Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 994) (1924 10 17)

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BOYS, READ THE RADIO ARTICLES IN THIS NUMBER OCTOBER 17, 1924 eos. Price 8 Cents TIPPED | BY THE E TICKER; OR AN AMBITIOUS BOY IN WALL STREET. F Ano Orgs STORIES bY AEEL Mt! VN. - > ~ / - é 7 . eB J asec ahghase ore ft Phil dashed into the private saree ene bend.on his employer's ‘ © ae T wily »rokers were eee ughly taken a yy” rr;

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Are You A Radio Fan? Read Page 24. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY & risvea weekly—Subscription price, $4.00 per year! Canada, $4.50; Foreign. $5.00. Harry E. Wolff, sp eiioher: Tne., 166 2 West 28d Street, New York, XY. Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. V———— eee No. 994 NEW YORK, OCTOBER 17, 1924 . Price 8 Cents. KK TIPPED BY THE TICKER OR, AN AMBITIOUS BOY IN WALL STREET. By A SELF- MADE MAN CHAPTER I.—Phil Bristow and the Office | 72° ONT Stenographer. “He told Wetmore that a pool had just been formed to boom a certain stock,-and that he was “Got any money, Ethel?” sie’ Hewes Bros.’ one of the brokers who was going to do the buy- messenger boy, an uncommonly bright-looking ing.” lad, as he paused by the stenographer’s desk. “What was the name of the stock?” . co Well if you haven’t gét a cheek, Phil Bris- “Say you'll go in with me and I’ tell you.” ” laughed Miss Carpenter, who was a pretty The girl hesitated. anaate of seventeen years. “Fifty dollars is——” “Sure I have—two of them,” chuckled Phil. “A lot of money. You said that before.” “But I’m dead serious, just now. I’ve got a tip.” “T wasn’t going to say that.” “A tip!” exclaimed the girl, with an ingerested “Well, what were you going to say?” a smart enough to get off the roof before it gives ‘- the biggest brokers on the Street.” way. I’ve not been in Wall Street a = Maa It’s a ant ne viens z “Supposing before we got off the roof it fell in about this tip n 4 and landed us in the cellar, where would our “How to Tknow? Well, Tl tell how I ™oney be?” * ow ow e you how F . : know. I got it straight from the lips of one of In the pocket of some broker. I think I am ‘ his J eall it a cimch. If T had a thousan Sine ante you, Rot it from his it Leould make two with “it.” tell me. He {8ld it in “Would you really invest a thousand scutes ck oe named strength tip?” es ' ‘of that the strength of that tip?”

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2 » -"TIPPED “BY “Tf it was all the money you 3 in the world, That wouldn’t make any difference.” “How many shares can™ you get-with $100, Phil?” “The stock is ruling now at 49. I can get 29 shares on margin. If it goes up ten points we’ll make nearly $100 apiece. Isn’t that worth while?” “But will it go up ten points?” “T'll bet it will go up fifteen. If it should only, go up five.or six we'll double our money. The combination of capitalists back of this projected boom has got millions to boost the stock with and hold it up until their brokers unload at a big profit.” The girl thought for several moments before she spoke again, and Phil waited patiently for her decision. “Well, Phil,” she said at last, “I’ll risk it. I'll go in with you. What is the name of the stock?” “Great Western,” he whispered in her ear. “Here’s the last quotation on the ticker, ‘1,200 G. W. 49 1-8.’” “When do you want the money, Phil?” o-morrow morning.” “I'll bring it over with me.” “All right, pard. You'll be wearing a — 4 tee and hat on the profits in a couple of week. - “I hope so,” she laughed. “I need both. > : “Here comes Mr. Briggs, the cashier. This is where I sneak back to my chair in the outer office. _ He’s sore on me.” “Why?” free he wants to be the only one with yo 3 "The idea! Just as if I cared for him.” “That’s just it. He’s sour on me because I get the smiles from you and he don’t get any.” Phil bobbed his head to her and darted away. “He’s the nicest boy in New York,” thought Ethel Carpenter as she watched the good-looking messenger vanish through the brass gate of the ccunting-room. The cashier. huag up his hat and overcoat, went to his desk, and after a moment or two approached. the stenographer’s table with a paper in his hand. “Please make three manifold copies of this, Miss __- <*Carpenter,” whe said. ¥, Ay well, sir,” write hesitated as if he had something more to : sr — - girl’s manner was not very encour- , the sense he was g for. 1 ite a very pretty waist you have ter,” he ventured. sce aisthane Mr. Bri she replied, without iioking you. for e ~~ hig: — ean: yh ol mak- ce a . would complete the en ” he said. _ “Woul aggre pes oe THE TICKER “You are very kind, Mr. not take them.” “Why not?” he asked, almost sharply. “Because I don’t care to accept presents from gentlemen i in the office.” “Indeed,” he replied, tartly. “I saw you accept a cheap bouquet from Phil Bristow yesterday morning.” “Phil is only a boy; and besides, we are great friends.” “That is as much as to say you do not consider me a friend.” “Well, hardly—in the same sense as Phil.” “I think he is an impertinent young cub,” said the cashier, angrily. The stenographer was silent. “He puts in altogether too much time around your desk. I am going to speak to Mr. Hewes about it. You’d better give him a hint or two to keep away if you don’t want to have him dis- charged.” Miss Carpenter flushed up but did not say a word. “If you were a little more sociable with me, Miss Carpenter, you might find it to your advan- tage,” continued the cashier. “T don’t understand you, Mr. Briggs,” the girl, coldly. “Tf you will permit me to see you to the bridge cars this afternoon I will have more time to explain.” “No, girs I couldn’t think of it.” “I have seen you walk there with Phil Bristow.” “I wasn’t aware before that vou took such in- terest in my movements, Mr. Briggs,” she an- srry: with just the least bit of sarcasm in her ones “I take more interest than you think, Miss Car- penter, If you would “Mr: Briggs,” said Phil’s voice at his elbow at a moment, “Mr. Hewes wishes to see you in his office.” The cashier glared at him as if he resented the interruption. Phil, however, looked him placidly in the eye, and then went on to the wash-room When he got back to the stenographer’s desk the cashier was gone. (* - “Tm ao you brought him that message, Phil,” she sai “Why?” “Because his company was not agreeable to me.” “You ought to have thrown out a hint that you were busy. “T doubt if he would have taken it. I gave him no encouragement, to talk to me, but he per- sisted in doing 80.”. “Did he give you those flowers?” “He did, but I refused them. Please put them on his desk.” “Certainly,” and Phil carried the bouquet to the cashier’s den. As he’ turned toward. the ar “wa door he came face to face with Mr. B “What were you doing at my desk ees. the aes y- Briggs, but I’d rather replied

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TIPPED BY THE TICKER 3 - price. He received-back a memorandum of the CHAPTER II.— The Deal In Great Western. transactioh and some change. Then he went on to ‘ 3 the stationer’s, transacted his business, and was Phil Bristow was a smart boy. Mr. George soon back at the office. At the first opportunity Hewes, his employer, who was a stock broker of he showed the memorandum to the stenographer. some repute, doing business under the firm name As he passed the cashier’s desk he got a biac. ‘ook of Hewes Bros., with offices at No. — Wall street, from Mr. Briggs, whose saturnine features vlainly had said so more than once. A score of brokers showed the dislike he bore the boy. Phil, however, who knew the boy thought-so, if they didn’t didn’t care a rap for that gentleman’s sentiments. = actually say so. Mrs. Honeywell, who kept a_ He took care, though, to accord him the outward boarding-house in West 28th Street. where Phil respect his position in the office called for, and his lived, said a5 tweety: and the other boarders, diplomacy prevented an open rupture between especially the young ladies, agreed with her. them. Will Ashley, one of the clerks, who was Miss Ethel Carpenter, the office stenographer, particularly friendly with Bristow, beckoned him was sure of the fact, while the rest of the em- over to his desk. ployers, baring Mr. Murray’Briggs, the cashier, “What is Briggs so sore on you about?” he were non-committal on the subject, but their asked Phil, in a low tone. , A friendly attitude toward the young messenger “T guess it’s because Miss Carpenter and I are- was unmistakable. Mr. Briggs, who showed no too friendly,” replied the young messenger. disposition to conceal his dislike for Phil, seemed “What difference can that make to him?” to be about the only one who refused to admit “He wants to monopolize her himself.” that the boy was smart. “T thought he was a bit sweet on her. She’s a Now as the majority always rules, it may be deuced pretty girl, all right. I don’t believe she~ taken for granted that Phil Bristow was a smart wastes much thought on him. even if If is the ; oe : ae ether in was — a Poepey ong great mogul when the boss isn’t here.” and ha n left an orphan at the age of four- « } = oa ‘ H teen. That was a little over three years before es, Pinpemtes regeme it soci pie oe the opening of this stery. When he started out “""s thi for the first time im his life. The. - » 2 ; into red reer — crowded with customers “Hello, Phil! You're just the fellow I wanted watching the quotations that were put up on a 0 see,” said the other lad, whose nanie was Bob blackboard at one end of the room bya small Davis. | ° a window that*opened on Well, you see me now, don’t you,” said Phil. stood the margin clerk who at- _ “Sure. I want to pay you that dollar I bor- bro i ryt rowed,” said Davis. ‘ “Small favors are always thankfully received, eae th ablbsl, + A

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4 TIPPED BY THE TICKER “What do you want to sit down far?” asked Phil. “Can’t you ask the cashier to change your bill?” “T wouldn’t like to do it without taking some- thing. It isn’t just the thing. What will you have yourself?” Nothing.” : “Nonsense. Take something mild.” “Well, I'll take a glass of water.” " “Pcshaw!~ They don’t sell water. I'll order a bottle of soda or ginger ale for you. Or you can have cider, like myself.- Which shall it be?” “You can make it a soda, since you insist I shall drink with you.” : “All right,” and he gave the waiter the order. At that moment three gentlemen entered the .cafe and took the table just in advance of them. Phil recognized one of them, to his great disgust, as Murray Briggs, the cashier. : “How unfortunate that he should come in here just at this particular time. If he sees me he’ll put a bad construction on my presence here, and will probably report the circumstance to Mr. Hewes, making it out as bad as he can. I wish I hadn’t come in here.” : : He had reason to change his mind after a few minutes. CHAPTER III.—Mr. Briggs Is Brought to Bay. “I am very sorry, Mr. Briggs, to have to press - bout f the a tuna after they had given their orders to the waiter, “but it has been hanging fire so Jong that we feel it is high time that the matter was settled. What can you do about it?” : ; “Nothing at presenty” replied Briggs, a bit = ily. : eT eats the answer you’ve been giving us right along,” replied the other, sharply, “and Salter and I are tired of hearing it.” : - A “What are you going to do about it then? asked the cashier, almost defiantly. “We shall have to bring the matter to Mr. ‘ g in & a om) iB 3% “Bs g = oO 5 5 _ other, with a shrug of his shoulders. “If you will protested Bri yreeded z - me to raise o-morrow. dteaad ‘had three months to get the at money you owe us,” said one of © ed p Bob looked surprised, but nevertheless com- plied. ’ “Well, the fact ‘of the matter is I have. been trying to win the money at cards, for I’m an ex- pert with the pasteboards, but luck has’ been against me,” growled Briggs. “I was cleaned out -completely the other night, and had to borrow enough to see me through till salary day.” “Then*you admit that you haven’t any money at all?” said Mr. Cutler. “I haven’t a dollar to my name that I can call my own.” “You hear what he says, Salter?” “My hearing is very good, Cutler,” replied his associate. “What are we going to do about it, Salter?” “I’m afraid we'll have to call on Mr. Hewes, Cutler.” “And show him that little note of hand with his indorsement to it, eh?” 5 “Precisely,” nodded Mr. Salter. : “You mustn’t do it,” ejaculated the cashier, with a note of fear in his voice. “Mustn’t, eh?” retorted Mr. Cutler, with a dry laugh. “Why not? You’ve had three months, haven’t you, in which to pay the note, or at least make some kind of a substantial showing? You’ve done neither. When we called your attention to it you put us off with excuses. Well, we’ve stood your excuses as long asewe intend to. Haven't we, Salter?” “We have,” coincided his partner. “Therefore we propose to collect the note at once. When the principal can’t meet his obliga- tion the indorser must make good. Isn’t that so, Salter?” “Most decidedly,” nodded his companion. “Therefore to-morrow we’ll make it our busi- ness to interview Mr. Hewes. If it will muke it any easier for you, Mr. Briggs, you had better let him know what our intentions are.” A worried, hunted look flashed from the cash- ier’s eyes. It was clear that the plan of action outlined by the two gentlemen concerned him not a little. We : “Isn’t there any inducement I can offer you to defer your visit to Mr. Hewes?” “I_ mentioned the alternative when We first sat down at this table, but, according to your statement, it seems to be impossible for you to meet it,” said Mr. Cutler. se ite - “You mean that if half the money be paid to- morrow: i “With a ‘suitable guarantee that the balance | shall be forthcoming on the first of the month, we'll hold off,” interrupted Mr: Cutler, briskly. “Give me until this time to-morrow to try and _ meet your demand. ” . “IT think we may do that. What do you say, Salter?” that will money You might have materially reduced your “Whatever you say goes, Cutler,” nodded Salter. _ debt in that time, and Sue Nake prevented us” a “Very aa You heard whet Mr. Salter said,” the y of turning the screws riggs? e will meet you here this time .to-— or ey Feast 3 R= ~* morrow; that is,” cane ng his watch, “half- ast four o’clock. Fe ma satisfy us; if not, we'll have to e da _. That's fair | 7 Mr. ite. Hi oe =

