Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 863) (1922 04 14)

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. aol APRIL 14, 1922 i i "ONL OYS WHO MAKE MONEY, . oss “Here, come one of that case, you rascal!” cried Phil, grabbing the fellow by one of his legs and giving it a tug. The man kicked as vigorously as he could, but was unable to shake off the boy’s grip. :

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ht FAME AND FORT t 58 3: Ca ‘ Eee Wo Sar atc? Rog” fone WE" Rn OR, THE LAD WHO CHAPTER I.—Our Hero in Trouble. . “So I’ve got the kick-out at last—thrown out of a good home which should eventually be mine by rights—and politely told that hereafter I am ‘non persona grata, or in plain English, not want- ed, at the home where I was born; and all be- eause my father chose to marry a second wife, with a son of her own, and I was the stumbling- block in the path of her motherly ambitions,” said : il Forrester, as he sat by the roadside with his back against-a thick clump of bushes.. He was a fine, bright-looking boy, and had but recently graduated from the high school of his native , town. : art After a strenuous interviéw with his step- - mother he had Jeft his father’s handsome man- - sion and gone down the road to think over the lady’s ultimatum. .The new Mrs. Forrester was a woman of indomitable will and perseverance, - with all the capabilities of a master of strategy. She married Mr. Forrester for purely selfish rea- ie sons—the betterment of her social position, for. - she was ambitionus to shine as a leader, and the - future of her son Clarence, who had all his _ mother’s faults and none of her virtues! From the first she made no effort fo win the regard of -her step-son. She was a hypocrite. Her purpose «was to supplant the boy with her own son, and she did not doubt her ability to do it. To succeed with the least amount of friction it was necessary for her to obtain a complete mas- tery over her second husband, and to a woman -. of her mental resources and. personal advantages ‘this was not such a hard matter. Indeed, she was born to command; but like many strong personali- ties, she had her weakness—she was almost a slave to her undeserving son. After carrying on a quietly aggressive campaign against her step- son for a matter of six months, assisted by Clar- ence, who had an eye to his own interest, things ‘had culminated that afternoon, while Mr. For- NE WEEKLY , $450. Harry EH. Wolff. Publisher, Inc., 166 SELF MADE * ange By A SELF-MADE MAN . a neglected to lock it up when he went to lunch. After lunch he went. to his room to get a book and did not immediately return to the barn. Clarence went there, and, espying Phil’s model, looked it over, and then with aemalicious intent proceeded to pull it to pieces, breaking some of the pieces. Phil came on the scene about the time Clarence had practically ruined the model and caught him putting the finishing touches to his rascally work. That was the last straw with Phil. He handed Clarence the whipping of his life, blackening one of his eyes. : Clarence finally escaped from his angry step- brother and presented himself before his mother with a tale of woe as big as a mountain, in which he represented himself as the innocent victim of Phil’s ungovernable temper. Mrs. Forrester was greatly enraged. She sent a servant for Phil, and when the boy appeared she denounced his conduct in unmeasured terms, and declared that either she or he should leave the house. As Phil was pits site.” oT 6 1923 sick of her treatment, hé forgot himself so far — as to tell her that he wished she would leaye, as he hadn’t any peace since she had come there. Thereupon she told him that she was boss of the coop and everybody in it, and ordered him to pack his trunk and get out. He retorted that her orders didn’t go with him, and further told her that if her disagreeable son annoyed him again he would hand him another whipping that would make the first one look like a penny whistle be- side a brass horn. The madam, beside herself with anger, rang for the butler, a new acquisition employed by herself, and told him to put Phil out of the house. bodily, and the butler did it without wasting any — unnecessary time in argument. The boy not being able to cope with the muscular butler, went off to consider what he should do until his father returned to adjust the-trouble. And so we find him a mile or two down the road feeling pretty blue over the prospect ahead, his only bit of satisfaction being the whaling he had given Clarence, which he intended to repeat with in- terest, for that youth had hailed his expulsion from the grounds with great glee. “[’m afraid father will allow himself to be guided by-my stepmother, for whatever she says appears to be law with him,” thought Phil gloom- © ily. “He has already taken Clarence’s part against me on several occasions in spite of the plainest evidence showing I was the aggrieved - “party. If Mrs. Forrester puts the ultimatum up © a to him that it must be either she or me who will

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out and divvy up.” eounted by the time you get back.” ee "IN BUSINESS leave the house, I’m afraid I will get the short end, in spite of the fact that I am heir to the property.” . At that moment an automobile came from the direction of the town. Two stylishly dressed and pretty girls were in it, one of them acting as the chauffeur, and Phil recognized them both as particular friends of his. -As he wasn’t. in the ~ humor of meeting them. at-that moment, he got “up, pushed his way thteugh the bushes, crossed the field, and, entering a smiall wood, walked down into a romantic little dell. A rivulet ran through the dell. Deciding to finish his plans for _ the future there, he sat.down on a broad stone, with a line of tall bushes between him and the path through the dell. Hardly had he seated himself when two boys came rushing pell-mell - into the dell. They stopped on the other side of the bushes and breathed heavily. “Got the money, Vint?” asked one of the other. “Bet your life lve got it!” “I thought you dropped it as you were getting out of the window.” : “Drop fifteen hundred dollars! I guess not.” “But the cashier saw you leave with it. I heard him yell: ‘Drop that money, you reese rascal!’ I didn’t notice the package in your han when you slid out of the window.” _“Yiet’s make a start for the lake,” said Vint. “Ffold on. Let’s divide the money here.” ' “We'll do it on the boat.” - “No, do it now. We might get separated, and - then I wouldn’t get my half.” - “Sure you would. I’d keep it for you.” -4“T don’t want you to keep it for me. Fetch it “It’s wasting time.” = “It won’t take five minutes.” Vint pulled out the package of money and the two boys looked greedily at it, unaware that a third pair of eyes was peering through the - pushes at them and the money. _ -_“Run to the edge of the wood and see if any one is coming this way,” said Vint. “I'll have it “Nixy. I don’t stir from here till I get half -~ the money,” said Jim. - “Are you afraid to trust me?” ~ “You might run away and leave me in the lurch. Fifteen hundred dollars is a lot of mon- ey to hold on to.” - “Only. a week’s_pay for the factory hands. Well, here goes. J’ll lay the money off in two piles,” ; -_-*‘Vint began the operation, counting it as he ‘went. There were $5 and $10 bills first, and then a lot of ones and some twos. Phil Forrester watched the division of the money, at the same time making up his mind that he would butt into the case, get hold of the money and restore it to the factory people. His idea was to startle the - two thieves and then grab their spoil. He softly picked up a good-sized stone, and as Vint laid down the last bill, flung it into the bushes oppo- site, ; 2 - : - Then he shouted: “Now I’ve got you!” shoved himself through the bushes, and seized hold of the two piles.o of money. The boys made a grab for the money, and, failing to get it, dashe off as fast as their heels could carry them and dis- appeared among the trees” - prisoners of them. FOR HIMSELF eee “That was easy,” chuckled Phil, putting the money. into each of his side pockets. “Now, UH take it back to the cashier of the factory.” He started in the direction he knew the nov- | elty factory lay, soon passed through the wood, - crossed a big field, got over a fence and made his way into the yard of the establishment, where he — found several excited clerks talking. “Where’s the cashier?” he asked one. “In the — oflice?” : “No; he’s leading a hunt for two young thieves who stole a bunch of money out of the office a while ago.” “How did they do it?” asked Phil. “One of them crawled in through one of the back windows, and, watching his chance, slipped into the counting room and got away with the any right under the cashier’s nose,” he was told. “Which way are you chasing them?” “Over that way,” waving toward the road. “What makes you think they went that way?” “They were seen running in that direction.” “T saw two boys ih the wood ten minutes or so ago.” “You did! What did.they look like?” Phil described Vint and Jim. ; “Those are the rascals. I must tell the man- ager. He’s phoned for the police and we expect them here soon.” 4 “J heard one say that they would cross the lak in Dixon’s boat.” The clerk rushed for the offices and Phil fol- lowed him. : : CHAPTER Ii.—Caleb Drew, Miser. “Can I see the manager?” said Phil, a few minutes later, of the clerk, when he came out. | “Yes. You’re the party who told us about having seen the boys in the wood. The manager —_ sent me to bring you into his office. He wants — to ask you about ther.” pean ’ Phil accompanied the clerk in. “This is the boy, sir,” said the clerk. “How do you do, young man! I understand you saw two boys in the wood whose description answers that of the young rascals who stole — $1,500 from the counting room.” aoe _“I saw two boys, and they were the thieves, all right,” said Phil, as the clerk retired. } “You seem to be confident of the fact. You — haye formed your opinion from what you heard from the clerks in the yard?” Exes “No, sir. I formed my opinion when I over- — heard the boys say they had robbed this fac- ~ tory of $1,500.” “You héard them say that?” “TI did.” ; ; Z “Did you make any effort to capture them?” _ “T had little chance of catching them and get- ting the money, too.” : 54 “Couldn’t you have nailed one of them?” “I might have done so, but I thought more of getting the money away from them tions making | é : I don’t. think I could have hale: either if they stuck together and put up.a > 2 S = ral Sa a = _ “Well, what did you do, anyway?” : “I was behind some bushes and they didn’t see —

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IN BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF me. When I saw them start to divide the money I thought I saw a chance of getting it away from them by strategy.” Well,” said the manager. ‘ “One of them counted the bills out while both crouched close to where I was. I waited till the ‘right moment, then tossing a stone into the bushes opposite to distract their attention for a moment, t gave a shout and reached for the two piles of bills.” . ‘ “Did you get them?” asked the manager, in a tone of excited interest. eRse “J did. Here they are. I believe the money is all there, but I can’t swear to it,” said Phil, tak- ing the two wads out of his pockets and iaying them down on the manager’s desk. : “By George! You did well, young man,” said the gentleman. “Pardon me while I run over the money.” : : -In a few minutes he announced that every dollar was accounted for. : “Young man, you shall be rewarded for this. - You deserve a suitable recognition for your serv- ices. Let me know who you are. Seems to me I have seen you before.” se - “My name is Phil Forrester. I live at Forrest Lodge, two miles from here up the road. My father is George Forrester, head of the firm of George Forrester & Co., wholesale liquor dealers in town,” replied the boy. . “E know George Forrester by reputation, and _I have seen the Lodge often. -It is a handsome piece of property. Glad to make your acquaint- ance. You have placed our company under great obligation. This.money would have been a seri- is. ous loss to us, had those rascals got clear off : with it. I fancy the police would have nabbed them in a day or two at the outside, but still it _-is possible they might have escaped with their ' booty. Your prompt action has simplified the business, and, as I said before, your services in the matter will not be overlooked. In addition to that, I beg you to accept my personal thanks. There is my card.” The manager’s name was William Fairbanks. “You are welcome, Mr. Fairbanks,” said Phil. “Now I think I will go.” . Shaking hands with the manager, Phil took his _ departure. Now that the excitement was over, _. the boy’s thoughts returned to his personal trou- ples. he treatment he had received from his step-mother, unfair as it was, did not gall him so much as the handling he got from the butler, a jhired servant. And he was pretty sore on -. Clarence, too. It was getting on toward dinner - time, and he did not propose to be cheated out of his meal. If, when the matter was brought - before his father, he received no support, he - determined to leave home and go to work. He saw it was impossible to gst along with _ his step-mother, for she was resolved on getting —yid of him. He walked back to the house and went to his room unchallenged. He saw that Clarence had been in there and upset things gen- erally. While he was putting them to rights his _step-brother walked in, but came to a stop on sas Brees : ; 4 _ “What are you doing here? Don’t you know ou’ye been kicked “Someb tout?” : 5 ly else will be kicked out of here be- fore he gets many moons older.” PROP AAT H é £ “Tf you mean me, you're dreaming. I'll stay here as long as my mother does, and as she is boss of the coop I guess she’s a fixture. You’d better get out before I send the butler up to fire you again.” {When my father hears about how that serv- ant laid his hands on me he’ll get the hook in short order.” 4 “Will he? I guess not. My mother hired him, and nobody else will put him out.” “We'll see. This is my father’s house, not your mother’s.” j “What's his is hers} and what’s hers is mine, Fee one of these days I expect to own everything ere. “Where do I come in?” asked Phil sarcastically. “You don’t come in at all. If you had behaved yourself, and treated me with proper respect and ~ deference, we might have let you have a thou- sand dollars, but now you won’t get anything.” “As I happen to be my father’s son, the law will have something to say about that in case anything should happen to my father.” “My mother will see to that. She'll see that your father makes a will cutting you off witha dollar, or maybe $100. I heard her say so.” Phil hadn’t thought about such a possibility, and Clarence’s words gave him quite a shock. Mrs. Forrester was quite capable of doing such a thing, and the afternoon’s events would prob- ably hasten such action on her part. If she carried her point with his father he would be disinherited. Clarence sat down on Phil’s trunk near the door and seemed to enjoy the effect his words had produced. i “You'll have to work for your living,” he said, “so the sooner you get busy, the better.” \ “And what do you intend to do for a living?” said Phil. “Me? here.” “Admitting for the sake of argument that you eventually do come into this property, how long do you suppose you could keep the place run- ning? “Your father has a business and is worth mon-. I’d sell the business for as much as I Then to make sure I’ll marry some That would make me pertty solid, I ey besides. could get. rich girl.. guess.” } “Do you think any girl would have you?” “Any girl would jump at the chance to live in. this house. T[’ll give Daisy Green the first chance. I rather fancy her.” Miss Green was the only daughter of the puede!” ident of the First National Bank in town, and 2 9 , I intend to be a gentleman and live. she had all the advantages of wealth and good looks. was smitten on her, just the same. Phil had made her acquaintance at a Sunday-school picnic and had impressed-her by his manly qualities, ~ Clarence only knew her by sight, but he © Bc but he had found no opportunity to follow up the ~ acquaintance. Tt rather viled Phil to hear Clarence refer to Daisy, though at the same time he didn’t believe: that a girl of Miss Green’s sense would give such a chap as Clarence a second thoughk At _ that moment the first bell for dinner was rung. “TH have to go. 7 You'd better start for town and go to a resta 7 > No use of you coming down, for you won’t be allowed in the dining rooni. |

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4A IN BUSINESS rant. If yeu haven’t. the price Vil lend you a quarter,” said Clarence, with a grin of satisfac- tion. . : Then he left the room. “To think of that puppy putting on airs in this house!” said Phil to himself. “Oh, there’ll be a day of reckoning yet.” Paying no attention to his step-brother’s words Phil dressed himself for dinner and when the second bell rang he went downstairs and ‘took his place at the table. The butler looked at him, but did not attempt to stop him. Presently Mrs. Forrester and Clarence came in. The former ignored Phil’s presence entirely. She did not or- der the butler to remove him from the room as the boy half expected she would. When her an- ger evaporated after Phil’s departure that after- * noon, she felt that she had made a mistake in proceeding to extremes with him: She expected he would come back, and she in- tended to take no further action against him, but would wait till Mr. Forrester got back and then she would see whether or not she couldn’t impress on her husband the advisability of send- ing him to some college preparatory school, and thus remove him from Forrest Lodge.” Mother and son talked together while Phil ate his dinner in solemn silence. When the meal _ was over the boy went to his room. Usually he found pleasure in reading, but on this occasion he could not content himself with a book. His mind was disturbed by the state of affairs, and after a walking up and down his room for a few min- utes he put on his hat and left the house. He Started up the road toward town at a slow pace in the gathering darkness. He had no objective point in view. He just wanted to get away from - the house and consider what he would do if his father went aga ~ likely to do. inst him, as he feared he was After walking a mile or so, Phil eame to a halt under the wide-spreading branches of a towering oak tree. Leaning against the side of it, Phil continued to ruminate. It was a*dark and cloudy evening, and the cool night breeze whispered through the - - branches’and leaves above him, as if speculating on the presence of the solitary boy in that lone some spot. Phil did not concern himself about that night—his immediate future was of far more importance to him. He hardly noticed the - automobile that swept past with a rush from the - _. direction of the town. serve the approach of three men from the same He certainly did not ob- direction, even when they got close to the tree and paused on the side opposite to where he - stood—a motionless shadow, seemingly a part of ’ the tree itself, in the gloom. aes But their voices soon apprised him of their ' proximity. And presently the bright gleam of a ~ match, followed by intermittent flashes, indicated - that one of them was lighting a cigar or a pipe. He might have taken advantage of-the match ~ glow to look around at the men, but he didn’t, for he was not interested in them. That is, not =: at that moment he wasn’t, but his feelings pres- ently underwent a change, as their conversation took hold on his ears.. The first thing that aroused his attention was the name of Caleb Drew, which was mentioned by one of the stran- gers. Drew was a reputed miser who lived in small old-fashioned - cottage. a mile away from FOR HIMSELF that spot, and as far from the road. -His only companion was a granddaughter, said to be a very lovely girl of fifteen, who kept house for him. Owing to the sequestered situation of the cottage, which stood close to the bank of a creek that emptied into the lake referred to in the previous chapter, and not far from the edge of the wood in which Phil had that afternoon en- countered the young thieves, little was seen of Caleb Drew’s grand-daughter. She never went anywhere, and it was only at rare intervals that some boy or farm hand of the neighborhood got a close view of her. She was often seen from a distance, her sunbonnet bobbing up.and down, tending to. the little truck patch at the back of the cottage, but whenever she observed the approach of a stranger, and everybody was a stranger to her, she quickly yan- ished into the house and did not reappear again till he had passed on his way. She was there- fore an object of not a little curiosity in the neighborhood, and this curiosity extended to Phil Forrester among the rest. He had tried all sorts of devices to surprise her out of doors, but had never -sueceeded in doing so, for she was very watchful, he found, and invariably. fled at his approach. Caleb Drew acquired the name of being a miser because it was known that he was well off, rich enough to own a finer mansion than Forrest Ledge, and put on as much style as he chose, Instead of which he dressed in old faded clothes, of an antique cut, and never spent a cent more than was absolutely necessary -for the frugal support of himself and his grandchild, and as they lived largely on garden stuff, his expense account was not alarmingly high. Sie 2 Drew’s. wealth was largely invested in gilt- edged bonds, and these he kept in a strong safe in a small alcove off his bedroom on the second floor. This alcove was built of brick, from the ground up, and as the rest of the cottage was wholl constructed of wood, chimneys excepted, it looked — from the outside like an extra large chimney, and was considered as such, for the old man had car- ried out the idea by having it continued to the roof and there shaped like the top of a large chimney. So when Phil heard the name of Caleb Drew mentioned by one of the men on the other side of the tree he became all‘ attention. te CHAPTER II.—The Contemplated Robbery. “You, are sure that the old man keeps his ‘ iam wealth in his cottage?” said one of the men, and ~ the significance of his words greatly increased Phil’s interest in the conversation that easily reached his ears. saeoes “Yes, ’m sure of it. Most of it is in coupon bonds, which are negotiable on sight, and. can easily be sold without question. ed up in the vaults of our bank, where they would be absolutely safe, and where he could go four times ayear to cut off the coupons. As it~ is, he calls at the bank four times a year with the coupons, we cash them, and he carries the money away with him, presumably to his cott for he keeps no account with our bank, nor If he wasn’t an ~ old fool of a miser he’d have the securities lock- 2

