Pluck And Luck (no. 601) (1909 12 08)
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4 — rd / i / Dec.8t% 1909. ame eZ, ; ; iy, fay LI “Mad dog!” A panic instantly seized upon the crowd. “Catch him, Tige!” cried Hal, /RANKTOUSEY. and again the dog sprang forward and PUBLISHER. seized the villain before he had gone fifty feet. Hal was up with him in a moment. SA AAP TORES LY
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» shoulder, accompanied by his dog” PLUCK AND LUCK Stories of Adventure. Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. November 7, 1898. Entered ross ws, to Ac Congress, Washington, D. Cx No. 604. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 8, 1909. ntered as Second Class Matter at the New York, N, Y., Post Office, of Congress, in the by Frank Tousey, Publis ear 1909, in the; office o) the Librarian of , 24 Union Square, York. ew PRICE 5 CENTS. HAL HORTON’S GRIT oR, A Boy From the Country By Allyn Draper CHAPTER I. “HAL HORTON LEAVES HOME TO MAKE HIS FORTUNE. Hal Horton was a sturdy youth of seventeen years of age, living in the little country village of Buford. His mother was a poor widow who managed to eke out a scant living, with her needle. He aided her all he could, and every penny he earned by doing odd jobs about the village he gave to her. But there was little work to do there eyen in the best of seasons, so he was really an expense in the long run. One day he said to her: “Mother, I am old enough to support you, but I can’t do it here. There is no work in Buford for me. Let me go away in ‘search of jwork elsewhere.” “Why, my child!” she exclaimed. “Where waa you go? And how can you go when you haven’t a dollar in the world?” “Tl go to New York, mother. There’s plenty of work there. Don’t worry about how, Vl get there. I have ‘two sound legs, a clear head, and stout heart.” She looked at her boy—her only treasure in all the wide world, and tears came into her eyes as she thought of hfs going out alone to struggle for himself. ‘ “T don’t know how I could do without you, Hal,” she said. “You are a comfort to me, though at timed we have but little to eat,” . t “Yes—-I know, mother, but I am old enough now. to strike out for myself. There’s nothing for me to do here, and I am - tired loafing around waiting for a chance to make a half dollar or a quar ter—sometimes but a nickel. I must go, mother. I ~ can’t stay here and see you working with your needle while I do nothing.” é So he talked her into it, and pes gave her ennsent for, him to go. He had but little preparations to make, for he could - Carry in a little bundle all he had in the world in’ the way of Clothes: She fixed them up for him, ‘and one morning, just as the sun was peeping over the hills he left the village: on foot, his bundle hanging to a stout ey ae which he held over his ige. That dog was the one pet of the boy’s. He was the only - piece of proper ty he had ever owned, and the’ ‘bond of friend ship between the e's was like that between two human broth 5 knows where. . But we'll stick together, let come what will. _|If I get anything to eat you will, too. We've got to look out for ourselves now, and nothing but clear grit can pull us d through. You've got plenty of that, rT know, but I don’t know). ee whether I have or not.” The dog was a cross between a mastiff and an. English bulls. dog, and was given to:him when a little puppy by a man for ! whom he had worked two years before. separable companions ever since. with almost human intelligence, and Hal ae talked to ‘him © as to another boy, They had tramped about ten miles along the dusty road att when they were overtaken by two men in a buggy, and a big dog trotting along under it. Of course, the two dogs erie aD: growl and bristle up on meeting. “Come away, Tige,” said Hal, and Tige obeyed, returning to rub his head against his master's leg. But the other dog, ale most twice his size, followed him up and wanted to fight. . ; “Better call your dog off, mister, ” said Hal. hurt.” They had been in- ¥ ; The dog understood him | : be “He aight ie 4 The man laughed—the one who held the reins—and’ ‘said: cit oe “Oh, I guess not.” eh cee “Yes, he will—call him off,” repeated Hak. “Well, if he can lick my dog I'll give you fatty a him,” said the man in the buggy. \ hoa - “J ain’t selling my dog for all the money in ‘his worl don’t want him to hurt your dog or to get hurt, either. ? 4 ‘The! big dog kept growling and bristling up as thonek, he wanted to eat up both Tige and his master. — “Say, mister!’ If yon don’t want to have bars dog up you'd better call him off, re , “See here, my lad,” laughed the man in the buggy, “Ty give you five dollars to let ’em fight,”, » and he reached: into his pocket’ for the money. Hal was about to refuse ‘and again ask him to call off his dog, when the two sprang at each other. “Well, it isn’t my fault,” said Hal, getting out of the way of of the two enraged canines. They rolled out into the mfadle of a the road anda raised a cloud of dust. ‘They, didn’t, make very $ See noise, for “neither was of the yelping. sort The | ue two men ut and. b
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a but was in no way worried about Tige. He had seen him whip | HAL HORTON’S GRIT. “Ta “Better not try it, Henry,” advised the other man. “every dog in Buford, and all that came in from the country; about as soon tackle a tiger.” round about the village. The big dog, however, was strong and game, and-several times had Tige under him. Then they » would change positions and Tige would be uppermost. Suddenly the big dog yelped and began trying to get away, but Tige was not done with him. He went in to chew him up, and it looked as though he would succeed. “Here! Call your dog off!” exclaimed the owner of the other one, handing Hal five dollars. “I don’t want my dog killed.” “Hold up, Tige! Come off!” cried Hal in commanding tones, and Tige released his grip on his foe, who went limping away to a refuge under the buggy. “T told you he'd chaw him up,” head. | _ “Yes, but I didn’t believe he could do it,” frankly admitted _ the other. “Well, I knew he could. ‘Tige is clear grit all through. “Whenever he runs up against a dog he can’t lick he'll die right , there, He’ll never holler enough.” _ “What’ll you take for him?” “Nothing, sir.’ A fellow who would sell his dog would sell his brother.” ; “Oh, that’s all sentiment. Men sell their horses, cows, and anything they have, when they can get their prices.” “Pyd no price on Tige. You may be a rich man, sir, but you haven't money enough to buy him from me. Tige wouldn't sell me—and I wouldn’t sell him.” : eee eT give you one hundred dollars for him,” said the man, » “and throw in my dog. What do you say to that?” and the _ other reached for his pocket ag he spoke. --*No,-sir; not for a thousand,” and Hal stooped and patted Tige’s head as he refused the offer. “Well, I’m not paying any thousand dollars for dogs.” said Hal, as he patted Tige’s ‘ “Oh, I can catch him with a noose,” was the assertion of the would-be purchaser, going to the buggy to get a rope. “Say, mister!” called out Hal, “he would tear you to pieces. Better not try it.” “Don’t do it, Henry,” said the other. “The boy is right. He knows the dog, and certainly would not give you the chance if he didn’t know you couldn't take him.” “Well, I won’t, but hanged if I don’t believe-I could noose him and drag him home with me.” They both entered the buggy and drove off, leaving Hal and Tige behind, “Tige, old boy!” exclaimed Hal, patting the faithful animal on the head, “you are clear grit. Sorry you got hurt, but it was forced on you. You put five dollars in my pocket—more money than I ever had at one time in all my life. When we find a butcher’s shop you shall have a hunk of beef.” CHAPTER IL. Aye TIGE AND THE TRAMPS, Hal and Tige resumed their tramp along the highway. Both seemed lighter of heart. Hal had five dollars in his pocket, and — Tige had just licked another dog twice his size. Why should they not feel happy? Hal felt rich when he looked at that five dollar bill and thought how it would tla him till he could get something to do, Suddenly he stopped, and seemed to be in ee thought. Tige looked up at him inquiringly. “Tige, old boy, I forgot. We must send some of this money home to mother,” said Hal. “We can’t forget her, you know. But I don’t know. what she'll think when I tell her you earned it the first day we were out. You know what a row she made when you chawed up Tom Madden’s dog, She doesn’t approve’ of fighting by either man or beast. But then the otHer dog. , “Nor am I selling my dog at any price, sir. He is all I have jumped on you, didn’t he? It wasn’t your fault or mine; but in the world, sir. The five dollars you just gave me is all the - money I have. I am going out in the world to make my way ‘as best I can, but I'll never gell to another the best friend I have on earth—except my mother—even to save myself from Starving to death by the roadside. I raised Tige from a little "pup. He has slept with me, ate with me, fought for me, and he - would die for me!” _ “Give me your hand, my lad!” exclaimed the companion of ‘the owner of the other dog, reaching out his hand to Hal. “I like a man, who stands by his friends,” and he shook his hand warmly as he spoke. Ey “Well, so do I,” said the other, “but all the same I’d like ; 7 to own that dog. Vl make it one’ hundred and fifty dollars. Wy What do. you say to that? It would set you up in business any- "where. a y ““Tige and me are going to idee together till one of us dies, sr said Hal. f The’ man looked at him in silence for a few moments, and then asked where he was going. . *T guess we'll fetch up in New York some day, ” Hal pepliea, ‘if I don’t find work before we get there.’ i “Somebody will steal him from you in ‘the city. There are regular dog thieves there, who sm it their Dasthene to catch = dag and sell ‘em again.” at “They'll never take him alive. I won’t sell him to you, but if you can. take him without killing him you may have him.” “The deuce you say!” and the man looked at Tige wistfully. 8 I mean it. It you can take him aan may have him,” didn’t you just give it to him! Grit wing in the end, Tige, and you.’ ye got plenty of that. Don’t know whether I have or not, but. you have proved it to me that it’s the one thing that wins. $5) They tramped on several miles further and came to a farm- house where a well stood out near the road with a water- trough for stock. “He's a good man who lives here,” Hal sid to himself, “This trough tells that. I'll draw up a bucketful and we'll have a drink, Tige.” i While he was drawing the water from the well the farmer came out and spok@ to. him, asking: \ “Whar be yer goin’?” replied. 9 re “Want work, eh?” : i¥, t i! : “Yes, sir” 5 7 “Waal, now, what kin yer do?” , t “ Almost anything—dig, Boe, Souci cut wood and other things.” . “But they don’t dig and feist and hoe Bown to ork,” seid the farmer. : “To New York if I can t find work before I e there,” Hal “No, but it’s a- Bee hive of busy fetceat, and men or boys ‘who are not afraid of work can find something to do, I guess. de. “Waal, I know a young man who went thar Jast year “aie was glad enough ter git back. home alive. . He came, mighty — nigh starvin’ ter death. He said ther town wag full of men lookin’ for work an’ couldn’t git it.” “Yes, I heard that, too—read it in the papers’ many at —and yet there’ Ss work. there, : and. fn. Buford there isn’t. ‘Te 2! 7d Wee yout to pieces in two. stand a better chance in. New York, because there’s : re and. plen : ; ‘a
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HAL HORTON’S GRIT. : “Got any money ter live on till you git work?” the farmer asked. : Hal didn’t want to let anyone know he had a cent of money. He was shrewd enough to know that such information was best when kept to himself. “I’ve got to work my way, sir,” he said, with a frankness that seemed to surprise the old farmer, who said: “Waal, you be a big fool ter go to the city with no money.” “I would be a still greater one to stay where there is no work for me,” Hal replied. | “Waal, I like yer grit,” remarked the farmer. have some dinner. [Ill help yer on that much, anyhow.” “Thank you, sir. If you have anything I can do to pay for it, ’'a rather do it than not.” “I ain’t got nothin’ to be done jes’ now,” said the farmer, as he led the way round to the rear of the house to the kitchen, where a couple of young girls, apparently fourteen and sixteen yeai's Of age, were busily assisting their mother with dinner. The farmer told his wife the story he had gathered from Hal, and said he had offered to work out the price ofa dinner. — “He’s welcome to what we have,” said the good wife. “Thank you, madam,” said Hal, putting down his bundle by the door. “I hope luck will come my way. If it does I’H show you how I can remember a kindness. You are just like my mother—she is good to everybody and everything.” The tall, gaunt old wife looked kindly at him and asked: “And do. you love her?” “More than anyone else on earth,” he replied. “She is a good mother, and I have tried to be a good son to her. I never earned a’penny in my life that did not go to her.” “Have you no brothers or sisters?” she asked. “No, ma‘am. I am an only ¢hild. She has been a widow ten years.” The two gir is! looked on and listened in Neiicn ee, The ‘young- er One was the more beautiful of th2 two. She had great brown eyes and a wealth of dark hair, with a face that beamed with sympathetic. interest. He heard her mother call her’ Esther and the other Myra. ‘Then he learned the farmer’s hame.. It wag Henderson. Wheh dinner was over, the younger sister asked him if ‘she might feed his dog. “Thank you. I guess he’s hungry,” he replied. She sata up a big plate full of scraps and took it out to the porch where Tige was waiting. He wagged his tail in gratitude for the feast and fell to devouring it. dpRen he had finished the scraps Hal said to him: . “Shake hands with the young ge oes us. » To her surprise Tige reached out his right paw to her: * “Oh, my!” she laughed, taking the paw in her band | and shaking it. “You have trained him well.” “He understands nearly everything I say to him,” said Hal. “Tg he a good yard dog?” *He is one of the best in the world, sir,” replied Hal, “and no one can pass him when he is on guard. I can sleep out any- where and he’ll watch over me.” “Wouldn’t sell him, eh?” the farmer asked. ~ “No, sir; not at any price.” : When he was ready to leave, the younger of the two sisters “Come in and She is good to gave him a lunch wrapped in an old newspaper, saying: Us There’s something in it for the dog, too.” : “Thank you, thank you. I won’t forget you. I heard your as mother call you Esther. I’ remember that name. It is a good ‘old name from the Bible. *I guess ‘it fits you all right: Goad- ; by. Some day I’ll see you again—if we both live,” and he ‘shook hands with her and took up his bundle. The next mo- ent he and Tige. were again’ on the . road, going in has airec-| They soon reached a little village, where Hal had the five- ati dollar bill changed into smaller: bills and coins, so he would not have to show more money than necessary when making a purchase of any kind. Then he bought a pair of shoes, as his feet were pretty well on the ground, as he wore the old ones. He wanted to avoid appearing like a tramp when he entered the city, and as his clothes and hat were in good cps and clean, his shoes were not. © “T guess I don’t look so much like a tramp aia? he said to himself, as he resumed his journey.’ “People look upon tramps as men who won’t work when they haye @ chance, and so it goes hard when a fellow is looked upon as one. When they come through Buford. everybody sneers at. them, and watches them till they leave.” A couple of miles beyond the village he met two tramps, ~ who were lying under a tree in the shade. They looked at him for a few moments, and then one of them hailed him with: “Whar you goin’, pard?” “To New York,” he replied. “What for?” ; “To look for work.” ; “Work! What kin yer.do?” “T can do a good many things, and will take any sort of job I can get.” “Well, we tried it, an’ it won’t go, pard,” and the spokes- man slowly rose to his feet and shuffled over across the road to where Hal had stopped. l took the bundle off the stick on which it had been swinging. “It’s a few clotles—say! let it alone!” and Hal reached out and attempted to snatch it away from him. The tramp aimed a blow at him with his fist. Hal dodged it, and the next moment the faithful Tige went for the hobo. A yell of terror told that the fierce attack by the dog was a thing not calculated on by the tramp. They rolled over on the “Whatcher got in this?” and he — ground, and the other tramp, who was still lying under the _ tree, sprang up and seizing a stone, setae over to the assist- ance of his comrade. “Here, Tige!” called Hal, and the dog davis ‘him promptly. — “Oh, lemme smash “im!” yelled the man with the sone hurling it at Tige with all his might. “Chaw him, Tige!” called Hal, and Tige flew at hin They rolled over together and the yells of the tramp were e about the best he could put up: “Here; Tige!” and again the dog obeyed, going over and standing by Hal. The two hoboes rose to their feet yelling that they’d kill Be dog. “No, ace won't,” said Hal. | pieces.” But they gathered steues and began hurling them at Porn. Hal dodged and called out: ‘ “Chaw *em, Tige!” : Ce ‘ Thén ensued a battle royal which lasted about ten minutes. — By that time the two hoboes were in full retreat, and yelling: “Call ‘im off! Cali “im off!” “Here, Tige!” 5 h Dh. Tige returned to him and Hal patted him ope the head, say- : ing: “Good boy. You're clear srit all through. ” CHAPTER III. Ove <n IN THE CITY. © ita pina ar Hal went on his way, wondering what he would have done i Tige had not been with him, That he ould have been n beaten and’ ‘robbed he did not for a moment doubt. ss t Z “Tf I tell him to he’ll tear you to. ee
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4 HAL HORTONS GRIT. - . cg ee Ne oe : _ than pay for lodgings at a farm-house, so he crept into one after eating the lunch put up for. him by little Esther Hender- '. gon. He had not been asleep very long when Tige’s growls told him that somebody was about besides himself. He peeped out and listened. A couple of tramps wanted lodgings in the same hotel, but Tige, as the landlord for that night, refused them accommodation. They went away, thinking the dog was there by device of the farmer, and Hal had the house to himself. _ He met with a number of adventures during the next day which would be of little interest to the reader to relate. On the third day he entered the city. He had never been in New York before, but he had read so much about the city, and had talked with people who had often visited there, he felt a great |. “deal less out of place than he thought he would. He trudged on down a long street, looking about him in every direction as he went, Tige keeping close at his heels. Seeing a policeman on a corner, lazily swinging his club, he went up to him, and said: “Mr. Officer, I am just in from the country in search of work. ‘Can you tell me where I can find something to do?” . The bluecoat looked him over for a few moments and then said: ; . “There’s thousands upon thousands looking for work here in this city, my Jad. There isn’t work for all. You had better go back to the country about as fast as you came—unless you have money enough to pay your way.” “There’s no work in the country, either, so I can’t be any worse off here,” said Hal. “Where did you come from?” “Buford, sir.” “Buford? Where is Buford?” . Mal told him, and the officer asked him why he left there. ' “Because I could not make a' living there.” “What is your trade?” “Anything I can get to do.” _ The officer whistled. ; ; He Ienew what was in store for such a youth, and again ad- vised. him to go back home. | ° “No, sir,” and Hal shook his head. “I am going to fight it ¢ out here, and if me and bike dog can’t make a living we can ney die tapether.”,, f ze “Ts that your dog?” eg, Shr “What were you thinking of when you brought him along?” etl “TI was thinking I’d have a good friend with me wherever I ie went,” he replied. eH “Well, he’ll get you into trouble if you are not careful. The “city is no plage for dogs unlegs they are owned by nag ts who gan ‘take eare of them.” ’ “Oh, Tige can take care of himself,” Hal said, and he told is flight. The officer laughed, and took quite a fancy to both the _\ boy and the dog. don’ a find any work. Come to the —— street station-house, and ask for Officer Meade before ten o ‘clock. T’ll be there and see that you get a plank to'sleep on.” “A plank!” "Yes, We don't use feather beds in the summer time,” ‘and _ there was just a tinge of a smile on the officer's face as he made the remark. ; hanie you, sir,” pala. Hal, turning away and wandering on own the street. He walked more than a mile, looking at the ed ae! of the great city. Thousands. of trucks, carts, express wondered why it was that in the midst of so much business | hs “how he had licked a dog twice his size, and put two tramps to} " “You’ ll want a place. to alee: to-night,” he said, “if you. ‘contemptuous sneer on his face. But when he. saw him ‘ero ‘6 sent strong, ambitious and, ren to. aoe (shop | Have |: ‘fro Finally he saw a youth but little older than himself, stand- ing on a corner looking at the passing throng. He went up to him and asked if he knew where he could-find work. The youth sized him up at a glance, and asked: “From the country?” “Yes; just got in.” ' “Got any ‘rocks’?” “Rocks?” “Yes—scads, you know.” ; “Seads! What's ‘scads’?” | “The ‘rhino’—tin.’ ” “Rhino! Tin!” and Hal toaesa at him ‘iced “Say, Country, have you got any money to put up?” “No.” Cay a “You haven’t, eh! Well, you'll have to have some to live in New York. Do you see that big white building down there in the next block?” and he pointed down the street as he asked — the question. “Yes,” answered Hal. “Well, that’s a bank. Just go in ties and tell the ‘castiter you're just in from the country with no money, and that you want ten dollars for a week, and he’ll give it to you and send ~ you toa Ro where you'll have to stay till the mayor finds bs a job for you.” The fellow walked away to the opposite corner, ‘and Hal) went on down toward the big white building, saying to. a i self: “Oh, he thinks I am a greenhorn. They don’t give money to 2 strangérs in any bank in the world. But I'll go in there and see what a bank is like, for I never was in one in my life.’ see There’s a crowd going in and out, so I guess they won't no- Gi | tice me at all.” r = . He went across the street and entered ihe bank, ‘Tige was | ih 72 close at his heels. - People wére coming and going, some . bring- fe ing money to deposit, and others presenting checks and pacer ing away big wads of bills. See It was a strange, fascinating sight to him, and he stood pack, out of the way and watched men come Hosa go to and from the! cashier’s window. \ geste An old man with gold glasses across his nose, with white i hair and mustache, came in and presented a cheek, receiving a big roll of bills for it, which he slipped into his coat pocket in a careless sort of way. Two men brushed up against hin, | and one deftly lifted the roll of pills out. of the pocket and stowed it away in his own. Then they started out. Hal was startled. He knew it was a theft and went up to the hse old gentleman and touched him on thearm. 9) pk Gi “Your money was taken from your pocket, sir.” “Bh, what!” and he felt quickly for it. “Who took ate” “That man going out the door there, sir!” & “Catch him!” gasped the old gentleman. Hal dashed after the pickpocket, seized him by the a arm out on the steps of the bank, and said: “Wait a moment, sir!” The fellow dashed away. “Catch him, Tige!” and Tige made a bound for him, : “CHAPTER TW re i tlie HAL AND TIGE CATOH A Piva bdonich,” Ba The sarcastic youth who sent Hal into the bank ‘bo: TOW ten dollars stood on the corner and gazed after him wi the street and enter the bank» building: he save a chuckle a exclaimed: eel Ree , “Blest if ‘he hasn't gone in ea i"
