Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 995) (1924 10 24)

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BOYS, READ THE RADIO ARTICLES IN THIS NUMBER OCTOBER 24, 1924 , Ee Price 8 Cents No. 995 & 52 § | “STORIES OF Bors Wio0 MAKE MONEY. Sas wees, Grasping the mother by the el the waist, Jack Haviland leaped down : into the swirling waters. Fortunately for the success of the brave boy’s efforts, a man swam up and took Mrs. Blake off his hands. r. ‘ Pod

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FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKL Y == 7F isher, Inc., 166 : ie 00 ear! Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. Harry E. Wolff. Publisher, ‘ aS Seno rah Mert Now Norks iY. Entered ‘as Second-Class Matter, Oetober 4, 1911, “9 CT 5 oO ze the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Mareb 3, ‘1879. ZO “No. 995 ER I.—In Which Sam Dyke Gets A Por- : tion of What is Coming to Tim. ie - “Gee, but this is a heavy load to carry up these cliffs!” exclaimed Jack Haviland, as he shifted ‘a large basket of fish from one shoulder to the “T \wish that hotel was down by. the <M the cliff path which | Bette idemes, on the Wisconsin shore of Lake higan, to the summer hotel that had been erected the year previous on Storm Stone Rock, he highest point of the beetling cliffs that tretched for some distance along that part of _ the State, their base Javed or pounded, as the ease might be, by the waters of the great Ameri- ean lake. Jack was a strapving fellow of six- with black focks curling over a brow which ant exposure to all kinds of weather had ed as brown as a berry. Although a boy ‘he was a man in strength and experi- or on his young shoulders rested the en of providing for a family which a tre- mdous and unexpected gale had left fatherless 1e fifteen months before. ‘He was an expert young fisherman, and dur- ‘the summer had contracts for supplying all summer hotels and boarding-houses in the horhood of the village where he lived— there were not a few of them. For an unt he had the son of a poor carpenter, he had trained in the business—a burly, atured lad, named Tom Oliver, who was ong as an ox, and thoroughly devoted to~ i explains why our hero “was tramping _“ 4 basket of fish on his in June, which fish Rock Hotel, NEW YORK» OCTOBER 24, ON TO SUCCESS : OR, THE BOY WHO GOT AHEAD - after a heavy storm, S * \mean tricks. 1924 Price 8 Cents. By A SELF-MADE MAN to ae dropping the basket on a convenient rock. Two or three good-sized summer hotels were to be seen at various points of vantage, while a numbey of cottages and boarding-places peeped out here and there from amid the foliage on the outskirts of the village. About a mile off shore, looked spent one in the midst of a of dangerous reefs which’ marked the approac Holderness, was anchor- , ed the Gull lightsh a small vessel, about by four men, who, in turn, week in every four ashore. One of these men, a thickset, surly disposi- tioned man named Levi Dyke, a fisherman by occupation before he joined the crew of the light- ship, had been a personal enemy of Jack’s father, eee was by no means favorably disposed toward he boy himself. The cause of his enmity lay 1905 in the fact ‘that he had been an unsuccessful ~ suitor for the hand of the girl Tom Haviland — married, now Jack’s mother. Levi subsequently married a woman who led him a dog’s life while she lived, and left him father and son, christen- ed Sam, who was very like both parents rolled into one, which isn’t saying much in his favor. The other member of the Dyke family was a’ pretty golden haired girl called Gypsy Dyke— a foundling, who had been picked up somewhere along shore when two zeere old, by Levi Dyke of the family ever since she was old enough to be useful, and since the death of the un- lamented Mrs. Dyke, took full care of the small house in which Sam Dyke was lord of all he surveyed when his father was on duty at the lightship. As Jack was about to pick up the basket of fish preparatory to resuming his climb to the top of the cliff, he heard a girlish scream in the near ‘distance. “That’s Gypsy,” he exclaimed, turning his face . in the direction whence the sound had come. “T’'ll bet Sam Dyke is up to some more of his - I’d like te punch his face for m.” < A frown gathered on the boy’s face, and, leav- ing the basket where it was, he started up a level spot overgrown wit S. sae sa a by-path leading to a shrubbery. ; ; e had been the drudge - :7= oe # ’ —_ gt ae Pall Ny ee we he Le

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ON TO go home if you want me to,” Jack heard Gypsy say in pleading accents. “Shut up, you whin’ little foundlin’, or Vll wallop the stuffin’ outer yer,” floated down the : disagreeable voice of Sam Dyke. “Yer ain’t got _ that Haviland feller at yer back now to pertect yer, and I’m goin’ ter give it ter yer to get square for all back scores he cheated me out of, d’ye understand?” The words were followed by a blow and a suppressed cry from the girl. White with anger, : Jack dashed forward, clearing the intervening space and, confronting the pair, snatched the - ‘switch out of Sam Dyke’s hand and brought it down with no light force upon the young rascal’s shoulders. Sam, who was sixteen years of age, and burlier looking than Haviland, gave a roar ; of pain and sprang backward. His heels caught in a bit of tangled underbrush and he fell on his back. “Oh, Jack!” cried Gypsy, with a little shriek of delight, laying one hand confidingly: on her protector’s arm, “I’m so glad to see you.” “And I’m glad I was close at hand to save you from that young brute,” replied the boy, encircling the girl’s waist with his left arm. “Yah, you beast!” yelled Sam, sitting up in the bushes, “Jest you wait till dad runs across =~ yer. He’s goin’ to: pay yer for all yer’ve done to me.” “Why don’t you stand up like a man and try to get square yourself?” retorted Jack, contemptu- ously. Darn yer, I kin lick yer,” shouted young Dyke. *T1l smash yer good for nuttin’ yer oar into my affairs.” _ Gypsy stood back with clasped hands _ and - anxious face to await the issue between the boys. At that moment Sam made a rush, full of venge- ful combativeness. Then something’ happened _ that dissipated his vision of victory. Biff! His head went back as though struck by a small re iver. Thump! He staggered under a blow on his chest. Swat! That time he got a sock- _ dolager on the jaw, and with a howl that would hhave put a famished hyena to the blush he went ‘down into the bushes, a thoroughly whipped boy. Those three blows did the business for him, and he did not want any more. A “Oh, my jaw!” he whined. “You’ve broken ay Oh, oh jaw, ae beast, and noW I can’t eat no more. 3 “Get up out of that!” roared Jack. “Get up, or Tl thump you again” Sam gprene. to his feet, and, with a furious - look, darted off down the path by which: he had followed Gypsy to browbeat her. CHAPTER II.—Gyp. o it, you lobster!” shouted © ‘Jack after him: * as I come!” turned a terrifiedlook over his shoulder followed shouted. “rn kill yer , darn yer. And I'll wallop the stuffin’ » too, REDPY: Dxpe, if ver don’t come SS eS _ that was tasty over pia head SUCCESS I hear of it,” cried Jack, in a tone which showed he theant business, “I’ll break every bone in your body the first time I meet you again.” When Sam reached the Dyke cottagé he found that his father had just come ashore for a week’s lay-off. He was in the house, drinking with 1 Joyce and Pette Hague, two congenial spirits, also members of the lightship crew, who had: rowed him ashore. “What’s the matter with your face?” demanded the senior Dyke, when his precious son entered the kitchen where the three men were seated. “Fell down and scratched it,” replied Sam; sulkily. : : “Looks as if he’d been fightin’,” grinned Bill Joyce. “Look at that lump on his jaw.” “Have you been fightin’, you young whelp?” howled Levi Dyke, making a move to get up and hunt for the thick rope’s end he occasionally applied*to his hopeful’s back, whereupon Sam - sprang for the. door and laid his hand on the a knob. “Have you been fightin’, I say?” continued the elder Dyke, furiously. “Why don’t you open that meat trap of yours and answer me?” “Yes, I was. fightin’,” Sam admitted, slowly. “I was fightin’ with Jack Haviland.”. “Who,” roared Levi Dyke, his eyes blazing like live coals. “And he licked you, too, didn’t he?” said the = _— man, in a suppressed tone. 3 “He didn’t give me no fair show,” protested = Sam, who was ashamed to admit a fair defeat in the presence of his father’s associates. “What did he do? Did he hit you when you wasn’t lookin’?” “Yes,” replied Sam, unblushingly. Z “The infernal young whelp! So he took wear = off your guard and pounded ,your face like that, did he? Where is he now? “Up the cliff talkin’ to Gyp.” < ‘ “Talkin’ to Gyp!” cried Levi, furiously. “Didn't — I tell her to have nothin’ more to do with that monkey, or I'd skin her alive? Didn’t You hear ’ me tell her that?” a “Yes, dad; -but she don’t seem to care what wea yer say.” et “She don’t, eh? We'll see about that. But, 2 F first I’m goin’ to attend to Jack Haviland: I'll © dust his jacket for him, the measly cub! ru let him know that he ‘can’t walk over my son.” © *“He ain’t afraid of yer, dad,” said Sam, de- sirous of egging his parent on. “Oh, he ain’t! Did he say that?” 3s “He as good as said it,” replied Sam, to whom a lie of any color was a matter of no im-_ portance. “Look here, Joyce, and you, Hague. with me and ee me give this young monkey — the lickin’ of his life.” “I’m with yer, Dyke,” alacrity. Joyce also expressed his willingness to be one of the party. “Get that piece of rope, Acs and fetch it along. After we’ve licked him good and a i we'll dangle him over the cliff and scare him to death, So he said he wasn’t afraid of me? We'll see whether he is or not.” ae “In the meantime, all a of the storm — said Hague, rising with *

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ing to Gypsy Dyke in the hollow of the cliff : whe: Sam had got his knockout. “Jack,” said Gypsy, with great earnestness _ “what is a foundling?” _ “A foundling! What do you ask that ques- tion for, Gyp?” asked the boy, in some surprise. _ “Because I want to know what it means.” _ “A foundling is a child who is picked up some- where, without any clue ts to who its parents are.” - “Then that must be me, for Sam calls me a . « foundling, and so does father.” 4 * “T guess so. You know Levi Dyke isn’t your father, nor is Sam Dyke your brother. In fact, _ you’re no relation to them at all, I’m glad to say. Everybody in Holderness knows that you were washed ashore from some wreck during a _ big storm on the lake about twelve years ago, aoe that Levi Dyke found you in a box attached : to a small spar that had been swept into a ~ erevice in the rocks.” > “Yes, so Sam had told me. And one day, when _ he was very angry with me, he said he had a great mind to fling me back’ into the waves whence I came. I knew I was an orphan, but ‘I did not know before what he meant when he ed me a foundling. I thought me meant _ somethine cruel when he called me that.” “Well, it’s a mean thing for him to be con- - sant -Santly enn your early misfortune in your _ face ; but, then, I don’t think there is anything — too mean for Sam Dyke to do or say.” “T wish I was your sister, Jack,” said Gypsy, - wistfully. : “T wish you was, too,” replied the boy, with 3 too late with his fish. So he excused himself and. left her standing there and went back to ~ his fish, which he shouldered and continued his "limb to the top of the cliff. phasis. After a little further conversation Jack re- that he must be going or he would > — . ae ee “CHAPTER 1l—Wherein Jack is Besieged in ; the Ghestvatosy. - ~ When Jack reached the hotel he went around to the steward’s quarters. The fish was duly weighed and the boy received an order on the cashier for his pay. As the cashier was at his : in the rotunda, where Jack couldn’t very well go, the steward sent his assistant to get e order cashed. When he came.back he handed moneyed the boy. Jack tucked it away ‘an inner pocket and, taking his basket under his arm, left the hotel yard. n his way back to the downward path by nh had come Jack stopped at a small oc- zon the edge of the cliff. It $ a.single little room, octagonal in shape. punted on eight posts that raised it about | feet from the ground. A flight of narrow _eémmunicated with a door in -_ side : sora d away from the lake, As Jack three men and % boy hove his father and the other d Jack out to the steps, “Sight. The boy was Sam Dyke, and he. ON TO SUCCESS 3 two. The young fisherman did not observe the approach of the enemy until they had arrived close to the observatory. The whole aspect of the newcomers was men- acing, and the fact that Sam was with them convinced Jack that he was the object they were after. If he had entertained the slightest doubt of this fact, it was dissipated when Levi Dyke led the forces to the foot of the stairs and order- ed Haviland to come out of the observatory. “What do you want with me?” asked Jack. standing in the doorway. “Are you comin’ down, or must we come up there and get you?” roared Levi Dyke, in the tone of an officer commanding a fortress to sur- render or take the consequences. Jack had a strong objection to either of the suggestions offered by the elder Dyke, for he easily guessed what he would be up against the moment they laid their hands upon him. “No,” he said; “I’m not coming down.” “Then we'll fetch you down, and we'll lick vou twice. as hard for givin’ us the trouble of goin’ after you,” said Dyke, senior. “Better keep back,” replied Jack, picking up a heavy Malacca cane that stood within his reach. “I’m not going to be whipped if I) can help myself. And I warn you that Ill give you all the fight you want.” He looked cool and determined, and the be- siegers did not like his attitude for a cent. How- ever, they did not dream for a2 moment that one boy, though a stout one, would be able to . stand them off even a little bit. Levi Dyke, being sufficiently primed with liquor to make him uncommonly bold, led the assault,-with Joyce and Hague close behind, while Sam prudently remained -on the ground, an in- terested observer of the proceedings, * As Levi dashed up the stairs and made a rush for the door, Jack fetched him a rap alongside the head that made him think the observatory. had fallen in and buried him in the debris. He tumbled back upon Joyce, who in turn collided with Hague, and the fesult. was that the three be- Siegers tumbled backward down the stairs and landed in a heap at the bottom, to their own chagrin and Sam’s amazement, * When they picked themselves uj they were a * mighty mad trio, and each said things that would not bear repeating. They formed in line for a second attack, with Joyce in the lead, but this time they proceeded with more caution. Jack awaited the assault as deliberately as before, and when Joyce got within easy reach he made a feint to strike him as he had done Levi Dyke, and the man ducked, the boy expected he would. Then quick as a wink he fetched Joyce an awful jab in the stomach,’and back. he went on\Hague, who slipped and fell upon Dyke, senior, and once more they had to extricate themselves from a confused jumble at the foot of the stairs. They held an angry ‘consultation as to what should be done next, for it seemed in that a direct attack had its disadvantages. e result © of the confab was that it was decided to put Sam in the lead to bear the brunt, on the sup- position that Haviland. would not hit- him as hard as he had the men.

