Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 957) (1924 02 01)
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Phe J ot, Read | Pages 24 and 25 = Ace You A Radio Fan? eZ FAME AND FORTUNE W is Issued weekly—Subscription price, $4.00 per year; Cana West 23d Street New York, N. Y. the Post-Office at New York, N. No. 957 ADRIFT ON OR, WORKING. HIS wv CHAPTER I.—The Death Bell. ~ Boom!—Boom!—Boom! The somber note of a _ deep-toned bell, thrice repeated, at intervals of exactly fifteen seconds, smote upon the blustering night air, and the dull sound, caught by the wind, _ was borne for a mile down the winding, country - road to the ears of three persons in a light wagon, _two of whom were boys, that was rattling along at a rapid rate in the direction whence the bell note had come. «. “What's that, John?” asked the elder, of the ‘two boys—fine, handsome young fellow, of ath- etic build, known for many miles around. in that neighborhood as Paul Prescott, the only son and heir of George Prescott, a retired merchant, of Prescott’s Roost, West Newbury, Mass. _. The old man, he was all of eighty, but hale and ‘strong for his age, who drove the team of bays, shook his head solemnly, while a Shiver ran through his frame, and a look of sadness gathered : polis countenance, He recognized in it the death-knell of Mr. Pres- ott, the father of the lad who had just spoken, and he believed, as firmly as if the words had ‘been spoken in his ear, that the boy in question “was now an orphan. Thee was.a mystery about - that bell that no one had ever been able to fathom. It hung in a small, weather-scarred belfry above the roof of Prescott’s Roost, between the twin, ivy-clad stone towers that formed a picturesque ffect to the front of the house facing the road. “When Mr. Prescott came into possession of the “property, all but the front part of the ancient strucure was in a-state of ruin and decay. It was surrounded by fifty acres of land, and he got it at a bargain. Instead of razing thé whole of the old building, the new owner rebuilt it on its rmer lines, leaving the original front as it was, the vomantic aspect of the ivy-covered tow- and eastellated entrance appealed to his ar- “eye, - “rumbling bell-tower, with its solid-looking , 8o rusted to its fastenings that no two ould stir it from its perpendicular position, itted to remain. There was a legend in rhood that when the former owners of ? : Bntered as Second-Class Mattey NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1, By A SELF-MADE MAN da, $4.50; Foreign, me lias Inc., 164 t THE W WAY TO FORTUNE Y., under the Act of M the house died, one by one, the old bell rang out three times at the moment eath breathed their last. One summer evening at dusk, about three months later, the bell boomed out its three solemn notes once mere. It was heard two miles away, for the night was still, and gave rise to much speculation as to whether Mr. Prescott or his son Paul, neither of which was known to be ill, had died suddenly from some unexpected cause. The two in question were sitting on the rear porch in perfect health at the moment the mysterious note floated out, and when that fact became known it looked as if the bell had rung a false alarm. A ~ letter received a week later by Mr. Prescott, how- ever, conveyed the intelligence of his only sister’s death at the very hour that the bell had spoken, and that confirmed the gruesome record of the mysterious bell. A week before our story opens, Mr. Prescott had been taken seriously ill. At the time, his son Paul f was away from home at a boarding-school in the~ suburbs of Gloucester. Faber Prescott, Paul’s uncle, and the black sheep of the family, was stopping at the Roost on a brief visit, at his own invitation. He was a man whose inclinations were altogéther opposite to those of his successful brother George. He led a rapid, and, to some ex- tent, a questionable life, and consequently was nearly always on the ragged edge of fortune. He was now a widower, with one son, seventeen years old, named Henry, The boy was very much like his father in many respects, and those re- spects were not to his credit. He occasionally visited the Roost at his Uncle George’s request, but he and his cousin Paul never got on well to- gether. 5 They could assimilate no better th water. As soon as the owner of the Roost was taken sick, Faber proceeded to boss the ranch in a way that did not add to his popularity in the household. From the first George Prescott seemed to have a premonition that he wasn’t going to live long, and had requested hig brother to send for Paul, but that gentleman took his time about do- ing it. In fact, strange to say, the first message he sent was to his son Henry, telling him to come on to the Roost. Finally George Prescott. who had an oil and : i~
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a 7 ADRIFT ON THE WORLD reason to distrust his brother, wondering why his son failed to come home, put the matter in the hands of an old and valued employee named Tom Hazard, whom he had brought to live at the Roost, and Tom saw to it that Paul was immediately notified that his presence was desired. at home on aecount.of his father’s illness. Paul left the school at onee and started for home in a rather uneasy state of mind. He had to take a train from Gloucester’ to Davenport in order to connect with the Boston & Maine for Newburyport. From that town he had to change to a branch line that stopped at Byfield, “the nearest point to his home. He was astonished to meet his cousin Henry getting out of the B. & M. train at Newburyport, and to learn that he, too, was bound for the Roost. At such a time Henry’s company was even less congenial than usual to him, but he put the best face he could on the matter, and tried to be friendly during the short run from Newburyport to Byfield, where they were met by old John Barnes, the coachman, with a fast team, who had been told by Faber Prescott to look out for his son if he came by that train. When the fateful bell rang out its death note, the party were within a mile of the Roost. “What do you suppose that sound was, John?” asked Paul, again, seeing that the old man did hot answer when first addressed. “Nothin’ much, Master Paul,” he replied, in a choked voice, not having the heart to tell the truth, and bring the grief of anticipated misfor- tune to the lad’s heart. _ The team was now drawing near a cross-road, which led down to the Merrimac River. Just as they reached it the shrill scream of a girl broke upon their ears with a suddenness and intensity that startled them greatly and caused old John to rein in the horses. “Great Scott!” exclaimed Paul, starting up from his seat, and gazing fixedly in the direction . the sound had come. ‘Some one is in trouble.” As he spoke a shadow loomed up in the cross- roads, to the left, and flitted toward them, fol- ‘owed by another and larger shadow, which de- tached itself trom the obscruity neu and seemed to be chasing the first. “Save me! oh, save me!” came in itieous ac- cents from the first shadow, which speedily re-. solved itself into a young girl. - .“Stop, ye little vixen!” roared the second shad- ow,: “or V’ll flay yer alive when I get my hands on you!” An appeal for help was never wasted on Paul Prescott. Springing to the ground, he ran to- ward the girl, who, in another moment, fell, ex- hausted, into his arms. He caught and held her just as her pursuer came up. “Right ye are, young fellow,” said the man, in a tone of satisfaction, advancing to grab the girl. “She gave me the slip from the schooner ~ more’n an hour ago, and led me a pretty dance after her up the road; but I’il fix her when I se get her back, or my old woman will, which is all _ the same. I'll be bound she won’t light out no more after this.” “Hold on,” said Paul, stepping between him and the girl. “What has. she done to. Dine and why” ; should you be chasing her at this hour of th night, along a lonely road?” “Didn’t I jest tell ye that. she lighted out from my schooner?” retorted the man, angrily. ; “Don’t let him take me back!” cried the recovering her breath and clinging phew her young protector, “He’s a brute, and so is his wife. They’ve done nothing but beat me since a te came to live with them, three months ago.” “Oh, I’m a brute, am I?” roared the man, sav: agely. “Ye’ll pay well for that as soon ‘as ye ‘e back on board.” a made a swoop at her, but Paul headed him (0) “None of that, I say!’ cried the plucky. boy : “T won't stand by and see any girl ill-treated a big fellow like you.” “Blast yer!’ yelled the man, springing at him. But Paul was a stout boy and fully-prepared for this demonstration on his part. While -was-no match at all for the man in strength, outclassed the rascal in alertness and activity. He was fu'ly aroused to the situation, ‘and ma no bones about landing a heavy swing on the f low’s jaw as he sidestepped to avoid his atta What would have been the ultimate result of th serap we cannot say. Probably it might have gone hard with Paul, for the ruffian was now aroused to a blind kind of fury. But at this old John Barnes. deemed it to be his duty terfere, and he did it with the butt of his There were several ounces of lead in it, and it landed across the forehead of the rascal h down in the road, like a stricken ox. He w: par- tially stunned, but Paul saw that he Bt id soo! come to, 2 “Come, young lady,” he said, “let mie’ help. you into the wagon. You shall go to my home wi me and stop there to-night. In the mo ; can decide what you had best do oa of your persecutors.’ The girl uttered no objection; Ge seemed glad to get as far away from ge who now lay in the dust of the road a ee and permitted Paul to help her up on th te. he had vacated to go to her assistance. 7 “Get on the front seat with John, Hen Paul, so I can look after this young ] lad. Henry, nothing loath, changed his soon the wagon was speeding on. again, the ruffian -behind to pick himself Be a from the scene. “What is your name, miss?” ie Paul, garding the girl he had rescued with ee terest, for despite her shabby attire, hi , Saw that she was remarkably - ieee interesting. 5 “Dolly Curtis,” she answered, in what restrained tone, as she g Janced idly at the stalwart lad by her side, t sabi a much. : “Thank you,” he said. « “And I su would like to know who I am?” i es “If you will tell me,” she replied, v: glance in his face, the Gree wu e
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Se é ADRIFT ON “Well, my name-is Paul Prescott, and I live at Prescott’s Roost, only a short distance from here. I have been at school near Gloucester, “and have just been called home by my father’s iliness. It was lucky for you, I guess, that we came along when we did.” f “Tt was,”\ she answered, “and I shall never forget what you have done for me as long as I ‘*That’s all right,” he answered lightly. “You don’t suppose that any decent fellow would have ‘given you up to that ruffian if he could have helped? At any rate, I would not.” “Yow strong and brave you are!” she ex- claimed, admiringly. _. “Thank you for the compliment, Miss Dolly,” "he said, in a pleased tone. “Whatever you may ‘decide on doing to-morrow, I hope we shall see more of each other than just this brief acquaint- ~ ance. I should like to be of further service to you if I could. If I can be, don’t hesitate to ask ‘me. Now, won’t you?” ‘The girl blushed and looked down, under his ardent gaze, and finally said she did not know “ what she was going to do, as she was an orphan, without home or friends. “Well, you must let me be your friend, Miss Dolly,” said Paul. “Then you won’t stand in need of one.as long as I’m around. As for a home, if you’re willing to make yourself useful, I - guess our housekeeper can find enough to keep you busy at the Roost.” : Dolly expressed her gratitude to Paul for his offer, and said she would be glad if the house- keeper would take her on trial. : “Then, that is settled,” said Paul, in a tone of satisfaction. “Now, tell me how came you to be connected with that rascal from whom I res- _ eued you. Who is he, anyway? He spoke about a schooner—is he the skipper of one?” _ “Yes. His name is Simpson Grinnidge. He is eaptain of the schooner Lively Polly, and makes regular trips between Gloucester and Nassau, on the Merrimac River. He lives, when on shore, at - Gloucester, and I went to live with Mrs, Grin- nidge when my aunt died, six months ago. Mrs. _ Grinnidge was not kind to me, and ‘made me work hard. In fact, I was little better than a slave. I told her I meant to leave her at the end of the month. Then she locked me in a room and beat me dreadfully.” : “She did!” exclaimed Paul, indignantly. “Yes, She kept me a prisoner until her hus- and returned from his trip, and then he swore he’d be the death of me if I dared to leave. He said he’d find me wherever I went, and would drag me back and half kill me. When the schooner was ready to sail for Nassau again, Mrs. Grinnidge decided to go and see some rela- tives she has in New Hampshire, and she took me aboard the schooner with her yesterday after- ~ moon, just before she sailed. Captain Grinnidge truck me this morning for some little thing, and Swore at me in a terrible way. This evening, Mrs. Grinnidge found fault with me because I performed some of the duties of a butler. THE WORLD — ot 3° All I wanted was to get away from my persecu- tors. The captain followed me as soon as he found out that I had escaped from the schooner, and I hid from him by the roadside. When he went up a lane to see if I had gone toward the house near by, I ran on again. Finally it grew dark and I got confused and frightened, finding myself alone on a dreary road. While wonder- ing what I was going to do, Captain Grinnidge came.up and almost caught me. I screamed and ran away as fast as I could. Then I saw this wagon and you, and I begged you to protect me. And you did, and I shall be grateful to you for- ever.” . “Well, don’t worry any more. Captain Grin- nidge won’t dare come for you at my father’s home. If he does he’ll get fired out into the road.” “T never want to see him or Mrs. Grinnidge again. ‘They are dreadfully cruel people. I will work very hard to please your housekeeper if she will let me stay at your home for a while at any rate.” ; : “You'll stay all right. Vl make it plain to Mrs. Gray that I want you to remain, and that will settle it. You’ll find her all right. Just do your best to help her, and I guess she'll take a liking to you, for she’s just lost a daughter about your age that she thought the world of.” Henry Prescott had overheard much of the conversation which had taken place between his Cousin Paul and Dolly Curtis, and he sniffed at the idea of so much attention being paid to a poor and common girl, as he sized up Dolly. “She’s nothing but a pauper and a servant,” he sneered to himself “Paul must be crazy to treat her as if she was as good as himself. Low people like her ought to be kept in their place, otherwise they put on airs, and get to think they are some- bodies. Paul is always putting himself out of the way to oblige some Tom, Dick or Harry. If I stood in his shoes, with all the property that’s coming to him, you can bet I’d let folks know who I was. They’d take their hats off to me every time, you can gamble on that.” Although he sneered at Dolly on account of her forlorn and friendless condition, he was rather taken by her fresh beauty and engaging manners. He decided that he would do her the honor of being friendly with her in a patronizing way. , f ‘\ . CHAPTER III.—A Snake in the Grass. About the time that the two boys left the By- field station in the wagon, enroute for Prescott’s Roost, matters of moment were transpiring at Paul’s home. Faber Prescott, instead of being at his brother’s bedside, as he ought to have been, considering the serious condition of that brother, was in. the library doing things that he had no . business to do. ‘He was industriously searching the drawers and pigeonholes of his brother’s desk, and prying into matters not intended for his eye. There was a strong safe in the house, set in. the wall of the dining-room, where the silverware and other valuable articles were kept, the combin- ation of which was known to only one person be- side the owner, and that was Tom Hazard, who i poe aed ee eel Se AO