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j pe sage, but two other) officers came to his. assistance. Kage “Bring that boy and his dog along,” ‘he said to them. petri ‘in the city. HAL HORTON’S GRIT. keep away, and patiently waited during the time Hal remained in the building. Suddenly he saw him run out and clutch a man’s arm on the steps of the bank and speak to him. Then he saw the man pull loose from him and dart down the steps. The dog dashed after him and jumped on his back. : The next moment the man and, the dog were rolling over on the pavement, the former yelling for help. Of course a crowd instantly ran to the spot to assist a man attacked by a savage ae, Hal was among the first to reach him, “Let go, Tige!” he called out, and Tige let go his hold and “stood close by, ready to renew the fight at any moment. A man assisted the pickpocket to his feet and asked: “Are you hurt, sir?” The pickpocket started off wesc a the crowd, and yelled: “Mad dog! if A panic instantly seized upon the crowd, and men ran in every direction. “Catch him, Tige! ” cried Hal, and again the dog sprang for- ward and seized thé villain before he had gone fifty feet. Hal Was up with him in a moment. “Stand off, Tige!” and Tige obeyed. “Now you stand still, sir, and he won’t hurt you.” “Lord, won’t somebody kill him!” the fellow groaned, Just then an officer came running up, revolver in hand, and sung out: “Stand back till I kill him!” Hal stooped and raised Tige in his arms, saying: “Don’t shoot my dog, sir.” rf “Here! Where is the thief?” cried the tall, gray-haired man, rushing up to Hal. “There he is, sir,” and he pointed to the piekpocket ag he - spoke. . t 3 The old man grabbed him and said, hoar se with rage: “You villain, you!” ‘ es White's the trouble, sir?” the policeman asked. | “This man picked my pocket of a thousand aotees? boy saw him, and set his dog to eatch him!” ; The officer looked at Hal, the thief and ne dog, wee a puz- zled expression on his face. “Are you going to arrest him?” the old man demanded. | “I guess you had all better go bes the station with me,” said ~ the knight of the club. a “Well, see that he basis oe the money or pass it fo an- other.” j ! “Ts in his right hand trouser pocket, sir,” said Hal. ') The old man thrust his. hand into the. thiet’s pocket, and pulled out a roll of bills, te : “Do you let a man rob ‘another that way here in the street?” the thief asked the officer. “No—tI guess I'll take that money,” ane the officer grabber _ the old man by the collar. “Well, bring him along, too,” said the seiateindeea man. “Yes, and the boy and the dog,” and he caught hold of the _ pickpocket, The latter was so afraid of the dog he went along | without protest. “Come on, my nae » said the man who had been robbed ¥ see you through. / By -this time the street was blocked by a crowd of at least a _ thousand people. Tt was difficult for the officer to clear a pas- That TAT “AN enh % and eal, was collared Py one. of them. Tiga, |} “You take me for some other man.” ‘just adjourned court for the day, and he came around at once. |'thiet who stole his money.” “Good dog ‘that, ” said the offer “Where did you Bet bane . “Raised him, sir.” They started for the station, an immense crowd forissdng: i them, At the station the arresting officer told of the ‘disturb- ance on the street. The sergeant, looked searchingly at the pickpocket, and said: “I know you, my fine fellow. It’s the same old game,” “T have not been up to any game,” protested the sania “We'll see. Lock him up, Hogan,” and he did so. Then the sergeant heard the old man’s story. His name was Wolff, a — very wealthy citizen. He asked that the judge of that district — be sent for at once, saying he was well known to him. The sergeant sent round to the court-room for the judge, who had = He knew Wolff well, and when he heard his story told him he could go without bail on condition that he appear against . the pickpicket the next day. “Of course I will. But how about my money?” The officer had laid the roll of bills on the sergeant’s desk. “The sergeant will produce it in court to-morrow morning.” “Then count it and see how much it ae I drew one thou- sand dollars from the bank.” ' Ne Ee The sergeant counted the money in the presence of the judge. _ “Just one thousand dollars, your honor.” j “That’s right,” said the old man. ; eee. “And now, my-lad,” said the judge, turning to Hal, “you — had better stay here and come to court to-morrow morning — with the officer.” ee ate “Will I be locked up, sir?” eee sate “Oh, no, You have done no wrong. All we want you for is. to tell the court how you saw the prisoner take the money, You have no place to sleep, I guess, so you will be taken care s of here. You can do that, eh, sergeant?” f ie’ “Yes, sir.” Lp 4 : eget “Treat him well, sergeant,” said the ane etl aoe Til s see what I can do fon. him to-morrow.” ‘ ' Hal was ill at ease, for he was never in a pote ee in his life save when Justice of the Peace Emmons, back in Bufor held his little court. He looked at the sergeant and the other officers and wondered what they would do with him. ‘One of ; the officers asked him how old the dog was, and. he told Aim after which they got to talking. — j » -Of course, he told his story, and: the officer told him that. while there Was an immense amount of work going on in the city, there were plenty of people on hand to attend to it—that i it was hard, very hard, for an Pee Ai se man or hoy | to fin a situation. ube s ae “ve got to find work of some. icin, * said Hal. “What are you going to do with your dog?” “Nothing. He goes with me wherever I g0. Hats ioae he'll ae you a deal.of. trouble, Tt you find work you > won't take dogs.” “Tige and I will stick together,” he said. “He's the est friend I have in the world except my mother, Byen she can't ry love me any more than he does.” 3 - “Better get rid of him,” said the officer. mi ably sell him for ten dollars.” “I was offered one hundred and fifty dollars ‘es ee 1g0 I wouldn’t take one thousand dollars for him. Why, he just — saved one ‘thousand dollars for that ead sate by catching the iiyre S “Yes, so he did, but we don’t aes for that purpose ore You see to have him under good ntrol. ue ~S “You ps ir
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6 or him. He laid down atthe word of command, rolled over and over, closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep, walked on his two forefeet, then on his hind feet, growled and barked to order, played leap-frog with Hal, and did other things that won the admiration of al] the men in the station. “Say, Horton,” said the sergeant, “when you go upon the stand to tell your story to-morrow, you'll have to hold up your hand and swear to tell the truth. Make your dog stand up by you and hold up his right paw at the same time. It'll just tickle the judge to death.” CHAPTER V. : HAL AND TIGH IN COURT. Hal spent the night at the station-house, where they gave ‘him a good bed and plenty to eat. He was virtually a prisoner, “but was not made to feel so. Tige was permitted to stay in the same room with him all night. The next morning he went to the police court, with the pick- pocket, as a witness against him. Tige wags right at his heels. ‘Mr, Wolff, the old gentleman who was robbed, was there also, and shook hands with him. When the case was called the old man, after the policeman told the story of the arrest, gave his version of the robbery and the part the boy from the country and his dog had played in the capture of the thief. “Well, now, youngrman,” said the judge, turning to Hal, “let us hear what you know about it. You must swear to tell the truth and nothing else but the truth.” “Hold up your right hand,” said the clerk of the court. : “Hold up your hand, too, Tige,” said Hal, as he held up his hand. _- Tige stood up on his hind feet and held his right paw above i his head at the same time, _. There was a tremendous explosion of laughter—ever huey _ laughed. The judge looked oyer his glasses at the dog and ex= oe ‘claimed: — : “Bless my soul!” ; Tige looked as solemn as an apes through it all, the uproari- _ ous laughter having no effect on him. He simply stood there ' waiting till Hal should lower his hand. . “Don’t swear the dog,” said the judge. - understand the nature of an oath.” -_ ;Hal swore to tell the truth, and then took down his hand. ige lowered his paw'and got down on his four feet, wagged his tail, and seemed, to think he had done the right thing. Then the boy from the country told his story of the robbery in : _ the bank, and how he made Tige catch the thief. It was inter- i "esting, and everybody in the court-room listened in silence to the end. 1 ig The judge remanded the prisoner to the Tombs to await the ‘action of the Grand Jury, and then told Hal he would have to _ be detained as a witness unless he could give bail in the sum of five hundred dollars to insure his attendance at court as a _witness. “I guess he doesn’t Hal was staggered. Bue wre was elear grit all the way|. “How am I to be detained, sibs he asked. Rae In the House of ot ee car se ‘a witness,” said the judge, ‘dred. dollars for your appearance as a witness anes the pris bated aoe es gels ; ari ‘And A have. ‘done ne wrong—broken no Bigie and he| dollar bill. > law, » said the judge, in pF tone that indentoa his | thy for the boy. HAL HORTON’S GRIT. “Well, if I am to be locked wp when I have done no wrong— _— really for catching a thief who had robbed a man, I'll swear to — leave such a country as soon as I can get out of it.” “Tt is done in the interest of justice,” explained the judge. “But how about the injustice tome? I’ve done no wrong.” “But it’s to punish the thief, which can’t be done without your evidence,” “Judge, if I pam locked upeand kept a prisoner when I have done no wrong, I shall not give any evidence against the pris- oner.” ; “Do you defy the law? Officer, take witness away.” A policeman started toward him. ~ ; “Tige! If any man touches me chaw him up!” Instantly every hair on Tige bristled up, and his white fangs gleamed, eyes flashed and growls issued from his terrible mouth. The officer stepped back im a state of terror, and eyery- body near the dog got out of the way. The judge sprang tc his feet and leaned over to look at the dog. “Do you mean to resist the law?” he asked Hal. “To the death—hang such a law! Down with any country — that makes such laws!” and Hal’s eyes flashed, his face flush- ~ ed, and his entire frame trembled with indignation. “1 am a poor boy from the country in search of work by which to help age support a widowed mother. You can’t lock me be EE A may kill me and my dog, but——” “Your honor,” called out Mr, Wolff, the nian who had been © robbed, “V1 go on the boy’s bond. He ig right about it. It is an outrage to deprive a man of his liberty without cause. I never thought of such a thing until this case came up.” “Very well,” said the judge. “et the bond be given. Lam — here to enforeé the laws, though I cannot approve some of them.” While the bail bond was being 5 aa the judge | turned to. ~ ; Hal and remarked: yas “Young man, we live in the best auanie on earth; and Hav | | the most free and enlightened government in the world; but we are far from being perfect. In the course of time this law that enforces the detention. of Witnesses may give way to some other that is less onerous. Let me advise you never to attempt to resist the law of the land as you attempted to do a few mo~ _ ments ago. You can always find in the courts redress for any , wrong you may suffer. Resistance of the law is a crime. it places men behind prison bars. Don’t ever attempt it again, I tell you this for your guidance inthe future, with the hope — that you may gucteed in finding work, Ifyou fail to: do sh come back here and report to me,” % “Thank you, judge. I didn’t know the law. I only. knew f had done nothing to be locked up for,” said Hal as he. stood — aside waiting for the bail bond to be arranged and signed. at was soon settled, and then he was told’ he could go. Rex : “Come with me, young man,” said Mr. Wolff. “] may be able to find a place for you,” and Hal followed him out of the — court-room, passing through a packed crowd which had been _ drawn hither by the dog’s actions. — i ites Out on the street a crowd surrounded them—the brawe that pei instantly surrounds an accident or novelty in, the streets. of t @ great city. The old gentleman was. benitigg ‘He had no use net for the rabble, so he said: “Come on,” and started for a atrest: car. The crowa ie 8 lowed. When they hailed a sg the conductor refused to ‘per- ; mit the dog to ride. a I “Pl pay for him,” said the, old man, He ght ate ' “Tt's against the rules, sir,” said the conductor. Sty Seng “Here, my lad,” said Wolff, handing Hal his card and a five- “Take your time and come to my arose ‘of feast [ness. I can’t lose any more time.” ae Poca you, sir—T call. there ” 3 = 7) id
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HAL HORTON’S GRIT. kas - There was the crowd again, and he was once more surround- | ed by a mob of over a hundred people who had nothing else top do at the time. Of course the police had to disperse if and Hal had to move on down the street. CHAPTER VI. : DOWN ON THE DOCKS. On looking at the card Mr. Wolff had given him Hal saw that he was a real estate dealer, with an office over a dozen blocks farther down in the city. Of course, he didn’t know how far off the office was, for he was never in the city before. But he put the card in his pocket alongside the five-dollar bill he had received with it, and went on his way down the street, quite a number of small boys following him and Tige. He t saw a policeman on the corner on the opposite side of the]. street, and went over to him to ask how he could find Mr. Woiff’s place. , The boys thought he had gone to him for protection from themselves, and at once dispersed. The officer told him how to find the place, and, when he had done so, moved away, swinging his club in the lazy way so. easily acquired by the bluecoats. Hal went on as directed, and half an hour later reached the office. Mr. Wolff was there in his private office, and at once ‘had him shown in by one of his young assistants. “Now, see here, my boy,” said the old man, “you rendered ‘mea service yesterday for which I rendered you one this morn- ing. You must understand, though, that if you do not appear at the trial of that fellow as a witness, I will have to pay five hundred dollars into court.” “Yos, sir, I’ll be there if I am eee, and know when the time comes.” “JT believe you, but you must let me know where you stop, so '- I can notify you when the trial is to come off.” “T don’t know where I am to stop, sir.” “Well, if you don’t find work anywhere come back here and let me know. I have none that you can attend to, though I may. be able to do something toward finding something for you. You have no trade, have you?” “No, sir—I am just a plain, green country boy.” “With plenty of grit, though,” said the old man. “That's what pulls a man through in the Jong run. Just knock around and see what you can find to do, and the experience will be worth something to you.” Hai went out and looked up and down the street, wondering. ‘which way he should go. failed An his duty to him, for saving his thousand doliars for him. ‘The five dollars was like a little fortune to him, though the rich real estate dealer should have made it fifty doliars : instead. / ' Down in the next block he saw a sign hanging in the win- dow of a store which bore the legend: : “Boy wanted,” “Vm a boy,” he said to himself, “and rll find out if Tam the one he wants.” ‘He went in with Tige at his heels, haa” asked a clerk for the man who wanted-a boy. ? ; -*Gness you’re too large,” said the clerk, shaking his head. “P}) shrink up a bit if I can get yomethine 3e do,” he re- |) plied, “but I can’t help growing, you know.” _ The clerk smiled and ‘sent him back to the office, in the rear ‘of the store to the superintendent. He saw a man engaged in | own nook.” talking: with him, and waited till he was gone. ieee Yvou. want a boy, sir?” he said. = fs wy, } He did not think the old man had | = and ie superinttondgit; looked: him over from head ee 7 - “Run errands, mostly.” “Well, I am a good runner.” “Where did you work last, and why did you leave there?” — “Tt worked at home in the country, sir, and came to the city’ | to——” “Just from the country, eh? Well, you won’t do. You unre know the city well enough to be of good service,” and he way- ed him away with his hand. “Give me a chance to learn, sir.” “Get out! ” was the quick reply. 5 “Good- day; sir. Come, Tige,” and he went out, sDyeelae the clerk on the way, who asked: — “Couldn’t you shrink up enough?” “No, He wants a boy as small as himself.” The clerk chuckled, and Hal emerged jnto the street. In less than half an hour he had met Bice two more rebuffs that made him sick at heart. - e “T'll-go across town and see what luck I can find over there,” he said to himself, and started off toward the river. Down on the river front he was. so interested in looking at the’ ship- ping he almost forgot his troubles. Suddenly a man and boy came by with a little one-horse wagon, gathering scraps of iron. The man was half drunk and abusing the boy like-a pirate about something. “J didn’t do it,” said the boy. “Shut up—yer did!” and he gave him a punch with his fist that sent the boy rolling on the pavement. “You're a brave man,” said Hal, his eyes flashing. Z “Qh, you want one, too, eh?” and the brutal fellow ad vanced menacingly upon him. a Tige sprang between them with a fierce, warning era Ev The brute stepped back in alarm. leat “Oh, he’s only a dog—a brute like yourself,” said Fan Bala ee mind him,” The man took an iron bar from the wagon and started atter Tige. , “Better let the dog alone,” said. Hal, “or you'll get hurt.” He struck at Tige. The dog dodged and then went for him. 3 He tore the entire leg of is trousers, cinta bit him in ‘two places, ‘With a yell of ‘terror ithe Brute sprang up in his wagon and began hurling bits of iron at both the boys and the dog. The horse became frightened at the racket and dashed off up ‘the street at full speed. Hal laughed and turned to the boy, Tia youth of about seventeen, and asked if he was hurt, 4 “Yes, I.am hurt,” a said, “but I hope your iia chawed: him some.” | “You can bet he did. He has a leg of his trousers nose i “Glad of it. I won't work for him any longer—if I starve and then he looked Hal over for a moment or two, saying: “You'll be arrested if he comes back. Let’s go ule fro here.” “All right,” and they moved off down the street. a3 “Old Hodge is the meanest man on earth, and cheats ever ie body who deals with him,” said the youth, as they went along. : “Some day I’ll get even with him. in a way he won't like,” “Ts that the name of the man. you worked with?” Hal ash 1 { 9 050 x so if havent any money ahead. But vu just starve pee dine work for him again. Eye been nes him ae ae tol oe ay “will it pay?” Hal asked. Sd bet it che
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. “oh, five dollars would be enoveh, but I’d have to hire a push eart.” “How much for that?” “Fifty cents a week. I could soon " niaite enough to buy one.” |. ‘Hal was thinking and thinking hard. He had over eight dol- - Jars in his pocket, and was wondering if it would pay to in- vest five of it in the business,-when the youth grabbed him by the arm and pulled him into a little store, saying: “Come in here, quick, or there'll be a thundering row!” CHAPTER VII. HOW HAL STARTED IN BUSINESS. _ Hal was very much puzzled as he noticed his companion _ watching a stalwart Irish woman pass the door.’ “What's the matter?” he asked him. “Wait till we get out and I’ll tell you,” was the reply. - ‘The woman in charge of the store went to them and asked if they wanted anything. . “No, nia‘am, “said the quick-witted youth. “We dodged in here to keep our dog from meeting another dog in front of i your store. There would have been an awful fight, and a big crowd would have gathered.” . Tige was there, and the woman believed the story. smiled and saw that the boy was quick at devising ways to sup- ‘ply resources for an emergency. In another moment the youth opened the door and passed out, Hal and Tige following him. all about, anyway?” i t “Well, I had to put up some dost of excuse for going in there as we did when we didn’t want to buy anything. Come on round the corner: now and I'll tell you about it,” and he led ‘the. way round the a and up the street away from the river front. the for a lot of old iron lying in a corner of her back yafd,” ex- plained the youth, “and when she found it out she declared war on him. We happened to pass her block two days Jater, f i she went for us. We saved ourselves by flight. I ‘was id she’d go for me when I saw her coming. She’s a terror an _ no mistake.” / : ell, you were not to pine.” said Hal. “Not in the least, but she thinks I am. “Hodge made the} s gain with her, and I helped him load the stuff on the on.’ ” Well, I don’t blame ‘you for dodging her,” ‘isrbshde Hall e looked like a woman who could lick a grown man.” She can—I’ve, heard she licked two men at a wake once, but « 05 and then the tivo talked for some time. er tole him ve dollars we could go into, the serap-iron business and aise fiv you : sure of that?” aad sure. I could sell a “patil pOnnES “of and get the cost for it every time. me “That was a whopper you gave the lady,” said Hal: “What's | | pay enough for it.” : his yagd in the rear of his place, and showed a dozen push- ; “Last week Mr. Hdage cheated Mrs. O'Halloran in a trade = é don’ t khow how true ‘it is. I don’t care to let her get her ‘asain | “Tll make it two dollars and twenty-five cents. What do ‘you. ‘ { | You’ et have a time of it finding anything to do. If we could, the little store. old iron if I) Hal. HAL HORTON’S GRIT. ee “It’s all right every time. I don’t want to touch it.” “What's your name?” “Fred Smith.” : “Where do you live, Fred?” ; “T have no home except with old Hodge. My parents are dead. I have an aunt down on the east side who hag a house full of children and but little to feed ’em with.” _ Hal then told him who he was, and said he’d give the ates : iron business a trial. “Then come with me and we'll re a push cart right away. I know where there’s nearly a thousand pounds of oldironfor sale which old Hodge is trying to get for a dollar. Thé old woman who owns it wants three dollars for it. She'll take ee dollars and a half,” i |; “But why pay two dollars and a half for it if Hodge won’t | give but one dollar for it?” | “Hodge will give three dollars for it if he cane get it for any less, but won’t let her know it. He’s a sharp old villain.? _ They went over on the west side to an old dealer in iron scraps, who had push carts to hire. Fred knew him, and. said | to him: “Mr. Polinsky, we are going aoe business for ourselves, and You can handle your own money. Hal | want to hire a cart.” each “You vas got der monish?” the old dealer asked. “Yes.” ‘ } : ; ae “Vell, you prings me dot irons?” Fetes SN ge “Yes. You can have first chance, but it’s no sale if you don't “Dot vas all righd,” and the old Polish. Jew led the way to carts of various sizes and shapes. Fred picked out one, ‘and ‘é Hal paid fifty cents for the use of it one page nie left his” bundle with Polinsky. “Well have a loaa = iron # “Now, come on, Hal,” said Fred. inside of an hour.” They went up on the west side for Monit a tities and stop ped in front of a very dingy looking house. Fred went into a little dirty candy store, and asked for Mrs. Morgenthal. oh es German woman appeared and said: t Santi t “Ach! you vas coom pack?” Pe haps ; ate - *Yes. TI) want to Duy. your old scraps in the ‘back vad,” me said Fred. “Vell, vot you gifs for dem?” gs fe I “Mr. Hodge offered you one dollar for the pile. rn give you — two dollars.” ; ae “Nein—I vas ged tree folie or nodings,” ” she replied. “Oh, you want to get rich and marry again, * Fred laughed. say?’ 4 Ny Bresss Netn—siein2t don’d git’ ‘em avay like dot. PES «Well, you’ll have to keep it, then,” and ‘Fred turned to eave She called him back and said: ; _ * Aut you gifs von quarter. ‘more as dot I vill dake ie “Al right. Let’s look at the pile again,” thr ‘ough the back room out into the. back yar The pile old iron had not been disturbed looked at it. p i ; 45 “It's all hes eee her for it, Hal.” Es) | al paid her the money, and. Fr ed began. carryin | placing it in the push cart in front, of the.stot him, and ‘soon had yore hundred Beene