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“T don’t want to go up first,” strenuously ob- jected Sam. “He’ll kill me with that cane.” “Well, you’ve got to lead the way, whether you like it or not,” cried Levi Dvke, seizing his son by the ear and marching him to the foot of the stairs. j Sam roared and kicked, and gave the besiegers no end of trouble. While the enemy was in a state of temporary confusion, Jack wondered if he could not play a march on them by leaving the observatory unnoticed. He figured that he * could’ pass out of the front window and climb to the roof of the building, from which the everhanging branches of the tree close by would afford him the means of reaching the ground. ; Before Jack was ready to retreat to the shelter of the tree the attacking party had formed once more, with the reluctant and frightened Sam at their head. As Sam was pushed forward step by step, he yelled murder at the top of his voice. Two or three of the hotel guests heard the uproar and came toward the observatory to find out what the trouble was. Jack swung his cane to and fro with such a vicious sweep that Hague became fearful that he would scatter Sam’s : brains over the stairs, and he refused to push ; the boy within the perilous circle. By this time the three guests came up and ' began to inquire into the cause of the rumpus. This took the rascals’ attention away from Jack, and the boy decided to beat a retreat from the observatory. As a preliminary to the venture he ~ glammed the door of the building to and placed : the cane against it to hold it shut. Then he - .¢limbed out of the window overlooking the lake and serambled to the peaked roof. From. the roof he climbed into the branches of the big tree that rshadowed it and moved down to the central crotch. Perching himself securely in his new retreat, Jack paused to examine the situation again, | To his surprise, the enemy gave no sign of having observed his change of base. Levi Dyke -_-was trying to impress the fact upon the hotel __ visitors that he and his associates were in the right. As Jack had no voice in the proceedings, -. the guests were unable to fully decide the ques- tion; but, as it was none of their business, they prudently made no effort to interfere. At this stage of the matter a bright idea struck Hague. He suggested that, while he and Joyce made an » assault on the door, Dyke, senior, should take his son around to the front and boost him into the window. He calculated that, thus placed ‘between two fires, the besieged would surely be captured. Jack watched them with a chuckle of satisfaction. - “J got out of that place just in time,” he said to himself, as he perceived the strategtic move ~ that had been adopted-by the enemy. up the stairs, while Levi Dyke shoved his son up to the front window. The door yielded to the assault, and Joyce and Hague dashed into bservatory with arms extended to grasp iland, just as Sam’s face reached above the he window sill. ‘Then blank-amazement eir faces. The observatory was = ON. TO SUCCESS _ All being ready, the two lightship men rushed | the broad ledge he looked up and saw that CHAPTER IV.—Describes How Jack Eludes His ; Enemies. The moment Joyce and Hague entered the ob- servatory, Jack Haviland decided that the aus- picious moment had arrived for him to retreat from the scene. So down the tree trunk scram- bled Jack, and off he started at full speed for | the path down the cliff. -Levi saw him -directly and let out a yell of warning. Joyce and Hague eame dashing out of the observatory in time to . see Jack running along the edge of the cliffs. The three men started after him in hot pursuit. Jack looked back as he ran, and saw that the men were closing in on him, and that he would have to put his best foot forward if he wished to elude them. He was pretty confident in his own running powers, for not a boy in Holderness could compete with him in point of sneed. He soon found, howeverf to his great dismay, that Bill Joyce was faster. Jack possessed one advantage over his pur- suers, which was that he knew every inch of the cliffs which he would. have to traverse in fa order to place himself out of dangér, and he rapidly made up his mind: to head for a certain point from which he could make his way down to a cave known as the “Gull’s Nest,” with the labyrinths of which very few people were ac- quainted. _He strained every nerve to reach the de- sired point, and, by dint of a tremendous spurt, managed to achieve his object while the light- ship man was still a dozen yards away from him. At this point the cliffs were fully a hun- dred feet high, and went almost sheer down to — the water, which lay calm and deep below, like a great mill-pond. To the casual eye it would — have seemed an impossibility to descend the cliff. at this point, but Jack, as we said before, was well acquainted with the difficulties of the de- — scent, and knew that, even if he was followed, if he could get past a certain point safely, he would be beyond reach of his pursuers. ~ Jack hastily swung himself over the edge of. the cliff, and, taking advantage of every root, bush and projection, rapidly placed a consider- — able distance between himself and the summit. — Joyce arrived at the spot the boy had just quitted and came to a pause. big = “I guess we'll have to give it up as a bad job,” remarked Joyce. “I wouldn’t go down there-~ — after him for ‘a wad of money.” eo “Give up nothin’,” growled Levi, swiftly mark-. ing the progress of Haviland. “I’m goin’ after — him myself, and I’ll catch him, too.” a Levi Dyke knew a good bit about that cliff — himself. He knew practically every point of — vantage Jack would have to avail himself of. — And his knowledge showed him how, by the aid of the long rope Sam was bringing up, he could ~~ quickly have himself lowered down the face of the cliff to a point. where he would be able to intercept the fugitive. r see He motioned to his son to hurry, and “Sam came up on the run. Lévi hastily proceeded to ~ fasten one end of the line round his waist. By this time Jack’had reached a broad ledge which stood out from the cliff. When Jack reached Ba DEN So LT ele fer. - & , r py =.

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burly form of Levi Dyke was being lowered by means of a rope. What could he do now in the _face of certain capture? ~ “I’m afraid that repe has cooked my goose,” he breathed disconsolately. “It is too bad, when _ | felt so sure of giving them the slip.” : The mere idea of his utter helplessness made ~ him set his teeth together and look down in the _ tiirection of the beach. It lay over one hundred feet a little to the right. But directly beneath pend in front of him he knew the water was very deep and without obstructions. Instantly he re- “solved what he would do. He would jump into the lake. Sam Dyke, with a grin of delight, was bend- ing over the edge of the cliff, intently watch- ing the fugitive, and»directing the paying out of the rope that brought his father closer and _ eloser upon his prey. + : _ ~ +“We’ve got him,” he shrieked, in a tone of _ satisfaction, as he saw his father reach down to grasp Jack’s collar. ; : ; But he was mistaken, for Havilafid jerked him- > _seself to one side and leaped straight out into mid- air. Keeping his body perfectly stiff, he shot _ through the intervening space, and fell into the _ lake with a splash that sent all the gulls in _ the neighborhood screaming away. Spellbound, - Sam Dyke and the two men above, as well as i himself, gazed at the spot where Jack fell, ling pretty certain that he had met his death by. adopting_such a desperate means to avoid falling into their clutches. ‘ But Jack was a first-rate diver and swimmer, - and a few seconds after he disappeared he rose + to the surface of the water and struck out. for _ the nearby patch of beach where he sat down. _ Levi Dyke was hauled back to the top of the cliff, and vented his disappointment with a string of ‘imprecations not pleasant to listen to, s -“ ae . - CHAPTER V.—Treats of a Conversation that ae Jack OverKeard. _ When Jack had fully rested himself he got up and prepared to make his way to Holderness ~ along the base of the cliffs. Having reached a sheitered nook within half a mile of the village, Jack removed,his clothes and spread them out ona big rock at the foot of the cliff to dry. “He then buried himself, all but his head, in ‘the soft, warm sand, and began to consider how -he should avoid a subsequent encounter with the ‘burly Levi Dyke. While he was thus employed, two men approached the spot and sat down on a rock within earshot of him. One of these Jack Teeognized as Isaac Naylor, a lawyer, and the 3 man in Holderness, : The other man was Amos Flint, his chief clerk and general man of business. He ‘was slight wiry,and wore his black coat buttoned close Of course you understand,-Mr. Flint,” Mr. ~ 7 to Milwaukee to-morrow morning on Passage on the Sylph” ON TO SUCCESS, ; 5 “Certainly, sir,” replied his companion, ob- sequiously; “so I told Mrs. Flint and the little Flints, when I saw that the bills announcing the fact had been posted in all the public places.” “In ‘spite of my persistent opposition these people have secured the right to use the steam- boat wharf this season, and this letter, which I have just received from our Milwaukee agent, informs me that their new boat, the SylIph, will make her first trip up to-day. She is due here at five-thirty this afternoon.” . “Very good, sir—that is, I] mean very bad, sir,” replied his clerk. “It is intolerable, Mr. Flint, now that Holder- ness has developed into the most popular resort on the lake, that a rival should cut into the : business that rightfully belongs to the Lake % Michigan Navigation Company.” g “Quite right, sir.” ; “It struck me that if something were to hap- —— pen—-something, mind you, that would shake the “4 confidence of the public in this new line—it would a. be to our advantage.” : Soa “Yes, sir—if something only would, sir.” i “By the way, Mr. Flint, you have called at ss the office of the Holderness Oil and Gasoline Works several times during the last two weeks es to renew the contract for carrying their product, haven’t you?” “Certainlv. sir.” ; ~ “You didn’t succeed in getting the manager’s signature to our printed form, did you?” . Se “No, sir. I regret——” : _ “Of course you do, Mr. Flint. You regret to : Say that the company. has just signed with the opposition steamboat company, which throws us out in the cold with regard to a very consider- able amount of freight that we had counted upon.” - : “Yes, sir.” “When the Sylph leaves the wharf to-morrow morning on her return trip I understand that $. she will carry fifty barrels of gasoline and oil. Do you follow me?” 5 es “Certainly, sir. I am all attention.” ~ . A “Now, Mr. Flint, if that oil was to catch fire in some mysterious way when the steamboat 4 was well on her way to Milwaukee, what would happen?” “She’d burn up, wouldn’t she, sir?” “I think the chances are about a hundred to one that she would,” replied Mr. Naylor, dryly. “That would be a most unfortunate catastro- phe, sir.” “Undoubtedly—for the Milwaukee Steamboat Company. They’d lose their new boat, and prob- ably the confidence of the public.” “Very true, sir.” « “And the Lake Michigan Navigation Company would be the gainer.” > _ “That's right, sir. But such a thing is nét _— to Bapeen: I asi - amen “You think such a catastrophe very rem eh?” said Mr. Naylor, slyly. - ae - ‘That is what I was about to observe, sir.” ‘ “Now, Mr. -Flint, suppose I were to send you. = “On business, sir!”

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“On the Slyph! Why, sir, you wouldn’t have me patronize the opposition——” “T said suppose you were to take passage on the Sylph, because you know that she is a - » faster and newer boat than the Holderness, and consequently would land you in Milwaukee sooner than if you went by the old-established line.” “Yes, sir; but——” began the clerk, in a puz- zled way. “Don’t interrupt me, Mr. Flint,” went on Mr. Naylor, in a brusque way. “Suppose, I say, you were to do this, and that while on board you casually walked down onto the freight deck, and your curiosity should induce you to stroll to where the gasoline barrels were piled. Do you follow me?” ‘ “Certainly, sir,” hastily answered the clerk, who nad not a very clear idea what his employer was trying to get at. P “J believe you smoke, Mr. Flint?” “Yes, sir; but Mrs. Flint and the littl——” “Never mind about your family, sir,” said. Mr. Naylor, testily. “As you smoke, it would be the most natural thing in the world for you to light a cigar——” - “Not near the cil barrels, sir.” “Why not?” demanded the lawyer, sharply. “I hope not, sir.’ Mrs. Flint said——” : ~ “Will you. kindly leave Mrs. Flint out of this _ matter, sir?” 2 “Certainly, sir. I was only about to observe that——” “ “But I don’t want to hear what you were about to observe. Attend to me, please. It is my pur- posé that you do take the Sylph for Milwaukee to-morrow morning; that. you go down to the freight deck; that when you loeate the gasoline barrels you light a cigar close to-one of them, _ bored a hole with a large gimlet and inserted a piece of fuse, to the outer end of which you apply _ the flame of a match with which you had lighted your cigar; and then you walk away and leave the fuse to do the rest. Do you understand me?” “Why, sir, that would be a felony, sir!” gasped the clerk, with a white face. _ “What of it; Mr. Flint?” asked the lawyer, - coldly. “You would be working in the interests of the Lake Michigan Navigation Company, __ -wouldn’t you?” j - pa “Yes, sir,” replied the clerk, faintly; “but——” =i «will you attend to me? I need scarcely remind a you that our interests are to a certain extent ‘identical. If the Milwaukee Steamboat Company ~ runs the Navigation Company out of business, as ~~ it threatens to do, you will lose a fat job, Mr. Flint. Therefore you see we pull together. You are the only person I dare trust with an enterprise of this nature, for you are FY mwguirci under my thumb. I can send you » Sta ‘prison at any time for that little bit of _ “Oh, Lor’! don’t mention that, sir. I’ll do any- ing you order, sir,” the clerk, in a fright. ; thought you wo 2 d, Mr. Flint,” replied the his is very serious matter for me - ON TO SUCCESS through the bung of which you had previously” w necessary it is that ~ an ‘little F ES : “You mustn’t be detected, Mr. Flint. That — would ruin everything.” “4 “Tl do it, sir,” replied the clerk, hastily. “I — hope you will allow me something extra as a com- — pensation for the risk I’m taking. It would kind — of ease my conscience——” on “Your what?” “My conscience, sir. The inward monitor — that——” _“Humph! If I were you, Mr. Flint,-I’d get rid of it. ’Tis only a drawback to a man in your position. Well, I have no objection to paying you the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars as a bonus if you do the job up to the handle.” ; “Thank you, sir. It will buy Mrs. Flint and the © little Flints—oh, Lor’! what was that?” . Jack Haviland, who had been an attentive lis- tener to the diabolical scheme in question, had inadvertently sneezed and attracted to him the attention of both Mr. Isaac Naylor and his ras- cally clerk. CHAPTER VI.—The Price of Silence. Mr. Naylor sprang’ to his-feet with an exclama- — tion that did not sound well from the lips of a mA of his standing in the community. Both he and Mr. Flint gazed almost stupefied at the naked — figure of Jack Haviland as it emerged from the sand and then squatted within a couple of yards ~ of them. = <= Jack did not open his mouth, but coolly waited for some move on the part of the men before him. — .“How long have you been here 1 Aemanded Mrs Naylor, in a compressed tone. < ‘ ; “Ever since’ you two came and sat on that rock.” ae “Then, you heard every word we said?” he remarked hoarsely. ie . “Every word,” coolly. responded Jack, who fully | realized the import of the conversation, and con- — sequently felt little respect or consideration for the man who had planned the destruction of the — new boat of the opposition steamboat line. As for Mr., Flint, he simply looked paralyzed with terror. The president and principle owner — of the Lake Michigan Navigation Company saw that the boy, whom he recognized as Jack Havi-— land, the young fisherman of Holderness, had him — in his power, and could ruin him if he chose to” speak. - ee Mr. Naylor, however, was a resourceful : cal—the word applied to him in spite of his good clothes and respectable reputation—and he did not for an instant lose his head under the ticklish circumstances. Jae “You'd better dress yourself, young man,” he said calmly. “I'd like to have a few words with you. F 2 ge oe . While he was dressing himself-Mr. Naylor his man Flint talked together in a low tone, before Jack got his jacket on the clerk wa off toward thesvillage at a rapid pace. Mr. «nd down in front of the rock on nd fully considering how he sho ‘He was prepared to.offer him |

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could buy a poor fishing lad. At length, Jack, -seeing that he could not well avoid «hat he doubted not must prove an unsatisfacvory inter- view, approached the magnate of Holderness. | “Well, sir,” he-said, rather coldly, “what is it you wish to say to me?” ae “I wish to know whether we can come to an understanding with reference to what you heard Mr. Flint and myself talking about,” said the rich man. “What do you mean by an. understanding?” asked Jack. “Well, you overheard the details of a mttre pran that I contemplated putting into execution, but ' which, under the present circumstances, I will pe obliged to abandon. If you should, tell the story about the village I should feel bound to deny and’ ridicule it, of course, and Mr. Flint would back me up. Our united denials would un- - doubtedly have more weight than your unsup- ~ ported testimony. Still, the story would greatly embarrass ihe. Therefore Ikprefer that it should not get out. Do you think that two hundred and fifty dollars would put a seal on your mouth?” Jack’s lips curled scornfully. =. “No, sir, I do not,” he replied Lg. wee ~~ “Perhaps if I make it five hundred dollars——” ~ No, sir,”- interrupted Jack. “I wish you to understand that I am not for sale.” —— “Indeed,” said Mr. Naylor, almost incredulously, ae ~ “you seem to be a model young chap—for a fisher SS tt ga do not claim to be better than my associates, Mr. Naylor,” replied Haviland. “I believe every decent boy would scorn the proposition you have ae: ES - * ‘ou do, eh? Fine words to mask your black- i intentions.” : “JT am no blackmailer, Mr. Naylor.” -— “Do you mean to tell me that you refuse the sum of five hundred dollars aay aBy pone of bleeding me by degrees for many imes that sum? “That is just what I mean.” - ceive a man of my years and experience. I know the world, for I’ve been up against it for over ae years. We might as well understand other first as last. Name the price of your ~ silence.” ~ : __ *Very well, sir. I will name it.” : - “I thought we’d come to terms,” replied the rich 1 with a gleam of satisfaction in his eyes. | i ithe price of my silence is that you give up this 233 i roject against the steamboat Sylph.” “4- Mr. Naylor looked at Jack with unfeigned sur- sti he asked, almost sharply. “Nothing else. . . “ ‘Mr: Naylor regarded Jack as a-professor might sok at some new specimen of the‘animal kingdom had unexpectedly come under his observa- mean that, do you?” he said, rather 2 ‘ ON TO SUCCESS 7 doubtingly. “This is not some trick to cover a subsequent move on your part?” “] mean just what I have said. You have the reputation of being the wealthiest man in Hold- erness. Well, you haven’t money enough to bribe me to hold my tongue so that you mht Sanely try to carry out the scheme that you proposed to your clerk. The destruction of the Sylph in mid- lake means the possible loss of many lives. Have you weighed that fact in your calculations? If I told what I know, I could block your game, anyway, Mr. Naylor,.and you know it. Well, I have no particular interest in holding you up as a mark for suspicion, so I will say nothing if you will give me your word that you will drop all plans you may have against the Milwaukee Steamboat Company.” “Very well,” replied Mr. Naylor, “I'll take you at your word. I'll agree to your terms. It may spell ruin for me, but I don’t see that I can help myself. Is that satisfactory to you?” “It is.” 2 “Then shake hands on it.” “No, sir. I prefer not to.” If a look could have killed Haviland at that moment, the steely flash of the rich man’s eye would have stretched him dead there on the beach. “You can go,” he said harshly. Jack was glad to avail himself of the chance to leave the man. “So, ag are a boy without price, are you?” grated Mr. Naylor, watching the retreating form of the noble boy. “You have the nerve to dictate terms to me, eh? Well, we shall see, my lad. I am not a man to be easily turned from a purpose. The Sylph is a thorn in my side that I intend to pluck out in spite of a hundred boys of your cali- ber. A few successful trips made by that boat would put the Lake Michigan Navigation Com- pany out of business. I suppose I must stand aside and see the business I have built up go to my rival. Not if I know myself, and I think I do. I will have to take measures to ensure your silence in a way that will redound best to my advantage. You have made me your enemy, my lad, and it is the worst day’s work for yourself that you ever did in your life.” With these words, Isaac Naylor followed: the ~ steps of the bovs who in every respect save worldly position was infinitely his superior. —— CHAPTER VII.—On Board the Lake Bird. The arrival of the Sylph, the new boat of the Milwaukee Steamboat Company, occasioned quite a little excitement in -the village of Holderness. Jack Haviland was among the crowd of natives who gathered on the deck to admire the steamer, which was thoroughly up to date in every par- ticular; and rather cast the Holderness, the reg- ular boat, in the shade. The pilot of the boat was an old friend of the Haviland family, and as soon as he saw Jack on the wharf he invited him aboard, and then proceeded to show the boy, for whom he had a considerable fondness, over the craft fore and aft. “She’s a fine boat, Mr. Morgan,” said Jack, par: : thusiastical!v. when they walked ashore. sat 43 6 < < ~ sewn

