Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 962) (1924 03 07)
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BOYS, READ THE RADIO ARTICLES IN THIS NUMBER No. 962 ao y MARCH 7, 1924 Price 8 Cents AME: FORTONEWEEXLY. sTORIES OF BOYS THAT MAKE MONEY. BEATINGTHE BROKERS; QL-COULONT Be DONE:2 72a SS At last, after leading his pursuers lively chase, he suddenly turned and darted for the the Stock Exchange. “Stop him! Stop that boy!” roared the two brokers as Jack crossed the sidewalk, dodgiug a score of pedestrians.
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Are You A Radio Fan? Read Pages,24 and 25 FAME AND FORTUNE* WEE! NEW YORK, MARCH 7, 1924 C { BEATING THE BROK OR, THE BOY WHO COULDN’T BE DONE Pie By Cey Bs. ’ 7 , S, 5 1%, ey ERS’; p- We : ? Cy Bs By A SELF-MADE MAN CHAPTER I.—The ee of a Boy Jack Warner as. “Can’t- you see. where you’re running, boy? What do you mean by butting into me like a young cyclone?” E Broker Nelson Bunner was just in the act of leaving the Manhattan National Bank when he came into collision with a bright and particularly. active messenger boy of sixteen, named Jack Warner, who at that moment darted in through - the half-closed door, for the clock was on the ‘| stroke of three, and the porter, who was always - yery prompt, was closing the outer portal. “T beg your pardon, sir,” exclaimed Jack, chas- ‘ing and recovering the broker’s silk hat, which had. gone skating over toward the paying teller’s ee ow. “Here you are, sir. It isn’t hurt a it.” He politely handed Mr. Bunner his hat. | “T am very sorry that I ran into you, sir; but _ J didn’t see you in time to avoid hitting you,” _ replied Jack, apologetically. “Tf this thing happens again, I’ll sue your em- _ ployer for damages,” grunted Mr. Bunner, turn- : hig away and letting himself out of the building. Jack grinned,’ and walked over to take his place jn the line that led up to the window of the _ receiving teller. There was a big youth ahead of him of about his own age. He had seen the in- eident just recorded, and was snickering over it. “What are you laughing at, Sam Holland?” asked Jack, recognizing him. _ “I was_laughing at the way you bumped into Broker Bunner just now. You came through jike an animated cannon ball. What were you trying to do, anyway?” - “Trying to get in.” - Well, you got in all right, Pll swear to that.” ~ “Bet your life I got in,” replied Jack, with a gatisfied grin. “Mr. Newell bet me half a dollar I couldn’t make the bank. I took him up, and here I am.” : - “When. did you leave your office?” - “Two minutes of three by Mr. Newell’s watch.” “You nearly broke Bunner’s leg. If you’d hurt him there would have been something doing all wight. I wouldn’t have taken the chances you did or a whole dollar.” Prices ed streets of old Greenwich Village, in the heart — 2 “If you don’t take some chances in this world you'll never get ahead.” “That’s right, too,” admitted Sam. “But luck often goes the other way. I took chances the other day on five shares of P. & M. preferred.” “Well,” asked Jack, with a look of interest, “didn’t it turn out right?” “No, it didn’t. I’m out and injured $8.” “Ym afraid you’re too reckless with your in- vestments. Why don’t you do as I do? Study the market carefully right along, and then when. you think you see your chance, go in and win.” “Why, do you win all the time?” “No. I wish I did. But I’m several hundred dollars ahead of the game just the same.” “It isn’t so many moons ago that you were. telling me that you hadn’t saved up $25 yet.” “That was six months ago, if anybody should ask you.” : “And you’ve made several hundred dollars since then?” “T have.” \. : “How did you ever do it?” asked Sam, in as- tonishment. “By using my head.” ; i ene to be a broker some day?” grinned Hol- and. “Perhaps.” “T’d like to be your. partner.” “You'll need money if you’re going in «with — me. : “How much?” snickered Sam. “Fifty to one hundred thousand,” replied Jack, coolly. : “Suffering snakes! worth $100,000?” ; “Why not?” “That’s a fierce lot of money.” sem “Not these days. Look at Mr. Rockefeller. They say his annual income is over $40,000,000, and he isn’t working very hard these days.” “Oh, he’s an exception.” hex ss Jack now handed in his book and Sam waited for him. In a minute or two the entry was made, and the book back again in his possession. Then the two boys left the bank together. They work- ed in brokers’ offices within a few doors of each other, lived in the same block in one of the crook- Do you ever expect to be j
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ee BEATING THE BROKERS of the lower west side of the big city of New York, and were stanch friends. Jack had a sister, Jennie, who was employed as stenographer in an office on Greenwich street, and Sam was one of her most devoted admirers. Jack’s mother was.a widow, in very moderate circumstances, and she rented one of her rooms to a lodger to help pay the rent, which is always ‘high in New York. Sam was blessed with both a father and mother, but his father had only a small salary as bookkeeper for a wholesale butch- er establishment uptown; therefore, Sam’s wages were gratefully appreciated in the small house- hold, just as Jack’s were in his home. CHAPTER IIl.—Jack Gets a Tip, and What He Does “With It. j “T’ll trouble you for that fifty cents, Mr. : Newell,” said Jack, walking into his boss’ private -- office and laying the bank book on his desk. a “Then you made the bank, after all,.did you?” laughed Mr. Newell, putting his hand in his pocket and drawing out a bright new half dollar, which: he tendered to the boy. “Thank you, sir,” said Jack, respectfully, as he took the money. “Yes, I reached the bank: just as the porter was shutting the outside door. He is too prompt for anything, Mike is. If there hadn’t been space enough for me to have slipped through he wouldn’t have opened it another inch if-I’d gone down on my knees to him.” Then Jack told Mr. Newell how he had run into Broker Bunner. The broker laughed heartily at the incident. “Upon my word, Jack, Bunner won’t forget eat bump. Some ‘day he'll get back at you: for it.” - hi “How will he?” a “He'll play some joke on you, and make you ' a laughing-stock for his friends. Bunner is famous for that kind of thing. He has a great fashion of coming up behind me on the floor of the Exchange and tipping my hat over my eyes; and sometimes he will vary the performance by -. a slap on my shoulders that almost takes the ~ + wind out of me.” f ; ; é = shouldn’t think you’d like that kind of fun, ‘sir. “I don’t. But what can you do? That's Bun- ot ner’s way. He’s full of animal spirits, that is, when he’s on the right side of the market.” “And when he’s on the wrong side, how does cog he act?” - *Ffe’s more subdued.” “Then I guess I only balanced your account, gir, when I nearly upset him this afternoon.” ~The broker grinned broadly, and then asked Jack to help him on with his coat, as it was time for him to go home. Next morning, when Nelson _ Bunner saw Mr. Newell at the Exchange, he x went up to him and said: “Look here, Newell, you want to curb that uncommonly active messenger of yours. He came near knocking me into the middle of next week, __-yesterdav afternoon at the bank. He’s the wild- est cub in the Street.” “He told me’all about it, and I advised him,to Do 5 Ts ote little more seangiat in the future... ‘closed at 24 5-8 on Saturday. - During the ~ week. the syndicate having got all they w ; or oats are ats the Fei ‘price the want tc buy any Lake Shore preferred this morn- : ing? Nelson Bunner didn’t want any, and. the ‘two. brokers separated. Mr. Newell returned- to his office about half-past eleven, and the first thing he did was to send Jack down to a certain broker — on Broadway with a note. When Jack entered the broker’s office he found that he was engag with a customer, so he had to wait till his tur came. He took up a morning paper, and sittin down in the corner, began to read the news. © While he was thus engaged a couple of bi brokers came in, and taking their’ stand at themes window near Jack, began to converse in a low tone about a stock that was forming a syndicate to boom. Jack heard one of the brokers say that — there was a mint of money in the deal, as the shares could be bought at a very low figure. The boy made a mental note of the name of the stock,” which was P. & D., and soon afterward the gentleman who had been in the private office — ‘a came out and Jack rushed in to deliver his note, — The broker read it, scribbled an answer on a ‘J pad, tore the slip off, sealed it in an envelope, — and after addressing it to Mr. Newell, handed it to Jack. The boy hastened back to the office _ at his usual rapid rate, but every foot of the ae way he was thinking about the tip—the first he had ever picked up—on P. & D. “Seems to me this is a chance I oughtn’t to miss. Such pointers are not flying around loose | in Wall Street. I must see what that stock is going at.” ‘i After delivering the envelope to Mr. Newell tape at intervals that afternoon, but no sales of the stock were recorded. Next morning he had not quite made up his mind whether he wou buy _50 shares on the usual margin, or risk his whole capital by plunging on 200 shares. he returned from an errand at eleven o’clock he noticed that the ticker showed a sale of 2,000 shares of P. & D. at 20. pee “T guess I’ll go the whole hog on this~- thing Y and see how I come out.” When he went to lunch he drew $400 from his” s bank, which left only $5 to his credit, or jus enough to hold his book. He took the money to. i Presectt & Co., a banking and brokerage DORA, on Nassau street, which handled his other deals and left an order for 200 shares of P. & D. at. 20. The firm ’phoned. the order to their repre- sentative at the Exchange, and in ten minutes the 200 shares were bought and held by the bank tne subject to Jack Warner’s order. Next day Pee a & D went up half a point. By the end of the ~ week the boy noticed that a good bit of the stoc had changed hands, and that it. was steady at 22. On Monday the stock began to attract consider- ~~ able attention on account of the efforts of ¢ tain brokers to buy in all that was offered. Te consequence, a number of brokers not in the ring cae to bid for it, and that sent the shares up to is The stock went up and down, shuttlecor ce fashion, for the rest of the week, but fina’ y a es tw
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ing to pay, now set rumors afloat which caus- -P. & D. to get an upward spurt on, and two reeks from the day Jack bought his 200 shares +.20 it was selling at 30 1-4. Finally, when it _ reached 35, he concluded he would cash in, and not run the risk of seeing his profits melt away if the stock should happen to go to pieces, as it S liable to do at any moment. So at noon he oe 85 1-4 sold, making a profit of AAPTER III. —Jack Surprises His Mother and : Sister. With $3,000 in bank to his credit, and $400 in his pocket, which he intended to take home to his mother that afternoon, Jack Warner felt as - independent as the richest man in the financial district. Bessie Dean, the office stenographer, ~ noticed that he held his head higher than usual han day, and wondered what had come over the un-leving boy. _ “Say, Jack,” she remarked, when he brought her ra document to copy on her typewriter, “are going to be promoted?” ‘T haven’t heard anything about it,” “Why 5 46 “You seem is have grown very important-look- an. all of a sudden,” she said, with a mischievous he an- Jack grinned, and then he said, abruptly: “Can you keep a secret, Bessie?” “The idea! Why, of course I can. Have you ot one to tell me?” with dancing eyes: “Then listen! To-morrow is the 30th of May. wi ork. ” Von good-for-nothing boy!” ea the girl, in lisapopinted tone. “Is that.all you had to tell ne? ~Aren’t you too provoking for anything?” She made a slap at Jack with her ruler, but was out of reach and making for the recep- m-room, with a broad grin on his face. able, “I’ve gota present for you.” lave you? It’s nice to be remembered once while,” replied the pleasant-faced little woman, regarding her first-born with a mother’s idness. “Haven't you got something for me, too, Jack?” asked his sister, laughingly. =f hy, what do you want, Jennie?” z wouldn’t refuse a hundred dollars if it came way,” she said, roguishly. ' ‘Wouldn’t you take anything less?” he eeioned: “Not a cent less,” she replied, with a solemn ike of her pretty head. “Then L suppose I'll have to give it to you,” ; said her brother, putting his hand in his pocket, ; ar ls his wad, an peeling off five twenty- ills it for Mr. Newell?” oe ck shook his head. y money is all mine,” he said. he sjaeuinted,. with wonder in t around and ordered the stock, which had - “Mother,” he said that night at the supper- ket ieee was: $250, thus eres ae pF 9225: BEATING THE BROKERS irae Ss “Sure. You didn’t know I was a small-capi- talist, did you?” “Jack, will you be serious? is it?” she demanded. “It’s mine, until you get your fingers on it, and then, it’s yours. s “Mother, isn’t Jack just too provoking for any- thing? He says that roll of bills is his money. You ought to be ashamed of yourself to tal such a fib,” turning to him again. “Then you don’t* believe me, sis?” “Certainly not. Where would you get all that money?” “Where would I get it? In Wall Street, of course.” “You may have got it in Wall Street, but it doesn’t belong to you.” ““Then you really believe that I am telling you a lie when I say it’s all mine?” “Whose money “J think you are trying to tease me; that’s what I think.” ; “IT am offering you one hundred dollars. -Don’t you know that it isn’t lucky to refuse money — when it’s offered to you?” “Mether, won’t you make Jack stop his fool- ing?” exclaimed Jennie. “Jack, dear, don’t tease your sister,” said Mrs. Warner, with a smile. “Why, mother, when I said I had a’ present for you, didn’t she ask me-if I hadn’t something for her, too? I asked her what she wanted, and she said she wouldn’t accept anything less than one hundred dollars. Now, when I offer her that sum she refuses to take it. I think girls: are funny creatures.” “If that was your mnoey, dear, and your sister thought you could afford to let her have ‘ityshe Yi bie accept it gladly,” said his mother. “But—— “Then you don’t think it’s mine, either?” said Jack, assuming an injured expression. “Well, Jack, I don’t see how you could make so much money alk at once.” ‘a “Why, there’s only $400 in this wad.” “Will you listen to that, mother?” cried Jennie. — “Only $400! He talks as if he had a big bank ~ account.” “Perhaps I have. “Don’t talk ridiculous! You néver told us before that you had money in a saving’s bank. Where would you get it? You give mother every cent of your wages.” “l’ve got an account all right,” said Jack, wag- ging his head and grinning. “A fellow can pick up a little coin on the outside once in’a while. I held on to my funds till I got five dollars, and then I opened a bank account.” That is, big for a boy of my _ an you really?” cried his sister, in some sur- pri : ‘ “T. ‘did really,” mimicked Jack. “And when I got $25——” “Why, have you saved as much as $25?” she é asked, incredulously. “Don't interrupt me, We ah together I went long on five shares of O. 0 on a borrowed margin of ten per cent.” When I got $25 - “You did what?” asked Jennie, » opening her eyes in astonishment. “I purchased five shares of O. & B. railroad stotk, whose par value was $500, and whose mar-) B. at 2.
