JOHN BURT
CHAPTER XXX Continued
How much L O have you lie
lemanded
Thirty five thousand shares re
plied Mr Mason
How many have you sold ad
dressing his son
About seventy flvc thousand
Fine outlook Forty
mousanu snares snort on a stocK witu
only a hundred thousand shares in
all growled Randolph Morris By
God if I pull out of this thing with a
dollar Ill placo it where you cant
ilnd it with a set of burglars tools
Randolph MorriB glared at his son
fumbled for his glasses and bent over
the tape
Fifty live bid for L O it read
Bid sixty for any part of ten thou
sand Phares Gimme that telephone
Go to the exchange Mason and get
on the other end of this wire and Ill
give you the orders
Shortly before noon a news agency
made public a statement which
hastened the crisis It read
The deal in L O was engineered
by Mr James Blake the dashing
young operator whose advent in New
York was signalized by the recent up
heaval in prices For several weeks
Mr Blake has quietly been absorb
ing blocks of L O To day he se
cured ten thousand shares from Gen
oral Marshall Carden which with the
holdings of Mr John Hawkins gives
the syndicate of which Mr Blake is
thf head absolute control of this valu
able property Another railroad com
pany has been a bidder for control
but the Carden stock gives Mr Blake
the coveted advantage
It is rumored that a well known
and powerful banking house is short
this stock to the amount of nearly
fory thousand shares It opened at
29 Y2 and rapidly advanced to 75 and
then by leaps and bounds reached 125
It is believed that only a few scat
tered shares are yet in the market
and that the stock is cornered
TSy FREDERICK
UPHAM ADAMS
Author of Tho Kidnapped Millionaires Colonel Monroes Dccirlne Etc
CoiTiHcirr JSftJ nr
FHEDEiiICK UlIIAM ADAMS
All rights
reserved
COPTIIIOUT 1003 BT
A J DUBIIEIi BID D LB
What are you oing there de
manded Randolph Morris
Cashing a check was the sullen
reply
You are a thief as well as a fool
roared Randolph Morris his hand on
the door and his features convulsed
with passion No officer of a bank
on the point of suspension has a right
to accept or withdraw funds and you
know it
He grabbed Arthur Morris by the
shoulder and dragged him through the
narrow doorway
My curse goes with that money
he shouted his face convulsed with
rage You have dragged me down
to shame and poverty in my old age
I hope by God that everything you
buy with that money will give you
pain I wish to God
His voice was choked the blood
surged to his temples his hands
clutched at his throat and with a
gasp for breath he fell heavily to the
floor
Before Arthur Morris realized what
had happened others were by his
fathers side The stricken old finan
cier partially recovered consciousness
before a physician arrived but again
sank into a most alarming condition
Apoplexy said the physician in
answer to a question Is this his
first attack he asked Arthur Mor
ris
I dont know was the reply Ive
seen the governor so mad he couldnt
speak several times but never so bad
as this
As he spoke Randolph Morris
opened his eyes and they rested on
his son
Take him away he said averting
his eyes Take him away and give
me a chance to live
Youre all right governor said
Arthur Morris as the doctor gave him
a signal to stay out of sight Keep
cool and youll come out on top I
feel as bad as you do about it but
theres no use in kicking Brace up
1 UfijSJgw
Groping bb massw fcH borfwJ rone bebrcxtfbt it dorm on the az dome
Later It is rumored that the
banking house of Randolph Morris
Company has suspended
CHAPTER XXXI
Father and Son
One by one the directors of the
bank had entered the room where
Randolph Morris was making his
tignt against overwhelming odds
Some he recognized by an almost im
perceptible bow but no words came
from his lips as he bent over the tape
The faces of the directors were pale
and drawn from tension
When L O had mounted to
eighty dollars a share Randolph Mor
ris changed his tactics and attempted
to check the rise by throwing all his
holdings on tho market In less ihan
an hour he hurled thirty five thousand
shares into the speculative whirl
pool
It was like stemming Niagara with
a straw The price did not sag The
powerful interests back of L O
pledged three millions of dollars for
this stock and clamored for more
In response to a demand for mar
gins Randolph Morris deposited sev
eral millions cash and valid securi
ties Alarmed by rumors patrons of
the bank formed in leng lines and de
manded their deposits There was no
gleam of hope but grim in defeat the
old banker stood by the wheel and
watched the ship of his fortunes as
she swiftly neared the reefs of ruin
A clerk entered anS handed to Ran
dolph Morris the yellow slip of paper