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“There’s, none finer of her size and build on the lake,” replied the pilot. i : “She makes the Holderness look like’ thirty = cents.” 3 = “J. guess the Holderness isn’t in it with the Sylph.” : “Not even a little bit, Jack.” “Then it seems to me that the only’chance the 3 Lake Michigan Navigation Company has is to run its boat on alternate days with the Sylph. That ought to give Mr. Naylor a share, at any rate, of the traffic between here and Milwaukee.” “That was the proposition made by the Milwau- -~ kee Steamboat Company to its rival, in order to do away with extreme competition, when it first proposed to put a boat on this route. Mr. Naylor, who practically owns all the stock of the other line, wouldn’t hear of such a thing. He’ll find ‘that. he’ll have to adopt it or suffer the conse- quences.” “T’ve heard that your company has the contract— for carrying the products of the Holderness Oil and Gasoline Works to, Milwaukee,” said Jack. “J dom’t know anything about that, Jack. I am not specially curious about an ng not with- in the line‘of my duty.” “1 should think the traveling public would ob- ject to such hazardous freight.” “Oh, I dare say it will be well — after,” _said the pilot. “The company will not fake any chances with such stuff. I have no doubt it is * profitable to transport, or the steamboat people wouldn’t handle it. Well, how is the fishing busi- ness coming on, Jack?” “First class. This looks as if it was going to be a banner year for me. There are two new ‘ hotels and half a dozen. new boarding-houses. I’ve got them all. As soon as the season is well under way I shall have my hands full keeping up with my orders.” “When do you go out again, Jack?” “Early to-morrow morning, if the wind serves.” | “Well, tell your mother I’ll drop in and see her when I get the chance.” Seer “I will. She’ll be glad to see you, Mr. Morgan.” They parted at one of the street corners} and ; Jack turned his steps ‘homeward. Halfway up _ the street he spied Sam Dyke coming out of a saloon with a bottle done up in a piece of paper in his hand. That worthy, however, saw him, _ too, and darted back info the drinking-place where he waited until Jack Aad passed by. _ After an early tea, Haviland went down to the small private wharf arid rowed out to his fishing sloop, the Lake Bird, which was about all the __property, outside of the cottage and a small patch i. of ground surrounding it, that Tom Haviland left _ his family when that unfortunate gale closed his earthly account. He started to put the boat in order for their next cruise to the fishing grounds the northern end of the lake. While thus en- gaged he was hailed from the shore. He recog- nized his assistant’s voice and, jumping into the rowboat, pulled for the wharf. ‘ é cs : me 4 “Hello, Tom,” he said cheerily. “I see you're “Yes” grinned Oliver; “I’m always turning up, bad penny.” ON TO SUCCESS adventure on the cliffs and his thrilling leap into — the lake from the ledge above “Gull’s Nest.” “How is it you were not at the wharf when the Sylph came in?” he asked Tom. “Half of the village was there to see the new boat.” : . I was off on an errand for my father at the-_ _ time and I couldn’t get there.” “There goes the light,” said Tom, suddenly. They both paused and gazed toward the light- ship. Slowly the lantern, a modest yet all-im- portant luminary of the night, rose from the deck of the anchored vessel on the reef. At last it reached its destination at the head of the thick ~ part of the single mast amidships, but about ten _ below the big red and black striped ball. — imultaneous with the ascent of the Gulf light there flashed on the distant horizon the gleam from the Manacle tubular lighthouse, on the _ Michigan side of the lake, miles to the south, Ere long the lights of the different hotels, board- ing-houses and cottages throughout Holdemess illuminated the darkness of evenine, while far up on Storm Stone Rock blazed forth ‘the lights of the new hotel. a “This neighborhodd looks fine on a summer = night, doesn’t it?” remarked Jack. Vee, “But your life it does,” replied Tom, enthusi- astically. “I can remember when there wasn’t any hotels hereabouts, and consequently no lights _ at night to speak about—not even that there Gull — lamp.” : . Fone The boys. soon rowed to the wharf on their way home, and thirty minutes later both were in the land of dreams. : CHAPTER VIII.—In Which the Unexpected * Happens, 4 A little after four in the morning Jack rose, — jumped out of bed and_looked at the clock. Then | he began to hustle into his clothes. He went - down to the kitchen, started a fire in the stove — and prepared a simple breakfast for himself and _ got away with it. By that time it was quite light — outside, although the sun was not yet up. He — went to the front gate to.take a look up the ~ road to see if Tom was in sight. He was not, but a man he did not know was walking rapidly in the direction of the cottage. Jack turned away | to go down to the wharf, when he heard a shout. e looked up the road again, and saw the man who was approaching wave his hand at him.s “I wonder what he wants“with me?” thought _ the boy, waiting for him to come up. - a ae “You’re Jack Haviland, aren’t you?” asked the man, coming to a pause on the other side of the, fence. *% “Yes, that’s my name.” aa “Well, John Morgan, the pilot of the Sylph, ha been taken suddenly ill and it will be out of the ~ question for him to take the boat out this morn- ing. He sent word to the company’s agent to that effect, and recommended you as being thor-— oughly competent to take the steamer out through the réef. As he said you expected to — sail on a ing trip early this morning, the — agent sent me around to ask you to step -. his house right away.” : 2 _ “Where does the agent live?” ask

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_. The man told him. _ “I don’t see how I can afford to act as a tem- porary pilot to.the Sylph, supposing that the - agent offers me the job, as I can’t neglect my own business. I have contracts to supply fish _ that must be filled. If I can get there I must _ »be at the fishing grounds by noon, a considerable _ distance to the north.” _.. “Can’t vou get some one to take your place for - the trip?” -__ “T suppose I could do that, of course, but I like to attend to my own business, then I know an it is done properly.” _~ “Do you know any one who is competent to > take the Sylph through the reef?” _ + -“No, I do not.” “The eaptain will take charge of the boat after you have carried her through the eastern pas- sage. It is simply a question of getting her f ugh the reef.” “I'd like to oblige vou if I could do so without* hindering my regular work. Here comes my as- _ fsistant now, all ready to start. I’ll tell you what _ Yi do. Tl run up and see the agent, anyhow.” c As soon as Tom Oliver came up, Jack told him am for sailing. i + “aH be back inside of half an hour,” he con- _ house in company with*the man who had been sent after him. The agent was waiting for him. . “You are Jack Haviland, I believe?” he said _ in a businesslike way. a “Yes, that’s my name,” replied the young fish- erman. “You have been recommended to me as a per- son fully competent to take a steamer through _ the eastern channel of the Gulf Shoals. Are you prepared to undertake the job?” “TJ ean take any vessel of the Sylph’s draught _ safely through either passage in the reef, but I ~- am not looking for the job, as my time is fully _ occupied with my fishing business. I am now on _ the point of sailing for the fishing grounds after _to-morrow’s supply, which must be delivered at ’ _ the hotels and other places according to con- as A ~ “But you can get some other fisherman to take your for one trip, can’t\you?” “lean, of course, but would prefer not to.” - “But it is necessary that we have a pilot to take the Sylph through the reef this morning. _ Mr. Morgan says you are the only one in Holder- fess that he would trust with the job. I am "prepared to make it worth your while to help us out of our dilemma.” : The agent, then named the sum he was willing to pay. ; 7" Sipe will have nothing to do after carrying = steamboat through the eastern passage until _ the boat returns to the shoals to-morrow after- “noon, when you will be expected to carry her to Holderness You will be under no ; wharf. mse at Milwaukee, for you will eat and sleep board the Sylph. I hope y -will not proposition down, for if we should be unable find any one else cai ain would be obliged to take the boat many *morning without pable of the work the ~ ‘around to the north and eastward in or-_ ON TO SUCCESS S der to clear the reefs which form a regular cul de sac around Holderness.” Jack considered the matter for several minutes. “Vi tell you what I’ll do, Mr. Howard,” he said at last. “Ill see if I can get a certain fisherman to take my place on my fishing boat. He is about the only man in the village I can afford to trust, as I have cut out all the others from the bulk of the trade here, and they feel kind of sore over it, though I don’t believe they would actually try to injure me in any way. If I can secure the man [ have in mind I'll engage to go to Milwau- kee and back ‘on the Sylph.” “When can yow let me know?” asked agent. : “Within half an hour.” “That will be satisfactory. you back within: that time.” ick should prefer that you send your messenger with me to bring back my answer, for if I get the I shall then expect the man in question I'll have to take him to my ~ boat and give him certain necessary instructions, which will take time.” “Very well. If your reply is favorable yov will report to Captain Winthrop aboard the Sylph not later than fifteen minutes of ten o'clock.” : “All right,” replied Jack, and that ended the interview, J Haviland at once proceeded to the cottage of the fisherman with whom he was on especially friendly terms and laid the case before him. Tom, Oliver, who had been growing impatient over the long delay in starting for the fishing grounds, was surprised when Jack appeared with old Ben Trawler and told him that Ben was going out in his place that morning, because he (Jack) had engaged to pilot the Sylph through the shoals in the place of Mr. Morgan, who had been taken unexpectedly ill. “So you're goin’ to Milwaukee on the boat?” said Tom. : < “Yes, that’s about the size of it. I'll be back to-morrow afternoon at five-thirty. You will have to look after the delivery of the fish to-morrow morning, Tom, and see that all my customers ee properly served.” ‘ “You can depend on me, Jack,” replied Tom. “Yes, I have no fear of that, Tom.” So the Lake Bird sailed away to the north that ! i its young master, and Jack surprised his family by turning up for a second breakfast, when he explained the situation to his mother. Promptly at a quarter to ten Haviland reported to Captain Winthrop, who was expect- ing him, aboard the Sylph. There were not many passengers for Milwaukee that morning, but there was a large consignment of oil and gaso- line aboard, which was stowed forward of the engine-room on the lower deck and immediate under the pilot-housé. The only woman pass ger was Mrs. Senator Blake, who, with her little daughter Bessie, had been summoned home by a telegram announcing the sudden death of a near relative of the family. At ten o’clock the hawsers.were cast off, the Sylph swung away from the wharf, and, under Jack’s guidance, headed for the esatern channel of the shoals. The captain stood in the pilot-— house while Haviland ¢arried the steamboat © through the perilous but short stretch of naviga- x,

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10 3 tion, and then relieved him at the wheel. After - that the boy had nothing to do, but he remained in the pilot-house and conversed with the cap- * tain {o pass away the time. It was a fine, sunny morning, and the lake was barely ruffled by a light breeze. / The Sylph glided along’ like a swan at a twelve-mile-an-hour gait. Her machinery worked so smoothly as to impart a scarcely perceptible jar to the new boat. Everything pointed to a fine and speedy trip, down to Milwaukee, and Jack " really enjoyed the long sail in prospect. Under : such favorable conditions one could searcely have __ looked for trouble. Yet it is the unexpected that = frequently happens. And it came like a thunder- art clap out of a clear sky. As the Sylph was round- ing a promontory fifteen miles below Holder- ness, and Haviland was in the midst of a story - he was telling the captain about his fishing ex- periences, a sudden explosion shook the boat at a point underneath the pilot-house. ae CHAPTER IX.—A Thrilling Catastrophe. a “Good Lord! what can that be?” gasped the r captain, leaving the wheel and springing out of the pilot-house, followed by Jack Haviland. _. The sound was evidently not caused by any de- % rangement of the boat’s machinery, for the thud = ef her engines ‘went on as before. Two deck ie: hands, who had been lounging forward near the ~ flagstaff, were seen running toward the inner section of the freight deck, and they looked P= greatly excited. Phe ce the trouble below?” roared the cap- “An explosion among the oil, sir,” _ of the men. i As he spoke a second report followed, with a - third close on its heels. = “My heavens!” ejaculated the captain, who _ thoroughly understood the peril that menaced the boat. “Haviland, take charge of the wheel and signal the engineer to stop.” . As Jack s to carry out this order the - eaptain ran to the steps leading to the ¢abin deck and disappeared. The boy saw a cloud of smoke whirling away from the stern of the _ steamboat as he entered the pilot-house and pulled the wire connecting with the engine-room. Instantly ~ rlageave sound of the machinery and the paddle-wheels came to a rest, Ww ‘the boat merely glided on under the mo- mentum she Lard acquired. Jack left the wheel and leaned on the rail overlooking the forward deck, so as = be ready to catch any order the captain might wish to communicate to him. There increased to a panic when two more ex- ac went off and big puffs of stifling smoke pope out from. the place where the oil ‘he ‘explosions must have come from the soline,” thought Jack, his nerves tingling from excitement and uncertainty of the moment. Fhe: nore: ‘now was pouring out in a steady ON TO SUCCESS replied one clearly great excitement on the boat, which — _ further approach to of the Holderness coming along in the wake. Her captain evidently had discovered the trouble the Svluh was in, and was steering directly for her. It was at that juncture that a man sudden- ly ran out on the forward deck with a life- preserver in his hands. As he hastily buckled it~ around his body under his armpits he turned , his white face up toward the pilot-house. Jack recognized him at once. It was Amos Flint, Mr. Isaac Naylor’s confidential clerk. What until that moment the boy had believed to be a nat- ural accident now took on a very grave aspect. The awful suspicion. forced itself on Jack’s mind that, in spite of his solemn promise not to mo- lest the Sylph, Mr. Naylor had actually sent his clerk aboard the steamboat that morning to , carry out the very scheme he had planned the previous morning on the beach. Jack had flattered himself that he had blocked the rascal’s game, but it now looked as if the raagnate of Holderness had broken faith with him. Amos Flint s evidently startled when he saw the face of the young fisherman staring - down at him. That Jack was aboard the Sylpb was probably the last thing that would have occurred to his mind. With his hand resting on the forward rail, he stared at the boy in a stupefied way. Then another loud explosion oc- —~ curred under the wheel-house, and a great cloud” ~ 7 7 of smoke enveloped the fore part of the now ai-~ most stationary steamer. It shut out the form of Amos Flint from Jack's eyes. When it cleared: away the clerk had dis- appeared, but Jack soon made him out in the water trying to swim, with the air of the life- preserver, toward the Holderness, which was still some distance off. The flames now began to make their appearance on the lower deck of the Sylph. The smoke increased in volume, pouring out at both ends of the covered deck, and driving Jack away from the rail. The engineer, as well as the two firemen in the hold below, left their posts to help fight the encroaching fire. But the captain soon saw that it was a hopeless task—that the new steamboat was doomed. He ordered his . deck hands to go on the upper deck and cut away the boats secured there. They had hardly thrown down the two lines, of hose and started to carry — out his orders before a number of the oil casks = burst open, and the blazing oil began to flood the deck fore and aft, making a perfect = of = fire in the center of the steamer. The fla rapidly ate their way up into the cabin pos and burned through into the engine-room in the middle of the lower deck. The heat was now so only passengers remaining on the bo Senator Blake and her A ittle daugh or. Hessian 3 Half-dazed with fright, they huddled heart the after rail, gazing with distended eyes at the approaching fire. The captain, in his desperate fight to save the steamboat, seemed to have en- tirely forgotten about these two helpless Persons. © ; Not a male passenger had thought of them Fa $5 his eager rushto get away from the blazi eraft. They each might have been with a life- flames cut articles. — preserver before the those useful every one of oe other Serer: ee: al z ss 4 “7 P