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ey _ ADRIFT ON THE WORLD | Faber Prescott, of course, knew about this safe,~ “J will,” replied Tom, in a choked voice. — and had a general notion as to its contents, but “T know that you will, and trust you fully, he did not know that his brother kept his valu- said George Prescott, his voice growing wea able documents in a small, inner compartment of “Be careful to guard him against my brother, for this strong, steel box. Had his business instincts I’ fear Faber will be greatly angered when | been reasonably developed he might have guessed discovers that he has been fort out in the cold “the facts of the case, but Faber was impressed as far as the handling of my property is con- with the idea that all men keep their papers either cerned, and that he may endeavor to revenge him- in their desks, or in some secret drawer or box- self in some way on my son, notwithstanding the ~ in their library or sleeping-room. While he was relationship he bears toward him.” SiS Sines tog thus employed, his place in the sick-room was “Your wishes shall be obeyed to the letter filled by Tom Hazard. Had he known what was observed Tom, solemnly. “Your brother has transpiring there he certainly would have, found ean shown his hand in a way not at all relishe “some excuse of getting Tom out of the room. by the members of this household, and I regi ~ “Tom, I am afraid I shan’t survive this night,” . to confirm your opinion that it would have bee George Prescott was saying to his faithful at- an unwise moye on your part to have take him tendant; “but if I live long enough to see my. into your confidence with respect to your property dear boy once more I shall die contented.” and the future of Paul.” etiam - Tom bowed his head in real grief, for Mr. Pres- As Tom spoke, a curtain, which screened an cott had been a kind and considerate employer aleove, was moved aside, and a dark, ‘s 2 - during the thirty years he had worked for the countenance peered In upon the dying m. owner of the Roost. He easily saw that the his faithful friend. There was a similarit stamp of death was on Prescott’s face, and did looks between the man who lay helpless ij not doubt. but his tenure of life was brief, . and the man behind the curtain, yet the expres- - “Tt is a humiliating confession for me to make, Sion of their faces was different, for the influe but it is a fact that my brother is not a man who of good and the influence of evil always leaves can be trusted. His life.has been a misspent one traces on the human face. They were brother _- from boyhood up, and it is too much to expect and the man, whom we must call an interlope that he can change at this late day. Ihave felt Was Faber Prescott. Berea: a compelled to come to his financial relief more ,. “Ah! ne muttered, as he gazed at his dy ‘times than I care to recall in order to save the~ brother, “it is as I supposed. You h. name of Prescott from disgrace at his hands. ™eans to defraud me of my just righ His presence here at this time, instead of being have even gone so far as to warn this e1 y the blessing to me that it ought to be, is, I fear, Of yours against me, your own flesh and ~ ‘-ynfortunate. His actions during my illness have A pretty brother you are, I must say,” not pleased me. Had he sent for my son when ‘neeringly; “but do not imagine that I will i requested him to do so my boy would now he submit to play second fiddle, if by hook with me instead of miles away.” I can defeat your amiable purpose. da “Paul will surely be here within the hour, Mr, best who laughs last, We will see who holds Prescott,” Tom hastened to assure him. “In- 2¢@: ; Siare Se ase : ‘deed, he must already. be on his way home from The eyes of the dying man had sudden the station.” oo iis brother’s er projected through «But for you, Tom, I fear he would yet have of the curtain, and a spasm of apprehension ‘remained ‘anatiieel of my serious state, though Faber had overheard their conveysati -.4t is five days since I asked my brother to send Upon his heart and startled him at a1 ‘for him.” ~ i when such a shock could not prove otherwi “Tt is a pity, then, thatiyou did not tell me fatal. / eee kan sooner that you wished to see him,” said Tom. Go he gasped. “Look—loo _» *T would have taken the responsibility of sending for him had I SusDeewse that yene illness was ‘going to take such an unexpected turn, y z ett is useless for us to consider now what might Self, turned around and followed th have been done. What I wish to say to you has of his arm, but saw nothing, for Fabe ~~ far more weight: You’re an old and valued em- had taken alarm and retreated from sigh «ployee, Tom. You served me faithfully in busi- I see no one. You must have been, “ness for twenty-five years, and since I bought Ses cs atta ete, <5 + this place and settled down here, your services Then suddenly upon the night AY have been nene the less valuable. I feel I can Measured boom of the bell in the be * trust you, Tom.” 2 ; roof. Boom! Boom! Boom! “You can, indeed, sir.” mer Ss Great heaven! cried Tom, in a “My brother willitake charge just as soon after ake sane ee i at hic ee “my death as possible; but not for many days, 1 e if rs = ‘ at his old emp for as soon as my will is read it will be seen that & a Alte me pees His, Mr, Harrison, my Boston lawyer, has been ap- "#200. . lacorge Erescoty wa, pointed my iets a in ee be panies oe ; ourself, and that I have designated you: as guard- 2 Saope aes jan of my son until he comes of age. I wish you _ CHAPTER TV.—Within An In to become for the time being a second father, to Paul Prescott was overwhelmed w boy... Promise me you will.” 9 .. ies, heere ; 4 ‘that. os Ber. C Bags Tee inaco ne ; He half raised himself in bed an the alcove. Tom Hazard, greatly s rai
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dead. Tom Hazard did his best to comfort him, -. but for a long time he did not succeed. Henry ~ Prescott was very much surprised to learn of his uncle’s death, but he was not particularly - grief-stricken over that sad event. His father + had always misrepresented his.brother to him, so that Henry had come to consider that George Prescott had not done the right thing by them. __ _He now felt certain that he and his father would take up their residence for some time to come -at the Roost. “J dare say the governor will have charge of Paul after this, and I hope he will make hih > walk a chalk line until he’s twenty-one. ~ Such were Henry Prescott’s reflections as he ‘sat by himself at a table in the dining-room, eat- ‘ing the supper that had been prepared for Paul, foy the poor bereaved lad had no thought or appe- ‘tité for the meal... Faber Prescott, when he en- tered the chamber of death, immediately. after his ~ prother had expired, gave way to many expres- -' sions of profound grief, somewhat to the sur- prise of Tom Hazard, who was himself deeply - moved. The faithful panieres of the dead man - began to wonder if thé black sheep of the family didn’t have a heart after all. In a short time Faber composed himself and then got Tom out of ’ the room on an errand that was of no great im- ~ portance. As soon as Tom was out of the way, Faber made a quick search for the trousers he had last seen on his brother, and, finding them folded on a chair, went through the pockets with uncommon dexterity. With a grunt of satisfac- ‘tion he pulled out a ring full of keys. s ~ “One of these is the key that fits the inner ‘compartment of the safe,” he muttered. “Now, which one is it? rhole bunch.” - a He carefully examined each one of the keys and _ finally came to the conclusion that the small, flat key was the right one. He detached it from the ring, put it in his vest-pocket and returned the others to the pocket of the trousers, which he ‘carefully replaced as they were before. When Tom returned,. after spreading the sad. news ‘among the servants, Faber was bending over his ~ brother, with his handkerchief to his eyes. He ~ voge as soon as Tom appeared and walked with ejected mien from the room. >. “Tf J could manage to get hold of the will and destroy it, then the law would give me a certain ‘standing next to the direct heir. I could probably insist on being appointed Paul’s guardian because Sate chess relationship to him. What passed be- tween my brother and this Tom Hazard would ave no weight in court, because it could not be corroborated, and Lawyer Harrison’s statement ‘that he drew up a will for my brother, while it wo Pate hetieved, would amount to little if the will was not produced. It is true that in the end Paul would succeed to the property as the heir-at- es law, but. I would be able to claim something, while as his guardian I should help myself to as much, ‘as sharp practice would admit of. span a ey, prospects hangs oe the disappear- v of the will. That would be an easy matter complish, now that I believe I have the key ation which opens the door It won’t do for me to take the - The + inner compartment of the safe, if I only and tl sa the combination — ; of them slid underneath a light table standing ADRIFT ON THE WORLD . erege Tom alone holds that now. If it were possible I’d bribe him. I fear that is out of the question.- These faithful-employees are too infernally hon- est. Perhaps I may be able to think up some scheme for forcing the secret from him—gsome way in which my agency would not be suspected. He who has the brain to ¢dntrive, and the will to execute, generally comes out on top.” The rattling of the wagon, bearing old John and the two boys, on the gravel carriage-path . outside put an end, for the time being, to his plotting. Next morning the news was carried about the neighborhood that George Prescott was dead. During the day the neighbors on terms of intimacy with the Prescotts called to offer their” condolence. Faber and his son had had a long interview after breakfast, and Henry was brought’ to view his father in a new light. Whatever con- fidences passed between them, they fell in with his father’s views, and having been instructed to keep a close watch on Tom Hazard’s movements, faith- fully carried out directions to the letter. Con- . sequently, when Tom started for Byfield at about “+ ten o’clock to telegraph to Lawyer Harrison in Boston, Faber was at once informed of the fact. “Very well. Now run and tell old John Barnes_ to saddle Black Bess for me, as I have a visit — to make.” ; “Are you going to Byfield, father?” asked Henry, curiously. E “Why do you wish to know?” asked-his father, sharply. “Oh, nothing. I just asked, that’s all. By the way; here is a small wallet that Tom Hazard dropped out of his pocket as he was getting into the wagon.” “Give it to me,” said Faber, eagerly grasping it. Henry gave it up, readily enough.’ As sodn as Henry left the room, Faber opened the wallet and deftly examined its contents. There were a number of unimportant memoranda that: did not interest him, but in a small pocket, made to held postage stamps, Faber found something that not only interested but greatly excited him. It was a slip of paper on which were scribbled a set of figures. “I believe this is the combination of the safe. | If I am right, I shall not need to follow Hazard , to Byfield.” : é ri _He_ hastened down to the dining-room, which was deserted. He turned the key in both doors and then, with the paper in his grasp, he pro- ceeded to test the matter in hand. It was the combination, and inside of a few moments the big steel door swung-open on its hinges. The interior was well filled with silverware and other — articles of considerable value. Taking the small, : flat key, from his vest-pocket, Faber found, with © a thrill of exultation, that it fitted the ifner key- hole. -To open the small, steel door and thrust in his hand was the work of but a moment. He grasped a pile of papers of various sizes and drew them forth. Rushing over to one of the” _ windows he eagerly sorted them out. At that mo- — ment the handle of one of the doors was turned * i sharply by somebody on the other side. Faber started as though stung by a venomous insect, and half of the papers dropped to the floor. Onee + ¥
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ft 6 ae . ADRIFT ON THE WORLD | ee close at hand. The rascally brother stood trem- bling for a moment after the sound ceased and then pulled himself together. “Pshaw! What a fool I am to be rattled for nothing,” he exclaimed, stooping and picking up oe rents: excepting, the one that was out of sight. ’ Then he went on quickly but carefully, looking at each of the documents he had taken from the safe. The will was not among them. “Strange!” he muttered. “I distinctly heard my brother say, with almost his last breath, that it was in this place. Could he have removed it and then forgotten the circumstance? ‘It isn’t Jike my brother to do such a thing. Then where can it. be?” He searched through the other parts of the safe without finding the paper. At last he was satisfied that the will was not in the safe. locked. the inner compartment, after restoring the papers that were of no use to him, and then shut the safe door. After that he unloeked both doors and retired to the library to brood over his — keen disappointment and chagrin. CHAPTER V.—Henry Prescott Shows the Cloven Foot. While -he was thus sheauca Henry appeared and told him that Black Bess was ready. “T have changed my mind,” said his father, shortly.: “I shan’t want her after all.” t “May I use her, then, father?” asked the boy, eagerly. “Very well; but be careful she does not throw you. _ Henry hastened away and was soon galloping down the road. “T must return that key to the bunch. It is of no further use to me,” mused Faber, when he was alone again. He went into the room where his brother had just been laid out by the undertaker-from the adjacent village, who had gone to get a suitable coffin for the deceased, and finding the trousers in the same place, undisturbed, he replaced the key on the ring and left the room. Paul Prescott all this time was in the seclusion of his room. During the afternoon he spent an hour with his dead father, and then Tom, after his return from Byfield, persuaded him to go out for a short walk. Although overwhelmed by the death of his father, Paul did not altogether forget the girl he had saved from: the persecution of Captain Grinnidge. Meeting the housekeeper in the din- ing-room, he spoke to her about Dolly Curtis. “J want you to do all you can for her, Mrs. Gray, for I think she is a good girl. You will greatly oblige me by looking after her, for she is an orphan, like myself.” “Be assured, Paul, that I will do all I can for her,” said the housekeeper, kindly. “Since you wish it, she shall have a home here with me. | I have already taken a great fancy to her. She seems gentle, affectionate and we: Perhaps n my heart — he may yet come to fill the void left te the Tieath of my own dear child,” she added, in a faltering tone. “At any rate, my heart goes He - out to her, and I shall try to win her confidence and love.” . “Thank you, Mrs. Gray,” replied Paul. S Then he left the house for a little exercise in _ the crisp afternoon air. While he was away, — Henry got back from his ride. He had ridden Black Bess pretty hard, and the animal was coy- ered with sweat when he brought her to the stable. Old John, who looked after the horses, was angry at her appearance. : Cie “What have you been doing to Bess?“ he asked, eurtly. “I thought it was your father that wanted to ride her, instead of which it seems that it was yourself.” : ee “My father changed his mind when I told him — the mare was ready, and he said that I could use her,” replied Henry, haughtily. : 4 “You forget, young man, that your father is not master of Prescott’s Roost,” replied John Barnes, with equal sharpness. : ¥ “He will be after the funeral,” answered the boy, with a confident nod. fo ray “All right, young man, have it your way,” re- plied John, who didn’t care to carry on an ill- timed and useless argument, leading Bess inte the stable. ; sae “Yah!” snarled Henry, looking after him. “E | don’t like you for a cent. Perhaps you won’t be here forever.” ; cho: ae Then, feeling thirsty, he started toward a spring in a grove near by to get a drink. When Henry walked into the grove he found Dolly — Curtis there with a pail. ees oe frei “Hello! you here?” he grinned, in a self-com- — plaisant way. “Gimme a drink, will YOU in eae Without a word, she filled a tin dipper and handed it to him.. He accepted it without any thanks, and drank the contents. - of “So you’re the girl we picked up last night along the road, eh? Who was you running away from? Your old man?” 2 5 oe Dolly shook her head, and, raising her filled pail, started to leave the grove. eer “Hold on. Don’t be in a hurry,” ‘said Henry, detaining her. “I want to talk to you. What did you say your name was? Dolly something.” “You'll have to excuse me; I’m in a hurry,” she replied, trying to pass him. ee “Oh, come off! There isn’t any need for y to be in a rush, especially when it’s me who talking to you. I suppose you don’t know who am? Well, my name is Henry Prescott. my uncle who has just passed in his checks. . father will be the boss of this property afte: funeral—in fact, he’s the whole thing now that matter. If you want to stay dt this you’ve got to be good to me, see?” a “You!” flashed Dolly, in surprise. “Mrs. Gray, the housekeeper, told me that Paul Prescott, } boy, who so bravely saved me last night, is th master of this place. It was his father died.” cee “That’s all right. He'll own it after a years, but while he’s under age my father ing to run the Roost» My father will guardian, and will live hére while he’s i And, of course, I’ll live here, too. In have a good deal more to say . will. If I said you’d have to go, my | back me up, and what could my cousin « a