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IN BUSINESS any other that I have been able to find out. Judging his wealth by the coupons that pass ‘through my hands every quarter, I should say that he’s worth at least $100,000.” '-- “Without speaking about the cash he probably has in the house, too?” said the other. “Yes.” ; : _ “Then we ought to make a fine haul.” “We are bound to. A hundred thousand dol- jars is worth taking a big risk to get hold of. You fellows will do as you please with your shares, but I’m going to Europe to remain for good. A chap can spread himself there for half -what it costs him in this land of high prices.” “One hundred thousand in salable bonds. will give us over $30,000 each. That’s more than Bill and me have ever pinched in our lives. Then maybe we'll find ten or fifteen thousand more in eash. It’s a regular gallus crib to crack. The house, you say, is all by itself, near a wood, and not another house within half a mile?” _ “Yes. . A creek is on one side of it and the “wood on the other. It’s as lonesome a spot as you could wish for in a settled district.” _“There’s nobody in the house but the old man “> and a girl?” “The girl is his grand-daughter, and is as pret- ,.. ty-as a picture.” ee. "Why didn’t you make up to her, marry her and then you’d have stood in line for the whole of the old man’s money?” grinned the other. _ “Tf did: try to get acquainted with her, but it was no use. The old fellow is too careful of her. He doesn’t intend to let her get married as long as he lives. He couldn’t get another housekeep- -er like her. He knows he can depend on her. _ $he’s as good as a watch dog when he’s away at ‘town, but he doesn’t leave the cottage any of- _ tener than he can help.” of his wealth, and as we ,can count on him hav- ing a big revolver we'll probably have to lay him out stiff to save ourselves.” ~ . -. “You won’t have to do anything of the kind. _He won’t be at the cottage to-night to interfere with: us. We'll have only the girl to face, and _ she won’t count a whole lot, even with a gun in - her hands.” . - “How do you know the old man won’t be home? ~ Seems to me it’s the last thing such an old fel- - low would do as to go away from his place at night.” : - “There’s only one thing I know of would take - kim away, and that’s the news of the death of his old sister, who is pretty well fixed herself. - She lives in Clyde, 150 miles from here. I was _ there Sunday and arranged to have a letter, _ annoyncing the old lady’s sudden death, and re- = questing his immediate attendance to take charge ee of her property, sent to Drew, care of our bank. 5 I expected the letter to arrive this morning and I was on the lookout for it. It came and I held on to it till two o’clock, when I showed it to the a on pecs t : A -eashier. As I expected, he told me to send it out “He’s bound to put up a stiff fight in defense ~ dark'and silent, and the door closed tight, doubt- - and become impatient, for he knew that the three FOR HIMSELF . 5 made before the flood. So he’s out of the way, Sates and there’s no one at the cottage but the girl.” ue “Good. You’ve got a great head, Becker. You have been wasting your energies as a cheap bank Bt clerk. You’d be an ornament to our profes- — sion.” < ; : “No; you chaps have to take too many chances in the course of your business. If your heads are level you'll quit the crooked game after this night’s work and enjoy yourselves for the rest of your lives on your share of the old man’s hoarded wealth. We'll sell the bonds in Chicago and cross into Canada by steamer. I can get passage to England from Halifax. I would sug- gest that you two come with me. At any rate, I would advise you to keep out of this country for some time to come, ‘for when Drew gets back home, which will happen as soon as he can con- nect with a return train after finding out in Clyde that he was hoaxed, and discovers that he has been cleaned out of all his securities, he’s - going to make a big effort to catch the perpe- ; trators of the outrage.” eae on “We might be caught selling the bonds.” + “Y’ve figured that we'll be able to reach Chi- : cago in the morning by catching the midnight express. Drew won’t be able to get back home much before noon to-morrow. It will be well along in the afternoon before the police get busy. We will be able to get rid of the bonds in three or four hours if we are lively.” Fae “Tf you intend to leave by the midnight train we have little time to lose.” mis “We have none at all. It is eight o’clocg now. Where did you leave your bag of tools?” ; ; “At the roadhouse, half a mile from here, where Bill and I put up.” : : Roe “We'll go there, get the tools and start for the old man’s cottage. It won’t take us many min-" utes to break in, and after we have gagged the girl and locked her in her room, We'll have a clear field to work in. Come on.” 3 s Becker, the bank clerk, started off and his companions followed him. orice “So those rascals—two of whom are profes- sional crooks, I should judge, while the third is a clerk-in one of the town banks—are going to rob Caleb Drew to-night of the securities he has — in his cottage, after sending the old man on a wild-goose jaunt 150 miles away, to get rid of- him. It. strikes me they’re going to meet with a snag. -I shall make my way to the old man’s cottage right away, warn his grand-daughter of — what is on the ecards; and help defend her and her grandfather’s property. I’m feeling just in- the right kind of humor to take a few chances to-night in a good cause,” said Phil to himself, as he started off at a rapid walk for Caleb. - Drew’s. cottage. He knew the location well, for he had been ~— there a dozen times in fruitless efforts to get a — close view of the old man’s grand-daughter, so he had no trouble in reaching the place by the ~ nearest route. As he expected, the cottage was pO es a less well bolted on the inside. Phil knocked on — the front door, but there was no reply. ; He pounded egain and again, without result, Se ef rascals would soon arrive, and if they found him | there he was sure to have a run in with them, at — 3 ae se aot SS a " Ete

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6 a disadvantage that would in all likelihood result in his capture? Then they would probably gag him and tie him to a tree in the wood, where ‘he would not soon be rescued. Phil was satisfied that the lone girl inside heard the rumpus he was making at the door. She would have heen deaf if she hadn’t, for he was now making a noise loud enough to wake the dead. What he feared was that he had frightened her so much that she was afraid to come to even an upper window. He had to admit that a girl in her position would _ have to be endowed with more than ordinary nerve not to be greatly alarmed by the racket. _ Finally he concluded to call out and say that he was a boy, and had a message for her. If she : comprehended what he said, this might reassure z her somewhat. “Open the window, young lady, I’ve an impor- tant message for you,” he said. “Don’t be afraid, miss; I’m only a boy.” Wither Phil’s words had their effect, or the girl ‘summoned up courage enough to investigate the ~ eause of the disturbance. The second-story win- dow on the right was raised and a tremulous ‘girlish voice asked what. the intruder wanted. he darkness prevented Phil from seeing even the vaguest outline of the girl; but that amount- » ed to nothing, as he knew she was there. acre name is Phil Forrester, and I live at For- rest andere: My mission here at this hour of the ‘night is to protect you and your grandfather's property from three rascals who are on the way here at this moment, with the purpose of break- . ing into the cottage and robbing it. They know that your. grandfather is not at home to guard either you or his wealth—that he went to Clyde this evening by the quarter-past-six train. They - expect to have an easy job, because they do not’ consider you much of an obstacle in their way. I overheard their scheme a short time ago, and _ as there was no time to go to town to notify the police, I determined to come here and act as your defender. I beg you will come down and admit me without delay, so that we can make our plans - for foiling the rascals.” . Fs ae this the truth you are telling me?” said the gir ; “Tt is, You need not fear to trust me, miss, for I am the son of a gentleman. Doubtless you have heard the name of Forréster mentioned by “your grandfather. The Lotlge is about two miles from _hre.” bees “T have heard the name. I believe you are all - you claim, but I dare not admit you, for I am. antirely alone.” -. “J can understand and appreciate your reluc- tance, but this is no time to stand on a question ‘of propriety. Your grandfather's property is at eS cake, not to speak of what is likely to happen _ to you when these men force their entrance. You -. may have a revolver to protect yourself with, but can you hope to stand off three rascals bent on plunder? They will probably tie you hand - and foot and lock you in your room, where you will have to remain till rescued. With me in the ~ house your chances will be much better of es- - eaping such a fate. Between us I think we will win out.” ; ; : _ “Oh, dear, I know not what to do. If what _ you say is true I am igdeed in great peril. And my grandfather is so opposed to strangers wound, bandaged his head and sat by his side. 7 IN BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF : being admitted to the house that—that I dare not disobey his commands.” “Then you won’t let-me in?” : “TT cannot.” ‘“Then I will stay outside and do my bes against these ruffians, but without a weapon, and being only a boy, you ought to see that the odds are too great for me to overcome. If they do me up, your only chance will be gone.” - “Wait a moment and I will throw you a xre-’ volver,” said the girl. “You have more than one, then?” “We have,” she replied. She retired from the window, and Phil impa- tiently awaited her return. She was gone but a minute, then Phil saw a shadow leaning out of the window. “Catch,” she said. : The weapon fell and Phil caught it in his arms. “Thank you, miss. I will do my utmost in your behalf. If I fail, do not. blame me. The rascals are likely to be here at any moment now. They will probably make their attempt to enter from the back. If you have nerve enough, go down with a revolver, and if they succeed in forcing a window, shoot at the first who tries to enter. I will take them in the rear, and maybe an unexpected shot or two from me will frighten them off.” ; With those words Phil waved his hand and retired into the darkness while the shivering girl closed the window and all was again silent around the cottage. wea After quite a long wait the sound of voices heralded the approach of the three rascals. They — soon appeared under a window of the house, in ~ which they smashed a pane, and one inserted his hand and unlocked the fastening. Then one of the villains’ proceeded to crawl through the win- dow. Just then a shot was fired from within and the crook yelled, “I’m shot!” and fell backward just as Phil fired a shot and another pitched for- ward on his facé. The third man, Beckery the bank clerk, now took to his heels, followed by @ shot from Phil’s revolver. at Phil now advanced toward the burglar he had wounded, when suddenly that individual rose on ¥ ae ae L EN 8 me Te AN ERS a Z Pit oS hele i Siena uorind Setar WHER PMY NR PLA hC tN TA his elbows and fired a shot at Phil, which caught 3 him on the side of the head. : Then a face appeared at an open window the miser’s daughter was trying to pierce the gloom and see how matters stood. She thought that’ her preserver would call up at her, but he did not, ‘Then a strong shaft of moonlight lit up the ground down below and showed her three’ figures stretched out there. One of them ap- peared to be a boy. It might be ee hero who had — been injured or killed in her defence, Se So she waited for nothing else to happen, but _ shut the window, went to the back door, undid the bolts, opened it and went around the house to where the figures lay. She passed one man — who lay perfectly still and came to Phil. She — knew he must be the one who had warned her, _ and so she determined to take him into the house, which she did do, after dragging him in through ~ the back door with considerable exertion. She dragged him to the sitting-room and managed to get him on a Jounge. She then washed out the

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IN BUSINESS After a while Phil came to his senses and opened his eyes and saw where he was and who was with CHAPTER IV.—Phil and Flossie Drew. “Where am I, and what happened to me?” said Phil, raising his hand to his bandaged head as he became conscious of the pain and throbbing ero are in the cottage,” she said softly. “I “brought you in from the yard when I discovered “vou had been shot by one of those terrible men. ou are wounded on the side of the head, but I think it is not dangerous.” — : She could not tell whether it was dangerous or “not, but spoke as she did to reassure him. “How do you feel?” she added anxiously. _ “’ye an awful pain in my head,” he replied, ipping the lounge to stifle a groan. “I feel a it dizzy and uncertain, but otherwise—I guess— ’m right.” ere pers fond is hot. You have a fever,” she said, laying her hand on his forehead. aoe The cool touch of her fingers soothed while it thrilled hin. He closed his eyes with a sense of vestfulness. She regarded him anxiously. She felt he ought to have a doctor, but the nearest one was more ps two miles away, and the - clock pointed at eleven. eS boy!” she breathed, as she softly ca- “vessed his forehead. The pain seemed less severe to Phil under the touch of her fingers. i : she felt less embarrassed, and it seemed the right thing to do for her to brush his head with her hand. The magnetism in her touch presently sent him off to sleep, and when she saw that she felt encouraged. “He will get well;” she thought eagerly. will stay here and watch by him.” ‘ -- And through the long night she remained near him, and watched him as a mother might her sleeping babe. x5 Wesabe , her head fell back on the easy-chair and she slept herself. And thus Phil found her when he awoke, feeling much better. The sunshine was trying to struggle through the closed front “shutters, but without much ‘success. The lamp on the table was burning low, and Phil thought _ it was yet night. ‘As he lay there he remembered everything that had happened, and he knew that the angelic-looking sleeper in the chair was Caleb -Drew’s grand-daughter. ae — *] thought Daisy Green about as pretty as they »eome, but mercy, she isn’t in it with this girl! ~ What a shame & keep such a flower housed up in this old cottage! Her grandfather ought to be kicked for it. And to think she brought me in here and tended to me like an angel after I was shot. It is a satisfaction to me to feel that I ‘saved her from rude treatment and prevented that robbery from being carried out. I ought to stand well with the old man in consequence, and maybe he’ll let me call here once in a while. ie doesn’t, I'll call anyhow. She won’t refuse q e me a stolen interview in the truck patch or somewhere else.” Fon eetiee : ; He dropped his legs on the floor os sat up. “yt per his the rought him close to the girl a While his eyes were closed . Toward morning her eyelids. The charm . -. ed her. FOR HIMSELF 7 that hung about her was so irresistible to him that to save his life he couldn’t resist the temp- tation to kiss her gently. She awoke with a start, saw his face close to hers, and instinctively realized what he had done. With a little ery of maidenly confusion she jumped up and seemed about to fly the room. “Please don’t #°; I beg your pardon for kiss- ing you. I couldn’t help it. You are so beauti- ful and I am awfully grateful to you for fixing my head,” said Phil earnestly. “Don’t be angry with me. I am sorry I startled you. It wasn’t fair of me. Scold me if ‘you will. I won’t say a word. I deserve it, only forgive me. I’ prom- ise not to do it again.” . There was something in his voice that detain- She was so ashamed and embarrassed, -but she wasn’t angry. No young man, or any ‘did last night. man but her grandfather, had kissed her before, Her eyes shone like twin stars as she thought how handsome this boy was, and how he had risked his life the night before to protect her and save her grandfather’s wealth. It was wrong of him to kiss her as she lay asleep, but —well, it was nice to be kissed by such a fine- looking boy; who was a gentleman’s son, and . had done so much for her and her And he seemed so sorry for taking the liberty— how could she scold him? Then her eyes rested on the blood-stained bandage about the wound. Her confusion changed to solicitude. “Your head—how does it feel now?” she venturing a step nearer. ‘ “& whole lot better. Teel my head and see if the fever is gone,” he replied. i After a momentary hesitation she came for- ward and laid. her hand on fis brow. ~ “The fever you had is gone. . You will get well without a doctor, I think.” “T don’t need any better doctor than you. You ‘are as fine as silk. But here we are talking, and I don’t know your name.” “Flossie Drew,” she said, with a smile. “Flossie stands for Florence, doesn’t it?” “Yes, but grandpa always calls me Flossie. I think I like it better.” . “So do I,” ‘said Phil promptly. “Phil and ~ Flessie—sounds euphonious, don’t you think?” — asked, andfather. Fr “i fe5 She laughed softly, and the sound was as musi- eal as chimes. “Do you know you’re a fine girl, Miss Drew— the finest I’ve ever met.” - ; She blushed and dropped her eyes. “You mustn’t talk that way to me,” she said. “Why not? certainly the loveliest girl——” I like to tell the truth. You are sae “Don’t,” she protested, stopping his lips with : f ae) i pes : her fingers. “Come, now, how do you like me? Don’t you think you’d like to have me for a friend?” » . “Yes,” she said, looking him straight in the — face. she “Thank you for saying so. i friends I) shall feel more than repaid for what I Do you think your grandfather will object?” : ah ~’“T don’t know. You have saved him from be- ing robbed. I think he will appreciate that; but. he does not want me to know anybody. He says nobody is good enough for me.” . “I agree with him there. You're a y Kies If we remain’ : heey f¥e o. 34