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“Tt is as much as I can expect, I suppose,” he replied, without any enthusiasm. “Precisely,” replied Mr. Cutier. “As much as Ze. are entitled to expect after the unbusiness- © ike’ way you have treated us. Have another drink, gentlemen.” The waiter was summoned and another round ordered. . While they were waiting for the liquid refreshment the three men were silent, the cashier seemingly lost in thought. “In case I should find it impossible to get the money to-morrow, would you take five $1,000 rail- road bonds as. security for this debt?” asked Briggs, at length. ‘ . “Five $1,000 railroad bonds, eh! What is the name of the xoad, and what is their market value?” ; co “Tllinois Western. Market value $1,100.” “I thought you said you didn’t have a dollar you could call your own?” replied Mr. Cutler, sus- piciously. “T haven't, a while.” “Oh, that’s it, eh? Well, I don’t fancy that ar- rangement at all. Do you, Salter?” — “Hardly, unless——” “Unless what, Salter?” “We can acquire the right to sell the bonds on the first of the month if Mr. Briggs failed to re- deem them on that date.” _ ~ “Hum! I am afraid Mr. Briggs could not meet that requirement.” “Mstead of selling them, couldn’t you hypothe- cate them for the $5,000 on the first, and give me, say, three months longer in which to redeem them?” asked Mr. Briggs, eagerly. Mr. Cutler looked at his partner in a peculiar way, and Mr. Salter seemed to understand the look. ; but I could borrow the securities for “Look here, Briggs,” said Mr. Cutler, snarply, - 4g6 you intend to borrow those Illinois Western from the safe in your office?” The cashier started and: looked guilty. ? “J hope you don’t mean to insinuate,” began

» forged b _ “It’s a State prison offense. Exactly. | Well, I think ribing the bonds, and stating 1y. question,” interjected Ao TIPPED BY THE TICKER that Mr. Hewes’s endorsement on Mr. pe A mere matter of - => 5 “About the bonds hereafter. Exactly,” con- cluded Mr. Cutler, looking at Briggs. _ “Tl agree to the conditions,” replied Mr. Briggs. “Very well. I think that concludes the matter for the present,” said Mr. Cutler. “What do you think, Slater?” “T agree with you,” answered his partner. The three men rose and walked out of the cafe. “Well,” asked Bob Davis of Phil, “what did you learn?” “That a certain person is a bigger rascal than I took him to be.” “Is that all? I thought you were picking up a tip on the market.” “No. Come! Are you going?” “Sure,” replied Bob Davis, and they left the cafe and walked up to Broadway, where they parted, Davis taking the subway, while Phil boarded a Broadway surface car. ~~ CHAPTER IV.—Phil Bristow Is Accused of Theft. ._ On his way up town in the car Phil pondered over what he had heard in the cafe. One thing seemed clear to him—that Mr. Briggs owed Messrs. Cutler and Salter the sum of five aundred dollars, and that they-were trying to make him ante up. Who were Cutler and Salter? And how came Mr. Hewes’s cashier to owe them five thou- sand dollars? They might be stock brokers, but Phil did not believe they were. He could not imagine how Mr. Bri t into their debt for such a large sum. P learned another thing —that the cashier played cards formoney, That fact did not pexueeeriy surprise him. It was in line with Mr. Briggs’s ch r as he had summed it up. What really interested him was the cashier’s offer to put up the five one thou- sand r Illinois Western bonds as security for the money he owed Cutler and Salter, after mak- ing the admission that he was not worth a cent - he could call his own) Of whom was he going to borrow those bonds? What good friend did he have who would be so obliging as to loan him the » use of five Illinois Western securities whose ‘m ket value was five thousand five hundred dollars all told? To say the truth, the ironical remarks wece by Mr. Cutler gave Phil a strong suspicion at Mr. Briggs really meant to get those par- ticular bonds from the office safe. Probably he knew they would not be called for until interest came around again; or, at any rate, he was will- ing to take chances that they would not be wanted within three months. : As for the note he had given Cutler and Salter bearing Mr. Hewes’s indorsement, he was inclined to believe that the indorsement was a forgery. Well, after all, it was none of his business that Mr. Briggs owed Cutler and Salter money, and it . was the cashier’s own funeral if he had given his two creditors a note with a forged statement. But — if Mr. Briggs intended to take five bonds belong- —~ ing to Mr. Hewes from the safe and practicality h ecate them, without his employer’s edge or permission, for the purpose of ling or securing his debt, that was another matter en- ~ © ae P :

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really on. ~ hat 6 TIPPED BY THE TICKER tirely. Was it not Phil’s duty to give Mr. Hewes an inkling of the situation? : “I think I ought to,” he mused, “but it’s rather a delicate job to get around. What evidence have I to offer to substantiate such « serious charge against the trusted cashier of our office? Not a particle. Mr. Briggs’s denial would go further than my statement. It would be better to wait until the cashier had presumably abstracted the bonds from the safe, Then I could tell Me. Hewes in confidence what I overheard in the cafe. If on investigation the bonds were found to be missing there would appear to be some ground to suspect Mr. Briggs of having taken them for the purpose indicated. By hunting up Cutler and Salter the matter could doubtless be brougsi home to the cashier. That will be the better way. I am beginning to think that I see Mr. Briggs’s finish.” ; Next day Phil took a great interest in the ticker whenever he got a chance ‘to look at it, but he was rather disappointed to find no change yet for the better in Great Western stock. There were only two or three quotations of the stock on the tape all day for comparatively insignificant ’ blocks of shares, from which Phil concluded that the syndicate brokers had not yet started in to buy. He reported the fact to thé stenographer, and said he hoped that there would be some in- dication of life iri the stock on the following day. He had some idea of going up to the cafe around four o’clock, with the object of witnessing, if possible, the’ second interview between Mr. Briggs and his two creditors, but he was prevent- ed from doing so by Mr. Hewes sending him up- town on amerrand. Soon after ten next morning Phil noticed a pumber of sales of Great Western recorded on the tape. | “I believe the stock is getting busy at last,” he said, in a tone of great satisfaction. He immediately ran into the counting-room and told Miss Carpenter. . Bat “It’s gone up. about half a point already, which looks encouraging,” he said to her. She smiled, but,-as she was very busy, they could not converse on me subject. During the. ke st.of the day Phil his eye on the tape henever the opportunity offered, and when the Grcver at for the day Great Western was tips 50%. A great many shares of the stock f hands during the seven-hour sessi and Phil was satisfied that the boom in which and Miss Carpenter’s opes were centered was When Mr. Hewes was putting on his and coat to go home that afternoon Phil en- tered his private room. ' Can I speak to you a few- moments, sir?” h2 What is it?” told him the particulars-of the he had witnessed in the cafe betwee. and Messrs. Cutler and Salter. , sir, that I am B After tomer as security for a loan. I handed them to Mr. Briggs to put in the safe overnight. Next day I took them to my safe deposit box in the Wash- ington vaults, where they are now.” : “Then I suppose it could not have been five of those particular bonds that Mr. Briggs referred to when he told Mr. Cutler that he intended to borrow them from a friend?” “Hardly,” replied the broker, with a smile. “There is one other thing: Mr. Briggs gave the two men a note for five thousand dollars indorsed by you = “What’s that?” asked Mr. Hewes, quickly; “a note indorsed by me! Impossible! -I have made it a rule since I went into business—twenty-five years ago—never to indorse a note under any circumstances. It is a fatal practice.” “But the note in question, sir, is presumed to be indorsed by you, though I have an idea that the two gentlemen who hold it have a suspition that your signature is not genuine.” Mr. Hewes looked a-bit startled at this infor- mation. If his cashier had actually given a note to secure the payment of a certain debt, and that note bore his signature across its back as an in- dorsement, then Mr. Briggs must have placed it there himself, which act was to all intents and purposes a forgery, whether it resembled his handwriting or not. ‘This was a very serious mat- ter for him to consider. Mr. Briggs had been a «trusted employee for many years, and now to find that he might be guilty of such a piece of work as that was not at all pleasant for the broker to contemplate. He paced his office for a minute or two with a corrugated brow, and Phil waited im- patiently to be examined further on the matter - dismissed. At length Mr. Hewes paused before im. “Of course you have to any one, Phil?” he sai “Certainly not, sir.” “Very well. That will be all,\now.” Mr. Hewes left the office, and, instead of go- ing straight home, he went to his safe deposit vaults and took out the package supposed to con- tain the ten one-thousand-dollar Illinois Western bonds. When he examined it he discovered that six of the bonds were missing, and their places supplied with folded sheets of thick blank paper so arranged as to match the genuine bonds. This discovery gave the broker a great shock— not so much on account of the money value in- volved, but because here was almost indisputable proof, when taken in connection with Bhil’s story, that his cashier was false to his trust. “It seems evident that he substituted the paper for the six bonds during the short interval that the securities were in his charge,” said Mr. Hewes to himself. “Being pressed for the payment of aid nothing about this anxiously. ee ee ee See Sore as loan, on which these bonds were curity, became due and payable; ‘does not excuse his

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TIPPED BY THE TICKER . 7 Mr. Hewes decided that before he demanded an explanation of his cashier he would hunt up Messrs. Cutler & Salter, who, to his certain knowledge, were not Wall Street brokers. How- ever, it appeared that they were conducting some kind of business in the financial district, and next morning he instituted inquiries among his ac- quaintances. At the Exchange he met a broker who knew both Cutler and Salter. They are the managers of the Manhattan Brokerage Company, No. —— Broadway,” said the broker to Mr. Hewes. Z “That is a bucket-shop,” said Mr. Hewes. “Exactly. One of the notorious Clifford string of similar shops that fleece the unwary largely through the mail. Their advertisements can be seen regularly in all the financial papers, and in the Sunday editions of the big New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other city dailies.” “Thank you, Mr. Pratt,” replied. Mr. Hewes; “that is all I want to know.” ~ He immediately went to the office of the Man- hattan Brokerage Company, but neither Mr. Cut- ler nor Mr. Salter was visible. When he returned to his office, about eleven o’clock, Phil had just gone into the counting-room to inform’ Miss Car- penter that Great Western shares had gone up to 51—an advance of two # nomi above what they had paid for the stock. Hardly had he removed ‘easily have hidden them somewhere.” “Yes, sir.” “Mr. Briggs reports that ten one-hundred dollar bills have been taken from his cash box.” “Does he accuse me of taking them?” asked Phil, indignantly. . “Indirectly he does.” “What reason does he give for suspecting me?” “Merely the fact that you were in a position to get at the safe without his knowledge.” “I think Mr. Briggs has some motive in bring- ing this charge against me,” said Phil, angrily. “He is down on me, anyway, and would like to get me discharged from the office. I don’t think he will suceed, though. Probably you had better wary me, if you have any doubt as to my hon- esty. “If he took the bills, it isn’t probable he has them about him at the present moment, or he would not suggest that his pockets be searched,” interposed. the cashier, with a-sneer. “He could “I. dare say you could tell, if you wanted to, where those notes are,” said Phil, looking the bps od are eye. “What do you mean, you young monkey?” de- manded the man, flushing up. - “I mean that if they’re missing you took them yourself.” : The cashier started back aghast. his overcoat before Mr. Briggs presented himself _ in the private office: ; “I regret, Mr. Hewes,” he began, “that I have to report to you a discovery I have made. found a thousand dollars missing from the safe this morning—ten one-hundred-dollar bills that I placed there myself yesterday afternoon.” “Indeed, Mr. Briggs?” replied the broker, hardly manifesting the surprise that the cashier ex him to show. “How do you account for its loss?” - “TI am sorry to say that I suspect your mes- senger, Phil Bristow, of the theft.” “That is a serious accusation. On what grounds do you make it?” . “Soon after opening the safe I went to the “washroom. On my return I found the boy coming away from desk.”. : “Had he any business to be at your desk, Mr. ae, 's s ae ell, yes; he brought a typewritten statement pecting him of a crime?” ~~ “He had the opportunity to take the money, and -- I am not at all pleased with his general conduct Oe <4 lained £ Bristow onée or twice ; ve com of Bri before, if 1 tightly remember, but I could not find that a your censure, However, a have that, in justice to himself, he will _ have to refute in your presence.” — 3 ca eee ee, coe Fe eet found in CHAPTER V.—The Finish of Cashier Briggs. “You young puppy!” roared Briggs, starting forward as if he meant to strike the boy; but Mr. Hewes interfered. “Don’t lose your temper, Mr. Briggs,” he said. “You had better look over the safe again. Per- haps you placed the money in an inner drawer and forgot the circumstance.” ‘ “No, sir; I left the money in my cash box. I noticed that it was there last night when I closed the safe.” “You are quite positive of that, Mr. Briggs?” asked the broker. “I am. You ought to have the office searched. It is not improbable that he has the money in his overcoat outside.” “I'll get my overcoat and let Mr. Hewes look through it himself,” said Phil. “If the money is found in it, ’ll know who put it there.” “Insolent cub!” exclai Mr. Briggs, furiously. “Don’t let him go for the coat, sir,” continued the cashier, turning to the broker. “Hav — bring it Sere.” i wget wigs “Very well,” said Mr. Hewes. “ - tell him to get it.” eae gk The cashier went to the door of the counting- room and gave the order to Will Ashlev. who pres- éntly brought Phil’s overcoat, which Briggs. took out of his hand and to the broker, while y, su nothing, retired to his desk. — _ Mr. Hewes, who did not believe the would be found in the boy’s coat, as a matter of form examined the Mr. Briggs watcked hi motions with an air of triumph. 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3- —-\ ts “Deny it!” gasped the cashier. “Why, of course - pitiedleus to) this was the culminating point of a conspiracy on the cashier’s part to ruin him in his employer’s estimation. No money, however, was found, but from an inner pocket Mr. Hewes drew forth one of the six missing Illinois Western bonds. _The ceerny not only astonished him, but Phil as well. “I suppose you don’t know how this came to be in your pocket, Phil, doryou?” he asked his mes- senger. - “No, sir; I haven’t the least idea,” replied Bris- tow, promptly. . “J think I handed you a package the other afternoon, Mr. Briggs, containing ten Illinois Western bonds for one thousand dollars each. You put it in the safe overnight, and handed it to me in the morning to put in my safe deposit box,” said Mr. Hewes. “Yes, sir. This seems to be one of them.” “How do you know it is?” “I don’t know, but I suspect——” “Why should you suspect that it is? You handed me the package of bonds apparently in the same condition that I Jeft it in your care. Had you thought it had been tampered with, you would have called my attention to the fact, wouldn’t you?” : “Certainly, sir.” : “Then you had no reason to imagine that the package had been opened while in your hands?” “Not at that time?” “Why now, then?” - ' ~- “So far there is no evidence that I can see that clusion that you yourself may have taken not only the money question, but six of the Illinois Western bonds that were in that package which “Do you deny the accusation, : Mr. Briggs?” asked. Mr. Hewes, sternly. I It is perfectly outrageous, as well as “You. axe no objection, then, to have the matter eovOf course I haven’t; but I think it is utterly to——” ; PrBay no more, Mz. Briggs, until you have heard the | as nd on which z Phil, r Lin the Broad street Cafe the other the mention of the Broad street Cafe Mr. gave a Gof aurptee and alkzt. Phil time in detailing the conversation as he & sé / pate aes “Mr, it TIPPED BY THE TICKER had overheard it, and in about the same words he had already repeated it to his employer. Briggs listened to the disclosure like a man wrestling, with some uncomfortable dream. When Phil had ia asd Mr. Hewes turned to his cashier and said: “Do you deny or admit the truthfulness of Bristow story?” “It’s an infernal lie from beginning to end,” replied Briggs, hotly. “Then you were not in the,cafe with Cutler and Salter, the managers of the Manhattan Brokerage Company, the offices of which are on Broadway, on the afternoon referred to?” “T was there with them, it is true, but no such conversation occurred as this young monkey states.” “You deny that the subject of the conversation was a debt of five thousand dollars assumed to be owing by you to the gentlemen in question?” “I don’t deny that I owe them a sum of money.” “Did you give them a note to cover that indebt- ernéss, bearing an indorsement purporting to be my signature?” “JT did not.” “And you did not hand them on the following afternoon five of the Illinois Western bonds, taken from the package I left with you to put in the safe, nor did you give them in addition the ten $100 bills you have practically accused Bristow of taking from the safe this morning?” “I did not.” “Very well, Mr. Briggs. I hope you have told the truth, for I shall put a detective on this case at once. I have found that six of the bonds in question are missing from the package. This one I found in Bristow’s overcoat appears to be one of them.” : “Then it is more than likely he has disposed of the other five,” said the cashier, with a vindictive gleam of his eye. “I am sure now that he took’ the ten bills. e evidence that that one bond was in his possession ought to be enough to show you what kind of a boy he is. I should think that my word ought to go further than his with you. I have been in your employ for nine years——” “We won’t discuss the matter further, Mr. Briggs, but let the detective ferret out the truth. If 1 am doing you any injustice vou shall have ample amends. You may return to your desk, and _ you, Phil, to your post.” Mr. Hewes put on his hat and coat again and went out. e went straight to the Manhattan Brokerage Company and was so fortunate as to find Mr. Cutler in his private office. We will not dwell upon the interview that took place between them. .It is enough to say that Mr. Hewes learned sufficient to convince him that his cashier was guilty on All counts, and that it was not neces- s to call in a detective to probe the mystery. Me. Cutler p the five other missing for them. While he admitted also the réceipt of 1,000 in cash the cashier, he refused to give Op ieee See ee eae r er, Heck toruel

