Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 973) (1924 05 23)

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BOYS, READ THE RADIO ARTICLES IN THIS NUMBER MAY 23, 1924 A MINT OF MONEY; OR, THE YOUNG WALL STREET BROKER. <<< : BY 4 SLE SIE five Prent arones oc a ate ‘ : Broker Eddie was a veritable walking mint. In each hand he carried an open satche) of money, while bills of al) denominations stuck out of his pockets. “Here's the cash, Mr. Smooth,” he said, coolly. “Now cough up that stock”

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Are You A Radio Fan? Read Pages 24 and 25 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 4 , $4. year; Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. Harry E. Wolff, Publisher, Inc., 168 Z cag nk naa Diane Mew ger Y. Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1011, at the Post-Office at New York, N. ¥., under the Act of March 3, 197. ") No. 978 NEW YORK, MAY 23, 1924 Price 8 Cents. A MINT OF MONEY OR, THE YOUNG WALL STREET BROKER By A SELF-MADE MAN CHAPTER I.—Eddie Nott, the New Broker. “Who's the new broker?” asked Jack McGuire, @ popular member of the New York Stock Ex- change of a brother member, as the two men paused in frontéof a door on the fourth floor of the Barnum Building, No. — Wall Street, one morning, and stood watching the dextrous fingers of a sign painter as he was lettering the frosted glass with the following legend: EDDIE NOTT. he Stocks and Bonds. “You've got me,” replied his friend. “Never heard of the man.” “Somebody from out of town, I guess, who has come to New York to do us up at our own game,” grinned McGuire. “And he'll do it, too! Oh, yes; of course bonds. ; “Oh, I forgot,” said Eddie. “I want you to paint the word ‘Private’ on that inner room.” “All right, sir; I'll do that in a moment.” While the sign painter was putting the word on the door he told Eddie of the short conversa- tion he had overheard between the pair of in- quisitive brokers who had stopped to look at the sign and to wonder who the new broker was. “I wish I knew who they were,” replied the boy. “I can tell you their names. One addressed the — as McGuire, while he called his friend Rob-~ n. “Thanks. I'll remember them. No doubt I'll hear from them before long. I think they both have offices on this floor.” “They came from that end of the corridor,” answered the painter, indicating the direction. ,As soon as Ruggles finished his. work, Eddie paid him, and he went away. . “Well,” remarked Eddie looking com- oir ange about him, “I am now a full-fledged roker, at least in name. I hope soon to make my presence felt in the business. If I don't it won’t be no fault of mine. I know the ropes pretty well, for I served as messenger and mar- ee clerk for Dudley Smooth long enough to get the run of the Street. As soon as the brokers who know me, and there are a swell lot of them who do, hear that I-have branched out on my own hook they'll be putting out feelers in my direction to find out how much capital I’ve got. ° If they find out they're good ones, for it isn’t busi- ness to let other people, particularly Wall Street men, know all about your affairs.” P At that moment there came a knock on the | oor. . “Come in,” said Eddie. es pleasant-featured youth of seventeen walked in. “Hello, Bob. Glad to see you. Take a seat and yourself wiisevable.? .

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2 A MINT OF MONEY “Thanks. I generally do,” grinned Robert Hawkins, depositing himself in a convenient chair. “Got a job yet, Bob?” “Nary job.” 7 “Any prospect of one?” “Not the ghost of a prospect.” anks find a printer I can stand up for the cards.”. “Are you strapped already?” “Already! Why, I’ve been out of work a whole week.” : ‘ ; a as “Then you wouldn’t mind accepting a job if it was handed to you on a silver plate.” “T’d accept it if it was handed to me on a coal shovel,” said Bob, wagging his head in a decided way. cf haven’t a coal shovel, but I can offer you a job if you will accept it.” “Tl take it,” replied Bob promptly. “I came here to see if you couldn’t give me something to do. Any old thing. I don’t care what, as long as _l can get the lucre to satisfy my landlady. She’s the worst old screw you ever saw. She had the nerve to ask me for this week’s board, and me not working. What do you think of that?” . ~ “I think she was right,” chuckled Eddie. . “You think she was right?” “Sure, I do. What do you expect her to-do? Live on wind?” — S “P’m living on wind. myself just now, so it ‘wouldn't hurt her to a little of the same diet. I think it would do her good.” . “You're unreasonable. However, I can put you in the way of squaring yourself with her. I want an assistant here. A sort of combination mes- senger, office boy, clerk, and bouncer.” “Bouncer!” : yes, He gave me ten dollars.” “He ought to have given you a thousand -dol- “Smooth isn’t built that way.” | F “Then he puts a very small value on his life.” 2 . “Oh, no. He values his life as much as the ; next person; but he was afraid to der too much —- on his messenger boy. Waseca: he raised me to the post of margin clerk.” — ~ “And why did you cut loose from him?” J Zt didn’t. ‘He cut loose from me.” mother. Suddenly and without warning Mz, z a combination or blind pool to boom a certain . He expected to make half a million or so. I heard about the pool on the outside, though I didn’t know that my old boss, Mr. Smooth, had any connection with it. I went in to the limit, and was lucky enough to sell out before the crash came which soaked Mr. Smooth in the solar plexus to the tune of a cool hundred thousand. I cleared $10,000, and Smooth heard about it. He was as mad as a hornet over his own loss, and it was like rubbing it in for a beardless clerk of his to come out ahead of him on the same deal. So he read me the riot act, and I quit.” “And now you’ve started in business for your- self, and actually hired the office adjoining him. You’ve got a nerve.” “T’ve got a lot of them, if anybody should ask you, Bob.” : Bob grinned, pulled a cigarette from his vest pocket, and lit it. “Is that your last cigarette?” “No. Want one?” “No, siree! But I want to inform you if you expect to work for me you must draw the line at cigarettes when you’re in the office.” “Oh, all right. Ill drop this out of the win- dow,” replied Bob cheerfully. “It isn’t necessary. You’re not at work at ent. But don’t forget yourself after to-day. Pre office hours will be nine until three or four. ae? “That’s a word that sounds good.” “Your pay will be six until further notice. It’s ~ low but sure, as they put it in the New York Flipper.” [ “I’m not worrying. I’d sooner work for you at six than another person for nothing. No, I mean I’d sooner——” “Don’t say it again, Bob. I don’t like to see boys over-exert themselves with trifies,” said Eddie coolly. . “So I start in to-morrow, do I?” “You do, and here’s five dollars to settle with your landlady,” replied Eddie, handing him a bill. - “Just forget about it, so that I won’t remember it when I pay you off on Saturday.” “Do you mean to say that you’re making me a present of this?” . : “That’s just ‘what I mean. Now, skiddo, Please; I’m going to lock up. Business begins to-morrow.” Kage , Bob put the money in his pocket and followed his new boss into the corridor. , ; . Your CHAPTER II.—Eddie’s First Order. As a messenger boy Eddie Nott had become ‘well known to many prominent brokers, as well as to many others not so prominent. Besides Eddie and a bookkeeper-cashier, Mr. Smooth kept at ter and stenographer. Her name was Carrie Thornton, and she and Edie were great ae Fe iy = to have to work on inl a onger, or less pay than any other ‘ the Street, and Eddie often wondered why she remained with Mr. Smooth. But then he know that his boss had a ge on her sery- — ‘ices owing to some favor he- done for her are 2 SF HFS — 4t3 >) hao Am

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A MINT OF MONEY 3 Smooth cut Eddie off his pay-roll, for the reason m in the previous chapter. ; Then Eddie concluded that he had worked long enough for a salary, and determined to vary the Monotony of it by becoming his own boss. He ‘lived with his widowed mother and a small sister in a cozy flat in the upper section of Manhattan Island, and had largely supported the little house- hold during the last three years. Having de- termined to start in for himself, he had the nerve to-hire the two small vacant offices adjoining his late employer. He didn’t know what effect this would have on Mr. Dudley Smooth, but he did not much care, as he did not consider it was any of Mr. Smooth’s business. He-started in, and furnished the offices, and was now ready for any business that might come his way. Eddie had given Bob Hawkins a duplicate key to the office, and when he got down next morning at half- nine he found Bob seated by ‘the window in the outer room waiting for something * to do. The new broker went into his private office, and taking up the morning’s copy of the Wall Street Indicator, for which he had sub- scribed, and which Bob had placed upon his desk, began to study. the quotations of the previous days’ business on the New York Stock Exchange. He might have been engaged half an hour in this manner when Bob rapped at his door, and on being told to come in, popped in his head, ‘and said there were two gentlemen in the outer office who wanted to see him. -. “Show them in here,” replied Eddie, without | Miatie Geb wsherod the two brokers "a i ushe in the two broker who had made remarks about the new broker in | painter’s presence. Of course, Eddie didn’t kor who they were until they introduced them- Selves. re is > ATS Mr. Nott?” inquired Robinson, who “was in the lead. ay "Yes, sir. Please take a seat, ntlemen. May a _ Task whom I have the honor of addressing?” = “My name ‘is Nick Robinson, and this is a > d of mine. Mr. Nott, Mr. Jack McGuire.” | S know you, Mr. McGuire,” said , rather taken by the man’s good- and good-humored countenance. “Glad to ” replied Robinson glibly, “McGuire w neighbor, and thought aud tier ts 30d ook es ought we n an e “iar fee Sea gtd Z. ow.” | ‘Faith, we couldn't do less,” chipped in Me- ag Pa 7 - ¥ “The post just left this,” he said, handing i (iia healt j nding it to 34 we young broker tore it open and read as fol- hus Lo siggedwall, We Ys May €58-2255 “Mr, Eddie Nott, Stock mic - “Dear Sir: enc’ my check f 1,000. ; Please invest it for me in P. W. & ik ee : ‘per-cent. 1, and oblige, - uP 2 A Ne ours a os : “Gregory Grant.” - Pee = > ats . - , jt sya Ss a

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thing I can do for you to-day? did # t take the trouble to come in here merely. 4 A MINT OF MONEY W. & C. is selling around 60. see if McGuire is in. Perhaps he'll divide the commission with me.” 4 CHAPTER III.—Eddie Goes Into Kentucky Central. Eddie found that McGuire was in. The im- portant engagement Robinson had referred to was a mere fiction on that broker’s part. The boy broker told McGuire the object of his call. “Sure, it will give me the greatest pleasure in the world to allow you a part of my commission on this or any other deal you may favor me with, Nott,” said McGuire, heartily. “You’re just starting out, and I’ll be glad to help you all I can.” “Thank you, Mr. McGuire. -I shan’t forget it.” “Don’t mention it. Just endorse that check, and I’ll buy 165 shares of P. W. & C., and hold it subject to your order. You can then notify your customer of the transaction in the usual way. When you get your instructions to close out the deal we will divide up the commission.” © Eddie thanked him, and then broker hand- ed him a memorandum of the transaction. The young broker returned to his office, entered his first order up in his book in regular shape, made out-a statement, and mailed it to his customer. Just then Bob made his appearance, and said a gentleman wanted to see him. ~ “What’s his name?” em - “T forgot to ask him.” of . “Never mind. Show him in.” * _ In another moment Mr. Smooth, the next-door broker, appeared in the doorway. ~ . “So, so,” began Eddie’s former employer. - *“You’ve set yourself up as a broker, have you? A pretty broker you are,” he added, sarcastically. “And ——_ nerve you have to locate yourself alongside of me.” : “Well, Mr. Smooth, I guess there’s business _ enough in Wall Street for another broker, and as were vacant, why, I took them. I - hope the fact that I’m your nearest neighbor does * not annoy you.” “It does annoy me. You had no right to rent them. You should have gone to some other build- es ; “Well, sir, as I’ve taken a lease for a year I ? don’t see how the matter can be remedied now.” “Oh, I’ve a few dollars - the last year or two,” | $3 : 7 Werant” snorted ot Smooth. “A few dollars! You’re a young foot.” “Thank you for the compliment. Is there any- I presume you I'll go around and ~ - as if he wasn’t there. on Broad street. Then he went around to the gallery of the Stock Exchange to see how things were stirring on the floor. Matters were rather quiet, so he. didn’t stay long. On his way back to his office he stepped in at the safe deposit vaults where he kept his money to get a paper he wanted. : While waiting for a chance to get to his box he overheard a couple of well-dressed gentlemen talking about a certain stock. They did not seem to notice his presence, probably on account of his youthful appearance, and went on talking just Eddie couldn’t very well help hearing all they said, though he did not appear to be listening to them. He soon learned that the name of this stock was Kentucky Cen- tral, and that a combination of capitalists had been formed to buy as much of it in at the low price then prevailing as they could, and then manipulate the market so that the stock would soar thirty or more points, when they expected to dispose of their holdings at a big profit. ; One of the gentlemen mentioried the names of several operators who were interested in the scheme whom Eddie recognized as millionaires, and wound up by advising his~friend to take advantage of this chance to make a good haul, assuring him that he couldn’t lose if he didn’t hold on too long after the stock got well up in the market. The conversation came to an end when one of the gentlemen was admitted to the vaults, and while waiting his turn Eddie did a good bit of rapid thinking. “This is a tip I can't afford to get by me,” he mused. “When I see a chance to get in on the ground floor of a deal I’m there with both feet. I'll just yank my little $15,000 out of the box and soak it into Kentucky Central right away, before the syndicate gobbles up all the stock in sight.” So as soon as he got access to his box he took out his entire capital, which was in big and hastened back to his office. The first thing — he did was to look up Kentucky Central, and he found it was ruling at 49, and referring to transactions of the stock noticed it had not higher than 53 in a month. ~ “I can buy 3,000 margin. I rips Sahay make a godd thing out of this. It is a chance not to be sneezed at. Some shares on a ten-per-cent. 3 men could easily make a million or more on the — inter I was so fortunate as to get. Mr. Smoo Pn bet, would jump out of his shoes to ae on such a thing as this. I’ve a great nm give him part of my order j bad when the stock goes ming. He doesn’t deserve the commission from the way he has ’ treated me, but it will be worth that to see the look he’ll have on that shaven phiz of his when I start in to realize at a high profit.” : The idea tickled Eddie so much that. he de- termined to carry it out, so he put on his hat « ws Baeah ac ot zommy 3 r. in? ; ired of re mind to t to make him feel 7

