Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 874) (1922 06 30)
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No. 874 JUNE 30, 1922 7 Cents AME. FORTUNE aToReS WEERLY. er Al pa Buchu ZUR pe SoEM ret t LLST) By\ Se f-Male Man | SS = See ~ ; ow bh AY tT i \ ik y . oy! he i HY ; a} i } } Ay ? i : ] nih ' ty Wii i : 2 ew, | wo en A WT ) a ft \ gs Tal ae Sr % oe SERS ee eT ee pe sk oe aes Without a moment's hesitation Sam rushed up to the man and the girl. “Mister,” he out the coin, “you dropped that out of your package.” “Did I?” said the man, looking hard at Sam: “well, keep it for your honesty.”
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» FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY | 2, Sy vg te price, — ig _o Canad 00; Foreign, $4.50. Harry E. Wolff, ee 166 * arg ng A d-Class Matter, October 4, 1911 a thes at New'York. ~ Y., under the Act of March 3, No. 874 SILVER DOLLAR NEW YORK, JUNE 30, 1922 Price 7 Cents SAM OR, THE COIN THAT BROUGHT -HIM LUCK By A SELF-MADE MAN CHAPTER I.—The Silver Dollar. —™ “Say, mister, where is Wall Street?” “You're standing on the corner of it.” “What! is this little street Wall?” The man laughed and looked at the boy, whose earnest face was lighted up with a strange, eager curiosity. “Yes, this little street, as you, call it, is , Wall. Look up there and you will see name.’ “So it is,” said Sam Story. “Why, I expected it would be bigger than any street in the city.” “Why so? ‘Cause I’ve heard so much about it. When anything big is done, the papers say it’s started in Wall Street. When the Government wants to raise a big bunch of money, it goes to Wall Street to get it. When the politicians want money to ay election expenses, they collect in Wall Street, Pee I’ve heard people say that all the money in the country comes from Wall Street. I know when the farmers out West were ready to move their crops they borrowed the money from their town banks, and the local papers printed an article about the banks having to send to Wall Street for the money to accommodate them,” said the boy. a ie from the West?’ “Work on a farm out there?” “A big wheat farm—three thousand acres.” “Get tired of that kind of work?” *T thou = fo I could do better coming to Wall - $treet and finding a job.” Know anybody in New York?” “No.” “I judge you haven’t been here long?” “Arrived an hour ago.” ~ “You didn’t lose any time toming to Wall Street.” “About half an hour eating my breakfast.” “Are you going to laok for a job right away?” eon tit T've gone all over the street and _ seen the sights. There’s some awfully tall build- ape here.” call them skyscrapers. y Where they line ee, make it look narrow.” “T s"pose that’s the reason Wall Street looks so ° small. It’s full of those skyscrapers.” = _ “The street isn’t very, wide, -‘anyway—not as Se as Broadway here.” way looks like a mighty big street. It - ‘both ways as far as I can see.” eee ‘ee i Sy —_—- a “It’s a ‘aug, street. It runs from the Battery clear uptow “You don’t say. A stranger like me can’t get lost if he — on Broadway.” “That’s = ct “I want see the Battery after I’ve got through with Wall Street. I’ve heard a lot about pg Central Park, and the Bowery, and a few er places.” “Come back to this spot and go straight down that’ way to the end of this street and you'll see a kind of park before you, with the elevated rail- road crossing the edge of it. That’s the Battery.” Ee Vhanks, mister. How far does Wall Street “Straight to the East. River.” “Then all I have to do is to turn around and come back?” “That’s all.” “What's on the other side of the river?” “Brooklyn Borough.” “Are all the banks on Wall Street?” “Oh, no; only a few. They’ re seattered all around. There are lots uptown.” “Say, mister, what church is that across the street with the clock?” . “Trinity.” ‘Were you born in New York, mister?” “No, but I’ve lived here many years.” “Are you connected with Wall Street?” “At present I am, while I’m standing here. I am the president of the Amalgamated Order of His ‘Curbstone Inspectors.” Sam looked at the man in a_puzzled way. remark sounded unintelligible to him. “You get big pay, I guess. Your office is around here somewhere, I suppose, in one of those skyscrapers. Is the Amalgamated Curb- stone Inspectors a trust? I’ve heard that the presidents of some of the big trusts get a whole lot more than the presidents of the banks.” “The Amalgamated Curbstone Inspectors are out for trust, but they don’t get as much of it as they would like,” grinned the man, who, as the reader will surmise, was out of work at that ment and not trying very hard to find it. uo I suppose so,” said Sam, scratching his n “You haven’t any loose change about your clothes, have you?” “l’ve got eighteen cents.” “Is that all the money you have?” “That’s all.” “
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gaa “Did you expect to pick up money in the streets that you came here practically strapped?” “Not unless somebody~ dropped it and forgot to pick it up himself.” “People are not in the habit of dropping money in this city.” “T shouldn’t think they would be. There must be an awful lot of money in Wall Street. Do you s’pose I’ll see some of it as | walk around?” “Yes, if you look in the money brokers’ offices. They have plenty of it in their windows, spread out. It makes a man’s mouth water to look at it, particularly if he’s hungry and hasn’t the price of a meal.” “Yes, I guess so; but a man can always get _work in New York, so I’ve heard, so there ain’t no danger of his not having the price of a meal.” “You think’so, do you? Your eighteen cents won’t go far. After it’s gone, try and see how easy it is to get work.” “Tt ought to be easy. I’ve got a morning paper in my pocket and there’s more than a page of advertisements in it about jobs.” “Yes, and there’s a thousand people looking for every job.” “You don’t mean that?” ; . “J do mean it. All the jobs advertised this morning have been taken long’ before’ this. _ You’ve got to be right on the spot when the place opens up, and at the head of the line, or you stand a small show. You béing a stranger, and unacquainted with the city, have no show at all. If I were in your shoes I’d go down to the Bat- tery and drown myself.” “Say, mister, you’re putting it kind of strong, aren’t you?” said Sam, looking serious. “No stronger than the facts warrant. I know the city like a book, and I’ve been out of work for a month.” _ “Are the park seats reserved for the Curb- stone Inspectors?” said the boy. “No, they generally occupy them.” — “Well, mister, I guess I'll be getting on. I’m much obliged for the information you’ve given me.” j “You’re welcome,” said the man. Sam started down Wall Street, but had not gone far before his attention was attracted by the display window of one of the money brokers mentioned by the man he had conversed with on the corner.. There were piles of Mexican silver dollars, side by side with American trade dollars, both of which were at a discount. Sam had never seen so much money at one ‘time before, and the sight confirmed his impressions of Wall Street. As he resumed. his abe repel pe ae carrying a heavy package, and accompanied by a young and pretty girl, passed him. listen- ing object fell from the package. It hit. the ; sidewalk with a ringing sound and rolled to the _ poy’s feet. Sam stooped and picked it up. It was a bright new silver dollar, and it looked aw- -_ fully big to the boy whose entire capital only amounted to eighteen cents; but his natural : panera oietes hesit he coin to the man. = Sam rushed =p to : said, holding that clase a . les 4 Without a moment’s the man and 1, out the coin, “you package.” — SILVER DOLLAR SAM t to him that he ought to re-" : * “Did 1?” said the man, looking hard at e- “Well, keep it for your honesty.” = Then they passed on, leaving the boy -looking at the bright dollar. CHAPTER II.—Sam Gets a Job. “Gosh! This is what I call luck,” soliloquized Sam. “The chap on the corner, who called him- self-a Curbstone Inspector, said people weren’t — in the habit of “dropping money in Wall Street, but I haven’t been in Wall Street ten minutes before a man drops this dollar, and when I offer to return it he tells me to keep it for my honesty. — He must have silver dollars to burn. Why, he © didn’t even stop to look at it. Neither did the ~ girl. She was a pretty girl, all right. I wish I knew her.” = He put the dollar in his pocket and proceeded on his way. “Gee!” he ejaculated, stopping suddenly. — “Something is going to happen, sure. Last night, sitting in the smoking car, I dreamed I was in — Wall Street and found a bright new silver dol- lar. A man stepped up to me and said: ‘You’re — a fortunate chap. That’s the first coin minted — this year. Hold on to it and it will bring you — luck.” Now, I wonder if my dream is coming true? As I’ve only got eighteen cents, it will be mighty hard to hold on to that dollar. But if it’s really a lucky piece, I ought to hold on to— it. How am I going to know whether it’s lucky — or not?” ‘ “Say, young man, are you looking for a job?” said a voice at Sam’s elbow at that moment. i The boy turned*around and confronted a dap- per looking young chap, with an imposing dia- mond scarf-pin. “No, I wasn’t looking for one .yet, but if one comes my way I won’t turn it down, for only got eighteen cents, and I guess that won’t pay for two more meals and a nigift’s lodging.” “Come with me to my office. I want a smart boy about your size to look after the place and help aboard -my yacht. I'll give you ten dollars a week and find you.” “T won’t run away if you pay me the ten dol- lars, so you won’t have to find me. I'll be on hand with both feet all the time,” said Sam, to -whom wages of ten dollars a week looked as big” as a mountain. Fst “That would be a pretty good wheeze if it~ wasn’t so old,” said the dapper young man with a slight smile. “Do you take the job?” “Will you surely pay me ten dollars a week?” “Every Saturday, as regular as clock-work, in- cluding your meals and a bunk to sleep in.” : _ “Do T get all that?” cried Sam, hardly know-_ ing what to make of such a munificent offer. — ‘I’ve only just reached New York, and haven't — got the hang’ of the city yet.” — “So I supposed. You'll suit me first rate.” set if I 2 _ to = any errands——”- E: “You won’t have to rua any to speak of. Only | between my office and the yacht.” ats ee a nr acne m the ten oor ¢ is sky ST “When ae pec son cata ae er =p _ - o im FF
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Ps “Now.” ; “All right. I’m ready. I was talking to a chap on the corner a while ago. He told me that when I started to look for a job I’d discover it hard to find as hen’s teeth. I guess he must have been dreaming, for you’ve offered me a job before I started to look for one. How did you happen to pitch on me?” : I took a fancy to year Seece vad the young — man, leading the way to the elevator. “Well, now, is that a fact? I didn’t know _ before it was such a taking one.” | They shot up the elevator and got out at the tenth floor. Turning down a side corridor, they came to the last r. On the frosted glass ‘panel was painted “Henry Wise. Private.” “Is that your name?” asked Sam. “That’s my name,” replied the dapper young man, unlocking the door. He entered the room, followed by Sam. The _ office was furnished with a roll-top desk, a rug, two tables, several~chairs, a number of pictures, and other things usually found in offices. There were also two safes, a large one and a small ‘one. Henry Wise opened his desk and sat down. _ “What’s your name?” he said., “Sam Story.” “How many Stories are in your family?” “Ten, altogether. I’m the sixth.” : “Then the house where your family lives is a ten-Story building?” ag “No, it’s only a two-story building with an “You came from the country ?”. _ “Yes, from Indiana.” -* “Your folks are farmers, then?” “Yes; we've got a good-sized farm.” _ “Why didn’t you stay on the farm?” “Yd rather work in Wall Street.” “ “What put that idea in your head away out in Indiana?” “I met a man out there who came from Wall He told me I could make more money in se all Street in a week with a little capital than I could on any farm in a year with ten times the "So you thought you’d run away from the farm be “and try t” - — _‘ “¥es, I ran away, all right, but I’ve got to find the capital before I can make money. I guess I can save it out of the ten dollars a week you’re going to pay me with my meals and a ms “How much money have you got to fall back + his silver dollar. _» “Well, here’s a dollar on account of your first _ week’s wages. You see that small table by the See. w with the chair?” : _ Sam said he saw it. — “You are to sit there and watch the office. I x F sceightoen cents,” said Sam, not thinking: of » r. came in. _ “Ts Mr. Wise in?” he asked. = a SILVER ‘DOLLAR SAM . . 3 out and you don’t know ‘when I'll be in. Take down their names and tell them to call again at some stated time. There’s a pencil and a sheet of paper.- Here’s a street guide with a map of the city. You can study that, and in a day or two you'll know how to get around town. [ll show you Wall Street. ere it is. See the name?” “T see it.” “This is Broadway. It runs all the way up here. Now, watch my pencil. I am following Wall Street to the East River. That street run- ning along the river is South street. Now, study the names of all those streets up as far as that cross I make, which is the Brooklyn Bridge. I want you to familiarize yourself with the water front. Here’s another sheet of paper. You'd better write the names of the streets down, be- ginning with Wall. When you’ve got them down fine, learn those above the bridge as far as this eross which I make here. After you’ve learned those streets you can follow the water front south of Wall, this way, and go around the Bat- tery and up West street. The rest of the city you can learn to suit yourself.” “Yes, sir,” said Sam. “If I’m not back by the time you want your lunch you can lock up and go out to one of the lunch houses in the neighborhood. Here’s a quarter to pay for it. This is the Atlas Build- ing, and the office is on the tenth floor. Don’t forget that.” “IT won't,” said Sam. , Wise shut up his desk and went out, leaving Sam in possession. While he was thinking of the soft snap he had fallen into the door opened and a man came in with a good-sized bundle. He was not so well dressed as Henry Wise, was older, and he had a hunted look in his eyes. When Sam saw the bun- dle he jumped to the conclusion that this man ~ was Captain Cox, of the yacht. When the visitor saw Sam ‘he stopped where he was and looked undecided. . “Come, in,” said Sam, in a free-and-easy way. “Are you Captain Cox?” “Who are you?” asked the caller instead ‘of answering. “T’m the riew office boy.” “Oh,” said the visitor, with a look of relief. “Yes, I’m Captain Cox.” “I s’pose you want to put that bundle in the closet? I was told to hand you the key.” The captain took the key, disposed of the bun- dle, and returned the key to Sam. Then he gat down near the boy and looked ac him. . “Where is Wise?” : - “Mr. Wise is out. I don’t know when he'll be ack.” “What's your name?” Sam Story.” e ; a and brought up in New York, I sup- “No,” said Sam. “I’m from——” The door opened, and a man with a Hebrew east of countenance, attired in a business suit, - *No, sir,” replied Sam, aes “When canIsee him?” ~~ . = Se aT gee ee ee Seek +.