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"than $80 in the bank?” A Tf the stock went up. five points I stood to make $25 profit; if it went five points the other way T was sure to lose my $25.” : “Well,” cried Jennie, breathlessly, “which way did it go?” “Tt went up.” : : : “And you made $25?” she exclaimed, with shin- ing eyes. “T’made more than that.” as “Why, I thought you said that if it went up five points By : ea “T did. But in this case I held on till it went “ap twelve points; consequently T cleared a profit of $60, less $1.25 commission. “My, how lucky you were! So you have more “Hold on, sis}! Are you telling this story, or am I?” “Why, you are, of course.” : “Then don’t be in such a hurry to jump at conclusions. I did have more than $80 in bank for a while, then I took another flyer at the markei—five shares of Michigan Central—and cleared $6 a share. -That raised my capital to over $100.” ; ; a “And you never told us a thing about it! cried his sister, shaking her finger at him. “What a close boy you are!” “All that happened nearly a year ago,” went on Jack, with a gvin. “Since then I’ve been speculating, off and on, sometimes losing, but oftener winning, until about a month ago my bank’ account had reached $400.” “Then that money in your hand is really yours, after all?” said Jennie, with a little cry of de- light. : ae! ~“Tyide’t I tell you that it was mine? “Yes; but it seemed so improbable then that—” “You didn’t believe me. Well, I’ll excuse you, sis. About three weeks ago I got hold of a pointer. I heard a couple of brokers talking about a pool that was being formed to boom P. & D. I concluded to risk my $400 on the strength of it, and I did.” “Your whole $400? Why, Jack!” _ “f pought 200 shares at 20, held on to them till yesterday, and then sold them at 35 1-4, clear- ing $3,000. How does that strike you?” Mother and daughter looked at the young man of the house with great astonishment. “Tf. you imagine this is a pipe dream, why, there’s my bank book to prove it.” : He produced the book, opened it, and held it up so that both of them could readily see his name and the entry of $3,000. ; “T hope you’re.satisfied, sis. I’ve brought $400 home to divide\.between you—$100 for you, Jennie, and $300 for mother. Accept the cash with my loving regards. One of these days Pl do better by you.” ; Perhaps that wasn’t one of the happiest even- ‘ings the Warner family had spent since the hus- band and father was taken from them four years pefore. ™~ : CHAPTER IV.—Nelson Bunner Plays a Joke casa eee on Jack Warner. t - Mr. Dwight Newell, Jack’s employer, was a wealthy and successful trader on the New York Stock Exchange. He had a large number of t RAIS HS eee SE se Be Siaaar Seb awe ee BEATING THE BROKERS e _ popped into his head that this would be a goo customers for whom he did business, and hi reputation as a square man was unquestioned. — One day soon after Jack had scooped in his . $8,000 three gentlemen called on Mr. Newell. was Nelson Bunner, who looked mighty hard at the boy; the second was an operator name 3 Lucius Treadwell, one of the slickest traders the Street, and the third was William’ Fletc of New street. ; “Glad to see you, gentlemen,” said Mr. “what can I do for you?” : “We called upon you, Mr. Newell, to see i you wouldn’t go into a syndicate, we are form ing to boom a certain stock,” said Mr. Tread. well, coming directly to the point. “There ar six of us pledged to advance $100,000 each. Wi are looking for four more to make it $1,000,000. Are you with us? We shall easily clear up a millien, and you might as well have some of the pickings as any one else.” ms “What is the name of the stock you are going to boom?” asked Mr. Newell. ibs “That is a secret you could hardly expect m to disclose until after we had your assurance that you will be one of us.” s “Ym obliged to you for the invitation, Mr. Treadwell, but as this seems to be a kind o: blind pool, I will have to ask you to excuse me going into it. When I speculate in the market myself I want to control my own money, which I could not do in this case.” The three brokers were disappointed. They had calculated on talking Mr. Newell into th project, but he vetoed the matter so decidedl at the ouset that they were obliged to take their departure without having accomplished their ob ject.. The broker, as soon as he was alone, began to wonder what stock these people were going to ccrner. Newe: building on the same floor as Gestler’s, and he came out into the corridor just as Jack spra out of the elevator and dashed for the other end of the passage. The broker saw the b approaching at a rapid pace, and the ide: chance to get square with Jack Warner for run- ning into_him at the bank that day. He pretende not to see Jack, but just as the boy passed clos to him he suddenly put out his foot and tripp the lad-up. He really had no intention of hu ing Jack much—in fact,-he was of the opinion that boys, like cats, invariably landed on their feet under all circumstances; but he overdid t thing on this occasion. At anv rate, Jack took a header, came : with a whack against the wall of the corridor, and rolled over unconscious. Nelson Bunner was startled by the outcome of his practiacl joke. He raised the boy up and carried him into hi office, where he laid him on the lounge under th window in his private room, and dashing wa’ into his face, tried to bring him to, but withow success. While he was thus engaged, Bro Treadwell and Fletcher came in, and when 1 saw the young messenger stretch
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OS ete “lounge they wanted to know what was the matter with him. “He caught a nasty fall on the marble floor ust outside my office, and I brought him in here : revive him. I guess I'll have to send for a _ doetor.” ~~ “Oh, send to the nearest drug store for some alvolatile. A whiff or two of that ought to bring to,” said Treadwell, after a glance at the _ poy: | So Mr. Brunner sent out one of his clerks for -Yhe stuff. While he was gone the three brokers got talking together. The subject was the one which most interested them at that time—the _ pool they were forming to boom a particular _ stock which they, themselves, had selected. ‘ They forgot all about jack for the time being, and were gathered about Nelson Bunner’s desk with their backs to him. In the course.of five - minutes the boy began to recover his senses. His first sensation was that of bewilderment at find- ing himself in an office that was strange to him. While he was wondering how he got there, and _ what had happened to him, he heard voices close at hand. He turned his head and looked in that direction. The first face his eyes rested on was Nelson Bunner’s, and like a flash the cause of his mishap came to him. ; - Then he recognized the others as Mr. Tread- ~ well and Mr. Fletcher, who had that morning called on his employer. He also heard the name of the stock that had been picked out to boom, and all the reason why this particular stock of- fered advantages for their purpose that none other had. _ ; - “This is a bang-up tip, if there ever was one,” he breathed. “I ought to be able to make a dandy aul on it. And just to think Bunner put me in the way of it himself by playing one of his nasty practical jokes on me.” It almost make him laugh to think of it. “Why, he’d kick himself from here to Harlem ff he knew I was overhearing all his plans. His joke has reacted like a boomerang.” lack chuckled softly.to himself, and at the Same time didn’t miss a word that was spoken within a yard of him. Presently there was a knock at the door. Nelson Bunner went to the door and received a small bottle of spirits of ammonia. ‘ “Wait a moment, gentlemen, Jack heard him say, “till I try the effects of this bottle on this - unconscious messenger. If it doesn’t fetch him _ to, I'll have ‘to send for a doctor.” - ~ “Jack wondered what kind of preparation the - broker was going to try on him, and was more than half inclined to jump up right away and declare he was all right. He was rather afraid to be too hasty about recovering his senses after what he had overheard, so he allowed Bunner to uncork the powerful essence under his nose.’ He recognized what it was at once, but got such a strong whiff of the stuff that it partially ngled him and brove>t cn a fit of coughing, midst of which ij sat bolt upright with ing eyes. — u're all right, yo ved ton You had a nasty slip eae ang man,” said Bun- BEATING THE BROKERS . ae for you I came along, picked you up and brought you in here.” : Jack concluded to let him think that he wasn’t aware that he owned his mishap to him, and therefcre pretended to accept the smart broker’s version of the occurrence as the correct one. In a few minutes he declared that he felt as good as ever, and after Bunner had personally given “his clothes a brushing, he thanked the broker, with seeming gratefulness, and took his leave. Then he went on to Broker Gestler’s office and deliver- ed Mr. Newell’s letter. He had to wait a few minutes for an answer, after which he returned to his own office, where he found his employer — impatiently awaiting his return. CHAPTER V.—Jack Plunges on St. L. & S. S. “Wasn’t Mr. Gestler in when office?” asked Mr. Newell. “Yes, sir.” “I may be mistaken, but I fancied you took rather a long time to carry that message for me , and bring back the answer.. I believe I told ~ you to hurry, as the matter was important.” ~ “I did hurry, sir, and it turned out to be a case of the more hurry the less speed.” _ ; “I don’t quite understand you, Jack,” said the - broker, regarding him intently through his _ glasses. ye “T hurried so fast that I caught a tumble up on the sixth floor of the Vanderpool Building, in front of Mr. Bunner’s office, the gentleman I ran into at the bank a few weeks ago, if you remember.” “Did you hurt yourself?” NM “Well, I was unconscious. a while, I can’t say for how long. Bunner carried me into his office to revive me, but I came to myself without any assistance from him.” i hase Jack then told his story from first to last. Mr. Newell was indignant when he learned that the — smart broker had actually tripped his messen- ~— ger up when the lad was bound on an important __ errand. But his indignation soon gave way toa different feeling—a feeling of exultation when ~ a disclosed to him the inner secrets of the — pool, 5 rie | “You say they’re going to operate with St. L. z & S. F.2” cried Mr. Newell, with eager excite- ‘ment. ; Ceres "Ves sire sa - = “Look here, Jack, those men were in here this er ig trying to induce me to go into that ool. Se you reached his x y me for it, ; delight. hee .
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; “met. at the corner of Broad and Wall streets. © ‘ \ thing, and that? s the least I feel that I ought to offer you. You got a nasty fall in connection with it, and the money will act as a pleasant _ kind of salve.” “T am very much obliged to you, sir.’ “You are welcome, Jack,” said his ee as he wrote out his check for the sum men- tiened. “You can draw the money, if you wish, when you take our deposit to the bank, which you ought to do right away, as it is getting on toward three. But remember, Jack,” as he hand- ed him the check, “you_must forget all about what you overheard in Bunner’s private office.” “All right, sir. Ill be as mum as an oyster.” In a few minutes Mr. Newell had another “message ready for him to take to another brok- er’s, and he was directed to go to the bank at the same time. He got the bank book with its contents, for deposit from the cashier, and start- out out on his double errand. He met Sam Hol- land hurrying along in the same direction, and found that he was only going to the bank. After the boys had finished at the bank they parted at the door, Jack going around the block to Broad street to deliver his note. When he went out to lunch next day he drew $450 from his bank and, putting it in his pocket, went around to the Manhattan National Bank. This ‘establishment had a department for the actcom- motion of its customers and those known to the “pank’ officials who wished to purchase or sell stocks. Jack was known to the man who had charge of this business, and he went straight to’ his office. “Helle, Warner,” said the gentleman, when the boy presented himself before him. “What can I do for you?” -“T want you to buy me 500 shares of St. L. & —S. F. at 49,” said Jack, in a business-like way. “Is this a_joke, young man?” “No, sir. This is the real goods. Here is Mr. New ell’s check for $2,000; and here is $450 cash. ‘That will cover the margin.” The gentleman whistled as he examined the check and saw that it was all right “Why don’t you get Mr. Newell to buy ths stock for you?’ “Because I prefer to buy through this bank.” “Very. well. You ought to know your busi- ness.” - Mr. Bates took the check and the money, made a memorandum of the transaction, and handed Jack a’ duplicate. In ten minutes the stock was ‘bought and held subject to the boy’s order.. Mr. Newell started in even before his messenger boy to buy up as much of the stock as he could get: hold of in small lots. He employed a broker who had never heretofore done any business for him, in order that the purchase might not be traced to him. Two days later the stock advanced to 51, at which figure Jack invested the balance of his money in 500 more shares, and then be- gan to’ watch the ticker for results. "pen Soe VI aioe I dentin see any use of handing you ‘out a tip zt “How do I know it is a bona-fide tip?” “What did you expect me to do? Furnish you with a sworn affidavit that the stock was — ! n “Well, the shares haven: gone up two poiny since I spoke to you about the stock. See whi you’re out by not following my advice.” ¥ “They won’t go any higher.” “Won’t they? I say they will.” “How can you tell that they will?” | “Sammy, I’m not telling all I know. I aie you once more to buy St. L. & S. F, and get he of all you’can raise the margin for.” “You've bought some yourself, have -you?” , “T’ve put every dollar I own into it, and Ym going to buy fifty shares for mother and ten xa shares for “sis” before I go back to the office.” — Sam stared at his friend, and seeing that was in dead earnest he got mapercheed in St. & S. F. at once. “I guess you've got hold of some insta ; formation. You say it’s ruling at 51. Well, can just afford to go joe on fifty shares, I'll chance it.” “If you’d done that ne I told gon to first rf you’d be $100 in to-day,” said Jac : j “That’s right,” admitted Sam. SBxt I didn so what’s the use of talking?” There was a big, long envelope 1 in path, and he gave it a kick. Lats ; “What did you do that for?” asked Jack. “ didn’t you pick it up? Might have been a hun- dred-dollar bill in it.” “Pick it up yourself if you think there grinned Sam. Jack-did so. Inside he found an ontseen negctiable check for $1,000,000, made to order of the Empire State Trust Company. “Aren’t you sorry you didn’t pick it up y “Returning that to © Trust Company ought to be worth a tenner.” — Sam felt like kicking himself, and his lun didn’t taste half so good that day as usual. didn’t forget, however, to buy fifty shares St. L. & S. F. before he returned to his offi Jack, after buying the same stock for his moth and sister, returned to the office and showed check he had found in the street to Mr. Ne “You’d- better run over to the Trust Company right away and return it,” said his employe: ‘Jack put on his hat and hastened out to do™ When he reached the Trust Company he a for the cashier. “T found this heck on the street in a_ envelope, and as it’s made out to your or have brought it to you.” “Phank you, young man,” said the cashi “That was lost this . a yiis St hod: name?” ‘ “Jack Warner.” © “Where are you em ployed?” ; BA Dwight Newell, stockbroker, N No. Sact wait a_ moment.” a cashier went intc