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+ was told to come in. The broker was dictating a letter to Carry Thornton. “What’s that!” he roared, when his office boy delivered his message. : 2 “Eddie Nott is outside, and wants to see you, repeated Tommy. j _ “I won’t see him. Tell him to get out and stay out,” howled Mr. Smooth, loud enough to be heard all over, the place. Of course Eddie heard him, and chuckled at the old man’s anger. “Tell him I want to buy a thousand shares of a certain stock, and that I’ve got the money in my clothes to pay for it,” said he to the office boy when the lad came back to inform him what - Mr. Smooth had said. ‘ Tommy hardly relished the idea of going back to the private office, but finally consented to do 50. : “Wants to buy stock, does he?” bawled Smooth, icking up his ears when he heard there was usiness in the wind. As the old man never under any circumstances neglected a chance to scoop an honest dollar, he told Tommy to send Eddie in. Carrie smiled sweetly at the young broker when he entered, and Eddie said: _ “Good-afternoon, Carrie.” s Then Mr. Smooth interfered. “Did I understand that you wanted to buy some stock of me?” he growled like a surly beast who has been awakened from a sound slumber. , “Yes, sir. As you’re my old amperes, I thought fT might just as well put something in your way _ &8 to go to.a perfectly strange broker. : “What stock do you want? @ “I want you to ‘buy me 1,000 shares of Ken- Central at 49 on a ten-per-cent. margin. cost you $4,900. Where’s your mone ‘ore the old*man. “Mr. Smooth fingered them . usly, and then looked at the other bunch oh oy hn ie held in his hand. - a t take ete the chance of making a dollar by it. He hastily office to hand them over to his have the Spa pe ~< margin. If re as he had so expres: ung broker’s office a short time ‘now certain of it. So, while wait- red you?” ar. ---“Ftam; benfit : ~ He counted’ out ten $500 bills, and laid “am » He chuckled* ; A MINT OF MONEY 5 “Thank you, I will, Mr. Nott,” she replied, with a smile. “Oh, come now, call me Eddie, as you always did. I ain’t a bit proud, although I have gone into business for myself.” Carrie laughed. “I’m glad to see you getting ahead, Mr.—I mean Eddie—and I hope you will be very success- ful as a broker.” : “Thank you, Carrie. I don’t.” ‘ “I’m sure it won't,” *she’ returned sweetly. “You're the smarest boy I ever met.” The entrance of Mr. Smooth at this interesting stage cut short further conversation. The old broker regarded them with some suspicion as he handed Eddie his change. “When you Want to buy some more stock, young man, I shall be pleased to have you drop in,” he said, trying to look pleasant. * “Vl keep your invitation in mind, Mr. Smooth. I hope you'll get used to having me so close to you. I'll endeavor not to gobble up all the busi- ness that floats into this corridor.” The old broker smiled a crafty smile, and snapped his knuckle joints.. In his heart he be- lieved the new broker’s career would be exceed- ingly brief. Eddie, having finished his business, nodded to Carrie, and’ took his leave. In a day or two Kentucky Central began to advance and Eddie purchased 1,500 more shares. | The P. W. & C. shares he purchased for Grant also advanced, In the course of a couple of days the shares of both stock had nienaat to such a figure that Eddie sold out, making a fine haul for himself and also enriching Mr. Grant. « It. won't be my fault if CHAPTER IV.—Broker Robinson Asks Eddie To Go It Blind With Him. E A few mornings after Eddie’s coup in Ken- tucky Central there came a timid knock on the outside door. Bob went to the door and opened it. A very pretty and stylishly-dressed young lady of perhaps twenty-two stood outside. “Is Mr. Nott in?” she- inquired. a “Yes, miss. Please walk in arid I will tell him you want to see him. What name shall I say?” “Miss Grant.” = : ' Bob knocked: on the private door. “Come in,” said the boy broker. “A lady to see you. Her name is Miss Grant.” » “Show her in,” replied Eddie, wondering if ae tine, any connection with Mr. Grant of Corn- ee an The young lady walked into the new broker’s saEMr, Nott,” sh asked doubtful! “Mr. Nott,” she a f he took the chair Eddie pointed at. xd Sein ee “Yes, that is my name. What can I do for P é ¥ ; _“My father sent you a check for $1,000 a short time ago, with instructions to invest it on a mar- - gin in P. W. & C. stock,” she said, in a hesitating. voice. = b Sie : “Xes.. Are you Mr ss

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6 A MINT @F MONEY “Then, Miss Grant,” said Eddie, with one of his winning smiles, “T must congratulate you, for of course you know by this time that the market did go the right way. Acting on your father’s instructions, which I received ina second letter, I held on to the stock till it reached 70 5-8, and then sold it out. Your profit was $1,650, which, together with your margin of $1,000, makes me indebted to you to the extent of $2,650. Shall I hand you the money?” “No, no,” she replied hastily. “I wish you to keep it and reinvest it for me on your own judg- ment.” “{ hardly like to take an order in that way, Miss Grant. I would certainly do the very best 1 could for you, but I could not guarantee that my judgment would prevent you from losing your money. If I made an unfortunate deal it would be rather embarrassing for me to have to write to you to that effect.” “] am sure I can trust you fully, Mr. Nott. You lock very young, it is true,” she added, with a little smile, “but' you must be very smart, for I saw a paragraph in the Chronicle which stated that you had cleared something like $100,000 in Kentucky Central a few days ago; and you could not do that unless you were uncommonly shrewd.” “J am much obliged to you, Miss Grant, for your excellent opinion,” replied Eddie, laughingly. “After such an expression of confidence 1 sup- pose I ought not to refuse to execute any com- mission you ne see fit to give me. If you wish, then, I will try to put your money where it will do the most good; just as if it was my own.” ; » “Thank you. I shall consider it a great favor if you will. I am so utterly ignorant about the stock market that I should be afraid to pick out a stock myself. Perhaps under such circum- stances I ought not to speculate,” she added wi a smile; “but I rather like the idea of havin sometiony at stake, with the prospect ahead of oubling my money. ‘ “Or losing it oe: smiled Eddie. “Well,” said, shrugging her pretty shoul- “I ‘suppose one must take that chance if sarong y father, has turned out quite fortunate. You ae. $1,650 ahead at this moment. off -with you you are sure of it. If, on the contrary, you leave it with me -to reinvest in the market, you are once more em- of chance, = ie the matter with the question

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A MINT OF MONEY 7 “That's right. It’s a dead open and shut game aman with the money to back it.” < “Then why don’t you back it without——” ~ “Didn't I just say I was in a tight hole for Teady money. I’m tied up on one or two other deals.” “Then I’m to-understand that your proposition is I’m to furnish the money, or a good part of it, in exchange for the advantage of getting it on “your pointer. Is that it?” a : t’s about it. You can’t lose, I assure you. “But I’ve only your word for that. Unless you ~ give me the name of the stock so that I can see where I stand I'll be investing in a sort of blind ” “But you ought to have sufficient confidence in a brother broker, especially when he is older and More experienced than you are.” 7 __ Eddie laughed. : _ _ “J have confidence only in myself when I am doing business in Wall Street; then if I go up against hard luck I have nobody to blame but my little bunch of gray matter. Experience is ali right in its way, but it does not always count in the stock market. I have heard of old gray- beards down here, who have been thirty or forty _ years in the Street, and might be reasonably ex- =, to know it all, get wiped out in a single hour on the Exchange.” : 3 - “Then I can’t get you to go into this deal with me?” said Robinson, in a disappointed tone. — -_ “No, you cannot. If you've got a good thing you ought to make a special effort to raise the oney somehow to put it through and make the “Rows share yourself. That’s what I should do.” - “You'll probably regret your refusal to join _ Me,” said Ratha sulkily, . ce A “In what way?” asked Eddie, sharply, for he i __ fancied Robinson’s words veiled a threat of some %. ___ .“T'll take care to let you know as soon as it’s too late for you to get any good out of it.” _. “Thanks, Mr. Robinson. I’m not. at all inter- ‘ested in s the matter.” ‘Look have, Not, you make me tired. The oF Central, and your success has given you “3 I like to see chaps like you taken _ down off your perch.” ! snorted Broker Robinson, dashing“ out Of the office. ba ge Sit Little pee es = Pete 3 ee with you is that, like all boys, you ima-— on gis, sou koa the whole game from A to Z. Mr. Robinson, for your kind wishes, : it, or think they know it. I'll bet Dudley Smooth gave the news out about my success in Kentucky Central, and that’s how it got into print. He wants to set the sharks after me.’ Very likely I'll hear from him, too, before long, as soon as he hatches up some scheme to try and get at my boodle. It hurts him way down to his boots, as I knew it would, to have to draw that big check for me. He was so sure at the start that my margin would remain right in his office that his Cappo ment was simply heartbreaking to im.” Eddie got his second customer that afternoon. _. A respectable looking old gentleman ‘walked into his office about one o’clock and asked for Mr. Nott. “He’s out at lunch,” said Bob, wondering who the visitor was. “Will he be back soon?”+ “I couldn’t say, sir. He may be back in a few minutes, or he may stop in at the Exchange.” “May I use your desk a moment,” asked the old gentleman. “Sure you can. Sit right down.” The yisitor wrote an order directing Eddie to purchase 10,000 shares of Nashville & Memphis at 95, and have the same delivered C. O. D. at his office before noon next day, if possible. “I need scarcely say,” he added, “that this or- der is given in the strictest confidence. Make the purchases as quietly as possible, and get the stock in small lots from different brokers if you, can. If you are able to pick the stock up outside of . the Exchange I should prefer that you do so. will send my check for your commission as soon as I receive your statement after the stock has been delivered to me. Very truly yours, Gale Whitney.” : “Hand this to Mr. Nott when he comes in,” he said to Bob, and i iately took his leave. He hadn’t been gone more than five minutes before Eddie came in. “There’s a note on your desk,” said Bob.- “Who from?” “Give it-up. He was an old gentleman, and wrote it at my desk. He asked to see you when he came in, and when I said you were out, and couldn’t tell just when you’d come back, he said he couldn’t wait, and wrote the note.” “What did he say his name was?” : “He didn’t say, and I forgot-to ask him. At any rate, I guess you'll find it inside the note.” “Then you never saw the man before?” “Never. : '. Eddie went into his private room and saw the note lying on his desk. He took it up, tore the envelope open, and read the communication. “Whew!” he exclaimed, in great astonishment. “An order to bay. 10,000 shares of Nashville & Memphis. Who is this chap?”

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3 A MINT OF MONEY else. Somebody must have sent him up here. I wonder who my good friend is?” Eddie finished the note. — “I'll go out and try to get some of that stock right away. I haven’t anything better to do.” He put on his hat and started to make a tour of the brokers’ offices on the Street. He succeed- ed in purchasing 6,000 shares in small lots here and there, and # got hold of another thousand from the Broad street curb brokers. Then he Hs into the Empire Building, but couldn’t find a share. “I ought to be able to get the’other 3,000 in the morning,” he said to himself as he headed back for his office. When he reached the fourth floor of the Bar- num Building he decided to run in and see if Mr. McGuire had any. He found that this young broker had gone home. “lll try Robinson, just for fun, but I don’t be- lieve he has any.” “Mr. Robinson is engaged,” said the small office boy who sat in the reception-room. “He will probably be able to see you in a few minutes.” “T’ll wait a short time,” replied Eddie, stepping over to the open window which looked out on a \ well. - As he stood there inhaling the air he plainly heard Mr. Robinson ing in his private room. “I tried my bést to get that young monkey to go in with am: but—— “He wo ’t bite, eh?” interrupted his visitor, with a short laugh. ‘ him. ; “What’s the use of talking that way, Robin- son? Why don’t you admit that the boy was too smart for you?” “Oh, I’ve got a lot of N. & G. in my safe. I want to rid of it in the worst way. I intend- wash sales with you to.cover the I could have got my hands on his good coin. We could have man- : aged somehow to have forced the price up on the or so, which would have car- = out my ideas of the fake tip I had—see?” “Then when the stock dropped, as it was bound nor” ea was have left ahead, furnished liatad for poo-yorme chump to ponder -Robinso it’s ‘ iomesd the ow’s d : vl . I. & P., which is bound to i As it is, much _ Money/to such good advantage. — ates Ln. ie “I’ve got $60,000, you know, and I can easily raise another $15,000. You must get $5,000 more somehow if you’re going in with me. The stock is selling now at 90, and will surely go above 110 as soon as the boom sets in, which it is liable to do in a couple of days. That would give us money enough to buy 17,000 shares on margin, out of bane we ought to clear over $150,000 apiece in a week.” “That would be a fine haul,” said Robinson.. “I should remark. If you can’t raise the money by to-morrow, why, we'll have to go in independ- ently. I’ll buy the stock to the limit of my capi- tal, and you can do the same. With $30,000 you'll be able to get 3,000 shares, anyway, on which you ought to make $60,000.” : .. “You are certain that your information is re- liable?” “Positively. I got it straight from my brother- in-law, who is one of the directors of the The company has bought out the P. A. & N., which has been a thorn in its side for six years. As soon as the news gets out, which it will by Monday, you'll see something doing on the Ex- change. There is a lot of the stock floating around _ the Street, and the Po on the inside have al- ready begun to buy it in as fast as they can: So, you see, we have no time to lose. I shall begin buying at noon to-morrow for myself, if not for our joint account.” “All right, Benson,” said Broker Robinson. “I'll see what I can do toward getting enough money ta match you by to-morrow noon, and will let _ you know by eleven o’clock. I’m afraid, however, that I won’t be able to make the riffle.” “Then don’t fail to go in on your own hook.” “T'll do that, you may gamble on it. I’m not letting such a chance as this get away from me.” That ended their conversation, every word of which Eddie had head. He was now full alive to the intended treachery of Mr. Robinson toward himself, and it didn’t improve his feelings toward that gentleman. a Soon Eddie was ushered into Robinson’s office. Asked what he could do for him, Eddie said he was after Nashville & Memphis. But Robinson told him he hadp’t a single share, so Eddie re- turned to his office. By noon he had secured all of the stock wanted by Mr. Whitney, and it was delivered to that gentleman. pits awl gta 5,000 pry of T. I. & . stock ough brokers, and an extra 1, through Mr. Smooth. eA On Monday the news about the T. I. & P. leaked out and the stock took a big jump. After it had gone up as high as Eddie thought safe he sold out. He had also invested Miss Grant’s m along with his own. —. Grant $f 500. S$ soon as he had time Eddie wrote Miss what he had done with her money, and thet he held subject to her order the sum of $7,200. ; ‘ ° Eddie cleared $90,000 CHAPTER VI.—Carrie Thorton Warns Eddie. A-few days afterward Eddie received a very. nicely worded letter from Miss Grant thnuking” : for the interest he took in investing her _ » a sear pi 4 we He are

