Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 992) (1924 10 03)

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—— pt et be +. os a Issued weekly—Subscription price, $4.00 per year; Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. Harry E. Wolff, Pu I C.160 = Second-Class M . October 4, 1911, 7 3 sie ee oid bie at ee. sane Tk Ket of ‘Maren 3. isto. ay 28 1925 = No. 992 NEW YORK, OCTOBER 3, 1924 Price 8 Cents. 3 i , ‘ ~ ; CHAPTER I.—Bob Howard Spoils a Hold-up. _-——-«. “What’s that?” exclaimed Bob Howard. = believe someone is in trouble.” E - It was close on to midnight, and Bob, who had = station, and had arrived at the corner of Seventh : Avenue, on his way westward, when his sharp ears ‘were saluted by a cry for help that brought = _ him to a sudden standstill. He looked up Seventh - Avenue, in the direction whence the cry had come, and saw two apparently well-dressed men strug- gling with a third, under the glare of a gas lamp. “Looks like a hold-up,” thought Bob. “I'll have __ to go to that man’s assistance before he’s knocked - out.” : \ Therefore he started for the struggling trio on the run, just as one of the man raised some “7 been visiting a friend in Brooklyn, was returning to his home in the upper part of Harlem. He had = left a subway train at 135th and Lenox Avenue on the head of the person he and bis companion were assaulting. Whatever the thing was, it crashed through the victim’s derby hat, and, com- ing into contact with his skull, stretched him motionless at the foot of the lamp-post. The two __—s aggressors immediately threw themselves upon _ . the insensible man and began hurriedly to rifle his pockets. It was at this point that Bob made a spring from the soft earth of the street, which had deadened his appsoaching footsteps, upon _ the curbstone, and reached out for the kneeling man nearest him. : His companion glanced up, and seeing the boy, who, being stout and tall for his years, might easily have been taken for a smooth-faced man - in the gloom, uttered a cry of warning, started to his feet, and made off up the street. Bob had caught a fair glimpse of his face, and was sur- ised at his prosperous appedrance, which be- fied the crooked work he was engaged in. The ~ other man also sprang up with something white in his hand, which he had just taken from the stricken person on the sidewalk, and made an effort to fly, too. He also, was well dressed, and “wore a mustache and a silk hat. Bob, however, got a grip on the corner of his ape ov t. : a on!” he cried. “Not so fast!” If You Are A Radio Fan Read Page 24 kind of weapon in the air and brought it down: ’ _ break in his hat. MONEY TO BURN | 2 OR, THE SHREWDEST BOY IN WALL STREET = By A SELF-MADE MAN The man, with a smothered imprecation, struck at Bob. The boy warded off the blow and let out with his right fist. Swat! The gentlemanly- looking rascal staggered backward, his silk hat fell to the walk, and the papper fluttered into the gutter. Then, taking advantage of the fact that Bob had lost his grip on his cape, the man, without stopping to recover his hat, started up the avenue as hard as he could run. Bob made no effert to pursue him, but turned his attention to the unconscious victim of the cowardly assault. His dented hat lay beside him, but there was no wound on his head, only a small lump, which Bob felt with his fingers as he parted his hair. “He got off easy,” thought the boy. “It must have been a glancing blow, and his derby broke the force of it, anyway.” Even as he spoke *the gentleman began to revive. He raised himself on his elbow and looked somewhat wildly about. “What’s the matter?” he asked, in a puzzled tone. “What has happened to me?” “Why, you were assaulted by two men,” said Bob, “and——” “Yes, yes; I recollect now. The rascals! They got away, I suppose?” é “They did, though I handed one of them a stiff tap in the jaw that I bet he’ll remember for an a hour or longer.” “Then you saved me from being robbed,” said i gentleman, allowing Bob to help him on his : éet. “I hope so. They were both going through your clothes when I came up. I don’t know pa j they got anything or not. Your diamond scarf- pin and your watchchain——” ty “That isn’t what they were after,” replied the gentleman, as Bob picked up his derby and tried to straighten it out. E # ue replied the boy, in some surprise. “What else?” “A valuable paper.” “Then you know them?” d “I_ know one of them. Although have not That dent looks as if it might have been made b: a slungahot,” said the ~

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“That’s what it does. I was a little distance away when I saw the chap with the silk hat hit ‘you with some kind of a weapon, You went down like a shot, and I thought he had kilied you.” . “Well, Iam very much obliged to you for com- ing to my aid, young man.” ; “Don’t mention it, sir. You are welcome.” “What is your name?” “Robert Howard.” “You’re a bright-looking lad, and I shan’t for- get the obligation you have placed me under.” “I hope you won’t worry about that, sir,” re- plied Bob, with a cheerful smile. “You live in this reichborhood. I supvose,”-said the gentleman, beginning to feel in his pockets, probably to find out if any of his property was missing. : “Yes, sir. I live at No. —— 136th Stret, cor- ner of Eight- Avenue.” “The scoundrels!” cried the gentleman. “They succeeded in getting what they were after!” “What was that, sir?” “A* paper of considerable importance to one of them.” ; =~. 5) “A paper!” = : Bob suddenly remembered that a paper had fallen from the hand of the mar he struck. He ‘jmmediately looked around on the sidewalk. At first he saw nothing of that nature in sight. Then, as his eyes took in the gutter, he saw a paper lying there. He picked it up. : ~~ “¥¢ isn’t this, is it, sir?” he inquired. The gentleman seized it eagerly, unfolded and examined it by the light of the gas lamp. '“That’s the document,” he replied, in a tone of - satisfaction. “Where was it?” . “In the gutter. I saw it drop from the man with the silk hat.” * 3 “He was Bristow! Thanks to vou, my lad, thev - missed their mark to-night. Will you walk with me as far as my apartments? It is only a step.”- “Certainly, sir,” replied Bob, cheerfully. _ “J should like you to cal] and see me to-morrow. - evening, if you will, Howard. By the way, I Stas introduced myself. My name is Warren - “Warren Boyd!” exclaimed Bob. “Are you the big Wall Street operator, with an office in the Barnum Building?” “J am that gentleman. You have heard of me before, then?” “Often. I was imployed for two to be able to put a situation in your way just when you need one. T have little doubt that you will fill the bill my complete satisfaction.” ye “Tt won’t be my fault if I don’t, sir.” You look bright and smart, and — gee Fak Sas

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frequently originate in this office, and shovid any hint of their import become permaturely known on the outside it might lead to the failure of, or a large financial loss to, interests identified with ‘my own. I had to call for the immediate resigna- _ tion of your predecessor because I had good rea- son to suspect that he had yielded to temptation. “You need have no fear of me on that account, _ sir,” replied Bob, earnestly. ; “J think not, for you appear to be of different - _- mold from my late messenger. Now, Bob, an- other thing—I- hope you have said nothing to anyone about last night’s affair.” - _-—~—~—sS “Oniy to my mother and sister, sir.” _ “Then see to it that it goes no further I do not intend to bring it to the notice of the police, ‘as the man who struck me that cowardly blow, _ which might have killed me, is a close relative of my wife’s—a man who has an office in this ‘spectable as anyone in the district.” “Very well, sir. I shall say nothing about the matter at all.” . “J shall consider it a favor, Bob, and won’t for- e. it Now I will introduce you to my cashier and head bookkeeper, and then you may take your seat in the waiting-room. ‘Your duties will be somewhat similar to those you were called upon ‘to perform in your late position. As to wages, you will begin with $8.” Bob was delighted to hear that he was to com- ‘mence with a dollar more than he had received from Hicks & Harley, after two years’ service. Mr. Boyd was not a member of the Stock Ex- change, and consequently did not do any busi- mess direct, but he had a score of brokers at his beck and call who were always ready to execute ‘the orders which issued from his office. Many wealthy people, who were seldom seen in the Street, did trading through Warren Boyd,. and some of his clients were ladies in the inner circle of the “Four Hundred”—New York's exclusive ‘social set. - Bob had been three days at his new place, which first class, when, having been dispatched m an errand to the Mills Building, he met a d named Fred Price, who was emvloved by cc. ard Bristow, a lawyer, with an office in the Bullion Building, on Wall Street. “Hello, Bob! Got another job?” asked Fred, ving the envelope in Howard’s hand.. Sure thing,” laughed Mr. Boyd’s new messen- “You don’t suppose I can afford to loaf nd indefinitely, do you?” u working for now?” “Warren Boyd.” ; “Is that straight?” asked Price, in some sur- ight ag an arrow.” stopher! You’re in luck.” ree with you. It’s a dandy place.” 's what I’ve heard. There’s hardly a boy for Warten Boyd. I know I would.” - - t you had a pretty soft job?” e, but it only pays $6. My boss isn’t e oug t to be, al hough is some- MONEY TO BURN Eee street, and to all outward appearance is as re- 1 - ” . . . ~~ @ fell, hardly,” replied his friend. ties are. * sion. ‘the Street but would jump at the chance to. immediate reply,” CHAPTER vegsxi sing * : Banana Peel Brought ‘ob. Next morning, about eleven o’clock, when Bob had returned from his second -errand, Mr. Boyd called him into his private room. A small, square pasteboard -box, with the imprint of Benedict Bros, the jewelers, stood on his desk. i “Bob,” said the operator, “take a seat a mo- ment. A few nights ago you saved me from a lot of trouble, as well as a large monetary loss. I feel [ have not expressed my gratitude in a suf- ficiently substantial manner. I gave you a posi- tion in my office, it is true, but that really counts for nothing, as I had to have a new boy anyhow, and you’re easily worth every cent I am paying you. I didn’t feel as if I ought to pay you a sum of money for what you did, for you look like a boy who would be apt to refuse such a thing as a monetary compensation, so I am going to sub- z stitute a little present, which I think you will ap- -- preciate.” F Mr. Boyd took up the box. = “Permit me, therefore, to present you with this ~ watch and chain as a slight evidence of my ap- preciation of your kindly action in interfering in my behalf on the occasion in question.” The wealthy operator handed Bob the box with a smile. > He opened it, and saw, resting in a nest of cotton within, a handsome gold watch and 'heayy chain. On the plain, polished case was Bob's monogram, artistically engraved, while on the in- side of the back case was the following inscrip- tion: “From W. B. to R. H. April 16, 190—.” = “IT am very much obliged to you, Mr. Boyd,” said Bob, as soon as he found his tongue. “I did not expect to receive so handsome and valuable a present for doing what I can only look upon as my duty. I shall value it much above its intrinsic worth, as an evidence of your good opinion, which - I hope always to deserve.” os “Well,” laughed the operator, “that was quite a ay neat little speech. I have known several distin- ~ guished men who were unable to express them- selves as well when taken by surprise by a pres- entation committee. I am glad you like the watch, and I hope you will wear it every day, and not keep it merely as a Sunday ornament.” “T shall be glad to do so,” replied Bob. “Very well. That will be all for the present,” said Mr. Boyd, turning t> his desk. : : When Bob returned to the waiting-room he placed the watch in his ves} pocket and attached the chain to the proper button-hole. He looked at the watch half a dozen times that morning to note _ the time, though there was a big clock in the- room, and he felt very proud of his new. posses-_ A little after twelve o’clock he was sent to the office of a certain prominent braxer in the Vanderpoel Building with an important note. The — broker was engaged with a couple of other Stock Exchange men ia his private officé when Bob ar- rived. ne “You'll have to wait until Mr. Hale is disen- gaged,” said a clerk. “Take a seat.” -— “T wish ’d tell him I have a very important note here from Mr. ty Eng which he wishes” .

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“Very well, I'll tell him,” replied the clerk. In a few moments he came back and told the : boy to carry the note into Mr. Hale’s room. Bob Te hastened to do so. As he entered the inner office = he overheard Mr. Hale say: z “So M. & N. is the stock that is going to be 2 boomed. ¢h? Very well, you may count me in on it for $100,000.” =. No one, to look at the young messenger, would have thought the words. interested him in the slightest degree. He handed the envelope he had. in his hand to Mr. Hale, and waited patiently for that gentleman to tear it open, read it, and scratch 7 a hasty answer, which he enclosed in a fresh en- yvelope and handed to Bob with a nod. All the way = back to his office Bob pondered over the tip that had just come into his possession. That it was @ first-class one the boy did not for a moment doubt. How he could use it to his own advantage was the problem that bothered Bob. He hadn’t a cent he could invest on the strength of it, and he knew that outside of a bucket-shop, which he strongly objected to, ten shares of any stock was about the lowest amount any reputable broker would buy or sell on a margin for a customer. -This was the first bona fide tip he had ever got hold of dur- 4ng his two years’ experience in Wall Street, and his blood fairly thrilled in his veins at the possi- bilities it opened to him to make a stake if he only we aes the cash to put up on a few shares of M. '. He thought first of confiding his knowledge to Mr. Boyd, but his acquaintance with his new em- ~ ployer was so short that he had no means of judging how he would take it. Besides; it was not impossible that he himself might be interested in this combination that was being formed to ‘boom the stock. “By George! If I only knew where I could borrow a few dollars for a couple of weeks; but - J don’t, and there’s ‘the rub. This is one of the _. great disadvantages of being strapped when -_there’s something worth while running to waste for the want of a little capital. I'll never be able to get ahead until I can make a start, and I’m afraid I’ll never have a better chance than I have now. Here is good fortune knocking, at my _ Was ever anything more unfortunate?” _. That was the tenor of the boy’s thoughts as he “hurried along the street. Indeed, he was so en- grossed with his reflections about the tip that he ~~ paid little attention where he was stepping, the _.» result being that he trod upon the slippery side __ of a banana skin, and the next moment he landed Naturally, MONEY TO BURN door, and I can’t go out and take it by the hand. ing the boy on his feet, -pressed the former in his hand and the latter on his head. “Thank you, sir,” said Bob, gratefully. Then he walked off, feeling decidedly cheap. The fact that his fingers now grasped two en- velops did not occur to him. He had forgotten all about the tip he had been thinking about when he met with his unfortunate tumble. It was his sore head, now beginning to pain him consider- ably, that occupied all of his thoughts. i “Gee! I’ve got quite a lump there,” he breathed, as he felt the growing protuberance. “It’s lucky that I didn’t fracture my skull on that curbstone. People have done so before now.” “What’s the matter with you?” asked the elevator man as he stepped into the cage. “Are you sick? You look pale.” “TI had a fall in front of the Morgan Bank just now, and it’s taken all the starch out of me for a while,” explained Bob. - “You boys try to make too quick time some- times,” laughed the employee, “and once in a while either you or some unfortunate passerby — comes to grief. “Jt wasn’t that,” replied Bob, smile. “It was a banana peel.” “Oh!” grinned the elevator man. “Tt landed me in the gutter, and as the curb- stone was harder than my head I got the worst. of the affair.” “Made you feel like thirty cents, didn’t it?” — “That’s right. It’s the first time a banana skin ever knocked me out. I’ve seen others get the ex-_ perience, ‘and’ thought it awfully funny.” “Well, is it funny?” “Not on your life it isn’t. I don’t want any with a sickly | more of it,” said Bob, getting out in the corridor of the second floor. As he walked down to Mr. Boyd’s office he be- came aware for the first time that he held an extra envelope, a white one, in his hand. “Where did I get this?” he asked himself, look- * ing at it in some surprise. “Oh, remember; that gentleman must have put it in my hand with my — own, thinking I had dropped both of them.” The white envelope was sealed, and seemed to be an enclosure in it. longed ged, ; = “Tl look into it by and by,” thought Bob, put- ting it into his pocket. - ‘Then he entered Mr. Boyd’s room and handed him the answer he had brought back. The oper- ator gave him a sharp look. “You look as if you’d de “thing, Bob,” he remarked. “Haven’t had a mix-up — with #fother, messenger, have you and he explained the circumstances to his em- ployer. ia ; “You had a narrow escape from a serious knockout, young man. You might have broken an arm or fractured your skull. being, and ought to be abolished from the com- munity. I had a friend who lost his life through ne. ; : When Bob returned to his chair in the w: room, after bathing his head at the basin i ~ Sat t i ss 4 pa Bas there — =m } There was no= ~ writing whatever on it to indicate to whom it be- _ been up against omen “No; sir. ‘Thad a bad fall from a banana skin,” “ oa ee} Banana skins ~~ are a constant menace to one’s physical. well- —