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| Sega BEATING THE BROKERS — ay “J sent an advertisement to two of the dailies ' offering a reward of $100 for the return of that check. As you had-the luck to find it, the re- ‘ward is. yours.” Thus’ speaking, the gentleman handed Jack a crisp new $100 bill. “Thank you, sir. You are very liberal.” ... The boy put the bill in his pocket, and re- “parned to his office, where he showed it to Mr, fewell at the first chance. ; _ “It’s better to be born lucky than rich,” laugh- sd the broker. { “That’s what I think, sir, for if you’re lucky ‘ou’re bound to get rich.” There was a paragraph in an afternoon paper about the finding of the million-dollar check by Jack Warner, a young messenger boy employed by Dwight Newell, stock-broker, of No. — Wall Street, and how the Trust Company had paid him $100 for returning it. Next-day every broker who knew the boy and saw him congratulated him about his good luck. Sam Holland was more - than ever convinced*that he was a chump for let- ting that chance get away from him. >» —“Just my luck,” he grumbled to himself. “I had the first whack at it and I let it go by. I ought to be kicked. After this ’ll pick up any a oe old thing I ran across in the street, bet your life.” —_—— - CHAPTER VILA Lively Chase After a’ Thief. as Soon after. Jack came back from lunch Mr. Newell returned from the Exchange. the boy into his private office and handed him “an envelope to take to one of his big customers who had an office on lower Broadway. Jack went ‘down Broad street to Beaver street, and thence to Broadway; turned up half a block and de- livered the note. = * “There’s no answer,” said. the gentleman, after reading the brief note, so the boy took his de- parture, walking up Broadway. The sidewalk and Jack had to dodge in and out in order to “eame out of the Fulton Safe Deposit and Trust ~ Go. She carried a bulging satchel in her hand and walked to the edge of the curb to nal a ¥ Broadway uptown car. A sharp-featured, hatchet-faced young man, shabbily dressed, stood ithin a yard of her. Jack was amazed to see : m edge toward the lady | ts snatch at the satchel. see --*He wrenched it from her hand and darted across the street, under the very nose of a bi; express wagon, while the lady stood dazed an a flash, and the thief was getting a good start, “when Jack recovered his wits and sprang after ai: At the same moment the lady screamed, “Pye been robbed! Catch him!”. £ ! The crook darted down a narrow thoroughfare we own as Thames street. Jack had him spotted and followed like a deer. After the sharp- ce featured young man had gone half a block he looked over his shoulder, and seeing the boy com- ing after him full tilt, with a crowd some little y behind, he realized that he was in for it ss he could outwit his pursuers. He was n Ye He called - Was crowded with busy pedestrians at this hour, © ‘make his usual brisk time. A finely dressed lady . -making donkeys out of yourselves.” make a sudden ‘ thunderstruck on the walk. It was all done like _ ner, and stood a good chance of. © gin 7 - getting clean off if not headed by a cop or a pedestrian. He turned into Church street, and thence into Rector, and finally darted into a nar- ~ row, dark hallway, where he ‘was followed by Jack with the excited mob at his heels. Jack, however, couldn’t find any trace of the thief. He found there was a small yard in the rear, and he started to climb the fence to see if he could discover which way the crook had gone. Sud- denly he was grabbed by the leg and. pulled back into the yard. ~ “No,-you don’t, young man,” cried a triumph- ant voice. “I’ve got. you.” , Jack looked at the speaker, and found that he was a tall, thin and well-dressed young man. “What’s the matter with you?” demanded Warner, angrily. “I was trying to see which way the rascal went. Do you want him to get away entirely?” : : ; ee “That’s too thin, young fellow. Where’s that satchel?” . os “What the dickens are you talking about? Take your hands off of me.” Nearly a dozen men and boys ran into the yard then, and ‘gathered about Jack and the — tall, genteel-looking man. “I see you’ve got, him,” said one of the fore-— most in the crowd. “What’s he done with the stolen property?” : “What’s the matter with you people? Are you crazy?” cried the young messenger indignantly. >> “What do you take me for?” - 2 “For a thief, of course. What else are you?” _ replied the last speaker, also laying his hand ~ on the boy’s arm, as if afraid he might somehow manage to slip away. “l’'m no thief!” ejaculated Jack, his face flush- ing with resentment. : “No thief, eh?” said the tall, thin man, sar- - castically. “Haven’t we been chasing you all the ~ way from Broadway, where you stole a lady’s satchel, and didn’t I catch you in the act of sneaking over this fence?” ; 4 ne “Why, you chump, I saw the theft committed, — and I was running after the fellow, who came in here and, I suppose, went over this fence, and — now he’s making good his eseape while you’re gh “Here comes a cop,” shouted a boy at -this* : moment. Y : ; A big policeman made his appearance in the’ ard. : ; ee “What’s the trouble?” he inquired. | * eee “This young fellow stole a satchel from a lady on Broadway, and we’ve chased him into this place, where I caught him as he was trying to ry scale the fence.” ; ; ¥ Thus explained the tall, thin young man, whose zeal on this occasion was unfortunately mis- applied. , Ls “He’s .way off, officer,”: spoke up Jack, earn- estly. -“Y saw the whole thing as it occurred on where I lost him. over the fence, and I was clim erste ta te aes Le ad :
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ae I could catch a sige him when this man gfabbed me by the leg and pulled me back. That’s. the whole story.” Jack was well dressed and bright looking. He looked far from being a thief, and the officer was inclined to give him every chance to square himself. “You say this boy stole a satchel from a lady on Broadway?” the policeman said to the tall, thin man. “Yes,” answered the man, confidently. ‘ “Where is the satchel?” “He must have hidden it somewhere in here.” He took his hand off Jack’s arm and looked. The boy happened to cast his eyes” at the officer. upward and spied the. real thief on the top fire- escape trying to reach the roof of the building. “Why, there’s the thief now,” he cried, ex- citedly, pointing upward. Everybody in the yard looked at the fire-escape and saw the sharp-featured young man with the meek in his hand drawing himself up on the roof. “Give mea boost quick, officer;” cried Jack. “Pll run up the escape and try to catch him while you’re coming up the stairs.” ! The policeman thought that a’good idea, for j the boy was much more active than he, and if & any one could overtake the crook it was he, so 4 _ he gave Jack the necessary lift, and then started for the inside of the building to find the stair- 4 way which, being in a dark corner, had been z passed unnoticed by all except ‘the thief, who Te was probably familiar with the building. am CHAPTER VIII.—Jack Recovers the Stolen ' Satchel and Its Owner Rewards Him. * Jack Warner flew up the fire-escape like a young monkey, and the greater part of the awd stayed. in the yard to ‘watch and encourage his efforts to catch the real thief. By the time Jack ~~ yeached the second story the crook had gained _ the roof and disappeared. He knew now that ~ he was being followed once more, and didn’t lose any time in trying to shake off his pursuers. It «didn’t take Jack .as. long to reach the roof as ‘it had_ the crook. Athletic exercises and a strong constitution chad endowed him with musclés of steel. He drew ‘himself up to the cornice, threw his legs over the edge of the roof and.in a moment he was locking about him for.the fleeing rascal. The fellow was kneeling down beside a scuttle, _ four houses away, trying to get it open, but it - firmly resisted his efforts. Jack started for him, las certain that at last he had him cornered. The ' “crook saw him approaching, jumped to his feet, '. drew a small revolver and pointed it at the boy. . “Go back, om Vl shoot you!” he cried in a z ‘threatening tone. ie Jack leaped behind a chimney. The bricks _ around the mouth of it were loose. He grabbed one of them and then peered around the corner _ of his shelter. The crook had succeeded in pick- _ ing the scuttle open, and was now almost through =H ae only his head and shoulders appearing above ; ‘Quick as a flash Jack launched the ee BEATING THE BROKERS | Sry ‘just as active as his - ponent, but he was n n @. ne him. It-struck him on “ senha phe seized the revolver and looked down thtough the ” 4 scuttle: The fellow lay in a heap about eight — feet below, but it was so dark that the boy — couldn’t make out things clearly. “I’ve got him now, sure,” he breathed, as let himself down into the opening and started. descend the stairs. + Before he reached the bottom, the crook re - covered from the shock he had received, any springing to his feet dashed into a room, ths door of which, in default of. lock and key, he began to barricade with a table and some chairs. — It was a minute or two before Jack caught on © to the way~he had vanished. Then he jumped 4 for the door and tried the handle. 5 ee a ee er on the side of the acs Jack exerted all of his strength and the barri- cade went to pieces. fi at the window ‘himself es following the trail of the rascal into the adjoining building. Pa ing ‘through the room, which was quite bare, fo: the building was unoccupied, he dashed out in’ the corridor and then he heard the footsteps of the thief two floors below, taking ea atairoeee two steps at a ime. 5, “I know a better way than that,” grinned Jack,\straddling the banister and sliding down to the next floor like a flash. i He repeated this performance at each stair- case, and reached the ground floor in time to fi the crook in the act of forcing the street door with a small jimmy. “Surrender!” roared the boy, darting at him. + The thief, driven into a corner, turned fu ously upon ‘him and grappled with him. The: went tc the floor with a crash, and it was case of rough house between them. The crook was as strong. Jack mandged to get on POR,4 an ony there he held his advantage. Now will you give in?” he said. “Why don’t you do something?” sneered ~ crook, with a wicked grin. “You dassent ae off me. I’m readysto stay alk night.” “Ym waiting for the officer to track us h then your name will be mud.” eae At that moment he heard a sound of ste far up in the building. The crook heard it, to and he didn‘t like it, for he recommenced his - was p. it ahove. Ne In a few moments the pélicemen appeared on the scene. Z -“You’ve- got him, have you?” te ime officer. “I’ve been all over the next ho poniiais or a sign of either of you
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fs is “Y’ve been sitting on him for ‘the last fifteen minutes. I’m mighty glad you have shown up at last.” te “Well, let him up now. I’ll attend to him.” Jack got off his perch and stood up while’ the policeman collared the ‘crook. “Hew are we going to get out of here?” asked i “That chap was trying to Tonce the door ~o veal I caught him.” ‘Pick up that jimmy and_see if you can’t com- “te the job,” said the officer. c Jack tried the steel implement on the door, ~ @l soon got the flimsy old lock to yield. Then He picked up the stolen satchel and followed the cop and his prisoner out on the sidewalk. The crooked didn’t given up all hope even then. Sud- _ denly he wrenched his arm loose, tripped the officer and was off like a shot. The policeman gave chase up the street, the crook dodged around the corner, and Jack lost sight of them both. “Well, I’m not going to follow them. I'll take this satchel to the safe deposit ‘company, leave jt there, and go on to my Office.” He told his story to one of the officials at the vaults, left his name and business address and eturned to Wall Street. Mr. Newell was just going home, and naturally his first question was: “What detained you so long, Jack?” Then the boy told his story all over again. “Well, you’ve had quite a strenuous time of t, upon my word. You'll be in the papers again to-morrow morning. Really, you’re get- tinge to be quite.a public character,” he. said, smiling. Mr. Newell was right. The story of the daring Be in broad daylight on lower Broadway was printed the followmg morning, together with ef fack’s part in the affair, as detailed by him to _ the safe deposit company’s official. ‘The thief, Se! however, had managed to get clean off. The value 3 the property in the satchel was given at $50,000 worth of Government coupon bonds and 55,000 in cash. On. the following afternoon the lady, whose name was Knight, visited Mr. Newell’s office and Bs xXpressed her gratitude to Jack for saving her property, at the same time insisting that he ac- cept $1,000 as a token of her appreciation. He _ protested: that he didn’t want any reward for what he had done, but he had to take it just the same, and Mrs. Knight also gave him an invitation to call eo) her at her home in Madi- son avenue. . CHAPTER IX.—The Booming of a Stock. “Well, I never saw such blind luck as you are _ having, Jack Warner,” said Sam Holland that _ evening, when he called at his friend’s house and ek showed him the ten one-hundred-dollar bills ‘Mrs. Knight had given him for saving her sa hel with its valuable contents. “Money seems be raining in your direction. I wish I was half yas you. What are you going to do with hat boodle?” , at am I going to do with it? Well, V’ll ee Sam. With this and the hundred dollars zot the other day I’m going to buy mother « ‘ shares e St. L& , S. F., making her BEATING THE BROKERS | 9 holdings 200 shares altogether, and I’m going to bus sis forty shares more, making hers. fifty. I shall have to pay at least 56 for. the stock, as that is what it is going at now.” “You must have a lot of confidence in that stock to buy more of it at-56,” said Sam. “Do you think it will go as high as 60?” “Yes, and higher.” “Say, how much have you got of it, anyway— I mean yourself?” “That is one of the secrets I’m not giving away.” “You might tell me.” Jack shook his head. © “T haven’t even told mother. I don’t believe in spreading my business around, even to my best friends. I advise you to follow the same prin- ciple. It pays.” “That’s all right, if you haven’t got confidence in a person, but “Don’t mistake me, Sam. I’ve got all the con- fidence in the world in you; but a rule is a rule. That’s my way of doing business, and I want. to stick to it.” Next day was Saturday. Jack bought the stock he had spoken to Sam about the first thing in the morning and got it at 56. An hour later St. L. & S. F. reached 57, and closed at noon at 58. Jack had no knowledge of what Mr. Newell was doing about this stock, but he readily guess- ed that his boss had loaded up quite heavily on the strength of the information he had given him. There were a good many sales reported in St. L. & S. F., the bulk of which were purchases made by the syndicate below 56. .The stock had — proved to be more active than they had expected at this early stage of the game, and they were compelled to pay a higher price for a big portion of what they got than they originally intended. The fact of the matter was Mr. Newell got busy before they were ready to buy, and he purchased many thousands of shares at the lowest figure. This had the effect of stiffening the market, so that when the brokers employed by the pool be- gan to buy largely the price rose steadily. They endeavored to offset this by circulating bear rumors against the stock, and occasionally working a fictitious bear movement to pull the - price down; but they were not very successful, as the general tone of the market was bullish, and any drop in price was almost immediately followed by a reaction that ended in (advancing St. L. & S. F. a full point or more higher than it was before the slight slump. Both Jack and Sam kept their eyes on the indicator whenever they got a chance, as they were vitally interested in the fate of the stock. Jack had his whole $5,000 at stake, invested in 1,000 shares, while his mother’s and_sister’s holdings represented nearly $1,400 more; therefore the failure of this deal would be a very serious matter for them all. Tt was equally serious to Sam, though he had only $265 invested in 50 shares, for that amount represented almost the sum total of his capital. As for Mr. Newell, he had invested in 20,000 shares, at an average price of 50, and’ a. sudden slump in the stock would hit him pretty hard. He had to watch the market pretty keenly as the price rose, in order to decide when he ought — os of course, he had no idea at pe to. sell, 4
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10 BEATING THE BROKERS” which they would do very carefully in order not to disturb prices. The same issue was up to Jack and Sam. If they waited too long they were likely to see their expected profits vanish like mist before the morning sun. Sam relied on Jack to give him the tip as soon as he had decided to sell out, and Jack promised to do so over the phone. The syndicate having gathered in all the stock they cared to take voluntarily, began to boom St. L. & S. F. in earnest by ways that are familiar to the sharp trader of Wall Street. Then began a scene of mad excitement on the part of many brokers to get some of this stock which a little while before they had had no use for. The public, too, attracted by the general rise all alone the’ line, rushed into the Street and flooded their brokers with orders to buy, and a large part of these orders called for St. L. & §.F. Scores of brokers, who had little confidence * that St: L. & S. F. would maintain its rising -* tendency, sold many thousand shares of the stock, d to be delivered at a subsequent time, in the hope of getting them, when they were wanted, at a lower price. It was always a great risk making such sales. All the brokers in the Street were . excited over the situation, while those on the _ ‘floor of the Exchange acted like a lot of howling ~ maniaes. As everybody wanted some shares of “. St. L. & 8._F., under the impression that it was bound to go to par, and as the supply did not seem equal to the demand, the stock went up kiting. sometimes taking a jump of a whole point at a time. z The most. wonderful rumors’ were afloat re- garding the road, and everybody. was talking about its new prospects. The most conservative brokers, however, were shy of putting their good - money into the stock, for they scented’ under- neath it all the operations of a pool, and they - new that nine-tenths of the stories about the _. road were pure fabrications, fot up to deceive ~~ the public, whose surplus capital was what the brokers were really after. Lucius Treadwell, Nelson Bunner and William Fletcher, who were directing the operations of the pool, took pains to let it be known that they were not particularly interested in St. L. & S. > Their known assistants on the floor of the * Texchange let it severely alone, but there were other’ alert-traders working in their interests, who were prepared to support the stock when- ever it appeared to fag, and by buying tight and ‘Yeft at certain times give it another upward boost. ‘ A whole week of feverish activity passed, and - St. L. & 8. F. had been forced up to 80. All the broke-s’ offices were working overtime. The “» big office buildings in Wall and Broad streets, - Exchange place, and lower Broadway, were lit sup after durk like the newspan~~ offices in Park = Row. The New street clearing house was hours behind in its work, in spite of an extra force of - elerks working away in their shirt sleeves. — nA - Mrs. Warner and Jennie were much excited as the stock advanced higher each day, and were building all sorts of ‘castles in the air with the mother was at this time yours and mother’s profit at the same time. — Jack “had so far figured to their credit. $5,000 ahead of | the game, while Jennie was over $1,200 to good. _As for Jack himself, he stood to wi $30,000. ee a “Do you think the stock will go to par, Jack?’ asked his sister Sunday morning at breakfast. — “It may, but .I doubt it. At any rate, I don’ mean to risk it myself. I’m thinking of getting out from under to-morrow, and, of course, taki is an awful risky game to play, sis, especially, for a fellow like me, who can’t devote all his attention to watching the market. -I’m $30,000 ahead. this deal, and I guess I ought to be satisfied. “My, you’re a. rich boy!” she exclaimed, % lightedly. ees “Tam on paper. If I can realize my winning: before the inevitable break comes I shall be well fixed in reality, and so will you and mother, for in addition to your profits I mean to let you hav your proportion of that $1,100 I invested last for you both.” — : “Ayren’t you a good son and brother!” exclaimed Jennie, enthusiastically, rushing around the tabl and giving him a hug and several kisse: fh is “Thanks, ‘sis. I try to be. I think it bring a fellow good luck to be good to his folks, espe- cially his mother. A boy’s best friend is his mother, they say, and I’ve got the best - littl mother in the world. Next to her comes you, s I know you think there’s no one like me, unless it’s Sam Holland.’ ae ee _ “You good-for-nothing boy!” she cried, blush- ing furiously, and clapping her hand over | mouth, while he cHuckled to beat the band. As for Mrs, Warner, she felt deeply grateful that God had blessed her with two such obedient and loving children as Jack and Jennie. CHAPTER X.—Jack Makes a Dandy Haul Out of St. L. & S. F. ia St. L. & S. F. opened at 81 1-8 on Mond withthe excitement still unabated. The brok were still being flooded with outside orders buy the stock, which now held public. attention above anything else., Lots of brokers, too, w. had sold short on ten-day deliveries, were m hustling to get enough of it to fill their eng ments and prevent further loss. — Nelson Bunner and Lucious Treadwell metaphorically speaking, shaking hands — themselves. So was William Fletcher. Each o them saw a million in sight, and were propo tionately elated. The same feeling extended the other members of the pool, who were alrea counting the profits they were soon to take, didn’t matter to them that hundreds of co ing outsiders would probably lose every dolla their margins in the ultimate crash when syndicate withdrew its support from the s It didn’t cause them any sleepless nights to that their profits would be made up of mone earned by hard years of labor and economy; perhaps money held in trust for widows and 0: ans and recklessly exploited by unprincipled ti tees for their personal advantage; or maybe sm: sums abstracted by clerks and office b efforts to get rich quick. 4 Suc le things as that