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TIPPED BY THE TICKER - but said he would produce it in court if Mr. Hewes prosecuted the cashier. In any case he meant to cause the immediate arrest of Mr. Briggs himself for deceiving him and his partner with a note bearing a spurious indorsement. Mr. Hewes then left the office and was soon after followed by Mr. Cutler, who took himself before a city magistrate and secured a warrant for the arrest of the guilty cashier. The warrant was handed to an officer to serve. He did not serve it, however, because he found, on reaching Mr. Hewes’ office what the broker had also discovered on his return—that Murray Briggs had left without giving notice of his intention to do so, and that he had carried with him all the spare funds, amounting to several hundred dollars, that he could lay his hands on. CHAPTER VI.—Great Western Proves To Be a Winner. As Mr. Hewes could not prove that the money his cashier had paid over to the managers of the Manhattan Brokerage Company had actually been stolen from-his safe, he did not attempt to go to law about it. He was thankful to get the five bonds -back without any trouble, and charged $1,600 he was out to profit and loss. That day Great Western closed at 53, and Phil was jubilante when he carried the good news in to Miss Car- penter. : “We are four dollars to the good, Ethel,” he said, with sparkling eyes. “I think you may as well pick out the new hat and dress you’re going to buy with your share of the profits.” “I never like to count my chickens before they are hatched, Phil,” she answered laughingly. . “I think there are enoygh of them hatched al- ready to show that the whole brood is sure to céme to life.” : : “Don’t be too confident, Phil,” she said, holding up a finger warningly. _“Wait until you have closed the deal out.- I have seen lots of people ‘talk like you right in this office.” oa one of them was sure he was a winner, but inside of twenty-four hours—@” _. “He was calculating on a balls, eh?” chuckled the boy. - “I suppose you could put it that way,” smiled Ethel steady diet of snow- _ Jt will certainly be snowballs for us if we don’t win,” said Phil, facetiously, “but I am sure we’re going to win—that is, if I don’t lose my head and hold on too long.” & “Well, I hope you won’t lose that valuable part _ of your person. You wouldn’t look well without a ~ -*T couldn’t. get. ahead could as in world withont it. I, unless I joined a freak’ show?” grinned _ hold on much longer. 9 “I mean he’s joined the Down and Out Club.” “Aren’t you provoking, Phil Bristow! Tell me what was the real reason for his leaving so unex- pectedly.” . “Will you keep it to yourself if I tell you?” “Of course I will.” | Whereupon Phil told\her the particulars of the . case. “My gracious!” she exclaimed, when he finished a story. “I-had no idea that he was as bad as that.” “He won’t bother you with his attention any more now.” “That is a relief, at any rate. I was getting a little nervous over his persistency. He simply wouldn’t take a hint.” “Well, so long as he has taken his departure you needn’t care,” laughed Phil, walking away. Next morning there was something doing in earnest around the Great Western standard. Brokers appeared on the floor with their hands full of orders to buy the stock, and there ensued such a lively scramble for shares that the price soon went up to 55. This rise evidently came too soon to suit the boomers, for a bear mavement was organized to pound it down again; and for the rest of the day the stock fluctuated several points either way, finally closing at 56. “If I closed our deal in the morning,” said Phil to the stenographer that afternoon, “we would more than double“our invested capital.” “Do you think of. doing so?” “Not on your life, Ethel. We ought to make as much again. That stock will go to 65 or G0 before the syndicate begins to unload.” “I hope it will, for both our sakes, Phil; but please don’t hold on for the last dollar. I’ve heard that is what ruins half of the small speculators.” “I don’t intend to. I'll sell when I see it show- ing signs of: getting top heavy.” Next morning the rush to buy Great Western was greater than ever, so that by noon it was quoted on the ticker at 60. Just before Phil went out to lunch he shoved a slip of paper on Miss Peay table, which read: “1,000 G. W. She read it, and smiled in a pleased way, for : she knew it was the latest quotation of a trans- action in Great Western which had appeared on the tape. ‘ “I really believe I shall be able to buy that new hat and gown, and have something left over,” she said to herself. “If Phil realized now I would be in aa But Phil wasn’t thinking of realizi and the — closed - — — at 64. i oeaee next morning a » and at t ’cl ees wo e’clock had guess I'd better sell

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ci ae ' TIPPED BY THE TICKER So he fell in at the end of the line at the win- dow, and when his turn came he produced his memorandum and told the margin clerk to sell out the 20 shares that the bank held subject to his order. The clerk nodded, and inside. of ten min- utes Phil and Ethel were out of the market, with nothing to do but figure up the profits of their little deal. When the young messenger got back to the office again he wrote the following on a slip © of paper and dropped it into the stenographer’s hand as he passed her table: “Sold out at 72 1-2. We’ve made $330 clear, half of which is yours. You ought to be able to buy two gowns and two hats with that.” Ethel smiled as she read the words. It was a great relief after all to know that the deal had been successful. She had been afraid that Phil might hold on too long, and thus ruin their pros- pects. -But he hadn’t, and she was much elated over the satisfactory result. “Well,” said Phil, later on, “what did I tell you? Was there anything the matter with that tip?” “Not a thing, Phil. I thank you. ever so much for persuading me to go in with you. You're the best boy in the world.” “What would you have called me if our luck had run the other way?” he chuckled. “I shouldn’t have blamed you.” “You can gamble on one thing, Ethel. I never would have asked you to risk your*fifty dollars on anything that I didn’t have good reason to figure as a sure winner.” . “I believe you, Phil.” They went to the bridge cars together that aft- ernoon. and Phil insisted on "espana ate their good luck with an ice cream soda. “Don’t spend all your money at once, Ethel,” he said. as she bade him good-by. “Theré may be another tip come my way one of these days, and you'll want to be in on it.” . She laughed, and jumped aboard a car, while Phil started for Broadway. CHAPTER VII.—Phil’s Alertness in His Employ- er’s Interest Wins Him’ Substantial Reward. On the following day Phil received a statement and check for $330 from the little bank in Nassau Street, and he showed both to Miss Carpenter. “Tll_ get this check cashed at the first chance and give you your share,” he said. “Thank you, te ”~she replied. « “I shall feel quite rich with $165 in my pocket, all my own.” He got the mone 7 vie he went to lunch, and brought in word that there was a panic at the Exchange qver the sudden slump in Great West- ern, Somebody had dumped two blocks of 10.000 shares in quick succession on the market, and the te kers either couldn’t or wouldn’t take and the price broke at once, involving _ hundreds of unwary outsiders in financial trouble. “We got out just in time, Ethel,” said~ Phil. flee bunch are in the soup about this time.” “We may consider ourselves quite fortunate,” > il ut isn in ,velope, ‘addressed money an en ope, mself, and be ape Se to the new cashier Seas Monday ppianite esas of “two gentlemen, whom Phil recognized as well- known curb brokers, called to see Mr. Hewes. The boy took their names into the private room, and Mr. Hewes told him to show. them in. Five minutes later a messenger boy entered the wait- ing-room with a letter for Mr. Hewes, which he said was important, and required an immediate answer. So Phil carried it in to his employer at once. As he entered the room he overheard some of the conversation that was going on between the two curb brokers and Mr. Hewes. Enough to make him wise to the fact that they had evidently come to borrow money on some Louisville Southern stock. Apparently they wanted more than Mr. Hewes was willing to give. As Phil handed the envelope to his employer, one of the brokers said that the prospects were that Louisville Southern would ‘surely keep its price at or above its present ruling price for some time to come. At any rate, they only wanted the money for 48 hours, and were willing to pay well for the acommodation. Mr. Hewes read the note that Phil brought to him, scribbled a reply which he enclosed in another envelope and addressed, and handed it.to the boy. _ “Look up Louisville Southern on the tape, Phil, and bring me the last quotation, please,” he said. “Yes, sir,” answered Phil, hastening out of the room.. He handed the envelope to the waiting messen- ger and then consulted the tape at the ticker. He found a record of the sale of 1,500 shares of L. S. at 82 3-8, and he carried the information into the private office. When he came back to the reception-room he thought he might as well watch and see if any more quotations of L. S. came over the wire. There was nobody in the room just then but himself, and so he had full swing at the indicator, which was ticking merrifly away its metallic song. As Phil let the tape slide through his fingers into the tall wicker basket alongside theemachine, his sharp eyes, aecustomed to translate at a glance the abbreviations that indicated the transactions occurring on the floor of the S*+-~’- Exchange, saw a fresh quotation of L. S. at 82 1-8. In another moment cameg second one indicat- i ing that 2,000 shares had changed hands at 82, reak of half a point from the record he had carried in to his employer. Phil, however, looked to see the stock recover, instead ‘of which a third quotation came out of the sounder noting the sale of 1,800 shares at 81 7-8. Another quotation showed that Louisville Southern was still going ' down, for it indicated a sale of 81 5-8. “I guess the boss ought to know of this,” he said. “It’s dropped a point inside of two minutes,” for at that moment another sale of L. S. was recorded at 81 3-8. Phil, however, lingered a few moments longer at the indicator to make sure the — was not a temporary matter. n quick succession came quotations in L. S. of : at 1-8, 81, 79 5-8, 79 1-8 and 79. It looked as if ‘the bears were making a successful raid on the stock, and Phil, tearing off the section of the tape that “recorded the last named figures, started for the boss’s room. Inside, Mr. Hewes had finally yielded tothe per: rs who wanted “ee