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- HAL .HORTON’S GRIT o's - chickens before they were hatched, and always found somej As soon as Polinsky opened his place the two boys got their | re eggs that didn’t pan out anything.” cart out, and went off in search ,of old iron. on Fred laughed and said: “Now, Hal, you push the cart while I do the steals 1h ead “Well, come on and let’s get in the other loads as fast as} Fred, as they started out. a we can,” and he seized hold of the cart and started off up the| “All right. It will give me a chance to see how you do it,” aie street again. Hal kept along with him, and took turns at push-| and he watched his partner going into all sorts of places a ; ing the cart. quiring for old iron of any kind. They tramped over an hour The second load was a little heavier than the first one, and] before finding a single pound of iron. Then they began pick- brought three dollars and thirty cents, when delivered to old} ing up little lots here and there, till the push cart was s half Polinsky. The third brought three dollars and five eents—and | filled. that cleaned up the pile they had bought from. Mrs. Moreen Suddenly a littlé girl ran up to Fred and aoe her mamma thal. had a lot of old iron to sell. sea that time it was near night, and both Doe were tired. “Where is it?” Fred asked. 4 ‘| Hal was very hungry, as neither he nor Tige had tasted any| “I the back yard over there,” and the chila oiutad toan food since morning. But before they turned the cart in to be} olq squatter shanty on the corner of a vacant square, over en aM taken care of during the night by old Polinsky they counted up} the left, Fred went with her and Hal followed with the cart. the profits. "| Phere the girl's mother told him there was a big pile of old | : “Six dollars and forty-five cents,” said Hal, “for half a day’s| iron in the corner of the little yard in the rear of the shanty. s ~ work,” He went to look at it, and found it under a pile of rubbish, ft: - “That is better: than we can do every day,” sald Pred. } mostly old cinders and ashes. — ey “When it rains ali day we can’t do anything, Then when we| “jt's been here a long’ time,” he said to the woman. have to tramp several hours before we can pick up a load we “Yes—and was hére when we moved in a year ago.” cawt do as well; Sometimes we find a pile and make even| «jt ign’t yours, then?” z more. I cence knew Hodge to make over twenty. dollars in one “t dunno why it ain’t. It’s old rubbish thrown over, to fill day.” : in the place.” ae “Well, T'll go into it for keeps,” said Hal. “I'll take out the} «well, rit buy it if you'll rake off. the rubbish so 1 can see oe three dollars I put in, and we have six dollars and forty-five] 171] come by to-morrow morning.” : cents to go on now. But I’m hungry enough to eat a chunk of| ghe promised to have the rubbish cleared away, and ee went fe serap iron, and I guess Tige is, too.” ‘out to tell Hal they would come back the next day. ‘They Come on, then. I know where we can get a good supper for moved on, and soon found a lot of serap jron lying on the ten cents, but we won't get any shad and such things as that.” sidewalk in front of a carpenter’s shop. A junkman was bar “Anything will do that will filme up,” said Hal, going with} 5. ining for it, and Hal'and Fred stopped and looked on. The { ign : aa junkman turned and said in a brusque way: They went to a, little eating-house where they got enough "| SAG son now—what yer stoppin’ here for?” satisfy their hunger, and Hal spent a nickel more for Tige’s}» «po you own this street?”, Fred asked him, supper. When they came out Fred said it was sammer, so they} « Go on didn’t need a bed. ‘ | “TN go on when I wish to,” said Fred, ts aes “Going to sit it 9 : ae a ON meee al awe The junkman ran at him, and Fred backed clear: out into th ‘“No—but. I know where we can get free lodgings with an ; extra bed for the dog,” and he went back to Polinsky’s place, Bubpel to Where Mat Sood ee bade Tae ivi fo! lowed him up, and said to Hal: ee ; SRR - climbed over the fence in the rear, and, found shelter among.) , e the push carts under a shed. You-moveon, BOM EE A ese CHAPTER. VII. ; ; 5 HOW HAL SET OUT TO LEARN A BUSINESS. : i See When morning came they were out of the place before sun-}| = rise, went to a drinking trough for horses, bathed their hands | and faces, and went back to the iste essaat atin for break- Hi East, , We. saved igenty cents each for lodeings, said Pred, as they neared the eating house. “Yes; ” returned Hal, “but I. can’t ‘say I like the bed much.” . “Nor I,” assented F red, TUR re all right an we can do bet- wy eee ; » «Yes, plat? if the patie find us ‘here ‘they'll arrest rae won't they?” : “Yes; but. they Gon’t: bother around there, any. I’ve’ slept there before. The only trouble is with tramps. They get in _ there sometimes—a half dozen of. jem. They are a hard ; crowd.” sie ‘ery ; “They won’t come ¢ over ‘thet fence whl Tige J is there,” Te- marked Hal. f Ex him to fight in thirty seconds, “Here, Tige!” called Hal, and the faithtul Boe: obey very great surprise of the carpenter. “I never touched him,” sa Hal, as he patted Tas : head. 4 No—he was served right, * the, catpenter fepltdai’ no right to order you to move on. He ‘was trying ‘to br pile of old iron for fifty cents. 1. know it is. a | as much. : “So it is,” said. Fred, “put want a fellow unload it after buying it he won’t make much on ni “What’ll you give for Mt? Sin “One dollar, » said Fred. a SS ae tho it a 2 dollar Aas a half. begat Tae. ue os ; oat d: ses it at cioa tucably five pune eart halt filled at = been th
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10 HAL HORTON’S GRIT. Bis Su It was a startling surprise to Fred when he lookéd up and ‘saw Hodge, his former employer. “What are you doing here?” Hodge asked him. “Buying old iron,” was the reply, for he no longer feared him. e : “What you buying with?” x SCHSni” '“Whar’d you git it?” “Out of the bank, of course.” -“Oh, you’ve got lots of it there, I s’pose?” x Yes—enough to pay for all the iron in the town. Get down and let the dog play with you again.” © “Oh, that’s the dog, is it? Well, I am looking for that very ‘dog,” and he drew from his pocket an old revolver. “Out 0’ the way, or you'll get hurt!” “Here, Tige!” called Hal, ‘him. Hal put a foot on either side of him, saying: _. - “Tf you shoot my dog you shoot me. If you fail to kill him Til make him kill you.” “Mr. Hodge!” called out Fred, “you go on now and let us id : alone. You owe me for four days’ work, but I don’t want any- thing more to do with you.” . “Well, see here, ‘my fine bantam. Haye you a license to do - business?” Hodge replied. BOK “Never mind about my business. You attend: to yours and : let mine alone. The world is big enough for us both.” .. “See here, now,” put in the carpenter, “I’ve just sold that pile of iron to\these two boys, and got the money for it. You f have no right to interfere with them. If you do Ill take a ‘hand in it myself.” “Oh, that’s all right. Ill break up their little business,” and with that he put up his weapon and drove off. Fred was in a rage. “Hold on, there,” he called out to him, and Hodge Stopped halt. a egy away. Fred ran down to the wagon and said to “nt: Hap Si have no license, Mr. Hodge, and if anybody comes to me _ £0 see about it I'll put him onto your lead pipe deals. Do 7 you tumble?” The juokmah nearly fell off his wagon in astonishment. The law made. it a crime for junkmen, to buy lead pipe from other than dealers except under certain conditions, and Hodge 1ad been violating the law right straight along by buying ead pipe from thieves. f bee ain't eee J no license men onto you, 4 x stammered CHAPTER IX. : HAL, AND HIS PARTNER: MAKE A DEAL AND HAVE TROUBLE. : “What did you say, to him, Fred?” Hal asked when his part- “ner. returned to him. “1 told him something that will make him let us alone,” ae as the} could. kt buy it? ” rea askea Y ai and the dog promptly went to, When they, Peached | Mareigg | s place ‘they found Hodge there | | RY “And she refused to take it, so it was not yours; I made her an offer for it, and she took it. Wasn’t that all ighte * “Oh, you went and——” —. “Yes, | went and bought it. That’s all there is to it. What is the matter with you?” § Just then another junkman came ne a stalwart fellow of about thirty years of age of the name of Kammerford. He knew both Hodge and Fred, and had no love for either. The jealousy among junkmen is like that existing between mis- sionaries and physicians. When he saw Polinsky settling with Hal for the load he had brought in he looked at him seeule and asked: “Where did you come from?” “J was born just like other people, I suppose,” replied Hal. “Oh, indeed! Have you got a license to do business?” “Show me your right to ask and I’ll answer you,” replied Hal. “T have a license, and have a right to ae if you have, being in the same line of business. “You may have a license, but you have no right to bother me,” returned Hal. “Well, I’ll show you whether I have or not. Show your te . 2. cense or Til take you to the station House ~-thars. what ri do! ”» - “T guess not!” laughed Hal. “IT guess yes!” ees ! ee ay “T can put up five dollars with Mr. Polinsky here that you . ean’t do it.” st Quick as a flash Kammerford put a five-dollar bill into Po. as linsky’s hand, saying: seers “Hold the stakes, old man.” The next moment he grabbed Hal br the collar, and aiebee: at the same instant Tige entered his protest—in the calf of the | junkman’s leg. N: In less than sixty seconds Kammerford was down on the ground, and Hal and Tige made him ery enough. hee “T’ll kil] the dog, though!” he exclaimed, seizing | a bar of iron. he “t guess not,” said Hal, seizing a. bar of iron, ‘too. “My dog «i and me stand by each other against the world. You've got to take me to the station house or lose your money.” earc aaa “J didn’t agree to take the dog.” tf ORS i “You needn’t take the dog if you gon’t want nphlicia: take me.” as t <« fe “T will when I kill the dog.” ; é “Pitch in and kill him as fast as you please. trig te toe (one ae es But the junkman dared not anterpt it, and Hal olaimned. the stakes. “Don’t give ’em up,” sald Cainawie: 7im Yet.” . “Then begin again,” said Hal. trom my business all day.” ; “I'll take my time.” Re ae ' is “But you can’t take mine. Tu give you five minutes, ‘and if you don’t do it I'll claim the stakes.” They waited five minutes, and then cent turned to old Po- Ae: ‘ ao “Give me that money. I’ve’ ‘yon it fairy.” id “No—no—nod yet alretty!” Bis af. ain't sane wth “You can’t keep me. “hére : Bengal tigen "Give it UD now, aie!
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HAL HORTON’S GRIT. * * 7 J 4 - ————————EE ESS ——— “Tp you do I’ll report you to the police,” said Hal, as he and Fred started to leave for the remaining load of iron they had bought. Polinsky went into his office and locked the door to keep Kammerford from getting at him. “Fred, what does a license cost?” Hal asked of his partner. “Ten dollars for a push cart.” “Then we must get one. We don’t want to be arrested. We've got one more load, and when we have delivered that we must get the license.” “But we pught to make the money first,” said Fred. “We have enough to pay for it,” said Hal, “and it must be done.” They delivered the other load, and received the money for it. Then Polinsky told Hal he must return the five dollars to Kammerford, or there would be trouble. “T won’t return it,” said Hal. all the trouble that comes.” Polinsky wrung his hands and said many things in Yiddish, but Hal did not return the money. On the contrary, they} both repaired to the City Hall, and secured a license, which, to their great joy, proved to be but five dollars for a push cart. Tt was ten dollars for a horse and wagon. “Oh, but it’s a good joke!” laughed Hal, as they came away. “Where is the joke?” Fred asked. “Why, don’t you see it? That bully Kammerford paid for nL ee “Oh, so he did,” and then Fred joined in the laugh. Then they went back to Polinsky’s place and told him they had a license, showing him the document. “Dot vas all righd,” said the old man, and they went off in the highest spirits to look at the heap of old scrap iron which lay buried under the great pile of rubbish way up among the squatter settlement on the west side. It took them a long - time to get there, but when they did they found that the rub- «@ bish had been raked away from about two tons of old iron, one-fourth of which was too hadly rusted to pay for moving it, Fred examined a good deal of it, and threw up apie a pile of rusted, scraps to show what it was. “what'll you take for it?” he asked the woman, “What'll you give?” she asked. i “Not much,” and he shook his head. “It’s badly rusted, you see.” “Yes, but make me an offer.” | “Well, Pll give you five dollars.” She was silent for a minute or two, and then said she’d take. it. They paid her the money, and then began to load up the cart. Only the best pieces were taken, and when they deliv- ered it found that it passed all right. : “T want another cart,” ‘said Hal to the old Pole. f “Two rts?” “Vos,” and he paid fifty cents for thie: use of Pe oe cart for one week, much to the delight of the old man, who seemed h to like them, notwithstanding: Hal's threat to put Tige on him about the stake money. _ “We can now deliver the iron in a hurry, ” said Hal, as Sal both started off in a hurry. “Yes, and the sooner we do so S more money we'll make,” replied Fred. “Of course,” and they Jost no time in wending their way up to the place where the big pile of old iron lay. In gathering it up Fred discovered a lot of copper sheeting, bolts and shape-|_ _ less lumps of the metal. He whistled his amazement, “but said a, _ nothing: to anyone. Every piece was so covered with ‘darb and on rust that Hal could not distinguish it from iron. “T won it fair, and will face} bes © “Why not?” “Because we don’t want re let anybody know our fain ® “Yes, that’s so,” assented Hal. When they delivered the two loads of copper old Polinsky was almost paralyzed—the bill was forty dollars. fi CHAPTER x. THE TROUBLES THAT CAME TO THE BOYS WHERE MANY. 5 “Vhere you gedt dose seprerr ers” old Polinsky asked . Fred. ss “T bought -it in an old pile of rusty scraps,” “and I’ve got more of it.” “Vell, I don’t bay so mooch vor some Rpts ” and he shrugged his shoulders. “Yes, you will—if you get it,” replied Fred. “Tt was mage me some droubles.” i “No danger of that. It isn’t stolen stuff. You can see. it’s been out in the pile a long time.” : Still he muttered Yiddish, and pursed up his. mouth. ibe “Oh, that’s all.right, old man. If you don’t want it, we won’t bring it to you. Rosenberg: will take it.” “I dakes all dot ish righd,” said the old man. Rosenberg was a rival dealer whom Polinsky hated with the malice of commerce. Pred replied, “It is all right,” persisted Fred, “and we don’t want any kicking. You pay the market price, or it goes to Rosenberg.” gets “Vell—you pring id an’ I dells you vat I giffs.” : , “All right—you’ll give the market price or it’s no sale. enberg has earts to hire, too.” AS ae Fred knew the old fellow was trying to get the rest of the copper for less money, and was determined he should not do so. On the way back he told Hal what the game was. _ es “They are all old skinflints,” he said, “and try all sorts of — dodges to get the stuff for almost nothing. He wants me to 333 believe he thinks that copper was stolen somewhere.” = “Well, what do you think about it?” Hal asked him. ron “I think it’s all right. If it was new it might be different. Any old lead pipe in that ‘condition would’be all right, too. But new lead pipe you want to let alone unless you buy it’ from. a builder or manufacturer. The law is very strict about it, on account of thieves going into new buildings going up, or ‘vacant houses, and taking it away.” ; “Well, I’m ae you are i on the ae ia remarked Hal. “Oh, you've got to 1G Saetad, or you'll Bet ninat quicker’n lightning.” When they got ‘Gate to the heap they had bought, they found Ros ‘| the woman there in a rage. Another junkman had come along and seen it. He told her she had been cheated, and bee she wanted more money for it. \ “You have not been cheated, ma’am,” said Fred. PE 3a “Yes, I have, Another man offered me more for dened it now is than you gave for all of it.” j “He wouldn’t give it. He said. that to be meh isos he?” ms “He has just, gone up the street, and says he'll Be back i an See hour or two.” : Well, I paid you your price, The stuff, is mine. ba "t ike any more away ti you pay vote more or OH ALT ae iies| ia =) ae ack Bred told Hal that there was Dbrobably fifty}
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12 HAL HORTON’S GRIT. Sao “Not if I know it you won’t,” and she seized a ee stick and|to his partner that evening up in the little room they had undertook to drive them off the premises. “Look out for the dog, now!” said Fred, getting out of her “way. She made an attack on Tige, : and he went for her. , She yelled and fied, seeking refuge in the shanty, where she shut the door and stood at a little window, whence she assailed them with a shower of abuse. _ Fred and Hal loaded their carts as fast as they could, taking all the copper that was there, and pushed out into the street ’ again. What they had taken did not seem to diminish the . _ heap to any perceptible extent. But Fred knew that the great bulk was rusted stuff that had no value at all. i “Now, see here, ma’am,” he said, to the irate woman, “I don’t want any trouble with you. That is our pile of stuff in the yard there. We've paid for it, and if any of it is removed before we return I'll have you nah toe and taken to court. Do you understand?” “Here comes my husband,” she said, and he came up, having been sent for by her. She told him she had been cheated, that ng another junkman had come along and offered more for the pile _ as it was than the boys had paid for it. hi “Then, begob, they don’t get any more of it,” said the | “br ‘awny workman, ; “Didn't we pay ‘tor it?” Wred asked. “Niver moind that, me laddybuck,”* said the man. git no more ay, it.” “Then you ‘Il sleep in the station house fosticnt ”* said Fred. i “Come on, ‘Hal. ‘I know how to deal with men like him.” rs “Hold on a moment,” said Hal. “How much more than we gaye you did the other man offer you?” “Five dollars more,” replied the woman. f “Well, just give us. back our money, and we'll call it square. I won a stand in the way of a poor woman making five dollars, ‘or five cents, when she has the chance.” “That's the talk,” said her husband. “Give the byes the money ‘an’ have no throuble at all, at all.” She went into the shanty and got the money, came out with ‘ z and gave it to Hal, saying he was a “rale gintlemin. 4 Then they went away with their two carts filled with cop- 4 per, for al old Polinsky planked down another forty jdol- lars. : “Yeu don’t couple of hours after the boys left the ‘shanty the junix- ‘man who had been the cause of the trouble drove up. The and looked at the pile again, saw that the se ae was Bone, very naturally declined to take it. 3 os e woman set up a ig er him, till the police went to his rescue and took Ml to the station rie. char beet vite eee conduct, any scraps in there?” ; ¢ “No; but I know where ‘you can fina ‘some,” and they went ~ into the building to talk with him. They were seareely well | inside when Hal saw Mr. Wolff, the real estate man who. had | man and woman told him they would take his offer. He went| given bail for him to keep him out of the House of Detention. ‘keeping yourself, a him. “They jumped wel danced on him, and Bathe ° ‘ an he had e asi: borne on “his person at ous ae all ‘to see aes it would ee XY hired for a lodging. “Oh, they ought to lose every penny of it for the game they ; tried to play on us,” returned Fred. “They took us for a cou- , ple of boys whom they could seare five dollars more out of. We bought the heap at a guess, and struck it rich.” “That's why we can afford to be generous with them.” “Generous be blowed. They don’t know what generosity means, and wouldn’t thank you for a ten-dollar gold piece un- less they thought it might bring ‘em another dollar for so doing. Besides, that pile of old iron was there when they moved in. gain.” ; “Yes, I know that,” assented Hal, “but somehow I don’t like It was not theirs, so what we paid ‘em Was clear. the idea of our making so much out of it and not making any return for it. share.” “Well, let’s ‘make it five each, and give it to “em, but they don’t deserve it.” ’ IT am going to give *em ten dollars out of my : CHAPTER XI. “FREE LODGINGS AND PAY, a Hal discovered that his young partner had been UES up against a hard corner in the great city ever since he had to © struggle for himself, and had pretty near all the sentiment knocked out of him. games that were played inthe business, and was a good judges of what would sell, and what would not, and as they had done age » A PN. But he knew he was well up to all the i so well thus far he made up his mind to stick to him and the ay serap iron. Several days passed, and they did not strike any more pon-- anzas. They had to go a good many miles a day to get a cart- ful of iron, But their oe were light, so they, didn’ worry. ; Finally they passed a place Deere some carpenters owere at lwork on a building, and one of them called out to them: Py “Hello, boys!” y, : ie They looked in and saw: ‘the carpenter from whom ‘thet had bought several loads of scrap iron in front of ris ha way over.on the other side of town. “Hello!” returned Hal, recognizing him “instantly. “Ah!” exclaimed the old gentleman, Ben have you. beer young man?” a j “I’ve been getting into business, sir, in "Hal answered, “Got a place, eh?” . “Yes, sir—and am my own employer. M * Bi _ “Serap Tron psi sis ey oe iron—turned junkman?” Seg! “YT wasn’t sure I was settled, I've, been ating he bu BES : “Got This is my /partn ; 2 nd that the jaunt and the two asi had conspired to | Fred Smith,” and he caught. hold of Fred’s arm as h poke ‘ic his” wife out of the old iron without paying for it; and| Fred had heard about the old sere en 80. he took off t eed him like a red-hot son of Erin atis a Donnybrook | hat to him. vost a 5 |) “Partner—in, business for 1 yourselt? ‘What Hs the tine?” x 1X
