of their experiments, says Popular Science, is indicated by the report that guns as large as five inches have been fired at night with so little glow that observers standing twenty yards away could hardly notice it. It is said that sodium and potassium chloride are two of the chemical substances introduced into the powder to eliminate the flash. “HOME BREWED” GOLD DECRIED BY EXPERTS The recent revival of interest in alchemy and published suggestions that artificial gold might become so abundant that the natural metal would FAME AND FORTUNE es SSC a ee WEEKLY garded as a simple element the process would be so difficult and costly as to make the gold far more expensive than the natural metal.” TRADE-MARK “MUTT AND JEFF” The Supreme Court of the United States has rendered a final adjudication of the trade-mark rights in the title “Mutt and Jeff,” as indicating the humorous cartoons originated by H. C. Fisher, and widely exploited and syndicated throughout the country in various newspapers. ~ An effect of the decision is that the proprietary right to “Mutt and Jeff” as characters is pos- sessed by Fisher, the originator, and that decis- — ions to that effect in the New York State Courts | are binding. The Supreme Court awarded to Fisher the exclusive right to the reproduction of the characters which ‘he originated, and adjudged the reproduction of these characters by others in effect to constitute unfair competition. The Court refused to entertain the contention of the de- fendant that Fisher could only copyright particu- lar postures or statements descriptive of their exploits, or that the two characters as he had de- vised them had become public property. LAUGHS Knicker—Has he got wheels in his head? Bocker—Yes, and an extra tire. “Tommy, if you’ll saw some wood I'll tell you what I'll do.” “What’s that, dad?” “I'll let you have the sawdust to play circus with.” Jack—Uncle John, do you believe in dreams? Uncle John—Why? “I dreamed last night you lent me a hundred.” “Keep it, my boy; keep it.” Son—Pa, is a diplomat a man who knows how ~ to hold his tongue? Father—No, my boy. A dip- lomat is a man who knows how to hold his job, - “Marie, after we are married, what course shall you pursue to retain my love?” “Oh, Har- ry, I shall spend an awful lot of money clothes and look just as pretty as I can.” Knicker—New Jersey objects to her Governor — spending so much time outside of the State, Bocker—Why doesn’t she elect one from another State and then he would stay in Jersey. : “Don’t cut.me, now!” “Don’t you worry, mis- e ima dime, Why, one gentleman went out of here this , 80 cents to : ter! Every time I cut a customer I pay him morning, when I was kind o’ nervous the good!” A landlord received a letter last one of his tenants, which read: on fine a I ae: =;

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HORSE AND DOG GET DRUNK. ae: big bay horse and a little goles: dog woke — ‘the morning after” in White Plains, N. ) ¥. If animals could talk, some one would have heard: cs “Qh, what a headache!” Sheriff Werner, of Westchester County, didn’t y the drain was clogged when he dumped $1,- “00. worth of seized wines, whisky and plain ied into the courthouse yard. December 31. Both paused and drank = hen began Strange antics by_ both. ae : men Re: FARMERS’ PESTS lodents in Négerdngland, chiefly meadow and pine mice, have-begun their fruit tree work early this year, according to an investigation now be- Bie conducted by the Biological Survey, United tes Department of Agriculture, and are levy- ing a heavy toll upon the orchards of that sec- tion. More than $1,000,000 worth of fruit, trees, _ it is estimated, were destroyed in New England alone by field mice during the winter of 1919- 20, thile the damage this winter may not measure 3 ag that record, apparently it promises to be nea _# vepresentative of the departinent has been agg te an extended trip throughout the section. for instance, it has, been found that <=, to severe winter weather mice have inflicted Be ore damage to orchards than any other agency. estimated that 112,500 young trees were ; <= pice, in cheie ae New Hampshire mice we en the apple i Mirae tovero. Set beck = Ew past cae In Massachusetts or- 2 repo tota lin $125,000. In one Connecticut orchard of ‘mipie- than. 350 acres damage by rodents suing “ater of 19-20 is conservatively Placed. at CATERING TO RATS. e <The importance of catering to the likes and dk of American rats is outlined in a bulletin ees Survey of the United States ment of Agriculture, whose alists are ed in a rat-control campaign if this coun- Bariuni carbonate, a tasteless and “odorless is most likel to oy aes to the FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ~ _ A FEW GOOD ITEMS rted losses two years ago from mice | San bruin has been obliged to lo divided into three -classes: Meat foods, vege- table foods and cereals. In mixing his baits the poisoner selects a food from each of the three classes,’and combines it with barium carbonate in the proportion of one part poison to four of food. Then he places a teaspoonful of each va- riety ona strip of paper or bit.of board so that the rat, traveling along his runway, finds a three- course meal all laid out for him.’ Usually one of the three baits appeals to him, and the rat population is reduced by one. Poisoned baits should be watched carefully, and uneaten baits replaced by othefs of the same class on the following evening,. In this way a wide selection of foods may be used without de- parting from the basic combination. All baits must be kept frésh and tempting if the process of extermination is carried to completion. The common practice of smearing a dab of poison on a bit of stale bread, which is then placed in some out of the way ‘corner and neglected, will not produce satisfactory results. ‘BIG GAME IN MAINE MOST PLENTIFUL Timber cruisers lately returned from Washing- ton county, Which is Maine’s: furthest east, say that, no matter how hard the times may there is no need of any man starving down there if he can shoot fairly straight, for never since the’ landing of Sieur de Mont, centuries before aeeeey was a Maine Legislature to pass protective — was big game and small game. more plenti than now. No one may shoot a moose now, a close time having been established on that game to give it a chance to recover from the slaughter of years past, but the woods of Eastern Maine are re- ported to be fairly alive with young bulls, which are as cocky and independent as so many terriers. The moose seem to know that it’s against the statutes to shoot at them. Deer, of which any man who can do it is welcome to shoot two, are multitudinous, frisky and fat. Partridges’ ‘never were more plentiful, and warm, dry spring ~ having enabled the broods to mature as seldom happens—100 per cent. But it is the bars that are the most prominent and independent citizens of the eastern eras They are there in legion, and their impudencef surpasses that of the bull moose. This year oe Washington county, according to Sie men just back from there, bears are tively per yet the Beaks a be Pa e em. rs as a Hat were few berries of ruc t up avis restaurants and do some hard traveling to find = ;