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4 -SILVER. DOLLAR SAM ; “Leave your name and say when you'll call.” “Never mind my name. You can tell him Max _ called. I will call again at four o’clock if I can. Good-day.” The caller departed. . “Did Wise leave any word for me?” asked the captain, _“You haven’t the least idea how long he'll be away?” “Think you'll like this jojb?” ~ “Yes.” ¥ At. that moment Wise came bustling in. “Hello, Bentley? How long have you been 2 re? “About half an hour.” “Any visitors, Sam?” “One. He said his name was Max and that he would come back at four if he could.” “Very well. It’s after twelve, you’d better go - and eat. Take your time. I'll be here when you get back.” : . ~ Sam guessed his boss had some business to transact with the captain and wanted him out of the way, so he put on his hat and left the office. CHAPTER III.—Sam Visits the Yacht. When he came to Broad street he decided to walk down it, as Wise had told him to take his -time. When he got to the other side of Ex- change Place he saw a crowd of well-dressed men standing and gesticulating inside a roped-in en- closure. He guessed they were holding an open- _ air meeting of some kind. Venturing to inquire, a man told him this was the Curb Exchange, where mining stocks and certain industrials were traded in. ~~ “This is where you speculate, then?” said Sam. “Tt’s one of the places. That big building on the other side there is the New York Stock Ex- chan: They buy and sell railroad stocks there. Further down is the Consolidated Exchange, with an entrance on Broadway. You'll fifid the others if you look hard enough for them. The Produce Exchange is a big, red building with a clock - tower on Beaver street—that street down there that this one runs into.”. Sam went down to Beaver street and returned to the Atlas Building along the other side, stop- ping to look at the Stock Exchange. When he entered the office Mr. Wise was at his desk, with one leg crossing the other, and lazily smoking’a good cigar. sc ee ‘ _. “Was I out. too long, sir,” said Sam. “You - told me to take my time, so I walked down to the river and around a bit.” - “No,” replied Wise. ‘South street, to the bridge?” es, sir. “And the streets above as far as I told you to Keep on with the map. I am = SS See at four. If the man aioe ee I the bows, Here is the key to the padlock. a Vien ros 2% -lars. “Know the streets along Wise shut down his desk and left the office. — + “J wonder what kind of business is done here?” Sam asked himself. “Whatever it is, Mr. Wise attends to it himself. It must be important or _ he wouldn’t need two safes. He seems to get along without a clerk. Whatever books he keeps ~ he looks after them himself. Well, I don’t care as long as I get ten dollars a week, with-bed and board. It’s equal to fifteen or sixteen dol- — It doesn’t look-as if I'll be worked very — hard here. All I appear to have to do is to Watch the office.” : : Sam got tired of studying the map and varied the monotony by walking around the office. On top of Wise’s desk was a copy of that day’s Wall Street News. Sam carried it to his table and looked it over. It was full of financial news and stock transactions. Most boys would have found that very dry reading and have cast it aside. Not so Sam. Anything touching on finance or stock speculation interested him. Having lots — of time he read it right through from the first Sac to the last. He even read many of the — rokers’ advertisements. Four o’clock came and s did Mr. Wise. “J shall have no further use for you to-day, — Sam,” he said. “Walk down to South street, turn up toward the Brooklyn Bridge. When you — arrive there you will find Captain Cox waiting for you. He will take you to the yacht, which i is. on the other side of the river. Report here at ten — o’clock to-morrow ete 2 , Sam put on his hat, followed his instructions, and found the captain at the spot designated. They walked up Frankfort street. “a “So, young man, you have really come off a farm?” said the captain. 4 “That’s what I told you,” replied Sam. E “Your conversation misled me. I thought— but no matter. You understand that ryou are to- sleep aboard of the yacht until further notice.” “J suppose so. I’m to get my bed and board in addition to my wages.” ; “So Wise told me. You have a good job, and — it remains with you whether you hold it or not.” “It won’t be my fault if I don’t hold it.” . “T’m glad to hear it. Whatever you are told : do you will be expected to do “without ques- © ion.’ - nie “I expect to do what I’m told. There doesn’t seem to be much to do at the office.” ~ se “Tt is necessary that some one should be there to attend to visitors; but you must have as lit-_ tle to say to visitors as possible. Ask them their — name and their business with Mr. Wise, and an-— swer no questions from them.” an By the time they reached the entrance to the bridge Sam began to think that the captain had very close relations with his boss. ‘ “We'll walk across this afternoon, for we have lots of time,” said. Captain Cox. ‘That suited Sam all right. They proceeded leisurely, stopping many times while the captain pointed out certain objects of interest on the wianhattan sidé. Finally they reached the Brook-— lyn end, turned down ‘award. - q out at a small pier. Here a smal! sloop-y was_moored. ‘The went aboard. ¢ “Go for’ard seuttle cover you
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it, go down and fetch up a bucket and a mop. Fill the bucket from the river and go all over the deck with the mop and plenty of water. Take _ Off your shoes and-stockings, and roll up your trousers, before you begin.” ; 3 ~- Sam started to obey orders. The captain wait- ed to see him begin. Sam had never cleaned a vessel’s deck before, but he went about the work --with vigor, feeling glad of the opportunity to do some real work for the big pay he was getting. Dashing several bucketfuls of water over the boards, he started in with the mop. Captain Cox then- went into the little cabin, which was also secured by a stout padlock. While Sam was in the midst of his new employment, a bare-footed youngster with a tow head and ragged clothes - eame upon the wharf and seated himself on the _ stringpiece close to the boat. “Hello, mugsy?” he said. : “Hello, yourself,” replied Sam, without paus- - ing in his labor. “Are you de crew of dat sloop?” inquired the urchin. - “No, I’m the skipper,” returned Sam. _ Tell dat to Sweeney. Yer look like yer wuz from de country.” * “You look as if you come out of a rag bag.” _ © “Aw, cork up. Me reg’lar clo’s is at me tailor’s ig *-pressed, ‘cause why, I’m goin’ to a ball in’ wit? me best goil.” “codfish ball?” laughed Sam. -. “Naw; don’t get funny. A real ball. I’ve got me gal, and youse kin have a dance wit’ her.” _. “Thanks; but I don’t think I'll be able to go, atches.” ; At that-moment the captain came out of the cabin to see who Sam was talking to. “Get away from here, you young scamp!” he ted to the kid on the stringer. Yer don’t own -Captain.Cox picked up a bit of Bas — jump- is ion in : have you arrested!” roared Cox. _ “Yer'tl have to catch me fust. Yah! Go sit ) tack.” ; All this amused Sam greatly, but he went on with his work and finals finished it. ake the bucket and the mop back and light in the stove,” said the captain. n found the small stove in the forepeak with ashes, and he cleaned it out first, ing the ashes overboard. As soon as he the fire well started, he notified the captain. Ox came-down into the galley, put some pota- s in a pan and handed it to Sam with a knife. with es —_ am was thus engaged the Tagged y - x - ——_ == an extry ticket. If yer’ll go I’ll interjuce yer to up te gio peel and slice up these pota- ‘and began handing the SILVER DOLLAR SAM : > a young Westerner a lot of sarcastic comments. Sam paid no attention to them. Captain Cox stuck his head up through the scuttle opening and ordered the boys away. _ “Keep yer shirt on,” replied the original youth. “Dis is a free country, ahd youse ain’t got no right to chase us.” At that juncture the watchman in charge of that section of the water front appeared with a rattan in his hand. Then ensued a scampering on the part of the youths, whose speed was ac- celerated by an application of the rattan to their bare legs. Sam enjoyed the performance huge- ly. Captain Cox tossed the watchman a quarter, and told him he hoped he would keep those kids‘ off the dock altogether. “T’ll keep my eyes on them, sir,’”’ said the man, walking away. . At six o’clock Sam and the captain sat down to a mess of bacon and eggs, fried potatoes, baker’s bread and coffee. They became quite friendly over :the repast, though Captain Cox acted like a man with a weight on his mind. He started at the slightest sound that came from the dock, and sometimes went to the cabin door and looked out. The dishes were carried to the galley and it fell to Sam’s duty to wash them. About the time he was finished the captain stuck his head down the seuttle. “Do you see that door in the bulkhead behind you?” he said to the boy. “Yes,” said Sam. “Open it and take a look.” Sam did so, and saw a small space equipped with a stationary bunk, a washstand affixed to the wall, a stool that folded up, and some other things. , “That’s your bedroom,” said the skipper. “You - can turn in whenever you want to, but you needn’t be surprised if you’re routed out» before midnight to help hoist sail, if Wise decides on making a short night trip. His nerves are out of order and when he feels an attack coming on he visits the sloop and I take him up or down the river, and it makes him feel better.” “T don’t feel sleepy yet,” said Sam. “I’m com- ing on deck.” ~ Captain Cox went aft and Sam left the fore- ae and sat down with his back against the mast. CHAPTER IV.—Mystery. Darkness had come over city and river by that time. The forest of masts of the sailing vessels lying at the docks along South street were faintly outlined against the sky, as were also the upper ~ sections of the skyscrapers in the lower part of Manhattan. The Brooklyn Bridge glowed with its string of electric lights suspended in the air from shore to shore. There was still a. lot” of activity on the river, and the hum of the many cars on the bridge, carrying thousands of work- ers to their homes, was distinctly audible to Sam’s ears. A myriad of lights gleamed along the opposite shore as far as the boy could see, ae o ore: lots a on the Brooklyn ‘vide, m couk ly see a very small part of them. ee eet Pag t < +
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6 SILVER DOLLAR SAM A puffing tug was making fast to a ship oppo- site to take her from her berth to some point down the bay, and a gleaming ferry boat left her slip at the foot of Fulton street and glided slowly across the river. All these sights were new and interesting to Sam, who hadn’t been quite twelve hours in the great rea ser yet. Already things had happened to him that were rather out of the common under the circum- stances, and stronger things were going to hap- pen to him before long. After a time his thoughts went out to the big 8,000-acre wheat farm owned by his father, and he wondered how the family had acted when his letter was found notifying them that he decided to go to Chicago to make his fortune. That was only a bluff, for Sam was foxy enough to guess that his father would telegraph to the police to look out for him and send him back. Therefore, he didn’t remain in Chicago any longer than he could get a train over the Fort Wayne read and its connections for New York, which was the real destination he had in sight, As he suspected that the New York police would be asked to look for him when he was not : tried to throw his father He for the Fort Wayne de done a smart a 5 erhaps he h At any rate, he reached New York all right, and was safe enough at that moment from being over- hauled. Sam remained on deck till nine o’clock, then went below and turned in. Three hours later he was awakened by Captain Cox. “Get up and come on deck,” said the skipper. Sam, yawning and half asleep, got into his clothes and tumbled up. The night had turned dark and not a star was visible. Captain Cox had taken the stops off the mainsails, and brought one of the jibs out of the cabin. Sam helped hoist the mainsail. There were two hallliards and Sam was told to coil them. Not being up to sea terms Sam asked the captain what he meant. + “Turn them over so that the end of the hal- liard is under the coil,” said Cox. While Sam was doing this the skipper was hauling the bobstay and bowsprit shrouds taut. Sam was sent on the dock to cast off the forward line, but to take care not to throw it off entirely, and return with the slack in his hand. “Now hold on till I shout to you to let go,” said the skipper, who went aft and, leaping on the dock, cast off the after line and got board. Sam turning his face in that direction saw the glow of a cigar near the wheel, which indicated the presence of a third person on board. The boy guessed it was his employer. “He’s got a nervous 11 on and we’re going to take him for a sail,” thought the young Westerner. “Let go!” Sam let go of the line, stepped forward and picked up the line where it was to an jron cleat in the bows and hauled the slack in _ from the water, coi it as he proceeded. They were presently clear of the dock and pointing t he had D.: — = as t-4 yi hs : . o- Ssie-Sy —_ pitch and you are sure to be defiled. He’s a stranger in the city, _ ; i su “4
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_ and a person without friends always stands a _ poor show with the police. He’d be railroaded as sure as fate—and os guilty of nothing. I'd swear to that, but my word wouldn’t count. Well, let us hope nothing happens, but I shall be on pins and needles till Wise gets back. If he ‘pulls the game off all right, there'll be another sensation in the papers to-morrow and the police will be up against it again.” - Captain Cox walked away _ €abin closed the door. . “Jewilikins! What does all this mean?” ejac- _ ‘ulated Sam. “There seems to something crooked in the wind, and I’m in it without know- ing what itis. If this is the kind of luck my 3 = dollar is bringing me, I’d better get rid and entering the - *< a Sam went to his bunk and sat down. ~After _ what he had heard he did not feel a bit like going to sleep. His employer was such a dapper, smartly dressed and prosperous looking young man that Sam could hardly believe he was en- in anything dishonest. A man with a Wall St office, two imposing looking safes, a hand- _ Some rug and fine furniture could not be a com- mon thief as the captain’s soliloquy indicated. At least Sam didn’t know how he*could. Never- ‘theless, the words let fall by Captain Cox caused _ him a good bit of uneasiness. Ten dollars a - week, with board and lodging thrown in, and not a whole lot to do, was not to be picked up at _ random, even in Wall Street, and Sam was smart enough to understand that, though he had had no Pp us experience of city life. It, therefore, in to dawn upon him that Mr. Wise had some _ Special reason for dispensing such a princely ' compensation. We will not dwell upon Sam’s doubts and conflicting thoughts during-the two hours that intervened between Wise’s departure a the yacht with the suit-case and his return with the same case. It was half-past two in the Morning when he came back and he seemed to be - ina hurry. He rushed into the cabin. A minute =e he reappeared with the half-dressed cap- _ tain. They jumped on the wharf and cast off _ both lines in a jiffy. The yacht’s bow was pushed _ off, her mainsail and jib rapidly hoisted, and then _ With the captain at the wheel the sloop wore around and started back down the river. Shortly Sam stuck his head out the cabin door _ and saw Captain Cox and Mr. Wise talking on _ deck. Sam learned nothing and went back to bed fr ee sleep. Next morning he got up and found . is ‘sloop moored to a dock at the end of a street. lit the fire. The cabin door was fastened and he concluded the captain and Wise were in there meee, He looked over the side and discov- =a a cord leading down into the water. Pullin ), he saw attached to it a box wrapped in o} . He did not open it but let it down again. the captain came on deck, and told him to go and proceed to the office, after giving him ms reach there. He bought a morn- first thing that attracted his om was a robbery committed on a wealthy SILVER DOLLAR SAM — 7 to-his surprise. Wise was there. Sam wondered ro business was carried on there. It puzzled im. - CHAPTER V.—Sam Makes a Friend. Ten minutes later two men came in with a stock indicator and announced they had come to install it. “Where are you going to put it?” asked Wise. “Anywhere you say, sir; but the most con- venient place for us to place it is over here by this table. That’s where the previous tenant had it. The wires come through the wall there, and if that place spits you, all we have to do is to connect them with the machine, and it will be in. operation in a few minutes,” said one of the men. “Put it there, then,” said Wise. In less than fifteen minutes the ticker was clicking away at a rapid rate. “Will you shift my desk over to that window and bring the table over here?” Wise asked the men. “Certainly, sir,” said the spokesman. The desk and the table were reversed and Sam found himself established at the other window. The men went away and Wise passed half an hour looking at the marks that came out on the tape. Then he put on his hat and told Sam he Was going out and probably would not return for an hour. “Tf any one calls tell them I am over at my pe ae They can either wait or call again,” he said, Ray Then he went out, leaving Sam in charge. Having nothing to do Sam went to the ticker, curious to watch its workings, and to see what its mission was. He first looked at the- brass mechanism inside the glass cover, and saw that it printed letters and figures on the tape which entered through a slit at one side from a thick, narrow, endless roll, ran through the machine and issued from another slit on the opposite side and fell into a tall. wicker basket placed there to receive it. He picked up the printed tape as he had seen Wise do, and looked at,the marks. “200 U P 134 1-8,” he saw. “What doés that mean?” Sam asked himself. “100 C S 116 5-8,” came next, A whole lot more of the same apparently meaningless marks preceded and followed those shown above. They were as intelligible to Sam as Egyptian hjeroglyphics would have been. While Sam was puzzling his brains over the marks the door opened and a boy stuck his head in. 7 : _“Hello, Casey!” he said. Sam turned around and looked at him. _“My name isn’t Casey,” he said. “What, do you want?” “Tl take it back. I thought you were Casey. Where is he? Fired?” ‘ “T don’t know anything about him. You’ll have to come in later and ask Mr. Wise. He'll be back in an hour.” “Are you the office boy here now?” “Yes. Do you work on this floor?” - “Next door with a cheap broker.” SS, these’ Chings {year ~ Do you have one of ? * — a ne ty