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: he thoucht of the sealed and unaddressed ~ envelope he had in his pocket. He took it out, and - after feeling of its contents, tore the end off and ‘looked inside. There were several bank bills in it. “Why, lavatory, it’s “My gracious!” he exclaimed. money!” ' He shook the bills out into there were five $1,000 notes. “Gee whiz!” he fairly gasped. his hand and found “What a find!” CHAPTER IV.—The Kind of a Boy Bob Was. “Five thousand dollars!” ejaculated Bob, after examining each bill separately. “Somebody is probably pulling his hair over the loss of this money. What shall I do about it? I could keep it, and nobody be the wiser. I never wanted money more than I do at this moment. But then Yd be as good as a thief, and that’s something _.. my conscience wouldn’t stand for. But how am I to find the owner? I guess the proper thing for - me to do is to speak to Mr. Boyd about it and take _ his advice.” - So Bob, who had not a thought of keeping what ~ ¥did not belong to him, if by any possibility the ea owner ‘of the money could be located, went and knocked at the door of the operator’s private as e in,” Bob aegis Seles 05 Boyd, a curious thing happened to me in eonnection with that fall I had in front of the _ Morgan Bank.” : - “[ndeed! What was it?” “When I went down, the envelope I was bring- ing back to you flew out of my hand, and it must have landed near another envelope, for a gentle- man picked two envelopes up and handed them to me after he had helped me up._I didn’t notice that I had two in my hand till I got out of the elevator. Then I looked at the second one and ~ saw it was in a white envelope, sealed and un- addressed. I felt as if there was something inside of it. I just opened it, and found five $1,000 Sane bilis.** ae --“What’s that!” exclaimed the astonished oper- was the rsponse. and Mr. Boyd regarded him in- WA i envelope “Yes, sir.” ’ Mr. Boyd looked it over as carefully as he had the money. - = 4 the “There’s. nas the slightest ~ ee owner 2 the money. You a passe pi it up an handed it to you, thinking it had been dropped by you with ee other envelope?” Se s | MONEY TO BURN > “Weren’t you tempted at all to keep this money and say nothing about it to any one?” asked Mr. Boyd, watching his new messenger narrowly. “No, sir. My mother didn’t bring me up that way. She has told me more than once that no good comes of dishonesty, and it certainly would bea dishonest act to retain those bills without making some efforts to find out who they belong to,” said Bob, in such a square, honest way that Mr. Boyd saw that he was a thoroughly upright lad at heart, and that knowledge gave him a thrill of satisfaction. “I am glad to know that you have such excel- lent principles, Bob,” he said, n-a friendlier tone than he had yet assumed toward his new em- ployee. “You must have a splendid mother.” “The best in the world!” exclaimed Bob, em- phatically. “I can easily see that you appreciate such a ~ great blessing. A. good mother is almost sure to turn out on the world a good son. Wel, you came to ask my advice about this money, didn’t you?” “Yes, sir.” : “Then I will say that until its owner is found you have a perfect right to retain it in your pos- | session.. It will probably be advertised for, though — I have no doubt the person who losf it wil! con- sider that a sort of forlorn hope. Money is the easiest thing in the world to negotiate. You could carry those bills to five different savings banks, and each would accept .ne and open an account with you. If I had lost that envelone I should consider I had about one chance in a thou- sand of ever seeing it or the money again. Nine : hundred and ninety-nine people out of she thou- : sand would argue that it was perfectly honest to hold on to that money under the circumstances. At least that seems to be my experience with the world. Now let us see how we shall try to find the man who lost that envelope. As you fell in front of the Morgan Bank, it is impossible the money might have been dropped by a depositor. If you wish, I will notify the bank that a sum of money se was found by my messenger in the gutter at the ¥ corner. Of course, I will not mention the amount, ~ neither will I say it was in an evelope. = owner will have to prove his property in order to regain it. There are sharpers who would try to / get hold of this money if they had the slightest clue to work upon. If a depositor, or any one who drew this money from the bank, lost it, the s cashier is likely to learn of the fact, and'in that ~~ way we shali get a line on the owner of the bills, Ry Otherwise, the only chance of being. able to return a it will be through an advertisement. If the owner se doesn’t advertise, why then you can do so in a a guarded way. That’s about all that can be. said 5 on the subject.” ~ “I think you had better put it in your safe and rs keep it a while, sir.” I don’t care to take the Is chance of carrying it around with me,” said Bob. “Very well; I will do so. I'll write the notete ~~ the Morgan Bank, and you can take it oyer there = right away and hand it to the cashier.” EF Mr. Boyd did so, and Bob, whose head now ‘elt very much better, carried it over, The cashier read the note and then turned to Bob. ~ “Are you Mr. Boyd’s messenger?” ‘apace ; >; mS "

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“Fam.” “Then it was you who found the money?” “That’s right.” = “You are evidently an honest boy.” = “I hope so, sir.” = “You might have kept those bills and said noth- ing about them. Most boys would have done so. = I hope your honesty will be suitably rewarded, for I can place you in communication with the lady who lost that envelope. She reported her loss ~~ about half an hour ago.” “Tt was a lady, then?” said Bob. “Yes. I will enclose-her name and address in a reply to Mr. Boyd.” In a few minutes Bob was speeding “back to the office, -- “It was a lady who lost that money, Mr. Boyd,” _ said Bob, laying the cashier’s note on his desk. 4 “How do you know that?” 2 , “The cashier told me. He sent you her name : and address.” ~ The operator opened the envelope, and found that it was a Mrs. Jack Hubbard, of No. —— Madison avenue, who had lost a sealed and un- addressed envelope containing five $1,000 bills, which she had received from the Morgan Bank on a certified check. “You had better take the money up to her after 2) you are through to-day,” said Mr. Boyd. “She ; seems to be the owner without doubt; but to make i sure you must make her identify the envelope and 2 the bills, as near as possible.” At mgs three Bob took a subway express train to the Grand Central Station, and then walked up Madison avenue to his destination. He ran up the steps of a four-story brownstone front houge and rang the bell. “Is Mrs. Jack Hubbard at home?” he asked the trim young maid who opened the door. - “JT will see. What name shall I say?” “Robert Howard, of the Barnum Building, Wall Street. Tell Mrs. Hubbard I have called in rela- =e at an envelope she lost in front of the Morgan a ank. Bie “Very well. Remain in the hall until I go up- 7... stairs.” : _ The maid soon came to, the head of the stairs ie: _and asked Bob to come up. She showed him into a splendidly furnished sitting-room on the floor above. A lady attired in a superb teagown, with __ diamond rings on her fingers and diamond pend- ants in her ears, was seated in a rocking-chair ~ near a window, with a book in her hands. She was undoubtedly a very handsome and refined woman. - “Sit down,” she said, waving her beautifully molded arm, on which flashed a diamond-studded bracelet, at a convenient chair. “You say you called in reference to the envelope I lost this noon?” -- “Yes, ma’am.” : : “Am I.to understand that that envelope was - found?” she asked, eagerly. _, “I found an envelope containing a sum of money near the Morgan Bank to-day, which I suppose you can describe with sufficient accuracy to es- tablish your right to it.” _ ‘he envelope was a plain white one, with no = on it,” she replied. “It was sealed, and ea. Oe a fs “ >> a > MONEY TO BURN aoe ee > — ® ¥. Pa . zo ao i? contained five $1,000 notes, one of which, I re- member, had the name of the National Bank of Commerce on it. The others I could not identify in that respect.” “The money seems to be yours, all right, Mrs. Hubbard,” said Bob, pulling the opened envelope from his pocket. “I take great pleasure in restor- ing it to you.” With those words, Bob tendered her the en- velope. = CHAPTER V.—Bob Comes Into $1,000, and Buys 150 Shares of M. & N. “t am very much obliged to you,” she said, taking the envelope and withdrawing the bills from it. “Yes, these look to be the same. You found them, you say?” “Yes, ma’am. If you wish, I will tell you just how it happened,” replied Bob. ; “T should be glad to learn,” said Mrs. Hubbard, evidently favorably impressed by the boy’s good looks and gentlemanly deportment. Bob then detailed thé accident which had hap- pened to him in front of the Morgan Bank, and how the white envelope containing the money came into his possession. “You are certainly a very honest boy,” said Mrs. Hubbard, admiringly, when Bob had finished his story. “You might easily have retained that money.” ee “I don’t think I should have felt particularly happy if I had made no effort to find the person E who lost it. Five thousand dollars is a lot of money, and I could not tell but it might have proved a very serious loss to the owner.” : “Five thousand dollars is, of course, an impor- tant-item,” replied the lady. “I felt quite badly — over its loss, for I never expected to have it re- — turned to me by the person who found it, especial- ly as the envelope contained no clue to my identity. I suppose you found that out at the Morgan Bank? “Yes, ma’am.” “The loss of money would not have seriously in- convenienced me, for I am well off; but for all that I did not like to lose it. Now I think you are — entitled to some recognition of your honesty, and for your trouble in bringing the money up to me. ‘ In addition to my thanks I wish you to accept one of these bills,” and she held one out to Bob. 5 “I beg your pardon, ma’am, but I hope you do not think that I expected to be paid for returning big es to you?” he said, not offering to take the bill. : > “Certainly not,” she replied. “Had you been _ that kind of boy you probably would have kept — all of the money in the first place.. I wish you to take this bill as an evidence of my appreciation of your conduct. I can easily afford to give itto you, and I should not be satisfied if you refused — to accept it.” aes “Well, ma’am, if you insist——” “I do,” she replied, firmly. “I thank you very much, Mrs. Hubbard,” said _ Raby cabtaw it = putting it in his pocket. vice ou are welcome. I presume you are regularly employed in Wall Street?” ae oa ns s

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MONEY TO BURN . =. Yes, ma’am. I am Warren Boyd’s messenger, pouted. “Brothers ought not to have any secrets at the Barnum Building.” - from their susters.” : “Indeed! I have frequently heard of Mr. Boyd. “Is that a fact, Nellie?” he laughed. “Then . He is a very wealthy man.” . you shouldn’t keep any secrets from me.” “I believe he is.” “I don’t.” . _ -Mrs. Hubbard then asked Bob about himself, “Well, now, I thought you did. I just’ heard -___where he lived, and kindred questions, to all of you were going to an entertainment with Charlie _ which he gave very frank replies. ; Case to-morrow evening, and I don’t recollect __- “fT hope you will call and see me again,” she that you said a word to me about it.” -_ said, when Bob rose to go. “I shall be very much “Oh, that’s different,” she replied, with a little pleased to number you among my friends. | am blush. “You don’t always tell me when you're a widow. My husband died several years ago and 0ing out anywhere.” _. left me very comfortable. This house is my own. “That’s right. Well, I'll tell you some day — You will always find me home Wednesday eve- What I got from Mrs. Hubbard.” — - nings,-as that is my reception day. I hope I shall “But I want to know now,” persisted his sister. have the pleasure of seeing you again at an early If I was to‘tell you, you’d know as much as I cf inte:? é do about it,” laughed Bob. , - Bob promised to call within a reasonable time, “You’re too provoking for anything. I think and then was shown out by the trim maid. On he might tell me, don’t you, mother?” his way ‘home he figured out what he was goine But Bob didn’t tell her, and they had a sham _ to do with that $1,000 bill. He would buy 150 battle over it, which ended by him giving her a » shares of M. & N., which was ruling at 59, with hearty kiss and then running out to visit a friend ~ it. That would cost him nearly $900 for margin, in the next block. The first thing Bob did next -_and the other $100 he intended to make a present morning as he rode down to Wall Street was to cos to his mother. He didn’t intend, however, to tell look up the market report, and see if M. & N.- Ee ’_ either her or his sister that he was contemplating had advanced in price. He found it had not. A ~ adeal in the stock market, for he knew they would few thousand shares had chanked hands the day _ not exactly approve of the risk which they would previous at 59. When he reached the office he got ider it involved. They would scarcely be able hold of a review of the stock market for several to understand the value of the tip he had picked months past, and found that M. & N. was at up that morning, and consequently he felt they present selling lower than its normal value: From E would worry while the transaction was in the that he figured that, aside from any booming on - balance.. ~the part of the syndicate that proposed to handle _ What they didn’t know wouldn’t trouble them, it, the stock ought to go up several points as soon and Bob believed he was justified in not taking as the tone of the market, which of late had been them into the matter. _.' unsteady, improved. He therefore determined tu = “Some day I’ll surprise mother by presenting purchase the 150 shares he had already set his her with the price of a house and lot, and then mind on just as soon as he got the opportunity to she'll forgive me for keeping a secret from her,” do so, He had long known that there was a little thought the boy, as he entered the flat house and bank in Nassau street, not far from Wall, that - proceeded upstairs to their apartments. made a specialty of doing business on the stock E ‘It was nearly six when he walked into the market for small investors whose capital was lim- dining-room cra found the table set for supper. ited. This bank had the names of several hun- "You are late to-night, Robert,” said his mother, dred junior clerks of the financial district on its after he had kissed her. - ~ books, and accepted commissions to buy or sell on _ - “} had to call on a lady who lives in Madison a ten per cent. margin ten shares and upward of venue,” he replied. _ any stock listed on the exchanges. So when Bob His sister seldom got home much before half- went to lunch that day, around one o’clock, he 5 = six, and the meal always waited for her. Bob Managed to find time enough to run up to this ed his mother’ into the kitchen, and there bank and made the first stock deal of his career. Id her about his mischance at the corner of Wall What is your name?” asked the margin clerk, he eticeti, ‘which Wad? in: his finding when he applied for the 150 shares of M.& N. tops with the $5,000 in it. ' “Robert Howard.” ; f% Se _ “It turned out to be a lady who lost the money. |; Where are you employed?” was the next ques- lives in a swell house in Madison avenue, and ‘102. see ee ‘carried the money up and restored it to her. She | {With Warren Boyd, Barnum Building.” de me a very handsome present in cash, $100 “The margin you will have to put up is $880.". 9 you to-morrow, after I have had ‘a fee Fah ge answered Bob, handing over the handy for me, indeed, He received $120 back and a memorandum re-'— ,” replied his mother, with a smile. “Your ceipt and statement of the transaction. That — cident turned out very fortunate, I must say, completed the formalities, and Bob returned to the — IT am very thankful you escaped a serious in- office, feeling that at last he had a personal inter- as : est in the stock market. He was delighted over — the fate of his $880 when he noticed on the ‘ticker that M. & N. closed half a point higher that day than he had paid for the shares. — he had unlimited ogre in the tip he obtained from. Mr. Hale’s lips, as well as i - ed s