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cE P only of himself in the panic of the moment, and this terrified woman and her child were left to _ Shift for themselves as best*they could. | ; The fire continued to spread with inconceivable rapidity, fed as it was with hundreds of gallons ef blazing oil, which carried the flames to all parts of the lower deck. The captain had run _ above to give a hand to his men with the boats, - failing to realize that they would be of little - use at this stage of the catastrophe. Jack in _ the meantime stuck to his post until he saw _ that it was useless for him to remain there any longer, and so he dashed down to the lower deck _ through the clouds of blinding smoke, passing on _ the way the men who were rushing up to get at - the boats. When he reached the lower part. of the boat he was startled* by the furnace-like aspect of the covered portion of the steamboat. - The fire was everywhere, having even reached _ the paddlewheels. “Great Scott! “Where are the passengers?” Looking around him, he could make out the heads of many in the water around and behind _ the boat. “They’ye all taken to the lake,” “he breathed, - “and that’s what I'll have to do in a minute or _ two, for no one can exist on this deck much = This is terrible!” he gasped. A thrill of thankfulness passed through him _ when he saw that fhe Holderness was now com- _ ing up fast to the rescue of the victims of the _ disaster. Still, it would be many minutes before _ She could draw near enough to begin to pick up the people scattered around in the water. Sud- _ denly, as. Jack stood there on the after part of _ the open deck, a howed him the huddled forms of Mrs. Senator sake and her child. y “My “heavens!” he cried. “A woman and a little girl still on this boat. I must save them. But how? The life-preservers!” - He knew exactly where they were kept, but a single glance in that direction showed him that they were utterly beyond his reach. He gazed Wildly around for something that would serve to 4 the helpless pair up in the water, but not a ES hing -could he see that was ape ie in os _ €mergency. Just then a stream of burning 0! _ rolled toward the woman and the girl. They saw it clearly enough, but, instead of trying to avoid _ it, their terror was so great that they never Moved an inch—only. stared at it as though fas- inated by the terrible sight. In another mo- ™ent they would have been surrounded and set ire, but Jack dashed forward to their rescue. seized them both, —- B picked up, . ithout by a Her boats were quickly eck hands in them were pres-.

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the use of his stateroom. Jack hastened down into the boiler-room of the = steamer, pulled off his soaked garments and hung them up where the heat was bound to dry them jm short order. The firemen, of course, wanted to kmow all about the calamity which had happened to the Sylph. “How did she catch afire?” asked one of the goal handlers. “It began with the explosion of one of the casks ef gasoline in the forward deck under the pilot- house,” replied Jack. “This was quickly followed « by other explosions as the flames attacked the barrels and the burning vapor spread about.” . _ “Is that a fact?” replied the man. “Well, we’ve zarried that stuif on this boat for two years, and E>. = - we never had an accident. I suppose you don’t ___._-know what caused the explosion?” 2 “J have a suspicion,” answered Jack. ae “A suspicion, eh? What do you mean by that?” = “I’m not saying anything at present. Perhaps _. EI may be a witness when the investigation is Sa. eld.” e: “jo you mean to insinuate that there was any erooked business about it?” “T haven’t said so.” “Your way of talking would give one that idea. ‘Where were you at the time the fire broke out— maear the oil barrels?” c. “No. I was in the pilot-house talking to Cap- tain Winthrop.” : “Then how could you have any idea at all as to ~ what caused the fire?” - _ “J don’t care to explain my reasons at present.” “Huh!” replied the man, in a huff. “I don’t Believe you have any. You're like all bbys—want ‘to _ make a mountain out of a molehill.” _~ Jack laughed. __ “Well, if it’s _ go at that.” : -_. *T suppose the new boat is a total loss by this time,” said the coal heaver, with a grin. ; - “I’m afraid she is.” ~~ “That quelches the opposition for this season, at any rate,” replied the man, with evident satis- daction. “No danger now’ of you and me losing ur jobs, eh?” he added, turning to his companion. __ “That’s right,” chuckled the other. _ “Any of the passengers injured or drowned?” _the first spokesman. “Not that I have heard of,” replied Jack. “They gil went overboard, but, as they had life-preserv- ars on, I guess they'll all be accounted for. There ‘was one woman abroad, with a little girl, They — dad rather a narrow shave, but they are safe Bae a “It’s lucky we were close at hand to help you people out of your scrape,” said the coal heaver. _ Haviland nodded and felt of his steaming gar- ments. A batch of the Sylph’s passengers were kd below by the mate of the Holderness, who told ‘them to disrobe and get their Cad dry. The all the same to you, we'll let it -room was now pretty Vv crowded, and body had something to say about his idea Rr, Fe ; of the people blamed thé new steamboat for carrying the oil on their steamer, _ it had been carried by the Holder- without an accident. All were opposition line out of business. the remarks circulating about him, but said noth- ing on the subject whatever. In a short time the jarring of the boat showed that the steamer had got under way again for Milwaukee. At the first stop the news of the loss of the Sylph was telegraphed both to Holderness and Milwaukee, and as a matter of course created a great deal of excitement at both place. When Jack’s clothes were fit to put on, he dressed him- self and got out of the hot boiler-room. Soon afterward the mate of the boat came up to him and asked if he was not the young man who had _ saved the lady and little girl from being burned . up on the Sylph. a “Yes,” admitted Jack. ; “Well, you’re wanted in the cap’n’s cabin. Fol- 3 low me.” 3 He accompanied the mate to the captain’s quar- 3 ters. On a short sofa sat Mrs. Blake and her E daughter, clothed in garments furnished by the — stewardess of the boat. The captain was talking to the lady. “Walk right in, young man,” he said, when Jack and his conducter appeared in the doorway. “This is the boy you wished to see, isn’t it?” he — added, turning to the Senator’s wife. <2 = ae she replied, for she instantly recognized ack. ; “T think I have seen you before, my lad,” said the captain. “If I am not mistaken, you live in Holderness?” Ss “Yes, sir.” “T don’t reacall your name, however.” ; “Jack Haviland:” aie “Well, Haviland, this is Mrs. Blake, wife of Senator Blake, of Milwaukee. She wishes to © thank you for saving her life and that of her lit- _ tle daughter. She says but for you they both must have perished on board the Sylph.” etsoe The lady sprang from her seat and grasped Jack. by both hands. a “I am sure I never can sufficiently thank you for what you did:for both of us, Mr. Haviland,” she said, with considerable emotion. “We are — very grateful to you, and my husband, when he learns the particulars, will insist on acknowledg- ing the obligation in some substantial way.” — a “I am. very happy to have been of seryice to you, Mrs. Blake,” said Jack, politely. “But I don’t think I did any more than my duty under the circumstances. You were not able to help yourself, and only a coward would have left you: to face the awful peril surrounding you. I can — only say that I did the best I knew how to save — you and your little girl.” — “You couldn’t have done more, Mr. Haviland, and Bessie and myself will be grateful to you as_ long as we live.” : 2 ; = She made Jack sit beside her, and asked him _ many questions about himself. The captain had — dinner servéd to Mrs. Blake and Bessie in the — private cabin, and Jack was invited to dine with — them. After the meal the young fisherman ex- cused himself and started around the boat to fin Amos Flint, whom he thoroughly believed to responsible for the destruction of the Syl Was some time before he located that indi et i es ieee wow! wee a Ye a . 7 ‘ ‘

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= ON TO SUCCESS but he finally found him seated on a camp chair in a retired nook. : ; “Well, Mr. Flint,” said Jack, planting himself __ before Mr. Naylor’s man of business, “what have you got to say for yourself?” ; 5 + +““What’s that?” replied the clerk, in quavering - tones. “What do you mean?” 3 ‘> “T see that you carried out Mr. Naylor’s orders, after all.” - “J don’t know whatyou are talking about,” protested Mr. Flint. ---“You don’t?” “T don’t. I don’t know you at all, and can’t see why you are addressing me.” “You don’t know me, Mr. Flint? What a short memory you must have?” replied Jack, sarcastic- ally. “You don’t recollect seeing me on the beach at the foot of the cliffs yesterday morning when ee r. Naylor, were dis- __~ you and your employer, M é - Seating a plan to put the Sylph out of business? Pe Fe oe hy TOS a hirer ey br od The very scheme suggested by Mr. Naylor for the _ destruction of the new steamboat seems to have been put into: execution, after all. You didn’t ___ expect to find me on the Sylph, did you? Thought you could do the little job without your connec: - tion with the matter being suspected? Well, you “see now that you only put your foot in it.” * J don’t know what you mean,” replied Mr. Flint, shivering as if suffering from an attack of the ague. “I tell you I don’t know you at all.” “All right, Mr. Flint. That’s all I’ve got to say to you. I just thought I'd satisfy myself whether er not you were guilty. The loss of the Sylph will be investigated, and when it is I think you - will be called upon to explain your actions pre- ~ vious to the moment of the first explosion. Maybe u think you werent watched, Mr. Flint? Per- haps when I give my evidence before the commit- ‘tee you will learn a thing or two that you won't 5 to hear. That’s all for the present, Mr. int.” Amos Flint was guilty, and he showed the fact “in his face and actions. It was not that his conscience smote him for the deed he had com- mitted, but his fears were alive for his own per- sonal safety. Jack’s veiled words terrified him. He had easily recognized the boy as the one he had seen on the beach, and who had overheard -- the villainous project forced upon him by Mr. Naylor. He was fully persauded that Haviland’s = nce on board of the Sylph was due to his leowiaige of the contemplated plot to destroy the ‘steamboat in mid-lake. He believed that the boy had been watching his movements, and when he saw him take passage on the ill-fated steamer had followed to keep an eye on him. . : - “Qh, Lord!” he exclaimed to himself, with chat- tering teeth. “What will become of me? And - what will become of Mrs. Flint and the little - Flints?” - The boat was just then putting in at her second landing., Mr. Flint recognized the fact when he ard the sound of the gong in the engine-room ‘and felt the stoppage of the paddle-wheels. He 13 saw that he might possibly step on the wharf from a point near her bow. He watched the deck hands forward thrown the heavy hawser to the man on the dock, who caught the looped end and placed it over the head of a thick spile ahead. Now he heard the rumble of the gangway plank ‘ aft, and saw the first of the passengers who im tended to go no further down the lake walk ashore. There was no freight to be taken on or put off at this landing, so the forward gangway plank was not put into use. Mr. Flint looked all around for Jack Haviland, but could not see him. ‘ “Now is my chance,” he said to himself, as he ‘ saw the deck hands seize the ropes attached te the gangway plank to haul it on board again. He sprang quickly on to the steamer’s forward rail and jumped to the wharf. - On, the edge of the pier there was a storehouse, the end of which reached nearly to the -point where the clerk stepped on the wharf, and he took advantage of the fact to dart behind it just as the man threw the big hawser into the water and the steamer’s paddle, wheels began to revolve. “I’m safe for a while, at any rate,” he whis- pered to himself, as he hid behind a spile head = watched the Holderness steam out into the lake. Perhaps he was, but we shall see. » CHAPTER XI.—Jack Shadows Mr, Naylor’s Man of Business. When Jack left the presence of Mr. Flint he saw-that the boat was approaching a small lake town, where it was evident she intended to make a landing. At first he was interested only in see- ing the boat made fast to the wharf. But sud denly the idea occurred to him that perhaps Mr Flint might take advantage of the occasion te make his escape from the boat. z “If he does that,” thought the boy, “it will be = ~~ additional evidence against him. I guess I'll go back and see if he’s going to make a move.” — Jack hurried back to the spot where he had lef the clerk. seated on the camp chair. The chair was there, but Mr. Flint had disappeared. a “I'll watch the gangway plank,” he said to him = self, hurrying toward the rear of the boat, where q he knew the passengers disembarked. - Ss Suddenly he paused. * “There are two gangway planks, come to think of it. It would be just like that rascal.to sneak 3 off by the forward one, where they put the freight off. I’d like to watch both.” : _ He knew he could do that by taking his pose —_~ tion on the top of the paddle-wheel box. It is true & he had no right to go up there, but he guessed —_ no one would interfere with him. 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Ot ee ee 6 Ee oe ae EE ne WS OT et = ; iF : 5 x 14 ee started ashore. Jack looked forward, but . Saw no move made to put the other plank out. ; “I guess there’s nothing doing in the freight ; line at this point,” he thought. “If Mr. Flint in- tends to go ashore he'll have to go by the after plank.” : There was no sign of Mr. Flint in that direc- tion when the order was given to take in the gangway plank and cast the hawsers loose. “He’s not going to leave the boat, after all,” said the boy. : Just then, as his eyes wandered forward again, he saw a figure spring onto the steamboat’s rail and leap on the dock. “By George! If that isn’t Mr. Flint, I’m as blind as a bat. The rascal!- He waited until the last moment, so he couldn’t be followed. Well, he’s got the bulge on me, after all. No, he hasn’t. ia I'll risk it.” ; Ai 5 The reason for ba boy’s final exclamation was that just as the sKore ends of both hawsers fell with a simultaneous splash into the %water, and the paddle-wheels started to revolve, he noticed that the top of the paddl@box was nearly on a level with the flat roof of the storehouse, which me ‘was built on the edge of the dock. The space - between where he stood and the roof of the build- } ing was not more than a yard at that moment, } and it was possible for an agile lad like Jack Haviland to leap in safety across the yawning gulf. ~ But there’ was no time to consider the matter, f for a full turn of the paddle-wheels would carry ss the steamboat beyond the line of the building, and : if the thing was to be done it had to be accom- plished on the spur of the moment. So Jack, with- out calculating the risk he ran, sprang at once for the roof of the storehouse, and fortunately ~<a landed there firmly and safely. ; As the boat pulled out into the lake the boy ‘ran to the side of the storehouse to try and catch a glimpse of Mr. Flint. With a chuckle of delight he saw the rascal watching the departure of the * boat from the shelter of the-spile head. 5. “T’ll bet he’s congratulating himself on his cute- ~~ ness in giving me the slip,” thought Jack. “I'll =< soon undeceive him. I'll give’ him the surprise of _ his life. But first I’ve got to gep down from this ae. root.” - Jack looked around him and saw a small scut- tle. He raised it to obtain a viéw of the interior of the building. There was a short flight of steps leading down to a kind of loft, which the boy saw was filled with rope and tackle, blocks, fenders, and articles of a similar nature. \He ran down the steps and closed the scuttle behind him. . Then he was rather puzzled to find the way to get down to the ground floor. This annoyed him, for unless he was able to make haste there was a strong probability that he would lose track of Mr. Flint altogether, which, under the circum- _ stances, he wov}d have regarded as a misfortune. He had no matzhes abou a light on the difficulty, of returning to the roof, _ of getting down, when he door. oy ~s ore a ground floor of the building, which was into small box-l e rooms, used for his clothes to throw try some other way umbled upon a trap- taking th ON TO SUCCESS — in, then he- d he was on the point - Raising it, he found a wide flight 6f stairs” r ese, Was soon standing — various purposes connected with the lake traffic. The big sliding door at the front of tne build- ing was wide open, and there was one or more persons in each of the smail oifices. Peopie were coming in and going out all the time, and men in” check jumpers were wheeling sunary small eases of merchandise from the ‘exterior to the interior. 4 No one, .however, paid any attention to Jack Haviland, who walked quickly to the doorway and scanned the wharf for tae gamiliar figure of Amos Flint. The clerk had left his place of refuge be- hind the spile head and was not in sight, much to Jack’s chagrin. “He must have walked up the wharf,” thought the boy, and, under this impression, Haviland started for the head of the dock. ; The wharf abutted upon a long ~street; with buildings on one side only. Looking first up and then down this thoroughfare, Jack, to his great satisfaction, discovered Mr. Flint about half a — block away, walking slowly along, with his head bent down as if he was thinking deeply. Pres- ently he braced up, and Jack saw him stop a man who had just come out of a store, and the boy presumed he was asking for some information. 7 At any rate, the man led him to the next corner and waved his ‘hand in a certain direction to em- ~ phasize his words. id Mr. Flint immediately started off up the street, and Jack hurried after him. In this way several blocks were traversed by op Naylor’s clerk and the young fisherman. Jack had no difficulty in shadowing the object of his pursuit, as the town Was a small one and there were not a great many people abroad. At no time did Mr. Flint look — back, or show any evidence that he suspected he~ was being followed. ‘a “I wonder where he is aiming for?” Jack asked himself. This question was answered in a few minutes when the boy saw a railroad station right ahead. Evidently Mr. Flint intended\ to take the first train out-of the town. He made straight for the ticket seller’s window, which was open, showing oo a train was expected to arrive in a short ime. Jack ‘hastened his steps and came up behind the - rascal in time to hear him ask for a ticket to Milwaukee. He paid for it and went out on the platform. Jack decided to go on to Milwaukee -~ also, as he had not yet settled in his own mind how he was going to deal with Mr. Flint. : He kept out of the clerk’s sight until the train h rded the same car that Mr. — lint took, taking seat some distance behind < him. The railroad ran along the shore of the ~ lake for the entire distance to Milwaukee, so that the passengers had an almost continuous view of the water from the car windows. Therefore Jack — was not surprised inside of an hour to see the Holderness ploughing her way southward toward © her port of destination. . He calculated that the train would beat her into” Milwaukee by a couple of hours at least, and he | hoped that before that time he would have set- — matters with Mr. Naylor’s man of business. — was not quite so confident of a successful issue to thetbuiness in hand as he had at the start, for he judged that Mr. Flint was a pretty foxy person to drive into a corner. or . abo weg gy = “ aR 3 “aii er oe, _