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A MINT OF MONEY 9 > “You have done so well by me that I would like to leave my money with you for you to rein- vest in the market as you see fit,” she added; “that is, if I am not imposing on your good na- ture. I assure you that I shall not forget your kindness to me even if my next venture should prove unfortunate. I do not expect you to win always for me. If you will permit me to remain as your customer, you may send me the $200 and retain the $7,000 to put up as a margin on any stock that you think is worth the risk.” __ Eddie was willing to keep her on his list on her own terms and that afternoon-he sent her a draft for the $200. . As he was coming back to his office from a Visit to the Exchange Eddie saw Robinson come out of Mr. Smooth’s office. He held back until the broker had disappeared afound into the next corridor where his office was, and then entered his own. Eddie didn’t leave for home that day till after five, having some writing to attend to. - As*he was locking the outer door Carrie Thorn- ton, with her hat and jacket on, came out of Smooth’s office. Of course they saw each other at once. : “I’m so glad to see you, Eddie,” said Carrie, rushing up to him with outstretched hand. “Same here, Carrie. Come in and see my office. You promised to dé so, you know.” _ She accepted the invitation, so the young brok- er unlocked the door again and escorted his fair Visitor inside. : “This is the next room to ours, isn’t it?” she _ Said. “And that door. = “Opens on Mr. Smooth’s reception-room. = and see my private den.” He led her into the smaller room beyond. “Yow have it real nice here. I wish I were your ar, gay instead of Mr. Smooth’s,” she Said brightly. ; “IT wish you were, too, Carrie. Maybe some day, I'll hire you away from him, but at present Ma haven't enough work to keep one of your little ‘ fingers busy.” > - _ “But you’re making lots of money, aren't you? “Who told you that, Carrie?” : “Oh, I overheard Mr. Smooth say so. Besides _ ur bookkeeper said he believed you were pan- ne out first-rate.” ‘ ell, I’m in no immediate danger of going to ouse,” laughed Eddie. Come f or. _ the nk you, Carrie. I know you mean that.” do, indeed. Now, I want to tell you some- ~~ “Do you? What is it? That you are ready to ‘Say yes if I should ask you to marry me?” she exclaimed, breahing-ateree® what in one’s own office,” she gon. ; chill ae za =. much,” she said. aA m very glad to know that you are succeed- ~ with a smile. “That doesn’t surprise me, either. It makes him: sick to think I am getting on at all.” “He was very angry over the way in which you came out ahead in Kentucky Central.” “I have no doubt he-was. He looked it the next time I saw him.” “Then the other day you made $15,000 on T. I. & P. stock through a deal in our office.” “Yes, but I made $75,000 out of a larger deal in the same stock at another firm, Carrie.” $ “You did!” she cried, opening her eyes with astonishment. : “IT did.” “Why, that is $90,000 profit.” : “You’ve got it right.” “ “If Mr. Smooth knew that he’d have a spasm.” “Well, what is this matter you were about to tell me?” ; : “Are you acquainted with a broker in this building named Robinson?” “Yes, and I don’t like him for a cent.” “He was in our office this afternoon, and was talking to Mr. Smooth in a very confidential way. I overheard your name mentioned once or twice, so I judged they were conversing about you.” “Well,” said Eddie, very much interested, “did you hear anything they said?” . “T heard Mr. Robinson remark that he thought “you ought to be an easy proposition, as you had had so little experience as a broker.” ea said that, did he?” grinned Eddie. “Yes. “He ought to know better than that, for it is only the other day he came into my office with a proposition which I turned down. He intended to rope me into a little squeeze game which he had all ready cut and dried. He expected me to bite at it at once, but I didn’t. That same afternoon { I accidentally got on to Robinson’s game. It was the meanest kind of trick he meant to work off on me, and so I mean to fight mighty shy of him hereafter.” “I think you are right to be on your guard against him, and Mr. Smooth as well. I am sure they are getting up some scheme to put you out of business. I haven’t any idea what it is, for they spoke in very low tones, and I was only able to catch a word here and there.” - “Well, I’m much obliged to you, Carrie, for the warning. I shan’t forget your kindness.” “That is all right, Eddie. I’m only too glad to be of any service to you,” replied the girl Pa a “I hope the time will come when I ean be of service to you, and then you may depend on me way. down to the d. “You are very kind to say that, Eddie.” » “Not at all, Carrie. We've always been friends you know, and I trust nothing will prevent our friendship from growing, for I think more of you than any girl I ever knew.” . Carrie blushed and looked down. “Well, I won’t detain you any longer. You are anxious for Smooth keeps get home, I know, Has desk longer than \ *

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* doubtful tone. “ ' mame of George Deering. give any clew to 10 CHAPTER VII.—The Boston & Maine Shares. Next. morning there was some excitement on the Exchange over the sudden rise of a certain stock, and Eddie left his office to go to the visit- ors’ gallery to see what was on the tapis. He hadn’t been gone over a minute or two before a sandy-featured man walked into the -office and asked Bob if Mr. Nott was in. “No, sir. He just went over to the Exchange.” “Well, that’s too bad. I wanted to see hi about selline some stock for me,” said the visitor, taking a big envelope out of his pocket. “I was told by a friend that Mr. Nott was one of the smartest young brokers on the Street, and so I thought I’d call in and see him. You don’t know when he’ll be in, do you?” “I don’t expect him to return for half an hour at least. Can’t I take your order?” “I’m afraid not,” replied the sandy man, in a have some shares here which I want Mr. Nott to sell for me,” and the speaker showed Bob the contents of the envelope.” “Then you had better call in an hour, sir. If you will leave your name——” “It will be impossible for me to call again to- day,” said the visitor, “as I am going to Phila- delphia by the noon train. However, I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll leave these shares of stock with ~ you. Give them to Mr. Nott when he comes back, ~ and tell him I want him to sell them for me at the market price. I'll write a receipt for them, and Rip can sign it. I will call to-morrow noon. “All right,” answered Bob, who signed the re- ceipt after seeing that it correctly stated the name and number of shares in the énvelope. It was all of an hour before Eddie returned, and then Bob handed him the envelope containing the stock left by the sandy-fea man. “The man who left this stock wants you to sell it for him,” “Who was he?” “T don’t know.” “Didn’t you ask him his name?” “Yes; but he didn’t give it to me.” Eddie opened the envelope and took out the certificates. There were ten 50-share certificates of Boston & Maine railroad, made out in the The young broker scanned each one carefully, and-as far as he could determine they ap to be all right. There was no writing on elope that would ; owner’s name or address. “When did the man say he would call again?” “To-morrow noon. He said he had to go to ‘Philadelphia on the noon train.” “What sort of looking man was he?” ‘asked Bob described the sandy-featured man as well ashe could. - “It may be all right, but I don’t like the looks “ chap — have stolen “tell. I must ‘ll handle the ‘Nott. “Well, I may be in to-morrow if I ra Sys 2 oe 7 7 + eM rt : - aA. er 4 ‘ A MINT OF MONEY “If you will give me your name I'll take it in to him,” said Bob. “It isn’t necessary,” replied the visitor glibly. “Mr. Nott doesn’t*know me. I just want to see him on a little business.” : Bob went into the private office and told Eddie that a gentleman who wouldn't give his name wanted to see him on business. > “All right. Tell him to step in.” When his caller appeared his face seemed a trifle familiar to the boy. “T’ve seen him somewhere,” thought Eddie, “but I can’t place him at this moment.” “Mr. Nott?” asked the stranger. “Yes, sir. Take a seat.. Your name is x “Benson,” replied his visitor. Instantly Eddie recalled under what circum- stances he had met this man before. He was Robinson’s friend. The man to whom Robinson ~ had explained the trick he had hoped to work off on Eddie,‘and who had furnished the tip whieh had resulted rather disastrously both to himself and Robinson, but had proved a $90,000 winner’ to the boy broker. Eddie had only got a glimpse of his face as he was leaving Robinson’s office, but he now knew it was the same man. The fact that Benson was an avowed friend of Robinson’s put Eddie on his guard. “What can I do for you, Mr. Benson?” he asked his visitor. : - ; “I’m looking for some Boston & Maine stock,” said Mr. Benson. 600 shares to fill an order. It seems to be very scarce on the Street. Have you any of it, or do you know who has? I’m willing to pay half a point above the market price if I can get some right away.” “No,” replied Eddie.- “I’m afraid I cannot ac- commodate you. If you will come back to-morrow, any time after noon, I may be able to furnish you with what you are looking for.” “That will be too late,” replied Mr. Benson. “I must have the stock now.” - : ay I’m afraid you'll have to look elsewhere or it.” : “ll give you a point above the market figure if you can find me some right away.” “Give me your,office address and a signed or- der that you will pay for them C. O. D., and ul go out and see. what I can do for you.” “No,” replied Benson. “I can perhaps pi them up myself on the outside. I made you this you a special offer on the supposition that some of the stock in your office.” . “What made you think I had any in my office?” “Oh, I thought from your manner maybe you had some, and was holding back for a better figure than I offered at first.” “Tf I had any for sale I should have taken you up at once,” answered Eddie. ; “Then you havén’t any to sell me?” aE “No, sir. I have not a single share of Boston” & Maine to sell you.” - ; 2 : “But you said that you might have some to- *t you?” . Wi x<S= tion’as that, Mr. Benson,” said ees , “T-want to get hold of 500 or . { - oa

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A’MINT OF MONEY: it order to-day and my customer is willing to wait,” of the fourth day Eddie was surprised to receive said Benson, rising, with a disappointed look. a visit from Robinson, who was accompanied by “Very well. You will probably find me in all another man. the afternoon.” “Well, Mr. Robinson, to what am I indebted Mr. Benson then took his leave. After he had for.this call?” asked the young broker. gone Eddie began to ponder over the situation. “Have you any Boston & Maine stock in your on” “This Boston & Maine business begins to look safe?” asked Robinson abruptly. rather funny to me. What induced Robinson’s “No, sir,”.answered Eddie promptly. “Why do friend to come in here looking for the very ~you ask?” amount of stock that was left here to be disposed “Because I have reason to believe you have.” of a couple of hours or so ago? He acted as if “What reason?” — "he knew I had some of the stock in my posses- “That’s my business. Officer, produce your sion. Is this a put-up job of some kind that is search warrant.” : being worked on me by Robinson and my_next- _The man, who proved to be a detective, showed ‘door neighbor, Smooth? If so, what kind of a his authority from a magistrate to search Eddie's b is it? I really can’t make head or tail of it. office for certain specified certificates of Boston erhaps the stock was left here to see if I would _ & Maine stock. | se of it on a mere verbal order to my office ~ “You are looking for that stock, are you?” boy. If I had sold the stock to Benson the man asked Eddie. who left it, when he comes to-morrow, might say The detective nodded. that he had never given such an order, but mere- “You may save yourself both time and trouble ly left it here on deposit until he returned to by applying at the Old Slip police station for reclaim it. If that’s the game the originators of those shares. it will be disappointed, for I’m not such a chump “What do you mean?” demanded Robinson, as to sell anything belonging to another person flushing red in the face. ut I have written authority to do so. I mean that those shares were left at this think I'll go in and consult McGuire about this office by a stranger to be sold. He promised to matter. He’s a decent man, and no particular » come back next day to see me about them. He friend of Robinson’s.” hasn’t showed up since. Thinking there might McGuire, however, was at the Exchange and be something crooked about the matter I turned Eddie couldn’t see him just then. Finally he de- the certificates over to the police with a sworn cided to submit the thing to the broker with statement of how they came into my possession.” - Whom he did business. So he called on Mr. Gib- “You did?” gasped Robinson. gon, the head of the firm. That gentleman lis- I did. ; Sia : tened attentively to the circumstances of the case. “T think that sto is very fishy. I insist that “The person who left that stock at your office you open your safe so that this officer can is either-unused to Wall Street methods, in which search it.” L : ; ‘ase he may be a thief, or he is the agent of Very well,” replied Eddie. “I have no objec- persons who are trying to put you into a hole for tion. But what have you to do with that stock? ‘Some reason. Eternal: vigilance is the price of \ And why do you suppose the shares to be in my ; down here, young man. You can’t go to possession : ‘ ; sleep and still expect to hold your end up. My “That stock belongs to me. I have missed it to you-is to hold that stock in your safe ever since the afternoon you were in my office, : hour the man who left it with your when I laid the envelope containing the certifi- he would call. If he shows up cates down on the ticker where you were stand- afin hap one with him. ED, you mean to insinuate that I stole that . i - s at. sf stock?” demanded Eddie hotly. ; “I mean to say that there are grounds for such ‘a suspicion.” “You have said enough, Mr. Robinson. You _will have to prove your words, made in the pres- ence of this detective, whom I shall hold as a witness, or you will have to answer for the con- sequences. I have already got some evidence . n, and after that this whole affair is a put-up job, and I am for him Eddie pre- going to make the-guilty parties sweat for it.” d Bob signed: _ “A put-up job!” exclaimed Robinson, turning “Yes, sir—a put-up job. The safe is not lock: . Please make your search with as little de. lay as possible. You may then examine my desk. After you are satisfied the stock is not Jooked very white under the eyes while the detective was making his . for the —— & Main @ shares. Senile 12 oo he zaid at lant ora aids Mr “Relient “Then I mus 5 . . PRE WT Rigas tapeeh 98 or eer erage! = oA

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14 ing that this boy. took them,” said the broker weakly. ; “That won’t do now, Mr. Robinson,” retorted Eddie, who saw that he had his enemy on the run. “You have practically charged me with thé theft——~” ; “T’}]] apologize,” interrupted Robinson hastily. “Sit right down at my desk, then, and write a retraction of your supicions,” demanded Eddie. “I'd like to see myself doing such~a thing as that,” snorted Robinson angrily. “All right. Then I'll have you and Dudley Smooth arrested for conspiracy to ruin me.” “What do you mean?” gasped Robinson, turn- ing fairly livid. “Just what I say,” replied Eddie coolly. “Are you out of your senses?” ; “Don’t you worry about that. I haye evidence that you went to Mr. Smooth’s office and ar- ranged this Boston & Maine scheme in his private. room. You sent that sandy-featured man to my office to leave those shares in my possession, and you took care to do it when I was out. Then you sent your friend Benson around here to buy them from me. As soon as you got them back you intended to have me arrested for stealing them out of your office. It was a fine game for a presumedly decent broker like you to work on an inexperienced boy like me. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” Eddie was throwing a gigantic bluff, for though he believed he was practically correct in his de- ductions of the case, still he was aware that he could not prove a single thing against the two conspirators, though he believed that by hiring a smart lawyer he could give them a great deal” of trouble, and perhaps show them up to very bad advantage in the newspapers. If ever a man looked guilty Robinson did at that moment; but he made a desperate effort to down Eddie’s ac- cusations. ~ “It’s a lie,” he shouted. “It’s ? “Tl give you a last chance to get out of this thine before I put it in the hands of a lawyer. Write that retraction and be sure to make the apology ample.” “T’ll see you jiggered first,” howled the broker, rushing from the room, followed by the detective. “All right,’ muttered Eddie to himself. “I'll see if I can give both you and Mr. Smooth th seare of your lives- He put on his hat and went up to Nassau street’ to call on a well-known lawyer. In the’ mean- time Robinson and the detective went to the Old _ Slip station about the Boston & Maine shares. The captain of-the precinct confirmed Eddie’s statement, and then told Robinson that he had turned the certificates into police headquarters. The broker hurried up to 300 Mulberr~ street to see the chief of policey That official acknowl- edged that the stock had been sent there. , "+ “Tt is now in the hands of the prbperty clerk.” ~ “Will you give me an order on the property clerk so that I can recover it.” _ M2 ? -< “No, sir; this matter will have to be investi- gated first. You say the bonds were stolen from -- your office. I must make an effort to catch the © thief, who seems to be the man, or his accom- \ A MINT OF MONEY os lh plice, who left the certificates at that young “_ broker’s office for sale. I have a partial de- scription of the fellow im the report of the cap- tain of the Old Slip station. complete one by having that broker’s office boy questioned.” The chief’s words threw Robinson into a mild panic, for the sandy featured man was a friend. of his own friend Bensony and he was sure that if the man was identified and arrested that he would give the whole game away to save himself. The stock was the property of Mr. Smooth, and was worth $61,000, and Robinson was anxious to get it back so as to return it to him. He tried his best to. persuade the chief to give it up, but he wouldn’t, so when he left headquarters he hur- ried to his office and telephoned to Benson to call on him at once. “You must get Carter to leave the city at once,” he said, as soon as Benson appeared. “Why so?” asked his friend in surprise. “Because he is in-danger of arrest at any mo- ment, and you know it will be very awkward all round if he is pulled in,” Robinson then told Benson how badly the Bos- ton & Maine scheme had failed of accomplishing its object. “The worst of it all is that the police have possession of the-stock. The chief refuses to give it up until after he has investigated the case, and his first move he told me will be to try and arrest the man who left the stock at Nott’s office. That is Carter, you know. He has a partial, and ex- pects to get a more complete description of him from Nott’s office boy. Now, it won’t do at all for Carter to be arrested. He must be sent out . of town until this thing blows over. I’ll see that all his expenses are paid, so’ I wish you’d attend to the matter right away.” * “All right,” replied Benson, appreciating the- hole Robinson was in. Next morning Robinson received a letter from the Nassau street lawyer which stated that un- less He made a complete retraction and ample apology. proceedings would at once be begun against him on the charge of conspiracy, and that ~ this charge would involve others. That letter gave the broker an awful shock. He could not guess how much Eddie had found out, but taken _ in connection with the attitude of the chief of police, and his own guilty conscience, he wilted at once. “He reached around and talked to Dud- ley Smooth about it, telling the old man that. Eddie had threatened to~ bring charges of con- spiracy against them both. The result was that Smooth told him to make a full retraction of his words against the boy, and to make an abject apology if necessary to hush the matter up. This was a bitter pill for Robinson to swallow; but there was no way out of it, and so he wrote Eddie a complete refutation of his statement that he had suspected the young. broker of stealing I shall get a more- the Boston & Maine shares from his office, and _ . begged the boy to let the whole matter drop. - Eddie was satisfied that he had given the two ~ h ake: willing to call the thing off, more especially~as the police — rascals a hard shake-up, so he was failed to find Carter, who was shipped to Canada by Robinson’s friend, SR

