Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 985) (1924 08 15)

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. BOYS, READ THE RADIO ARTICLES IN THIS NUMBER No. 985 AUGUST 15, 1924 Price 8 Cents WEEN, STORIES OF BOYS WHO MAKE MONEY. RISING:IN THE - WORLD; OR, FROM fAGTORY BOY TO MANACER . Gy AALS, MOLE. Jack flung the noose over the thiefs head, and it fell around his arm. Seizing the other end of the line, he pulled it taut, drawing Dean up to the screen a prisoner. “Help!” yelled the boy, and in rushed the crowd.

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Are You A Radio Fan? Read Pages 24 and 25 Issued weekly—Subscription price, $4.00 per year; Canad . West 23d Street, . Ente New York, N. Y FAME, AND FORTUNE WEEKLY No. 985 = .| PF See - CHAPTER I.—How Jack Clyde Saves Bertha - _Garland. x Bertha Garland, the prettiest working girl in ' Northbridge, was walking rapidly down the street _ toward the cotton mill when the seven o’clock -*¥ whistle blew shrilly upon the balmy morning air. ' “Oh, dear,” she exclaimed in a tone of great “-yexation as well as concern, “I shall be shut out. Sn mtd I shall. Isn’t it too provoking for any- __ Seeing quite a bunch of girls, the last in sight, entering the’nearby gate at that moment, Bertha _ eaught up her skirts and made a dash for the - goal, in hope that by sheer good luck she might be able to get into the yard. She was just a -. mmoment too late. The gate slid across the open- - ing almost im her face and left her on the wrong _ side. \ “Qh, Mr. Dean,” she cried loudly, pounding on the gate. “Won’t you please let me in?” Morris Dean, a sallow-complexioned young man of nineteen, -whose incipient mustache was a standing joke with the girls of the Northbridge Cotton Mill, officiated as timekeeper. ~ He had made himself very unpopular with the ‘hands by his promptness in shutting the gate the first toot of the whistle. This morning he noted the fact that’ Bertha Garland had not arrived “when the whistle blew. He was a bit surprised ‘at this for she was usually one of the early birds. When the bevy of girl§ who arrived at the last _. minute had filed into the yard, he looked out and saw Bertha coming hot foot for the gate. eS ‘With a grin he pulled the gate shut and fast- ened it. But he did not actually intend to keep ‘the pretty mill hand out. Morris was sweet on iss Garland, and tried in every way to make himself solid with her. So when Bertha rapped the gate and made the appeal! Morris was look- ¢ for, he answered thrdtgh his peep hole: “Js that really fou, Miss Bertha?” “Yes, yes,” she cried eagerly. “It’s really me. ‘ou’ll let me in, won’t you?” _ “Tt’s against the rule, Miss Bertha,” the replied, if hesitating. I was right here when you shut the ell, rhe let you in em time,” he answered, ng : gate so she could pass through; “but,. ouldn’t do it for any one else,” en ; 2 te A : NEW YORK, AUGUST 15, RISING IN THE = By A SELF-MADE MAN ee | land,” said one of the foremen sharply a, $4.50; Forel red as Second-Clas: the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., under the np > ans Os ‘z “ap . OR, FROM FACTORY BOY TO MANAGER “Aren’t you good,” she cried with a smile as she darted ‘off toward the entrance door of the big brick building. ca Morris rubbed his thin hands together with satisfaction as he watched the lovely fifteen-year- old miss skip gracefully across the yard. “That’s the only girl out of the bunch I’d put myself out for, and there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for her.” : Morris gathered up his time-sheet and walked into the office, where, as it was too early. yet for the other clerks to appear, he spread the ‘morning paper out on the top of his tall desk and began to read the sporting intelligence. When Bertha Garland stepped into the elevator which would take her to the fourth floor where the loom she worked at stood in the midst of a forest of similiar machines, she came face to face with Jack Clyde, who had a wicker basket full of fluffy cotton on his shoulder. “Good-morning, Jack,” she said with a bright smile. “Good-morning, Bertha,” “he Bric with a cheerful smile. “You’re late. How did you manage to pass Morris Dean? ya with him.” “I guess not,” she replied with a toss of her head, for she did not like the time-keeper a bit You must have a \better than any other girl in the mill. “Maybe you hypnotized him, for I notice he’s never eggs as —_— he can er out one or more o e girls in the morning,” c = Bertha inughes. ’ g uckled Jack. “Perhaps I did, for he actually opened F after he had closed it and let rt in” ~e “Then I guess Andy Blossom is right.” “About what?” she asked. : “He told me Morris Dean was you.’ ; “The idea!” 7 _ “I don’t blame him. Aren’t you the nicest girl in the mill?” s At that moment the elevator stopped at the fourth floor, and Bertha, flashing a saucy glance at_Jack, sprang out and made for the dressing- room. Jack got out, too, and carried his load to a cer- t.in part of the floor. “You're late in getting to work, Bertha Gar- as the dead gone on 1924 =~

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girl came to her loom, “I’l] have to dock you fif- teen minutes.” She made no reply but started her machine. “Jobkins is cranky. this morning,” whispered the nearest girl to her. “He’s always cranky with me,” replied Ber- tha» tossing her shapely head disdainfully._ “Some people are never happy unless they’re finding fault.” § The foreman’s sharp ears caught the remark ; and he looked daggers at-the pretty fair-haired j girl, whom he disliked on account of her good : looks and popularity. Jobkins, who was twenty- three, also hated Jack Clyde, because of Bertha’s evident preference for him. He-knew Jack depended on his job in the mill | - to support his widowed aunt and crippled sis- \ -. ter, and it gave him a great deal of satisfaction to threaten. the boy occasionally with discharge. As Jobkins didn’t confine his fault-finding and - overbearing conduct to Bertha and Jack, he was not a bit more popular among the hands than was Morris Dean. = In fact, of the two he was the most cordially detested. The mill had a stack of orders on hand and was working at its full capacity. It was getting close to noon on the morning our a story opened. Jack was taking a drink of water = -_ from a cooler which stood on a low shelf at the - end of the room where the big belt that furnish- ed power to the main shaft came through an opening in the floor, PSuddenly the shrill scream of a girl rang out -*throvgh the room. It was a cry that only comes from a human being in deadly peril. For a _ second Jack’s heart stood still, then, with the instinctive idea that one of the girls had been caught in the machinery, the boy sprang at the handle of the throw-off, which hung within a yard of the cooler, and controlled the power on ~ that floor and flung it over. In a moment the main shaft ceased to revolve and every machine @n the fioor stopped. Section foremen and boys were seen ET toward a certain point, and Jack started in the same direction. A girl was seen suspended by the hair from a countershaft, where she hung limp and senseless. “Great Scott!” exclaimed Jack, in horrified sur- prise, “it’s Bertha Garland!” 3 It was indeed Bertha. As she was returning to her loom from the dressing-room, a sudden draft of air coming through an open window had blown her long golden hair around one of the belts. She gave that one agonizing shriek and then ‘fainted from the fright and pain. But for Jack’s prompt action in shutting off the power her entire scalp would have been torn _ off in a few seconds more. Ladders were brought, z and the girl- was seized and supported while _ the lacing of the belt connecting the counter- ~ shaft with one of the branches of the main shaft Was cut. = : _ Then the counter-shaft was reversed until Ber- tha’s hair was released. She was lowered to the floor and given in charge of several of the wo- men to bring her to consciousness. The belt was then replaced and*the machinery started again. More than half of the girls were unable to re- ne work at once. Several had fainted and, > being revived, while the rest were so un- y the accident that many had become RISING IN THE WORLD _ well evade the interview, so he presented him : > a s : oe sb or less hysterical, and had to be looked — after. : Before the noon whistle sounded, however, it — was known all over the floor that it was Jack — Clyde who had saved Bertha Garland. from a — terrible disfigurement, if not death. .= CHAPTER II.—The Deserted Shanty. “You’re wanted in the girls’ dressing-room, — Jack,” said Andy Blossom, Jack’s particular — friend, who worked on the same floor with him. ~ “What for?” asked Jack. — “Bertha Garland has come to and wants to — see you.” : 3 Jack easily guessed what she wanted to see ~ him for, but he would have preferred to have — had her postpone her protestations of gratitude. — But as he had been sent for he couldn’t v = before her. 2 “Jack Clyde,” she said, holding out her hand — to him, “you saved my life and I sha’n’t forget ~ you as long as I live.” : “Don’t mention it. Bertha,” he replied. “I’m — glad I thought of doing the right thing at the — right nioment.” ee -“You must take me home, Jack, as soon as the whistle blows. I couldn’t do another bit of work to-day to save my life.” “4 As soon as the noon hour arrived there was _ a rush for hats on the part of the hands who = went home for dinner, and a stream of employees _ was soon filing through the gate into the street. _ Bertha was feeling a little better by that time, — but she was glad to have Jack accompany her — to her mother’s humble cottage on the outskirts. “I'll call around after supper and see how you _ are getting on,” said the boy when he was leay- — ing her at the gate of the little garden patch — which lay between the street and the house. — Then the boy pressed her shapely hand and rushed < . off to his own home, a quarter of a mile away, to get his dinner and return to the factory ie fore the one o’clock whistle blew. ; There were smiles without number for Jack that afternoon from every girl that he chanced to pass near. Although he hadn’t actually done any heroic action he was, nevertheless, voted a — hero by the fair ones, most of whom envied Bertha Garland for having the inside track with the most previes boy in Northbridge. There was — one girl, Flora Watson by name, who hated Ber- — tha for quite a different reason. =e She was about the only mill hand who re garded Morris Dean in a favorable light. Flora Watson was undoubtedly a good looking brunette, but her disposition was not in keeping with her — face. She was , inclined to be haughty, — though her circumstances a justify the airs she put on, spiteful to a , and, when her — jealousy was aroused, revi ._ To what ex-— a the latter controlled her this sto a ow. = Morris Dean was something of a was seldom to be found at home of but me one who wanted to see him after finished his supper could nearly always de on locating him at the Northbridge Bi fae pig j toc eS 2:

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-_ Pool Parlors on Main Street. He mas naturally _ fair prey for sharpers, and one of that gentry _. sueceeded in winning his confidence. — This individual’s name was Nelson Spavinger. He was a second-rate sport, dressed rather con- spicuously, éspecially in the way of cheap but expansive jewelry, and insinuated broadly that he was one of the knowing ones. As soon as he sized Morris up he cottoned to him at once, and young Dean was flattered by the preference he _. Showed for his society. ; It was the evening of the day on which the accident had happened to Bertha Garland. Mr. ipavinger had gone to the Springfield races t day and had carried with him every cent ~ of money that*Morris Dean owned in the world, ‘beside a small sum he had borrowed of the pro- prietor of the billiard parlors, to invest on cer- ‘ tain sure tips which the sporty gentleman as- - -gured Morris he had acquired. _ He had refused to enlighten the young man _ as to the horses he intended to back lest, as he said, Morris might inadvertently impart the kmowledge to a third party. He had, for rea- sons he hest knew, arranged to meet young Dean at an old deserted shanty on the outskirts of the town instead of at the billiard parlors, and By him his share of the winnings. Morris ate is supper in a state of suppressed excitement and satisfaction at the enchanting prospect of re- : ceiving a considerable sum of cash that evening : from his friend Nelson Spavinger. He had cut 3 from the evening paper a list of most of the : winning horses at the Springfield race track, + and the balance he had taken from the ticker _ _ at the billiard parlor on his way home. There- _- fore he lost no time in making his way after : dark to the dilapidated shack where he expected ; to meet the knowi gentleman. He carried an-umbrella with him, for the sky had a threatening and watery look. Before he = = there it befan to rain heavily, which made him fear that Mr. Spavinger might fail to keep the appointment. About the time Morris left his home, Jack Clyde left his aunt’s cottage en route for Bertha Garland’s home. : Before he got half way to his destination the . ¥Yain commenced to fall. It soon came down so - fast that Jack looked around for shelter, and : his eyes lighted on the ramshackle story-and-a- half building toward which Morris Dean was bending his steps. _. The ancient door was partly ajar, and so Jack ; pushed his way inside and his stand be- side the window which afforded him a view of the wet and lonesome road. As the rain let up _~ his walk, he noticed a young man coming along at a smart pace with an umbrella. g * To Jack's surprise this person turned in at _ the broken down gate and came up to the build- ing. Jack recognized him at once as Morris Dean and wondered what had brought him to that sec- tion of the town, so far from his customary =. ts. ___ Presently another person came walking up the _ road. To Jack’s astonishment he, too, turned in at the gate and walked up to Morris. This was _ Mr. Nelson vinger. ~ . “He looks. a rt,” thought Jack. “I won- _ der who he is? “He seems to know Morris doth _ to a drizzle and he began-to think of resuming - RISING IN THE WORLD 3 At that moment the rain resumed its heavy pattering on the roof. : “They’re coming in here,” breathed Jack. “T’ll let them have this room all themselves, as Morris Dean is no friend of mine, and I am not® anxious to make the acquaintance of his com- panion.” So Jack quietly withdrew to the rear room, taking his seat on an empty candle box he found there, just in time to escape the notice of the newogners, as they walked into the front apart- ment. + CHAPTER HEI.—Nelson Spavinger and His Dupe. “It’s a disagreeable night, young gent,” re- marked Mr. Spavinger, as he led the way into the room. “I wouldn’t have come out here only I didn’t want to disappoint you. I make it a point always to keep my engagements.” “I don’t see why we couldn’t have come _to- gether in a private room at Bishop’s Parlors — as well,” replied Morris. “It would have en much handier, and a good bit more com- fortable.” “There are reasons, Master Dean, which I might explain if I cared to, why I preferred to come here. We will throw a light on the subject if you don’t mind.” It was soon apparent that Mr. Spavinger ‘was not unfamiliar with the interior of the old shanty, for he went to a closet, took out a box and placed, it near the entrance to the room where Jack sat in the gloom, an unsuspected intruder. Then he produced a whisky bottle with a bit of candle stuck into its neck, and placed it on the box. Striking a match he lit the candle, diffusing a dim and uncertain light around that end of the room. Then he brought forth two smaller pases, which he placed on either side of the large x “Be seated,” he said to Morris, pointing at one of the impromptu chairs, and ing possession of the other himself; “we might as well make ourselves comfortable.” He took a cigar from his vest pocket and lit it at the candle. From his hip pocket he next xe, ig out a suspicious looking flat flask. He calmly helped himself to as much of the spirits as he wanted and then laid, the flask with some deliberation on the box beside the candle holder. “I’m sorry to say, young gent,” replied the turfy individual, “that things didn’ ,pan out. just the way I expected to see them do. “What do you mean?” almost “Didn’t the horses you picked out win?” - “Not on your life they didn’t. A screw worked loose somewhere in my calculations, and all our good ‘money went to swell the bookmakers’ profits.” = “Great Scott!” groaned- Morris. - “Didn’t we win a thing?” “Not a soumarkee.” “Then I’m ruined,” answered Dean, dismally. Morris. “Ruined!” echoed Mr. Spavinger cheerfully. — “Rot.” ~ “There’s no rot about it. I gave you every I possessed, including fifteen dollars I borrowed from Mr. Bishop.” “What of it cent -

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x 2 *. deck _ money “What of it? Why, I’m busted, can’t you see?’ , : “You don’t mean it,” said Mr. Spavinger somewhat incredulously, blowing a few rings of tobacco smoke_into the air. “I do mean it,” replied Morris, with some energy. : “Well, I’m blowed.” “The first thing I’ve got to do is to stand off Mr: Bishop, I promised to return that money to- night, but now that’s impossible. It will take all of a month for me to square myself with him, and I’jl hardly have more than cigarette money left. Ym in a deuce of a hole. I’ve promised to take a girl to the show at the Opera House on Friday night, and now I haven't the price. Ill” have to stand her off, too, and Pdon’t know how I’m going to get around it, for she’s a regular spitfire when she’s mad.” ° : Mr. Spavinger didn’t seem particularly inter- ested in Dean’s feminine affairs. “You make a lot of fuss over a capful of ill- wind,” he remarked with. a perceptible sneer. “A capful!” cried Morris, almost angrily, “you mean an overwhelming blast—a hurricane that has completely wrecked me.” “Pooh!” said the sport, emitting a cloud of smoke from his mouth. “Can’t you borrow. fifty cases from your brother to square yourself?” - “Qh, Bishop will wait, I guess. He knows I’m for that fifteen cases.” «But how about me?” retorted Mr. Spavinger. “You!” exclaimed Morris, in astonishment. “T don’t owe you anything.” Mr. Spavinger put his hand in his pocket and ulled out a memorandum book. He turned the eaves over with great deliberation until he came to a certain page. : “Now, young gent, first of all did you or did you not tell me to put ten dollars on the first “race, me to select the horse?” __ “T did, and I gave you the money.” - Well, I picked Tam O’Shanter. He 4 -rect. : ‘slipped a shoe and came in last, so you lost. Sec- ondly, did you ask me to pick a winner for the second race to the extent of another ten?” “Yes, and you got the money for that, too.” “Right you are. I thought Jack-o’-Lantern a likely horse to come in first. He was a nose ahead in the home stretch and ought to have won.” “Then why didn’t he?” ; “Because he slipped a cog and Tallyho beat him by a length. That disposes of two counts. - Thirdly, I said I had my eye on a long shot for the third race, and you told me to put up’ another ten on that race, didn’t you?” “Sure I did, and you——” : “Got the money? Of course I did. I slapped your ten on Bobolink, but unfortunately she lost and so you lost again.” ~ “¥ should think I did.” “Now we come to the fourth race, the most im-_ rtant of all. I thought I had a sure winner for that and you told me to go twenty-five cases on her, didn’t you?” _ 3é ot 7 eae ae ; c ae “The man who gave me the tip ran in a cold on me, I am sorry to say. I t your mey on Minnehaha for first place, and she lost by three lengths, coming in fourth. That was = 4 | RISING IN THE WORLD hard luck, for it did you out of seventy-five dol- to myself, after the colt lost, the young gent Il ~ “back as if” lars.” ; Morris made no reply. - : “Now,” went on Nelson Spavinger, after a pause, during which he cast a sidelong glance at — his dupe, “comes the fifth race.” “T didn’t put up any money on that race,” cried Morris, looking at the sport. 3 “IT know you didn’t,” replied Mr. Spavinger, coolly. “That’s just what I was tryimg to get at. I suggested that you back Jim Dandy.” — - “And I told you I had no more money to put up,” interrupted Morris. ae “That’s right,” replied the sport placidly. “And — what did I say?” “You said you’d lend me a fiver if I wanted you to.” ' ; “Pre-cisely. You took me up and signed your fist to this I-O-U I have here, didn’t you?” 4 “I did, but afterward I turned the bet down E and you threw the paper under your chair.” 2 “JT hate to dispute your word, young gent, but - if I recollect the matter right you told me to — make that fifty plunks instead of five, and put — it through, which I did.” <3 “Fifty dollars!” exclaimed Morris, aghast, for 3 he knew that Jim Dandy did not come in one, — “You must be — z % = Fi two-or three in the last race. erazy.” } “Exeuse me. I altered the five to fifty as you told me, put up the dust and I regret to say you — lost again.” <= “But I never told you to’ put up fifty dollars — on anything for me,” asserted Morris. ee ool “This paper says you did,” replied Mr. Spav- — inger, coolly. + | “J don’t care anything about that paper. It’s no good.” 7 = “Isn’t it? Well, now I thought it was. I said — feel sore to think he has to make this good. It — ain’t im I-O-U. In that case why I’m afraid I’d have to call and see his father about ve ae a “If you called on my father with that paper it — would ruin me,” cried Morris, with a livid face. “T ain’t anxious to call on him,” replied : Spavinger, cheerfully. “If you say you'll pay me this week I’ll let it go at that.” = “But I don’t owe you that fifty,” replied Mor- ris, passionately. =) s=73 “Now look here, youne gent; what’s the use of getting down in the mouth? I wouldn’t press” you but I must have funds, see? You say you — haven’t the money,” said Nelson Spavinger, light- ing a fresh cigar. ‘What of it? You've got a brother that keeps a store and is making money, — ain’t you? Very good. What’s the matter with : borrowing enough from him to square yourself — all around, as well as to take another go at the horses?” : Es “Didn’t I tell you that my brother wouldn’t lend me a cent to save my life?” 4 PEs “Well, couldn’t you borrow it without him — knowing anything about it? Let me whisper in~ your ear.” : Nelson Spavinger bent over toward the man and said something in a low tone of voice — which Jack, who had heard the whole conver 3 tion to this point, did not catch. Morris sti e had been stung by a ven sible that he may refuse to honor his _ insect,