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ee ADRIFT ON ‘ing. You'd haxe to take-a sneak. Now if you iat me right you can stay as long as you want ty) “Treat you right!” “Yes. Do whatever I tell you to ar. - begin with, I want you to give mea kiss.” ff ee cried Dolly, indignantly, backing away from h oe Fou’ ‘better, if you know when you’re well ~ off,” said Henry, darkly. “Remember what I just told‘you. If you don’t keep in with me your ~-name here will be mud:” “You haven’t any right to talk to me that way.” flashed Dolly, with some spirit. “I snall ask the housekeeper whether you have anything to say or not.” “Ask her,” sneered Henry. “If she doesn’t mind her P’s and ‘Q’s she'll get the bounce, too. WH Now, to anyway, and I hope he w ill, for the old ones imagine they own the place.” -_ “T don’t think you talk very nice, and your uncle dead in the house,” said Dolly, a bit resentfully. _ “Ts that so?” _ “Yes, it is» You don’t seem to be a bit sorry for your cousin. He went out for a walk a little while ago. You ought to have gone with him to cheer him up.” - ~ “Oh, J ain’t stuck on him. He isn’t my style.” RS | ‘should say he isn’t. He’s brave, and hand- “some, and generous, while you—you’re.mean and _ disagreeable.” pre Obs ime mean and disagreeable, am 12” he “snarled.” : ; REY BBs an are, so there!” - “Kre you going to give me a kiss?” _ No! I wouldn’t kiss you for a million dullars.” - “Then ’ll make you.” He ae her by the wrist and gave it a sudden turn that brought a scream of pain to her lips. ““Now “ar you kiss me?” _ “No!” she flashed. He gave her wrist another twist. " Her second ra scream s aroaght: help in the person of Paul Pres- S CHAPTER: ‘Vi—Henry’s Important Discovery. ‘e “What are you doing to Miss Curtis, Henry?” asked ‘Paul, sternly. “Let go of her wrist.” 8 “What are you chipping in here for where wre not wanted ? 2” snorted his cousin. “Let go her wrist, do you hear?” ~ ‘There was that in Paul’s eye which warned Henry to take heed, and bein ng a coward at, heart he dropped Dolly’s arm_an with a dark, re- geful look at his cousin, he hastily left the. the girl, whose flushed face and ‘ed that she had been under a Pig G ‘look- a ‘at him. took up her little hand and saw y that she bet my governor Will have a new set of servants, hope he didn’t hurt you, Miss Dolly,” said - was printed in large, plain. type on the back. cat ‘the word. THE WORLD ; 7 worth it, I don’t like him, and I never will, even if he is your cousin, He isn’t at al like you. You've treated me so generously, while he—he insulted me.” . “IT am sorry,” replied Paul. “He shan't do it again. I won’t stand for it.” “He told me that if I don’t do what he wanted me to he’d have me sent away.’ “He told you that?” : “Yes. He said that his father was in charge of this place now, and that you wouldn’t have any- thing to say for some years. He told me that he and his’ father were going to live here.” “I don’t believe my father’s will makes his father my guardian. | have understood different- ly. Henry, I think, will find himself mistaken. So he threatened you, did he? Don’t tsk sete Dolly.. I told you I’d stand by you, and I will.” “You are very good to me. And, oh, Mr. Paul, Ym so sorry for you in your trouble. I wish I could do something to make you feel less pen! py, indeed, indeed I do.” She spoke earnestly, and Paul, Woking into her F face, saw that a great sympathy for him over-— flowed in her eyes. He was much affected by this exhibition of feeling on her part. He recognized in her a warm and true friend in that dark hour of his life. Im fact, he félt so grateful for her ; girlish sympathy that hardly realizing what he i _did, he put his arm around her, drew her toward’ him and kissed her. “Oh, Mr. Paul!” she exclaimed, starting back — in great confusion, while her face grew scarlet. — “T beg your pardon, Miss Dolly,” he said, hasti- ly, holding her hand, which she did not attempt é to withdraw from his grasp. “I couldn’t-help it. - Forgive me.” : “JT am not angry with you,” she answered, softly, with downcast eyes. “Then I am glad. I kissed you scwune I saw > the sympathy your face expressed for me. At the moment you seemed just like a dear sister ~ who was trying to comfort me when I most need it. I thank you for that sympathy, and, believe me, if you will let. me, I will be your one true ~ friend for life. May 1?” “T am not worthy to—” “Not worthy? Why, you’re the best and truest: girl I have ever met. If you are an orphan, so am I now. I have no blood relative in the world but Henry and his father, and I do not trust either. But I can trust you, Dolly. Be a sister to me. Let me be a brother to you. Let me al- ways protect you, and let me always feel that in you I have some one to care for. Shall this be as I wish?” < “Do you really wish it?” she asked, shyly. “T do. Is it yes?” “Yes—Paul.” ; In the meantime, Henry entered the house in a very bad humor. He was furious at his cousin, © ~ and yearned for a chance to get square with him. At. that moment his sharp eyes noticed an — oblong document lying on the polished floor where _ the table had stood. Curiosity had induced him to pick it up and examine it. The word “will? + ae = Fe _ “What's this?” he said, in some pad eae gazing:
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8 ADRIFT ON THE WORLD ~ He looked at it closer. What he saw made all his hungry sensations vanish in a moment. “Will of George Prescott. Dated, April 16. Why, can this be my uncle’s will? What is it doing here?” He started to open it, then reconsidered the matter, put it into his pocket and hastened up to his own room, where he locked himself in. Taking the will from his pocket, he read it over from the beginning to the end. “Whew! This leaves everything to Paul, ex- cept $1,000 to my father and a paltry $500 to -me. That beast of a Tom Hazard is appointed his guardian, and is also made an associate ad- ministrator of the estate, with the lawyer who drew this up. Why, father is left out in the cold altogether. That’s a nice way for my uncle to treat us, I must say. The governor won’t have a thing to say about anything, and, of course, he and I will be dumped out of this sott snap we have calculated on. Gee! i must run and put him wise to the whole thing.” ; Henry got up and started for the door. denly he stopped, and a shrewd grin came over his ace - “No, I won’t. T’ll just hold on to this will my- _ self. If the old thing isn’t found when it’s wanted the provisions won’t go. Then my father will have something. to say, I guess.’ He’s entitled to a good rake-off, and I’l] bet he'll get it. But where do I come in? I won’t get the $500 in. that case. -I know what Pll do. VU just hold this over the governor’s head. If he refuses to cough up when I want money I'l] threaten to send the will to Lawyer Harrison, and put myself in line for the $500. He’ll be glad to knuckle down to “me, bet your life. Nothing like being able to make one ’*s old man toe the mark when you want him to.” Henry grinned in a satisfied way, and returned the will to his pocket. : CHAPTER VII.—The Missing Will. Immediately after the funeral of George Pres- “cott, which was largely attended by the best i people of West Newbury, Lawyer Harrison, who had arrived in response to Tom Hazard’s tele- - gram, notified Faber Prescott that his old client’s _ will would be read in the library after dinner. In - aecordance with Mr. Harrison’s directions, Tom Hazard notified-all the household to appear in - the library at eight o’clock that evening. \In due time dinner was announced and eaten by Faber, who sat at the head of the table, as a matter of courtesy, Lawyer Harrison, Paul, Henry and Tom , Hazard At the conclusion of the meal the first : * four adjourned to the library. In the course of _ * half an hour Tom appeared at the door of that -. yoom and beckoned to the lawyer. That gentle- man immediately joined him. “T am now ready to open the safe, in your presence, as directed by Mr. Prescott. The will is in the inner compartment to which I have the _key,” said Tom. - “J am ready to go with you,” said the lawyer, : and accordingly they went at once to the dining- Sud- © Tom opened the safe, waieked the tare ¢ partment, took out the papers therein and handed them to the lawyer. Mr. Harrison looked them over, slowly, one by one, but, of course, did Lot find the will he had drawn up about six months that the will was there?” said Mr. knitting his brows. “He did. I couldn’t-have been mistaken, for particularly told me to take possession of the y and keep it till you asked for the will.” ar “Which you did, I suppose?” asked the lawyer, looking at the old employee. “Yes, sir, at h not immediately, because I was so overcome by Mr. Prescott’s. death that I forgot about the matter until the next night.” ~“Indeed. Where was the key in the P is time?” "hoe “In the pocket of a pair of trousers last won by Mr. Prescott.” “Hum! And these trousers were lying a some place in his bedroom, eh ve “Yes, sir. Folded, on a chair.” “Where anybody—his brother, for inst could get at them?” - eS Tom gave a start. “Do you think——” he hese then He ‘sto ped. “Had he taken the key, he could not have use it, “Why not?” asked Mr. Harrison, sharply, — “Because I am the only one now who bolas a combination of the safe lock.” “Sure of. that, are you?” 2 “Yes, sir.” 2 “When you finally looked for the key, yo vit FOR ; it all right, did you?” ° “T did.” “Let us go through the saite of the waite This they did, but without result. Sets evident that the will is not. he the lawyer, finally. £ “Not here!” almost gasped Tom, loo ned by that announcement, “It is not here,” repeated Mr. Harrison, turning the papers to the inner Bes tih ie oe, “Shut up the safe.” ; Tom mechanically did so. = “’m afraid that Mr. Prescott must h moved that will, to read it over, perhap ad t forgot to return it.” “But his directions were most positive Tom, nervously. “No doubt he thought he had returned its safe, instead of which he may have: ae drawer of his desk.” Tom._made no reply. * “It is of the ina Fmportanges th »be found,” said the lawyer. “Not that would prevent young Paul from inh bulk of the property, but because would greatly favor Faber Prescott, wh reason to know, is deserving of little tion at his dead brother’s hand= Tf will for probate, the ublie admi have to step in and take charg entitled to a very considerabl Sen a court ip have ste
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ADRIFT ON such in his position of nearest of kin. That would enable him to take up his residence here, and there are pickings for a man of his character _ which would amply compensate him. He would also be entitled to a much larger share of the estate than Mr. Prescott intended him~to have when the final distribution was made. Alto- gether, your dead friend’s intentions would be _ sadly interfered with. You would lose the legacy left. you in the will, as would the servants, and even young Henry would be out his $500 if his father didn’t make it up to him. As for the heir-at-law, it would make a difference of many thowsands to him.” ~ “If Mr. Prescott left the will in his desk his brother has had every chance to discover it since my employer was taken ill.” *Exactly. And Faber Prescott is not a man to be trusted.” _. They returned to the liberary, where everybody - was gathered by this time, and Mr. Harrison was obliged to announce that the will had not been “i found in the place where it was supposed to be. At those words, Faber brightened up consider- ably, but he still wondered where the will could be. Henry smothered a triumphant grin in_his hand and then looked down at the carpet. Paul me looked surprised and a bit uneasy at the lawyer's declaration. Mr. Harrison said that he would look through the late Mr. Prescott’s desk, which he proceeded to do, but without makin any dis- “covery. Other places were searched unsuccess- fully, and as the hunt continued to prove fruitless, -. Faber began to take courage and hope. In the end, the lawyer was compelled to dismiss the servants with the statement that a further nd, if possible, more thorough search would be made next day. Next day’s hunt developed noth- ng, and the lawyer was at‘his wit’s end. Finally the matter was taken to court. Mr. Harrison, appearing in behalf of Tom Hazard; who made sc aaatee to be appointed guardian of Paul Pres- cott, submitted an affidavit, signed by himself, which set forth that he had, at his late client’s request, drawn up a will, corresponding in all ate important particulars to the rough draft of same which he produced as evidence, and that Mr. - Georgg Prescott and the two witnesses, whose af- “fidavits were attached, had signed the said will, - now missing, in his presence. The said will was then carried away by the testator, who thereafter ts F he said objections were then brought forward, as they were a grave reflection on Mr. Faber scott’s general character, a bitter legal squab- . ensued between the opposing lawyers. -The ze took the papers. and reserved his decision. . -some curiosity and not a little distrust. decided the case in favor of Tom THE WORLD >. 9 Hazard, and Faber Prescott at once appealed to a higher court. Pending the ultimate outcome, Mr. Harrison. was temporarily «appointed Paul’s guardian, with full powers to act in that capacity. Faber and his son Henry then left.the Roost, and the servants were all delighted to see them go. Paul, in the meantime, had returned to the Glou- eester Academy and resumed his studies, after taking an affectionate leave of Dolly Curtis, whom he left under the housekeeper’s motherly wing. Although Faber Prescott had failed to win his trump trick, he had more trumps up his sleeve, and was, therefore, a dangerous factor in . the game. : CHAPTER VIII—Startling News From the named Paul Prescott?” : 5 “You’ve found him already. My name is Paul Prescott,” replied Paul, regarding the man with “And yer live, at Prescott Roost when yer at
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arene FF home?” said the man, with” a leer, that added to his villainous aspect. “Yes. What do you want with me?” “T was told to give yer this letter,” he said, eyeing Paul, cunningly, as he took an envelope, which had suffered from contact with his dirty hand, from hi8 pocket and tendered it to the boy. “Who is this from?” asked Paul, looking at the superscription, which was scrawled in lead pencil | and not over intelligible. ‘Dunno,” replied the sailor, for such he evi- dently was. “I never seen the gent afore.” ; “You say a gentleman gave you this to hand to me? 2? said Paul in-some surprise. “I den’t know any ‘gentleman in Gloucester that’s likely to send me a note.” “Dunno nothin’ about that, my hearty. I’m only *beyin’ orders, and ’arnin’ half a dollar,” replied the man “Yer want to read it, as I was told to bring back an answer.” Tt was too dark to read the note out there, so Paul told him: to wait and went into the office of the school, where there were electric lights. Tear- ine the envelope open, he pulled out an enclosure, which read as follows: “Paul Prescott—I know where the missing will of your father can be found. If you want infor- mation on the subject you must manage to come to the Old Watch Tower, on Gull Point, to-night -* at eight o’clock. Let beaxer know if I can expect “yous * <Signed) Incognito. y To say that Paul was astonished at the contents of the note would be put it quite mildly. Who could this person be who claimed to know the whereabouts of his father’s will? Why had he appointed a night meeting at such a lonesome spot as the old Revolutionary watch tower on Gull Point, when a daylight meeting, it seemed to Paul, could be more easily arranged, at least so far as he himself was concerned? It was strictly against the regulations of the academy ‘for a scholar to leave the school after dark, on any pretext. whatever, without special permission. If he agreed to keep this appointment, and he had more than half a mind to do it, for he was nat- urally extremely anxious to get a clue to the missing will, would Dr, Watson, under the cir- cumstances, give him the necessary permission ? “T guess he’ll strain a point when I have ex- plained matters to him,” thought Paul. “Yes, Vi go to the Old Watch Tower at, eight o’clock, 5 if it’s possible for me to get there.” “Having come to that determination, he gave the disreputable-looking sailor an answer to that effect, and he rolled away, like a Dutch fishing smack in a cross sea. “That was a strange kind of a messenger to - -. bring you a letter,” remarked” Dick, after- the ‘man had gone! ‘ fiat “Yes, And the letter was just as strange as the bearer,” replied Paul. “What was it about?” asked Dick, curiously. “T told you that my father’s will was See answered Paul. “Yes, and that the question as to who your _ guardian should be was brought into court. What © has that, af) a with ee letter?” 3 ADRIFT ON THE WORLD “The letter is from a man who claims to ‘know where the will is.” “You don’t say!” “He wants me to meet him content at sieht o’clock at the Old Watch Tower on the Point, to drive a bargain for it.” “He does?” +. “He didn’t say in.so many words that he want to be paid for his information, but, of course, that is what he is trying to get at. If he has ti will in his possession, or knows where to put h hands on it, he will want to be paid, and it isn impossible but he may ask a stiff price.” ie - “Then, he must be a rascal.” “It’s the way of the world, Dick, to take ad- vantage of a good thing.” Ay “What are you going to'do about it?™ — “lm going | to ask the doceee: to let me Ba the: ay appointment.” “What, alone?” f “Ve es. ” s “You'd better let me go with you. You'll wi a witness.’ ; “The party might object to your presence.” “Then I can stay outside the tower.” — “Well, I will be glad to have you come. TH ask the doctor to let you accompany me.” “That’s right. Now, I’d suggest sthat we ee half an hour before the time appointed an ide.” 3 “What for?” “So as to see what kind of man bie: who is anxious to do business with y cover. You can’t be too careful. It 1 some kind of put-up job, for all you kn didn’t like the looks of that sailor. If mo one man comes to the tower we needn’ ourselves, and perhaps we might, in. be get on to their game.” “That’s a good idea of yours, Dick, Bad follow it out. I didn’t think of any ‘treache connection with the note; but, as you SAY); better to be on the nas side.” ; “Bet your life jt is.” At that moment the man with the ite peared, entered the office, and Paul was follow him in when the supper-bell ran was an imperative summons for the bo their places in the line that was formed © times daily outside of the refectory. — “Too bad,” ejaculated Paul, in a’ a tone. “I’ll have to wait for the regu tion of the letters: now.’ ts - “What's the odds?” apied Dick. E letter for you, you'll get it all right. The hundred odd boys were mare dining-hall and took their places | tables that accommodated twenty -six two of which officiated as “carvers” at of each table. Paul occupied one of which carried with it certain priv pensation for, the duties-of the positio the professors occupied a low ros general entrance, and while the bo} the letters were delivéred to him for as the scholars filed out. A- letter was Paul as he passed out of the room, and | ed to the ta and reading to” As soon. ae he look at the su pi