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ee -S 8 choice little bunch of charms. If he objects to our acquaintance, I'll call around and see you on the quiet.” : 4 “No, no; you mustn’t do that.” “No? And yet a moment ago you admitted you would like me for a friend.” “Tt would, with grandpa’s consent.” A “Then T’ll have to win his consent. I[’ll tell him. PU) call my services square for that.” She smiled. Phil noticed that there was no metry or goo-goo eyes about her smile. She did not use her charms to captivate him. They had done that without any effort on her part. — “Lie down and let me rebandage your wound,” she said. Phil needed no urging for that. It was a pleasure to him to feel her fingers about his head. The pleasure, however, proved to be rather pain- ~ ful when she started to remove the cloth she had laid next to the wound. In spite of the salve, it stuck in places and hurt him. She decided she would have to get a little warm water, and when she went inte the kitchen she found it was broad daylight. She threw open the other closed blind and then started the necessary fire to heat the water. When she returned she threw open the shutters. of the sitting room. “Hello, it’s morning,” said Phil, as the sun flashed in on his face. She turned out the lamp and then attended to his head. While fixing it she asked him to go ‘eutside and see if the two men were dead. Phil ~~ followed her into the kitchen, and when she threw open the door they both looked out. The wound- ed crook under the window was Sitting up and groaning. The other ~had disappeared. Phil jooked at the wourlded man and decided he was in a pretty bad way. ; “He ought to be taken to the hospital without delay,” he said. “Have you a horse and wagon in the barn?” “Yes. I will _ the team,” said Flossie. Phil was not accustomed to putting a horse to a wagon, but he managed to do it without much difficulty. When the rig was ready the difficulty that presented itself was to get the wounded man into the wagon without hurting him. He helped the girl into the wagon, and then lifted the groaning man up to her and she dragged him in, with his help, and placed him upon a straw . bed covered with a blanket. “TI yeturn as soon as I can,” said Phil, wav- ing his hand to her. e drove to the road, thence into town, and direct to the hospital. There he explained how __ the man had received his wound. _ “Have you notified the police?” said the hos- . pital attendant, who directed the reception of the patient. = ails _. “No,” said the boy. “Then do so at once.” ; -. . “¥ intend to,” said Phil. Fae Ss ’ "At the station house the told his story ows i ~ and asked that the -two rascals, one wounded, _ who-had got away, be looked for. The police mies Bee said it would be his duty to place Miss Drew under arrest for shooti Bag man Sag was jn the hospital. Phil begged him not to’ do any- ~ Rs “ E ero et the key so you can hitch up , identify Si ees : found his ee s visit te thing like that until her grandfather returned Chicago. Mrs. Forrester had seen to it thatvhe IN BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF 7 from Clyde, so that she could be bailed out by the old man. “Oh, the arrest will only be a technical one unless the fellow she shot should happen to die, Pll send an officer back with you to look for a clue to the route taken by the pair who got away ~ and he will put the girl under arrest, but will not take her away. She will have to promise to be in court when wanted. If we catch the men, can you identify the one who shot you?” “No, I couldn’t. It was too dark, and I was taken unawarse by the rascal.” Phil returned to the cottage with the officer, and the detective explained to the girl, whose - beauty and gentleness impressed him, that he was obliged to place her under arrest for the shooting, as a matter of form. She was a bit frightened but Phil reassured her. She had breakfast cooked for both of them, and while the detective was looking around the immediate neighborhood they sat down to it. The detective found indications that both men had gone toward the town, and he returned there without finding” any further trace of either of them. Phil tol Flossie that he would stay with -her till her grandfather got back, and she was very glad to have him do so. He helped her prepare dinner and soon after they had eaten it Caleb Drew came back in a very disturbed frame of mind over the hoax that had been played upon him. He was surprised and angry to find Phil with Flossie, but when, the cause of his presence was explained in connection with the events of the night before his sentiments underwent a com- plete change. He thanked Phil for his services, — expressed his regret that he had been wounded, and gave the boy permission to call at the cottage baie Ag Fife agate to do ae concession at made both of the young ple quite happy. They had become very pode tends anes ths morning, and Flossie no longer felt shy in Phil’s company. The boy’s statement concerning Beck- er, the bank clerk, being the prime factor in the attempted burglary, a fact he had kept from the police until he had seen the oldman, induced Drew to harness up his rig and ask Phil to ae- company him to town. He told the boy that Becker was employed by the First National Bank, and was the clerk who handled his bond coupons. He was surprised, he said, that the young man should be guilty of such business, but Phil’s “statement, as val as the circumstances, left little doubt about it. They drove to the bank and had an interview with the president. That gentleman, Mr. Green, was as- tonished at Phil’s revelations. Becker was called alyzed and showed guilt in every feature. He denied his complicity, but the police were com- © municated with and he was arrested as a/suspect, — though it was considered doubtful if anything — roved against him, for Phil could not im as having been one of the three ly circumstantial and without corroboration, | - A detective, however, was put on the job of — Drew, and it was hoped he could: be connected — with it: Phil got home in time for dinner, and — in and confronted with the charge. He was par- could he burglars, and the charge against him was pure- tracing up the letter mailed from Clyde to Caleb had returned from his visit to 7

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IN BUSINESS heard her version of the previous afternoon’s trouble with Clarence first, with her son to back E up the story. ; ; ; ~ After dinner Mr. Forrester called his son into the library and demanded to know why he was always scrapping with his stepbrother. Phil told him why in plain words. Clarence was call- ed in and gave Phil the lie point-blank. A heated argument followed. The butler was summoned and admitted that he had run Phil off . the grounds by Mrs. Forrester’s orders, but had not touched him when he came back. . Mr. Forrester saw his wife and suggested that : Clarence be sent to a boarding school, so as to Z separate the boys ifor a while. Mrs. Forrester Phil be shipped off to some school. Mr. For- rester, who proposed to take his son into his store, objected, whereupon the lady declared she would leave the house and sue for a separation. That threat brought the gentleman to terms, as his wife counted on it would. Next morning Phil was informed that he was to be sent to some big academy. aot He took the news without a word of protest, for he knew it would avail him nothing, and ¥ made up his mind that he would leave the house i and make his own way in the world. He decided to get in business for himself, and had already picked out the business, provided’ he could bor- - row the necessary capital. He intended to ask Caleb Drew to loan him the money, for he had - some reason to believe that the old man might be induced to accommodate him. : ir" ; =. Si CHAPTER V:—Leaving His Home. After lunch Phil paid a visit to Manager Fair- -. child of the novelty ape “Mr. Fairchild” he said, “I’d like to go into _ the novelty business, and I. want to know what ‘arrangements your company will make with me to handle a full line of your goods, either in town or elsewhere.” : _ *So vou propose to run a business of your own to going in with your father and learning the - liquor trade?” said the manager. ; “My father has made a lot of money out of the liouor business, but for reasons of my own I decided to keep out of it. As a matter of fact, I don’t believe I am adapted to it. Anyway, I’d refer to start out on my own hook and see if can’t do something indépendent of my father.” “Your father is willing that you should, I sup- - pose, and will provide the capital to start you?” _ No, sir; my father is not going to: provide the capital.” ; “Indeed! You have other means of getting a backing, then?” ; _ “Vd rather not discuss that matter. As I have done this company a favor,-I have called to see if a a terms I can secure a supply of your line of - novelties, how much credit you will be willing to let_ me have, with a suggestion as to the best lo- ality for me to begin operations in.” pees 4 pe epmipany, will be glad to meet you more _ than halfway in any proposition that looks feas- es ; yefused to part with her son and demanded that. _ the obligation can be returned by appointing me rh * serve’ her purpose. FOR HIMSELF -- ible, and we will allow you all the credit you may need, but, young man, the difficulty in the wa is your lack of experience in business, and lac of knowledge concerning our business. That, ~ however, I cah put you in the way of overcoming if you are willing to consider a proposition from me. “I will hear your proposition and adopt it if I think well of it,” said Phil. “Your father might have other views concern- ing you.” ; *“T’m not bothering myself with his views. I might as well tell you the truth: I am about to leave home and face the world on my own hook on account of my stepmother, who has tried to ~ make life miserable for me, with lots of, assist- ance from her son, since the two came to live at Forrest Lodge.” r Phil then went into a detailed account of the treatment he had been subjected to, and how he had received a very little sympathy from his fa- ther, who appeared to be wholly under his sec- ond wife’s thumb. é ; “Of course, all I have told you is in strict con-' fidence, Mr. Fairchild,” he said. “You may think I have exaggerated the situation, but I assure you I have not. Mrs. Forrester’s object is to do me out of my birthright, and as she has the upper hand, it looks to me as if she will succeed. No- 9 body but my father can prevent her, and he is ; not likely to quarrel with her on my account. It has been arranged that I shall be sent to some academy to get me out of the,way. I wouldn’t object to that if I didn’t feel certain that Mrs. Forrester will make use of my absence to estab- lish her son more securely at the Lodge, so that if anything should happen to my father I would ~ find myself out for good. Under these circum- stances I do not propose to waste the time in schooling, as I am well enough educated now for all ordinary purposes, but get down to business and get a start in the world, so that: if the worst comes to the worst I won’t find myself helpless, and at that woman’s mercy.” j “Well, Forrester, you haye my sympathy, and I will give you all the help I can, but you are under age, and still under your father’s control. If he steps in and interferes with your plan you will have to submit to his dictation,” Said the’ manager of the factory. ' ‘ “Not at all. If he makes any move like that I will disappear entirely from his reach, and it will be some time before he hears from me again. I feel well able to make my own way, independ- ent of his aid, and I am going to do it. Mrs, Forrester will put no obstacles in my way if she ~ feels that the course Iam going to adopt will | 4; All she cares is to get me away from my home. I would not be surprised - if she insisted on my having my own way. It ' would save my father the cost of an academy ae and that would please her very weil ip- eed,” ; Phil then asked Mr. Fairchild to state his proposition. : “We have a wholesale establishment in town. © My idea is that you go to work for us there _ and learn the business. By the time you have familiarized yourself with all the details your. 4 father might be persuaded to advance you the capital to start yourself in an independent agency ¥ poh ae AS a > 4

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10 in one of the big towns or cities at a distance. The company would then have confidence in your ability to push the business, and if you prove as smart as you look and talk, you should build up a good-paying business for yourself,” said Man- ager Fairchild. “Your proposal is a good one and I will accept it if you promise to give me every chance to get ahead in as short a time as possible, for I have no wish to work for wages any longer than I can help,” said Phil. “T will speak to the president to-day, and have the matter arranged,” said the manager. “The directors meet to-morrow, and a resolution is to be introduced thanking you for saving the $1,500 and voting you the sum of $250 as a reward.” “In place of voting’ me the money, the directors can advise the president to carry out your propo- sition. Then I will see my way clear.” “There is no doubt that the company will do what it can to satisfy your wishes. Call here to- morrow at four and you will learn the result.” With that Phil left the factory. Instead of going home, he made direct for Caleb Drew’s cottage. He found Flossie working in the veg- etable patch. She saw him approaching and this time she did not scurry into the house to avoid - him, On the contrary, she was greatly pleased : + to see him so soon again. In a_little while she 5 went into the kitchen to prepare dinner, and Phil went with her, taking a seat where he could watch her and talk to her. “T suppose your grandfather is up in his room?” he said, after a while. “Yes. He reads all day long almost.” *“Noesn’t he take any exercise?” “Oh, yes. He takes a long walk in the morn- 33 ing before breakfast, and sometimes at night, -_ after supper.” gee “Don’t you ever take a walk, too?” “fT walk in the wood and down by the lake of afternoons.” “T should like to have a talk with your grand- father. Would you mind running up and asking him if I can see him?” Flossie had no objection to doing so, and her grandfather had no objection to granting Phil an interview, so he went up and was ushered into és the old man’s room, which was a combination of a library, workshop and bedroom, the bed being off in an aleove. Phil told Caleb Drew all the facts about his trouble at home and of his de- termination to quit the paternal roof and make a start in life for himself. He mentioned the _ offer made to him by the manager of the nov- elty company, which he said he had accepted, “and then he came to the real object of his visit— he asked the old man if he would loan him the ' capital to start a business for himself when the ‘time came, : : _“T- suppose you think I have lots of nerve to strike you for it, but I won’t ask my father for a dollar, for I mean to succeed without his help » even if I have to postpone my venture till I earn the money; but I thought maybe you'd be willing - to do me that favor, though, of course, I hayen’t "any security to offer you for it,” said Phil. “Tam under great obligations to you, young --man,” replied Drew. _ from being robbed of all my wealth, and in addi- tion vou saved mv grandchild from rude treat- “You doubtless saved me. _morning, Phil sought the fateful interview with ‘his father. ? IN BUSINESS FOR. HIMSELF ment at the hands of those rascals. You will not — find me ungrateful. When the time comes that. you are ready for the money, call on me and you shall have enough to give you a fair start.” “T am very much obliged to you, Mr. Drew. I appreciate your kindness very much,” said Phil. On the following day at four o’clock Phil called on the factory manager again to learn if everything had been arranged for him to start in at the company’s wholesale place. He found it had, and in addition the directors had voted him the $250, which the manager handed him in the form of a check duly signed by the president and the treasurer. Phil didn’t refuse it, for now that he was about to cut loose from his home he would need money to support himself in the man- ner to which he had been accustomed, and he did not intend to take a dollar from his father. He knew that there was going to be a rumpus between him and his father over his plans for his own future, but he was prepared to meet the issue squarely. If Mr. Forrester insisted on exercising his pa- rental authority he would simply give him to understand that it meant his disappearance from ~ that neighborhood till he became twenty-one. if he kept his hands off, then they would see one another occasionally. He arranged with Man=> ager Fairchild to start in Monday morning, pro- vided his father did not yeto the matter abso- lutely. If he did, the arrangements were off. On Sunday evening, with his trunk and suitcase ~ packed ready for departure on the following Mr. Forrester nearly fell out of his chair when his son spoke his mind. “Til-not permit any such thing!” roared Mr. Forrester. : Dats “There’s only one alternative—you must put an end to your present wife’s tyranny and squelch Clarence for good,” said Phil. ‘ . “How dare you lay the law down to me?” “That will do, father. At this moment I am a man in everything except years.. I have deter- 3 mined on my course of action. I want your per- mission.” “You can’t have it!” roared Mr. Forrester. “All right, then; that ends our talk. I wish you good evening.” ; Next morning Phil visited the Drew cottage, borrowed the horse and wagon, and drove to the Lodge. His father had gone to his business, and his stepmother had just gone for an early ride in a new auto with Clarence. He called the — gardener and got him to help him down with his” trunk and suitcase, and put them in the wagon. ‘Then he drove to the railroad station in town and left his baggage. On his way back he stop- ped-at the factory and had an interview with the © manager. From him he secured a letter to the — company’s Chicago agency. . se Then he returned to the cottage and had din- ner with Caleb Drew and Flossie. They knew — he was going away, and Flossie was sad and silent. e remained the greater part of the af- ternoon, then the parting with Flossie came. = “TY will write every week, Flossie, and you must answer my letters as often as you care to. I am sorry I have to leave you, for I expected we would have a good time together this sum-