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a tat fe 8 SILVER DOLLAR SAM : “What things?” “This ticking machine.” . “Sure. It’s a stock ticker. When did you get it? It wasn’t here the last time I was in to see Casey. “Te. came a little while ago. Can you tell me the meaning of the marks that come out on the paper?” “Sure I can,” said the boy, coming forward. “Ts this the first time you’ve worked in Wall Street?” “Yes.” “But you’ve seen a ticker in saloons, haven’t you?” “No. I don’t go into saloons.” “Well, what do you want to know?” “What does that mean?” said Sam, pointing. “One hundred and fifty shares of Southern Railways has been sold by a broker in the Ex- change for $133 2-5 a share. That’s the record of the transaction.” “You don’t say. And that one?” “One hundred shares of Northern Pacifie sold at 114 1-2.” “How do you know that N. P. stands for Northern Pacific?” “Because it does. Get a stock report, or open the morning paper at the financial page and look at the list under the sales of stocks. You will find the names of the stock dealt in at the Ex- change. Got a paper? I'll show you.” Sam brought the morning paper from his desk. The other boy turned to the page in question. “Here you are. The names are not abbrevi- ated as much as they appear on the ticker, so you will be able to understand by comparing "the ticker marks with them what they mean. This list shows the total number of shares of each stock dealt in at the Exchange yesterday. There were 7,600 shares .of Amalgamated Copper. Those columns of figures show the highest and rices for the day. Also the closing price poor last quotation of the stock. Amal- robably at 60 1-2. It ae as a be or 1-4, but dropped to 61. That’s lost figure.” “Yot seem to Rave it down fine.” “Sure I have. I know the thing like a book.” “T wish you’d gee it all to me. I’m inter- ested. I intend ‘to speculate when I’ve saved money enough.” “Ho! You'd lose alse money. I’ve tried it at the little bank on Nassau street and got cleaned out*every time; but I’m game | to tackle it again. I'm liable to hit it some time.” “T thought everybody made money e stocks he el did!” cried the bo e you e boy, Sam a curious look. “Who stuffed you Le ain ” “A man from Wall Street I met out in our aes did you come from?” “Did “Yes. “When?” “Yesterday.” you come from Indiana?” _ goes sailing you “Yesterday?” ejaculated the other boy in sure + prise. “Only yesterday ?” ; “Yes. Got here yesterday about ten o’clod Seg “You didn’t lose any time catching on to a job. How did you connect so quick? Have a letter of introduction?” “No. I was walking down Wall Street when Mr. Wise stopped me and asked me if I was looking for a job. I told him that I hadnt thought about it yet. He asked me if I’d go to work for him right away. As I had ne that Wall Street jobs were nad to get, I said yes, so he hired me.” “I never heard of ceehxé thing. You were blamed lucky—if you rare work.” “T ouess I was.” “‘Didn’t he ask you for references, or whether | you was well acquainted with the city?” “No. I.told him I was a stranger in the city— had just arrived, and didn’t know anything about, the place except that this was Wall Street, and Broadway was up .yonder.” “Well, I'll be jiggered. That gets my goat. I don’t see what use you are to him running errands.” ‘He said he wants me to lox. after the office when he’s out.” “You’ve got a fat snap. Casey told me how fat it was, but he didn’t last very long. What do you get? Casey told me he got $6.” “Ten dollars with board and bed.” “Ten dollars with what?” “Board and lod ping. “Holy mackerel! He must have made you junior partner. You’re kidding me.” “No, I’m not. It’s a fact.” “Never heard of such wages for an office bo and you’re only a green one. Why, I’ve been Wall Street two years, and I’m right up to the minute, and all I get is $7. Don’t you do any- thing but watch the office?” “That’s all so far, except wash down the yacht, make the fire, help let go the lines, hoist the sail and tie her up to the wharf.” “Has your boss a yacht?” “Yes.” “And you work aboard of her, too?” “Yes.” “Oh, I see. That accounts for your big wages with board and a bed. You eat and sleep on the yacht ?” ee TPL Sy Meme eRe ee em, ete eh eee 4 ~~ “Yes. Except at noon, and then Mr. Wise gives me a quarter for ~y ¢ lunch, Es. ik ony you’ve got hold of a good thing. | Yo Ss must be rich.” | ¥ “T q ess so.” = at does He do? Casey didn’t ‘ena! 34 a “I don’t know, either, but I suppose io find out after a while.” ae “Most likely will. Whenever the ‘hess go along. I wish I had your snap. You ought to savé all your he to. When I get enough I will begin ls at the little ten 2 wy pay Bey of any stock on pea: Pree. charges. it goes point you'll be out $5 and commissions, ~
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ne, SILVER DOLLAR SAM . | always went down with me, but Yl catch a win- ner yet and get square.” f+ “Say, 1 rainet like you.. What’s your name?” .“Bob Brown. What's — x Ei Sam told him, and added that he would con- | sider it a favor if Bob would post him how to _ speculate. “Sure I will. But I must get back to the office now. I'll see you to-morrow some time.” Bob Brown took his leave, and Sam, with the list of stock sales in his hand, proceeded to fa- | miliarize himself with the meaning of the marks that came out on the ticker tape, and succeeded very well indeed, for Sam was as bright as the - new dollar he carried as a pocket-piece, and he | picked up knowledge rapidly. . = ; CHAPTER VI.—Sam’s Indecision. _ Wise came in about noon and told Sam he ‘could go to lunch, handing him a quarter. “You needn’t return till after one, as I shall be busy here and/won’t need you,” said Wise. “After lunch, walk down to the Battery and look ‘ound there. Then go up West street ag far as rtlandt, turn up Cortlandt to Broadway, come ~ down Broadway to Wall and back here. Take note of the-streets and other things.” . It was half-past one when Sam got back to the office. Wise had his hat on and went out right ‘@way, saying he would be back at four. Sam rught back with him a book on Wall Street x ion which he bought for a quarter at a ~ bookstore, and put in the afternoon reading: it. _ Wise returned at four and asked Sam if he could _. find his way back to the yacht. ; “Tf it’s in the same place I can,” he answered. “It’s at the same dock. How will you §° i “T'l] walk up Nassau street to Park Row, go to the Brooklyn Bridge, cross the river, and turn down to the left.” _ “You've got the routé all right,” said Wise. PA chaos you can start now. You'll find Captain Cox on board.” -Three-quarters of as t : an hour later Sam stepped _ @board the yacht. The captain was reading an __ afternoon paper, seated on a camp-stool. He _ nodded to Sam, and the boy, pulling his own “out of his pocket, began to read further ars about the previous night’s robbery. ull list-of the property stolen was given, but police had made‘no real discoveries, or if they ‘they had not given them out to the news- at was quite a robbery last night in the- >,” said Sam, looking at the skipper. - » captain started and said, “What’s that?” repeated the remark, and added that the thought they had a clew in the man with uit-ease the patrolman had seen walking on the Seventy-second street wharf at about in the morning. guess he had nothing to do with the burg- ich a job as that is not pulled off by one the burglars wouldn’t be likely go* t tonics ir booty where they ay. to-tere Syaing? the: watermar. one By 5 match inthe gait at . “Stuff and nonsense! Crooks have their hiding places in certain parts of the city where it is dangerous for policemen to go. They don’t take to boats on the river. Go forward now and light the fire. We'll have er early.” Sam went forward, ocked the scuttle cover, but before he went down he ventured to look over the bows. The string tied to the ring was still there, so the boy judged that the weighty pack- age sunk on the bottom was still there. He strongly suspected that the contents of that package would prove interesting to the police, and he wondered if it wasn’t his duty to put them on to it. Mr. Wise’s cheerful and easy manner at the office that day had somewhat disarmed Sam’s suspicions concerning him. He began to wonder if the person who had been aboard the yacht the night before was really Wise. It might have been somebody else, and the slo might have been used without his employer’s knowledge and consent. Then he ied the eaptain’s soliloquy, and that convinced him that Wise had been there, and he feared he was the man who had committed all the robberies printed in the day’s papers. “I surely ought to notify the police,” he thought as he cleaned out the stove and built a fresh fire; “but if I do I'll be arrested, too, and be sent to jail with the captain and Mr. Wise. That. will be the end of my fine job and the chance of speculating in Wall Street. .I wish I knew somebody I could go to for advice.” Supper was ready at six, and he and the - tain sat down to it in the cabin. Sam said noth- ing more about the robbery, but he read all that the afternoon paper printed about it. After the dishes were washed up it was dark, and he asked Captain Cox if he could take a walk around the neighborhood. “You can if you think you won’t get lost,” said e skipper. “Oh, I'll look out for that,” he said, confidently. “Well, don’t go away from the docks. The bridge will be a guide to you.” So Sam went on his stroll. He kept to the river front and an hour later came back. He sat down on the stringpiece at the foot of the dock, near the bridge arch, before returning to the schooner. Approaching Noices reached his ears. “You say there’s a sloop-yacht moored at this dock. Know anything about her?” asked a man, in a sharp tone. ; “Yes. It’s my business to know. She beiongs to Henry Wise, of Wail Street.” “Henry Wise. Is he a stock broker?” “T don’t know what his business is. is in the Atlas Building.” His office “Ts the yacht in commission?” “Yes. There’s a captain aboard of her. Yes- terday afternoon a boy joined him. I saw him aboard about half-past five, washing her deck. He was there when I came on duty this afternoon” at five. I haven’t seen any one else except Mr. Wise lately. He came here last Saturday about ~ two, I heard, hired a man in the neighborhood to help sail the yacht, and went for a sail. I saw him when the yacht returned at dark.” _ “What kind of looking man is he?” “About thirty, good looking and “Tall or_short; fat or slim?” — x active.” — : se
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10 ’ “About average height, not_at all stout, rather He entered his office at five minutes after ten, yet looking.” : : c as the yacht away last night?” opened his desk, looked over his mail, and then “T guess not.” told Sam he had a note for him to take to @- “Wouldn’t you have known if she was?” __ broker in the Mills Building. -_ “Yes;” said the watchman, who did not think “Think you can find the place? It’s down on it necessary to state that he had taken a sleep Broad street.” Bs from midnight till four, after arranging with a “Pll find it if it is on Broad street, for that brother watchman to ring up his time-clock every ‘street ain’t more than two blocks long,” replied - half hour for him. He performed a similar service for his friend “You know where the Curb brokers have their on alternate nights, so that the pair were enjoy- Exchange, don’t you?” ing a soft thing of it on the quiet. “The. yacht could not possibly have been away “Well, the building is below there on the same. two or three hours without you knowing it, side.” . then?” “Surely not. Ihave to walk out on each of my He took the note and started off just like a docks every half hour, and then ring up my regular messenger. He found the Mills Build- — time-élock. If-the yacht hadn’t been at her berth ing without any great trouble, and also the office ~ I would have known it. What makes you think of the broker, which was on the third floor. He | she was away?” “J haven’t any thoughts on the subject,” said for the elevator he ran against Bob Brown, who the other. “I merely asked you out of curiosity. had just delivered a note to a broker on that Do you know of any other sloop-rigged craft in _ floor. this vicinity?” “There’s one at the second dock below here 3 s / ra that is loading brick for a Long Island town.” lost?” he added, with a_grin. That ended the conversation as far as Sam SILVER DOLLAR SAM but Wise didn’t appear until nearly eleven. He Sam. - “ee “Then I won’t miss it.” Ni A i ani it otic _ os ner received a reply to take back,.and as he made “Hello, Story, I didn’t expect to meet you a here,” said Bob. “Ain’t you afraid you'll get “No fear,” replied Sam. “Where are you : going?” <a was concerned, for the two men walked away, “Back to the office.” a: and when their footsteps died out the boy got up and went aboard the yacht. “So am I. We'll go together.” “Understand how to read the ticker now?” — =) ‘. Tt was’a long time before Sam got to sleep that “Pretty good. I'll have it down by the ti a . “night after turning in early. He felt it was his duty to notify the police, but it seemed to be against his interest to do so. Apart from his silver dollar, —— he was an ee to be- Begs ae uy all Oh money he had vas $10, who are busted, and they go there from fone pay for his —- and ere: a it oe all certain but he wou locked up in jai r A 7 he had told his story. As a matter of fact, he, making something. I came to New York to mi oe nav eer ee a Pultmesees’ since he had home, though I've only got $1.20 now besides m : no established place of residence in New York. ee : ~ : Furthermore, he hated to turn against Captain You've got a lucky dollar, have you?” friendly way. “Yes,” and Sam told him how he got it, Altogether, he tossed about on the horns of sev- . also his dream. eral dilemmas, and could not decide what to do. . 1 _ The reader may think that an honest fe like ‘ight away. T’ll have to call you Silver Do Cox, who treated him in a ve Sam would easily have decided that there was Sam,” only one way for him to act, and that y right way; but Sam was insa decidedly difficult What do you think about that robbery the pap _ position, and he may be pardoned for his inde- are full of?” : cision. _When he awoke next morning he was “I think it was a pretty slick piece of b still at sea and ifresolute. He helped the cap- Ness.” tain get breakfast, cleaned up the cabin and L _ started for Wall Street. On his way. down Nas- would you tell the police?” Ee ~ . sau street he noticed, for the first time, the lit- “Sure I’d tell them.” - ee tle banking and brokerage house mentioned by “Suppose your boss was the burglar, and you’d * Reb Brown. Out of curiosity he ventured in. lose your job if he was arrested, would you gi leave this afternoon. I was in at the little bank you spoke about. The place was full of men and tobacco smoke. Are those men speculators?” — “Most of them are. .The others are has-beens of habit, and because it’s a good place to loaf.” “J wouldn’t hang around there unless I was money, and I intend to do it before I back lucky dollar.” y “It must be lucky, for you got your swell as the “My job may not be so well as you thi “Tf you thought you knew who was the thief, him away?” : “No fear of my boss doing anying croo The worst he does is to shear a few lambs they come bleating his way.” :
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"What kind of game are you giving mé? I ‘never heard of lambs being sheared before. They | don’t get enough wool on their bodies till they _* become sheep.” > ; | ~~ Ho, “ho, ho!” roared Bob. “What an inno- | _ cent you are? The speculating public are called | “lambs, just as the brokers are called bulls and bears.” Then Sam understood, but Bob continued to chuckle until they parted on the tenth floor. od CHAPTER VII—More Luck, but Sam Doesn’t ay ; es Know It. As that was Saturday, Wise told Sam that he "could start for the yacht as soon as he left. _* “Here’s your pay for the week, minus the dollar - T advanced you,” he added. es Nine dollars,” cried Sam. . “Why, this is only “my third day, and only two hours at that.” “Tt’s the habit in Wall Street to pay employees Sah any time during the .week a full week’s wages. Take it and be thankful. you’ve got it. Be on hand Monday at ten. If you want to look the town over this afternoon, you needn’t go __ aeross the river till five. You can take Brooklyn in to-morrow. Captain Cox might take you - afound and show you the sights. at would be safer for you until you get the swing of things,” said Wise. _ “7 guess I'll go uptown and see the sights my- self thi n sai am. A y Sr this segs iam past twelve Wise told Sam he could £0, he went. He got downstairs and sudden- ly remembered that he had left his paper which he had finished on his table. Up he went again, but when he tried the door he found it locked. m thought that funny, pereoneey as he heard sounds inside. He tri keyhole, but the key blocked the way. “The boss is in there. I wonder what he’s eens’ 2” thought the boy. ” e fan-light was open, but there was no way ¢ i Just then Bob Brown came out of y?” he asked. oer Yes, but I left a paper in the office and I can’t st back. “Don’t you carry the key?” , “Yes, but the boss is in there and has the door ” “Oh, I see.” : _ “Say, let me get on your shoulders, will you? - I want to look in over the door.” “Want to see what your boss is doing?” “Never mind,” said Sam, kicking off his shoes. nd there and don’t you let me drop.” am was as active as a monkey and, getting on s shoulders, he peered into the office. e st safe was open, an e was lookin s contents. = was B —— filled 7 ilverw watches an amond ornaments, : spellbound at the collection, and then ot wobbly under his weight, he jumped to?” asked put on his shoes. — seen all you wanted SILVER DOLLAR SAM 11 “No, but I guess I’ve seen enough.” “What is your boss doing?” “He’s doing a number of people, I guess.” “You needn’t care. as long as he doesn’t do you,” grinnned Bob. “J don’t know. I think I ought to——” “Ought to what?” “Never mind,” said Sam, looking thoughtful. “What are you’going to do with yourself this afternoon?” ; “[’'m going to lunch first, and then——” “Well?” = “T guess I’ll go to Central Park.” The boys parted downstairs and Sam went to lunch. Sam really intended to inquire his way to Police Headquarters and tell his story, but he did not care to tell Bob that. When he had eaten his lunch he asked the cashier, a girl, if she knew where the main office of the police was. - “There’s the telephone directory. You'll find the address and call number in that,” she replied. Sam looked for. it under the head of “Police,” and found that the “Headquarters” were at 240 Center street. He made a note of the address, and then asked the girl where Center street was. “Go straight up Nassau street and along Park Row to the Brooklyn Bridge, and you will find - . Center street facing you. It’s a wide street run- , ning uptown.” Sam thanked the cashier and started for Nas- sau streeet. When he reached the Brooklyn Bridge he asked a bootblack which was Center street. ~ + “Right dere,” replied the kid, pointing. - Sam crossed Park Row and walked into Center street. Now that he was on the last lap of his route, though he still had a good many blocks before him, as Police Headquarters was at the northern end of the street, between Grand and Broome, his resolution began to weaken. In fact, he was experiencing an attack of “cold feet,” very like the sensation one feels when on the way to a dentist’s to have a nerve treated. He took note of the numbers, but not of the names of the cross streets. When he reached Canal street he found he had less than 100 numbers before him, and the picture of a room full of suniformed policemen rose so vividly before his mind that his steps began to lag. At Hester street he was proceeding at a snail’s pace, and when he Fe to Grand, with the building close by, “he was all in. The sight of six policemen coming toward him put him into a panic. For the mo- ment the impression prevailed with him that the poties knew he was coming, and the six men ad been sent to escort him fato the building. Instinctively/he looked around for some place to hide, but the only place he could retreat into. Was one of the doorwavs. He was afraid to take refuge there, as the officers were sure to see him do it, so putting on a bold front, he went on. The six officers hardly looked at him as they _ gage and Sam felt greatly relieved. At last e reached “Headjuarters,” and saw the lamps he ey kgf mee A policeman issued from its portals and stopped near the . The officer saw that the boy looked like maw to the é pote . 3 : _ gity, and asked him if he was looking for a par- Yiewiar mmber — s) jas =