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“No, no,” he gasped, “I cculdn’t do that. ° I _ couldn’t.”’ be _ And Jack saw that his face had grown pale and haggard, and that he shivered as with the had carelessly sowed—and the harvest was a er one. He knew that he was being swindled 'y the man he had trusted, but he couldn’t help himself, or at least he-thought he couldn’t. Mr. ‘Spavinger had suggested, in a whisper, that he could rob his. brother. ae _ Morris recoiled from such a proposition, not because he was opposed to taking what didn’t ~ belong to him, if he could do so without being detected, but because the victim in that case would his brother. He disliked his brother, it is true, but he didn’t have the nerve to rob him. _ “If it was only somebody else,” he muttered o himself; “somebody whe——” At that moment the father of all evil must have been at his elbow, for an idea came into is head—an idea that rather appealed to him, gh it was dangerous. The color returned to his face and the courage to his heart. “You’ve taken a mean advantage of me, Mr. : vinger,” he said. ‘You know as well as I do ha ’re trying to bunco me out of gh § cases. Mid not tell you to make any bet on the fifth Tace. I was a fool to sign my name to any paper, at since I did, I’ve got to take my medicine.” “Then how do you expect to raise the money? femember, I must have it this week. If you ’t ante up it will be my unpleasant duty to the old gent himself.” : “You needn’t remind me again of that unpleas- ” said Morris, with a frown. “However, see my way out of the scrape.” ed up his ears and looked “The day after to-morrow is pay-day at the ill. It’s a legal holiday, but owing to the rush orders on deck the mill hands have been no- ed that they will have to work. The bank | be open that day, as a matter of course, consequently the cashier will draw the pay to-morrow afternoon and keep it .over in the office safe. The combination has mete and engage the attention of the watch- or ation I can open the safe and then the rest be easy. I'l take enough to pay my debts Jeave me with a snug sum of pocket money my clothes besides. ow does the idea strike strikes me all right. You've got more ms than I gave you credit for. You're going the job some time to-morrow night, ain’t s.' Say about eleven o’clock, when the _is auite deserted.” oe --_- RISING IN THE WORLD ie 5 “I’m ready to help you out, young gent. We'll meet accidental] like at the Parlors, have a game or two of pool and then we'll go off together.” “All’ right. Now let’s be off. I see it has cleared up.” Z Mr. Spavinger nodded, put the boxes back in the closet and blew out the light. Then the hard- ened old sinner, and the young one just starting out on the broad road that leads to moral de- struction, picked up their umbrellas and left the shanty. “Well,” said Jack Clyde to himself, as he was left alone in the old shack, “if I haven’t learned considerable this night about the inside character of Morris Dean I’m out of my calculation. So he bets on the races, does he? This time he seems to have caught it in the neck. If he isn’t an easy bird to pluck I’m much mistaken, that’s all. The idea of his giving his money to that skin to pick winners for him! Mr. Spavinger simply played him for a chump. I greatly doubt if he placed a single one of those bets. It was easy for a man of his stamp to put Dean’s money in his pocket and then come back and hand out a fake story to Morris. It was such a simple game that he must have laughed in his sleeve more than once. And then the avaricious old rascal wasn’t satisfied at that but he must work a bit of bunco on top of it. Now to extricate himself from his hole, Morris is going to try and rob the office safe at the mill. He’ll do it, too, I don’t think. I’m going to treat Morris Dean to the surprise of his life. I'll give him a shock that he won't forget,for a long time to come.” Thus speaking, Jack walked to the front win- dow and locked out. He saw Mr. Spavinger and Morris Dean yanishing down the road. “It’s too late for me to go on to Bertha Gar- lan’s home now. It must be past nine o’clock. She’ll think the rain stood me off, so I'll go back home.” On his way home Jack paused before a neat white cottage that bore a sign “For Sale.”~ “I wonder how long it will be before I have money enough to buy such a little house as that for aunt and sis?” Jack continued on his way, and in ten minutes reached the plain dwelling his aunt rented for a few dollars a month. “T- did not expect you back so soon, Jack,” smiled his aunt, Mrs. Susan Frost. “How is Bertha to-night?” “IT couldn’t say, Aunt Sue. I didn’t go to her home after all. The rain held me up so long - in that old shanty down the road tHat I decid it was too late to call and so I came back.” “That was too bad, and she was, expecting you, too.” : “Yes, I guess she was; but it can’t be helped. That’s one of the disadvantages of not owning an umbrella. Good night, auntie, I’m going to bed.” . Next morning Jack met his ‘friend Andy Blos- som on the corner as usual. = “Hello, Jack!” said Andy. “What do you know this morning?” > ; “T know something that'll make you stare ell right,” replied Ja ; : ck. ; . = 550 “Is that so?” asked Andy, with some interest. | “What is it?” : . een ee ee ee ee core ae . it to yourself. — < ‘ ~~ .

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“Ti be mum if you say so,” agreed Andy, on the tip-toe of curiosity. . ; “It concerns Morris Dean.” “Does it? Tl bet it’s nothing to his credit,” replied Andy, who, in common with the other mill hands, had a very poor opinion of the time- keeper. ‘“What’s he been up to?” _ ; “I found out several things about him last night that rather opened my eyes. I never took much stock in him anyway, in spite of the fact that he’s enjoyed advantages that the rest of us haven’t had; but I’m bound to say I did not suspect him to be the reckless young rascal he is.” E “What did you find out about him?” asked Andy, eagerly. F “Ph sikoen the whole ae and you can judge for yourself what kind of a chap he really is. Jack then related to Andy his adventure of the preceding evening in the old shanty .on North- i ad. ortAnd he really means to rob the office safe to- night?” cried Andy, in astonishment. “That seems.to be his programme. “What are: you going to do? Tell the man- er?” % ae propose to catch him in the act myself. “How are you goin to manage it? “Well, you must help me. E : og 5 age bet your, boots. It would just suit . me to have a hand in showing that chap up. He’s Been treating the girls meaner than dirt since he’s been time-keeper. I’ve got it in for him es ecially for the shabby way. he’s acted toward Martha Higgins. He’s shut her out six times In the last three months, and I’ve been looking for a clfance to pay him up for it.’ : Martha Higgins was a sweet little orphan that Andy was paying a good deal of attention to, and it was quite natural for him to resent any indig- nity offered her. ; “We'll take, say, four of the men—I’m going to pick them out—and we'll come to the mill to- night, .put the watchman wise to the matter, and lay for him and Mr, Spavinger, his a friend, who is going to act as his accomplice. guess it will be a big surprise to them to find themselves cau. pt in tee 7 “7}] bet it will,” grinn y- 5 : “Y’ve concluded this will be the best way to deal with them. If I was to tell the manager this morning he might question. Morris in his office about the matter. Dean would petals « deny the truth of my story, and his word would be as good as mine; in fact, better, for he would no doubt call in Mr. Spavingsr to back him up. I haven't any witness to corroborate my statement, as I was alone in the shanty. So you can see he’d have the best of me. Of course, after that Morris wouldn’t ‘think of carrying out his plan against the office safe, and as there would then be no proof of his ~ alleged rascality, the chances are a good many people would think I reported the matter solely to him into a scrape.” : : s ’s right. The manager is a friend of his father’s, and gave him the job in the office. He would hate to see Morris get into trouble. Now : if we catch the chap redhanded it will be differ- ent.’ It will open the manager’s to Dean’s --yeal character, and he will be obliged to take such action as the case demands.” _ - "Phat ended the discussion for the present, as the two boys had arrived at the mill gate. They Sagat Se A ee ee ae RISING IN THE WORLD passed Morris Dean without giving him a look, and the time-keeper checked them off on his sheet. When noontime came, Jack called aside four men in whom he had every confidence, told them what _ Morris Dean proposed to do in the office that night, and they pledged themselves to join in with Jack and Andy in his scheme to catch the unpop- ular time-keeper with the goods on. CHAPTER V.—Caught with the Goods on. About nine o’clock that night Jack and Andy met the four mill hands at a certain corner not. far from the mill, and the entire party started for the building. Arrived at their destination, Andy was boosted over the fence and sent to find the watchman, and give him an inkling of the ay aco He came to the gate and let the party inside. “Now, Jones,” said Jack, who was the self-con- stituted leader in the proceedings, “you’d better be near the gate around eleven o’clock. In fact, it would be a good idea if you opened the gate and stood there, smoking. You may expect to see this sporting gent, Mr. Spavinger, come down the street. If he carries out the programme agreed upon last night, he’ll stop and engage you in con- versation. ou must get him inside the gate so he can’t escape when we’re ready to secure him. _ That’s your part of this job, and I expect you to carry it out in good shape. Don’t give him any reason to suspect you are on to the scheme.” * 3 > “All right, Clyde, you can depend on me. —— Whether I get him inside the fence or not, he | won’t dare to run when I pull. my six-shooter on him,” replied the watchman. Seeing that the watchman understood what was expected of him, Jack led his assistants into the ground floor of the mill and posted them in the entry between the office and the mill proper. Then he proceeded to make sundry preparations he had figured on for catching Morris Dean at the right © moment and showing him for what he was—a night chief. His plan was quite original in its way, and was really not necessary under the cir- cumstances, but it pleased Jack to trap his man after his own ideas. He took a long, thin line and made a running noose at one end. Leaving the — noose lying on the floor of the office near the safe he passed the other end through one of the square holes in the brass top of the office partition, and then a yard from that point he passed it back through another similar hole, leaving the end of the line dangling on the inside of the partition. . 3 “That isn’t a bad thief-catching trap,” he said, * 2 with a grin, surveying the arrangement with a critical eye. “The next thing will be to see if it — works to suit my taste.” > - He blew out the lamp and placed it on a nearby desk, then he went to the window overlooking the : .. street to watch for the coming of Morris Dons The office clock struck eleven before there was © ro sign of a human being on the street, then the corner came two shadows that presently re- solved themselves into Morris and his associate, Nelson Spavinger. They feet of the window where was looking out, — and held a final consultation, then the Sport tinued on down the street_ and Morris w him for a minute or two. He saw the watchman / aused within a few tched

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Btep outside and stand in front of Mr. Spavinger, nd that was his signal to get busy. Jack in the nwhile had taken up his post under the near- ‘desk to the safe, whence he could keep a sharp e on the faithless clerk’s movements when he rot down to business, and yet would be screened om observation by a couple of tall stools which had arranged for that purpose. - Presently a key rattled in the lock of the street door, which opened and then shut behind Morris ; Going to the cashier’s tall desk, the very e under which Jack was hiding, he tried a cer- in drawer, and found it locked, as he expected it id be. He was prepared for such an emer- ncy. Taking a piece of steel from his pocket imserted it into the crevice of the drawer, close the lock, and exerted force enough to snap the off. He then opened the drawer, looked in- Side and took out a key and a slip of paper. He examined the paper in the light of the lamp. Ap- parently satisfied he had obtained what he want- ed, he placed the lamp on the floor near the safe its light would shine right on the combination, d then, with the contents of the paper for a ide, he set to work to open the safe. ack watched him closely as he worked, and at eth saw Morris grasp the round steel knob and door. Then he grabbed one of the packages of ills, examined the denominations and thrust it into an inside pocket of his jacket. He was about to close and lock the steel inner door, having se- cured as much monéy as ‘he wanted, when the watcher under the desk took a hand in the pro- = Stats j e eeenis softly as a shadow from his hiding ace, the toy tip-toed over to the spot where the lay within a foot’or two of the kneelin: Jack flung the noose over the thief’s head, nd it fell around his arms. Seizing the other md of the line, he pulled it taut, drawing Dean to the screen a prisoner. aoe yelled the boy, and in rushed the crowd. _ “Andy Blossom led the four mill hands forward. -“Morris Dean!” they éxclaimed in one voice, in y in vain to escape from the noose which “Here, Andy," said Jack, “just hold this line don’t let it give a_single inch; I’m going to hone to Manager Burnside. Three of you, he men, “go out to the gate and secure Mr. vinger. Then bring him in here.” ck rang up Mr. Burnside’s home and connect- with the manager, who had gone to bed. “Come over to the office, sir,” said the boy. “A thief has broken into your office safe and we have - » — Tl come right over,” replied the manager. meantime telephone for a couple of policz- n hat’; what I am going to do, sir. Good-by.” BE in charge to send two officers to the mill charge of a detected thief and his accom- | p Tea RISING IN THE WORLD ent surprise, while the captured clerk, a vise-like grip, looked at them with ack rang up the police station, told the. plice. Hardly had he hung up the receiver before there was & noise in the entry and presently Mr. Spavinger was led into the office by the mill hands and the watchman. When his eyes rested on Mor- ris Dean pinned up against the wire partition, his face livid with consternation at the predicament he was in, the sport’s heart failed him. e saw that a screw had worked loose in the clerk’s little scheme, and realized that the young man was in a serious scrape. As soon as Mr. Spavinger saw a Clyde was running things, he appealed to him. “Why am I treated in this high-handed manner, young man?” he demanded, with an appearance of virtuous indignation. “Somebody -will have to pay for this outrage.” “You have been taken charge of because you are this chap’s accomplice in his attempt to rob the office safe of this mill,” replied Jack. ‘At that juncture Mr. Burnside, the manager, came in at the door. His brow clouded when he saw the open safe door. : ; “Well, Clyde,” he began, “how e Then his eye rested on the prisoner pinned to the partition. “Morris Dean!” he exclaimed in utter amaze- ment. “Why, what does this mean?” “Tt means, sir,” replied Jack, “that we caught Dean én the act of taking money from the safe.” “Tmpossible!” gasped Mr. Burnside. “Tt is the fact, sir. He has a package of money on his person_at this moment, which I saw him take from the inner compartment of the safe. Be- fore he could get any more I fiung’a noose about him and yanked him up against the partition.” “Morris Dean,” said the manager, walking up to him, “have you taken money from that safe to-night?” ; The unfortunate young man made no reply to this question, but his face proclaimed his guilt, and Mr. Burnside could only draw one conclusion —that the son of Matthew Dean, one of the most respected of Northbridge’s retired merchants, was indeed a detected thief. CHAPTER VI.—Morris Dean and Mr. Spavinger Are Both Held for Trial. “Let him loose,” said Mr. Burnside, with a sor- rowful expression on his countenance, and Andy Blossom dropped the end of the line. The manager relieved Morris of the noose, put his hand into his inside pocket and drew out the package of bills. 3 “T am truly pained to find the son of Matthew Dean in such a compromising situation,” he sai regretfully. “Have you any explanation to offer for your conduct?” : “{ needed the money,” replied Morris, doggedly. “I needed it more than I ever wanted anything in my life befor® That’s all there is to it.” “I am afraid you have yourself into a very serious scrape, Morris; How you will be able te get out of it I cannot even guess at this moment.” Then turning to Jack he said: “Who is this other person? Is he implicated in this affair, too?” 2 : “Yes, sir. He’s Dean’s accomplice.” “Do you know this man, Morris?” asked the -