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IN BUSINESS mer. You will not forget me, little girl, will you?” © “Forget you!” she said, giving him a look that told him she would not. Then she turned away to hide her emotion. “Do you care for me, Flossie?” he said softly, encircling her with his arm. “I love you, dear, fondly and truly. I want) you for my wife some - day. What do you say? Is it yes or no?” He drew her unresistingly to him and tried to pull her head around. She suddenly turned, threw her- arms about his neck and buried her head on his shoulder. : That was his answer, and he hardly needed _ the yes to tell him that she loved him as truly as he loved her. Her parting kiss lingered on his lips all the way to town, and when he boarded the train it was with the determination to win his way in his own business for her sake as well as his own. CHAPTER VI.—In Business For Himself. When Mrs. Forrester returned with Clarence from their ride her maid zeported to her that Phil had taken his trunk and a suitcase away in -.a@ wagon, apparently bound on a trip. The lady of the house was surprised at her stepson’s de- parture, as she had had yo intimation that he was. to go off to school so soon. However, she was far from being displeased, and as for Clar- ence, he was jubilant. r. Forrester did not get back to the Ledge till seven that evening, and he at once sat down to dinner with his wife and stepson. te = 36 “Where is Philip?” he asked, observing his : be absence. . “Where is he?” exclaimed his wife. “Didn’t he + start for school this morning?” “For school! Certainly not. I haven’t decided on an academy yet,” said the liquor merchant. Mother, and son looked at each other.: “Then where has he gone?” said Mrs. Forres- ter. “He took his trunk and a suitcase away _ with him.” _ turbed by this news. SS & Ra _ “He did!” cried the merchant, not a little dis- “When did he leave the se?” ta : - *&Kbout eleven o’clock, I believe. So he said “nothing to you, either, about going on a trip?” _“Why didn’t you stop- him?” said the gentle- man, half angry with his wife. “How could 1? Clarence and I were out in . the new car.” : “Who told you he took his trunk . “My maid.” Send for her.” away?” s a7 The maid appeared and said she had seen Phil ~-and the gardener carry his trunk down and place it in a light wagon, after which he drove away in the direction of town. The gardener was sent for and admitted that he had helped carry the + boy’s trunk from his room and put it on the - wagon. : j Did he tell you where he was going?” j i “No, sir.” : : 3 ‘ ‘Mr. Forrester was now eonvineed that his son Ee had, removed to lodgings in town in order to carry out his intention of going to work for the ee Novelty Manufacturing ‘ Company. Fully deter- FOR HIMSELF mined to call at the warehouse of the company when he went to town in the morning and com- pel his son to give up his job there, the gentie- man went on with his dinner, and nothing more was said about Phil. Long before the merchant made his intended: call, and learned that Phil was not in the company’s employ, the boy reached Chicago. : He put up at a hotel for the time being, and 1 then went to call on the manager of the com- ~ pany’s agency. ‘The result was he was given a position in the store for long enough to become reasonably familiar with the business. He re- mained with the concern just a month, then he wrote to Caleb Drew for the loan of $1,000. He received the money promptly, and without loss. of time he rented a room in an office building on West Randolph street, laid in a full stock of noy- elties, partly on credit, and hung up his shingle. The next letter he wrote to Flossie contained his business card and the following: “My Dear Sweetheart: At last I’m in business for myself, and it’s up to me to make a showing. I intend to do it. This isn’t a business. where you can sit down and wait for customers to call upon you. You've got to reach out for the custo- ‘mets and yank them in. In other words, you’ve got to be alive to make things. go, and the more alive you are the better they'll go. My shop is upstairs and at the back of the building, so the public won’t know I’m here unless I tell them. | There is only one way to tell them, and that is by printers’ ink. ; advertise. I can’t afford to do that very exten- sively at first, as my capital is limited, but I’m <5; doing the best I can in that direction. Several of. my novelties are hummers and ought to go well. The Sterling Company appear to be turning cut - a bunch of winners this year, and I expect to do well with them,” et cetera. One of Phil's first moves was to advertise fox local salesmen and fakers to push his stock | There were a score of . among the genéral public. other concerns, all more‘or less established, in the city,. doing the same thine, but that fact did “not worry him. Some of: them had the same goods, but most ef them dealt in the articles manufactured by other houses.. They had every. advantage. over a new beginner with small capi- tal, except business enterprise, in which nobody has a monopoly. Phil was blessed with energy, ambition and unlimited confidence in his ability to make things ge. and he could not afford to fail. He had $1,000 borrowed capital to make up ~ and return to Caleb Drew, and. the fact that he had got this money on the very doubtful seeurity of his personal note raade it all.the move in- cumbent on him that he should honor the note at the earliest possible time. And so he got down tq business, brimful of hope for the future— little heart in a far-away cottage to encourage him in-his efforts. Phil’s advertisement for. city. salesmen brought half a dozen men the first day... ' They dropped in at intervals and the boy show- ed them his collettion of goods and pointed out 4 i In other words, a fellow has to , Having put his shoulder to e. the wheel, things had to get-a move on. He had his whole future at stake, at least he believed so, ~ _ With the vision of a beautiful face and a loving ge

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4p IN BUSINESS the novelties that were going the best at that time. All of the men decided to try their luck with the articles he pointed out as best sellers. They were required to deposit the wholesale price on the goods, but they were to get their money back on all goods not sold and returned by them. . By the end of the first week Phil had a dozen men cut working for him. ._He had started with a capital of $1,200 altogether, only a part of which - he paid down on account of his stock. The rest he needed to pay for advertising, running and : living expenses. The first month showed a con- “+ siderable loss on his books, but his letters. to Flossie were optimistic in tone, though he let her into the real facts. The second: month produced better results, as he began hearing from his va- rious advertisements in a satisfactory way. Many only wrote him for his catalogue, which he was glad-to send them on the chance that out - of the scores of novelties illustrated and deserib- ed therein, they would find one or more articles that attracted them. The prices of these novel- ties ran from ten cents up to $1.50, including the cost of delivery by mail or express, as the case might he. About this*time Phil added to his stock a small supply of tissue paper novelties, “such as paper balls in red, white and blue, -_ wreaths with a hell center, in assorted colors, parasols in a combination of colors, garlands in emblematic colors, Japanese Janterns, candles for same, fancy fans, and se forth. all ‘of which he ebtained from a big’ Chicago house which im- ported them. He inserted a four-page circular describing them in his catalogue. This circu- lar, with his name and address on it, he got very cheap from the house that furnished the - goods. Another month passed and his business “continued to pick up: but he was making nothing -as yet, not even his living expenses, which he kept » as'Jow as he could. ‘He had found a room and board’ with a widow - Jadv-on the North Side, in a cheap neighborhood, and was nicely treated there, for the lady and her daughter, who had themselves come down in - life, and were trying to get along as best they could, saw that he was a refined and. gentlemanly tae fel'-w, and they were much pleased to have im in the house: The daughter worked in a ‘La Salle. street office building, and was fairly - pretty. She was much struck with Phil and tried ‘all her fascinations on him, but they had on effect on him. His thoughts never wandered away from Flossie, and for fear his own little girl, as he called her, might feel uncomfortable, he never mentioned the girl at the house he was boarding. ; aoe realized that everything depended on keep- up a steady run of advertising—it was the ns ie ly way he could attract a paying trade—but it. was a heavy drain.on his limited resources. If he had had eapital enough, he would have large- increased his advertising output. He had an enterprising brain and he believed that he could not get too much publicity for his goods. had so many competitors, too, that he felt he ust increase his stock as much as possible in, order to get a fair share of patronage. Only the largest and well-established of these long run, for most of them were worse off for pepe than he. was, and none of them had more » gets away. with my bag,” said the young lady, competitors were likely to hurt him much in the d most of them: Tess, than he s FOR HIMSELF had. As the case stood, it was simply a question of hanging on with him. Once he reached the ; point where he began to turn himself, success would loom before his eyes. CHAPTER VII—Phil Catches a Thief. One day he was returning to his place after lunch and found two men and a young lady of perhaps twenty waiting to take the elevator up: The young lady was handsomely dressed .and held an expensive-looking mesh bag in her hand. As Phil came forward one of the men, a well- dressed young fellow, suddenly snatched the bag from the girl and darted for the stairs leading down to the janitor’s quarters and the basement. The young lady uttered a half seream and ‘the other man turned around. The thief was already out of sight, but the rapid patter of his feet could be heard on the stairs. Phil lost no time in starting after the rascal, hoping to capture him before he could find a way out of the cellar. Phil kept the sound of the fellow’s retreating steps in his ears, and they led him into the jani- tor’s quarters, which was in the first cellar: in the rear of the building adjoining the freight elevator. Before the boy sighted the man, his ie suddenly ceased and all was silent down there. Phil looked around and could see no exit from the place except by the stairs which he had come down, and a second stairway farther on leading to the sub-cellar where the engine room was. As the sound of the rascal’s steps had not gone in that direction, Phil was satisfied he had found a hiding place somewhere on that floor. He pro- ceeded to make a thorough search, and began with the door of the janitor’s room, which he found was locked. “He couldn’t have gone in there, unless he found the door open and has locked himself in,” thought the boy, looking at the door reflectively. - At that juncture down the stairs came the other man with the young lady who had heat robbed. : “Where has he gone?” asked the man. “That’s what we have to find out,” replied Phil. “I feel confident hesis somewhere around here.” “Have you looked into that room?” asked the man. aoe “T tried the door and found it locked.” se “Then he isn’t there. Maybe he’s hiding be- hind those cases standing over there near the ae elevator?” aa “T’ll soon see if he is. You'd better stand. where you are so as to cut off his retreat if he should try to sneak from some other spot to reach the stairs.” « F. “Oh, dear, I don’t know what I shall do if he with a troubled look. : “Did you have much money in your bag?” said ny thinking her purse might have held $15 or 0 “T had $5,000 in bills I. drew from the bank,” she replied. “Great Seott! boy. S rr “Yes.” g As” much as that?” gasped. the

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IN BUSINESS ~FOR. HIMSELF “You were taking great chances carrying so much money around with you, miss.” *“T am accustomed to carrying considerable * sums of money.” “Who does the money belong to?” “My mother. She owns this building, so she can stand the loss, but nobody cares to lose. money even when they have plenty of it.” “What were you going to do with it?” : “T was taking it to the agent for him to pay the taxes with.” “Why didn’t your mother make out a check to the Tax Collector andlet you get it certified?” “She didn’t know the exact amount of the tax bill, though, of course, she could have waited and - found out. But this is her way of doing busi- . ness.” “Well, we must catch that rascal if we can. . --V’ll look behind those cases, but I doubt if he is - there, for that would be a poor hiding spot for him to select. It is one of the first places that - one would look.” + ~ Phil walked over to the elevator before which . three good-sized packing cases stood, They ap- “peared to be waiting to be taken upstairs to one of the fioors. He glanced behind the cases but no one was hiding there. He was about to leave them when he noticed that one of the boards of . _- the largest case seemed to be very slightly se- - eured. He laid his hand on it and gave it a ~ slight jerk, The boards came away in his fin- ers, revealing the fact that the case was not led, as he had supposed, but empty. At the same time he caught sight of a pair of shoes and.. - pants legs above them. That was more than _ suspicious. 5 - human being was concealed in the case. Of -_ course it was easy to guess that the person in question was in all likelihood the thief. A Ser “Here, come out of that, you rascal!” cried Phil, grabbing the fellow by one of his legs and _. giving it a tug. The man kicked as vigorously as he could, but was unable to shake off the boy’s _ grip. At the same time Phil found it impossible - to dislodge him. He called out to the other man to help him. : » -“The rascal is hiding in here,” he said, “and I Lend me a hand.” him,” said the ~ can’t get him out. ~ -.. “Pm .so glad you’ve caught young lady. As the other man came up the crook wormed himself around in the case and suddenly shoved out his head and one of his hands with a revolver ute AY Uf, ee Bs: ~~ “Let go my snarled at Phil. ~The boy let go. : - “Now get back, both of you, or you'll go to the . morgue,” he added, glaring at Phil and the man - alternately. ; E _ The young .lady uttered -an ejaculation of fright. on seeing the menacing revolver, and she _. turned pale... Instead of retreating, Phil made a sudden kick at the weapon. It took effect and leg or ll perforate you!” he from the contraction of the rascal’s finger, and _ the ball chipped a piece of plaster out of the op- _. posite wall. Phil saw his chance and he grabbed the hand that held the weapon and prevented the - fellow recocking it. Cee <i. It was a positive indication that a. factory results at the start. It takes time for the revolver was knocked aside, but it went off. making a living or I wouldn’t be able to hold ow we've got him,” he said excitedly. “Get B 13. hold of him and we'll puli him out of his hole.” The other man was not over eager to tackle the. crook, who was struggling. furiously with’ Phil, swearing like a trooper and threatening to kill both of them. ae “Do help him, begged the young lady, who ad- ~ mired Phil’s nerve and courage in grabbing the crook and holding on to him. a: More aid, however, was at hand. The stout ~ janitor, attracted from the engine room by the report of the revolver, came on the scene, and ee moment the young lady saw him she exclaim- — ed: “Capture that man in the box, Mulvaney. He — stole my bag, which has $5,000 in it. Help the young gentleman pull him cut.” : The stalwart janitor was net deterred by. the sight of the gun. He recognized Phil asa ten- ant, and chipped in, He seized the crook by both arms, 5 we ihe “Wrench the revolver out of his grip,” he said ~~ to Phil. fi. The boy soon did so. oe ee “Now come out,” said Phil, “or may be I'll do a. } little shooting myself. 5 The janitor soon yanked him out with or with-. out his consent, and he looked badly rumpled up. The young lady told the brief story of the theft of her bag while the janitor maintained a firm __ grip on the rascal. Phil noticed that he did not — have the bag, so he looked into the box. The ~— bag lay in one of the corners. Phil recovered — it and handed it to the young lady. eee “Y am-very much obliged to you, she said, with a smile. “I should be “Philip Forrester.” = e “He’s a tenant of the building,” added the jan-~ itor. “Third floor back.” c z “Were is my card, Mr. Forrester, My mother will not fail to thank you for saving her money.” - “Your thanks are enough, Miss Baker,” replied Phil, looking at the card. aes ie. “Not at all. Mother wouldn’t let it go at that. I am glad you are one of our tenants. How long have you been here?” ae ' “Only three months.” meter “You will find a piece of rope outside there. pet it and we will tie this chap,” said the jani- or. Ba Phil found the rope and tied the crook while Mulvaney held him. : : % “If. you'll watch him I'll go and telephone for a policeman,” said the janitor. ry “All right. ll look after him,” said Phil. - Miss Baker remained to talk with Phil, whose courage and good looks had made quite an im- pression on her. He told her that he was in the general novelty business, but was having a hard time keeping things going. 5 1S “Tt takes all my spare change to pay my ad- — vertising bills at present. You can’t get satis- glad to know your name.- Sige aoe the advertising to pull the custom. And then you’ve got to have the goods that will vies ec ear along,” he said. “My stock is all right. TPve- got some of the newest and best things out. Some of these are going first trate in town here. T have a dozen people working for me. They are Te them. I wish I had twice as many of them, T have found it hard to get-a new man of

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14 IN. BUSINESS ~ sieht sort. Plenty come in to see me, but nearly sc ae them are inexperienced, and most of them are not adapted to the business. I send them out on trial, but then they don’t do well in a day or two they drop out, and go somewhere else look- ing for a better thing, but they won’t find any- thing more salable than I have. All that, how- ever, I regard as a side issue. What I’m trying hard to do is to build up a paying mail-order business, and I’m going to do it in time, but at - present it keeps me thinking nights how to meet the rent and other expenses.” : ~~ «How much rent are you paying?” Miss Baker asked. Phil told her. ; “Well, I guess my mother will let you run ‘- pehind a while if it will help you get on your feet in consideration of saving her the tax mon- ” “Vat won't mind getting a little lift that way, for this is the time I need ie = Phil. eae soon s I get things going in shape I can make it up. ‘ “PH speak to fer about it, and she will instruct the agent.” ‘ : : - The janitor now appeared with a policeman, and he took charge of the prisoner, handcuffed him, took off the rope and led him away. Phil _and Miss Baker then took the elevator up to the third floor, where both got off. She went down the main corridor to call on the agent of the _ building, while Phil went to his office, wondering ' if there had been callers who had gone away on finding the door locked. ‘The next morning Miss Baker and her mother called at his office. The mother thanked Phil for his part in saving her money the day before. Be- fore they left the mother had induced Phil to ac- cept a loan of $500. He gave her his note for the same. - \ Business began to pick up for Phil at once, and. jn a month’s time he was doing a rushing busi- ness. : = CHAPTER VIIL.—What Phil Ran Against on ae His Way Home. < As Phil increased his advertising in papers “with the larger circulation that reached the class of people who were interested in the goods he handled, his mail increased, and so did his cash receipts. It might have taken Phil some time to pick out the proper papers that would ‘do him the most good, but for the fact that the Chicago agent of his home company was thor- . — oughl sted in the matter, and advised him Bek Bs ae in advertise to the best advantage, and how to do it at the least cost, 9° es He gradually increased his line of novelties and - gheap books, and added sheet music to his stock. Songs and instrumental pieces which had had their yun, or could not get up a run im the ordi- _- nary music stores, were put out at a low price by - the publishers, and a big house in Chicago made a business of handling them for the mail-order ~ houses. Phil secured a line of over 500 titles ime, but didn’t care to = ed ' He continued to work four or five nights a week, everything helped, FOR HIMSELF and that he got many orders for sheet music where his novelties did not attract attention. At the end of his fifth month he was beginning to make real money over all his expenses, but to reach that point with $1,700 capital in addition to all the receipts he had put into the business had been hard sledding. Had he been timid, his. original capital would easily have answered, but he would have made but slow headway, and per- haps have gone up the spout in face of the com- petition he had to buck against. Phil, however, was out to build up a big busi- . ness as soon as possible, and he pulled every 1 string he could get hold of. It had been five . months of hustle, anxiety and cheap living for him, and now he was seeing daylight. He found it necessary to hire another girl so he could get his orders out on time, and. give more attention. to the management of his business. Two girls was a small force, but Phil himself was equal to two or three more. He had to keep a portion of his money in his safe and the balance in a say- ings bank because his age debarred him from having a business account in a commercial bank. ~ as TT getting home to his boarding place late. Such a strain on a lad of his years was beginning to make itself felt. He didn’t look as healthy as when he came to the Windy City. On the first Saturday of his sixth month his mail was un- usually heavy. He and his two girls worked like < beavers all that day, but when five o’clock came =e and he paid the girls off there was still a bunch of work to be done. Saturday was a night he seldom stayed at his ~ office, but on this occasion he decided to do so and clean up, for he might have another large mail on Monday, and he had to make some pur- chases, as his stock was running low on certain things that were in demand. He went to supper ~ and came back. At ten-o’clock he was ready to leave. He crossed the river and was walking briskly up a dark side street that he always took, for it saved ete three — peg cies! when he saw a man lying in a heap on the sidewalk, as if he had been thrown thera, ae He stopped and knelt beside him to see if he- was a drunk, and discovered that he was bleeding from a wound on his head and was unconscious. _ a In his hand was a piece of paper, torn frony a. notebook that lay on the sidewalk beside him. Phil scratched a match and looked closer at the man. He was a young fellow of perhaps twenty- five years, fairly well dressed in a business suit. He picked up the notebook and found it partly full of short-hand characters.. A fountain pen also lay close by. . GS Se Se ag Phil put the pen in the young man’s vest pock- a et and the notebook in his side pocket, and then — <3 took the paper out of the chap’s fingers. By the — aid of another match he saw some “writing —— as if with great effort. With — iT Nd te Me Ba Form re ee In ‘scrawled upon it, some trouble he made out the following: SG Hs, “Henderson diamond robbery—swag hidden at _ culvert Linden avenue railroad crossing—third stone above water—loose—west side—notify Phil drew a long breath of surprised wonder. The great Henderson. diamond sobiery had been the chief sensation of the daily press during the week, and he was familiar with it. Henderson