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ADRIFT ON housekeeper’s handwriting and not in Dolly’s. He immediately jumped to the conclusion that the girl must be sick, and he tore the envelope open, with a good deal. of anxiety. He was not pre- pared, however, for the startling news that he read. It was to the effect that Captain Simpson - Grinnidge had appeared at the Roost a few days previously and demanded that Dolly should leave her new home and go with him. The girl, nat- urally refused, and had been sustained by Tom - Hazard, who was in charge of the property under Lawyer Harrison. Two days later. Dolly was missing, and it was Mrs. Gray’s opinion that the eaptain had in some way managed to abduct her. - Hazard had put the matter in the hands of a Newburyport detective, who had gone to Glou- cester to watch for the Lively Polly, on board « of which it was believed the girl was held a prisoner. That was all, but the news was suffi- _ eiently disquieting to Paul, who was alarmed for _ olly’s safety. CHAPTER IX.—Caught. . At half-past seven that evening, Paul and ‘Dick approached the Old Watch Tower, near the ex- treme end of Gull Point, a small promontory projecting into Gloucester Bay. The tower itself was in a very fair state of preservation, consid- ering its age, and was reckoned one of the sights of the neighborhood. The external surface of the stone was completley covered by moss- and ivy during spring, summer and fall; but at the pres- ent time this green ornamentation was dried up and brown, and the gray stone was visible every- where. The two boys kept their eyes about them as they entered the ancient building, for fear of falling into some trap prepared for them. Nothing of the kind happened, however. - The ground floor was pretty bare, though it was as - dark as the ace of spades, so the boys decided to as¢end to the second story. was easy to make an observation from the second story of the watch tower. Twenty minutes passed slowly away and Paul saw no sign of any one coming towurd the tower. -“Tt's pretty near time for that man to show up, don’t you think so, Dick?” he said. . *Tt is, if he expects to be on time. ‘we've been here nearly an hour.” ; “We have not been here half that time,” replied Paul, striking a match and looking at his watch. “Waiting is tiresome work,” said Dick, strolling cross to the other window. “Hello!” he ex- claimed, after glancing out on the water. “There’s ‘a schooner. coming to anchor close in to this Oe ade Ns Seems as if int” a ‘boys watched her with some, interest. Her ils were lowered, but not secured, and instead f dropping her anchor a small hawser was car- ‘ashore in a boat and made fast to a big rock n the shore. | fa es : There were, five men, one of whom was bossing erations, aboard of.her, while a sixth man was ing to the shore end of the cable, This THE WORLD 11 chap, having finished his business, returned to the vessel, after which silence and inaction succeeded. “Maybe she’s waiting for high tide to pass the bar below,” said Paul. “She’s a good distance up for that, I should think,” replied Dick. “The fishing vessels all go down and anchor close to the bar when the tide is at ebb.” “Well, it’s none of our business,” wnswered — Paul, starting back for the other window. “Come here, Dick,” he cried, a moment later. “There’s a man and a boy coming this way.” Dick ran-over and looked out. ~ . “That’s right. If he’s only got a boy with him we needn’t be afraid of meeting him.” é elk we won’t be in a hurry about it,” replied aul, . When the man, who was heavily bearded and wore a soft slouched hat, and his companion drew near the entrance, the boy hung back and the man advanced. He entered the ground floor of the building and called out, in a gruff voice: “Paul Prescott, are you here?” No answer being returned to this hail, he spoke to his companion, in a somewhat different - tone, which sounded familiar to Paul. : “He hasn’t come yet, Henry.” “Ts that so, father?” replied the boy, coming forward. : “My uncle and cousin,” gasped Paul, in utter astonishment. “What does this mean?” : Father and son both entered the ground floor of the old ruin, and Paul and Dick crept to the opening above the stairs and craned their necks to hear what was said below. ; “Go outside and see if the schooner has ar- rived,” said Faber- Prescott. “If she has, give the signal for Grinnidge to come ashore with his mate.” us : “Grinnidge!” again gasped Paul. “Why, that vessel must be the Lively Polly. Maybe Dolly ee is at this moment a prisoner aboard of er. ~ “It’s a good thing that we are in the back- ground,” whispered Dick. “There is something on the cards against you, old chap. Perhaps we’ll . be able to find out what it is. The will business seems to be a fake—a bait to draw you here.” “Tt looks like it,” Paul whispered back. Henry Prescott left the room below to carry out his father’s instructions, and while he was away Faber lighted a cigar and began to smoke, In a few moments Henry returned. “The schooner is there and the men are coming ashore,” he said. ° “Now, hand me the will and go outside and. watch for| your cousin.” . “I’m to have one thousand dollars, remember,” replied Henry, as he produced the document. “If you go back on me, father, I’ll blow on you, as sure as I stand here.” “Don’t talk like a fool,” answered Faber, im- . patiently. “You shall have the thousand,. of course.” “All right. There you are.” ; “Now let me know the moment you see Paul coming.” : “Are you sure he'll come?” = “He said he would, and I know he’s a boy of his word.” jaa ‘ *. ery Oo ae a i
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3 ‘ 3 i § Fabér laid the will on one of the steps near his elbow and waited. Presently Simpson Grinnidge and the man who delivered the note to Paul ap- _ peared at the doorway. Faber got up and’ went _ toward them, and the three engaged in a low con- versation—too low for the boys to catch the drift of it, It was then that a daring thing occurred --to-Paul’s mind. He had seen his rascally uncle lay the document, purporting to be his father’s. “will, on the third step of the stairs. Although he couldn’t see it in the darkness he was certain _it was there. He determined, at any hazard, to --ereep down and gain possession of it. Although “the three men stood right in the doorway, and -were plainly visible, he believed that he would not be noticed in the intense: gloom surrounding the stairs. He whispered his purpose to Dick. * ~ “Gee!” chuckled his companion. “That will be turning the trick on him in great shape. Go slow and. make a sure thing of it.” ; - Accordingly, Paul crept cautiously down the stairs until he got to a point near the third step. He now saw the document distinctly, and, reach- ing out, grasped it. Then he made his way back to the floor above, without attracting attention. “Got it?” whispered Dick. _ “Yes,” replied Paul. He went: over to. a corner, struck a match and, “shading the light under his overcoat, looked at + the paper. It needed but a glance to assure him that he had his father’s will in his possession. - He felt like executing an Indian war dance, so great was his satisfaction. It slipped from his ‘“hand as he was about to put it into his pocket, * and he knelt down to feel for it. His fingers struck it-and pushed jt into a crack in the stone ' flooring. Not finding it easily, he struck another mateh to look around. Jt wasn’t in sight, but _ the crack was. «Looking down into it he saw the _ precious paper where he couldn’t reach it without a couple of-stiff pieces.of wire or metal. He was ailgry and disgusted with himself for having been sq careless, and yet he soon had reason for being very glad that the will had got away from him. ‘He got out his knife and tried to reach the paper _ with the long blade and dig it out. While thus engaged, Faber happened to remember that he had left the will on the stairs, and returned for it. ~ Not finding it, he struck a match and looked for Sf ate, Dick observed what he was about, and crept : over to his chum to tell him. Then he saw what + Paul was about. “Let it alone for the present, ” Dick said. it's “safe enough. We can come over here to-morrow ’ with some wire and get it out. Your uncle is ~ looking for it now. T’ll bet he’s astonished at its ‘disappearance. i“ At that moment there was the sound of foot- isteps on thé stairs. » : “T did not.” a ee “Did you entertain. any suspicions me) the alleged object of the note? “I thought the hour and the place. gular, but it.was not out of ee with peculiar purpose of the writer.” ~~ “You mean you judged that a man making uch ‘a proposal would wish to. Eeey under ce “That’s about it. Z ; “Your object was to’ a possessio n father’s missing will?” i en sR “Tt was.” “And you have. suecéeded, though way from what you figured. “on,” ‘sal a compressed tone, ‘ “In what way have I succeeded 2” rn pretending surprise. “In what way?” roared Faber, his anger but ing out at last. “You know in what wa the document on the stairs leading up suspecting that you, of all others, me. When I went to the door you 0 and secured it. But,” he added, striking anott match, “you’ll oblige me by returning ait. “Tf T had the will I should mak against giving it up, but as I kh you'll have to look for it elsewhere “That bluff doesn’t go with si ' Simpson.” ’ Paul made no ‘resistante while t the Lively Polly, who was aching for the | to get at him, went through his | To nee skipper was unnecessarily, rough Beck anything that even remotely wi a “He has pocbanly given At to his ¢ Search him,” said. Faber, Dick was searched, without resul then-examined the floor of the walls, but saw no sign of plussed, “Pyhaps he throwed it: dows,” suggested | nnidge This idea did ext of
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ADRIFT ON THE WORLD that precious nephew of mine and carry out your instructions with respect to him. You'll have to _ take he other boy, too, to head off discovery.” Grinnidge and his mate drew pieces of rope from their pockets, and throwing themselves on _ the two boys, soon bound their hands tightly be- hind them. -They seemed to get a good deal of ~. pleasure out of the operation. *T protest against this: outrage, Uncle Faber,” said Paul, indignantly. “You ought to be ashamed to permit such a thing to be done to me,” _ Mr. Prescott laughed, in a disagreeable way. * “You'll be lucky if you’re never up against worse than that. Captain Grinnidge has a bone “to pick with you, and is going to take you aboard - his schooner to pick it. As it would be,a pity to ; part you and your friend, he’ll have to accompany ou. ¢ WP npenpon Paul and Dick were marched down- stairs, out of the watch tower, and thence to the _. water’s edge, where they were obliged to get into ‘the waiting boat.. The mate got out the oars and rowed to the schooner, up the side of which the _ boys were forced to climb. They were then taken ‘forward and made to step down into a small sec- tion of the hold called the fore-peak. The cover “of the hatch or scuttle was clapped on, and’ they “were left in the darkness. : “Gee! We seem to be up against it, Paul,” said Dick. “I wonder what they’re going to do with gah ae ‘ft oive it up,” replied his chum. “Captain Grin- ~ nidge won’t dare do much to us unless he’s rash “enough to face a heavy penalty. He’s got noth- ing against you, but he’s dead sore on me for get- _ ting Miss Curtis away from him that night. The ae I’d like to As Grin- nidge is carrying us off against our wills he'll As for my ficiently hig , passed over it and headed down Ma the Forepeak. of the Lively APTER XI—In | Polly ' get square with me. ; _tered into some arrangement with my uncle to keep me away from Gloucester.” pie pein <<ah . ef Q As When Faber Prescott. was beaten out of the chance of, securing the guardianship of his nephew, his tricky soul devised this plan of get- ting the boy out of the way for good. The death or complete yanishment of the heir-at-law would place him in direct line with the ultimate acquire- ment of the entire estate as surviving next of ~ kin. This, in his case, was worth taking desper- ate chances to win. As sodn as the idea sug- gested itself-to him he sought out Captain Grin- nidge and proposed that he assist him in earry- ing out the project, engaging to pay the skipper a large sum of money as soon as he came into possession of the property, which. he persuaded the captain to believe would be sgon. Simpson - Grinnidge was not at first inclined to embark in such a hazardous speculation. When, however, he learned that Paul Prescott was the boy to whom he owed such a big grudge, he reconsidered the matter, and the two rascals came to an agree- ment. It was arranged that Captain Grinnidge should secure a cargo in Boston for Rio de Janei- ro in order to cover-the expenses of the trip. to é the South Pacific, where it was proposed to carry Paul, and in addition to that, Faber raised a sum sufficient to ensure a total profit for the cap- tain in case by any chance a cog slipped and the plot failed. Before turning the trick on Paul, the skipper planned to recapture Dolly Curtis for the benefit of his wife, who was not, of course, going with him to sea. They gave up their house in Gloucester, and taking their furniture aboard of the schooner, sailed for the nearest point on the Merrimac River to the Prescott property. .Then the skipper visited the Roost and demanded that the girl return to his wife’s service. Find- ing that he could not secure Dolly by fair means, he resorted to underhand tactics, and, luck play- ing into his hands, he got away with the girl without being caught at it. Mrs. Grinnidge, Dol- ly and the furniture were, then transferred to a sloop, to be carried up the river to a certain New Hampshire town, where the captain’s wife pro- posed to live, near her relatives, until her hus- band returned from his voyage ‘to the South Pacific. ’ ee The Lively Polly then returned to Gloucester ~ Bay and anchored in a creek not far to the south of the town, where Captain Grinnidge communi- cated with Faber Prescott and the immediate ab- duction of Paul was arranged and consummated, with the suecess we have-seen. After passing the bar, the schooner was headed for Boston Harbor, where the cargo to be taken to South America ‘was awaiting her. The two boys fell asleep during the trip down the bay, and did not ls until the schooner was hauling into the wharf. f “We seem to be making fast to a dock,” said Dick, after they had listened to the sounds on deck, coupled with the fact that the vessel had ~ come toa rest.. “It’s some place not so very far from Gloucester. I wonder if we'll be let go soon?” : i estas “Pve an idea that we won’t get off so easy as that,” replied Paul. “You may be allowed to go free, but Captain Grinnidge is bound to try and — Besides, I suspect he’s en- ra a
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14 “What good would that do your uncle? You're bound to get back some time.” “As I’m not a mind-reader, Dick, I can’t solve the conundrum, There is no telling what scheme Mr. Prescott is up to. He must realize that, I can. make it very hot for him after last night’s developments. His only chance of avoiding trou- ble is to keep me from communicating with Lawyer Harrison.” “He may be able to do that for a time, but not for long. The longer you’re kept a prisoner the harder it will be for him when you do show up. I think he’s acting like a chump.” Their conversation was interrupted by the re- moval of the. scuttle cover above their heads and the appearance of the ugly features of the mate in the opening. This was the fellow,who deliv- ered the decoy note to Paul at the academy the evening before, and he was not joyfully received by the prisoners. The morning sunshine that streamed down over his shoulders was a far more welcome visitor. %. “Well, my hearties, how are yer feelin’ this mornin’?” he grinned. “How would you feel if you were in our places?” replied Paul, coolly. The mate chuckled at the question. He sprang down into the hole, with a couple of strong pieces of rope in his hand. Approaching Paul first, he tied the end.of one of the ropes securely about his middle and the other end he made fast to a ring in the deck. He preformed the same opera- tion on Dick. Then he searched their pockets and removed their jack-knives.. After that he cut their arms loose. Their wrists were so numb that for some time there was no feeling in them. “How long are we to We kept in this hole?” de- manded Path - “Till to-morrow afternoon, I guess,” replied the mate. “Where is the schooner now?” “Alongside her dock.” “Where?” “Tt wouldn’t do ye any good to know, so I don’t see no good wastin’ my breath tellin’ yer.” “Tt seems to me that Captain Grinnidge is lay- ing a lot of trouble up for himself,” said Paul. “That’s is business, not mine.” “You can tell him if he’ll Jet us go now I'll promise not to prosecute him for what he has done so far, for I believe he’s doing it to oblige my uncle. Mr. Prescott won’t be able to save him when the time comes if he perseveres in his pres- ent course.” “Tl tell him, but I don’t calkerlate he’ll let. yer out of here till to-morrow, anyway. I s’pose yer both hungry by this time. I'll bi‘ing yer somethin’ to eat soon.” . Thus speaking, the mate, whose name the boys subsequently learned was Steve Cobb, sprang out of the forepeak and slammed down the scuttle after him. From Cobb’s words, the boys got the impression that they would probably be let go on the following day and that was some satisfaction at any rate; nevertheless, neither relished the idea of remaining prjsoners in that dark hole for twenty-four or thirty hours longer. Inside of half an hour’ Cobb brought them each a mess of rations similar to that served out to the three “men composing the crew. While they were eat- * = . * iF ADRIFT ON THE WORLD Pets ing it they heard sounds on the other side of the — bulkhead that separated them from the hold, which told them that the schooner was taking some kind of cargo on board. As the morning wore away they heard the whistles of tug-boats and other marine noises so frequently that they soon understood that the schooner was moored at no small seaport. ; The loading went on all day up to five o’clock, — with an hour’s intermission at noon, when Cobb — brought them some dinner. Re in Boston harbor, ain’t we?” Paul asked im. “What makes yer think yer are?” prowled the © mate, with a frown. : ar “A person would have to be deaf not to hear — what’s going on in this neighborhood. Did you ~ tell the captain what I said?” 2 : “I told him.” et hy “What did he say?” asked Paul, eagerly. ae “Nothin’.” Fei Paul was disappointed, and his face showed it. — “Been expectin’ he’d let yer go, I s’pose?” chuckled the mate. Mee oF “I thought he’d have sense enough to get out of a hole when he saw a good opening,” replied the boy. ? ; Cobb chuckled sardonically and presently left them alone. Night came at last, and with it — their supper. The noisy sounds along the water — front gradually lulled, and by and by nothing — reached their ears but the lap of the water — against the schooner’s sides. The boys talked together about their prospects of release’ next day, and finally fell asleep. They were awakened by the reappearance of the mate, with their breakfast. Soon afterward the noises of the pre- ceding day were resumed and the operations of — lozding the schoone~ were in full swing again. — Her loading was completed about the middle of the afternoon, then a tug came along'side, was made fast, her hawsers were cast off from the wharf, and the imprisoned lads were soon con- scious that the vessel was underway once more. — “This doesn’t look as if we were going to be let go to-day,” said Dick, in a tone of disgust. “That’s right; it doesn’t,” answered Paul, who now began to wonder when the end of their trouble would come. pate es “We're being towed out of the harbor by tug,” remarked Dick. : i - In the course of an hour or so the tug cast’ and the Lively Polly, with all her canvas set to the smacking breeze, headed down the bay to- ward Boston Light. The boys so far had not fered from the cold, as the weather, since t sy had been carried off from Gloucester, had been rather mild for that season of the year, — night came on again the cold wind frow take off since they put them on, just be leaving the academy for their visit to the Watch Tower on Gull Point. “Say, we'll be turned into a pair