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12 “Yes, sir; that is, no, sir. I’m looking for— Central Park,’ blundered Sam. “Central Park! Why, that’s uptown. It be- gins at Fifty-ninth street. Where are you stop- ping?” * “At the Brooklyn Bridge, across the river.” “You mean near the bridge, in. Brooklyn?” “Yes; that’s it.” “You see that street there?” “Yes, sir.” “Tat’s Grand. Follow it that way till you come to Broadway. Get aboard a car going up- town and change to a Sixth avenue car at Thirty- second street, where Broadway and Sixth avenue cross each other. Ask the conductor to see that you get off at the right point. When you re- turn, you had better go east along Fifty-ninth street to the Third avenue elevated station and take a train marked ‘City Hall.’ That-will take “ou direct to the entrance of the Brooklyn ridge.” ~ “Thank you,” said Sam, starting for Grand street. \ ‘ ; His intended communication with the police was all off for the present. Three-quarters of an hour later a Sixth avenue car landed Sam at Fifty-ninth street, facing one of the entrances to Gentral Park. He proceeded to enjoy himself during the rest of the afternoon. As it is not a difficult matter to get lost in the park unless one keeps to the main paths where people are always to be met, Sam found himself in that predicament around five o'clock. Visitors are expected to keep off the driveways and horse ths, except to cross them to the other side. Rerchaw Sam got into the later, and when he looked for a walking path, could not see one near. The only thing he could do was to keep on walk- ing, hugging the edge of the bridle path, till he came to one. Suddenly he heard the rapid patter of a gal- loping horse, then a scream from a female, and around the turn in the path a black stallion burst into view, tearing along at a wild , as if he had taken fright at something. Unseated and clinging to the animal was a girl, one foot caught in stirrup, and in such a position that, handi- capped by her riding skirt, she could not regain the saddle. She held on desperately, for to let ge meant that she would be thrown backwa head downward, and dragged over the ground at a high rate of speed that would probably result in her finish before the horse was stopped. Sam took the girl’s peril in at a glance, and he didn’t hesitate a moment in doing what he believed was his duty. He sprang into the roadway and swung his hat, dancing way and that, and shout- ing as he had been accustomed to do on the farm when he was trying to drive a skittish year- old colt into a corner of the fence in order to get a rope around its neck. : _ "The apparition of’Sam’s active figure broke the stride of the runaway, but did not greatly re- his s . He shied in order to pass the boy. «With a leap Sam flung his arms around the animai’s neck as he sang by.. In an instant e plucky lad was swept o: rd, © enough.” his feet. He flung. SILVER DOLLAR SAM left arm underneath. Her right foot was cling- ing to the back of the saddle, held there by the — tangled stirrup. Grabbing the bridle with his right hand, Sam leaned down and caught the girl — under the arms with his left. : “Let go and draw your arm out from under my ~ leg,” he said. “Don’t be afraid. I have a strong _ grip on you.” / sa The young lady, who had not entirely lost her — presence of mind, did as he directed, and Sam pulled her up on a level with his hip. y “Now throw your arms around me and work up behind.” : =| Sam, as he spoke, bent forward, not only to as- sist the movement on her part, but to blind the — horse with his hands. As the girl got a hold on — his waist she found her movements hampered by ~ her left leg, which was obstructed by her, riding habit. She freed her foot from the stirrup, and. as the horse reduced his speed rapidly when he ~ found he could no longer see where he was go- — ing, she ventured to use one of her hands to straighten out her habit and thus free the im- prisoned limbs, In a few minutes the wild flight was at an end and. the horse came to a standstill, trembling — violently. The girl leaped to the ground, a Sam followed, with the bridle in his fingers. He — spoke soothingly t6 the animal and petted him. — The girl added her endearments. — “Prince, you bad boy, aren’t you ashamed of ~ yourself?” she said, at the same time patting — his nose. “Do you know you might have killed your mistress? Do you know that, sir?” Zs Whether Prince knew it or not, he rubbed his — nose against her cheek several times, and then looked at Sam as much as to say what are you — butting in here for. = “Fle’s all right, now, Miss,’ said Sam, for the first time noticing that the young lady he had ~ - rescued from a™dangerous as well as embar- rassing predicament was uncommonly good look- ing. > Sam said he would do so and, looking at the — card, asked her where East Sixty-seventh street was. m eed “You see, I’m a stranger to the cit from the West on of the st Will you tell -
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- Sees 2 = SILVER DOLLAR SAM 18 Ss her brave res- As the captain showed no signs of turning out Eo Eaves, for he Sapat tis at eight o’clock, and Sam felt hungry, he went Sam was a good looking, stalwart and manly and got his breakfast at a restaurant. It was lad, and he had made quite an impression on the ten o’clock when Captain Cox issued from the fair Miss Caldwell. cabin. Sam had the fire all ready to light. When ae es, I do. I came here to make money the captain learned Sam had had his breakfast ot ta wy. ail Street * he replied. “he confined his energies to his own, and it was Indeed? My father is a prominent Wall soon over with. The boy then went off and took Street broker o a general look at Brooklyn. He returned at ~~ *Ts he. miss wee reas — 29 captain — wie noe oe , awfull jad that you expect to, rant for their dinner at once, after whic e : Sie Ae _ tile It will give us the op- skipper proposed to take Sam to Prospect Park. portunity of seeing more of each other.” ; ‘l’'d like to go with you, captain, but I’ve got _ * “That would be very nice, Miss Caldwell. I an engagement for this afternoon in the city, should be glad to have you for a friend. I am_ said Sam: > so new to the city that I really haven’t any one “Made an acquaintance in Wall Street?” said that I can ‘call by that name,” said Sam. Cox, in some surprise. “You may be sure that I shall be your friend “Well, yes, I got acquainted with the boy in after what has happened, and my father and the office next to Mr. Wise’s.” ‘mother will be glad to make your stay in the city + ae: atic mite ta ak hie? _ as pleasant as_ possible.” : “No. I met a young lady in the park yester- Siar Saee 3 = By Maan 239 asked Sam. day and she invited me to call on her this after- : ? noon.” He walked beside the horse until they came to °The captain laughed. He supposed it was some ane E so} oe Juamed tet one ordinary young lady who lived in a cheap flat in their conversation for ten minutes more, at the ar vicinity of the park. : oi end of which, with Sam’s repeated promise to (How came you to make her acquaintance?” _ Eat next day "between three and five, they sepa- Well, she got into a little difficulty, and I the young Westerner making his way helped her out of it.” = back to bitty enth “treet through the park, set Think you can find her house? = agi the Third avenue elevated, and in due “Sure. All I had to do is to take an elevated ; qi ne reached the yacht at his dock. train at the bridge entrance and go up to Sixty- seventh street station, and then walk three or os ah ; four blocks.” : ese as : . The captain did not question’ him further con- ‘CHAPTER ~<copdea gar Pen the Surprise of His cerning the young lady he was going to call = ‘ 3 on, and in a little while Sam started off to pay Sam said nothing to Captain Cox about his ad- is visit at the Caldwell home, little dreaming on in Central Park. He merely said that What it was going to lead to. When the young 1e had spent the afternoon there and had had a . lady had introduced herself to him as Natalie ood time. He helped get supper as usual, and Caldwell, the last name had a familiar ring to er things had:been cleaned up the captain took him, as if he had lately seen it somewhere. He - him to a show at-one of the Brooklyn theatres. ‘did not try very hard to figure the matter out, = _ “They returned about eleven and went to bed. aS he was more interested in the rae | girl n turned out long before the captain was herself than in the name, and the matter slipped rring, and almost the first thing he did was his mind till he looked at her card again as he find out whether the submerged package was. Was riding on the elevated train. Then he tried till under the bows. He found that it was. He to think where he had seen the name of Cald- ondered how long it was going to remain there, Well before. . The solution of the riddle appeared e yacht couldn’t get under way till it had been to be on the tip of his tongue, as it were, sev- aken aboard, and it certainly would not be aban- eral times, and yet it always eluded him. Finally med if it was as valuable as he suspected it he gave it up and fell to thinking how he would Sam kicked himself for his lack of nerve be received at the ybung lady’s home. facing the.police, and assured himself that he He judged that the Caldwells must be very d act Monday as soon as he got away from nice people, for Miss Natalie had shown eyery ic ‘The Sunday paper which he bought evidence of refinement. At he aproached the ‘the bridge had the’ news that the six per- block in which the number was, he saw that it whose homes had been robbed had met and was a pretty swell Sate Abor iso, ~ He found the agreed to pay a reward of $30,000 fer informu- number over the door of a handsome four-story leading to the @apture of the burglars and brownstone house, and he hesitated to mount the recovery of the property stolen, which footed steps to the stoop, for he felt that*his personal = combined value of $100,000. ~ appearance was somewhat at a discount for such = wonder if I would get the reward if Mr. an establishment. The recollection of Miss af 2 proved to be the robber?” he asked himself. Natalie’s lovely dark eyes bolstered up his cour- =2 ‘a big inducement for me to tell what I know. age, and, taking the bull by the horns, he ran a Till screw up my courage and call on the up the steps and rang the bell, fearing that if fonday. — get Captain Cox in he considered the matter he would back out as aS e he- business to be mixed up he had done in front of the Police Headq ; = =~ © * "Several minutes elapsed, and he was- —— Pee eee oe
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~ 14 ring again when the door was noiselessly opened by a prim-looking maid, : “] should like to see Miss Natalie Caldwell,” he said: oy maid looked him over doubtfully, and then Said: “Let me have your card, please, and I will see if Miss Caldwell is at home.” “] haven’t any card. My name is Sam Story. = asked me to call between three and five to- y. ; Then the maid recollected that her young mis- tress had told her that a young man would call between those hours, and that he was to be shown into the parlor. “Walk in,” said the maid, and opening a door ghe ushered Sam into a large and elegantly furn- ished room, which was somewhat dark because the inside blinds were closed. Leaving the door open the maid went upstairs. In a few minutes she came back and told Sam to follow her. She took him up to the private sitting-room on the second floor. There he was received by Miss Natalie in a charming house “Tt was awfully nice of you to come,” she said. _ “I always try to keep my promise,” replied Sam, thinking how much prettier she’ looked than the day before in her somewhat disheveled state. “You found your way here without much trou- ble, I hope?” “J had no trouble at all.” In a few minuets Mrs. Caldwell came in, and Sam was presented to her. She thanked him for saving her daughter in the park, and that the obligation was one they would never forget. After remaining an hour, Sam said he guessed it was time to go. Mrs. Caldwell, however, asked him to remain to tea, and meet her hus- band, whom she expected any minute, so ‘Sam stayed, and fifteen minutes later Mr. Caldwell. came in, and the young Westerner made his ac- quaintance. Shortly afterward tea was an- nounced, and they all went down to the ground floor where the dining-room was. When they returned to the sitting-room, Mr. Caldwell *in- vited Sam into his library, and asked him if he smoked. , “No, sir,” replied the boy. { The Wall Street man lighted a weed, and ques- tioned Sam about his home and his family. The boy spoke quite freely about his father and mother, brothers and sisters,’the big wheat farm his father owned, the village a couple of miles away, and so forth. He said nothing about hay- ing ran away from home, and the broker ath- ered the impression that Sam had come East to see the metropolis of the country, and would soon return. He was surprised when the boy told him he was working for Henry Wise, in Wall Street. - f “Mr. Wise is a friend of mine,” said Mr. Cald- —_ . “How came you to secure employment with Sam told him just how he got the position. The broker was-clearly surprised at the way Wise had as it was altogether contrary to was still more surprised when quivenad me Sam told him he was living on Wise’s yacht. Zi tee tpt > Ss of AE a a te <r — res Cg ei ai SILVER DOLLAR SAM “This is the first I’ve heard about Mr. Wise having @ yacht. He never told me that he had one,” said the broker. “I suppose you find your — work easy at the office, as Mr. Wise is more of a speculator than anything else?” = “Yes, sir, there isn’t much to do there. P’ve only gone on one errand during the three days I’ve worked for him. How long have you known Mr. Wise?” ¢ , “About a year, I think.” “Think he’s a reliable and honest man?” “Why, of course I do,” replied the broker in surprise. ~- “T hope he is, but I’ve seen things that have~ aroused my suspicions.” Mr. Caldwell stared at Sam. This was a curi- ous statement for a boy to make about his em- ployer. The broker didn’t like to hear it com- ing from Sam. med I ask what things you refer to?” he said. “You know that papers have been printing a ~ lot about a robbery that happened somewhere on this street, I think,” began Sam. ‘ The broker tgok his cigar from his mouth and ~ looked hard at Sam. niEe “Yes, I ought to know something about it,” _ he said. : “The police think that the party who com- mitted that robbery was responsible for five sim- — ilar burglaries.” 3 - “I think there is little doubt about it.” “They have a suspicion that the man reported — to have been seen walking out on the Seventy- — second street wharf, with a suit-case in his hand, _ = auee three ace oh _ morning this last urglary was pulled off, is the guil arty.” “T think he was one of the pace Eee “The police believe he made his escape in a small sloop that was waiting for him at the wharf.” al “As the officer on that beat could not find any trace of the man after he went out on the wharf, and as he says he saw a sloop sailing away from — that locality in the darkness, I guess their be--- lief is founded on fact.” : “Having stated that much, Mr. Caldwell, I will tell you what I have passed through-since I’ve — been in the city,” said Sam, who then told the gentlemen all about the movements of Mr. Wise and his yacht on thé first night he (Sam) was aboard of her. To say that the broker was astonished would’ but faintly express his sentiments. . Sam then told him about the heavy bundle that was sunk in the river under the yachts bow. and also what he saw seen of the contents of pS one of Mr. Wise’s safes on the afternoon before when he returned to the office, found the door locked, and with the help of his friend, Bob Brown, had looked over the“fanlight.. —- hie he i glary. It has worried know what wharf we sto hours, but if the man the officer suit-case as Mr. Wise, then the w Peis with the ph eo “eh = f
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- enty-second street. I am sure he came on board ‘in a hurry with a suit-case he carried away im- Mediately after we made fast to the wharf, and that the sloop made sail at once. I was not called upon to assist, though I had been routed out twice before to help let go the mooring lines in the first place, and fasten them to the up- town wharf in the second a. Now that I have told you everything, I want your advice as to whether I had better go to the police or not. I’m afraid it is likely to get. me in trou- ble, for if Mr. Wise and his yaeht were engaged in that robbery, I will looked upon as an ac- complice, and I assure you that I am innocent of any intent to engage in wrongdoing. The fact that I haven’t a friend in the city, unless you will stand by me, would make matters all the worse for me,” concluded Sam. Mr. Caldwell had held himself in check with me difficulty while Sam was telling his story. he boy noticed a suppressed excitement in his er, but did not dream what it meant. “Story,” said the broker, “you seem to be thoroughly familiar with the robbery in ques- ‘tion, and yet, though you say you have read everything printed about it in the newspaper, you appear to be ignorant of the name of the rentleman whose house was robbed, or for some Salata you have refrained from mentioning it.” - Sam scratched his chin in a puzzled way a Tmoment. * “Why— it’s: Caldwell, the same as yours,” he ied, suddenly. “I knew I had seen or heard the.name somewhere when Miss Natalie told me her name.” ~ Yes, it was Caldwell; and I am* the person tho was robbed.” “You!” gasped Sam, with staring eyes. This announcement was the surprise of his _ CHAPTER IX.—Sam Gets in on the Market. es,” replied Mr. Caldwell. “You have told a\ most extraordinary story, but I see no rea- “Se to doubt its truthfulness... I am glad you have told it to me before going to the police, for the authorities would certainly have taken you into custody as a very important witness, and would have been sent to the House of De- on to remain for weeks, probably until your testimony was wanted. As it is, you will still be the keynote of the situation, but as I and my family ‘are under great obligation to you, I will Bo bail for your appearance when wanted. How @re you off for money?” -*T have $10.60, including my lucky dollar, sir.” ~ “Ts that all?” said the broker, in surprise. = "hat ’s all.” = How came you to land in this city with so 2 money? ere you robbed on your way?” sir. I suppose I’ll have to tell the truth away from the farm.” ; in away from home!” cried Mr. Cald- das grt cas ‘money in the coun- nat everybody made we ue SILVER DOLLAR SAM ~have lost every dollar in short order. ‘little time.” 15 fortunes speculating there, so I decided to try ray luck and show my folks that I could do a whole lot better on my own hook than by putting in my time running a reaper in summer, and do- ing chores in winter, when I wasn’t riding around in our motor car,” said Sam, frankly. My. Caldwell smiled. “But how did you expect to make money specu-- lating in Wall Street when you brought no_ cap- ital with you to operate with?” “JT intended to get a position in Wall Street and save enough out of my wages to make a start. .Mr. Wise is paying me $10, and boards and lodges me aboard of the yacht. I could save most of the $10; but I supose that will never happen now if Mr. Wise is proved to be a bur- glar.” “My young friend, you couldn’t have done a more foolish thing than to leave your home for Wall Street, expecting to make a fortune there by speculating. Had you brought a few hundred dollars with you to test the matter you would Only peo- ple with resources, possessing a full’and fairly accurate knowledge of the market, who can buy and sell on the only safe plan—purchasing a stock outright for cash, and selling only what they own and can deliver—have a fighting chance in Wall Street.. Those who operate otherwise— with insufficient funds and on margin—can ex- “pect but temporary success at the best, and com- plete ruin if they persist in tempting following the game of chance. However, we are wasting time. I will talk to your father on the subject some other time. Since you have little money, and I shall be responsible for your appearance in court, you will accept the hospitality of my home till further notice. Should your testimony re- sult, as I think it will, in bringing the burglar and his accomplice, Captain Cox, to justice, and the recovery of the bulk of the stolen property, your reward will be greater by far than any suc- cess your foolish fancies led you to dream of ac- complishing in Wall Street. A reward of $30,000 has been offered, and you are in line to win it. Come, we will now go to Police Headquarters. Say nothing to my wife and daughter about what has transpired here between us until after the newspapers have apprised them of all the par- ticulars.” Mr. Caldwell threw the end of his cigar in the enagir and they returned to the sitting- room, where they found Miss Natalie very much put out because her father had detained her visitor so long in his library. Her displeasure Was more apparent when she found that Sam was going out with her father at once. : “I think this a shame, father, to take my com- pany away from me,” she said, with some indig- nation in her tone. “I expected—-—" “Don’t worry, Natalie, | am going to bring him back,” replied her father. a “But it is nearly eight o’clock now.” s “True, and it may be ten before we get back; but you can have him al! day to-morrow, if you _ want to, and you will see him as often as you_ wish, for he ‘is going to stay with us for some | “He is!” cried Natalie, hardly’ believing her . sem ——_" + = ¥ as >. ae < pant cer