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-speculators,of Wall Street. The public was their oyster. If the public was foolish enough to bring its savings to Wall Street, in the hope of making "easy money, it must take the consequences. That’s the way the brokers argue. Jack was kept so busy that he didn’t get a chance to attend to the matter of selling his - stock. Once he went to the telephone to send wid to the bank to seli him out, but Mr. Newell was in the booth, and he didn’t get another chance. nea: ‘In the meantime St.)L. & S. F. continued to go. oi uP and closed for the day at 85. Jack didn’t get “ary lunch that day till after the Exchange had “closed. Neither did Sam Holland. Sam was jubilant over the rise of the stock in which he was so vitally interested. ~ “Tm $1,600 ahead,” he cried that afternoon, dancing around Jack like a crazy Indian. “Think of that, Jack! Sixteen hundred silver dollars all ‘in a line—how far would they ‘reach? Oh,-jif I only had a thousand shares of St. L. & 8. F. at this moment! I’d open*an office for myself to- morrow. I’d buy cream soda for every. girl ste- nographer in the Street. I’d——” : . *You’d do lots of foolish things, wouldn’t you?” grinned his friend. esa ~ “Yd make things hum, bet your life. _ -“J’m sorry to see that a little breeze of pros- “perity makes you act like a lunatic.” ‘ - “Can’t help it. Never had so much money in my life before.” - “You haven’t got it yet, so just cool down.” “What!” exclaimed Sam, suddenly turning pale chance of my not getting it?” Be alow can outa! tell where he’s at in Wall Street until he has the dough right in his fist. ve minutes after the Exchange opens to-mor- Ww morning St. L. & S. F. may go plumb to e Bi . . Good gracious!’ Do*you mean that?” “Sure!” | “You take it mighty cool yourself. Have yo sold out?” suspiciously. ; Jack shook his head. “It would be blamed mean if you had without ting me know, as you promised to do.” “TI always stand by my promises, Sam. termined to sell to-day, and went to the ’phone > boss was using the wire at the time, and I’ve en too busy since to get another chance.” ‘T’ve been standing on my head all. day with “business, too,” said Sam. “Well, are you going to sell to-morrow?” és, if I can get the chance. In fact, I’ve got so much at stake I’m going to make the chance mehow. I advise you now to sell the first thing he morning.” ; : m’t you think the stock will go higher?” s. I should not be surprised to see it go 0 or over; but it’s too risky for us to chance Sell out, Sam—sell to-morrow morning with- 7 fail.” a ‘ do it. It would break my heart to lose $1,600 when I’ve figured out in my mind I’m going to do with most of it.” ; ‘hat’s right. Remember, I shan’t notify you f 4 and gasping. “You don’t mean to say there’s any I had communicate with both you and the bank, but . Le - - BEATING THE BROKERS. - ‘ yight. “to defeat Newell’s object. pa ag i aN «OS ae pe ‘ re show at my expense to-morrow night, if you. Say so,” he said, with a grin. Sam did sell his fifty shares soon after the Exchange opened next morning, and he ’phoned the fact to Jack five minutes afterward. “Lucky boy!” breathed Jack, as he hung, up the receiver, only to take it down again to com- municate with his bank. “Ts this the Manhattan National Bank? All - I want to talk to Mr. Bates.” There was a pause, and then a voice said: “Hello! Who is it?” “Ym Jack Warner. I want you to sell every. share of St. L. & S. F. that you are holding for me, and do it at once. It’s 87 1-4 now.” “All right,” came back the reply, and Jack hung up the receiver with a feeling of intense relief. - “J don’t care if it goes to par. I’m satisfied with what I'll get out of it.” . And well he might be, for his 1,000 shares at the market price would net him a profit of $37 per share; that is, $37,000. He had bought fifty shares for his mother at 58, and 150 more at 56, so her profit would be about $6,350. His sis- ter’s shares, ten of which he had pyrchased at 53, and forty at 56, would turn her in, say, $1,580. Thus the Warner family had cleared about $46,000 on the deal, while Sam Holland’s profits were $1,700, y As events proved, it was lucky for them that they got out when they did, for Mr. Newell was preparing to throw his big holdings.on the mar- ket that morning. . Vet : Jack’s employer had been very catttious in his purchases of St. L. & S. F. stock, as, for reasons of his own, he did not want the pool to know that he was acquiring a large amount of it. Nelson Bunner and Lucius "Treadwell, however, in the — As ‘course of the manipulation of the stock, found - ason to suspect that some broker outside of the syndicate had bought heavily of St. L. &S. F., and as they feared he would dump it on the pool, they set- ‘to work to try and find out who this broker was. ; * This was not an easy matter to do, but by per- sistent inquiry they ‘succeeded in tracing a good many sales to Dwight Newell—more than 15,000 shares, in fact—so they came to the conclusion that he was the man to be feared. It puzzled . them how he had got on to the purpose of the ~— syndicate, which he had refused to join. - They were very angry, too, to think that he expected to reap a rich haul, possibly, at their ex- pense, Calling, Fletcher into consultation, they :. explained the ‘situation to him,. and the three erafty traders put their heads together in one “Tl bet he’s getting ready to dump his shares on the market and do us up if he can,” said Bun- ner, angrily. “It would give him a heap of sat- isfaction to beat us at our own game,” opted “The worst of it is, we don’t Ki w how much he has,” said Treadwell; knitting his brows. “We've traced about 15,000 shares to him, but he may have double that quantity, and at present prices we simply couldn’t take it all.” eo “In which case the pool would go smash,” re- plied Fletcher with an oath. r “Tt certain would,” answered Bunner. “I moy that we start in to realize at once, in small lots, of course, so as not to upset the market,” - *
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“And what about Newell?” asked Fletcher. “Treadwell and I will watch him and try to block his effort to sell. The chances are in this case he won’t use the telephone, as that is al- ways a dangerous vehicle where secrecy is desir- ~~ able. He’ll send his orders by that confidential “kid of his Jack Warner. You know him.” “Yes,” nodded Fletcher. ‘“He’s one. of the smartest messenger boys in the Street. He’s got the reputation of the boy who can’t be done.” “So [’ve heard,” sneered Bunner. “Well, we'll see if he can be done or not. If he starts out “to deliver a message at the Exchange to-day, Treadwell and I will sidetrack him.” “Look out that you don’t get into trouble, Nel- _ son.” j \ : “» “Don’t worry about us, Fletcher. Lucius and - JY are about as slick as they come, eh, Tread- se well? a He gave his companion a dig in the ribs that - prought forth a chuckle. The clock was now » close. upon ten, and the conference broke up, -. Treadwell and Bunner going off together. It * “was nearly noon, and about half an hour after Jack- had sold his holdings.in St. L. & Sask that Mr. Newéll, after watching the indicator closely for twenty minutes, ealled Jack into his private office. b “Take this note to Jarboe at the Exchange, and put it into his hands yourself. It is a ma*- _ ter of the utmost importance, and you had better get there as soon as possible. Don’t let any- thing delay you, and look out that you're not - intercepted. I’ve just received word that Bunner ‘and Treadwell have been making certain in- quiries in relation, to St. L. & S. F. stock—the -yoad the pool is interested in. If they have traced enough to me their suspicions will be ‘aroused, and I don’t want any trouble with them. “The success of my plans depends on you getting that note to Jarboe with as little delay as pos- sible.” 2, ~ “You can depend on me, sir,” replied Jack, - resolutely. F ~ “TJ am sure I can. In any case I must. Now ‘go, and let me see how quick you can get back.” * Jack seized his hat and was off downstairs _ like a-shot. tt | CHAPTER XI.—Beating the Brokers. “as Ps dashed out on the sidewalk he fairly ran into Nelson Bunner and Lucius Treadwell, who “were watching the-entrance to the building. Bun- Af grabbed him by the arm. i “Where are you running to?” demanded Bun- ‘ner, in pretended indignation. “Can’t you see where you’re going?” ™ “J hee your pardon,” replied Jack, disconcerted hat it should be Mr. Bunner that he had once replied Treadwell, grabbing Jack’s “Tt’s about time young cubs : BEATING THE BROKERS ‘importance of his reaching the Exchange as so ' stop hint. at any cost. The detective was an - sons seeking to avoid capture. bing the broker unceremoniously note from M: ce Ret a tl a ME goat ea Tn ONT ae sen oh al ih = aR ‘ ; ae “You’re always in a great hurry—too much of” a hurry,” chuckled Bunner, as the two brokers began to lead him down Wall Street toward Pear treet. v F in Yale to chaps like you when we were no’ much older than you.” : : ‘ Treadwell signaled a cab. As the cab drew Street like a deer. In a moment Nelson Bunner and Lucius Treadwell were after him. They were no niean runners, either. They had both been’ champion sprinters at Yale in their‘day, and the pace they soon attained showed Jack that he would find it very difficult to avoid recapture: “Hi! hi!” yelled Bunner. “Head that boy off!” Several pedestrians, thinking the boy had do something wrong, tried to do so. Jack avoide them by dodging around them or under thei arms. The cries of the brokers soon had the street in an uproar. As Jack neared the corner of Broad street a detective in plain clothes, who was standing near the banking house of J. P. Morgar & Co., tried to catch him. But the. b was keyed up to his best now, and knowing as possible, he was determined no one should tive man, and on to all the dodges of fleeing | er- But Jack, finding it impossible to avoid hi suddenly dived right between his legs and upset him: in the middle of the street: While Ja was also floundering about in an effort to reg. of their clutches like an eel, and was off d Broad street like a young cyclone, with the tv brokers close upon his heels.. They pressed so hard that Jack had to zigzag from one to the other to avoid their outstretched ar: At last, after leading his pursuers a lively cha He suddenly turned and-darted for the doo the Stock Exchange. ° Ps Was “Stop him! Stop that boy!” roared the brokers, “as Jack crossed the sidewalk, do a score of pedestrians. - Dg But. it was too late to step him now.. through the door and ‘thence on to the the Exchange, in spite of the Cerebus gate, and rushed over to the St. L. ner, where he saw Mr. Jarboe standing fringe of an excited crowd of gesticulating and perspiring brokers. — Mee hata to i “Here you are, Mr. reacts eriéd SS Very
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- hhand. As Mr. Jarboe tore it open Jack glided _toward the New street entrance, where he ought . to have entered, brushed past the surprised gatekeeper, and ran out into the street. He was pretty well blown by this time, and trembling from the reaction of his great run; but he was o thoroughly delighted with his success in beat- ing the two brokers out that he felt like execut- ing an Indian war dance. -“T’ll bet they’re mad as a pair of angry hor- nets,” he chuckled, gleefully. “But, jingo! they ~-yean run some! I’ve never seen anything to beat .them, except myself, just now, and I only did it ’--by a hair. They must have been hummers in ‘their day!” _ In the meantime, while Jack was beating it for the office, where Mr. Newell was. nervously await- . - ing his return, Mr. Jarboe, on the floor of the Exchange, was following out his principal’s or- “~~ ders.» The iret thing he did was to offer a block _ of 5,000 shares of St. L. & S. F. at 90, the mar- _ ket figure at the moment. The syndictate’s rep- - resentative found he had to take it in, and he - did so. Five minutes afterward Mr. Jarboe let -_ out another 5,000 shares in small lots at 90 1-8, ', and they were gobbled up by outsiders. Shortly afterward he dumped 5,000 more shares in one lot, and it was up to the pool to take it in or ~go to the wall. They took it, though it staggered Sate Then Mr. Jarboe launched his final bunch -—10,000 shares—on the market. That was the last straw. The syndicate reeled under the shock and threw up their hands. In a moment the floor - of the Exchange was a wild uproar. The brok- - ers saw the market was going to pieces, and they - made frantic efforts to sell St. L. & S. F., as - well as other stocks which had been affected by the general rise. But nobody wanted to buy. _ Then, like the immortal Humpty Dumpty, who slipped off the wall and came tumbling to the ground, so St. L. & S. F., groggy and beaten, got on the toboggan, and ‘great was the panic and consternation which ensued. Hats were ‘smashed, clothes torn, ties scattered about, and ollars wilted under the heat of the rout. The ears were taking full advantage of the situa- _. tion to jump’ upon the ‘staggering market and ee push it down and out. The uproar was tre- -mendous, and could be heard out on the street. _ The telegraph instructions clicked furiously, - earrying the terrible news broadcast, not only to the financial district, but all over town. The great army of hitherto jubilant lambs were rown into the depths of despair. The money they had carried to Wall Street, in fond expec- tation of doubling or trembling, was doomed, as usual, to stay in that speculative maelstrom. . And what of Lucius Treadwell and his part- ners jin the enterprise, Nelson Bunner and Wil- am. Fletcher? They were making desperate ef- forts to stem the tide of defeat. But as well might they have tried to stop the North River from flowing back to the sea. They were not it even a little pit, and at last they threw their hands in despair and withdrew from the of carnage to figure up their losses and ike their peace as best they could with the cpa members of the busted pool. It was cold day for some Reva : ' pret. ewell. He h BEATING THE BROKERS Gt Se gare for even’ before Jack turned up, the report of a sale of 5,000 shares of St. L. & S. F. on the ticker told the shrewd’old broker that his repre- sentative had received his note and had opened fire on the syndicate. Then came the rapid-fire sales of small lots; then another block of 5,000, and finally the 10,000 bunch which had snowed = the pool.under. Then the market went to smash, and Newell, with a chuckle, returned to his pri- vate office to greet Jack as he rushed in. The boy told his story of the efforts of Bunner and Treadwell to catch and detain him, and how he had succeeded in eluding them. “It was a put-up job on you, Jack,” chuckled Mr. Newell. . “I can see through the whole scheme. By George! You’re a wonder! So you actually outran those men! Why, Bunner, when \ he was at Yale, held the record for 300 yards, while Treadwell. was also a crack sprinter of the first magnitude.” “Oh, they can run all right,” grinned the bee “But of course they’re out of practise. Other- wise, my name would have been Tim Flynn.” ; “Jack, you’re all to the good, and to show, my Z su 4 appreciation of your service to-day I’m going to present you with another thousand dollars.” a ‘No, sir; I must respectfully decline to accept 1 “Decline to accept $1,000!” Newell. in amazement. “Yes, sir.” “May I ask why? I never heard of a boy, or a. man, either, for that matter, refusing money.” “Certainly sir.. Because I have just cleared $37,000 off this St-L. & S. F. deal.” “You’ve done what?” gasped the astonished oe broker. Jack repeated his statement, adding that his — mother and sister had also made $9,000 more. “Why, where did you vet your capital to op-" erate with?” “I had $3,000, and you gave me $2,000. I ‘put. ° . every cent of it up on margin at an average of $50 a share. That gave me a eall on 1,000 shares, - exclaimed Mr. — 1 which I sold this morning at 87 1- 4, making a. + profit of 87 1-4 per share, less commissions ays others charges:” “Well, you are the limit, Jack!” “T put in $265 of mother’s and $53 of sister’s’ ; at 53. Then I invested that $100 I got for re- turning the million-dollar check to the trust com- — pany, and the $1,000 Mrs. Knight presented -mé with for saving her bonds and money from that thief, for mother and sis, at 56. See how they came to-realize the $9,000.” “And on top of it all you beat those ‘ola t and made it possible for me to clear a. quarter of — Street Jack, you’re the smartest boy in the : ree CHAPTER XII.—Jack Prevents ‘the Consuimma: tion of a Tragedy. William Fletcher was the hardest hit man by the collapse of the poor, because his capital wa: the least of those in the combine.