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HAL HORTON’S GRIT. 13 reich! “Yes, sir,” and he told him about it in a frank sort of way, “Well, the junkman wouldn’t take it after you took the best saying the five dollars he had given him was the capital upon | part of it away, and they nearly beat him to death. They were which he and Fred had started. : “Started in business on five dollars, eh? Well, great for- tunes have been made on even smaller beginnings. I’ve been wanting to see you for two days. Where are you. staying of nights?” Hal told him. : _ “Well, I want you and your dog to work for me of nights. I have several buildings going up in different parts of the city. This is*one of them. Hach building, unless they are side by side, has to have a watchman to keep tramps and thieves out of them at night, and each watchman costs me ten dollars a week. Now, if you wili take one of the buildings to watch, your dog can watch it while you sleep.” “Yes, sir,” said Hal, eager to hear more, “and he is a “good guard, too.” “Of course he is. I’ll havé a tool-house of plank put in with a cot where you can sleep. Your dog can do the wataiee: for which I'll pay you six dollars a week.” “I'l do it, sir—if you put in two cots—one for my partner.” “Well, I'll do that, as two are better than one.” “red, it’s six dollars a week and free pe Hal said to his partner. : “Yes, I'll go in with you,” said Fred, and the foe was made then and there, They were to return there that evening just before the men left off work, and report to the foreman, who would have. a plank shed put up inside for them. They were to use no lamps with oil, but simply Cena on account of the danger of fire. That settled, Fred a i to ask the carpenter about the} scrap iron he had hinted about, but found he had gone up --into another story to work. “Well, we can see him this evening when we return to sleep ere,” Fred said to Hal. : “Yes, that will do,” and the two boys went out and moved up the street with their carts. “That is what I call luck, Hal,” Fred remarked. ings and six. dollars a week for sleeping there.” “Yes, so it is,” assented Hal. “But really Tige earns the money, for he is to do the guarding. We could not work in the daytime unless we, get sleep at night.” “That's so. We mist see that he gets a good square meal every time we do.” “Yes, he ought to have it.” They had just an average amount of luck in gathering old iron that day, making about one dollar each: When they de- livered their loads they left the carts with old Polinsky and, went to the little restaurant for their supper, after which they hurried off to catch the carpenter before he left off work. — He was just silted when they met him. Held he, on seeing thomsen tok f, Ab! I was afraid you would not show up in time.” iF “We are on time,” Said Hal, “and expect to be every time. Where: is that iron you spoke about this morning?”, “Within two blocks of where I live. You know where that ee? . PPB os ii js “Ves, ” 3 hy “Well, it’s at No. 470. on the same shbaK: and tioned to. an old woman, ‘Hodge offered her three dollars. for what she has, ne but iL told her I knew two boys ‘who would give her more. She, was my wife’ s _washerwoman when she. was, si¢k, so I. thought | take the trouble. to. ely her get more for her stutt. Man iit “Free lodg- | make him revolt at being thus interfered. with. arrested, and the husband had to pay about twenty ect ig to keep off the island.” “The deuce!” exclaimed Hal. know the man?” - “Yes. He is a mortar man on a house that is building two blocks above here. You can find him at sont che ne to-morrow morning.” “Then we'll see him. I want to help him out : a little, even. if he did try to play us a mean game,” and Hal seemed: more ° than ever determined to return the money to the man’s wife, which she had paid back in the hope of making more. The foreman then showed them the quarters he had provided for them and went away, leaving them in charge. “That's hard luck. Da you CHAPTER XII. _ HOW FRED AND HAL WERE DISPOSSESSED, Fred bought a candle and matches to be used when needed, © and the two went in and took possession of the little shed that. had been put up for them. There were two little cots in there, — but nothing else—no chair or table. Hal soon made Tige understand that he had to guard the place, and the intelligent animal seemed to be very much pleased at the idea that he had something to do at last. For a few hours the two boys sat in front of the building and talked. A policeman came along and ordered them away. “We belong here,” said Fred. “Belong where?” “Here in this building.” ’ “Get out—go away, or I'll run you both in.” They rose up and ran into the building bias to the carters that had been put up for them. : “Come out of that!” called the officer, following them. inside. “See here, sir,” called out Hal, “the owner of this path hired us to stay here all night as a watch.” “What're you giving me? sea, don’t hire boys for resins work.” 2 “Come back here and see the heds that are here for US; es anid Hal struck a match and lighted the candle. - ‘The officer went in, looked at the two cots, and then grabbed both, ¥3 “Watchmen don't sleep on post. You two will sleep in dies station house to-night,” and he started to drag them out. cialis “Will you let me explain?” Hal asked him. ea “Yes—explain away,” and Hal told him about the dog that was to let them know if any intruders entered the place, add- ing: j 45 “We work hard all day and earn six ares ay weelt at this.” “That don’t go,” and he started again with them. ( “Nigel! « i Se *y Here, Tige! ” called Hal, whose grit was such 4 Tige went for the bluecoat, m The officer let go to defend himself. In the dark aie} ‘dc had the advantage. He drew his revolver and fired thre times, but Tige was not touched. His trousers. were almos tore off, and both legs were bitten, and then he Sats aa to ‘the street, signaling for help. doing at the request, of Mr. “Wolff. He was. sored at seeing crowd there, - drawn by the pistol shots. “What's. the matter, boys?” he asked. “Ah! ‘There's the foreman! ” eried Tred, and - in half a ute he told the story of ‘the. interference | of the officer. re for eman Imew the officer on that beat. and tola him
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14 a “Better let ‘em alone,” said the foreman. make it hot for you if you take ’em away.” Two other officers came up and swore they would lock up ee boys. Fred heard them and said to Hal: “Come, let’s skip out,” and they slipped away through the crowd, went back to their old quarters, and spent the night there. “This is tough,” remarked Hal. “Yes,” assented Fred. “The police do some mighty queer things sometimes. The contractor or Mr. Wolff himself ought “Mr, Wolff can to have given us a written statement of some kind, to protect us. That cop didn't believe us, that’s all.” “Well, I guess Tige has made it all right. I am satisfied if he is,” and Hal could not resist the temptation to rejoice over the injuries the over-zealous. and Pariah B: officer had re- ceived. On that night over $50 worth of tools were stolen from the building. The contractor was in a rage. He sent for Mr. Wolff, and when he heard the foreman’s story he repaired to the chief of police and made complaint, after which he instructed his law- yer to prosecute the officer before the police commissioners. In the meantime Hal went to Mr. Wolff’s real estate office to tell his story. He waited there till he came in. “You did right in setting the dog on him,” said the old man, “and I am glad the officer was hurt. J have been to the sta- _ tion house to see about it, so you won’t have any more trouble -there. Go back at six o’clock and stay there. Let nobody you don't know enter the building.” They then went after the iron the shilentes had told them about, and in due time reached the place. “Yes,” said the old washerwoman. “I’ve got a big pile of old iron which nearly everybody in the block has been throwing over into my back yard for these three years.” “Well, the carpenter told us to come and see about it,” bes . Fred. , “Oh, yes; I’ve been waiting for you to come. A man offered me three dollars for the lot, but I won’t take that. Come and eS see it,” and she led the way through the asa out into the back yard. They both followed her, Tige remaining behind to guard the two push carts. It was a good-sized pile, and in the lot Fred saw many old, “worn-out, copper utensils, and a large quantity of lead that seemed to have been melted and run together in some big fire. “How much do you want for it?” Fred asked her. “win you give me five dollars for it?” - the copper and lead first, and carrying it out to the carts. “Yes,” and he paid her the money, Then they went to work taking the pile apart, picking out. It m took them an hour to get’a load into each cart, and just as they were ready to move off Hodge drove up with his wagon. “A glance told him he had lost the bargain, and he was in a rage with himself. The old woman was on the sidewalk, and ealled out to him: acs te came round to offer you more. ~ “I told you Vd get more money than you offered me for that _ old iron.” a4 man wants to buy. as san ‘as he eat,’ mum,” he replied. Pl give you ten dollars for the lot now, if you haven’t closed the trade.” ‘ \ ‘Then the woman was in a rage with herself. “why didn’t you say so at first?” she cried. “You junkmen are all thieves, every one of you,” and she ran into ‘the house, slammed the door io, and locked it to keep Fred and Hal from through after more. They each had as iat: sade up of valuable part of the purchase, = a HAL HORTON’S GRIT. can’t get the balance of the stuff we have paid for. If you — don’t get that iron for us, I'll go to the police and tell them of that lead pipe deal of yours. Fred has told me all about if. Just because we are boys with push carts you think you ¢an play dirty games on us. Now, put that in your pipe and smoke it. We'll be back here in a couple of hours, and if we asin es get that iron I'll go in a hurry to tHe holes station.” Hodge was flattened out. He sat there and saw the two boys go off with their carts. When they were out of sight he got down from his wagon and went into the house to fix up the trouble with the old woman. Tt cost him five dollars to do so, as Hal found out hse he and Fred called for the other loads. They made a fine trade and were jubilant over it. “Hodge will never forgive us,” said Fred, “so we've got to — look out for him.” That night they repaired to Wolff’s building again to guard the property. The police did not interfere with them. About midnight Hal heard Tige give several low, warning growls, and got up from his cot to. see what the trouble was. He saw two men in front of the place talking and looking up at the new building. Ag they had not entered the premises he could not say anything to them. But as they were evidently inspecting the place, he crept forward in the intense darkness within, and soon got near enough to overhear them. “JT tell you this is the number,” he heard one say—an old man. “But the old house has been torn down and another is ; going up on the old foundations.” ; “Then the box must have been found by some of the work- men,” said the other, a younger man. ‘ “No. It was buried in the center of the cellar, two feet deep. The workmen may have torn away the old foundations for the , new house, but they would hardly deepen the cellar. The box is there yet, and is worth more than the lot and building times over, and we must get it.” CHAPTER XIIL “YM THE NIGHT WATCHMAN, SIR.” ~~ As he listened to the two men Hal quickly saw that they were there to enter the building, and go down to the eellar, which could only be reached by a ladder, as eyen the flooring had not yet been laid. They were after a buried treasure of some kind, and he was determined tiiey should not get it esberiais out the consent of the owner of the prdperty. ‘3 . As the two men talked on’in low tones ae listened to catch more of the conversation. | ey “We can’t find it without a light, » said the younger of the two men, “and that would bring the police down on ates “Yes, but we might shade the lantern so as to prevent. its being seen. The old man told me where the exact spot is, ‘80 we needn’t waste much time when we get at it.” — ; “Well, we'll have to wait till to-morrow night, as we have oe, lantern or spade,” said the other. : ee aac) “Yes, and we can come around to-morrow and Took at when the men are at work, Ht suggested the old man.° ©. © , Then the two went away down the street, and Hal stepped out on the sidewalk to look after them. They : soon turned th corner, and he sics down ona piece of timber to do some th ing. “This is a Pires of some kind,” he kept. aha to h mentally as he sat there. “What in thunder. ought | I about it? It’s a buried teqasiiee SW the ey man sai ra
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HAL HORTON’S GRIT. 15° sort of a story we may tell, it will lose us our job of watch-| “but then it was a long time ago—before I was born—and it men. That won't do at all. But if it’s theirs by good rights it ‘is wrong not to let ’em have it. Hanged if I know what to do about it! I’m afraid to tell Fred, He’d get excited and say ‘Let’s dig it up!’ right away. We'd have to dig up the whole eellar, for I don’t know the spot.’ Hanged if I don’t spend the day here to-morrow, and watch the old.man when he comes around,” and having come to that decision, he ics into si- lence. ' Half an hour passed, and then he re-entered the building and made his way back to his cot, leaving to Tige the task of guarding the premises. ° Both he and Fred were up with the sun, but they could not leave the place until some of the workmen came, and that would be near seven o’clock. “Fred, you go and get your breakfast and then come back and let me go,” Hal said to his partner. “We'll be id! to go to work then as soon as the men come.” “All right,” Fred replied, and he went off down toward the avenue. ks As soon as he was gone Hal went down into the Cellar to look around. He found an immense quantity of old plaster, broken timber, and other debris of the old house, which had been torn down to give place for the new one. “He said it was near the center,” He muttered, as he glanced around the old cellar, which, perhaps, had been there thirty years of more. There was a pile of trash there at least two feet deep, and deeper in other places. But he took in the position of everything at a glance, and then made his way all round the place to see if there was any- thing unusual about it. It looked to him very much as any other place would under similar conditions. _ Fully satisfied about the situation down there, he ihe his way back up to the ground floor and waited till Fred should return from breakfast, which he did a few moments later. “Where did you go?” Hal asked him. 5 Fred told him, and said he had a pretty good feed for Ifttle money and advised him to go to the place.' He: hurried off, poking Tige with him. : ‘When he returned he found that some of the workmen had put in an appearance. Fred wag ready ‘to go pee to old Polin- _ sky’s for their carts. “Pred, you run: your cart to-day and let me have a day off. - I want to see Mr. Wolff and his lawyer. You know he went on -Iny bond to keep me out of the House of Detention.” | “Well, it won’t take you all day to do that, will it?” Fred asked. . “T hope not, and as soon as I have attended to it I'll oe my cart and go out, too, if it is not too late to do so.” “All right,” said Fred, hurrying away tosget his cart, Hal then waited till the foreman came, and asked him if he ~ eould search the cellar for old junk. ‘ “Yes, but you must not take anything amar till I have seen it,” was the reply. “Of course not—and I am willing to: pay for what I get.” a _ “Well, if it’s worth paying for you’ll have to see the c¢on- ee ‘He is a pretty close sort of ‘a man, I can tell you.” .. Hal laughed,-and said he had found everybody. pretty close (a id the city, and went down into the cellar to look around. He | ‘goon found quite a miumber of pieces of old iron, which he _. threw into a corner to” give color to the claim ise he was. looking for such stuff, i exeavati had ever been Farag» there, ' toe | just what to do about it. It isn’t mine, and I am not sure itt SS ee. Sao NE SS RS a Hours passed, and still he kept delving away at the Pile of come back here again till evening. trash, confining himself principally to the center. of tiie cel- ‘some “sort. of a game to get me out of the way. Vib lar, siete he cleared quite a space. But on examining the cel: on my guard, or they may knock me out. Men ins h mat lar floor he found it. solid | and smooth, with Ho’ evidence that ters care little. for human life, and it has been so since t ‘Jeave the spot. It seemed to have a peculiar fascination for has been packed hard again. It must be here somewhere, ~ for the old man said this was the number, An old house: stood here, and he ought to know. I’ll wait till he comes and watch him.” - 'fwo hours more shone and still he was fee! ‘but dotne practically nothing. Then he saw a cane—a. walking stick— fall down from above near the front, and looking up saw the old man and his companion of the night before. “T let my cane fall through there,” he heard him say to one | of the workmen, “and would like to go down after it.” “Go ahead then,” said the workman, and the i went down together. saree Ha] understood ina monienk how the cane came to be drop- ped—to make an excuse for its owner to get down there. - The two descended the temporary stairs, but little better. than a ladder, and walked around the cellar, glancing around in every direction. On seeing Hal watching him the old man said: _“My lad, I dropped my cane through the front over there. It must be in that pile of trash. Will you get it for me?” “Yes, sir,” Hal answered, and he climbed over the pile and got the cane for him, keeping his eye on him, though, the while. He saw him point to the cleared space in the center of the cellar, and then measure the distance from the rear end with his eye, When he returned with the cane, he heard the old man PG “That’s the spot—unliess he lied on his death-beds- ae ‘that is a time when men don’t lie.” : “Here’s your cane, sir,” said Hal, presenting it to him. “Thank you,” and he handed him a half-doliar as he recatred the cane. “Who owns this house, my lad?” he asked, a moment or tH. ‘ later. : ; “Mr. Wolff owns it, ‘sif.”’ 9 ©. i wor “And who is Mr. Wolff?” i ; “He is a rich real estate owner and dealer,” caged ‘Hal. Ft ' “Are you employed here?” Ky “I’m the night watchman, sir.” } ! “Oh, indeed. Do you watch this property here?” “Yes, sir.” : “Don’t you find it rather lonesome work?” , “Yes) sir, but it’s the only work I can get just now.” “Yes, yes; one has to do-the best he can in New York—take any sort of a job,” and with that the two, turned and ria back up the little stairs: 14 CHAPTER XIV. fe ; “TD 1s SILVER,” SAID THE JEWELER.’ ie a 32 “He said this was the spot,” said Hal, to himself, looking s at the cleared space he had made in the center of the ‘cellar. “Tt may be true, but it doesn’t look like it. But then they had to cover it up well, I guess, to make it safe. ‘Hanged : if I kno theirs, it seems somebody told him about it—on his ae —and he is now here after it.” Hal remained down there for some time icin as it scat him. But he. finally went up and looked around, for the men, They had gone away. x “I may as well, go, too,” he said to himself, “phey wo ti Then they will: try to play have : arene began. I ve | read that in. all historie:
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} 16 for his cart. The old man told him to get it and bring in a load as quick as he could. “What’s the matter, old man?” “Peeziness ish dull—nodings done all tay long,” said the old Jew. “Oh, you want to get rich too fast,” laughed Hal. “I vas nefer gedt rich at der peeziness,” and he shrugged f his shoulders in a most deprecating way. “Oh, you’re worth a million now, and I know it,” Hal laugh- ed. “That’s‘why I am in the business.” He shrugged his shoulders again, and Hal moved away with his cart. It was the first time he wag ever out by himself after scrap iron, and he wondered if he would be able to pick up a load. rad He had been at it long enough to understand that it required | . perseverance above all things, and next to know how much to} pay for what he got, F He wandered for miles and miles, and at last struck a place “where workmen were clearing the debris of a:couple of large houses, which had been completely destroyed by fire a few days | before. “There ought to be a lot of old iron in there,” he said to himself, as he looked on at the work, “I‘heard Fred say that | a fire ruined all the iron piping and lead in a house, and that it was always good stuff to buy. I’ll see if I can get any here.” ath He asked one of the men who had charge there, and was : directed to a big rough-looking man standing near by. He was the contractor. Hal saw that at a glance, but he went up to him and asked | if he would sell the old iron and other metal in the wreck of the building. | * *¥es, I'll sell SHEE in there,” he replied. ” paying?” . + arn pay a cent a pound for ail the metal in there.” - “Won’t pay for the lot in a lump?” “Not unless I could see it, sir.” “How will you weigh it?” “On the scales where I deliver it.” ; “But how do I; know you will come ‘back and pay?” hh leave a deposit with you, sir, i “Very well. You will bring the’ eter marked- by the be ah as he pays you, too, eh?” 3 “Yes, sir, though: he is about the worst old ogne in New York. “Why do you deal with him, then?”. “Because he AB the only one 'T. know, him. 4 “Bow much do you pay him?” “What are you { T hire my cart from “Why don’t | ree ‘own a eart?” | “Because I have no place to keep it in,” > Hal sepuled. fet it on the street it would be stolen.” es AG guess you are right. ri let you have all the metal found n there at one cent a pound. » i f <4 ; “And jhave your men thr ow it: out in’a separate place as, they, ei T “Ts the place guarded of nights?” ; “Yes, of course.” t i ; “Then it’s a trade, if none of Ler stutt has not yet been taken |. “Nothing has yet bee n taken out.” “AN right, then. ‘Th here’s some of it : Yound phere now. con take it away?” nays Ne Waban eo tag tis cela te 8 es, ne you. leave a ‘aoposit.” ae ae Pentti eto ich?” pay, HAL HORTON’S cuvae ey “Pitty. cents ja week.” i SM : iy |. ut.” eS Dripervice 1 } | excitement under Liha he was Poagk oi f . said: Fred. ae wane bam “And if there isn’t five dollars’ worth in there will you Te- turn me the difference?” “Yes, of course.” Hal handed him five dollars and went round to look at the ~ pile of burned and twisted iron piping which had been thrown up by the workmen. There was quite a pile of it, and he was mentally calculating its weight when one of the men threw up a mass of stuff that looked like melted lead. He knew that lead was worth more than iron, and copper still more. So he threw it into the cart the first thing, and then piled up such pieces of piping as had been bent in shape ‘to be carried. When thus loaded he started off downtown to deliver it to old Polinsky. On reaching there he found Fred just going out, having delivered a load. “Hello!” exclaimed Fred. “Where ‘did you pick up that | stuff?” “Way uptown—three or four miles,” he replied, “and there’s a lot more of it, too. I want you to go up there with me.” “All right, I will,” and he went over to Hal’s cart and looked _ at the stuff. When he saw the mags of stuff which Hal had taken for lead he caught hold of it and tried to pull it out. But the iron on top of it prevented him from res so. jie “That's lead,” said Hal. se a “Well, you don’t want to throw it with the iron, you khow. ” “Of course not,” and Hal took out a piece, weight five, or ‘six pounds, and handed it to Fred. He looked at it fora moment or two, and then reached for his knife. Cutting it told him it was not lead—it was too hard. \ ; “Tt isn’t lead,” said he. “What is it, then?” “Hanged if I know; it looks like silver.” “Silver! Thunder! It can’t be silver” oe aia “Well, it can’t be lead, that’s certain, I’ve handled enough — to know it when IT see it.’ This is hard, very,hard, and White; like silver. Throw out the iron and let this stay in the cart, “a and he went in with him and sold the iron to the old Jew. Le Polinsky thought it was lead as he looiced at te without te handling it. “T. dakes dot leadt, td. ” he sak “No, we won’t sell this to- vie i mand Fred. use it ourselves.” Polinsky shrugged his shoulders and turned away. He ha learned that when tilose two boys said a oe they meant. it: to stand. ‘ Hy, Ht “Now, come out, Hal,” paid Fred, and te led the. way ont is to the street, Hal following him with the cart. ie oh “What are we to do! with ite” Hal asked, BEA ; “Find out what it is,” said Fred, taking up a piece of i and © ‘starting off up the street. “Wait here till I come back.” Hal waited, and Fred made straight for a jeweler’s. shop, ‘which he found three blocks away. Entering, he held MD: Pe two-pound chunk of the, metal, and said to a salesman: — “LT bought this for old junk, thinking it was lead, It’s: 00 * hard for’ lead. Will you tell. me what it is, sir?” ; ; The man took it and cut it with a knife, then Chinas a nifying glass to his eye and looked aagin. fit ite) “tis iver,” he daidy 9 ep Ej is “Just what I thought,” said Fred, GRO ee ap ef nS aye GOIN ; CHAPTER xv. } THE TWO MEN WITH THE FLASK. f When he rejoined Hal, Fred’s face told ps t : “Hal, it’s pure silver, worth nea ws