containing the bulletin He read it
slowly crumpled it in his hands and
threw it on the floor
Grasping his massive gold headed
cane he brought It down on the glass
dome which covered the delicate
mechanism of the ticker One of the
flying fragments cut his cheek and a
few drops of blood slowly trickled
down his face
The corporation of Randolph Mor
ris Company is bankrupt he said
rising to his feet and looking into the
faces of his astounded associates
The Board of Directors will convene
at once and take formal action to that
effect Be seated gentlemen and
come to order You may make the
motion for suspension Mr Mason
When Randolph Morris adjourned
tho directors meeting he looked about
for his son but he was not in the
room He found Arthur Morris with
in the caged enclosure occupied by
the paying teller In his hands were
several packages of money
and take j cur medicine like a man
we may win out yet
To which encouraging advice Ran
dolph Morris made no reply and the
son left the room
As Randolph Morris was tenderly
carried down the steps through an
angry crowd and placed in an ambu
lance he opened his eyes and looked
longingly at the building which bore
his name Thus he made his last
journey away from the roar and tur
moil of Wall street a mental physi
cal and financial wreck cast on the
shores of oblivion by a storm terrific
and unforeseen
Arthur Morris stripped of all power
by the act on of the directors stood
amid the wreck of his fortunes
He was a witness to the compro
mise by which a representative of
James Blake Company agreed to
terms which while protecting the de
positors called for the sacrifice of the
millions which once stood in his name
The fifty thousand dollars he had suc
ceeded at the last moment in draw
ing from the bank was all that was
left to him
Through the long hours of that
eventful day General Cardens eyes
were fixed on the stock board Few
of the excited customers of James
Blake Company recognized the ex
banker and none knew the reason for
his absorbing interest in the fluctua
tions of the stock labeled L O
Who was this man Blake and why
had he offered to place a fortune in
his hand Why had this stranger
come from out the West and by the
magic of his touch transformed a
worthless stock into one of so great
value that millionaires struggled mad
ly for its possession
When he took his last look at the
stock board L O was quoted at
105 He nervously drew a slip of
paper from his pocket and made a
rapid calculation If Blake chose to
realize at the quotation General Car
dens share of the profits would be
nearly eight hundred thousand dollars
The figures puzzled him and he made
the calculation anew only to find it
accurate This represented more than
the fortune he had lost
A wild impulse came which urged
him to demand of Blake the sale of
his stock What right had he to im
peril that which would insure the hap
piness of his daughter and the repose
of his old age Hurriedly he retraced
his steps until he reached Broadway
and again ha entered Blakes office
An hour had passed and he hardly
dared look at the quotations Per
haps the deal had collapsed Per
haps
L O 145 145 146 called
cut the man who was reading the
ticker Two thousand L O at
150
An exultant shout went up from tho
crowd of men who surrounded James
Blake His handsome face was aglow
with pleasure as they slapped him on
the back
My congratulations general
Blake said grasping the old soldiers
hand Our little pool is working
splendidly Do you feel like getting
out at 150 general I wouldnt ad
vise you to do so but if you wish it
can be arranged I have a customer
who will take the stock off your hands
at that figure
I I am entirely satisfied to let it
alone said General Carden drawing
himself up proudly Handle my
stock according to your judgment
The subordinate should not question
tho policy of a victorious command
er
Mr Burton wishes to see you
whispered a clerk to Blake and the
famous head of the firm turned and
left General Carden
He heard the shouts of victory and
found himself shaking hands and
laughing with strangers He felt a
strong grasp on his shoulder and
turned to see James Blake
We settle with Randolph Morris
Company at 175 he whispered
Your share of the profits is nearly a
million and a half Ill call at your
house this evening and give you a
check for tho exact amount
I can find no words to express my
feelings said General Carden deep
ly affected I do not think that I am
entitled to so large a share of these
profits I I really I do not know
what to say to you Mr Blake God
bless and reward you
Dont thank me replied -James
Blake
A strange expression came over his
face and a look of pain to his dark
eyes I am not I should not
He paused released General Cardens