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‘oe « 2 - = ~ Still, being satisfied of the man’s guilt, he be- lieved the advantage was on his side. At any rate, he was determined to bring the clerk to justice ‘¥f it was possible for him to do so. It was about "quarter of five when the train rolled into the Union Station at Milwaukee. Mr. Flint got out on the platform and Jack followed close behind chim, The clerk hastened across the street to a ~ small hote! and went directly to the reading-room, where he took possession of a chair in front of one of the writing-tables and, drawing some paper and an envelope toward him, began to write. Jack finally decided on the course he would pursue, but he made no move until Mr. Flint, _ having completed his letter, drew the envelope toward him to address it.. Then the boy walked softly up behind the clerk and looked over his shoulder. Mr. Flint had written “Mr. Isaac Naylor, Hold- " erness,” and was putting down the, abbreviation of Wisconsin. Jack was:sure now that he wanted that letter, so, laying his hand on the clerk’s ‘shoulder, he said: “ “How do you do, Mr. Flint?” The rascal gave a violent start aud looked around. A sudden spasm of terror convulsed his features, and the pen ‘fell from his nerveless -hand. Jack took advantage of his fright to reach + over, secure the folded letter and put it in his _ pocket. es ‘ ea _. CHAPTER XII.—In Which Mr. Flint Is Cornered “Well, Mr. Flint,” said the boy, pleasantly, _ drawing a chair beside the clerk’s, “I see we meet E =. tnt on) 7% ND ta tt ee ee nm ~~ “Wha—what do you want?” faltered the clerk. “T want to talk to you, Mr: Flint.” “I don’t want to talk to you. I don’t know » “Oh, you know me, all right. Why did you ' sneak ashore from the Holderness at Lakeview "and then come on here by train? Why did you ~ do that, Mr. Flint?” - The rascal made no answer, only stared at the young fisherman in great consternation. “Shall I tell. you why you did so, Mr. Flint?” said Jack, smiling as pleasantly as before. “You ~ wanted to throw me off your track. You were afraid that when the Holderness arrived at this _ place I would have you arrested.” : “Arrested!” replied the man, with ashen lips. “Exactly. You caused the destruction of the Sylph in mid-lake this forenoon and——” “Tt’s a lie!” cried Mr. Flint, hoarsely. -_ “Not so loud, Mr. Flint, unless you wish every- body in the room to learn what kind of a man e - : _ you are. = ‘ a vorhe clerk moved uneasily in his chair and gulped down some words that rose’ to his_lips. “So you deny that you set fire to the Sylph, do - you?” said Jack, looking his man straight in the eye: : “ do. I don’t know what you are talking “Very well, Mr. Flint. I am going to hand you Over to the police and let them sift the matter replied boy, resolutely. “When you leave | | the ou will do so in charge of an officer.” eR os ae ~ + ex x ON TO SUCCESS 15 Jack made a feint, to rise, and, as he expected, Mr. Flint grasped him by the arm to detain him. “Are you going to charge me with seit.ng. fire to the Sylph?” he asked in hollow tones. “I am,” answered Jack, firmly. a The rascal shivered and seemed on the verge of a collapse. “Do you want to ruin me?” he gasped. “Think of Mrs. Flint and the little Flints.” “It was your business to think of your family before you carried out the crime forced on you by Mr. Naylor.” “Yes, yes, it was_his fault. everything. has me him “I understand, Mr. Flint,” said Jack. “You forged some kind of a document and he holds it over your head.” “T never said that,” faltered the clerk. “You were just writing to Mr. Naylor, I be- lieve,” went on Jack. The trembling man turned quickly to the desk and. grabbed—nothing. The letter he had written was not there—only the addressed envelope stared him f the face. “Why—why, here——” he gasped. “Oh, you want to know where the letter is, eh? Well, it’s safe.” “Give it-to me,” cried Mr. Flint, in an agitated tone. “You have no right to take the letter. How dare you touch it?”, \ “T have appropriated it in the interest of jus- tice. I believe it will furnish sufficient evidence to connect both you and Mr. Naylor with the de struction of the Sylph.” “No, no; there is nothing in it——” Z _ “Well, if there is nothing in it of an incriminat- Ing nature, so much the better for Mr. Naylor, especially. I shall let the authorities pass upon its contents.” “Don’t do that,” pleaded the trembling clerk. “Why not?” demanded Jack. “You say there’s nothing of a damaging nature in the letter. You ought to know, for you wrote it. Perhaps you have no objection to me reading it, then?” “You have no right——” “Very good; then I shall turn it over to the police; as I regard it with a good deal of suspi- cion.” 7 Mr. Flint was clearly driven into a corner. “What are you going to do?” he asked with a shiver. S “T am going to cause your immediate arrest.” = Mr. Flint’s eyes rolled about in his head. 5 “Will you let me go if I tell you everything?” he almost groveled. “You can have Mr. Naylor arrested and punished.” “Then you admit that you set fire to the oil ~~ aboard of the Sylph?” ra. “Yes, pe groaned the rascal; “I admit every- . — thing. You must have seen me, or you wouldn't =¥ be hounding me in this way.” ah Jack experienced a thrill of satisfaction at the man’s words. He had at last accomplished his = pe Pake sheet of and pnt admission z “Take a of paper our’ aa in writing,” said the boy. - == “Will you promine to let me go if I do?” he " He’s to blame for I didn’t want to do the work, but he in his power, and if I refusea to obey * hen : ong i> ae aie JS

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= 4h “No,” replied Jack, promptly. “I intend to have you arrested for the crime. I am not going to compound a felony by helping oe to get away.” . “Oh, Lord!” gurgled Mr. Flint. “What'll be- : come of me, and Mrs. Flint and. “You ought to have considered all that before you went into the villainous affair. You com- mitted a crime with your eyes’ open, and if you have to pay the piper you can blame nobody but _ yourself and Mr. Isaac Naylor.” Jack rose and walked to the door to beckon to a bellboy. Mr. Flint eyed him with despair in his face. His little beady eyes traveled around -the room looking for some-avenue by which he might make his escape. “ An open window near at hand caught his attention. Jack’s back was for the moment turned toward him. He took advant- age of that fact to spring-to his feet, run to the ; window and scramble through, to the great sur- prise of the half-dozen guests in the room. Havi- land turned just in time to see his head vanish ‘below the sill outside. “ - CHAPTER XUL—In Which Mr. Flint Turns the Tables on Jack. Haviland. ; “The slippery rascal!” ejaculated Jack, dashing a for the window. _ He stuck his head out of the openting and saw Mr. Flint running up the street. o spring through the #vindow and start after the fugitiye was but the work of a moment. e reader <s ~already “had some evidence to show that Jack ¥ 4 Haviland was a fleet- runner. Under ordinary ; conditions Mr. Flint “stood very little show of eluding the young fisherman. What Mr. Flint jacked in speed he made up in craft. Turning _» the first corner he came to, he made direct for the = railroad yards. A network of steel tracks was , rpread out less than half a block away. He never - looked back to see if Jack Haviland was at his neels or not. His sole object was to hide himself s ‘somewhere among the maze of freight cars that stood along the tracks, and at the first chance ' board some train going south, as was his inten- tion before he wrote that letter to Mr. Naylor. He never would have succeeded in accomplishing this plan but for an interposition of fate in his favor. As he dashed into the yards, Jack was close at his heels.and would have ee him by the __ ¢ollar in a moment or two more. In fact, the boy '_. was so certain of catching him that he chuckled at the ridiculous figure cut by the fleeing rascal, and felt almost like giving him more rope, so as to add to the excitement of the final capture. Mr. _ Flint flew like a daddy-long-legs across the first - track, and Jack was about to follow, when a man standing near reached out and caught him by the -“Can’t you see where you’re running, you fool!” roared the yardman. ~\ As Jack turned angrily upon him, a big freight als | oe aged Skee eal a iz by, and so close to him that the boy fale the ot peste, of the escaping steam in his the yardman he, probably would ee m down’ and crusher under the pon- comotive. — Mahe a ON TO SUCCESS Bs ea attached to a long line of box cars, went . Ae ~ “Gee whiz!” he exclaimed. “What an escape!” “Well, I should say it was/ young man,” an- swered the yardman. “It’s ducky 1 was standing here. I saved you and the company a heap, ot trouble.” “I am much obliged to you,” replied Jack, grate- fully. “But it’s too bad.” “Too bad! What, that I saved-you? Youdidn’t — intend to commit suicide, did you?” he queried suspiciously. s “No, I did not mean that. I mean that it was too bad that rascal has ecaped me.” . “What rascal?” “The man who dashed across the trad just — ahead of me. it’s a great pity you didn’t stop 4 him. Now I'll lose him, for by the time this long train gets by he’ll have had loads of time to get out of sight.” Amd so it proved. The train seemed to Jack’s — impatient eyes a never-ending one. veral min- utes elapsed before the caboose swung by, and then the boy dashed across the tracks, with his — eyes on the alert for some trace of Mr. Flint. The rascally clerk, however, was not to be seen. Whether he had gone up or down the yard, Jack had no*means of knowing. That he succeeded in- getting off seemed to be quite evident. —_ But Jack did not intend to abandon his search for Mr. Flint without making a persistent effort to locate him again. He inquired of yard men at different points, but none of them had seen any- — body answering to the fugitive’s description. So, — after half an hour’s ineffectual hunt, he gave it — up and asked his way to the police headquarters. Previous to going there he took out the letter written by’ Mr. Flint to his guilty employer and read. it. ; It was plainly addressed to “Mr. Isaac Naylor, Holderness, Wis.,” and was just as plainly signed — “Amos Flint.” In it the writer briefly explained that he had 2 carried out his orders to the letter, and that the Sylph was now a charred wreck at the bottom of — Lake Michigan, off Hallett’s Point. Mr. Flint said — that he could not return to Holderness, as he had reason to believe that he would be arrested on sus-— picion, for the boy who had overheard their con- versation on the beach had evidently followed him — aboard the Sylph:that morning and had, he be- — lieved, kept tab on his movements. He concluded — by asking Mr. Naylor to send him one hundred — dollars addressed to Chicago, where he was-going by the night express. as Jack now decided that he would not go to police _ headquarters and tell his story, for fear he might ~ be detained until a matter of such serious im Pe was investigated. He had heard a good many stories about the peculiar methods of the police of — large cities, and wr gad he rather, dread ar interview with them. “1’"ll try and hunt up the president of the M ae waukee amboat Company, tell him about te? plot to destroy the Sylph, which was so success- fully carried out Mr. Flint, and turn over the letter to him. He’ll know how to act in the affair much better than I. I dare say he’s likely to found at the wharf where the Holderness comes i as he will want to see Captain Winthrop a Pog i Bree ee ee hoe re: ceed espe tha f ee

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& So Jack inquixed how he could reach the whatf of the Lake Michigan Navigation Company. He was told to take a certain car which would carry him within a couple of blocks of his destination. _ When he reached the dock he found a big crowd - waiting for the Holderness, whith was not yet in sight, though it was after six o’clock. _ He went to the office on the pier and asked a clerk if he knew the president of the opposition line. : “You mean Mr. Douglas? Heé’s in the back room. Step inside and you'll find him.” Jack walked into the rear room, where hé found the gentleman in question talking to several re- porters of the city dailies, who had come down to ; ‘gather particulars of the loss of the Sylph as soon = é Ss as her passengers and crew were brought in by the Holderness. A fine-looking gentleman of stalwart proportions was also in the room. He was pacing up and down in a way that showed he was ill at ease. As Jack approached’the group the stalwart man looked at him a moment and then said: “Isn’t the Holderness in sight yet ” “No, sir,” replied the boy respectfully. “She is hardly due yet, Senator Blake,” re- mar one of the reporters. “She’s a slow boat _ and was late in getting into Centerport, eighteen miles north of here. She lost time, as a matter of ~ course, stopping to pick up the passengers and _ erew of the Sylph.” “Yes, yes, | know; but you must make allow- = =] = ances for my impatience. My wife and little girl — Were on the burned boat, and though the dis- patches say no one was lost, still they must have suffered.” “Your wife and daughter are all right, Senator Blake,” said: Jack, impulsively. “How can you tell that, young man?” asked the _- Senator, staring at him. _ “Because I helped rescue them from the burning steamer, and afterward saw them in first-class _ shape in the cap’n’s cabin on board the Holder- ness.” __ “How in thunder did you get here ahead of the _ Holderness?” asked one. : _ “T went ashore at Lakeview and took a train down.” 3 Senator Blake, hewever, brushed the reporters > % &. “Are you telling the exact truth, young man?” he asked with feverish impatience. = ©Yeés, sir.” “Thank God!” breathed the big ve “Did you say you assist politician, fer- in saving them, __ “I did say so.” _ “Then I want your name and address at once. _ » You shall be rewarded for it.” _ _ “No, sir; you can’t reward me duty,” replied Jaek, stoutly. _ ~ “But, young man, I insist——” : “Tf you want my name you can get it from your » wife. I hope you won’t detain me now, as Ivhave ‘important business with Mr. Douglas.” With me?” asked the president of the Mil- ukee Steamboat Company. “Yes, sir. I must have a private interview with a at once. It concerns the loss of the Sylph.” Very well. You shall have it. There is a small 7 Te at ee for doing my 5 Sateahel 7a = hoe y is atm ON TO-SUCCESS * ,dent occurring. } 17 office adjoining this room. We will go in there,” he said, leading the way. - CHAPTER XIV.—Wherein Jack Tells What He Knows About the canes of the Less of the Sylph. “Well, young man, what is it you have to say to me about the loss of the Sylph? By the way, what is your name?” “My name is Jack Haviland. I was hired early this morning by the agent of your company at Holderness to pilot the Sylph through the Gull Shoals ~ “You were?” interrupted Mr. Douglas, incredu- lously. “You were hired by Mr. Howard to pilot the Sylph through the Gull Shoals?” “Yes, sir. Mr. Morgan, your regular pilot, was taken suddenly ill during the night, and, being unable to report for duty, he recommended me to the agent.” “Oh, I see,” replied the president of the steam- boat company. “Go on.” “I may as well tell you, sir, that I didn’t want the job, for I have a fishing business of my own which requires all my attention. However, I did it to oblige Mr, Morgan, who is an old friend of our family, and also to help the company out of a difficulty. I may also say that Mr. Howard agreed to pay me a handsome sum for the work, only half of which I have been able to earn, owing to the loss of the steamer.” Thereupon Jack told him how, when the boat was off Hallett’s Point, fifteen miles south of Holderness, the explosion of a barrel of naphtha started the blaze which eventually resulted in the : loss of the Sylph. ' After Jack had given the particulars of- the rescue of the passengers and crew, merely stating in a matter-of-fact way how he had saved the wife and daughter of Senator Blake, he came to the most important part of the interview.. The general opinion is that the loss of the steamboat was due to the accidental explosion of the first barrel of naptha,” said Jack. 5 “I presume it was so,” replied Mr. Douglas; but a searching: investigation will have to be made to discover, if possible, why the naphtha exploded. Holderness has carried oil and naphtha for two years without a single acci- Yet on the first down trip of our new boat an accident happens which has- a destroyed the boat and placed the “ives of all © on boat in jeopardy. Stringent orders were issued to the captain of the boat with reference to that oil, and Ke will now have to explain, if he can, how the disaster’ was brought about.” “I am sure that he will be unable to explain the matic: { am the only one who can de that.” : ; Jack then proceedéd to tell the president of. the Milwaukee Steamboat Company the sub- stance of the conversation he overheard on the beach at Holderness on the previous morning between Isaac Naylor, head of the Lake Michigan — Nevirs=-00. eames and Amos Flint, his man of business: Mr. uglass sprang to his feet ~ in great excitement. — ,