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16 ears, while her mother looked her surprise at the announcement. : “Yes, my dear, and ‘you will understand the reason to-morrow.” Natalie wasn’t worrying to know the reason. It was enough for her to know that Sam was to be their guest for a while. She became all smiles and good humor at once, and offered. no objection to Sam’s departure with her father, though after they were gone she and her mother wondered where husband and father had taken the young Westerner, and remarked that their faces indicated that they were bent on some important mission. The broker and Sam walked as far as one of the big hotels on the corner of Fifty-ninth street Fifth avenue, and there they got a taxicab and were driven to the headquarters of the police. The chief of detectives was in his office, and when Mr. Caldwell sent in his name, he and the boy were admitted at once. To him Sam told his story, exactly as he had detailed it to the broker, and the officer lifted his eyes several times dur- ing the recital. He was accustomed to hear singular tales, but this one capped anything that heretofore came under his attention. He ques- tioned Sam closely, and finally conferred with Mr. Caldwell. The upshot was that two detec- tives were called in. To them Sam said that the name of the sloop-yacht was the “Neptune,” that she was moored at the second dock from the Brooklyn Bridge to the north, and that the sunk- en package, if it had not been removed since he left the yacht at half-past two, would be found attached by a cord to a small ring just below the water- at the neers bow. e detectives received their orders and departed: “Now, young man, as you are a stranger in the city, will have to send you to the House of Detention for Witnesses,” said the chief, brusquely. : : Sam looked startled, but his. feelings were re- lieved when Mr. Caldwell interfered and said he would assume responsibility for the boy, who he said was stopping at his home as his guest. “Very well, Mr. Caldwell, as you are a re- nsible man, as well as one of the victims in this case, I will t-your word. You under- stand that there are ie other persons interested in this matter, and that something over $100,000 worth of peopenty is involved,” said the chief. “The boy is paroled in your charge.” So the broker and Sam returned to the Cald- ‘well home in time for Natalie and the boy to have 4 short tete-a-tete before they retired for the night. Sam was the first of the family to get downstairs in the morning. He asked the maid if the morning paper had come. “Yes, I will get it for you,” she said. He carried it to the sitting-room and opened it up. On the first age in big type he read: _” &K New Raffles Rounded Up.”, ~ “The Capture of an Amateur Cracksman Lets Light in Upon the Six Recent Burglaries in High —— “The Evidence Furnished by a Smart Boy.” "A Borrowed Sloop-yacht and a Wall Street Office the Salient Features of a Criminal Mys- _. tery Which Has Puzzled the Police.” _... Then fo'lowed the graphic story of the ex- SILVER DOLLAR SAM -20 posure and captain of Henry Wise, a’ Wall Street speculator, and his accomplice, Captain Bent- ley Cox. Full credit was given Sam Story for his part in the clearing up of the affair, but the minor particulars relating to himself were not printed because the reporters did not get hold of him. When the facts appeared on the. blotter at Headquarters, after the arrest of Wise and Cox, and the recovery of the submerged waterproof box, the reporters assigned on the case got busy, but they were unable to find out where young Story lived. The police were dumb on the matter, and the impression prevailed that the boy was held at the House of Detention. However, the reporters could not get next to Sam, and so they were unable to print many in- teresting particulars they might otherwise have — wormed out of the boy. Sam had read every word of the story when Mr, Caldwell appeared. “Tt’s all in the paper,” he said to the broker. That gentleman took the paper to read it Presently Natalie appeared, and then her mother. Breakfast was announced, and the family went __ to it. Sam decided that he would like to go down to Wall Street, whereat Natalie protested. “I'll come back right after lunch,” he said. ai". “Come back to lunch. It is served at one,” said the girl. * “All right,” agreed Sam. He accompanied the broker down to the finan- cial district, going direct to Mr. Caldwell’s of- _ fice. That gentleman handed him $100 and told — him to use it having’a good time. The first thing Sam did was to go to the tenth floor of the Atlas Building. He found Wise’s officesin charge of a detective. He talked a while with the sleuth and then made a bee-line for the little _ bank on Nassau street. He wanted to see how people speculated. He found the room full of visitors and took his seat beside a white-haired man. He soon got into conversation with the old man, who proved to be an experienced specu- lator, and a moderately successful one. Sam was in his element talking to him and watching the ~ blackboard. There was some excitement in the room over the rise in A. & B.. A lot of s la- tors were getting in on it. The white-headed ia man told Sam he had bought 100 shares on ~~ margin, and expected to double his money. “Tt’s sure to go up ten or twelve points in the course of the week,” he said. i “Could I buy some of it for $100?” asked Sam. “You could get ten shares and you'd easily make $100.” “Where do I go to buy it?” . “At that window yonder. Tell the clerk you want to buy ten shares of A. & A. at the market — on a ten-point margin.” ~ is, everybody buying it on a ten-point mar- — gin? . “No.- Some are risking their money. on a five- ay margin. They get twice as much that way, — take a much bigger risk.” ae ey make twice as much?” 7 te That settled it with Sam. If the stock was surely going up ten or twelve points, he intended to as much of it as he could, so he ; on a-five-point margin at 75. By time it was after twelve, so letting his deal ‘ “Tf they win, do “Oh yes.”
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- ing was said : “oon gna by the papers that the five people who SILVER DOLLAR SAM “ eare of itself, he went uptown and reached the Caldwell home in time for lunch, Sam spent the afternoon with Natalie. about his stock by Sam. Noth- - Sam robbed had received their property. Sam went to court the next morning and met the five gentlemen who had been robbed. In the mean- - time Mr. Caldwell had written to Sam’s father, - telling him where he was and that he would look after him. Next day Sam went down to the lit- tle bank to look after his stock. There he met the old man egain. Sam told him about his lucky dollar and.all connected with it. Sam had told My. Caldwell about his stock deal, and that gen- tleman told Sam that if he made as much as $400 out of his deal he would give him a check for $10,- 000. Sam in the meantime had collected his $30,- 000 reward and Mr. Caldwell had mailed a check to the nearest bank to Sam’s father’s home, de- siting it in Sam’s name. Natalie told Sam she Sooed her father would have to pay Sam the $10,- 000. Sam fell desperately in love with Natalie. Sam told her he would have to West after the trial of the burglars and asked Natalie if she would write him. He also.asked her if he had a chance to win her. She told him he had already done so. “Hooray for the silver dollar!” cried Sam, grab- ’ bing her in his arms and kissing her. \ CHAPTER X.—Sam’s Luck in the Market. Next day Sam and his white-haired friend col- lected their money. The young Westerner was icking up points about the market fast from fis new acquaintance, who, seeing his eagerness on the subject, was continually posting him. ~ The boom in-A. & B. had hardly petered out when another started in L. & D. m bought 40 shares at 92 on a ten per cent margin this time, and the old man went in, too. Saturday morning the stock was up to par, but the experi- enced old s ger sane of weakness that induc and Sam followed example, neni about’ $300 profit. The stock closed at 1001-8. Sam devoted the whole if her ts no- wo they y pect that matters had y ripened mee 2s love ay the young people. On Monday mornin Age & D. went to smash. As Sam had told Mr. Caldwell that he had put all his funds into the stock on margin, the broker smiled grimly-when he saw the sud- and concluded Sam had reached -his his second deal. The boy walked _ about three in a free-and-easy was then down to 81. *t worry about me ught in the : thinplivioerhesn brings * - 17 = anes Mr. Caldwell,” replied Sam, complac- en of that coin has the power to carry you through the rocks and shoals of Wall Street speculation, I will allow that either the dollar is really lucky, in some way, or you were born lucky, which seems the more reasonable suppo- sition of the two.” a wasn’t particularly lucky out West on the farm.” “I don’t know. I think you can consider your- self fortunate in having a father who owns 3,000 acres of good wheat land.” “That’s all right, but I had to drive a reaper in harvesting time just the same because the gov- ernor oaid I could do-it as well as any man he ever had on the place, and my services didn’t cost him anything. That’s why I ran away.” The broker laughed. “IT suppose you won't drive a reaper any more?” “T don’t know. Having proved that I amount to something I’d just as soon help the governor out as not. I might offer to buy a half interest in the farm.” “A good idea,” said Caldwell, who figured that would prevent the boy from returning to Wall Street to speculate. “Or I might buy all his wheat for this year on speculation, and hold it for a good profit.” “The speculative bug seems to have stung~ ou.” “My lucky coin would pull me through in great shape.” “Does your father sell his wheat in the ear to speculators ?” “He has done so, and the price always went up above what he got for it.” “The s 1 gee has the expense of harvesting it himself and shipping it to market, doesn’t he?” “Sure. A- syndicate bought up all the wheat to speak of in the county two years ago, har- vested it at the proper time and shipped it to the elevators in Chicago. high held it-there un- til the price went up as high as they thought it would go, and then sold i “Would it pay to buy up ans your father’s crop, go through all the expense and trouble of pee D ei it to market, and pay elevator charges or an indefini te time?” “If you are lucky it would, otherwise you might lose money.” At that moment a caller was announced and When he got outside he met his friend Bob Brown. “Hello, Silver Dollar Sam. Haven’t seen you was ap Fa ger hi when you collected evidence: D ongeg boss. Gee! but I was surprised w I sled the paper on Monday morning. Your name was printed as the chap who sed the burglaries that mystified the whole city for a month or two t. The papers say you will collar the $30, reward.”» — y gracious! "You're lucky!” “Sere Tam. Don’t ie ENE “the you about the coin that was to bring me luck ? “That coin must be lucky. kn. Wish T could find one.”
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18 “Pll bet you do. Those coins don’t come to every one. Probably that was the only lucky one in the whole package the man carried. It recognized me as its rightful owner, jumped out and ran to meet me.” “J never believed in such things before, but I'll have to after this. I suppose you wouldn’t loan it to me for a while?” “J wouldn’t part with for a bank. I’ve made $700 out of it in the stock market already, and expect to make a lot more.” “Holy smoke! You-must be out for a million.” “No, I’m not thinking of so much as that, but I might be worth that much before I die. When ‘you possess a coin that brings you luck there is no limit to your earning capacity.” “I suppose if you’re worth $700, with $30,000 in prospect, you won’t work for anybody any more.” “Why should I work for anybody when I ‘can do ever so much better on my own hook? Tell me that.” : _ “That’s right. You ought_to open an office and take me in with you as junior partner.” “J don’t need an office. I hang out at the lit- tle bank. How are you off for cash?” “Never have more than enough to pay my car- fare and a ten-cent lunch.” “Well, here’s a $5 bill. good time.” ~ “Thanks, you’re a brick.” “Don’t mention it. Good-by. little bank.” Sam heard that afternoon that copper stocks “were stiffening in price, as a rise was looked for. He bought a couple of financial papers and read them over to see if there was anything in them about the copper situation. One had an editorial which suggested that now was a good time to buy any good copper stock, as- prices were almost certain to go°up. Next morning - Sam called on a Curb broker and bought 100 ~~ shares of Idaho Copper at $7, paying for it out- right. This took all of his money. When he got the certificates next day he took them around 3 Mr. Caldwell’s office and showed them to him. Too . P “That’s the only right way to buy stocks, “Pay for it and then you own Blow yourself to a I’m off to the a Q “T think itis likely to" Before Monday arrived he and his white-haired friend had gone into L. & M. at 92, Sam going the whole hog on_150 shares. ~Sam duly testi- fied before the Grand Jury, and indictments were found against Henry Wise and Captain Cox. Mr. Caldwell told Sam he had written his father stating he would look out for him (Sam) and told the youth he could make his home with him until he concluded to go back to the farm. — “But 1 don’t want to go home, and I don’t es to sponge on you any longer,” protested am. ee “I don’t consider you are sponging on me, Sam. We are undey a great obligation to you, and we can’t do too ati for you,” “That’s all right, but I don’t think it’s right to live indefinitely at your house.” , The argument ‘was continued that evening in the sitting-room, Mrs. Caldwell declaring in favor of Sam remaining. Of course, Natalie didn’t want him to leave, / and told him so in unmistakable terms. Sam of- fered to compromise if they’d let him pay his board, but they wouldn’t hear to that. he boy had really made himself popular in the house by his breezy ways, and the broker found himself wishing he had a son like him. When Sam found that they really wanted him to remain as long as he stayed in New York, he gave in. Next day he sold his L. & M. at an advance of nine and a half. points, and found himself worth $3,000 independent -of the reward. CHAPTER XI.— Conclusion. A week later; while Sam was in Mr. Caldwell’s reception-room reading a paper, three brokers came in. The broker was engaged and they had to wait. They walked over to the window and began talking among themselves about the ob- ject to their visit, which was to induce Mr. Cald- well to join them in a pool to buy a block of Cc. & D. stock. Sam overheard that and also that they’ had been tipped off to the fact that a big* syndicate was behind C. & D., and that a rise of 15 or 20 points might confidently be expected. After they had gone in to see Mr. Caldwell, Sam started for the little bank and bought 300 shares of C. & D. at 85. Next day he tipped the white-haired man off to the good — and he went’in also. A few days r- ward C. & D. advanced three points, and at din- ner that night Sam asked Mr. Caldwell what he — thought of the stock. “Why, are you thinking of buying it?” “T have bought some of it.” “How came-you to pitch on it?” : _ “Heard some brokers say it was going up.” ““Well, I think it will be safe for you on for a ten-point advance.” eS “You think it will boom, then?” er A's = = é. pe roe = a 432 et ar 2 epee po eS 8e 7 ee to hold ee. ea