hand and turning abruptly rushed
across the room and vanished into an
inner office
In the turmoil of his own feelings
General Carden paid little attention
to this strange action Six hours be
fore he had entered these rooms all
but penniless He left them more
than a millionaire
In a darkened room in a remote
quarter of the city a gray haired man
gasped for breath and moaned in his
dolirium A great financial battle had
been fought Randolph Morris was
one of the stricken victims and Mar
shall Carden Vas one of the victors
In this age of commercial and indus
trial barbarism man must climb to
glory over the dead and mangled od
ies of the losers Commercial compe
tition has all tne horrors and none ol
the chivalry of phjsical warfare
Thoughts such as these came to
John Burt when the news circulated
that Randolph Morris had been strick
en in his office The blow aimed at
the son had fallen with crushing force
on the father In the hour of victor
John Burt was silent and sad and
John Hawkins was not slow to glean
the reason
I wouldnt worry over Randolph
Morris he said with a gruffness
which was assumed The old man
will recover One stroke of apoplexy
wont kill him
Write to Randolph Morris said
John addressing Blake and say that
his personal property is exempt in this
settlement He has schedule it as
having a value of nearly a milvon dol
lare I shall not take it from him
Hes an old man with daughters and
others dependent on him
Good for you Burt exclaimed
John Hawkins It isnt business but
business is hell as old Sherman said
about war Im going to my hotel to
take a nap Where can I see you this
evening Dine with me at the hotel
at nine oclock What dye say You
too Blake
To be continued
Causes of Nervous Prostration
Believe me said a Spruce street
physician who makes a specialty of
treating nervous disorders it isnt
overwork that superinduces nervous
prostration The men who succumb
to nervous strain are not the men who
work continually under high pressure
The man who has no relaxation has
no time to brood over his health and
brooding is fatal to a man whose
nerves are highly strung If a man is
constantly busy in mind from morning
until night he isnt in any danger of
nervous trouble Its only when he re
laxes and gives himself a certain
amount of leisure that he is danger
A man is a good bit like a piece of
machinery Its the relaxation that
tells Take Russell Sage for in
stance He celebrated his 88th birth
day to day and he is in the harness
all the time Should he give up even
a part of his daily routine the proba
bilities are that he would be a dead
man in six months The man whose
nerves trouble him is the man of com
parative leisure Philadelphia Rec
ord
Mountain Air to Blame
A new guest arrived at a New
Hampshire farmhouse where a Bos
ton gentleman happened to be holding
forth on the piazza The newcomer
was much impressed by the speakers
fluency
I declare he remarked to the
landlord that man has an extensive
vocabulary hasnt he
The landlord was mightily pleased
Thats so he said Thats what
mountain air will do for a man He
aint been boardin with me but two
weeks and I know he must have let
his waistband cut much as four
times Rochester Herald
Since Mothers Gone
Since mothers pone I miss the Htnlle
And gentle voice that used to cheer
My boyish heart day after day
And put to Hlght each cure and fear
Which chanced to be along- my way
No more about the humble homo
I see her ply her daily care
Or hear her sing some sacred sons-
Or plead with God In fervent prayr
For right to triumph over wrong
J love to hear some sacred song
Or hallowed hymn she used to sing
Or pray tho prayr she used to pray
That I to Ilim may firmly cling
Who was her comfort day by day
The memry of her holy life
Remains to cheer nie on my way
Strengthens my soul as I press on
Amid lifes toil from day to day
To that sweet place where mothers
gone
Alva N Turner in Washington Post
Fun with a Fly Seesaw
Here is an amusing little trick that
you will find lots of fun Stick a long
See Saw in Operation
lead pencil in the end of a spool of
thread so that it will stand upright
Now get a piece of very stiff blotting
paper and from it cut a strip two
inches wide and about a foot long
On each end of this put a drop of
molasses or syrup
Now balance the strip of blotting
paper with the syrup side up on the
point of the pencil You should have
two players although one will do
Each player chooses an end of the
paper In -a moment a fly will alight
on one end attracted by the syrup
and that end of the paper will go
down a trifle Then another fly will
light on the other end or perhaps sev
eral will come there for the sweets
and things will be reversed
As more flies come alighting on the