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i ; eth er HAL HORTONS GRIT, ek Ge eee REY REIS REDE STM EN 1 TS RS ES Tease tL TO rs : . p : “There’s all of fifty pounds in there,” he said. 3 will fall to us—just as that silver will, so we can’t make any “Yes—one thousand dollars’ worth.” . |mistake in taking it to Mr. Wolff.” “But whose is it?” Hal asked. “T am not so sure of that. He owns the land, and for that “Why, didn’t you ‘buy it?” reason may claim what comes out of it.” “Yes, but no one dreamed that there was silver in there.” That was a poser, and Hal was silent for a inate: or two, “Well, you bought it’for old metal, didn’t you?” He saw the full force of it, and finally said: “Yes; [ agreed to pay one cent a pound for all the metal in} “Well, let’s wait till those two men come here to-night and the cellars of the two houses. The men who were cleaning|see what they have to say about it. They will try to get us out the place threw it up and said it was lead.” out of the way so they can get at it. We must not let “em come “Well; that makes it yours by fair trade, does it not?” Fred on the premises at all—that’s what the foreman said, you asked. i know.” “It looks that way, but still I fear we may get into trouble.) “Yes, and we won’t let ’em, that’s all.” ’ This is something valuable. It must have belonged to the “But we'll listen to what they have to.say, and not let them family in the house, and was not a part of the house itself, ' suspect that we know their secret.” hence it was not the contractor's when he sold it to me.” They sat out on the pile of timber in front ‘of the house till Fred was taken aback by Hal’s reasoning, but in a moment| about nine o’clock) when the two men came up. The old man said: : Versi _| recognized Hal as the youth who had told him he was >) * “Well, let the owner of it hold him responsible for it.” night watchman there, and spoke to him. “But he will have me arrested and the stuff seized. That) “You are on duty. I see,” the old man said to him. will put both of us in a bad light—if it doesn’t get us locked; “Yes, sir—-we both are.” up. How in thunder did it get therc, anyway?” “Both? Are you both employed as watchmen?” “T guess it was a lot of silverware which was left when the! “Yes, sir.”\ family was driven out by the fire.” “That’s queer. Does it take two men to watch a building ‘s “In that case we’d be sure to get into trouble. I am some to, New. York?” take it to Mr. Wolff, and do just what he advises me to.” “No, sir. It takes one man; but when it’s a boy it requires Fred was disappointed, and tried to dissuade him, but with-' two.” om out avail. He pushed the cart way uptown to Wolff's office,| “Oh, I see,” and he chuckled, as did his companion. “One and found he was not in: But the manager was there, and to. boy is to watch the other one, I SPEEOSS: aa gee ane he does _ him Hal told his story. \ Naot leave his post.” ie “You have done the right thing, my boy,” the manager said “No—it’s because two boys are better than one man, as to thim. “You can leave it here till the rightful owner is, they keep each other company. We don’t get tired or lone- — found. If he is not found it is yours legally. You would be, some.” 2 arrested on suspicion the moment you attempted to sell it. rl) “Very good. What do you do in the daytime—sleep?” : have it weighed and give you a receipt for it in Mr. Wolff's! “No, sir; we work all day long.” ~name,” which he did. “Don’t get any sleep at all, eh?” Later that day Mr. Wolff heard the story when he went to| “Oh, we take turns at sleeping.” a his office, and remarked: | “When—at night?”, “That boy is honest, if ever a boy was. He could have con-) “Yes, sir.” : Hiige - cealed it for years and finally used it.” “Oh, I see—a very good arrangement—very goed, ‘indeed. ay : When Hal and Fred went back for another load they hunted | That’s a new wrinkle in night watching. Two boys at ae ‘for more lead, and found quite a lot of the genuine article, | price are worth more than one man at full price.” which was easily recognizable when cut. “That's it,” laughed Hal. \ is It proved to be a pr ofitable trade Hal had made, and the con-| “Well, it’s a new thing to me,” and the old man took a : tractor was satisfied with them. They took away all that had | pipe and tobacco-bag from his pocket and proceeded to prepare been thrown out by ‘the 1 men that day, and told Lo foreman for a smoke. “You don’t mind my smoking here, do you?” it they would come back ‘on the morrow. “No, sir. You are not in the building, you know.’ e When six o’clock approached Fred and Hal, accompanied by “Can’t allow smolging in there, eh?” i ‘the ever-faithful Tige, went to the building where they were “No, sir. We have orders not to allow anybody to enter one “to do ‘night duty as watchers, The workmen were leaving building at night.” when they reached there. — t “Of course. That’s what you are here for! Do you fina any ei { “See here, boys,” said the foreman to’ Hal. “We are leaving | trouble about keeping people ‘out?” a lot of tools here and want to find them where we left them |’ “No, sir. People seldom try to go in where there is a See ‘when we come back in the morning. Don’t Et sa si go in man. They know the police will arrest them if they do.” there under any circumstances.” © \ The old man lit his pipe and smoked, while his companion — At “All right, sir,” said Hal. ‘in iy if ea sat quiet and listened’to the conversation. By and by” I As soon as they were left alone, Hal told Fred about the hid- | knocked the ashes from his pipe and put it in his pocket, after den treasure in the cellar. Fred ‘was knocked silly by the| which he drew. a flask front another pocket, drew oa cor 4 story, and it took Hal some time to make him believe he was | and said: ; really. awake and not dreaming. f “J like a little taste of something good after a smoke, a ' “Well, what are you going to do about it—take it up and a taste yourself” re i carry at to old Wolff, too?” asked Fred. | “T never took a- drink of iiiiokey? in my life, ie » said } “Hanged if I know what to, do,” he replied. “T don’t want| “Well, you haven't lived owe long ee gabe “it: Youll fia to be. arrested, locked up: ge sent Pt, uit ana neither do it’ good.” ‘ irene d ‘ z you.” Toney ite ee oe | “Thank you, ener, don’t care tah w “No, “Be don't, put from what you say that stuft has ‘been hy “Well, maybe your pertier ‘Bes like to ty ie ‘ae ceo there ever, so many years, and the real des te of it may. dered it to. Fred. ™ ; F : ety
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18 HAL “HORTON’S GRIT. his hand when he heard him take a “good swallow of ae con- tents. “Tt isn’t bad,” said Fred, as he passed it back to the old man. “No, it’s good! Just try ii—one swallow!” and he pressed it into Hal’s hand. “Thank you, sir; I don’t care for. it.” _ The old man then turned it up and pretended to drink—and so did his companion. Ten minutes later Fred fell back on the timber as limp as though dead. CHAPTER XYI HAL FINDS THE BURIED TREASURE. When Hal saw Fred roll back on the timber, as though dead or suddenly fallen asleep, he sprang up and caught hold of his hand, calling out: “Hello, Fred! Don’t, go to sleep here!” But he could not arouse him. He pulled him around and shook him, ‘ “Oh, let the boy sleep,” said the old man. “I guess hevis tired.” “But the police will take him in if they find him asleep here. It’s against the law.” “Then we'll help you Garry him in—if you want to get him away from here.” “Tl take him in myself, sir,” and Hal sprang up and raised Fred in his arms. “We'll help you,” and the two men rose up, too, and started to follow him into the unfinished building, But he was now alarmed and suspected that something was wrong. “Don’t come in here, sir!” he called out sharply. against the rules.” _ “Oh, never mind the rules! they both followed him in. “Here, Tige! At ’em!” : Tige was back in the building asleep. ‘eta Hal call to him he bounded forward with a fierce growl. __ The two men dashed out to the sidewalk as though a tiger “had suddenly confronted them, whilst Hal went on to the littie quarters in which he and Fred Blept, and laid his partner down -- on his cot. : “They’ ve drugged him,” he said to himself, “put they ean 1 play that game on me.” He sat down on the eot by Fred and wondered whether or not he should give the alarm and call for the police. But he heard Tige growling and could see the two men out on the as sidewalk in consultation, and knew that they could not get in there as long as the! dog was alive. _ “Say, young man! cay off your dog!” he heard the old |. "man sa “The dag, is have he belongs,” answered Hal. ; call yourself ote _ “Why, what’s the matter with you? way did you set your a dog on us?” _ “The dog helps us guard the place.” “Well, that’s all right. Is your friehd asleep yet?” _ “I don’t know whether he’s asleep or dead. I can’t wake 4 him up. What did you give him to drink?” “Some good whisky. You saw me take a drink of it. me see him. Call off your dog.” : “You can’t come.in here. It’s against the rules.” “Then bring him out here and——” i, “No. ‘He stays where he is,” and Hal was very firm in his y tone. Ay guess you had better go away now.” “Well, J am surprised at you. _ Do you wut me to bay a 3etor to. see him?” ; “No, let him sleep. “ It’s We'll go right out again,” and ’ “You'd better Let The two men stood there on the sidewalk in whispered con- versation for some time, and then they went away. “Let nobody come in, Tige,” said Hal to the dog, and then he went out to the front and looked down to the corner in quest of the two men. ; “I understand it all now,” he said to himself. “They meant: to drug us both and then dig up the box. Tf it was theirs — they could come and claim it like men. It is not theirs, and — they shall not have it. When Fred wakes up I'll go to work and dig for it myself. Hang ’em, they shall not toch it if . can prevent ’em.” He gat there for upwards of an hour, thinking and fursing his wrath, and then returned to Fred to again try to arouse him. But ali his efforts failed, “Tf I could see a policeman I’d tell him all about it,” he mat- tered, as he sat there in the dark for nearly another hour. By and by he heard Tige growl. On looking out he saw the old man and his companion standing by the pile of timber on the curb. The former tossed something be the an which fell on the boards with a soft thud. Instantly Hal thought of poisoned meat. He sprang to ne feet and called: k “Catch ’em, Tige!” : The dog bounded out after them with a fierce awl ah ea savagely attacked. both. They sprang upon the pile of lca ae | ‘drew their revolvers, and began firing at him. “Here, Tige!” Hal called, and the dog instantly returned to: 3s him, whilst the two men took fo their heels, tise Hal was examining the dog to find out whether or not he had been hit, when the policeman on that beat came running — up and asked: , ; (tem ay “Who fired those shots?” “Two men shot at my dog, sir,” he replied. | “Why did they’ shoot at him?” “Because he would not let ’em come in here. 3 “Which way did they go?” - ae “Down toward the avenue. One is an old man. with a beard. ss “Would you know ’em again?” in “Yes, sir, They tried to get in here once before icles and I wouldn’t let ’em. They came back and threw something in at the dog which struck the floor like a chunk of mud. Tt am a going to look for it as soon as I can strike a light.’ ” x 4 , Ng aes “Well, see what it is, and I’ll go down the street to tGaies’ for them,” and the officer went away, leaving Hal, to make his Wi search alone. Vs "Te Ri Lighting a candle, Hal went in ‘search of the tifeatta’ thrown “aa at his dog, and found a beefsteak—a two-pound ‘slice—which — had evidently been bought at some restaurant, though it bat not been cooked. “It's poisoned, as sure as fate,” he mutter ‘ed to himself. as; : -he looked at it, “and I’m going to. keep it til I see whether or not they are arrested. I don’t know what ‘the law is. about poisoning dogs, but if I get a chance: at them again after to: night, I’ll do some shooting myself. Lord, but I could shoot, ti kill when such men are the target.” Half an hour later he was. sitting out. there on the pile of. timber when the officer came by again, and asked; Ne “Did you nad out what it was ip nase to your rieaglee “Yes; sir.” saw.” ; cs) i pees “What did you do with it?” eh “Tt’s inside there, sir.” “het me see it, ae: iho
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HAL HORTON’S GRIT. come this way, please,” and he led the way to a barrel, on which stood the lighted candle. Near the light lay a sirloin beefsteak, which Hal held up for the officer to see. “That was bought at some restaurant near by,” the police- man remarked, as he looked at it. “Yes, sir, and I'll bet it’s poisoned, too,” replied Hal. “Shouldn’t wonder. Keep it here till I inquire at the restaur ants down on the avenue,” and the officer turned and went away again. “Here goes for that box,” muttered Hal as soon as he was out. of the way. He put Tige on guard at the entrance of the building, and went down into the cellar with the candle. ‘There he found an empty lime barrel in which he placed the light so as to throw its rays just where he wanted to dig, and yet prevent its being seen from the street. Then he procured a pick and spade and went to work. in all his life he never worked as hard as he did for one hour or more. He laid down the pick three timeg to use the spade, after which he resumed digging again, By and by he struck a hard substance, and on examining found it to be the end of an oak board. He followed it and dis- coyered that it was a box about ten by eighteen inches. Not a word did he utter, but worked on till he got it out of the hole, laid it by and proceeded to pack the loose earth back into the . excavation he had made. That done he raked a big lot of the debris over the spot, and threw a number of boards and empty lime barrels on top of it. _- “Now for the box,” and he lifted it up on his shoulder, tak- ing the candle with his left hand, and made his way up to the little shanty where Fred was still soundly sleeping on the cot. Just as-he reached there he heard Tige ‘growling again. “Say, watchman!” called a voice. “Well,” answered Hal, shoving the box under the cot, “what is it?” and he looked out and saw the policeman there in front ~ of the building.” “Come out here.” fs He went out, and the officer told him he had found the res- -‘taurant where the piece of steak had been bought, “Give me the steak and I'll see if it has been poisoned. if they return here set the dog on them and chase ’em until they are caught.” “All right, sir,” said Hal, as he gave him the piece of beef. The officer put it up in his handkerchief and went away with it. Hal then returned to the box, which he tried to-open but coulda not, though a good deal of it had rotted in the ground. At last he decided to lie down and sleep, Sa tian to Tige to _ Keep a good wateh on the place. CHAPTER XVII. ile WHAT HAL DID WITH THE BOX. cS ; When Hal awoke again it was a little after sunrise, He sprang up from ‘his cot and looked over at Fred, who was still. soundly sleeping as when he saw him last at midnight. He went over to him and shook him violently by. the shoul- der, calling to him at the same time: “Say; Fred, wake up, old fellow!” But not. until he had shaken him at least a half dozen times | did Fred move or open his eyes. ‘Then he looked up at Hal in a drowsy sort of way, and then closed his eyes again as though still very sleepy. | “Say, old fellow, it’s time to. eon up!” Hal called to him, still shaking him, finally catching him around the neck and lifting him up to a sitting position on the cot, where he again. shook him 60, roushly that Fred said: EO A; you are get, up p and wks yourself, You slept: ike Fri 19 “Well, didn’t you sleep, too?” Fred asked, in a dull, drowsy sort of way. “No. I had a deuce of a time of it all ae Get up and come out to the hose pipe, bathe your face and hands, and then you'll feel better.” “What's the matter with me?” Fred asked. right at all.” “Of course you don’t. Come on and bathe your face and head.” And they went out to where the hose-pipe was, which the workingmen use for the purpose of mixing up their mor-. tar. There Fred bathed his face and hands for several min- “I don't feel utes, after which they went back into their little quarters, ‘Say: where Hal proceeded to enlighten him on all ne incidents of the previous night. The revelation completely electrified Lim, “Great Scott, Hal!” he exclaimed. “What are we to do with the box?” “I think the best thing to do is for you to go and get one of the carts and come back here with it before the workmen ar- rive. Then we can put it in there and push it around till we decide what to do with it. After all, I guess the best thing we can do is to take it to a bank and leave it in their charge until the question of ownership is settled. Hf nobody claims it, it will be ours.” “What bank will we take it to?” Fred asked. 4 “T guess we'd better go to the one where I caught that pick- pocket at the time he was going through Mr. Wolff.” “I guess that’s the best thing to do,” assented Fred, who — hurried off down to old Polinsky’s yard for his push cart, leay- ing Hal and his dog at the building until the workmen ap- peared. When he returned with the cart only two of the work- - men had put in an appearance, who paid no attention to the — boys when they placed a box and a few pieces of wood ain the - little cart and went away with it. fer Soon after the bank opened farther uptown, Hal went in and asked one of the clerks if he could see the president of om bank. ; “What do you want to, see him about?” the clerk asked, “Business, of course,” he returned. “Well, he hasn’t éome down yet, BP won't for an BgEy, but Shy the vice-president is in his room. ” We “T guess he’ll do,” returned Hal. “How can I reach him?” f “Knock on the second door below there,” returned the clerk, pointing to the door that led to the offices of the presi- dent and vice-president of the bank. Hal went to the door, rapped on it, and heard a voice within x “Come in.” oy: He opened the door and stepped inside, closing it behind him, se “Are you the vice-president of the bank?” he asked. ae “Yes,” was the reply. ae “Well, do you recollect when Mr. ‘Wolff's pocket was pieked here in the bank some time ago?” “Yes, what about it?” — ee “Well, I am the boy and this is the tome that ane ‘tis oS pickpocket, I tell you this that you may know who IT am and : why I have come to you for advice. u § we “Ah! What is it?” Hal then told him the story of how he ‘became ocala of the knowledge of a box of jewels and other valuables’ being . buried in the cellar of an old building that had been torn down, and a new one being erected in the place of.it; that he and his partner | had been engaged as watchmen on.the p ises, and ‘had secured the box, which the old man ae ; {had made such desperate efforts to get ‘possession of, “Now, I don’t know who- they belong to, 7 He! cout hi iG man say they ive been b
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p 20 SPSS GE reece ry SE ADEA SME, CORRE TNE oI SEES RE MGMT OTS ALIS Dy PTE AA RN PS EU “deathbed had told him about it. If they are found in my pos- session | might be arrested, so I thought I'd bring them here. to this bank and deposit them for safekeeping; so you can cer- tify to my honesty in the matter, and if no owner is found for them they will be mine. And, on the other hand, if the 6wner does turn up, I ought to have something in the way of a reward for saving them from falling into the hands of another pair of villains.” “Where is that box?” the bank official asked. “We've got it outside in front of the bank, sir, in a little push cart,” replied Hal. “Fetch it in here. Let me see if.” Hal went. out and soon returned with the box, which he placed upon a Small table near the desk of the bank official, who looked at it with a great‘deal of interest and remarked: “TI guess we'd better see what’s inside of it before we go any farther.” 5 “All right, sir. I'd like very much to know myself.” The vice-president of the bank tapped a bell on his desk, and a clerk very promptly responded. . “Bring me a hammer and chisel here,” pidorod the vice- Me president, and the clerk left the little office, to return a couple 2 of minutes later with the implements, after whieh he retired z to his post in the main office of the bank. It took the bank official about ten minutes to open the box. ' The sight that met his gaze as he raised the lid made him > asp with astonishment, for thére lay before him glittering gems of almost priceless value—jewels of almost every style ‘of make. Hal gazed at them also with breathless interest for couple of minutes. Then he looked up at the vice-president a and asked:: _ “Are they diamonds, sir?” *“Yes, and worth many thousands of dollars. I will count every one of them and give you a receipt for them, which you /Hal went out and summoned Fred, and together the two boys. saw the precious stones taken out of the box, laid on the desk, } and there counted. There were a dozen valuable gold watches, and doubtless were. ‘prove their right to them, I shall see to it” that you are hand-— _ besides Ps lot of bonds, which were yellow and moldy. aie | don’ t ‘think these bonds are worth anything,” remarked the bank official, “as they could be duplicated on proof of loss, If the owners of these jewels turn up’and somely rewarded for your honesty, for ben det are yery few who would have done as you two have.” ; | With ‘that he sat down and wrote a receipt tise the dapoatt: hich he gave to Hal, ag which the two boys turned and ‘ ft the bank. ’ CHAPTER XVIII. THE FAKE OFFICER. “Say, Fred,” said Hal, as the two boys moved away from the ity. of the bank, “did vhs ever see such a sight?” 9 Mebey were all fit for a queen’ Des 3b nobody can prove ownership of them, they will be oesn't stand to. reason that all the owners are yet it seems to” me we are ah ae to fall heir to some i : assented Fred. “What a streak of, hick it ts is Ts ng a gold mine. Pi you what ie was thi ne of dotie, Fred Wo hia ~must take’ good eare of, and let no one but your partner see ! _ it. You had better go and tell him to. come in here.” ‘ flashed through ‘Hal’s mind that he was one of the two m who gave him so much trouble the night before, so he fo lowed. | him up and stood near both of them out in front of the build- ‘ing, gazing at them as though ee suspected something. ron comes an officer now, and I'm going to. a boy,” and | ithe two turned and walked HAL HORTON'S GRIT. “All right,” show up there again.” “Why not,” Hal asked. “Oh, they are not such fools as to go there and be caught.” “They may disguise themselves.” “They will if they go there at all, and so you had better Bae on the lookout for them.” “I will,” and Hal went back to the building, whilst. Fred returned to Polinsky’s place to leave his cart there for the day. there looking around, as old men frequently do where new buildings are going up. When they saw him he noticed one give the other a nudge, and both watched him as Bi ee the place, “What has brought you back here?” the foreman asked him. “I let my pocketknife fall through the cellar last night, and had to wait till daylight to hunt for it,” he replied. “Well, go ahead and find it,” returned the foreman, who thought nothing further of the matter, again into the basement and walked all around the place where — he had dug up:the box the night before’ to see if he had well. covered up his tracks. He threw a good deal more of trash on | the place, as though he was really looking for a lost knife. By and by one of the two old gray-bearded men whom he had left in front of the place came down and pegan prev ias about. t “Hello!” Hal called to ‘ia. down here, sir?” “Nothing at all,” replied the ole man... said Fred; “put I'll bet a dinner that they won't i Hal reached the place and saw two old gray-bearded men and Hal went down ‘ “What are you looking for . “Well, you'll have to go back upstairs, sir, as it is against — the rules for anybody but the workmen to come in heré.” “Are you one of the workmen?” the old man asked. “I am one of the watchmen here.” f “Can you tell me who owns this building?” _ “Yes, sir; it belongs to Mr. Wolff.” ” : _ “Where can I find him?” Hal gave him the address of the ‘real estate office and re oh marked that he might find him there? “Are you on duty now?” the old man oe as bie turned to go up the steps. | : “No; I go on duty at night.” MadtereVoes enki earnamy yi rit “Then you could go with me to find the owners, coulda’ you?” : raes last night, and if you come around here again to-night Vr have a double-barreled shotgun ready for you.”