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future advancing powers of the stock itself. He had told Mr. Boyd that Mrs. Hubbard had pre- sented him with one of the $1,000 bills when he carried the money to her the afternoon before, % and the operator had congratulated him on his --. good fortune. His empuoyer, presuming that he “ intended depositing the money in a savings bank, -_—- was not inquisitive as to what he proposed doing with the bill, and thus Bob was saved from an- = sSwering any awkward questions on the subject. te When he got home that afternoon he handed FE his mother five $20 notes, for which he insisted on having five kisses. After supper he gave his sister $10, and eyaded further inquiries on her part as to the exact amount he had received from Mrs. Hubbard. That night he dreamed that M. & N. went up to $250 a share, and that he made a small fortune in consequence. _. CHAPTER VI.—Bob Makes a Good Thing Out + of M. & N., and Receives a Shady Proposition. = Although Bob kept a watchful eye on the ticker _ whenéeyer the opportunity was his, he did not permit his interest in his investment to interfere = in the slightest degree with his duties in the of- fice. His activity in getting about the district, é and his. correctness in delivering the messages confided to him, commended him more and more to the attention of Mr. Boyd, who felt that at last he had secured a jewel of a messenger. For several days there was no noticeable activity in M. & N. shares, and Bob was beginning to wonder when the syndicate that proposed to boom the stock was going to get busy, when he saw one morning by the market report that some 40,000 shares of the stock had changed hands the day before, and that the price had advanced to 60. “Well, that looks a bit encouraging,” he said to himself. “I guess the pool brokers have com- menced to buy at last.” ; He was kept very busy all that day runnifig er- rands, and did not get a chance to look at the _ ticker in the office until after the Exchange had closed for the day. Then he found that M. & N. ee had been in the active list to the extent of many _ thousand shares, and that it had advanced to 61. _ “That looks still better. If I was to close my deal out at this point, I would be over $500 in te one the following morning it dropped back to _ 605-8. However, it soon recovered, and closed at _ 63 that afternoon. Bob was tickled to death over _ the showing made by his stock, and felt confident _ that he would easily double his money. _ “¥'ll have money to burn {yet,” he chuckled. “I ' know. one who made $5,000 in two weeks in the market, and I heard of two othe¥s who cap- tured large rake-offs in the same way. What they did Vl bet I can do, if I use good judgement! and _ keep my eyes open. The messenger boys of Wall treet have the finest chances in the world to ch on to sn ait but haath ee fifty apes how use pointers that come his way. “Mi: Sisciaaed around 64 for a day or two, then cone morning. when the Stock Exchange pocket, but, of course, I wouldn’t be such a fool.”, Next day the stock went up' two pcints, but _ MONEY TO BURN opened for business, the news passed from mouth to mouth that the road had gobbled up a com- peting line, and, as a consequence, a lot of the brokers started in to buy the stock. Others: fol- lowed their lead, and soon there was a mob of screaming operators bunched around the M. & N. standard. The stock suddenly became very scarce, as those who had shares declined to part with them when they believed it was bound to go higher. The result was that the price began to soar in earnest. The syndicate men gobbled up every share that was offered, and during the whole of the five-hour session M. & N. was the center of interest. The stock closed that afternoon at 70, with every prospect of opening. next morning at a higher figure. Bob felt uncommonly good when he went home that night, for his shares were worth $11 apiece more than when he bought them, or a total of $1,650, out of which the commission and interest charges of the bank would have to come. His mother wanted to know what made him so happy, but he only winked, and told her he’d let her know all about it in a day or two. Next morning M. & N. opened at 705-8, and by noon was hard to get at 75. At that figure Bob saw the record on the ticker of 800-shares sold. The problem which now presented itself to him was when ought he to sell? He knew well that it was a dangerous matter to hold on for the last dollar. Too many experienced brokers and speculators slipped up by reaching out for top- notch prices. As long as there was such a demand for the shares, Bob thought he was safe enough in holding on a little longer; but still, as the bot- tom might give way at any moment, he didn’t feel easy in his mind after the price reached 75. He was kept so busy at the office that he found no time to go around to the bank in Nassau street, and so the Exchange closed with the stock at 807-8. The bank wouldn’t act on a telephone message, for how could the clerk who received such a message know the identity of the person who sent it? As he had not left a copy of his signature there either, a written message would | also be worthless. The bank, however, kept open till four o’clock for the. accommodation of those having stock transactions on hand, but no de- positor could draw or put money in after‘three. - At a quarter to four Bob was released for the day, and he took advantage of the fact to Stop at the bank, see the margin clerk, and order his 3 shares sold at the opening price in the morning. He was somewhat nervous that night lest some- thing might crop up that would cause a slump when the Exchange opened at ten o’clock next day. However, nothing happened, and M. & N. began business at 8144, at which figure his 150 shares: were disposed of. The stock con- tinued to advance during the day, and when Bob saw it was up to 86, he was sorry he hadn’t held on a while longer. o Ss “Well,” he reflected, “a bird in the hand is worth in the bush. I know where I’m at. fF know that I have made over $3,000, and that the money is as good as if it was in my pocket. I slump, — won’t have to worry any more about a which is bound to come sooner or later.” Next morning he received a statement of ac- count and a check for something over $4,100 in Z

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} ‘the early mail, which included the $880 he had put up-as a margin. Bob looked long and lovingly at that check. — ; _ “Just to think that ten days ago I wasn’t worth a cent, and now I am quiteya little capitalist. ‘This is a fine beginning. If I can only do as well -next time, I’ll soon be on my Way to wealth.” ee When he went to lunch he took the check to the Nassau street bank and asked the cashier to give ___—ihim a certificate of deposit for the $4,000, and the balance in cash. He was accommodated. -___ “Now I'll give mother another fifty, sis twenty- five, and I’ll buy a new suit and a few other things J need for myself,” he said to himself, as he walked back to the office. ; ; As he was about to run up the stairs, for he seldom bothered with the elevator just for the one-story ride, he felt a touch on his shoulder. - He turned and confronted a well-dressed boy of his own age, whom he did not remember ever having seen before. : “You’re Bob Howard; aren’t you?” he asked the “Yes, that’s.my name.” _ “Boyd’s new messenger, eh?” be oy “Do you know who I am?” ~~ *T do not.” *My name is Oscar Lovett.” “Oh! You used to work for _ “Warren Boyd,” interrupted the youth, with a grin. “Exactly. You’ve got my place. How do - you like it, so far?” ; =e nip top.” *Tt’s all right. I left because I could do better.” Bob didn’t believe that, because he had heard from Mr. Boyd’s own lips that he had discharged his late messenger for cause. However, he didn’t ive expression to his thoughts. He simply waited ‘find out what Oscar Lovett wanted with him. _ “T’ve been trying to see you for several days,” said Lovett, assuming a confidential and friendly manner. : “What for?” asked Bob, curiously. _ “T want to put you on to the good things you’re next to,” with a wink. e to a thing or two.” aes curiosity induced. him, to follow Lovett wy : “Now see here, Howard, you look like a clever , who would be willing to take advantage of ny chance that would put an honest dollar in pocket.” %, ; : : Bob didn’t fancy this.remark, but he said noth- _ “f worked nearly a year for Boyd, and I found out that by keeping my eyes and ears wide open could catch on to a valuable tip now and then, “” t ° st j saw, and began to suspect what Oscar was getting at. . ge than one pointer that would e my if I’d had sufficient money it.. But I didn’t, so the only thing I could to sell it to some one who had the spon- Of course, I had to be cautious about that, t go out on the Street and te = “al MONEY TO BURN ~ you’re wide awake enough to catch them on the send me half and keep the rest. You'll have a “cinch.” . ’ this proposition that he felt like kicking him into try to make an indiscriminate sale. Some one — would soon have reported to Mr. B. what I was be: . doing, and then my name would have been Tom Flynn—that is, I would have got the G. B.” “That is just what you did get,” thought Bob, but, of course, he didn’t say so. i He was anxious to hear all that Lovett had to x Say. von “I made cautious inquiries here and there among fly lads, and after a while I got next to a man who was in the market for good tips, and was 4 willing to treat the fellow white that produced 2 , winner. Now that I’m out of Boyd’s, of course I A can’t get hold of any more good things in that quarter, but you can, see? You stand just where I did, and the tips are bound to come your way if Ag ery fly. Now, when you get one, you won’t know how to use it to advantage, for, of course, you « haven’t any capital. Well, I can introuuce you to 3 the man who will buy your tips and give you good money for them. Now, as that’s worth something, I want to make a deal with yOu, see? © I'll make you known to this man if you’ll agree to divy up half of what you get. I’ll want you to sign a paper in the presence of the man, so that I can be sure Ill get whatever is due me. How does that strike you, eh?” “Who is this man?” : “You'll know just as soon as you make ‘this agreement with us. He’s perfectly resnonsible. He has an office in this street, and Iwill guarantee that he’ll treat you perfectly fair. It will be a regular snap for you. After you get a stake you will be able not only to sell the tip, as usual, but to use it yourself, also. Catch on?” “TI don’t think it is a fair thing to sell a tip that you get in your own office,” replied Bob, look- ing. Lovett in the eye. “It’s too much like skin- __ ning the boss.” “Ho! It wouldn’t hurt Boyd any, while it would put a hundred or more dollars in your clothes. Better think over what I’ve said, and let me know later on. I’m telling you this because I rather like you, and because it will put a few dollars in - my pocket as well.” Oscar Lovett winked knowingly. _ ; = “Six months from now, when you have a good- sized wad in your pocket, you'll say I’m your best friend,” he continued, with a cheerful grin. “I'l meet you again in a day or two, and if you’re the — chap I think you are, we'll go around to the man I spoke about, and I'll give you a knock down to him. After that it will all be clear sailing for — you. Whenever you get hold of something you — think is good you must run up to his office and let him judge of its merits. If it's something worth his while, he’ll make you a good offer, and when you get the money all you'll have to do is to — whine a: ae Nr a) Vea Nee Pees ree ie DE Pe ¢ \ ¥ ®. Bob was s0 indignant with Lovett for making the gutter. On second thoughts, he concluded not — to have a run-in with him just then, but to let him think he meant to consider the matter. Hi gave Lovett a hint to that effect, and eae we: off with a smile of satisfaction on his co nance, ~ = ie

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“Bob returned to his office. The first time he get a chance he told Mr. Boyd the gist of his _Mr. Boyd smiled and said he would like to find out who it was that was buying tips from the messenger boys. So he made an agreement with Bob, which was that if he saw Oscar again and the subject was brought up, that Bob would agree = with Lovett’s proposition and endeavor to get in ~ . touch with the man higher up, after which he ~- .-was to disclose his name to Boyd. 7 = Two days later he met his friend Fred Price, who told him he had a tip on D. & G., but, had no money to go in on it. Price also told him that Bristow, his boss, got the tip’from Oscar Lovett, because he had seen Lovett talking to Rristow and had overheard part of the conversa- tion. So Bob, on the strength of Price’s state- ment, bought 300 shares of D. & G. - . Next morning D. & G. opened at 80 1-8, and ‘there was great excitement on the floor of the Exchange. In three days’ time D. & G. was ~ going at 102. Bob sold out, making $7,500. His capital now was $11,500, ; CHAPTER Vil.—The Man Who Buys Tips. Bob turned his check and his certificate of de- posit into. the little bank on Nassau street, and got a fresh certificate for $11,000 and $500 in cash. When he got home that night he had the certificate and five’$100 bills in his pocket, and “the smile that won’t come off” on his face. : “What’s on the tapis to-night, Bob?” asked his sister,-with a quizzical smile. : “Why?” he inquired, with sparkling eyes. “You haven’t been doing anything else but _ chuckle since you sat down at the table.” - “It’s a-sign that I feel good, isn’t it?” “What’s behind it? What makes you feel so on “Money.” _ “Money! What do you mean?” Nellie asked in surprise. : - —s “Why, just what I said. Money, cash, spondu- _ ix, any name you choose to call it by.” _. . “But I“don’t understand,” cried Nellie. “Do - you. mother?” looking across the-table. The sweet little mother smiled and shook her head. She thought it was one of her son’s jokes. “You understand that, don’t you?” asked Bob, Jaying the five $100 bills down on the table cloth in front of him. ‘ _ _ “My gracious!” cried Nellie. “Where did you get all that money?” “Don’t be afraid, sis. I didn’t knock anybody m and rob them.” - : sae that belong to Mr. Boyd?” 4 0.” . : To whom, then?” : sae eae. Settee oe _ “You!” she almost gasped. = Ure. : ~_. “Mother, do you know what this means?”. she 5 exclaimed, with another look across the table. - “No, daughter.” MONEY TO. BURN ee _.. talk with his former employee, Oscar Lovett- ART ight replied Bob. “Tl be there. Excuse aug . aes of tS : _ “All right,” replied Bob. there. Exc "t go Mito hysterics, sis. I'll tell you both me aan : pee af “Please do, Im dying to know,” the girl ejacu- lated, eagerly. ; “A .short time ago you wanted to know just how much that lady on Madison avenue gave me ~~ for returning her ,those five $1,000 bills.” “Oh! She gave you $600, then, for you gave mother $100 the next night.” = “You’re going too fast, Nell. She gave me — exactly $1,000.” “One thousand dollars! not tell us before!” 5 “I had. my reasons, which I will not explain. I wouldn’t tell you because I intended to use $880 of that money in a stock deal, and I was afraid you’d both make a kick against the risk I was taking. You see, I had a first-class tip. Well, I | put up’the money on 150 shares of M. & N. at 59. A week or so afterward I sold the shares at an advance of $22% per share, and cleared $3,200.” “You didn’t?” cried Nellie, in amazement. “But I did. Don’t you remember, I puzzled you and mother by bringing her home $100?” > Nellie nodded. < d “Well, a few days ago I got hold of another pointer—this time on D. & G. It brought 300° shares at 76, and yesterday I sold out at the top of the market; that is, 102. I made $7,500 clear profit. Add that to the $4,000, and it makes $11,500. There’s the $500, and here is a certificate of deposit for the $11,000. It ought to be asclear as crystal to you now.” : eS Bob sat back in his chair and laughed ashe sur- veyed the bewildered gxpression on the faces of his mother and sister. They looked simply par- alyzed, and for several minutes neither could utter a word. Finally, Nellie made a grab at the cer- tificate and read it over. It clearly showed that the little bank in Nassau Street was indebted to Robert Howard in the sum of $11,000, payable on — demand. The five $100 bills spoke for themselves. “Well!” exclaimed Nellie. “I can hardly believe —_ the evidence of my eyes. It is like the story of —~ Aladdin’s lamp. Just as if you’d rubbed thelamp and a genii had brought you $11,500. Why, I shan’t understand this good fortune in a week.” “Mother,” said Bob, “allow me to present you — with four of these bills,” and he tossed them over _ to her. “Sis, here’s the other one to pay up for keeping a secret from you when you were just | dying to know it.” 3 2 “You dear, dear -brother!” exclaimed Nellie, throwing her arms around Bob’s neck. ; The Howard family was an unusually happy one that night. A day or two afterward Oscar Lovett stopped Bob on the street as he was carry- ing a message to the Vanderpoel Building in Ex- change Place. TE oe “What time do you expect to be off to-da??” he asked Bob. : : = “About half-past three.” —- “Then meet me in the lower hall of the Bullion Building betwen half-past three and four.” _ “What for?” 2 JSF “I am going to introduce you to the min who will pay vou eash for any pointer you can pick ~ 2. Oh, my! and you would * me, now; I’m in a hurry.” Lovett nodded and walked off. 33