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“This can’t be possible, young man,” ie with flushed face. “What! Isaac Naylor, the s wealthy owner of the Navigation Company, guilty of criminal conspiracy against our boat? I can’t. believe it. It is not reasonable.” “I hardly thought you’d beliors me ~ without some proof,” replied Jack. “Where is it? I must see it elere I aes believe there is any ground to suspect Mr. Naylor if of guilty connivance in the loss of the Sylph.” 2 Jack then told Mr. Douglas how he had first seen Mr. Flint rush out from the part of the ~deck where the fire had started with a life-pre- server in his hand. “He was the first person on board to go over- board and try to save himself.” Then he- recounted the brief interview he had had with Mr. Flint on board of the Holderness, he said, can of guilt/and fear of detection. “He sneaked ashore at Lakeview just. as the boat was pulling out from the wharf,” went on, : Jack, “and I followed him by leaping from the = top of the paddle-box, where I was watching to | see if he meant to leave the boat at that place, 3 to the roof of a storehouse built on the edge Sie of the pier.” - Jack told how he followed the clerk to the rail- - - road station and boarded the same train for _ Milwaukee; how he had shadowed Mr. Flint across the street from the Union Depot to a = hotel and watched him write a letter which he = believed’was meant for Mr. Naylor; how he had 2s ‘obtained possession of that letter; and how, by _ driving Mr. Flint into a corner, he had extracted a reluctant confession from him that he was in- deed guilty of setting fire to the naphtha barrel. “Where is this man Flint now? Of course you had him arrested?” “TI regret to say that he was a trifle too smart for me when it came to the pinch,” replied Jack. “He managed to escape,” and the young fisher- “man explained how the rascal eluded him through the unfortunate interposition of the long freight train which erepenies him (Jack) from reaching the poo side of that track. ell, the police must be notified at once and 2very effort made to capture him. But the let- _- er? Where is it?” ~ “Here, sir,”°and Jack produced it. “Mr. Douglas read it with a corrugated brow, then refolded it and put it into his pocket. “The letter certainly corroborates your story, zoung man, and shows Mr. Naylor up in a bad ight. But its value largely depends on the cap- cure of the man who wrote it. Mr. Flint must ge made to acknowledge the facts on the witness- stand, otherwise it will be a hard matter to prove gre he actuall wrote that letter.” “But I saw him write it, sir.” “Tf he should swear that he did not write it his word would be as good as yours, Still, I dare say we would be able to get specimens of “his handwrtiing for an expert to pass upon and - compare ‘with the letter. However, we must get hold of Mr. Flint at all hazards, for he is ee most important witness in the case.” S a telephone in the Tittle room, and ae took ee liberty of using it to com- _ th department. A ON TO.SUCCESS ° and said that the clerk had shown every evidence- BN ha “together with such facts as were suggested by Haviland, and the authorities were asked to catch him at any cost. Mr. Douglas told Jack that his prescnce would be required before the board of directors of the steamboat company next day. “The company will pay your expenses while you remain in this city,” he said. “I will tele- — phone the Lake House to provide you with a room and meals.” "es This was done at once, and Jack was told how — = to reach the hotel. As’ Mr. Douglas and Haviland quitted the small office announcement was made that the Holder- ness was coming in te the wharf, and a rush was made by every one for the spot where the -— gangway plank was landed. - CHAPTER XV.—Jack .Makes an Influential Friend. Senator Blake dashed aboard the steamboat the - — moment she touched the wharf, and soon 2 his wife and child in-his arms. He heard from ~ Mrs. Blake’s lips how she and Bessie actually — owed their lives to the presence of mind ‘andi courage of Jack Haviland, a young fisherman of Holderness village. She said that their rescuer - must have gone ashore at Lakeview, for she had — not been seen on board after the steamboat left — that town. “I don’t know anything about that,” replied her husband, “All I know is that I was talking to him on the wharf about half an hour ago. .He is a fine, -manly looking chap. He told me that he saved you and Bessie, but refused to give me his name and address when I proposed to reward, him for the service.” ar “You must do something for him, Benton, I should never be satisfied unless he was rew: “ for his unselfish action at the moment of our greatest peril.” “Don’t worry about that, Laura. I'll take care of the young man.” = Before he went to dinner that.evening Jack — sent a dispatch to his mother, assuring her of his safety and telling her he would not be able to return to the village on the Holderness next day, as his presence was required in Milwaukee by the new stéamboat company. He assured her that he would get home as soon as he could, and — asked her to arrange with Ben Trawler to make i another trip to the fishing. grounds with Tom = Oliver. = The next morning at ten o’clock a messenger from the steamboat people called for him and took him to the general offices of the company, — where he was introduced to the board of diree- tors, and before whom he repeated the story he had told to President Douglas.. His story listened to with mingled amazement pris some ; incredulity. The production of the letter by = Douglas, and the boy’s honest and prices = = ward manner, however, produced a otran Sie was

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Up to the moment that Jack left the city, two _ days later, on the Holderness, for his home, Mr. - Amos Flint had not been captured, although the police of Chicago and other cities and towns had _ been instructed to watch for him. / Jt was noticed that Isaac Naylor wore a Satis- fied smile since he heard the news about the loss of the Sylph; but if he thought the opposition ~ company had been driven out of business thereby he was grievously disappointed, for the Milwau- kee Steamboat Company before the week was ~ out had secured another steamer, and was run- - ming her on the Sylph’s schedule, just as if noth- ing had happened to upset the ‘arrangements _ they had made for the season. Jack found that 7 his fishing business had gone on all right under es - the combined attention of Ben Trawler and “Tom _- Oliver, and he handed Ben a liberal compensa- _ tion for services rendered. “Levi Dyke has been prowlin’ around lookin’ - for you,” said Tom to Jack, on the morning fol- _ lowing his return to Holderness. _ “Has he? Well, I’m not surprised. He’s got it im for me on account of the slip I gave him - the other day on the cliffs.” _ “He won’t trouble you now for some time to. c ” continued Tom. “Why not?” asked Jack, in surprise. “Because he had a fall among the rocks yester- day mornin’ and broke his leg. He can’t move out of the house.” : “J can’t say that I sympathize with him much. _ He’s a’ big brute, and that son of his is a chip ~ of the old block. I wish I could get Gypsy away from them. It is no sort of home for her. She’s been a regular slave for the whole = ily, and it es my blood boil to think of the way Sam bulldozes her around. Some day sete do him up in a way he’ll remember for the _ of his life,” said Jack, resolutely. - When the young fisherman returned from his next trip to the fishing grounds he found a letter 7 awaiting him at the post-office. It bore a Mil- -waukee post-mark and the imprint of the Wis- -eonsin State Senate. The writer, Senator Benton expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Jack Haviland for saving his wife and daughter from the late steamboat disaster, and he insisted on doing something handsome me boy. He re- ‘guggted Jack to indicate how he could be use- ‘ul to him in helping him ahead. in the world. __ Jack answered the letter, thanked the Senator i what he called his generous offer, and said _ he would consider the matter. The boy’s present ambition was to get ahead in the fishing busi- ness, and he was succeeding even better than he had ever hoped for at the start. He practically : ‘controlled now the entire local summer supply Holderness, which was a considerable item ‘its way. But he did not intend to stop at at.- His idea was to acquire by degrees a mall fishing fleet and ‘get a corner on the Mil- pe trade as well. Im fact, in his mind’s he eventually intended to h out and ome the fishing magnate of e Michigan, d in the end dominate even the Chicago mar- He ex to make his way on to suc- | etc ON TO.SUCCESS jl CHAPTER XVi.—In Which the Little Foundlmg Comes Into Her Own., About ten days after the steamboat catastro- phe’Mrs. Blake and Bessie returned to their cot- tage at Holderness, and the Senator accompanied them. was invited to take dinner with them on. the first Sunday after their return. The Senator took advantage of the opportunity to sound ‘the boy concerning his future prospects. Jack told him how he had taken up the fishing business where his father left off, for the family looked to him for its support, and had succeeded in pushing it beyond a mere living—in fact, to a point where he was making quite a handsome profit during the summer. He went-on to out- line his plans to secure the Milwaukee trade an eventually that of the Chicago *market. “T have little doubt but you will succeed, Havi- land, even if you have to rely entirely on your own resources. But in these days, when every- thing goes ahead at a livelier rate than formerly a little help forward should not be despised.” “TI don’t want any help, sir,” replied the boy, resolutely. “I can hoe my own row without any outside assistance. There is a sight more satis- faction in working your own way to success than in having somebody else land you in the butter tub, as mother calls it.” “That’s all very well, Haviland, as far as the sentiment goes,” replied the politician, “and would apply better to the times a quarter of a century ago than to the present day, when every- thing is done with a rush. One mugt accommo- date one’s self to his.surroundings. Your plan of working up to such a big proposition as you have in view is a bit out of date. Long before , it! would be possible for you to come within speaking distance of your goal, through your own unaided efforts, some. other smart person, discerning your purpose, would step in, discount you by a liberal expenditure of hard cash, and acquire the monopoly you were seeking. -I don’t tell you this to discourage you at the outset, but to put the situation squarely before you as things exist to-day. Now, I like to see a boy of your progressive ideas get ahead. What is the mat- ter with you doing it in the most up-to-date and successful way? You have the executive ability to succeed. All you really need iis the sinews of war—that is, the ready cash. Very well— let me be your banker. ‘I owe vou more than I can ever express in mere words. “Besides, I am bound to say that I have taken an uncommon interest in this scheme of yours, I want to make a young captain of industry of you. Remember, I am not trying to rob you of any of the glory of your enterprise. Whether or not you achieve ultimate success will depend entirely { on yourself, not on my money. If I ~ did not belieevy you possessed the latent power of a good organizer and director I would not tor Suggest my present plan, which is that, with@my © financial and political backing, your Start in At once to secure the fishime™monopoly of Lake Michigan. L “now ‘consider how ‘this can best _bee« ; . : a "The Senator then proceeded to get Jack’s ideas —slow and sure. To such a bOyscsg such word as “fail” ” inhigredie= on the. subject, after which he-outlined.a plan - ~s eK for the boy to follow, showing him hew his po- 7. =

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20 ; litical- influence could be brought to bear to» ad- a vantage, and how his money would enable Havi- be land to put the business on a basis that must soon stifle competition. Having accepted Senator Blake’s co-operation, he proceeded to set the é machinery in motion without delay. = Before he had more than looked over the : ground a telegraph dispatch summ him to - Milwaukee, Amos Flint had been arreSted in St. Louis and brought on by detectives. Mr. Flint was induced to make a~full confession of his agency in the destruction of the Sylph, and his sworn statement so incriminated Isaac Naylor 7s | . that that gentleman was immediately arrested in his elegant house at Holderness. Both were held eS for trial. Mr. Naylor of course obtained his liberty for the time being by giving a substantial ‘© bail. At the subsequent trial he made a big fight, ‘with the assistance of distinguished counsel; but he could not get over the testimony of Mr. Flint, who was permitted to turn State’s evidence against his employer. The result was that Mr. Naylor got a ten-year sentence in the State prison, while Mr, Flint, - though the chief actor, under compulsion, was, as- per. arrangement, let off easy. Jack, before the close of the summer, bought up the most available fishing boats that made their rendezvous at Holderness and started them out in the service of the “Haviland Fishing Com- pany.” The Lake Michigan Navigation Company * came under the hammer after its president was landed -in prison, and Senator Blake bought up ' the franchise, steamer Holderness and other property belonging to the company, and turned the whole’ over to the management of Jack Havi- land, and it nominally became part of the assets of the fishing company, of which Jack was presi- dent and general manager. Just before Senator Blake closed his cottage, in the last days of September, a brother Senator and bosom friend, named George Matthews, came down to Holderness to spend a week at the Blake cottage. Jack was introduced to him and they seemed to take ari immediate liking to each other. One afternoon the young fisherman took Senator Matthews up the cliffs to show him the spot from which he had made his thrilling leap to escape from Levi Dyke and his associates. “On their return down the cliff they suddenly came face to face with Gypsy Dyke. Senator _ Matthews came to a sudden stop and gazed at 3 as if fascinated, while his face turned deathly pale. - “Great heaven!” he ejaculated in at tone that at pee attracted Jack’s attention. “Who is this girl?” : “Gvpsy Dyke!” repeated the Senator, mechani- cally. “Heaven above, how like——” Haviland misinterpreted the politician’s emo- tion. ~~ ““Come here, Gyp,” -hand to the girl. ae _-. $he ran toward our hero with a glad cry, and * gs he put his arm around her she nestled close to his side. 2 ; 3 “Senator Matthews, this is 6ne of the wild flowers of our fishing village,” Jack said. “She’s ay ha he said, holding out his CNRS we — = : ees too bad that she is under the control of as big a rascal as ‘is out of jail—he and his son. She’ ~ ON. TO SUCCESS _coursed doWn his cheeks. - the best little girl in all the wide world. It’s, ws x 2 is no relative of theirs at all. Only a little 2 foundling who, twelye years ago, came ashore a in a box attached to a bit of wreckage, after a big storm on the lake, and Levi Dyke found her — cast up among the rocks near his cottage.” : “What!” gasped the Senator, in a voice that — trembled with emotion.. “This child, you say, — was picked up along the shore after a wreck twelve years ago?” ‘is a “That’s right,” replied Jack, astonished at. companion’s agitation. “My heavens! Can it be that this is—is——” — He could get no_further, while great tears “Good gracious, Senator! What is the mat- ter?” asked Jack, while Gypsy regarded the gen- — tleman with wonder. “Twelve years ago,” replied the Senator, in a broken voice, “my wife and little girl, Jessie, were returning to Chicago from a Canadian port in the lake steamboat City of Duluth. The steamer foundered somewhere in midlake and all on board were presumed to have perished. I have mourned my dear ones as dead ever since. — But this child, whom you say was cast ashore — in this State about that date, is the living image — of my wife. Can it-be that she is my daughter — —the only soul saved from that awful wreck?” “Great Scott, Senator! Who knows but she ~ is!” cried Jack, greatly excited. “Perhaps Levi Dyke may be able and willing, if you pay him, to give you some clue——” ; “2g At that moment the sunlight flashed upon the thin. golden chain attached to a locket worn by Gypsy. With a stifled cry the Senator pounced — upon it and drew forth the lecket from the nut- | brown neck of the little girl. He pressed a spring and the locket flew open, revealing the _ face of a lovely women. - Senator Matthews gaz- — ed at it spellbound, then he seized the astonished — Gypsy and folded her to his heart. 2 “My child—my little Jessie! You have come back to me at last. Heaven be thanked!” It is unnecessary’ to dwell on this scene. The — reader’s imagination will supply all the details, as well as what nécessarily followed. Needless to say that Levi Dyke had to give up Gypsy, — though he madé a fight against it, and was ly finally mollified by a sum of money whichvhe — did not in Teast deserve. Jack was sorry — to lose Gypsy, but he was pleased beyond measure ~ to know that the child was removed from the evil influences of the Dyke family and trans- ._ planted to a position of happiness and affluence. — But Jack did not lose Gypsy altogether. Five — years afterward, when at the head of the great — fishing monopoly of Lake Michigan, he visited the hgme of Senator Matthews, at that gentle- man’s special request, he found that Jessie Matt- hews, once little Gypsy Dyke, had never for a moment forgotten the young fisherman of Ho erness. Then and there was born a new love between them that resulted in their marri a. 2 year later. . And thus, with their marriage belie’ Z ringing in our ears, we bring to a close the story of The Boy Who Got Ahead. : : Sa ; a FORTUNE; or, A WALL — STREET” —~