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Ree - ADRIFT ON fore morning, I’m thinking,” remarked Dick, slap- _ ping his legs and swinging his arms about in an - effort to infuse a little warmth into his body. - At that moment the scuttle was removed and Cobb appeared. : : . “The cap’n says yer to come out of this now,” he said, with a chuckle. ~ “We've no obpections, replied Paul, glad of - any kind of a change. aed : “7 “calkerlate it wouldn’t make no diff’rence ‘whether yer had or not,” answered the mate, as he jumped down and. released them from the confinement of the ropes. “Now, then, my hear- ties, step lively. On deck with ye!” Paul and Dick scrambled up without delay. The ‘first thing they did was to cast their eyes about - the darkening seascane, cager to make out just where they were. The schooner was bowing and ~ -rolling on the incoming surges of the big bay, with the dark sea line of the Atlantic before them. Boston Light bore a short distanec to the ~ northeast. : “March aft,” ordered Cobb. “Ye'll find the ‘skipper on the break of the poop.” ; -- The boys walked aft and presently confronted ~ Captain Grinnidge. He greeted them with a sar- ~ donic grin. that was particularly malicious when ’ Mis one uncovered eye rested on Paul Prescott. ~ “Now, ye lubbers; | want ye to understand that -aboardeof this hooker ye’ve got. to.’arn yer grub. “if ye think 1’ll stand any foolin’, just ye try me. Ye'll find that a rope’s end or the soft side of a Rio.” ‘Rio!” gasped Paul. “What do you mean?” - “Where’s yer school l’arnin’, -you ignorant onkey? Don’t ye know that Rio is in Brazil, South-America?” ~ “Brazil!—South America!” fluttered Paul, hile Andy nearly collapsed. *That’s what I said,” roared Captain Grin- nidge: | “Now, mark me, ye’ve got to work yer ay and stand watch same as the rest of the crew. I’ve. shipped ye both, and by the lord Harry, if ye attempt to skulk ye’ll have cause to ‘wish ye had never been born. Now ye know what e have to expect. ‘Take ’em below, Cobb, and ‘rig ’em up out of the slop-chest. Then make ’ein turn to and do their duty. ‘that’s all I’ve got 29} ” « “J won’t go,” said Dick, stubbornly., There was a boat towing alongside. “Now, you mutinous dog!” exclaimed Captain -Grinnidge, pointing at the open sea. “Down with ~ you into that boat!” Bee PY onc can't mean to send me adrift in that tai cockleshell with a storm coming up!” cried Dick, ~ aghast at the prospect. “Then do as I say.” “All right, sir.” - Captain Grinnidge turned on his heel and walk- ed to the wheel, while the stunned boys followed he mate into the small forecastle, where a pair ‘of vacant berths were pointed out to them and ee were told to slip out of their overcoats and by: ble to their new, enforced calling. ‘ready. They ate what was put 35 ats * Pe ee Vm a man of few words, d’ye hear? While ye are . lore-going suits and don the garments ner i xy eg , in a dazed kind of way, and by that time one before THE WORLD 15 them with about the same relish that men about to be hanged partake of their last meal on earth. All hands were then called on deck; when the ceremony of dividing the little crew into watches was gone through with. Paul and two others formed the captain’s watch; while Andy, with the remaining two, constituted the mate’s watch. The captain’s watch remained on deck, while the others went below until their time came to re- lieve the others. ; Thus the boys found themselves separated at a moment when they most desired the comfort of companionship. Clearly, they were up against it hard. We will pass over the severe experience that fell to their lot until the Lively Polly sighted the coast of Brazil, and passing Sugar Loaf Mountain entered the bay of Rio de Janeiro, one. of the most beautiful, secure and spacious har- bors in the world. By this time they had learned, in a hard school, the rudiments of seamanship, and were able to perform their allotted duties as well as any of their companions. Finding that kicking against their fate was of no-pvail, and only brought blows and abuse to them) they ac- cepted conditions with the best grace they could, and tried to be as cheerful as their citeumstances permitted. : They took comfort. from the fact that it~ wouldn’t last forever, and the experience might in the end prove of some value to them. They . found many chances to talk together, and being of the opinion that the schooner would return to. Boston or Gloucester after discharging her cargo at Rio, which idea the mate had instructed the men to keep before their eyes, they did not en- tertain any plan for deserting the vessel at the South Amrican port. “When we do get back to Gloucester there’ll be something doing for. Captain Grinnidge, all right,” Paul told: Dick more than once, and Andy guessed there would be, and hugged the anticipa- tion to his heart, for he disliked the skipper, It was a fine afternoon when the schooner opened up Rio de Janeiro Bay, and all hands were on deck. The passage was about a mile wide and was guarded by granite mountains. On the whole, the boys were delighted at the chance thus- * afforded. them to inspect a foreign port, “There’s the city yonder,” ejaculated Dick, who was leaning over the port eg Cer beside Paul. “I see it,” replied his chum. “Looks funny, * doesn’t it-—- a whole cluster of white houses with ees roofs. Just like a painted scene in a play.” ; a The houses crowned seven green and mound- like hills, and spread out through the+interven- ing valleys. The Lively Polly came to anchor in the roadstead, and then a boat was lowered and Captain Grinnidge went ashore. Next morn- ing the schooner was taken to a wharf, and in. _ the afternoon began discharging her cargo. That operation was finished next day, and then Cap- tain Grinnidge succeeded in securing a consign- ment of goods for Montevideo, which would add : to the profits of his trip South. Paul and Dick supposed the cargo was intended for the United — States, and no one undertook to undeceive them. They were carefully watched while the vessel remained at her wharf, and the skipper was _ tickled to learn that they showed no disposition —_ to desert the craft. ° : =o
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16 The rest of the crew were given shore leave, and they put in a similar request. Captain Grin- nidge finally permitted them to inspect the city under the guidance of the mate, who saw to it that neither got out of his sight. At last the schooner pulled out into the stream, and next morning at daylight sailed for the mouth of the Rio dela Plata. Paul and Dick were unpleasantly surprised when the Lively Polly’s head was turn- ed to the southward, for that course was taking them further than ever from home. “JT thought we were going back to the United States,” said Paul, to Steve Cobb. The mate grinned. “Not yet,” he answered. “The cap’n found a profitable cargo for Montevideo, and we’re going there first.” Paul hunted Dick up and told him where they - were bound. “What's the odds,” replied Dick. “We might as well see a little of the world while we’re about it. We'll have some good yarns to tell the fellows when we get back to school. Now that we've got used to roughing it, a little extra ex- perience won’t do us any harm.” So Paul’s disappointment wore off, and as Captain Grinnidge had long since got tired of knocking him around for nothing, seeing that the boy had developed into a useful as well as will- ing hand to whom he had nothing to pay for services rendered, he, as well as Dick, looked forward with much interest to their approaching introduction to the capital of the Republic of Uruguay. In due time the schooner anchored off Montevideo, which is situated on a small penin- sula on the north shore of the Rio de la Plata, at a point where this estuary is sixty miles wide. The houses composing the town looked rather insignificant, for they w ere mostly of one story, with flat roofs. ; . “Gee! 1 don’t think much of this place,” said - Dick. “There’s only half a dozen decent-looking _ buildings in the whole town, as far as we can see from here. One of them seems to be a church.” Paul agreed with his chum that the general effect was rather disappointing. On the follow- “img day the schooner hauled in to a dock and her cargo was soon out of her. Captain Grin- nidge was offered a cargo of hides to carry to New York, but declined, because he wasn’t bound - in that direction. Instead, he took a load of ballast ahoard, and then struck out southward - once more. { “Where the dickens are we bound now?” was Paul’s surprised inquiry of the mate, when he found that the Lively Polly was heading down the South American coast again. “We're bound for the Pacific, my Snes chuckled Steve Cobb. ; “Whereabouts on the Pacific?” 3 “You'll have to ask the skipper,” replied the mate. Paul, however, knew better than to do that. That: night he and Dick held a pow-wow on the . subject, and the only conclusion they could arrive at was that it was likely to be a long day before they saw Gloucester again. . “J can see my uncle’s fine hand in this, Dick’ 2 said Paul. “When he found out that Captain t -Grinnidge was going on a long voyage, he paid ~ . the rascal to spirit me ‘aways eg ntat in the pS ADRIFT ON THE WORLD ieee ‘all right one of these days when I shall hav - Jong as I am with you. - us so closely under his eye, that we couldn’t ‘coral rocks, firmly fixed. Then wave afte Polly had been cast that’ I’d fall overboard some night and thus ma an opening for him to succeed to my father’ property. Oh, he’s foxy all right—about a slick as they come. But he’s going to be dis pointed. I’m not going to fall overboard if can help myself. Ill get back some day, an then I won’t do a thing to him.” “He’s a big rascal, if he is your uncle,” replie Dick. “I’ll bet if he was in charge of the Roos at this moment he’d sit up half the night listen ing for that old bell on the roof to tell him, by its three strokes, that you had passed in your. checks.” “Not unlikely. Maybe he’s arranged with one of our neighbors to let him know if the bell should ring, so he’ll have advance information of m death, and be able to put in his claim for th property all the sooner.” , “T believe you.” . am sorry, Dick, that it was igen mi you’ve got into this hobble; but I'll try to make it. come into actual possession of the Roost.” “Don’t say a word, old chap. Ym satisfied 8. All I regret is the wo: that my unexplained absence is causing my father and mother.’ I’d have written home from or Montevideo, only the mate gave us such a strong hint not to attempt such a thing, and kept it anyhow.” “Well, you'd better go below aot take - you forty winks,” said Paul, “for you'll have to on deck inside of two hours.” The schooner hugged the Saaae all the. Ww down, and about six days later entered the ‘str: of Magellan. A fair wind carried her throug the difficult passage of 300 miles in someth: like twenty-four hours, and then the Lively P nose was pushed out into the blue waters of broad South Pacific. Paul and Dick w fast approaching the end of their journ schooner, though fortunately for their pea mind they were unconscious of the fate ar nge for them through the villany of Faber Presco’ and the connivance of Captain Grinnidge. It was now three months since they left harbor. A fog had sprang up and so thi it that it was almost impossible to see the of the schooner. Right in the midst of i ; ship loomed up ahead, and if it had not been. Paul, who was at the wheel and acted ‘quickl: the schooner would have been smashed to flind The crew recognized this and complimente boy for “his quick work in time of da next day a gale sprang up and lasted the succeeding night. With the comi the gale let up, but the waves ran mounta Suddenly a cry came from the man on “Land close on the port bow! Ha board!” wave struck them and carried them o swept over the schooner, carrying evel with them. ore CHAPTER XIIL—A Gruesome Captain, mate and crew 2) the i into a wh
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a i ADRIFT ON THE WORLD with jagged masses of coral, against which all but Paul and Dick were huried inside of a very few moments, and went down, to rise no more. A special Providence, however, seemed to guide the progress of the two boys, and, escaping the perils of the coral reef, which surrounded the entire island, with the exception of a narrow break on the opposite side, they were cast, breath- ~ less and dazed, on the sandy shore of the island proper, a quarter of a mile from the spot on which the schooner had rested her devoted keel. For some ten minutes Paul lay stretched out weak and exhausted on the beach, with the water half surmerging his body, as each wave rolled up on the sand. Then he slowly pulled himself The first thing he noticed was Dick lying on his - pack a couple of yards away. He crawled over “and shook him. “Dick!” he cried, in a husky voice. : His chum opened his eyes and looked at him in “a bewildered fashion. Then he began to strike out mechanically, as though he thought he was _ still in the water. The ridiculous figure he cut on the’sand, like some huge new species of crab, -eaused Paul to laugh outright. — “Hold on, old chap, you’re not in the water any longer,” he said. Dick spit out a mouthful of wet sand and ceased moving his limbs. Then he scrambled to his knees and the two boys gazed into each other’s faces. — “Where are we, anyway?” asked Dick, spitting out more sand. 3 _ hen they got on their feet. They saw a long, Jow, sloping beach covered with white sand that _, had been washed up on a coral foundation by the continual beating of the surf. Up and down the length of the shore, and following in a line with the beach, was a ridge of sand hills. A number of scrub brushes, interspersed with palm trees, grew along the crest of this bridge. The chain of sand hills made a sudden turn in either direction, and not far from where they fell away ‘to the westward on the level of the beach was a thick growth of underbrush, with half a dozen palms ‘growing in the midst of it. To the sea- ward lay, the outer ring of coral reef, with the wreck of the Lively Polly perched upon it, her bowsprit pointing skyward. - “A¥e we the only ones who came ashore?” asked - Dick, looking up and down the shore in a vain attempt to single out one or more of their late shipmates. “Tt looks as if we’re all that’s left of the schoon- er’s complement,” replied Paul. “And pede shall we do here—starve?” asked ick, dolefully.” iT hoct not,” answered Paul; “Let’s walk down ‘shore. : When they reached the thicket where the palm rees sprang up they found a spring of cool water bubbling up out of the white sand. It * flowed away through a stretch of thick grass and sedge toward the interior of the island.” “We shan’t want for fresh water, at any rate,” aul, after taking a long drink, in which as joined by Dick. rY, ; ‘hat’s lucky,” replied his companion. “Now, Fag cet ha coms trot ox sell disks ye together, and finally sat up and looked around. ~- by 17 may be able to worry along until a sail comes in sight and we are taken off.” 7 They followed the course of the stream until they discovered that it emptied into a: good-sized circular lake. Then they started to follow the edge of the lake. The sun was now out in an al- most cloudless sky, and the late storm had fined , down to a comparatively gentle breeze. The, circular spit of shore they were traversing was | quite narrow, bounded by the lake on one side and the ocean, with the reef between, on the- other. It wags covered with low vegetation, through which sprouted many palms. en they reached a point nearly opposite to where they started from they found further progress cut off a narrow inlet, which made in from the sea. .“That settles it, we can’t go any further in this direction,” said Paul.. “The island seems to be a ring of sand and coral, with a single break | at this point, the whole surrounded by an outer reef of the same shape.” “There doesn’t appear to be any kind of tree but palms, and they haven’t any fruit on them,” said Dick. 5 ’ “They’re all young palms, judging from their | height, and I’ve read that when young the center of the palm is soft, often containing a quantity of starch or sago, which I imagine ought to be good to eat. I dare say the outer reef is covered with barnacles, and they always attract fish.” “But we can’t reach the outer reef without — swimming, and if we swam there, how could we © catch the fish?” “A fellow can do lots of thing when driven to E it by necessity. Now if the schooner holds to- —— gether for a while we can swim out to her as soon as the water gets smoother, and then maybe we'll be able to get at some of her stores, though I have no great Hops of such a thing.” “S’pose we did—how could we get them ashore if the boats are stove, as I guess they are?” . “Why, we could make a rough raft out of a wreckage held together by rope.’ % “That’s so, ” said Dick. “Hello! he exclaimed, suddenly.- “Look yonder. Blessed if there isn’t a small sailboat making direct for this island, and only one person aboard of her.” : te Paul followed the direction of his outstretched arm, and, sure enough, there was a cat-rigged boat, her mainsail bellying out to the breeze, steering right for the entrance of the outer reef. “I wonder who that can be?” asked Dick. “Who the dickens could be navigating the wide ocean in such a cockleshell. Why, the late storm would have sent her to the bottom in no time at all? “IT don’t care who it is. He’s welcome. . The more the merrier, for company’s sake.” : They watched the stvanger approach with eager interest and anticipation. The little boat soon*shot through the opening in the reef, cross- ing the intervening ring of water, and drew close a to the inlet. : i “Why, it’s a boy!” cried Dick, in astonishment.’ 5 As soon as the sailboat entered the lagoon her —_— occupant perceived them, waved his hand several times and headed the craft for the beach., Paul and Dick walked down to the water’s edge to greet the newcomer. Sas “Hello!” cried Paul. “Glad to see you.” “Same here,” came back the reply. yee He dropped the sail and the boat ran her nese — as Se va Sean rs