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“I do,” replied the clerk. “What is his name?” “Nelson Spavinger.” 2 “Ts he connected with you in this affair?” “Yes, sir; he’s the whole cause of my being in this scrape,” blurted out the young man. “You lying young villain!” roared the turfy gentleman, starting forward with the evident in- tention of striking the clerk in the face. of Jack, who was standing near, interfered and grasped his upraised arm. At that moment the rd two police officers appeared at the door, and Mr. Spavinger considered it the part of prudence to subside. Mr. Burnside reluctantly ordered one of the officers to take charge of Morris, and then pointed out Mr. Spavinger to the other. “I give them both in charge,” he said. “Take them to the station-house. I will follow presently and make the charge against them.” - The policemen slipped handcuffs on their pris-. oners and led them away. Mr. Burnside returned the money to the safe, relocked it and put the key in the inner compartment in his pocket. “T am at a loss to understand how you and the other mill hands happened to be on hand here at is the very moment you were needed to save the com- . pany’s property,” he said, turning to Jack. “] will give you the whole story on the way to the stationhouse, sir,” replied the boy. “Very well. I shall be glad to hear it.” # The four mill men were dismissed, with the = manager’s thanks for their services, the office was locked up, and then Mr. Burnside, accompanied by Jack and Andy, started for the station-house. On the way Jack told the manager about his ad- venture of the previous night at the old shanty. _. “Why did you not inform me this morning about this matter so I could have taken measures to prevent this lamentable affair. By taking this thing into your own hands you have ruined Mor- ris Dean’s life career. He will certainly be sent to prison, as the evidence against him is as clear as daylight.” : ' “T acted as I thought best in the matter, sir. Had you taxed Dean with the cgntemplated crime he would most certainly have denied it. My un- supported word would have gone for nothing. In fact, I think I would have shown up in a 4 bad light myself. The only way that I could see ‘to prove my statement was to lay for him and catch him in the act. This I have done. It is Dean’s own funeral—not mine—that he chose to - engage in such a criminal enterprise.” ' “J don’t see that he’s entitled to sympathy any way,” spoke up Andy. “He’s set every employee in the mill against him since he’s m time- . r by his mean tactics at the gate.” * “F don’t understand you,” said the manager. Then Andy proceeded to enlighten him concern- ing Dean’s questionable methods with the girls when they reached the gate a moment late. . _. “Why wasn’t this reported to me?” asked the _ ‘Manager. is 2 aay ye eae et a wey mA Wo eh eee Pal Us Te; > the D family was well known in North- and. they had a large circle of acquaint- RISING IN, THE WORLD After two or three minor cases had been dis- posed of, Dean and Spavinger were brought into looking considerably the worse for their night’s lodging in a common cell. The prisoners both pleaded not guilty, Morris doing it on the advice of the lawyer provided to look after his interests by his father. Jack Clyde was, of course, the star witness at the examina- tion, and_he gave his testimony in a clear and con- cise way. Audy Blossom, the night watchman, and the four mill hands, gave their evidence in turn. a doubt, and he was held for trial at the next term of the circuit court. Mr. Spayinger’s connection with the attempted robbery would hardly have been established had not Morris testified direc against him.» The sport endeavored to make his dupe out a liat, but did not succeed, and as a con- sequence he was also held as Dean’s accomplice. Both were admitted to bail, Mr. Spavinger’s being placed as low as $1,000, but as no one came forward to go his security he had to go back to his cell, while Morris went free on’a bond signed by his father and another gentleman. A few days later the Board of Directors of the Northbridge Cotton Mill held a special meeting, at which Jack Clyde was voted the thanks of the company and the sum of $1,000 for his services in preventing the robbery of the safe and bringing the criminal to justice. CHAPTER VII.—Making Money. Jack Clyde was the happiest boy in the mill when he left the manager’s office with the com- pany’s check for $1,000 in his pocket. There was joy in the little cottage on the Northbridge road that night when our young hero displayed the check before the wondering eyes of Aunt Sue and his cripple sister Gertie. “What are you going to do with it, Jack?” asked Gertie, with sparkling eyes. “Put it in the bank?” “I might open a store with it,” her brother arm swered. The fact of the matter was Jack had unex- pectedly discovered a chance to make a stake by shrewd dealing. He had heard that a hardware. store on one of the most prominent corners of Main Street would soon be for rent. The man who had run it for years had lately died and the widow was going to sell the stock-in-trade and fixtures — at auction, and dispose of the lease, which had three years yet to run. This fact would have had no interest for Jack but that he knew an agent of ~— was in town locking — for an eligible site to open a retail store, and he judged the corner in question would suit him to _ the National Tobacco Tru aT option. signed the option. He rushed off at once to the hotel where the tobacco trust’s agent was stc ping, and found that the man was just going to ’ So Jack made a break at once for the widow The case against Morris was clear beyond ~ ~-* od

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show at the opera house that evening. Jack lost ; makih g him’an offer of the lease of the if “Who do you represent?” asked the agent, growing interested at once, for the corner was just what he wanted. “I was not aware that _ location was for rent.” $ “T represent myself,” replied Jack, with some ' dignity. “I control the lease of the store for the next three years. The rent is $60 monthly as it ‘stands. I will sell you the lease for twelve hun- dred dollars cash, or I will sub-let the. store to you for one year at one hundred dollars a month, with privilege of renewal at the same rent for the rest of the term covered by the lease.” “When will the store be vacant?” _ “You ean have possession on the first of the “month.” - “Vl give you one thousand dollars for the _ lease,” said the agent. Jack shook his head. * “{ ean do better than-that with a man who _ wants to establish a drug store on that corner.” “I'll go down there with you and: look the store - “All right,” replied Jack. The agent was pleased with the store and de- cided to head off the druggist by agreeing,to the y’s terms. ‘Jack gave him a written agreement o turn the lease over to him on the following eve- _ ning, and the agent paid him one hundred dollars on account. The man then went on to the Opera ~ House while Jack paid a visit to the widow. He paid her the six hundred dollars and she trans- ; ed the lease of the corner store to him. Next evening he met the agent at the hotel and com- _’ pleted the deal, pocketing a Pac of six hundred ' dollars by the transaction. He was now prepared to buy the cottage and pay all the cash for it which would leave him’ four hundred dollars to x8 " put in the bank. It happened, however, that next - paper of a much better house with more ground, tate. The following day being Sunday he and his aunt went around and looked at it. ‘It was a very desirable place, and dirt cheap _ at twenty-five hundred dollars. _ “We’d better take it, auntie,” he said. “It’s too big for us, Jack,” she objected. “Be- sides you’ve only got sixteen hundred dollars, and would be obliged to put a mortgage on it. That would cost us fifty dollars a year in interest. Now the cottage on Northbridge road you co get free and clear and still have several hund to draw interest in the saving bank. This is a very fine place, and I have no doubt it is cheap, but it is foolish for you to buy it, I think.” “Auntie, I see a speculation in this,” said Jack. “Tl bet I could resell this property at a profit before you even took title to it. This house is a snap at twenty-five hundred dollars. It’s worth four thousand dollars if it’s worth a dollar. I don’t believe in losing such a chance. Here’s a ; and lady ing to look at it now. fell run around to the lawyer’s house) and tell lim we'll take y. You can pay, him hundred morning he noticed an advt. in the morning’s x cE that was offered at a bargain to close out an es- - the property dollars down. He’ll give you a re- ; dated yesterday to make itlegal. You can m the contract any day next week you like, RISING IN THE WORLD 9 and pay hinf four hundred more. It will take thirty days, I guess, to have the title passed upon, and during that interval we may have an offer to take the contract off our hands. If not you can buy the property as soon as the title is shown to be all right, and then I'll advertise the place for sale at. whatever price I think it ought to bring.” Whatever Jack said always went with his aunt, for she had the utmost confidence in his business sagacity, boy though he was, so they went around to call on the lawyer who had charge of the prop- érty. The lawyer accepted the one hundred dol- lars, gave his receipt therefor and promised to have the contract ready in a few days for Mrs. Frost to sign at his office. That evening a gen- tleman called at the Frost cottage. Jack recog- nized him as the escort of the lady they had seen looking at the house just as they left for the lawyer’s. He had cafied, he said, to see if Mrs. Frost would take five hundred dollars for her op- tion on the property. “No, sir,” replied Jack, speaking up, “we have a bargain in that property. It is easily worth four thousand dollars, just as it stands.” “Nonsense!” exclaimed the visitor, with a frown. “Very well, sir. Then we won’t argue the mat- ter. I wouldn’t advise my aunt to take a cent less than twelve hundred dollars for her option.” “Then we can’t do business,” said the gentleman rising and taking his leaye. On the evening of the day Mrs. Frost signed the contract the gentleman called again, and after some dickering offered one thousand dollars for the option. “We'll let you have an answer in a day or two,” replied Jack. “T think you ought to have accepted his offer, Jack,” said Aunt Sue, after their visitor had de- parted. “He might change his mind.” “T’ll risk it,” grinned Jack. ; Next day Mrs. Frost got a letter from the law- yer saying that he could get her fifteen hundred dollars for her option if she cared to accept it. “Take it,” said Jack, When she showed him the letter that night.” i Two days later Mrs. Frost received a check from the purchaser, not the gentleman who had dickered with them, for two thousand dollars, which included the five hundred dollars she had paid on the contract, and Jack found himself worth thirty-one hundred dollars—twenty-one hundred dollars of which he had made in less than a month through a shrewd use of the one thousand dollars he had received from the mill company. “I guess you’d better buy the cottage up the road now, auntie,” he said that evening. “Are you sure that you won’t change your mind to-morrow?” she asked with a smile. ~ - “I_guess not. I have no more irons in the fire at present.” : “Well, after buying the cottage you'll still have nineteen hundred dollars to your credit in the bank.” 2 , - “Yes. That ought to be enough to see me through my next scheme,” he replied, putting on his hat, for he had promised Bertha ke would call on her that evening. . 5 eg 2

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CHAPTER VIII.—The Strike. It soon began to be whispered about among the girls on the fourth floor of the mill that Flora ’ Watson had become very thick with David Job- kins, the foreman of her section. Every one knew that Jobkins had been making up to her for some time, but without any more success than he had had with Bertha Garland, for Flora had always shown a decided preference for Morris Dean. Now since Morris had got into such serious trouble Flora changed about and began to favor the fore- man. At least it seemed that way to the other girls. As a matter of fact, however, Flora had a purpose in view, and she expected to accomplish it through Jobkins, whom she really did not care for even a little bit. Jobkins readily fell into the trap. He was quite infatuated with Flora, and was willing to do most agything to make himself solid with her. He had not the faintest idea that the girl was meeting Morris on the_ sly two or three evenings a week. On one of these occasions she grew quite confidential with him. “Do you know,” she said, “I can’t bear that Jack Clyde. I can’t understand what the girls see in him to rave about him as they do. They actually say he’s the best looking boy in town,” tossing her head disdainfully. : 5 “They’re away off their perch,” replied Jobkins. “For my part I hate the chap. I wish I could find some excuse for givin’ him the bounce.” “Isn’t there any way we could get him out of the mill?” she asked. ‘ “Not that I know of.” he answered. “I’ve heard there is likely to be trouble at the mill over the new rules that go into effect next week,” she said after a pause. : “T reckon there will be,” nodded Jobkins, signifi- cantly. ; j “The men are holding meetings on the subject, I think, and are trying to get the girls over on their side.” “That’s right,” admitted the foreman. : “Do you think there’s any possibility of a big strike? ; “Yes, I think there is if the nfanagement doesn’t haul in its horns.” “I heard Bertha Garland saw to-day that she’s opposed to having trouble with the company.” “She is, eh?” replied Jobkins. . “0 you think ~ she’d turn scab if we all went out?” “I think she’s just that kind of a creature,” replied Flora, spitefully. “And she isn’t the.only one either that would do it,” : * -“Who are the others?” - Flora mentioned a score of names. 3 ~ “Confound the women!” snarled Jobkins. “They are always for takin’ the bread out of a man’s - mouth.” It was quite true that there was trouble brew- ing in the Northbridge Cotton Mill over the new and rather stringent rules about to be introduced by the manager. (| mew arrange A committee had-waited on Mr. Burnside and - objected to them, but the reply he made to the esman was by no means reassuring. About _ two-thirds of the hands were dead against the = , while the other third, chiefly » families and girls who were the with’ RISING IN THE WORLD ‘neighborhood of the mill that morning and held — journed to a nearby barroom to talk it over. main support of their families and brothers and sisters, objected to taking any ‘actior? that would interfere with their employment. Jack and Andy decided to stand by the company if there was any — trouble. On Friday night the kicking hands held a meeting to arrive at a final decision as to what they were going to do.- After a stormy discussion it was voted to send the manager an ultimatum in the morning, giving him to understand that if the new rules were:to be enforced they would quit work. Manager Burnside handled the Ultimatum — Committee without gloves. He told them that every employee who failed to report on Monday morning without a valid excuse must consider themselves discharged, and that their places would immediately be filled with outsiders. This stand taken by the manager angered the kickers and another meeting was called for that night. At this meeting inflammatory speeches were made and the motion to stay away in a body on Monday — morning was carried unanimously amid great en- ~ thusiasm. At half-past six Monday morning Jack Clyde and Andy Blossom left their homes as usual to © go to the mill. When they reached the corner of the block in which the mill was located they wefe stopped by two of the seceded hands who had been ~ told off as pickets, and who asked them to stand — by the kickers and not go to the mill. The-boys refused to join the strikers, and as they moved on — were called “scabs” by their late associates. ~ “We don’t care what you call us,” retorted Jack. “Tt isn’t a question of wages or anv_union prin- ciple that’s involved in this matter. The company has the right to make new rules if it chooses, and so long as they’re within reason I can’t see.why you fellows go to such an extreme as striking. — You’re making a mistake.” and His words were received with hoots, so he Andy went on and reported at the gate. CHAPTER IX.—What Bertha Heardin the Shanty. = Nearly all of the kickers assembled in the a number of impromptu meetings at which the situation was canvassed and a few speeches were made. Most of the girls who had been induced to join the ranks of the malcontents were discour- aged by the outlook, and a large proportion of them applied at noon for their old jobs, but were that the company had all the help it wanted at present. During the day the manager secured — lodgings for the new hands, and the prospect of the strikers looked mighty gloomy. They felt very bitter against those of their late associates who had stood by the company and thus retained their positions in the mill. David Jobkins developed into one of the most violent of the kickers. When he saw that their cause was practically lost he tried to incite the mob to some act of violence that might frighten the new hands into shaking their — jobs. Jobkins, however, found a few kindred spirits who expressed their readmess to go to extreme to bring the company to terms. They was decided to make an attempt to blow up mill on the following night. One of the me =

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: Di eciicms, mechanic, said he would put together an infernal machine, with clock-work attachment, which would do the business. The half-dozen con- _ Spirators then adjourned to meet again next day. _ A man lounging about the same saloon next --Morming overheard Jobkins threaten to do up Jack Clyde at the first chance He could get. This - man’s daughter was employed at the mill, being one of those who had not gone out on strike. When he got home that night he told his daughter _ to warn the boy next day. The girl, however, thought the matter serious enough to demand im- mediate attention. As she lived only @ short dis- tance from Bertha Garland’s home, and knowing that Jack Clyde called on Bertha quite often, she __-ran over to the Garland house to tell Bertha abput = Jobkins’ threat. > Bertha was very. much alarmed for the safety of the boy she thought so much of, and thanking her friend for bringing her the ominous intelli- “gence she put on her hat nd started down the road to the Frost cottage, intending to warn Jack. Aunt Sue and Gertie Clyde were surprised, though none the less pleased, to see Bertha, _.. whom they thought a good deal of. It was the oe: time the girl had ever called to see Jack, and- as she looked worried when Aunt Sue said that the boy was not at home, Mrs. Frost sur- mised there was something more in her visit than appeared on the surface. Bertha, however, not _. wishing to worry Jack’s relatives, evaded an ae ng aagang of what had brought her to the cot- : ze. - 4 “He went back to the mill after supper,” -Aunt Sue. e “The mill is not running at night,” replied _ Bertha in surprise. = “T know,” answered Mrs. Frost; “but Manager _ Burnside wanted to see Jack in the office. I be- __ lieve he intends to promote him to a higher posi- tion—in fact I think Jack is going to take the place in the office formerly held by young Dean.” et. When Bertha left the Frost cottage she de- _ eided, notwithstanding that it was a lonesome walk : in the darkness, to go to the mill, and if she Saw a light in the office to wait until Jack came -. out; for she feared Jobkins and some of his - cronies might be aware of the boy’s presence at the mill, in which event it was not impossible ae that they would lie in wait for him on his way home. It wasn’t every girl that would have had =e. rahe courage to undertake that walk, for the _ mill was situated in a section of the town that was thinly built ugon, and, consequently, wore a ‘deserted and gloomy aspect at night. __ Suddenly she stopped. The sound of men’s - ¥oices fell on her ear—voices deep and __ Whoever the men might be she had no wish to _meet them. She knew the road well, for she over it twice a day, and remembered that was an old shed a, little way. ahead in which ae could conceal herself: It stood back a dozen yards or so Baca the Toad, and she hastened her steps in that. direc- _ tion. She flew up the well worn path that led the shed, and had just time to gain the door- way, when she made out the outline of three ures coming along the Instead of keep- straight on as she expected they would, the to her abe dismay, turned into the path sree toward the — Bertha had only time said ‘RISING IN THE WORLD ; a cai ss ee a Pe ot i as Pe Ee So ae 2a See, Slee 11 to shrink back in a comer of the place before the men entered the building. There was. nothing in the place but a heap of hay, and as it was close to where she stood, she determined to get behind %. Little by little she managed to crawl behind the pile of fodder and crouch down. Then she began to listen intently to what the men were saying, thinking they were on the lookout for Jack. But Jack’s name wasn’t mentioned. The three men had. something of more importance on their hands at that moment. She found they were awaiting the appearance of a comrade, “What time was Jackson to be here?” asked one of the men. _ “He ought to be here now,” replied Jobkins, in an: impatient-tone. “I can’t imagine what's keepin’ him.” “He’ll bring the machine with him, won’t he?” “What good would it do for him to come with- out it?” growled the foreman. “I s’pose’ Jackson ‘ll plant it himself, won’t he?” said the first speaker. “He ought to know best how to handle such ticklish thirtgs.” “Don’t worry, Mike Clancy, you won’t be asked to do it,” answered the foreman with a sneer. “You and Briggs will have enough to do to keep your eyes skinned for the watchman while Jack- son and me attends to the real work.” “Where are you going to put it?” asked Briggs. “In the engine-room, and after the explosion there won’t be any work done in the mill for the next month or two,” said Jobkins with an evil laugh, which was echoed. by his companions. “Hush!” cried Clancy at this point. “Some one is coming.” There was silence in an instant, and Bertha heard a heavy tread approaching the shanty. “It’s Jackson,” said Briggs. “What’s been keepin’ you?” growled Jobkins when the newcomer entered the hut. “I was down at the mill sp =e |, around. a light in the manager’s o: “I wonder what he’s doin’ “there?” said, the foreman. “He was talkin’ to that” young shaver, Jack Clyde,” replied Jackson. “I'd like to get hold of that little monkey to- night,” said the foreman. “I’ve a good sized grudge I’d like to settle with him.” “He ought to be goir’ home soon,” chuckled Clancy. “You might lay for him on the road if you think you’ve the time to spare. We'll help you catch him if you want, and help thump him, too. We all owe him somethin’ for stickin’ uae the company, and helpin’*to do us out of our jobs.” “Ave, that we will,” agreed Briggs. “He needs a lesson that he won’t soon forget.” “He'll get it, don’t you fear, whether it’s to- night or later on,” said Jobkins, angrily. “And he’ll-get it good if I’ve got anythin’ to say about it. I mean to put him out of business so he won't do no more work in that mill, or anywhere else for that matter.” He spoke with such a malicious intensity that Bertha’s blood chilled with apprehension for Jack’s safety. She must and would try to save him at any hazard. “Oh, blast the boy!” interjected J ste “Let's Ret oy to business.” I saw