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“TIPPED BY money so badly that they wege willing to pay a high rate for the use of a cons derable s*m for forty-eight hours, and was about to go-to his desk to draw his check for the amount.of the loan, when Phil dashed into the private room with a section of the tape in his fingers. “Look, sir!” he cried, laying one hand on his employer’s arm, “Louisville Southern has taken a slump:” . The wily brokers were thoroughly taken aback. They had obtained advance information of the impending break in the stock and had visited Mr. Hewes on purpose to raise money on 4 block of the shares which they had not the right to sell, as it did not belong to them.. They would have succeeded in attaining their object but for Phil’s watchfulness at the ticker. As seon as Mr. Hewes glanced at the quotations on the tape he valled the deal off at once, and the disappointed brokers made a speedy exit from his office. ’ 7 “How came you to watch the ticker, Phil?” asked Mr. Hewes, with a smile. ; “Well, sir, as I got the idea from a few words I heard when I entered your room With that en- velope a few minutes ago, that those gentlemen were trying to. raise money on some Louisville Southern stock, I thought I’d watch the quotations to see if any lower price than that which I car- ried in to you appeared, in which event I meant to advise you of the fact, if it amounted to any- thing: I wasn’t looking for a slump, such as oc- curred; but when it came I lost no time in letting you know how the cat was jumping.” - . “TI am greatly obliged to you, Phil. You have undoubtedly saved me from a considerable loss. I should like to give you a small token of my ap- preciation of the interest you take in my affairs. Not only in connection with this matter, but also with reference to the case of Mr. Briggs, whom ; showed up in his true colors. There is no _ telling to what extent that man might have robbed chad: he remained in my employ, if the temp- to do so carried sufficient weight.” r. Hewes took out his check book and wrote _ a check for $500, payable to the order of Philip Bristow, and handed, it to him. : _ °*There’s a little - said, beamingly. “I give it to you E s THE TICKER il watched the ticker very closely and a little. later L. & M. advanced a point, so he went into the stenographer’s room and told Ethel about his tip. She advised him to go in on it and handel him $130 to invest with his money. Then Phil got permission to go out for a few minutes and ran over to the hank and ordered 120 shares bought for his and Ethel’s account. That day he met Bob Davis, who also told him that L, & M. was due for a rise.. The next morn- ing L. & M. started upward with a rush. Several days later it was going at 83, at which point Phil ordered his shares sold, also Miss Carpen- ter’s. Phil’s profits amounted to $1,800 and Miss Carpenter was $360 ahead of the game. CHAPTER VIII.—A Hard-earned Tip. Three months had passed away since the for- tunate deal in L. & M., and Phil had saved enough out of his wages to make him worth an even $2,500. Miss Carpenter could show a bankbook with a credit for $500, all of which she told Phil she owed to him for taking her in with him in his two lucky deals. One afternoon, at the beginning of warm weather, when Phil got out of the elevator on the sixth floor of the Mills Building to deliver a mes- sage at the office of Deering & Co., he was sur- prised to see one of the doors opening on the corridor flung wide with a bang and a boy pro- jected through it as if shot from.a catapult. The boy performed a couple of sor:nesaults be- fore he landed with a whack against tie oppesite wall, while two highly excited gentlemen stood in the doorway and shook their fists at him, at the same time saying things that wouldu’s look well in print. ° As the unlucky lad picked himself up, and be- gan an examination to see if there was anything missing in his make-up, the gentlemen disap- peared, slamming the door after them. Phil stopped, in his astonishment at the strenuous per- formance, wondering what sin the boy had. com- mitted to entitle him to such rough handling. He started for the boy, to sympathize with him, when, to his surprise, he saw that it was Bob oO "Bob didn’t reply for a moment or two. He was wiping the blood from his mouth and feeling his Sena were you Bd att that eed ar? of tha ‘or asked Phil, agai n.

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12 . TIPPED BY THE TICKER ™ “Didn’t do a thing?” exclaimed Phil, in aston- ishment. “And they treated you that way? Come off!. You must have ddéne something.” “I was only listening.” “Listening to what?” “What they were talking about.” “That wasn’t a polite thing to do.” “I was after a tip.” “Oh, I see,” chuckled Phil. “They were talking confidential business, and you tried to overhear what they said?” “That's about the size of it.” “T don’t wonder they resented it.” “JT don’t care. I heard all.I wanted, anyway. They didn’t gain anything by doing me up.” “They got some satisfaction, at any rate.” “They're welcome to it. Does my eye look black?” “No, but it looks damaged. It’s liable to be black and _ yellow to-morrow.” “How is my nose? It feels bad.” “It’s all skinned.” “It must have knocked a hole in the wall.” Fe wall doesn’t appear to be damaged,” smiled il. “How is my left ear? it?” Phil shook his head. “It seems to be whole,” he said. “Feel of my head and see if there are any lumps.” Phil felt of his-cranium and pronounced it clear of obstructions. “That was a fierce shaking un I got. The worst of it is, I’ve got to go back.’ I’ve got to carry an answer back to my boss.. Come in with me, will ~ Anything wrong with “wil if you wait till I carry this hote to room “All right. I'll vo with you and wait outside.” Bob limped down the corridor like a dog’on three legs. He looked like a wreck, and felt about as he looked. Phil did not have to wait for an answer to the note he brought to Deering & Co., and pr presently rejoined Bob. They walked 2d back to the office from which Bob had been ejected and entered. The two brokers who had fired the mes- “senger were not in the aga a much to. Bob’s relief. — “They were closeted with the broker in his pri- vate ga “The office boy of the establishment y when he saw Davis. He had mene the : as he called it, and it had ioe him gargs not because he had anything against bag because it was an amusing show. “What are sulkily. thin’, ” atied the boy, with a snicker. 2 “Well, don’t do it, then. Go in and ask your __ boss for that answer I’m aide ue with pel? he wane you Z and a vo aie sethi to you. oe ‘oe “Don't get og a ee about?” asked Bob, should run me out again you’H have to "phone for an ambulance.” Phil could not help laughing at the lugubrious expression that rested on his friend’s face. It was clear that he -was apprehensive regarding the reception that awaited him in the private office. “Better- face the music, Bob. They may give you a talking to, but they won’t lay their hands on you again. this time.” ° ; So Bob mustered up his courage and entered the room. After the lapse of five minutes he came out with an envelope in his Rane “They didn’t hurt you, I see,” said Phil. “No; they were -going to,open on me, but as soon as they got a square look at me the whole three commenced to laugh. Thev laughed so hard I thought they’d burst their suspenders. It just tickled them to see the shave I was in. Finally Mr. Edwards said that he guessed I was punished enough, and that he wouldn’t say anything to my boss, as he had intended to do. Then he gave me the letter and said I could go. Never mind! I’ll get back at those chaps. I’ve got the pointer I was after and I'll make a couple hundred out of it. I’d take a bounce like that every week at the same price.” “If you saw yourself i in the glass now you would | take that: back.” “No, I wouldn’t. two.” “T suppose you’d be willing to sell me a share of that tip, wouldn’t you?” “I'll let you in on it for a hundred cases. I'd V'll be all right in a day or give it to you for nothing, but I know you can _. afford to buy it. This is a sure winner, and is dead cheap at the price.” “I suppose you'll tell me what the tip is and give me a chance to _verify it before you will insist on the pay for it?” “Sure! Your word is good enoug! to pay me one hundred dollars if you use it, and it’s yours.” romise,” replied Phil. right. The tip is this: A pool has ‘iment ‘aan completed to corner I. & C. shares. Isidor Schoen is to do a part of the buying.” “That’s what you overheard those gentlemen talking about, eh?” “That’s right. They talked a lot about it before they got on to me.” “And when they got on to you?” “Don’t remind me of it. It’s too unpleasant to think about. boom!—through the door, and biff!—up against the corridor wall. It was awful funny—for a spectator. You must have enjoyed it.” “It was rather comical to see the w you came out of the door and across the co we ak didn’t recognize you at the moment—not till I saw your face afterward. How do you feel now?” “T think I'll survive.” “T think you will, Ke Going to a dentist?” “What for?” “TO gage Bas ay ing out.” — They are probably cooled down by , h. Promise. It was zip!—across the floor; .

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TIPPED BY THE TICKER “Don’t you worry about my nose,” growled Bob. “[’m not worrying about it. It’s your nose.” “Well, what do you think about ‘he tip ~” “It is probably a good one. I’ll keep my eye on I. & C. When it begins to look like business I'll go in as near the ground floor as possible.” “I’m going to buy thirty shares right away and squéeze every cent I can out of it to get hunk for this rough-nouse treatment I’ve been up against,” said Bob, nodding his head in a deter- mined way. “If I go in it at all, I’m likely to go to the extent of my pile,” said Phil. “How much is that?” “Twenty-five hundred dollars.” “I didn’t think you had so much, You’re quite a capitalist. You could handle three hundred shares, all right.” “What is it ruling at?” “Around 70.” ; “J suppose you don’t object to me letting my friend Miss Carpenter in on this? She’s been my partner in my other two deals. “Sure not! Take her in again.” “I mean to, if she’ll come. Well, here’s where I leave you. Better get patched up before you let r boss see your face. What are you going to an you got run over by an automo- ie?” = “T’ll tell him I got into a row and got done up. That will be the truth, all right, and he won’t ask particualrs. He’ll think I was up against a pasch of tough messengers.” ‘ Thus speaking, Bob walked on up Wall Street, while Phil went in the opposite direction. CHAPTER IX.—Phil Gets Into Trouble. : : “I’ve got another tip, Ethel,” said Phil to the office sieabauasies before he started for home s t afternoon. ae ; . | har tn don’t say, Phil! You've been quiet on the market question for ever so long—ever since you made that money = L. . M. Pgs wondering i ’d quit ating for good.” : # Not nek Gale lying low on the lookout for a good thing.” — : “And is this another good thing?” : “TI guess it is. I didn’t get the tip myself. My E e risk of his i Bob Davis captured it at-t life.” < . . ; 9” a “At the risk of his life? What-do you mean? the — What's 13 act of listening to their conversation. He fetched up against the opposite wall with a concussion hard enough to have damaged it if it hadn’t been pretty solid. However, he got the tip he was after, all right, and I’ve rested it from him for a hundred dollars. Now, if you want to go with - me, I won’t charge you a cent for the tip.” “What is the tip?” Phil told her. “Well, if you go into it I will,” replied Ethel, “You’ve got five hundred dollars?” “Yes.” “How much of it do you want to risk?” “How much would you risk?” ° “I’m foing to buy three hundred shares, and that will take nearly all my wad to cover the margin.” “How many shares could I get?” Phil made a mental calculation. “At the present suling price you could get about seventy-five, but I advise you not to go in for more than sixty. That will leave you with about seventy dollars pocket money.” “Shall I bring my money down in the morning?” asked Miss Carpenter. “Yes. You can put it in the safe, if I don’t want.to use it for a day or. two.” Phil watched I. & C. stock for several days, without observing any change in its price, or any particular activity in the sales. On the fifth day after Bob got the tip Phil was over at the Exchange soon after ten in the morning, and saw Isidor Schoen, whom he knew by sight, circulating around the floor, buttonholing mem- bers and occasionally exchanging memoranda with them. The messenger suspected that ne ‘had started in to buy I. & C., but he couldn’t tell for a certainty. When he got back to the office he took a look at the ticker, and for the first time noted a succession of I. & C. sales at prices from 71 1-8 to 71 7-8. Phil wanted further evidence that the purchases of that stock were not made simply to fill some large order for the stock, which being completed its activity would cease for a while. He therefore watched the ticker at every opportunity, and saw that I. & C. shares continued to be in demand all day, the price going up 72 3-8. After some reflection. he con- cluded to buy the three hundred shares he had decided upon, and also sixty shares for the stenog- rapher. So, about half-past three he went to the little bank and gave an order for three hundred and sixty shares of I. & C. at the market price, which turned out to be 73 when the Exchange opened for business in the morning. During the day Phil met Bob and’ found that he had bought thirty shares of the stock at-71 1-2. He handed him the hundred dollars he had promised to give him if he used the tip, and Bob said he intended to use most of it to buy another ten shares, as he was determined to make all he could out of. I. & C. as a salve for the strenuous experience he went through in getting possession of the poiz.ter. When the chains ne in the Ee Se change that a oon I. & C. was going at 75. — Next morning, when Phil started oat ke fiat et ees goes gathered in the cor- ridor apparently looking at something in its midst. _ bier?” lee nak meez< §