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HAL HORTON’S GRIT. eR cite th 5 Fred joined him at six o’clock, ag the men struck off work, he * was teld of the visit of the two men with long, gray beards. “Oh, they'll come back again,” said Fred, “to play us some kind of trick to get us out of the way, so they can dig for the box.” ’ “Well, they'll have a sweet time of it,” laughed Hal. “for we’ye got it where they can’t get at it. If it wasn’t that I am afraid they'd set the building on fire just for spite I'd get out _ of the way for awhile, just to let them find out that the box is > gone.” ' He little dreamed of the meihon of the trick the*two vil- lains would resort to, to get them out of the way that night. “They were sitting on a pile of timber in front of the build- ing when one of the men came up, accompanied by a police-~ - man. , ' “There they are, sir,” said the man to the policeman at his . gide,.as he pointed to both Hal'and Fred. “You are sure of it, are you?” the officer asked, , “Yes. I guess they won't deny it themselves.” “Deny ‘what?” Hal asked. ~ “That you set your dog on me’ last night as I was passing by shooting at it.” ; “Yes, I did set the dog on you,” said Hal, “because you tried - to enter the building when we told you to. keep out. We are § night watchmen here, officer.” ; “Well, the captain has sent me around here to bring you two to him,” said the policeman, the station. If you make satisfactory explanations to him, he may turn you loose. So come’ ahead.” af » There was no help for it, so the two boys started off with the officer, accompanied by their accuser. They were both very ‘much astonished at the audacity of the man, under the cir- : cumstances. H building, so he called to him, to follow. The policeman walked them for nearly an Roe turning through various streets, avoiding other policemen, until Fred asked him what station he was taking them to. “Don’t worry about that,” was the reply. “I’m going to take you to headquarters.” tered a saloon with them and sat down at a table. He took a drink of beer, pretending at the same time to keep a strict watch on the boys. Finally he said to one: of the parkeepers: . “Keep your eye on these two. boys ‘for me about five min- utes,” and with that he turned and entered the toilet-room. No sooner was he out of sight than Fred Mebispered to Hal: . “Come. Let’s Skip.” yet 4 “AN right,” said Hal. “Lead the way.” 9) { junderbolt, with Hal and the dog close behind him. . They r an down the street a couple of ace age they stopped, here Fred said to Hal: $ “Say, old man, they played it fine on us,” 3 “Tow?” Hal asked. : Ee is “why, he was a fake cop.” | oo “What!” gasped Hal. ‘ } . “Sure. That fellow was no more of a solieamine than I am. He either bought or » hired’ ‘a uniform and played us for suck- ers, ‘and 1 Ul ‘bet you my ghare of the stones in that box in the Honk ani vault that when we get back’ we'll. find that they have ; Ogee at work. in. that hoie down in the cellar.” ‘ “Well, let's hurry back, “Maybe we'll, catch Per at it, gs : here with a friend, and we saved ourselves from being bitten q ‘month after the incident related in the previous chapter, think it’s about time that we had a horse and wasn, instead, zi “so you'll have to go with me to figure,” returned Fred. Hal was unwilling to leave Tige in charge of the Nearly another hour passed, and finally the policeman en- ‘Fred made a plunge for the door, and went. through ‘like a|- he “Well, Tl tell you what I'll do,” said the Jeol on the place isn ate worth, anything except: ‘for just such’ business CHAPTER XIX. HAL AND FRED SEP UP FOR THEMSELVES. Naturally the boys lost no time in returning to the building. They both went in, making their way back to their quarters, where Fred struck a match and found everything all right. Even the piece of candle which they had used the night before was lying where they had left it. Hal lighted it and led the way down into the cellar. — “Great Scott, Fred!” he exclaimed. “Wook there; they have been here,” and as he spoke he pointed to the spot in the cen- ter of the place where the trash had been raked away and the hole that he had dug the night before half emptied, “Yes, they’ve been here,” said Fred, “and haye satisfied themselves that we were one ahead of them. We must push the dirt back into the hole, and pile the trash on top of it.” “All right, work to throw the trash back over the excavation. It took them a half hour or so to finish the job, after which they went back’up to their quarters, laid down on their cots, leay- ing the dog to watch the premises. Come ahead, * replied Hal, and the two set to ' “That-was the last they ever saw of the two men who » were i searching for the buried treasure. b “Now, Fred,” said Hal to his partner one day, about a hi of using push carts.” “Yes, I think so, too, ve assented Fred. “But before we buy one we must find a place where we can keep the horse, because it costs something to stable a horse in thig city.” “What's the matter with taking a vacant lot somewhere, buy- _ ing second-hand lumber, and putting up a shed for the horse and, wagon?” suggested Hal. “That is all right, if you can get a, vacant lot. at the right in the right place. If we could get that old corner in the next block, below Polinsky’s place, it would be worth twice as much to us than would a place a half a mile away from there, be- cause junkmen are in the habit of delivering loads down in that section,” | “Well; let’s see Shohlt it,” said Hale vy They pushed their carts down to Polinsky’s place, where. $ they turned them in empty. The old man shrugged his. shoulders and the boys went . away. On the next corner they stopped in front of an “old vacant frame building, which had been without an occupant : for, more than a year, They found out from an old truckman that the property pe-s.29 . longed to an estate which could neither be sold nor improved until someone died. He told the boys where they could find a ~ man who could tell them all about it. They ,went to him, and Sepp found. that he was simply an agent of the: estate. “We want to rent that old house,” said Fred to the agent, hes “What do you want with it?” ‘the Baines asked. “Junk business.” i “How much money have you got?” the agent asked, “Oh, that’s a business secret,” laughed Fred. as that. You'll have to put glass ‘in the windows, probably locks on the doors, and do a/ lot of cleaning SU LL Tet you go in there for five dollars a month for the first year, ten dollars a month for the second year, after, which it will de>, Ay pend upon the amount of business - you do. * ‘ “All right, oe We! 1 pay three months, in. pee hey hurried away, jumping upon a passing street ear, where | a t 2 x “The great trouble will be to find one “The house
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Y job in cleaning it. out. 22° s HAL HORTON’S GRIT. - . Meet -) in the old building were sound, but the floors were horribly dirty, and the plastering broken off in many places in the old storeroom. The whole place was over-run with rats, the ro- dents scampering in every direction when the boys entered it. “Oh, but won’t Tige have fun catching them, ” laughed Hal. “Is he a ratter?” Fred -asked. “Oh, he'll catch anything from a mouse up to an elephant,” and with that he opened the door that led down into the cel- lar and sent the dog down the stairs with an order to “Catch 7em!” ‘ For some ten or fifteen minutes there was a tremendous racket down in the cellar. The dog was having his fun, tack- ling rats as big round as a man’s wrist. It was fun for the dog, but death to the rats, “Now, Hal,” said Fred, “we've got to spend a Gaps money cleaning up this old house.” “Well, let’s get at it, then,” and they left the old ek to _ 0 in search of two scrubwomen, to whom they gave a week’s Then they bargained with a carpenter - and a glazier, and at the end of a week they found they had - the place of rats. paid out about a hundred and fifty dollars. During that time the boys busied themselves helping Tige rid It was a week of splendid ‘sport for them, boys. “Now, Fred,” said Hal, when the work was finished, “we want to put a sign up over the door—Smith & Horton, or Hor- ton & Smith. We'll toss up a penny to see which it shall be.” “Heads up, it will be Horton & Smith.” The PeUny, fell heads up, and they forthwith or dérea a sign “painted ‘ ‘Horton & Smith, Junkmen.” Two days later: the sign was up over the door, and inside was . @ Space ten by fifteen feet, inclosed by a neat railing, with Chairs and desk, as an office. “Now, Hal, old man, ” said Fred, “T’ll just hang around the block for the first week, stopping every junkman that comes. _ along on bis way to Polinsky’s and the other two dealers, and e PRI § sign, “will show you how to deal with them.” ~ fr “All right)” laughed Hal; and Fred went out on the street. In Jess than ten ininutes a junkman whom he had knowh for a couple of years came by with a heavy load on his wagon, : “Say, Tom,” Fred. called out to him, “taking that down to the old Jew?” “Yes,” answered the juniinan, “Give me a chance to buy it?” said Fred. “Thunder!” exclaimed the junkman, as he looked up es the “Have you set up for yourself?” “You bet we have, and we are going to deal square with. : everyone who comes tous.” Wy ¥ | “All right, then. v/, Just look at my stuff here, and make me van offer.” t ' Fred examined it very car ofully, and told him what he: would “give for. it. : A eaae right, ” said the De ra “Where do you want ‘it : thrown out? se is "Drive sie the PoC, through’ the gate and iis the ed POR: ou their first load, and the junkman was so. wall slenked with ‘his sale that he promised to bring every load to them be- - fore at ting either of the other dealers get a chance at it. Hal im & handful of business cards to give to the other junk- and the result was, within twenty-four. hours, they had it and ‘paid for more than a dozen loads. iy é \ ‘CHAPTER Xx. ; “you on NE PRETTY ‘WELL, | My “BOY. aks and they enjoyed it with all the relish of two hearty, Realtys ‘real estate dealer and his clerk very much amused, old’ pre sees nearly all native Americans, like Hal and Fred, and naturally — preferred to trade with them, The two young merchants © treated them with so much consideration, laughing and joking - with them, that they succeeded in getting not only their good — will, but their confidence, and the result was that they had all the trade they could handle. / They soon found that more capital was required, unless they could make good, sales of their stock. “Tf we force a sale we'll lose,” said Fred. A fact which Hal knew as well as he did. re “IT am going to borrow some money from Mr. Wolf, ” re- marked) Hal. “IT don’t believe you can do it, ” returned Fred, “Well, Pll try it, anyway,” and he put on his hat, made. his ‘ way uptown to the real estate office of the old man, for whoin he had once saved one thousand dollars. is “Mr. Wolff,” said Hal, “I want to borrow five hundred do}- £ lars from you.” The old man caught his breath as though a bucket of ica) water had been dashed over him, and he looked the astonish iS ment he felt. Without waiting for the old man to ask’ any ‘questions, Hal explained to him how he and young Smith pet . set up in the junk business for themselves, and that they had ~ 4 accumulated stock so fast that their capital was exhausted. “We've got over a thousand dollars’ worth of stock, at. th cp market price, on hand now,” he added, “to gay nothing of th s fifty-pound chunk of silver lying here in your office. | So- yo see we are making money hand over fist, while our See : are almost nothing.” The old man opened hig eyes as he "Hatened to. the mee “You’ve done pretty well, my boy, considering that ry: reached the ‘city but a few months ago without a dollar i bee pocket.” The old man filled out a check for five hundred dotiene) pa, able to himself, and sent one of his clerks to’ the bank for 1 money. When it came he handed it over to Hal without: 8a) ing a word. = S ; Hal thanked him, thrust the money in his pocket, and as ‘Be turned to leave the office, stopped and sss to Aries “Tige, salute him.” ‘The dog stood up on his hina feet and raised nig hind se up to his ear, like a soldier giving @ military salute, afte: which he turned and trotted out of the office, leaving the 1 ~ » ch “Did you get it, Hal?” et asked, a6 ae ea eatered Ate office, Suen aa Fred whistled his astonishment, for ene really had no ‘hc that the old man would lend him a dollar. “Great Scott, Hal, just look out there!” and Fred through the window at the wagon of old aes who hi ped in front of their place. : . Just then the old junkman entered the Gee and two boys as. shetty as p cricket. “Well, I had a adieel of cotitract with old! bas teases reply, “What are you boys paying for iron now?” — «That depends upon the grade,” replied ‘Fred. Wh; we will pay, we'll pay, and never \wast about it. I’ve known you to lose one 0 ; eee. a
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hee HAL HORTON’S GRIT. c “All right, ” and the old man proceeded to throw it out close by the scales on which the stock was to be weighed. Fred stood by looking on, until about a five-foot piece of lead pipe was thrown out. “T don’t want this,” he said, picking the pipe up and throw- » ing it back into the wagon. “All right,” laughed the junkman, who went on throwing other stuff out. Fred weighed the old iron and wrote down the number of pounds on a piece of paper, which he gave to Hodge and told - him to go into the office, where Hal would pay him. Hodge _ drove through thé gate, which Fred closed and fastened, and afterwards entered the store by the back door. As he entered he looked back and saw the piece of lead pipe fly over the fence and fall on the pile of old junk. The old man had thrown it back after he drove through the gate. Fred turned and ran out, picked up the piece of pipe, entered the house with it, passed out the front door, where he _ deposited it in the old junkman’s wagon as the latter was in the __ office getting his pay. He re-entered the store mad enough to ‘fight, for he knew the old man, by throwing the piece of lead pipe back onto the pile, was scheming for the arrest of Hal and himself, and thus to’break-up the business. He managed to keep Hodge there by talking with him until he sav an gave a whistle that attracted the policeman’s attention, when he beckoned to him. ; The officer. went over and asked: “What is it?” “Look in the wagon, there,” said Fred. Ge CHAPTER XXI. yee) "THE RAPID RISE OF HORTON & SMITH. ~The policeman looked into the wagon and saw the piece of lead pipe lying there. The law was very stringent about new ‘ead piping being found in the-possession of junkmen.. “Whose wagon is this?” the officer asked of Fred. “The owner is named Hodge,” was the reply, “and he’s in- side the store there now. I bought his load of iron, but re- fused to take that.” " “All right; Ill take it,” said the officer, “and him, too.” And with that he stepped inside the store, laid his hand on Hodge’ 8 collar, saying: . “Fore, [ want you.” — “What's the matter?” Hodge asked. “It’s a little matter of lead pipe,” replied the officer, © “fT ain’t got no lead pipe,” blurted Hodge. Ret hs that your wagon out aie /* Vos.” ‘ é station. 4 ; “There ain’t no lead pipe in my wagon,” said. Hodge, “Oh, yes, there a8; and the officer led him out to the wagon, - where he saw the. piece of pipe which he had. tossed over the _ fence into the yard, after passing out through the gate. ‘The old rascal glared at Fred, as though he wanted to. spring. t him and elutch him by the throat. The policeman marched Hodge off to the station, and the. Dex day he was held in five hundred dollars’ bail, which old Polinsky had to give to prevent him from making pee eess that would land him. in prison also. So the business went on, increasing in volume almost tals. “The boys bought furniture and fitted up four roonis upstairs, and Hal sent for his, mother to come to the city and keep ouse for him. - Officer on the other side of the street, then he stepped out and! “Well, there’s some lead, pipe in it, so you come, along to the ‘warehousemen bought four lots adjoining it! for the purpose of ‘She: came Bly, and was chapmied with te R38 oe a promised in the future. He had not neglected her, for every — month he had sent her money to keep her in her little home at ; Buford in quiet comfort, Time passed on, and the business had increased so fast that more room was requived. They bought extra wagons and horses, and hired men to attend to them, They paid all bills promptly, and dealt on the square in every transaction. One of their rivals, the Austrian, three blocks below, sold out to Polin- sky and moved over to Brooklyn. _ In another year Polinsky made them an offer to sell out, stating that he intended to retire from business. ; “All right,” said Hal to the old Jew, “we'll give: you the . market price for all the stuff you have, but not a cent for the good will.” The old fellow kicked on that, demanding two thousand dollars for the good will of his place. rep . “The good will isn’t worth a cent,” returned Hal, “for you haven't the good will of a single junkman in the city.” The old’ fellow finally offered to take one thousand dollars for the f00d. ‘will of the place, and Fred advised Hal to take it.” — “T wouldn’t give ten cents for it,” replied Hal, whose grit rather staggered his partner. “It’s an old, old stand,” replied Fred, “and known to every — junkman on Manhattan Island.” “Very true,” assented Hal, “but we can’t run both Leas We simply want his stock and close up the place.” ; So the trade was not made, and a month or so later Polinsky sold out to another dealer, who took possession of it, and gaye, the boys a hard push for business. wits By this time, Hal was as well posted about the business as Fred was, and could make as good a trade in the purchase of junk ag could his partner. One day the news came to’ them that the estate to which si the store belonged was to be divided up and probably sold, the party owning it having died.. The agent of. the property -| notified them that after the property was sold they might be served with notice to vacate by the new purchaser, and that disturbed’ them not a little. They attended the sale and found — that Mr. Wolff was among the bidders. Fred told him that Fie he purchased the property, they would lease it for a term ef | years and thus make it profitable to him as an investment, _ bs whereas for years it had paid no income that would bay halt) the taxes on the place. ete “Don’t tell anybody else that,” ‘advised the old man, fas it be will cause others to bid more for it.” “All right,” replied Hal, and so the old man bought the prop- erty at a low figure, as others who had bid: on it based: their bids upon calculation that expensive buildings would have i foes be put up on the place in order to make it a baying invest- as: ment. : _ After the sale he leased the property to al individually. for |a term of twenty years, at a figure that-was based entirely : upon the bare land, as the buildings on it were practically worthless, yet at the same time were all that were “necessary for the junk business. i % A few months after Haft had leased the praperis a firm: ° ; building a large storage house there. They offered Hal ten’. thousand dollarg bonus for his lease, which he promptly, ace, cepted, and’a few days later they bought out the man in. the block below who had suc¢eeded Polinsky. "Thus they remained in the same vicinity, | and were now at the oldest stand in: the line of business in the whole city, They hired carperiters: and made extensive alterations, | adding an upper, ‘story to the ‘ola building, making an extremely be easel home for a and Le ie mother. See ‘Hal was: now twenty years old, and,