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* ry? Ti Sa A MINT OF MONEY : 13 CHAPTER IX.—Eddie Arranges to Take a Life Partner. Three months passed away, and the hot month - of August had the city in its grasp. Things had ; pretty slow in the Street since the first of July, and Eddie, although-he had secured a couple of dozen new customers, mostly through his card "in the financial journals, hadn’t done any business to speak of. i with Carrie Thornton at the nearby seaside re- _ Sorts, and the two enjoyed themselves immensely - together. The young broker wrote Miss Grant that he had not so far seen anything that he cared to risk her money in, but when he did she _Would hear from him. This letter brought a renewed expression of confidence from the Corn- ‘Wall young lady, and she promised not to be im- _ » patient as to results. The police having failed after a reasonable _ time in finding any trace of the sandy featured -~ ™an, let the case go by default, and returned the _ Stock to Robinson, who duly turned it over to _ Mr. Smooth. The two rascals, however, had _ learned a lesson, and were very wary of coming Up against the shrewd boy broker again. One f _ “morning Eddie heard two brokers talking to- _ gether in low tones about a certain stock, the Mame of which they did not mention. They ap- ioe to be members of a syndicate which had formed to boom it. _ _ “Smooth is with us in this, and will do the buy-: _ ing and booming,” said one. “He will be assisted __ by a man named Robinson, and also by Benson, = _ another smart young broker. We are certain to _ Make a good thing out of this deal all around.” _ “When do we begin operations?” asked the rr, ey Monday. Nobody will suspect that any- eee the wind until we have gobbled up all _ the shares in sight. Then, after we’ve forced up the price, we'll commence to unload in a quiet "Way, and take our profits.” 4 oe: wt this point the speaker observed Eddie close “by, and nudging his companion, they both walked away. ; 36," mused Eddie. “Smooth is in the syndi-.. 3 cate, is he? And. he, Robinson, and Benson are the buying. note the ‘said not on heard. On Monday morning Braue Ly al o'cl e was up in the visitor’s gallery “of the . _ Exchan ing down on the e spent a good part of his time, 100 of Miss Grant’s money, and went in to see McGuire. ; “I want you to buy me 1,000 shares of Southern Texas for a lady customer at 61, which is the ruling figure,” he said to the broker. “Faith, it will give me great pleasure to do that for you, Eddie,” McGuire replied “for busi- ness is plaguey dull. So the lady wants 1,000 shares, does she? Quite a plunger in her little way. “Oh,:she knows a good thing when she sees it,” grinned the boy. “Then you wish me to understand that South- ern Texas is a good thing?” “I think it is.” “Are you buying any yourself on the outside?” “Well, -ves; I have bought a few shares, just to keep abreast of the times.” “It’s too bad that you never favor me with any of your personal orders.” “Well, you see 1 have a special arramgement with a big house up in the Street, otherwise I’d send my orders to you,” was the way Eddie placated McGuire. zz An hour afterward Southern Texas had gone uv a point. Eddie got $62,000 more from his box, went to another brokerage firm, and bought 10,- 000 additional shares of the stock. When the boy went to lunch at one o’clock he found that South- ern Texas was ruling at 64, an advance of three points since the Exchange opened. After some deliberation he resolved to go the whole hog on the stock, so -he drew $64,000 from his box, leav- ing a meagre $3,000 in the vault, and put it u with a third broker as security-for another 10,00 shares, making 30,000 shares in al! that he held of Southern Texas. Evidently Eddie Nott was a boy of nerve. ; “If a serew should happen to work loose in Southern Texas I stand an excellent chance of ‘being completely wiped out; but just the same I- wouldn't be the only one who*would. be crippled.” That afternoon Eddie wrote Miss Grant that he had placed $6,100 of her money in 1,000 shares of Southern Texas, and that she might look to see it rise. He waited around till Carrie left Smooth's office, and walked with her to the bridge cars, “What’s new in your place?” he asked her, as they turned into Nassau street. “Mr. Smooth seems to be very busy with some new deal,” she answered. : “Yes, I know,” grinned Eddie. “He’s booming Southern Texas just now.” 3 “How do you know that?” she asked, wonder- ingly, as she ‘hadn’t heard a word about the _ ‘stock herself. : ~ “Oh, I’m not asleep, even if it is the good old summer time,” he said, with a wink. “I also know that Robinson and Benson are helping him keep the ball rolling.” “I never saw such a smart boy as you are,” she said admiringly. “Oh, I’m not the only pebble. There are lots st ciness.*

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nee “Yes, 14 A MINT OF MONEY “Well, perhaps ae a few ahares; but that’s between you and I ra ~ “Oh, I won’t tell anyone about it Why should “That’s right. I don’t, want Smooth to know that I’ve any Southern Texas.” “Has it gone up since you bought it?” “It’s gone up three points, since I bought the first lot.” “The first lot! Then you’ve gota bunch of it, have you?” she asked. “You are asking too many questions, Carrie,” laughed Eddie. “Am 1?” “Tovever, I'll tell you all about the matter if you will answer one question the right way that I want to ask you.” “Tl agree.” “But you don’t/ know what that question is? Look out that I don’t spring something on you that’ltake your breath away.” “ “Why, what do you mean?” “T know you take a great interest in my busi- ness, Carrie. Well, I’m willing to let you in on the und floor on one condition.” hat’s that?” “That vou agree to become Mrs. Eddie Nott some day.” “Oh, Eddie!” sarleined Carrie, blushing vio- ently. “There, now, it’s up to you. Say yes, and I'll consider you a sort of silent partner\in my busi- ness.” It was several staghes before the girl opened her mouth. Eddie didn’t hurry her. He was hope- believe that es answer 1 hei to t he thought a hl sg Pe of dig sh said, slowly, at last, “you shouldn’t e a have asked me a an. "embarrassing question whe i was in‘the habit of striking the : e oc What do you want me to say?” : “You know what I want you to say. Just one 5 Rei te epa ahe etn!demarely ow it is; but word I want to hear has | three letters in "it, not two.” ___ “There are lots of words with letters. ~ How am I to know which = you are thinking - of?” she asked, tantalizing Ke’ your heart, Grn ‘what the word is,” he said, earnestly. ieee it SiR she answered with some hesita- “eb? word. Do you mean it?” eat oe tt my iss some ee “Yes, Eddie. You may speak to my mother whenever you wish.” “I will come over to-night, for I want to get you a handsome engagement ring to-morrow.” Broker Eddie was certainly not letting the grass grow under his feet. CHAPTER X.—Eddie Becomes a Millionaire. As a splendid diamond ring appeared on Carrie Thorton’s engagement finger a day-or two after- ward it is to be presumed that Mrs. Thornton had’ accepted the boy broker as her future son-in-law. Carrie also began to take an unusual interest in the office indicator, and was following the upward tendency of Southern Texas with intense satisfac- tion, not unmixed with some anxiety as to the . ultimate outcome, for she now knew that Eddie had practically every dollar of his capital staked on the stock. Eddie now waited every afternoon for Carrie’s knock on his door, which told him she was ready to start for her home. On the day following that on which she had received her beautiful ring, o girl entered the boy broker’s office with her on. “ “All ready to go home, Carrie?” he said, draw- ing her toward him and imprinting a kiss on bat blushing cheek. “Yes.” “I suppose you know that Southern Texas closed at 69 to-day?” he asked. “Oh, ay I’m keeping close tab on it now,” she smiled “If 1 was to — the order had sell now I'd clear Panay ied $200,000. Why uk or sell, then?” “Because it 1 be worth more to-morrow.” “I hope so, Radics but’I’m so ner¥ous lest the (ihe drop out when, you aren’t expecting it.” tr no. It isn’t high enough to be top-heavy ¥ Eddie, you know. best.” : oy feck for it to go to 80 before there is any danger- of a slump. of which she was very proud, the “Do you really think it will go as high as” that?” “I do. Perhaps higher. I, exciti grea deal of. attention now on aoe of the. = change.” y. Next morning when Eddie approached the Ex- change he saw Dudley Smooth and Dick Robinson standing outside talking together, They wore the air of men who are perfectly satisfied with themselves. Ap moka the firm! pms gp ccna ar as Southern Texas was cone cern y were masters of si sdilie * edd the of the situation. say: ee aoe se lare say you’ mn ities chile ciereet ee “There may be 9 them unobserved he heard Snooth

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of} dh A MINT OF MONEY That day Southern Texas climbed up to 75. “J told you last night. that S. T. would be worth more to-day,” he said to Carrie, when she met him as usual at four o’clock. “Yes, it closed at 75. That makes you worth ever so much more, doesn’t it?” “On paper I have made $180,000 to-day.” $ your profits up to last night were $2,- 000,000? = = t’s correct.” “My ess! What a lot of money! wish you'd sell out to-morrow.” Eddie shook his head. * “Too soon. I heard Mr. Smooth say this morn- ing that it was sure to go to 95.” “I don’t see how you manage to find out so +» much about Mr. Smooth’s affairs. I never saw a closer man about business.” P “Oh, he and Robinson were talking in front o the Exchange as I was passing, and I couldn’t help hearing a word or two that they said.” morning when the Stock exchange opened the excitement over Southern Texas rose to fever The stock was so scarce that the price rose ily to 85, with few aslee. se hn - the ery as it went up point by point, eac advance meena a gain of $30,000 for him. When unch he was as cool as a cucum- I do HE REE BS 3 8 g on the deal about $680,000. He de- to sell out Miss Grant’s holdings, and 10,- f his shares in two lots of 5,000. When he from his lunch he looked at his office ticker saw that the stock had gone up three points so he called in on McGuire and ordered Grant’s 1,000 shares sold. ire was at the Exchange, but his clerk the order to him. As soon as he of- ,000 shares they were snapped. a, ud 88 1-8, and the Cornwall young lady b: ,000- she had been a week Pit aE FEE Hee sl u #55 Eee 8 75 j F 3 3 mooth and Robinson air, when he walked up ite manner. Southern Texas, eh?” he asked, with a ‘ef your blasted business!” snarled Rob- is my business, if anybody should it | said Eddie, pod ane “Those shares you had to accept just now were -roared Smooth and Robinson in one y- * o Don’t ie : u ¢ AG $ 4 shares of tha » members had received. not know that the Galveston shares had been for- _ warded its brokers 15 “That's my business, Mr. Robinson. - You bought the stock from Pyle, Hastings &/Co., one of my brokers.” . “One of your brokers,” sneered Robinson. “One would think you were a big operator.” “Well, I'm big enough to have another 10,000 shares of Southern Texas in my vest pocket which I’m going to sell right away. Do you want them, or shall I have ’em dumped inside?” Smooth and’ Robinson looked at each other aghast. “Have you really got 10,000 shares of Southern Texas in your control?” asked the old man, with a drooping lip. “I have. Do you want ’em, or don't you? You don’t have to take ’em.” ~ “I'll take them at 89,” said Smooth, looking at the boy as though he would have enjoyed nothing better than to hear of his sudden death. “Give me an order on your broker—that will be suffi- cient.” Eddie drew a note-book and pencil from his pocket, and wrote an order on the brokers from whom he had purchased “his last batch of stock, to sell out his holdings at once to Mr. Smooth at 89. The old man took it and hurried back in- side of the Exchange. A representative of the was on the floor, and to him Smooth pre- sented the order. It was promptly accepted,. and the syndicate became the owner of another 10,000 shares, which it had not expected to have to handle. As soon as Eddie found that his stock had been transferred to the clique, he wrote a little note, and sent it in to Mr. Smooth. This is what it said: “I have 10,000 more shares of Southern Texas that I have no use for. You can have them at 90. If you don’t take them in five minutes I’ll order them to be thrown on the market.—Eddie Nott.” Mr. Smooth con. Cone coat nare, 00:90 der the. vtosk, the tranese: ons consequently not a on Exchang records. Smooth showet Badite note to Robin- son, and that young man swore a great oath, “He's a liar,” roared Robinson. “He’s got no more shares.” “Then we'll call his bluff,” replied Smooth, grimly. He did, and Eddie sent him in an order on his eee ene livered to Mr. Smooth at seit at : man fainted when he saw it. << “He has the stock,” » With a livid turning to Robinson. y vens! When this end? Another block of any size at all will send us to the wall. We’ll have to buy of him and