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY INTERESTING ARTICLES DOG-OIL USED FOR MEDICINE The great surgeon, Ambroise Pare, wrote. the following about the year 1540: “When I was at Turin I found a surgeon famed above all the rest for his treatment of gunshot wounds, into whose favor I found a way to insin- uate myself, that I might have the recipe of his balm as he called it, wherewith he dressed these wounds. And he made me pay my court to him for two years, before I could possibly get the re- cipe out of him. In the end, thanks to my gifts and presents, he gave it to me, which was this, to boil down, in oil of lilies, young whelps just born, and earthworms prepared with Venice tur- pentine. Then was I joyful and my heart made glad, that I had learned his remedy.” And the London Pharmacopoeia for the year 1659 contained a recipe for “dog-oil,” with the following ingredients: dags newly whelped, earthworms washed in white wine and cypress turpentine and spirit of wine.’ ONEIDA INDIANS WIN “LAND WORTH $4,000,000 : rs After a legal fight lasting eight years, the Oneida Indians have won title to one 8f the finest residential tracts: here, conservatively estimated to be worth $4,000,000, and are now f to quit the Onondaga tribe’s swampy reservation, near Syracuse, where they have been inate as out- casts, and take possession of the property. This e known recently with the announce- ment ofa Gacizing of the United States Supreme Court denying the appeal of J. H. Boylan, one of the property. owners and defendants ina suit brought by Chief Honoust of the Oneidas.. It af- firms the decision of Federal Judge George Ray of Norwich, settirg aside title of the white man to the con: property. and ‘Testoring it to the owners. More “than » thirty, years ago when Oneida was its first. Spay eames. boom the con- tested area was held by treaty by the Oneida In- dians as their reservation under Federal. juris- diction. Oneidians desired to throw that territory open ' to whites, and with State aid offered the Indians ten acres of a in Wisconsin, for every acre relinquished on the reservation. About, 80 per e#nt, of the tribe accepted the proposal and mi- =< westward, but the rest refused to take up new homes. " » In 1892 the remaining Indians who refused. to ae relinguish title to the reservation lands were dis- Bo tow d and eventual! ly mane Se the Onondaga ation. te oe%g : a ey Bigs < Bs os ates $4 aa ‘BALLS MADE ‘or quarrz IN Tres. — Whitlock, curato Rani Museum of ‘of Natural “Sallet oyl, two puppy. a the: layitiasios of flawless quartz crystals, ‘clear and absolutely col- orless, and are usualiy mounted on. bronze wrought into decorative forms, such as dragons, storks, tortoise and grotesque human figures. The clear,* polished ball, contrasting with its dark — bronze mounting, is pre-eminently an artistic ob- - ject, lending itself with especial facility to the Japanese taste, which sets aside one beautiful thing as sufficient to admire in an entire room. “In a certain sense no less marvellous than the alleged oceult powers of the crystal ball are the simple means employed by the Japanese artisans in producing them. This art, which, it is said, has been handed down from father to son for generations, consists of manual dexterity carried to a superlative degree. Armed with only two - primitive tools, the lapidary shapes from an an- gular quartz erystal a sphere of perfect round- ness and high polish. The quartz crystal is first roughly shaped to the form of a ball .by chip- ping and abrading it with a piece of steel about © twelve inches long and one-hal wide, which has a concave a! edge somewhat like a ear- penter’s gouge. When by means of this treat- ment the mass has been made round and approx-_ imately smooth, a point.of bamboo is used to. — complete the polishin quartz dust, which lodges — in the pores of the ‘bamboo, and, ‘finally, rouge. furnishing the. abrasives.” 4 MOVING PEACHES TO MARKET In handling highly perishable fruit crops, no- tably peaches, motor trucks are’ being used to — great advantage. Fruit -growers constantly are - adding to their truck equipment. As an instance, ie one Georgia grower has purchased 37 trucks in the last two years. At the largest nursery and peach orchard | “plan” in the United States, Berlin, Md., x trucks carry the entire crop of 2,500 acres of . peach trees—a crop that this year amounted to 60,900 bushels—from the orchards to the packing ¥ house, where it is loaded into refrigerator cars. — Pickers in the orchards pick the peaches into — 5s-bushel baskets and the two motor trucks carry the baskets to the packing house. Ordinarily the trucks each carry 150 to-175 baskets, and they make 12 to'15 trips a day each. On one par- ticularly busy.day one of the trucks made 13 round trips, carrying 184 baskets on each trip— — and made two runs to an orchard four miles — away to carry employees. On another occasion — one of the trucks carried a foree of employees to a subsidiary orchard at Easton, aided in picking aoa packing $16,000 worth of peaches, and car- ried its crew the 75 miles back across the East- ~ ern Shore peninsula to Berlin—al! in six da. The peach season covers only afew c * each year. But throughout the year there is work at the Berlin plant for the two trucks. _ In _ they car yments of nursery stock railroad. | ee they haul fertilizer and ott farm supplies and engage in the many’ ‘and . jobs of transportation ‘that ralagsco le ,2% themselves.

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