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u 1 hee NNEC Saati eatery J © a é * safe for a ten-point rise. jes Pe ey, the members of the p fraction. That was Saturday, and the Exchange -elosed at noon. Sam .and Bob Brown had ar- ranged to go to Staten Island, and after a lunch ' they took the boat across. There were a num- ber of autos aboard, ranged behind one another, with business wagons filling up the space on the other side. The last auto held four men and had its cover up. Sam had got separated from Bob and was standing behind the machine when the conversation that reached his ear told him the men were bear brokers, and that they were in a combine which was going to jump on C. & D. some time Monday and break the price. They seemed confident of their ability to win out. Naturally, Sam was interested, for he had all his money up on the stock. He also believed that Mr. Caldwell was financially interested it in. He listened eagerly to such details of the bear raid as were discussed, but had not heard all when the boat reached her slip. The vehicles began to move, and Sam hyrried away to find Bob. He got to the house late for dinner, but. the cook had kept his warm in the oven for him. He sent her in a dollar bill in appreciation thereof, and that made him more solid with her than ever. Sam wanted to see Mr. Caldwell, but ~ he had gone to his club, so the information ‘he had for ntleman had to k for next day. After breakfast next morning Sam~ told the broker he would like to ‘see him privately. “Come into the library,” said Mr. Caldwell. “T have some news or you,.Mr. Caldwell! that is, if you are interested in C. & D., and I im- agine| you are,” said the boy as soon as they - were seate “What makes you think I am interested in / that stock?” asked the broker. 3 ~“You told me the other evening that it was If you thought so, it is my opinion you would get in on the stock,” said Sam, who, of course, did not care to mention a better reason he had. . _ “Well, what about C. & D.? What have you heard about it?” said the broker, in no way dis- tur : : hes Sam told him when he had overheard the ‘bear brokers say in the auto on the Staten Island boat. Mr. Caldwell became all attention at once. questioned the. boy closely, but Sam had lit- ‘tle more to tell him. ; “You have some of the stock yourself,” he said. es, sir. Three hundred shares, and I’m go- ing to sell it the first thing Monday morning. _ “] think you had better. I’m much obliged to you for tipping me off. It is quite possible if that your information is correct.” oon Mr. Caldwell called on one of > they ‘bioant business.” - “It’s what they said. And they talked as 1 in which he was-inter- ested to the tune of $100,000. A sudden break what he _ in the market meant trouble and peohahiis tons ) He told the upon. called on another member of the pool. ‘resolved to call a meeting that even- members were communicated call at the Caldwell house at -with Na- Op he shite be PISMO eee “ots e Peden Se - - . Gut - fk ~~ fs ~ $ILVER DOLLAR SAM 19 talie at the time. When they came in Sam was summoned before the meeting and asked to tell all he had heard, and describe, if he could, the looks of the men in the auto. He told his story and gave a pretty accurate description of two of the men. They were identified as big bull operators, and the members of the pool no longer had any doubt what they ought to do without any unnecessary delay. \ Next morning Sam ordered his stock sold as soon as the Exchange opened. He told the old man to sell his at once, explaining that he had good reasons for believing that the stock would be raided that morning. Nothing happened un- til noon, by which time the members of the pool had sold out, and Sam was also on the same side. Then the bears jumped on C. & D. by selling short right and left. As they had a raft of Peeps at their back, they made things lively for the syndicate. The fight continued for an hour, and then the syndicate reached the end of its resources and had to give in. A sort of small panic ensued, and prices were slaughtered all around. D. was driven down to 79. Sam judged that this was a good time to buy, but he did not know what to get in on. Besides, his deal had not been settled yet, and he was unaware that the little bank would have ad-. vanced him money pending the setlement. When he got his money he bought 500 M. & N. at 87. In a few days it went up to 90 and stopped there. The market was slow and there was little move- ment in stocks. So he ordered the stock sold, and it went at 903-8. That added $1,500 more to his eee On Saturday evening Mr. Cald-— well called- him into his library and handed him a certified check for $10,000, made out to his order. “This is a gift from the gentlemen, including myself, you met here last Sunday evening. By tipping me off to what you had learned on the Staten Island boat you saved us from a consid- erable loss, so we agreed that it would be a grate- ful act on our part to present you with a small token of our appreciation; hence the check.” “I'm much obliged to you,” said Sam, whose capital jumped at once to $7,500. “That lucky dollar of mine is working overtime.” By this time Sam could go anywhere about the city without fear of losing himself, About the only part of New ‘York he had not ventured into was the East Side below Fourteenth, and bounded by the Bowery mainly. One evening he and Bob came down to see a show at the Academy of Music on East Fourteenth street. The perform- ance was over at a quarter past eleven. As they came out on the street Sam saw a cheap crook snatch away a lady’s silver mesh handbag and start on the run for Third avenue. Sam was after him like a shot, but the rascal was a good runner, and led him off Fourteenth street be- yond the elevated into a side street, from which ~ 53 he darted into an alley, and thence through a > rear door into a building of doubtful character, _ Sam, with more luck than prudence, followed him in and, spotting the rascal, stepped up to him ~ and demanded the return of the bag. In another moment iy ae surrounded by bunch of toughs, hustled a back room, while he was held sae a table, his” a = is and Rett x ihe ~ % +. yale a ’ ane LS oe ea )
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20 were cleaned out of a few dollars, and his watch and chain and gold studs taken. He did not have his lucky dollar with~him, or that would have gone, too. When they had finished pluck- ing him, they gagged him with a towel, tied his arms behind his back, and shoved him into a roomy closet, until later, when they intended to take him a couple of blocks away and leave him — in a narrow, vacant lot. Half an-hour later the toughs brought a stranger into the room. They had picked him up on Fourteenth street, looking for Broadway. Promising to escort him to Broadway, they in- duced him to come with them, and in a short time they got him into the disreputable estab- lishment. Their object, of course, was to rob him, but they proceeded differently than they did with Sam. They told him they had brought him there to stand treat before they took him over to Broadway. The man, who looked like a West- ener, was willing to- pay for the round of drinks, and the liquor was brought in. The glass that was pushed toward the stranger was drugged, and he had barely swallowed the whisky when the dope began to take effect on him. In ten minutes he was dead to the world, and . one of the rascals then started to go through his clothes. He pulled out a fat pocketbook which roved to be full of bills, and a chorus of satis- Faction went up from the crowd. At that mo- ment the waiter stuck his head in at the door and told them that a detective was in the outer room, and/that he was looking for one of them. That produced a panic among them, for each one of/ them believed he was the one wanted. “Put out the gas, open the winder and. dump this fellow into the alley,” said the fellow with 3 the fat pocketbook, stuffing it into his sack coat 5 pocket. ‘Turn the key in the door, Pete.” s The speaker and two others lifted the doped man and carried him to the side of the room where the window was. As they passed the _ gloset the gas went out just as the closet door A opened a bit, and a hand pulled the wallet out of the tough’s hand. The hand belonged to Sam, who had witnessed all that had taken place. - During the hour he had been alone in the closet he had managed to free himself,of his bonds and 33 the gag, and was on the point of essaying to -. make his escape when the crowd came into the ne room with the stranger. - ; “3 He slipped over to the door, turned the key, : and Jet himself out into the small entry, between 5 the room and the bar-room. He made for the door that communicated with the alley, got out and. was presently on the _ ill-lighted . narrow street. Here he was completely at sea, for the neighborhood was strange to him, but turning in started off at a brisk walk. Fortunately, he -. had taken the right direction, and soon reached Fourteenth street. Although he was not certain he was on that street, he turned to the left and presently saw the illuminated station of the Third pyeute elevated road, and then he knew where he was. 7 ie a Da bape med to him, and of which he _ the direction he believed Fourteenth street, lay, he ° he saw a police-_ SILVER DOLLAR SAM i..dicated well enough-for the officer to recognize - it as a bad joint. Giving his name and address, he took a train uptown to Sixty-seventh street, and reached the Caldwell house without further incident. It was two o’clock and everybody had retired long. since. Reaching his room, he ex- amined the pocketbook before going to bed, and found there was close to $1,000 in bills in it. He reported his adventure in the morning at the breakfast table, and Natalie had a fit at the thought of his narrow escape. On his way downtown he called at Police Head- quarters, told his story and turned in the pocket- book. He learned that the man had been found ii the alley and sent to the nearest hospital. The toughs, however, were not rounded up for several days, but Sam did not get his stolen property back. The stranger called on him at the ‘Caldwell house to thank him for saving his money, and presented him with $100, which Sam used to buy a new watch and cuff buttons. Two weeks later the trial of Wise and Captain Cox came on, and Sam was the chief witness against them. They were convicted and sent - away, Wise getting fifteen years and Cox five. ~ A hp a got hold of many heretofore unpub- lished incidents in Sam’s brief New York career through Bob Brown, chief among which was the lucky silver dollar. The result was a story un- der the caption of “Silver Dollar Sam.” It con- tained many exaggerations, but served to bring Sam out into the newspaper limelight in a way that attracted a great deal of attention. .He was credited with having made $50,000 in the stock market through: lucky speculations which were fostered by the silver dollar which he always carried as a pocket piece. To all this was added his exploit of exposing the six mysterious robberies. and bringing the gentlemanly Raffles to justice. Sam marked the story and sent the paper to his father, and the reading of it caused another sensation under the family rooftree. As summer was coming on, > and the market was getting slack, Sam decided F to go home. He had a'tearful parting from Na- 5 talie, but he assured her he would return at . | Christmas and stay in the city all winter, as he wasn’t through with Wall Street yet by a good deal as long as he still possessed the coin that brought him luck. Next week’s issue will contain “BOUND TO MAKE HIS MARK; OR, RUNNING A MOVY- ING PICTURE SHOW.” ; ~ Send us a one-cent stamp to cover postage, and we will mai! you a copy of “Moving Picture- Stories,” . . “Now, Arthur,” said his father, “you’ve been. # going to school long enough to write decently. Don’t you know how to write a figure three?” . “Sure,” said the boy; “you put the pencil on the paper andthen shiver” Pe ee ;
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22 Daring Dan Dobson Zaps THE BOQY WHO BEAT THE MOONSHINERS By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER XVIII.—(Continued.) “Why, this is a great haul,” said the sheriff, “and just to think—if you hadn’t followed that Matthews down the road and got lashed in the face by his gal, we’d a-been hopelessly here with cut or poisoned -horses, and none the wiser about tnis material.” “Dan’s a clever feller—if he is a kid,” said old Zachary, admiringly. The lad blushed to the roots of hi8 hair. “Now, don’t tease me that way—any one with : ption would follow under the circumstances at pick: So I just tried to use common sense.” That day, as soon as possible, the sheriff dis- patched one of his deputies back to the town, with the prisoner, and a bag full of the valuable rec- ords of Newcastle’s transactions and tricks. Then the party hustled on, after a brief break- fast cooked for them by Tom Dingle, from the food supply on hand, at Matthews. It was much like a war party, by this time, for they were all heavily armed, and a determined looking group of men. They found the way, just as Matthews had de- scribed it to them, and they made the best time possible. Of course one of the men had stayed at Matthews’s place with the horses, which could not be utilized with the hill climbing. So, it was hard traveling at best. By sunset they had passed through the clump ‘of trees near to Newcastle’s headquarters, al- though only Dan and Tom Dingle were at all sure of their location. Even Tom, who had been one of Newcastle’s men, had never known the existence of this se- cret trail, which was proof of its covert security. “We had better just sit around and find out what is going on in the house there,” said the sheriff. “What-do- you think about that, Dob- son?” _ “T agree with you. Then, after it is a little _ darker, Tom Dingle and I will slip down over __ the open stretch and get to the house, and scout about for information. A good deal might have happened since I was here last.” ~ And Tom be ead truer than he believed, for a y had been ‘dealt out by fate to Judge and his pretty daughter. Le _* 7 * * * * Jake Newcastle shad set up the entiie night, his affair with the judge, nursing his od leg, and giving vent to his wounded feel- . ». et¥ we will mail you a FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY No stone had been left unturned in his versa- tile mind for the punishment in every possible way of this hated “Yankee.” And furthermore, Jake was more set than ever of marrying the pretty girl, for, as he said, be- tween draughts of some of his own best liquor: “Well, men, I reckon that Jake Newcastle’ is strong enough to have a wedding march, eve with a game leg like this one.” . His men flattered him, and toasted high to his success in love and money. And at the end of a wakeful night, they set — . obey his fiendishly clever orders in every etai The judge and Beryl had a breakfast, but little appetite that next morning. They were a nervous pair, although the father had a savage glint in his.eye which read “be ware.” ; “Haye no anxiety, my child,” he said. “I’ve had bad men to deal with long before this, and I am going to deal with them now as then—meet them at their own odds, and defeat them with their own weapons.” With which remark he brought forth a revolver which he had quietly bought for his daughter. “Now, my dear girl, don’t be alarmed. This will make you safer, for these people around here have no,respect for any one, unless they are — Then they are polite and know their place.” . The girl shrunk from the weapon at first. But her father insisted on her taking it. “Now, you just hold this—keeping it safe here, in your blouse, and handy—for you never can tell when you may need it. The chief law of the land and of civilization is the right for self- preservation.” “Oh, but, father, I hate to use‘it or think of pulling the trigger, with such a leaden messenger of death. You had me learn pistol-practice back home for fun, but when I think of this terrible Place it makes everything seem different, in- deed, and I feel as though I were as bad as some of these people.” Her father pointed to the weapon, with deter- mination. : “Beryl, I shot Newcastle in the leg, as I would any wild jungle beast which threatened me or mine. To speak frankly, that man wants make you his wife, willing or not. To defend yourself I command you to shoot him or any of his rascals, if need be, as you would a mad dog. This is no time to waste sympathy—for there is none of it in this wild country. I only wish I knew what had become of poor Dan Dob- son. “If you only did, father,” she echoed, wistfully, and with tears in her eyes. “Yes, it must be a punishment for me, under these circumstances, for the bad way in whieh I treated him at the start—it is a penalty that ray man — hee st the judge sata rectly after breakfa paid reckoning and started out to mount the horses with his daughter. : «© (To be continued) Send us a one- to cover postage, and : = 2 x Fabet : = == sd Eee 4 a.
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY _ 23 ITEMS OF MUSKRAT TRAPPING NOW IN FULL SWING IN MANITOBA : Muskrat trapping is in full swing and a heavy : _eatch is anticipated. Prices for rats remain high, although there has been a slump in the majority of fine furs. On account of an influenza epi- demic among the Indians many of them have not 2° been able to engage in the spring rat hunt, and it has been suggested that the closing of the season be extended two weeks in order to permit of the z Indians participating in the hunt, the returns of which are their principal means of subsistence 3 during the summer. 100-FOOT TURNTABLE. A giant turntable, 100 feet in length, weighing 183,000 pounds, electrically operated and equip- ped with the latest safety devices, has been in- stalled by the Southern Pacific Company at Ash- land, Ore., to take care of the powerful new lo- comotives being placed in service on the road’s mountain division. Tom Darrow, d lished a record for railroad turntable erection x ‘ C os > estab- ‘i 4 by setting up the huge turntable in 10 hours 12 % e construction foreman, minutes without delay to power or traffic. The turntable was built ata cost of about $50,- . : SURGERY 3,000 YEARS OLD ca, Surgical operations of the most delicate nature = have been performed for at least 3,000 years, ac- cording to an Egyptian papyrus which Dr. J. H. Breasted of the University of Chicago has been translating for more than a year. He expects to : take two more years to complete the translation. ‘Dr. Breasted presented his translation before the Chicago Medical Society recently. - According to Dr. Breasted, the papyrus de- scribes the performance of such operations as tre- tting of fractures. aa *eThe pa. yrus, more than fifteen feet long, ‘was rehased from an Egyptian in 1858 by Edwin Smith. His daughter presented it to the New York Historical Society after her father’s death, and the society sent it to Dr. Breasted recently - to be translated. DOUBLE STARS pear single to the naked ist of two stars close to- eye are gether wh scope. Th thousands - phining of the skull, draining of jaw ulcers and INTEREST common to the pair, forming what is called a binary system. Many double stars have been found to perform such a revolution. This is generally very slow, requiring centuries for its completion. A few binary stars, however, revolve so rapidly that a complete revolution has taken place since they were first observed. There are some whose peri- od is less than a century. The colors of double stars are superbly bril- liant and varied. The components often shine in contrast colors, one being blue and the other yel- low, or one being green and the other yellow. Sometimes the companions are purple and white or red and white, or both are white. A few stars are known as naked-eye doubles. One is a small star in Lyra, near the bright Vega. . A sharp-eyed observer may see it double, says the Washington Star, A low power of the telescope will separate it into two white stars wide apart. A high power will separate each of the two com- ponents into two stars. This tiny star is, there- raikdag a double double, forming a quadruple sys- em. ~ A beautiful double star easy to find is Albireo. One of the components is of the third and the other of the fifth magnitude. The colors are golden yellow and sapphine blue. “Mystery Magazine” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY — LATEST ISSUES — 98 COUNTERFEIT CLUES, by Chas. F. Oursler. <« 99 THE CROSS, by W. 8." Ingram. " 100 A SECRET SERVICE MYSTERY, by Hamilton Craigie and Elliot Balestier. A CRIMSON PRICE, by Elliott Lester, 4 THE INSPECTOR'S STRANGE CASE, by Gottlie acobs. A MUSEUM MYSTERY, by Jack Bechdott. . THE LITTLE RED BOOK, by Alexander Young. A MAN FROM STAM, by Charles Fuiton O x The Clue of the Emerald Ring, by Beulah Poynter, HELL'S HINGES, by Hamilton Craigie. THE WOLF, hy Katherine Stagg. THY RRASS RUTTON. hy Jack Rechdolt. A WHISPERING MUMMY, by Chas. F. Oursler, Famous Detective Story Out Today In No. 111 Is TRAPPING THE JEWEL SMUGGLERS By BULAH POYNTER HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc., 166 West 23d Street, New York City A Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Players PRICE SEVEN CENTS PER COPY