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= | ‘MONEY | “J wonder if the man he’s going to introduce me to is Lawyer Bristow, Fred’s boss, and Mr. - Boyd’s brother-in-law?” thought Bob as he con- tinued on his way. When Bob returned to the office he told Mr. that he had met Oscar Lovett and that Lovett was goine to introduce him that afternoon to the man who bought tips from messenger boys. o “All right.” replied the operator. “[’ll provide you with a tip to sell him in a few days.” : ” He smiled grimly, and Bob concluded that it was likely to prove an expensive pointer to the urchaser. At a quarter to four Bob met Oscar 3 ett in the vestibule of the Bullion Building, ‘and the two boys took the elevator up to the ighth floor. Lovett led the way along the corridor z tir he came to Bristow’s office. He opened the door, walked in, and Bob followed. Fred Price -- opened his eyes very wide when he saw Howard, and was about to address him when Oscar told him to tell Mr. Bristow that he was waiting to see him. Presently Fred returned, and sajd Mr. Bristow would see him. ~ = “Come on,” said Lovett to Bob, and they entered _. the inner office while Fred gaped in wonder. “Mr. Bristow, this is Bob Howard, Mr. Boyd’s ‘new messenger,” introducéd Lovett. The lawyer looked up, and Bob started with surprise. He recogni Mr. Bristow as the per- ‘son who had felled Mr. Boyd to the sidewalk with the slungshot that night on Seventh avenue, and whom he had struck. in the jaw, causing him to _ drop the paper he had been after. Mr. Bristow, however, did not seem to recognize him, though _ he had an indistinct impression that he had seen the boy before. _. Pleased to know you, Howard,” replied the lawyer, with a bland smile. . - 3 Bob saw that Fred’s description of his boss had not been magnified. He was certainly dressed in _ swell garments that fitted his fine form to a nice- ty. His four-in-hand ties were marvelous crea- tions. A heavy gold watch chain crossed his vest from pocket to pocket, meeting in a button hole, and a splendid solitaire diamond glittered on the little finger of his right hand. “So you are Warren Boyd’s new messenger, ” he said, after Bob had acknowledged the in- yroduction. oe venr.. air.” é : “Well, any time you get hold of inside informa- n about some stock operation that is under way, “you want to raise some money on the tip, it around to me. IfI think well of it, : jt all right with you. But remember, this is strictly confidential arrangement between us. 2 mustn’t mention the matter to anybody, for vould be likely to lead to the loss of your posi- 2. You understand, don’t you?” ait good. You will generally be able to see the afternoon, before four o'clock. Should engaged when you call, send in your name, [ will appoint an ‘hour for our interview.” ealeak at is all, u draw up TO BURN pigeon-hole in his desk and handed ‘it to Lovett. He read it over. “That’s all right. Just sign this, Howard, so I'll know where I stand.” = Bob read it over. It was an agreement binding — him to pay. Oscar one-half of what he received for his first tip and one-third of what he got for each and every subsequent pointer. Bob signed it, and Lovett put the paper in his pocket with a smile of satisfaction. That concluded the busi- ness, and then Bob and Oscar left the office ‘to- gether, not even noticing his friend Price, much to the latter’s astonishment. CHAPTER VIII.—Bob’s Run of Luck. Lovett left Bob at the subway station at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway and took a street car uptowm Bob didn’t take a subway train, but returned by a round-about way to the office, where Mr. Boyd was waiting to see him. “Well, who is the man, Bob?” asked the big operator. “He’s a lawyer, and his name is Bristow,” re- plied the boy, watching his boss to see how he would take the revelation. “Bristow, eh?” replied Mr. Boyd, slowly, ap- parently not greatly surprised. “What did he say to you?” Bob gave him the substance of the brief inter- view. Mr. Boyd was silent for a moment or two after Bob had finjshed. - i “All right, Bob,” he said, at length; “that will be all.” Three weeks passed away, and Mr. Boyd never said another word to his messenger about the man who bought tips. he’s dropped the matter altogether,” Pat ee The first time he met Fred Price after hi at the lawyer’s office, Fred was exceedingly curi- ous to know how he came to know Oscar Lovett, and what had brought him up to see Mr. Bristow. Bob, however, passed the matter off in an offhand way, and Fred did not suspect the true reason of the visit. ice during the three weeks Lovett - met him and wanted to know how it was that he was so slow getting hold of a tip. “I’m slow because things are closer than wax in the office,” replied Bob. “I haven’t been able to — get on to the faintest thing.” ‘ “T guess, as Mr. Bristow is his "Sought Bob 7 7 aC Oh rahe Rt). “You don’t listen hard enough.” revlied Oscar. ag “What are keyholes for, anyway? You want to- get busy, for I’m getting short of cash.” ~~ “Aren’t you worki g yet?” _ “No, What's the use” ing free, and I manage to pick up a few dollars ‘one way or another. Just naw I’m expecting you to give me a lift.” ; “Well, there’s nothing doing yet,” replied “2 entering the nearest building for the ee ee he eee ee I get mv board and Inde- “i J e

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could not quite understand why sucha big break was likely to take place. That afternoon he - showed the clipping to Mr. Boyd, and asked him if he thought there was-any likelihood of such a thing taking place. : 2 “Why do you want to know, Bob?” asked his ~ employer, with a shrewd smile. “Because if I thought there was anything ‘in it, I'd like to sell a few shares short and make a stake.” “So you’re getting interested in the market, are WAnpoedreti, at you?” 3 3 = “I can’t help getting interested in a good thing when I see one in sight.” __. “Well, Bob, Wall Street men do not care to en- = courage the spirit of speculation in their em- i ployees. It’s a bad thing all around. There are ~ enough lambs on the outside without breeding the article down here. However, I'll make an excep- ~ tion in your favor, as I am under some obligation _ to you. I have sized you up - a pretty shrewd boy, who can keep his mouth shut. You have shown that you take a thorough interest in my ' business, and I’m willing to put you in the way of _ making a stake, as you call it. You’ve a thousand dollars in the savings bank. Take it cut, go toa responsible broker, and sell 300 shares of Round Top short. Close out at 16. Of course, I need not _~ tell you that I am voluntarily giving you a valu- able tip. You must not pass it on to any one else.” - _ ~ “Certainly not, sir.” _ __ Evidently -Mr. Boyd had inside information about the coming flap in Round Top. or he would _ never had advised his messenger to make the deal in question. That’s*the way Bob figured it out, and next morning he went to & well-known curb broker named Johnson and beckoned him aside. a -_ “J want you to sell for me 3,500 shares of __ Round Top at 29. Here’s a certificate of deposit =; Ba! Nassau Street Bank, which I have trans- fe to your name. You can give me your check fo ~overplus.” The broker .was_rather astonished, but he took the certificate, and saw that it appeared to be all right. “Ayre you Robert Howard?” he asked. © =“Yes, sir.” = =m “Well, as I don’t know you, you can hardly ex- pect me to receive this as cash. Why don’t you run up to the bank, get the money, and bring it to me, or the bank’s own check will do as well. hen I will execute your order.” “All right,” replied Bob. “Only my time is not my own.” - : “Take a cab up and back. It will only cost you half a dollar.” _ So Bob called a cab, had himself driven to the in Nassau street, and"was soon back with the money, which he handed to Mr. Johnson, who sent him to-his office with a boy to have the mat- properly recorded, while he hustled around to 7 3, shares of Round Top short. By the “time Bob got back Mr. Johnson had sold the shares for him at 29. In a few days Round Top = dropped to 26, and for a week fluctuated between that and 30; then it took another drop to 20, g - considerable excitement among the curb a : i t : . > = - * | MONEY TO BURN 24 the slump could not be understood. Finally a - statement was issued from the offices of the com- pany. This caused a sort of stampede in the: stock, and it rapidly dropped doWn to 17. Three days more.it broke again to 15 7-8, at which point Bob, who had been closely watching the curb market, ordered Mr. Johnson to buy 3,500 shares to cover his short sale. Mr. Johnson did so at once, and when Bob received his statement, and a check covering the transaction, he found that he had made about, $45,000. This big accession to his wealth made him worth $56,000—quite a lump for a messenger boy. Mr. Boyd supposed Bob had cleared about $4,000, and congratulated him accordingly. Bob, © however, kept his 6wn counsel, and made no effort to enlighten his boss. As good luck seems to come in shoals, just as bad luck does very often. Hob _ saw another chance to increase his capital a few days later.. It was not a tip this time, but the exercise. of shrewd judgment that landed him a winner, He had grown accustomed to weatch-all the information bearing on stocks that was pub- lished in the recognized organs read by brokers and financiers. Mr. Boyd took all these papers, : and Bob made it a point to reach the office half 3 an hour before his regular time and get the first look at the papers. In this way he learned that _ the fate of a certain railroad was dependine on certain conditions that might or might not mate- rialize within a certain period. These conditions were somewhat complex, that is, depending upon a combination of circumstances, and some of these ‘Ss accuracy. i The problem interested Bob from the first off, as his mind had a trend in that way, and -he fol- lowed the situation as closely as any man in the — Street, and ina majority of cases much closer. _ Practically he had his finger on it-all the time, and _ so when, one morning, a certain event was pub- _ lished as having been verified, Bob rushed up to the bank in Nassau Street and astonished the margin clerk by ordering him to buy 6,000 shares aa of Tennessee Midland at-82, putting up $40.200 as margin on the deal. This was not only a big order for the boy, but for the bank as well, in- volving a matter of nearly half a million dollars. The bank had to get a larger bank on Wall Street to help it carry the deal. Ina day or so, | while the knowing ones were quietly loading up, _ just as Bob had done, the public began to get on — to the situation, and rushed into Wall ‘Street to — invest in Tennessee Midland. Of course, the stock began to rise, and the scramble for shares carri oe the price up to 90, and in five days it was listed” at par. Bob sold out his holdings at 103, and his winings, after all charges had been settled, amounted to $120,000; making him now worth’ <=" $175,000. CHAPTER IX.—Bob Passes the Half-Miljon 2 Mark. | : eae

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called him into his private office and peogee him slip of paper with some writing on it. ; = “You eas take that tip up to Mr. Bristow,” he said, with a grim smile. “I dare say he is-ex- ‘ ing something from you-by this time. You can give you to. understand that.you found that per in my private office.” “ANI right, sir,” smiled Bob, and that afternoon at half-past three he entered Mr. Bristow’s outer office and told Fred to take his name in to his oyer. ‘ iiss do you want to see him for?” asked Fred, in surprise. “Come, ae sonny,” grinned Bob, “you want to know too much all at once. _How do you know but I’ve got some important legal business to transact with your boss?” : ge ; “J’]] bet you’re here to try and sell him a tip. “If I am, Freddy, don’t you listen at the key- hole to find out what it is.” ‘ ae “Tf you’ve got a tip up your sleeve, you ; to let eae in te it, AS I told you about the rise in D. & G., and you said you made something out of it.” : ot Well, the business I have with Mr. Bristow -wouldn’t do you any good to know. So run along and let him know I’m here.” : Fred went in and told Mr. Bristow that Bob Howard wanted to see him. “Show him in,” replied the lawyer, and ac- - eordingly Fred told Bob he could go inside. | ~ Bob produced the memorandum he had received from Mr. Boyd and laid it on the. lawyers desk. _ Mr. Bristow recognized his’ brother-in-law’s handwriting as he read the slip of paper. ; “Where did you get this?” he asked, with a , gleam of satisfaction in his eyes. ~~ ‘ “Jn Mr. Boyd’s private office.” | - *Found it on the floor, I suppose?” Bob didn’t confirm this suggestion, as he had a strong objection to saying what wasn’t true. Mr. - *- Bristow, however, didn’t ask him any more ques- __ tions, but studied the paper attentively for a few minutes. - “Yl look into this,” he said at length. “It seems a good thing. You shall have ten per cent, of my winnings. That’s fair enough, isn’t it ” “Yes,” replied Bob, who didn’t believe the ten per cent. would ever come to light. Next day he was buttonholed by Lovett. “Well,” said Oscar, “anything doing yet? _*T guess so,” replied Bob, who then told Mim he had taken a tip around to Mr. Bristow the previ- ~ous afternoon. ~~ “Good enough!” exclaimed Lovett. “You and I will soon have a wad in our clothes.” ~ Bob didn’t say anything, and Oscar soon went off in high glee. Nellie Howard had given up her —- in the Broadway manufacturing estab- shment. ‘There was no longer soy oecasion for her to work. Her brother was worth $175,000, al- though he wasn’t yet eighteen years of age, and therefore it was possible for the family to ride in their carriage and live in some degree of style, ‘if they chose to do it. But the Howards were what are termed plain people, and did not be- im making the splurge that some néwly-rich to do. ’ their ambition was to own a nice : = be \ ineli Z MONEY TO BURN 13 house with plenty of ground in the suburbs of New York, and take life in a sensible and cheer- ful way. Bob had the money that made this dream of their life possible, and now Nellie and : her mother made frequent trips to upper New York, and to Long Island, on a still hunt for the home they had in their mind’s eye. Finally they found several places that met their views, and after Bob had looked at them, one was picked out, and Bob handed his mother $15,000 to buy and © furnish it to suit their taste. He then gave his mother $10,000 cash to place to her credit in a downtown trust company subject to her check. That left him with $150,000 to finance any stock deal he had a mind to. Al- though Bob might now be considered a capitalist, no one outside of his own family and the pr ‘id-nt and cashier of the little bank in Nassau Street, who regarded the bright boy as a wonder, was aware of the fact. Bob believed that a still tongue makes a wise head, and he made it a point to keep his business to himself. Two days after Bob had been interviewed by Oscar Lovett he carried a message from Mr. Boyd to the office of Gans & Co., in the Mills Building. The message was addressed to Mr. Gans per- sonally, but that gentleman was so busy that he could not be disturbed, and Bob had to wait. He picked up a newspaper and started to read the .- details of a noted murder trial going on in an upstate town. He did not at once notice that a a couple of men, who proved to be brokers, had : entered the room and were conversing iff a low toné near him. They were waiting to see Mr. Gans, and did not particularly notice the boy, who seemed to be absorbed in the morning paper. Preity soon Bob woke up.to the fact that a very interesting subject was being discussed at his elbow. The two brokers were talking about the consolidation of two western roads that had long been rivals in south-western business out of India- napolis. Bob had seen rumors of a projected join- ing of the interests of the two roads in the news- papers for the past two months, but nothing defi- nite had come to light. One of the brokers assured the other that the . consolidation was an established fact, and would be announced in a day or two, and that the veri- fication of the’fact was sure to cause I. & W. stock to boom at once. “I’ve bought as many shares as I can handle at 90, and I advise you to do the same,” he said to his friend. Bob made a mental note of all the facts, and Esty the office boy came up and told him r. Gans would see him now.- After his return to thé office he started to consider the chances of making a good thing out of what seemed to be : a first-class tip. It looked all right, and he de- cided that he would get right in on the ground ~ floor before the news leaked out on the Street — Accordingly, he asked permission to go off for _— twenty minutes, and, having received it, he made a bee-line for Nassau Street and the little bank that had come to regard him as one of its star customers. . t He asked the margin clerk to buy for his ac-. count I. & W. shares up to 15,000, if could be got at 90. It required a matter of $1,350,000 —