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14 sens who was stretching his neck to get a view of the cause of the gathering. “A man has fainted or has got a fit—I don’t know which,” was the reply. ~ Phil: managed to worm his way into the crowd and found that the fallen man was one of the brokers who had an office on that floor. Just then the superintendent of the building appeared and, with the assistance of one of the spectators, car- ried,4the stricken broker in his office. As the crowd began to scatter, Phil saw a dapper-looking young man in the act of taking a watch from the white vest of a portly looking gentleman. The boy made a jump for the thief and caught his wrist with the watch in his hand. The light-fingered- individual, however, was accustomed to be on his guard at all stages of the game, and, as his right arm was at liberty, he struck Phila blow in the face, which caused the young messenger to release his grip, and fled down the corridor toward the stairs. Phil slipped on the marble floor, but. was up in a twinkling, just as the gentleman missed his watch. The boy darted after the crook, just disappearing around the corner of the corridor, and the stout gentleman yelled “Stop thief!” and started to follow. That created new excitement on the floor, and the time Phil was half way down the stairs half a dozen. persons had joined in the pursuit. The thief in his flight collided with a sanctimonious-looking man clad in black at the foot of the stairs. He was a collector for one of the foreign missionary societies. Being somewhat near-sighted, he did not observe the cyclone bearing down on him until too late to avoid a mixup. The two performed an impromptu acrobatic act, but the’ crook, being as agile as a young monkey, quickly extricated himself from the dilemna and dashed through the doorway into Wall Street just as Phil reached the lower corridor. The messenger, however, saw him turn toward Pearl street, and rushed after him. By- standers stopped and stared at the two fleet run- ners flying down the street, and could not under- stand what was the cause of the race until half a do persons came crushing out of the Barnum Building, where the trouble originated, and, with shouts of “Police! Stop thief!” followed after Phil. The crook reached: Pearl Street first and darted around a loaded truck that was coming along. When Phil reached the corner he was vexed to find that half a dozen wagons were fol- lowing close behind one another. This blocked his progress long enough to give the thief a great advantage. He was half a block ahead when Phil started to resume the chase. Phil only started, though. .A long-legged man ran up be- hind him, extended his arm and gripped him by the shoulder.~ = ; “No you don’t, young man. I’ve got you.” Phil turned and looked at the person in sur- prised impatience. ; % “What's the matter with you? Let me go. I’m chasing a thief.” : “That’s too thin,” replied the man, pulling him back to the sidewalk, where he was immediately -. serrounded by the erov pursuers. | im, eh?” cried another man. “Good _ Here comes the man who was robbed.” stout man came puffing sona e compensation that was in i TIPPED BY THE TICKER “This is the chap who took your watch, isn’t it?” asked the man who held on to Phil. “He’s the one,” sputtered the victim. “Search him,” suggested one of the crowd. Phil protested vigorously, declaring they were making a serious mistake, and that the real thief was a block away toward Water street by this time; but his words made no impression on the crowd, while two spectators went through his pockets without result. “He must have thrown the watch away,” said the tall man. é “Look here,” cried Phil, “you’ve just made a big blunder. My name is: Phil Bristow, and I’m George Hewes’s messenger. Lsaw the theft com- mitted, and started to catch the fellow, but he struck me in the face and got away. Then I chased him, and your stupidity in mixing me up with him has enabled him to get clean off by this time.” 4 His statement was received with some incredul- ity, in‘'the face of the fact that the stout man asserted he knew that Phil had taken his watch. “You’re crazy!” replied Phil, in a disgusted tone. “J didn’t take your watch, and you haven’t any evidence to show that I did.” “You ran away—that’s evidence enough.” “I just told you that I ran after the thief.” “That won’t go down,” said the tall man, taking a fresh hold on the boy’s collar. “Take me back to the Barnum Building, then. The porter or the superintendent will tell you who Iam. Or you can take me to Mr. Hewes’s office.” “Here’s a policeman,” said a voice, as an of- ficer was seen approaching the ¢rowd, which by this time had assumed large proportions, at the corner of Wall and Pearl streets. ‘ When the policeman made his way into the cen- ter of the mob he heard the fat man’s story, = ta) / story, and the remarks of other persons thought they’ knew something about the matter. The officer decided that the boy, who did not look like a sneak thief, should be allowed to clear himself, if he could, before he would take him to the station. On the way back to the Barnum Building Phil saw a well-known broker crossing the street to see what was the matter. The broker knew him well, and the boy called the of- ficer’s attention to that fact. The policeman stop- ped and beckoned to the broker. : “Mr. Brown, I wish you'd tell these people who I am,” said Phil. “I’ve been mistaken for a thief who stole this gentleman’s watch in the Barnum Building. I was chasing the rascal when I was - stopped and accused of the crime myself.” e The broker readily ao og as Mr. George ewes’s messenger, an id he would rantee that the boy was all right. = ah “It’s evident that a mistake has been made, and F think Bristow is entitled to:an ogy. He suffered considerable unnecessary humiliation, and might reasonably bring an action for against the person responsible for the blunder,” said the broker. a E F power, ot “a t =te? 5 P 0 mitted a blunder, Te was willing to make any rea-—

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* tleman by themsel “7 guess it’s in pretty ' TIPPED BY THE TICKER “That’s all right,” replied Phil. “I might have recovered your watch if I had not been stopped. As it is, I guess you'll never see it again.” The crowd, who had been assured of Phil’s guilt, were now satisfied that it was all a mistake, and began to make remarks concerning the stupidity of some people. The officer strolled away, and the mob thinned out, leaving Phil and the stout gen- ves. I caused you so much annoyance, “I’m sor he said. “Here is my card. Call and young man, see me. something to compensate you for “It isn’t necessary, sir.. I’m only sorry that I was prevented from catching the rascal who took your watch.” . “Well, I should be glad to have you call and see me some time, anyway.” “T’ll keep your card, and will drop in some after- noon after three.” 3 They shook hands, and ‘then Phil went on his way to deliver the message he had started out from the office with. CHAPTER X.—The Man Who Stole the Watch. That afternoon there was some little excitement in the Exchange over I: & C. Quite a number of buying orders came to the surface, and the com- petition to get the stock caused it to go up to 78. Then there was an effort made to bear it down, and it was successful to the extent of causing the price to fall baek to 74, at which quotation the shorts tried to buy enough in to fill their engage- ments. This caused the stock to go up to 75 3-8, and it finally closed at 76 7-8. _ “I'm a thousand ahead of the game, so far,” said Phil to the stenographer, when he took the final quotation in to Miss Carpenter. “And you’re more than $200 to the good.” - “Isn’t that fine?” she exclaimed. “I really be- lieve that we’re going to make another little coup.” : “Of course we are. That’s the advantage of speculating with inside informatien.” Half an hour later Phil was off for the day, and reached for his hat. When he turned around he saw Bob Davis coming in at the door. P Ct ee “How m ionary worth?” : - $21, and the fellow I got the ticket from was almost new.”. : ™ i condition for him to ard things to pawn, I nd. Wi go ju. It’s a , and T’d just as soon walk uptown as it. ‘ I should like to make you a present of. 15 and up Nassau to Park Row, where several of the big newspapers have their offices facing City, Hall Park. They passed the Brooklyn Bridge en- trance and continued on up the continuation of what is now known as Park Row extension. When they came to a-row of one-story shops, Phil paused before one that was occupied as a book- store. ; “Hold on a moment, Bob. I want to get a book to read.” They went inside. Phil had evidently been there before, for the young fellow behind the desk nodded to him. “Good afternoon, Tom,” said Phill. “This is my friend Bob Davis. Bob, this is Tom Leonard.” “Glad to know you, Leonard,” said Bob. “Same here,” replied Leonard, who was pasting a cover on a paper novel. “TI came to get a book, Tom.” “Go around and pick one out. There’s lots of ’em on the shelves. What kind of a book do you want?” ; “I want.the Three Guardsmen.” “Tl get it for you. I’ve got one good copy here. It will cost you twenty cents. If you bring it back we'll allow you ten cents on it.” Phil looked the book over, and concluded that he’d buy it. “Are you interested in palmistry?” asked Leon- ard, as he was doing the book up. “Kind of,” replied Phil. “I don’t take much stock in such things, but lots of people buy these books. Say, come to the back of the store, and I’ll introduce you to the Professor.” - : _ “The Professor!” exclaimed Phil. “Yes. Professor Gregory. He’ll read your hand if I ask him to, and it won’t cost you a cent. He comes in here occasionally. He’s a wonder. He told me lots of things that actually came out just as he said they would.” Phil was interested, so he and Bob accompanied Leonard to the back of the store, where a good- looking young man, with eyeglasses, was looking over a pilegof second-hand, cloth-bound books. - Tom introduced Phil and Bob to the Professor. They found him a very pleasant person to talk “Bristow has just bought a book on palmistry. He seems to be interested in the matter. Perhaps you’d like to look at his hand,” said Leonard. - Professor Gregory smiled, showing an even row of very white teeth that flashed from beneath his mustache, : ne — ests hand. “Tt looks as i u were an or = i tow? he , yo phan, Mr. ae “That's right,” replied Phil, in some surprise, while Bob gazed open mouthed at the Professor. _ “You are engaged in some business where there is a lot of money.” “That’s right, too. I work in Wall Street.” | “You seem to have a fortunate knack of making money yourself, too. I should think you have been | quite lucky in that i “That’s : down to.

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16, “That’s right. I was nearly arrested to-day on the charge of stealing a man’s watch.” » “You haven’t seen the last of the affair. You will make something out of it yet.” _ “What will I make?” “T couldn’t tell you,” answered the Professor. You may meet the thief and recover the watch.” “Not much chance of that,” laughed Phil. “You can’t tell,” said thé Professor in his low voice. “There are indications that you may meet with a serious accident before long. However, I can almost promise that you'll make a good deal of money before the year is out. There’s a young lady associated with you in the matter. She will also be fortunate with you. It is not im- probable that you may marry her some day.” “That’s Miss Carpenter,” grinned Bob. Phil blushed as the Professor let his hand drop. “I’m much obliged to you, Professor Gregory,” said Phil. “You're welcome. I could have told you more exactly if I had your horoscope, say, for the pres- ent year.” : The boys then left him. There were several pawnshcops nearly opposite Spring strect, and to one of these Bob piloted the way. They passed _through a kind of storm door and found them- selves in an oblong room with a counter running the full length, behind which there were several bright-looking elerks. There was only one person theve at the Lime the boys entered, a dapper-IGok- ing young fellow with a smooth face and ferret- like eyes. He was aiguing with a clerk over the amount of money he wanted on a heavy gold watch. The moment Phil’s eyes rested on him he recognized him. He was the crook who had stelen the stout genitleman’s watch in the Barnum Buiid- ing that morning. ‘ CHAPTER XI.—Phil Is Presented With A Dia- mond Ring. “The fellow looked up, and encountering Phil’s eyes, the recognition was mutual. Then the rascal grabbed the watch from the counter ad made a break for the door. But he wasn’t quick enough to elude Phil, who grabbed him by the arm and called on Bob to help him secure him. There was a mix-up in a minute, in the midst of which the clerk who had been waiting on the crook jumped over the counter and started to interfere. “He’s a thief,” said Phil, looking up, for he and Bob had the aspper coans man down on the floor. “He stole that wa f Street this = er 3 ‘ The proprietor of the shop came out of his pri- vate office and inquired into the cause of the dis- rom a gentleman in Wall’ At el o’clock e of pandemonium 2 on the floor. The veae > muestbied bled that of Toad Falls. The demand for I. & C. was greater than” Eas Eo teaegs be sat al} 3 rene «ol TIPPED BY THE TICKER where he was locked up. The stout gentleman, whose name was Darley, was anxious to learn how the thief had been caught. Phil toid him how he had recognized the fellow in the pawnshop, and, with the help of his friend, had captured him. “You’re a pretty smart boy, Bristow,” said the. stout man, smilingly. “It was a most unfortunate error that caused me to charge you with the tak- ing of the watch. I shall certainly insist on making you a handsome present for recovering my timepiece. I wouldn’t knowingly have lost it for five times its value, for it was presented to me years ago by an old and cherished friend now dead.” ; The stout gentleman took a car uptown, while Phil and Bob returned to the pawnshop to get the dictionary. Of course, the story of the capture of the thief who had stolen Mr. Rufus Darley’s watch in the Barnum Building was duly chron- icied in the newspapers next morning, and Pnil Bristow’s name, and Bob’s, as well, appeared in cold type. Phil was given the credit for the cap- ture, and the incident of the preceding morning, when he himself was chased and then held up as the thief, thereby affording the crook all the chance he waited to make his escape, was also de- seribed, with such embellishments as the ubi- quitous reporter is accustomed to garnish his narrative when he gets the space in which 10 spread himself. Mr. Hewes read the account at breakfast, and when he reached the office he sent for Phil and congratulated him on what he had done. Ethel Carpenter read the story on the cars as she was on her way to work from her aunt’s home in Brooklyn, and she also had something complimentary to say to Phil as sdon as she met him in the office. All the clerks had read the paper before they arrived, and each stopped to shake hands with Phil and tell him what’a clever fellow he was. During the morning several bro- kers who*knew Phil well stopped him on the street and had something nice to say on the subject. At eleven o’clock Mr. Darley called at the office to go with him to the Tombs, according to directions they had received from the police. The dapper young man, looking much worse for a night in a cell, was brought up for examination in the police court. Phil gave his testimony as chief witness; Bob testified that the watch which was identified by Mr. Darley was the same he had seen offered for pawn by the prisoner; the pawn- broker’s clerk gave similar evidence, and then a detective from Headquarters identified the pris- oner as a well-known sneak thief, whose picture was in the Rogue’s Gallery. The magistrate asked the crook if he had any- thing to say, and when he hadn’t, remanded him pending the action of the Grand Jury. The fellow ee subsequently tried on a charge of grand arceny and sent up the river for four years. When Phil got back to the office the first thing he did was to look at the ticker to find out what had been doing in I. & C. stock. The price had gone up te 79, and lots of shares had changed hands during the morning. There was renewed excitement around the I. & C. standard on the. following morning, when the shares opened at 81. ma i.