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18 : ADRIFT ON up on the beach. The new boy stepped ashore and grasped Paul’s extended hand, and then Dick’s, “My name is Jeff Waldron,” he said. “Jeff is short for Jefferson. What’s your names?” “Mine is Paul Prescott, and this is my chum, Dick Owens. We were wrecked this morning on the other side of the island. Our schooner, hail- ing from Boston, Mass., went onto the outer reef, and all but us were lost. We were just exploring the place when we saw you coming this way. Where did you spring from, anyway, in that little boat?” ° “From another island to the southeast. Got there from another island still further east. There’s a whole string of these islands running for. many miles. group—where my father is located as a mission- ary. I was trying to find my way back by easy stages, but ain’t sure if I can do it. T’m real glad to meet you fellows, for it’s Jonesome work sailing around all by one’s self.” “Well, let’s cross in your boat to the other side of this lake,” said Paul. “Thore’s nothing doing on this’ side.” “All right. Hop aboard.” Paul and Dick stepped into the Ladebas: Wal- dron followed, hauled up the sail and away they shot for the other side, to a point about midway - of the lagoon, where a thick chump of bushes and palm trees attracted their attention, for Jeff said he saw what. looked to be the roof of a house there. It didn’t take them long to cross, and while Jeff Waldron was securing the boat: so -she wouldn’t float away, Paul and’ Dick started for the thicket: — - “There is a house there for sure,” said -Dick, in some excitement. “Can’t you see the wall through the trees?” “T do,” replied his chum. “Hello! That looks like a man, with his hand extended.” : “So it does. Some shipwrecked chap like our- - selves. And maybe there are more of them in the house.” -“T don’t like the looks of that fellow. I wonder what he’s pointing at so steadily. If there are -more like him they may make trouble for us. ‘I’m going back to get. Waldron’s rifle that I saw in the bottom of the boat. Nothing like putting up a bold front.” Dick waited till Paul got the gun. “He’s still pointing.” said Dick. “I’ve watched im ever since you were away and I’m willing to swear that he hasn’t stirred an inch.” a Nai strange. Maybe it isn’t a man after a : “Yes, it is. Don’t you see his hat and cloak flying in the wind?” : “T do. He's holding something in his fist,. He certainly is acting mighty strange. Just like a cigar store sign. Come on. We'll soon see what’s the matter with him.” Paul and Dick advanced upon the imotionless ‘figure. “Great Scott!” exclaimed Paul, when he got close enough to look the gruesome object squarely in the face. “It’s a skeleton!” “A skeleton!” palpitated Dick, turning ‘pale. e “On, heavens, so it is]” : o tty I was blown off shore from. a ~ big island to the northwest—one of the Fiji - THE WORLD ‘j CHAPTER XIV.—The House of Death, It was certainly a hortible- looking object, and what was stranger still was the fact that its gloved hand held a rusted revolver, pointed straight ahead. It looked menacing enough in good truth, but as there was no life in it the tér- rifying aspect of the figure was soon fost on the boys. As Paul walked up to it his attention was_ attracted to.an open box on the ground. It was — half-full of tarnished coins, through when sprouted the noses of several fat-looking bags. “What’s this?” he ejaculated. “Money ?”.» At that moment Dick stepped up beside him and was equally amazed at what he saw in the — ‘box. | While they were gazing at what appeared i to be a kind of treasure trove they were joined = — by Jeff Waldron, who, like themselves, had been ~ momentarily staggered by the skeleton figure. “TJ wonder what that scarecrow is doing here?” he asked, Then he said: “What are you lookiag” at?” “A box of moriey, apparently.” replied Paul. “My goodness!” exclaimed Waldron.” “So i “Hello!” cried Dick at that moment. “Just look at. what’s painted on the door of that house. ‘A. House of Death. Do Not Enter Here,’ Now, wouldn't that jar you?” “With a skull and cross-bones | ee top,” ‘said: Paul. “Some big bluff, I guess.” “This money is no bluff, atany eee 4 said Diek, who was examining a handful of it. “They’ re- foreign gold coin, It wonder how much is here A good many thousand dollars, Pll bet. _ Wer re. lucky.” “What good is it to us in our present: pibarae re: marked Paul. : “Hivery good, We don’t expect to remain her all our lives. When we get back to the good old. United States it will come in mighty handy.” ~ “When we do, correct. But when will we?’ ' “Why, can’t we sail away in Waldron’s boa “We can, of course, if Waldron lets us. It's bh’ boat, and we can’t force ourselves on him.” —_— “Ho!” exclaimed Waldron, “You’re more ‘tha welcome to go with me; but the boat isn’t large ¢ enough to more than carry us three anda suppiy of provisions, if we can find any on the island.” “We could manage to carry that ‘much “gold pony There isn’t Ss $15,000 worth in’ He if: ox “That’s $5,000 piieoe said Diek,. saw that much in my life before.” “Well, let’s investigate this house of dea: said Paul. “We want a covered Begs to glee a oust to Rae the thing.” “Ym not stuck on sleeping in a_ mor chuekled Dick. ee gue ‘s “How do you know it’s a morgue?” said Pay Ke advancing to the door and striking it a “heavy blow with the butt of the rifle, : - The door swung inward and the three jp gathered around the entrance. A ghastly tacle met their eyes, No less than eight s Releto. mr is. lay sprawled about in ‘every conceivable att Their garments were nearly all rotted ee fs the bones with grisly effect. cleat, : been sere ake many Rtgtles ‘shov
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ADRIFT ON presence of the uncovered gold in the box out- side, that the island had not been visited by any _ one in a very long time. | The boys had tumbled upon a strange and horrible mystery that be- tokened either murder or. starvation; but pre- sumedly the latter. The presence of the propped- up skeleton without and the warning sign on the door didn’t seem to jibe exactly with the starva- tion theory. Yet if one or more companions of the dead men had escaped from the island, after doing up their companions, why hadn't they car- ried the gold off with them. No matter how one tried to figure up the case the element of mystery still remained. And the chances were it would always remain a mystery. “We can’t sleep here, that’s sure,” said Dick, with a look of disgust.’ “Oh, I don’t know,” replied Paul. ‘“There’s a spade over in the corner. We'll perform a Christ- -_ jan duty to these poor relics and bury their bones _ outside, then, as a recompense for the labor, we’ll take possession of the house.” “I gin’t struck on handling those bones,” said _ _Dick, witha shiver. = “Nonsense! They’re entitled to a decent burial. _ If you don’t want to help, Waldron and I’ll do it, or I'll do it alone.” / ; “Oh, if you mean to do it I won’t back out of lending a hand, but I don’t like the job for a cent,’ . soiiers ae - Waldron showed no reluctance to assisting in the funeral operations, and so Paul got the spade and told Dick he would appoint him chief grave- digger, while Waldron and himself performed the office of undertakers. The skeletons ‘all went to ieces, and Paul shoveled their remains into the ole. The grave was then filled in and 4 mound ‘yaised above it. Two big pieces of coral formea the head and foot stones, and the ceremony was over. _’ | wish I had something to eat about this time,” said Dick, wiping his forehead. “So do I,” coincided Waldron. “And I wouldn’t object to a porterhouse steak, - with fried potatoes, bread and hot coffee myself,” grinned Paul. : “Fold on, Paul, you make me twice as. hungry as I was,” obpected Dick. 3 “Sorry, old chap, and also that there isn’t any restaurant in sight. I think we had better sail out and see what’s left of the schooner. It is possible we may be able to. find something in the galley to eat. That part of her, I guess, is still hanging to the reef.” , - “J second the motion,” said Dick, with alacrity. - So the boys adjourned to the sailboat, her main- sail was hoisted and she was headed out of the Jagoon into the now comparatively .calm water between the island and the outer reef. With Paul at the helm, she flew along until they sighted the eck of the Lively Polly, just as they had last ybserved her. They were able to get close along- side of her and board. The stern of the schooner as far as the break of the trunk cabin was entire- ly submerged, but the balance of the craft was ‘above the present reach of the sea. One of her boats was still intact. pee : “We'll cut that loose by and by,” said Paul. the three boys then entered the small fore- le and galley. Here, to their great satis- ion, they found more than enough to satisfy THE WORLD 19 their appetites for several days. They ¢éarried everything of an edible order on board the sail- boat. Then they cut loose and launched the quarter-boat, and filled her with such odds and euds of marine stuff as they thought worth while bringing ashore. Tying the painter of the row- bat to the stern of the sailboat, they returned to the place in the lagoon whence they had set out. Dick had thought to bring an old broom from the schooner and he used it to sweep out the top layer of sand in the house, after which they removed everything from the boats to the building. Paul had also brought a small, empty meal-bag, and in this ‘he tied up all the loose coin in the box. During the afternoon Dick and Waldron went to the outer reef in the sailboat to try and catch a mess of fish for supper. While they were away, Paul carried a small keg they had brought from the wreck to the spring in the thicket, and filled it with cold water. On his return he car- ried it into the hut and threw it down in a cor- ner. It was tolerably heavy, now that it was filled with water and when it struck the sand something happened that brought a gasp of surprise to the boy’s lips. Instead of making a dent in the soft flooring and lying there, it crashed through the sand, as though paper, and disappeared leaving a gaping hole exposed. CHAPTER XV.—Conclusion. “Well, if that doesn’t beat anything I ever saw before,” ejaculated Paul, looking at the hole. “TI wonder what other mysetery is connected with this house?” Naturally he decided to investigate the matter. So he struck a match and flashed it down into the hole. The barrel lay less than a foot below the surface of the fioor.. It was resting on an ordinary sailor’s chest. Paul stepped down into the hole and lifted the barrel out, when he ex- amined the lid of the chest. He found that it was not secured, and raised it without trouble. The inside of the chest was literally packed with bags of what seemed to be money, for they were counterparts of the bags of coin lying in the open box outside. Paul took one of them out, undid the string’ that secured the mouth and poured its contents out on the sandy floor. It was gold money of a Spanish coinage of seventy-five years since. Fi ; “Whew! There must be a mint of money*in thatjchest. A regular harvest of gold. This must be some piratical treasure trove for fair. Sup- posing each of these bags to contain $4,000 or $5,000, the top layer alone would amount to over $100,000. At that rate there is more than half a million in gold coin here. Waldron be surprised? If we can manage to get this money back to civilization the three of us - will be independently rich. 'I suppose I’m entitled to a-full half by right of discovery. That would give Dick and Waldron-over $100,000 apiece as their share. Those dead chaps we found in here must have some connection with this money. Probably that sign was put on the door by one © or more of the men who got away after perhaps murdering the others. No doubt they could not carry the money off at the time, not having the «i 4 Won’t Andy and -
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20 ADRIFT. ON means of doing so.- But they intended to come back after it later on, and put that sign on the door, and that scarecrow outside, to frighten » .away any chance visitor to the island. Still, why should they have left that partly filled box of money outside, exposed to any one’s view? That fact seems to upset my theory of the matter. Well, I’m not going to puzzle my head over it. The question we’ll have to solve is how to get away from the island and carry this treasure with us. As far as Ican figure up the situation we'll be lucky if we can get safely away our- selves without trying to carry the money.’’ Paul returned the coins to the bag and sat down outside to await the return of his companions. They got back in the course of an hour, with quite a bunch of fish. : . “Who says we haven’t been lucky?” said Dick, in high glee, exhibiting the fish. : “Yes, you’ve been quite lucky in your way; but for real downright good luck you are not in it a little bit with me.” ; “What are you talking about?” “You heard what I said, didn’t you?” “Sure I heard it, and it is a pretty good tom- fool story for you.” _ “Tf it was a tom-fool story I couldn’t prove it. Now I can prove my words. Just come into the hut, both of you, with me and see what lies down in a hole which I found in a corner.” --. He led the way and they followed, wonderingly. When Paul showed them the contents of the bay he had taken from the chest, and then the chest itself, the two lads nearly had the blind staggers. Dick executed a kind of Indian war dance. “What are you getting so excited about, Dick?” said Waldron. “We don’t come in on this. Pres- - eott found the stuff, and, by rights, it all belongs to him.” . Then Dick looked glum. “No,” answered Paul. “I’m going to divide up. ’ Say, onehalf for me and a quarter each for you two. Is that satisfactory?” Dick and Waldron both declared that Paul was too generous, seeing that he had found the chest of money without any help from them. “That don’t make any difference. The money jin the box outside is to be divided in even thirds; that in the chest in the hole just as I told you. Now then, we’ve got to put our heads together in order to see how we can manage to get the money away with us from the island. Remember that half a million in gold weighs pretty considerable. . Why, that $15,000 outside is a pretty good weight of itself for one man to carry any distance.” The boys postponed further consideration of the “subject until they had cooked and eaten their sup- per, then they took the matter up again. The re- sult of their deliberation failed to produce any practical results, and the matter was abandoned for the time being.. Next day, under Paul’s direc- ‘tions, they visited the wreck and brought away a lot of boards, together with the carpenter kit. - During the afternoon they employed themselves making a lot of small boxes to hold four bags each of the coin. Altogether, it took fifty boxes * to hold all the money. Next morning, to their ‘surprise and délight, a brig anchored off the is- -. mate of the brig, to look for fresh water. The _Mewcomers were surprised to find the three boys ae 2 i -Jand and a boat came ashore, with the second — THE WORLD on the island. Paul explained their presence there and pointed out the fresh water spring to- the mate. 3 The boys learned that the brig was enroute — from Sidney, Australia, to San Francisco, with a cargo of coal. Paul, after a conference with the mate, went on board the brig to see the cap- tain and try to arrange for their passage to Cali- fornia. He had no great trouble in coming to — an agreement when he stated that he and Dick were willing, and fairly competent, to work their passage before the mast, while it was agreed that — Waldron should act as cabin boy, without pay. Then came the question of securing transporta-— tion of the fifty small, heavy boxes, the character of whose contents Paul would not state. The — captain agreeing to take them along, they were carried off in four trips of the sailboat. The . quarter-boat and the sailboat were then turned — over to the captain, and as soon as_her water-— casks had been replenished the brig hauled up her anchor and continued on her voyage to the Pacific Coast of the United States, where she duly. arrived, without encountering any particu- larly rough weather, The first thing that Pauldid was to telegraph to Lawyer Harrison, while Dick wired his parents. The next thing was to dispose — of the.old Spanish gold coin, which they suceeded” in getting rid of to the sub-treasury of the United — States at its current value of oldgold, = = It netted them a little over half a million, of — which Paul took an order on Boston for $250,000; Dick an order for $125,000, while Jeff Waldron re- ceived his share in government notes.. Paul and his chum parted from Waldron, who wanted to r join his father as soon as posible, and took train for the Hast. Lawyer Harrison and Dick father were on hand at the Boston & Alban depot at Boston to meet the'boys on their arriva in that city. Almost Paul’s first eager inquiry was about Dolly Curtis. Mr. Harrison made Paul feel good by telling him that Dolly had returne to the Roost a month after her disappearance Paul and Lawyer Harrison, with Dick and his father, took a train for Gloucester on the aft noon of the day of their arrival in Boston. The former two lost no time in going out to the. Old Watch Tower to see if the missing will still reposed inside of the crack in the stone flooring of the second story of the tower. To theit intense satisfaction the will was there and was easily re- covered. Mr. Harrison recognized it as the pe he had drawn up for ‘Paul’s father, Faber Pres- eott was located by the lawyer in Boston. We will not refer to the interview that took place be- place, much to the satisfaction of the old hou keeper, who had come to regard her as an add) and much-loved daughter, ie bape Next week’s issue will contin “PLAYI HE FOXIEST BOY IN