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12 Sg 33 “Well,” said Jobkins, “did you bring the ma- chine?” “Of course I did. It’s under my jacket.” “How do you set it off?” “It goes off itself.” “What!” cried the other fiiese, beginning to back away from him. : Jackson laughed. F “Don’t be afraid. It won’t ro off now. take me for a fool to put my life-in danger carry- in’ it around with me?. It’s as harmless as a ay Do you \ a ring-dove at tle present moment,” and he drew =~ it forth from its place of concealment. “It’s got a to be wound up before it becomes dangerous.” i “Tt goes off by clockwork, eh?” said Briggs. ; “s “That’s what it does,” replied Jackson. “It’s = ¥ own invention.” ; wes “After you wind it up how long before it S goes off?” inquired Clancy. =e “l’ve got it timed for twenty minutes. That'll = give us time enough to get.a long way from % the mill if we don’t lag. Did you get some- engine-room?” he asked the foreman. “Sure I did.” “Where is it?” “Hid behind the straw in yonder corner.” At those words Bertha’s heart nearly stopped beating with terror. If the article they wanted owas behind the fodder pile, as soon as Jobkins * went to get it he would be sure to discover her - concealed there. What then would be the con- * sequence? . 2 sy Lose , Wt i? y Ay 4 at oF wv - CHAPTER X.—Jack In the Toils. “Hark!” cried Clancy in a low tone at this ~ moment. All listened. ; : Spee “Sounds like a boy whistlin’,” said Briggs. “Tl bet it’s Jack Clyde on his way home from the mill,” chipped in Jackson. 3 “Then we'd better nab him,” said Jobkins. “We can tie him and leave him in this shanty till - we've planted > 2 ee then T’ll come back = to hi with ome Seeiied Clancy. will be enough to capture the cub.” So Jackson and Briggs remained in the shanty _ while Jobkins and Clancy departed on their _ errand. Bertha shivered with fear at the fate that awaited Jack. She waited with strained -. attention for further developments. In a’ few _ minutes the foreman and Clancv returned, drag- - ging Jack Clyde ‘between them) _ “You pair of cowards!” roared the boy. game are you up to anyway?” _ “Shut up, you monkey!” snarled the foreman. = “There’s a bit of rope hangin’ somewhere against the wall. Get it down, Jackson, and help me tie -him up.” _ Jackson found the rope without striking a light, ‘and the two_men secon bound Jack securely hand and foot. Satisfied that ee prisoner could not pe by any exertions of hi . ma i “Two of us “What ; him. Rieti -kick was in cowardly RISING IN THE WORLD thing that’ll answer for a jimmy to break into the is own, Jobkins got _ is feet, gave the oy a viclous Kick in the suggested Jackson. “The sooner we get the job — over the better it’ll suit me.” 4 “All right,” said the foreman. “Ill get that bar now.” “You'll need a light, won’t you?” said Clancy. ~“Not me. I-know just where to put my hand on it. There’st too much straw lyin’ around loose in this shack for me to strike a light.” As he spoke he started toward the pile of straw behind which Bertha crouched. ‘It was a terrible ordeal for Bertha, for Jobkins was groping within an inch or two of her, and yet astorfishing to relate he did not seem at all conscious of her presence. “Oh! I’ve got it,” he exclaimed at last in a tone of satisfaction. He rose up with the steel bar in his hand, actually brushing. against Bertha’s dress. She drew a breath, of relief as he moved away from the corner. She knew she had escaped discovery by the narrowest possible margin. ; “We'd better throw some of the straw over that boy,” said Jackson. “You can’t tell but some one might come in here while we’re away.” “What’s the use of takin’ that trouble?” growled Jobkins, “Just shove him under it head first. It won’t strangle him, and if it did it~ wouldn’t make no difference anyhow, as far as I’m concerned. So Clancy and Briggs grabbed Jack by the legs and pushed him into the pile of straw, his head coming to a rest within less than an inch of Bertha’s foot. “Now he’s safe enough I’ll swear,” chuckled — - “Let’s be off. ¥- €5 Clancy. .“Good enough,” replied Jackson. The four men passed out. of the door, and the — girl heard their feet trampling on the path which 4 led to the road. She did not make a move until — utter silence reigned once more about the shanty, — then she stepped out from hehind the straw and — ran to the door. Looking toward the road she saw no signs of the men. 3 “They are gone,” she breathed. “Thank heaton: id Pre I a ee a ee for that. Now to release Jack—dear Jack, how I — do love him. Id be willing to suffer anything for his sake. I wonder if he cares as much for 3 me?” a She ran lightly back to the pile of straw and began tearing it away with a feverish energy — that soon accomplished her purpose. In a mo- ment or two she had the boy’s face exposed. She could barely see the outline of his countenance in the dark as she bent do over him, and she felt for the gang across his mouth. “It is I, Jack, Bertha Garland,” she talked’ him in a rapid, almost hysterical whisper. so ‘cited was she at the moment. “I’m going to sa you, Jack. I’m going to get you loose someho right away.” “Bertha, is it really you?” asked Jack, in great astonishment, as soon as she had removed the handkerchief. from across his mouth. “Yes, yes,” she replied. “Oh, these ropes are — so tightly. at shall I do to net loose ? “Put your hand in my right trousers pock and you will a my jackknife,” ee Jade, eagerly. — She did ox

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__ “Now you can cut the rest yourself better than I can,” she said in a glad tone. It didn’t take the boy a minute to completely _ “Now, Bertha, tell me how you knew I was a prisoner in here?” he asked her. - “J knew it because I was hiding in this shanty when David Jobkins and Patrick Clancy brought - you here. I could tell by their words and from _ the sound when they threw you on the floor and bound you. I could not tell whether I would be * able to help you or not, for I was in a tremble lest they should find me here. I dare not think - what they might have done to me if they had.” - But how came you to be here at all, Bertha?” asked Jack, wonderingly. “Martha Stebbings brought me word to-night that Mr. Jobkins had sworn to get even with you for reasons I cannot understand unless it is iicaane you stuck to the company. I went over to your house to warn you, and found you had gone to the mill to see the manager. Fearing that Mr. Jobkins would learn of your where- - abouts, as it seems he did, and waylay you on your way home, I-started for the mill myself. = I got as far as this place, three men, of whom Mr. Jobkins was one, came along behind "mie, and to escape observation I rushed into this Sa To my alarm they came here, too.” — “What a dear, brave girl you are, Bertha,” in- _terrupted Jack, with some enthusiasm. “And to you dared venture down in this locality in the gloom of a dark night on my account! I never be able to thank you enough,” he , stegling his arm around her waist. “Could I do less for you, Jack, when I knew ‘ou were in danger? Didn’t you save me from frichtful in‘ury, if not death, a short time ? Oh, Jack, I could not sit still at home think of what might happen’ to you through man’s revengeful disposition.” : ack drew the girl’s unresisting form to him kissed her on the lips. ( : “Oh, Jack!” she said in blushing confusion. “That’s the only way I can truly thank you, rtha,” he said with a cheerful laugh. “But en. You had something more to tell me.” pe 5 BER i a 8 the mill,” she cried. ' “Save the mill! What do you mean?” he asked, a bit startled. - _. “Those men intend to plow) the engine-room to-night.” ; : - “Good gracious!” ejaculated the boy. “How do ~ you know that?” _ -“T heard them talking about it before you came ee the road. They have some kind of a clock- work bomb that two of them mean to place in “the engine-room while the others keep on the lookout for the night watchman. 2 bo sa did they?” cried Jack, excitedly. ; es.” ~ “J have no time to lose, then.. They have too “much start now for me to head them off. The best I can do is to try and frustrate their de- 4 somehow.” me with you, Jack. I dare I heard one of the mew say to go off in twenty minutes up.” ne then, Bertha. We can cut across i lo’; RISING IN THE WORLD “Jack, we must do something at once to save, “Then they left here to carry out that terrible 13 and save some time, You say that it is the engine-room they propose to wreck?” “Yes.” “That would be a terrible disaster for the mill. It-would put it out of commission for some time te come. We certainly must prevent such a thing if we can.” They had run down the path and crossed the road while speaking. Then Jack helped the girl to climb the fence, and once over they started. at a rapid pace for the mill, a quarter of a mile away. - CHAPTER XI—The Explosion. All was quiet in the vicinity of the mill when they reached the block in which it stood. “You had better stand in the shadow of the office doorway while I climb the fence and- get into the mill yard,” said Jack to Bertha. She -reluctantly agreed to do this when she saw there was no other course for her to adop “You must be very careful, Jack,” she beg: of him. ~“Don’t let those men catch-you, and look out that the bomb does not explode when you are near it. Remember it is timed for twenty minutes. If the men have-already placed it and oo away you have not many minutes to remove it in.” “T will look out, don’t you fear, Bertha. in no hurry to join the angels yet,” reassuring laugh. Then he made for a point in the fence where he thought he could get over, and inside of a minute he was in the yard of the mill. There wasn’t the slightest sign of the four nien. The yard was as silent as a graveyard. He drew - near the engine-room, whicli was a brick ax- tension to the main building, with great caution, for he did not mean to be taken by surprise if he could help himself. Suddenly he stumbled over an object in the shadow of the mill: It was soft, and seemed like a thing of life. _ Jack bent down to examine it and found that it was the night watchman bound and gagged. In a jiffy the boy had his knife out and was cutting the man’s bonds. Then he removed the grag. “Now, Harper,” said Jack, eagerly and earnest- ly. “What about these men—there were four of pi 0 you know whether they’ve left the place yet? “The rascals who put me out of business, you mean?” replied the watchman. “Of course.” : “Yes. They left by.the gate about five minutes ago: They broke into the engine-room, I think, and were only a short time on the premises. What their object was I cannot guess, as I had a good view of them when they went away, and they did not seem to be taking anything with them.” “T should say not,” replied the boy. “They did not come here to steal, but to blow up the engine- room.” > Tig up the engine-room!” gasped the watch- an. ; : “That’s right,” replied Jack. “But there isn’t — a minute to be lost if we are\to save the place ~ and not get blown up ourselves. Come on. We Il am with a must find the bomb they left there. It-is timed * — ea

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14 to explode in twenty minutes, and probably more and not get blown up ourselves. Come on. We must move lively.” Jack, withéut losing another moment in- ad- ditional explanation, darted for the engine-room, =F a few yards away. The door, which the rascals 3 had forced, stood ajar and the boy pulled it > open. It was dark as pitch within. How could - he be able to find, in the brief interval that 3 remained to him, that infernal machine which the scoundrels had placed somewhere in the room? He must light the refiector-lamp the first a thing. As he put his hand in his pocket for a match he heard a loud ticking not many feet away. He thought it was the elock on the wall . until he- realized that the sound came from the floor. eS “That must come from the’ clockwork: inside : the bomb,” he breathed, excitedly. = He struck the match and advanced toward the ‘. spot whence the sound proceeded. He soon saw : a dark box-light object standing under the big steel driving arm of the engine. The tick-tick : sound came from its interior. Jack’s heart almost 5: stopped beating, and the perspiration came out ; on his forehead as he gazed down on the men- 2 acing object. What if it went off in another mo- x ment or two where would ‘he and the engine be? -- But the- urgency of the situation caused the 4, ‘brave boy to throw off the benumbing sensation that for a moment paralyzed his limbs. Throw- a ing all thought of his personal safety to the winds - _ he swooped down on the bomb. Grabbing it in _ his two hands he started rapidly for the door, i outside of which stood the watchman afraid to od enter. Then he dashed for the fence and with 2 a tremendous effort he threw the bomb as far & over the fence as he could. 5" Hardly had it strack the ground when it ex- = ploded with a terrific report on the night air, i seeming to split the very heavens with a deafen- 5 ing crash. The earth seemed to shake and totter unger Jack’s feet, and a section of the fence was blown in upon him. He went down in the midst of the debris. The watchman came running forward as he crawled out from under the splintered timbers. “Are you hurt?” asked Harper. “No,” replied Jack, after mouthful of dust. _ the town, but I must telephone the police and the - manager just the same. Let me into the office.” The watchman admitted him to the building. The first thing Jack did was to run and throw ‘up one of the windows opening on the street and look at in order to lee Bertha, who had been terribly frightened by the force of the explosion, _ know = he was safe. _ Then he rushed to the telephone and com- ‘municated with the police station first, and after- _ -ward with Manager Burnside, who said he would come right over. - __ By the time the police reached the scene Mr. ‘Burnside came up, and Jack gave him a full _ explanation of the situation, which was corrobo- ” rated by Bertha Garland. All hands visited the scene of the explosion. A big hole -had been blown im the street near _ ESOS ne watchman attested the fact that Jack had RISING IN THE WORLD =% 3 carried the bomb from the engine-room and thrown it over the fence. : ie The managers and the officers, too, regarded the heroic boy with undisguised admiration. “You’ve got a wonderful nerve, Jack Clyde,” said Mr. Burnside. “You certainly saved the ™ engine-room and that end of the main building, but my heavens, lad, you took an awful risk! If that infernal machine had exploded in your hands there would not have been enough left of you to make a respectable funeral.” “Well, sir, it was my duty to save the mill if I could,” replied Jack, with the modesty of a true hero, “and I am glad that I succeeded.” “Well, yot’ve done the biggest thing that ever happened in this town,” replied the manager, “and you may rest assured the company will re- ward you well for it. I wouldn’t have taken the risk you did for a cool million,” and the gentie- man wiped the perspiration from his forehead, for he realized the gravity of the case. “Can you furnish us with the identity of the scoundrels at the bottom of this outrage?” asked one of the, officers. “I can,” replied Jack. “They are men who worked for some time in the mill before the re- cent trouble. The ring-leader is David Jobkins. The others are Patrick Clancy, Jim Briggs, and. Peter Jackson, If you get a hustle on you may be able to catch them, but I fancy they’ll get out of town as soon as they can.” People attracted by the explosion began to con- ~~ gregate in the neighborhood by this time. PE Nobody could guess the true canse of the ; fearful sound which had disturbed and fyightened — many of the inhabitants. : The general impression at. first prevailed that the boiler at the mill -had blown up. Jack escorted Bertha to her home and then continued on to his own, where he had quite an exciting story to tell his aunt and Gertie. - They were both horrified at the narrow escape Jack had had for his life. The Northbridge Times had a sensational story about the explosion in next morning’s paper, and gave Jack Clyde full credit for the part he played in the affair. People all over town praised the boy’s courage, — and wondered at his nerve. The president of the company came to the mill next day, and personally shook the mill boy _ by the hand and cqggmended him in no uncertain terms. The police did not succeed in catching Jenkins and his accomplices anywhere in town, and it Liss concluded that they had made tracks for oston. On Friday there was a meeting of the diree- © tors of the mill company, when resolutions prais- ing Jack were passed ynanimously, and the sum ef five thousand dollars ,was voted him as an evidence of the company’s appreciation for his — signal services. way fya''s eo ee ae ee en ere | a CHAPTER XIi—Jack Puts Through Another’ Real Estate Deal. Flora Watson was grievously disap’ d be~ cause of David Jobkin’s failure to up Jack Clyde according to their prearranged programme. _ She was further angered by the knowledge that