ends the paper will lean first this
way then that till it overbalances
and falls to the tables Then the
player whose end grew so heavy as to
cause the tumble wins
We would not advise you to try this
in the house but rather out of doors
in the warm sunshine where the flies
will not bother any one
A Quiet Game
If mother has asked you not to get
dirty after you have dressed for a
drive and you do not know just what
to do to amuse yourself get some one
to play the following little game with
you It is very simple but will help
the time to pass pleasantly
I see a color you dont see says
one
What color may it be asks the
other
It may be pink or some other col
or in the room says the first in
quirer Then he begins the question
ing Is it the paper The ribbon on
your hair The pink in the dolls
dress And so on until happily the
guesser mentions the exact article of
pink that has been chosen The suc
cessful guesser than takes her turn
at saying I see a color that you dont
see Washington Star
The Rat and the Dove
There can be no doubt that strong
attachments are formed between ani
mals and that they are capable of
emotions of pity and acts of generos
ity not only toward their own kind
but even toward creatures of another
species
A gentleman who had a great num
ber of doves used to feed them near
the barn At such times not only
chickens and sparrows but also rats
were accustomed to come and share
the meal One day he saw a large
rat fill its cheeks with kernels of corn
and run to the coach house repeating
this performance several times On
going over to investigate he found a
lame dove eating the corn which the
rat had brought
Such an action on the part of human
beings would be looked upon as a
charitable desire to relieve the neces
sities of a helpless cripple and we
must also so consider it in the case
of the rat
In a Lions Mouth
Not all of the delights of spring are
for the country boy We who live in
the city have a host of them and can
see many a strange and pleasing sight
if we keep our eyes open A few
days ago while riding my bicycle
down Madison avenue I heard the
twittering of sparrows and looking
up saw in the mouth of the stone lion
on the corner of the building of one
of the citys prominent clubs the re
mains of a last years nest and two
sparrows getting ready to build a
new one for this year
It was such a novel place for a bird
to choose for housekeeping that I
stopped and made a sketch of it
While standing on the opposite corner
sketching the policeman of that
beat came over to talk with me
He seemed pleased that I should have
noticed the birds He said that the
sparrows had been keeping house
there for severnl years
He had often stopped to watch them
build their nests and later feed their
little ones which later would play
around the lions head sitting on his
nose or eyebrows as saucily as could
be as much as to say You may
look fierce but whos afraid St
Nicholas
Indoor Garden Patch
This is a source of endless delight
to a little girl just able to use her
needle
The necessary requisites are a small
square of green art denim some pret
ty remnants of flowered chintz and a
small box of tiny crystal beads If
the little one is able to sit and use
her needle she will take unlimited
pleasure in clipping the flowers and
foliage from the chintz and transfer
ring them to her square of green in
artistic and odd effects The crystal
beads are a good substitute for dew
and with a little ingenuity can be
most effectively placed When com
pleted the garden patch can be utilized
for a pillow top or can be made the
nucleus of a quilt
Tragedy of a Pet Rat
I once had for a pet a white rat
which was very cunning and mischiev
ous One day when papa and I were
going to town we stopped at a neigh
bors on business
Mr S and papa were discussing
their business affairs when Mr S be
gan laughing and asked papa What
is that thing Papa looked around
and there was that rat sitting on tho
seat beside him as contented as could
be It had been in papas pocket I
had to carry it to town and get a box
to bring it home in
I kept the rat in a cage but it al
ways managed to get out and gnaw
the clothing One day my sister and
I were driving when I felt something
in my sleeve It kept running up and
down my sleeve and frightened mo
so that I slipped off my jacket and
out jumped the rat and ran under the
wheel and was killed instantly How
it got into my jacket and remained
there so long without my knowing it
is a mystery to this day Christian
Endeavor World
Pindertoy
This frolicsome frog needs only to
be cut out and the three parts pierced
through the dots with a pin sticking
Q Co
the pin into a cork or stick to hold it
firm If pasted on an old visiting