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14 BEATING THE oe advised the suécessful trader to be on the look- recognize the man’s voice, and consequently _ out for Fletcher, lest the fellow, in his rage, not know that Fletcher was in the private office “might do him an injury. he suspected that all was not well in there. He Mr. Newell was inclined to regard Fletcher’s .thought that he was justified in listening at th threats lightly. He had met angry and dis- door, and the first sentence he heard almost made guntled brokers many times before, and they had his hair rise. never done him any harm. However, he men- “T don’t want any further talk on the subjeck! tioned the matter to Jack,:and told him not to ~ said Fletcher, hotly. “I want what I came here admit Fletchef if he called in a fighting mood. for—a check for $100, 000. Give it to me at once, Next day Fletcher did call, but Jack happened too by the living jingo I'll blow the whole top of * be out. your head off with this revolver!” “Ts Mr. Newell in?” he asked of the steno- “My heavens, Fletcher!” he heard Mr. News grapher, who was coming out of the private office cry. “Do you mean to shoot me?” ; é with her note-book in her hand. That was enough, for Jack. prea Of ccurse Bessie knew that Mr..Newell was in, The visitor was Fletcher, and his employer’ but she didn’t know whether her employer cared life was in danger. It was up to. him to d to see his visitor, so she said: something. There was a heavy round ruler ‘0 ~. “Pll see, sir. What name shall I say?” the window-still, which Jack had been using | “Never mind,” he said, brushing by her rudely. fore he went out. He snatched this up and 2 “T’ll see for myself, Pe and he rushed into the pri- tered the private office without any ceremony. | vate office and confronted the broker, with blood He saw Fletcher pointing the revolver within an in his eye. inch of Mr. Newell’s head. Without a word He looked detecetaie and Mr. Newell didn’t — struck him a heayy blow on the arm, and th like his appearance at all. weapon dropped fo the carpet, while the irate “Well, what can I do for you, Mr. Fletcher?” broker uttered a loud ery of pain,*for the b he asked; in a conciliatory tone, on the principle had hurt his arm severely. Jack snatched 1 that the easiest way is the best. - the revolver, and covering Fletcher with it, s “T want you to ‘make good my losses in St. L. “Sit down, or I’ll put a ball into you!” & 3. F., do you understand, Newell? You have Of course, Jack had no intention of shooting - wiped out over $100,000 of my good money by the man if he could help it, but he fancied : dumping that last plock of 10,000 shares on the bluff would work and it did. Fletcher glared market at a critical moment. You had no right at him, as if it would have afforded him th _* to unload so suddenly. You ought to have dis- greatest satisfaction to strangle the determined: posed of your shares without creating a panic looking boy, and then he sat down, nursing h and bringing ruin to myself and others. Do injured arm with his other hand. you hear me, sir?” _ “Shall I send for an officer, Mr. Newell?” Jacl The speaker thumped his big fist down on the © said, calmly, never removing his eye or the muzal broker’s desk with a force that made the ink of the weapon from the visitor. dance in its well. “No,” replied the broker. “Let ‘him go, it “See here, Fletcher, you’re unreasonable,” be- will take his departure peacefully. J. don’t wi gan Mr. Newell,. but the other interrupted him to involve him in further trouble.” : with an oath. “You heard what Mr. Newell said?” spoke up - “T want your check for $100,000 made out to the boy, significantly. “Allow me to show you > my order. You can afford it, for I guess you’ve the door.” made half a million out of that deal, I want- “Give me my revolver,” demanded Fletcher, that check now, and I’m going to have it, too, — surily, as he rose to his feet. : _ or know the reason why not,” he blustered, in a “No,” replied Jack. “You are’not in a co menacing tone. tion to be trusted with dangerous weapons. ° “T don’t see why I should athe good your will bring it to your office to-morrow.” losses,” replied Mr. Newell, calmly. “You and Fletcher saw that the advai enteee was your associates had even a “better ghance than I against him, so he walked to the to reap a harvest. You knew just what you “You haven’t heard the last of this, Dig ~ were going to do, while I “had to guess at your Newell!” he hissed. “You have ruined me, ~ intentions in order to avoid being caught. It I will have revenge if it takes me months to simply happened that I guessed right.” you.” “Look here, Newell, how did you manage to Then he strode into the reception- -room, get on to that stock, anyhow?” thence out into the corridor and to the street. “You'll have to excuse me answering that ques- “Tt_is quite possible you have saved my tion, Fletcher. It isn’t, a fait one for you to Jack,” said Mr. Newell, with some emotion. ask. You know everything is fair in Wall Street certain I shall not forget it.” ‘ Sorait . you play the game squarely.” “TL heard Fletcher threaten to shoot y “Well, you ‘didn’t play the game squarely!” spoke loud enough to be heard in the ¢ cried the angry man. “It was a reckless thing room. [ thought it my duty to’ interfere to dump such a block of stock on the market at did. I am glad I was on hand to be of ser one time. You’ve ruined a thousand people, to ou sir.” blame you, but I’m not going to let you ruin me!” You’re a courageous boy in the pres The man was intensely excited, and Mr. Newell danger,” replied the,broker, ecotetaly, tried in vain to pacify him. It was at this mo- “He deserved mor than he got from. ent-that Jack Warner returned from an errand ter put this revolver in, your di OF the ~ Building. He heard Fletcher’s voice ent. io Anes menace and ethane he didn’t ‘ *
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BEATING THE BROKERS See ge » Newell, with a shudder, handling it gingerly, and “He-gave you $2,000 for the tip! How did you ~ then putting it in a drawer of his desk. “I’m get the tip?” ~ afraid. Fletcher is a dangerous man when he’s “Will you keep your mouth closed on the sub- | - aroused. He accused me of ruining him, and ject if I tell you?” wanted me to make good his losses. If it hadn’t “Sure I will!” replied Sam, whose curiosity — péen for you I would have been compelled to was excited. : é write him the check he wanted in order to save Then Jack told him about his adventure in the life.” Vanderpool Building, which led to his being car- stow much did he want, sir?” ried into Mr. Bunner’s. office. ~ “One hundred thousand “dollars.” “That’s where Nelson Bunner put his foot in “He didn’t want much. I think you ought to -it,” concluded Jack. “That trip-up he gave me - have him arrested and bound over to keep the has cost him and his associates in the pool thou- oe ‘feace.” stands of dollars. It has put a quarter of a es o. He will probably see his mistake when million. into Mr. Newell’s pockets, and about he cools off. I think I will go home now. Idon’t - $50,000 into our pockets, including your win- feel in shape for doing any more business to-day. nings. It was the most unlucky practical joke _ Will you walk with me up as far as the subway that Mr. Bunner ever played in his life, if he station?” only knew it.” -. “Yes, sir.” And a few minutes afterward they “I should say it was,” grinned Sam. “Serves © _ ‘left the office together. him right. He might have broken your neck.” “It was a nasty fall. I don’t’ care to take an- ; ‘ ini one like it even on the chance of another ~— ip ” tary at CHAPTER XIII.—Texas Central Helps to Raise “So you’re aah $37,0002” said Sam, looking w Jack’s Capital to $70,000. enviously at his friend. That evening Sam Holland called at the “Add $5,000 ‘to that, please. I got back oe ~~ “Warner home. He had a brand new suit of ™&zgin, you know.” ; = “Gee whiz! You're a lucky fellow. Goin to clothes on, a new watch-chain and a small Ma stay with Newell?” 2 lacca can Peet | ee, gee re beginning \to spend your wad, “Yes. I’m going to be promoted to the court ckled Jack, looking his friend over ing-room.” é ; ritically, from the top of his new derby to the “When?” tips of his patent leathers. “As soon as there's’ an opening.” =r “Ha! A fellow must have new clothes once in I should think you’d go into business for your while.” * self with all that money.” : Just then Jennie made her appearance. “Oh, I’m young yet. There’s lots of time to. “Dear me, how swell-you are looking this even- © think of that.” ing, Mr. Holland!” she exclaimed, with a roguish If you keep on at this rate you'll be worth ax 3 ‘smile. “Jack tells me ye have got to be auihe million before you’re much older.” Re * apitalist.” “Maybe I will; but Tm not worrying about. “Oh, J made: a few Aiidnede on that St. ed & that. ~¥F. deal the other day,” replied Sam, with I suppose you folks will move into a fine house ‘ apparent indifference, as if it was the usual thing Uptown, now,” said Sam. “Old Greenwich Vil- ere him to make money in the stock market. “I lage will be a bit too slow for you.” ; z The that you didn’t do so bad yourself in that That is for gt es to peste: We've lived so ~ e, either.” ~ many years in this neighborhood that I don’t _ That’s true, and all owing to Jack. It’s nice think she'll be in°a hurry to make a change. It ave a good brother, isn’t it?” isn’t necessary for us to make a splurge ee ¥ th at’s what it is,” answered Sam. “Your because we’ye made a few dollars.” . sidthte made quite as aul: too.” , an van ie i see yoo move away,” said : “A little over , Slade glance q@ ennie. 3 y gracious! I-suppose there’s no use of my __-Oh, we’re not going to move right hs king you ara you made on that deal?” he said, patie gil, iia a prugh. = rning to Jac o Know tha ome, Jack, get out your — “Well, ‘Sam, now | thas its ou over, I don’t oes niet aes let us have a little Be Mars es elling you that I cleare ack accordingly removed the cover from hi spigot wpatrggnred Sam, Mi oye banjo and comminced to tune St op Meg i e room hers “iphipty-seven thousand dollars,” ‘opipton one pleasantly. Bota sai a aS Tinsel How cout you ites all teaid Apes going to hayé a piano next weuk,” said : ad a thousand shares of St. L. & S. F.” “Tl have to learn to play on some instru-. \ Ear tinge oF 8 a me me the mar rast myself, or T’ll be out in the cold,” grinned would have been at least $5,000.” “How. would a jewsha a” “that’s right. -That’s what the, shares cost Jack. a urnatO eee laughed : “ Why- don’t you learn the mandolin, M H 1- where did you get the $5, 000 from?” 5 lend?* asked Jennie, “then you and Tage could . play duets ave me $2,000 for. “T’ll Abint, 3 ghone, it,” he replied, _with a che Bd ean fu grin. — Ss arner &
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., agreed with him. Jack thought £6 BEATING THE BROKERS the beautiful ballad entitled, ‘When the Morn- ing Glcries Twine Around the Door,’” he added, in imitation of the minstrel interlocutor. Jennie sang the song/ in her best style, and then Sam obliged with “Moving Day.” They passed a very pleasant evening, and when the clock struck ten Sam took his departure. Next morning Jack almost ran into Brokers Bunner and Fletcher, who were coming out of a New street cafe. .The latter was considerably under the influence of liquor. He didn’t seem to recognize Jack, but Bunner did, and glared unpleasantly at the boy. Jack had no desire for an encounter, and hurried on to the back en- trance of the Stock Exchange, where he had to deliver a note to a certain broker. Stocks were beginning to recover from the setback they had received in the recent panic, and the bulls were holding their heads up once more. Some of the lambs who had come out on the top of the heap were bringing their winnings back to the. old stand, like the silly moths that fly around the -candle flame till they smge their wings for good. Several of these lambs were now to be seen in Mr. Newell’s reception-room, looking at the tape, and probably figuring on some new deal. ‘Mr. Newell was glad to see them, because it meant more commissions. He treated them fair- ly, and, on the whole, sympathized with them when they lost their money. He gave them ex- cellent advice when, they asked for it, but he never volunteered any. It is an unfortunate fact that, as a rule, the outside public make no» money out of the brokers, while, on the other hand, the brokers thrive ‘on the public. Stock gambling is alluring because it requires but little _eapital to operate in large ventures. It is too ceey too rapid, too respectable, and quite, too fatal. The topic that was now interesting the street was the sudden rise in a southwestern stock, brought about by’ the consolidation of two rail- roads. Jack heard two brokers*speaking about it while he was in the Exchange waiting for an. answer to the note he had carried there. One told the other that he was,sure the stock, which “ had been selling at» 80, and was now going at 88, would go to 110 or higher, and his companion heir_ opinions worth consideration, especially as the stock was certainly having a boom. : _“T guess I’ll take a shy at Texas Central,” -he p: . » mused, after the gentlemen had gone away. “I ~ to the office he asked if » advised him to buy the stock. can buy a couple of thousand shares for less ~ than $20,000, and that will leave me over $20,000 with which to take care of my margins,” Jack no longer felt nervous over his specula- tions, as he had a géod capital at his back. If he operated with due discretion there was no danger of his being wiped out if the stock should go the wrong way. So after he had returned ermission to go out a Yew minutes. He went directly to the Manhattan National Bank, where, under an arrangement ' made by Mr. Newell, he was keeping his money. He saw Mr. Bates, and gave him an order to buy 2,000 shares of Texas Central/at the market price. They were bought for him inside of ten minutes for 88. At lunch hour he met Sam and. “Are you buying it?” asked his friend. ye "a on important business. “T’ve just purchased 2,000 shares at 88.” “You think it is safe for me to take a chan at it?” a i “I do. The combination of the two roads is an aecomplished fact, and the new stock is gua anteed as a dividend payer. That shéuld send to par or over. In fact, I overheard a couple of brokers say that it was almost sure to go to #40, for freight rates will be advanced since co petition has been stifled. Don’t buy more than hundred shares, Sam, then you will have capij enough left to support your margin.” at “All right,” replied Sam, perfectly satin: and he bought the 100 shares that afternoon. ~ Ten days later Texas Central reached 102, Jack decided to sell. He sent word to Sam do likewise, and the result was Jack cleared $2’ 500 and Sam about $1,100 on the deal. ; ce i ; yeie CHAPTER XIV—“Your Money or Your Life!” “ ota Broker Dwight Newell was seated at his desk, — busily engaged in studying a mass of figures on — a paper before him, when a D. T. messenger boy brought him an envelope. He tore it open, and — found a short typewritten ‘note, which read as follows: : “Dear Newell; Please call at my office 2 away, as I have an important matter on hand I wish te see you about. Excuse crude signature, but I hurt my hand a while ago, and I sign this as best I can. William Jarboe. x ie Mr. Newell studied the note a moment or tw and then wrote the following reply: ‘ “Friend Jarboe: Sorry to hear that you in- jured your digit. Will be over in fifteen minutes / “Newell.” He put it into an envelope and handed it + 0 the messenger boy. (Fifteen minutes later | put on his hat and stepped outside to cashier’s window. om! “Ym going over to Mr. Jarboe’s office in t Vanderpool building,” he said to his cashier, “When Warner comes in send him over there.” ~ Yate well, sir,” answered the cashier, respect- fully. i ae Then Mr. Newell left his office and heade , Exchange place. Ten minutes later Jack came in. The cashier called him over. eel “Mr. Newell has just gone over to Mr. Jar- boe’s office, and he left word that you were follow him there as soon as you returned.” “All right, sir,” replied the boy, grabb hat again and skipping out of the door. “In the meantime Mr. Newell arrived Vanderpool’ building and took the elev the sixth floor. Reachiny Mr. Jarboe’s asked for that gentleman. “Mr. Jarboe is out,” said the office boy: | “That’s funny,” remarked Mr. Newell. “T received a note from him asking me to call ‘How long y in”