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ec in the manufacture of the finest varnishes. A COMMUNITY RATTLESNAKE HUNT ~Dynamite, hammers and bars have been used by farmers of the Eolian community seven miles southwest of Breckenbridge, Tex., for four days in an effort to destroy a huge den of rattlesnakes on a hillside. Many of the snakes have been killed with the dynamiting of sandstone in which they _ had their den. ~NEW VARNISH GUM FROM. MEXICO The Department of Commerce reports the fact that a resin can be obtained from the cuapinole This resin can be used One ~ of the features of the new resin is that it is not _ soluble in alcohol or gasoline; as is the case with * the majority of similar products, and can only be refined or dissolved by a process of melting, It ‘tree of tropical Mexico. * FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Siete: CURRENT NEWS is pointed out that Mexico has been the producer of numerous resins suitable for making plain and fine varnishes, and adds that the cuapinote resin is believed superior to any of them. KING DAVID’S ANCIENT CITY FOUND Professor Rebert A. Macalister, leader of the joint expedition sent to the Holy Land. by. the - Palestine Exploration Fund and the Daily Tele- _ graph, has unearthed treasures in ‘the ancient City of David. The Telegraph, commenting on these discoveries, says: ” “We can now positively say that he has dis- = covered the ancient city, which was already cen- turies old when David captured it. “One ‘sees emerging out of the mists of the ages proof positive of the truth of the Biblical -- story.” mes- LOOK! LOOK! “2a "MYSTERY MAGS ZINE, No. 150 Out Tédas. "Contains a wonderful detective story, ‘written by the gréatest authors in. the world of this class of fiction, ARTHUR B. REEVES and MARGARET W. REEVES It is entitled “BY THE BREADTH OF A HAIR” Don’t miss it!- _splendid. feature detective novelette Don’t miss: reading it for anything! There will also be a— “THE FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING” By CHARLES FULTON OURSLER a “The ‘short stories, all of the most exciting detective type, are the kind that grips your interest from the beginning to the end. They are: “TWO OF A KIND,” by St. George Rathborne; “DEMON STILET- TO IN PURSUIT, a by Henry W. Fisher; “AS PER SCHEDULE,” ‘by J. B. Warrenton; “WHILE THE LIGHTS WERE OUT,” by A. B. Monroe. x = “And among the special articles there will be “an exposition of the manner - | in which our merchants are robbed, entitled “HOW THE LOFT: THIEVES WORK” By EDWIN A. GOEWEY |
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23: Wrecked On The Desert = OR THE ADVENTURES OF TWO BOY PROSPECTORS By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) 5 CHAPTER XIX.—(Continued). “And to pretend that you were drunk so that ou could slip Miss Edna the revolver,” added ack. “Manuel, you’re all right.” “Am 1?” grunted the Mestizo; ‘down home in New Mexico everybody said I was all wrong.” He fitted the key into the lock and flung back the door. i : ‘Under the cliff the passage continued. . The boss/is in-here,” Manuel said. “ow did they come to capture him?” asked Edna. “I can’t imagine Ramon and Tony laying violent hands on my father.” ; “They did it all the same, miss. I was not with them, or I would not have stood for it. They weve out looking# for the doctor, who had run away from them, They,wanted to make him tell - them more. They ran into the boss and got him. _ Thad nothing to do with it.” “But, Manuel,” said Edna, with a shudder, “Pedro laid it all to you. He said you started the whole thing—that you shot poor Andy.” “Ye lied, or, at least, he is mistaken!” re- torted Manuel, fiercely.. “It was Tony who fired that shot. We went back for more things. I had to go.” ; Was Andy going to join you?” inquired Jack. “Sure he was,” came the reply. “Of course. He was ‘as bad as the rest, except Tony, who always ‘hated him.” “The last is true,” sighed Edna. trouble together very often.” They were advancing along the passage while “They had talking, and. now they entered a larger cave than. either of those Jack had seen. 4 Manual flashed “his lantern about, but they could see nothing of Dr. Furman. | “Father! Father!” called Edna, but there was mo reply. “Why, he’s not here!” exclaimed Jack. “Is there any other way out of this place besides the one we came by?” _Edna knew of none, nor did Manuel. They searched, but could find none nor any trace of the misi*mg man. “We must go for Tony and make him tell,” de- clared Manuel. “You have your revolver, senor; they are unarmed. You can force him to speak.” _ They started back along the passage and came to the door. It had an ordinary latch as well as a lock, and Jack started'to pull it back, for, although they had left the door open, it was now closed. ps ; ; ‘ | “Why, this door is locked!” he exclaimed. ““Man- oe FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY é mee did you leave the key in the lock on the other side?” “That’s what I did, senor, fool that I was,” - ie Mestizo replied, with an uneasy glance at na. “Who could have locked it?” cried Jack. Probably he spoke loud enough to be heard through the. door, for a voice outside now shouted: ‘I locked it! Ah, there! Stay thereandI shall know where to find you when I want you. Ho! — Ho! Ho! In the end I shall have successfully dis- a posed of everybody. I am the King of Death!” _. “The mad doctor!” gasped Jack. “Now we are in a fix!” sf CHAPTER XX. A Mix-Up With A Morphine Fiend. “Arthur was as much puzzled to know ho ; handle Dr. Glick in his present frame of nine as he had been the night before. : The old man’s mental distress was terrible: “Try to calm yourself,” Arthur said. “It is useless to think of the past. What we want to do is to take care of the present and act for the best _ obi =e ee = ‘Good advice,” snapped the doctor, “but how to follow it? That’s the question, ‘You Pee 4 golden caves and other things, of which T know _ nothing. You say I robbed the best man who ever lived of money and papers. It is terrible! Where are we to find this cave? Why did these men, so kindly treated during many years, turn on their benefactor? Answer me these questions. — Tell me what I ought to do.” ce “This man needs to be treated like a little papa thought Arthur. “I must be very patient — % with him.” teh “Listen, Dr. Glick,” he added, aloud, “we shall — have to take the situation as we find it. If I could get over to the range across the lake, I be- lieve I could find the cave from the description __ of its location I heard Dr. Furman give my es friend.” Z : : “But how can you? condition.” these “There’s the car. I can run it. What sort of — place is it over there?” ; SSE “Desert, same~as it all was here in the old ~ crater before Dr. Fuiman installed his irriga- tion plant, except just around where the house stands.” “Suppose we try it?” Asien Oe “I am ready for anything. Did he point out the location of the cave?” “are Arthur called his attention to the lone and told him what Dr, Furman had said. “Perhaps we can find it,” said Glick. willing to try anything, but you never could the cliffs.” Bet: “T can do more than you think for, scarcely pains now. But, doctor, let me ma’ a suggestion: search your pockets. If you take that diagram and the accompanyi seription while you were—without know mean, you may have it still.” ate ins (To be continued.) —_— 7 It is impossible, in your +s abs a
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NEGRO BUYS VILLAGE JAIL FOR $50 % Clarence Ward, negro farmer at Bellport, L. LL, bought for $50 the one-story, 10 by 12 steel- - lined town jail Bellport had used for twenty years. ; : y “To keep my chickens in,” he explained: _ . The building was one of half a dozen owned a by the town of Brookhaven. The Bellport Vil- Jage Selectmen rented it for $10 a month, but ‘since prohibition, it was explained, it had proved a. loss. The Town Board several years ago, after the ; escape of several prisoners, had the village black- smith line the jail with heavy steel plates. “What in the world will, you do with the shack?” Justice of the Peace Valentine asked - Ward. : 2 “It?s got other value besides housing my chick- ens,” said Ward, “It’s also bulletproof, isn’t oS 1 ica 2,000,000 FRANCS AT PARIS BACCARAT . - General de Bettencourt of the Cuban Army is returning home 2,000,000 francs richer, after a -vaeation of two months in Paris. Coincidentally the bacearat tables at one of the leading clubs, the - most fashionable institution of the sort there, are “momentarily deserted. De Bettencourt broke the bank. His run of luck was phenomenal and he bet his cards to the limit, which eventually proved “to he beyond that of the club. WINS part in rather light and friendly games, there was seldom a single player losing or winning more than 30,000 franes of an evening, but after the Cuban had won for a few successive nights -the losing players insisted that the limit be raised. The General accommodatingly agreed, with the result that at the end of December he won 300,- 000 francs at one sitting. Then the other players ‘decided they needed their money for holiday shopping. © THE VULTURE The vulture has come into disrepute because of its habit of attacking the dead and dying men 'g: r children, for the vulture, of whatever type, n admirable parent. z : ith the rising of the sun in the tropics the re ascends into the heavens, disappearing U iny speck that it is difficult to locate ith field glasses. He Ye ate es FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY GOOD READING When de Bettencourt joined the club, taking . cae gone aloft to survey the kills of the night. He has heard the lions roar and has detected sounds that tell him that the usual nightly tragedy has taken place somewhere. ins His eyesight is truly telescopic and he can see- things which man, even with the aid of powerful s field glasses, could never distinguish. Both the eagle and the parrot are endowed with wonderful eyesight, too, but theirs cannot equal the vul- ture’s. From his post:a mile or more in the air he can spot a lion’s kill on the earth and will drop like a stone on the spot, unfolding his wings when - a hundred feet from the ground—this is always a» preliminary to his graceful landing. He can go several days without eating, but when he does eat gorges himself. The Egyptian vulture has been known to gorge itself to such an extent thatt could not rise from the ground. Sosemtimes it cannot move and will lie on its side and still feed. They are often seen to run ~. for forty or fifty yards, like an airplane, in order to “take off” from the ground. . There are a number of members of the vulture | family, some more horrid than others. The lam- morgeier, which soars above the Italian Alps, the Caucasts and the hills of Spain, is not so repul- sive a creature as the ordinary vulture. The ay- erage vulture has dirty, lusky-looking plumage, x2 and its neck is bare, with the discolored flesh : reuphtaee plainly. The lammorgeier is feathered to the beak and sails with the grace of a yacht in the air. ; “Mystery Magazine” aoe SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY — LATEST ISSUES — 148° “LL WIN! LL WIN?” by Arthur B. Reeve and Margaret W. Reeve. 144 PHANTOM FINGERS, by George Bronson-Howaréd, 145 ON THE YELLOWS. by Frank Blighton. 5 146 THE ARGPNTIND RUBY, by Beulah ang Shirley Poynter. 147 bes BARRINGTON ARMS CASH, by Jack. Bech. . dolt. 148 HOUNDED, by Frank Blighton, | The Famous Detective Story Out Today in 119 Ig DIRECT ACTION : By DR. HARRY ENTON HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. ) 166 West 23d Street, New York Oity “Moving Picture Storics” oss A Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Pinyers PRICE SEVEN CENTS PER COPY | Ss. Each number contains Three Stories of the Best Films -—- on the Sereen—Elegant Half-tone Scenes from the Plays —__ —Interesting Articles About Prominent People in the 7s Films--Doings of Actors and Actresses in the Studie and J.essons in Scenario Writing. 3 : HARRY E. WOLFF, Pubiisher, Inc, 166 West 23d Street i olew, York:
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(24 REFLEX TROUBLES Scores of radio enthusiasts have constructed reflex sets which have never worked properly, due entirely to the inexperience of their makers ,and their lack of knowledge concerning the trac- ‘ing down of troubles. William J. Schnell of the Electrical Research Laboratories has prepared a ‘series of hints which if followed should locate the | source of any annoying fault, “When satisfactory results are not obtained,” |says Mr. Schnell, “the difficulty arises ninety-nine ‘times out of a hundred from neglect to hook up “properly the apparatus or from loose and faulty ‘connections. Tubes, of course, are not all perfect and batteries sometimes fail to deliver their rated voltage. With continued service periodic replace- ‘ment of tubes as well as recharging or replace- ment of batteries becomes. necessary. F “In the event of trouble, therefore, first check all the wiring and connections and make sure that both tubes and batteries are in good condition. ‘As an aid to diagnosing trouble, enabling the ap- plication of prompt corrective measures at its source, the following suggestions have been pre- pared: : RADIO FREQUENCY CONDENSER DOES NOT TUNE “Either the connections to the condenser or radio frequency reflex transformer are imper- fect = the condenser itself is open or short cir- cuited, SECONDARY CONDENSER DOES TUNE “1, Rotor of the variocoupler is open. “2. An imperfect connection exists bétween 'the variocoupler and condenser or between the | grid and grin return filament leads. “3. The condenser is open or short circuited. CARRIER WAVE WHISTLE J “This results from oscillating tubes. If not _ @liminated by increasing the coupling, there is either an intercoupling between apparatus that can, be remedied by rearranging the various ,parts, or else the crystal ‘rectifier is riot func- tioning properly.” NOT TRANSFORMER DOES “REFLEX” PROPERLY “Disconnect the aerial and ground, and test by opening the circuit of the crystal rectifier, when (a how! should be heard in the phones, disappear- ‘ing when, the cireuit is again closed. If no howl lis heard, try recersing the connections of the ‘primary of the audio transformer connected with the rectifier. If this does not produce a howl, the transformer doe’ not “reflex” and should, be re- placed with one that does. CLICK IN PHONES WITH TUBES NOT BURNING — “With the tubes turned out no click should he heard when the phones are plugged in on any 5 \ z 1 t - AUDIO NOT Dee & fh FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY INTERESTING RADIO NEWS AND HINTS _ aT ra circuit. Should a click be audible upon plugging into the one or two tube receivers or the first jack of the three tube receiver, the B battery is short © circuited directly across the phones, as the re- sult either of a faulty .002 by-pass condenser or improper wiring. : “Tf a click is heard when plugging into the sec- — ond jack of the three tube receiver there is a mistake in wiring. / NOISES IN THE PHONES “Tf crackling sounds in the phones are affected _ by tuning, and disappear upon disconnecting the aerial and ground, they are caused by atmos- — pheric electrical disturbance. If they persist after disconnecting the aerial and ground, they are due to the following: (a) Leakage in apvaratus re- sulting from imperfect contacts or defective in- sulation, (b) Defective A or B batteries. - “With the tubes not burning, if a crackling sound is heard when the phones are plugged into any jack, the trouble is caused by a short cir- ; cuited or leaky .002 by-pass condenser. Remedy by replacing. er THIRD TUBE DOES NOT INCREASE | SIGNAL STRENGTH j fa “Test by plugging the phones into the first and second jacks alternately, with the tubes lit. Tf — a click is) heard in both instances the trouble is due to the following: (a) Contacts of first jack are defective. (b) Audio transformer is defec-— tive. (c) Grid contact on last tube socket is im- perfect. : If no click is heard: fective,’ 4 ¥ ANTENNA CIRCUIT DOES NOT TUNE, — “1, If turning the coarse tap switch of the variocoupler does not effect the tuning the tro ble is due to one of the following: (a) The p mary winding of the variocoupler is open. (b) The aerial or ground connections are not prop: erly made. (c) There is an open connection in the aerial 6r ground circuits. at 2. If reyolving the rotor of the variocoupler dées not affect the signal there is an open con- — nection in the primary circuit, either in the vario. coupler, the aerial or the ground. 3 = “3. If placing the finger or a short length wire on the binding posts of either the aerial or — the ground improves the signal strength there is an open connection either in the groun! or ae or else the antenna is not long enough. ~— a ads FAILURE OF TUBE TO LIGHT — “1, Tube is burned out. Test by connectin the two filament terminals of the tube oaket the terminals of the A battery by means of i