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to swing the deal, and Bob put up ten per cent, of that amount as security on the shares. Inside operators had been loading up with the stock for several days back, consequently it was rather hard to get hold of. It fact, it took the bank two days to put the deal through, but they finally got the stock through their regular brokers, and as fast as they got it they deposited it as security with other banks in order to raise the funds nec- cessary to make good their purchases. The day after Bob was notified that the shares had been secured the news of the consolidation of the two roads came out, and then there was a rush to purchase I. & W. by a crowd of brokers who wanted to get a slice of the melon about to be cut. The rush to buy sent the stock booming, and its extreme scarceness caused the price to jump a point at a time, so that it reached par and z passed it, closing the first day at 105. On the following day the scramble for the stock was : worse than ever, and when the chairman’s mallet - ~ elesed business at the Exchange at three o’clock it was bid at 115, with the floor in a turmoil. Notwithstanding the fact that Bob was fairly coining money, having run up a paper profit in three days of $325,000, the boy didn’t lose his head, but went about his daily routine of duty in Mr. Boyd’s office as though I. & W. had not the least interest for him. On the next day Bob began to notice an’ unusual number of sales on the ticker at prices from 116 to 118. “T’ll bet the insiders are unloading to take the immen. profits that are within their grasp. That’s hint enough for me to get out from under too, for no one can tell when a break in the price may come now.” “So he got permission to leave the office once more, and he lost no time in getting to the bank and ordering a sale of his holdings. The stock was sold in small lets, and inside of twenty min- utes he didn’t have a share left, the whole going at an average price of 118. His statement next morning showed that he had made $415,000 on the deal. “Gee! I’ve got money to burn now!” he ex- claimed, as he looked at his check, “for I’m worth $565,000.” y AN ee ii aie Mehta uN maa fd at yi " * shi CHAPTER X.—What Happened in Mr. Boyd’s Office. PD While Bob was piling up his profits, another _ deal was going on in which Mr. Bristow was es- ' pecially interested. So also -was Mr. Boyd, in a _ way. The lawyer was so sure that he had 4 good thing that he went in to the extent of his pile. And at first it looked as if he was a*sure winner. The stock went up five or six points, and -- Mr. Bristow rubbed his hands as he contemplated the $100,000 he had in his mind’s eye. If he had he might have turned the tables on the man who Was maneuvering to teach him a lesson, by selling out at the first advance, in which event he would have been in $50,000. But he didn’t sell. He Pes for the stock to go up ten or twelve But it didn’t. A sudden onslaught was made n it, and it was slaughtered without mercy by been a little foxier, and not quite so avaricious, MONEY TO BURN a small army of Mr. Boyd’s brokers. The result was it went down at such a rate that the lawyer was fairly bewildered. He failed to respond for additional margin, and was wiped out. Somehow or another he heard several days afterward that the whole thing was a bit of stock jobbing, to do somebody up, and he then began to suspect that he was the victim, \ especially as Bob did not show up to ask for his ten per cent. He was the maddest man in Wall Street after he had reasoned the matter out, and he swore to be revenged on Warren Boyd. When Oscar Lovett dropped in to find out how Bob’s pointer was panning out, Mr. Bristow went for his scalp in a way that made his head swim. “That was a fake tip!” he roared -at Oscar. “The whole thing was a»put up job on Boyd’s part to do me up, and you helped to trap me by introducing that young cub to me before you found out that he could be relied on. I lost Mga on that deal—every cent of ready money ad!” Lovett was thunderstruck, and had nothing to say. “But I’m going to get square with Mr. Boyd,” snapped the lawyer, “and I shall probably re- quire your assistance.” “I’m with you if you mean to include Bob Howard in the scheme,” replied Oscar, vindie- tively, for he had counted on replenishing his flat pocketbook out of the proceeds of the tip 7 which had gone wrong, and he hated Bob ac- cordingly. : “He shall certainly be made to pay for his share in the transaction,” replied Mr. Bristow. “Come here this afternoon after four. I may want to see you about the matter.” = Lovett agreed to be on hand, and went away with no verv charitable feelings in his heart for Bob. Mr. Bristow soon afterward sent a mes- sage to his particular friend, John Spicer, the man who had been associated with him that ; night in his attack on Mr. Boyd on Seventh ; Avenue. He requested Mr. Spicer to call at his 3 office at four o’clock that afternoon, and that ¥ gentleman responded promptly at the hour men- tioned. J The lawyer explained his grievance to Mr. 4 Spicer, and then the two put their heads to- 2 gether with the view of getting back at Warren c Boyd. Subsequently Oscar Lovett was admitted : te the conference. He was valuable in a way, : because he was acquainted with Mr. Boyd’s office = methods, and many of the details of his business. Oscar told Mr. Bristow that twice a year—on the 30th of June and 30th of December—Mr. Boyd had his big box of securities in the Washington Safe Deposit Company conveyed to his office, and that he and an assistant remained all the evening at the office engaged in the special occupation of detaching the interest coupons from the bonds that fall due on July 1 and January 1, respectively. =. font = _ He said that the bonds were then left overnight in a big steel chest that was used as a depository for the books and papers that were crowded out of the main safe. This information proved of considerable interest to the lawyer and his friend — Spicer. Both had been burning the financial candle at both ends, and were hard up for funds. Mr. Bristow had made a good thing out of his

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D. & G. tip, but every cent had been lost-between his gambling exploits on the outside and the fake __ tip.which had come to him through Bob; and as _ plenty of money to support his extravagant ex- esses was absolutely necessary to the lawyer, -_ he was becoming desperate enough to engage in '_ any enterprise that promised the maximum of results with a minimum of personal risk. -Osear Lovett was dismissed, so that they might talk over a scheme looking to a deseent upon _. Mr. Boyd’s office on the night of the coming 30th _ of June, with the view of rifling the steel chest of its most valuable contents. This was a crim- inal enterprise, pure and simple, but’ so had been their attack upon the big operator on Seventh ' Avenue, though the latter had been unpremedi- In case of eventual discovery, or a strong sus- Picion attaching to him, Andrew Bristow relied upon his strong influence over his only sister, : wife of Mr. Boyd, to protect him from the - eonsequences of his desperate act. It was finally _ decided to embark in the enterprise, and John £9 vi who had a considerable acquaintance among shady class of society, was intrusted with the job of securing the necessary imple- ments to. be properly instructed in the art of opening strong boxes in the most approved and up-to-date fashion. - At a subsequent interview the lawyer had with Oscar Lovett, the boy produced a key to Mr. Boyd’s outer office, which he had had made for , for reasons that he did not explain, and “which Mr. Bristow did not inquire into. The lawyer retained the key, and bribed Lovett to silence on the subject. On the afternoon of June 30, Mr. Boyd, accompanied by Bob, went to the Washington Safe Deposit Company and brought to the office the big box of securities referred to by Oscar Lovett. : “J shal] want you to stay downtown with me - to-night, Bob,” said the operator, “so you’d better ph your mother that you won’t be home “until midnight.” : “All right, sir,” replied the boy, who then went _ te the nearest telegraph office and sent the mes- Sage. : 2 Mr. Boyd took Bob to supper at the Astor House, and when they returned to the office they ent upstairs and locked themselves in. The bonds, of which there were a goodly number, were placed upon a small table in the waiting-room, Mr. Boyd, with a sharp pair of scissors, gan to detach the coupons. while Bob checked them off on a written paper. — In this occupation several hours passed, and the occupants were wholly unaware that they = being watched from the counting-room by - pairs of sharp eyes. Those eyes belonged istow, John Spicer, and Oscar Lovett, who, ing watched Mr. Boyd and his messenger boy e the office for supper at six o’clock, had ade their way to the second floor of the Barnum ing, let themselves into the reception-room 2 operator, and then hidden themselves un- couple of desks until after Mr. Boyd and returned and got down to work. tention was to remain in concealment operator and his assistant left the office, they would start in to open the box and with its valuable contents. There was y would have s MONEY TO BURN listen. to face, and that 15 was to get out of the office building with their booty without being seen, or at least identified, by the night watchman. Every hour this man went through the building and rang up a time clock on each floor, to show that he was attend- ing to his business. : They had provided - themselves with heavy beards as.a disguise, and meant to make their exit when they had ascertained that the man Was on an upper floor. While watching Mr. Boyd and the boy at their work, it struck Spicer that it would simplifv their work greatly if they could get possession of the securities before they were placed in the steel box for the night. So he set his reddy wits to work to think out- some plan by which this might be accomplished. He whispered the matter over with Mr. Bristow, but nothing feasible seemed to present itself to their minds. It was at this point that Mr. Boyd cut the last coupon, which Bob added to its par- ash bunch and placed a rubber band around em. 4 —— everything tally, Bob?” asked the oper- ator. ; : “Yes. sir.” “Very well.” : : Mr. Boyd opened his private safe, placed the : bunches of coupons in an inner receptable, and locked it again. “Now, Bob, put the securities in that chest,” said the capitalist. “I’m goine to wash my hands. Then we'll make a start for home.” : “All right, sir,” replied the boy, getting busy. Mr. Boyd passed through the counting-room to the lavatory. “Here’s our chance,” whispered Spicer. “We'll put our beards on and catch Boyd by surprise in the washroom. Then we’ll come back, do up the boy, take the securities, and vamoose the ranch.” _ This hastily conceived plan was agreed upon,,. and they started to execute it. fs =~ ~ “You stay here, Oscar,” said Bristow. “If there is any noise in the washroom that attracts : Howard’s notice, why you can head him off if he attempts to investigate.” . The lawyer and his friend Spicer then cau- | tiously advanced upon the lavatory. In a few moments Lovett heard a scuffle and a muffled ery. Bob heard the sounds, too, and he stopped to “I wonder what that was?” he asked himself. “I suess I'll go back and see.” eae He started for the counting-room. Oscar saw — him coming, and looked around for something to attack him with. The only thing handy was an oblong book, called a blotter—not a very for- midable weapon, but stil! one which would have considerable effect if brought down on a per- son’s head with considerable force. Oscar grabbed the book, and as Bob passed him — he crept up behind him and struck him a heavy. blow. Bob fell to the floor, partly unconscious, and Lovett deaped unon him. The young mes- senger, however, didn’t move, and his assailant — judged that he had knocked him out. Just then — the lawyer and John Spicer came back, after what -he had done. “Fetch him out into the © at him,” said Spicer,

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: So Bob was carried into the reception-room. ae “You knocked him silly with that book,” said : Mr. Bristow, after looking at the inert form of the -young messenger. “He won’t bother us.” The lawyer began. pulling the packages of bonds qut of the steel box and piling them up on the table. “Get a paper, Lovett, and wrap them up,” he Oscar found a copy of a morning daily and made a bundle of the securities. “Now let’s be off,” said the lawyer. ; 4s associate gave Bob a slight push with his 00 : “What shall we do with him?” asked Spicer. ; Bristow pointed to the steel chest. While Os- ear Lovett held the lid onen the two men lifted the unconscious boy into the box. cover was slammed down upon him. “Hold on!” said the lawyer. “He’ll- suffocate in 5 there. We don’t want to commit a murder. Put } one of those small pamphlets under each end s of the lid, so air can get to him.” This was done, and a half-inch opening was left all the way around. “That’s all right. 2 se Osear, go out and see , where the watchman js.” : Lovett returned in a couple of minutes to re- port that the man had just taken the elevator up. = “Good. While he’s out of the way we'll leave. _ . Adjust your beards so they’ll look natural. Lock f the door and bring the key with you, Spicer.” Spicer obeyed, and in fine minutes the rascally three were out on the sidewalk,-making for the corner of Pearl street, Mr. Bristow carrying the package of securities under his arm. CHAPTER XI.—After the Robbery. Bob Howard was dimly conscious of all that happened after he was carried into the waiting- room, but to save his life he couldn’t lift a finger } te alter the trend of events. Without actually seeing the persons in the room he seemed instine- ~ tively to recognize Oscar Lovett and Lawyer 3 ‘s % retin “ ¥ _ Bristow by their voices, which came to his ears _ like the sounds of a dream. He felt himself lifted into the steel chest, and _ heard the slam of the cover. when Lovett let it fall. He did not know that it was afterwards Yaised to give him air. A quarter of an hour elapsed before he began to recover sufficiently to - move. In another five mniutes he placed his hand against the lid and mechanically shoved ; The cover yielded to his touch, and he rose in _ the chest, pushing the lid open. Then he got - out and looked around the room. A pile of boo _ that had been in the chest, and which Spicer had removed to make room for Bob, lay alongside of - it.. Then the boy saw that the packages of bonds _ were missing. ee ees tig A nage he exclaimed; “The office has voices he had heard in his semi-conscious state. - “Can it be that Mr. Bristow and Oscar Lovett connected with this outrage?” he asked him- E seemed alraost incredulous, and yet, judging oF - Then the- -MONEY TO BURN > from what he knew of both, they were open to a grave suspicion. Who the third person was he had no idea. “Where’s Mr. Boyd?” 2A There wasn’t a sound in the office to indicate that his employer was about. Thtn he recol- lected the sounds that had started him toward the counting-room. “By George!” he exclaimed. “I -believe they attacked and overcame him when he went to the wash-room. I must investigate.” First. he tried the door leading into the corri- der, and found it locked. The key which had been in the lock was missing. “The rascals must have got out that wav and taken the key with them, after locking the goor.” He then started for the lavatory. When he tried the door he found it locked, too, which was a suspicious circumstance. He saw, however, that the key was in the lock. He turned it and opened the door. The gas was turned up, and on the floor lay Mr. Boyd, insensible. Bob raised him into a sitting posture and proceeded to resuscitate him by dashing water in his face and chafing his temples. In this way he suc-- eeeded in reviving his employer in about ten minutes. 5 “Is that you, Bob? Something hap—— Oh, I remember! I was attacked by two men with heavy beards on their fa€es. One hit me a stun- ning blow over the ear, while the other had hold of me. What does it mean? How and when did they get into the office? And what have they done?” “Let me assist you outside to the waiting- room,” said Bob. 5 te When Mr. Boyd sat down in the chair he had vacated to go to the wash-room, Bob told him what had happened to him. : : “They have carried away all the bonds with them,” he said. “I had packed most of them in the steel chest, when I heard a noise in the direction of the wash-reom, and started to see what was the matter. As I was passing through the counting-room I was struck down by someone behind, and that put me out of business. I have a dim notion, though, that I recognized voices of the three persons engaged in this outrage.” Seay Who do you think they were?” “I am sorry to say that one of them seemed to be Oscar Lovett and the other Andrew Bristow, the lawyer.” ; Q Mr. Boyd made no reply. He sat silent and reflective in his chair. To say the truth, he be- lieved, upon calm reflection, that his brother-in- law was capable of working him an injury if he could; but that he would take such desperate chances as thatof a night robbery in Wall Street rather staggered him. 3 “Are the bonds really gone?” he asked Bob, ~ at net z F “Yes, sir,” replied the\ young messenger, had. hace: Iockinge-tae Chaves wala. nn “And the typewritten list—is that gone, too?” — _ Bob locked for it on the table. eit “No, sir. It is here.” z Se ee “Very well, The bonds will do the thieves little a gcod, though a great many of the securities are negotiable. You and I will have to make sey ; duplicates of this list and take them to the offices of the big dailies for immediate i tion, That, I think, will head the raseals off and