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IN BUSINESS was a millionaire, and his residence had been ~ entered Monday night, his stee! house safe bro- ken open and $75,000 in diamond jewelry sto- len, with other articles of lesser value. Several of the smartest detectives were engaged on the case, but nothing had so far come of their ef- forts. Phil put the paper in his pocket and, rais- ing the young man in his arms, started for a “drug store two blocks away. “T° wonder who this chap is, anyway?” he thought. “He may be a reporter, judging from that notebook He seems to have got a line on ~the stolen diamonds. He says they’re hidden at the culvert on the Linden avenue railroad cross- ing. If that is so I see a chance of winning the $10,000 reward offered by Mr. Henderson for | the recovery of his stolen property. I’d like to ~~ get hold of it. Linden avenue is some distance “from here, but there is a street car line running out there. Third stone above water on west side seems pretty explicit, It’s worth trying for, yet I don’t like the idea of zoing theer at this hour of the night. It will take me a full hour to get _there. {I'd rather wait till daylight, but then it might be too late. “Perhaps the druggist will be able to bring this chap around all right and we could go there together and share the reward.” Jt was no easy job to carry the fellow the two -plocks. Phil had to go slewly and rest tio or three times: Finally he reached the drug store and he noticed by the clock that it was ten min- utes of eleven. ~The druggist came forward to “see what was the matter with the young man. After examining the wound, he said: ~ “This is a case for the hospital, for it looks to— *meé as though his skull is fractured. See the way ; he breathes? Help me carry him in back and ~~ then Pll telephone for an ambulance. Where did you come across him?” Phil told him. _ ~ “He was slugged by thugs for what he had on him and left where he fell,” said the druggist. “J thought maybe he had been thrown out of - the house in front of the spot where I found ~ him.” “What kind of house was it?” “Just the ordinary kind along there, flush with the sidewalk. There’s a pawnshop on the ground floor, but it was closed, like the rest of the stores, when I came by. There’s little business out here _after eight I’ve noticed.” The druggist telephoned to the nearest hos- -. pital, and then asked Phil his name and where - he‘lived. The boy told him, adding that he was “in business on West Randolph street. _ “Tf think this young fellow is a reporter,” he said. “I picked up a fountain pen and a notebook filled with shorthand characters. I put them in his pocket.” S ~ “Phe case will be reported to the police they will find out his identity.” z .. *J guess I’ll go on home,” said Phil, who was ee yep to get away. “It’s after eleven now. + If %m wanted in connection with this young man’s sfortune you have my name and address.” e The druggist nodded and Phil left the store. “If lm going to the crossing it will have to be alone,” thought Phil. “There may be danger in searching for=the stolen diamonds. Twice I’ve outwitted thieves already and recovered their and ‘down the bank of the creek on the south side. built, as befitted the strain it had to bear, wit plunder, not speaking about the burglary I frus- wings extending out about six feet on either side / HIMSELF trated at Caleb Drew’s cottage, and may I not be successful the third time? I seem to be lucky against rascals of this kind. At any rate, that reward is a big one, and if I should make it, my business will take a boom on that should land me a big winner.” - : Phil decided to take all the risks that might oe attend a midnight visit to the crossing. Most boys would have hesitated, and the majority would have backed out; even with a $10,000 te- ward in sight. Phil, however, was built of the stuff that comes to time in an emergenecy. Noth- ing ventured nothing won is an old saying, and he was ready to venture in order to win. How the young man had found out the hiding place of the diamonds he could not tell, but he suspected that he had got the knock-out for but- — ting in among the-rascals concerning the robbery. Only a detective or a reporter was likely to be — following up the case. Phil fully believed that he was the latter. He had to walk six blocks to get a car going to the north suburbs, and one was coming along when he reached the tracks. Tt had only two passengers aboard, both of them half asleep. One got out after a few blocks fur- ther ride, while the other rode nearly to Linden avenue, which was a lonesome spot in the neigh- borhood of the é¢ulvert even in the day time. “Going to get off here?” said the conductor, in some surprise, as Phil came out on the platform. There was not a house within half a mile, ~ and the conductor knew pretty nearly every one ee sight that he was in the habit of letting off ere. “Yes. What street is that yonder?” pointing toward the culvert a hundred yards away. se _ “That’s no street. That’s the railroad cross- — ing. Summer avenue is farther on. Is: that. where you’re bound? Keep to the right of the road or you might slip into the creek.” ee is the west side of the creek, isn’t it?” 52 ‘ “Thanks. Good night,” and Phil jumped off. The conductor watched his retreating figure as long as he could make it out, and then went for- - ward to tell the driver about the passenger who. had got off close to the railroad crossing. FOR 15, CHAPTER IX.—The Case of Diamonds. : ice Phil kept to the right till he got close to the railroad tracks, and then he crossed directly to aS the culvert. The culvert had two sides, of course 9 —a north side and a south side. (era “Which side is the loose stone on?” Phil asked himself. s That amounted to nothing for if he hit the wrong side all he had to do’ was to go to the other. The problem was to reach the third stone above the water. Of coursé it could be reached or the thieves would not have gone there to hide © tk. diamonds. © - Z eee Reaching the edge of the culvert, Phil looked — le $8 As it was not a bright night, the heavens being — overcast, he could not see very clearly down the twenty feet of bank. The culvert was solidly a

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- route. 16 IN. BUSINESS —all of solid masonry. There was no such thing as getting up or down that without a lad- der. The bank on either side of the creek had been cut away several feet to accommodate the masonry, and beyond the wihgs it lay in its natural state, shelving somewhat toward the -- water. Phil struck a match and-held it down as far as he could reach close to the masonry. The light gave him a brief sight of the dark water eddying around the space between the culvert proper and the projecting bank. ' “Tf the water is of any depth at all down there ene needs a boat to reach the third stone from the water’s edge,” thought Phil, beginning to ‘understand that the entetprise he was engaged upon was a whole lot more difficult than he had dreamed it would be. “Maybe the third stone re- - ferred to is not either the north or south sides, ‘put in the face of the culvert under the tracks.” His hand encountered a stone and he dropped it into the creek to see if he could form any idea of its depth at that point, but he couldn’t. “J wonder if the thieves used, a boat!” he thought. “I think that is doubtful. If they were not obliged to, then it’s likely I can wade under the culvert. It isn’t the depth of water, but the break caused by the creek, that-made the culvert necessary. A plain, short wooden bridge is good enough for the trolley line on the avenue because ‘mo great weight comes upon it. It’s different with a railroad.” Phil moved over to the bank and flashed a match down it. It looked pretty steep—too steep to slide down with safety, and, once down, the question of getting. a again would be a se- rious. one.’ Phil scrate. his head, for the diffi- culties in the way of reaching the hidden dia- monds were rather disconcerting. That wasn’t all. Suppose he managed to get around all the obstacles that faced him and then found that - there wasn’t any loose stone about. the culvert, or if there was that, the diamonds had been removed by the rascals? After all, he might have come on a wild-goose chase, impelled by the exciting thought of winning the $10,000 reward. Had - he done a sensible thing to put so much faith in the statement of a young man written as he was sinking under the effects of a blow that perhaps was fatal? _ Whether or not he had been a fool to come way out to that lonesome spot at that hour of the night, he had done so, and Phil had the pluck and perseverance to see the thing through. He decided to walk back along the bank to see if * there was some place where the creek could be - veached without risk. This he did, and after going about a dozen yards he found a washout where the bank descended tothe creek by an easy_ He pushed his arm down into the water and perceived .that the depth at that point was not over a foot. He took off his shoes and stock- ings, rolled up his trousers to his: knees and, _ stepping in, proceeded cautiously toward the -eulvert. The water did not vary much all the way to the break in the bank formed by the south wing of the culvert. Then it deepened up to his knees. He determined to try the center of _ the culvert first for the loose stone. He struck is ini counted up to the third layer, and moved along. pigs tS TR eh = Beets ey Birt ‘ z FOR HIMSELF : He tried each stone, and the third one he found to be loose. His heart thumped with xe- pectation as he found he could easily work it ont of its socket. He was surprised at the ease with which it came in his hands, considering its ap- parent weight. He was still more surprised when he found it was but half a stone—that is, half the size of the other stones. Resting the edge on the corner of the orifice, he shoved in his arm and felt around in the hole. His fingers en- countered a small, oblong box. He pulled it out and replaced the stone. Striking a match, he looked at the box. It was a handsome, hand- painted aluminum case, fastened with a small: lock, the key of which was missing: “This contains the stolen diamonds, I’ll bet anything,” he breathed excitedly. “I’ve as good as won the reward, after all. _I made no mis- af take in coming out here, after all. This is where : my name gets into the papers, and I may get some free advertisisng out of it.” He dropped the box back into his pocket and started to return to the place where the bank made an easy slope. The cool night air blowing »toward him carried with it the voices of men comin y toward him ars route he had followed himself. They must be the thieves coming after the diamonds, for no one else would be likely to come that way. It wouldn’t be healthy for him to meet them there, especially with the hox of diamonds in his possession. at The night and the spot was suitable for a deed of darkness, and if they held him down under the waters cf the creek until he drowned, his death would be regarded as having been brought about by his falling into the creek in the wok ness. The only way to avoid them was to re- treat in the opposite direction, and this he lost no time in doing. ‘ Walking around the northern corner of the culvert, he crossed to the spot where the bank began just as a train, with a rush and a roar, crossed the culvert on its way to the depot in the city. He started along the bank, looking for a place to crawl up to the road above. In some : spots he was able to walk along the foot of the ‘— bank out of the water, but nowhere did he see wf where he could mount. He went on for several _ hundred feet before any encouraging change ap- peared as far as he was able to make out in the gloom. Digging his naked’ toes into the earth, and using his capers like pot hooks, he slowly ascended and finally reached the top of the bank. __ _ “Eureka!” he ejaculated, with great satisfac- ~ tion, sitting down and putting on his shoes and © stockings. “This has been a fine night’s work for me. I dare say it will be after two before I get _ back to my room and into bed, but I can sleep all eee forenoon to make up for it.” ; i He crossed to the other side of the road and turned his feet toward the trolley tracks on Lage’ den avenue. As he d along he saw two dark forms rise up the side of the bank a few yards — away. Instinctively he dropped to the ground — and crouched there. If the pair were the men who had burglarized the Henderson mansion, as he had no doubt they were, he didn’t want to en- counter them, for of course they had discovered — the loss of the diamonds, and in consequence must be in a mighty bad-humor. They remained sev- _ eral minutes standing in conyersation, and thi * 1 " F Sh -

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barroom clock that it was after two. IN BUSINESS voice reached his ears, though he did not hear a word they said. Then they started toward the trolley tracks. : : 3 _ “They’re going to take the next car in, so it won’t do for me to take it. That will'mean a Jong and dreary wait for the next car, for they only run every half hou,” said Phil to himself.» As a matter of fact, the last car, which left the northern terminus of the line at one o’clock, had already passed that point, and no other car ound in to the city would come along-till half- past seven next morning, for they started an hour later on Sunday morning than on week days. Phil didn’t know this, however. When the men vanished in the darkness Phil followed slow- ly after. He reached the trolley tracks before he knew he*was so close to them, but he saw no sign of the two men hanging around. Presently he heard the sound of wagon wheels, as of a vehicle being driven away, and it soon died away ‘in the distance. That indicated that the two men had come out there inya vehicle, and were ~- going back in it. He was mighty glad to be rid ~ of them.’ He waited patiently for at least half an hour for a car to come along, but none ap- _ peared. S : _ The track in both directions was dark and de- ' serted. Growing impatient, and feeling chilly, he ~ started to walk the track, expecting that the ear would overtake him. After covering a mile, with not a car in either direction coming along, he began to have a glimmering of the truth. ; “Tf I’ve got to walk All the way home it will be - $ome jaunt,” he said. “It isn’t the mere dis- tance, but the task of doing it in the darkness over a track. /Oh, well, I'll come to a sidewalk by ‘and by, and then traveling will be ‘easier.” _ Putting his mind down to the tramp he swung along at a good pace, but if it had taken him a matter of forty minutes to come out on a fast car, it would take him three times as long at Jeast to get back on foot. However, he was in for it, and he made the best of it. Thoughts of - the big reward he was entitled to receive kept him cheerful, and so he rapidly drew in among the streets of the city, He struck a rough side- walk at last, and soon a better one. He’saw by a Y His foot- ~ ‘steps were the only sounds that awoke the still- ness of the early morning. The only lights he saw was the gas turned low in the saloons along his route, aa in an oceasional drug store. He was still following Linden avenue, which went _, straight in, to the heart of that section of the city. The first human being he met was a police- man standing in the shadow of a corner. He aig not stop to say anything to the officer, for | fe 1 as in a sweat to reach home and turn. in. e had worked like a beaver all da arly to ten o’clock, which, coupled with his =" 38m clear up» FOR HIMSELF 17 There was a large Monogram on the top formed of the letters C and H. He shook the box and heard its contents rattle a little. Opening his trunk, he shoved the box down in a corner, re- locked it and then went to béd, but in spite of his . fatigue it was some time before he got to sleep. ° CHAPTER X.—Trouble With the Police. Phil slept through to noon and then came downstairs to see. if he could get anything to eat. As dinner was in preparation and would * ready ~ at one, he contented himself with a cup of cof- fee, warmed over, and a boiled egg, which the young lady prepared for him. He did not vol- unteer any information about the events of the night, merely remarking that he was out quite late. He spent the time till dinner reading the Sunday paper. He saw a paragraph about the wounded young man. His name was Harry Rainsford, and he was a reporter on the Record. The hospital authorities said his skull had re- ceived a compound fracture from a blow deliv- . ered by a heavy weapon ‘of some kind, and that he would not recover. The paper stated that he — had been found unconscious on the sidewalk by a bey named Philip Forrester, who was: on his way home from his place of business, and by him conveyed te the drugstore, whence he was later removed to the hospital. How he had re- ceived the knock-out was a mystery, but it was: supposed he had been assaulted by footpads, whose intentions of robbing him had in some way been frustrated. Phil eut the paragraph out of the paper and put it aside te send to Flossie when he wrote to her that evening. After going over his mail next morning and turning the or- Wers and catalogue requests over to his girls, Phil put on his hat and started te call on Henderson, the man. whose home had been robbed of the diamonds and other jewelry. The boy had al-- ready ascertained that he was a grain broker, — and that his offices were in the Board of Trade Building, Reaching the gentleman’s office, he aaa if he was in, and found that he was, but usy. ; “How long before he'll be disengaged?” hg asked the office boy. os “Couldn’t tell, you.” ‘ “Do you think it will be half an hour?” “You might have to wait that long for those two gentlemen oyer there are waiting to see him.” “Can I write a note-and send’ it in to! him? It’s a matter of importance.”. Be “Yes,” ; rf 4 , eh _ Phil was provided with a. sheet of paper and. an. envelope, and he wrote the following: ; X 7 det. night adventure, pretty well fagged him out.