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z 16 Robinson fairly gritted his teeth with rage. To think of that boy being in on that deal and get- ting the best of them in such a high-handed way! He felt at the moment as if he could have mur- dered the young broker. Accidently looking up at the visitors’ gallery there he beheld Eddie grinning down on them both with evident satis- faction. ‘ “Blame him! Blame him!” gritted Robinson through his clenched teeth. : Then he shook his fist at the boy, who smiled back in return and lifted his hat with the utmost politeness. But he and Smooth to save them- selves from ruin bought and paid for Eddie’s 10,000 shares of the stock. When the Exchange closed, Southern Texas had gone up to 93, and Smooth, Robinson, and Benson were unloading the stock in small lots to prevent suspicion of their real movements coming to general notice. Next morning they continued operations on a lit- tle larger scale, as everybody seemed’ crazy to get hold of the shares, and they were beginning to recover their former good humor when the news of their plans got about the floor. A wild panic ensued, the stock dropping ten points in as many minutes. Eddie, however, was not there to see it. was up in his office figuring up the profits repre- sen by the statements and checks \he had. just received. He had cleared $820,000 on the South- ern Texas deal, which together with the amount he had deposited for margins, which was returned to him, and the $3,000 cash in his safe deposit box, made him worth exactly one million dollars. He ’ - CHAPTER XI.—Miss Grant’s Gratitude. There were wild scenes on the floor of the Ex- change that day. Mr. otk his assistants, however, in allaying the panie when the stock got down to 75. At that figure they managed to unload the greater part of their shares, but they a mene than agra — in profits, owing to eavy price they been pelléd to pay Eddie Nott for his 30,000 shares. a reflection for them, and that the three of them gathered in Robin- to boy and drive him from the Street. ¥ ‘ean we do it?” asked Robinson, with darkened brow. “Tt must be our business to reg, Oa: Mane plan to catch him off po Sega said y Smooth. “He must have a mint of nes on those 30,000. shares ‘Southern Texas. e had to of ive him almost the top figure for them, and. Ex chatiees ‘ace be bought the ae“lows ee 60 or thereabouts,” gri inson. “I never Rob: such luck as that little monkey is hav- as—everything got the gift of Mid he : a ty ; i can discover that point he is at your er “A MINT OF MONEY “Well, if you’re smart enough to do that I'll give you my check for $10,000,” replied Robin- son. “lll hold you to your word, Robinson,” said Benson, “for I’m going to do my best to win your money.” “But it must be understood that the bet is off unless Nott makes use of the tip after he gets hold of it,” said Robinson, hastily. “Otherwise it would do us no good.” “Of course,” replied Benson, and soon after- ward the three brokers separated. While this three-cornered interview was pro- gressing, Eddie was in his office reading a note he had received from Miss Grant of Cornwall. She was simply in ecstasies over her extraordin- ary winnings in Southern Texas, and said she- could searcely believe her wonderful luck. “I am coming to the city in a day or two, and will call and see you, my best of friends,” she concluded. A few days later she walked into Eddie’s office, dressed like a little queen, and looking altogether _ as pretty as a picture. Broker Nott was very glad to see her, and they spent a very pleasant half hour together in his private office. “Don’t you want some of your money?” Eddie asked her. : “How much is it you owe mé?” “How much? Why, $34,000.” ; “I never thought I should be worth so much,’ she said, pursing up her pretty lips. “Do you think I had better risk it again in the market?” “Well, Miss Grant, much as I should prefer te keep such a pretty young lady as yourself on my books, especially as you’re my first customer, I frankly say that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” : ‘ _ “Then you advise me to get out of Wall Street?” “You can leave the $4,000 with me for rein- vestment, if you wish to go. on, but I certainly advise you to take the $30,000 with you and in- vest it in real estate, or something more stableé + than a game of chance.” : “Very well. I will act on your advice, Mr. Nott. You may give me your check for $30,000.” “I can’t give you a check, Miss Grant, as I am a minor as yet, and cannot carry a regular bank account, altbeng® I am actually worth a million at eg pare " ols ees “Is i ible you are worth all that money?” tiie cried-tn-aitomiphioent. 3 “It is a positive fact.” “I am awfully glad to hear it,” she cried, with such earnestness that Eddie laughed. r “I will get you_a check for $30,000 from my regular brokers. Now, I want you to lunch with me at Delmonico’s. Will you do so?” “Certainly, if you wish me to.” & They went to that noted restaurant, and Eddie ordered a substantial repast. The place was well filled with brokers at the time, and Miss\ Grant’s beauty and modest manners attracted attention. More than half of the brokers wo have given a good deal to have made her ac After the lunch Eddie her - bed - eae the opportunity was not pipemnn! site the prom- | ised check, artd she took her ns iq 3 : by : : f ’ e, Saying she > "t we furnish with a fake ti _ expected to remain with a friend in-the city ow, ar “then seoop his litle all stgnested Ee aits inti is ia ae q gee A

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A MINT OF MONEY fany’s. He wondered who could have sent it, and what was in it. Both questions were answered when he opened the package. Miss Grant had sent it, and it contained a magnificent gold watch and chain, and a diamond-studded charm, the whole being easily worth $1,000.. The donor hoped Eddie would accept her present as a very slight token of her esteem for him, and her grati- tude for what he had done for her in a business way. The boy was delighted with this expression of his eriginal customer’s good-will, s “T have something fine to show you, Carrie,” he said to his sweetheart that afternoon, when she came into his office after working hours. “I hope you won’t be jealous when I tell you that I got that from a very pretty young lady— my first customer,” “Ts she really pretty?” asked Carrie. s “Well, say, xee just ask Bob. He thinks she’s a perfect peach.” As a ane. then, that you didn’t pick her out for yourself instead of taking little plain me.” “Little plain you!” laughed Eddie, grabbing . her in his arms and kissing her in spite of her pretended resistance. “I like that! I think you’re the loveliest girl in all Wall Street.” “Do you really?” she asked, greatly pleased. “Of course I do. Miss Grant is a stunner, all right; but she’s isn’t you, Carrie. You’re my girl, and I wouldn’t have any other for a farm.” “l’m glad you think so, Eddie. You make me feel very happy.” “That’s the way I ought to make you feel, : sweetheart. Isn’t that right?” S Fe ile “Yes. You deserve a little, wee kiss for say- | ing that so prettily.” Ais } “All right. I’m a willing victim.” : Accordingly she gave him two kisses for good measure, and then they left Wall Street together for the Brooklyn Bridge entrance. - CHAPTER XII.—Eddie Walks Into A Trap. assed away, and the general business of Wall Street began to improve, as thé summer was now a thing of the past. One day, ‘while Eddie was in his private office, his tele- phone rang out, and he put the receiver to his ‘Several weeks * ear, * ul ’ “Js that you, Mr. Fox?” asked a strange voice. i Before Eddie could say that he was not Mr: Fox the voice h before anyone o It isn’t necessary for Fan fresno oie! no way , even i do so, that he had been letting t to the wrong party die, noting down that idated with 17 - kept mighty secret. Usually some hint of such a deal being in progress gets out even if it is denied by the interested parties. I must look this thing up. I may have got hold of a very valuab!e pointer.” Accordingly Eddie put on his hat and went out to see what he could find Gut about the deal in question. Necessarily he had to prosecute his inquiries in a very cautious manner, so as not to give the snap away if it really was a snap. He made application for information at the offices of both the Financial Chronicle and Poor’s Rail- road Manual, but at neither place had they heard the slightest hint upon the subject. Then he went around to Moody’s railroad publishing house, but they were as much in the dark as the others. He then carried on his quest in other quarters, but nobody had heard anything about a possible change of management in the P. E. & N. road. He investigated the condition of the road, and found it was something of a rival to the C. & N. W. Evidently it would be greatly to the ad- vantage of the latter road if it could gobble up the P. E. & N., bus as far as Eddie could as- certain there seemed to be no real reason why the P, E. & N. should sell out to the other line. “If this is a real tip I’ve got hold of I’ll feel like kicking myself around the block if I don’t use it and it turns up trumps. I must consider it-well before I turn it down.” Eddie had heretofore done so well with tips that almost without recognizing the fact his weak point was the exploitation of a tip. The very possession of a pointer set his blood to tingling and the speculative fever coursihg through his veins at fever heat. But still some- - thing told him to be wary about monkeying with a pointer that came over the ‘phone in such a strange manner. Next morning, soon after he came downtown, a man entered his office, and asked to see him. “What name shall I say?” asked Bob. “Stewart.” So Bob knocked at the door of the private room, and announced that a Mr. Stewart wan to see Mr. Nott on business. ; “Ask him ‘to walk in,” said Eddie, and the visitor entered his sanctum. : ht § l to see if you have any C. & N. W. stock,” he said. “No, sir. I haven’t a share. I will get you ape if you wish to leave an order with me for i “Could you get it right away?” “Wait a moment, and I’ll see.” He called Bob, and asked him to go into Smooth’s office and see if that gentleman had any shares of C. & N. W. on hand, and how many. Bob returned with word that Mr. Smooth had - 100 shares which he could have at the market , rate of 95. fe “How much do you~ want?”_he asked his i “T can get you 100 shares now.” “T want to get 10.000 shares if I can,” replied Mr. Stewart. “However, 100 will answer for a certain purpose, this afternoon.” “They will cost you $9,500.” “Very well. for them.” ee _ Eddie sent Bob in to get the 1 handed them over to the man, wh = q ° wisi- I have the cash with me to pay 00 shares, and paid for them

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~ ’ and took his leave. The younger broker then called ‘on Mr. Smooth and paid him cash for the shares. ~When he returned to his office he saw a card on the floor which he picked up. It had some writing on the back of it. Eddie found that it ran as follows: : “Dear Stewart: Buy every share of C. & N. W. you can afford. I have good reason to believe that it will go soaring in less than a week.— Yours, J. W.” “Mr. Stewart evidently dropped this out of his as This seems to confirm my ’phone tip of C.& N. W. Funny how all the good things come my way. ~I guess I’d better go in on the stock, and add another half a million to my og ere ust then Bob- knocked at the door and said Mr. Smooth wanted to see him. “Tell him to step in here,” said Eddie. Mr. Smooth, looking unusually genial for him, walked into the boy’s sanctum and sat down ~ ‘beside his desk. ~ “IT called to see if you wanted any more C. & N. W.,- Nott,” he said r “I thought you had only the 100 shares I got from you.” “That's all I did have; but I know where I can get quite a bunch of it.” “All right. I'll give you an order to buy me 10,000 shares on a ten-per-cent margin at 95. Il go for the money at once, and meet you in your office in fifteen minutes.” “Ten thousand shares, did you say?” exclaimed _ Smooth, hardly able to conceal his satisfaction. “That’s what I said,” replied Eddie, reaching for his hat. As the boy started for the elevator Smooth walked as quickly as his old legs would carry him around to Robinson's office to carry the good news. 4 : “What do you think, Robinson? Nott has bought 10,000 shares of C. & N. W. from me at 95 on margin. That will cost him $95,000, and he’s gone out now to get the cash. We've got him at last.” a toe “He’s actually bitten at the tip, then?” “It seems so. I'll not buy the steck, of course, for as soon as we begin to make heavy short sales on the present weak market the price of Cc. & N. W. will tumble, and then Pll call for “more margin. It is up to us to hammer the stock down as low as possible, compelling him to ante up right along or lose all he has put into the “That'll be great,” said Robinson, rubbi on ea 18 fe A MINT OF MONEY break him up altogether and force him out of business.” “Well, you, I and Benson will figure this mat- ter out later on this afternoon. I must get back to my office now so as to complete the deal.” ‘When Eddie returned with $95,000 in his pocket he found Mr. Smooth waiting for him, like a spider in his den for an unsuspecting fly. The boy paid over the money, and got his memoran- dum of the transaction. The first act of the drama had been successfully played by the con- spirators, and Eddie was unaware that he was enacting the role of an innocent lamb. CHAPTER XIII.—The Best-Laid Schemes Oft Go Astray. : Two days later C. & N. W. had advanced a point, and Eddie commenced to congratulate him- self on his good luck. _, “I’ve a great mind to buy another 10,000 shares, if I can get them. That will double my profits when the times comes to unload. Yes, I'll do that. I'll get the money when I go to lunch.” An_hour later he sent Bob on an errand to the Empire Building. Bob was away an un- usually long time, and when he returned he was much excited. “What’s the matter, Bob? been so long?” asked Eddie. “I carried that note to the Empire Building. There was no answer to it!” “Well, it didn’t take you nearly an hour to do wr eer “No, of course not. On my way back I sto: in a Broad street cafe to get a drink of — and while I was there Robinson and another broker named Benson came into the place and began talking about you.” “About me, eh?” _ “Yes. I heard a good part of their conversa-— tion, I know Robinson has got his dagger in for you, and so I considered it my duty to find out if I could whether here was anything in the wind against your interests.” ‘ “What did you discover?” grinned Eddie. “I found out that Robinson, Smooth and Ben- son are in a scheme to do you up if they can.” “Oh, they are?» I thought they had had enough of that kind of business. Well, let me hear the iculars.” “Robinson and Benson seemed to-be sure that they were going to succeed this time. Their scheme is to squeeze you on C. & N. W. stock.” “On what stock?” asked Eddie, staring at his mage sec Where have you iinoon trek that nm to say that of Smooth

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A MINT OF MONEY to manipulate the market so as to ev entually wipe you out and divide up your margins between them. This was startling news for Eddie. But fore- warned is forearmed. He thanked Bob for the interest he had shown in his affairs, and then ae to consider how He should save the 000 he had put up with Smooth -the previous afternoon as margin on the 10,000 shares of C. & Ae that I amon to the game I can get out with a whole skin and a little to the good by going right in to Smooth and ordering him to close out the deal at the one-point advance the stock has already made in the market. Or I can force. him to go out and buy the shares for immediate delivery. I have the necessary $855,000 to pay for them. That would treat him to an unpleasant surprise, for I don’t think he has any idea I have so much ready money. Come to think of the matter, I don’t see how they ean force the™price down unless they have or ean get control of ‘the stock, and that would take a lot of money. It is possible these rascals are working this game in connection with their in- of the of some ——_ to I purposes temporarily the value of C. & N. I am safe for a day or two at any ae oe a few more uiries about the roa r. Gibson, my Ahe-snong his advice.” put on his hat and called on Mr. Gibson first. He was shown into the big broker’s private » “Well, Nott, what can I te: for you to-day?” ; i | called Rang ject of a , Mr. Ghee. note am again su of a conspiracy on the pa of Smooth and Robinson.” “Those gentlemen seem determined to wipe * you off ae as she garth if they can,” said the broker, with a smile. Eddie laid the facts as har theae them before his mt Bog Mr. Gibson listened attentively once or twice-as the boy told his story. “ae Mr. Smith sold you 20,000 shares of C. & NL Ww . at Fat two days ago? “It ts now qaoted at 96 therefore you seem to iSepe shied of thd gases at thin moment.” “Yes, sir; but I’m afraid that’s part of ‘the scheme.” pre- have elaine ase Bob. 19 shares outright and then disposing of them right. away at the slight advance, and thus euchre the conspirators out of their anticipated plot.” “Listen, young man, -and I will put you wise to a secret, but you must- promise me on your word of honor that you will not breathe a whis- per about it, nor use it yourself except to check- mate these rascals, for so they have proved them- selves to be.” “I promise, sir,” was coming. “I accept your word. Now, I will show you that these P amngedl have over-reached themselves trying to down you. They do not suspect the real situation. ey are ignorant of the ‘fact that two weeks ago’a pool was formed to control . & N. W. for the purpose of booming the price, and that _the slight advance of one point since Tuesday is one of the inevitable results of the tightening of-the stock. This syndicate has prac- tically got hold of nearly all the shares that have been floating about the street. You couldn’t go on the Exchange this morning and buy even 5,000 shares of C. & N. W. to save your life. Mr. Smooth sold you something he did not pos- sess, under the impression that it would be an easy matter to depress the price, and buy the stock later at a lower price, or not at all if you failed to sustain your «margins under the bear hich he expected to put in play. In- stead of cons g Mr. Smooth and his in vil- lainy have pacar Fae —— into your one eat They have sold you shares ¢ tas cannot possibly r unless they get on from the brokers . “eddie Nott.” slplig: aoe Ticagatees Saat pen