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24 A STOWAWAY’S LUCK By PAUL BRADDON When I was eleven years old my mother died, and my father decided to go to Australia. I was his only child, and he was by no means burdened with money. He was a master plumber, and he set out for Sydney pnder contract. Three years after our arrival he married again, and it was not six weeks before my stepmother pushed me into the street. : I was undersized and sickly, but I never gave her the ae ae cause for even a harsh word. She simply took an aversion to me, and some- how her hatred came to be reflected in my father. He saw me thrown out on the world with hardly a protest, and two days later, when he met me in the street, he gave me about eight shil- lings in money and advised me to set up as a boot- black and newsboy. I should probably have followed his sugges- tion had I not on that same day chanced to fall in with two or three lads who were planning to stow themselves away aboard of an English Be called the Charles H. Churchill. — They were boys who had run away from home or been thrown over, like myself, and the idea was that they could do better in England. 3 I was invited to join, and wher our plans had been laid there were four of us about the same age. We looked the brig over, found that we could get aboard, and made our arrangements. One night, when the brig was nearly ready for sea, I stole aboard, carrying with me about two quarts of water and four pounds of bread and ~meat. This was the share I wis to furnish. I was to be first aboard, slip down the midship hatch, and the others were to follow at brief in- tervals. A fire on board a ship a few hundred feet away collected the crew of the brig aft, and ‘I got aboard without risk. e hold was nearly full of bags, barrels, and boxes, and after waiting a few minutes I made my way over these to the bow, and found a very comfortable place on alot of dry hides. I-re- mained awake and alert for two hours, and then fell asleep without realizing that I was a bit » sleepy. It was morning when I awoke, and as the sailors were at work below, I dared not move or call out. I figured that my companions were in hiding around me, and so rested easy through the day, ners most of the time. + At about sundown I felt the ship under mo- tion, and an hour later the hatches were closed and I was in midnight darkness. ; I had matches a stub of a candle, and, af- ter striking a light, I moved around and whistled and called to my companions. _. I could fake my way over the freight pretty easily in any direction, and I would not give up _ that I was alone until I had searched for a full was positive I was alone; the others had -. Then I _ either backed out or had been baffled in their at- land cried myself to sleep. Te rte eae discovery, and crawled FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY It had been agreed among us boys that we + should keep secreted three days after sailing. None of us anticipated any trouble when we should make our presence known. : I had no way of computing time, as it was night all the time in the hold, but after my bread and water had been used up and I was hungry and thirsty, I decided that the three days were up. "Crawling to the cover of the hatch I knocked on it and shouted, and after a little it was opened and I was helped out. ; It was nine o’clock on the morning of the fourth y. The first word from the captain was an oath, and his first act was to swing me about the deck by the hair. Then he called for a rope and beat me until I fainted away, and while lying unconscious he and the first mate kicked me several times. When I came to I was ordered forward among the men. : They gave me kind words, satisfied my hunger and thirst, and hoped that the worst was over. It was not, however. At about noon I was called aft, and after the captain had interrogated me as to my identity and why I had selected his vessel, he gave me another beating, and turned me over to the mate ~ with the words: “You can have him now, and I hope you'll kill * him before the week is out.” _ : “Ay, sir, leave that to me,” was the reply. “I'll find a dozen ways to make him wish he’d never been born.” I had committed an offense, but nothing deserv- ing such punishment as I received for the next three days. I was flogged, kicked, cuffed ahd maltreated in every way captain and mate could think of, and was more than once rendered insensible by their cruelty. I heard the men cursing the officers for their conduct, And encouraging each other to inter- fere, but I was passive. Indeed, after a beating or two I was so harried that I could scarcely remember my own name. * On the afternoon of the fourth day, soon after dinher, while I was forward with the watch and assisting the sailmaker to repair a sail, the first mate called me aft. The wind was light and the sea smooth, and a - _ —— astern of the brig was an enormous shark. It had occurred to the two brutes to have some fun with me. The mate noosed a rope and passed it around my waist, and then, while I struggled and shrieked and begged for mercy, he carried me to the quarter and dropped me over-_- board for shark bait. The shark made a rush for me, but I was hauled up just in advance of his jaws. a The captain and mate laughed uproariously, and the latter picked me up to drop me from the — pom quarter, when the entire crew came running a I saw that much, and then fainted away, and what took place while I was unconscious was — never clearly velated to.me.— kao _ The crew had ee their action excited the captain and mate to a ters — aay he determined to interfere, and
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY oF The former had a -revolver in his pocket, and when the crew refused to go forward he fired at and wounded one of them. This brought on a fight, in which both officers and one of the sailors were killed. It was rebellion—not mutiny. The sole idea of the crew was to protect me from further cruelty. In carrying this out murder was done, and all were liable to the gallows. The dead bodies were lying on deck when I re- covered consciousness, while the men had con- eregated in the waist of the brig for consultation. The second mate, whose name was Chapman, oe had sympathized with the crew, although he had : no hand in the fight. He was now asked to take 5: “4 command of the brig until it could be determined ; what should be done, and he did so. The three __. dead men were prepared for burial in the usual _. ‘way, and launched over the side without service, and an hour after the fight not a trace of it was When the question of what should be done came up for discussion most of the men were appalled at the seriousness of the case. 79 / of distress, but of course nothing of the sort was . done. Under the law he should head for the nearest port, and there surrender brig and crew, but of éourse he had no thought of this. E . While he had not incited the crew to resistance, he-had not come to the-aid of,the officers. It would have been easy to prove his sympathy for me, and that would have made him the ac- cessory of the crew. r 3 It was realized that all had outlawed. them- _ selves, and the question was where to go and _ what to do with the brig. E It was finally decided to haul up for the Solo- mon Islands. . The brig was bound home through Torres Strait, as had two ports to call to make be- fore reaching the Cape of, Hope, and we were not over 450 miles) out of Sydney when the murders occurred. ee ‘ We therefore had a voyage of quite 1,500 miles before us. For the first week men could not have behaved more sensibly. . The discipline was good, and all were under Tapert all well. -war exchanged sig- crew. ag who could ad been put in os 4 It was the first duty of the mate to set a signal This was hooted at by the more intelligent, and gave rise to further ill-feeling. The brig had light or contrary winds, and made slow progress, and at the end of two weeks the situation on board could not have beén much worse. There were nine of us, including the cook, a black man, and each man of them seemed termined to do as he pleased. All messed in the cabin; and all had access to the liquor, and as a consequence fights frequenily occurred, and there were times when the brig had close shaves from being made a -~wreck. On one occasion the men charged the mate with playing them false and with planning to deliver them up to justice, but he somehow satisfied them that he was holding the course originally agreed upon, and he was honest in what he said. After a,run of some twenty-five days he an- nounced that we were approaching the Solomon Islands, and the men at once made ready to carry out their future plans. One hundred miles southwest of San Christoval, which is the eastermost island of the group, isa , smaller group called the Little Solomons. It was this group we were approaching, and at that date no white man had set foot upon them. They were inhabited by fierce and bloodthirty natives, who combined piracy, wrecking and fish- ing, and the mate was for making for the other group. He was overruled in this, and when the brig had hauled in until the land could be seen from the deck, the long boat was got over and loaded. The men intended to play the part of casta- ways, and had a story all fixed up. They erased the name of the boat, and took nothing aboard which would betray the identity of the brig; which they meant to scuttle. At noon, after working all the morning, they had loaded the boat with whatever sui them, divided the sum of $1,250 found on board, and were ready to bore holes in the brig’s bottom. For two days I had been ill of fever,and con- fined to my bunk. ~ I knew from the conversation around me what was going on, and at noon when one of the men brought me a cup of gruel he said we should soon be off. Half an hour later the brig became so quiet that I grew afraid, and with great effort crawled on deck. . The long boat was a mile away, with every man in it. ; _About four miles to the west, coming up under a light breeze, was a British man-of-war. All sail had been taken off the brig, so that she was simply drifting. It was the sight of the man- of-war which had hurried our crew off so sud- iy. : In about.an hoftr she came up, and after 5 had been put aboard both veSsels stood in and came to anchor in a bay and then boats were sent out for the mutineers. Not even a sight of them was ever obtained. . Ten years later it was known that they made a landing on one of the small islands, were se- ereted by the natives until the ship sailed, and every one of them was then knocked on the head = ‘the ss the ee . : a was then taken ydney ater on to England. “. aaa *
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26 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY NEW YORK, JUNE 30, 1922 TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Bingle Postage ..............- One Copy Three Months...... One Copy Six Months ........ One Copy One Year.......... Canada, $4.00; Foreign, $4.50. HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. O. Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances in any other way are at your_risk. We accept P Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap Coin in a —— plece of paper to avoid cutting the yma or rite your name and address plainly. Ad- dress letters to Harry E. Wolff, Pres. HARRY E. WOLFF; C. W. Hastings, Treas. - Publisher, Inc., Charles E. Nylander; Sec. 166 W. 23d St., N. Y. INTERESTING AR1iCLES BEE CAUSES AUTO WRECK A bee buzzed into an auto-bus and cost the owner thereof $3,500. A jury fixed the amount. Edward Steward, the driver, became confused when the insect approached him, and the bus crashed into a telegraph pole. Nevin Heusted, Jr., was severely hurt and the boy’s father suf- fered minor injuries. The former got $3,000 and the latter $500. Steward maintained that the entrance of the bee into the conveyance, which he piloted between Camden and Merchantville, N. J., was attributa- ble to Providence and an occurence over which he had no control. The jury held that he should have exercised more self-possession. The acci- dent took place last Summer. CLEVER CHINESE BEGGARS The Chinese beggars as a class are veritable humbugs. They know how to make the most of * their disabilities. There are among their number those who suffer from really terrible afflictions, and these they do their utmost to flaunt before the public. A few days ago, for instance, in one of the minor thoroughfares a visitor was appalled to * see the figure of a Chinese, half-clad in an oily kind of dilapidated cloth, lying on the ground. Both legs were gone, and his only method of locomotion was to roll himself along the muddy road (not the pavement) like a barrel. It was a most pitiable sight, but it did not ex- cite the sympathy nor, indeed, the curiosity of the numerous other Chinese in the street. ~ He had a tin basin beside him which he would _ thrust about a yard ahead of him, so that when é again rolled, his face would reappear beside is receptacle. Poor fellow, if he could but catch the eye of a likely contributor he had a ready smile for him! Just how many miles he could do in a day one - eould not tell, but he seemed oblivious to traffic of kind. ~~ who, with s blood, at St FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY intervals bedaubed himself till he looked posi- tively gruesome. _He gave the impression of being in a most hor- - rible condition, the possessor of wounds requiring instant medical attention. A little later the visitor met a couple of women who were carefully “made up” for their parts. The younger was merely clad in the regulation tatters, but the elder woman, the “star” per- former, started off with the unusual asset of a fine head of gray hair. This hair had been dishevelled to the last de- gree, and it hung about her in pitiable confusion. In China old age is regarded with great rever- ence, and her part in the drama, in order to elicit sympathy, was to kneel down on the ground, let this gray hair flow in all directions, and revolve her head in the mud. At first sight one was inclined to think that she was nothing but a poor, decrepit old granny, of at least 80 years, but at a closer view her lively actions made one wonder whether the gray hair was not really a part of her stock-in-trade. S LAUGHS» “I hear your husband is off on ure trip.” “Yes. home.” a little pleas- He is taking mother back — Old Jones—Can you give my daughter th - uries to which’ she has been scented? Chelly (engaged) —Not much longer. That’s why I want to get married. , “Well, old Sport, how do you feel? [ve just eaten a bowl of ox-tail soup and feel bully.” “I’ve — eaten a plate of hash and feel like every- ing.’ Minister (instructing the sexton)—To-da had better collect before I preach. The subject of my sermon will be “Economy.” Teacher—What happens when a man’s temper- ature goes down as far as it can go? Smart Scholar—He has cold feet, ma’am. “T hear Bill went all to pieces yesterday.” “Of coursé Be igs = got — excited about the payment o e bills, and his partner says to him, ‘Bill, collect yourself.’ ” = Se Johnson—Is it really true that your wife has left you? Jameson—Yes. And that’s not the worst. “Why, what do you mean?” “I’ve just received a letter saying she’s coming back.” Hostess—Why, Mrs. Jones, you haven’t any fish fork. Mary, why didn’t you give Mrs. Jones a fish fork? Mary—Well, ma’am, the last time erg Jones dined here you said we lost a fish ork, < ~
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HERE IS THE SOLEMN HIPPOCRATIC OATH One often reads or hears of the Hippocratic oath which physicians and surgeons must take on being admitted to practice by almost all of the medica: colleges. The oath was written by Hippocrates about 400 years before Christ. It is the article of faith on which the profession of medicine is based. Some universities administer _.it every year; among these is that of Montpellier in France, which recently celebrated its T00tz anniversary. The essential part of the oath is as follows: =. “Whatever in my capacity as a physician, or even when not so acting, I see or hear in the lives of men which ought not to be spoken abroad, I will not divulge, deeming that on all such mat- ters I should keep silent. While I continue to _ keep this oath inviolate, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, always respected by men; but should I break or violate this oath, may the“reverse be my lot.” a —¢ : ; ™ E. a = - ss OLD TREES One of the wonders of the ancient world, and probably the greatest of them, was,the pyramids of Egypt. And yet some of the giant sequoias of California that are now thrifty trees had bark on - them a foot thick when Cheops began building the _ great pyramids that bore his name. Beneath the _. shadow of the pyramids Napoleon said to his z : “Forty centuries look down upon you.” a The sequoia tree, exactly like that of*California, flourished several millions of years ago. - A RELIEF MAP THAT FILLS TWO ACRES _ The-republic of Guatemala, in its endeavor to make it easy for visiting capitalists to see what they are investing in and to decide on the merits of proposed investments, has built and set - up what seems by all odds the most extraordi- nary relief map of the world. The map is two acres in extent, and shows every contour, every town and every stream or lake in Gua and the nei ing territory of British Honduras. It is ded by water representing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. __ + topographical map is of concrete, as- n in sections. Almost two years were spent making the molds, The ultimate cost of the map ay ee and another li in gathering the top- ch it is based. . in or temala City, and its substantial - : the fact that it. passed Send us a one-cent stamp to cover and without we will mail you a copy of “Mystery Magazine,” _ “Deine Th poole a Aoolied io sito DS BS =< oa ae FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY FROM ALL POINTS . and in checking them up. — ss Sed =& SOMETHING ABOUT SEALS The common sea) can swim at the rate of ten, miles an hour, about half as quickly as a dolphin, and the instantaneousness of its turning is like magic. “A fish—like flounder, or whale, or sal- mon—has no chance when a seal has made up its mind. When we watch a dog swimming we see that it treads the water with its fore and hind limbs, but this is not the seal’s method, It ke@ps its fore- limbs close to its breast, except when turning or steering, and it Swims like a fish by means of its very muscular posterior body, aided by the firmly oppressed legs, which form the hind part of the - propeller. “A propeller, however, that does not turn round; it simply dislodges masses of water to one side and then to another, as quick as greased lightning. . The gray seal is not nearly’so fast, and it has therefore to attend to more slowly moving fishes, like halibut, which it seeks out far below “full fathoms five.” The movements of seals on the sands are very quaint. They hobble along at the rate of about three miles an hour. The creature raises its shoulders depresses its head, sticks its fore-flap- pers outwards in the sand, drags its body for- ward (sometimes helped by a jerk from the hind legs), sinks prone, and begins again. What catches the eye is the alternate arching and flat- tening of the body. A young gray seal has been known to make a land journey of half a mile to a cottage, and when it was taken back to the sea it repeated the visit next day. Short land journeys have often been recorded for the common seal, e ially in the case of tame ones, which refuse to be sent back to the sea. There seems to be in seals something of the “local attachment” and “homing a which is exhibited by cats, but most of the da a 13 unfortunately at a somewhat anecdotal evel, Common seals have their favorite resting rocks, and the gray seal has favorite spots in the water, where it stays for hours and days. Unlike the dolphins and porpoises, the seals must -have thetr rest on land. They take ad- vantdte of waves to get up on a rocky shelf. They use their nails in clambering. They adjust them- selves so as to slip into the sea in an instant. They sometimes post sentinels, but they fall asleep. And it is then and at the breeding time that man often clubs them. It is a strange paradox that although man can- not deny a certain fascination that the seals have, he cannot resist killing them when he gets a chance. He calls them lost souls and fallen angels, mermaids and mermen. He has invented pretty stories about them and cherished super- stitions, but he kills them at their play and in their sleep, or when the mother comes ashore to comfort her young. axl