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. ‘ o “prevent them from turning any of the bonds into cash.” “Are you going to telephone this affair to the _ police?” asked Bob. Mie at __*I suppose I’il have to, or it will look funny -. when the story appears in the papers. But we _ must not try to identify these men, my lad. Mr. Bristow is my wife’s brother. He is a rascal at heart, but she thinks the world of him. | If he -is really one of the guilty persons, I don’t want _ te be the one to put the’ officers on his track. You will be silent as to your suspicions, for my sake, won't you, Bob?” ; y “Certainly, sir, if you wish me to. “T do wish it.” : Nothing further was said on the subject. Bob and his employer busied. themselves for half an heur duplicating the typewritten sheet, which the ( afterward returned to his desk. He then went to the telephone, rang up the nearest ~ station, and gave.a guarded statement of the incident to the officer in charge of the desk, who Sinaia a detective would call around at once. While waiting for the man, Mr. Boyd told Bob what wanted him to say. . beg? the way, Mr. Boyd, they caried off the to the outer door.” _ “Then we'll have to get out by the entrance to “my private office. You had better go down and netify the watchman about what has happened, and wait there until the detective appears, ,wwhen you can show him the way to the office. So Bob went downstairs and told his story to the astonished night watchman, who ond _ a little disturbed, as he saw it was likely there ‘might be trouble ahead. for himself. When the detective arrived, he heard the stories told by _ Mr. Boyd and his messenger, and made an exam- ination of the office for some clue to the burglars. Apparently he found nothing that would enlighten him “You'd = — =. ay f better ze Pig ape hed =e a. : urna}, tell your story, an v theatre of the stolen securities. Then a car to Times Square and notify the es. After that-go to the Herald. Then you zo home.” : aia Il, sir,” replied Bob. = alien hat and overcoat and started up HM Street. It was one o’clock in the morning ore he ‘got through with the business, and en he took a subway train for his home in ne upper part of the Bronx. 6 ‘CHAPTER XII.—The Red Pocketbook. ay rning papers printed an account of the fae the Mss at Warren Boyd’s office, and y broker in the Street was — mn aceat about Probably fifty brokers and moneyed men id anf the ome to see the capitalist about tter. A list of the stolen bonds was for- to every exchange throughout the coun- arid the offices of the companies that had the different securities were also notified robbery, and furnished with a list of their bonds. 2 Fourth of July. Bob and his friend it on an excursion up the Hudson River. crowded, and was bound for New- | : MONEY TO BURN | 17 burgh, making a landing at West Point. A great many of the passengers intended to get off at the latter place and go to the grounds of the Military Academy, and Bob and Fred were among the number. Oscar Lovett was also on the boat, in com- ‘ pany with John Spicer, but neither Howard nor ice saw him, though Oscar had seen them. When Bob and Fred followed the crowd ashore at the West Point landing, Oscar and Spicer were not far behind them. After spending an hour or more in the neighborhood of the summer camp of the embryo officers of Uncle Sam, Bob and Fred wandered off around the neighborhood. Wherever they went,“Oscar and Spicer followed them, though they kept well in the er ire to avoid recognition. What their object*wvas in shadowing the two boys they themselves best knew. At length Bob and I came to the bluffs overlooking the river, not far from the water battery. The view from this point is very beautiful, and quite a number of the people were enjoying it at the time. The two boys, however, did not remain long in that particular spot, but gradually edged away from the crowd until at last they appeared to be all alone by themselves .on a lonesome stretch of the high land. Below them the water laved upon the black rocks and flowed into nar- row and ugly-looking fissures ‘that nature had formed in haphazard fashion. Near one of these fissures stood a tall, ungainly-looking tree, which seemed to be only half alive, for the lightning had, upon some forgotten occasion, blazed a white: and ragged trail upon one side of it. At the foot of this tree lay a long coil of rope. “I wonder why that is lying there?” remarked Bob, as he looked at the line. “Search me,” replied Fred. have forgotten it.” alking to the edge of the fissure, the boys looked down into the narrow crevice, which was punctured with rocks and stunted shrubbery that grew straight out from the ragged walls. “I shouldn’t like to fall in there,” said Bob. “Somebody must “I should say not,” answered Fred. “You'd soon be a fit subject for an undertaker.” “Hello!” exclaimed Bob, suddenly. “What's that down there? Blessed if it doesn’t look like a pocektbook. See it on that ledge?” “I See it,” replied Fred. “It is a pocketbook— a red one. Some woman accidentally dropped it down there, I'll bet. Well, it’s likely to stay there. I wouldn’t try to go after it if L knew there was a thousand-dollar bill inside of it.” “Neither. would I unless I had a ro—— By George! What’s the matter with using that rope here te get it? There may be a small wad in it, If you want to add to your financial standing Pll help you. We'll tie one end of the rope around the tree, the other end you can secure around your -waist, and you can lower yourself down — and pick it up as easy as falling off a og.” z ing it yourself?” “Oh, I don’t need the money. I'd rather see \You get what’s in it.” : “You talk as if you were a capitalist,” replied © cbalane Fred, who had not the slightest i companion was worth a hundred half a million. oe 3 “You tell it well. What’s the matter with do-

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there?” he Bob. ~ jn a hole,” he added angrily. 18 X “Then you won’t go after it?” “No, sir. If I was sure there was $50 in it, I might risk it with the rope; but there might not be fifty cents in it, and I should feel like kicking myself if I took the risk and trouble for practically nothing.” “Well, if you won’t go I will. YH just do it for a lark; but mind you, if there’s- anything wortl® while in that pocketbook, I'll give you the laugh when I come up.” Bob picked up the rope, and saw it was quite lengthy.. Then he tied one end good and tight about the tree and tested it with a pull. “That'll hold all right,” he said, as he pro- ceeded to tie the other end around his waist. “Now just watch me, Fred, and see how easy I go down.” 3 He let himself down over the edge, and using the tautened rope to steady and sustain himself, he made his way down into the fissure, from projection to projection, until at last he stepped from the ledge where the pocketbook lay,- when he stooped and picked it up. He looked up and Saw the grinning face of Fred Price forty feet above him, projected over the edge of the narrow chasm. Bob waved the pocketbook at him triumphantly, and then, letting go of the rope, for the ledge was wide enough for him to stand on, he started to open the wallet. There were a couple of dollar bills in the pocketbook, some - loose silver, several newspaper clippings about financial matters, and the business card of a well-known politician. On the back of this was written in pencil: “Dear Cassie: I send you herewith the prom- ised tip. Keep it mum and go your pile on it, for it’s a sure winner. Buy S. & T. It’s now tuling at 80. It will go above -95 inside of ten .days. This is straight goods. Yours, 4 “J. C. D. bs PE FA | “Phew!” whistled Bob. a dropped here not so very long ago, for 7, , ’s means July 3d, and that was: yesterday. It looks as if I had fallen into a good thing. I must give Fred the benefit of this, too. He'll F be tickled to——” z _Flop! Down came the end of the line from “above, cut by a knife. Bob looked up in a startled way, and instead of Fred’s laughing face he saw the countenance of Oscar Lovett, look- ing down at him with a sardonic grin. “This wallet must have CHAPTER XIIL—A Millionaire Messenger Boy. “Hello, Bob Howard, what are you doing down asked, with a wicked chuckle. : “Oh, that’s you, is it, Oscar Lovett?” replied “I suppose you cut that rope to put me “J didn’t put you in a hole. You did that your- . self. I’m only leaving you there.” “Where’s my friend Price?” . “Hle’s up here, though I wish he was keeping you company on that ledge.” — - Ze os “What made you play such a nasty trick on = _ “Justo amuse myself and see how. you'll en- J Saat oh x? =s 5 see ee 23% Rae, ee SS. A MONEY TO BURN Joy roosting down there all by yourself. If you don’t like it you can jump into the water and Swim around the bluffs. As it’s a hot day, that’!l ccol vou off.% “You think you’re pretty smart, Oscar Lovett, but I'll make you understand the meaning of the word when I meet you again.” _“A barking dog never bites,” chuckled. Osear, picking up a small pebble and shying it down’ at Bob. a Bob made no reply. He was in a pretty bad fix. There was no safe way by which he could regain the top of the bluff. Neither could be climb down, though the distance to the slimy rocks below was not far. Apparently he was a fixture until somebody came to his relief. He could not understand what had happened to Fred. As a matter of fact, Price was lying on the ground, face down, with Spicer sitting on the small of his back. Oscar Lovett squatted on the turf above and amused himself guying the boy he was down upon. Oceasionally he pelted Bob— with handfuls of earth, just to see him dodge. _ Bob thought the fun altogether too one-sided. But he meant to even things up in the near future. Then Oscar Lovett would laugh on the other side of his mouth. At length Lovett tired of the amusement. ‘ “The boat will be at the landing in three- quarters of an hour, so I guess I’ll have to leave” you. Maybe you'll be able to see her pass when she comes from Newburgh. I don’t think you'll be a passenger down this afternoon. You might have to stay where you are all night. If you do, you have my symnathv. So long.” He disappeared from view, and Bob leaned against the rocks, pretty thoroughly disgusted, and perhaps a bit troubled as to the ultimate end of, this adventure. In a few minutes Fred’s face reappeared above. “Hello, Bob!” he shouted down. . “Well, you’re' a pretty fellow to let Lovett do me up inthis fashion. What excuse have you to offer?” : : Then Fred told him how Oscar and a man, whose name was Spicer, had taken him unawares” and made a prisoner of him, while Lovett had cut the rope. “Spicer held me down -on the ground until just now, when they both started off together, chuckling at the scrape you were in. iss think you won’t get out in a hurry, but I’m going | over to the camp to get’another rope. I’m afraid we'll miss the boat, though.” “Then we'll take a West Shore train to the city and beat the boat, anyway,” said Bob, feeling his courage rise at the prospect of-a speedy — release from his unenviable situation. : harrow ledge. Before Price returned, Bob caught sight — of the excursion boat returning from Newb: ~ At last. Pred returned with one of the a’ of the Academy, who brought a long rope him. The line was made fast to the tree, and Bob was soon assisted out of the fissure and ‘landed on the top of the bluff. 5 ed ~ “Thanks,” said Bob to the man. “I think I've had a Narrow escape in that hole. If my friend hadn’t been on hi gee ¥ a from an indefinite stay down _

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os - Mo one would have known that I was down in _ that place.” Then he explained to the attache that ht had ~ gone down after a pocketbook he saw lying on the ledge, which he exhibited, and that a boy With whom he was slightly acquainted, but who ‘seemed to have a grudge against him, came up and cut the rope so that he couldn’t get 5 “What’s in the wallet?” asked Fred, eagerly. _ “Nothing much,” replied. Bob. “About two dollars and a half in money and some news- _ paper clippings. There’s the business card of a gentleman in it, however, and I’m going to send the pocketbook to him, as it seems apparent he acquainted with its owner.” Bob handed the man a dollar bill to pay him _ for his trouble in coming over to the bluff, then he and Fred started for the West Shore station - at the landing. Inside of twenty minutes an _ aecommodation train came along, and they board- ed, reaching the city an hour or more ahead of e excursion boat. When Bob reached home he made a memor- dum of the tip that the wallet contained. Then e wrapped it up carefully and mailed it to the Pelitician. Next morning he looked up S. & T. - in the market quotations and saw that it was ling at 80, as the card stated. When he went lunch he left an order with the little bank on Nassau Street to buy twenty thousand shares as ‘quickly as possible at the market rate. Two days later the shares had advanced to 82, and } ordered another ten thousand bought for his unt. The stock continued to go up slowly r a week, and then it began to attract con- erable notice. At this point the papers pub- ed an nt xg? of ie Foes 8 ore ordinance by the Board o ermen which favor- ably affected the interests of the traction line question. _ Instantly the shares jumped in a day to 96. : e was a big demand for them at that figure, and they advanced to 98, at which quotation Bob concluded he would sell out. When he walked o the bank to give his order he met the ier at the door of his den, and in the mversation that ensued Bob said he had come cienone of his S. & T. shares. ; = ‘You ought to hold on a little longer,” said _ thé cashier. “They'll go to par, as sure as any- thing. You’ve got money enough at your back to 5 ad however, shook his head. ; ’m satisfied with a profit of seventeen dollars 5” he said. “That makes me worth over illion, and I won’t be eighteen for a month wre a Wall Street, marvel, young d the cashier, admiringly. . ‘I certainly have got money to burn, as the ng is. I think I can afford to lay back on oars for a while.” ; is profits on the deal, after all expenses n deducted, were about six hundred and five thousand dollars, making him worth bgether nearly a million and a quarter. How Boyd would have opened his eyes if he knew that _ ordinary Oy. ie vee ‘still a matter of grave doubt. anomaly—a million-- MONEY TO BURN a a ae CHAPTER XIV.—Conclusion. Although Bob was worth one million two hun- dred thousand dollars in actual money, he did not think of resigning his humble position as messenger to the capitalist. His salary had been advanced to ten dollars, and Mr. Boyd treated him with the greatest consideration. He had made arrangements with the bank in Nassau Street to loan out on call a portion of his money, while the balance was distributed among several trust companions on special deposit. As a re- sult the boy was making a large income out of his capital. He picked up a couple of valuable tips in his office during the next few months, but he made no attempts to use them, as he considered he yas in honor bound not to do so. It was along ward Thanksgiving that the newspapers began to report the formation of a clique to get con- trol of the traction corporation of which Mr. Boyd was president and his friends the directors. It was a scheme that required millions, but the opposition seemed to have all the money it needed. The members of the syndicate had been quietly buying up the stocks for months, until Mr. Boyd woke up at last to the fact that the situation was critical, He discovered, as the time drew near when the annual meeting would be held, that several persons whom he counted upon had gone. over to the enemy, and that others were agen | on account of the large price they were offer for their holdings. It was absolutely necessary for Mr. Boyd and those closely allied with him in the company that they should be able to hold the waverers in line or buy out their stock at the-same figure, which was above the market, offered by the com © bination that was fighting to wrest the control of the traction yroads away from them. A large part of Mr. Boyd’s money was invested in other corporations as well as the traction company’s holdings, and so he could not bring all of his capital into the fight. The same was also true of the other directors of the company. Conse- quently Mr. Boyd and his friends had to borrow on such approved securities as they could pro- duce in order to meet the unusual drain on their resources. Bob Howard knew in a general way how things stood, for he kept track of the matter in the papers, and he heard a great deal that trans- vired right in the office. He knew the day before the annual meeting that the question of the control of his boss’s traction interests was He could easilj see that Mr. Boyd was verv much worried oper the situation. i question several gentlemen called- to see Mr. Boyd, and he showed them into the private office, where a conference of at least an hour was held. When the gentlemen came out of the inner room om Des one =* es say: Remember, Mr, Boyd, we can only give you until three o’clock to make up your mind. it we fail to receive a favorable answer from you we shall feel obliged to take up with the offer that Sage, Barlow & Cummings have made us.” ._ Then they went away, and the capitalist re- tired to his reom. An hour later Woh. heard On the morning of the day in. his employer tell a friend he had sent foxy: : a