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ack had been installed in the position formerly eld by Morris Dean. : Then on top of it all was the reflection that the boy she hated had been presented with two Tewards aggregating six thousand dollars by the company, and that Bertha Garland had re- ained her position at the mill, while she (Flora) had sacrificed hers. _ She had no sympathy for the-ex-foreman, now fugitive from justice, but she did grieve in over the fate that faced Dean, about to be d for the attempted robbery of the office safe. _ She had hoped Jobkins would be successful in putting Jack out of the way so he would not be able to appear at the trial to testify against 2 ex-clerk, arid now that expectation, was shat- = it seemed as if everything had worked against , and she was furious at the outlook. To make matters even worse, Morris’ Dean, who, as we have already stated, was out on bail ‘while his less fortunate confederate, Nelson Spavinger, languished in jail because nobody who knew him had confidence enough in him to be- ome responsible for his appearance in court when his trial came on, studiously avoided her @fter the failure of their joint plans to get the of Jack Clyde. , ; n her endeavors to recover lost ground with she discovered that Morris was making ssh attempts to get in with Bertha Garland. Although there wasn’t the slightest chance of : king any headway at all with the beauti- mill girl, Flora Watson, nevertheless, became ely jealous of Bertha, and began to plot how. - she might do her some dreadful injury. -*J’d like to spoil her beauty for her, the sy,” gritted the angry girl. “I'd be willing o to jail to get square with her.” inally she decided upon the fiendish trick of king Bertha. She bided her time, making ded inquiries around among her friends and equaintances, in an effort to discover where she d find her supposed rival of an evening. Perhaps now that she was in a position to -y But her desperate’ project her conscience terposed, for she hesitated to put her plans into ecu tion. he kept gloating over the fact that the means within her reach to do up Bertha whenever managed to screw her courage up to the aie ‘ing point. : : it was about this-time that Jack Clyde carried rh another speculation. ; : ‘on very friendly terms with a certain al estate man named Will Leslie, who lately established himself in North- iz aa : es DISS: » evening Leslie met Jack and told him con- y that. the B. & M. Railroad Company going to build an extension to its freight “which would take in all the ground as far 2 end of the block. _ : The company has employed me to buy up € property on the quiet on the best terms I get it for,” remarked Leslie. “It will prove rood thing for me when I send in my bill for mM » f ; -_ town. I should have RISING IN THE WORLD gonnect? There are several old - in the ae el ge no ae ee 15 thought the railroad company would have given one of them the preference.” “Well, you see, I have a little pull, in a way. An uncle of mine is on very friendly terms with one of the directors of the road, and it was through his efforts I was selected to do the busi- ness.” “Have you started in to buy yet?” asked Jack. “Yes. I’ve got about a quarter of the ground secured, and expect to have options on the bal- - ance by the end of the week.” “I suppose you haven’t had any difficulty about securing the land’ at a fair figure, have you?” “Oh, no. You see not one of the owners is on to the fact that the railroad company is in the market for the land.” “If they were wise to the real situation the company would have to pay more to secure the ground they want.” “That’s right, they would. I hope you won't breathe a word I have told you about this thing. It wouldn’t be fair,” said Leslie, hastily, begin- ning to realize that he had made a mistake in telling Jack about the matter. “Oh, I sha’n’t say a word about it,. Leslie; bat I can’t help taking advantage of the chance you have placed before me to make a little haul out of it myself.” “How do you mean?” asked the young real estate man anxiously. “Why, I bought the cerner plot, 100x100, on the corner of Cambridge Street and Railroad Ave- nue three: weeks ago. The ground is practically mine, for my aunt will take title next week, that _ is unless the B. & M. Railroad will pay me a handsome bonus for my option,” grinned Jack. “I see I made a mistake in being so confidential with you to-night,” Leslie said, regretfully. ; “Oh, I don’t know,” replied Jack. “I bought that property to hold for a rise. I had sixty-nine hundred dollars in the bank that I was looking around to invest’in real estate, and it happened that I picked that out and took it. I had no idea the railroad conmipany intended buying up that ground until you told me just now;-but even if you had not confided that fact to me I should have held out for a good price anyway, as I could: well afford to hold, that ground for some years yet to come. You go on and buy the rest of the ground and then come to me with a certi- fied check’ for five thousand dollars, and you can | have the property after my aunt has taken title. Or if you prefer to take thé option off my hands as it stands you can have it any day this week for three thousand dollars.” “But I didn’t expect to give over three thousand dollars altogether, or thirty-five hundred dollars at the outside,” protested Leslie. “Then I’m doing you a favor in a way.- The more the company has to pay for the property the more commission you will make, won’t you?” “That’s true; but I am in honor bound to get the ground at the lowest possible price.” : “Of course you are,” replied Jack cheerfully, “and I have given you my bed-rock figure. if the company doesn’t care to give it let them build their fence so as to exclude my corner. They don’t have to have it to make a yard. But still I think it will pay them to make the deal.” : The result of the matter was that the railroad - company agreed to pay Mrs. Frost five thousand

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~ “Pe i Lb, Orr Pa te ea eer ao We was working at his _ pretty dollars for the corner plot, and as Jack had pur- chased it for twenty-five hundred dollars he made a good thing out of the deal. CHAPTER XIII—The Fake Message. In spite of the cloud which hung over Morris Dean, and the practical certainty that he would be convicted when his case came to trial, the young man showed himself about town with con- siderable bravado. He could be seen every after- noon and night at the Northbridge Billiard Par- lors playing pool with boon companions who had no objection in the least to his society. Where he got his money from, now that he was not working, was a mystery no one inquired into. The general impression had been at first that his father, to avoid disgrace of his son’s convic- tion, would encourage him to jump his bail; but -so far there was no signs of Morris taking such advantage of his liberty. Morris, however, didn’t intend to be tried if he could help it; but he didn’t care to skip out until he had revenged himself on Jack Clyde. He had great hopes that David Job- Bins. spurred on by Flora Watson, would do the trick. When his hopes in that direction were frus- trated, he put his mind down to accomplishing his revenge himself. a found, however, that he had a large contract on iv hands, for no reasonable opportunity presented itself for him to get in his work. He would not give up though the date set for his trial was drawing alarmingly near, and his father and brother begged him to make himself scarce before it would be too late for him to get away in safety. Twice his father gave him money under the impression that he would use it to fly to parts unknown, but each time he changed his mind at the last moment. After turning down several schemes he had formed against Jack Clyde because of some ob- stacle that turned up to interfere with his carry- ing them out, he finally decided to reach Jack through Bertha Garland. He was satisfied from his observations that Jack and Bertha were as . good as an engaged couple, and he felt sure any- thing that hurt Bertha would break up Jack. Be- sides he was stuck on the girl himself, and he thought he saw a way to kill two birds with one stone. He never dreamed that Flora Watson had designs against Bertha herself, nor that the jeal- — ous girl s watching his. every move like a hawk. So formulated a plan that he thought might be successful He found that Jack was often at the mill office _ for an hour or two of an evening, stan, jo to the work of one of the clerks who was ill. evenings were now warm and generally brigke as it was in the latter part of June, and so Ber- tha frequently walked from her home to the mill to meet Jack and enjoy the return walk with him. Morris knew this, too. So one night while Jack desk, an ing it was nearly time for Bertha to show up, a boy came to the door with a message which he said Pe pane from Mrs. Frost stating that Gertie : aaa anaes at en ag aad ill and that he must come home directl tter ith ister?” asked “se mat Ss Spoetielite RISING IN THE WORLD “I don’t know,” answered the boy, in a shifty way, “but you must go home without losing a moment.” Jack was greatly alarmed and disturbed. He loved his crippled sister dearly, and to have any- thing happen to her he felt would break his heart. He must go home at once of course; but what about Bertha? It might be fifteen or twenty minutes yet before she reached the mill. He would walk part of the way toward her house and try to head her off, but to provide against his failure to meet her he gave the boy a quarter to wait an hour for her, and if she came to go home with her. He started off at a rapid walk after locking up the office, but did not see the girl any-. where along the road. Then he turned off toward his own cottage. He arrived home in a state of nervous excitement, almost dreading to enter the house. When he dashed into the little sitting- room, there, to his great surprise, sat his aunt calmly sewing and his sister reading a book on the lounge. “Why, Jack, what is the matter?” exclaimed — Aunt Sue, regarding his flushed and troubled face with no little anxiety, while Gertie uttered an exclamation of alarm. Matter!” cried Jack hoarsely. “Isn’t Gertie ill?” “Till! The ideat What put that into your head? She doesn’t look sick, does she?” “No, she doesn’t, that’s a facet,” replied the boy drawing a deep breath of relief as he sank into a chair and wiped his heated forehead with his — handkerchief. - “Then what made you think she was ill?” “Because I just got a message from you that — she was dangerously sick, and that I must come home at once.” : “You got such a message from me!” cried Mrs. | Frost, in astonishment. “Yes, a boy brought it to the mill office not half an hour ago.” : “Well, it’s very funny. I did not send sucha preposterous message as that to you. Why should I? “Then I don’t understand what it all means,” replied Jack with a perplexed air. “Who was the boy?” BES “I don’t know him. I never saw him before.” _ “And he said I sent him with such a message to you?” “He did. It broke me all up, for I couldn't — bear to think of anything serious happening to Gertie,” and he cast a fond look at his crippled sister? “So I came home right away without even — waiting for Bertha, whom I expected to call at the mill, as she usually does when I stop there — after dark.” , reaching out and “Poor Jack!” cried his sister stroking her brother’s hand tenderly, for there © was no one in the world like Jack in her opinion. Aunt Sue was very much ed over the situ- ation. She couldn’t see what ob any boy had — in carrying such a falsehood to Jack. Sudd denly the boy started to his feet. “Somebody put up a job on me, sure as you | live,” he said. “Who ever it was wanted to get — me away from the mill. Now.why should any- body want to get me away from the building? SpE gg oleae Sag op Ege. oy : against the company, though the strike is

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_ and done with two weeks ago. I must return at once and see what’s in the wind.” 7 . “Look out, Jack, that you do not run into some nger,” warned his aunt. 2 2 “Yes, do be careful, brother,” put in Gertie, anxiously. - “Oh, don’t worry yourselves about me. I can _. take care of myself every time,” replied the _ courageous boy, stoutly. __ “I know you’re strong and brave, Jack,” con- tinued Aunt Sue, “but you must be on your guard _ that some one does not strike you a foul blow in the dark.” . “fl leok out for that, too. Ill run around to _ Bertha’s first and see whether she has got home n yet. ; - With those words, Jack clapped his hat on - again, and started for the Garland cottage, about a third of a mile distant and away from the mill. - Mrs. Garland came to the door. “Is Bertha home?” he asked, eagerly. . “Why no,” replied Mrs. Garland, “she went to to mill to meet you. Haven’t you seen her?” “No. _ that proved to be false. for thé mill?” “About an hour ago.” : ee Jack, not a little worried over the situation, and anxious for Bertha’s safety, started hurriedly up _ the road for the cotton mill. When did Bertha leave CHAPTER XIV.—Bertha Garland at Bay. No sooner had Jack departed from the mill. office than the form of a young man stepped out into the road from behind a board fence opposite. _ He had the face and figure of Morris Dean. “You're all right, Pixy,” he said, clapping the yy on the shoulder. “You managed that fine. x I’m going into the office,” and he took a jimmy from his pocket and walked up.to “Oh, I say, you’re not going té break into the fe are you?” asked the boy, nervo' m “Never you mind, Pixy. You do what I te you and no harm will come to you. I’m going to light up just as if Jack Clyde was still here. When that Bertha Garland comes along, just tell Jack is doing something on the first floor of mill, and that he ‘said she was to come in ” “see,” replied the bor: witha grin. “How an hour ago.” : What did you'dotohim?”) hen I got in yard I hinted up his supper , and there I found, as I expected. his bottle old coffee. I dosed it good and strong. He ys takes a drink of it every hour, and I fed around till he came up and took a drink. ‘knocked him silly in about one minute. He \dn’t wake up now if the mill fell in on top ” ~ iled all over his freckléd face. _ By time is Dean had effected an entrance , Pixy, as soon as the girl goes through into the mill itself, just you lock it. RISING IN THE WORLD I was called home on a hurry message © 13 You see the key is in the lock. Then turn out all_- the lamps and skidoo. Your work will be over.” “All right. Where’s the money you promised?” “There you are,” and Morris handed him a bill, which the boy looked at eagerly and then stowed away in his pocket. “Now,” said Morris to Pixy, “go out in the road and wait. As soon as you see Bertha Gar- land coming, whistle, so I’ll have time to hide myself in the mill.” “All right,” grinned the boy, going outside. In about five minutes Bertha came tripping down the road. Pixy saw her and gave the whis- tle agreed on. Flora Watson saw her, too, and her thin red lips closed tightly while her eyes’ flashed fire. “So,” she hissed, vindictively, “that hussy has actually come to the mill te meet Morris, has she? TI’ll fix her! She shall never have him. Never! Never! Never!” The furious girl stamped her foot on the ground and glared balefully at the little beauty whom she supposed to be her successful rival, but who, all unconscious of her danger, was walk- ing into the snare spread for her by Morris Dean. “You’re Bertha Garland, aren’t you?” asked Pixy, when she came up. “Yes,” she answered, in some surprise at his greeting. “Jack Clyde told me to watch for you out here, and when you came along I was to tell you he’s in the mill, on the first floor, doin’ somethin’, and that he wants you ‘to come in there.” “Thank you,” replied the unsuspecting girl, * walking into the office. As soon as she passed through Pixy whistled again, closed the door and softly locked it. Then he proceeded to put out the lamps. As soon as the office was dark he stepped out into the road, closed the door behind him, and started for the town proper. Hardly had he disappeared than Flora Watson darted across the road, tried the door, and finding that it was not locked, entered the office. She listened intently. “They must be in the mill,” she muttered, feel- ing her way toward the door which Pixy had locked. : She found it fast, of course, but she feit the key in the lock and she quietly turned it and let herself into the entry between the office and the miJl. In the meantime Bertha Garland passed across the entry and into the first floor of the mill. There was a room on one side where pack- ets of cotton were temporarily stored. A light shone through the partly open doorway. As the arest of the mill was dark she surmised that Jack was in this room. She crossed quickly to the door and entered. One of the standard oil lamps stood on a small table, but there was no one in the room. . ee “Jack,” she said, “where are you?” = “Here I am,” replied a voice not at ‘all like Jack’s. - ‘ She turned around in surprise, and there, framed in the doorway, stood the last person she expected to see—Morris Dean. ee “Aren’t you glad to see me?” he asked, with a slight grin, pulling the door to and turning the © nett key in the lock. : 4 ae as “What are you doing here?” she inquired soon as her surprise would permit her tq

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“What am I doing here? gee you,” he replied. “To see me?” she cried, wonderingly. “Yes. I am going to leave town right away, for,” with a wicked laugh, “it isn’t healthy for me to stay in Northbridge much longer.” “T have nothing to do with your going or stay- _ ing, Morris Dean,” she replied, impatiently... “I came here to see Jack Clyde. Where is he?” “He is not in the building,” laughed Morris, maliciously. “Not — in — the — building!” “Why, that boy said——” “He said what I told him to say—that Jack Clyde was in here, but he isn’t. That was only - @ ruse on my part to get you in here where I could talk’ to you alone.” - “Ace you mad, Morris Dean?” exclaimed the girl, desperately. “Not that I’m aware of,” i replied, coolly. “I want you to understand that you are in my power. I knew you were coming here to-night to meet Jack Clyde. I determined that you should not—that I would meet you instead. I _ spent a fake message to Jack, while he was in the office, by that boy you spoke to outside. I said his crippled sister was desperately ill. I knew that would fetch him. It did for he started hot foot for his home. That put the game in my hands, see?” . “You coward!” cried the mill ee in contemp- tuous anger. “Tt doesn’t matter what I am. "T love you and I’m going to have you go with me to-night, by fair means or foul. Understand me? I am go- ing to leave Northbridge to-night, and you are going with me. Now will you go voluntarily ?” “No!” she answered, as sharp as a pistol shot. “Then I shall make you,” he said, rushing for- ward to seize her in his arms, For a moment Bertha was panic-stritcken, but the next her eves fell on a bar of steel standing against the wall. She snatched it up and held it _ aloft, threateningly. “Stand back!” she cried. “If you dare come a foot nearer to me I'll kill you!” She faced him defiantly, with panting breast and flashing eye, like a hunted animal at bay. ~ Jt was evident she was full of fight from her feet up. Oh, I came here to gasped Bertha. CHAPTER XV.—Nemesis. Morris Dean quailed before the dangerous light _which flashed from the girl’s eyes, and for a ' moment he hesistated. Then ‘he. darted forward, and, with a * eunnine ement, wrested the bar from Bertha’: $ hand rere tossed it to the other end of the room. “Now,” he said, triumphantly, “ what can you _ do?” _ She made no reply, but drawing back faced him | dauntlessly as ever. - You're a spunky little thing, aren’t you?” he said, sneeringlv. “But it won't do you any good. TI am boss of this ranch now, and you’ve got to knuckle to Z -night, quick, whether you like it or not.” RISING IN THE WORLD me. You have got to go away with ae a _ “I don’t see how you're going to make me do it,”-she*replied, scornfully. “Don’t you? Look here,” He drew from an inside pocket a small bottle and a handkerchief. ; “This is chloroform. A few drops on this - handkerchief pressed against your mouth and. nostrils will quiet you for hours. When you wake up you'll be miles from Northbridge.” A shudder of horror went through Bertha’s body. Was there no way of escape for her? She ran her eye quickly but stealthily over the door behind -Morris—the only exit from the room. She remembered now he had locked it on enter- ing, but the key was in the lock. If she could only reach that door a moment ahead of him—but how could she do it? He himself removed part of the difficulty. He stepped to the table where the lamp stood, removed the cork from the bottle and coolly proceeded to wet the handkerchief with the chloroform. The crisis was at hand. She must do something now if ever. Suddenly a vlan, fully formed, rushed into her. mind. Close behind her were several packets of cotton and near it a large ~ bundle of waste. - She seized two large handfuls of -the waste, and, darting behind the table, heaped them on the lamp, -which lighted the room, thus shattering the globe and extinguishing the light. Merris was taken completely by surprise. While he stood irresolutely by the table she grabbed a couple of packets of cotton and threw them against the further wall, so as to make Morris think she had run there to hide. The ruse was successful. “You little vixen!” he cried, “you shan’t escape me that wav.” He rushed at the spot he supposed she was crouching in. She took instant advantage of his move on his part to.dash for the door. Morris saw at the same moment that he had been de- ceived and he started after her. She turned the key and flung the door wide open. Just as she -was rushing out of the room she felt his arm on her shoulder. But she managed to elude him and fled down the long room filled with spinning ma- chines. He tripped over something and measured his length on the floor. With a slight exclama- tion of pain he picked himself up and was after her. Bertha aimed to reach one of the windows at the extreme end of the room which overlooked the yard. She intended to throw up the sash and scream for the watchman, not. dreaming that the man — was lying senseless in a shed near by. It was a brilliant night, and the rays of the full moon flooded through the many windows of the bathing the whole in a gleaming white light.” this light made her flying figure perfectly clear’ ¥ ; to Morris, and enabled him to avoid contact with the machinery that might otherwise have con- fused him. And while this mad race was in progress, an- other figure, that of Flora Watson, who had been crouching and listening at the door of the small room during that momentous interview between Bertha and Morris, followed them quickly by an- other path close to one of the walls. All the tiger in her nature was now aroused. | Her eyes had at last been opened to the fact that Bertha Garland did not care the least bit for Mos- ee ris Dean—that she was dee her best to escape