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TIPPED BY the supply, for those who had the stock held on to it in expectation of realizing a higher figure. The result was that the stock didn’t stay within hail- ing distance of 81 long, but went bounding upward toward the 90s. At half-past twelve Phil saw a quotation on the tape of 2,000 I. & C. at 88, and he carried the news to Ethel. At two o’clock it had reached 90, and Phil decided to sell. out. He managed to get his order in at the bank by 2.50, by which time the shares had gone up another point. His and Miss Carpenter’s combined stock was sold like hot cakes at 91 3-8, fifteen minutes before the Exchange closed. The statement next day showed that the stenographer had cleaned up ver $1,000, while Phil’s profits amounted to about $5,300. That day Phil received a telephone mes- sage from Mr. Darley calling him over to his of- fice on a matter of importance. Phil said he would be there at four o’clock. At that hour he went over to the building where the stoug gentleman had his office, wondering what he“*wanted to see him about. “Glad to see you, Bristow,” greeted Mr. Darley. “Take a seat. Haw do you like my den?” “It’s a very nice'and comfortable one.” “] think it is. I suppose you want to know why I sent for you?” ‘ “I suppose you'll tell mejwhen you get ready. “I’m ready now. I sent for you because I want to make you a little present.” “A present?” mai “Yes. A sort of substantial recognition of your my watch back, which in the end re- - . offertaiipect my There you are. Open that box.” Phil opened it and found a handsome diamond ring. His monogram was engraved on the inside, and also an inscription with the date and the donor’s initials. Phil was both surprised and de- ‘lighted with the present, and so expressed himself, and half an hour later he took his leave. Phil and Ethel, though out of the market, watched with considerable interest the great battle in I. & C., which was still on. It continued three days longer, end the price went as high as 96. Then the de- cline set in, but there was no panic, as most of the brokers had discounted the situation in time. It was the outsiders, as usual, who lost most of the money, which went into the coffers of the members of the syndicate and fattened their already, large fortunes. Bob Davis was lucky enough to out near the very top, and cleared a profit of about $900. He remarked to Phil that he was ready now to take another razzle dazzle bounce at the same profit. ; After the I. & C. boom died out there was time Miss Carpenter had gone away on her vaca- i * gi Emmett took _ tion, and a‘ girl by the e of eet Not much doing for several weeks. -In the mean- . THE TICKER 17 ae shares he purchased 1,200 shares for him- self. CHAPTER XII.—Phil Makes a Big Haul. A whole week went by, and Miss Emmett’s las. day in the office was close at hand before there was any sign of a movement in D. & P. In fact, the market had been practically dormant all sum- mer, and it was the exception, not the rule, when a stock began to attract especial notice. Phil had watched the ticker with his old-time alertness, having plenty of chance to do it; but though he noticed a great many sales of the stock in question scattered along the tape, the price did not advance at any time more than a point, and sometimes fell back to 60 again. But one morning the market woke up and the brokers began to get busy. The news that M. & N. had come under the control of the D. & P. interests was made public and con- firmed. , Immediately there was a rush made by the traders to buy stock of the latter road. Then the fact developed that the shares were scarce us hen’s teeth. Whoever had any of it held/on to it, for they realized that they had a good thing. All day long the brokers scurried around the Street to locate a seller, but in vain, while as high as 70 was offered, with no takers, before the board closed. Next day it opened at 72 1-8, and then rapidly mounted to 75. Phil felt like dancing a highland fling. “Gee! That was a fine tip you gave me, Miss Emmett,” he whispered in her ear. : “I should think so,” she replied. “I’ve made $1,000 already. How much did you buy?” Phil looked at her, and debated whether he should tell her the exact truth. Finally he de- cided that he would. “T bought 1,200 shares.” Miss Emmett nearly fainted. “Twelve hundred!” she exclaimed. “Why, where——” “Did I get the margin?” he interrupted. “Easy enough. I had a certificate of deposit for $7,700 on the Nassau Street Bank in our office safe when you. were so good as to hand me the pointer. I put that up.” : “Why, I had no idea that you were worth mon- ey,” she said, looking at him in a new light. “There are exceptions to every rule, and I’m one of them.” : - After that Miss Emmett regarded Phil with an inereased amount of respect. Possibly she began to make plans for the future with reference to Phil. If she did they never came to anything. cited still continued to go 90. Half the brokers believed it

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18 shares were no longer hard to get. When Phil saw that the sales were becoming uncommonly numerous he rushed upstairs to the public stenog- rapher’s office and interviewed Miss Emmett, who had gone back there on Monday. She told Phil she was just thinking of selling, as she had re- ceived a note from the broker who had given her the tip advising her to get out at once. “That’s what I am going to do. Give me an order on the bank io sell your shares, too, and I will put it in with my own.” She wrote it out and handed it to him. Then he started for Nassau street as if the fate of the nation depended on his speed. There was a crowd in the waiting-room, and a line at the margin clerk’s window that held him back twenty min- utes. But he reached the goal at last. “I want you to sell my 1,200 shares of P. & D. at "ped he said to the clerk. re gals man nodded. bes ere is an order from the young ne for whom I bought 100 shares to sell hers, too “All right,” repied the clerk. The. orders were telephoned to the bank’s bro- ker, and in a quarter of an hour the 1,300 shares were bought in by some broker acting for a cus- tomer, and the price that Phil and.Miss Emmett got was 90.7-8. Phil went back to the office and ut in his spare moments figuring up how much Q had made. He found that he had cleared a little over thirty-six thousand dollars. ‘ “Glory hallelujah! I’m worth forty-four thou- sand dollats. Who says I ain’t a capitalist!” Miss Emmett made thirty-six hundred dollars, but, though she was pleased to death over the fact, she didn’t go into convulsions over it. “It’s a dead shame you wasn’t in the deal, Ethel?” Phil said to Miss Carpenter when he showed her his big = en next day. “You would have made over seven thousand dollars.” “It can’t be helped,” she replied regretfully. - “How did you get the tip? “That’s one of the few secrets I can’t tell you. ‘The person who gave it te me made me promise not to say a word about the matter. Of course, now that it is all over, she——” “She!” exclaimed Ethel, with a ldok of the -eyed monster in her eyes. “So it was a she, Philip. Bristow!” Ns me!” cried Phil, in great confusion. “I didn’t want you to know “that!” “You didn’t?” she flashed, almost resentfully. A “I dare say she was very pleasant company for = you while I was away. You were not going to sleep a wink at all while I was out of New York. OF course not! You wouldn’t lose me for a farm . or z ponent it was a gold mine. Oh, you’re like all the men——” wT “I’m not a man yet, Ethel.” Toa “Don’t you call me "Ethel any more. My name _ “is Miss Carpenter.” ty ft SS aaa now, Ethel, qoute eet pek-med, are ee Of soomacgey Can at not mad. Why should - I be mad?” she asked, with eyes. “You _aren’t worth getting . aes inven tend to speak to “Gig. more. ‘Bo there!” in you ios pst outside a peaipat as and “boy TIPPED BY THE TICKER CHAPTER XIII.—Phil Meets With an Accident.” There was a suspicious redness about the stenographer’s eyes when she returned to her ma- chine. It was the first falling out she and Phil had ever had. She made her fingers fly_on her work and tried to forget all about it. Phil did not show up in the counting-room again until after his lunch. Then he walked through to the washroom. On his way he stop and had a talk with Will Ashley. Then he plucked up cour- age and went to the typewriter’s desk. She saw him coming, but kept right on with her work. “You aren’t mad still, are you?” he asked. She did not answer him. “Aren't you going to speak to me any more?” No answer. “Are you jealous because——” “No, I’m A jealous at anything,” she snapped out. “Why don’t you go and talk to your ‘She’ in- stead of bothering me when I’m busy?” : sl see I’ll have to tell you who the young lady is. “I don’t want to know.” “Oh, come, now, you do.want to know.” “IT don’t. I’m not interested in the person at all, nor CF sate either.” m going to tell you, any——” buzz of Mr. Hewes’s bell interrupted him and he had to leave here. He had a message to take to the Mills Building, and another to the Vanderpool Building. When he got back, half an hour later, he had to go out again. After that he had to go to the bank, so that it was more than three hours before he had a breathing spell. Then Mr. Hewes handed him some papers to carry to Miss Carpenter. ; “I want to tell you the whole story of how I came to get that tip,” he said, after laying the papers on her table. d he did, though she pre- tended not to listen to him. “T made thirty-six thousand three hundred dollars, and I’d have given half of it if you’d been in with me. I take just as much interest in seeing you win as I do in winning myself. J. think I proved that in our two deals. I’d rather not have won the money than have a break-up with you. I mean it, whether you think so or not. Miss Emmett is all right in her way, but she don’t stand one, two, three with me. That’s all I’ve got to say. Are we going to be friends‘or not? It’s up to you. I’ve tried to make nee clear. If I haven’t succeeded it isn’t my ault.” He tried to take her hand, but she eluded his grasp. He looked at her a moment and then walked slowly outside. In half an hour he put on his hat and lefj the office for the day. A little later she went home herself, feeling very miser- able. At half-past ten next morning Mr. Hewes Broadway. rs of an hour later the aor bell rang. The clerk who usually an- red the call was not in the room, and the slckamide wenn into the booth. A moment later Bt tana

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TIPPED BY THE TICKER senger for Mr. Hewes, had been struck by an automobile on Broadway and removed to the hos- pital. It was uncertain yet how bad his injuries were, as he was still in the hands of the doctors. Five minutes later Miss Capenter, looking greatly upset, entered Mr. Hewes’s private room and with quivering lips told him of the accident that had happened to Phil. “My gracious!” cried the broker, very much startled. “Struck by an auto, and at the Cham- bers Street Hospital’ I must go right over!” He grabbed his hat and left the building, after telling the news to the cashier, who in turn com- municated it to the clerks. Everybody was sorry to hear that Phil had. been injured, for he was a tavorite in the place, and*work. came to a stand- still for a little while. As for Ethel Carpenter, she bent over her machine and buried her face in her handkerchief. The hospital man had said very little, but what he did say was, rather ob- vious, and the stenographer was so nervous and excited that she covrd not do another stroke. of work to save her life. Mr. Hewes returned to his office about half-past twelve and reported that Phil was not seriously injured, but had received a bad shaking up, and would be confined to his bed for several days. This intelligence was re- ceived with great satisfaction by the other em- ployees. Miss Carpenter felt greatly relieved, but her work that afternoon showed several errors, which was a sign that her thoughts were not as close to business as usual. At half-past four she left the office, and instead of going directly home she walked over to the Chambers Street Hospital and asked how the young messenger was getting on. She received an encouraging answer and went away. The young doctor who held the brief conversation with her did’not ask her name, so when he visited Phil, later on, he simply told him that a young lady had called and inquired about him. He described the visitor with sufficient ac- curacy for the boy to recogniz@ who she was, and he smiled contentedly. - Will Ashley also called later on and made sim- ilar inquiries. Phil’s accident was duly chronicled in the papers that afternoon and also on the fol- lowing morning. Bob Davis read the story, and he, too, turned up at the hospital to find out how his friend was progressing. Ethel Carpenter ~. made a second call on the following afternoon and found that Phil was coming around all right. While Bristow was away, Will Ashley was called ~ on to carry the more important messages, the others being attended to by A. D. T. messengers. On the fourth day Phil was pronounced well enough to leaye the hospital and Mr. Hewes pro- vided a carriage to convey him to his boarding- house. He did not appear at the office until Wednesday of the~following: week, and then there was a noticeable lameness in his walk. He held a small levee around his chair in the reception- - room when the clerks arrived, but was alone when a grey wnseag beeen in Bondar As soon as she saw him pt rushed over with outstretched — '""{ ‘am so glad you are back, Phill” she cried. _ “Thanks, ee . You on koe to =, inquire about me. I appreci he said, holding h Pi ee be on to her hand. 4 aor es wre 19 “You aren’t mad with me any more?” he asked wistfully. “No, Phil,” she replied in a low tone. “I acted very silly, and I don’t know what you think of me. I want you to forgive me.” “Don’t mention it, Ethel. There’s nothing for ‘me to forgive. But I felt very bad over the mat- ter. I'd rather have been knocked out for good — all by the auto than to have lost your friend- ip. * She blushed deeper still, but made no reply. Phil, however, felt her hand tremble in his, and it rather encouraged him. “You remember I told you early in June that I had my hand read by a professor of palmistry and astrology?” “Yes.” “Everything he told me turned out true but one thing, which is yet in the future. I have been wondering whether he will be right in that, too.” “What was it?” she asked, with some curiosity, “I don’t know whether you’d care to have me tell you about that.” “Why not?” “Because,” he said, in a hesitating tone, “you~ are connected with it.” - “What did he say about me?” “He ‘told me that you and I were partners in money-making deals, and that we’d both do well. He said we’d come out ahead in the I. & C. specu-- lation we had on at the time. He told me that I ee to meet with a serious accident, and ts a - “He must be a wonderful man.” : _ “He is, and a very nice fellow to talk to. What I referred to as the one thing still in the pers tive is that he said you and I might*-that is, that it was possible that_we—I guess I won’t tell you just now.” * : “Oh, but I want to know,” she insisted. “You have aroused my curiosity, and I won’t be satis- fied until you tell me what he said.” “Well, he said that it was not improbable that you and I might enter into another kind of part- nership. I’m only telling you what he said.” “What kind of partnership?” é “One that usually lasts a considerable time and is not limited by articles of agreement. In other © words, he said that we might—get married,” re- plied Phil, desperately. ‘ The stenographer flushed to the roots of her hair, snatched her hand away and ran into the counting-room. : ““I wonder if I’ve made her mad again?” Phil asked himself anxiously. ‘ ! CHAPTER XIV Conclusion. Miss Carpenter did not look as if she was angry over again when Phil carried some statement to her later on to copy. But she did not look him in ahe face as she was. med to do. They had quite a little chat, during which she did not once’ _ relax her work at the machine. Phil, however, : Professor G gradually wore. o’