card it will have more body and last
longer
A Chinese Story
Two sh6rt sighted men Ching and
Chang always quarreled over who
could see the best Hearing that a
tablet was to be erected at a neighbor
ing temple they determined to visit it
together and put their eyesight to the
test Neither Ching nor Chang was
as honest as he might have been
Each triqd to get ahead of the other
so visited the temple by stealth
Standing very close Ching read To
the great men of the past and the
future
Chang also went and peering closer
read To the great men of the past
and the future In smaller letters he
read what had escaped Chings notice
This tablet is erected by the family
of Ting
On the day appointed standing at a
distance from which neither could
read Ching exclaimed The inscrip
tion is To the great men of the past
and the future
True said Chang but there is
more I can see what you cannot
There is written in small letters
Erected by the family of Ting
There is no such inscription said
Ching
There Is replied Chang
They grew very angry and afte
calling eachother hard names agreed
to refer the matter to the high priest
He heard their story and said gent
ly Gentlemen there is no tablet to
read It was taken into the interior of
the temple yesterday
Fruit Jar Battery
A correspondent writes Seeing
that somebody asked if I ever made
a battery out of my mothers preserve
jars I will answer yes
First I obtained a few old dry bat
teries and took the carbons out of
Ficl
CARBOK I
A o yziNc
Tltll
vVyy yy -
them at the store I obtained a num
ber of zincs stick sometimes called
pencil zincs I then washed out a few
jars and made pasteboard covers like
Fig 1
I then put the zinc and carbon in
the cover filled the jar two thirds full
of sal ammoniac and put in carbon
and zinc my battery then being com
plete
Mile-a-Minute Flies
It is easy enough to understand why
we have so much trouble in catching
that fly that comes buzzing around
our ears when we stop to consider
that flies have been known to fly at
the rate of about two miles a minute
The common house fly moves at the
rate of twenty five feet to the second
or about eighteen miles an hour
When frightened though the house
fly settles right down to business and
travels at the rate of 160 feet a sec
ond If it should keep up this rapid
flight for a mile it would cover the
distance in exactly thirty three sec
onds or faster than any lightning
express has ever moved
The common bumble bee blunders
along faster than a horse commonly
trots and even the fairy like butter
flies flit ahead of the fastest boy run
ner without trouble Indeed insects
as a rule fly taster than birds so that
only a few of the cleverest birds can
catch them on the wing
If you dont believe that an insect
can go like chain lightning just knock
down a hornets nest and try to get
away from a mad hornet that is com
ing for you Shell show you
A New Coin Trick
Here is a very simple little trick
which looks not at all easyand quite
as if the performer must be very skill
ful indeed
Take a silver coin a quarter or a
half dollar and pick it up by placin
the points of two pins one on eithei
side of the coins edge You may hold
the coin securely in this position it
you press firmly with both pins
Now blow smartly against the up
per edge of the coin and it will fly
around and around revolving with
great rapidity between the pins
How Elephants Gather Fruit
The elephant says Capt Sikes in
his book on the Tropical Nile does
not bother to pick fruit singly off a
tree but will but the trunk with such
force that all the ripe fruit is shaken
off He then picks it off the ground
with his trunk and pops it into his
mouth His favorite species is the
wild plum though he will eat manj
other fruits
HOW TO MAKE A SUCKER
aaxj j ff 1 Wlk
Induce a shoemaker to give you a
piece of sole leather about 4 inches
square Then with a sharp knife trim
the corners away until the leather is
perfectly round after which the bot
tom must be pared away smoothly
ray a quarter of an inch back from
the edge until a good bevel is as
sured resulting in a very thin edge
Bore a hole through the center and
insert a piece of strong cord Tie a
knot in the end large enough to pre
vent it slipping through the hole and
cut off the superfluous end
Soak the leather in water until it is
pliable The softer the better When
thoroughly soaked place the leather
on top of a half brick press the leath
er hard against the surface with your
foot and then carefully lift the brick
by means of the string
If the work has been done properly
the square of leather you began work
with has been transformed inte a
sucker and you can surprise ycur play
mates by lifting heavy articles with
tha innocent looking piece of leather