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from his undesirable attentions—and the jealousy she had so long. felt against the girl dropped _ away from her like a garment cast aside. In place of it was substituted a feeling of ungovern- able rage against Morris Dean. He had prom- ised to take her with him when he left North- _ bridge, and now hefe he was trying to carry - away another in her place. _ The love she had felt for him seemed suddenly - turned to bitter hate, and her outraged soul cried aloud for revenge. As she followed the young “man and the girl he was fast overtaking, she _ elutched in her right hand a bottle which she had snatched from a shelf in the dark factory. “You cannot escape me!” cried Morris, reach- ine forward and seizing Bertha by the arm before she could gain the coveted window. _ The girl uttered a piercing scream that echoed _ through the bie room like the wail of a lost soul. _ “Seream as much as you want, you little vixen, ~ there’s no one to hear you,” said Morris, gleefully. “ve got you now and you shall not again escape “me.” But there was lots of fight left in Bertha yet. _ She was strong, too, and lithe as a panther for her age. She struck Morris full in the face with her fists, and he staggered back with a snarl of anger, only to recover in a moment and come for her again. Bertha tried to escape him by _ dodging around a machine. As she was light on ~ her feet, she might have succeeded but she tripped in her haste and fell to the floor. Before she uld rise he had his hand on her arm. Then he seized her head, bent it back and tak- ing the handkerchief saturated with chloroform from his pocket he tried to press it over her - mouth and nostrils. Bertha recognizing its pun- gent aroma, fought desperately to keep his hand _ away. g over her, however, he had every advantage of the situation. ; ‘ “Do you mean to murder me?” wailed the girl. “No. I only want to quiet you, that’s all,” he replied, grimly. _ “Have you no mercy, Morris Dean?” __ - “Not an ounce. You must go away with me to Boston to-night. I think more of you in one minute than any other girl in Northbridge in a ‘year. Do you know that?” , ‘Then came the sound of light feet moving rap- ly across the room. A tall, lithe, girlish form ng toward the struggling pair. f ‘ou villain! You lying, perjured villain!” med Flora Watson passionately. “Is this your love for me? Take that!” aised her hand and dashed the bottle at wis Dean’s face. It broke on hjs chéek and its contents over his countenance. H a terrible cry, released a and stag- red back, tripping over the same obstacle which to. spot. : serves him right!” said Flora, coldly. “He ( me, nlayed with me, and I have revenged « RISING IN THE WORLD 19 “Great heavens, Flora!” exclaimed the fright- ened Bertha. “What have you done to him?” The girl laughed -an unpleasant, sardonical laugh. “I haven’t killed him, don’t fear. got what I meant for,you.” “Meant for me?” gasped Bertha. “Yes,” cried Flora, fiercely, grasping her the wrist. “For you, had you cared for him as I thought you did. I’d have spoiled your pretty face for you. I’d have made you so hideous that even Jack Clyde would have given you up. But I learned the truth in time. You have nothing now to fear from me—neither has Jack. Come, let us go from here.” “And leave him that way?” replied the sym- pathetic Bertha. “Why not? What do you care? Was he not about to drug you a moment ago? Didn’t I save you from that? An hour ago he was all the world to me,” her voice broke in a dry sob; “but now,” fiercely, “the dream is shattered and I hate him! ‘oi Yr, foot He has only She turned away, drawing Bertha with At that moment the rapid tread of a manly was heard on the floor and in another moment — Jack Clyde confronted the two girls. CHAPTER XVI.—Rising in the World. “Bertha!” exclaimed Jack. “How came you in the mill?” He flashed a suspicious glance at Flora, for he knew the girls were not friends. “Oh, Jack, Jack!” eried Bertha, running to him and sobbing on his shoulder. “I’ve—lI’ve had such @ narrow escape.” “From what, Bertha?” he asked, putting his arm about her, reassuringly. “From Morris Dean.” “Morris Dean!” ejaculated the boy, looking around. “Where is he?” , “Behind that machine,” she pointed, shudder- ingly. Jack now noticed the plaintive cries of the young ex-clerk, and he walked to the spot where he lay and looked down at him in astonish- ment. : “What is the matter with him? be in great pain.” ; “Ask Flora,” returned Bertha. “She knows “Well,” said Jack, turning on the handsome brunette, “what is the matter withthim?” “I He seems to flung a bottle and it hit kim.” “I injured him,” she answered, doggedly. Est him!” exclaimed Jack, somewhat puz- “Yes, I threw a bottle which I just picked from a shelf in the dark.” “Great Scott! You never did that!” cried Jack, ajhast. . “I did, and I’m glad of it. I’m ready.to go to jail, but I have had the satisfaction of getting — square with him. _. “What did he do to you?” | ° “No matter what he did,” replied Flora, bl ly. “He did enough to deserve all he got. by . He os ‘

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deceived me into believing that he cared for me —that’s what he did if you want to know:” ‘Jack knelt over the suffering youth. He saw he could do nothing to relieve Dean’s pain. The only thing he could do was to lift him in his arms and drag him out into the office, where he tele- phoned for a physician, expl&ining what had hap- pened to Morris Dean, and begging him to hasten to the mill office to relieve his agony. While waiting for the doctor to come, Jack listened to Bertha’s recital of what she had gone through _from the moment she had fallen into the trap set for her by Morris. _As for Flora, she walked away from the place, calm and defiant, and Jack made no effort to detain her. The physician brought remedies with him that partially eased Dean’s sufferings. The bottle had contained an acid, which burnt the boy’s skin. He an Jack, abeprpapied by Bertha, then assisted Morris to his home. “I feel sorry for him,” said Jack, as he and _ Bertha walked home in the moonlight, “but still if it hadn’t been for Flora’s action he would prob- ably have succeeded in drugging you before I reached the mill, though I don’t see how he ex- erted to carry you away.” ‘fhis part of Dean’s scheme was explained next Morning when a horse and buggy was found standing a short distance from the mill. A stable keeper recognized the rig as one he had rented . to Morris Dean. - Jack and Bertha expected that Flora Watson would be arrested next day. Nothing of the kind occurred, as Morris refused to explain how he had come by the burns, except that he intimated it was an accident. In fact, Flora did not know ~ what was in the bottle. His face was badly dis- figured. This misfortune prevented him from " making his eseape from the trial, which came on 25 a week afterward. : Considerable pressure was brought to bear on Jack, especially to induce him to make his evi- dence against Morris as favorable to that youth as possible. He consented to this, and in -pur- -suance thereof when he went on the stand he put ‘strong stress on the,interview between Morris and Nelson. _Spavinger he had overheard in the old shanty on the Northbridge road that rainy night. He showed that the sport had clearly. vic- timized the ex-clerk, and then hounded him into doing some desperate act to save the knowledge of his foolishness reaching his father’s ears. _ ‘words, and swore he was in the act of closing the safe after taking the single vackage of. $100, when the mill boy trapped him. The jury re- turned a verdict of guilty, coupled with a recom- mendation to the mercy of the Court. The prose- cutor, in view of the facts that had been brought eut during. the trial, and out of consideration _ for the prisoner’s youthfulness, and his respect- i able connections, put a plea before the judge in _ his favor. The result was that the judge, after _ several days’ delay, suspected sentence, and Mor- ris was allowed to go free. . The pefialty. hung over his head, however, like e Sword’ of Damocles in the fable, as a warning to him for the future, for should he ever be con- -victed of another serious charge it would go espe- ai, hard with bh. as the suspended sentence. would, in that ‘become operative, in addi- the ‘second nd Punishment. = ss Morris, in his own defence, corroborated Jack’s “the post with an expression of confidence in his RISING IN THE WORLD Nelson Spavinger was tried for his connection with the affair, was convicted by Morris Dean’s testimony, and was sentenced for one year, in prison. Shortly after Dean’s trial, Bertha Gar- land had an interview with Manager Burnside, and succeeded in getting Flora Watson baek in + the mill, for which favor Flora expressed her gratitude to Bertha, and even after maintained a friendly attitude toward her. A few weeks later David Jobkins and Peter Jackson were arrested in Chicago on the ordinary charge of “drunk and disorderly.” At the most their sentence was ten days in the city jail. Unfortunately for them, however, they were identified in court by a visitor from North- bridge who had come west on business. He noti- fied the police authorities that the men were wanted in Northbridge on a very serious charge, and he also telegraphed the facts to the town police. Extradition papers were secured and two officers were sent to Chicago to bring them East as soon as their ten days’ detention had expired. ~ They were duly tried, convicted on the evidence “3 given by Bertha and Jack Clyde, and sentenced — to a ten-year term in the penitentiary. ‘ On the first of the year Jack, having given such evidence of proficiency in his minor clerkship, was promoted to a higher position in the office. He was in high feather, as the saying is, with — the company and management, and his future seemed to be assured. During the spring of the z following year he purchased, through his aunt,a ~~ new business building on Main Street, on which ‘ he paid $9,000 cash and gave a mortgage for . $7,000. Thé property was easily worth $20,000, but Jack got it at a fair bargain because of busi- ness reverses to the owner. : Two years afterward, just before fe ws ——< Bertha Garland, he sold the property for $25 = making a clear profit on it of $9,000, ee a. a certain profit. on his rentals. At any rate, when : Jack was married his capital had increased to +f nearly $30,000, all but the $6,000 he had received ~ from the mill company having been accumulated through clever real estate deals. He had also been advanced to the post of cashier in the mill office. . ik Of course, after her marriage, Bertha did not work in the mill any more. She became the proud mistress of a brand new house that jae built for her. .At her husband’s desire, Aunt Sue and his sister Gertie came to live with them, and — no family jars ever disturbed the nape PF See the Clyde home, aj Soon after little Jack, Jr., was born to com- plete the joy of the young couple, Mr. Bornside resigned his Qosition as manager of the~ mill. At a special meeting of the directors of the company, Jack, much to his surprise, was offered ability to fill it. Of course he accepted it, for he knew he -was quite capable of running the mill as it ought to be run. His wife and his friends, too, were proud of his success, for had not he in a few years risen from Factory Boy t Manager? - Next week’s issue will contain “FROM Da

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ROSES ON APPLE TREE. _.- White roses on a crab apple tree is a freak of - nature at the home of Miss Annie Rems, near Al- - lentown, Pa. Large branches, all laden with dou- _ ble white roses, are growing from the branches of the tree. = OCEAN GOLD SCARCE a Many attempts have been made to extract gold i the ocean, but so far the operations have _ cost more than the ultimate product is worth. _. It is estimated that a barrel of salt water con- tains” only a few cents’ worth of gold. - Certain English chemists assert that the quan- tity of gold in sea water has been reduced in late years by the action.of the sun spots from one — _ one-thousandth part of a _grain per ton water. _ .LONG BOATS MADE OF LOGS The hadji picked out the boats I was to take ct a river trip in Sumatra. The one in which I was to travel was fully 40 feet long and the tod pe was to carry my supplies was 25 feet , 2 > ~ We own “MYSTERY MAGAZINE.” The latest number contains aa : 2 > FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY CURRENT NEWS d Take Special Notice! It contains exciting. detective, crook, and mystery stories. All of them are fine. You ought to read them. Why don’t you get a copy? long. The supply boat was capable of carrying a ton and a half. “They had been made-by. the hollowing out of huge logs and they ‘had been very carefully thinned down and were shaped ‘not unlike great canoes. “No particular knowledge of the river was necessary for steering. The stream was deep enough everywhere for our boats, which drew little more than a foot and a half of water. In the ordinary current the four oarsmen with their wide paddles could propel their boat at a good speed and where the current was strong they laid these aside and used poles. é “Two men started at the bow, and, plant- ing their bamboo poles firmly on the bottom of : the river, they pressed their shoulders against the ends of them and walked toward the stern on the upper edges of the hollowed log, which was about six inches wide. When they reached the point where they no longer had a purchase, : a second pair stood ready to take up the work at = the bow so that there was never a moment of drifting back.” A good detective story called an “THE LOCK AND KEY” Written by HAMILTON CRAIGIE : - aa A splendid two-part serial entitled im ; — “A TEST OF CONSCIENCE” 2 J. B. WARRENTON, A department of handwriting in which LOUISE RICE gives ‘free readings Author of your char- = ‘ nega if you send her a sample > of your writing. SIX (6) DANDY SHORT STORIES “bs = = “CLUE! ONE HAIRPIN,” by H. P. Rhodes 4 a ee “4 DEVILISH CONTRIVANCE,” by Maurice Coons ; ' “BETRAYED BY WORDS,” by D. E. Kramer “a “CHANCE,” by Dorothy -Shea = ‘ea : “ON THE TRAIL OF DOPE,” by Leslie Barreaux _ Besides all these it ‘centalap an interesting article by TOM FOX ‘{Sestland Yard De-_ a eective), called spate cee and a large collection of shorter om that will Sateae you, a 4

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e222 Rob and the a — Or, — _ Hustling for War News by Wireless Reporters ’ > By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER XI.—(Continued). “Rob Randall,” replied our hero sulkily. “Were you a wireless operator at one of the Newfoundland stations?” “Yes,” “Marconi’s?” sf Nag “How long did you serve?” _. } 5 “Over two years. But say, you’re asking me a lot of questions. What about yourselves?” . . “Shall I tell him, Jack?” asked the man. 2s “J think you may as well,” replied the chauf- feu». “We’ve captured him and he won't get | _ away from us—that’s what.” . Z ++ Well, then, we’re a bunch of English reporters, ft | . acting as war correspondents,” said the man, ‘or ‘ rather trying to be. We were chased from the - front and narrowly escaped arrest. We’ve got a mF secret wireless ‘station back here but not one of = us understands the game. You’re just the man we want.” “How did you get hold of the station?” asked a beginning to feel interested in spite of him- self. * ‘ “Built it,” was the reply. “We got a fellow from Ghent to do the work and he was going to act as operator, but he got cold feet and gave us the slip in the night. That was yesterday. _We ran up to Ghent hoping to find him, but failed. We couldn’t find any one else, either; so you see, Rob, what a godsend it was when we bunked into you.” es “Hard lines for me, just the same. As it hap- pens, I’m a war correspondent, too. I represent the New York Earth.” “Then so much the better. What’s the matter - with joining hands with us?” « “I have other plans. I-was heading for the ‘ front when we broke down.” cia “Where on the front?” “General Taylor’s corps.” -“Shucks! You’d only have been arrested. It _ was General Taylor who made us —_ 4 “Just the same, I’d have got there.” _ “Oh, that’s all in your At boy. You couse hope to succeed where I failed. I’m Bert Brown, _of the London Times. I hit Taylor armed with : all sorts of influence. Nothing doing. This fel- == * low. to me is Ned Dewey, of the pink-up. The ~~ fellow on the outside in front is Bill Jones of the _ Argus. Jack Thompson of the Telegram is driv- ing the car. Now you are introduced and knew _. just what sort of a bunch you’ve struck. You are going with us, kid, and we shall take precious , you don’t give us the slip.” oo “across?” FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY *“T see I’ve been fooled all right,” said Rob.. “You fellows never would have shot me.” ; “Don’t be too sure of that,” retorted Brown. “We are not over here in Belgium to be skunked —not if we know it.” They ran on, taking the first crossroad to the left, which led them still further into the forest. Suddenly Thompson swung into an ill-defined wood road which, followed perhaps half a mile, ended at a-clearing where there was a hill rising a little higher than the treetops, on the summit of which was an old stone tower. The moon had now risen and Rob could see wireless apparatus on top of the tower. “Here we are,” said Thompson, “and here we proposed to stay until we get chased. which I sup- pose is bound to happen sooner or later. Mean- while we shall continue to hustle for news by wireless.” CHAPTER XII. Trapped. am Rob had been doing a lot of heavy thinking during the ride and had decided that whatever the outcome of ‘this capture might be it was sure to pay him best to make himself as agreeable as possible. ; “How did you ever come to strike this place?” — he asked. “Through Le Clare, the fellow who installed the plant,” was the reply. F “You’re luckysnot to have lost your car. Mine was commandeered by the Germans.” - “So you’ve been up against them? What fight?” “Don’t know. It was only a skirmish. Myself and partner were both wounded. But the car?” “Oh, we have a special permit from the king _ to hold ours. Come ahead. We are all of us ; A + i = ee A ae oP ee fagged out. We shall take a cold bite and turn” in. Won’t attempt to do business until to-morrow.” Rob found the lower rooms of the tower rudely furnished. He now sat down with the reporters to a simple spread of cold ham and crackers, after which he — lay down on a mattress with Brown and was soon asleep despite of the anxious thoughts of Edith, which still passed through his brain. a All hands were up at daybreak and Rob, after inspecting the apparatus, took his place at the receiver. : ee _ “I shall expect you to teach me to work the — rifle,” said Jack Thompson. “Anything coming “London is calling.” -“So? Who?” : . ; reg “You. Keep still a minute. It’s some one on the Telegram. Wants to locate you, if possible. — I’m answering.” pe “All right. Say I’m right on the job, but not at the front.” : “What are you doing now?” asked Brown as Rob gee sending. = “Sen. i i.” : ; “What?” i ae “A message of my own to the Earth in hop it will be caught at Bayville, Long Island, station where I worked last’ < _ (To be continued}