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BEATING THE BROKERS “An hour!” exclaimed the broker, clearly puz- zled. “I don’t see how that could be.” : At that moment the casier came out of his pen. “You are Mr. Newell, I believe?” he asked. “That is my name.” “Mr. Jarboe just sent word that he had ar- ranged to meet you here at two o’clock at Mr. * McGuire’s office, room 602, No. Broadway, and you would find him there. He says the busi- “ness he wishes to consult you, about is of the .. greatest importance.” ¢ 4 “Oh, very well,” replied Mr. Newell, turning around and leaving the office. No. Broadway was only a short distance from Exchange place, so the broker headed for there at once. The elevator took him up to the top floor, and the elevator man said that Mr. McGuire’s office was at the end of the second corridor. “Daniel McGuire, Attorney and Counselor-at- Law,” was painted in plain black letters on the frosted glass of the door. Mr. Newell turned: the knob and entered. A stout man was writing at a desk in a meagerly urnished room. ‘ “Ts Mr. William JarBoe here?” asked the broker. : _ “He stepped out a moment ago, but will be back in a moment. Please walk into the next room.” : hestips ._ He got up and led the way into the adjoining “ office. To Mr. Newell’s great surprise, he found himself face to face with William Fletcher and another man who was a stranger to him. “Sit down, Mr. Newell,” said Fletcher, suavely. -“T want to talk to you.” | “Bxeuse me, sir,” replied the broker, coldly. ~~ -«T called here to see Mr. Jarboe. I. have no business with you whatever.” * ~ You called to see Mr. Jarboe?” ‘said Fletcher, ' with a quiet chuckle. “I am afraid you will be disappcinted then. That was only a little fiction to entice you up here where I can have it out ‘with you without being disturbed. » 45 “And what may be your object, sir?” “Take a chair and I will tell you.” _' “No, sir! I will have nothing whatever to do » ~ with you!” a He turned to the ‘door to leave the room. It was locked, with the key on the other side. - “What does this mean?” demanded the broker, angrily. : “Tt means that you are locked in here with us, i and must listen to what we have to say to vou.” “J decline to have any dealings with you at all, nig speed ‘abi é ei! Pataca sorry you take that stand. I called on you at your office more than a week ago and asked you to make good my losses in St. L. & S. F., You refused. I think you would have changed your mind if your messenger hadn’t turned-up most pe ccd and let you out of a tight box. /Presuming that you wouldn’t receive me, again, I decided to meet, you on the outside; somewhere where we could come to an. agreement without fear of any interruption.” “J see you have unfairly got me in your power, put I warn you, sir, it will cost you dear!” “I am prepared to take the chances of that,” Filet cher, his a-snake. “No lack eyes glittering like torted < wees , I will tell you what I e of a i 17 want of you. Had you given me the check I~ asked you for the other day that would have settled our account. You refused to do it, so as it will be necessary for me to make myself — searce after this little affair, I have raised the limit to a quarter of a million—the amount I judge you made out of the ruin of the syndicate, There is a blank check on the Manhattan Na- tional Bank. Fill it in for $250,000, making it payable to my order, and sign it. This gentle- man will take it to the bank and get the money. If there is anything wrong about the check, or you refuse to fill it out as-I have directed, yow will never leave this room alive!” ’ Thus speaking, Fletcher drew a navy revolver ~ from his pocket and placed it on the table. he The cold and deliberate way in which he spoke convinced Mr. Newell that he was face to faca ~ with a grave peril. How was he going to evade the issue?” : Ss j » CHAPTER XV.—How Jack Came to the Rescte | : of Mr. Newell. aE Jack Warner, on his way to Mr! Jarboe’s office — in Exchange place, met Sam Holland coming out — of his own office building. ; ees: “Where you bound now, Jack?” asked Sam. “Vanderpool ‘building,” replied Jack. oj “3 “All right. I'll go with you as far as Ey- — charge place.” Pteadens,? They crossed over into Broad street. An old, dilapidated-looking man was 4elling shoestrings - and small boxes of shoe polish on the corner. “Hold on a moment,” said Jack, pausing in ~ front of the man. . te fey He bought a shoestring, handed the old fellow a dime, and started on without waiting for ‘the | change: f ; i f , “Why did you give that fellow a dime for a shoestring, and what do you want witha shoe string, anyway?” asked Sam, in some surprise. — “That. old, miserable-looking chap was a pros« perous stock. broker once,” replied Jack. “A financial panic years ago cleaned him out, an he never-was able to recover his footing in the — Street. Then he’ took to drink, and went to the dogs. Now he’s one of the army of fakirs. Lots of the brokers buy his shoestrings just to help him out. I feel sorry for the told fellow, and I always buy a string when I’m not on the dead rush.” x 3 1 “Pve noticed him often, but I had no idea h ever was a broker. This is an awful come down — for him.” geen “Oh, he isn’t the only wreck of better days that you ear see in the financial district. There’s an-' st sue millions, “He went broke, eh?” grinned Sam. Sue ~“That’s what he did. He went up Salt River so far that he lost his way and couldn’t get back to Wall Street. Let that be a warning to y “Sam. Never try to corner a stock.” - “There isn’t mitch danger I'll ever -have’ enough to attempt such a thing.” | “How much have you in bank no
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.» “I guess I’d better,” said Jack, turning on his heel and leaving the office. _ When Jack reached No. —— Broadway he ' hoarded ‘the elevator. . “What floor is Mr. McGuire’s office on?” _ “Top, second corridor back, room 602.” “Did you take up a stout, florid- -looking gentle- -‘man a few moments ago? ; ee “To McGuire’s? Yes.” ~. “Pid he come down again?” - “Not on this elevator.” ~ A moment more, and Jack was let out of the dase on the top“floor. He walked down the cor- ae a ie. ‘followed the first turn to the right, and - gaw the sign of Mr. McGuire on the door right ahead. He walked in, and saw the same man that was writing at the desk: when Mr. Newell entered. Now the stout man seemed to be ~ listening at the door which connected with the room beyond. Jack distinctly heard Mr. Newell’s voicé raised ina high key in the inner office, but “he didn’t notice what he was saying. The stout ‘ ‘man was so much interested in what was going betas on in the other room that he didn’t hear the boy & “enter. Jack looked at him as he stood bent down _* with his ear against the keyhole. .. He walked over to him, and was about to lay ‘his hand on the man’s shoulder when he heard ‘the voice of his employer say: ~“You’re an infernal scoundrel, William Fletcher, to trap me in this manner, and T’ll see you shot before I make out any check to your ‘order!’ _ “Those words are your death warrant, Dwight Newell!” he heard, in the unmistakable tones of ‘Fletcher’s voice, “unless you reconsider them, You will write that check or I ‘will kill you as you stand there, so help me heaven!” Jack now realized that his employer was in imminent peril. Of course, there was but one _ thing for him to do, and that was to go to his a assistance. : “Stand out of the way!” he cried to the crouch- X ‘ing, listener, giving him a quick shoye. +The stout man jumped as though he had been Se stung, lost his balance, and pitched forward on his face, his forehead coming in contact with the corner of the desk with such force that he rolled a a) ' Ee attention to him, seized the handle of door gnd tried to open. iti, ‘Tt?s: ocho he eaciounes, in a tone of dis- over on the floor quite stunned. Jack, paying no - _ the Wall Street detective bureau... They’ BEATING ae BROKERS Then his eyes lighted on the key which was in the lock. To turn it; open the door, and enter” the room, was the work of a moment. A start- — ling. scene met his view. “A flat writing table occupied the center of the room. Fletcher sat. on the other side of it, with a revolver before him, his heavily-built, dark- featured companion was seated in a chair near the wall, while Mr. — Newell stood half way between the table and the ~~ door, facing Fletcher. The unexpected appear- ~ ance of Jack created a sensation. Fletcher, with an oath, sprang to his feet and snatched up the — revolver, while his associate started to get be- tween Mr. Newell and the open door. ape: “Jack!” gasped his employer. “You here?” “Yes, sit,” replied the boy, briskly. “Now’s your chance to get out. The door is open!” te The broker grasped the meaning of his mes- senger’s words and turning around quickly started to leave the room. “Step!” roared Fletcher, cocking his weapon, — “or by heaven, I’ll shoot you!” Jack jumped forward and shoved the table against the rascal with all his force. He stag- gered back, slipped, and fell plump on the floor. The boy then turned’like a flash and struck the other villain a blow between the eyes, sending him staggering against the wall! Then he grasped his employer by the arm and pushed him~ ‘out of the room, pulling the door to and locking it thus imprisoning. the other two in the inner office. : “Now you’re safe, sir, though you had a nar- row squeak of it.” Before Mr. Newell could say a word in return, Jack cpened the door leading to the corridor, and his employer followed him outside. The broker was almost dazed by the rapid course of events since his messenger boy had appeared on th scene. He followed the lad into the main co ridor like one in a dream. Then he Se to realize that the danger was all over. “Jack!” he eried, stopping and taking the Lee by the hand, “you ave saved my Tifet?: me CHAPTER KVI.—Jack Gots On to- ‘Another Swell Pointer. is “Do you: think Fletcher. really meant to Sided ; you, sir?” Jack asked, hardly willing to believe ae that the rascally broker meant to carry out Rs threat. ~ “T am satisfied he intended to do it if I finally refused to make out the check for a quarter: a million he demanded.” “Well, as I turned the key on him, it oud be an easy matter to fetch a policeman up he and give him and his side partner in charge said Jack, as he signaled the elevator man. “T’'m afraid they’ll break the door down and — make their escape before we can return. with a ; officer,” replied the broker. make the attempt.” “Yes, sir. If we fail, you can. then no “However, wer to ne caught later on.’ ‘hey tan across Pe po i; im a brief. out ghecmat i
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BEATING THE BROKERS companied him back to the office building. The birds had flown, however, without the trouble even of breaking down the door, for as the stout man was also missing, the presumption was that he ha: recovered his senses in time to release his _ associates and decamp with them. Mr. Newell lost no time in telling all his broker friends what he had experienced at the hands of Broker Fletcher, and that disclosure settled the fate of the rascal, as far as his standing in the Street was concerned. They did not succeed in find- jing either him or the two men who had assisted in the scheme against Mr. Newell. Fletcher and his associates, knowing what they had to expect, skipped the city, and that was the last Jack or his employer ever heard of them. Mr. Newell insisted on presenting his messenger boy with his check for $10,000 as a slight token of his _ appreciation of Jack’s service in the ticklish - affair, and the boy accepted it rather reluctantly, __as he said he didn’t like to be paid for doing what was clearly his duty. i The broker told all his friends how bravely and promptly the boy had acted in his emergency, and the result was Jack made a host of friends in thé ~ ‘Street. One day, not long after this affair, Jack Ri accidently overhead two well-known~ brokers talking about a syndicate which had been formed to becom a stock, the name of which they did not 4 mention. They were both interested in the pool i to the extent of $100,000 each. ' “Whe is going to do the buying for the pool?” x asked one of them. ¥. “Lucius Treadwell and Nelson Bunner.” Soh “Pretty sharp brokers,’ remarked the other. _ -*T guess they’ll carry the deal through all right.” - -—- That’s all Jack heard. : “I'd like to get in on this,” mused the boy, as ~ he returned to the office. “It is a fine chance for me to make another haul. I’ve got plenty of capital now to take hold of a’ good-sized block of stock, and when I see a sure winner in sight I don’t want to miss it. I must find out the name of the stock, and the only way to do that will be to get a few days’ lay-off at the office, and then go to the Exchange and keep a bright watch on Treadwell and Bunner, so that/I can dis- ~~ eover what they are buying.” Jack had no difficulty in getting a leave Of _ absence for three days, and during this interval -. he haunted the Stock Exchange and kept his ~ eyes on the movements of brokers Treadwell and -Bunner. At first, he found they were not con- fining their buying to any particular stock, and it was not “until about noon of the third day that they began to give their atention exclusively to the purchase of B. Y. & F. shares. As soon as he had made sure of their line of action he went to the bank and ordered Mr. Bates to buy him 10,000 shares of B. Y. & F. The stock was ruling © at 70, and Jack had to put,up nearly all his - eapital to make good the mangin. It was a tre- -mendous risk for the boy to take, but he felt satisfied he was making no mistake. He generously tipped off his friend Sam, and. that lad immediately purchased 400 shares, at an tlay of 2,800.. Sam was willing to take any sk that Jack aearmee. s later 19S met on the street. Broker Jarboe came into the office and Jack heard him ask Mr. Newell if he had any of the stock. Eee “Not a share,” replied Jack’s employer. “Are you buying it?” : : . “Yes.” “For a customer?” P “No, for myself. It’s gone up three points, and is mighty hard to get. Looks as if there was a combination back of it. I don’t see any special reason’ why it should otherwise have become so lively and so searce. Do you know anybody that has a block of the stock?” ; Mr. Newell shook his head, and soon after- : ward Mr. Jarboe left the office to make a tour among the brokers in search of some of the stock, which was now beginning to attract at- tention, Next day B. Y. & F. was quoted at 765, and outside buyers began to flock into the Street __ with orders for the stock. The result was that — this rush to purchase the stock caused such a genera! demand for it that by Saturday noon, when the Exchange’ closed, the shares were sell- ing as high as 85. On Monday morning B. Y. & F. opened at 86 3-8, and there was great excitement in the Exchange and on the Street. It mounted to 88, and then somebody dumped several thou- a ‘sand shares on the market, and it dropped to 86. _ Jack was out on an errand at the time, and didn’t — hear of the fall back. pte 1 Sam hapened to be watching the indicator at — the time, and thinking a panic was about to seb — ing got frightened, rushed to the ’phone and ordered his broker to sell out. Then he tried to — communicate with his friend, but could not. By the time Jack got back to the office the stock hag recovered, and was mounting toward 95, aK E t ee re CHAPTER. XVII.—Conclusion, The closing quotation B, Y, & F. that day was _ 0 3-8, and Jaék concluded that he wouldn’t take any further risk of a sudden slump, but would order his stock sold first thing in the morning, in four lots of 2,500 shares each. 4 “Tm going to sell right off,” he said to Sam, when he met him on the way home. “You'd better follow suit. Lots of people think it’s going to par, but I’m not going to chance it.” : “I sold at 86 to-day, and cleared $6,300,” re- plied Sam, who was now sorry he had been frightened into parting with his stock, and thus doing himself out. of $1,600 at the present figure. “Oh, you did, eh?” said Jack, in some surprise. “How came you to do it?” ak ie Sam explained with some reluctance, for it seemed like a confession of the want of nerve on his p ae ough I che
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_ 20 asked Sam. “There are a lot of other brokers after the. stock.” “T don’t know, and, to tell you the truth, I don’t care who takes it off my hands, as long as I get rid of it at my figure.” mee have 10,000 shares, haven’t you?” “Yes “Then you should clear $200,000.” “That’s the way I figure it.” “Why, you’ll be worth over a quarter of : a mil- lion!” Jack grinned. “Sounds good, doesn’t it?” he said. “Great Scott! I should say it-did!” “Well, just watch my head to- morrow and let me know if it has grown any bigger.’ “No fear of that,” replied Sam. “You take * good luck cooler than most men would.” “What's the use of getting excited over it. Why, a fellow fainted in our office to-day, when he got his statement and a check representing ‘a profit of $22,000 on a little deal in Rock Is- Jand. I don’t know what would have happened to him if his luck had gone the other way.’ - “Might have gone home and killed himself.” ‘- “Possibly. Such people ought to keep out of the market.” ' “That’s right; but they won’t.” B. Y. & F. opened at 90 1-4 next morning and that was the figure that Jack’s shares went at, but whether the syndicate had to take it or not he never knew. The market didn’t break, and the stock went up to 92 during the day. It re- --- mained in the nineties for a day or two, and then gradually fell to 85, where it rested, and even ; advaneed three-eights of a point. As soon as Jack got his check, whieh called for $270,000 he ; told Mr. Newell about the deal, and the broker mae congratulated him on. his good fortune. Mrs. _» Newell told Broker Jarboe that afternoon that his messenger boy had made $250,000 by lucky ‘plunges in the market during the past year and ‘a half. Jarboe thought he was joking until Mr. Newell solemnly assured him that he had seen a ' check made out to Jack’s order for $270,000, which had come from the Manhattan National - Bank that morning. Of course, Jarboe cir- culated this remarkable news, and it wasn’t long before the whole Street had heard about the: -« « Jucky messenger boy, and scores of brokers dropped in at Newell’s on purpose to catch a ~ sight of the fortunate youth. ~ One broker had the nerve to ask Jack to in- vest $100,000 in a blind pool he said was getting up veNothing doing,” replied the lad, with a grin. “T can guarantee that you’ll double your money in two weeks,” said the foxy broker, insinuating- y- “Y’m much obliged to you for, the offer, but I want the money to rent a flat-in Harlem.” Jack said that with a perfectly sober face, and pee broker looked at him narrowly. “What do you mean by that?” he asked. “Well, I hear rents ore going up there, and *sthere’s no telling what altitude they’ll reach, so 7s pest for one to be prepared for the worst.” BEATING THE BROKERS | Office to keep an engagement they had made to. luneh at Delmonico’s with Jack. This was the first time that either had ever been in: Wall — Street. Jack presented them to Mr. Newell, who — expressed himself as delighted to make their acquaintance. Bessie Dean, with Mr. Newell’s permission, was included in Jack’s Delmonico lunch party. He had invited-her the day previ- ous, and she came over to the office in her “glad — rags,”’ as Jack called them. i: Sam Holland, of course, was not omitted. Jack had engaged a. table in advance, and ordered the swellest lunch the restaurants could produce, _ =e, =* without wines. They started for Delmonico’s at two o’clock, and their arrival attracted consider-— able attention among ‘the brokers crowding the — room, for Jack was readily recognized by half of — the men present, and Sam was also ‘indentified by many with whom he came into daily contact. The brokers all wondered who the two pretty girls were, and who was the chaperon of the party. Mr. Jarboe was just finishing his lunch when the party came in, and he was very much surprised to see that Jack was the leading feature at the table. He paused on his way out ft nodded pleasantly at the boy. “Mr. Jarboe,” said Jack, “let me introduce you to my mother.” The broker bowed with great politeness to Mrs; Warner. 5 “And this is my sister Jennie,” contiriued the 2 oy. Tabby ‘to meet you, Miss Warner,” said Mr. aa Jarboe, regarding her with more attention than : pleased Sam. Leos a Fated Of course you know my frien am Holland, who is employe Davis & Co.?” sea Mr. Jarboe lingered a few minutes to talk with the girls, and then left. The lunch was a great success, and every moment of it was enjoye by those who took part in it. All this occurre a few years ago. Jack is now a prosperous broker, worth half a million or more, with a office in a Broad street building, while Sam Hol- land is chief clerk for Davis & Co., on Wa - Street. Mr. Newell is still in business at the o stand, but it is confidently believed that Sook Warner will succeed to his business when t old man decides to retire, Jack hasn’t got married yet, but it is said is paying devoted attention to Bessie Dean, whi although a year older than he, is one of the fin- est girls in the Borough of Brooklyn. At rate, Jack is building a sumptuous home Riverside Drive for somebody, whose name _ kept a secret for the present from all select few who are very partial to Bessie Dea ‘Jack continues to beat the other brokers oc- casionally at their own game, and the reputa’ he bears in the Street is that he’s a young ‘nD ‘altogether too smart to be done. : Next week’s issue will contain “A ROL ces Bier or, THE ghoul a BOY ON EC .