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. =— Me a Senet .» and never mind me.” 3 toe ata aS eines yon vol heey ao ae: 700 “She’s plucky, all right,” remarked Brown 2 ould have done the same yourself. Don’t forget When Rob told him, “but we must not attempt to we I tically kidnapped into your service fool Totten. Not likely we could, anyway I see F oat wae ete " ov a An stele alent dith’s . You are dead stuck on the girl and I hope for your” aes 3 a eb hie Fs sake the scheme works.” ; 7,5 : i : And thus it came about that when Rob and the G Be “Sey: : opr Set = ee Ree en a reporter were about’ to leave Herr Behrends next __ ay Or And ahall do the Satie returning.” $ night, they were joined by a stylish young “gen- 3 “J suppose so; but it’s no use, Rob. Remember, tleman” who captured Brown’s full sympathy at — Se got nothing to say about it. Totten would ae CaP : ye Bel cesar consent” : Upon my word, your disguise is perfect, Miss “s “[’m not so sure of that. If fe could see Miss Morley,” he declared. “I do believe you could - Morley! I tell you she’s a beauty.” > even have fooled me. I shall do my best to help “Which has nothing at all to do with it. Now you along. oe : =z don’t bother me any more. I’ve heard of a man They made their way to the appointed place _ = who is going to Holland from Herr Behrends. I unchallenged. Sioa ; oa am going to write up a lot of stuff for the Times | Shortly after midnight the Wright was seen and send it by him.” hovering above them. bem ee “Good enough! I'll do the same for the Earth, , Brown showed his electric flashlight, the signal ~ and take a chance of its getting to New York.” ~ agreed upon, and it descended. : a. sae ae “All through the day the young reporters sat “Is it success or failure?” called Lieutenant Zz seribbling <9 tele ond FA soc them a lot of Tetten as the Wright came down among the tree- ~ 4 copy was turned ovt. =. tops. * ; “Going to see Miss Morley again?” Brown “Success,” replied Brown. ; as suddenly asked as they sat at supper. “T see there are three of you.” : = _ “T certainly am,” replied Rob, decidedly. + “Yes. I'll explain.” am “You are not going to call at the house where They took the lieutenant aside when Joe Max- — ~ she and Mrs. Muller are staying, I hope. Rob, well made his landing and Rob introduced Edith. __ you have no right to put this mission of ours in “T sized you up quite differently,” he said to on peril.” ‘Edith. “Of course I see now. I don’t know that ’ “No; I am not going to call there. I have prom- I have any objection. Were you ever up in an i ised to meet her at the Cathedral at early mass to-. aeroplane before?” % 3 morrow.’ : “Never.” : ie That’s better. I’ve been thinking Totten might “Think you can stand it?’ ; ae be induced to consent to drop the girl at Durelle “T ean stand anything once I make up my mind __ if she could disguise as a man. I’m positive he to it.” = : would not want it reported that he had a woman “You can join us, then, but I am afraid it’s go- aboard,” | ; Tat } . ing to be rough work, for the wind is rising and ~ “That’s an idea, Tl suggest it to her.” it looks like a storm. I may not be able to land The appointment at the Cathedral was kept. you at Durelle.” — : Pa “J can do that,” said Edith when Rob told her “When shall we pass over the town?” Brown had said. “I can make up so that “T all depends upon the wind. But let us start n will never suspect.” right along. Every instant we remain here is a ~ your hair?” questioned Rob. ; risk.” re A ; meeps (To be continued.) ww

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TRAGEDY OF CANADIAN WILDS __ A weird tale of witcheraft, torture and murder ame over the wires from the far-away Tele- graph Creek. : It was a message from a Royal Canadian ounted policeman, anhouncing that, after trek- » for a year through northern British Colum- he was returning to civilization with an aged ‘aw and four Indian accomplices, who killed young brave by inches because his “sorcery ght the wrath of the evil spirits upon his ‘smen. P ee tol Moassin was the victim’s name. The name of the squaw charged with his murdgr was ‘ot contained in the policeman’s dispatch./ There was only a brief account of the crime. _A’ year ago, said the message, hunting sudden- ly became very poor among the Indians of the hern wilderness. A long, cold winter fol- -and starvation, disease and death cut a in the ranks of the tribesmen, The superstition of their religion taught the ns that some one of their number, some cerer and maker of “bad medicine” whose tcheries invoked the wratH of the evil spirits, d brought calamity upon the tribe. Suspicion ‘upon the ‘youth Atol. : ; ed by the aged squaw, the tribesmen invaded : at night, fodnd him mumbling ‘strange over his tiny woodfire and laid hands on n. They tied him to a sapling, head down- - rd-and let him hang for days, slowly dying. tlength the aged woman grew impatient that tol died so slowly, according to the policeman $ aphed account, and so she. cut his throat hunting knife. : ver the trails from camp to camp the story red through to the mounted police, and one tts members set forth to bring the slayers CRIME PREVENTION rime prevention bureau” is being organiz- ; Peaucines by. Chief of Police Daniel "Brien, who says its objects will be to “take rtunity away from the crook and render it for him to make a living.” The first work mapped out for the new bureau | survey of the burglar hazard of every build- » Store and home in San. Francisco. To ac- ish this the polite of each district will every building on their beats from the, of the potential burglar, The patrol- discover the vulnerable points of houses, ‘them out to the\owners, that the neces- ecautions aes ie taken. — Serge Oe 1e pecting patrolman will ask himsel: Fekete wintlows close to the ground kept, about the skylight on this building—is emoved ?” < itch on strangers who_ the eleyators? rt strange nen using. the stairways * de palmier, or hearts of palms, and a large quan- nis office ‘building on ‘Sundays do they. . oe ee ‘ ae FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ae : FROM EVERYWHERE | é The latest wrinkles in burglar tricks and the adroitness of pickpockets will be broadcast to the public by the crime prevention bureau. The bureau will assemble exhaustive statistics on criminals’ methods. “Intelligent cooperation between the- publi-- and the Police Department,” explained Chief O’Brien, “will reduce burglaries, robberies and larcenies.” : The bureau, said to be the first of its kind in the country, had been placed in charge of a lieutenant of police. LEVIATHAN’S CHEF’ MUST SUIT ALL _ NATIONS ; Catering to the appetites of travelers of all nationalities by maintaining an “international cuisine”.is the task assigne1 to Albert Meyer, famous Swiss chef of the ex-Kaiser of Germany, who now presides over the kitchens of the steam- ship Leviathan—the floating city of this United States Lines, Inc. ~ Chef Meyer said recently that while American dishes predominate on the Leviathan the menu always must contain delicacies to appeal to the appetites of English, French, German and Rus- sian transatlantic - travelers Specialties that are classed as strictly typical of the Unite? Statesjehe said, are chicken a la King, lobster Newburg, Boston baked beans and chicken pie, Southern style. ©. § In addition to several thousand dollars’ worth of groceries, which supplement quantities of staple foods brought from New York, Chef Meyers laid in a huge supply of delicacies for the return voyage of the Leviathan in rder that he * might maintain the title -given him by numerous transatlantic travelers—the premier chef of the seas. Among some of the things taken aboard tke vessel under his supervision before the liner sailed from Cherbourg, recently were 150 pounds of Russian caviar, 60 dozen frogs legs, 409 nair= of sweetbreads, 800 Bordeaux squabs, 400 pounds '. of fresh mushrooms, 100 tins of truffles, 1,200 French poulardes, 1,000 bunches of hothouse grapes, 200 tins of pate de foie gras, +50 coeurs tity of fresh vegetables. : The kitchen staff of the Leviathan, over which Chef Meyers holds command, comprises 200 cooks, bakers, butchers, pastry experts and pan- try men. § *3j -In the days of the cx-Kaiser’s splendor Albert Meyer was the chef on board the former empe- ror’s private yacht. He continued in this ca- pacity on the steamer Hamburg, which was chartered for an eight weeks’ cruise to Norway | by the former Kaiser. ater he took command in the galley of the steamer’ Ypiranga, which was chartered by Sir Ernest Cassel for a cruise to the © Orient, with Abert Ballin and Felix Warburg as guests. —S. : oe When the Leriathan was commissioned orig” —~ inally Meyer sailed with her as first chef. iS be culinary education was obtained in the leading _ ponds of London, Paris, New York and the Far — eohag : aA et pers 0 hod ne”, sy)

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- ? “FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY _ INTERESTING RADIO NEWS AND eine CLEAN THE PINS Dirty contact pins in vacuum tube adapters : can cause a great deal of nois in the earphones. Clean them every once in a while with, a piece of fine emery Papete B ONE OF THE BEST TUBES : The UV-201-A has a longer life than the old- type UV-201, and it_is estimated to be about twenty-two times more efficient than the UV-201. Such tubes do not require special circuits. The et regenerative circuit can be used with them. 5 USING BATTERY SWITCH In arranging an A battery switch it, a set using a potentiometer, be sure that the Paputt is broken Some place before that instrument, as it is connected directly across the battery and draws a slight current from it. It makes no : difference whether the switch is in the nega- _= _ tive or positive wire. BENDING WIRES Before making a bend in the wire, be sure it os is of the proper length. If the wire is bent ce and then found that it is too short or tooglong, > do not attempt to straighten it—lay it be used for some other connection. Wire that . has been bent is apt to break if an attempt is made to straighten it out, and even if it does + not break, it will be weak where the bend oc- _. eurred or, due to crystallization at this point, it may cause high resistance. 7 POINTING THE ANTENNA To receive with best resilts from the West point the antenna east and west and take the Jead-in off the western end. It may be that longer hours of daylight are affecting our re- ception instead of something wrong in the set or antenna. Daylight greatly reduces the range of a set and long-distance stations are not heard as early in the evening as in the Winter. aa sod TO AVOID HOWLING = = Howling may be éaused by having wires too _ elose and parallel, producing a feed-back. The audio transformers should be about four inches J apart and at right angles to each other. Too _ high ratio transformers and short-circuited trans- former winding or too high “B” battery voltage also cause howls. Check up the connections to make sure they are correct. Continuous oscilla- _ tion may be produced by mounting the apparatus too close together; long wires in the hook-up or too high “B” battery voltage. ~ 2 THE RADIO. BEAM - Senator Marconi, ‘world famous wireless in- ventor, announced development of a system of mal radio cee: aay: last. Decem- ber in London. The electric waves carrying the messages, he said, could under the new scheme be turned in any desired direction, like the beam of a searchlight, as opposed to the present sys- j — whereby the waves are sent out in all diregy: ions. A 7,000 MILE TALK Carlos Braggio, of Bernal, Buenos Ayres, and Ivan O’Meara, of Gisborne, New Zealand, radio amateurs, with 7,000 miles of South American continent and Pacific Ocean between them, con- : versed two hours by radio, establishing what is said to ‘be a world’s amateur radio record. Braggio, who knows English, had spent most — of the night unsuccessfully attempting to get some North American amateur to answer the ~_ signals of his station, CBZ8, when at 4 o’clock in the morning he was amazed to receive an swer from the other side of the globe—O’Meara’s pie station 2AC. : The amateurs opened a conversation which continued until 6 o’clock, when Braggio told O’Meara he had been up ’all night and wanted to go to bed. The New Zealander answered that- he was sorry, because it was only 9 o’clock in ~ the evening at station 2AC. Later, Braggio re- 4 ceived a congratulatory ‘cable from O’Meara gon- firming his conversation. 4 > “5 7 > = * SMALL FREAK SETS = Building radio receiving sets in extremely small spaces and on all sorts of bric-a-brac is _ always a sure way to catch the public eye and get the buikder’s picture in the papers, and yet such sets are the simplest possible types of receivers. Of course in order to make outfits as small as’ this, vacuum tube detectors cannot be used, sim- ply because of the batteries necessary as well’as the comparatively large size of the tubes ‘them- selves. Instead, crystal detectors were used, with the simplest form of tuning element, a single coil of | wire. The fact that a erystal is used limits. : “the reception to only’ a few miles, and it is A absolutely necessary to use an aerial and ground - of some kind. A loop aerial is useless, and for rag reason the portability of the set is doubt- | u The tuning of these sets” is usually fixed at one wavelength, that of the nearest broa es ing station. Sometimes a few taps are used — but the sets will not tune well enough even with : such a device to really make them of serious : consideration. Any set which employs a crystal detector - and 7 pa we coil with a set of taps, or without it, will generally receive several stations at the «= same time, or none at all. The’ ee é and the crystal has to be adjusted all over and the total value to the advancement of ra art of radio is extremely small. | The fundamen- — tal circuit is one of the first ever used wireless work, and except in the freak ture sets, is next jto worthless. P :