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HOME BREWING IS ANCIENT “Brewing your own” in Bavaria, famous for its beers, was started 900 years ago this sum- mer, according to the best information that has been handed down from: generation to genera- tion, and plans have been inaugurated to cele- brate the event in some fitting manner within _ the next few months. The first two hop vines are said to have been _ brought to this section of the country by monks, - who soon after began brewing their own beer, ; at where they got the vines history does not te a a > m3 Hop gardens existed in parts of France and _ Germany in the eighth and ninth,centuries, but it was not until the seventeenth century that hop - eultivation and beer drinking became popular in _ Continental Europe. FIRST MODERN BICYCLE MADE 108 YEARS AGO Several crude bicycles were made in the seven- teenth and eighteenth centuries, but the direct _ prognitor of the modern bicycle is supposed to E. one made in 1816 by Baron Karl von Drais ang used in eager ied his duties as chief for- % nto the Duke of Bader. The machine, which was called the “draisine,” and which was patented in France, consisted of ‘two wheels of equal size connected by a perch ‘on which the rider sat. It was guided with a _ bar attached to thé front wheel and was pro- soareaall gd the rider striking his feet against the _ A monument has been erected in memory of the “Father of the Bicycle,” over Drais’s grave at Karlsrube, in Baden. : - Until 1870 all of these machines were called velocipedes, meaning literally “swift foot.” “Bi- “two wheels.” as . A STUPENDOUS DAM. _ The world’s largest dam, the central unit in an irrigation scheme so vast in its conception as to _ make even Americans, who are accustomed to gi- antic irrigation and engineering projects, marvel its immensity, is being built on the Indus iver in India. American Government irriga- on works in Western States, such as the Roose- t dam, seem small in comparison to the Indus River project near Cukkar, in the province of - The Indus dam, which will be known as the oyd barrage, in honor of Sir. George Lloyd, wo bridges will be built upon it, one at a low level slightly above the aligrnmomt of the river : iks and the other at a high level. of the high level bridge will be 770 feet he foundations, or as high as the tower of Woolworth Building in New York. The foun- stone of the dam was laid on October 24, t. will not be completed, even under favor- conditions, until June, 1950. FAME AND FORTUNE. WEEKLY GOOD READING cycle” come from the two Greek words signifying Saivernor of Bombay, will be nearly a mile long. | The rail-. and. 20,000 workers are employed, but the ._ Then the work of regulating and ccnserving the flow of the Indus by means of sixty-six mas- sive steel gates, each weighing fifty tons, will be possible. hile the dam is being built another army of workers is busy constructing a gigantic network of canals which will carry water over an area almost as great as England. Immediately above the dam seven canals will carry the silt laden waters of the Indus over wide areas of the province of Sind. The Rohri Canal will be 205 miles long, with 2,300 miles of branches, The central’ rice canal, eighty-seven miles long, will irrigate 500,000 acres of the finest rice growing land in India. Similar waterways will radiate in all directions from the central reservoir. Three of these canals will be wider than thhe Suez Canal. : When the Lloyd barrage is finally complet the Province of Sind, Scar which the lower Indus flows, is expected to share the prosperity of the Punjab, which is due mainly to the suc- cessful irrigation of the upper reaches of the river. Vast areas of arid desert land will be-- come rich fields of rice, cotton and wheat; there will be large movements of natives from the dense-_ ly populated districts of India, and the sparsely inhabited banks for 300 miles along the. lower course of the Indus form another great granary for India and the British Empire. cae whole aga is being financed by the overnment of Bombay, the i callin, for $60,000,000. % ee ae “Mystery Magazine” Semi-Monthly : 15 Cents a Copy LAUGHING DEATH'S TRAIL, by Nels LeRoy Jor- eensen. THE MEDICINE DROPPER, by G. P. Wilson. _ nN (QUESTION OF KKICK, by Engene Jones - Harry Adler. THE SHADOW OF NOOSE eee nite i E, by J lott. aT SAM. Sy Bedigh.Poyater THE INTRIGUERS, by Grover Kidwell, . THE LOCK AND KEY By HAMILTON CRAIGIE = Out Today in No. 163 HARRY E. WOEFF, Publisher, Inc. 166 West 23d Street New York City —————————————__ “Moving Picture Stories” A Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Players PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY Ench number contains Three Storics of the Best Films — on the Screen—Elegant Half-tone Scenes from the Pla —Interesting Articles About Prominent People in t Films—Doings of Actors and Actresses in the Studio and Lessons in Scenario Writing. ‘HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. 166 West 23d Street — re ork S Y MYSTERY OF ROARING WATERS, by _ x New York City = — +

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24 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY _ INTERESTING RADIO NEWS AND HINTS LEAKS SPOIL DRY CELL When dry cell “A” batteries show a crust of salt on the covering, they are no longer fit for use because the zinc container has been punctured and the electrolyte has “boiled,” due to a short circuit. _ WATCH TRANSFORMER TOPS ' If your audio or radio frequency transformers have metal tops on them, be very careful that the connection wires to the binding post do not touch them. e wiring of most amplifiers is usually such that the “B” battery can be completely ruin- ed if a short circuit occurs. USE NAILS TO HOLD PANEL : To hold a bakelite panel in place while grain- ing, simply drive small brads through a few of the holes and sank the head below the level of the panel. After the work has been finished the neils are easily withdrawn from the table with the aid of a pair of pliers. Don’t attempt to find out what is inside your telephone receivers. Many poor results can be traced directly to the fact that the individual rvas too inquisitive and opened the receivers by unscrewing the caps. In doing so you may bend the diaphragms and thereby spoil the operation of the phones. The diaphragms are made of very thin metal and are easily bent if handled. ; SERIES-PARALLEL HOOKUP : Placing a condenser in series with your aerial or ground will materially reduce the wave length . of your receiving set. If you cannot reach the higher waves on your set this may be the cause. Place the condenser so that one side is connected to the aerial and the other to the ground. This is a ‘parallel connection and will raise the wave length range of the set. FLEXIBLE LEADS FOR ROTORS Variométer, variocouplers and other radio units that depend on the bearings alone to make con- tact from the moving to the stationary part are generally subject to trouble. -The bearing is either too light to allow the rotor to turn readily or too loose to make good electrical contact. It is always good policy to put stops on the coil and make use of flexible “pigtail” connections to ‘rotor winding. This will assure a positive elec- trical connection between the two elements and eliminate a great deal of noise from your set. A FEW TIPS ON SOLDERING "Two pieces of metal cannot be soldered together - unless their surfaces are clean, and after they are cleaned they must be heated. When the metal _ fs heated, however; it may quickly oxidize and vent the soldey sticking to it. In order to fur- g wol union of the metals and to.destroy the n of oxide that forms when the metals are sea SS See “will tend to reduce the life of the filament in it is necessary to use-some sort of binder ; or flux. Rosin is best suited for soldering in radio work, - f When the heat is applied to the joint the rosin runs all ‘over the joint and prevent further oxida- tion by the heat and air until the hot solder has a chance to get at*the cleaned surface. The solder then flows over the clean surfaces and sticks to them firmly, holding the metals together. ‘ STATIC PHENOMENON ° At this time of the year when static interfer- ence becomes the rule rather than the exception there is ample opportunity of becoming familiar with this phenomenon. To the careful observer ~ it must be apparent that static interference in- creases with the reaching out for distant stations, as a general rule. However, static interference | also seems to differ with the direction of the incoming signal. Still further observation will disclose the fact that static is by no means limited to local conditions. Thus a weak transmitter in the immediate locality may ‘be intercepted. with- out static, while a more powerful transmitter at __ some distance away will» be intercepted with considerable static disturbance, although the in- tercepted signal strength may be the sam® for both transmitters. It is held by some radio authorities that the radio waves carry the static disturbances along with them. Whatever the cause may be, it is a fact that static hangs on. to some waves better than it does on others. _ Oe LS TUBES REQUIRE PROPER VOLTAGE Vacuum tubes are the most sensitive of radio _ instruments and will be comparatively short lived ~~ if used carelessly. Improper filament tempera- ; tures, excessive plate voltages and sudden shocks ae: will tend to shorten the life of the tube. = = The average vacuum tube of good make hasa __ normal operating life of 1,000 hours. This means _ that if the correct temperature is maintained on the filament the tube will give its normel life. — This tube life varies with conditions that are im- ‘ posed on it. e. any radio fans burn their filaments at a tem- perature higher than normal, thinking that in this way they increase the strength of the incoming signals. : This does not hold true for properly designed vacuum tubes. Any increase of current beyond _ a certain point will not give better signals, but the tube. If the filament emission is double the operating _ life will be practically reduced to that of one- fourth. » a “ Do not use too high a plate voltage, as this pits an extra strain on the tube, which is not help- ful in any way. You can readily ascertain the correct voltage for the plate of the detector tube. Experience will enable a person to-determine the proper brilliancy. If desired an ammeter can be used to determine the amount of filament cur- ‘rent flowing through the tube. —_ ; ee These values are usually printed on sheets’ paper that accompany the tube in the box, -— eae oS eae

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a ee a Pn ee ee Se = A 6000 MILE RADIO BEAM _ Mareoni has succeeded in establishing com- Munication between London and Buenos Aires by Means of his new directional beam radio system, according to a news dispatch from England. The test follows a long series of experiments using w power and extremely short waves, which are diated in one direction, like a beam of light, thereby effecting saving in power and eliminating interference troubles. ; : _ Under the present system of commercial radio ‘communication the waves are radiated in all. di- Tections, and point to point communication is ac- complished at a loss of energy which is carried to other points not required in the service. : _ In broadcasting, the system could be applied uccessfully to stations serving receiving sets in a certain directional line. Instead of using transmitting power of.a kilowatt or more, a broadcasting station could operate efficiently on less than a fiftieth of a kilowatt, provided it was to provide entertainment for specified zones only. ‘This system might be mofe properly called nar- Towcasting or beamcasting, because of the re- stricted area of its influence. The new radio beam can be turned’ to any direction, like the beam ofa searchlight, and programs could be directed to any section of the country at will. Because of the high fre- quency currents used, many stations could op- erate their beams in the same direction at only : few meters difference in wave length without Causing interference. : : Loop aerials are necessary to receive the beam Wave to the best advantage because of their di- Tectional properties. In this way programs from of stations could be received without interference by turning the-loop to the required direction. Many stations could operate on the e wave length without causing distortion in he receiver, even from local transmitters. hunareas . ae" GRID LEAK E _ The Grid Leak is of far greater importance in receiving efficiency than is generally realized. The volume obtained from any receiver depends on the grid current and directly on the plate current. An important factor which determines the grid current is the number of negative electrons which e attracted to the grid from the filament. The gative charges on the grid sometimes reach a ractically stop the flow of. point where they Pp : plate current. id current piles them up. The Unless a good grid leak is in use the tube s is of incorrect size, the tube will ‘partially operate. According to Ernest W. ibe creates new conditions. The UV-199 provides high emission at low filament temperatures. ordinary amplifying tube. The emission re being used. In other’ words, every time ‘A” or “B” voltage is varied, the grid leak ey the grid leak resistance should be as ee Wut and WD-12, 2 to 8 homs. ms. UV-199,2to 9 meghoms. A leak between 2 and 5 meghoms aie e choked up_and will not operate. If the yer, a radio engineer, each type of vacuum ‘he 1-A averages five times the emission : flow of electrons varies with the current and be varied. It appears that for maximum to 2 meghoms. -201-A, 2 to 9 for average work, A resistance between FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY g 25 5 and 9.meghoms is somewhat better for weak signals. At first thought it would seem advisable to provide all sets with a variable grid leak, but the public generally prefers to have less ad- justments; hence the next best thing is to adopt for each type of set that fixed grid leak which gives best average results on local stations. UNDAMPED SIGNALS _For the satisfactory reception of undamped - ° signals such as emitted by a continuous wave radio telegraph station, it is necessary to generate locally in the receiving system itself a radio fre- quency current of slightly different frequency from the incoming frequency. That is, the local frequency should differ from the frequency of the incoming signal by an amount which is an audible frequency. The combination of the radio frequency cur- rents produces beats at a frequency which is the ~ same as the difference in frequency between them. There are several ways in which the radio fre- quency current may be generated locally at the receiving station. If the coupling of the or- dinary regenerating receiver is continuously in- creased a point is reached where the circuit starts to oscillate, and by properly adjusting the cir- cuits audible beats may be produced on the heterodyne principle. This is probably the most common method of utilizing the heterodyne prin- — for the reception of continuous wave sig- nals, ; Another method is to use an are circuit or a small high frequency alternator coupled to the standard non-regenerative receiver. Neither of these are very desirable, the arc, be- cause it introduces too many extraneous noises by its unsteadiness, and the alternator because of the difficulty of maintaining a constant speed at any particular adjustment. There remains then the vacuum tube as a separate oscillator and generator of continuous wave of adjustable fre- quency. There is a form of oscillator circuit which may become inductively coupled to the standard non-regenerative receiving system in which audible beats are produced on applicati®n of the heterodyne principle. The inductance coil is a coupling coil for coupling the oscillator circuit to the receiving system. There may be the stator and rotor’ winding of a variometer with the filaments connected at the common point of will - these two windings. The wave length, or more strictly the frequency of the oscillations gen- erated, may be changed ,by varying the, mutual inductance of the variometer winding, and the es rtd of ey ep aga ‘ or use on long wave length good results may be obtained by mounting the condenser on the same shaft as the variometer ‘rotor so that a single knob controls both. -But for the shorter wave ki it is better to have a separate con- trol for the condenser capacity. The circuit wil} © function without the use of a grid condenser and grid leak, but better results are generally ob- tained by the employment of these elements. The external heterodyne requires one more tube for its operation than the regular regenera- tive receiving set, but more uniform results are usually obtained by its use in the reception of ~ continuous wave telegraph signals.

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cently by Federal-State hunters. & ten feet of snow. ‘. = % - < = Lae sd ase Re ee Fame and Fortune Weekly. NEW YORK, AUGUST. 15, 1924 TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Single Copies............5...5. Postage Free 8 Cents One Copy Three Months...... by < $1.00 One Copy Six Months......... Les ber 2.00 One Copy One Year........... & - 4.00 Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. HOW TO SEND MONEY — At our risk send P. O. Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances im any other way are at 7 risk. We Aocebs Postage Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. rite your pame and address plainly. HARRY E. WOLFF, jen E. Wolff, Pres. _ Publisher, Inc., Charles E. Nylander, See. 166 W. 23d St., N. ¥.J LL. F. Wilzin, Treas. ITEMS OF INTEREST HE SMALLEST STATION Ira, N. Y., can boast the smallest electric gen- erating station, with the smallest constituency served thereby, of which there is any record. The total consumers comprise a store, a barn, an of- fice building, two garages, the post-office and four street lamps. ; ; DOGS AS RESCUERS Mrs. Ruby Pettis, who lives on a ranch near The Dalles, Ore., was pinned under a heavy wag- _ on which turned over when she was on her way to town. Her two dogs, Jacks and Pup, imme- diately dug a hole under her head and body, thus enabling her to breathe and saving her life. She was unable to extricate herself and was not rescued for fifteen hours, when a neighboring rancher came along. CAR CATCHES A SNAKE A six-fogt blacksnake was found by George Mason, Road Engineer for Passaic County, N. J., just outside Paterson the other day. It had a girth of a man’s fist. And it came already cook- ed for the table. ~ Mason was driving over Snake’s ‘Hill, so named not because it is infested with reptiles but because of a serpentine twining of the road. He smelled something burning and stopped his car to inves- - tigate. e found the snake coiled around the exhaust and nicely roasted. 3 _ Mason believes he ran over the snake and it was thrown up~by a wheel and entangled. TWO BAD WOLVES KILLED Two notorious wolves have been destroyed re- ; In Montana a emale wolf, known as “Two Toes,” was kill- by J. J. Williams after being trailed through Ranging over a territory of are miles, “Two Toes” had killed thous- dollars worth of cattle in the past two 1923 she made her biggest known kill FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY taken alive and destroyed. The death of “Two - Toes” marks the end of a long list of killings in the Highwood Mountains. In Taney County, Mo., a destructive old black _ wolf, locally called “The Old Black Devil,” was captured in April. For years past this animal had been a terror to the farmers of this county and of Boone County, Ark. He was caught last year in Boone County but escaped, leaving a toe in the trap. Caught later near Omaha, Ark., he again got away. During the past winter he was caught twice by W. S. Beesley, of the United States Department of Agriculture, escaping each ag but the third time, in April, was fatal for im. Mr. Williams is employed in co-operation work between the Biological Survey and the Mountain State Fish and Game Commission, while “Mr. Beesley is pa age 4 engaged with the Biological pa bt and the Missouri State Board of Agri- culture. LAUGHS Closefist—No, sir; I respond only to the ap- peals of the deserving poor. Openhand—-Who are the deserving poor? Closefist—Those who never ask for assistance. “T’ll teach you how to tear you pants!” said the irate parent, swinging a strap; “I’ll teach you.” “Don’t hit me, pa; I know how already. Just look at ’em!” Father (angrily)—If my son marries that act- ress, I shall cut him off absolutely, and you can - « tell him so. Legal Advisor—I know a better — plan than that—tell the girl. , Boy—Come quick. There’s a man been fighti my father mor’n a half hour. Policeman—-Whe didn’t you tell me before? Boy—’Cause father. was getting the best of it till a few minutes ” ago! q “Judge,” said the guilty man, “I inherit the felonious habit. I can’t resist it. My father was a grafter and my mother a photographer. I can’t ; help taking things.” “Then take seven years at ; hard labor,” said the judge kindly. A colored man recently announced a change in his business as follows: ‘“Notice—De co-partner- ship heretofore resisting between me and . Skinner is hereby resolved. Dem what owe de — firm will settle wid me, and dem what de firm ~ owés will settle wid Mose.” a rs . a “These kids I teach aren’t a bit slow,” observed — 3 a school teacher recentl “In fact, I’m afraid — f they read the papers. he other day I proposed — the following problem to my arithmetic class: “A rich man dies and leaves $1,000,000. One-fifth — : : : zZ ] is to to his wife, one-sixth to his one! © oa aevein ts his daughter, one-eighth to his broth. er, and the rest to foreign missions. What does each get?’ “‘A lawyer,’ said the littlest boy in — the class, promptly. : ; < ee ; 2 "ae —2- a Se tS 3