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20 -who was in the automobile at the time Phil was run down called at Mr. Hewes’s office to see what kind of recompense he could.offer the boy, for he had visions of a civil suit before him. Phil, how- ever, declined to take the check for five hundred dollars he wanted to offer him. The gentleman then offered to make it one~ thousand. dollar Phil shook his head. : . “Your apology is good enough for me. I’m sure it wasn’t your fault. Broadway is a crowded thoroughfare, and I guess you didn’t see me In® time. I am not going to give you any trouble about the matter.” “But I shan’t feel’ satisfied unless you allow me to make some kind of reparation,-my lad.” s “Well, sir, you’re a big operator in stocks, aren’t you?” oe es.” - ; “I’ve got a little money I’d like to put into a thing. Well, if you want to do something me, send a good tip some time and I’ll be sat- isfied. I promise you that I won’t let it get away from me. . ~ The gentleman pondered a moment. ’ “How much money paansel, gore he asked however, to sell at 110 or there- , to on the safe side.”. “Thank you, sir. I’ll do as you say.” — : After the gentleman had gone away Phil ran in * to tell the stenographer. “You want to your money out of the bank this afternoon, . I’ve got another tip.” _ Then he told her the substance of the interview “But I’ve only got about $1,400, Phil.” ih iend. you she balance. there is a new s' _, Next week’s issue will contain “ON TO SUC- _ CES oye RJ oe! TIPPED BY THE TICKER “Doing anything in the market?” he asked him. » “Not a thing,” was the reply. “Well, D. & G. looks like a good thing. Why don’t you take a flier with it?” z “Are you?” asked Bob. “Maybe,” replied Phil. “Know nothing about it?” asked Bob. “T know it’s a gilt-edged stock.” “I know that much myself.” “It went up two points to-day.” “I didn’t notice,” answered Davis. te I was you I think I’d take a shy at it,” said ll. . “If you do I will,” answered Bob. “Then I don’t mind telling you that I’m in it.” Next day a well-known financial daily came out with a statement that everything pointed to an alliance between D. & G. and the management of the coal and iron road, and as a consequence the shares of the former road began to boom again, and reached 96., On the succeeding day they reached par. Another bear raid was made on the road, but it didn’t have much effect, for though the shares receded to 96 they soon recovered and went to 102... Over night the coalition between the two roads became generally known as a fact, and so when the Exchange opened next morning D. & G. started off at 103. The same old excitement that always attends a boom set in, and the shares went right up to 110 before noon. At three o’clock the stock was going at 112, and at half past three Phil went to the - bank and ordered his shares as well as Ethel’s 200, sold. They were disposed of among the early sales next morning at 112 5-8. When Phil got his statement D. & G. was selling at 116, but he was satisfied. He had cleaned up a quarter of a millior? by the deal. Ethel Car- venter’s ‘profits footed up nearly $5,000. Phil was now worth $164,000. Of this fact Mr. Hewes had not the least suspicion. Nor did any clegk in the office dream that the “young messenger had actually made a comfortable . fortune in Wall Street that year. When Christ- mas came around, the stenographer said she was going to make Phil a handsome present for turn- ing her original $50 into over $6,400. “You mean that, do you, Ethel?” replied Phil. “T certainly do,” she answered. “Well, there’s only one kind of present I'll ac- cept from you.” = “What is that?” she said interestedly. “Then I'll tell you. Give me your promise to marry me some day.” ‘ “Oh, Phil!” she exclaimed in great confusion. “What is it—yes or no?” Three days afterward Phil met Professor Gre vo ggtd gh ern ie ay, you're right, Mr Gregory. v thing yow told me has come true pr the last, and that’s going to, for the girl said ‘yes.’ ” Phil is now head clerk for Mr. * nan and apher in .the office, because Ethel Bristow, nee Carpenter, has all she wants to do to look after the comfortable little home pees Pex, tee: AS A Boy in Wall $; or, THE BOY WHO GOT AHEAD.

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 21 CURRENT NEWS A RING IN THE MIDST OF AN EEL An eel caught by Albert J. Kane in Greenwich Harbor, at Greenwich, Conn., has netted him more than $500. Inside the elongated fish he found a platinum dinner ring containing seven- teen diamonds and six sapphires. ‘jeweler val- ued the ring at $500. ‘ DYING FROM BULL’S ATTACK William Smith, a farmhand at the. Maynard Smith dairy farm at Big Flats, near Corning, N. _The animal is a prize Holstein and has been ex- hibited several years at fairs about the State. NEW ISLAND IS THROWN UP BY BLACK SEA CONVULSION A new islend sprang up in the sea of Azov, arm of the Black Sea, as a result of -the terrific maritime convulsion of July 15 near the Straits of Kertch.. A gigantic geyser of earth, rocks and smoke spouted for ten minutes, terrifying the fisher population, who fled inland. The island is a dangerous impediment to navi- gation and beacons have been erected to warn Y., is probably fatally injured as a result of hav- “Ing been attacked by a bull. Smith entered the pen of the animal alone. Children playing about the barn heard the man’s sag? ——— later and witnessed the attack by e bull. approaching mariners. . The eruption was preceded by a violent storm in which several vessels capelnd and others were forced to abandon their cargoes and seek refuge in the harbors of neighboring islands. BOYS, READ THIS THE GREATEST DETECTIVE STORIES EVER WRITTEN ARE PUBLISHED IN 7% “MYSTERY MAGAZINE”’ Read ‘the number out today on all newsstands. It contains GEORGE BRONSON- HOWARD’S detective novelette “THE HOODWINKERS” : It is full of exciting incidents and contains a dandy plot. All You Radio Bugs, Read. : “DRAWN TEETH” A story of roughnecks in the underworld, written by JOE BURKE. ~ WIZ recently Broadcast It on the Air It must have been a good one for that great station to use it. And Don’t Miss the Two-Part Serial “THE FORBIDDEN ROOM” By EDWARD L. BENNETT . It zips along erowded with mystery and adventure from the first . to the last chapter. . Do You Want Your Character Read Free of Charge? “Send LOUISE RICE a sample of your writing and she will tell you your best points in life, advise what is best for you and help you a whole lot. BE SURE TO READ THE SHORT STORIES - : ; | “Button! Button!” by Paul E. Triem; “Reunion,” by Laurence D’Orsay; “The Hypnotic * Mystery,” by Earl W. Scott; “The Clue in the Watch,” by Carl G. Hodges, Sy) Shia and “Mixed Trails,” by Freeman Harrison. = = In Addition There Are Numerous Bae eS INTERESTING ARTICLES <a oa They cover all sorts of police and detective cases in real life, and oe be - cannot fail to please you. ' * | Get a Copy — Show It to Your Friends — You Will Like It! eS sets

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22 Rob and the Reporters — Or, — - Hustling for War News by Wireless By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER XVI.—(Continued). “Correct. Who is your companion?” “Ts it safe to speak loud?” : “Perfectly. The proprietor of this house, who has just left us, isean Alsatian in full sympathy with the cause of the allies.” '“Then here is my letter of introduction, Doc- tor. Read it and we can get right down to busi- ness.” The introduction must have included Rob, for Doctor Cordes shook hands, addressing him by name. “J have the dispatches,” he said. “I propose to give them to you now, for I must start back to Berlin within an hour.. Say to General Taylor that he need expect no more from me. From Ber- lin I shall pass on to Copenhagen, if possible, and so return to London.” » ‘ Doctor Cordes then placed in Brown’s hands a sealed packet which the reporter carefully con- cealed in a secret pocket. . “Are we to stay in this house?” Brown asked. “That is as you please,” was the reply. “I vacate this room within an hour: There is no reason why you should not engage it, I presume. I will ascertain.” _ « He pulled a bell cord and the old man answer- ing the summons, he said in German: “Herr Behrends, is there any objection to these gentlemen occupying this room until to-morrow + t?” - ~ ‘Behrends said, “No objection,” and it was so- arranged. : > They then left the doctor and sat down to a foo, in a private room on the lower “So far so good.” said Brown in a whisper, add- ing: “I suppose, » yau would like to see some- thing of the city, but really it isn’t safe. I think we better stick to this house.” -. “It’s uv to you, of course.” repleid Rob, who _ Was next to the window. - 4 -.He had scarcely said it when he sprang to his at FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY That was the time our hero realized how much he had come to care for Edith. When he got-outside he could see the pair walk- ing slowly on ahead of him. Rob hurried forward and, coming up with them, was about to speak when he remembered his dis- guise. Edith merely glanced at him as he passed. It was evident that he was unrecognized. Puzzled to&{know what he ought to do, Rob stopped and, looking in at a shop window, let the pair pass him, then falling in their wake. “If I speak to her it may get her into all kinds of trouble,” he thought. “Whatever shall I do?” He followed on, turning presently into Alt- markstrasse. ? ‘Here fortune favored him, for the German woman now entered a milliner’s shop, leaving ~ Edith to pursue her way. alone. Rob was at her side in an instant. “Edith, don’t raised his hat. “Not Rob?” “Yes, indeed! I’m amazed to find you here.” ‘No more than I am to meet you looking as you do! Why are you disguised?” “Because I have been sent here on a secret mis- sion and it was necessary. How came you here?” “Why, you see, after that. skirmish which im- mediately followed our capture I was sent with some of the women who followed the camp to a place of safety, a farm house where a German general named mer was making temporary h rs. I saw he was a gentleman, so I confided in him and told him just how I was <it- uated. He assured me that it would be impossible for me to reach Durelle. Then he introduced me to a relative of his, a Mrs. Muller, who had come from Brussels and was going in a car to Hildes- heim with an escort. He advised me to go with her and I decided to do so.” “The lady I saw you with?” “Yes. I have been stopping at her house. She has been most kind, but I am just as anxious as ever to get to my mother, Rob. You can’t tell how delighted I atn to see you.” So , “Nor can I tell you how worried I have been about you, Edith. It is an immense relief.” “How .did you come?” “Can you keep a secret?” “I certainly can.’ “Well, then, I came by aeroplane, and I are returning to General Taylor’s headquarters to- morrow night in the same way.” “Take me with you, Rob!” exclaimed Edith quickly. “But” - “Now don’t say no! It has always been my ambition to go up in an aeroplane, Rob. I came to Hildesheim ‘because I had to. You know how anxious I am to join my mother. If you can do me this service it will be something I never can forget you for.” “Give me your address and I'll see what can be done about it,” replied Rob, adding: “But I ad- — vise you not to hope.” = They parted then, for Rob felt that he had al- ready carried the interview further than any right. ; you know me?” he asked, as he

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- FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY FROM EVERYWHERE A BOTTLE A DAY THE LIMIT .. Newfoundland’s new bill governing the sale of alcoholic beverages is ready for the Governor’s signature. As soon as this has been attached it will go into effect, replacing the Prohibition Act, which has been in effect since 1915. The Legisla- tive Council gave the bill final passage. The act permits the purchase of a bottle of spirits a day by any one person and gives to ho- tels the right to supply guests with beer and wines. The restrictive measures are drastic. - WOMAN OF EIGHTY BOBS HER HAIR At the urgent request of her daughter, a phy- sician, Mrs. Exsat Barnes Smith, 80 years ol4, had her hair bobbed recently. Dr. Cora Smith King, the daughter, said that it was done to pre- vent possible congestion of the brain in hot weather. ; Doctor King was formerly senior surgeon of the Woman’s Evening Clinic in Washington. She said that she had her own hair shingled forty - years ago. 2 Doctor King said that many men with round heads became bald through wearing tight — hats that pressed -on the blood vessels and cut the supply from the scalp. The man with a flat head, she said, was in less danger of baldness be- cause his hat did not press so closely to the sides. Small hats worn by women with bobbed hair were not likely to cause baldness, she added. : DOG HAS BANK ACCOUNT : Bim Elgert, an aristocratic bulldog, earns his “own cash and deposits it in oe as —— : infirmitives of age.. So far as known, gg ete de ole “y bank account in-his own however, the tardiness of this report, which should have been made thirty years ago, is attributed to the fact that George W. Hawkins is a very quiet man, Mr. Hawkins, a school teacher, has lived in Setauket almost half a century. On a summer afternoon back in 1894 he was in his garden, dig- ging holes in which to place poles for climbing bean stalks. His shovel struck something hard. He scooped out a handful of gold coins. Diggin further, he gathered up more than a hund Washed, they ere to be Spanish coins with dates varying from 1770 to 1775. Mr. Hawkins, now retired, was surprised when neighbors began asking about the find. How news of it leaked out he does not know. Why he kept it secret these manv years he refuses to divulge. The coins are said to be of considerable value. Their finder has disposed of some, but thé price received is among the things he intends to keep secret. e x During the Revolutionary. War, he said, the house in which he lives was occupied by a Rev. Mr. Brewster, —— of the old Presbyterian Church on the village He believes the coins “may. have been buried hastily before a skirmish n American and British soldiers. HOLE CUT,IN abil ° gical CRAWLS Soldiers from Fort Hancock sauntering along the beach at Sandy Hook paused to contemplate the auxiliary sloop Dawn. which was washed ashore, bottom up and with Richard Ellingham, of Brooklyn, clinging to the keel. . While they were marveling at the endurance of the man who had maintained his grasp on the waterlogged boat. for hours while the keel was washed by the waves, they were astonished to hear something thumping on the inside planking Believing the noise to be caused by a locker or some other bit of furnishing about in the cabin, the stroll when The soldiers, somewhat startled and i lous of their ears, notified the Coast Guard sta- ticns at Sandy Hook and When an opening had been cut in the “ee