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ec’ th “I am Jr. Henderson. What news have you brought me about the stolen diamonds?” “What you will be glad to hear. I haye the ‘diamonds in my possession, and am ready to hand the case over to you if you will call personally at my office in the Baker Building on West Ran- dolph street. Here is my business card.” The broker was taken by surprise and stared at Phil. ; “How did they come into your possession?” he asked, with some suspicion that the boy was act- ing as the agent of the thieves. “Tt is too long a story to tell you now, as you are busy, and I have no time to spare. If you ~ will call at my place of business after four to- day, I will tell you all the facts, and hand you “over your property,” said Phil. “ “T “will be there,” said the broker, and Phil returned to his office. x While he was out at lunch, a man called and asked for him. He was directed to wait, and he did so. Phil came in within a few minutes. -“Sve you the young man. who called at. Mr. eee office this morning?” asked the vis- itor. sam,” replied Phil. ~ «You told him that you had come in possession of his stolen diamonds.” “What about it?” ; “T am one of the detectives on the case, and I by have been sent here to learn all the facts from Utes you.” ; : “Then you have had your journey for nothing. I have an appointment with Mr. Henderson this afternoon, and he is the man I intend to tell the facts tb.” : “As the représentative of the police, I am in the position to insist on you telling me the facts.” _ “J shall tell the facts only to Mr. Henderson, as he is the person most directly concerned.” 3 “J can arrest you and take you to Police Head- > =quarters.” “You can, but I don’t expect you will. I am not a suspicious character, but a reputable young .~ business man. THis is my office.” ae “J have only your word as to your reliability.” “T refer you to the agent of the building, whose “office is on this floor. His name is Parker.” 3 “T suppese you are looking for the reward of- fered for the recovery of the diamonds?” : “Well, as I had a great ceal of trouble getting hold of them, and encountered not a little risk, I - eonsider myself entitled to the reward.” Be “You can furnish me with a clue to the iden- . tity of the thieves, I suppose?” “No, sir. are. _ the case containing the diamonds, but as it was night, and very dark, I dt notecatch a sight of their faces.” pe “You say you found the case of diamonds?” a “Yes,”. - y ie ~ “By accident?” Z t ‘ ‘ “By a fortunate combination of circum- 5 I haven’t the least idea who the men ~ I saw two men, who I believe were they, in . jn the-interest of that paper. It is quite possible the immediate vicinity of the spot where I found’*that in the course of his investigations he learn In place, therefore, of the thieves getting th IN BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF “You told the druggist that you found him ly- ing unconscious on the sidewalk in front of a pawnshop on street, two blocks away.” “That’s correct.” ; “Did you see the assault committed?” Fite “T did not.” ; ; Up “How came you to be passing that way $0 late?” 7 i “I was obliged to work here until ten o’clock to finish up the mailing of my day’s orders. usually pass up that street on my way to where T live, as it saves.me some blocks’ walk. I was going home nenat saw the young man’s body lying in my path.” : “After taking Rainsford to the drugstore, why didn’t you report the case to the police?” “The druggist told me that the matter would — 4 be duly reported.” : aes “Your connection with the case of the reporter draws the attention of the police to you, and as the assault is a mystery you will have to come — with me to Headquarters and submit to further questioning.” . “My presence at Police Headquarters would lead to no useful purpose, as I know nothing more about the matter than I have told you, and which I previously explained to the drug- gist. I simply found the young man unconscious — where he had been left or thrown by the per- son who knocked him out. I might have left him lying there and gone on about my business, but I considered it a Christian act under the cir — cumstances te carry him to the drugstore, where I thought he might be brought to his senses. 1 - - could not tell: how badly hurt he was,” said Phil. “That’s all very swell, but taken -in connection _ with your statement that you accidentally diseov- — ered and came into possession of the stolen dia- monds, presumedly about the same time, the facts of which you decline to reveal, leads to the ¢an-. clusion that there is a connection between the two incidents, At any rate, you’ve got to come to Headauarters, where the matter will be gone _ into. Put on your hat.” eee Phil saw he had to go, so he gave his head girl — instructions concerning the afternoon. mail in case he was not back in time to attend to it, and — went with the detective. He was taken to Head quarters, and the inspector in charge took him™ in hand. He was subjected to a sharp examina- tion, but declined making any statement with re gerd to the diamonds until after he had seen Mr. enderson. : eg series “Now, look here, young man, I have learne fvom the eity editor of the Record that Reporter Rainsford was out on the diamond robbery case i * ed where the diamonds were. It is also Shee that he got possession of them himself, was caught in the act by the crooks, followed and — 2” assaulted, and that you turned up in time interfere with their efforts to recover their booty diamonds away from Rainsford, you got th

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IN BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF Rainsford, nor within several miles of the spot where I found him,” answered Phil. The inspector, however, continued to bullyrag Phil in an effort to make him tell all the facts, but could get nothing from him. “Then I shall arrest you and have you locked up,” said the inspector. - “On what charge?” said the boy. “Having in your posséssion the stolen dia- - monds.” _“T can’t help that, though I protest against the outrage.” The inspector. carried out his threat, and Phil _- was escorted to a cell and locked in as though he were a common malefactor. He asked permission “to send a note to a friend. _ “You can do so if you pay for the trouble,” said a policeman. : f ' He handed the officer $5 and told him to take the note he wrote to the manager of the Novelty agency in Chicago. That gentleman responded -~ and was allowed to see the boy. -\ “What's the trouble?” he asked Phil. Phil told him what was the trouble and asked him to call in Broker Henderson and have him 'Gnterfere in his behalf. The manager reached the broker’s office just as he was about to start for Phil’s place of business. He told him ~ what he had learned from Phil. They both went directly to Police Headquarters, and Henderson requested that the boy be released. The inspec- tor declined to release Phil, saying that he would _hbe brought into court in the morning. Hender- son, after an interview. with Phil, called on a _ judge he was well acquainted with and secured _an order directing the police to release the boy, + Henderson Peomining to be responsible for his _ appearance if wanted in court. This order was served on the inspector, who, “much against his will, was forced to let Phil out. - He reminded the boy that he was still under ar- rest, and would be required to appear in court in the morning. Phil and Henderson then went to the Baker Building, where the boy told the bro- key all the facts in connection with the finding _ -of the diamonds, and returned the aluminum case _ to him. The broker said he was satisfied that his conduct in the matter was perfectly legiti- mate, and. that~he was entitled to the reward which he had, offered. ; He thereupon handed Phil the check for the - $10,000 which he had brought with him. Phil thanked him, told him how useful such a sum vould be to him in’pushing his business to the limit, and let him into a few of the facts con- nected with the cause of his leaving home. The broker came to the conclusion that he was a ‘smart boy, who was bound to reach the top he- fore long, and then shaking him by the hand, Jeft with the diamonds in his pocket. : + ay s CHAPTER XI.—Conclusion. | * That evening Phil called ‘at the home of the ‘Bakers, and told mother and daughter of the h the Henderson diamond rebbery. He show- » office. ble he was in with the police in connection , first move was to see about getting his adver- 19 ed them the $10,000 check he had received from Mr. Henderson, and they congratulated him on winning: it. : : “Have you got to appear in court in the morn- ing?” asked Mrs. Baker. “Y shall be obliged to go there. I hope to be discharged by the magistrate.” i= “You must have a lawyer to help you out.» I will have my legal adviser meet you ‘at the court and look after your interests, and I will be there. myself,” said Mis. Baker. : Next morning Mr. Henderson was present with Phil in court.. Mrs. Baker, her daughter and a lawyer were there, too. Phil was introduced to the lawyer, and that gentleman learned from him facts that the boy was up dgainst.. When Phil was ealled before the magistrate he found he was not charged with having the stolen dia- monds in his possession, but was held merely on ~ suspicion of knowing more about the assault on Reporter Rainsford, who was dead, than:he was inclined to reveal. He told the magistrate that it was quite itue he had refused to tell all the facts to the police the afternoon previous, but he Was prepared now to give out his story. The- magistrate said he would listen to him. Phil then told everything without reservation, Mrs. Baker's lawyer then asked for his discharge from custody. The police having no ground to oppose his request, the magistrate discharged him, and he left the court with his friends. His story appeared in all the afternoon papers, and» he was given credit fer aecomplishing what the detectives had failed to do. - : Phil . cashed Henderson’s check, repaid Mrs. , Baker her loan ef $500, paid up his back rent, and then. went to the Record office te get the address of the’ dead reporter. He got an andi- ence with the city editor: x vi: “So you’re the young man who profited by | ae the hard luck of ovr reporter,” said the editor. “Don’t you think it would be a graceful thing on. your part to present the young man’s mother with a slice of that reward. He would have won it had he not been stricken down; and our ‘paper would have secured a news ‘beat.’ ” : “I intend to divide the reward with Rains- ford’s people, that is why I called on you for his address,” said Phil. “I think they are entitled to it, for the young fellow lost his life in an effort ’ to. win the reward as well as to serve his pa- pen” “Then you intend to give his mother half of the reward, do you?” said the editor. “T do, unless is matried, in which case his wife——” mite “He was not married. He is survived by a mother-and sister. Here is where they live.” “The body is at the house, I suppese?” . ey “Tt is. Some of the boys were up there last night, and the rest of them will probably. take a look in this afternoon before they come: to the ‘he funéral will take place to-morrow.” — = i cm “YT think I-had better wait until after the fu- ~ neral, for his mother is hardly in a condition to look after the money,” said Phil. epee The editor agreed with him and He left. 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—, roll of bills. 20 IN. BUSINESS tisement in certain papers of a million circula- tion, the rates of which were high. One of them, for instance, charged $6 a line, but its advertis- ers found that it paid them. Phil contracted for four lines every other week for three months. This additional advertising in six new papers _ cost him $100 a week, and he hoped for great results from it. It was his trump card in the advertising line. On the day succeeding Rainsford’s funeral he ealled at the young man’s late home and was received by his sister, who looked very sad and depressed. “You wish to see my mother? whether she is able to See visitors. My brother’s unexpected death was a terrible shock to us. We are still stunned by it. You were a friend of Harry’s, I suppose?” “No; I am the person who found him uncon- scious on the sidewalk and carried him to the drugstore. I did not know he was fatally in- jured. You needn’t call your mother. I will transact my business with-you. When I found your brother I took <his piece of paper out of ‘his hand. I will give it to you, for it contains the last words he ever wrote.” Miss Rainsford burst into tears as she took it. ‘Phil waited till she grew composed again. - “Read it,” he said. “It refers to the Henderson diamond robbery, and shows that your brother - had discovered where the diamonds had been secreted by the thieves. Had he not been strick- en down, he would probably have gone to the spot and found them. That would have entitied him to the reward of $10,000 offered by Broker Henderson for their recovery. After the assault, as he felt himself. sinking into unconsciousness, he wrote the clue on the paper for the police to profit by. It happened I came before the police and I made use of the clue, found the diamonds, and got the reward. But, though J took the risk of going for them in the dead of night to the lonesome spot indicated, still I think that Rains- -ford’s relatives are entitled to share the reward . with me, for but for the clue he furnished with _ his dying hand I would not have known where to look for the diamonds, and therefore I would not have had a hand in the affair. So under these - considerations I have brought to his mother half of «the reward, or $5,000, which I take great pleasure in handing you for her, as hers by right.” Thus speaking, Phil handed the young lady a He then told the girl the particu- lars of his midnight adventure in quest of the I don’t know diamonds, and she could not but confess that he - was & boy of grit. Before he left he saw Mrs. Rainsford, who thanked him for his generous ac- tion. ; The addition of the $5,000 to his capital was the turning point in Phil’s business. His mail grew larger day by day, and when the sixth “month came around he had six girls working for him, and had changed his quarters to double the space on the floor above. He extended his line of novelties, and also his line of cheap handbooks -* and sheet music. He found it necessary to get out an individual catalogue of a his side lines which he mailed in connection with his novelty - eatalogue furnished by the company in his native | ADE Pentre eta eee hoc ae ae Se ey ; FOR HIMSELF The day preceding Christmas, leaving his busi- ness in charge of the first girl he hired, who now acted as his chief assistant at three times the wages she first got, he ran down to his home to see how he would be received there, and also to et a look at Flossie. He called at the cottage rst, to give his little girl the handsome present he had brought her, and to return her father his loan of $1,000. She was a on him, and was as happy as a little queen to find herself clasped in his arms once more. After shaking hands with Caleh Drew, and telling him something about his busi- ness success in Chicago, he drove over to Forrest Lodge. On his arrival he found the house in a state of great excitement over the sudden death — of Mrs. Forrester from heart failure, brought on through a scene with her son, the cause of which never became known. S When Phil appeared the doctor had just an- nounced that the lady was dead some time be- .— fore he reached the Lodge. Phil hurried over to — the Novelty factory and telephoned to his fa- — ther. Mr, Forrester lost no time in getting home, — and was overcome when he learned the truth. in his sorrow he gladly welcomed the presence of his own dear boy, and Phil remained at the Lodge till after the funeral, directing things at — his office in Chicago by telegraph, and relying on his assistant to push the business along, which she did, for she was a smart girl. pene _ He spent as much time as possible with Flos- ~ sie, whom he brought to the Lodge and intro- — duced to his father as his wife-to-be. Mr. For- — rester took to her right away and gave his ap- proval to the match. When Phil got back to Chicago he found things humming and had to hire two more girls. It increased month by month, and Phil had to enlarge his quarters, se- curing four rooms together on the first of May in the Baker Building. : a: There is- little more to be said now that Phil had become a success, for this story aimed only ~ to show how he got in business for himself and then worked it up to a paying basis. On his — twenty-first birthday he married Flossie and brought her to live in Chicago, and with her — came her grandfather, who could not live with- — out her. Mirae Tn time she would come into over $100,000, and — Phil himself was good for $75,000 when his fa- ther died, but all this good fortune had no spe- cial interest for him, for he was now making money hand over fist in business for himself. Next week’s issue will contain “CHARLIE OF THE CURB; or, BEATING THE MINING _ BROKERS,” rege Send us a one-cent stamp to cover postage, and we will mail you a copy of “Moving Picture — Stories.” : ink ioe es:

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY CURRENT SECRET HOARD REVEALED When Auctioneer W. H. Rhoade of Pottstown, Pa., was selling an old stand the other day at public'sale he was bid 10 cents. He held it up to induce more ‘spirited and liberal bidding, and a secret drawer became opened. Fifty dollars in gold and a check for $5, indorsed but never cash- ed, dropped out. The owner himself said that the never knew there was money in the stand. The check had been drawn and indorsed about fifty years ago and is still good, the interest, of course, not being collectible. BIBLE BEST SELLER The “best seller” of all books in the anthra- eite region still.is the Bible, speakers declared at the seventieth annual meeting of the Schuyl- kill County. Bible Society the other day. _ <The Bible is more popular than ever before, and hundreds of miners take pocket copies with them to the mines to read in spare moments when far under ground. : In this cosmopolitan county the Bible is cir- enlated in thirty-eight foreign languages. A new plan has been adopted for Americanizing foreign- ers by printing the Bible in foreign languages ‘in one column and in English in the other, so that _ all foreigners will learn to read the English ver ‘sion. The intensely interesting history of the _loeal society, since it was organized in 1852, was read by Mrs. Louise P. Carter, the treasurer. 21 NEWS / CARPENTER BEE SKILLFUL AT TASK An interesting creature is the carpenter bee, whose scientific name is Xylocopa. This little animal possesses the ferocious look of the bum- blebee, but, it seems, does not sting, as does that béte noir of the small boy in the country. The carpenter bee bears a patch on its fore- head whereby it may be distinguished from the bumblebee. .This creature has a liking for pal- ing fences and porches. As a general thing, it begins its carpentering work on the underside of a bit of timber, so that the rain cannot enter its house when completed. This industrious insect does not follow the line of least resistance which might lead it to soft or decaying timbers. It invariably selects a firm joist and begins on this to bore a hole. The im- ~ plements are, of ‘course, the capable jaws of the — bee, and the job is a hard and tedious one. Most of the work is done by the female bee, because ~ the house is built so that she may have a place to lay her eggs and hatch her young. When the hole has been dug to the proper depth and an egg is laid, she covers it with a wall of mud or clay. They she lays another egg and partitions this off. ._In good time her labors are finished. Then the heat of summer hatches out 3 little bees and they dig their way to the out- side. The carpenter bee is said to be one of the most remarkable examples of patience and industry in the insect world. The only fault is that she does not store honey. se eee oe te = lease All Tastes. value you are getting for your money. ee pues : iF “MYSTERY MAGAZINE”? Soeorar a . If Not, Why Not? It is the most interesting publication in the world. oe: _ 64 Pages — Handsome Colored Covers — Fine Illustrations fe EVERY NUMBER CONTAINS x “A Splendid Feature Detective Novelette — From Four to Eight Short Mystery. Stories. Articles on Occult Science — Sketches, Essays, Scientific Articles, Reports of the ngest Occurrences in the World, and a Fund of Interesting and Instructive Items -” PRICE TEN GENTS A COPY Just get ae copy. of the number out. today from your newsdealer and see. what big