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NOVEL MEDICAL RECORD When the cornerstone of a new hospital now _ being erected in New York has been set in place, a complete record of modern medicine will be _ placed in the block for posterity. Molded in the block will be a reel of motion picture film show- ing doctors performing operations of this period, _ There will also be a complete set of glass stained specimens of all known disease-producing bac- teria, and ready for scrutiny under the micro- ‘scope 100 years from now; a collection of drugs = 3 aed as specific cures for diseases and a rec- _ ord of those diseases now regarded as incurable. Se FIRST UMBRELLA USED IN BALTIMORE _ The first European umbrella was practically _ an article of household furniture. It weighed three to five pounds, its ribs were first made of ‘Metal tubes or whalebone, with its stick as heavy S$ a small tree, and its covering made of leather or certain heavy oiled cloths. _ The European improved on*it so it could be folded up, and around 1640 it began to be beau- ‘tified with handles of precious woods. It was pradually lightened, its covering made of linen, r or varnished paper. Its first Ameri- mh use was at Baltimore in 1750. - American ingenuity has devised the lightest and most durable umbrella in the world. But all the effort of American ingenuity the in- y could not manufacture a single umbrella for the manganese imported from Brazil and ish India that goes into its steel ribs, or the which is mixed with cotton to make the cov- g, or the malacca, bamboo, mahogany or oth- © imported woods used in the handles. STRANGE RECOVERY OF SIGHT What is believed to be the first recorded re- y from total blindness, which physicians do ‘believe is likely to be repeated, was reported the Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn ently. : : e man who, was strigken is Victor Atwell, wenty-six, of No. 1070 Brooklyn avenue, a drafts- in the Pearl street offices of the Brooklyn n Company. Until Feb. 21 his sight” was than the average. On that day it began fail and three days later he became totally Prior to the attack he suffered violent head- - The family physician took him to a Specialist, who sent him to the hospital. “There it was found that his pupils were in- ‘ e to light, which conditions is generally on to ve possible pressure from bones Shane’ of the nose had no result. The : peeryes — treatment, although seemed hopeless. ell’s condition remained apparently un- ged until last month, when he reported that ii wy forms. Phys: ‘loss to explain the improvement, but dl ~~ Jered evidence of permanent blindness: An - FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 27 BRIEF BUT POINTED. it continued until the other day, when Atwell could distinguish between persons standing in his room. He was allowed to leave his bed, and on going to a window Could make out trees and buildings. . He now’ sees only out of the corners of his eyes, and it is necessary for him to roll his eyes about in examining objects. Physicians be- lieve he will ¥fecover his sight completely within a few months. They believe, however, that in a few weeks he will be able to read newspapers. BIRDS, BEASTS AND SERPENTS CROWDED _ IN TOWN Noah and his ark had nothing on the little mountain town of Cottonwood, Cal., when it a to number and varieties of animals on and, _ The foot-and-mouth disease which has raged in California for several months, but which now has been practically wiped out, has been a serious matter, but there has been some humor in ths situation, at that—witness the present state of affairs at. Cottonwood. ' State and Federal guards are stationed at Cot- tonwood, near the Oregon border, to enforce quar- antine regulations, which, among: other things forbid the transporting of animals and birds of any description into the state to the north. Tour- ists are halted by the score every day who are found to have their pet animals or birds with them are forced to leave them behind when crossing the state boundary. Dogs, cats, canaries, parrots, chickens, goats, guinea pigs, monkeys, goldfish, horses, cows— even ostriches and a pet snake—all these have ‘come under the quarantine ban. The result is Cottonwood’s facilities for caring for animals and birds have become overtaxed. Many of the tourists passing through are wealthy and many of the pets are valuable. Re- sult: The youngsters of Cottonwood are reaping a rich harvest from the pocketbooks of travelers who hire them to care for their pets wntil they return for them or have them shipped. : Every yard in town, practically, is stocked with stranded birds and animals. : aR . The other day one of twelve ostriches, being shipped East and held up by the authorities, es- caped and ran amuck through the streets of the town. Two cowboys were hired to capture the wandering bird, which displayed at times a nasty temper. . After considerable excitement, one of the “punchers” succeeded in lassoing the ostrich and he was returned to the yard in which his fel- While the Vgc at the disinfecting station were busy with the women’s garments, the win ing ff ta, der fed he tt fr. ver the an em mag org until the guards could obtain blunkets or m. . ; 3

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‘FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTE 2 CLOCKS WITHOUT DIALS pots must be carried’°on hand. Some factories . As early as the twelfth century mechanical ‘Keep a reserve supply of 5,000 pots, each weigh- glocks were known in England and used in the ™g_3,000 pounds, in storage. _ : churches, although strangely enough dials do not These pots are made of a special kind of clay. seem to have been introduced until some 200 years Each one is capable of melting one and one-half later, and as late as the seventeenth century tons of glass at once time in a temperature of many village churches were provided with clocks from 2,500 to 3,000 degrees F. for a day and a ‘which had no face. oi MS night. ; The methods used to sound the hour were fre- The work of making the pot begins three quently most ingenious. The hour and ‘its di- Years before it is used. Selected clay is ground, ‘visions were frequently struck on the bell or Screened, mixed accurately with certain constitu- ‘bells by ingeniously devised automatic figures ents, kneaded and then stored away to “ripen.” ftermed “jacks.” : Z The pot has tobe formed by hand because a _ - The great clock of Rye, the pendulum of which ‘slight defect would cause it to crack in the fur- swings free in the church, was paid for by the ace, thus destroying its valuable contents. The ghurch wardens in 1560-2, and is said to be the potmaker, therefore, builds it up laboriously, ‘oldest English clock still doing. its work. layer by layer. = The pot is subjected to rigid tests before being THREATENS WEATHER MAN used. In actual use its life is under twentv days. Accused of threatening bodily harm to James A accra — —_ —— Bureau of timore, Josep . Hebrank, thirty-one years he was held zecently bo aah a bail pe ee LOOK, Boys! - tal examination. cecording to police, Hebran is obsessed with the belief that Mr. Spencer is TRAPEZEE : sees aeee ae hot Peer ag are - b : ebrank made several visits to the Weather T h : “ Bureau, inquiring about the forecast. He asked e crobatic Wonder Toy ncer: : ALMOST “What kind of weather are we going to have a Seeernace cote ‘to-day and to-morrow?” f : Spencer read the forecast predicting showers, |. It consists of a handsome parallel moeeany — nee heat, and Hebrank is iron frame on which the little yellow = “Well, I am getting tired of this kind of weath- eta accurately performs like an ath- | er. I£ you don’t make better weather I’m going ete. : : : 2 to knock you off.” : Five Different Stunts — ~ Spencer then called the police. THE FLYING TR APEZE — Rel the ae s —_—_—__— rigger-pin and the figure swings: for- _ -MAN ATE ica ge OR STARVED ward, gripping the brass trapeze-bar, turns a somersault in the air and catches : knife or starved. The authority for this state- a ment is Joséph D. Little, manager of the sterling = silver galleries of the International Silver Com- pany of New York. . “The first fork,” Little says, “was introduced — into England during the reign of the high and _. mighty Elizabeth, the maiden Queen. The Queen had several of the implements brought to her, but promptly cast them aside as too finicky and utterly. unworthy of her attention. Scores of ears passed before the fork finally came into its own. Those who used forks, like those who purchased the first automobiles, were not consid- -€red violent enough for confinement in an insti- tution, but would bear watching.” Little traces the-evolution of the spoon from ‘the clamshell picked up by the earliest human “progenitors: -PLATE GLASS CRUCIBLE LASTS ONLY = TWENTY DAYS A drawback in plate glass making is that an es ur all melting, requires years for its preparation and | Jasts only a few days in service. --{ This means that an immentse stock of these CF > But 300 years ago a man either ate with a ~ essential item of equipment, the crucible for- a cross-bar by his heels. 3 THROUGH THE LOOP—A swift swing and he goes through a wire loop, makes a turn and, catching by his heels, swings head- downward from a bar. : THE GIANT SWIN@— He goes forward with a rush, releases the trapeze, catches a_horizontal-bar with his heels, makes two swift somersaults in the air and catches by his heels again. He performs two more horizontal-bar acts with the grace and agility of a cir- cus star, and many new ones can be in- vented. The Most Wonderful Toy in the World! PRICE $1.50 a: _The collapsible stand and the little mani- zi are Spurs parked = * handsome box. | elivered anywhere in the United States . receipt of price. Address ; 2 3 Ae eee

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“The Best Hunch I Ever Had!” “It happened just three years ago. _ feeling pretty blue. Pay day had come around again and the raise I’d hoped for wasn’t there. It began to look as though I was to spend my life checking orders at a small salary. =. “T picked up a magazine to read. It fell P open at a familiar advertisement, and a coupon _ stared me in the face. Month after month for _ years I’d been seeing that coupon, but ‘never 3 until that moment had I thought of it as But this time I meaning anything to me. To read the advertisement twice—yes, every word! “Two million men, it said, had made that -_ coupon the first stepping stone toward success. In every line of business, men were getting ~ splendid salaries because they had torn out that coupon. Mechanics had become foremen and __ superintendents—carpenters had become archi- 3 tects and contractors—clerks like me had be- _- come sales, advertising and business managers because they had used that coupon. “Suppose that I . . ? What if by studying ~ at home nights I really could learn to do some- _ thing besides check orders? I had a hunch to find out—and then-and there I tore out that coupon, marked it, and mailed it. , > «That was the turn in the road for me. avi The Schools at Scranton suggested just the urse of training I needed and they worked ith me every hour I had to sparé. In a year my salary had been doubled. And I’ve been advancing ever since, Today £ was appointed I was * “In six months I was in charge of my division. manager of our Western office at $5,000 a year. Tearing out that coupon three years ago was the ‘best hunch I ever had.” For thirty-two years, the International Correspon- dence Schools have been helping men _to win promotion, to earh more money, to have happy, pros- perous homes, to get ahead in business and in life. “You, too, can have the position you want in the work you like best. Yes, you cam! All we ask is the chance to prove it. Without cost, without obligation, just mark and mail this coupon. Do it right now! INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS Box 4491-C Scranton, Without cost or obligation, please tell me how I can ity fox the position or in the subject before which I have as: BUSINESS TRAINING COURSES Business Management Salesmanship I al Management reame Me t Show Card Lettering ‘anagemen Business Law Stenography ae Banking and Banking Law en eee Accountancy (including C.P.A.} Nicholson Cost Accounting kee ‘ommon School Subjects Private High School Subjects Spanish Dlvstrating GC AL COURSES T AND INDUSTRI ECHNICAL f neering Electric £ Architects’ Blue ts Set ieal Ragineer yee pare ar — = Draftsman Architectural Dr: Meee at Practice Pe na er tions Occupation. esiding in Conada should send this coupon to the Interna- Sach thsuemomiongs Schools Canadian, Limited, Montreal, Cona.a

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Be my agent. Everybody will buy from you. Write today. Free Samples. MILTON GORDON 134 Jackson S8t., Cincinnati, Ohio Guaranteed Time Keep- PoYer. Given for selling only y” 30 cards of Dress Snap-Fas- teners at 10c per card. Easily fj Sold. EARN BIG MONEY OR PREMIUMS. Order your a cards TO-DAY. Send no money. Soy We trust you till goods are sold. ERIOAN SPECIALTY CO, 7Z Lancaster, Pa, { UNDER- GROUND SEA IN SAHARA There is an- imal life 200 and 300 feet beneath the burning sands of the Sahara Desert. That is the amazing dis- covery made through experi- ments of sinking artesian wells at various points in the North Afri- can waste with a view to possible irrigation. F Waters drawn from great depths | were found to 4 contain small crabs, fish and shellfish, all per- fectly alive. The . discovery is prov- ing an absolute puzzle, no theory so far seeming entirely satisfac- 7 tory. | Usually it has * been possible to ; explain the pres- ence of fish, ete. in under. ‘ground ’ waters in the fact s that they were locked up during some _ primeval cataclysm. Adapting them- selves gradually to new conditions these animals liy- ing in darkness are always blind entirely or pos- sess special op- tical apparatus Suitablé to dark- ness. Those found underneath the Sahara belong to a species inhabit- ing the lakes of Palestine. Shafts sunk during the last few years in the Sahara _ prove there are large i % : } ; Ve NT SOL ee ee eS en eee Pen e ae Or ee ee ‘sheets of water everywhere... An- — imals found now cause the belief ~ there is a vast underground sea, densely a

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“FOUR CORNERS” STATES There are such States, but only one set of “four corners” in the States, four states join at the corners. This point is upon a spur. of the Catrriso Colorado, Arizona join. globe do we find four States, prov- _ inces or territo- ries uniting to form a junction. This spot is not easy of access and few tourists ever see it, yet.a - monument stands -_ at the very are erected by United States surveyors and inscribed _of ‘the States ~ whose boundaries meet. there. The a trail from the road leading ~ from Navajo Springs in Colo- “rado, in the Ute _ Reservation, to the San: Juan River. The trail leaves the road and crosses the river near Scott’s trading t in Utah, and leads to the - monument, which is of the usual type erected by the Government _ surveyors to - mark State cor- ners. A former monument was ae . left, within a year or two another sur- States | United | w here | Mountains, where | Utah, | New Mexico and | It | is said that at no | other point on the with the names | a is reached | = 4. wi lid package of your Lots of oe a grea protector. Sold exclu- (ii sively by us. PAY eos. 7 MAN $1.79 on de- livery ager, back files showing a fu cigarettes. fun scarin friends, an Pat. Pending Money back if not satisfied. Dept. P11B PATHFINDER CO Navy Model AIRSHIP | SSERAND PARACHUTE | Boys! Here s the greatuavy eir bag with inflators. para- chute with antomaticre — , gud_compiete instruct for fying. Will fy for milc = at heightof 1 000 fe can be made. enance to stody serial navigat: Send today for TPoackagens ot fumed sachet, sel! at 10c each, return money w! nd thie wonderful aces. is yours, Boys if are a tediertoae ties day JONES MFG.CO., Bept. 357 Re, MASSACHUSETTS Get Behind a Hohner for Happiness! There’s nothing like good music for happiness; and there’s nothing like a Hohner for good music. Any boy or girl can learn to play real music quickly with the aid of the Free Hohner Instruc- tion Book, procurable at allgood dealers. And all good dealers sell Hohner’s Harmonicas— The World’s Best “That Musical Pal of Mine” is a favorite expression among Hohner en- thusiasts everywhere. Hohner enthusi- asm is sweeping the country, Why don’t you get in line for popularity and enjoyment? Go to your dealer today, geta Hohner Harmonica—50¢ up—and ask for the Free Instruction Book. If your dealer is out of copies, write M. Hohner, Inc., Dept. 156, New York City. c OHNER ARMONICAS _ - et. Many | tion. 544 Sixth Ave.. New York model Airship Large 6{t. | } | i pF REE! the BOOK for REDBLOODS With Muscle!’ : BE aman or a mouse. Stride ahead in the world with your head held high or slink into your hole like a timid little beastie. Every living boy or man has got to accept one or the other, success or failure happiness or misery. Which are YOU going to choose? Health, Strength and va; Personality, Romance and Wealth .. . these are the tokens of physical fitness; these are the rich fewards of scientific muscle mastery . Truth Never Told Before leaps out of oo, e and paragraph i my wonderful new boo! WITH 2d It absolute'y roves thaverr living mortal must saad or fall, conquer or succumb, rejoice onize In exact pro ion to the ngth, soundness ai wholesomeness of his external “7 lormance. . Treader, that “Do It With Muscle!” — wordea Se Wo of the methods e¢ PHYSICALLY PER- rofessional t tells how, is a helpful by which the writer became t FECT MAN and attained world-wide eminence, prosperity and family happiness. under my guidance, thousands of boys, youths and men have achieved shining lives through the Intelligent con- uest of const! aon, Orhd- earn. fear, debility and Lavishly illustrated with scores of heretofore unpu lished superb camefa studies of myself and pupils. Get Your Copy of ‘DO IT WITH MUSCLE!" right away. It will give you the clue to the mysteries of life. No obligation, no charge. Just send the coupon and one dime (10c.) an evidence of your genuine Interest and to help defray my mailing costs. LIONEL STRONGFORT Physical and Health Specialist for 25 Years Dept. 1484 Newark, N. J., U. S. A. | .<—- oe FREE BOOK COUPON ———— ' § LIONEL STRONGFORT e I Dept. 1484, Newark, N. J.. U. s. A. a © Send memy complimentary copy of * ‘DOIT WITH ! = MUSCLE!" for which I enclose one dime (10c) B § toward mailing expense, assuming no obligation. This § 2g new book may aoe g my failure to attain complete g g health, strength and happiness. : ee ‘ i Name ......+. pew eeeree PPPerer errr rie 1 B Street NO......scceeereesereeeccenes pcccceseree B t ‘ ' — &

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY —— LATEST ISSUES —— 942 a for Gold; or, The Luck of a Boy Miner. 044 A oy with Grit; or, Earning an Honest Living. 945 Andy the Mill Boy; or, Rising to the — 946 Fame Before the Footlights; or, The Boy 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 Messenger. 949 Pushing It Through; or, The Fate of a Lucky Day. 950 A Born Speeulator; or, The Young Sphinx of Wall Street. 951 The Way to Success; or, The Boy Who Got There. 952 Struck Oil; or. The Rov Who Made a Million. $53 A Golden Risk; 6r, The Young Miners of Della . Ceus. 954 A Sure Winner;or, The Boy Who Went Out With a Cireus. 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 Adrift On the World; or, Working His Way to For- tune. 958 Playing to Win; or, The Foxiest Boy in Wall Street 959 Tatters; or, a Boy From the Siums. 960 A Elem § Monte Cristo; or, The Richest Boy in the orld. % Won by Pluck; or, The Boys Who Ran a Railrona. “ Beating the Brokers; or, The Boy Who Couldn’t Be Done. - A Rolling Stone; or, The Brightes. Boy on Record. i Say Die; or, The Young Surveyor of Happy alley. _— of the Market; or, The Greatest Boy in Wali treet. > The Chance of His Life; or, The Young Pilot of Crytal Lake. Pirbing for Fortune; or, From Bell-Boy to Million- re. ‘ Out for Business; or, The Smartest Boy in Town. o arene of Fortune; or, Striking It Rich in Wall treet. 870 Through Thick and Thin; or, The Adventures of a ont Dotus Hie Level Best Working His Way U ong s e > or, orkEin Ss ay p. 972 mauere on Deck; or, The Boy ®who Made His ‘ark. 973 > of Money; or, The Young Wall Street roker. OT4 = Senser of Fame; or, From Office Boy ‘to ’ nator. 975 On the Square; or, The Success of an Honest Boy. 976 After a Fortune; or, The Pluckiest Boy in the West. Winning the dollars; or ,The Young Wonder of Wall Street. 978. —s _ Mark; 5 resident. 979 Weer to a Million; or, The Boy Who Was Born Lacky. ; 980 Lost in the Andes; or, The: Treasures of the Buried 981 982 983 82°23 2 8 #2 82 or, The Boy Who Became City. On His Mettle; or, A Plucky Boy in Wall Street. A Lucky Chance; or, Taking Fortune on the Wing. The Road _to Success; or, The Career of a For- tunate Boy. 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