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. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY | 25 ss GOOD READING _'POLICEMAN’s QUICK WIT SAVES 63 LIVES _ Sixty-three lives were saved by the quick wit of Patrolman Thomas Murphy, when an ape ravi - amuck in an animal emporium at No. 612 West - One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, New York. ape, who answers to the exotic name “Jocko,” had been left without food over the week-end. __Jocko reverted to the law of the jungle under the pressure of hunger, and proceeded to open _ the canary cages in the window and devour the occupants. There were seventy caged birds and the ape had eaten seven and was opening the ae eage when Patrolman Murphy arrived. “The policeman boosted ten year-old Ralph Giupee, over the transom and Ralph snapped a - leash on Jocko’s collar and tied the animal] to a ring-bolt. A sidewalk statistician estimated the value of the monkey’s meal at $128, but nobody offered to present Jocko with the bill. Patrolman Murphy _ modestly disclaimed credit for the rescue, point- - ing out that the collars of the canaries—orange, = _ white and green—commended protection from any black and tan brute when a Murphy was in aed neighborhood. ager one ye TWENTY-TON ‘The officers of the Cunarder Berengaria, which arrived recently from Southampton and Cher- bourg, told a story of how the liner met a whale -at the tail end of the Grand Banks and what ed. “’Twas the fish’s ia: * said Chief E. J. Rodgers, R. N. R., who said that | the whale was eighty feet long and weighed about ae tons. _ The Berengaria was steaming at*23% knots : SS weight of 75,000 tons of steel and iron - the whale a death blow just behind its Midships, almost cutting it in two. The impact Ned n felt at all en the liner, the Chief Officer thought that the whale had dived and ; a coming to the surface when the Berengaria struck it. The incident occurred just before 8 o’clock in morning, when there were not many of the acy geo ge on deck. Captain W. R. D. ine, R. D., R. N. R., the master of the Beren- aria, said’ that he had been nearly forty years sea in sailing vessels, warships and steam- ships and it was the first time he had ever known a big liner striking a whale. AVATIONS AT POMPEII NO LONGER CONCE D “new” excavations at Pompeii are begin- - nin to be fairly well known, for permission to ; tt them is no longer hard to obtain. It is that many cameras, are clicked when sid® ins vound-the. co and many pencils teanceribed the vas inscriptions, writes ial correspondent of “The London Times.” Eayators which pigvaiis In paly af sctby le. control os ee, unearthing: and nae, tion of archeological discoveries by the Ministry of Fine Arts has many advantages. Treasures are not damaged by the ignorant or sold by the avaricious, but classified and preserved by ex- perts. The great disadvantage is that. their numbers are so vast and the officials’ funds are so limited that months and sometimes years lapse before many of’the rarest and most instructive are widely known. After all, however, they have’ mostly lain hidden for 2,000 years, and a few months more or less cannot make very much difference. There are.many Roman remains far more beau- tiful and more valuable to special branches cf archeological study tha Rompeii. Its interest lies in its completeness’ and in the picture it presents not of art or society at its highest, but of the ordinary life of a provincial town. More especially fn the new excavations we can see, in their original places, the lamps, pins, posters, laundries, taps, doorknobs and other such humble possessions and productions of a vulgar little com- munity, It is very salutary to be thus admon- ished that the Romans were not all square-built, hook-nosed men wearing shining armor and talk- ing Ciceroniau prose. It is enormously cheer- . Ing te find that some of them had a keen sense of humor, for example the gentleman who wrote his dining room: Mba vultus et blandus aufer ocellos; Conjuge ab alterius sit tibi in ore pudor. This is the pagan equivalent of the Tenth “Commandment, rather pithily expressed. “Mystery Magazine” ‘ Semi-Monthly 15 Cents a Copy 158 Si woaghd ess OF ROARING WATERS, by 159 THE: "liven PIRATES, Hamilton Craigie A EK, by Jack Bechdolt. A. y Beulah Poynter, 162 THE INTRIG! JERS, 4 Grover Kidwell. THE by Hamilton 164 THE OG. by Frank Slighton. 165 THE HEART oN Cre MIRROR, by Alexander Morrison. 166 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 PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY Each number contains Three Stories the Best Pil on the Screen—E nt Half-tone Scenes frees the Pon —In : soaee, Foominent Feeple in the Actors an tresses and Lessons in Scenario Writing. eet HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. 166 West 23d Street New York City a.)

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eee , Fame and Fortune Weekly ~ NEW YORK, OCTOBER 24, 1924 TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS Single Copies............ +e+e+-Fostage Free 8 Cents One Copy Three Months...... - = $1.00 One Copy Six Months......... = : 2.00 Une Copy One Year........... ¢ S 4.00 Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. HOW TO SEND MONEY — At our risk send P. O. Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remitiances in any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stauips the same as ca When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. rite your name and address plainly. . HARRY E. WOLFF, ) Harry EB. Wolff, Pres. Publisher, Inc., Charles E. Nylander, See. 166 W. 23d St., N. ¥.JL. ©. Wisin, Treas. - FROM ALL POINTS SHEDDED MOOSE HORNS AFFORD HUNTER LIVING A strange consignment arrived at Seattle, W., ‘recently from Seward. It was a shipment of moose antlers billed to a knife handle and bone As novelty factory in Tacoma. The shipment repre- z sented two months’ work of Mose Harris who for years has tramped over the moose meadows on Kenai peninsula gathering the old horns drop- ped by the moose during the shedding process in February. z Harris says the antlers, although of the hard- est of bone material, must be gathered from the = damp forests soon after they are left by the animals. In less than a year they would return to dust, so rapidly is the decay in the swampy ; country. Once safely in a dry factory the bone “ is indestructible, From the broad smooth an- : tlers, combs, handles and dice are cut. There is ¢ a growing market for the bone articles while scrap bone is shipped to China and Japan, SHINGLE NAILS PUNCTURE 20 AUTO : TIRES With the frequency of machine gun fire the tires on more than a score of aytomobiles blew : out recently while passing along Springfield = -Avenue, on the main highway from Newark,. N. J. to Eastern Pennsylvania. » _ The police made an investigation, and after three official motorcycles had been compelled to turn back because of punctures, a fourth found Antonio Mocio of 10 Aubrey Street, Newark, driving a truck loaded so loosely with old, nail- filled shingles that they kept falling out. The driver was told to walk back the entire distance and pick up all the litter. Then he was served - with a summons on a charge of placing obstacles _ in the road and causing punctures. =§ . __ FIRE-PROOF FIRE HOUSE BURNS: Residents of Bay Shore, L. I., were roused at 1 o'clock 7 Re morning to find their $100,000 dquarters building in flames. = y ‘ cat] FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY s The siren adjoining the structure was sounded loudly, the members of the volunteer department responded, but as the fire fighting apparatus was = inside the ‘blazing structure, they were help- ess. Appeals were accordingly sent to Babylon, Lindenhurst, Amityville, Islip and East Islip. The fire fighters from all these places responded. > The lower floor of the fire headquarters building — was destroyed, however, as were four of the — six motorized pieces of fire fighting apparatus - the village of Bay Shore had bought recently. The two other pieces were so badly damaged that — they will require much repairing before being — again fit for service. The fire was discovered by a passing motorist. ts: It would Have been- discovered sooner, an official = of the_village announced to-day, saye for the fact that it was raining heavily there and auto- mobile traffic was light. The Bay Shore depart- ment has some very well known persons as members and these responded with the rest. - ~ Though drenched by the-heavy rain they remain- ed at their posts and helped confine the flames to the lower floor. Pr The total damage to the building Ment was placed at about $100,000. and equip- ba : s arent oe Se eu corslin, management, ae: : quire y the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of “FAME ND FORTUNE WhekLy~ “s we 2 A ‘ published weekly — at New York, N. Y., for October 1, 1924, State of New York, County of New York:—Before me, a Notary Pub- lic in and for the State and County’ aforesai Sonally appeared Luis Senarens, who, Saving been duly — Sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Editor of “FAME AN FORTUNE. WEEKLY,” and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge — and belief, a true statement of the ownership, manage- ment, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption nired by the of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to wit: 7 . 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor and business manager are: Tyree ane E. Wolff, Publisher, Inc., 166 West 23a Street, New York, N. Y. Editor—Luis Senarens, 166 West 23d Street, New br ee N. Y, Managing Editor—None. Business Mapager —None. = % 2. That the owners are: onde j 2. Wolff, Publisher, — Inc., 166 West 23d Street, New York, N. Yee ry Boos Wolff, 166 West 23d Street, New York pie en a N. Wolff, 166 West 23d Street, New York, N. ¥.: J.'F. Des. becker, 166 West 23d Street, New York, N. ¥.3 RE Desbecker, 166 West 23d Street, New York, N..¥':; GW. Hastings, 166 West 23d Street, New York, WN. Ye" So 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees and other Security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more— of total.amount of bonds, mortgages or other securi-— ties are: None. 4. That the two paragraphs-next above giving the names of the owners, stockholders and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders se- curity holcers as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or _ security holder appears upon the books of the company &s trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trus’ is act-— ing is given; also that the said two paragraphs con- ra, statements embracing affiant’s full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which steckholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees hold — st and securities in a capacity other than that of a. bona-fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to be- lieve that any’ other person, association or corporat has any interest, direct or indirect, in the sald bonds or other securities than as so stated by bi : j LUIS alge Repiounee 19k. “Reymoor We Bienen. My Come tember, 1924.. Sey r W. <s , x March 30, 1926.) pis:

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aS + - 40 ABOVE FREEZING HELD HOT DAY IN MARS The temperature of the tropical regions of Mars at Martian noon is only about 10 degrees above freezing; observations made at Mount Wil- son in California during the recent approach of the planet toward the earth proved. The Car- - negie Institution also announces that_ mean tem- peratures over the south polar cap is about 95 - degrees below zero, Fahrenheit. ; —< The average temperature of the tropical re- _ gion of Mars between sunrise and 9 o’clock is - 10 degrees above zero. : 1,200 METAL BETS ae FROM GIRL’S ST ‘ia- A MACH: : Stove bolts, safety pins, cr@ifixes, rosaries, earrings, watch chains, coins, metal streetcar tickets, brooches, roofing nails, adhesive tape, ribbons, shoelaces, sewing machine bobbins— : are some of the articles removed from the Sea mach of a fifteen-year-old Saginaw, Mich., girl by surgeons, who declared that never before in "the history of surgery has such a variety and ~# quantity of foreign objects been found in the _ digestic tract of any human being. 1 ; The number of metal objects found” in the girl’s stomach and intestines was approximately - 1,200. The mass weighed 3 pounds 14 ounces. “The girl is not expected to survive. Her iden- tity, at the insistence of her family, is being - kept secret. She first was found swallowing _ foreign objects when two years old. ‘eS HEAT AND FAT MEN Fat men stand the heat better than lean ones, the Bureau of Mines has established through ex- oo boreal! in a specially constructed chamber at __ Pittsburgh. a The fat men, the bureau found, lost more ' weight when subjected. to uncomfortably hot ra but they were less exhausted when i In a state of rest and in oKeletl mp FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY BRIEF BUT POINTED | indicate that this island was once inhabited by a race of people bearing close resemblance to the ancient Hawaiians. Necker Island 150 miles farther on, showed traces of ancient visitors, but nothing to indicate actual habitation. On Nihoa there were many evidences of human habitation —acres of garden terraces, house-sites with im- plements scattered about, and an infant burial place. r Many of: the house-sites were excavated. Among the relics discovered were ancient bone needles, which may have been used for tattooing or for sewing, and one rare fishhook, made of human bone, which is’ similar to hooks used by the * ancient Hawaiians. Many — grindstones, smooth on both sides and showing much wear, were unearthed, also stone adzes, polished and sharpened. The party spent four and one-half days on Nihoa, sleeping in caves about the island without damaging the birds, of which there are , hundreds of thousands. LOOK, BOYS! YTKAPEZEE The Acrobatic Wonder Toy ALMOST HUMAN IN ITS 7 ACTIONS!. _ It consists of a handsome parailel iron frame on which the little yellow = accurately performs like an ath- ete. Five Different Stunts — THE FLYING TRAPEZE — Release the trigger-pin and the figure swings for- ward, gripping the brass trapeze-bar, turns a somersault in the air and catches a cross-bar by his heels. THROUGH THE LOOP—A swift swing and he goes through a wire loop, makes a turn and, catching by his heels, swings head downward from a bar. THe GIANT SWING—He goes forward with a rush, releases the trapeze, catches a horizontal-bar with his heels, makes two swift somersaults in the air and catches by his heels again. He performs two more horizontal-bar acts with the grace and agility of a cir- cus star, and many new ones can be in- vented. The Most Wonderful Toy in the World!” PRAICE $1.00. _The collapsible stand and the little mani- kin are neatly packed in}a handsome box. Delivered anywhere in the United States on - . receipt of price, Address : WOLFF NOVELTY CO. 166 W. St., New York City, N. Y. ee

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28 A SLIDING CAT A-cat that slides down the brass pole in a fire station when an alarm rings and delights “ ,.- i accompanying the firemen to a blaze has been discovered in a station in lower Manhattan. The uremen adopted the cat as a mascot while it was.a kitten. A RIVER OF INK . Travelers in northern Africa, have observed a ’ curiosity of nature—a river of ink. The water is black, yet the streams which feed it are per- fectly clear. Chemical analysis and examination have revealed the cause, One of the streams is strongly impregnated with iron from the soil through which it flows. Another carries nin fromm a peat swamp. It is the chemical combina- tion of the iron, tannin and oxygen of the air that turns the water black. This chemical re- action forms the basis of the most important class of inks known as iron-gall inks. Tron-gall inks was first made in the twelfth century, but it was not until the fifteenth that it came into common use. The writer has seen a page from a hand written book on monkish satin, in ink, with the date 1445, and the writing is as clear, black and legible as on the date it was ? written, ¢ The most important factor in the making of Se this ink is gall nuts, cértain species of which < are found in China, India, Jaran and even in “some oak and willow trees in America. A peculiar kind, of insect, similar to our horsefiy, bores into the small twigs of oak trees and lays its eggs. A little lump is the result. The egg shows with the gall and is soon converted into a larva. Eventually the larva becomes a fly and escapes by eating its way out. The best nuts for ink- making are those that are picked when fully ripe, 7. but just before the escape of the insect, as these ~ contain the largest amount of tannin. ; As the name implies, iron-gall inks are based be on a liquid in which an iron salt is combined z with tannin extracted from gall nuts, The iron a - salt is copperas and comes in the form of green . ~ erystals. These are secured in the United States. % ae aL ea) rier at ~ While there are other ingredients added, these - two are the most important in.the makeup of this _type of ink. This liquid is practically colorless until acted : upon by the. oxygen in the air; that is, a pen ' dipped into such a fluid would make no visible _. mark on the paper. Most people, however, like to see what they are writing as they write, and so a blue aniline color is added. After the ink is exposed to. the air the iron-gall compound * develops an intensely black-and permanent color, entirely superseding the original blue, which ulti- - mately fades away. This change in color is what causes it to be referred to commonly as_blue- - black ink. as MAN-EATING| WOLVES ROAM ITALY The increase of wolves in Italy, especially in e ala and southern provinces, is becoming serious they bad a ion. eee was a FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST } ee. to.an alarming extent, and, fortified by aes 7 they have grown bolder. =A Instead of contenting themselves with an oc- id casional stray sheep or horse left out to graze - on the uplands, the Abruzzi wolves now hunt in regular packs and are frequently seen on the outskirts of towns and villages, where they at-~ tack stables and sheep fields, with dire results. = Not far from Sulmona ‘a wolf was found on the landing of a house, and a“village near by was. nightly -visited by wolves all through last winter. — Human victims are becoming far from uncom- ~~ r mon. A soldier returning home on leave was killed and eaten by wolves at a short distance — from the railway station at Palena, and a few months ago women were attacked by wolves ~ — on a country” road. Two made their escape, ; but-one was killed. = A fortnight ago the inhabitants of S. Vito, ars little hamlet on the lower slopes of Vesuvius, — were horrified, on coming out from mass, to see a pack of wolves’ awaiting them on the open : space in front of the church. The women and children were hastily thrust back into the building and barricaded in while the men made ~ for the animals with their guns and succeeded ~ in shooting the leader. : The war—to which one inevitably returns as _ the immediate cause of any phenomenon—niay be fairly held responsible for the increase of wolves, from the mere fact that for four years 3 all the able bodied peasants capable of hunting — é; wild animals were absent from their homes, The — new game law, which limits shooting from the middle of August to the end of December, is — viewed with-dismay by those who have prac- tical experience of the ravages of famished — wolves, and will probably have to be altered, — Formerly wolves might be shot at any reason, — and a prize was given for each carcass brought in; five ducats for a male, six for a female. “£ One Abruzzi peasant accounted for fifty-seven wolves in fifteen years. If wolves are to be kept in check, on tng: other hand, the Government is encouraging the propagation of bears. The few remaining speci- — mens of the Ursus arctos marsicanus are living — under “special protection in the beautiful Parco Nazionale in the Abruzzi, about halfway between Rome and Nales. This reserve, which covers — some 70 square miles of mountainous region, is" thickly covered with magnificent beech woods which also afford shelter to numerous chamois and eagles. The bears are not numerous, and.they rarely allow themselves to be seen. Between twenty — and thirty. are believed to be leading a secluded existence in the more remote districts. Not long ago a German scientist asked to’ be allowed to take up a temporary abode in the reserve for the rare chance of studying the habits of wild bears and of photographing them for film purposes. His request was granted, and ony Hoe but has, 80 far, failed to ta

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