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ~ GOOD READING ANIMALS IN BANANAS ‘The consumers of bananas will do well to in- ~ spect the fruit before eating it, lest they may have things ‘pumped from their stomachs. A fruit dealer in Elmira, N. Y., found a number of curi- ous little animals in a bunch of bananas received from Jamaica. An examination disclosed a nest in the center of the bunch, and seated in it was an animal resembling a mouse, though different from it in many respects. The young ones are mouse-colored, with large, bright eyes, arid their tails are fully as long as their bodies. The mother is of a reddish color, with unusually large luminous eyes-for so small an animal. » Her tail is lengthy and bushy. Under her breast is a sack or pouch similar to that of a kangaroo, in which the little ones take refuge at the slightest ap- proach of danger. The young ones sit on her tail and are carried about. It is said several scientific gentlemen have viewed the little ones, but no one could properly classify them in the catalogue of animals. KILLED 167 TONS OF RATS Rats to the number of 670,000 were killed in Texas last year in the extermination drives con- ducted by the county agents employed co-opera- tively by the United States agricultural colleges. The counties prompted many of the campaigns with the help of members of local farm bureaus and Chambers of Commerce and under the gen- eral supervision of Biological Survey rodent con- trol specialists. - Some counties were divided into zones, and money was raised to be given as prizes to men, boys and schools killing the largest number of rats. The most rats were killed in Denton County. The boy having the greatest number to his credit killed 15,000 in six weeks. In Williamson County another boy killed 909 in two weeks. It is esti- mated that the rats averaged about a half a und each, making about 167 tons of rats killed ere the campaign. It is also estimated that if each rat had lived a year it would, on an average, have eaten or damaged property worth $1, mene the res&ilts of the campaign worth approximately $670,000. FORGING STAMPS AN ANCIENT ART Stamp forging is by no means a new art. “As - soon as postage stamps reached a high value the Aes ' Pe) Eas leiege aan the forger is content with © Se, nae ra : small profits and quick returns. He even forges stamps with the commercial value of a few pence, simply because it is possible to sell hundreds of them without any fear of detection. If the faked stamps are of high value the dif- ficulty of disposing of them is greatly increased, although forgeries of even the 1847 Mauritius, of which only ten copies are known to exist—its value runs into four figures—are not unknown. Perhaps the most extensively forged of all stamps are the South American. The early is- sues of the States of Paraguay, Peru and Uru- guay have been forged in great numbers both in Paris and in Montevideo. The cleverest cases of forging are where an old but not very valuable stamp is placed in a chemical bath which removes both color and de- sign. The forgery is then engraved, either by photography or by hand, on the original paper. Here the evidence by which the collector judges is all.in order. The paper is right, the perfora- tions absolutely correct, and there can be no doubt about the watermark. It is only by comparing the design with that of a genuine stamp that the forgery can be detected. In many issues a used stamp, one that has passed through the post, fetches a much higher price than a similar unused one. This provides an easy opening for the forger who has a knowl!l- edge of old postmarks. In a recent case an unused stamp was stuck on to an old envelope of exactly the same period, a postmark was cleverly faked, and detection seemed almost impossible. But the fake was no- ticed by a collector, who saw that the address on the envelope had been written with a modern steel pen instead of the old-time quill. Send us a one-cent stamp to cover postage, and we will mail you a copy of “Mystery Magazine.” ae—sooo500—OOOO Musical Handsaw Greatest Novelty of the Age ares — if you can carry a tune in to play this instrument, and at a: good salary. Struck with a s) your head, you can leurn Secure a job on the stage No musical education necessary, made mallet the perfectly tem- a violin bow on y the wonderfu te make you an go When not playin work with the saw. is a useful tool as well as a fine’ Instrument. sa Price of Saw, Mallet and Instructions.......... 35 HARRY E, WOLFF. 166 W. 224 St. New York nn ex ~ tae a on A kes An ae tice you can i =
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more than 300 ae ee . But he was ambitious. E — I knew there was a-bigger job waiting How I increased my salary by Joseph Anderson AM just the average man—twenty-eight years old, with a wife and a three-year-old youngster. I left school when I was fourteen. My parents didn’t want me to do it, but I thought I knew more than they did. I can see my father now, standing before me, pleading, threatening, coaxing me to keep on with my. schooling. With tears in his eyes he told me how he had been a failure all his life because of lack of education—that the untrained man is always forced to work for a small salary—that he had hoped, yes, and prayed, that I would be a more successful man than he was. But no! My mind was made up. I had been offered a job at nine dollars a week and I was going to take it. That nine dollars looked awfully big to me. I didn’t realize then, nor for years afterward, that I was being paid only for the work of my hands. My brain didn’t count. HEN one day, glancing through a magazine, I came across the story of a man just like myself. He, too, had left school when he was fourteen years of age, and had worked for years at a small salary. He decided that he would get out of the rut by training himself to become expert in some line of work. ~ r So he got in touch with the International Corre- spondence Schools at Scranton and started to study in his spare time at home. It was the turn in the road for him—the beginning of his success, Most stories like that tell of the presidents. of eat institutions who are earning $25,000 and 50,000 a year. Those stories frighten me. I don’t think I could ever earn that much. But this story told of.a man who, through spare time study, lifted himself from $25 to $75 a week. It made an im- pression on me because it talked in terms I could understand. It seemed reasonable to suppose that 1 could do as well. < I tell you it didn’t take me long that time to mark and send in that familiar coupon. Information regarding the Course I had marked came back by | return mail. I found it wasn’t too late to make up the education I had denied myself as a boy. I was surprised to find out how fascinating a home-study course could be. The I. C. S. worked with me every hour I had to spare. I felt myself me somewhere. Four months after I enrolled my employer came : fo me and told me that he always gave preference their jobe—and that my nest, a oS il i abt: uta {litt { ay if . salary envelope would show how much he thought of the improvement in my work. Today, my salary is more than 300% greater than it was when I began my studies. That increase has meant a better home and all the luxuries that make life worth while. What I have done, you can do. For I am just an average man. I had no more education to begin with than you have—perhaps not as much, The only difference is a matter of training. O every man who is earning less than $75 a week, I say simply this:—Find out what the I. C. 8. can do for you! It will take only a minute of your time to mark and mail the coupon. But that one simple act may change your whole life. If I hadn’t taken that first step four years ago I wouldn’t be writing this message to you today! No, and I wouldn’t be earning anywhere near $75 a week, either! —— — — — — — TEAR OUT HERE — — — — — — — INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS SCRANTON, PA 4493 ’ . Without cost or obligation explain how I ean qualify for the position, ‘or in y= defore which I have marked -4 = ELEC, ENGINEER Electric Lighting & Railways Electric Wi R STATIONARY Marine Contractor and Builder Architectural SoS ae Structural Engineer PLUMBING & HEATING Sheet Metal Worker Textile Overseer or Supt. CHEMIST Nam........sscerrscorveecosnm bors recveres sonees secre soeeys santos cveees dheeeonerenewenreenesteseeeee i-te-m2 co EEE. ET FE ee TS ese coenancacdgneerapeepsconscesessnasniaare: aos IDEM pBuccoes obvsse consacesenbeeceioienss cenren . ny a
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Brand new, absolutely first. cord tires. Guaranteed 8,000 miles and adjusted at the list price on that guarantee. The prices below include a brand new ‘Tube. Q0x3 _....$950 _ 32x4 ..._$16.10 30x3}4- 38x4 ...... 17.00 ~unwrapped for inspection. CHARLES TIRE CORP. Dept. 746 2824 Wabash Avenue, Chicago New Hair Growth ‘After BALDNESS legal affidavit, John Hart Brittain, business man, certified to thie: **Sty head at the top and back was absolutely bald. The sealp was shiny. An expert said that he thought the hair roots were extinct, and there was no hope of my ever having a new hair growth. *"Yet now, at an age over 66, I have a luxuriant growth of ft, strong, lustrous hair! No trace of baldness. The pictures shown es are from my photographs.’’ Mr. Brittain certified furthers INDIAN’S SECRET OF HAIR GROWTH **At a time when I had become discouraged at trying various hair lotions, tonics, specialists’ ua) treatments, ete., I came across, in my travels, 8 gm Oherokee Indian ‘medicine man’ who had an elixir a ; that he asseverated would grow my hair. Although After hair growth had but little faith, I gave it a trial. To my Coanieenne a light fuzz oon appeared, It developed, day by day, into @ healthy growth, and ere long my hair was as prolific as in my youthful days, : aM on ce . af That I was astonished and happy is expressing my state of mind mildly. Obviously, the hair roots had not been dead, but were dormant the scalp, awaiting the fertilizing potency of the mysterious pomade, I negotiated for and came into possession of the principle for pre~ - paring this mysterious ss ny poe em and later had the ecipe put into practic orm by a chemis' ' Photo when bald, © Phat my ona hair growth was permanent has been amply proved,** How YOU May Grow YOUR Hair It has been proved in very many cases that hair roots did : hot die even ps the hair fell out through dandruff, fever, alopecia oreata or certain other hair or scalp disorders. Miss A. D. Otto reports: *‘*About 8 years ago my hair began to fall out until m — in spots was almost entirely ald, I used everything that was recommend- ed but was always disappointed until at last I came across Ko- talko, “ My bald spots are being covered now; the growth is al- ready about three inches.’’ G, For Sale at all ge reports: | E had KOTALKO FOR FALLING HAIR BALDNESS, DANDRUFF Mich hair Ip now growing ef a now in BusyDrag Stores I used Kotalko,’* Mrs. Matilda Maxwell reports: ‘‘The whole ‘<SNnyRu front of my head was as bald fy i % h d for abouts 15 years. Since usin - : Sotaiee bate to yp Ae aL over the place that was paid. Kotcho & wonderful Many more splendid, convincing yeports from satisfied users, for w 's hair. : Za contains GENUINH BEAR OIG and other potent in ; grediente. No alcohol, no shampoo; but hair elixir of 2 wonderful efficacy. All ingredients are safe and harmless, ~ even for a child’s scalp hair. Positively KOTALKO is one delightfully reliable hair preparation that sugceeds upon genuine merit, Buy a box of KOTALKO at the drug store. Or ask for Kotalko et the a goods or drug Sere on of any ree on GUABAN store, ena = cents (silver or stamps) ou will recetre » PROOF BOX of Kotalko with BROCHURE, . Determine FROM FALLING. Get x box of guaranteed KOTALKO, apply once or twice ‘Gaily; watch in-your mirror. For PROOF BOX (10 cents, none otherwise) write to to eliminate DANDRUFF, to treat BALDNESS, to STOP | KOTALKO OFFICES, BA-375, Station X, New York BIRDS CROSS LAKE ON STEAMER Land birds far from iand form one of the sights to be witnessed by passengers on board the steam- boats crossing Lake Michigan, says the Detroit |News. This is said to be espe- cially the case on the steamboats of ja line plying be- jtween Muskegon jand Chicago, a distance of 100 |miles. The steam- boats sail after dark. At sundown the spars and rig- ging of the ves- sels in the dock \form good resting jplaces for the land birds. When darkness comes and the boats be- gin to move it is too late for them to go ashore. It is said to be no uncommon thing for the pas- sengers to see a strange sight just ibetween daybreak and sunrise. The birds are waking up and find them- Selves some thirty odd -miles from land. They circle about the boat compelled to;rest on the rigging, some of them seeming much perplexed, while others make the best of circum- stances. On one trip two y ell owhammers or flickers were among the com- pany, as well as a silent __idittle sapsucker that pecked away at ropes and spars as if he were break fasting heartily on grubs. There was a frightened brown thrush as well as a pair of tiny wrens and sev- eral grass spar- rows.
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Fame and Fortune Weekly — LATEST ISSUES —— 835 The Boy Salesman; or, Out On the Road For Suc- 836 a Feang Money Broker; or, Striking Luck In Wall Street. ° 887 The Way To Fame; or, The Success of a Young Dramatist. . 838 In the Money Game; or, The Luck of Two Wali Street Chums. 839 “ <A Golden Treasure; or, The Mystery of an Old Trunk. 849 “ Hal's Business Venture; or, Making a Success f Himself. 3 841 Among the Man-eaters; or, The Secret of the Golden Ledge. 842 The Little Wall Street Speculator; or, The Boy Who Became a Stock Broker. 843 Old Hazard’s Errand Boy; or, The Nerve That Won Check 765: or, The Strangest Tip In Wall Street. eck ; or. ie - 3 A Shortcut To Fortune and the Smart Boy Who Found It. 846 Broker Brown's Boy; or, A Tough Lad From Mis- souri. 847 The Odds Against Him; or, A Boy With Grit. A Boy With Brains; or, A Fortune From a Dime. 4 His Own Business; or, From Errand Boy To Boss. 850 The Leper agg bat or, The Mysterious Boy From Cripple Creek. 851 Ertet’s Missing Million; or, The Treasure of the Wreck. 852 A Boy From the Streets; or, The Old Broker's Protege. : Z a 853 A Born Hustler; or, The Boy With the “Goods. 854 Matt, the Money-Maker; or, A Strange Lad in Wall St Teet. 855 Out for Everything; or, The Boy Who Was Willed a Circus. $56 Ju Wall Street to Win; or, The Boy Who Got the Money. S57 A Yount Sinbad; or, Wrecked on a Treasure Island. $58 Bill Bond’s Syndicate; or, A Fortune From a Two- Cent Stamp. $59 The Boy Who Vanished; or, The Treasure of the J / : neas. 860 A Born Broker; or, The Suvcess of a Wall Street Boy. ” . 861 Striking a Gooa Thing; or, College Chums tn Business. 862 Among the “Sharks"’; of Wall Street. r ; 863 In Business for Himself; or, The Lad Who Made the Money 864 Charlie of the Curb; or, Beating the Mining Brokers. 865 A Million in Rubies; or, The Richest Find iu the World. ~ f ~ $66 Tom, the Bank Messenger; or, The Boy Who Got Rich. | 867 Contrsctor Bob: or, Fighting for a Big Job. 868 A Nervy Deal; or, The Boy Who Bought a Railway. - $69 In the Newspaper Game; or, The Rise of a Cub Reporter. 870 Up to the Minute: or, From Office Boy to Broker. S71 Full of Business; or, The Young Traveler for the Firm. 872 Baffling the Brokers; or, The Boy With the Iron 873 ties « Outite Deal; or, The Richest Claim in the Weat. by oh newsdealers, or will be sent to any pag of price, Je per copy, in money or postage stamps, by RRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc., 166 West 234 Street, . New York City or, The Lights and Shadows” ds «OUR TEN-CENT HAND BOOKS Useful, instructive and Amusing. They Contain Valuable Information on Almost Every Subject No, 35. HOW TO PLAY GAMES. — A comp! useful little book, containing the rules and Teyalationn a billiards, bagatelle, back-gammon, croquet, dominoes, No. 36. HOW TO SOLVE CONUNDRUMS.—Contain- ing all the leading conundrums of the day, amusing riddies, curious’ catches and witty sayings. ~ No. 40. HOW TO MAKE AND SET TRAPS.—Includ- ing hints on how to catch moles, weasels, otter, rat squirrels and birds, Also how to cure skins. Copiou illustrated. No. 41. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK END MEN" JOKE BOOK.—Containing a great variety of the eeeee jokes used by the most famous end men. No amateur minstrels is complete without this wonderful [little book. No. 42. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK STUMP SPEAKER.—Containing a varied assortment of stump speeches, Negro, Dutch and Irish. Also end men’s jokes. Just the thing for home amusement and amateur shows, No. 45. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK MINSTREL GUIDE AND JOKE BOOK.—Someihing new and very instruetive. Every boy should obtain this book, as ft contains full instructions for organizing an amateur minstrel troupe, No. 46. HOW TO MAKE AND USE ELECTRICITY. —A description of .the wonderful uses of electricity and electro maguetism; together with full instructions for making Electric Toys, Batteries, etc. By George Trebel, A.M., M.D. Containing over fifty illustrations. No. 48. HOW TO BUILD AND SAIL CANOES. — A handy book for boys, containing full directions for cou- Structing canoes and the most popular manner of sail- ing them . Fully illustrated. o. 49. HOW TO DEBATE.—Giving rules for con- ducting debates, outlines for debates, questions for dis- cussion and the best sources for procuring information be gee given. o. | HOW TO STUFF BIRDS AND ANTI) —A valuable book, giving instructions in collecting pie. paring, mounting and preserving birds, animals and sects. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH CARDS,—Con- No, 51. taining explanations of the general principtes of sleight- of-hand applicable to card tricks; of ecard tricks with ordinary cards, and not requiring sleight-of-hand: of tricks involving sleight-of-hand, or the use of specially prepared cards. Illustrated. No. 53. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS.—A wonderful little book, telling you how to write to your sweetheart, your father, mother, sister, brother, employer; and in fact, everybody and anybody you wish to write to. No. 4. HOW TO KEEP AND MANAGE PETS — Giving complete information as. to the manner and method of raising, keeping, taming, breeding and man- aging all kinds of pets; also giving full Instructions for making cages, ete. Fully explained by twenty-eight illustrations. * No. 56. HOW TO BECOME AN ENGINEER.—Con- Aang full instructions how to become a locomotive engineer; also directions for building a model locome- tive; together with a full description of everything an engineer should know. No. 58. HOW TO BE A DETECTIVE.—By Old Kine Brady, the well-known detective. In which he lays down some valuable rules for beginners, and also relates some es ye Ls Bag nest | detectives. : o. 60.-—H TO BECOME A PHOTOGRAPHER.— Containing useful information regarding the Camera and pol to “ann it; also how & make Photographic Magic Lantern Slides and other Transparencies. Handsomely as ey aE : 0. 64. OW TO MAKE ELECTRICAL MACHINES. —Containing full directions for making electrical ma- chines, induction coils, dynamos and many novel toys to be worked by electricity. By B. A. R. Bennett. Fully illustrated. No. 65. MUIDOON’S JOKES. — The most original ke book ever published, and it is brimful of wit and umor. It contains a large collection of songs,,jokes, conundrums, ete., of Terrence Muldoon, the ¢ wit, humorist and practical joker of the day. For sale by all newsdealers, or will be sent to aay address on receipt of price, 10c. per copy, im - money or stamps, by : he HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. — 166 West 23d Street, New York —) ss + “ a ~— j = 4 , ~