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24 5 . FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY + INTERESTING RADIO NEWS AND HINTS . SEPARATE B BATTERIES If you do not always use the loud speaker or if you doa lot of “DX” hunting with the de- tector tube alone, the economy of using a sepa- rate B battery for the detector is well worth considering. A WARNING Do not burn the detector tube so bright. There is a critical point where the tube works most efficiently and if it is forced above that point in an effort to strengthen weak signals, interfer- ing noises are sure to result. HAVE CARE ; - Do not use too much strength in serewing nuts down on binding posts. This applies par- ticularly to transformers, where too much strength may result in twisting off the fine wire connected to the binding post. TRY THIS — If ‘your set is regenerating short circuit the grid condenser with a piece of wire and touch the grid terminal of the tube socket with a finger. - _If a distinct click is heard when the finger touches the binding post and also when the finger is removed it is an indication that the set is regenerating. THE SUP. ‘ Gui The second harmonic super-heterodyne | is 2 circuit in which an oscillating detector oscillates at approximately one-half the frequency of the incoming radio waves, instead of at the whole fncoming frequency, as is the case in the other types of super-heterodyne receivers. Two-tuned circuits are connected to the oscillator, a simple circuit tuned to the frequency of the incom- ing waves and a regenerative circuit adjusted to oscillate at such a frequency that the second harmonic of this frequency beating with the in- coming frequency ‘produces the desired inter- mediate frequency. ; TREES ACT AS ANTENNA Making bn ok Bonne is the ving erent test ist completed 0 rangers -in the big re- ites at Snoqualmie, Washington. Instead of eerrying burdensome wire for antenna, two rang- ers found they could induce the multitude of limbs of fir and hemlocks to do the work. : Driving a copper nail into the base of the trunk and connecting it tp the radio sender start- -ed every twig and leaf snapping off waves. Radio messages have to,date been sent, by means of trees, two or threé miles. ‘ - More experiments are in progress in the North- west woods to increase the efficiency of the By such means any station may easily . be notified by radiograms instead of utilizing the S system ones. s : of x : may be half a mile from a phone . exped : by simply his antennae is that the higher the altitude the bet- ter waves are sent out. OCEAN TESTS Transatlantic telephone tests have been con- ducted for some months past by the American Telephone & Telegraph Company and the Western Electric Company engineers. In fact, rumor has it that commercial conversations niay be carried on before the end of the year. For the present, special attention is being paid to modulation and to the development of secrecy. Daily talks with a British receiving station have been carried on from the great transmitting station at Rocky Point, some 70 miles east of New York, on Long Island. Test words and short phrases are re- peated hundreds of times by a large staff of en- gineers and operators, who record their observa- tions for the benefit of the designing engineers. Secrecy it is reported, will be achieved by “serambling” the conversation at the transmitting end and “unscrambling” it at the receiving end. In this manner it will be possible to make radio telephone conversations private. There is a very remote chance that some ingenious experimenter may picked up disconected bits of conversation, but as a general things the radio telephone user ba enjoy the same secrecy as the wire tele- one. “ DESCRIBES TRANSFORMERS Radio frequency transformers vary somewhat iv construction, but in general they consist of two coils of very fine copper or sometimes even iron or other resistance wire. One coil is the’ “primary,” the other the “secondary.” Unlike the audio instruments, the windings consist of only a few hundred turns, or perhaps a lot more than a hundred, depending on the make. There is no heavy iron core, but there may be. a light one consisting of a paper tube filled with fine iron filings. i Radio frequency amplifiers are placed in the -circuit ahead of the detector to amplify the in- coming currents at radio frequency before they are rectified to lower frequency by the detector. Radio frequency amplifiers increase the range of a set as they intensify the weak signals, giving them strength enough to operate the detector. Audio frequency amplifiers follow the detector in the circuit. They ‘amplify the audio frequency signals passed on by the detector. Audio ampli- fiers increase the volume of signals, but do not increase the range. Push-pull transformers have five binding posts because there is an extra connection taken from one of the windings. In the input transformer, the secondary coil is tapped at its centre and a wire brought out to a terminal. The primary is one continuous winding, giving two more posts, while the ends of the secondary are brought out in the ustal manner also. The output trans- former (push-pull instruments always come in pairs, cannot be used singly) has its primary tapped, while the secondary is solid. $5

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TO SAVE BLUE CRAB INDUSTRY Blue crabs from Chesapeake Bay that used to sell for 50 cents a dozen now bring from $1.50 to $2. Despite this large increase in price, fishermen and others in the fishing industry com- plain because there are ‘two few crabs caught to make the traffic pay. The Fisheries Service etin, commenting on the situation, says that it is considered of sufficient importance to assign R. H. Fielder to Maryland and Virginia to make a close investigation ofthe matter and to ob- tain the necessary data to aid in saving this im- portant industry from becoming extinct. ONE MILLION MILES THIS SALESMAN’S 2 RECORD Fred M. Lewis, 523 West 112th street, New York, probably holds the world’s mileage record as a traveling salesman, At the convention of the National Council of Traveling Salesmen, held recently, Lewis was said to have traveled more miles than any other member. During his thirty- two years on the road he averaged 35,000 miles a years, and altogether he has totaled more than a million miles. He sells laces and nettings. , Ten => out of teemven find him in oPut- man, says hever gro tomed’to a berth and still finds it hard to be lulled to sleep by the motion of the train. As frequently as twice in one year he has made the We thinks nothing of going fram New Yor t inks nothing of go rom New Francisco. He calls himself this city’s long- est distance commuter. "Never has he been in a wreck, though several “ times he has just escaped taking salesman a healthful one despite its irregu- iar hours of Sting and sleeping. Constantly on the go, he has plenty of exercise. LOST VILLAGE IS FOUND The village of Weinfeld, near been rediscovered ‘Sixteenth Century i y ‘pestilence which killed half its inhabitants, and - this was followed by a disastrous Rumors re. became current that everyone in the Village would die and the inhabitants = with- out taking their possessions along, as they were ert the belief the village was under a curse. a sEdes later helped to wipe out traces of the houses, whieh have under the ground. ae ~_. $3,000,000,000 MOVES IN NEW YORK n of the ni FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY GOOD READING just been found four feet _ "The death of a pigeon was the only untoward: _ incident that marked task «f The pigeon was crushed under an Adams Ex- press Company truck that bore a load valued at $25,000,000, The, entire transfer was. accom- plished without a hitch in details. It was the largest amount of money or its direct equivalent ever moved at one time. The billions were transferred in forty-five armored cars, each protected by a machine gun and four guards with revolvers in each hand, and driven by an armed chauffeur. W. H. Moran, chief of the United States Secret Service, was in charge of operations. He had with him his assistant, Joseph A. Palma, and twenty-five Secret Service men. A cordon cf 150 patrolmen was established, under Inspector Donohue and Captain Quinn, of Headquarters, effecting a dead line for the restricted area in- closed by Broadway, Wall, John and William streets. No person could enter the area unless directly charged with the transportation or guard- ing of the wealth. In addition, four armed guards of the Adams Express Company were sta- tioned at each corner. further precaution, marksmen of the bomb squad took traffic manager for the Adams Express Company, announced himself as delighted with the ordons smoothness that characterized the entire proceed- ings. : The Federal Reserve Bank begins work in its new uarters with 1,500 cnaplopine on the j there will be Even a personne #500 in the building, ate f “Mystery Magazine” Semi-Monthly 15 Cents a Copy us THE itSTERY OF ROARING WATERS, py 189 THE KIVER PIRA Hamilton Craigie. ie ee ea OF A i, by Jack Bechdott Ep ts ae MIXED MOTIVES, by Eric Howard, SOUTHWEST OF THE LAW By HAMILTON CRAIGIE Out Today in No. 167 HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. 166 West 23d Street New York City “Moving Picture Stories” A Weekly Magazine Devoted to Photoplays and Players ' Each number contains. Three Stories u. the Best Films the * s. 4 piimteresting of fe aon Prominent ‘Beep and Lessons in Scenario Writing: . = HARRY FE. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. 165 West 23d Streets = New York City ‘ ; ion si LET ck

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. 26 Fame and Fortune Weekly NEW YORK, OCTOBER 17, 1924 TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Bingle Copies...........+ bens Fostage 8 Cents One Copy Three Months...... = cad $1.00 Ome Copy Six Months......... * ed the squire. “And what brings you out so early?” “Getting a breakfast for my appetite,” was the reply. Old Gentlemen: “Bless my heart! this vibra- tion of the carriage is very unusual. Phen little man, have you any apprehension of acci- io An Boar tem i ot 2 SB ea e ; and especia ith such a fat old buff, as you to be shot pen, Ah eee Pat could not awake in the morning in time enough to get to his work, so he invented an When he saw his friend Mike he showed it to him. “Well, wot do ye think of it, Mike?” .“I think it’s a good thing; but how does it work?” said Mike. “Shure, now,” replied Pat, Py just press the button and the alarm goes off.” E

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY BRIEF BUT POINTED ROBINS OR LUMBER? raising a family on the lumber pile and all con- cerned wished to give the birds a chance. NATURAL BRIDGE, VIRGINIA’ This celebrated bridge,.a great natural Thursday. Six shots also were fired from the second gun. Unlike the 12-inch rifles which have been tested at the fort, the 16-inch monsters have compara- tively little vibration. No windows were broken in near-by buildings yesterday, as was the case when the 12-inch rifles were fired, but a distant tremor was felt in homes in the Rockaways and the detonations alarmed residents in the Flat- bush section. Telephone inquiries began to pour into police stations in that section and hundreds were re- ceived Po Headquarters section police learned of the artillery tests. Officers from Fort Hancock and Fort Tilden were stationed at the Deal and Shark River Coast Guard Stations on the New Jersey coast as observers. L LOOK, BOYS! TRAPEZEE The Acrobatic Wonder Toy ALMOST HUMAN IN ITS ACTIONS! it consists of a handsome parallel iron frame on which. the little yellow en accurately performs like an ath- - Five Different Stunts — THE FLYING ie aoe — Release phe trigger-pin an re swings for- ward, gripping the brass trapeze-bar, turns a somersault in the air and catches a cross-bar by. his heel a teleases the tripeze, catches a horizontal-bar with his heels, makes two swift somersaults in the air and catches by his heels again. = orms two more horizontal-bar acts with the grace and agility of a cir- cus star, and many new ones can be in- vented. : , : Z The Most Wonderful Toy in the World! PRICE $1.00 WOLFF NOVELTY 3 166 W. 23d St, New York City, N. to a ,: | ” i ¥ ay." . Sera 1

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ITEMS OF RANIER SHEDDING COAT . Mount Ranier’s thick robe of age-old snow and - ice is giving way this summer to fierce onslaughts of Old Sol, exposing parts of the mountain never before seen by man. Following one of the dry- est and warmest seasons for several generations, huge areas of snowfields on the north side of the peak have begun to melt rapidly. : Scientists from the State University are in- terested in the phenomena, believing new speci- mens of geology may be discovered in the un- covered glacial slides. ; Because of the imminent danger of destructive , avalanches yisitors to the national playground are warned away from the vicinity and kept within bounds by strands of, wire. RED-HAIRED GIRLS SCORE ONCE MORE Red-haired women made the best school teachers. # This isthe unqualified conviction of Will ce Wood, Superintendent of ools in California, protests from blondes and brunettes, notwitn- standing. “I never have. known a red-haired teacher who was not a success,” says Wood. In eT of his statement Wood has a letter from J. R. Conniff, official of the Louisiana De- vue Rar “of Education, which suggests that special certificates be issued to teachers having » red hair. The certificate suggested by Conniff reads: “This certificate is given to Jane Doe in testi- ag of ‘the ar sion of ey — which proves the highest intelligence, and aythority is -given thing and Bo anicae§ whether under the earth 25,000 DEER, AND NONE CAN BE SHOT “What to do about a herd of 25,000 deer, in- habiting a virgin forest tract fifty miles square ae increasing at the rate of about 8,000 fawns a year is a problem the Department of Agri- culture seeks to solve. The deer are living and multiplying in the _ sages Rage aor forest of southern Utah, which < the Emerison Hough sought to have set “aside permanently as a national monument to be known as President’s forest. - This forest has been a national game preserve for seventeen years. Thus protected from human and natural foes, the deer have thrived and increased until tq-day the forest service sees danger of starvation or an omen eso Tot eghe itting hunters to enter e proposi of permitting en’ the forest has met with objections because of z Srl ei the slaughter will be excessive. ip feabure also, the deer are unt as eyced FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY INTEREST HOW TO MAKE A WATER TELESCOPE One of the most. interesting devices for study- ing the ways of fishes and other aguatic crea- tures is the water telescope. In its construction the instrument is very simple. A tube is first made of copper zinc, or other metal which will not rust. The tube should be not less than 3 feet in length and may with advantage be longer. At one end fit a circle of very clear plate glass. To fix the glass a ring of metal, to act as a flange, should be soldered inside, the tube a short distance from the end. The circle of glass - should rest on this, white lead being used on the other Side to keep the glass in place and make the tube watertight. The -telescope is used by pushing the end with - the glass below the surface and resting the tube on the edgé of a boat or the The depth - to which the observer can see will naturally de- pend on the clearness or otherwise of the water. In clear water it is possible to see quite plainly » objects that. may be fifty feet or more away. The most favorable opportunities occur when bright sunshine is streaming down through the water. Many interesting fishes can be observed at very moderate depths. Care should be taken to keep the water telescope quite still, as sudden movements are likely to startle the fishes. When an evening is quiet the fishes, impelled by curi- ,osity, may come close to the end of the telescope, and unique opportunities arise for studying their peculiarities and behavior. TROPICAL ANIMALS SUFFER FROM HEAT “What wild annimals do you think feel the heat most?” asked Colonel Sol. A. Stephan, gen- eral manager of the Cincinnati zoo. “Why, polar bears and wolves and other things that come from ’way up north, of course,” an- swered the reporter. “Not in 10,000,000 years,” remarked Colonel Stephan, as he watched two gobs of perspira- tion racing down the reporter’s face. “The ani- mals most affected by hot weather are the lions, tigers, giraffes, elephant and other beasts from Africa and India. “Yl admit it’s hotter in Africa and India than any other place, except, perhaps, Needles, Cal.,” he continued. “But you must remember that the lions and tigers and elephants have brains. They don’t stand out in the sun like you and I ar doing now. They hide away in the daytime in the jungles, where it is nice and cool, and come forth at night to get their meals. “We have to keep turning the hose on these tropical creatures during hot weather. One day last week we found old ‘Abe,’ one of our giraffes, whom we consider the finest specimen of his kind in captivity, neaty gone. We lost no time in giving aid treatment, for he is worth a lot of money. ‘Lil,’ the elephant, wasn’t feel- ing an too good, so we gave her a good cold “The polar bears don’t mind the heat, as Sere stay in the water most of the time. Neither do | a ioe ae

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