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20 When Mr. Smooth read the note he nearly faint- ~ ed. He rushed in to Robinson’s office and showed it to him. Robinson uttered an oath. “We shall lose him, after all,” he snarled. “It can’t be possible that he is-worth so much money. He has found a backer somehow who has ad- vanced him the money he lacked to buv the shares outright at first. But what the deuce can be his object in taking’ over this stock instead of closing out the deal as he had a right to do, but which of course we did not for a moment susnect he would do on such a tip as we put in his way? I was looking for him to buy another 10,000 shares.” “I’m beginning to beliéve that he’s altogether too smart to be trapped,” said Smooth. “Oh, we'll reach him some time if. we keep on trying.” “I don’t know about that. It seems to be expensive amusement,” replied the old man, turn- ing on his heel and leaving the office. He got lis hat and started for the Exchange to buy the 10,000 shares of C. & N. W. he had to deliver that afternoon at three. He was greatly surprised to find that the stock was so scarce that the most he was able to pick up was _ 8,000, and for a portion of this he had to give 98. He called up both Robinson and Benson on the telephone, and explained the situation to them. : . “T am still shy 6,000 shares of the amount I stand pledged to deliver at three o’clock,” he said to each. “You must out and hustle for the stock, for that boy will be able to hold me down to hard ms if*I ean’t make good my - contract, and we are all in the same boat. Your ‘share of the loss on of business.” They each grabbed their hats and dashed ‘out _to hunt the stock. They had no better luck than that which had followed Mr. Smooth. At quarter to three Smooth returned a badly rattled man to his office. had just 5,000 shares of C. & 'N. W. in his possession. At five minutes to three he got word from both Robinson and Ben- son that they had been unable to get a share at any price. ; ‘ “In the meantime Eddie had planned a dramatic surprise for-his old enemy. He bought two small hand-bags, and. having changed $10,000 in bills this thing may put you out _ into shining gold coin he put $5,000 worth into each of the bags, and crammed packages of bills on top. Then, when he reached his office, he disposéd the rest of his money conspicuously about his person, to Bob’s immense delight, who ~ was on to his plan. “Did you manage to unlock that door between our offices?” asked Eddie. ~ “JT did. All you have to do is to turn the handle and walk in. It wants only a minute of three, -and I hear Smooth: talking in his’ reception-room now. make your entrance before he re- _-. turns into his private room.” “Well, fling the ‘toor open for nie,” replied "Bob hastened to do as he was told, and then Iked solemnly into the ae viagogo Se oe ached + A- MINT OF MONEY “Here’s the cash, Mr. Smooth,” he said, coolly. “Now cough up that stock.” But Mr. Smooth could not produce the full ten thousand shares, only five thousand, and he had to admit his inability to keep his contract. “Well,” replied Eddie, “what are you going to do about it? I’m prepared to pay for the stock. I’ve got $855,000 right here in hard money.” “I’ve been trying to get that stock ever since I got your note,” began the old man in an humble manner for him. “But the most I could get was 5,000 shares.” : “All right,” replied Eddie, “there is nothing mean about me. I'll give you till three to-morrow to wet the balance.” Smooth drew a breath of relief. Surely he Would be able to get it by then. He found that he wasn’t the only man trying to get the stock next day, and unsuccessfully at that, and to his abject misery the price of C. & N. W. rose steadily to 110. He returned to his office and sent for Eddie. ~ “I can’t get the balance of this stock. I'll de- liver half, and pay you the present market figure on the balance.” That would have meant a loss of about $100,000 to the conspirators, but Eddie wouldn’t have it. He finally agreed to settle for $350,000, when C. & N. W. reached 125, and Smooth was only too glad to accept the boy’s terms. As : the old man had paid him over that aml, 2 part of which he realized from the sale 5,000 shares in his possesion, he called_on Robin- son and Benson to make good their share of the loss. Benson was just able to do so, but Robin- son was cleaned out, and had to leave the Street, a financial wreck. : aa By this time Eddie was worth $1,350,000, and had gathered about him auite a lot of customers. He moved to more commodious offices in another building, and Carrie Thornton became his steno- grapher. Bob. Hawkins was raised to the post of margin clerk and all-around office hand, while Tomniy Ropes shook Mr, Smooth and became his messenger. That was three years ago. During the early days of June Eddie Nott and Carrie Thornton were married, and are at this moment on their wedding tour in France. Eddie can sign his check to-day for three million, and he is not twenty-two yet. Next week’s issue will contain “THE LADDER OF FAME; or, FROM OFFICE BOY TO SENA- —————— SEE ALLIGATOR SENT BY MAIL An alligator about a foot long climbed out of the broken lid of a cigar box in the Post Office at Lawrence, Kan,, recently. The night had been cold and the future household pet did not become active until the room became warm in the mern- ing. <* : The lid of the box was repaired and the Post- master helped the alligator along to his destina- tion. “It was in direct violation of the laws to send him,” the Postmaster said. “However, when dead letter +e Pee to do but deliver _ ie ar

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. - CRATER AS STADIUM Punchbowl, the largest extinct crater of the Island of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, will become one of the greatest athletic stadiums in the world if the plans of prominent athletic officers of Hawaii are consummated. PIGEONS REPORT DOG RACE Carrier pleura were used to transmit the news of the ess being made by the dog team in the worl oe ampionship, 200-mile Derby that started from The Pas, Man. The pigeons were held at the fifty and 100-mile points on the course and were released one at a time with messages tied to a leg announcing the position of the rac- ing teams as they passed the posite where the birds were held. - OZARK COUNTY IN TOUCH WITH WORLD After being isolated from the outside world for the last seven years, Gainesville, the county seat of Ozark County, Mo., has at last secured a tele- hone line, one being constructed from that place West Plains, the county seat of Howell county. . FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY —~ ~ * CURRENT NEWS 21 So the residents of Ozark county can now talk to the rest of the world. Ozark county has not a mile of railroad, but is now also having its first ~bridge constructed over the north fork of the White River on the State highway. RECLUSE DIES IN A SHACK Michael Goff,*a recluse, was found dead in his shack on the ‘Jersey Meadows, near Harrison, N. J. He had lived alone on the meadows since 1872. His hut was on the Hackensack River bank. He made a living by fishing and for many years was a guide for hunters who sought small game on the meadows. In late years the advance of industry had driven away much of the wild life of the marshes. Dr. A. A. Mulligan, deputy county physician, said he had expired five or six days ago. Papers found in the shack indicated. that Goff had a brother, John, who lived at 220 East Thirty- eighth Street,. New York, and a woman relative named Kate Dwyer, at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York. GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES! “MYSTERY MAGAZINE” No. 157 CONTAINS. THF. in the new department entitled . ventures and mysteries: GET A COPY AND READ THE FEATURE STORY “A QUESTION OF KICK” |. * By EUGENE JONES Learn what your handwriting shows about your character and ee hes . “WHAT HANDWRITING REVEALS” ae / 3 Conducted by LOUISE RICE You will like the short stories. ae are filled with exciting aetachive ad- : “SOLITAIRE DOWNES PASSES OUT,” by Edgar Daniel Kramer “THE MYSTERY OF THE ICE KING,” by Mont Hurst lick swindlers, entitled - to Hold Up a Policeman,’ pliner ae | “THE BLACK PEARLS OF SYDNEY,” by Hugh Thomason -| £“THE BOASTER’S REWARD,” by Dale D. Kier “TURNED AROUND,” by Nelson A. Hutte Then there’s a fine two-part serial entitled “WITH EYES AND NOSE” ~- * By RALPH E. DYAR - , at a special article pa POLICE-CAPT AIN AON EEY exposing the, tricks of a EW aS oles “THE FLIM-FLAM ARTIST” te addition sto all this there are numerous short articles such as “A Bandit - ” “Bomb Explodes in Auto,’? “The Cashier Didn’t Know Her,” “At- <a is “How Crime Is aoe. “Theatre dens ia

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. take care of myself. Mr, Randall, you will find butt in.” ‘ 2 | whatever else we do,” replied Rob. “How do you nt?” ~ war correspondents are not allowed by either Germans or 22 FAME,.AND FORTUNE WEEKLY - Rob and the Reporters “tivcgh centin eee hve” < “T doubt if they can help you.” — Or, — “We peak oe 2 replied Rob, and there the con- . - - -versation ended. Hustling for War News by Wireless Day dawned clear and cool. Rob found Edith ahead of him on deck, despite the sac sa he was up by six, leaving Douglas ASTO ARNE sound asieep. By GASTON G Rl “So you are one of the early birds, Mr. Ran- dall?” she said, pleasantly. (A Serial Story.) “Always,” replied Rob, adding: 4 “But see here. I’m going to ask a favor of CHAPTER V.—(Continued). you. I a nmot used to being called mister. I’ve “I think you will like him. He is just about always been Rob to every one.” your own age and set-up,” answered the captain, “And you want to be the same to me. Very and Rob was then shown to a comfortable state- well, it shall be so on one condition.” room by the steward, “Which is?” At a quarter to ten a taxi came down the “That you call me Edith; like yourself, every- wharf, from which Mr. Torrence assisted Miss body calls me by my first name.” F Edith Morley, a little black-eyed beauty of per- This suited Rob. Already he had become per- haps twenty-three or -four. fectly fascinated with the girl. It was impossible “My, but she’s peach!” Captain Tucker said to to feel bashful in her presence.» Rob. “I confess I didn’t relish the idea of car- As the days passed and their acquaintance rying a lady passenger, but as‘I happen to be un- ripened, Rob began to wonder if he was falling in der obligations to Mr. Torrence, I could not re- love. : fuse.” “There must be no nonsense of that sort,” he A moment later Rob was shaking hands with told himself, and he resolved to be strictly on his Miss Morley. guard, but just the same he could not but con- “T am leaving Edith in your charge, Randall,” gratulate himself that Douglas, with whom he said Mr. Torrence. “Do the best you can for her, had now become very familiar, did not seem dis- 7 and you will have earned my everlasting grat- posed to pay Edith special attention, and one itude.”” night in the stateroom he remarked upon it. : “Now don’t you and aunt go to worrying about “Oh, I’m leaving that for you, Rob,” laughed me,” laughed the girl. “I am perfectly able to Walter. Wouldn’t be a square deal for me to J your task a sinecuré. I have crossed the ocean | “I don’t mean that at ‘all,” replied Rob, red- a dozen“times.” ' oat 2 Pia sa A tg seem to avoid her, and F ow came the question: Where was n now she : Dourlas? At ten o'clock, the sailing hour, he had “ll fix that,” was the careless reply. “Of - not appeared, but a few minutes later a second course I never intended to be rude. taxi came tearing down the pier. Next day was Friday, and the voyage was well “Here he is!” exclaimed Gapiain Tucker, as a advanced. As yet they had not even seen the tall, blond young man jumped out with a dress- smoke of a steamer, but towards evening one was suitease in each hand. ; sighted in the distance, causing some excitement. Ten minutes later the Sterling Castle was “What do you say, Rob?” exclaimed Edith. steaming down the East River, Is she going to turn out a German cruiser? Rob found Walter Douglas an exceedingly ' “It’s to be hoped:not,” replied Rob. “I take - pleasant fellow, while as for Miss Morley, he was cpio is studying her through his ‘ attracted by her as he never before had been by t ciseall tlre tt deka ass | ¢ any girl. : “I’ve got a ; . “She’s a stunner,” remarked Douglas that night, BY fon ey and get it so we can have a squint t ing i . “Bright i Br : ‘ Fever’ met Have "you known her tong, Ran- He got the glass, but it revealed nothing be dall?”. 7 % yond the distant trail of smoke. _ zy Rob explained. ~ i “What do you make of it?” Rob asked the cap- “She is running a big risk,” said Douglas. “So tain a little later. - you are connected with the Earth. I’m a news- Can’t tell yet,” was the reply. I shall hold to paper man, too. The Boston Sun is sending me ™Y,course for the present. over to see what I can do, and, to’ be candid with They were at supper when the second mate you, I don’t expect that either of us will be able Came into the cabin. 3 to tlo very much.” = By sa pips Rly Sng Or he announced, “She — “ : i is steaming S$ us. 2 ; We shall have to. be mighty secret about it re you sone out her colors?” demanded *the ae expect to get to the fro captain, quickly. +: haven’t “most remote idea. - “know They are not displayed, sir,” replied the mate. ; a ides. You know, «All right. 11l be.up in a few minutes,” said the allies.” the captain, and he went on with his supper. . “Yes, I know; but I’m hoping to get around _—‘They all went on deck soon after, =

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY = GOOD READING GERMANS SNIP TONGUE TO CURE LISPING ~ German surgeons are now employing operative methods for the cure of lisping, snipping a sec- tion from the end of the tongue having been found effective in ending this defect of speech when it is due, as is often the case, to the tongue balng. tod long to find its proper place behind the teeth when pronouncing the S and other sibilant let- ters. - DEATH CURSE PUT ON CATTLE : ow and then a story of something other v fa tives and uprisings comes from that ~~ most distressful country” of Ireland. The latest concerns the man who crossed the fairies. te In a recent prosecution before a local peace commissioner quite a lot of fairy lore came up because a certain farm building had been built on a “pass.” It nape the isthe folk fbi ibn t in a direct line and resent any constructi s-- sete across their path. When they find them- ‘selves held up by a house or farm then woe be- tide the person living there. He : i illage of Maam Cross, some miles Es x Meat eitden a returned Irish-American not ~~ Jong ago bought a large farm, and as there was neither cowhouse nor_stable began to erect these things, despite warnings of neighbors. When ‘the buildings were roofed and cattle installed therein the animals refused to eat, pitied awa and died. Not until three-fourths of his stoc was killed (struck by “elf stones,” said the peas- antry), was he convinced and he removed the buildings to another place. ter that his luck hanged and he lost no more cattle. , | THE “WHALE* SHARK” Last June the reading public was greatly in- size and have placed the same on tem -y exhibition in-the foyer hall, where it is arousing much attention. - ~The whale shark is ee largest living fish and ‘ a | 166 West 23d Street These sharks are very beautifully marked across the sides with narrow vertical white lines, between each two of which-is to be found a series of large white spots. This marking is pres- ent however large the shark may be, whereas various other sharks, although. spotted when young, tend to become uniformly grayish in color as they rrow in size. The arrangement of lines and spots on the model was checked by use of the motion picture ¢amera. The present model has been prepared to serve as a basis for a life- sized one that it is hoped may be prepared later and which will be the first satisfactory represen- tation of this fish that it ever has been possible to make. Very little is known concerning the habits of the whale shark, but judging from its enormous mouth and its almost microscopic teeth, it doubt- less feeds in the same manner as the whalebone whales. sifting small creatures such as crustacea and jelly fishes, perhaps also small fishes from the sea water by means of a meshwork of gill rakers. This creature, a true shark, and the largest of its kind, might be presumed to be the most dangerous, but as a matter of fact i< abso- lutely harmless. Observers in the Seychelles say that it will swim up alongside the catamaran, or canoe, of the fishermen and rub itself against this in a friendly manner in an endeavor to rid itself of barnacles. This is its nearest approach to a hostile action toward man. : « “Mystery Magazine” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY —— LATEST ISSUES —— WEAPONS OF HATE. hy Pric Howeed, IN RESERVE, by Frank Blighton. THE HOUSE ON THE ROCKS, by Jack Bechdolt The following and future numbers of this magazine cate Price 15 Cents 155 LAUGHING DEATH'S TRAIL, by Nels LeRoy Joxs 156. THE MEDICINE DROPPER. by G. P. Wilson, -A QUESTION OF KICK By EUGENE JONES Out Today in No. 157 HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. 166 West 23d Street New York City SSM TDR a ST SRR ar ans “Moving Picture Stories” ; A Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Players ‘ PRICE EIGHT CENTS PER COPY. _ HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Ine.