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THE WOMEN OF SPAIN In Spain a woman can go nowhere unaccom- panied by her servant. If she goes out to tea in full daylight she-must wait for the servant to - fetch her home. If she goes to the town to * visit a dentist, she must never move without her servant and never go near any kind of amuse- ment. 7 GUNMAKERS BECOME FARMERS Gunmakers of Ingolstadt are plamning to mi- grate to Brazil to become soil tillers. Until the Fi end of the war the making of éannon, munitions. and other army supplies was the principal in- dustry here. In all fifty-five families have made arrangements to leave early this year to estab- lish a German colony with the aid of the Brazilian Government. BAD BILLS STIR CHICAGO — - Chief of Police Collins stated that from 300 ~ to 400 complaints were being received every twenty-four hours by the Police Department paw tp FORTUNE WEEKLY a CURRENT NEWS | about counterfeit $10 bills being circulated in ~ Chicago and its environs. Thomas I, Porter, Chief of the United States Secret Service in Chicago, has issued full description of the coun- . terfeit bills. Peter Drautzberg, special agent of the Depart- ment of Justice, declared the present-one of the largest and. most successful _ counterfeiting schemes ever carried through. circulation seems to increase daily. WESTON, 85, PLANS BIG HIKE Edward Payson Weston, famous pedestrian, walked into Boston, Feb. 5, from his farm. in ~ Highland, Ulster County, seventy-three miles from New York City. He came to arrange for a record-making hike on March 15, which will be his eighty-fifth birthday. He asserted that his health today is, and has , ‘The number in a been for a year and a half, 100 per cent. better eos than it was when he was in his seventy-fifth year, and he was by no means unhealthy at that aime. TAKE NOTICE! | | MYSTERY MAGAZINE, No. 152 is now on the newsstands and contains the marvelous mystery. story — “WEAPONS OF HATE” By ERIC HOWARD It should be read by every boy who is interested in detective tales. The beginning of a new Serial of intense interest, “RED MURRAY — KIDNAPER” by J.B. WARRENTON, also appears in this number. The short stories which this issue contains are of special interest to our _ - yeaders. The titles are THE KALONG. KISS, by Douglas M. Dold WHISPERING EYES, by Ernest A. Phillips THE BARSTOW CASE, by J. Werner Phelps CAT-FEATHERS, by Oliver Guy Magee All of these stories were selected from among our best writers. and hold the reader’s interest from pegmining to end.
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3 Wrecked On The Desert os 2 = THE ADVENTURES OF TWO BOY 9) is PROSPECTORS Wei fs 7 By GASTON GARNE : (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER XXII.—(Continued). “Now don’t put it that way, father!” said Edna. - “J’m willing to stay in the oasis if you wish it, but after what has happened I do think we would be happier elsewhere.” z ~ “And I agree with you,” added her father. “We ey can no-longer trust Ramon and Tony. It is de- cided that we are to go.” ; . He sat silent for a moment, and then began his story as follows: *T am a native of New York City, but shortly after the death-of my wife I gave up and went out to Santa Fe, New Mexico, taking Edna, then a, child of three years, with me. I was educated ~ as a physician, but'I only practised for a short _ time. My specialty was the care of the insane. I ‘was for several years connected with the-Bloom- dngdale Asylum.» I am also an analytical chem- ist. Upon reaching Santa Fe was put in charge , 3 ot upressed his hand, whispering: “Don’t dwell on that, father, please.” ~*JT won’t. I'll be a man!” replied the doctor. “Indeed, I will cut the whole story short, for ‘efter all, it interests no one but myself. Boys, I gremained several vears in charge of that asylum, ‘There I met Dr. Glick as one of the patients, also anuel, Pedro’s father and the others. My finish _ came one dreadful night when, while working in _ imy private laboratory, a retort filled with a pow- erful acid exploded and disfigured me so '‘shock- gly that—that——” “Oh, cut that out, sir,” broke in Jack. “It is it necessary that you should go into details. We ean imagine how you must have suffered.” “Suffered!” he replied, with a shudder. “No ords that I could use would begin to describe 4 unerings. I became insane myself, and re- so for two years. It was then that I ig “FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY _ the stream flows on the surface. 4 + my release I vowed to aid such unfortunates as far as lay in my power. : “T had,some money, but it scarcely made my situation easier. fellow beings, forced to wear the mask, as you see me now. Years before, as a young man, I had prospected in this country, and it was then that. I discovered the old crater and its lake. My thoughts now reverted to it, and I determined — to visit it again, with a view of establishing my-~ self there, as I ultimately did. “That is really about all that need be told, boys, except to add that I gathered these lunatics about me and came here. They were all freed, through — my influence, and on condition that they should never return to New Mexico. Glick came later — from a Nevada asylum, as.I told you. My sister — and Edna were brought here by me after we had finished the house and all Was prepared. Perhaps - I dreaded association with my \— it was a foolish move, but in our own way we have been happy in our desert home. But you see how it has ended. Juan, Ramon and Tony seem to have put their. heads together and got up this secret still. Manuel assures me that he had nothing to do with it, but I hardly believe him. ~~ Anyway, I am done with it all, and am now ready to go back to the-world. Even without this gold, — 3 which amounts to many thousands of dollars, I _ am rich enough to live comfortably for the re- mainder of my life.” / z ; “But how do we go, sir?” asked Arthur. “Jack has not told me, This underground river——” ~ “yp “No,” answered the doctor. “We run out after about six hours into a desert country and one scarcely known; for the remainder of the way There the water becomes oe brackish owing to the alkali. Som time ago I built one boat and went in it to Ove ton. Recently I started on a second, which is now completed. My mules are dead, and there was always danger that something might happen to the car, But now, Jack, you and I must return t the ranch, for I have a sad duty to perform ae, Those rascals, when they captured me and locke me in the cave overhead, thought they had m fast and could make me reveal my secret. They * knew nothing of this under cavern, with the. ex- *t want get it,” was the reply. “ now, Jack, let us go. Manuel, we are leaving now. I trust Edna to your care.” Rohe A ee yee red what the insdne really suffer, and after
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bar A SCENIC WONDER + The new Yakima highway to be opened for : ‘traffic early in the spring is a scenic wonder, the ~. most remarkable in some respects in the entire country. Some of the outstanding features of it are; - The deepest rock cuts in the United States, ‘ninety and ninety-eight feet, A 238-foot tunnel through a great rock ridge. -- Winds through a forest of petrified stumps, remains of huge trees alive before the lava rock buried them. Clings to sides of rock cliffs 1,000 to 1,500 feet above the Kakima River. ~ Bleven times the road piunges through or under _ rock canopies. - ‘Thirty-six mile stretch of it~cost $1,000,000. Mountains, one higher than famous Snoqualmie Pass. _~* Passes through an altitude with minimum #3 snowfall, permitting all-winter traffic. a 4 SR ie ss ae <AgTUTE FARMFR MAKES PROFIT ON ; ee : _ PEANUTS ; vate -- Twelve thousand huge sacks of peanuts, held in a warehouse here until fairly alive with Medi- terranean maggots, were condemned by inspec- tors of the State Denartment of Foods, Drugs and oils, Seattle, Wash. \ ‘They were sold to a farmer for hog food. The farmer was educated in an Hastern agricultural college and was well informed on many rural sub- jects. He passed the peanuts through a blower, -* yYecovering the moths, larvae and maggots. This _ by-product was sealed in containers and sold to the State’Fish and Game Department. for use as food for the young pheasants on the game bird farm near Walla Walla. ; "The farmer, who paid $500 for the peanuts, received $900 for the maggots and utilized the 12,- 000 sacks of nuts for hog feed after all. 2 * members of the lizard family. It is quite common mowledge that the chameleon has’ the ability to change his color to correspond with his surround- gs, but “tongue. I served him as a ; ily, for his natural movements are so slow he probably would have starved to death long ago ere it not for his lightning-like tongue. Another interesting feature about the chamel- eon is the fact that he can see in all directions once. He has very prominent eyeballs, but ey are so covered up by the lids that only tiny Bea ope of the eye appear. To make up for this the chameleon can roll his eyes in any direction. ig looking up, the-other can look one is looking to the front the aes gia Set ae 2 so far en one eye Pee os AND FORTUNE WEEKLY aa ae GOOD READING - Blimwinates three summits of the Cascade ° - space further on between the third and fourth ~ Although he is only a foot in length, includ- ing his tail, which helps him to cling to trees, the chameleon’s tongue is six inches long when ex-. _- tended. Notwithstanding his slowness, he is one. of the most dexterous of insect catchers and is — particularly expert.in catching flies, butterflies and grasshoppers. His method of canturing a del- — icate morsal of food is to move quietly and slowly _ upon his quarry. So slowly does he move, that— motion is scarcely perceptible. When within six —~ inches of his insect dinner he stops. After gaz- ing a second or two, his tongue darts out and = comes back with the insect sticking to the end of it. His tongue moves so quickly it is almost im- .— possible to see the motion. It is shaped like a -— cup at the end; and is covered with a sticky — fluid, from which there is no eseape. ~ oes Should flies fail to appear, the chameleon does not much mind. He can go for months without — food. It is this power of his to-fast which made — men believe that he lived on air. Nise His feet are responsible for his inactivity on the ground. The toes are tightly tied together in two widely séparate bundles, but the front and hind feet are not alike. In the front foot the division between the bundles comes between the toes corresponding to what we call our first and second fingers, whereas in the hind foot it lies one — toes. Es The green lizard of Florida has often been mis- — taken for the chameleon, but the true chameleon does not live in America. 15) ' 6 % Mystery Magazine” . SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY — — LATEST IssuEsS — ON THE YRLLOWS. hy. Frank’ Blighton. fra THE ARGENTINE RUBY, by Beulah and Sbirley. oynter. THE BARRINGTON ARMS CASE, by Jack Bech« . dolt. HOULDED. by Frank Blighton. DIRECT ACTION. by Dr. Harry Enton. THE FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING, F. Oursler. THE OND CHANCE, by Thomas Ripley, _ The Famous Detective Story Out Today fn 152 ta WEAPONS OF HATE re By ERIC HOWARD f HARRY E. WOLFY, Publisher, Inc, : 166 West 23d Street, New York City 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 7 by Chas, — Ne “Moving Picture Stories” & Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Players PRICE EIGHT CENTS PER COPY - Each number contains Three Stories of the Best Film on the Screen—Elegant Half-tone Scenes from the Pla: —Interesting Articles About Prominent People* in th Films—Doings of Actors and Actresses in the Stud: and Lessons in Scenario Writing. | . Pe RRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. a
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24° FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY INTERESTING RADIO NEWS AND HINTS — SCIENTIST SURE OF WIRELESS VISION . Edmund Edward Fournier-D’Albe, inventor of the optophone, which enables the blind to read though their ears, and the tonoscope, which makes speech intelligible to the deaf, has added his peetecy to those of other scientists who recently ave forecast the early achievement of tele-vision —seeing by wireless. Doctor Fournier-D’Albe consented to be quotéd as saying: “T believe television will be accomplished this ear. I’ll stake my whole scientific reputation on it—I’m certain of it.” He envisages a time a few years hence when explorers equipped with television cameras will make possible the projection of moving picture screens in eeuropeae and American cities the scene attending their climes, say of Mount Ever- est, or their polar explorations, or even the ex- amination of the ocean’s floor by means of sub- ‘marines. Doctor Fournier-D’Albe is credited with sending the first protograph by radio, ; A RULES FOR ANTENNAS The ruling laid down by fire underwriters states that antennas outside of buildings shall not cross over or under electric light or power wires of any circuit carrying current of more than six hundred volts or railway or trolley feed wires, nor shall it be so located that a failure of -either antenna or of the above mentioned electric light or power wires can result in a contact be- tween the antenna and such electrie light or ‘power wires. _ “Antennas shall be constructed and installed in a strong and durable manner and shall be so lo- eated as to prevent accidental contact with light or power wires. « “The ground wires may be bare or insulated and ‘shall be of copper or approved copper clad steel. -If of copper the ground wire shall not be smaller than No. 14, B and S gauge, and if of approved copper clad steel it shall not be smaller than No. 17 B and S. It shall run in as straight a line as possible to a permanent ground. Pref- erence shall be given to piping. Gas piping shall not be used for grounding protective devices. A ground clamp shall be used wherever the ground _ ‘wire is connected.” DISTRIBUTED CAPACITY ~ A’condenser has capacity by virtue of the fact -. that electrical energy is stored in the space be- tween the plates. The ordinary condenser con- gists of two or more conducting plates, with an _ insulating material or dielectric between. The capacity is concentrated within the condenser and is known as “lumped” capacity. Not only condensers have capacity, but any ae two electrical conductors which are at different electrical potentials have capacity between them. _, Blectrical energy is stored in the dielectric ‘be- =" tte ae ‘pilifier transformer in place gf the phones, tween the turns of a coil, The turns of wire act sinfilarly to the plates of a small condenser. The result is a series of small capacities which are distributed along the length of the coil, and these capacities’ added up made the total ‘“dis- tributed” capacity of the coil. A coil, therefore, is not only a pure inductance, for it has capacity across its terminals equal to the “distributed” capacity of the coil. In calculating the wave — length a coil will reach, not only the amount of wire or inductance must be considered, but also the resistance and distributed capacity. REINARTZ TUNER r The Reinartz coil is a simple circuit tuner but more selective than the single circuit regenera- tive set. Critical tuning in the antenna circuit is avoided because the antenna circuit is tuned ~ to a much shorter wave length than that which is received. Close coupling between the antenna » circuit and grid circuit of the vacuum tube makes -¢ — it possible for the antenna to transfer energy at the longer wave lengths to the grid circuit. Act- ing as a collector circuit only the antenna circuit __ does not require fine tuning adjustments. Re- generation is obtained and accurately controlled by a combination “tickler” and coupling con- denser. The tickler winding is tapped at sev- eral points and together with the condenser an + accurate amount of regeneration is obtained be- ~ tween the various taps. ° ~ The tuning coil is built in’ spider-web form, but is not a continuous winding. It can be home- made or purchased at radio stores, No, 24 or No. 26 copper magnet wire should be used as the windings. Forty-five turns are wound and taps taken off at the fifteenth, thirtieth and forty- fifth turns. A break is made in the circuit at/ the end of the forty-fifth turn. This forms the plate coil. The winding is then continued in the same direction, but must not make any electrical contact with the plate coil. On this second coil taps are taken off each of the first five turns, the seventh and the ninth, and each tap is joined to — the points of a multiple point switch. This sec- tion forms the antenna tuning coil. No break is made in the winding at this point, but the wire is continued, until twenty-five more turns have been added, and a tap is made at the twenty-fifth turn. The thirty-second turn is the next tap, — then the thirty-ninth winding constitutes the sec- — ondary or grid circuit. . Ri The coil is wound on a circular disk about six inches in diameter. The form can be cut from a heavy cardboard. Nine slots should be cut in thé form radiating from a center with a diam- — eter of two inches. The winding must be very close. The most critical tuning is done by the grid condenser. The switch points can generally be left in a fixed position. ‘ede aay Audio amplifiers can. be added to this circuit in the usual way by connecting the first audio am-