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ery aati tated wires, taking care that the bare ends of the wires themselves do not come together. “2. Tube is not making contact with socket springs. Bed up socket spring until firm, posi- tive conngction is made, : _ “3. Rheostat is defective. Test by connecting the rheostat terminals together with a short piece of wire. If this causes the tube to light, the -rheostat is defective and should be replaced. “4. A battery is not connected. Test by con- necting a voltmeter to the A binding posts of the apparatus. If the dial of the voltmeter fails to move look for a break in the connecting wires, for 28 sage connection or for a defect in the battery itself. . “5. Presence of an opening in the filament cir- cuit wiring. Check all wiring-for open or loose ~ connections, = : 3 il) i at) i WHY RADJO SIGNALS “FADE” For several years back the Bureau of Stand- “ards has been engaged in experiments aimed at ~~ ascertaining the cause of “fading” radio signals. + The Bureau conducted tests during 1920 and 1921, with the co-operation of the American Radio Re- — lay League. In these tests, states the Bureau of - Standards, from five to ten radio stations trans- - mitted signals in succession on certain nights, ac- cording to pre-arranged schedules. The signals were received simultaneously by about 100 receiv- ing stations whose operators were provided with forms for recording the vayiations in the inten- sity of the signals as received. The general re- sult of these tests substantiates the theory that the sources or causes of fading are intimately associated with the conditions at the heaviside surface, which is a conducting. surface some six- y miles above the earth. Day-time transmission argely carried on by means:of waves moving long the ground, while night transmission, es- ecially for great distances and short waves, is ‘means of waves transmitted along the heavi- ‘side surface. Waves at night are thus free from ‘the absorption encountered in the day time, but are subject to great variations caused by irreg- larities of the ionized air at or near the heavi- side surface. These variations probably account or fading. ~ ’ ¥ w A NEW SOUND AMPLIFIER ‘o amplify the sound of a voice so that many ‘sons may hear it throughout a large room, xious methods are possible, utilizing properties flames, compressed air, electrical currents, etc. Writing in a recent issue of Comptes Rendus, L. Graumont states that the sounds are, in general, Aistorted because of the mass of the vibrating parts which serve to reproduce and transmit the ound. M. Gueritot recently suggested a new electrical arrangement, which resolves all the problems of voice transmission. The vibratory - part is formed by a cone of fine silk, on which is ‘spirally. wound a very fine wire conductor, pre- f low density, e: g., ef aluminum. me is ulaced ketween the poles of an electro- et, the poles being shaped exactly to fit the : a circular collar fixes the base ¢f the me of ie ae _Telephonic cu FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 25. der the action of the magnetic field it is set into vibration, and, having practically no natural os- cillation, it has no difficulty in reproducing the sounds which have caused the electrical currents. To allow the transmission of the sounds so pro- duced a number of orifices are present in one of the pole pieces, and these orifices are at the apex of the horn. It is stated that with such an ar- rangement the voice may be heard in a large room, and with the aid of the vacuum tube am- plifier orders can be given verbally above the noise of a machine shop. For outdoor use it can be employed from ship to ship or ship to shove, and in railway yards. A NOISE-PROOF MOUNTING With the introduction of the dry cell tube into the radio receiving world; many fans have been confronted: with the problem of keeping the tube from “ringing” when adjustments are to be made to the set. This peculiarity of the tube, due to its super-sensitivity and mechanical construction, is often used to advantage in determining its ac- tivity as a detector or an amplifier, but most gen- erally proves to be a source of annoyance. The ringing sound referred to is the result of Setting the grid, plate, and filament elements. of ‘the tube into vibration and may be produced to an extraordinary degree by tapping the glass | bulb with the finger. When the tube elements | are caused to vibrate, their relative separations vary slightly, thereby disturbing the flow of current between them. This phenomenon occurs only when the tube is perfect and is operated ac- cording to the prescribed requirements. : A convenient method for overcoming this an- noying effect is a detector, or more particularly, in an amplifier tube, is a method used by the French army in the construction of their multi- stage amplifiers during the world war. It proved very effective in insulating tubes against the mechanical shocks of gunfire and the wear and — incidental |to transportation over rough roads. The tubes to be operated, a detector and an ‘amplifier, are mounted to a base of bakelite or some other suitable material, by means of their sockets. Two soft rubber strips of quarter-inch square cross sectién are then secured with small | clamps to opposite sides of the base, allowing each strip to protrude|two or three inches beyond the end of the base. Brass angle pieces are then fastened to the rear of the panel, and to the horizontal portions of the ends of the/strips are made fast with machine screws. Nuts may be used for holding the screws, if desired, or the angie pieces may be drilled and tapped to receive- em. ; The effectiveness of the above method for pro- tecting vacuum tubes against ringing is attribut- able to the fact that soft. rubber is a poor con- ductor of mechanical shocks. Obviously, if stiff wire is used to wire the tubes of a set provided with this novel arrangement, its value will be lost, since the wires leading to the tubes will conduct shocks to them. For this reason, only flexible wire’ should be employed between the tube — mounting and the remainder of the receiver. The rubber tubing requiréd for | be purchased at any leading _chemical supyly. house. | : atin As kes” ae ee this improvement may ~_ \ i
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26 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1, TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS 1924 ingle Copies................. Postage Free 8 Cents One Copy Three Months...... ity or $1.00 One Copy Six Months........ sgt f 2.00 One Copy One Year........... % 2» 4,00 Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. 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 Postage Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your name and address plainly. Address letters to HARRY E. WOLFF, Harry E. Wolff, Pres. Publisher, Inc., Charles E, Nylander, See. 166 W. 23d St., N. Y.J &. F. Wilzin, Treas. ITEMS OF INTEREST BABY HAS SOME ANCESTORS Mr. and Mrs. Arlington Ramaly, of Fireline Pa., are the proud parents of an eight-poun baby boy which has six grandfathers, four great- grandfathers, three grandmothers and one great- grandmother. BORN WITHOUT EARS A rabbit without ears has been born in the an- imal house of the State Department of Health Jaboratories at the University of Pennsylvania. ‘The new arrival seems normal in every other respect. John Whaley, keeper of the house, has tested him and found that he can hear. Both the -rabbit’s parents have excellent pairs of ears and veterinarians who have examined the youngster are unable ‘to. explain the freak. The head of the baby resembles a potato, On ‘the left side of its forehead there is a tiny bud- like bit of gesh, which it is believed may develop eventually into an ear, There is no indication - of an ear on the other side. APES, is La: BROKER TRIES TO SELL STOCK IN 3 SING SING Sing Sing attaches received a letter from a New York broker urging that the funds that the pris- on’s “idle rich” had banked during the holiday season’ be invested in stocks at 6 per cent. The letter referred to recent newspaper accounts about the money deposited to the credit of prisoners averaging $800 a day. The letter was turned over to Edward Hickey, chief clerk, who banks the money for the inmates, “We have brokers enough of our own,” re- marked one official, “to take care of any invest- ments our guests care to make, but most of them _ prefer to spend their hard-earned money on some- - thing besides stock.” : ADRIFT FOUR MONTHS which time four of their companions died of ber- iberi, Frank Correia and John Lazaro arrived at FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY After being adrift four months at sea, during. their homes, Providence, R. I., from Ciarra, Bra- zil, where the three-masted schooner William H. Draper, which sailed from there Dec. 13, 1922, for the Cape de Verde Islands, lies a wreck. re There were nine passengers and nine sailors aboard the schooner when it left in command of Captain Miguel Monteiro. A few days after leav- — ing port the vessel ran into a succession of gales, — which blew its sails and rigging away and ae oe f it far outside the lanes of marine commerce and south of the Equator. Owing to the heat the — boat’s water supply went bad, and it was then — beriberi made its appearance, and four members — of the crew died. The vessel finally drifted off the Brazilian coast and was towed into Ciarra, ~ leaking badly. Ke 23: Correira and Lazaro waited several months before the American Consul could arrange their passage home. ; x i eR EI “Do you know the height of foolishness?” “No; what is it?” “Going into a stationery store to see moving pictures.” - a Ex-Hero—Ah, my boy, when I played “Ham. let” the audience took fifteen minutes to leave the Dons Vicious Ex-Comedian ‘(coldly}—Was e lame? . ie so “I told your father I could not live’ with you,” he exclaimed,‘sadly. “And what d: say?” replied the dear girl. “Oh, he offere pay my funeral expenses.” EE Se ; Willie was doing penance in the corner. Pre ently he thought aloud pensively: “TI can’t help it if I am not perfect,” he sighed, “I~ a heard. of but one perfect boy, anyway!” — was that?” asked his mother, thinking: to. out a moral. “Papa,” came the reply, “wh was little.” ; “Would you mind telling me,” asked the vis ing Englishman, “why it is that you call America the land of the free?” “I can’t say for sure,” re- plied the American, “but I think it is because have such clever criminal lawyers that it is most impossible to send anybody to jail.” “Yes, but this is my stepmother, and s gives me anything.” #2 A school teacher who was giving a les “food” was interrupted by one of his_ “Please, sir,”-he said, “Jimmy says he | y baby that was brought up on elephant’s m it gained ten pounds in weight eve “James ought not to tell yous rubbish ahs ‘the teacher. “Whose. baby brought | up. on elephant’s m answered Jimmy, “it was
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Me EL Uy) eter Se" Bas NEW SIBERIAN GOLD BELT _ The so-called Stanovoi gold belt of Siberia is a potential discovery of far greater importance than any of the isolated Alaska or Klondlke dis- _ coveries of the last century, says Chester Wells Purington, mining engineer and geologist of Yo- kohama, in a report to the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, made just before he was lost in the Tokio disaster. He was a native of Boston and a graduate of Harv- ard, class of 1893. ; After referring to the existence of untouched stores of gold, the report says: “Considering the _ surface extent already apparent, of more than 4,000 square miles, within fifty miles of the sea - eoast, over every part of which, so far as ex- _ plored, gold is found, it is a potential discovery eee) Mae ee ett. oe eetr Mise sty Vt ee) we _ Alaska or Klondike discoveries of the last cen- tury. The well-defined limits of the richer part of the Okhotsk-Ulya region gold fields made it - eomparatively easy to conduct further explora- _ tion. Horse Bay is a definite limit of the field on the east and the mouth of Ulya on the south. - “The incalculable amount of gravel burdening the wide valleys of the rivers concerned, taken in connection with the unusual amount of al- luvial gold contained in such parts of this great mass as are visible or approachable, gives the - writer the distinct impression that here, between the 58th and 60th parallels of’ north latitute and within sight of a great arm of the Pacifie Ocean on the coast of Asia, there exists an untouched store of gold, which will be found extractable by accepted methods, deserving of serious considera- - tion by economists who advocate increased gold _ production.” we TALKING PICTURES PERFECTED - The Phonofilm, a combination of radio and mo- tion pictures, the invention of Lee DeForest, has been demonstrated successfully, according to those who have heard and seen the talking pictures. It is his object to produce motion pictures in which the characters speak. Dr. DeForest give this explanation of the YOCESS + 2 é epoaies : “Jn the studio a motion picture is taken in the usual manner, but, in accordance with the cam- era lens, which registers action, a microphone egisters every sound made by the actor. A wire m the microphone passes through an audion plifier to a gas-filled tube called the photiom, cated in the camera. The light from this tube ed telephonic currents which originated from he actor’s lips. A very fine slit is located near the negative through which these fluctuating light rays registered on the sensitive emulsion of the negative as fine lines which are act&al photo- graphic sound waves and, being on the same film picture, insure perfect. synchronism at all print is then ae FAME AND’ FORTUNE WEEKLY INTERESTING ARTICLES of far greater importance than any of the isolated. unctuates in exact accordance with the empli- -near the nest, and all must’ suffer. made in the usual 27 manner. In reproducing, a small. attachment is placed on the standard motion picture machine. This attachment contains a small incandescent lamp which is placed in front of the photographed sound waves on the films, This light passing through the sound record, falls upon a photo- electric cell, its brilliancy being governed by the density of the protographed sound waves. The photoelectric cell’s electrical resistance at any in- stance is determined by the amount of light fall- ing upon it. “The telephonic current from the cell is then passed tae the audion amplifier, where it is built up hundreds of thousands of times. Thus, the actor’s words are converted into telephonic currents, amplified, photographically registered on the film and eventually transformed back again into telephonic currents which are made audible by the loud speaker. “As the motion picture must be projected upon a screen to be viewed, it is likewise necessary to project the sound in order that it may appear to came from the actor’s lips. This is done simply by running a lamp cord from the machine to the screen where a loud speaker is attached.” A FISH THAT SPINS ITS NEST There is nothing strange or unusual about the fact that a spider or a worm is able to spin a web or a cocoon of silky fibre—but that a fish - is able to do that some thing is not well known. , Such is the fact, however, and the fish that ac- complishes this is the deep sea, fifteen-spine’ stick- elback, one of quite a family of stickelbacks, both fresh and salt water inhabitants, whose spines vary in number from three to fifteen. Just how he manages to do the spinning is not fully known; but there is no question about his really doing it. The nest, made by the male, is shaped like a muff with an opening at either end, of various kinds of material tightly bound to- gether with the silky thread of the male’s own spinning. ; ’ When the nest is finished, he induces the female to enter and deposit her eggs, which are compara- tively large and number anywhere from fifty to one hundred. These the male fertilizes. Other females enter, depositing layers of eggs, until the nest is quite filled. As soon as the eggs are laid the female departs, with no further con-- cern for their fate. It is for the male to stand guard over them and to give a good account of himself to any intruder. Some make their nests in little hollows in the sand at the bottom of the stream or salt water, and gather pieces of sea weed or grass to fill the’ hollow, on which foundation ‘the eggs are laid. Others have for different means of carrying out» ‘their home ideas. The fighting qualities are so. pronounced that, the males hesitates at no enemy, no matter how large—all are enemies that come’ . But after the three or four weeks that it takes the eggs to hatch, the young fishes are left to their own de- vices and must fight for themselves. e :
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~ ABOUT JESSE POMEROY “ Jesse Pomeroy has served nearly 50 years in prison for torturing children to death. He was sentenced to solitary confinement. So brutal were his crimes and so phenomenal his make-up that his deeds are well’ remembered by old people. It was on April 23, 1874, that the-body of a little boy was found in a marsh at Dorchester, Mass. The body was discovered by a policeman, and was that of a boy about four and one-half years. There was evidence that the little fellow had been put to death by a slow process. The body was horribly mutilated. The child was evidently of poor parents and was afterward identified as Hor- ace Mellen. The circumstances surrounding the crime aroused great interest throughout the country. Full reports of the search for the mur- . derer filled the daily papers in all the large cities. Ultimately Pomeroy, a boy of 14 years, was con- victed of the crime. Three other children were murdered in the same neighborhood where the Mellen crime was committed and Pomeray was be- lieved to have killed them, but he was tried and convicted for the murder of the Mellen child. The prisoner did not seem at all affected by his conviction, He seemed more like a hardened criminal than a youth of 14. Pomeroy attempted to escape at least twice, the last time only a few years ago. It is said that he has read widely while in prison and that he has become some- what of a linguist. f : ~ “PAINTS” WITH WOOD, USING 10,000 BITS Two inlaid panels of wood portraying scenes in old Nuremburg executed by Gustav Adelhart of that city are among recent art accessions brought to this country. They are the property of Leon- ard John Doering of 458 Third avenue New York City, who obtained them. from the artist in the city they portray. Some idéa of the minuteness of the task of inlaying may be had when it is revealed that the larger of the panels, measuring 15x11 inches, contains over 10,000 pieces of wood and 500 separate varieties. at The artist, &-descendant of Albrecht Durer, _spends nearly three months in making a -panel of this sort and aims at all times to produce a tho- roughly artistic work rather than a freak show- ing a great amount of aimless labor. He has made an exhaustive study of many European woods and knows the art of cutting the grain in ' different ways so as to obtain various shades and textures from one kind, Some of the old stone walls of Nuremburg he has. portrayed in brown- sh bits of wood resembling black walnut, a bit of reflection under the “Hangman’s Bridge” he has made most realistic with clever insertions of a-eurly grained wood. 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