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24 HAL HORTONS GRIT. Ae es During all this time the bank with whom they had deposit- ed the box of jewels found in the cellar of one of Wolff's buila- ings had extensively advertised for the owners of the jewels, oa century, and asking them to come forward and prove prop- » -erty. After two years not a single owner had put in an ap- pearance, so by order of the court they were returned to the the old farmer and his wife that their two daughters shoul finder. CHAPTER XXII. How HAL PROPOSED TO MYRA. When the contents of the box were turned over to the boys by the bank, they employed a jeweler, who was an expert in the value of precious stones, to divide them into equal parts; ‘and when that was done, each took his share to do with as he pleased, as it was capital not invested in the junk business. Hai selected several beautiful gems and presented them to his mother, after which he ordered the others sold, and with the: proceeds bought a beautiful home in the upper part of the city, in which he installed his mother and a couple of servants to do the household work. _ Soon after that he wags walking down Broadway, when he ' met coming out of a dry-goods store old Farmer Henderson, at whose place, out in Connecticut, he had stopped whilst trudg- dreamed of both of you a thousand times,” and the admiring ing on his way to the city to seek his fortune. The old man was his wife. “Hello, Mr: Henderson,” he exclaimed. “Well, hello,” returned the old man, looking at him sus- , piciously. “Don’t you know me?” Hal soeey al _ “Can’t; say I do. You’ ain't one of them bunco fellers, be | you?” a “Why, lands sake,” extlatmed the farmer's ‘wife, “I know. ; you, and I’m tight glad to see you,” and she extended Ber as hand to Hal. ak “Thank you, madam, Tm glad to see you,” said Hal, shak- 1s ing her hand with a great, deal of cordiality, alia st “why, father,” ghe cried, turning to her husband, a you know the boy and his dog from Buford, who stopped with us three years ago?” . “By gum!” ejaculated the old inan, as: he: stared at Hal. » you the chap?” “Yes, sir,” laughed Hal. “Well; well! How you have Zocat too.” “Yes,” laughed Hal. death all the time.” iN, ‘And have you been e the city ever since?” ai: Mrs, Hen-| | “-derson. x ; “Yes, madain, tive peck 80° busy Ive had no time: to leave | town for’a, sitigle day.” ‘ ; “what! . Hayen’t you been bane to see your | tnother?” “No. I ‘sent for her, and she is now. here with me. We’ ve got a nice home here in the city, 1 wrote and told her how ‘kK nd you were to me, and E.am sure she would be glad to see ' ‘So you miust stop with us while you are here,” Pa “Oh, we came into go back on the evening train,” said Mrs. : ‘Henderson, “and the girls. will be uneasy if we don’t.” “Oh, you: come and | go up to the house with me,” insisted Hal, “and rH send a telegram. ‘out to the girls telling them where Bao he persis them to go in a Bireet. car, and; it7 Be |. And there’s the dog, /“Tics has stuck to me like: grim ete stating that they had probably been. ecoledl or lost a quarter of | stop over with her till the next day, whilst, Hal telegraphed: out” ‘| two servants in the house,” hada couple of bundles under his arm, and just behind him Reh in spite of herself, Py | making them feel perfectly at home within a few minutes “dort | “By gum!’ ” exclaimed the old farmer, “I knowed he shad good stuff in him the moment .set eyes on him.” Mrs. Horton finally persuaded the old man and his wife to to the girls that they would return a day later. sat That evening Hal begged his mother to exact a promise trom es come to the city and stay a month with them. “Tl tell you, mother,” he said, “they are good pte! and they will be company for you here, where you stay all day with only She promised him that she would do so, and when she sug- gested it to the farmer’s wife the latter promptly agreed, as they had no acquaintances in the city with whom the girls could spend even a day, and here was a chance for them to ; ‘stay a month and see all the sights of which they had heard so much. A week later the two girls came to the city, and Hal met. them at the depot. The younger of the two sisters, Myra, who bid him such a safe journey when he left the old farmhouse on his wearisome tramp to the city, was now a beautiful girl of eighteen years of age. : “T am glad to see you,” he greeted both of them: “ay h glanco that he gave Myra: caused the modest country ‘= Mrs. Horton greeted the girls in a loving, motherly was afte their arrival. She’had been a dressmaker out at. Buford ve since her husband died, and had now been in the eit enough to catch on to the fashions of dress, and as their had given them a nice little sum of money, she soon, ha dressed in a way that entirely eliminated ‘the country 4 ; their appearance. They came to stay a month, ‘and at the end of four weeks Esther, the eldest of the two ‘sisters, rem, | at the breakfast table one morning that it was time tox to go home. 2 “No, it isn’t,” said Hal’ his, damne for you two to begin ee other month here.” ihe ’ “Oh, my,” exclaimed Hsther, “we reek think of it. swould be an ‘imposition. ” vy “Tt will bé a still worse imposition if you ‘ude home,” he e- plied, “for it will put me to the expense of going out there : least once a week, and I know that my partner ie feel the — ‘ same way.” Gi “Well, I hope you will apis out to see ug, for vm sues ra? be ever.so glad to see you.” “Oh, you're not going - home, 7 said Hal, very bluntly. two girls may ‘just as well make ‘up your minds to it that. are going to settle down in New York and stay here,’ ‘iE CePaN: “What! Stay here!’ ig exclaimed Esther. ft w CS. ay know a young man who is very anxious here, and it was” only, yesterday ‘that he asked me. th he could persuade you. to do ‘0, and I tol hit ‘could if he would. just come out like a man, t loved you, and ask: you to be his Wife.” ‘ “Oh, tas ie cored both thé sisters, ‘Bstber.” Peay ‘ Esther ae like a tose, Pas was pees to lite, the
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Lay _ drawing his weapon; you.” '. he recoiled before the muzzle of the revolver. “pavement. . ~ “Do you know him?” the officer asked of Hal. f * been ‘on the Island for selling lead pipe. ALG ea junk myself, and I was on the watch to-night to see who it was sh that I had been surreptitiously throwing lead pipe over into our pass in the rear of the yard and hurl something heavy over | the arresting officer went with him to his place of business, the top of the shed into the yard. Hal dashed ‘up to him and! where they found about ten feet of lead pipe in a coil, lying op- ‘¢alled out: “What was that you threw over there, sir?” “None of your business,” replied the man, in a muffled tone of voice, “Yes, it is my business. That’s my yard over there, and you'll go with me to the police station unless you make some explanation that is satisfactory,” and he started toward him. ‘The man drew a pistol and pointed it almost in Hal’s face, saying: “You keep away now, or I’ll slug you!” Hal happened to be unarmed, as he depended more upon the dog to help him out than upon any weapon he could carry, so At first he thought of setting the dog on him, but was afraid that the faithful animal might be shot; so great was his affection for Tige that he preferred to let the man escape than: have the dog hurt. ' “Phat’s all right,” he said to the man; Pes ahead. I’ll have a gun myself the next time: you come around.” . He heard the man chuckle dryly to himself as he turned and walked away. He followed him, however, keeping behind - some forty or fifty feet, until, after passing two blocks, he met a policeman who turned the corner. Then he called out: “Officer, arrest that man there, he drew a gun on me,” and at the same time he ran forward to join the officer, who was ‘pretty close to the man who had stood him off. To his sur- prise, the man wheeled around with his revolver, and threat- éned to kill both him and the officer if they bothered him. | “Oh, I've got a gun, too,” said the officer very promptly, “so just drop that pistol, or I'll drop “Not much I won't,” and to Hal’s astonishment, the fellow deliberately fired at the policeman, who was not more than a dozen feet away from him, and the bullet knocked the hat off from the policeman’s head. _ The officer returned the fire and the other replied as annie : as an old soldier, both emptying their weapons without hitting - each other. : Then the man took to his heels. , “Catch him, Tige,” yelled Hal. “He hasn't got any more bul- z lets. ” _ The faithful dog gave chase and caught up with the man in thé middle of the block, and there ensued a terrific fight be- tween the two. The man was compelled to stop, to avoid being torn by the dog. He kept Tige from doing him much injury by using the revolver as a club. Both Hal and the officer ran up ‘and. joined in the attack, when a well-directed blow with \the locust in the hands of the officer stretched ‘the man’ on the Hal called the dog off, and then made’ the discov- ery that the desperate ‘fellow was none other than old Hodge, ' the junkman. “Oh, it’s you, is it?” he exclaimed, but Hodge was too dazed / to. say anything, for the policeniay had dealt him a terrific blow on the head. "Yes, sir; he’s a junkman of the name of Hodge. He has I’m a dealer in old yard. This man eame by and threw something over, and when i. Seat him he arew his eee on me, go. ; had fo follow him HAL HORTON’S GRIT. os eee oie tem ‘| of. “pluck and Linck.” id ae ar ae posite where the man. was seen to throw something over the | fence. It was taken to the police station, to be used as evi- | dence in the prosecution of the prisoner. : When they returned to the station the sergeant. told fe. officer that the prisoner was unconscious and penening in his — cell, remarking: “You must have given him a pretty hard blow.” “Why shouldn't I hit him hard?” said the officer, “when he had fired five shots at me?” “Qh, that’s all right,” said the Sedubame “Youd have served him right if you had split hig head open. All the same, you had better call up the doctor and let him see woke badly hurt he is, ” *) The police surgeon was sent for, who promptly came and. q made an examination of the prisoner’s ‘hurt. 7 “His skull is fractured,” he said, after a minute or two, — “and I guess he’s a goner.” The old junkman was talking incoherently all the time. Sev- eral times Hal heard his own name And that of Fred on his — lips, coupled. with threats, Then followed other expressions — that told that some great secret preyed upon his mind, but nothing tangible could be made of anything he uttered, Hal finally left the station and returned home. ‘The next morning when he went down to the office, he found a poliee- man thete, who informed him that the junkman was dead. : “Sorry to hear it,” he said. “That ends the case against, him.” And so it did. A month later Hal and Fred, accompanied by Mrs. Horton, went out to the old Henderson farm in Connecticut, where a double wedding took place. Hal had made the little girl. who spoke kindly to him as he was tramping towar ds the city. make his fortune, the partner of the fortune \he had earne They returned to the city with their brides and attended ti business as though nothing unusual had occurred in the cur-- rent of their lives. It was not until’three years later that Mr. Wolff, the real estate owner, found out that Hal had-dug. up 4 buried treasure, to the value of sixty thousand dollars, in the cellar of a lot owned by him. It seemed that the vice-presi- dent of the bank had told him the.story, and the old man be- came furiously angry because Ha] had not brought the b i to him that was found on his property, and from that. day ti he died he was the bitter est enemy that ‘Hal ever. had. But for all that the boy from the country went on in the even teno his way, piling up his wealth by industry and strict atten to business, and thus ends the story of “Hal Horton’ S Cons & oes Lad’s Rise to Ries a hal Se st ‘& THE BND, See Rennes SER Bassas V the following are in print: 1to5, 7, 8, 36, 38 to 40,42, 48, 48 to 50, 53.to 55, 5 72, 15, 81, 84 to 86, 88, 89, 92 to. 94 99,
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Pluck and Luck. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 8, 1909. Postage Free. 3 HOW TO SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. O. Money Order, Check, or Registered Letter; remittances in any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stamps the same as cash, When sending silver wrap the Coin in & separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envel- ope, Write your name and address plainly. Address letters to Gre Tovsny, Ererlond : Frank Tousey, Publisher 0. if en! fas, B, NewaxDe, 8 24 Union Sq., New York __THINGS OF INTEREST. _ In this country there are nearly four hundred thousand more boys than girls of fourteen years of age; at sixteen years of 4 age, there are six thousand more girls than boys; at eighteen there are twenty-four thousand more girls than boys. At “twenty-four and twenty-five the sexes are about equal, then the women begin to grow less with great rapidity. At thirty, 3 ; there are seventy-eight thousand more men than women, and ‘g at forty, ,Sighty-three thousand. It is true that the rattlesnake and the black snake are mortai enemies, and the black snake is the victor in their battles, breaking the neck of his adversary before the rattler has time to strike, The black snakes of this country are as harmless as frogs. On many of the large plantations in the South they re tamed and kept as a protection from their enemy, as the _ Warm climate prevents keeping the houses closed so as to keep hem out. , ' The Southern Pacific Ratlroad Company recently opened a arge new clubhouse for employees at Rosevillé. This makes the fourth clubhouse opened, others being at Yuma and Tuc- son, Ariz., and at Dunsmuir, Cal. The clubs are provided with ae libraries, billiard and pool tables, reading-rooms, barber » Shops and cafes. Meals are furnished at cost, lodgings for 15 Cents, baths for 10 cents, and pool 5 cents a game. All other privileges are free. The’company has found that these club- houses are greatly appreciated. ~ Like the Bank of England, the Bank of France is now guard- d every-night by soldiers, But within quite recent time the Officials at the French. bank resorted to a very novel’ method of potting their bullion, This consisted in engaging masons PLUCK AND LUCK. |is the first season any of us has kept summer boarders. and corporation taxes, and his’ ‘mind was. filled with legis- | Jiao answered Tom a 3 of the prominent churches in England, but the first true peal Was presented to King’s College, Cambridge, in 1456, by Pope Calixtus III. In Scotland, Ireland and Wales there are a number of ancient bells, many of the earlier ones being made quadrangular in shape. These are of iron plates hammered thin and riveted together, Probably the oldest of the four- sided beils is that of St, Patrick, in Belfast, which has gold, precious stones and silver filigree work in its ornamentation. On the Continent are a number of bells that date back for centuries, At the Monastery of St. Gall, in Switzerland, a rectangular-mouthed bell exists, similar to those of the British — Isles, which belonged to the Irish missionary, St. Gallus. The first great bell of Moscow, which is famous through the world, was cast in 1733. It has a circumference of sixty feet, stands nearly twenty feet in height, has a shell two feet thick, and weighs approximately 200 tons. For a nuniber of years it has stood in a public square and is now used as a chapel. OUR COMIC COLUMN. “Got a talking-machine at home?” “Yes.” “What. did yeu pay for it?” “Nothing. Married it.” “How did you get that’ black eye, Pat?” Pat~Sure, your reverence, I slept on my fist last night! i i Bung—So you have succeeded in tracing back my ancestors? What is your fee? ee ee guineas for keeping —~ quiet about them. Mr. Citiman (who has taken board on a tarm)—Is there a bank anywhere near here? Parmer Catchum—No, sir. ‘We ain’t never had no use for banks in this section. You see, this “So you don’t guide hunting parties any more?” “Nope,” 5 said the guide, “Got tired of being mistook fer a deer.” “How do you earn a living now?” “@uide fishin’ parties, So fer nobody ain’t mistook me fer a fish.” “Pa, who was Shylock?” “Great goodness, boy!’ You at- tend church and Sunday-school every week and don’t know ~ who Shylock was?” cried his father, with a look of eee and horror. aes and read sour Bible, sir! ig % i { - Overworked Housewife—I wish to get a servant, Hmploy- _ ment Agent—Well, madam, we have some elegant ones who wish a trip to Europe, some less desirable who would summer — at Saratoga, and a few cheap ones who do not object to Long Branch. Which do you prefer? fre ae had been reading a great deal in the newspapers Stas about senators and congressmen, the tariff Dill, income taxes ~ lative matters. On many occasions his father had explained, as best he could, the articles of which the newspapers: treated, and took pains to voice his opinion, which was not always ‘tava With his mind so actively fertilized and growing, Tommy could not help asking his father one day: “Say, pop why is a senator like a counterfeiter?” “That’s: ‘too. stror for me,” replied his father. “What's. the -answe + Ne cs ny, triumphantly, “he n j te o ass ome ae
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A PLOT FOR A PEERAGE. By D. W. STEVENS. A peer of England was dying. At hig couch were all the celebrated physicians of the day. with their attendants—men whose skill in medicine was unequaled upon the globe, yet who _ were powerless to avert the grim decree of the destroying “angel. Sir Stephen Strathford was indeed near his end. And yet he ‘was by. no means an old man. The old story—cut off in the prime of life—forty-five—all the result of an unfortunate hunt- ing accident. Somewhat remarkably, the dying man had Spey of sanity up to the hour of his death. His son and only living heir, Sumner, a lieutenant of the Grenadier Guards, and a handsome, talented youth, a graduate of Oxford, with his other accomplishments, ha@ received the dire news of his father’s, approaching dissolution in Geneva, and had at once hastened home, in time to drop tears of sor- row upon the dying couch of his father. It was a sad blow to the young man, and he followed the re- ‘mains of the earl to his grave with the sincere sorrow of a true and noble son. PLUCK AND LUCK. <f, But now the expression faded away beneath the influence of a strange emotion, and he queried in a terse voice: : “What right had you to enter my office so much. ike a sneak? Did you overhear what T said?” pk = by Bs # The man’s eyes glistened. Cyril Stebbins had been a former : gardener at Rexford Towers, when Austin had there held his — sway. He was a shrewd, though a trifle vacillating, old villain, and had figured with Sir Austin in not a few disgraceful | scrapes: “Did I, sur?” he whimpered, then lowering his voice: deed, sur, I would ik my right hand to see you master of Strathford.” Austin Rexford ated back, and again his. evil face turned black. A powerful wave of emotion seemed to sweep over him. He gazed out of the window a moment, while he seemed to be “Ine Bs ‘ 4 4 . J - mastering some strong impulse. Then he wheeled, and eluteh- — ed Stebbins almost fiercely by the shoulder. His voice had a hissing accent as he exclaimed in a sibilant | tone: “Stebbins, do you mean what you say?” pei? do. ” “What will you sacrifice to see me master of Strathfora? | Will you, with promise of fair remuneration, tisk a deed which | He was obliged to resign his commission in the army now, | Calls for a hand of iron and a nerve of steel?” and succeed to the proprietorship of one of England’s noblest heritages, Strathford Hall. Two days before Warl Strathford’s death, in a dingy barris- ter’s office in London, a man’sat with feet perched upon the desk, with his hat pulled down low over his eyebrows, appar- ently wrapped in sgenaron, his gaze directed out of the win- dow. Austin Rexford had once been heir to a grand estate, Rex- ford ‘Towers, Sussex, but had squandered his inheritance, and “was now gaining a precarious subsistence at the bar, He was in doubt, extremely in doubt, as to where the money | Strathford demesne. 1 will be there when the young lord ride; was coming from to settle up various bills pending over him, and so engrossed did he become in his reflections that he wn-| the work sure!” . i consciously lapsed into audible soliloquy. “Yes, I am poorer than a church mouse,” he mused. “As! my good tutor would once have said, the result of reckless | YOu make the work sure. I will meet you in the woods to-mor dissipation, Ah, well, the thing must have a turn some time. ~The man who is at the bottom of the wheel to-day is apt to “only cousins. veer?” se Rexford’s face. x.y Heat : _ ruffianly, yet gloyenly-looking individual, gain the top To-morrow. To think what a lucky dog that |. ; against the life of the true heir of Strathford, at that mom cain aye home to attend his dead father’ F funeral. Strathford is.” He stroked is long mustache savagely. “And to think that we are so nearly related,” he continued. By jove! How curious it would have been!” y expression, while his, cat-like.eyes scintillated str angely. “Supposing Sumner Strathford did not come home? Sup-- j pos ing some pore assassin put an end to his earthly ca- 17 “Then you would be the master of Strathford Hall!” Had a bomb exploded at his feet, Austin Rexford could not | ; ave heen more surprised. Like lightning he sprang to his nut, almost within sieht of the aver Stebbins met the schem: Rexford. Seog Se) feet. Before him cowered a man. Clad in seedy garb—a, burly, “Stebbins!” ejaculated san in a. tone of, astonishment, “You here?” Be ' “Begging your pardon, sir,” whimpered thot man, tubbiate| The duties of an English detective vary from -theudh _» his shr iveled hands, “I was in Lunnon, sur, and could not. help; can representatives of the proféssion in the fact stepping in, sur, to see the Son of my old master, sur. Hope field of operations affords less. 8€0 o not intrude?” . jae Bayi gine ety At bang Rexfora's face. had, grown black as galloped into the dark Sussex woods that evening, vie, Involuntarily his evilly » handsome face assumed a devilish | ful fate lay, awaiting him, what. tearful danger hung ove pathy out. apon the air, and the doomed heir Fabled from his ; and fell in the roadway. . Hard and evil now the expression which: came over Austin; form of a man spr ang, bent’ over the lifeless form a So intent had he become in his reverie that | and then, lifting him high in his powerful arms, bore t fate he had not heard the opening of his door, and the soft tread lord to the railing of ‘a pridge which spanned a dee of an intruder, until a voice hissed sibilantly in his ear: the wood, through which dashed a fants fords into this he was cast. “And you, are free to claim: raphe is Hall as your Ww he The old man looked steadily through his blurred eyes at Rexford. Slowly through his brain, befuddled with ba whisky, comprehension of the other’s meaning made its way “Hic!” he articulated, “you may depend upon me, Sir Ausfin. I understand what you mean. Sir Sumner must not reac! Strathford.” “That's it, Stebbins,” ” said Rexford, lowering his voice. you do it?” The old man nodded his head slowly. p j “There is a grove of trees,” he said, “in the ‘edge of th BERG Vs that way. Never a Sir Austin, i will be there, and mak: Austin Rexford’s face assumed an expression of exultatic “Stebbins,” he said, “you shall be the bailiff of Strathford i row night after the deed is done. You will be there?” , » “YF will,” affirmed the wretch again, ‘The murderous compact was sealed, A dtaterants From a neighboring thicket the | “* t “Can ; i) ‘A few moments later, at the foot. of alee anaiiding’ “The thing is all right, my lord, "he eae with a rideous le * * * ffi eal "He