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY THE MEANING OF “REFLEX” Reflex circuits are the latest development in radio and are fast gaining in dered The _. word “reflex” in connection with a radio hook-up seems to be a puzzle to many radio enthusiasts. Reflex means “to turn back upon itself or in the - direction where it came.” _ different frequencies in the radio circuit are su- perimposed upon each other without interference. In such a circuit the vacuum tube is used for two purposes. It serves as an amplifier of radio fre- quency currents and as an amplifier of audio frequevcy currents. That is, it amplifies the in- coming radio impulses before they are rectified to audio frequency, detected or rectified by the erystal to audio frequency currents and is super- ' imposed upon the same amplifier tubes as an audio. frequency current. A radio frequency cur- rent is one which oscillates or vibrates far about the sound range of the human ear. An audio fre- quency is one the ear can hear. The two currents traveling through the amplifiers at the same in- ‘stant, one at radio frequency and the other at - audio frequency, do not interfere with each other. The two currents superimposed upon each other are of different frequency, and for this Yeason do not lose their identity. a The reflex circuit has several advantages over Ha. the Ps Sail and radio frequency circuits * _generally used at the present time. It allows the efficient use of a crystal detector which gives - elear reproduction ,of sound. Regeneration is not used and therefore distortion due to thatcause is eliminated. It \requires half the number of - Using fewer vacuum tubes the batteries last longer. The reflex tunes extremely sharp, there- by minimizing interference. A The tubes are coupled with both radio and audio frequency amplifying transformers. Con- ensers must be shunted across the primary and secondary of the audio transformers because the windings act as choke coils to the radio fre- quency currents. The condensers serve as a path ‘or such currents. If the transformers have a ow impedance in their secondary windings the by-pass condensers can be omitted. The phones and loud-speaker also act as a choke and must ‘be shunted by a condenser. All wires in the hook-up must be as short as possible. The wires should not ‘run close to each other or ‘parallel. Not more than two stages of audio frequency am- lification should be used. The accumulative effect of such amplifiers is.so great that it para- ‘lyzes the tube. The potential on the grid in such a case is so great that a feeble radio frequency wave has little effect. ndenser, which should have a vernier attach- . An amplifier or “hard” tube must be used. he “B” battery should range from sixty to Electrical currents of ' tubes, which greatly reduces the cost of the set. . _ path yy wee short circuits and collections of dust or soot on the antenna insulators make it easy for the radio currents to leak away to the ground before they _ reach the receiving set. One operator noticed the signals gradually growing weaker. He overhauled the entire set, carefully inspecting all connections, but this - failed to locate the trouble. He began to lose faith in radio. One morning while dusting about the room his wife just happened to brush the dust off the spiderweb coils mounted on top of the cabinet. That night the set worked to per- fection, as it did when first installed. A Mississippi radio follower discovered the con- certs gradually losing their intensity and the music of distant stations began to disappear en- tirely. He did everything he and his friends could think of to remedy the trouble. Determined to locate the fault he tried a friend’s set con- nected to his antenna and ground, thereby trac- ing the trouble to the apparatus. He bought a complete set of new instruments and mounted them on the hard rubber panel in place of the old ones. The music was just as faint, The only thing left to test.was the panel. The idea oc- ~ curred to him to @ean the panel before discard- ing it for he felt possibly some acid used in sol- dering connections had crept into the panel mak- — ing it a conductor instead of an insulator. He soaked a cloth in ether and as he rubbed it across the panel it turned black. The problem was solved. Soot from a near-by cotton mill had Ce- posited a coating on the panel causing a leakage _— of the radio currents. Neighbors in that locality — were having the same trouble and they discovered that the cotton mill soot was also leading their radio waves astray. : ee Periods of silence during the broadcasting of a theatrical play do not necessarily indicate the re- ceiving set is not operating properly. Recently a radiophone station was broadcasting several — acts of a performance. direct from a New York stage when suddenly and without warning, silence prevailed. Listeners having less faith in the re- ceiving set than in the transmitter began to ~ search through the wiring for a broken connec- — tion. About ten minutes later the voice of the © announcer expressed regret that the last’ few — minutes had passed without entertainment, but since the act was a shadow dance there was no _ sound to be broadcast,’ pak Steinmetz estimated that the energy in a pound of coal.is more than enough to operate a radio ~~ receiving set continuously for.over a thousand years, so feeble are the radio impulses which the __ antenna intercepts from the ether. tats The energy in the flame of a match burning ¢ — for two seconds is calculated t6 be enoygh TOs = create audible sound in a sensitive radio head set. for 10,000 years. It is estimated that less than . one-thousandth of the received electrical energy is ‘transformed into, sound. The force of air Waves produced by the voice on the microphone | in the broadcasting studio is calculated to be more than 10,000 times that received from the - diaphragm of the phones. Such illustrations at-— test the feebleness of radio currents in the re~ ceiving circuit. . All connectapns should be sol-— dered, binding posts tight, every contact clean to afford good electrical connections and: an easi for the radio impulse a
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; (96 ee FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY NDW YORK, MARCH 7, 1924 TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS 5 8 Cents One Copy Six Months... Sees a 5, 00 One Copy ONO VATS a scr oke oem ys = 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 eash. 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, Publisher, Inc., 166 W. 28d St., N. Y. SSooee—e—e—=eeoeeeeeee ee - ITEMS OF INTEREST RAISE RABBITS FOR PREY The United States Biological Survey in Alas- ka has started stocking islands in this vicinity with rabbits in the hope that they will become established well enough to provide a continuous supply of food for carnivorous animals with val- mable fur. ~ Two kinds of rabbits have been placed on the ‘glands, the Snowshoe, from the vicinity of An- - ghorage, Alaska, and the Varying Hare, from the . Puget Sound region in Washington. Ernest P. Walker, agent for the bureau, has issued an ap- _ peal to the people to protect the rabbits. Harry Bb. Wolff, Pres. Charles E. Nylander, Sec. L. F. Wilzin, Treas, “ a pia CROCODILE SKIN COSTLY Ten france dn inch is the price now being asked for the fine tan-crocodile skin so fashionable for women’s golf and walking shoes. As for the much favored antelope hide, it is fast becoming _ priceless. __» Fortunately the feminine shoe favored by fash- * jon’s latest decree does not require much leather. It is little more than a_toecap and heel piece ~ _ joined together by one, or more, thin straps. It’s - an ill wind that blows nobody some good, and the "ghoe dealers do not hide the fact that leather is rising with the dollar, with the pleasing result of filling their establishments with far-sighted folk who are anxious to stock up before the rise. NEW SET OF IRAQ STAMPS Collectors will be. anxious to obtain the new " series ‘of stamps issued by Iraq, better known as Mesopotamia, specimens of which have now reached this country. So far as is known these ‘are the first stamps ever to be designed by wom- en. They have been issued to commemorate the freedom of the Land of the Date, which now is free after centuries of foreign rule. It would seem that these new stamps are des- tined to be of permanent philatelic interest, as some denominations already are out of print. Thus the issue of 1% annas has been exhausted, ile of the’2 rugees only a few are left. One ah rf se rad r ¥ gts tele Per: x Si te ¥ t AK FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY. a “the one anna which, against a background of date Tommy? , only a Why, what a story, Helen the most interesting stamps of the: series is ask papa if sh . 4 palms, shows the circular native boats, called — coracles, descending the Tigris. The stamps _ were designed by Mrs. Colin C. Garbeet and Miss — Edith Cheesman. a There are twelve values and eight designs in the series. The % anna olive green shows the mosque of Moadham, the 1 anna, se ia, cora- - cles on the Tigris; the 134 annas, rose, the winged © god Illus; the 2 annas, ochre, the winged bullj- 8 the 8 annas, indigo, the ruins of Ctesiphon; the —— 4 annas, purple, a standard bearer of the Desert _ Camel Corps; the 6 annas, green, the mosque of Kadhimian; the 8 annas, mustard, the standard bearer; the 1 rupee, green and brown, the Tree of Life; the 2 rupees, green, the mosque of Moadham; the 5 rupees, orange, the standard pees the 10 rupees, red, the mosque of Kad- imian. eee : LAUGHS “Binks inherits his wit.” “Yes, he writes the same jokes his grandfather wrote.” be _The Tailor—I can’t make you uss suit uns til you pay for the last. The Customer—Great — Scott! I can’t wait that long! eee Friend (looking over Brown’s unfinished flat) — And what is this’passage for? Brown—Passage Great Scott! This is the dining-room! a . Mrs. Skinnum—Why are you all hidin fio m Little Lizzie—We are playing poy un and Tommy is the butcher come with h ill. a “So you’re engaged! Good work, old man! If Be she pretty?” “Pretty! Say, if that girl ran-for the Presidency of the United States, the wouldn’t be a woman vote for her!’ t Business -Manager—Well, how many orders di you get yesterday? Heéeeler—I got two orders. one place. B. M.—That’s the stuff! What w they? H.—One was to get out and the other wa to stay. out. : ; oa Snydér—Where did you get these matches, oes want kind Pa egte Sinking thee ae slow matches, an ot them yest was in Philadelphia. $ ress ea Mies: i - “T knew you were coming to-night to eae CoE sister,” said Willie, “How aide oth pia ay: ; quired Mr. Staylate. “Because sis has been asleep ~ all the afternoon.” ; : eae “Open your mouth; I shall not hurt you—y will feel no pain,” said the dentist to a pati “Doctor,” exclaimed the latter, after -the ope tion had been performed, “now I know what ‘An-— } anias did for a living!” ; ; en Mother—Now go kiss nurse good-ni “ht and her put you to bed. Little Heths—bow' want to She slaps folks that try to kiss Hue ow.
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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY BRIEF BUT POINTED 1 a FISH BY THE BUSHEL PICKED UP IN FIELD. Drawing the water from Lake Delta, a Barge _ Canal reservoir, Rome, N. Y., for the double _ purpose of repairing gates at the dam and_lo- cating the bodies of two boys drowned last autumn, has carried tons of game fish to the Mo- hawk River flats east of this city. Thousands of bréwn trout, black bass, perch, bullheads and other fish have been swept over the ice fields and left stranded. Residents of the city are fishing with bushel baskets. Harry Ackley, President of the Rome Fish and Game Association, which has been stocking the waters flowing into the lake, said recently it would take five years to restore the fishing grounds that have attracted hundreds of sports- _men from Central New ‘York in past seasons. Ps se, 300,000 PICTURES A MINUTE Photographs at the rate of 300,000 a minute— thirty-one times as fast as those reeled off by the - slow-motion picture camera—are being made at ___ Shoeburyness under British Government auspices. “The camera used in these lightning snapshots +weighs two tons and is being used by ordnance experts to examine the behavior of shells and ar- mor plate. % Tt has shown clearly, also, what happens to a golf ball when struck by a club-head. The ball is pressed flat on one side during the 1-1200th bis A “FSha ie part of a second that the driver is in contact with its hard surface. : cS An exceedingly hard rubber ball, teed up and then shot at by a wooden plug projectile, ac-, quired some curious shapes before returning ‘quickly to the simple life of a stationery sphere. - When the projectile hit it, the ball was pressed into’ the shape of a half moon. Flying through the air, it expanded in the direction of flight until it looked like an egg, Striking a steel plate, it expanded in the opposite direction until it had the appearance of a coin stuck on a wall. Then it rebounded and became again a sphere, xe pDOW’S TEMPERANCE TRIP Chaplin McCabe, 128th N. Y., says that on June 80, 1863, after the surrender of Port Hudson, La., a small force of mounted rebels under a man -mamed Logan swooped down upon a house near - by where General Dow was convalescing from his wound. Annoyed by the loud talking, Dow stuck his head out of the window and commanded si- lence. : “And who are you?” came a voice, “Pm General Dow!” shouted the irate one. “Just the man I’m after!” was the rejoinder; and soon the general was a prisoner and on his to Libby at Richmond. eral Dow had as much of .a reputation in outh as a temperance worker as he had in orth and this fact served him a good turn prisoner. He was invited to go to. i k me tem’ ; at the best homes in that State. Upon his re : turn to Libby he made a speech to the Union pris- wt oners on what he had seen on his trip inside ©: é rebeldom. He was warmimg up to the subject and erithused by his patriotism was exclaiming: “The ~ Confederacy is nothing but a hollow shell,” when a guard’s head papped up the stairway. It would never do for him to be suspected as a spy while he had been out on this friendly visit, so he went on: “As I was saying, the drink evil is a hollow shell and once cracked will never pull itself to- gether.” be The guard went about his business and re- — ported that the old crank, Neal Dow, was maki rd temperance. speech and no harm would come 0: it. ‘ LOOK, BOYS! TRAPEZEE The Acrobatic Wonder Toy ALMOST HUMAN IN ITS ACTIONS! _ It consists of a handsome parallel * iron frame on which the little yellow man-accurately performs like an ath- lete. Five Different Stunts — THE FLYING TRAPEZE — Release the trigger-pin and the figure swings forward, gripping the brass trapeze-bar, turns a somersault in the air and catches a cross- bar by his heels. THROUGH THE LOOP—A swift swing and he goes through a wire loop, makes a & turn and, catching by his heels, swings | = head downward from, a bar. 4 THE GIANT SWING — He goes forward | with a rush, releases the trapeze, catches — a horizontal-bar with his heels, makes two swift somersaults in the air and catches by his heels again. He performs two more horizontal-bar acts with the grace and agility of a cir- cus star, and many new ones can be _invented. 2 2 The Most Wonderful Toy i ie ; the World! a | PRICE $1.50 _The collapsible stand and the little mani-_ kin are neatly packed in a handsome box. Delivered anywhere in the United States on — receipt of price. Address aS WOLFF NOVELTY co., W. 23d St., New York City, A x 166 N.Y 3 ‘
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The cur- rent- produced ~ serves to raise and lower the carrying frame as, well as to drive the propel- ler and brush. — As the appliance operates under water the motor and gearing are inclosed ina © water-tight i capable of remov- ing the thickest deposits and can thoroughly clea the hull of 8,000 ton shi from six to sev as no a oc
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