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: 22 ~ Daring Dan Dobson rae SOR THE BOY WHO BEAT THE MOONSHINERS By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER XITi.—(Continued.) Newcastle glared, silently, as he meditated. “~hat’s about right. Vl let you men down \— easy, if you get them again. Now, on with your horses, and. take the back roads, and cover every track. Ill give a barrel of good moonshine to the 3 “man who lands him, dead or alive!” Bt There was a scurrying for the barn, and the cut bridles were fixed, and the greater number of men were soon speeding along, knowing the aa roads very well, even in the darkness. aes Newcastle ordered some food, little suspecting -.. that the old woman who prepared it had been so -__ jnfluential in letting his prey escape him. te ~ But she chuckled to herself more than once on = * =the sly. ga See “Tom Dingle had befriended her, and she had _ squared an old account with the tyrant, without Sp: his knowing it. Which was quite a nice thing to a - eontemplate, as she rattled the dishes later in Sie her little back kitchen, and listened to the heavy treading back and forth as the moonshine leader planned new guile against Dan Dobson and the seaPay hs <6 (opener ; _" “They shan’t get out of my teach!” thought Newcastle. “If I can get my men to capture that girl, I'll dictate my own terms.” And he pondered-and planned for many hours ‘over schemes whose workings we shall learn be- fore long. Newcastle would have been a great * general or a commander of any big enterprise— it was a pity that his brains were so ill-direeted. ‘But it was too late for him to plan anything but evil, now! By early morning he sank ito a ‘fitful slum- ber, with his brawny form stretched out on a cot in the lower room. And about the same time, just as it was get- ting dawn, Tom, ‘Dick and Zachary had come ‘to an obstacle in their progress back to the home trail which seemed unsurmountable. ; The Green Run river, as it was called, was ‘eyerflowing its banks. .Freshets in the high ~ ground had made this usually fordable stream a raging flood, and the three were dismayed. “Gol-ding it!” muttered Zachary. “We air up -ag’in a bad proposition, and we've got to act '. yight sartin and right peart, or we'll all be back in the hands of Newcastle!” “What do you mean?” asked Dan, “Tt will be - easy enough for us to ride along shore to a place _ where it is not so deep, or at least not so wide, and then swim our horses over, won’t it?” _ “My boy, ye’re not as familiar with the situa- Sie _ we’ve got to go back ‘on our trail. * will help.” "Send us a one-cent stamp FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY tion as I dun give ye credit fer,” said the elder - man. “When these waters is up, they don’t leave no bank.” “Oh! You mean they spread above the shore, and go along through the brush and small trees.” Zachary nodded. : “Kyrect! Thar ain’t no man yet who kin ride . through the growth of willows and little trees along these bottem lands here on horseback. And : That means gittin’ ketehed by them scoundrels.” t “Do you think they are apt to find out which way we have come now?” Zachary nodded. “Yep, sartin. They ain’t very many roads through the thick woods of a mountain district, anyway. They’ll find us.” “Then, I’ tell you what let’s do!” exclaimed Tom. “I’ve heard of the settlers in the West do- ing this when they were caught in a flood.” “What?” __ “Let’s get some logs together and build a raft, if only a small one. We can then start out into the water, and have the horses’ heads up close to it, so that they’ll get some support by being | bridled to it—which would ease up the strain of —_ that long swim to the other side of the river.” Zachary took another chew. : “By Jiminy, ye’ve got a good scheme,” he mut- tered. “But we’ll have to hustle, boys,” ; -They looked along the roadway, and found , several good-sized logs which had lain there for many a year—since the road had been cut ‘through, in fact. ; :: sae _The trail-makers had chopped down some good- sized timber, and cut some of it up to use as fire- wood and to open the stretch to the ford. BS: This was a fortunate thing for the trio. ~~ Using the rope which Tom Dingle had brought _ along on his saddle-horn, they lashed several of the logs together, and after tugging and pulling, ‘they managed to get them into the water. ye “Now, we're ready,” said Dan; “you two, get around.and start off.” 22 * The horses were handy, and Dan was going to lead them into the water, and then throw the reins across the legs, where one of the trio would eatch them, and support himself with swimming, _ and a light grip on the logs. Soe : This plan would enable them to keep the ani- mals close together and give them some support in case of exhaustion. The other two would — swim alongside this small but serviceable raft, holding on either side, and work it gradually pubs aa into the turning eddies of the current which would take them by the river’s curve toward the other. 1 shore. ; ; eh 5 ates Just as they were about ready to start off, they heard a clatter of hoofs. SSE athe It was faint, but it was unmistakable. “They're after us, all right, pardners,” de- clared Tom Dingle, grimly. “We kin die fightin’!” “Nothing of the sort,” cried Dan Dobson. “I’ve got a revolver, and I’ll take a chance, if you two } (To be continued.) “ada to cover postese, and — “Mystery Magazine.” — you a copy 0 we will ‘mail

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NOVEL OF 100,000 WORDS WILL GO IN VEST POCKET : A novel of 100,000 words will fit into your vest -. pocket when Rear Admiral Gradley A. Fiske per- fects his new Fiske reading machine, designed to reduce volumes of print to tabloid. The Admiral, who devised the Fiske range finder, an engine for controlling vessels by radio -and other marine contraptions, describes his read- img machine—perhaps the greatest of all his -boons for sailors—as a narrow strip of alumi- mum ridden by a small magnifying glass. Rib- » bons of paper, printed with letters reduced by means of photo-engraving to a space one one- “hundredth the size of the original letters, slide “under the lens and before the eye. One can ear- - ry a full novel of 100,000 words in five of these - Jittle paper ribbon rolls. ¥ “USE| OF REOU EE Caer SPEEDING IN “Experiments in growing Rhodes grass, which vere started in the Lower Rio Grande Valley a few years ago, proved so highly successful there that the new grass is to be introduced in this sec- tion on a large scale. , ~ §. M. Nixon of Robstown, Tex., has placed an der in Australia for 500 pounds of Rhodes grass seed. This quantity will be sufficient to plant (00 acres of land, it is stated. ‘This grass came originally from Africa. It is _ where it may be grown both winter and summer. As pasturage for dairy cows.it has no equal, it is isserted. . It has been demonstrated that one acre of Rhodes grass is equal to twelve acres of ordinary tive grasses for pasturage purposes. It also lds enormous crops of hay. , EEDS FOR BRITISH TREES GATHERED Bees IN THE NORTHWEST ; 1e first shipment of Northwest forest seeds the immediate reforestration of Great Brit- has left for the old country. consists of 1,500 pounds of Douglas fir seeds the same quantity of Sitka spruce seeds. The s go to the forest nursery at Wylie, Scot- The work of collecting the seeds and selecting nly the choice has been going on all winter. A ide range of woods was covered by seed har- vs while many worked in Southeastern Alas- or the seeds of beautiful Sitka spruce. he best seeds were those found in squirrel es, but only a few cones were taken from “‘marvelou: FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST . found to be ideally adapted to South Texas, in the Pilms — Doings of Actors and Actresses tee 23 tract has just been;received-by local mills at Port Angeles, Wash., for’ two million feet of spruce planking, to be used for piano sounding boards. No substitute for this material, provided the wood — is cut from large trees, has been found. “ The quality of spruce wood for pianos and other music wood appliances is the long, straight, reg-— ular fibers of which these trees are composed. A microscopie examination reveals that the min- ute cells forming: the wood are extremely long, and each is stretched like a taut string. When a piece of spruce is struck there is room between these cells for a tiny vibration, which rapidly ex- tends through the whole section of timber. The cellular composition of spruce gives the rich, deep tones so pleasing to musicians. oe : The singing of a tightly stretched telegraph - wire across an open field in autumn wind, in- duced a phonograph manufacturer to try cedar wood for the sounding box, experiment, a million feet of red and white cedar is annually taken from Northwest forests for these music boxes, “Mystery Magazine” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A Copy LATEST ISSUES = 91° THE TRANCE DETECTIVE, by Chas, F. rslar 92 FRIDAY AT TWELVE, by Katharine: sae % BY THE LEFT HAND, by Hamilton Craigie 24 THE MELODY OF DEATH, by Jack Bechdolt 5 5 TRIC ’ THE GREAT YEN HO 5 ; H. Osborne, . : HOS Bre 96 AT MORIARITY’S, by Fred E. Shuey. ; 97 THE LOS? STAR OF THE FILMS, by Jack Bech- ~ ¢ : Sot 98 COUNTERIEIT CLUES, by Chas. F. ; i gl eal brew Ingram. gh rc es PRET SERVICE MYSTERY, i Craigie and Elliot Balestier. Dy a 101 A CRIMSON PRICE, by Elliott Lester, 102 THE INSPHCTOR'S STRANGE CASE, by GottlieL _ cops. J 108 A MUSHUM MYSTERY, by Jack Bechdolt. i 104 THE LITTLE RED BOOK, by Alexander Young, 105 A MAN FROM SIAM, by Charles Fulton Oursler, The Famous Detective Story Out Today In No. 1061s THE CLUE OF THE EMERALD RING. By BEULAH POYNTER. HARRY E. WOLFF, 166 West 23d Street, Publisher, Inc., : New York City “Moving Picture Stories” A Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Players? PRICE. SEVEN CENTS PER COPY ' Each number contains Four Stories of the Best Films — on the Screens — Elegant Half-tone Scenes from. th lays — Interesting Articles About Prominent People ao . é i 1 Studios and Lessons in Scenario Writing. oa - HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. — “West 23d Street, New Yor As a result of this

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24 - j ? A Prisoner of War By HORACE APPLETON ; Those who were confined in besieged Paris dur- ing the great Franco-Prussian war will never for- get the sufferings and horrors of that experience. Among the besieged were not a few of other nations who as non-combatants should have been accorded a safe pass beyond the Prussian lines. But Kaiser Fritz was strict. in his commands concerning the leaving of Paris by any of its inhabitants, and unless the guard was thoroughly satisfied, all applicants for a free pass beyond the lines were refused. In this way much injustice was done, and many innocent people made to. suffer. But the methods of war are necessarily cruel, _and there would seem to be little chance of al- eviation. When men fight to the death some in- nocent ones aye sure to suffer, Among the unfortunate sufferers in this respect ‘was a young New Yorker named Julian Mart. There was no doubt of Julian’s Americanism, but his name was somewhat of the French type, his features dark, and he had something of the Pa-. risian style, so without vegard to his excellent English. language, the German Provost Guard sent him back with a troop of others. Affairs in the beleaguered city were in a most deplorable state, Reduced to the utmost, the frantic populace were confronted with the alternative of death by starvation, or a humiliating capitulation. The latter seemed very remote, for the military commander was firm: .Hundreds were dying daily for want of food. Julian. Mart was much incensed and disgusted ' when he was returned by the guard. “All right,” he muttered resolutely. “We will see, my fine fellows; how long I shall submit to _. this outrage. I don’t intend to feast on stewed + rats and garbage. not if I-can help it.’ or Ingenious Yankee that he was, Julian was not long in hitting upon a plan of escape. Matters’ ‘were hourly growing worse in the French capital, and there seemed no immediate chance of better- “ment. The city gates were closed and the walls pa- ' trolled by armed soldiers. It was not so diffi- eult to pass these as to get through the Ger- man lines which encircled the beleaguered city. It was partly accident which enabled Julian to immediately proceed to carry out his purpose. He had made the acquaintance of a young French officer who was in command at one of the gates. One day, as he was making his way through a Bi street, Julian met this officer and saluted "But -at that instant an object rushed through : 2 air and fell at the Parisian’s feet. It was a - German shell, and before he could move hand or ~ foot it exploded, : The young officer was- instantly killed; ee lay _ in a heap on the pavement. Horrified,' Julian _ sprang forward and bent down over him. It - required but an. instant ee page to _ disclose She tact so he v was Pingo = tO Fe -minutes later he was FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY j “Poor chap!” muttered Julian, regretfully, — “that’s too bad.” But his gaze encountered an object which had fallen from the dead officer’s pocket. It hide a package of papers. Julian picked them up and glanced at the su- “ perscription on the first one. He gave a violent start. He saw that it was a written pass signed by the French commandant to enable the bearer to go anywhere through the lines. Julian’s heart gave a leap. He glanced about him _ instinctively. person was in sight. “The man is dead,” he muttered. of more use to me than anybody else. do no harm to take it.” He thrust the papers into his pocket “pnd ‘ started away at a rapid pace. Not until he was safe in his lodgings did he draw a deep breath - af relief. ; He drew out the pass and read it. “Good!” he muttered, joyfully. “I will trust to luck to get through the German lines.” It was early in the evening, and he sauntered down to the French guard, and saluted a fiery little corporal, at the same time sisi in good French: “T have business beyond the lines. you understand.” “Sacre! I do not see,” retorted the corporal Not’ a “This will be It will Bee et work, . “Where is your pass?” “Hore!” -< With beating heart and,a strange sense of —~ fear Julian submitted the pass to the corporal. The latter bent over it, frowned, and finally: cried : Wer “Monsieur, this is tight, but—what is your Hang business outside? Ah, pardon, monsieur, I un- —. derstand. A spy! Luck be with you. Bon JOU es With a sweeping bow the corpor al returned the. pass to Julian. The latter’s heart gave a wild’ ~ leap. The point had been carried and he won. He saluted the guard respectfully, and with — firm step but Uingling veins passed on. A. few op eyond the city walls. ; Darkness had settled down thick and fact. Julian made his way rebacens bs along a road lead- ing out into the country. e passed camps of French soldiers resting on their arms, met troops - of cavalry, and once stumbled upon a battery which was engaged in a desultory way in shelling the Germans. % Several time he was challenged and compelled : to show his pass. In each ease he was regarded as a spy and suffered to go on his way. i ays “Soon, however, Julian left the French lines far behind him. The French picket was next passed, and he knew that he had now before him 2 a new and greater peril. The French passport was now of no further ue = to him, yet he foolishly neglected to throw away. This folly cost him dearly later on, ‘Upon along ridge in the distance he saw the F glimmer of lights, and knew that they came fro the German lines. But there was quite a s of country between made desolate by the artille: of the two armies. _ oy ie = eoeee ek cavalrymen and £5

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FAME AND FORTUNE » WEEKLY swept through this region, and many a. fine cha- a teau lay in ashes, and its fine gardens were tram- pled and ruined. As he pressed on bravely, Julian became more deeply impressed with the perils of his under- taking. ~ . Once a squad of cavalry dashed past him while he sought hiding in a hedge. Several times he narrowly. avoided meeting detachments of the _ Prussian soldiery. To be captured by these he knew meant seri- ous consequences. There was no doubt but that ee he would be arrested and sent back to the French _ eapital, or held as a prisoner of war. Julian would almost as soon have accepted the alterna- tive of death. _ fears increased. Suddenly turning an angle in the highway, he came to a halt. through the latticed windows of a smal] dwelling. _ Evidently this had been turned into an inn, or _ vather grog-shop, for the sound of boisterous - Jaughter and the click of glasses, mingled with a burst of song, came to his hearing. euriosity 40 know what manner of individuals were holding carnival in the place. If any of the guard were there it might enable him to steal a march upon them while they were thus in ca- ~ rousal. Accordingly He crept up in the gloom to a small latticed window. It was necessary for him to stand upon a small leap of lumber piled close to the building to enable him to see the interior. - Then a strange sight rewarded his gaze. Sel es German guardsmen were seated at a igh wooden table over a pot of beer. One of thee with patches of courtplaster upon his searred face was smoking a long pipe. ~The laughter and song had not come from them, but from the boisterous occupants of an- other room. These men weve engaged in low- toned and mysterious conversation. Julian saw at a glance that they were discuss- ing a matter of some secret sort. This did not interest him, however, and he was about to turn away when a startling thing occurred. ddenly he heard a sound in his rear and “strong hands seized his ankles, A. loud voice 5 outed; "ee ‘Treachery! _ dow, guards!” All in’ an instant and almost hatanes Julian ‘A spy! A spy! Open the win- Id in the slightest measure recoyer from his be ie the three guardsmen sprang up from the | e, overturning chairs and threw open the tice rof ee window disclosing the white face F art. ussians seized,Julian by the shoulders and rally pone him through the window into the room, : A spy? they ‘cried, excitedly: “Call the cor- guard. Take him to headquarters.” hatte followed was to Julian all like a confused eal dream. He was roughly dragged from the ed in a h Bh ecste ape with OLE ; As he crept on in the darkness, every moment | drawing nearer to“the Prussian picket lines, his. - Ahead in the darkness he saw lights shining © Julian suddenly became possessed of a mobid . ttural cries escaped) their lips, and two of © 25 Soon the campfires of the Prussian soldiery were/upon either hand. Then the cart halted be- fore a Jong, stone building. At the door of this paced armed guards. Julian was hustled through the guard line and found himself in a Jong Jow-ceiled room, with a score of other prisoners, all of French nationality. Here he was left to his own device with a mingled sense of dismay and despair. He had-not been long in the place when one of the prisoners advanced and addressed him in French: “What are you here for? Are you also a spy?” “A spy!” exclaimed Julian, hollow ly. “No, I am an American citizen striving to find my way x out of Paris and its envirous. This is'an out-— rage.” “Heavens! Why do you not send complaint to the provost marshal? You will escape. We are spies ‘and shall all be shot to-morrow.” Julian listened with a thrill of horror to this declaration. “Indeed, I am sorry for you,” he declared. With difficulty and only after a liberal fee of a few francs, Julian got the ear of the guard at the door. A message was sent to the provost marshal. But no reply came back. Anxiously waiting, Julian was too excited and fearful to indilge in sleep. Morning came at last, and then a rank and file of soldiers entered at the beat. of the drum. The condemned spies were all compelled to fall into line, Julian with the others. . Despairingly Julian bolted from the ranks and yashed up to the provost marshal, or at least a man whom he had singled out as that individual. “You have no right to executé me,” he cried, forcibly. “I am an American citizen. The laws of neutrality protect me.’ The tall Prussian officer regarded Tatas pene- tratingly, and then drew from his pocket some papers, among them the fatal pass which the: guardsmen had taken from Julian’s pocket when arrested. “Your éase, has been considered,” he declared in good French. “You may be. van American, but, sa these papers prove you a spy.” 2: The condemned men were led out into a broad: ; field. A file of soldiers at twenty paces stood ready to fire when the word should be given. . ‘All in a line the doomed men stood. Some were brave and-stolid. Others were white and trem- bling. . Julian gave up all hope in that moment when the word came: “Ready! Aim!” . a There was a sharp cry, a ringing werd of com- whet mand, and a tall, handsome young. dicutenant te At hussars stood before Julian. oP ae “Julian Mart!” he cried. “What is this?” “Prederick Weiss!” gasped Julian. In an instant they embraced. The young of- . ficer, three years previous, was his chum in the medical school at Berlin. Julian Mart was not shot as a spy that day, and returned safely to © his American home.. But he owned that escape - was as pee as any ever placed on record. ‘ iSelan Us a one-cent au. to cover postage ; iia we will mail you a copy of ew Piet peonen eth