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*T don’t know what I shall do. These people refuse to stand by me, ahd have simply given me the option of taking their shares at five points above the market, which is the figure they have been offered by the brokers of the opposition. 1- have until three o’clock to take them up, but I don’t see how I can do it, as I can’t raise on such short notice within a million of the total sum, and they insist on spot cash. If Sage, Barlow & Cummings get this stock it will settle the fight in favor of the syndicate. They will be able to elect a majority of the board to- morrow, and I will have to step down and out.” “Tt is too bad, Boyd,” replied his friend, sym- pathetically. “But I suppose you will make a strong effort among the banks friendly to you to help you. out?” “IT am going the rounds now for that purpose, but, as I said, the time is so short that I a afraid I won’t be able to meet the issue.” The gentleman took his leave and the operator returned to his room for his coat and hat. Bob followed him in. “T’d like to see you a moment, sir.” “Another time, Bob. I haven’t a moment to spare now.” “Excuse me, sir, but I think you have, if you listen to me. I have heard a few words of con- versation this morning which leads me to believe : that if you could put your hand on a million ‘dollars to-day it would enable you to win your f fight for the control of the Northern Traction. Now, I can put you in the way of getting that niillion.” Mr. Boyd looked at his messenger as if he thought he had suddenly gone crazy. Then Bob started in to explain how he had actually made a million and a quarter out of the stock market since came to work in his present position. ~ “Now,” concluded Bob, “I have three hundred and fifty thousand dollars on deposit with the aE banking department of the Title Guaranty and Trust Company; I have two hundred .ond fifty thousand dollars with the Washington Trust Com- ; pany; another two hundred and fifty thousand dollars with the Universal Trust Company; one hundred and fifty*thousand dollars with the Man- hattan Trust Company, while the balance of my _money is being used by the Nassau Street bank : to loan on call. As you see, there is a million Bag in the four trust companies. We will go around - to each of them and I will, turn the funds over to you. Then you will be able to swing enough money into line to save -your traction interests. How does that strike you, sir?” “If what you say is really true, Bob, you will put me under extraordinary obligations-to you; but I want to tell you right here that it will be impossible for me to furnish you with security for this loan until to-morrow, and even then I 2 can’t do much better than turn over to you the - . five thousand shares of Northern Traction for _ which I’ve got to give one million and fifty thou- sand dollars, although its market value is only ~_ one million and twenty-five thousand dollars.” -~ “All right, sir; don’t worry about that. You can transfer the five thousand shares to me when ‘you get them in the morning, and I will give you __-@ proxy so you can yote them in your own inter- est. I will hold them until you are ready to take them off my hands, or Pl buy them outright at - 2 market price, <= you are willing to lose fe MONEY TO BURN twenty-five thousand dollars these people are ~ soaking you for.” Mr. Boyd got the million he euned and-bought the five thousand slmares that’ turned the tide of the traction fight in his favor. He paid 210 for them, though the highest market quotation was 205. They became Bob’s property absolutely on the following day at 200, Mr. Boyd refusing to accept the other twenty -five thousand dollars _ from him on the ground that thé accommoda- tion of loaning the million was worth that to ~ him. That afternoon Mr. Boyd and his associates were re-elected on the board of the Northern Traction, and he was also re-elected president for another year. The new year was hardly a week old when Mr. Boyd was notified that a2 man named John Spicer had been arrested in San Francisco for trying to sell some of the securities’ that had been stolen from him on the night of June 30 of the previous year. Extradition papers were secured and Mr. | Spicer was brought back to New York. When — lodged in the Tombs he sent for Mr. Boyd. The capitalist refused to visit him until a second - note from the prisoner gave him to understand that if the matter was not compromised he would squeal on a certain party who was the principal — in the case. “ Mr. Boyd knew that Spicer referred to Andrew Bristow, and so he called upon him to see what he had to say. Spicer said that all the missing bonds would be returned if the case was dropped. Otherwise he would offer to turn State’s evidence against the lawyer. The capitalist took the mat- ter under consideration and visited his brother- _ in-law at his office. What passed between them was known only to themselves, but an arrange- — ment was made by which the case was pigeon- holed and Spicer was let out on bail. And Bob never learned the cause of the assault made upon Boyd by Bristow when the boy first — made the broker’s acquaintance. Oscar Lovett escaped the promised vengeance of Bob Howard for the West Point affair, and soon. after that incident he got another position in Wall Street. Shortly after Spicer was let out of the Tombs, Oscar was arrested for abstracting a bond from the safe where he was employed, and he was put in the very cell vacated by Spicer. He was con- victed of the charge and sent to the Elmira Re- formatory for three years, where’ he. still is, with - a few months to serve. As for Bob, he cast his first vote at the last 2 November election. He now occupies a respon- — sible position in Mr. Warren Boyd’s office, and is that gentleman’s most trusted employee. He is also assistant secretary of the Northern Trac- tion Company, the stock of which is now worth” 290, or nearly half a million more than he gave for it. It pays him a dividend every three months - of 1 1-4 per cent., and that is quite an item on one and a half millions. Notwithstanding the fact he is.going on his twenty-second year, he is still regarded as the shrewdest boy in Wall Street. Although no one outside of his family and the big capitalist knows what he is actually worth, he himself is ca = to know that he has Money to Burn. —*. a Next week’s issue will contain “AN EYE TO a ASLEEP. or, THE BOY WHO WAS NC c= Aas) baw . he be ¥ ae a hy ie : i ib al n nah ‘ bie i see ae a EE i hha A " eee , Kak ‘eH va i: cer ye Seba? a eens Ory ry =

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY | i CURRENT NEWS BABY ELEPHANT AS PET ARBALESTRIERS WERE POPULAR Wanting to give a more substantial wedding The arbalest was one of the first machine guns resent than furniture or cut glass, Bernard Jmown to warfare. It was a crossbow which was uhe of Newark, N. J., gave his daughter Elsie, so strong that artificial means had to be adopted hen she was married to Carl Strohm, a baby to draw back the cord. It shot a short, wicked ephant. «He told his daughter as she sailed for quanel, or arrow. Prior to the Fourteenth Cen- honeymoon trip to Europe, that the animal, be- tury all European armies had troops of arbales- sides being a pet, is a good investment, for it triers. They. were formed into confraternities, could alwavs be sold for more than it cost: and used at guard duty in times of peace, and were as the elephant lives for several hundred years given many privileges by way of encouraging will be in the family for some generations. them to greater skill. The Genoese even had : snot — ree at Crecy the French em- ploy A of these mercenaries. The Gas- x MAN OUTRUNS HORSE cons and the men of Brabant were noted for their A six-day running contest at the Crystal Pal- skill with the bow, and many towns of northern , London, between a man and a horse ended France maintained their own companies of ar- with a decisive victory for the man. The human balestriers, who were called to occasional service contestant was C. W. Hart, fifty-nine years old, under the powerful dukes when a quarrel was to and the horse was Saucy Lassie, ridden by J ockey be settled. ‘Froissart. records an occasion when hur Nightingall. an English king borrowed the French arbales- ; Both ran ten hours dail ly until the last night, triers for use in a war in which France was not when the horse was withdrawn and Hart won by concerned, and it is on record also that a com=

Do You Read the “MYSTERY MAGAZINE?” IF NOT, WHY NOT? IT IS A GOOD BUY! A glance over the following contents will impress upon your mind that it isa omer.” It is the only magazine on the market which has a story broad- cast over the radio by Stations WJZ and WJY. ‘The Feature Story in No. 166, now on the newsstands, is “MIXED MOTIVES” 33 ; , By Eric Howard e =; a fine story. The Two-part Serial commencing in this number is 3 . “THE HOUSE ON LINCOLN ROAD” See By Jack Gottlieb and Elmer Y askan There are six short stories, every one interesting, as =e and authors will convince you. Here they are: = - “VANDERDICKER’S CAT,” by Jack Bechdolt a “THE GRAY SHADOW,” by James W. Egan “TELLTALE SHREDS,” by Dale D. Kier oe “THE TOY SALESMAN,” by Edward Ettinger “THE LOCO MAN,” by Dr. W. J. Campbell i “AN INSIDE ‘JOB, hy 3. ME. canland : No. 306 “MYSTERY MAGAZINE” from Your Newsdealer Tedsy

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: Rob and the Reporters Hustling for War News by Wireless —_—- By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER XV.—(Continued*, Brown was gone a long time. Meanwhile Rob was permitted to roam about the camp and had a fine opportunity to see everything. By the time Brown joined him he felt that he had material for several splendid stories for the Earth, but it - Was necessary to trust to memory. He did not J dare to take notes. 3 Brown took him to the tent. Rob could see . that he was excited about something. “Look here,” he whispered, “the general was intending to send Captain Steinmeyer to Luxem- 3 burg on a secret mission. There are more papers = coming from Berlin. He wants me to go and fetch them and at the same time pick up such in- formation as I can. I have accepted the commis- sion. Want to go along?” ‘Rob thought of Edith. a It seemed like utterly deserting the poor girl. ? “How do we go?” he asked. “Won’t I be spotted as English at once?” “Not when we get through with you. Of course there must be no English talk except when we absolutely know we are alone. You will pose as my deaf and dumb servant—see?” ee “How are we to pass through the German lines?” : “We shall pass over them, boy. Totten is to drop us near the place in his aeroplane and pick us up again later.” - “¥ hardly know what to say.” } “Of course it is terribly risky business.” “Tf we are caught——” . “We shall be shot as spies. Think well before you decide.” Rob stood pondering. : “T'll take a chance,” he said at length. “Good! I shall be glad of your company. No time to be lost. Come with me.” E They looked up the lieutenant in his tent. _ “He'll go,” said Brown; “it’s all arranged.” _ “Glad of it. Oh, Meyers!” called the airman. A soldier stepped out of an inner compart- ment. “2 “Mo your work,” ordered Totten, and he added: ~> “Meyers is an expert theatrical make-up man. He'll turn you into Deutchers in short order. He attends to all the spies.” The word grated on Rob. He half reeretted his. decision, but it was too late to back out now. _ Meyers not only proved to be up in his busi- ___mess, but to have every facility at hand for car- Tying it out. _ : When he-got through with Rob and the re- _- porter, Brown looked as German as possible. His _ Tight arm was all bandaged and carried in a~ ae = — - not make a landing till after dark. eee a) : et ae FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY sling. He wore the uniform of a German soldier and bore every appearance of having seen hard service. Rob, on the other hand, was dressed as a man servant and his face was so changed that any one would have pronounced him German. A flaxen- haired wig completed the illusion. They were then taken to General Taylor’s tent. “That’s all right,” he said. “You'll »vass mus- ter. Here are your papers, Brown. Don’t for- get now, you are Sergeant Stein of the 86th, bound home on a furlough on account of your wound. Make up any old story you please to ac- count for Randall. Remember, Randall, you are to be deaf and dumb.” “Tm not likely to forget it, sir,” replied Rob. “T’ve no desire to be shot.” Brown had already received his instructions and within half an*hour the start was made. The day was ideal for flying. The aeroplane rose like a bird and went soar- ing over the German army at what seemed to Rob an enormous height. ; “Now, Rob,” said Brown, after they were well up, “I told. you we were going to Luzemburg, and .so we are—going over it. That is not our real destination. I have yet to learn it myself. Lieu- tenant, when does the secret come out?” “When we get there,” replied the lieutenant. “My orders ‘are not to speak the name of the place sooner.” ae “How long it is going to take us?” asked Rob. — “The rest of the day,” replied Totten. “I shall It wouldnt” be safe.” “Have you ever been there before?” asked Brown. ; ; “Oh, yes,” was the reply. “I have flown all over Europe except parts of Russia and in the Balkans. You see this war had long been antic- ipated. Although it was kept a secret, England had a lot of airmen in training. So did France and Germany.” ‘ That day’s aerial journey Rob will never forget. Where it was safe Totten flew comparatively — low in order to give them an opportunity to: see the country. \ They crossed the Neuse and passing over Liege saw the ruined city and those wonderful forts. _ Once they thought they were going to be chased _ by a big Zeppelin, but when Totten displayed Ger- man colors it sheared off. : See This was the only time they were in real dam ger. ; Totten certainly knew his business. He haw dled the little Wright beautifully: ae A good cold spread was served up among the” — clouds. oeet st At last evening drew near and they found them- selves over a large town in which the principal objects were two huge cathedrals. = “That’s your destination, boys,’ Lieutenant Totten now announced. “It is the ancient city of — Hildersheim.” Ue es “TI thought as much,” muttered Brown. been there.” i. wou. (To be continued.) : a Waves