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24 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY INTERESTING. RADIO NEWS AND HINTS A detector and two-stage audio amplifier are necessary to produce sufficient volume to use a ‘phonograph as a loud-speaker. The Millihenry is a unit used to measure in- - ductance. Equal to one-thousandth or a henry. It is not necessary to disconnect the “B” bat- tery from the circuit when the set is not in use. ' As long as the filament is cold and no electrons are emitted, the space between the plate and filament is an insulator and no current can flow in the plate circuit. Under such conditions the “B” battery can be left in the circuit without dis- charging. ~ HELPFUL IN A SET In making a set, purchase a/number of fixed condensers of various capacities and try them at different points in the circuit, such as across the uudio frequency transformers and the phones. The number of plates in a variable condenser depends on the use it is intended for. A condenser of forty-three plates, or one rated at .001 mfds capacity will give a considerable range of wave lengths. It is best not to use a condenser of large capacity across the secondary of a loose coupler when a crystal detector is used. More than .0005 mfds capacity is not advised for this purpose. Long-Distance Reception with Crystal: Detector is reported by Frank Heinfling, radio officer of the steamship “California.” With a galena crys- tal detector, Mr. Heinfling intercepted the NAA station at distances of from 3500 to 4100 miles. Confirmation of these results -has been had from the Bureau of Navigation. With a Telefunken type E-266 single-bulb set, Mr. Heinfling copied the German station POZ at a distance of 5500 . miles and also received music broadcasted from WOC of Davenport, Ia., in the: Pacific some 2500 miles away. This receiver set makes use of an arrangement which does away with the filament and ay batteries. ; AGAS TUBE | ; The C300 detector is a gas content tube of ex- treme sensitivity and mounted'on a_ standard base. Its design characteristics permit criticai adjustment. of plate voltage and filament voltage. When these factors are carefully adjusted the 7 tube is the most sensitive detector made. For ac- ces curate filament control a rheostat having a low $x maximum resistance between two and four ohms should be used. This permits fine adjustment of pe filament terminal wing. at the critical value, = which is romvday: fae low five volts. Due to its gas contents t — : 4 tube generally functions best adjustable B battery of twenty-two volts en is is st Initial B battery and upkeep costs “* Zz efore, lower than with tubes requiring aad / Run-Down “B” Batteries are often the cause of unsatisfactory results with a receiving set. The best. manner to test out “B” batteries is by means of a volmeter with a reading of 25 volts for testing out 22%-volt units, and reading up to 50 volts for testing out 45-volt units. Elee- trical instrument ‘manufacturers have not been slow to realize the need of inexpensive voltmeters for this purpose, with the result that such meters may now be purchased for as-little as $2.50. One manufacturer has. developed a special meter which may be placed in the usual peep-hole of the radio panel, and which serves to give the “B” battery voltage or the current consumption of the filaments. When a detector is made to act as a local oscillator and at the same time as a detector the process is known as “auto-heterodyne” or “self- heterodyne.” Regenerative circuits act as auto- heterodynes, That is what takes places when the set is tuned to receive music and a loud squeal is heard along with the signals. In such a case the tube is oscillating at one frequency, while the frequency of the carrier wave of the sending sta- tion is at a slightly different frequency. The dif- ference between the two frequencies is the howl. To stop the howl the tube must be stopped oscil- lating, or it must be made to oscillate at the same frequency as the incoming impulses. FARMERS RADIO ORGANIZATION Farmers in the rural districts of the country are organizing for.the purpose of making the marvels of radio available to all in the-commu-. nity who have telephones, but no radio. These clubs are known as “Farmrads” and are assem- bled with a farmer owning a good radio set as a neucleus. When the nearest agricultural station announces the beginning of market and weather reports the receiving set is connected to the telephone transmitter, receivers are taken down by all who live on the line or who can persuade “operator” to connect them in, and from two to ten families listen to the up to the minute re- ort of cattle and wheat sales and the weather or the morrow. 4 : A good example of the serious light in which these farm clubs are regarded is the fact that many of the country farm agents have installed sets in their offices for both service and radio _ instruction. Among these are the agents at Linn county, Missouri; mont county, Iowa; Wilson county, Kansas, and Cedar county, Iowa. : A THE LOUD-SPEAKER HORN The popular conception of the function of a horn on ahhar a loud-speaker or a phonograph is. erroneous. We hear that a horn “resonates” or it “concentrates the sound,” or it “amplifies,” and- many other e: lanations, all of which are vague most, oft incorrect. It is true that a ie oat nt

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY horn resonates at certain frequencies, and for that reason increases the amount of radiation at those frequencies. Any form of resonance, how- ever, is undesirable because it is impossible to increase the amount or radiated energy uniform- ly at all frequencies within a wide range by this method. If a horn is not to distort, its walls should be non-vibrating and its air column res- onances, within the range of frequencies used, should be slight. If we think of the term, “ampli- fication” as meaning the increasing of any form of response by supplying energy from another source, we see at once that a horn can not am- plify because it can not supply energy, we learn from C. R. Hanna of the Westi _ Laboratory. It should be evident, therefore, that a horn merely loads the diaphragm in such a way as to cause more sound energy to be radiated _ into the surrounding space from the diaphragm. _. The term “radiator” more accurately describes the action of a horn. A good lorn therefore, is _one which causes the diaphragm to radiate almost - uniformly at all frequencies within the desired limits. This condition is more easil a phonograph than in a loud-speaker. In the an ig the diaphragm is forced to follow the ms of the record except for the slight sping of the needle, while in the loud-speaker the phragm is not impelled to follow the variations of current in the windings because there is no _ rigid connection between the two. In_ the _~ Phonograph it is necessary only that the horn “5. Shall radiate uniformly at different frequencies for a given root mean square velocity of the % _ diaphragm. In the loud-speaker the horn must fulfill this condition, and also help to cause the __ diaphragm to vibrate at a nearly uniform velocity _” when the same current at different frequencies __ isspassed through the windings, ¥ - WHEN YOUR SET IS WRONG - One of the most useful py Bre genie wate the radio fan’s equipment is a testing device for use in determining the condition of various pieces This test se sisaiad a webtinatne cots Thi a us consists of a voltmeter con- decks with a B* battery. . ‘One terminal of the voltmeter is connected with ne terminal of the battery. connected with the other ter- voltmeter and another wire is con- sd with the — seemiast of the pian 4 providing joints by means of whic and different parts of a circuit whether short or open ‘no reading is ob- is not connected properly. uch the two wih the B nghouse Research- attained in. 25 By touching or connecting one test point with one terminal of a coil and the other test point with the other terminal of the coil, any coil, as for instance the stator or rotor coil of a vario- coupler, of a variometer of the primary and sec- ondary windings of a transformer can be tested for open or broken circuits. If, when the two test-points are connected with the terminals of the coil, a steady reading is obtained the coil is all right. If, however, no reading is obtained such a condition proves that there is an open circuit between the two terminals. In testing a condenser no reading should be obtained when the test points are connected with the terminals of the condenser and the rotary plates are moved in and out of the stationary plates. A reading indicates that the plates are short-circuited and a fluctuating needle as the movable plates are moved indicates that particles of dust or other conducting material iadered be- “tween the plates are short-circuiting the plates at certain points. In testing across the terminals of a transfor- mer winding a high voltage battery is necessary. A 22% volt one will do. This is necessary be- cause the resistance of the winding will cut down the reading appreciably. In testing such a wind- ing the reading when using a 22 volt battery will only be several volts. This is as it should . The important point As that you get a read- ing and that the reading’ remains steady. The use of the voltmeter in determining the condition of a battery need hardly be mentioned. When the reading obtained by connecting a volt- meter across a 22 volt B battery reads less than 15 volts, the battery should be discarded. The judicious use of a voltmeter will often save the experimenter many dollars which would otherwise be spent in buying new tubes. No mat- ter how care me ou have wired a set and no matter how carefully you have been in connecting _ the batteries, mistakes are often apt to happen. After your batteries have been connected, test across the F terminals of one of the sockets with a voltmeter before putting in your tebes. All that is necessary is to turn on all the\ rheostats and touch one terminal of the voltmeter to one F terminal and the other terminal of the volt- . meter to the other F terminal. If no readivg iz obtained, reverse the voltmeter connections. If the reading is that of the ‘A battery all is well and you can safely put your tubes in their sockets Ifa big ag reading is obtained, don’t put in your tubes for they l surely be burned out. A higher reading means that you have.made an error and have B battery voltages across your filament terminals. - The voltmeter can be used as a polarity in- dicator by making use of the property of most of the small meters of not giving a reading un- less a certain terminal is connected with the posi- tice of the battery. This can easily be determined by testing ‘Across a B battery and finding out -which terminal is the one which must be con-

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26 Fame and Fortune Weekly a NEW YORK, MAY 23, TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Postage Pree 1924 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 mee Postage Stamps the same as cash. When sending sliver wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. rite your name and address plaifly. Address letters to ~ HARRY E. WOLFF, ) Harry E. Wolff, Pres. Publisher, Inc., Charles E. Nylander, Sec. 166 W. 28d St., N. Y.J Lu. F. Wilzin, Treas. ITEMS OF INTEREST NEW DEPOSIT OF SOAPSTONE IN AUSTRIA It is reported that an enormous deposit of soapstone has been discovered in Zwettl, not far from the Bohemian frontier. The soapstone, which is stated to require very little prepara- tion, can not only be cut, sawn, drilled and pol- ished, but will absorb many colors, a property “that should lead to its extensive use in powder form in the color industry. The deposit is the most important of its kind yet discovered in Cen- tral Europe. BURNS TO DEATH AS HE TEARS AT BARS_ in his store a fire which cut off every exit, John E. Mettler of Plainfield, N. J., burned to death there while firemen with axes tried to break in the iron barred window which ; d him prisoner. Z Mi otilen alent in the rear of his store. There was no back door. ~The fire enveloped the front of the building and Mettler ran to the window and tried to tear away the iron bars with his hands. The bars were embedded in cement. He died while firemen were chopping a hole through - the building. Trapped QUEENSLAND’S “STINGING TREE” Among the curious plants of Queensland is the “stinging tree,” a luxurious shrub, pleasing to the eye, but dangerous to the touch, says the Vetroit ews. It grows from two or three inches to ten or fifteen feet in height and emits a disagreeab.e odor. Speaking of its effects, a naturalist says: — “One often forgets the danger of the tree until warned by its smell. Its effects are curious. It leaves no mark, but fe pain is maddening, and for months afterward the affected part is tender when touched in rainy weather or when it gets _ wet in washing. : : : men who treated ordinary pain the ground in agony after being own a a grove of the trees tha a horse so ponapietely a. ' mie had he shot?- oe re enough to turn the li = FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY MAGNETIC POLE DISCOVERED BY CAPT. JOHN ROSS The magnetic pole, as distinguished from the geographical pole, is the point where the needle . stands vertically, showing the center of terrestrial magnetism for the Northern Hemisphere. This point was discovered June 1, 1831, by Capt. John Ross, says the Kansas City Times: The amount of the dip of the needle was 89 de- grees 59 minutes, being thus within one minute of the pole. Its actual existence where he stood was further confirmed by ine actions of several horizontal needles, Not one of them showed the slightest effort to move from the position in which it was placed. The magnetic pole is almost directly north of the city of Winnipeg, and within less than 20 de- grees of that city. To be exact, the location of the north magnetic pole is 70 degrees 5 minutes and 17 seconds latitude, and 96 degrees 46 min- « utes asd 45 seconds longitude. LAUGHS Scene (a boarding house)—Wife—Why do you always sit at the piano, David? You know you can’t play a note. David—Neither can anyone else, while I am here. Mrs, Goodkind—So you are an engineer, and can’t get a job in this town. Well, why don’t She go to some other place? Tatteredon Torne— can’t, madam; you see, I’m a stationary engi- neer. Manager—Did the “star” arouse the audience. Agent—I never saw the equal! Manager—What did they do? Agent—Rose ih their seats as one man and threw the movable furniture at him. The Owner—Why are you arresting us? The Country Constable—Waal, I need th’ money. I’m trying ter git enough from fees ter buy an auto- mobilé myself. The customer: “Do you think you can make a really good photograph of me? The artist: “Well, peak rm afraid I musteanswer yow in the nega- ive, Aunt Maria—The paper says this is the mildest winter in. years. Uncle Jed—I don’t won- der. They’ve got a new stove in the editor’s office, = 28 Ae Subscriptions lately has been paid in eordwood. a In. the Country—Is there a letter for me? Postmistress—W ell—er—yes, there was one from your mother in Mudtown, but I’ve mislaid it. But it’s all right, anyhow. She says they are all — quite well. , ou say? Tess—I said I couldn’t it in ight, ‘and’ the silly fellow didn’t have ca ee +5 Tess—Yes; Mr. Sloman asked me for a kiss, _ He said I could surely see how much he loved me and that I ought to do it, Jess—And what did ce