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PLUCK AND LUCK. ae | Tie A connoiseur in the profession, and one whose name ranks te of Austin Rexford. agiee which the specter allowed him to among the highest of London talent, is Charles Bigsby, of the go his way. Scotland Yard corps. He is a short, dapper little man, with a keen, penetrating eye, but would scarce be taken for a detective, so diminutive is he in appearance. Yet’ no keener sleuth-hound of justice ever set forth upon the trail of a criminal than Charles Bigsby. A week after the mysterious disappearance of the young heir of Strathford he was sitting in his office, engaged in the asSort- ment of a pile of papers concerning a particular case which he was at work\upon, when there came a rap upon the door, and an attendant thrust a letter in, Bigsby took it, and broke the seal. It was a dainty white missive, and penciled in a feminine hand. “Mr. Bigsby.—I would see you at the Hall, immediately. Come without delay—Alice Heathwood.”- Heathwood Hall was one of the finest estates in Sussex. Without delay Bigsby hastened to answer the summons, and 2 few hours later’ stood in the grand reception-room. =i Alice Heathwood was a beautiful girl—fair and slender tn form, with lustrous brown eyes and wavy hair. She had been betrothed to Sumner Strathford, and the news of-his mysteri- - Ous disappearance had been a fearful shock to her. “Oh, Mr, Bigsby!” she exclaimed, clasping her hands as she entered the reception-room. “Oh, it is so horrible. Some- thing dreadful has happened to Sumner. I had: a terrible dream. Something tells me that he has been murdered.” Bigsby strove to comfort the fears of the excited girl, and “assured her that he would at once take the case in hand, It pained’ him much to see the great distress of the afflicted maiden. When he left,,an hour later, he did not go immedi- ately to the station, but turned aside into the grounds of, ‘Str athford Hall. ‘For three weeks a dark, silent form ine about at night 5 pina) flitting through the’ grounds like a dark phantom. - It was Bigsby, the detective, in pursuit of his clew. Be And Austin Rexford, pow the lord of Strathford, acral i into the wildest of dissipation. _ Bigsby kept steadily at work. And fortune aided his ies He played a cunning trick upon the psendo bailiff Stebbins. or not thé maudlin wretch was instrumental in the pisanenES ance of the young: Jord. One night, when it was exceedingly done ‘qith numerous _ effects with him in a small bag to aid iis purpose, he waylaid the rascally bailiff in the dark wood where the murder had - transpired. Stebbins, about midnight, came stumbling along _ the road, beastly drunk. When he had got near to the bridge from which Sumner : ' Strathfora had been thrown a hor rible: fantastie figure, repre- senting the Old Nick himself, stepped from a thicket and con- fronted, the affrighted scoundrel., the aid of phosphorus and’a pair of gleaming horns, and the Dotastweraad had a magica] effect upon Stebbins. Veritably be- i _lieving his last hour at hand, he fell upon his knees in the road “and ‘began’ to howl in terror. fees “Shut - up! i commanded the specter, “or I will consign thee to the depths of my abode, « Art thou that man Stebbins?” Bes, yes,” groaned ‘the terrified wretch. don’t kill 1 0t- eeee e the & i peak!” ighted prcetehe’ oy 7 fi zed with terror, the maudlin villain made a ful eone ; »plicity me, and th The clever detective hit upon an idea to discover whether | ‘his services and skillful work. A veritable demon the detective had made of himself, with | there, and this had brought about br 9 Herelonments! ve Siyetgeets on “Oh, don't pine! me | “Art thou the man who murdered ‘the Bart of Strathford? ae and the specter made a eae a dive at the af j colored woman. Bee ain’ "ta got no caliker, is yuh .The next nio ning Stebbins, of course, attr. ibuted the vision to an attack of delirium tremens. In his own mind Bigsby was now assured of the guilty party, but how to prove this: constituted a knotty problem. - However, he did not give up, but kept steadily at work, until one day a, dispatch reached him at London. Thus it was worded: “Come at once to Heathwood. important hevaidemsats “A, H. ” That night Bigsby again ran out to Sussex in obedience to the summons. He met Alice Heathwood at the door, a, radiant smile upon her face. An hour Jater a strange party left the doors of Heathwood and were driven to Strathford. Six in number they were, and closely muffled, _ Austin Rexford was in the library when there came a ring , at the door. A few moments later, unbidden, six closely muf- fled forms strode into the apartment. Then the first'threw aside his covering and stood revealed, while Rexford recoiled against the wall in unmitigated horror. The heir of Strathford, Sumner Strathford, in the flesh stood before him! i “You here?” gasped the usurper and would-be murderer. “Yes, I did not die from that well-nigh fatal shot, Austin,” said Strathford, calmly. “By the mercy of Heaven I lived, and have come to claim my own. ay Like a flash the villain’s assurance came back. 5 “Yt am very glad,” he said, simperingly, “that you ‘were not. , Who could have been so evil-minded as to have attempted such a fiendish act?” _ “Enough!” said the young heir, with a wave of his hand. “T ‘know all, Austin. You are my cousin, and have sought to de- fraud nie of my life and property. Officers, do your duty!” Three of the remaining intruders threw aside their covering and disclosed themselves as officers. These ndvanved, and ald “} hands upon the doomed usurper. “His reign was over. unas Hall was returned to its” lawful owner. Rexford and Stebbins, “the two. conspirators, were taken to. ‘London, Stebbins made a confession, and both were convicted. and sentenced to penal servitude in Tasmania, Bigsby, the plucky detective, received a liberal reward for The sudden appearance of Sumner Strathford in the flesh Sg be explained in a simple _ manner, r ! t After being Soe from ‘ie bridge, the transfer into the water brought on a reaction when he came out of hig vasehens bility. The shot had not been a fatal one, and he had strength Me enough left to swim ashore, kept him a prisoner upon a couch in ‘the cot of an humble farmer in the adjoining parish. ee many RCQe pu: he had not disclosed his identity. f But a slow fever had set in, and A gamekeeper from Heathwood had discovered his groweua ” A poland girl in. the country went bits a means’ kept 1 D This ‘was their Rho conver [OT ‘Ain’ mG:
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OF ‘ These Books Tell You Everything! 4 COMPLETE SET IS A REGULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA! : Hach book consists of sixty-four pages, printed on good paper,in cleat type and neatly bound in an attractive, iltustrated cover, Bost of the books are also profusely illustrated, and all of the subjects treated upon are explained in such a simple manner that ae ene oeeny undérstand them. Look over the list as classified and see if you want to know anything about the stb: mentioned, ; % THESE BOOKS ARE FOR SALH BY ALL NEWSDEALERS OR WILL PE SENT BY MAIL TO ANY ADDRESS FROM THIS OFFICH ON RECHIPT OF PRICH, THN CENTS BACH, OR ANY THREH BOOKS FOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. POSTAGH STAMPS TAKEN THE SAME AS MONEY. Address FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 24 Union Square, N.Y. i, oy, é MESMERISM. No. 81. HOW TO MESMERIZH.—Containing the most ap- roved methods of mesmerism; also how to cure all kinds of iseases by animal magnetism, or, magnetic healing. By Prof, Leo Hugo Koch, A. C. S., author of “How to Hypnotize,” ete. 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Full instructions are given in this little book, ‘together with in- etructions on swimming and riding, companion sports to boating. 0.47. HOW TO BRBHAK, RIDE AND DRIVE A HORSH.— A complete treatise on the horse. Describing the most useful horses fot business, the best horses for the road; also valuable recipes for diseases pecaliar to the horse. De x No, 48. HOW TO BUILD AND SAIL CANOES.—A handy book for boys, Containing full directions for constructing canoes , and the most popular manner of sailing them. Fully, illustrated. i By ©.:Stansfield Hicks. FORTUNE TELLING. , No. 1. NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM AND DRBDAM BOOK.— Containing the.great oracle of human destiny; also the true mean- ing of almost any kind of dreams, together with charms, ceremonies, and curious games of cards. A complete book. No, 23. HOW TO BXPLAIN DRIEAMS.—Everybody dreams, from the little child to the aged man and woman. This little book gives the explanation to all kinds of dreams, together with lucky and unlucky days, and ‘“Napoleon’s Oraculum,” the book of fate. No. 28. HOW TO THLL FORTUNES.—Lveryone is desirous of knowing what his future life will bring forth, whether happiness or misery, wealth or poverty. You can tell by a glance at this little book. Buy one and be conyinced. Tell your own fortune. ‘Tell the fortune of your friends. - No. 76. HOW TO THLL FORTUNES BY THE HAND.— Containing rules for telling fortunes by the aid of lines of the hand, or the secret of palmistry, Also the secret of telling future events by aid of moles, marks, scars, ete. Tllustrated. By A. Anderson. ie ATHLETIC. | No, 6. HOW TO BECOME AN ATHLETE.—Giving full in- struction for the use.of dumb bells, Indian clubs, parallel bars, horizontal bars and various other methods of developing a good, healthy muscle; containing over sixty illustrations. Hyery boy can -. become strong and healthy by following the instructions contained | jn this little book. No. 10. HOW TO BOX.—The art of self-defense made easy. - Containing over thirty illustrations of guards, blows, and the ditfer- ent positions of a good boxer. Every boy should obtain one of - these useful and instructive books, as it will teach you how to ‘box without an instructor, fs 2h No. 25. HOW TO BECOMB A GYMNAST.—Containing full instructions for all kinds of gymnastic sports and athletic exercises. Embracing thirty-five illustrations. By Professor W. Macdonald. A handy and useful book No. 34. HOW 'TO ‘ fencing and the use of the broadsword; also instruction in archery. Described with twenty-one practical illustrations, giving the best | positions in fenting. A complete book. i) 3 OSE aol TRICKS WITH CARDS. | a _- No. 51. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH CARDS.—Containing _ explanations of the general ‘principles of sleight-of-hand applicable to-card tricks; of card tricks with ordinary cards, and not requiring \t-of-hand; of tricks involving sleight-of-hand, or the use of aU, ue i FENON.—Containing full instruction for! ht- ‘ Rpecinily prepared cards. By Professor Hafiner. Illustrated. No. 72. HOW TO DO SIXTY TRICKS WITH CARDS.—fim- | bracing all of the latest and most deceptive card tricks, with il- lustrations, By A. Anderson. No. 77. HOW TO DO FORTY TRICKS WITH GCARDS.— Containing deceptive Card Tricks as performed by ace conjurora — and magicians. Arranged for home amusement. Fully illustrated. — MAGIC. No. 2. HOW TO DO TRICKS.—The great book of magic and card tricks, containing full instruction on all the leading card tricks of the day, also the most popular magical illusions as performed by our leading magicians; every boy should obtain a copy of this as it will both amuse and instruct. : : No, 22, HOW TO DO SECOND SIGHT.—Heller’s second sight explained by his former assistant, Fred Hunt, Jr. Hxplaining how — the secret dialogues were carried on between the magician and the — boy on the stage; alse giving all the codes and signals, The only authentie explanation of second sight. 2 Die, No. 48, HOW TO BECOME A MAGICIAN.—Containing the — grandest. assortment of magical illusions ever placed before the public. Also tricks with cards, incantations, ete. ee No. 68. HOW TO DO CHHMICAL TRICKS.—Containing over — one hundred highly amusing and instructive tricks with chemicals, — By A. Anderson, Handsomely illustrated. r x f No, 69. HOW TO'DO SLEIGHT OF HAND.—Containing over — fifty of the latest and best tricks used by magicians. Also contain- — ms secret of second sight. Wully illustrated. e A. Anderson, | No. 70. HOW TO MAKE MAGIC TOYS. ontaining full » dire¢tions for making Magie Toys and devices of many kinds. By — A, Anderson. Fully lustrated. re No. 73. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH NUMBERS.—Showing ‘K many curious tricks with of Seas and the magic of numbers. By A. — Anderson. Fully illustrated; . oak No, 75, HOW TO BECOME A CONJUROR. — Containing — vanes tricks with Dominos, Dice, Cups and Balls, Hats, ete. By A. 4 with a full description of everything an engineer should 7 IN STRUME ia
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re THE STAGE. No. 41. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK END MEN’S JOKH _ BOOK.—Containing a great variety of the latest jokes used by the ' most famous end men, No amateur minstrels is complete without this wonderful little book. » No, 42, THN BOYS OF NEW YORK STUMP _ Containing a varied assortment of stump speeches, Negro, Dutch and Irish. Also end men’s jokes, Just the thing for home amuse- - nent and amateur shows. . No, 45, THE BOYS OF NEW YORK MINSTREL GUIDE AND JOKH BOOK.—Something new and very instructive, Byery boy should obtain this book, as it contains full instructions for or- ganizing an amateur minstrel troupe. 4 No. 65. MULDOON’S JOKHS.—This is one of the most original joke books ever published, and it is brimful of wit and humor. It contains a large collection of songs, jokes, conundrums, etc., of _ Terrence Muldoon, the great wit, humorist, and practical joker of the day. Hycry boy who can enjoy a good substantial joke should - obtain a copy immediately. 2 No. 79. HOW TO BECOM® AN ACT plete instructions héw to make up for various characters on the stage; together with tho duties of the Stage Manager, Prompier, Scenic Artist and Property Man, By a prominent Stage Manager. _. No. 80. GUS WILLIAMS’ JOKH BOOK.—Containing the lat- ‘ jokes, aneecdot.; and funny stories of this world-renowned ‘and ‘OR.—Containing com- ever popular German comedian. Sixty-four pages; handsome @olored cever containing a half-tone photo of the author. ; ; HOUSEKEEPING. 3 No. 16. HOW TO KEEP *. WINDOW GARDEN.—Oontaining ‘full instructions for constructing a window garden ‘either in town or country, and the most approved methods for raising beautiful “flowers at home. The most complete book of the kind eyer pub- _ lished. No. 30. HOW TO COOK.—One of the most instructive books on cooking ever published. It contains recipes for Lee te meats, fish, game, and oysters; also pies, puddings, cakes and all kinds of pastry, and a grand collection of recipes by one of our most popular cooks, _ No, 37. HOW TO KEEP HOUSH.—It contains information for everybody, boys, girls, men and women; it will teach you how to make almost anything around the house, such as parlor ornaments, brackets, cements, Aeolian harps, and bird lime for catching birds, ELECTRICAL. No. 46. HOW TO MAKE AND USE BLECTRICITY.—A de- cription of the wonderful uses of electricity and electro magnetism ; together with fu'l instructions for making Hlectric Toys, Batteries, pete. By George Trebel, A. M., M. D. Containing over fifty il- dustrations. . No, 64, HOW TO MAKE ELECTRICAL MACHINES.—Con- taining full directions for making electrical machines, induction Coils, dynamos, and many novel toys to be worked by electricity. By R. A. R. Bennett. Fully illustrated. s ca ‘No. 67. 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SPHAKER,— uction Pitch, All Fours. and many other popular games of cards. | era No. 31. HOW TO BECOME A SPHAKER.—Containing four teen illustrations, giving the different positions requisite to Secome a good speaker, reader and elocutio all the popular auth simple and concise manner possible. No. 49. HOW TO DHBATH.—Giying rales for conducting de bates, outlines for debates, questions for discussion, and the best sources for procuring information on the questions ziven, SOCIETY. No. 8. HOW TO FLIRT.—The arts and wiles of rate a Poa fully explained by this little book, Besides the various methods andkerchief, fan, glove, parasol, window and hat flirtation, it con- tains a full Jist of the language and sentiment of flowers, which ig capes to everybody, both old and young. You cannot be happy WiLNouT one, 7 _No. 4. HOW TO DANCH is the title of a new and handsome hittie book just issued by Frank ‘Tousey.. It contains full instrue- tions in the art of dancing, etiquette in the ball-room and at parties, be to dress, and full directions for calling off in all popular square ances, No. 5. HOW TO MAKE LOVE courtship and marriage, to be observed, with ma erally known, mist. Also containing gems from ars of prose and poetry. arranged ip the most A complete guide to love, giving sensible advice, Tules and etiquette ny curious and interesting things not gen- No. 17. HOW TO DRESS.—Containing full instruction in the art of dressing and appearing well at home and abroad, giving the selections of colors, material, and how to have them made up. No. HOW TO BECOMH BHAUTIFUL—One of the brightest and most yaluable little books over given to the world, fiverybody wishes to know how tc become beautiful, both male and female. The secret is simple, and almost costless.. Read this book and be conyinced how to become beautiful. 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HOW TO KEHP AND MANAGE PYTS.—Giving com- plete information ag to the manner and method of raising, keeping taming, breeding, and managing ull kinds of pets; also giving. f i instructions for making cages, etc. Fully explained by twenty-eight illustrations, making it the most complete book of the kind ever published. ‘ MISCELLANEOUS. . ; No. 8. HOW TO BECOME A SCIENTIST.—A useful and in- structive book, giving a complete treatise on chemistry; also ex- periments in acoustics, mechanics, mathematics, chemistry, and di- rections for making fireworks, colored fires, and gas balloons, This book cannot be equaled. 4 ) ae ered ae MARE CANDY.—A orep ee Band tock for making ail ki wis of candy, ice-cream, syrup. essences, ete. ete. ‘No. 8 HOW TO BECOME ‘AN AUTHOR.—Contaihing full’ information regarding choice of subjects, the use of words and the manner of preparing and submitting manuscript. 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