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we TYPEWRITER FOR CHINESE _ _ A typewriter for the use of Chinese characters ~ has been invented by a Chinese engineer, and it _. will be priced at $240 retail. Se BEES MAKE CENTREPIECE ‘Valley Township, near Coatesville, Pa., a swarm of honey bees went through an opening leading to the dining room and took possession. - : Mrs. Boyd was surprised to see a centrepiece on the dinning room table. The bees had piled - up and formed. ; SUGAR FROM CORN STARCH The Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture reports that sugar can now be made commercially from corn starch. It is esti- _ Mated that one corn crop will supply the United States with sugar in sufficient quantities to meet all the needs for twenty years. The country’s annual consumption of sugar is about five million ms for all purpose, about half of which is im- orted. According to the report it will be pos- ‘sible to stop this importation. x EN ——_—_—__—_ “MAGNETIC. CARS” USED IN CHINA FOR . CENTURIES It is an odd coincidence, though certainly noth- ing more, that the phenomenon of magnetism, now known to be an invariable attribute of sun- spots, is said by many authorities to have been st recognized in China. ote of “magnetic cars,” which he claimed were % iven, = than 900 years before by the Emperor - to’ the Ambassadors from Tonkin and Cochin _ China,. to “guide them on their return journey across the desert. .These contained a natural stone floated on water, which pointed toward uth. ; aordbir to this version, the magnetic com- ss, used also in China for the orientation of ptles, was subsequently adopted by Chinese gators, from whom its use spread to India ence to the Mediterranean. one field mouse may kill ten trees a year, single snake will eat 150 mice in a season, one snake worth 1,500 trees? 3 y the Reptile Study Society of America ; annual dinner in New York, sounding pre the keynote of its policy and definite otect the snakes.”- the sworn enemy of rats, mice and other nts which do such tremendous damage to our and crops. The sabe is equally witn the ne friend of ind. - : members of the reptile society brought pet —en to the dinner, but not one ounce vite medicine was drunk, Why? Be- are olutely harmless to arias Baty poe er kills a FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST During the absence of the B. W. Boyd family, _. In the second century, B. C., a Chinese author UP © SNAKE WILL DEVOUR 150 MICE IN A - ) SNAKE , DEVOL -ean people are ta, Rt meee food supply be, e ya class | snake unless he positively knows that it is poison- ous. Even then he often forbears. HISTORY OF SALMON The history of the salmon begins with a pink egg the size of a garden pea. In a little over two months, writes William L. Finley in The Nature Magazine, the egg reaches the eyed stage; that is, two little eyes begin to show through the transparent shell. In about three months the baby fish strug- gles till he cracks open. the shell and emerges, somewhat as a chick hatches from a hen’s egg. When the new-born-salmon comes out of the shell he looks as if he were all eyes. He has a very slender tail.. On the under side of the main part of his body is the yolk sac, which furnishes him food for a full month or more. He isan or- phan, without mother or father, so from the time he struggles up out of the sand he paddles his own canoe in his world of water weighted down with the weight of his yolk sac for the first month he lies close to the bottom under and be- tween protecting rocks. Then, when the lunch he started, with is ab- sorbed, he is more active, buoyant and can swim up. He learns to rise to the surface and snap. up tay insects. He develops very slowly day by day; his nose always ints upstream, but he gradually comes under the influence of the swift waters. He learns to keep in the-shallower places away from the bigger fish that may snap him The instinct that unerringly led the mother up from the sea to the mountain waters where he was born takes posséssion of him and urges him on to a life in the sea. It may be nearly a year and he may be from three to six inches in a before he tastes salt water, As birds of a weather flock together, so the little salmon collect in schools, swim out of the river into the unknown depths of the ocean. The feeding grounds of the schools of salmon are likely within a radius of from ten to twenty miles from the mouth of the parent stream, where they are always within the influence of the fresh coastal waters. a A natural conflict arises between those who- wish to conserve and increase the outdoor re- _ Sources of our country and those individuals and corporations who are eager to exploit these re- sources for personal profit. The schools of sal- mon that enter the streams along “Pacific eee. are the most valuable run of fish in the world. = The Puget Sound and the Fraser River, that at one time produced 3,000,000 cases of canned mon each season, have been exploited, the writer in Nature Magazine points out, by commerical interests to such an extent that these waters con- tain now only the remains of a vanishing imdus- _ try. In other great Western streams the Fe cause the crop has. harvested b: Bepnle who, as a whole, are greedy for nk only in terms of the present, — wes

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_ pense. 24 ‘FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY INTERESTING RADIO NEWS AND HINTS KEEP MATCHES AWAY FROM THE CHARGING BATTERY It is not generally known, unfortunately, that a storage battery on charge is giving off hydro- gen gas, and that this gas, when mixed with the oxygen of the air, forms an explosive. For this reason one should keep one’s face and lighted matches away from the vent of a battery while it is on charge. The small vent of the hattery is sufficient to permit the escape of the hydrogen gas, under normal conditions. In the presence of a flame, however, the hydrogen gas, mixed with oxygen, may ignite and the battery may very well be blown to pieces. One should use an elec- tric flashlight in looking into the charging bat- tery to see the level of the electrolyte in each cell. WHAT RESISTANCE FOR THE RHEOSTAT? One of the several questions which arise in the construction of a home-made receiver is the re- sistance of the rheostat. There are three general tlasses of rheostats, so far as resistance rating is concerned. Hence it becomes necessary to classify the tubes in three groups, in selecting the proper rheostat. A rheostat of 6 ohms is necessary for tubes of 5-volt rating. A 20-ohm rheostat is used for the tubes of 3-volt rating. A 30-ohm rheostat is used for the 1%4-volt tubes. As for the carbon rheostat, they may be used with any type of tube since they have a»range of resistance from zero to 30 ohms or more, thus covering the complete range of resistances. ‘ REGENERATION AND RADIO FREQUENCY While it is true that the regenerative circuit is making way for the radio-frequency circuits, the fact remains that the old regenerative circuit, when properly designed and constructed, gives an amplification equal to between two and three separate stages of radio-frequency amplification. © Beyond doubt, it is the most economical type of circuit, but, unfortunately, in the hands of the inexperienced operator it is allowed to oscillate and therefore becomes a miniature transmitter to annoy the radio audience in the immediate neighborhood. When it comes to loud-speaker operation, the single-circuit regenerative receiver, together with two stages of audio-frequency am- plification, gives the best results at the lowest ex- It is unfortunate that regenerative sets are in thé hands of so many unskilled laymen who have made this otherwise efficient type, of re- ceiver a perfect pest to broadcast listeners. WATCH YOUR “B” BATTERIES : When it is considered that due to carelessness - or inexperience some sets are being operated at home at a cost as high as 30 cents an hour, - whereas others of equal range and performance ~ eost but a few cents an hour to operate, it be- comes evident that batteries must be properly chosen -and cared for if the receiver is to be op- hes erated economically. Here are the points with -grid leak, for the reason that it is designed es- ‘by Electrad, Inc, regard to batteries that the broadcast listener should observe. : Use the size battery adequate to the need of the particular set. It is possible to get results from py Se nee apparatus with the smallest size of - “B” battery, but the experiment will be costly, because of the rapid depreciation of current su ply and the consequent need of frequent renewals. The number and type of tubes, as well as the range sought, should determine the size of battery required. Be sure that the “B” battery is not connected to “A” battery terminals, as the filament in the latter is designed to operate on low voltage, whereas the voltage of “B” battery is many times that of the filament voltage rating. Use no more tubes than are sufficient for the results desired. It frequently happens that in- experienced operators will have more tubes burn- ing than are necessary, and then de-tune to les- sen the volume of sound. For local stations, for instance, the first audio stage is usually sufficient. Tubes should be burned at the lowest point com- patible with good reception. Excess filament current not only drains the batteries unduly, but reduces-the life of the tubes. Once the rheostat is fixed at the proper peint, it should not be touched again. a The filament should be tuned off the moment — the operator stops listening. Current is flowing as long as the filament is lit, regardless of wheth- er or not the operator is receiving. aa THE AUDIOHM 3 The “audiohm” is the newest radio accessory to come to light. It is offered with the promise that it will control the volume of the set and clarify the output. The device is a variable high resistance, the device working with a knob that enables the op- erator to employ the resistance desired between 10,000 ohms and 12,000 ohms. In use the device is placed across the secondary of either audio frequency transformer. The re- sult is similar to the result obtained by placing a variable grid leak in that position, distortion be- ing reduced and the Karsh tone, characteristic of some sets, very much softened. The device will serve the purpose better than the conventional by th on ae pecially for the work and is so fashioned that the ecnnections can very easily be made, The device may be panel mounted, although for all practical © purposes it may just as well be put directly on the transformer binding posts. Once the correct” adjustment is found it will be found rarely neces- _ — to change it. ; 3 : e resistance element is a ially prepared paper, so treated that the ce Secs not. change independently of the manual adjustment of the device. This is accomplished by introduc- ing carbon into the pulp as the paper is manufac- _ tured, the true resistance element thus becoming an inttegal part of the paper. The device is made j - 4 a a » : a — > —

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BALLOON PULLS TRAIN loon power is to be used on a unique rail- d in Bavaria to haul cars to the summit of a tain peak. The big bag, fastened to a small enger car, is sixty-six feet in diameter and -a lifting power of 10,560 pounds.. The car run on a single T-shaped rail which is an- ored to the ground. By allowing 3,300 pounds r passengers and crew and 4,620 pounds for the balloon, ropes and car, a margin of 2,640 minds is left in favor of the gas-bag “engine” sO that it will not be stalled on the upward climb. In descending according to Popular Mechanics, ity is the only force required and water bal- provides the necessary extra weight to make down grade.’ SCOTLAND _YARD TO PIT BEAUTY - AGAINST CRIME . Woman’s wiles, wit and charms versus criminal tiness is a possibility’ of the future, and the me is ex by Scotland Yard to rope in crime perpetrators than has been the case nuly... : 3 ecruiting for the new women’s police force pening shortly and, from the many applicants Criminal Investigation Department hopes to some bobbed-haired, daintily gowned detec- who will prove more than the equals of the ‘jewel thieves and dope traffickers who have therto eluded attempts of mere men detectives x0 track them down. 3 _ The authorities are satisfied that many of the resent, crimes and robberies are engineered by a new set of smart criminals who can only be red by detectives of the same outward tness and equal wit. THE ESKIMO DOG ss the broadwastes of Arctic snows, suf- ¢ biting winds and benumbing cold, traveling equal eacisice over high drifts or the sm : surfaces of the slippery crust, travels the ‘me’s best friend, the Eskimo dog. : _ This animal so nearly resembles the Arctic “that the two have often been mistaken for One another. The dog has the shaggy hair, bushy ail, sharp muzzle and small upright ears of the and he probably has a strong strain of wolf d in : e of Arctic America are much like of Northern Asia, although they sometimes differ in color. Eskimo dogs are usually mixed ack and white, but some are entirely black. ‘y are a beautiful white with black heads. Their fur—for their coat is fur rather than hair : as thick as that of a bear. Nature acted wisely when she provided these s with thick warm fur. For their masters ide no shelter for them, and tether them out rht. Were the poor animals not well coy- a warm coat, they would surely freeze To escape the cutting northern winds, dig deep burrows in the snow in which p. They are fed almost altogether on Jo-the short summer when they are pe FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY GOOD READING allowed to run free, they find small animals to eat, birds and eggs. Many times they kill and eat sheep, goats and small fowl of the natives. These animals come into their greatest sphere of usefulness in the winter when they are used to draw sledges over the trackless wastes of the northernmost hemisphere. There are no rail- roads, no trolley cars or automobiles or any of the conveyances which we use without thinking. It is even impossible to use horses in this snow- covered land.. So the Eskimos train these dogs and use them much as the Laplander uses rein- deer. They are harnessed in teams usually of sight or ten, and often more when the sledding is 5 When the snow is hard and even a team of dogs will carry a load of three or four hv dred pounds a distance of forty miles a day. Each dog in the team has a name which it recognizes when its master shouts to it. Though the masters often treat the dogs cruelly with blows and kicks, the Eskimo dog is patient and enduring and rarely deserts its master for good. Sometimes, however, he shows. his objection to eruel treatment by be- ing obstinate and unmanageable. No matter what the climate, the dog certainly seems to be man’s best friend. He makes himself useful in many ways. It may be as a companion to the children on the farm, it may be as a guard- ian to a great estate, it may be as a pursuer of men or animals, but the dog reaches his highest sphere of usefulness in the Arctic sphere, where life without him would be next to impossible. “Mystery Magazine” Semi-Monthly 15 Cents a Copy 158 THE MYSTERY OF ROARING WATERS, py Harry Adler. THE RIVER PIRATES, by Hamilton Craigie. THE SHADOW OF A NOOSE, by Jack Bechdolt. AT 2 A. M., by Beulah Poynter, THE INTRIGUERS, by Grover Kidwell. THE LOCK AND KEY, by Hamilton Craigie. THE’ TALKING DOG, by Frank Blighton. = se al ON THE MIRROR, by Alexander Morrison. MIXED MOTIVES By ERIC HOWARD Out Today in No. 166 , HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. 166 West 23d Street New York City rr eee er ee eS “Moving Picture Stories” A Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Players PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY Each number contains Three Stories v- the Best Films on the Screen—Elegant Half-tone Scenes from the Plays ena 3%, ae a pp Bags minent People in ms—Doings © ors an ctresses in the Studio and Lessons in Scenario Writing. “ HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. _ 166 West 23d Street

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HEN MOTHERS TWO KITTENS Two puzzled kittens, housed in the manger of a barn in Halstead, Minn., are learning to re- spond just as quickly to the cluck of a large white hen as they do to the heow of their black and white mother. The hen is sharing mother- ' ing duties with the cat. She clucks proudly as ‘the kittens snuggle under her wings and objects to the attention of the cat. = MONEY GOES IN THE WIND The mischievous wind that sprang up recently sweep down on Market street, San Francisco, apping the skirts of the flappers and roll-car tre ks, cost William Wilson of No. 1145 Howard Street just $300. c As Wilson was taking out his wallet to buy a nday paper the rapacious predatory pone ught three $100 bills and carried them down e street. Wilson leaped to catch his flying money, but the gust carried them around a cor- “ner and, although he spent most of his morning searching the streets, aided by a good-sized crowd, ‘he was unable to recover the bills. = “THIRTEEN O’CLOCK” Lmong the many legends that circle around indsor Castle is the story of the sleeping sen- As Answers a London publication, tells the y, the sentry was arrested for sleeping on 1 and saved himself from being “shot at lawn” by stoutly declaring he was not asleep at To prove this he averred that in the deep ence of midnight he heard a’ local church clock ‘stril e, not twelve but thirteen. So wild and improbable a statement startled his judges, who pont noes, sentence to allow in- es to be made. Several witnesses thereupon fied that the clock did actually strike thir- n on that night and the sentry was acquitted. _ The guardsman’s\name was John Hatfield, and the incident occurred in the reign of William and ot at all improbable,” commented a police- of to-day, nates he heard the story. “It’s this way: you hear a clock strike twelve, doze off and then hear that clock strike one—twelve and one are thirteen. An hour goes quickly. BET BAN ON KILLING MUSK DEER e perfume industry will be hard hit by an *t recently issued by the Lamas of Tsarung, in vutheastern Thibet, prohibiting the killing of léer to obtain musk, a very necessary element in manufacture of nearly all high-grade per- s. The tiny musk deer already has become e and the edict will serve to make the ob- ning of musk scarcer, and perhaps dearer, n rare jewels. 3 E Dr. Joseph Rock, an explorer for the National ghie Society, who has just returned from nedition to Chinese Thibet, brings word of et, which provides that hunters caught ‘on the temple doors. Be FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY | BRIEF BUT POINTED usk deer will have their hands cut off - Musk is one of the most penetrating and al- ready one of the most costly substances em- ployed in fixing perfumes. It is used as a base to carry the more perishable and less penetrating floral scents, such as rose, lilac, violet and lily of the valley. Natural musk is said to be so pene- trating and so capable of retaining its strength that an infinitesimal bit will scent a large room for more than two years, but perfumers dissolve the natural substance and dilute it hundreds of times. One representative of a French perfume con- cern has lived on the border of Thibet for twen- ty years for the sole purpose of buying musk from native hunters. Even at the source of sup- ply in this remote district musk is very costly. The only other source of natural musk is the Altai Mountains in mid-Asia, but the product from deer of this range is much inferior to the Tsarung musk, Doctor Rock.said. LOOK, BOYS! TRAPEZEE The Acrobatic Wonder Toy ALMOST HUMAN IN ITS ACTLLONS! _ It consists of a handsome parallel iron frame on whicn tne little yellow Ley accurately periorms like an ath- ete. Five Different Stunts — THE FLYING TRAPEZE — Release the trigger-pin and the figure swings for- ‘ward, gripping the brass trapeze-bar, turns a somersault in the air and catches a cross-bar by his heeis. ° THROUGH THs LOOP —A swift swing and he goes through a wire loop, makes a turn and, catching by his heeis, swings head downward from a bar. THE GIANT SWING —He goes forwa'rd 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 pertorms 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 $1.00 _The collapsible stand and the little mani- kin are neatly packed in a handsome box. Delivered anywhere in the United States on receipt of price. Address z : * WOLFF NOVELTY CO, 166 W. 23d St., New York City, N. Y.

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