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY BRIEF BUT POINTED HIS LIFE SAVED BY RING The life of Gerald Brown, ten years old, of Tecumseh, Neb., was saved by a gold ring in his breast pocket when a cartridge exploded. The lad was trying to insert a cartridge in the cy- linder of .22-calibre revolver. _ = . The cartridge stuck and the boy, failing to press it in with his fingers, placed the muzzle w of the barrel of the weapon close to his left* breast as he tried to drive the cartridge in with a hammer. It exploded with the weapon direct- over the heart. : a x The bullet struck a gold ring in the child’s pocket, richochetted and struck a rib, following the rib around his side and came out under the- arm, dropping to the floor. The boy was taken to a hospital, his wound dressed. He will soon be out. ‘ . FEW WOLVES IN ONTARIO “= ~ Anthony Swartz of Commanda, Ont., and Thomas Gillies‘of Montreal, two well-known trap- .* pers, returned to Sault Ste Marie from their camps at the headwaters of the Goulais River, where they have been trapping the greater part of the winter. : “There were no wolves up in our country to of,” declared Gillies, who8€ camp is situat- * ed about thirty-five miles north of the A. C. R. ; track at Mile 60. “I saw two wolves up there this winter and that’s all, and I didn’t even carry = a rifle when I visited my trap lines.” : as During his complete hike over thirty-five miles of territory from his camps to the track with he said he came across only two wolf the fresh snow, which would seem to the report that there are wolves in the n of the Mississauga Reserve near the erie of the Abinadong and Goulais rivers. RELICS OF 5,000'B. C, DISCOVERED AT aes Kisii A letter to the London Times, written. from an account of the results to = Lan in a mound constructed ent of plano- -_ epnvex bricks, characteristic of the oldest Sumar- ii architecture, was tablet of slate ie Kish smiting: his Sumar- ven heads, cheeks indicate a date “ stove this water was allowed to stand until ‘sand settled to the bottom of tion, and therefore going back to about 5,000 B. C. ‘A complete sequence of pottery from the earliest Sumarian period down to Nebuchadnez- zar has been established, and a series of fine cop- per implements has been found. The generat re- sult of the excavations brings into prominence the enormous extent of the ruins, which, if grouped contiguously, would cover 120 acres, the very great antiquity of the site, and the priority of the Sumarians. GOT SALT BY INGENIOUS DEVICE While we all realize the importance of salt to season and preserve food, it is seldom we stop to — of the labor entailed in the preparation of the fine white crystals that come to us in small bags and boxes, writes Marguerite Norris Davis in St. Nicholas. The modern methods of procur ing and refining salt make an interesting story in themselves; but it is of the unique plan used by those famous explorers, Lewis and Clark, that I am going to tell you now. The dreary winter of 1805-1806 was spent by these men and their party on the coast of, the Pacific Ocean, where their trail had ended and where they waited for spring to open up the woods and calm the turbulent waters, so that they might return to civilization. During this time their supply of salt had become so low that it was necessary for them to replenish their store immediately, and with the resourcefulness that marked their entire journey to and from the coast, they proceeded to distill salt from the ocean! ; A a mound of stones was gathered and, by using the clay from the bed of the Necanicum River, which its original form, this object was about 2% by 9 feet on its sides, 5 feet in length and a little over 2 feet high, its top forming a fiat surface on which to ‘set kettles of ocean water. ‘ The daughter of one of the Indian chiefs, at seen. : . An Indian canoe was put into the ocean, to shore, and weighted so that it would wate® Then, after being a to canoe. clear water was then transferred to k

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tr on ~ opt tf i Se; ts ef? a #34 28 as ‘FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ITEMS OF THICKEST COAL VEIN The Bureau of Mines says that the thickest coal seam in the world, as far as known, is the Fortuna mine, near Cologne, which ‘is 330 feet thick. The thickest seam of coal in the United States of high grade is the siammoth Seam near Wilkes-Barre, Pa. This seam is 50 feet a some folds running as high as 60 to 80 eet. _ 18-INCH GOOSE EGG L. J. Wood of Oyster Point, Va., claims the champion goose of the world, it having laid an egg 13% inches in circumference the long way | 9% around the short way. Mr. Wood intends to. try to have the egg hatched, hoping that he = get the largest goose in the world there- rom. COLLIE TRAVELS 2,364 MILES The record for the long-distance travel by a dog to reach his home and master is held, so far as known, by a collie who returned to his home in Silverton, Ore., on Feb. 15. After an absence of six months when he was lost from his master’s car “somewhere in Iowa” this dog with the in- stinct and sense of direction that passes under- standing walked into his owner’s restaurant, weary, thin and footsore, and barked a joyful G. F. Brazier, restaurant proprietor in Silver- ton, rejoices in the return of his dog. It was in eastern Iowa that the collie disappeared. All search and extensive advertising were unavailing and Mr. Brazier proceeded farther east to Wol- cott, Ind. Some times after he had started back for Oregon the dog was seen in Wolcott, which showed that he was on his master’s trail. Fronr Wolcott to Silverton is 2,364 miles. The collie made it. In the long journey, embracing summer sun and severe winter weather, the indomitable crossed seven different States, traveled ‘ough the prairies of Indiana, Illinois, lowa and Nebraska, climbed the Rockies through Wy- oming, and made his way over the Idaho desert into Oregon. him to his beloved master—Our Dumb Animals. { ’ HAWKS IN MIGRATION ‘ About this time each year occurs the annual migration ‘of the hawk family. At Whitefish Point, extending far out into the southeastern extremities of Lake Superior, the flight of these rapacious birds is a sight to warm the blood of the most ardent ornithologist. Sailing in from’ all directions, red-tailed, -legged, broad-winged, Coopers, sharp- and goshawks make this ir common to begin their long flight across the tur- waters of Superior to reach their nesting nds in Ontario and His unerring instinct had guided | INTEREST ing adverse winds, apparently waiting conditions favorable to their extended flight. For days this practice may continue until without warning or ery the migrants return no more to the Michigan mainland but take wing to their summer habitat.. Whitefish Point is the rendezvous of Curren Hawkins, a State warden hunter. During the flight of hawks: in April and May of last year Hawkins killed 836 of these birds. A great num- ber were red-tdiled. This species should not have been taken, for as scavengers and destroyers of small vermin the red-tail is of great enonomic value. The other species, classed as predatory, undoubtedly destroy much of our small game life and control measures in the form of a 12-gauge shotgun no doubt help in the conservation of our game and useful birds, at times. LOOK, BOYS! TRAPEZEE ‘he Acrobatic Wonder Toy ALMOST HUMAN IN ITS ACTIONS! _ at consist$ of a handsome parallel iron frame on which the little ne ae fae accurately performs like an ath- . Five Different Stunts — THE FLYING TRAPEZE — Release the trigger-pin and the figure swings forward, gripping the Pape te ped turns a ersault in the air catches bar by his heels, a THROUGH THE, LOOP—A swift swing - gee get wPiaig s loop, makes a urn and, ca is hi swings head downward pS bar. — THE GIANT SWING— He goes - with a rush, releases the cine ae 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. - The Most Wonderful Toy in the World! PRICE $1.50 _The collapsible stand and the little mani- kin gene 5 = handsome box. Delive an ere in nited’ Sta recei ipt of solake Address : = WOLFF NOVELTY CO, 166 W. 23d St, New York City, N.Y. 4

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WOULD MAKE; ALL INDIANS CITIZENS Approximately 125,000 Amieri-) “ean Indians' would he granted: citizenship _ un- der a bill intro- duced by Repre- sentative Homer Pp. Snyder of New York and favorably report- ed by the House) Committee on In-| dian Affairs. It! authorizes the Secretary of the Interior at his discretion to is- sue a certificate of citizenship to ‘ any non-citizen Indian born within the terri- torial limits ‘of the United States _ may ply for it. Us on the issu- ance of the citi- 5 zenship, the bill ea states, “he or she shall be a citizen| of the United States.” A pro- viso stipulates) | that the citizen-| ship shall not im-! pair or otherwise! affect the right or of the Indian to) te Pal Zie, tribal and other’ : Property eds of! the Indian popu-| citizens. ie 5] explaining ~ why 125,000 In- dians are not citizens, Com- missianer Burke said to-day that under the laws ~ they cannot Bchieve citizen- ship unless they leave their rescr- mot Here » the great navy = a Large 6 it. ir bag with inflato: ie with sutometicre Tease leg ait Sest for Peng of 1 Fake VENTRILOQUISN taught almost any one at home. Small cost. Send TODAY 2-cent stamp for particulars and proof. GEORGE W. SMITH Room M-880, 125 N. Jeff Ave,, Peoria, Til, Come On, Scouts! Let’s Hear You Play “Dig down in the old kit and pull out your Hohner. We’re going to stage a contest and see ‘who’s who’ when it comes to music. Every fellow that can whistle a tune has a chance in this exhibition. We're going to Start a harmonica band and we want to know who’s going to lead it. Tune up and let's hear what you’ve got in the way of harmony.” The World’s Best | There’s nothing like good music in camp or | on the trail; and there’s nothing like a Hohner | for good music. Get a Hohner Harmonica today and play it tonight. 50c up at all dealers, «\sk for the Free Instruction Book. If your dealer is out of copies, write M. Hohner, Inc., Dept. 15 New York City. OHNER ARMONICAS = | Me oe EY SS eee Se a oe ee for he ahs trial oyou approval. Your J et of 44 Styles, colors and sizes of the famous R. er Bicycies. Express pre- aM this and even? Tires Bal? owtal pe able Lactory prices and CYCLE COMPARY DEPT. ciss CHICAGO Get Rid F A T of Your Free Trial Treatment Sent on request. Ask for my “pay-when-reduced” offer. I have successfully reduced thousands of persons, often at the rate of a pound a day, without diet er Let me send you proof at my ex- exercise. : } pense. DR. R. NEWMAN, State of New York, 286 Fifth Avenue ‘ew York. Desk W Licensed Physician TOBACCO Complete treatment seat an trial 1.00 if Noth ‘ai Stee ase iaaeee ‘Ma. Pay When GOITR Well - Ihave an honest, proven remedy for goltre (big mock), It checks the growth at once, reduces the enlarge. ment, stops pain and distress any re- ileves in alittle while. By ig er Tellyour friends about this. Lay meatonce. DR. ROCK Dopt. % Box737, Milwaukee, Wis. WARNING vices gy Emad your ose is SS heen tae ent gy if you = eae ES anew on bald spots. Dandraff quickly disappears. Broof Box (plain peas Shae Gale been cihat baal Write to Kotalko Office, M-370, Station L, New York, MONEY FOR YOU Spare or Full Time Introducing the famous Artex French Pearl Necklaces. No Investment or Experience Necessary $12 a day easy with our new selling idea— you take the order after showing sample and collect your commission immediately. We deliver and collect balanee—only 12 sales daily gives you $72 per week—also fine spare time proposition to ladies or men. Send for particulars and FREE Sample pearl at oLee. ARTEX SALES COMPANY 11283 Broadway, New York, N_ Y. & aoe: =i WANTED ———__3 i A ge motyhed ° fey ets. for tor Lew TRATED COIN YVaLUE BOOK, 6 Posted. Ly J CASH. : CLARKE C' cO., Ave 13, LeRoy, N. ¥- +

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; = “Mary, I’m Going to Send eS It in To-night” ‘VE been drifting too long. Other morrow. Not next week or néxt month, xs . ‘ 7 men are getting ahead of me and but to-night. _ I've been telling myself that it was “The sooner I send it in, the sooner :. ‘luck’ or ‘pull. ’ But I know better than JJ] be promoted like Tom.” ates that. It’s because they know more Mail the Coupon Today! | abouttheirworkthanIdo, = =k ee .. : “Two years ago, when on Adams ea 7-0, rane, Pate. ScHooLs _ took up an I. C. S. course, I determined — we perition or in tae Sinjoc: Before hich T have marke! en KX: _ tostudy too. But I put it ofi—and off— BUSINESS TRAINING COURSES E and off— a ~ “Tom’s manager of the department. - now and earning twice as much as I am. = It isn’t because he has more natural ability than I have, but because he’s E trained! That's it—he’s trained! a “Me? Why, I’m just one of a score of routine workers. Tom gets the big ee salary because the firm knows he’s = trained” himself to handle work that I can ‘t do. ; -—s “P’ve wasted two years, but it’s not - too late. This time I’m really going to aa (aegis C. S. coupon. Not to-

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY — LATEST ISSUES — 931 The Little Castaways: or, The Fortune That @ Wreck Brought. . . 932 Teas Big Chances; or, The Boy Who Saved a own. 933 Always Lucky: or, Winning on His Merits. 934 Out for a Corner; or, A Smart Chicago Boy. 935 The Winning Trick; or, How a Boy Made Mark. 886 The Young Editor; or, Running a Country News- ’ aper. 937 A Big Stroke: of The Lad Who Made a Record. 988 In the Copper Fields; or, The Mine That Made the Money. 939 c= a Cent to Fortune; or, A Chicago Boy's Great coop. 040 A Start in Tife; or, A Poor Boy's Rise to Fame. 941 A Wide-Awake Boy;. or,, Born With a Winning Streak. 942 Cagtering Ey Money; or, How Ben Bailey Made His Mark. 943 Digging for Gold; or, The Luck of a Boy Miner. 4A y with Grit; or, Earning an Honest Living. 945 Andy the Mill Boy; or, Rising to the cn 046 Famé Before the Footlights; or, The y Who Bossed the Theatre. 947 Lucky Lee the Office Boy; or, The Nerviest Lad in New York : 948 Sure to Get Rich: or, A Smart Young a tee 949 Pushing It Through: or. The Fate of a Lucky . 950 A — Speculator; or, The Young Sphinx of Wall Teet. 951 The Way to Success; or, The Boy Who Got There. 952 Struck Oil; or, The Boy Who Made a Million. “63 A Golden Risk; or, The Young Miners of Della Cruz. 04 A Sure Winner; or, The Boy Who Went Out With a Circus. For sale by all newsdealers, or will be sent to any ad- dress on receipt of price, 7c. per copy, in money or pos- tage stamps. THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS PRICE 8 CENTS 955 Golden Fleece; or, The Boy Brokers of Wall Street. 956 A Mad Cap Scheme; or, ‘The Boy Treasure Hunters of Cocos Island. 957 a On the World; or, Working His Way to For- une, 958 Playing to Win; or, The Foxiest Boy in Wall Street 959 Tatters; or, a Boy From the Siums. 960 A Young Monte sto; or, The Richest Boy in the r orld. 961 Won by Pluck; or, The Boys Who Ran a Railroad. 962“ Beating the Brokers; or, The Boy Who Couldn’t Be Done. 963 A Rolling Stone; or, The Brightest Boy on Record. 964 Never Say Die; or, The Young Surveyor of Happy Valley. 965 tom of the Market; or, The Greatest Boy In Wall reet. 966 ar v9 ho His Life; or, The Young Pilot of r ake, | = 967 Striving for Fortune; or, From Bell-Boy to Million- : re. 068 Out for Business; or, The Smartest Boy in Town. 069 =A Favorite of Fortune; or, Striking It Ren in Wall Street. e 970 a > Thick and Thin; or, The Adventures of a art Boy. _%71 Doing His Lovet Best; or, Working His Way Up. , LaRAEE 8 TOS. 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