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26 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY NEW YORK, APRIL 14, 1922 TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Bingle Postage ........-..55-+ Postage Free 7 Cents One Copy Three Months...... 3 2) 90 Cents One Copy Six Months....,.. mt ba - $1.75 One Copy Ono Year .........- “ By 3.50 Canada, $4.00; Foreign, $4.50. ‘ HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. O, - Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances _ {n any other way are at your risk. We accept E outees _ Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid tutting the envelope. Write your name and address plainly. Ad- ~ dress letters to Harry E. Wolff, Pres. } HARRY E. WOLFF, O. W. Hastings, Treas. Charles E. Nylander, Sec. Publisher, Inc., 166 W. 23d St., N. Y. INTERESTING ARTICLES FORD NOW A RAT KILLER Connecticut’s modern Pied Piper is Harry Mitchell of Wallingford.. He was overrun with rats in ‘his garage, and cats failed to rout them. _ Mitchell got some garden hose, backed the car up to a rat hole, attached the hose to the exhaust and eranked up. After ten minutes the hole was dug open. Twelve rats had been gassed. The operation was repeated at other rat holes and all the rodents have succumbed. PLAYFUL HORSE RACES TRAIN A horse that broke out of the barn of Charles Rolfe, Newburyport, Mass., early one morning headed for the Boston and Maine Railroad and reached the tracks just as a Boston-bound freight train rounded a curve. The playful horse gal- loped over two openwork bridges -crossing the Parker River and several culverts, keeping ahead of the train for about three miles. When the town of Rowley was reached the horse left the tracks and surrendered to a farmer, JAPANESE GARDENER PRODUCES NEW LILY < ~ A new lily.of mammoth size and marveldus fragrance has been developed by a Japanese _ gardener here and the bulbs are now in the North- ie west mafkets. - It is named the “Isoshima,” the first part be- ing for itS originator, the after word meaning elegant. .The bulb itself is six inches in diameter ' and produces spikes of eight to twenty blossoms, each flower of lily nine inches across the bell. The color is creamy white with golden. stains. dog’s got twice as many legs.” FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY STRANGEST OF ALL CLUB ROOMS ON STEAMER ; When sailors of the North Asiatic steamship Rampan find the night sea air too chilly they re- ~ tire into the vessel’s capacious funnel, light their pipes and warm themselves in the most unique clubroom afloat. : If the smokestack becomes over-warm they open a door in its side; if they desire their laundry dried they pack it into the draft tube and the scheme works like a charm. , The Rampan was converted from a steamer during the war into a motorship with 1,800 horse power Diesel engines. The smokestack, however, ‘was not disturned, but instead fitted with floors on each deck and the top roofed over, ; The ship has a steam donkey lifting engine — whose smokestack passes up through the fun- nel, furnishing the warmth for the comfort. of the lounging sailors, _ LAUGHS ee Willie—Paw, what is the difference between a __ political job and any other job? Paw—You have to work hard to get a political job, my son, and you have to work hard to hold the other kind. “What’s become of the strong man?” asked the proprietor of the circus. “He resigned,” replied the manager. “Got a better position.” “What doing?” “Working as a parcel post mai] man.” “Yes, my friend, I was about to marry the countess when I suddenly learned that she spent more than $12,000 a year on her dressmaker. “Then what did you do?” “Married the dress-_ maker.” i = “Tt is always well to humor women,” says Noah Count, of Chiggerbite, “I let my wife ne ake knows more about running a furnace than I do; and as a result I haven’t been in my own cellar in five years.” Seka: “How old is your little brother?” inquired Wj 2 3 lie. “He's a year old,” replied Tomitns cat I’ve got a dog a year old, and he can walk twice as well as your brother.” “That’s nothing, Your _ First Tramp—Strange how few of our xz ful dreams come true. Second Trempecon es don’t know. I remember how I once yearned to wear long trousers. Now, I guess I wear the: longer than almost anybody in the country, — ai n world,” boasted a small boy to his boon co : right,” answered the lat “Where is Asia?” Then the first speaker pro; himself a true if budding diplomat. “Phat i one of the questions that my father knows.” , Mi)

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VANITY CASE A WEAPON A-woman’s vanity case earned its right to be elassed as a weapon of defense when dexterous use of one by Miss Millie Congdon of Stockton, Cal., caused a bandit to shoot himself in the leg. -. The bandit, Frank Lynons, attempted to hold ' up Miss Congdon and Edward Esplen, with whom she was riding in an automobile. Lynons and ~ another bandit boarded the machine when a tire blew out. Esplen was ordered to drive-to a se- — ¢luded spot. 5 ; ~ Miss Congdon beat off the second robber, stand- ing on the running board; with her vanity case. She then brought it down on the wrist of Lynons, who pointed his pistol at her. The weapon was discharged and the bullet entered his leg. He “was overpowered by Esplen. eS BLUE CATERPILLARS Dx; John H. Gerould, professor of zoology at ‘Dartmouth College, N. H., has reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the discovery of the first blue caterpillar known to biology, it has. been learned, Dr. Gerould was breeding butterflies in his lab- oratory in Hanover, when one day he found the plue stranger. Ordinarily caterpillars, feeding on ants, are green. ; he Ate more blue visitors appeared. Breeding them, Dr. Gerould found they bred true ‘and he decided that they were what is known to iologists as a “sport.” In this case the “sport” caused by a mutation in the digestive sys- tem, which resulted in cellspabsorbing only the blue in the chorophyll of, the plants. ROCKS FALL FROM SKY Showers of rocks that fell “from the clouds” on arehouse at Chico, Cal., have baffled the po- lice, neighbors and various official and unofficial mvestigators. AS Recently J. R. Charge, owner of the warehouse, yosted the offer of a reward of $200 to. the per- on revealing the source of the rocks, _ ‘While the town marshal and a committee of ewspaper men and others were examining the orrugated iron roof recently a shower of large ooth rocks fell, sending the investigators scur- ne for cover. t* ‘thers standing on the street at the time de- ed, the rocks seemed to come straight from clouds. : : ele 23 with larvae onl 7 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY FROM ALL POINTS 29 water is free' from organic matter, which they prefer to the larvae. a The fish used are a species called chalaco. These axe placed in the well, the conditions of which are like those in the streams from which they were taken. After a few days they are transferred to a second well of the city water, and no further food is given them: Ohe or more of the fishes is placed in each tank, regardless of the presence or absence of larvae in the water at the time. The press and the sanitary inspectors have edu- cated the public to protect the fish, and many families still have the same fish that was given them: about eighteen months ago’ when the -anti- mosquito campaign began. The value of the ~ chalaco. is evident from the fact that the steg- omyia mosquitoes have been reduced to less than 2 per cent., which presages the approaching ex- tinction of this species. Pay ; SQUIRRELS HELP U. S. FORESTRY Y AGENTS - The energetic pine squirrel is one of. the great- est aids to Uncle Sam in his reforésting’ work in the Northwest. Taking advantage of the im- mense store of pine cones the squirrel hordes away each fall, the best seed is selected. Squirrels usually save four or five times &s much food as they need in winter, so they do not. hunger. At the foot of nearly every large ‘ir or pine the forestry agent pokes around until he discovers a peck or two of large cones, neatly buried, all filled with. the finest seed, weighed in the tiny paws of the knowing rodent. By climb- ing trees and picking the cones by hand is an- other method of keeping up the supply. Men, women and boys gather cones near the Wind ~ River Nursery until the 700 to 1,000 pounds nec- essary to plant the annual plants are secured. / After collecting the cones are exposed to a . _ temperature of 110 fe ig for three days until , they open and the seeds easily rattle out. The open cones are placed in cylinder shakers of . sereen, the seeds falling through into a hamper. * Then they go through a rubbing process to re- move the wings. In a few days they are planted in long beds three feet wide. Uses Se Millions of trees are planted annually by the forest service and the nursery at Wind River supplies from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 seedlings To date there are 20,000- acres in Oregon and 17,000 acres in Washington reset to young trees, the oldest of which is ten years old. All the trees — are rapidly forming good timber. When forty years old the trees are suitable for telegraph poles, railroad ties or mine timbers, At 100 years they will produce commercial lumber. White pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir and red fir are the species largely planted. In all burnt over and logged off tracts volunteer growth of cedar, hemlock and © spruce springs up and if in the replanted land we will mail you a copy

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28 WORK TO GET GOLD FROM SUNKEN GALLEON The search for treasure supposed to be con- tained in the wreck of the Armada galleon sunk in Tobermory Bay, on the coast of Scotland, has been renewed. This time suction pumps are being used. A new company has been formed and is working with the greatest enthusiasm, causing a revival of the old argument, whether there ever was any treasure worth the search, with-reitera- tion of the general opinion among naval students that there never was and never will be. The ship particularly being hunted for is the San Juan Baptista. The present company is the fiftieth that has been organized for this purpose. The value of ‘the treasure recovered by the forty-nine other expeditions amounted collectively to about $1,000, while many thousands have been spent. Diligent search of the records of England and Spain have failed to verify the story of the great treasure that was lost. It is believed the real treasure was carried aboard one of the, ships that regained Spain, and that the coins of gold and: silver pieces already recovered might have been taken from any ship in the fleet—the property of officers. But still the starch goes forward. LOUISIANA LEADS IN STRAWBERRIES _ Louisiana leads the United States in the value of its yield of strawberries with an output of 14,000 earloads, which were marketed in seventy- four different cities in 1921. In practically the entire marketing season Louisiana’s strawberries sold at a higher price than any other berries, due to the quality of the product, according to a sur- vey of the industry by the Department of Agri- _ evdture, which adds that in Chicago twenty-four- pint crates brought as much as $6.50 each. It is pointed out that Louisiana’s strawberry industry is of national importance, it having a nation-wide distribution, the carload shipments spreading out like a fan from the Atlantic Coast to the Rocky Mountains. Last year twenty-nine carloads also went to four cities in Canada. Chi- cago, however, is the principal market for the ' fruit; Detroit, Boston, Pittsburg and New York ranking next in the order given. Heat, cold and distance, obstacles that seemed insurmountable a few years ago, have been overcome by the growers and shippers, says the survey, and with continued careful selection, grading, packing and - shipping market experts say that the industry - will enjoy increasing prosperity. Fully 90 per cent. of the marketed crop is shipped-by express, the railroad company pro- viding two or three express fruit trains daily. These trains run on a schedule of forty miles an *~ hour, which puts the fruit on the Chicago market ~-- before daylight the second morning. Less than _earload shipments are cared for by the express — cars to pick elie gomspany, Bo soe operates local iced up small shipments, FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY a A FEW GOOD ITEMS ae THE POWER OF MUSHROOMS “Not so very long ago the boys and girls of a certain public school were surprised to find that the asphalt of their playground was bulging and cracking. Next day they saw that the asphalt had been lifted above the ground on which it — rested. It was as if there were some giant be- neath the playground, like the giant in the fable who is said to have caused an eruption of the vol- cano at the bottom of which he lay whenever he turned over in his sleep. : But no giant had caused the upheaval of. this playground, nor had there been an earthquake. — The upheaval had been caused by mushrooms. — When this happened people remembered that they had seen other upheavals of a similar character — in that part of the country. Pavements had been © raised and roadways strong enough to bear the heaviest traffic had had their surfaces thrust — above their surroundings.. In every case the dis- _ turbances had been caused by mushrooms. ay Ealing, now one of London’s busy suburbs, not so Many years ago was a ruval district, where mushrooms were cultivated. But times changed, — the fields were built upon, and « .ybody forgot — the mushrooms. But the mushrooms’ were not dead. The life-germs from which the mushrooms - spring remained active down in the soil. F How is a mushroom, so fragile and feeble, able to force its way through concrete and asphalt?» How is it able to carry up with it huge stones which have been cemented down? How is it that a mushroom can split a stout brick wall? The — mushrooms in a garden at Beckenham did this — some little time ago, pushing out a block of brick- ~ work and mortar weighing 170 pounds, though — the mushrooms. themselves -weighed less than three and one-half pounds. It is the result of one of the wonderful forces of nature which men can — examine and explain and yet cannot cease to — marvel at.. By its gentle and continuous. pres-— sure, the growing and expanding mushroom can left weights big enough to crush things a thou-_ sand times as strong at itself. ees a Aor rS 3 2 ce 3 Send us a one-cent stamp to cover postage, and we will mail you a copy of “Moving Pictur Stories.” ‘ ee Peas

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OO REWARD jor TWO HOURS WORK PARREN BIGELOW, the Finger Print Detective, was ; aealing his usual review in the morning newspapers, He had just finished reading the press reports of the daring robbery of the offices of the T— O— Company when the telephone on his desk rang. Central Office wascalling, , asking him to come immediately to the scene of the robbery. : - Although he drove his high powered roadster rapidly and _- arrived very shortly at his destination, he had plenty of time to consider the main features of the Case as reported by the press. The job had undoubtedly been done _by skilled cracks- _men and robbers of uncommon nerve. Sixty-five hundred dollars in currency—the company pay-roll—were gone. Not a single, apparent clew had been found by the police. _ Finger Print Expert Solves Mystery On his arrival, Bigelow was greeted by Nick Austin, Chief ‘of Detectives, who had gone over the ground thoroughly. “Hello, Warren. Here’s a job that has us stumped. TI hope you can unravel it forus.” - _ By this time, the district offi- cers and the operatives from - Central Office had almost given completely baffled. ? E » ~ ‘With lively interest and a feeling of relief they stepped back to await the results of the Finger Print Detective’s findings, They were Piainly awed at his quiet, assured manner. The adroit old Chief himself was manifestly impressed at the _ Almost immediately Bigelow turned his gttegtion toaheavy ch had been tipped up on its side, of “Big Joe” Moran, a safe blower well known to the Why dont You b yy dont Jou be a eects tavemraation After hours e bat — phe aa ~ up thei . ¢ which explains this wonderful of fruitless efforts, their work : t f v4 training in detail. Don’t wait un- ce ata standstill. They were er. 11] 7 2 Ras | this offer has expired — mail Learn At Home in Spare Time _ Could you imagine more fascinating work than this? Often life and death depend upon decisions of finger-print evidence —and big rewards go to the Expert. Thousands of trained men are now needed in this great field. The finger print work of governments, corporations, police depart- ments, detective agencies and individuals has created a new profession, Many experts regularly earn from $3,000 to $10,000 a year in this fascinating game. And now you can easily learn the secrets of this new Science in your spare time — at home. Any man with common school education and average ability can become a Finger Print Detective in a surprisingly short time. Free Course in Secret Service For a limited time we are making a special offer of a Professional Finger Print Outfit, absolutely Free, and Free : Course in Secret Service Intelli- gence. Mastery of these two kindred professions will open a brilliant career for you, Write quickly for fully illus- 5 the coupon now. You may never see this announcement again! You assume no obligation— you have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Address UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE Dept.1094, 1920 Sunnyside Avenue, Chicago, Illinois qeseuesseverstcetecadvensanecantecrecerancenseereersey PULAUUOUEUSECUEASEEEAUEEUEEEERERA TEED UNIVERSITY of APPLIED SCIENCE, Depi.1094 1920 Sunnyside Av., Chicago Gentlemen: Without any obligation whatever send me your our offer ee Pros new, pote testesbed, FREE book on Finger Prints and of a’ FREE course in Secret Service Intelligence and the fessional Finger Print Outfit. NOME... 0.cscovcssdcvevesscscctcocssccncesse. sessvesesvacees Address.....s.esestvece: | Present Occupation... =f

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A MOUNTAIN OF SOAP A. whole moun- tain of soap has been found in the northern part of Arkanses by a mining engineer, Elmer Bird, who thinks the discov- ery will add greatly to the mineral wealth of the State. Mr. Bird, who has charge of the lab- oratory of the Engineering Ex- ploration Com- pany, with offices at Little Rock, says the mineral is -saponite, a natural soap, and that such a vast bed had been dis- covered that it is believed to con- tain several hun- dreds of thous- ands of tons. i So great is the faith im this min- eral as a soap that plans have practically been eompleted for the formation of a -company for the “mining and con- - verting of the mineral into a cleaning powder and placing it on the market. Saponite is eomposed largely of magnesium, aluminum and sil- ieate, a combina- tion known to - have great clean- ing qualities. The of the mineral was purely acci- ‘dental. 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